The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-29

Gibbs cut Davis throat, causing instant
death. The murderer walked away and
made his escape in full view of number
of bystanders.
Two unknown villains assaulted Mr..
Meekins, an old citizen of East Baton
Rouge parish, aged 20 years, while he
was returning to his house at night after
visit to his cotton gin. The old gentle
man was so severely beaten that his
recovery is doubtful. There is no clue
to the would be assassins.
The cotton crop of Red River parish
will turn out better than was anticipa-
ted few weeks ago. 1t is thought the
falling off from the yield of last year
will be only about one-fourth, and the
Coushatta Citizen is Of the opinion that
the better quality of the staple, if sup
plemented by good market, will about
make up this deficiency.
An old blind colored man named John
Evans, living in Natchitoches parish,
| was struck in the head with fence rail
by VIM. Harrison and instantly killed.
Harrison was pursued into Winn parish
by several colored men and overtaken
at the house of Tillman Watkins. Re-
fusing to surrender, the fugitive was
shot and killed by the posse.
The Police Jury of Livingston parish
ordered the removal of the seat of Justice
from Port Vincent to point near the
centre of the parish, but the parochial
officials failed to obey the ordinance and
a mandamus was sued out. The man
damus was fixed for trial at Ponchatoula
on the 10th inst, but owing to some in
Eformality in the proceedings the matter
was continued until next term Of court.
Optim6 Schexnayder, Nicholas Pro-
vost, Jr., and L.. P. Provost have been
arrested at Jeanerette, parish of st.
Mary, charged with the murder of Ben.
Robertson, the colored chicken thief
| who was taken from Jail, fogged and
shot to death. Aftor preliminary ex-
animation, the accused were required to
furnish bonds of $500 each for their ap-
pearance at next term of the District
Court.
| A colored man named Jules was shot
three times and probably mortally
wounded by a telegraph operator sta
toned on the railroad near Cloutierville
parish Of Natchitoches. The men quar-
relied about pecans taken by some. boy
from trees that Jules had been employed
to watch, and Jules pursued the operate
with his knife drawn. The operator ral
to his Office, procured Winchester rife
returned and shot Jules, then fed fo
parts unknown.
| -Oa%.l-pni.a tslA Ed -Relte.>-asd- d-1nl,r
fenced to be hanged, in DeSoto parish
for robbing and attempting to murder
Albert Smith on the 21st of last July
The condemned men, knowing that Smith
had just been paid off, induced him to
camp out in the woods with them, and
at night they set upon him, cut and beat
him in a horrible. manner, took away his
money and left him for dead. Smith re-
covered and washable to appear i'll court
as witness against. his assailants. The
prisoners all deny their guilt, but say
they are ready to meet their fate.
Sanders Evans was shot and killed by
J. F. Woodward near Black Lake, Red
River parish. Evans was under arrest
and Woodward was one of the Con-
stables posse who had him in charge
A member of the posse laid down his
gun and Evans picked it mp and pointed
it at Woodward, who quickly brought
his weapon to bear upon Evans. The
two guns were discharged simultaneous
l ly and Evans received an entire load OF
buckshot in the left breast, killing hin
instantly. Woodward surrendered, ant
the affair will be judicially investigated
| lroc llltu COHuloll Ill tuc AOACHOuo<
parish Jail at Bastrop attacked the jailor
knocked him down, secured his revolver
and escaped. One was a white maj
named Kemp, awaiting trial for murder
anothera a colored man named Tom Wood
charged with minor offense, and th
third colored man named Allen Tippett
under sentence of life imprisonment fo
murder. Kemp made his escape, Woot
was captured, and Tippett, being hotl.
pursued and shot with two charges 0
bird shot, fred twice at his pursuer
with the jailor's revolver, then blew hi
own brains out with the last bullet il
the weapon. He had sworn not to go t
the penitentiary and kept his word.
In the Norwegian division of the Pari
Electrical Exhibition there is shown
woodpecker caught by its bealS on tn
top of telegraph post. The accoun
! given informs one that the bird becam
victim of the sound produced by th'
telegraph wire, which it mistoek 70
that of certain insects on which it feed
According to IElectricite, this vas
Aeolian harp, produced by telegrap
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