The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-04-01
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS

Glsaniags from the Louisiana Press.
Crev;lsso waters are backing up Bayou
Blue, in Terrebonne.
Freight trains now run as far as Alex
andra Oh the Morgan railroad.
Morgan City has only two delinquent
tax payers for years prior to 1881.
Three houses were burglarized last
week in leauerette, Iberia parish.
A new fire company has been organized
at Washington, st. Landry parish.
More than one third of the arabic land
of Concordia parish is under water.
Frank Gibson, colored, was acciden-
tally drowned in Old river, East Carroll
parish.
George Wheeler, a white man, was
accidentally drowned in Bayou Clserami,
parish Of Terrebonne.
1t is proposed to organize . stock
company for the Wholesale manufacture
of moss collars in New Iberia.
The Iberia Star appears in mourning
for the death of DR.. George J. Colyin, an
eminent and charitable citizen of that
parish.
The spur wheel of the Bayou Sara
draining machine broke, and the town is
threatened Will, overflow whether the
levee breaks or not.
The residence and store Of Mr.. Donate
Bcjon, at Washington, St. Landry parish,
were destroyed BY fire. Insurance $4,000 ;
loss considerably greater.
John Toppin, a saw-mill hand, was
drowned ut West Lake Charles while
trying to recover his skif, which had
drifted away from shore.
Lake Charles had i. Mardi Gras ceic-
bratiun, and the occasion was honored
by tho presence of the first organ grinder
who has visited the town.
Bill Paris and Sol. Waters, colorett
men, had !. quarrel about deer skin, il,
Tensas parish, and Paris shot and killed
Waters. The murder created much ex-
element among the colored people of tho
neighhorhood, and threats of lynching
were made.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by
an unknown incendiary to burn the
store of Messrs. Kidd & Lewis, at Tren-
ton. The hames were discovered by the
bookkeeper before they had gained much
Roadway.
Maria and Beatrice, daush ters of Mr..
jules Gremillion Of Avoyclles parish,
fell into the bayou at Moreauville.
Beatrice, the younger, was saved by Mr..
Arcade Lacour in a gallant manner, but
Maria was dead when taken from tho
water.
AT a meeting of planters held at
Franklin last week $1,000 WAS raised for
thy purpose of strengthening Mississippi
levoes that protect st. Mary lands from
overflow. The very day the money was
sent forward the Pointe Conpee lcvee
broke
A man suffering with small pox was
put OFT some steamboat Into a
swamp ten miles above Baton Rouge.
Sheriff Bates sent il messenger to succor
and care for tho sufferer, but the poor
creature died.
Ed. johnson, charged with robbiny
the mail and attempting to kill the
carrier in East Felciana, has been ac-
quilted in the United States Court at
New Orleans.
A cross tie was placed Oh tho track Of
the Morgan railroad, in Iberi;. parish,
and night passenger train narrowly es-
capped being thrown from the track. The
author Of this diabolical deed is un-
known.
Louis Brown and james Davis, both
colored, disputed about IL woman in Ter
reboune parish, and Davis shot and in
F.; family killed Brown. The evidence
Indicates Il colu-bl0odcd murder
A terrific cyclone passed overa porto Il
of Lincoln parish the night of February
u, causing widespread damage. Many
were destroyed and large
qnantities of timber and fencing blown
down.
Says the Tcns:,s Journal: at is re-
ported that there is (. strong current in
Tensas river and adjacent bayo,,s, which
shows that the Atchafalay;. is carrying
off 4 large portion Of the tlood'
justin cazaj"ns, anatiye'of France and
an employee of the foundry at New
Z IBERIA, 'fiss: in that town from - Pistol
wound ia the neck thought f, haze |