Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-23
STATE news GLEANINGS.

Baton Rouge parish on the lst instant.
While in the act of jumping from one OF
the cars of construction train, his
right foot caught in an iron casting on
the side of the car and was broken in
two places. He is undergoing treatment
at Plaquemine.
Greensburg Gazette: Isaac Payne
Cotton, aged 18th years, was drowned
on the 18th inst, at ten O'Clock,
while bathing in the Amite River near
the residence of his mother. He was
the last surviving child of Mrs. c. I.
Cotton. widow of the late J. ]. Cotton,
of Livingston parish, in the neighbor-
hood ofLive Oak store. The body was
not recovered until ten O'Clock the fol-
lowing night.
Donaldsonville Chief: Eugene Bap-
tiste was shot in the right arm and Sc
verely beaten over the head with the
butt of revolver by Frank Miller, near
Brands saw-mill, Wednesday morning.
Both men are colored. Baptiste is a
resident of Donaldsonville and Miller
was employed as laborer on Jacob
Stella plantation. They had previously
had some words about Millers wife,
who left him and was staying at Bap-
tiste's house. Miller made his escape
and is still at large. Baptistes arm was
broken, but the most serious wounds
are those on his head; two of which
penetrated to the skull.
Desoto Democrat: The town lookup
was burned on last Friday night by a
prisoner who occupied it. The prisoner
made narrow escape for his life, as he
would have burned had it not been for
an old negro who lived near by and
reached the place in time to break the
door open with an AK. While at work
with this purpose his AK came OFF and
he came near not finding it in time to
| save the prisoner, as the roof fell in just
as he stepped ont.
Donaldsonville Chief: On Tuesday,
the 9th inst, Mathilde Green, a colored
| girl about fourteen years Of age, daugh,
ter of Manuel Green, a resident OF Lem
annville, in the lower portion OF this
parish, was drowned in the Mississippi
river while shrimping. The only per
son who witnessed the drowning was a
little girl nine years old, cousin of the
deceased, and all the particulars she can
give are that she saw Mathilde fall into
the water while in the act OF drawing
up a shrimp bag. The water is about
fifteen feet deep at the spot where the
accident occurred, and although the I'M
fortunate girls grandmother ran quickly
to the bank, summoned by the cries o.
the little cousin, no:trace Of Mathild
! could be seen excepting her straw ha
floating on the water. The river wa
thronghIy dragged in the vicinity
cannon shots were fired over the waite
| and watch has been kept up as ia
down as the Roman eddy, in st. Jane
parish, but the body has not yet bee
recovered.
A dispatch from Shreveport, dated
July 18th, says: NJ. Judd Scott,
prominent merchant of Kingston, D
Soto parish, twenty-eight miles from
| here, was murdered Saturday night an
his store robbed. He was murdere
about p. NJ, between his boardin
house and store. Two negroes hav
been arrested on suspicion. The bod
, was not discovered until Sunday morn
, ING, when the store was found to hav
! been entered and robbed.
Minden Democrat: Last Saturda
evening Messrs. Frank Elkins and Web
Gamble had violent quarrel in whlcl
some hard words were passed, but a
Elkins was drinking no one apprehend
ed any further trouble. Gamble starte
home soon after, and about a mile trol
town was overtaken by Elklns, whe1
the quarrel was renewed, resulting i
the shooting Of Elkins, who died mex
morning of his wounds. We retral
from any comments, as the case WI
soon undergo judicial investigation
Elkins, though quite young MAJ
leaves a large family, a wife and 81
, children. Both the young men wei
sons of old and highly respected citizen
of this parish, and were brothers-ll
law. 1t is indeed al unfortunate attall
) and one regretted by all. Mr.. Gambl
| will give himself up when everythln
is ready for trial, which will probabl
l come off to-day.
:, Bossier Banner: Crops and vegetatio
generally are in very bad condition
on account Of the long-continued DIR,
r weather.
DeSOto Democrat: Work on the \