The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-12-18
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS

SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS
Glsanings from the Louisiana Press.
st. Bernard Eagle:: A Malay named
Macllias while crossing the river in askiff.
from Terre-anx-Bnufss depot to, Bska
| plantation, fell overheard and was
drowned.
AlexaEdri Democrat: AM old oolossa
man, whose name we were unable to
learn, was frozen to death on the night
of Wednesday last, whilst returning t.
his home III the Pinewoods, during the
sleet aud rain. He was found on the
| roadside.
Terrebonne Chronicle: Clay Hill, col
ored, was stabbed by lis brother, Bob
Hill, on the shaffer plantation, neas
Chacahoula Station. The knife entered
his left side, from the effects of which he
died in about half an hour. The mnr-
derer escaped and is still at large.
Sabine Lader: Monday evening, Nov.
| 9, a cyclone passed through tho north
western portion Of tho parish, doing
great deal of damage. Scarcely q house
was left standing on Mr.. Joe aud Mac
Armstrong; places, two mules belonging
to the former were killed. and ono man
on MIR. Mac Armstrong's place was killed
outright.
Pointe Coupee Banner: On Wednes-
day last, the little seven year-ola daugl,-
ter Of the editor Of this paper came near
being drowned, and was rescued by her
two little brothers, aged respectively 81
and 81. The three children had escaped
the vigilance of their mothers eye and
were playing near the horse pond, ina
lot near by, when tho little girl slipped,
lost her balance and fell into the pond
where the bank was steep aud the water
four feet deep. She shrieked a. she fell,
TINS attracting the attention of hor
brothers, who were only a few steps of.
Both boys rushed manfu1ly to the rescue
of their sister; and the eldest of the two
grasped the hand of his sister, which she
had thrown up in despair, and thus held
her close to the bank till the other little
fellow could get hold Of the other hand.
and the two drew their sister out. How
proud we are Of these two boys, none but
i father can know
Alexandria People: The post-office at
this place was burglarized on Monday
night, last, and several hundred dollars
i'll money and valuables abstracted there
from .---A fatal shooting affray occurred
at Cheneyville, about thirty miles below
Alexandria, on the evening Of November
80, resulting in the instantaneous killing
of Willy jackson by Cullom Marshall,
and the mortal wounding Of young Mr..
Pfgg. Six shots we're fred, everv Que Of
whicl, took effect, the body of Jackson
being perforated with five bullet holes.
Pigg was accidentally wounded, and ID
supposed to have received the ono shot
fired by Jackson. Willy Jackson was
tried and acquitted at the October term
of court for the killing of Horace Mar
shall, on or about the 10th Of July last.
The recent hostile and fatal collision is,
it is said, directly attributable to bad
blood engeudered by the previous diff
Guilty. 1t is to be hoped that the differ
ences between those two families willbe
compromised without further effusion of
blood.
Farmerville Gazette: AT the ressiidcnco
of j. G. b. White, about six miles west of
Farmeryille, q horrible accident occurred,
resulting in the death d Mr.. Whites
eldest daughter, LOWE Ella White,
beautiful girl about 16 years of age. Miss
Lowe was attending to some domestic
duties i'll tho yard, and while so engaged,
her clothing caught fire. The frenzied
girl ran to the house for water, and find
ing none, she rushed to a bedroom. IN
her vain efforts to divest herself of her
burning clothing, she set fire to tie bed
ding and some furniture in tho room, and
was driven from the room by tho flames.
There being no person about the house
to render her any assistance, she ran,
enveloped in the flames of her burning
clothing, to Mr.. Buckley's, a neighbor
residing nearly mile from her fathers
house. Whom she reached hlr. Buckeyes
she fell, fainting away, and literally
burned from her knees to tie top of her
head. Her suffering was horrible, but
death came to her relief, within few
hours. Some persons passing, extin-
g1ished the flames at Mr.. Whites resi-
| dcHce.
With so simple All article as q red
| cabbage. a very old but pretty little
chemical experiment may be made by
tho young people, with the result of
amusing and astonishing those around
them. Tho effects may be strikingly
shown in t,is manner Cut three leaves
of the cabbage into small pieces, and,
| after placing them III basin, pour q
pint Of boiling water over them, letting
| them stand an hour, then pour off tho
| liquid into decanter. 1t will be Of
fine blue color. Then take foar vino
glasses; into one put six drops of strong
vinegar into an other, six drops Of so