The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-27
OF STATE NEWS
Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press,
Iberyille South sosthene Hebert. 4
tenant on the plantation Of Emile Le-
febyre, made 80 hogsheads Of sugar off
II acres of cane. Latterly, Mr.. Lefeby1o
ground 18 acres of cane which yisldel
62 hogsheads of sugar.
Farmerville Gazette At the exhibition
Of Cooper Il Jackson,s circus, Monday
night, the lady rider pitched forward
over the head of her horse and fell III
the ring upon her faces She was stuune,i
By the fall but not seriously injured. n
Calcasieu Echo: Last week two spen,
named Thorahill and Fields, accused of
horse stealing NJ Sabine parish. weie
bsohsHs from the jail 1T Mansfield to tile
Jail at Many, in Sabine parish, and web
soon afterwards taken ont of Jail, at
night and shot to death by parties mn
known.
Morgan City Reriew: No particulars
upon which we can rely have reached us
relative ls to the shooting affairM Pstfer-
sonville last Sunday night. W. splg
know that Warren CLisn, son of Mx
chism Of the firm of Chism & Boyd, New
Orleans, has died from the effects Of pis.
tol shots received from the hands : II II
Shelby Sanders, son of spr. i. /. Sanders
Of Inkeland place., j.
Madison Journal :.sL Lewis DfiIas, wslh
to-de and respectable colored man. ~
siding four miles below Tallulah on
Ronndaway bason, was, visited on the
night of the 18th inst. By some unknown
person., who, breaking linto hin shoilse,
inflicted serious, il not fatal wound,sa
bis head, causing q deprsssed fracture pf
Che skull. The would be assassins hsy
not been arrested. At last aceoul,ts
Miles was still living.
.s5ssas ~. IT'S n
Gretna Courier: TIE parents of sll1
murdered youth, whose body was found
on the levee ncarsthe Waggamsh plan
tation, have at last cone fiswaf1a
claimed the body ana had 1t proprlv
inferred in one Of the cemeteriesat Mar
Orleans. His deatl, still aud forever will
remain 9 mystery The unfortunats,
eolored man who was injured by tho.
machinery of the Crescent City OIL
Works last week died on Saturday night.
Shreveport Times Sunday morning.
last sad and fatal accident occurred III
the vicinity of Frog Level to Mr. John
spearman, aged between 1s and 10 years.
It appears that young spearman was
running his horse u full lspeesi, sntl com.
ing to curve in tile road lie leaned
slightly to one side thinking the horse
would follow the road, bat instead Of
that the animal dashed stFaigllt ahead,
which eansed him to lose his balau<k
and he was thrown violently against q
large tree, causing internal injuries firm
the effects Of which he died that evening.
Baton Rouge 4drocate: ADout 10Uclbcf
Wednesday night, tile steam ting Nelly,
at the coal yard Of Messrs. CoyIe, Wilmok
& Co, was discovered to be on fire. 4Af
the time she was lying alongside tl,e
coal barges, but, Immediately upon the
discovery, she was dropped down sy as
not to endanger the fleet of bargss. Tho
alarm was given and the fremel, rushed
to the rescue, but were unable to save
the boat, as the flames, famed by the
heavy winds, soon licked mp the little
craft and left nothing but the hull,
burned to the waters edge. The cause
of tie fire is not known.
Tllibodaux Sentinel: Not since 1859
has sugar cane yielded SO satisfactorily
as it is now doing. Without giving f,u-
plicit credit to every fabulous rspoft
that is current, the first person tossay
that his cane is not yielding more than
he anticipated before grinding COM
menced has yet to make his appearance.
80. Bayou Lafourche is so low that oys-
termen have considerable difficulty in
navigating their luggers. Between this
point and Donaldse,fsil1e there are aIr sey.
ensl bars.Al,stsi stsiaSt.alrHos6t Uncovered.
Isyission. n4asa kAas,aiissasil 4eipSx
ported entirely closells sexcsrt ~ hss IN
occasional high tide ttrows-in III an extra
supply of water from the river. Tho
bayou at Napoleonsille is said 10 iH ndk
over foot or two deep. siTwesty ysara
ago it lwas meyer 1ses stI.sn six feet.
Practically the bayou is becoming very
| unreliable for transportation Of sugar
and molasses in the Fall and early VIA.
ter months. 1t is time the people of, As,
sumption were taking steps to have tie
branch road extended TO PaincourtyilIe.
St. Landry Democrat: On Thursday
the trial of John Sonnier, indicted for tbs
murder OF Anari Prudhomnle, was con-
, cIutled. The Jury returned ! yerdict Of
guilty without capital punishment. A
sin,ilaf verdict; was rendered in the case
Of Allen Johnson, tried stor tie mllrdsp sf
Ahram Roberts ----A difficulty oScnrrea
in bayou Chicot at a wedding, or ball,
on Monday night last, between two
young ns,, By the name of .suslslath aud
causey, which resulted in the shooting
and instantaneouslys killing Of C4usey
by snddsbh- From. n bat we can learn,
| it seems to have been the enIlnihatioil ct