The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-15
Summary of State News.
Gleanings from the Press.

Gleanings from the Press.
ST. JOHN.
Bonnet Carre Meschacebe Friday
last, little child Of Mr.. Michel A.
Becnel fell in kettle of water and
was drowned before being discovered.
PLAQUEMINEs.
POinte- ala Haclle Observer Frank
Donaldson, fireman at the Empire
Parish steam rice mill, was smOth-
cred to death on the 3rd inst, while
cleaning out the boiler.
WEST BATON ROUGE.
! Baton Rouge Allocate A Negro
named Perkins was shot and killed on
Capt. Browns place, in West Baton
Rouge, on Tuesday night. 1t is stated
he was stealing cabbages in the gar
den at the time lie was shot.
AvoyELLEs.
| Marksville RepieU: The back wa
ter in the fields along the Bayon dcs
Glaises is slowly receding. From APP
pearances, the planters will have tin-
to plant cotton after the complete
subsidence Of the water. The corr
will be liable to attack from worms
as is usually the case after an over
| flow.
| ASSUMPTION.
Napoleonville Pioneer: The new
Police Jury met on Thursday last
and organized by clecting Gen. w.
B. Ratliff, President. The present
Secretary and Treasurer, Mr.. Augusto
Boudreaux, holds over until next De-
cember. The jury created the office
of Parish Attorney, ut salary .f $500
per annun,. Mr.. w. E. Howcll was
elected to fill this position.
NATcn1rocHEs.
Tindicator: Neuville, tile promis-
ing little son of p. VictOrin Prn-
dhomme, ESQ.,, was drowned ia Cane
River, Il short distance belaw town.
The body was recovered. : : There
was a general Jail delivery at this
place, Tuesday night, owing I" tl",
insecurity of our s. lookup" The oi
fenses charged against the prisoners
who broke out were, however, Of u
trivial character.
RED RIVER.
Coushatta Citizen: Mrs: Wilson's
private boarding house, better knows
as the Planters Hotel, was destroyed
by fire on the 9Th inst. The building
was owned by Mrs. stanfill, and was
insured. The steamer Jessie X.
Bell, while passing Wears landing,
on Red river, Thursday morning,
May 9th, was struck by gale and had
the top Of both climneys, jack staff
and roof of her cabin carried away.
Damage 5000.
PO1NTE COUPEE.
Pelican: The river continues to
fall slowly, and the water is gradu-
ally reeeding from the fields. Plant
ers follow with cotton planting, and
the seed will vegetate in few days.
If the water continues to fall there is
ample time to make crop of cotton.
Corn planted after IN overflow il
very often cut by worms. We have
seen seed corn soaked in lime water,
which prevented the worm from ut
tacking it.
RAPIDEs.
Alexandria People: Major Raxs-
dale, while at work, building an
awning around the jewelry house Of
Ferguson g. Schnack lost his balance
and fell to the brick pavement be-
Iowa distance Of about twenty
feet-breaking his collar bone aud
receiving internal injuries that are
quite serious. He was Immediately
conveyed home Ivy the advice Of DR..
French, and at last accounts was do
ing well, but suffering considerably.
TANGIPAHOA.
Amite City Independent At Gull
let's gin. factory, lart Wednesday,
Joseph A. Lonbett, IL years Of age,
was accidentally caught iu "a driving
belt of the wheels, which carried him
around the shaft, and then pulled his
right arm .oot Of the socket at tho
shoulder, letting his body drop to
the ground. His face and throat also
were severely lacerated. The little
sufferer bore his pain viii, great for
titule and at last accounts was doing
we'll.
MOREHOUsE.
Bastrop Clarion: Last week the
barn and mule shed belonging TO A.
W. Bridges Of Gum Ridge caught fire
from lightning aud burned, losing u
| fine lot of hay, millet, etc. On tho
22d heavy wind passed through Oak
Ridge. blowing down fences, houses
and timber in places. Several head
of cattle We're killed by the falling
timber While Negro woman wa.
engaged in washing clothes in the
bayon last Saturday, in front Of Mr.,
R. II. Wards dwelling, she potieeA
the body of human being, face down.
floating toward the bank Oh xhich
she stood. She Immediately gavs the
alarm, when Mr.. Ward, assisted by
several others, brought the body
ashore and buried it on the bank IT
the stream. From some papers and Is
memorandum book found on the
corpse the following conlnsions rela-
tive to the deceased were found. His
name was Henry E. Flattery, Of Bunk
er Hill, Illinois, and he had been
identified in some way with the
steamer Ollie B. He had some money
on his pers on, part Of whicl, Mr.. Ward
gave the Negroes who buried him,
the baiance-:,bnnt $50, he holds sub
| ject to the order nf any friend Or rela
tive of the dead man. Mr.. WaId
thinks it probable, from the appear
ance of the n,a,,'s fnce and hend, that
lie was cudgeled l~fsre he dropped
among the fish.