The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-01-10
no clue to the IDENTITY of the burgla,
has been found. i
LAFOURCHE.

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has been founji.;t
LAFOURCHE.
Thibodaux Sentinel: "A planter dow
Bayou Black has leased his entir
plantation to a number Of white nel
They wiz cultivate the sugar can
which the planter will grind. Th
cane will all be weighed aud eacl, ma
will receive sugar according to Il,
quantity Of cane brought to the mil
An election for directors Of th
Tbibodanx Bridge Company for th
year ending December 81, 1880, wa
held on January l. Messrs. H. w
Tabor, P. E. Lorio, s. Il. Grisamore
Taylor Beattie and Cleophas Lagard
were the successful candidates.
I CLAIBORNE.
| Homer Guardian Last week a MAJ
named Brice was killed at Arcadia b,
one Sutton. Satton was drunk at til,
time of the killing, we are informed
! IA Negro woman in this parish
aged 80 years, wife OF q man named
Henderson JimisoD, is the mother D
seventeen children. On last Thurs
day, which was Christmas Gay, aLou
2 o'clock 10 the afternoon, James A
Witter shot aud killed George Bessel
lieu (CoPd), both Of the town of Ho
mer. The facts as stated before bis
Honor, John A. Richardson, Parish
Judge, demonstrated that Witter act
ed in self-defense, and be was dis
charged.
ST. HELENA.
Gr-ensburg Gazette: Concerning
the threatened trouble between blacks
and whites reported by the Amite City
Independent, the fncts are as follows !:
Some young lads we're popping fire
crackers for their own amusement on
Friday, when, rs a Negro boy was
passing threw some of the fire. crack
ers into his face, which, of course, was
not appreciated by bin and he showed
fight, and in the melee no drew pis-
tol, and some one in the crowd cnt
him ID the arm will, pocket knife.
There was no disturbance Of serious
nature during the whole day. If there
was any disposition on the part of the
Negroes to arm themselves aud create
q disturbance, we are not aware of the
fact.
EAST CARROLL.
Lake Providence Conservative: Adam
Cnmmins, an old Negro living on the
Buckmeadow plantation with his SOM
in-law, Stepney Gibbs, for some cause
got quite angry with his daughter,
Gibbs wife, and shot her twice in the
body, on Christmas evening, and then
shot himself three times. The poor
woman was enceinte, and in her NOR
tai agony was delivered of fetus
six months old. Her suffering was
dreadful. She fingered until Monday
morning last, when death pnt an end
to her pains. Old Adam is now ia the
parish Jail. The physicians are 10
doubt rs to whether he will recover
from his self inflicted wounds He is
quite calm and rational, aud talks of
the killing as though il were bat IA 4
small matter.
AVOYELLEs.
Marksyille Villager: There are COW
two prisoners il jail-one for murder
and the other for hog steaIing-Uo4,
are white men. >. The exodus move
in this parish has entirely died out.
We learn the colored people are pre-
pairing to engage energetica'ly in
agricultural pursuits this year On
Friday, the 26tll ult., in Big Bend, on
Bayou des GLASSES, in this parish, Ed
ward Generes, a promising and much
respected young maD, was killed by
m aged man named James Satterfield.
Generes was on horseback, aud while
passing in front Of Sattertield's place
was fired upon twice, the first charge
taking effect and mortally wounding
him !; lie fell from his horse, and upon
rising was fred upon again, but was
missed he had gone few steps and
then had fallen. The young man
lived but a quarter Of an hour after
le had been shot. Satterfield was
arrested and is now in Jail.
RICBLAND.
Rayville Beacon: About 2 o'clock |
asst Sunday morning thick volume
II smoke was discovered issuing from !
he parish Jail in this place. The |
harm Of fire was raised, which soon
'auseq . crowd to collect, when the
over floor Of the Jail was found to be
N fire, which proved to be the work |
It the four prisoners confined in the
over cell-or a portion of them at
east-and their suffocation and per-
'aps cremation would have been the
esult bit for the timely discovery Of
he fire; forsthe floor is So thick that
he whole building would have been
II flames and the inmates would have
lied from suffocation and heat before
he fire burned hole through it. BY
he united efforts of those assembled
he fire was soon extinguished and
he prisoners, who had been tempo
arily removed from the burning
were returned to their quar-
ers.
Shreveport Times: Thursday morn
ng the donkey engine stationed on
ne river bank, in the rear of the
reight depot Of the Texas and Pacific
ailway, was blown completely away.
he boiler and engine was recently
ut up in place of the one that ex-
ioded about three or four weeks ago.
everely injurins Mr.. James Arnold
nd young gentleman by the name
I Wells. The cause Of the explosion
thursday is unknown. Fortunately
obody was hurt. Monday evening
re colored people living in the vicin-
y of Twelve Mile Crossing gave a
Dllation, for the benefit of the church.
the residence of William Luke.
verything progressed about as quiet
as things usually do at such gath
rings, until about 10 o'clock when a |
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