The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-25
4 Il IL TX OF STATE NEWS.

ST IIaI1kl - Of STATE NEWS.
Gleanings from tho louisiana Presa.
Four hundred conyicts arc working OH.
the new leYee at Bonnet Carr6.
In four Of tho seven wards Of Grant.
| parish no votes were cast. on election day.
Citizens Of Caddo. parish are petition
ing their Police jury Tor new court
house.
Mr.. Benjamin Youngblood, a Mexican
war veteran, died recently in DeSeto|
parish.
Mr.. =. W. Causey, an old farmer, fell
dead while gathering corn on his farm II
st. Landry.
Alittla son of Judge Slack Of Madison
parish came near dying from eating
orange peel.
A colored man named Dick Griffin was
run over and killed by the cars near
Washington, st. Landry parish.
A report that Hon. Tom Green David.
son Of Livingston parish had been shot
aud killed proved to he unfbunaed.
Aslocomotive aud eight freight cars ON
the Morgan railroad were thrown from tho
track near Raceland.by running over a
cow.
Henry Harrison fell into the river in
front Of Mrs. Weltam's plantation, St.
james parish, and was drowned, Harri-
son was drunk.
Charles Harris, a colored boy, was ac-
cidentally shot and Instantly killed by
his brother, VIM. Harris, at Bayou Ra-
mos, ST. Mary parish.
The new depot of the Morgan railroad
| at Alexandria has been completed and
trains now arrive and depart there with
nnvarying Regularity.
The body of an unknown white man,
evidently foreigner, was taken from
the river opposite the Bourbon p!anta-
ton, parish of St. James.
The ST. Tammany Farmer says that two
prominent citizens OF that parish who
recently went hunting brought lniue 4
fine lot of ammunition and two slto.guns.
At the recent election in Livingston
parish tho people voted upon the qnes-.
ton Of locating. the:parish sent. Centre
vile received 1862 votes and Port Vincent
327.
| james Thomas was shet by Gustave
Eloi, in St. james parish, Oh the 5th inst.'
and has since died. Both men were col
| cred. They quarrelsd over - game Of
| cards.
Hon. Jno. W. Jones, who was chosen
additional District Judge for Caddoparis!,
ut the recent election, has qualified and
entered upon the exercise IF his official
functions.
| Citizens Of Alexandria will hold a
meeting or the Both instant, to devise
| ways and means to secure a reduction of
the exorbitant rate Of taxation imposed
upo:, them.
Mrs. Mary Parsons, wife Of Mr.. a. NJ.
Parsons, committed suicide on the Will
! low Glen plantation, near Delta, by
taking strycAnine. Morbid jealousy led
to the act.
Geo: Watson, a lunatie from Calcasieu
parish, escaped from the insane asylum
! at Jackson, lowering himself from a Sec
ond story window Ing means of. sheets
tied together.
Tue four-year old son of Mr.. Charles
Dozier Of Piueville, Rapidss parish, was
burned to death last week. The child
went too near the hearth and his cloth
ing caught fire.
| A warehouse on Mr.. r. A. Warmold's
Laurel Valley plantation, Lafourche par
ish, was destroyed by fire. A pumping
engine and d few barrels Of sugar were
in the building at the time.
t Two colored men, shedrick Taylor and
Albert luke, had a quarrel in st. James
parish, during which Shedrick fred at
his antagonist and seriously wounded
Jake Bradford, bSstander.
Rev S. S. Lee Of Union parish had q
narrow escape from death by poison. lie
took eight grains of morphine thinking
it was quiniue, but was saved by the
prompt application of antidotes.
| Mr.. Joe Drawdy of East Feliciana,
aged 80 years, rode fifteen miles to vote
for General Heron for Congressman, aud
died suddenly while dressing to go to the
! polls. His death was attributed to nu-
usual exertion and fatigue.
| Shreveport had big Ere on the 5th
| inst. Seven buildings were destroyed,
inciading a large clothing stors belong
ing to n. Levy, u saloon and beer garden
owned by Mr.. Roos, E. VOLTS dry goods
store, a drug store belonging to I. G
Lewis, aud two warehouses owned by
Messrs. Kahn and Lewis Tho total loss
lis estimated ut $125, 900; insurance, $780,
ol0. Several other buildings were dam
aged.
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