The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-01-05
LOUISIANA NEWS.

S Claiborne Guardian The cot
ton coming into market now is so
very dirty that it commands only a
small price-from five to seven cents.
g Rapides Gazette: The Bart
Able carried down eighteen colored
criminals for Baton Ronge from
Natehitoches, Wednesday night.
u st. Bernard Eagle: A dispute
arose between two young men, Michel
Barris and Eugene Carson, resulting
in Barris receiving an ugly cash
about his mouth.
U Iberville South It is very evil
dent now that the greater portion of
planters can only carry on their OPP
erations the coming year by working
on shares.
D Baton Rouge AdUocate Mr..
Alfred Bonnecaze was slightly woun-
ded in the leg the other day in West
Baton Rouge by the accidental dis
charge of a pistol.
" Marksville ViNager: Aleck,
colored man accused of stealing a
horse, the property of Roselius Ar
mand, was arrested on Red river and
is now in our parish Jail.
Eg ST. John MeSchacebe: Last
Monday, died at his residence, at the
age of 56 years, Mr.. Eugene Chenet,
father of our Parish Judge J. V. Che
net The deceased was one of our
best citizens.
a-7sss r1ancoc To,,..oI A. -,
hour Sunday morning an incendiary
set fire to the house of Judge Steele,
occupied by the family of Mr.. Fl. A.
Garrett as a residence. A prompt
alarm was given and by hard work
the citizens succeeded in extiDguish-
ing the flames.
x Catahoula NelCs Capt. Will
liam Guss fell dead in the office of J.
Guss & Sons. He had the erysipelas
and it is supposed that the disease
struck his heart = r.. E. Yancey's
gin house caught fire Monday night,
and was burned, together with about
thirty bales of cotton belonging to
several parties, Less than fifty per
cent is covered by insurance.
B w. Baton Rouge Sugar Plant
err: Two weeks since, at Musson
Station, Crosse Tete, Arthur Bolt
teux shot and killed Alfred Benaud. |
In attempting to arrest Boitteux, Mr.. |
Walter Slack and Mr.. T. G. Sparks
were shot by him, the former dying
since and Mr.. Sparks not expected to |
live. Boitteux is himself badly /
wounded and has been taken to New
Orleans for safe keeping Christ
mas morning cutting scrape occur
red between Luke O'Conner and Cal
vim Jones, in which the former re-
ceiEed a wound on the head from the
effects of which he may die.
N DeSoto Democrat A few DAYS
ago row occurred in Red river par
ish between two brothers by the
name of John and Dave Carr, and
while they were shooting at each
other, nephew of theirs by the name
of Thompson Joined in the fracas, taxi
ing the part of Dave Carr. In the
melee john Carr was severely woun-
ded in the leg and an outsider fatally
wounded i'll the bowels. Dave Carr
and Thompson then left, and war
rants being issued for their arrest,
the Sheriff with posse surrounded
their house the next night, and killed
Dave Carr while he was attempting
to escape. Thompson succeeded in
getting away The residence of i
Col. c. NJ. Pegues, on Caddo Prairie,
in Caddo parish, was destroyed by
fire few days ago. All of the fami-
iy's clothing, with the household fur
nltfre was, destroyed The Logan I
plantation i'll this parish has been
sold to party from Pittsburg, Pa,
who expects to locate several families /
from that country upon it