The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-01-03
Summary of State News.
Gleanings from the Press.
CArAHoULA.

I1dtIisOuOuIb NeM& 1utl0 lS
strong disposition among the people
Of the parish to make division there
| of. We have understood that d ma
jority of the people both in the hills
and swamp are in favor of it.
HIGHLAND.
| Rayville Beacon: Burglars entered
the rooms Of j. D. McCorkle and Mr..
Hickey at Girard last Saturday night,
stole their watches and some money
from their clothing, secured the key
Of the latter, entered his saloon and
helped themselves to cigars, etc.
! Three Negroes were arrested on sus-
plcion and an attempt made to arrest
another, but he escaped by swimming
B9uf river.
ST. MARY.
Morgan City Revie,v Christmas
night, in Morgan City, Dick Lee, as
sisted and abetted by Louis Colt, shot
Henry Burton-all colored. Burton
was fatally wounded and has since
died. Lee and Colt are under arrest
Pete Scott, railroad blakesman,
fell on his right side aud arm and in
jurcd himself severely. He was at
tended by Drs. Gray and Wise, and
afterward sent to his home in Algiers
---Of yellow fever, Dr.. w. H. Wat
kips thinks Morgan City had eighty
nine cases and twenty five deaths
during last summer.
LAFAYETTE. E.@
Vermillonville AdUeytiser: Tn Sun
day last Town Constable Charles R.
Chargois, in attempting to arrest one
John Louis for disturbance Of the
peace, was resisted Nv the offender,
who apparently was about to resort
to violent means Of resistance, when
he was shot by the officer, the ball en-
tering the left side between the Sec
ord and third ribs. Physicians who
examined the wound incline to the
opinion that it will ultimately prove
fatal, though there is chance of re-
coyery. A charge Of shooting at with
intent t" murder was brought against
the officer, aud upon examination be-
fore the Parish Judge he was admitted
to bail in the sum Of $1,000.
ST. JAMES.
Louisianais Wednesday last, III
front Of Duplantier's plantation, a
kind Of rusty box was found floating
in the Mississippi river, containing
the dead body of a white man, not
yet in state of decomposition, a rope
around his neck, and his head was
almost separated from the trunk.
Capt. Jos. Strongmen killed, Satur-
day last, three bears in the neighbor
hood of Grand Point. One of the
bears, probably the mother Of the
savage trio, weighed four hundred |
and two pounds The magnificent
plantat ion formerly belonging to Ed
nond j. Forstall, and situated in the
parish of St. James, has been adjudi-
Gated to Mr.. Samuel Ward for the
.rifling sum of $45, 900.
WEBSTER.
Minden Democrat: George Bright
vas shot and killed in Arcadia day
il two since, by Shade Sutton. We
lid not get the particulars. The
execution Of the Negro, Anderson
Ames, who was tried at the last term
IF the District Court for assassinatiDg
gOung Franks, and sentenced to suffer
he extreme limit Of the law yester-
lay, did not take place. The Sheriff
Informs US that he has received no
leath warrant from the Governor, and
las not heard from the petition which
dawn far. 81 tot ~ |
he sentence to imprisonment for life
---Will A. Strong, Secretary of State,
,iyes it as his opinion that there has
)een no legal election in Webster, and
will refer the matter for settlement to
he Legislature.
TANGIPAHOA.
Pontachoula Gazette Some un-
lnown fiend placed Il railroad bar
lcross the track, one mile above this
,lace, on Sunday night last. The
pail train, going north at Z P. NJ, run
IN it, causing the engine No. Is to be
disabled from going farther than Ham
nonG station, where another engine
ook the train. The train had on
,reat many passengers, who can thank
he engineer, Mr. John Drake, and
he conductor, Mr.. Swift, for the time
J notice Of the obstruction, and put
ing on the air brakes. -Amite City
Independent At Tangipahoa Station,
N the night of the oath inst, Mr.. T.
|. Phillips was attacked by several
Negroes, and robbed and murdered.
harrison johnson first struck Phillips
n the head with a picket, knocking
i'm down, and he was then choked
y Perry Williams, while they robbed
i'm of some fifteen or twenty dollars,
nd small pistol. Sheriff Mix was
for, and arriving at Tan
,ipahoa, found the two murderers
bove ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with Paul
Aprils and Ben McCay, who are also
custody of the Cousta-
,le and Deputy Sheriff. He brought
he four prisoners, securely chained,
o the parish Jail in this town The
nail carrier on the Clinton and Amite
cute failed to bring the Greensburg
nails to this place yesterday, OH ac-
cunt, as he states, of disorderly
tate of affairs in Greensburg when
g passed through. He says that a
Hack man, who was drunk and dis
rderly, had been struck in the face
nd cut in the arm by white man,
nd that d crowd Of Negroes had raj
led, and were displaying arms and
vengeance on the whites.
Ie feared serious trouble would fol-
DIV. M.M.
CADDO.
Shreveport Times Saturday aight,
bout s o'clock, whilst young man
FAMED Isaac Mccullough was sitting
b the store Of Mrs. Herbig, at Green
wood, looking GU at a game of cards,
samuel Bryson stepped in the room
With a pistol i'll his hand, and when