The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-18
Items of Louisiana News.
1sIeapfngs from, the Press

u AeSkuIMsSss 1EOa1A SH~
T Sabine Soutkroa; Crop pres
meets in Sabine parish at this season /
of the wear were never better.
10 Baton Rouge AdpOcate: A col
orcd woman WAS drowned while cross
ing the garrison bayou on log.
~ St. Charles Herald: The resi-
Deuce of Widow Joseph Tonzanne,
two miles above Hahnville, was de-
strcyed 10y fire Wednesday afternoon
.g Tangipahoa Independent; The
execution of Isaiah Evans, murderer
of Young Edward Bowen, took place
on the 10th, at the parish jail III tins
place.
u Catalonia Netcs: The residence
of Mr.. Eb. Randall was destroyed Dy
Che storm on Wednesday There is
telephone in operation between
Monroe and Trenton.
u Morehouse Clarion: A white
man named Hickey shot and Killed
Levi Turner, colored, at the store OF
Mrs. L. A. Vaughan, in Gum Swamps'
The murderer escaped.
~ w. Baton Rouge Sugar Planter:
A fracas occurred at cOlored ball
Saturday night between Aleck ---
| and Mike Jones, in which the latter
| was shot and killed outright. Aleck
| fled and has not been seen since.
I Bienville Rural Times A small
worm from an inch to an inch and
half long is doing some damage to
every species of the growing crop IN
this section. 1t burrows at the roots
of corn, cotton and garden plants.
~ St. Mary Enterprise The mu-
nicipal election of Franklin, held last
Monday, resulted in the election of
| Wilson Mckerall, Mayor, by seven
teen votes, with the following Coun-
cilmen: B. G. Smith, E. Cooper, A.
C. Allen, w. B. Smith aud c. Gil
laume.
70 Shreveport Times A colored
dispenser of the gospel by the name
of Tom Webster, came near killing
his wife by striking her on the head,
back of the ear, with stick of wood.
Last week he beat her very severely,
and broke her arm. The brute has
made tracks.
y Columbia Herald: Mr.. VIM.
Howard, Il planter living on Bayou
DeSiard above Monroe, was swim
ming in the bayou when he was
taken with cramps and drowned -.
The body of Mayor Endom's little
son, who was drowned at Monroe,
was recovered.
i ~ Madison Journal The levee in
front of Mr.. G.. L. Boney's plantation
broke yesterday, and before a force
could be summoned to check it, the
water swept away about 100 feet of
the embanknent. Mr.. r. Bankston
with about thirty men and some
bags of sand, succeeded in checking
the food after several hours work.
~ Claiborne Guardian Sheriff
Kirkpatrick went to Monroe aud ar
rested M. r. Vinson, charged with the
murder of Robert Synlonds last fall.
=. Thomas McKinzie's smoke house
was destroyed by fire q few nights
ago. "A son of j. p. Gladney killed
an eagle near Homer, measuring sew
en- feet from tip to tip of the wings.
VIM. Kimble, one of the Oldest
and best citizens of this parish, died
suddenly on the Both ult., aged 20.
q Terrebonne Progress Friday
|, evening, the 3rd inst, three negroes
entered the store of Mr.. Alva Smith
eight miles below Thibodaux or
Bayou Lafourche, and beat the pro.
!, prietor with club, fracturing hi'
! skull and breaking one of his shout
: ders. They then decamped, leaving
;, Mr.. Smith insensible. The scoundrel
= have all been arrested since, and Mr.
. Smith has recognized them.
g - st. Charles Mirror: Sunda,
IT night an attempt was made to burr
h the coffee house of Emile Pefferkorn
n in Hahnville. The comb of the roo
II was saturated with coal oil aud Sc
on fire. A neighbor discovered tn
l. fire and gave the alarm in time Il
y save the property. A reward of SIS
20 is offered by the town authorities 70
IN sufficient evidence to convict the par
t. ty or parties engaged in this diaboli
% cal plot.
J. g Iberviile South: Sunday nigh
IN an attempt at escape was made b
the prisoners confined in the cage {
the Jail. All but one succeeded j
getting out of the cage through hol
! cut in the iron bars, but they did nc
get through the window. The bal
n, were cut with an old table knife blad,
ed 49, VIM. L. Roche, who has been fl
at several years deputy Postmaster {
re this place, has received the appoint
g. ment of Postmaster.
ng ~ Thibodaux Sentinel: Mrs. Hal
OF rison Leblanc, residing on Bayo
ut Black, in Terrebonne parish, droppe
Ill dead while seated at her sewing ms
&C. chine. The Nelson & Donelso
he plantation, one mile above Thibt
IT. danx, was sold by the U. S. Marsh
IS, to Laurence j. Butler for $26, 600 :.
or Desire Bourgeois, living near Loci