The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-09-09
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.
Iberia's new parish Jail is finished.
Cotton worms are doing considerable
damage in DeSoto.
An extraordinary amount of sickness
prevails in Richland parish.
The crops Of Avoyelles are more prom
ising than for several years past.
Col. Will. A. Strong, Secretary Of State,
monrns the death Of a five-year- son.
Dominique Dolliac fell out of apirogne
into the Mexican Gulf canal, ST. Bernard
parish, and was drowned.
| Excitement about cotton worms in
a MI avsrre5f1 AfFt ss
M,a L. J. Bell, wife Of the President OF
IL. Police Jury of Lincoln parish, late'y
oaye birth to three lively little boys.
Colored farmers of this State are SHOW
;ne ND well in the matter OF bringing tue
az h,l.s If cotton to market i'll the va
, rious parishes.
walton Davis shot and killed another
o,,orcd man in Concordia parish, during
or .hont n woman. Davis is IN
! Jail at Vidalia. ,,
!. rho dwelling and outbnildings OF Mr
Joseph Hoy at Hoyville, Rapi'les par'sh
ware DESTROYED by fire. Estimated loss
" $4,000; 10 insurance.
l. Jouca Boudreaux, all OH c't'zeu y
= Iberia parish, was killed by Lightning
', during a recent storm. His clothing wa
" torn from his body by the electricity.
: locomotive crossed the new rallroa
.: bridge at Monroe on the 18th OF July
It test the strength of the structure an
= the tsial proved eminently sat'sfac'oi,
George Golden, an Enslishman WI
&c, has lived for several years near Down
sfi, Vile, committed suicide by shoot'n
himself. The act is attributed to o"s
: ness troubles and hard drinking.
- The family Of Mr.. Eus6bre Cambre'
s,,- st. James parish, were poisoned by ei
er. ;uy canned Holsters, but Il physician "
ne. M nromptly summoned and the patiei
we're all doing we'll at last accounts.
: John D. Risinger shot Richmond b
. tie. colored, st Delta, under great pro'
list, cation, and concealed himself TO aV'
rick M, ,,,,as ,re not cons
ans arrest. bat'ieS "o"A =,
cred dangerous. Risinger Will pfop''
= surrender when the District Ju'
- reaches the parish.
inn; Tho enforcement of the road Law
Pat meeting with great opposition Ill +
I'm In Ration Rouge and largo number Oh
ze,s have been arrested for refusing
obey the summons of the road overse
- The prisoners were all released OH 81
sinni M bonds excepting three
inds Peter Mitchell, alias George Camp
sofa a colored man sent to Jail i'll Baton nc
= for beating his wife: is wanted ZOE
and burglary in st. James PARISH
Moss w,s identified through the energy
i St. Can't. J. w. Bates, the efficient sher'
Fast Baton Rouge, who distributed
. topraphs of the prisoner. Mitchell
three UNSUCCESSFUL
An old shoemaker named John )"
ak; was br utally beaten to death III
tfee'' Baton Rouge parish. and two co
bovs, Aaron Smith and Willie Ci'
-. % A are in Jail charged with the g
eed. Smith, who is almost au ld'ot' oee
that Clinton committed the mnroe
threatened to shoot him II he dl
keep quiet. Clinton in turn says
Office, is the guilty party.
The business portion OF Farmer
action Union parish, was destroyed by III
owes.' Sunday night, inaictins loss OF -
less insurance of $4,000 in New VI
insurance companies. The fire orig
CT, in the lodge room of the K"'gn
rner Of pythias and Knights of Honor, al
started by an ineendiary. Fire ma
cot in the same place a few n4ghts