The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-20

a and discovered that death had been cause
at the root of the nose, producing compress
slon of the BRAIN Only one witness of tn
atfray-Johnson Weber by name-was foun
by the Coroner's jury, and he knew nothin
r OF the origin or particulars of the difficult
excepting that the men were quarreling an
| that Allen struck the fatal blow, telling hi
antagonist to the ground. Allen remained OF
the plantation until Wednesday night, bu
learning that Kenner was in a dying con
dltion, he left for parts unknown and is still
, at large. The deceased was born an,
raised on the Ashland plantation, in tn
sixth ward of Ascension, and bore a repu
far from being spotless or desirable. FL
was last year convicted of larceny before
the District Court, and condemned to sui
fer years imprisonment in the peniten
tiary at hard labor. He served out his time
and returned to the parish not long before
the occurrence Of the quarrel which culmi-
mated in his receiving & mortal wound
SUGAR SQUIBs.-Among the places where
grinding was commenced this week We
have reports from the following: Mr.. Co,
fields Point Houmas, on Monday; Mr..
Beirnes Riverton, Monday; Mr.. Yale's
Homo, Monday; Messrs. Adlard and R. O.
Landrys places, Monday; Mr. Reuss' Ger
mania, Tuesday; Messrs. j. Z. Nolan's and
! BE wi,
Messrs. Bon. Tureaud d Co. started the
mill on their Houmas place about the 1Otf.
inst. DR.. W. II. Billiards. Chatham mill is
under way, we believe, but we are without
definite information from his place. He
will only make syrup at his own sugar
house, conveying it to the Germania re-
tinery of his neighbor, Mr.. Geo. B. Reuss,
whore it will be manufactured into sugar.
The Chatham cane crop is said to be a very
tine one in appearance, and will doubtless
| give largo yield.
cylinder head was blown out of the
engine at the Germania refinery on Thurs
day, necessitating stoppage for repairs.
Fortunately no one was hurt by the acct
| dent.
At the Yale place work has also been
retarded by an accident. The bagasse dry
or, an apparatus devised by Mr.. Yale for
| rendering the bagasse fit for use as fuel,
got out of gear. We are not informed as
| to the extent of delay or expense likely to
result,
The mill on Mr.. Beirne's New Hope place
is also idle, awaiting the return of dam
aged roller sent to New Orleans for repair.
At Mr.. Beirne's Riverton place break
age Of the centrifugal gearing will cause
four or five days delay. The sugar houses
On all the Be1rne plantations have been
under way, but general stoppage was
made yesterday morning to begin the WORK
of Windrowing cane. This will be finished
in four or five days, if the rains do not pre-
vent, and it is expected that the sugar-mills
will all start off again about next Wednes-
day. On the Orange Grove place the yield
has SO fur averaged 1000 pounds per aero
from short, black land cane, plant and
stubble mixed. On the Clark 14OO pounds
have been obtained. The cane ground was
about the poorest on the two places. At
Clark 100000 pounds of sugar have been
made to date, the mill having been in
operation five days. Labor is plentiful and
efficient on the Beirne places, and the wages
paid are the same as those of last year. We
believe these conditions exist throughout
70 anti ~, 80
Grinding will be inaugurated at the mills
OF Messrs. Crossley Il Sons Southwood
place next Monday. We pluralize mill ad
visedly, as there are two mills at South
wood. The cane grown on the neighbor
ing Riverside place--also the property of
the Messrs. Crossley-will be transported
to Southwood by tramway and there con-
Verted into sugar and syrup. Mr. Domi-
nlque Gentil Of Donaldsonville has been
employed as sugar maker at Southwood,
and no better selection could have been
made. Mr.. Gentil has few equals in the
art OF sugar making.
Messrs. John and WI. Kelly have not yet
commenced grinding. They made splen-
did rice crop on their Bocage place. and
having only q comparatively small acreage
OF cane, are in no hurry to start their mill.
To Mr.. Oscar Gentil, the skillful sugar
maker ct Mr.. Teller's Riverside place, we
are indebted for sample lump of the
sugar being made there. In grain, color
and otherwise it is all that could be desired. |
The same can be said of sample we have
received from Mr.. H. S. Buckner's Crescent
place.
According to all reports the weight of the |
juice and the quality and quantity of sugar
1t gives are generally quite satisfactory, and |
the only complaints made by our planters
refer to the comparatively small size and |
dryness Of the cane, resulting from the |
prolonged drouth. A young sugar planter
from the upper portion of Assumption |
parish reports that in his vicinity the Weld |
L. averaging only about 500 pounds to the |
acre, but his information, if correct, must |
be based on the product of the smallest and |
poorest cane. In our parish the yield |
ranges from 800 to 1900 pounds per acre, |
taken altogether we believe the sugar cron
will exceed the expectations entertained
before the opening of the grinding season,
The gratitude of the Terpsichorean So
clal Climb for the kind assistance of tna +
ladies' and gentlemen who aided in the con-
duct OF the entertainment last Sunday |
evening, is expressed through the medium
OF a card OF thanks appearing elsewhere in
this paper.