The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-01-20
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;stJMfsARy or STATE NEWS
Two lyollars o Year.

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fileanings from the Louisiana Fraas.
Mr. Theolila Lsadry's cotton gin ut
Grand Marais, Iberia parish, burned Dc
cenbei %.
The Louisiana Conference Of the b. Il
Church, South convened st Mansfield
last week.
Telephone connection between bayou
the list of February.
DIR. j. L. Estorge of 0neloasas was e
college elassmate of the late Leo1 Gam
BETA, the dead French statesman.
Young Jacob Levy accidentally shot end
! killed coloral man named Geo. Boyd,
at Bonfonca, st. Tammany parish.
Tho work Of laying the track on the
Natchez, Red River and Texas railroad
10 proceeding at the rate OF half mile
day.
A locomotive and single coach have
been put on tho Batou s?onga hrancl,.rail-
TaHH1 tHhF11s itttl5 t5bi*SetooS hiEit 'i'
mail Train.
Five franc buildings belonging to Mrs.
B. Anderson were burned in Shreveport
New Year'n night. Lose, s2oo0. covered
by insurance.
The Police Jury of Lincoln parish ilaa
passed all ordinance prohibiting the aale
Of liquor III al wards OF that pnsisl out
ado eff Tho town OF Vienna.
Tho residence of Mr.. james Yisnna, sg.,
At Waterloo, wac entirely destroyed hy
'iiro tho night before Cblistmas. The
family LOST ell their household effects.
The Clubhouse OH the A. Willis place,
near Monroe, burned to the ground with
about lifty bales OF cotton. The fro vas
accidental. Loss partly covered ~ IN
snrance.
Burglars have been operating in
Shreveport, with indifferent sEceeas.
They opened an iron safe in d banking
house, but found nothing IL it save
bocks and repera,
Track laying Oh tho road bes! Of Tic
Mississippi Val,ay railroad has hceu
stagtesi at tho town Of hc0nor, III JSher-
aon parrish, ona - progressing tnwaF4B
Baton Rouge at the rnte of 4 mile paT.
day.
Iha Methodist church at Amlte Citr
burned recently, taking fro FROM s. &c
tectlsc Iue just as services lad bean
opened A Subscription to build ua7g
church was started while tLa ire Wa
still raging, .........
Sister St. Marie, kothes Superior of She
bit. C.rlnal Convent at Verm ilonyil!a,
died taore OIL the 29t!l OF Dsco.l,,eF Vt
tho advanced age OF IS years. She had
hsnn in llafagsttte parish sioce 1913, .snd
was universally Beloved ansi respected.
Tim Booth, q Calcas.su desperate,
eaiptied Ills revolver upon q crowd while
ut party near Gltlo store, wouus.ing
John tieaaboTry, john P!ttman, Frank
Aswell aud w. Conki;ng. EIeneaerry
die. 2'ext night aud Pittinan is very l0a :.
Tho Murderer escaped
At the municipal election hala III
Alexandria Oil tie ist lust, tee following
officers were chosen: ", c. Mcainsey.
Mayer; A. q, Racha', Comptroller; 3 {.
Duke, Treasurer; H. s Gossans, ]. J.
Petessoan, Jacob Irving and Jonas Rn-
sent'al, Councimen. LII the third ward
there was q tie vote fer Massrs. II. L. M;.-
Giunls aud john j. Ialausun, 3sais,4ita5es
tur Councilman.
Mir Waite: Tally, u highly respected
young citizen OF St. Tammany PARISH,
was shot and Killed by Capt john POI
tevens under very tiistressiu. circ,liu-'
stances. Goth men were hnnt,n. tuv-
keys, siGt neitker. aware OF the Others
proximity. YonnS Tally ;iad concealed
liiinssiF Ia the bushes and wai ilit:tiaa
the call Of a tarkey gohoier when he WAS
mistaken for one Of those Euwis by Capt.
Poiteyent vho fred upon him and Killed.
him outright.