The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-03

thigh was broken. Jn tHlS showing
Judge Cole ordered Clark to be removed
from Jail and placed in charge of the
Town Marshal.
Opelousas Courier: Friday evening, |
the 10Th inst, the kitchen and store
room of tho colore1 convent caught ire |
and.building and contents were destroyed
in very few minutes. One OF the nuns
had placed an oven in the garret CON
tanning some fire, upon which cotton
rags and straw were placed to smoke out
chicken mites. The materials doubtless
| iynited into blaze, and it required but
y shark to communicate with the 0ry
roof in close proximity above, when tue
whole building soon became mass OF
flames. It burned with such rapidity
that no one could enter the house 20
save any thing. About 5000 worth OF
provisions and cooking utensils were
lost, There was no insurance on the
property.
Monroe Bulletin: Monday night be-
tween II and II o'clock, mob broke in
to the Sheriff7s Office, possessed them
selves of the Jail keys and carried OFT the
bodies of A. Wilson and Perry Munson,
colorcd, both confined under charges OF
mur,ler-the former for killing Reuben
Leonard, colorcd, q month ago, and the
, latter for killing Anderson Mitchell, also
colorel on the 18th instant. Wilson
had had preliminary examination and
had been committed without bail. Mun-
sons examination was fixed for ycster-
day. The prisoners were hung between
town and the Bayou DeSiard. DR.. Cage
is the only person who saw the mob and
has no idea Of its complexion. Such
+ proceedings are indcfensible and have
t and arc doing the country infinite harm
t and injury.
e Alexandria Express: We learn from
| the Colfax Chronicle that the merchants
at Colfax and Montgomery have neither
: meat. flour, nor meal. The stock OF
p staple groceries on hand in Alexandra
:, and Pincyillo is very limited, and If
: navi CATION should become any worse
Il we may be forced to reduce our daily
t rations. With the certain completion o1
the Pacific railway very soon, such
Il contingency cannot again occur The
G store of Mr.. ]. W. Motfatt and the post
Ii office at the White Sulphur Springs, wa:
l. DESTROYED by fire Sunday night. Th'
/ loss was about $4O0. The fire is sup
Il posed to have been the work of an lncen
diary The residence Of Mr.. JOSEPH
{. HOY, at Cotile, was Gestroyed.by fire Oh
Ii the night Of the goth inst. The loss sns
1t tanned by Mr.. Hoy will appreximat
t, $4,000.
% Shreveport Times Sam Black, charge
"a with making all assault upon Carr
Stu rness' with intent to commit rape
l. was arrested Friday at Mineola- MI
"a B. G. White made affidavit before Justlc
NC Carter against Wm. Handrick, chare
of ing him with making an assau
III upon Maudc White, daughter of aftian
or under II years Of age, with malice afof'
thought with intent to injnre said Maud
m White" Accused was required to III
MS nisll an appearance bond of $500. "
of do not care to enter into the shamet'
he details, as the matter will be judicial
on investigated - Saturday evening Coz
MS stable Moore arrived here from Moorin9
he port, having i'll custody Sidney Smith,
Negro boy about Il years OF age, wi
stands charged with breaking into Il
house of Green Collins, colorcd, and
,f tempting to commit an outrage on t
:. person Of Lear aged 1G years, aausht
of said Collins Mary Jane Rec
!. colored, is charged with destroying
=, life of an illegitinate child Ct which s
was delivered Wednesday afternoon