The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-04
Assumption News.

Matters Of Moment in our Neiyhboring
Parish.
The information from our sister parisl,
is very encouraging for tie planters;
the past two weeks Of favorable weather
permitting them to make rapid progress
in their agricultural operations The
cane is all planted and the fields arc
prepared for planting corn and all other
kinds Of grain.
The open letter of Mr.. Felix Reynaud,
ex-Assessor of Ascension, to Governor
Nc Emery, is reproduced in the Pioneer of
the 25th ultimo.
The same paper states that the creyasse
at Lockport has been closed, but that
another exists several miles below that
village. The effects of these crevasses
il this fertile farming region can not but
cause the most disastrous consequences
to u section almost exclusively devoted
to the production of potatoes, onions
| and rice for our home consumption.
An unknown person who had only
been in Assumption for a few days,
whittier he went for the purpose of work
ing OIL the levee, was drowned last week
| in Bayou Lafourche in front of Elm
Hall plantation. The unfortunate man
being under the influence of liquor, fell
from a skiff in the middle of the bayou,
where the water at its present stage IS
not less than fifty fec i'll depth. The
body was carried away by the current
and will probably be recovered not far
from the place where the accident occur
red.
The continued rise Of the upper rivers
now pouring into the great father Of
waters can not fail to alarm its riparian
inhabitants. The breaches already occa'
stoned by the overflow of the Mississippi
are now quite numerous. In the vicinity
Of Memphis all the bottom lands are un
der water and one can scarcely dlstin
yuisl, the original bed of the stream. IL
lower Louisiana, which is the most ex
posed region, the danger is as yet III
significant, but the danger is far from
being passed, and the situation Requires
the utmost diligence on the part OF thu
f local authorities.
The handsome face, all wreathed a!
usual with sunny smiles, of r. H. Web
ster, Esq, Of Napoleonville met ou
enraptured gaze on the 10Th ultimo. MI
w. is the we'll known proprietor o
f Rudolfs Saloon, located on Leyee street
opposite the steamboat landing, at tn
flourishing capital of assumption. ID
is deservedly popular wherever known
and by his uniform courtesy, fascinatin!
address and liberality i'll trade, has rem
, dered his saloon famous, agreeable ant
!, prosperous Mr.. Webster was en- r0at
for the carnival where he, i'll common
with all others, anticipated q gay an
> happy time. AS one Of our faithful sub
: scribcrs, we are also pleased to congratu
late him upon his recent election by til
, Police Jury of Assumption as Paris
f Treasurer, of which TRUST he is worth
s and we'll qualified.
The carnival was superb, so the pres
! and those who witnessed it report. TIL
professions surpassed in nagnificene
t those Of preceding years and ntterl
electrified the spectators, who, unfortt
nately for the metropolis, were not s
. numerous and did not leave as niue
y money as last year. This is not surpr
a sing when the small. crop Of the pa
i year aud the by no means brilliant pro
\ poets Of the present are taken into col
:l.;