The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-01-19
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~ Morgan City Register: An un-
X nown man who took passage on the
steamship Clinton from Galveston
for this place, jumped overheard and
drowned during the voyage.
D Mansfield Reporter: Mr.. Bra,
zeale Rambin, living near the m iddlt
Shreveport road on Rambin's bay ou
had his house and all it's contents de-
stroyed by fire, Sunday morning.
70 st. Charles Herald: The bod y
of an unknown white man was found
floating in the river at the Ashton
plantation, Wednesday. The features
wete so far decomposed as to render
description impossible.
v e. Feliciana Watckman: We
learn from DR.. L. G.. Perkins that the
residence of his son, nine miles north
of Clinton, was entered by tramps,
and robbed of clothing, fine gold
watch and various other articles.
U Madison Journal: At Mound
Station a young son of DR.. A. j.
Gibbs, while playing with an old re-
yolver which he had no idea was
loaded, shot an old colored man
through the brain, killing him in
stantly.
n Morehouse Clarion A little
colored girl, aged about 4 years,
grandchild of Dick Butcher, was
burned to death Monday evening
She was placing wood upon the fire
-,-L.,1 4bo blo1o non, ~, ,,,,ioa ts,d fo hos
clothing.
" Plaquemines Observer: A man
by the name of p. j. Corcorau was
found on the levee at Pointe-a-la-
Hache, Saturday morning, frozen to
death. 1t appears that he had slept
where be was found, the night before,
probably intoxicated.
T st. John Meschdcebe: A col
ored man named Ben Young was
found dead in the quarters of the
Wego plantation, Saturday morning,
the body stripped naked and the neck
fractured. Five colored men, en-
ployed on the same plantation, have
been arrested on suspicion.
U Shreveport Times Mr.. NJ. W.
Abney's only daughter, aged 4 years,
was drowned by the capsizing of a
skiff.. = Eight or ten negroes raised
a disturbance in the store of B. Willer,
in Bossier parish, and during the me-
lee Richard Jasper, notorious negro,
threw FIVE pound weight which
struck Mr.. Willer's little girl on the
head, causing fracture of the skull
which the physici ian thinks will prove
fatal.
D Iberia Sugar- BowI: Sunday
about 8 P. NJ, George w. Simpson,
Justice of the Peace, was shot by Err
nest Bouligny, and died from the
effects of bis wound next day. Both
had been drinking during the day, had
quarreled, then made it up, but later
renewed the quarrel. The only wit
ness to the shooting, Mr.. Morel of
New Orleans, states that Simpson was
following Bouligny in a hostile man
ner, when Bouligny turned and shot
him, the ball taking effect in the alb
domen. Bouligny is in Jail awaiting
examination.
Thibodaux Sentinel: The life
less body of one Charles Laughren or
Lockley, boiler maker who has
been working in this parish for sever
al years, was found against the fence
in front of ST. Johns Church, Tues
day morning. 1t is probable that he
had been intoxicated, had fallen and
reopeped an old sore on one of his
legs which bled considerably, and be-
ing weakened from liquor and loss of
blood, leaned against the fence for
support, where he lost consciousness
and died. His chin caught between
two palings, sustaining the body in
an erect position.