The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-26
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS.

lie 0FNcON estimates VIE SOtCOn yleIN
! of Richland parish at one-fourti Of y full
crop.
| Daily mail connection has been es-
tablislled between Co,,sllatta and Nat
chitochcs.
| Celestine Vanhille, cclored, died re-
Gently u: Ope'ousas at the advanced ase
of SO years.
An unknown man fell overheard from
the steamer Yazoo near Waterloo and
was drowned.
A saw-mifl on Darling's creek, St.
Helena parish, was washed away during
| recent stor0. D..
Biltparish shot and seriously wounded
David Black at ball near the Sabine
river in Calcssieu.
The residence Of Mr.. J. NJ. Adair. four
miles from Columbia on the Vernon
road, was destroyed by fire.
Frank Wiley, colored, was shot and
killed near Brownsville, Red River
parish, by Mr.. Daniel Brown.
Six head Of cattle belonging to Mr..
Desire Leblanc were killed by stroke
Of lightning in Vermilion parish.
George Carter was shot and severely
wounded at a bali in Concora;s parish
for dancing withanother mans w,fe.
The Calcasieu parish Jail has been
empty since Septemher-and Judge
Lynch doesn'ts hold court in Calcasieu,
either.
Dallas P. Snoddy, an estimable young
man from Avoysllss parish, accidentally
fell from Red river steamboat and was
drowned.
Octave Trcgre. aged Is years, fell from
pecan tree in St. John tho Baptist
parish and received injuries that caused
his death. r..
l.. C. Fitzum was shot and killed in
his store at Pineville, R;,pides parish, by
! A. A. David. Mr.. David surrendered to
the Sheriff. ..+
The road bed Of the Shreveport and
Pacific railroad between Monroe and
Delta is being raised above overflow
| water mark.
The infant child of Julia Matthe vs.,
colored woman living at Bastrop, was
burned to death in its crib during the
| mothers absence.
The dwelling and cabins on the Stokes
| place, four miles from Winnsborongh,
Franklin parish, were destroyed by an
incendiary fire.
According to the estimate of the Mans
parish will he about one-h half as largo as
that Of last year.
Jesse G. Gore of Vernon parish acct
dentally fell from the cars on the Louisi-
ana Western road near Lake Charles and
was crushed to death.
A little daughter of Mr.. HILBERT was
instantly killed at Petit Anse, Iberi..
parish, by the explosion of u cartridge
with which she was playing.
JOS. A. Castain, the carpenter who was
shot by Jno. f. Cox at Opelousas on the
10Th of October, died two days after the
uttray. Cox has been refused benefit of
bail.
Andrew Jackson and Mrs. Elsie Dor
sey, colored residents Of Catahoula par
ish, were drow,ied in the Tensas river
while crossing that stream in small
boat.
The Opelousas Courier thinks that,
considering the superiority of the staple
and the ruling prices, this years cotton
crop will bring more money than that Of
last year."
Mr.. John Tilman of Webster parish
lost his cotton crop, barn, stable, corn,
fodder and farming utensils by fire,
supposed to havo been started by an
. incendiary.
Auguste Cuniot fatally shot himself
while toying 18th bis revolver, in St.
Bernard parish. He was under tho in-
fuencs of liquor when the accident
occurred.
VIM. Mosely was shot in the head and
killed by Clay NOLAN, at Delhi. Both
men were colored, aud engaged in
drunken quarrel while returning home
from festival. Q
Cav. McEncry- has signed the death
warrants Of Sterling Ben and Terence
Achille, the two men convicted Of the
murder of II. Larmand on tho Fuselier
Home place, St. Mary parish.
Sam Hite, = colored resident Of Alex
andria, INDUCED too freely i'll dispiriting
spirits aud tried to commit suicide
10y jumping into Red river. He was
tished ont a wetter if not better man.
Harry Dickson, venerable aud highly
respected colored citizen Of Pointo Cou-
pee, was murdered by an unknown Negro
who had been employed on the railroad.
The murderer shot his victim three times
and escaped.
MIR. ]. C. Carson Of Onachita parish
has recovered from the Ouachita river
one of tho engines Of the steamer D.,
Beatie that sunk at Buffers Landing in
1863. The machinery is in . good state
of preservation.
Joseph Loft, colored, shot his wife
twice with rifle, killing her, then COM
mitted suicide by shouting himself three
times with revolver. Tho tragedy &C.
CURED on Bayou Crosse Tete, parish of
Pointe Coupe.