The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-01-21
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS,


Pink-eye is prevailing among tn
horses Of East Baton Rouge.
Plaqnemine's new sash, blind and dool
factory is in satisfactory operation.
john F. Cox, who killed Jos. A. Cas-
tain in Opelonsas, has been acquitted.
The store of Mr.. Van Qs, at Delhi, wa.
burglarized. The thieves only got SIS.
| Trains are running to Cheneyville on
| the Alexandria branch Of the Morgan
| railroad.
| A white boy and two colored women
were injured while playing with toy pis
| tolls in Alexandria.
Levi Taylor, q colored man of bad
character, was killed while resisting ar-
| rest in Morehousc parish.
Mr.. L. LeBGufs store, OIL Bayou Cane,
Terrebonne parish, was destroyed by fire
Loss, $1,000; 10 insurance.
fhe Sparta Rural Times is abont to ap.
pear in u new outfit Of type and adver-
tises for IL practical printer.
Dink Harris, convicted Of manslaugh-
ter in the parish Of Terrebonne, has APP
pc;.led to the Supreme Court.
Judge Lewis F. Laney, one of the old.
est residents of Ouacbita parish, died at
Monroe on the Sth.of December.
Mr.. Reno Macready, formerly popu-
lar citizen Of Morgan City, died III New
Orleans OIL the 30th Of December.
Dan O'Keefe, laborer, fell out of a
skiff while intoxicated and was drowned
in Lake Charles, Calcasieu parish.
Mr.. j. K. Muir had /, couple Of ribs
broken and a leg laceratel by the cars
at Monroe. He was not fatally hurt.
". J. Texa,la, yG,l of Hon. Lewis Tex
ada, was thrown from Il horse in Rapides
parish, and had his collar bone broken.
Jean Louis Augustin, who was acciden-
tally shot in the neck by Raphael Pierre
in St. Charles parish, died of the wound.
Nathaniel Amacker, Esq, was thrown
from his buggy in Tangipahoa parish
and received injuries resulting in his
death.
A son of Henry Williams, colored
resident of Richland parish, fatally shot
himself while picking up his shotgun to
60 hunting.
John Sims, white, was stabbed to
death by Tom Lyons, coloret', at Steeps
Store, Ouachit:s parish. Lyons fled to
avoid arrest.
A fine Clubhouse belonging to Mr.. F.
NJ. Pavey was destroyed by fire at Ham
burg, Avoyelles' parish, together with
thirty-four bales of cotton.
Capt. J. G. Weaks of Morehouse parish,
United States Marshal for the new Judi
cial District Of this State, has removed to
Shreveport with his family.
Mr.. Melville Lewis, a native Of Indiana,
was murdered near Bayo" Sale station.
St. Mary parish. Two white men sus-
pected Of the deed were arrested.
Another four-page paper has changed
to q quarto-the Marksville Bulletin.
Six Of the pages are patent print, while
two are printed ut the home Office.
Maggie Butler. colored woman, got
religion" during service i'll church at
Amite City aud died suddenly while
under the influence Of the excitement.
A fat Natchitochian and slim Shreve-
porter ran q foot race on Natchitoches
street ono Sunday morning recently,
and the rotund contestant proved yicto-
rious.
David A. Hopping, clerk for Charles
Herring at Five Points, Ouachita parish,
wound up a Christmas spree by commit
ting Notwithstanding himself through
the head.
Terence Achille and Sterling Ben,
colored, were hanged at Franklin, St.
Mary parish, last week, for tho murder of
D. Lar1nand, a hostler, during the night
Of July 81.
A young man named James Watson,
son Of a former citizen of Tensas parish
now residing near Rodney, Miss, acct
dentally shot and killed himself while
out hunting.
Thomas Stansbury was shot and killed
by Mr.. Hugh Allard i'll the latter's store
at La Tecl,e, parish of St. Mary. STAINS
bury was Intoxicated and had grossly
insulted Allard's daughter
In a drunken quarrel between two
white men named Able and Kirkland, in
Rapitles parish, Able was shot and killed
Kirkland, who is still at large, is said to
have acted in self defense.
The fine Westoyer sugar plantation in
West Baton Rouge was sold recently to
effect a partition and was purchased by
Messrs. Il. II. Burke Of Baton Rouge and
Jos. w. Doughcrty Of New Orleans for
SIS 5000.
A supply Of vaccine matter has been
ordered by the Morgan City Board Of
Health and all residents of the town who
are unable to pay for the operation will
be vaccinatod by the City Physician free
of charge.
The owner Of the Lane estate adjoin
| ing the town of Coifax has at last con-
scented to sell portions Of the land con
! tiguous to the town and number OF