The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-06-15
NUMBER 40.
Items Of Louisiana News.
GIeanings from the press.


n Caldwell Herald: The upper
portion of the parish, was visited
with a severe hail storm on Wednes-
day, doing considerable damage to
the cotton and corn.
D East Felieiana Pat DEM: Two
children playing near Port Hudson
were taken suddenly i'll and one died
soon after. The supposition is that
in their rambles they found and ate
some jimson weed.
w Claiborne Guardian Mr.. J. ID.
Dansby, an old citizen of this parish,
was called to his door, Friday night,
aud shot by j. D. Gladney, with II
double barreled shotgun. Mr.. Dansby
died in a short time. Gladney fled.
U Terrebomne Progress: Old man
Mason Diekerson and his wife, his
daughter aud q child of the latter
were thrown from cart at the Ridge
land plantation, last Sunday, hurting
the grown persons very badly and
killing the child.
w iberia Sugar Bout: Tuesday
during q thunder the lightning
killed two mules hitched to a pIow in
Mr.. Joseph Cararas' field, broke
pillow and knocked the plowman, %
colored man, senseless. The man sub
sequently recovered.
1 Colfax Chronicle: Cap. Curry
stole a horse near Monroe and was
pursued into this parish by Sheriff 3
posse. The thief was fred upon and
wounded in the left shoulder, but the
stolenshorse was II fleet animal aud
the rider distaneed his pursuers.
g Port Vincent Liuiagstonian
Silvany Guedry, a resident on Black
bayou, near Eicknair bayou, Ascen-
sion parish, died suddenly, one day
last week, from the supposed effect of
dose of morphine, administered by
q young physician who recently set
tied in the vicinity Captain w. l..
Lippert, of the new steamer Georgia
Muney, fell through hatchway tiito
the hold of that boat and was severely
injured.
w Assumption Pioneer: A de-
strnctiye cyclone struck the vicinity
of Cranes Forge, i'll this parish, ON
the 5tll inst, committing serious dam
age to the property of Z. E. Dnrand,
ESQ. The mammoth brick shed, II
building ITO feet in length by 85 feet
In width, with All altitude of so feet,
was blown down. The first kiln of
bricks burned in the establishment
had barely cooled down when tile ac-
cideHt happened.
II st. Landry Courier This par
isIi was visited Wednesday evening
with terrific rain and hail storm, ne
|scompanied by wind and lightning.
We have heard of several casualties.
A coiored man was instantly killed by
lightning about n mile north of town,
and colored child stunned in tile
same hause a horse was also killed
by lightning in the same neighber-
hood. A daughter of Adolphe Do
nato, also colored, was completely
stunned by the lightning. sone dam
age was caused to crops and fencing
and several trees were prnstrated.
w Shreveport Times: A coal oil
lHI1fD EAplUelEA ftb tAS aGstuCiaCOsf ~
Mrs. LANCER, a German woman, and
flames communicated to flle Ded,
severely burning her little boy who
was sick. In rescuing the child, the
mothers clothes caught FIRE and she
was fatally burned, dying shortly
afterward. =. There have been twen
ty-six cases of small pox on Bee
Bend plantation and twelve deaths.
There is now only one case, which Is
convalescent. Frank Peace, "a mu-
latto, who killed white man on
Cross lake, near Frank Logan's plan
tation, four years ago, is in Jail ut
Texarkana. He will be brought to
Caddo. The store house of Wollen-
berg s. Co, on Red river short dis
tance above Coushltta, was cnm-
pletely destroyed by iilcendiary fire.
The stock, which was also destroyed,
is claimed to have been worth $4,000
insurance $500.