The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

! ing to quite sum. After the fire ne
returned the satchel and money to
Mrs. Avet. A commendable action
on the part Of Charley, and we take
pleasue in thus mentioning his honest
act for he could have kept the money,
and perhaps no one would have
known who took it.
ST. LANDRY.
Opelousas Courier: On the 28th
nlt., two colored men, named Elias
Lee and David King, had difficulty
On the Bayou Tecl'e, near Opelousas,
when the latter was iDsatntly killed
by the former striking him !. blow
with his fist in tho left side During
the thunder storm last Monday, a boy
about eight years old was struck by
lightning. so DR.. Shute informs US, gu
Mr.. Meyers place in Bellevue, while
standing on the gallery Of cabin.
His clothes were literally burned off
Of him, and the skin torn entirely off,
o., one side, from head to foot. The
shock left him insensible, but he re-
covered consciousness the next morn
ing, and it was thought he would ell
tirely recover.
ASSUMPTION.
Napoleonville Pioneer: A murder
was committed, last Saturday, on the
Magnolia plantation. 1t appears that
two cOl0red laborers, Jack Merryman
and julie Livandins, were trying their
luck at draw poker, when loud words
passed between the two, and Merry
man shot Livandins 10 the breast,
killing him instantly. The murderer
was arrested and lodged III the parish
prison to await trial ut the next SEES
sion of the District Court. "A seri-
GUS accident happened at pic mic
given at Lake Verret, last Saturday,
by large number Of young ladies and
gentlemen Ut our town and vicinity.
Mr.. Willie Gardiner, believeing his
pistol empty, was playfully pointing
it at one Of his friends, Ridgely David
son Of Thibodaux, when it accident
ally went Of. The ball struck Young
Davidson in the chin, INJECTING u very
painful but not dangerous wound.
ST. JAMES.
GENTLY Louisianais: Sunday last.
on Mnrray's plantation, William An
del son, killed another colored man,
Dave Williams. Anderson has been
arrested. The cause Of the murder
was gambling. Tuesday night, the
stable and corn house Of DuplaDtier's
plantation, on the lower line of the
parish, were destroyed by fire.
There are still some strikers in this
parish and We hear that several of
them have caused disturbances in the
fifth ward. "A dangerous caving
took place Sunday last Oh the levee
Of n. $. Willis plantation. But there
was no civil or military engineer OH
the place, and the planters, by them
selves, with the help Of their laborers,
who worked like men, succeeded in
stopping the veltlow. The work was
conducted by Messrs. McFall, L.
Lebourgeois and Remy. The labor
ers and colorcd men behaved them
selves as well as if they had been the
owners OF the threatened plantations.
WESI fELlClANA.
St. Francisville Sentinel: Sunday
morning, as Mr.. A. TeutscI,, a respect
able and prosperous merchant Of our
town, was driving dowE Sun street,
Bayou Sara, his horse became flight.
enetl and broke into ii hard run. As
the buggy turned Irvine's corner Mr..
Teutscll was thrown out, sustaining
serious, but no one imagined fatal in-
jnries. He was carried home. and
although receiving the best medical
attention, died Monday morning.
A report comes from Shady Grove,
East Feliciana, Of the death by IA
stroke Of lightning, Of Mr.. Willie
Oneil, a bard working and promising
young farmer of that section. 1t
seems that on Monday morning last,
Mr.. Oneil walked over to see a neigh,
Dor. On returning a thunder storm
overlook him in a path leading
through pine forest. The next
morning he had not made his appear
ance and his friends becoming uneasy.
Il search was instituted, and very
soon his body was found with the hor-
rib'e cause of his demise STAMPED on
his brow.