The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-04-17

only trne bill found was against Hem
ny Butler, charged viii, murder. The
accused is cOlored girl about IL
years of age, who drove q butchers
knife into the ear Of 4 Negro boy on
the Allendale plantation The Ne
gro, Hugh Lananx, who SO cruelty
murdered his father in law, Ed. Will
lis, in April, 1877, for which he was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
died in that institution one day last
week Of consumption.
| ST. LANDRY.
| Opelnusas Courier: AT an election
held here last Monday, for seven
members Of the Board If Police Of
! Opelousas, the following candidates
we're elected: james Ray, Simeon
Rerotte, A. Lacombe, Geo. Pnlford,
Joseph Bloch, E. Pefferon, ]. Claude.
| They will probably meet next week
and select one of their number as
Mayor, and eject the other municipal
| officers. 80 The following parties,
| against whom iDformatiDns had been
filed in our District Court, plead
guilty. The fact that the jury for
the term bad been quashed, and that
no opportunity for trial would be
had until November, probably in
| f1nenced some Of them in adopting
this course: Thtlismar Joseph, horse
stealing; Adam Ledonx larceny
Joseph Richard and Lewis Williams,
larceny !; Ant. Anderson, larceny.
Morgan City Free Press: Robert
Rold, boy about fourteen years Of
age was instantly killed by the cars
III Berwick City yesterday. He was
jumping on and off the cars in the
switch yard, and when killed, was
trying to jump upon the engine tender
when his foot slipped, aud falling,
was crushed to death by the wheels
Of the next car .Reuieec: The
wrecked steamboat F. w. Fuller
which was blown about thousand
yards inland in the great storm of the
LIST Of September, was lowed into this
port last Tuesday morning. A canal
had to be dug to float her into Bayou
Sale bay DIR. j. S. Gardner of this
place went to New Orleans Thursday.
The doctor carried with him a petit
ton, quite numerously signed by Nor
gan City and Berwick people, praying
tnat he be appointed quarantine ply
stefan for the Atchafalaya station.
CADDO.
Shreveport Times Friday eve
ming the End inst, about o'clock,
tho southern suburbs of the city was
visited by a terrible storm, by the
fierce action of which humber of
houses were blown down, fences de-
molished, trees torn up by the roots
and several people severely injured.
One of the peculiarities of the storm
was tlfat it completely demolished1
several comparatively new houses To-
Gated below the level, while houses
in the storms path, upon high ground,
escaped with slight injuries. The
damages are not as heavy pecuniarily
as was at first supposed, the buildings
injured being generally small aud
most Of them quite old -. Shreveport
Standard: At Albany, in this parish,
Shep Richardson, colored, shot his
two brothers-in- law, Alto Ned and
Bob Marshall, whom he accused Of
enticing his wife away from him. Alto
was shot in the bowels, breast and
neck and is believed to be mortally
wounded. Bob's injuries are slight,
being in the foot and leg. Richard
son fed. While the steamer Frank
Willard was under way near FurDiss'
landing, two colored ronstahouts
named Geo. Williams and Ike Rob
ertson became engaged in al alterca-
ton which resulte ed in fight, during
the progress Of which Williams DELHI
erately showed Robertson overheard,
and before assistance could be lem
dered him, he was drowned. When
the Roadway of the boat was checked,
her stern swung into the bank and
Williams, who IAN aft, jumped ashore
aud made his escape through the
woods Columbia Fire Company
No. 4 at their meeting last night re-
solved to disband. The engine that
had been ordered for them having
been rejected BY the committee of the
department., was also rejected by the
committees Of the company, and find
ing themselves without an engine,
they passed the resolution to disband.