The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-06-08
Items of Louisiana News.
GIeanings from tho Press.

Eg st. Landry Ners The parish
convicts are doing good work on the
road leading west from 0pelonsas.
! ~ Iberia Suqar. BorI: The pros
poets for the cane, corn and cotton
are now as good as at this season in
any previous year.
~ st. James Loaisidaais Two
new sugar houses have been erected
in the ncighborhood of White Hall,
by Messrs. L. Peytayin and Ursiu
! Boudreaux.
w Ouachita Telegraph A dis
patch from Sheriff Richardson states
that he has captr I'd in Port Hudson
the three negroes Who killed Consta-
hle Fitzgerald.
! ~ Ayoyelles Bulletin: Wednes-
day night the premises of Mr.. Blan-
chard and MI. Henry Dupuy were en-
tered and their horses stolen. Moth
ing has yet been heard of the rascals
or horses.
~ Iberyille South On Monday
last an election was held to decide the
tie vote between John Altimus and
Jos. Porter, for Selectman of the town
of Plaguemine. Hon. James Crowell
was elected by handsome majority.
H st. John Meschacebe: Since the
late rains the cane crop presents q
healthy appearance. The bugs have
ceased their work of destruction, and
many of the plants which had been
cut are sprouting anew. The coin
has been laid By, and promises an
abundant harvest.
Eg Franklin Sun: Jas. III. Swayze,
tried recently for the killing of F. NJ.
| Taylor of Catahoula some twelve
months since, convicted and sentenced
to the penitentiary for ninety mine
years, has been confined in the jail of
this parish for safe keeping pending
the appeal of his case to the Supreme
Court, and the judgment thereon.
v st. Mary Register: GlassElop-
pers have almost taken Morgan City.
Last week we spoke of their appear
auce OH the Lawrence place, but since
then they have ventured down town,
aud now about sunset they can be
seen in the gardens of nearly all resi-
dences. If they increase in numbers,
which is quite likely, their work of
destruction will be complete.
~ Terrebonne Progress A shoot
ing affray occurred among some col.
ored men in front of colored church
last Sunday. Horace - was shot
by Ishmael Keith, the ball striking
him in the arm, breaking it. Several
other shots were fired, one striking
the horse oD which Horace sat; and
John Washington was shot in the
hand while trying to put stop to-
the fight.
VW. Baton Rouge Sugar Planter ::
The sngar-house of Capt. Narcisse
Landry was totally destroyed by fire
on Friday night week. 1t is sup
posed that the fire was the work of
an incendiary. Not alone will the
loss fall heavily upon Capt. Landry
and DIR. L. z. Vaughn, joint prolrie-
tors, but upon number of small
planters who We're accustomed Is, ts.lsv
off their crops at this sugar house.
~ Carroll Conservative Ralph
Smith and Alf Bowman, two colored
men working on the Key plantation,
got into difficulty, and Smith put
laad of buckshot in Bowman, who is
supposed to be mortally wounded.
Smith got away aud is now at large.
He is "a years old, dark color, about
five feet nine inches high, and heavy
SET. The shooting is said to have
been brutal act, without cause or
provocati0n.
sB Baton Rouge Adr0eate DIR. j.
w. Dupree had his right hand severely
nangled by the explosion of Il loaded
she'll for breech loading shotgun
which he was recapping. PEBBLES
and Williams assaulted another me-
gro while he was in his bed in his
cabin at Musson and shot him in tue
head. The wounded negro, who was
u discharged convict, bore bad char
aeter. He will probably die. The
accused surrendered themselves.
tB Thibodaux Sentinel: Ehe pros
pect of Il branch railroad to Thibo-.
daux has filed every house and cabin
with residents, whilst daily applica-
tions are made for houses by persons
who are unable to obtain them.
The late rains have effected Il won
derful change in the appearance of
the growing crops. The cane has
come out rapidly 80 that the planter
can now calculate with some degree
of certainty what his prospects are for
a crop in the fall. Everything is
growing, healthy and vigorous.
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