The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-27
OF STATE NEWS.
Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.

q pontoon bridge has snpplantcd th
ferryboat as a means Of crossing.
Catalonia Ne,cs Joseph Thompson
charged with the murder Of John d
Miles on the oath Of December last, ha
been tried and acquitted.
Riclllanl Beacon Lawson Adams shu
and killed his brother-in- law, Bob Nc
Carthy, in q difficulty at Alto. Boil
We're colored. Adams escaped.
Shreveport Times: Joe Davis, colorcl
was killed at Grand Cane City by being
struck OH the head by the handle Of :
hand-car while in rapid motion.
frankie, the little son Of Mr.. Jno. H
Gilliland of Shreveport, was fatally in
jurcd by the explosion Of !, can of Goa
oil that had been placed too near til.
fire.
The st. James Creole Firesidc learns
that the management Of the New Orleans
Pacific Railway intend placing steam
ferry at College Point for the accommo
dation of the patrons of the road
Mr.. +. b. Rils, citizen of New
Iberia, attempted to commit suicide by
shooting himself in the head. He may
recover. Family troubles are thought t.
have led to his attempt OH his life.
Houma Courier: Mr.. A. III. Bourgeois
Il merchant Of our town, fell dead in his
store Monda, morning. 1t is thought he
died from heart disease Messrs. Az.
cock & Daspit are building 4 large saw
mill about half Il mile below Houma on
Bayou Tcrrebonne.
Franklin San: The cotton crop in
the parish will, from what we can learn,
prove almost u failure. Scarcely a third
of Il crop will be made. In some few
favored localities, the yield may be bet
ter, but as all average, the amount we
have named will be quite as much as
can be relied upon.
Ouachita telegraph: Anderson Bates,
IL colored man, was murdered at Kansas
place, on Bayou DeSiard, Wednesday
night, While returning home with his
wife from a visit to some colored people
across the bayon. His wife says she did
not recognize the murderer. Suspicion
rests upon Perry Munson and Aaron An
derson, who are III custody.
Morgan City Free Press: Mr. Robert
Lawrence placed upon our table a day
or two since a section of IL lockwood limb
three inches in diameter which Was cut
from i tree npon Belle Isle Mr.. Law
renee states that this is the only box
wood tree in the United States and was
discovered some years since by IL natu-
ralist who was making investigations in
this section.
Lake Providence Herald: Mr.. ii. L.
Blackman, who has been confined III the
parish Jail as an accomplice in the
Wlalcy -Beanan tragedy, was admitted
to bail in the sum al $4,000. Cotton
worms have appeared in the middle and
lower portions of tie parish and are Gre
ating great dcvastation If what we
hear be true, the cotton crop Of the par
ish will he cut off more than one-half.
Assumption Iiancer: Charles Whit
tingt"n, ealored, killed Joseph Leon, also
rolore,l, on the Burbank plantation on
the 18th instant, with !, pistol, tho ball
Icons head, passing through
the brains, producing instant death
Wilmington is in Jail William Younr,
:oloret, who was committed to the par
sh Jail here for being suspected of rob
ling Wells store on the Bird instant, has
,een released.
Opelonsas Courier: MI. Altlie Andrus
Vas struck OH the head with a brick and
everely injured by a colored looalum
FAMED Arthur Turner. with whom Mr..
Andrns had demonstrated foc disturbing
he peace -Alolphe Many, who is
aid to he somewhat idiotic, was lodged
n Jail, charged with entering the house
It Paul Andrcpont the night of the 1871,
nst., and attempting to commit the
rhine of rape.
West Fcllciana Sentinel: Two drivers
mployed BY J. Freyllan & Co., had an
ltcrcati"n and one was using his whip |
II the other, who kept rctrcating and |
all!ny on his assailant to tlesist. The |
treating Negro Oh reaching his wagon
nldtnly seized heavy standard and /
ealing lis assailant il blow. tclled him
, the ground, and it was thought for
'nlc time he WAS dead He is still in IA
ritical Situation
Baton Rouge Capitoliaa We have
cen shown Il letter from Major S. l..
amos, who is now quite sick at Cars-
al, Germany. in which he says that lie
rs made arrangements with some par
es to have The cotton factory started
the penltentiary, with hired labor,
lis fall. Additional machinery is to be
mt in October, also a new engine
he body of Joe Bohinklsman, the boy
no in a fit Of despair threw himself in
lie river last week. was found near
ST. Charles Herald: During the heavy
ow and rain last Monday, !, bolt of
,htninS came down the chimney Of the
'n>c occupied by Mr.. j. H. Decker, an
nploye on the Friendlan.ler plantation.
he sil"ck WAS SO great that it knocked
I. j. and his son down. Mr.. Decler's
it arm WAS completely raralyzed for
c day. Tie bolt passed under his arm ,