The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-04
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SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS.
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merchant, HAS IAlieu.
: Avoyelles parish has made the final
payment on its new jail. .
Three prisoners charged with trivial
offenses, escaped from the Tensas parish
Jail.
! The residence Of Ero. g. NJ. Goetts, on
Marsh bayou, Calcasicu parish, was
destroyed by fire.
Capt. Jas. DeGrey has qualified as
Postmaster at Clinton and is in posses-
sion OF the office. III +
No new cases Of small pox have oc-
Cured at Covingto,,. The disease was con-
fined to ono house.
Mr.. Barbay, manager of the Newton
place on Bayou Maringouin, died suddenly
at PIaqucmine Of dropsy Of the heart.
A German railroad Iaborer lay down
on II pile of lumber near the Plaquemine
depot aud was found dead next morning.
Mr.. Chas. Z. Garland, an engineer,
was nearly killed BY tile fly wheel Of the
engine III Garland'S mill, near Opelousas.
The kitchen and upper story Of a
residence belonging to Judge E. W..
Blake, in Thibodaux, were destroyed
by fire. =" #
Mr.. A. Mugnier, postmaster at Gov
ington, accidentally shot himself in the
neck while hunting. His wound is
dangerous.
A masked robber stopped the mail
rider on the WinnsboTo and Delhi route
and took six registered packages from
the letter pouch.
Frank Warner, . colored citizen Of
West Feliciana parish, became insensi
BILE while riding home on horseback, and
died soon after. II y f3.1
H. Dimond, a desperate, was shot and
instantly killed by Joseph Kestcr, in the
parisl, of St. Martin. Kester was ad-
'mitted to bail.
Experienced operatives to run the
cotton mills in the State penitentiary
have been employed and the machinery
will be set in motion in few days.
Through the exertions Of Congressman
Blanchard, the post-of1ices at Coushatta,
Mansfield and Bellevue will he made
money order Offices on the LIST Of June.
Anaise Nash, colored woman, is in
Jail in ST.: John the Baptist parish
charged with killing her new born
infant. She is said to have confessed
her guilt.
An election will be held in the town
Of Franklin next week to..decide whether
a tax of three mills shall DO levic.l three
years for the purpose Of purchasing Il
steam fire engine.
The store and sugar plantation Of Mr..
JOS. Bloch, the lending merchant OF
.Opclousas, have been ;se lied by bis
creditors. The amounts sued for aggre-
gate $53,56o o..
Dink Birlwell and Butler va|lidigham
had fight in Sabine parish, and Bird
well shot his antagonist in the abdomen,
causing death. The perpetrator Of the
deed made his escape.
All the colbred, laborers on NIessrs
Lcgendre u Hebert's plantation, in Iberia
parish, deserted tho place because they
believed it haunted by the spirit of one
of their comrades who died recently.
A colorcd man is IN Jail 1T Shreveport
who claims to have killed another colorcd
man in duel with knives, in Bessie,
parish. Nothing has becn learned of the
alleged fight and it is Thought the prise.
'ner is insane.
Col. L. H Bowden and family, q
Franklin parish, had marrow escap,
from death by poison. A young. coloret
boy, employed as a servant, put some o
She poison known rs" Roush on Rats
fn;the coffee. III
A severe tornado destroyed all til,
buildings and fences on Mr.. Jordan
farm, eight miles north of Covington
Fortunately no one was hurt. Mr.. Jor
da,i's neighbors arc helping him repai
the damages. =t,
Tho Ibcrvillc South denies the repor
that five cases of small poN have oc
cured at Plaquc,nine. There has beer
only one, and that was brought fro,
Morgan City. At Rcvillc Town, fiv
miles below Plaquemine, there hav
bsen several cases. a, =
'llolly Hayes shot and killed Robert Hi
Oh Schatfcr's plantation, Terrcbonc pan
ish, ut almost the exact spot where Hi
had killed lis brother in self defense,
few months before. Hayes was probabl
justified in his act, as Hill was pointing
gu" at him and culsins him.
According tothe Opelousas papers, til
combined Stowe and Cole circuses lei
an unsavory reputation behind them
that town. Thieves and swntlers COZ
,'rcted with the shows piled the
Vocation vigorously, and Il crowd of IL
employees set upon a young citizen
the town and beat lrini very severely.
Two dykes Or lc-ees built across Ii,
bayou III Bnssier parish were cut L
unknown parties and many plantation
are threatened with overflow. One
tho breaks was repaired, and Il sl!otg,
guard is maintained 'ovcr tho levec
Reward Of $500 has been offered for IL
discovery of the parties who did II
cutting.
A thief entered the be,roen Of Mr.
,. Kent, IN East Feliciana mcrcllar