The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-08-28

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Mindea Democrat
The cotton crop Of this parish has been
Over-cstimatetl. Six weeks since it looked
very promising and it was cOnjectured
that full average crop would he made.
1t is now conceded by those who are ia
lniliar with the staple that there will
not he more than half a crop made. The
hard and continual rains that visited this
and our sister parishes caused the older
cotton to shed and rot. Rust is to be
seen here and there on almost every plan
tation in the hills. We heard of the boil
worm in the cotton in the vicinity of
Logtown, Onachita parish, but as yet no
sign of WORMS has been seen in Cald-
well.-Colambia Herald.
Sheriff Duson informs us that there are
at present confined in the St. Landry jail
eleven prisoners-four white men and
seven Negroes. One of the white men is
confined as lunatic, and the other three
are respectively charged with horse
stealing, rape, and larceny. The Negroes
are in upon various charges. - Mr.. Hen
derson b. Taylor, living at Barry's Land
ing, killed doe, which had in her two
fawns, one dead and the other alive. The
live one he took home and fed, and at
last accounts it was living and doing
well :. The culture of rice in the western
portion of this parish, and in Calcasieu,
is assuming vast proportions compared
with what it was two or three years
OpeloMsas Democrat.
On the 18th inst, on Bayou Benf, a
Negro woman by the name of Jane
Clarke, was shot aud almost instantly
killed, by Negro man named William
Washington. From the testimony of an
eye witness, it appears that Washington
was swapping the gun at a child, when
the deceased told him to stop, or lie
might kill some one. He persisted in his
criminal sport, when the deceased adj
vanced to take the weapon from him. As
she did SO, Washington drew down on
her, the gnn fred and lodged eight
backshot in her right breast. The ac-
cnsed claims that he did not know the
gun was loaded, and that there was no
ill-feeling between them. Washington
is lodged in jail.-OpeloHsas Courier.
Richmond Dunn, a colored planter,
brought the first bale of new cotton to
town OH the 18th. It weighed 422 pounds,
classcd low mitl'lling, and was sold to
Leon Gerson for IL cents Michael
Carroll, white, in the employ of Judge
Lndtling, fell from wagon loaded with
lumber, and one wheel passed over his
body, breaking several ribs. He died
next morning from internal hemorrhage.
Monroe Balletia-- Beginning with 1874,
Richmond Dunn has brought in the first
bale Of cotton each year, except in 1877,
when Phil Robinson, colored, brought
the first bale to town. Richmond. We
believe, has some land upon which the
cotton opens very early, and from this
he is at special pains to gather the first
bale and thus to land in market new
bale ahead Of any Of his competitors.
He owns and cnltivatcs the place former
" owned by General Albert Rust, whose
trusted servant Richmond was durin.
the Generals litetime.-Ouachita Iele-
graph.
At ball given last Saturday night ut
Lasseisnc's Hall, about five miles above
an unfortunate ARRAY oc-
in which George Rountree was
killed by Fastin Martin. Judging from
the evidence taken before the Coroners
Jury whiskey was the principal actor in
this unfortunate tragedy. The deceased
had been using violent and insulting
in and near the room in which
ladies were assembled for amusement.
His friends had prevailed upon him to 90
home, but after mounting his mule he
rode to the door of the Hall, which was
near the street, and began cursing Mar
tin, who took stick from some ones
hands and struck the deceased two or
three blows over the head aid neck,
almost instantaneous death. Mr..
Martin was Immediately arrested by Mr..
Rogers, Deputy Sheriff, who arrived on
the ground at the moment the homicide
was committed. The Coroner's Jury
found Il verdict Of manslaughtcr- Rice
is being harvested in Lafourche as rap
idly as the weather will permit. The
crop will be splendid if the weather will
permit it to be harvested properly "A
number of public free schools will be
opened in this parish on the first Monday
in September. Others will be opened as
soon as the necessary arrangements can
DC made.-ThiJodaur Sentinel. !