The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-01
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS.
Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.
Joe Gable, young colored man
charged with setting fire to the house Of
Mr.. +. J. Fuller of jackson parish, was
taken from the Vernon Jail by a crowd
If men said to be unknown and hanged
by the roadside. A woman named Mat
tie Larchie is held for trial as q confede-
rate in Cables alleged crime.
w. NJ. Carpenter, charged with the
murder of Tully W..:.Qrr, on the 9th of
January, in the parish of Morehouse,
has been tried and acquitted.
George Oscar was shot and killed by
George Decker, restaurant keeper at
Pleasant Hill station, on the New Or
leans Pacific railroad, DeSoto parish.
Oscar rcfnsed to pay for a cigar and
fred two shots at Decker, who returned
the fire with fatal effect.
A colored man named Joe Synagogue,
Jr., accidently shot himself while return
ing from hunt, at Holmesville, parish
Of Avoyelles. A load Of fifteen buckshot
struck him under the chin, breaking his
neck and almost blowing his head of.
A crowd Of colored men numbering fif-
ty or sixty engaged in drunken row at
Tangipahoa, during which sticks, knives
and other weapons were freely used and
three men seriously wounded. About
fifteen of the rioters were arrested, all
but two of whom were released on bail.
! Jonas Daniels, Il colored resident of
Tangipahoa parish, buried a bucket of
specie on his premises. His stepson,
Johnny Taylor, found the treasure, took
a handful Of the money and told Ike
Solomons Of it, Ike lost no time in get
ting away with the rest Of the wealth.
The theft was discovered and both
thieves arrested, but Ike managed to es-
cape. A small portion Of the money has
| been recovered.
| A special election was held in Madison
parish on the 10th ultimo to decide
whether q special levee tax of five mills
should be levied. Tho vote was almost
unanimously in favor of the tax, viz
220 for, IL against.
Carroll Jones, a colored farmer in
Natchitoches parish, has $50 acres of
magnificent cotton, doubtless the finest
in the State. Experts among Mr.. Jones'
neighbors have certified that 80 acres
will yield ut least two bales to tho acre,
and that it actally beats any thing we
have ever seen in the cotton line"
Three cotton gins have been destroyed
by fire in Natchitoches parish during the
past six weeks. The latest was that of
Mr.. w. A. Ponder, who lost, besides the
gin, all his farming implements, a wag-
on, u cart and seven bales of cotton.
Total value, $500; no insurance. Mr.
j. A. Sampite's gin, with twenty bales
of cotton was burned the week before
Both fires were caused by sparks from
the smoke stacks.
Hon. II. r. Steele, President Of the
proposed Natchez, VNalia and Sabine
railroad, telegraphs from Now York that
he has secured sufficient capital to con
struct the entire line.
Rev. Elias George, an old citizen Of
Tangipahoa, had his skull fractured and
right hip broken in the recent accident
on the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad
near Edwards, Miss. His condition is
critical.
Josh Woodruff, colored, was shot and
killed att ball on T. K. Smiths planta-
ton, in Grant parish. There are con-
flicting reports as to the identity Of the
man who did the shooting.
Mrs. Polk, daughter Of Hon. Hiram II.
Lott Of West Carroll, committed suicide
by taking All overdose Of morphine.
The unfortunate lady was a sister Of the
Young men who were recently killed by
Deputy Sheriff Sage in the streets of
Lloyd. Col. Lott has the universal sym
pathy of the community in his terrible
triple bereavement.
DcSoto parish is in an enviable finan-
cial condition. The outstanding indebt-
edness only exceeds the cash in the
treasury by $21 63. The present rate of
parochial taxation is eight mills.
Hardy Price, colored thief, entered
the corn field of Mr.. G. A. Zahn, near
Baton Rouge, during the night, and
while in the act of helping himself to
corn was shot and killed by Mr.. Zahn.
A proposition to extend the corporate
limits Of Mansfield was defeated by a
vote Of two to one at special election
held for the purpose Of deciding the
question.
A colored man named Louis johnson
was picked up on the railroad track
near Mansfield, with two severe wounds
on his head, which may prove fatal. 1t
is supposed he fell from train.
A fine steam gin and grist mill belong
ing to Mr. 1. G. Gayden, near Clinton,
burned during the night recently, with
twenty-five bales of cotton. The loss
was over $4,000 no insurance.
The. premises Of Mr.. Arcade Gauthier,
at St. Martinsville, were set Oh fire by a
Negro named Brown, but fortunately
only a stack Of hay was burned. The
incendiary was captured and narrowly
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