The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-20
News from the Parishes.


The Creole Firesde reports q brutal
murder committed III the swamp on Mr..
.Johnsol.'s Cabahanoc6 place where a
number of men are at work getting ont
cross-ties for tho railroad. Toby John
son WIS playing with his pistol, when
David Scott remarked that it was very
careless aud imprutlent to handle arms
in that way. 70 this johnson answered
that he could do better, and leveling his
pistol, fired, the ball taking effect in
Scott's breast, few inches to the right
Of tie nipple, cansing death. The mur-
derer is in Jail.
Avoyelies Bnlletin: The Grand Lake
of the Butte Meyer will be drained on
tho 18th inst. The lake is five miles long
and contains an incxhaustible quantity
of fish of all kinds -Gigging gartish is
| now q fayorite amusement among the
lovers Of the piscatorial art. This week
q party Of gentlemen captured garfish
measuring ten feet long An alligator
measuring fourteen feet was killed III
Old River last week The Charlton still
prevails in this parish. In tho Butte a
Meyer settlement, five or six miles from
Marksyille, it RACES to q fearful extent.
Calcasieu Commercial: On the 5th
inst, Mr.. Gnstaye Landry, who lived on
Lacasine, during a..thunder storm, was
sittin. in his house with his family,
when the chimney was struck by light
ming. The electricity went down the
chimney, entered tho room, killing Mr..
Landry instantly, and seriously injring
the family was hurt, and the old lady
will recover. The demand for lumber,
ut this point, has been constantly i'll
crcasing since the day that the first saw
mill was erected at Lake Charles, and
this demand has, to-day, reached such
proportions that our twelve sawmills
are strained to their utmost capacity to
fill one half of the orders sent to them.
Iberia Sugar Bow1: Saturday evening
Cyrille Hamilton, a colored man residing
about two miles north of Loreauvillc,
was standing i'll the door of his cabin,
aud his daughter, aged fifteen, was pre-
pairing some dry clothes for him, when
both were suddenly struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Last Saturday,
about five miles below Franklin, three
Negro swampcrs became involved in a
quarrel, two Of the party threatening to
kill the third; arming himself with a
double barrel shot gun he met his an
tagolists and fired, one fell; he fred !.
second shot, and the other crawlcd away.
He then left for Franklin, where he gave
himself up, and WAS incarcerated.
Natchitochcs indicator: On the 3rd
instant Mr.. Wiley Cutwright discovered,
near Fort Jessup, iii Sabine parish, two
antlcrcd bucks with their horns 50 COM
pletely interlocked that it was impossi-
bic to unloose them. One was already
dead and the other still living. He
killed the survivor and severed the ill.,
tcrlaccd antlers from their head and
brought them TO this place. They were
sold to q New Orleans gentleman as a
curiosity. "A little son Of Mr.. John 0.
Knott, aged II years, named Marshall,
was attempting to ignite cotton by
placing gun powder OIL the stove in a
wad of lint cotton. He then took case
knife and struck it OH the stove near tho
cotton which he eventually ignitcd He
then commenced to blow it when spark
flew into vial of powder sitting near
the spot, exploding it and burning the
little boys taco to II crisp, putting ont
liz left eye and otherwise injuriny him
about the head.