The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-08-21
Summary Of State News,

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.
Planters are picking cotton, and w
are informed that the yield will he The
best since the war.-Ibes'ia Journal.
Wednesday, while bathing i'll the river
IN front Of Battnre landing with some
other boys, Sandy Louton, colored. was
fdrowned.-St. John 4Ncsch0ceJe.
SiOta S. Evans was thrown from his
horse last week and very seriously in
.jured Dominique Kramer, residing in
the Malagay settlement, was killed by q
limb OF Il tree falling OH him and frac-
turing his SKULL HibodaHc Sentinel
The extraordinary yield Of 27a barrels
OF rough rice per acre was obtained by
Messrs. Grcaud &, Leblanc last week. on
their farm in this parish, and Judging
from the fine appearance of the crop of
other planters we would not be surprised
to see this yield equalcd BY them.-Ibcr-
rille Soath.
Frank Leyingston, a colored man who
accompanied u hunting party to the Sa-
line last week, was drowned while ford
ing the Dugdamonia on mule, en- route
homeWaTd. Messrs Scott and Bill Nav
nearly lost their lives attempting to res
cue Levingston. The body was rccoy
cred.-Lincoln Sentinel.
The cooper shop of Mr.. C. T. Dairle
containing 300 molasscs barrels, was
entirely destroyed by fire on the night of
The 12th instant. The fire was unloubt-
edly the work Of incendiares. Mr.. Dali
.gles loss is about $1,000 = Several b,1r-
glaries have recently been committed in
Napolconviile and vicinity. -.issnmption
Pioneer.
From the best information we can Oh
tam, we think the people of this parish,
nave nothing to fear from the ravagas Of
tiie cotton worm. Reports from Natehi-
foches say they are quite numerous in
places, but have done no damage as VET.
-sadthe SoMthroa-- The Guntcrs. who
We're charged with murder in Vernon
parish, have been tried and acuuitted.-
Sabine Inder.
An escaped convict was captured near
town last Monday by an ex-convict, who
turned his prisoner over to the Sheriff
----On the a.l, instant Sheriff Nout,n
arrested one Sosthene Joseph. eolored.
III st. Mary parish, charged with murder
The accused was indicted by the Grand
Jury in October, 1876, for the murder Of
SEVERN Girouard, also coloreh, in this
PARISH, lnthc month Of August precedinr.
ana has SINCE been a fugitive from las
fice.-lafaygttc -4drert;ser.
Recently Il coored man named Enb
favors, laborer on the Anna plantation
soi Mr.. Thomas l.. Slatler, in the naris, !
OF st. Mary, was killed by Il load of !
hue:shot, while stealing watermelons in
the night from the field of Mr.. Y. simo-
neaud, Gil the Bclleview plantation. At
ter being shot he ran away through fen
rows OF corn, but his body was found
about three days afterwards, ircln the
mock OF puxZaltts that gathered around
it.-Saya,- Bori
Sheriff Rasan left on Monday for Baton
I"'sc Wit,' Andersen Am>s, enlor.d
Ames WAS sentenced 10 be hung for the
murder of {. $. Frank, but his sentence
was committed by l4ieEt Gov. McEnsry
to imprisonment i'll the penitentia;y for
llle- Sheriff Reagan also has in CHARGE
Alice Noreland, aged seven years, whom
l,e VIII place IN he Insane Asylum at
Jackson. Sh. became ,lcnelstel because.
% y severe spell ct sickness. 1t is ho,,ed
haf linlsi treatment Will restore her
re:soi,.- tis5St.,, Demotrat
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