The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-17
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS


Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.
A fire ut ST. k!f,re, on the railroad
near Opelousas, destroyed the church,
the priests residence and two cottages
A carpenter named Clark. working on
the railroad depot at Whiteville station,
St. Landry parish, was ru', over by
hand car and killed.
James E. Murray, prominent kepuo-
lican of East Carroll parish, committed
suicide by taking fantlanum.
Charlie Ross, a Clinton boy, was
wounded in the left arm by the acciden-
tai discharge of his gun.
Two cotton gins have been burned i'll
Po;nte conpsc since the opening of the
present ginning season.
Jim Reese, an ex-convict, and Wash
Brown, both colored men, had a fight on
Bayou Pierre, DeSoto parish. Reese cut
Brown on the neck with an AK and dis
embowelel him with a knife. The
wounds are regarded as fatal.
Mr.. Manson Bishop, a young farmer of
DeSoto parish, was shot i'll the leg by
the accidental discharge Of his gun,
necessitating the amputation of the
wounded member.
The residence Of Mr.. Sim Creech, IT.,
i'll DeSoto parish, was destroyed by fire
willie he and his wife were visiting
neighbor.
A colored laborer on the Riverside
plantation, st. Mary parish, was stabbed
in the breast and seriously wounded by
boy named Bill Hall.
L. r. Draughon, the ex-menber OF the
Police Jury Ct Tangipahoa parish who
killed a colored man named Butler, has
been committed to prison without bcnc-
tit of bail.
Robert White, an old citizen of Rich
land parish, had his neck broken by
being thrown from mule near Delhi.
Cattle stealing is being carried on to
such an extent in the parish Of st. Mar
tin that vigilance committees are being
organized to suppress the evil.
The eleven colored persons arrested i'll
St. Charles parish for alleged connection
with the murder Of a peddler have been
released on bond, as the man supposed
to have been killed has turned up in
Plaquemines. 1t may be, however, that
another peldler was killed, hence the
precaution Of requiring the accused per-
sons to furnish bail.
Emile Detiege, who killed the Della
houssaye brothers i'll st. Martin parish
on the day Of the last State election
secured Il change Of venue to Iberia, and
his case was to be tried last week.
An old Frenchman named Francois
Dnbrey came to his death III st. Francis
vile from blow supposed to have been
Inflicted by Alexander Callia, 4 fellow
countrylnan.
The store of VIM. Bluiworth, a
Shreveport, was destroyed by fire. Th'
origin OF tue llIc IS u III stciS. LUIS
supposed to he S1O,O 600; insurance, $500
Red river has never been lower thar
+ now within the memory of the oldest in
llabitant.
At Fairviaw Landing, Concordi
parish, Thos. Edwards, a laborer, wa
struck on the head with a heavy stlcl
and killed by Jos. Ford, who is lodge
i'll Jail.
The New Orleans Pacific railroad
!, completed from Shreveport to Pleasan
;. Hill. distance of So miles. Trains az
running to Mansfield.
i Arthur Rogers, son Of ez-Juage jaime
!. Rogers Of Thibodaux, lost his life by Il
accident on the Louisiana Western raj
!, road.
!, Experienced plan tiers say the yield
Is cotton on the hill lands of Red Riy,
If parish vii! not exceed 100 pounds see
II cotton to the acre. The crop will u
'e short in nearly every parish III the Stat
q Complaints Of the protracted drout
le are heard from every quarter.
= plaquemiHe is to have sash, BIN
: and door factory with improved NJ
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