The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
LOUISIANA NEWS.

IF Ba ton Rouge Herald: Will,
Williams, notorious colored hprs,
thief and swindler, was captured il
this city by the police.
1 Catahoula News: A difficult,
occurred at the church near Center.
vile between DR.. Taylor and a son oil
Rev. Mr.. Boldly, in which the latter
was badly cut with a knife.
~ Assumption Pioneer: There
have been some cases of typhoid fever
in this parish and several deaths
from the disease. Physicians assign
local causes for its existence.
II Morehouse Clarion A shooting
affray took place at the Spyker place,
on Bayou Bartholomew, between two
colored individuals, in which both
were wounded, one of them seriously.
w Pointe Coupee Pelican; A rem
contre occurred Thursday last, in the
Magistrates Office on Bayou Fordoche,
between Mr.. Severin Labry and E..
Laiche. The former was shot through
the arm aud leg, and the latter
through the left eye.
w Colfax Chronicle Saturday
night little negro boy, named VIM.
Brandon, aged about IL years, fell in
the cistern at the back of Munford's
store, and the fact was not discoy-
cred until Monday morning, when
the body was found floating on the
water.
v Madison journal: H. w. Peck,
Sheriff of this parish was shot in the
head and arm by Jennie Balden, a
colored woman of loose character liv-
ing in Vicksburg. The parties quar-
relied in store at Delta, where the
shooting took place. The Sheriff's
wounds are not dangerous.
w Webster Democrat Near Ger
mantown, in the this parish, Winfield
Turner and Hite Langston quarrelled
over piece of land, Langston shot
Turner through the stomach and
Turner fred both barrels of shot gun
killing Langston instantly. Turner
died few hours afterward.
u Tangipahoa Independent: Geo.
Carroll. for the murder of his wife,
Sarah Carroll, at Hammond Isaiah
Evans, for the murder of Ed.
Brown, at Pass Manchac, and Louis
johnson, for the murder of DR.. j. NJ.
Alexander, at Pass Manchac, have
been convicted, the verdict of the
jury being unqualified in each case
Byrne Raoul, son of our esteemed
fellow citizen, G. 7. Raonl, was shot
by man named Tucker, at Vaughn
Station Miss, and instantly killed.
~ Shreveport Herald The follow
ing important cases have been dis
posed of by the District Court: w. G.
Prater, charged with the murder of
Bernard Bernheim, jury found ver-
dict of guilty. Taylor Swan, colored
charged with completely in the mur
der of his aunt, wife of Ike Thomas,
on the Crowder plantation, found
guilty of manslaughter and recon-
mended to the mercy of the Court.
Sam Anderson colored, charged with
the murder of Joe Bryarly, colored,
on the Abney plantation on the river
above Shreveport; verdict of not
guilty.
~ Carroll Conservative A sesious
accident happened at the residence of
Mr. r. ]. Powell, in Lake Providence.
The servant girl was playfully hold
ing Mr. Powell's little SON labout two
years old) near lighted coal oil lamp
when the little fellow grasped the mat
on which it stood, causing the lamp
to fall between him and the servant,
spilling oil on both, which immedi-
ately ignited, burning the little fell
lows legs and the servants back se-
yerely. Mrs. Powell, in saving her
hoy, got her hands badly scorched 49,
The'contraetor engaged in building
the Bass leyee expects to complete
the work BY February 5.