The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
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~ Colfax Chronicle: A Hatbodt
loaded with wood, belonging to Mr..
Mcknight, was sunk by the current
in Cane river.
II Catahaula AesuS: Several ne
,groes on the hill were poisoned one
day last week, but all recovered.
Nobody knows where the poison
came FROM.
II Ouachita Telegraph: The two
negroes charged with the murder OF
Constable Fitzgerald of Trenton aud
who escaped arrest by flight, were
captured in Vicksburg.
w Livingston Gazette: A little
son of Howell Chambers, living near
Amite Church, had lis leg broken by
a wagon bed which fell on hia while
he was playing around it.
g st. Mary Enterprise Tuesday
night, at Clarendon, difficulty took
place between Mr.. E. Hernsby and
MIR. Geo. Selman, which, resulted in
the shooting of SelmaA in the leg.
III FrapkEn Gan Three eolored
priseaers escaped from our parish
Jail by burning the door SO as to
loosen the rivots of the lock. The
fourth prisoner said he felt too sick
to travel.
~ Lafourche Sentinel: A youth
named Prejean, residing in Thibo-
daux, fell into Bayou Lafourche and
drowned. 1t is supposed that he had
a fit to which he was subject. The
body was recovered.
~ Pointe Coupee Pelican: L. b.
Dayries, native of this parish, died
on the 22nd inst, aged So years. He
had held several important offices,
among them those of Sheriff and par
ish Recorder, and at the time of his
death he was postmaster of Pointe
.Coupee P. o.
Eg Alexandria Democrat Sunday
evening coal oil lamp bursted in
the store of NJ. NJ. Marler, on Bayou
Robert, nine miles from town, and in
n few moments envel0ped the store
house and contents in a sheet of flame.
All was destroyed, save few dollars
worth of dry goods.
IT w. Baton Rouge Sugar Planter ::
The water in the rear of the parish is
rapidly rising from the Morganza
crevasse. Ono result is the driving
of deer to higher land, which is ex-
ceedingly tantalizing to sportsmen,
who dare not under the law shoot
them ut this season of the year.
I E. Feliciana Watchmdn Tues
day evening sparks from some burn
ing brush fell upon the roof of the
store room of the Silliman College !;
soon the shingles werein light blaze,
but timely assistance and plenty of
water mastered the fire. with bat lit
tie damage to the building.
B Morgan City Register: The
schooner /. 81 D. Cramer picked up a
portion of the dredgeboat McAlester
on her trip from Galveston last week.
IA namber of healthy looking
German immigrants passed through
here last Tuesday, bound for Texas,
where they will locate.
~ Vermilion Meridi0aal: At a
ball given at the residence of Alfred
Hebert, on the 10Th, difficulty arose
betwt en- one Placide Monitor, jr., and
person unknown to us, in which
pistols were drawn and shots fred
During the melee little child of Mr..
Alfred Hebert, only four years old,
was shot in the head and instantly
killed. The party committing the
deed has not yet been arrested.
~ st. Charles Herald: James
Taylor was cut and beaten by Wash
and ALI. johnson, at BOutte Station,
on the 10Th inst. :. AT the same place
and on the same day Mary Linton
was dangerously stabbed by Elvira
Fiths, assisted by her paramount
Felix Bets. Mary's mother attempted
to aid her, and was also stabbed by
Elvira, in the back. All the partie.
are colored.
~ Baton Rouge Adrocate Henry
Baker, colored, was stabbed and killed
while riding along the road nine miles
from town, in company with Charles
Carroll and two other men. Carol
is charged with the murder and ha,
been arrested. The trial of julie,
Altezan, charged with having killed
Emile Garique in 1871, took place OF
the Goth inst, in the District Court
and "a verdict of guilty of manslaugh
ter was rendered by the jury.
~ Shreveport Times The negr,
man Louis Jerod, who was shot anG
wounded in the neck by Calvin Wash
ington, died of his wound. Washing
ton has been placed in the iron Gag
mt the parish Jail On the Johl
Picket plantation, twenty miles abov
Shreveport, Abner Evens killed Let
tie Hodge. woman with whom h.
had been living. There was no provo
cation for the murder. Evens drov,
IL knife into the w0man's temple g
hard that it was found difficult to ex
tract the weapon. The assassin is il
Jail.
~ DeSoto Democrat: Mr.. Jessi
Milican was accidentally wounded b
the discharge of his rifle. The bal
took off one finger and passed througl
the arm near the elbow. .Jacl
Smith, a colored desperate, was sho
ut Fortson's store, on Red river
It is thought he is mortalIy wounded