The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-06-19
st. James Items.
CONVENT T. O., June Ia, 1885,

CONVENT L. o., June Ia, 1880.
EDITOR CHEF:
Vlller6 Powell and Achille Thomas,
murtlerers Of Mr.. Theogene L. Gaudet,
who We're arrested on suspicion, having
been seen in the vicinity the evening
before the murder, have both made vol
untary confessions, each evidently hope
full Of being accepted as State witness.
All the goods, money and other effects
stolen by the mnr.lerers have been re-
covered, Il portion from their houses and
Il greater part from under an unoccupied
house owned by Messrs. Jolie & Haytel.
Public Indignation runs high and many
persons are Of the opinion that the ser
vices of Honorable Judge Lynch will be
invoked to decide the fate of these Grim
mails, whose cold bloodcd and cruel as
sassination Of a respected aud peaceable
citizen has filled the community with
horror. Powell is % years of age and
Thomas Is; both are from the parish of
Point Conp6c.
Our rice farmers are busy putting up
pumps to furnish water to their fields.
Messrs. II. O. Colomb, J. B. Morson, N.
P. Trist, DeLongpres, Anderson, For
stall, Louis Bourgeois, Capt. Ransom and
Mrs. c. CARTE have pumps in operation,
and ten or fifteen more will get them
started in a few days. For the past week
we have been blessed with daily rains,
atfording an abundance of moisture for
the cane crop, but not enough for rice.
The Census Enumerators are hard at
work. Their names and districts are as
follows: Victor Miles, first and second
wards; N. S. Landry, third aud fourth
wards; Gabriel LeBeuf, fifth ward; LII
Glen Como, sixth ward H. Landreaux,
seventh and eighth wards.
A grand fair is to take place at the St.
Mary chapel, fourth ward. on the 10Th
and Goth Of this month, for the benefit of
the chapel, which needs great deal of
repair.
The office of Clerk of Court is admira-
bly, filled by the new appointee, Mr.. Lou
is Dugas, who has been Recorder of this
parish for eighteen years; and he is well
supplied with deputies in the persons of
those worthy and competent young gen.
tle,nen, Messrs. V. Aucoin and }. Emile
Laiche. Mr.. Dugas will continue to per-
form i'll person the duties of the Record
ers department Of the Office, and will
entrust to his assistants the management
OF the Clerks Office proper. The public
can rest assured that the work of this
important Office will be we'll done.
The St. James public hotel-otherwise
the parish jail-has sixteen boarders,
most of them charged with crimes pun
ishable by death or imprisonment in the
penitentiary. .M.+
On Saturday, the 18th inst, the new
Democratic executive committee organ
lied by electing the following officers {:
A. l.. Bourgeois, president; J. l.. Gaudet
and j. E. Poche, vice presidents; Alfred
Plaisance and }. N. Gourdain, secreta-
ries; R. G. Dngue, treasurer. The COM
mittee is composed Of the following men,
bers:
At large-A. L. Bourgeois, S. A. poch6
and Pierre Schepp.
First ward-R. Beauvais. f. NJ. BRIG
nae.
Second ward j. f. Poch6, L. Laiche.
Third ward-A. Danlare, Ed. Rome.
Fonrtll warl-J. 4. Bourgeois, EIw.
Scannell.
Fifth ward-J. l.. Gaudet, Ulysse Me
lancon.
Sixth ward-R. G. Dugu6, 0. Poirrier.
Seventh wars-Jos. Wasucspack, Fe-
liz P. Simon.
Eighth warl-Felix Fllgout, Claude
Raymonde.
Married at the st. Michael Church, Sat
urttlay, June II, at 4 O'clock 2. NJ. Mr..
j. n. Jourdan to Miss Palmyre Gandin.
both of the second ward of this parish.
known as the College Point. We heart
lily congratulate this handsome youns