The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-22

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auspices of Napo1eouviIle Fire Company
No. was a very successful and enjoyable
affair. The bellies and beaux Of Assumption
| we're present in strong force, and consplc-
and general attractiveness were Misses
Rowena and Elodie Foley, Florence Jones,
Dora Folse, Theresa Pintado, Fannie Web
| ster and Florestlne JumonviIle. A party
consisting of Misses E. and NJ. Gaudet, T..
| Allan, Laura Ilsley and Alice Ponds. Mrs.
NJ. A. Gaudet, Mrs. Richard Ponds, and
Messrs. Jno. F. Terrio, DR.. F. Gaudin, Chas.
Maurin and Edgar Berteau. They had
splendid time, and devoted themselves to
Terpslchorean enjoyment until 4 o clock i'll
the morning when they started for home,
| reaching here shortly after O'Clock. Mu-
sic was furnished for the ball by The Italian
| String Band Of Donaldsonvile
Rev" J. T. Jamison, the pious fraud
who recently yictimized a number of peo-
pie in this community by assuming to be
an agent of the Chicago Morning aud Day
Of Reform, representative of so-called
national religious and temperance associa-
ton CT his own creation and tie keeper of
a variety store on Railroad Avenue, skipped
the town few months ago and is said to
be located somewhere i'll Kansas. We have
no doubt he is pursuing similar ways
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are vain - in his new field of operations.
He is quite an adept in the use of oily gam
mon and st1ilfully assumes the garb of
heaven to serve the devil in. When he was
arrested here at the instance Of prominent
members of the Nazarene Baptist Church,
charged with embezzlement of property
belonging to the congregation, the CHIEF
exposed his crookedness as pretended
newspaper agent The spurious Doctor
and Reverend denied that he had collected
more than the publishers price for the
Chicago paper and its silver premiums, but
the statements of some of its subscribers
to the contrary, supplemented by informa-
ton which we subsequently received from
the publishers themselves, proved that tie
accusation of eatortion was we'll founded.
I'd SMALL Pox-Since our last report only
one death has occurred from small pox in
Donaldsonvile, the victim being the step
child of James McCray, whose illness we
reported last week. Only one new case has
appeared, child of Mrs. Alice Nebbitt,
colored, on Opelousas street between Rail
road Avenue and Lessa,d street, who has Il
mild attack of varioIoid. This is the only
case remaining in town. Our information
relative to Port BarroW's freedom from the |
disease was somewhat inaccurate, as two
cases have occurred in the family of Mr.. /
Martin Rivet in addition to the one pre-
dren died from small pox last Sunday |
morning, and MI. Rivet himself fell a vic
tim to the disease on Wednesday. He WIS
an Old citizen Of Port Barrow, a carpenter
by trade and was generally liked. His is
the only infected house III the village, and |
there are now no more cases there. Three
cases are reported On Mr..
Ieller's Riverside plantation, but we hear
OF no others III The parish.
Since the foregoing was put in type we
have learned that Constable James McCray
has been attacked by small pox. He con-
tracted the disease while nursing his wife
and 5tep-chiidren. at the time our paper
goes to press, therefore, there is one case
Of small poN and one of yarioloid in Don
and these are both in houses
where other cases have previously. occurred
The spread OF the ailment has been effect
ually checked and its complete extinction
will, we hope, be witnessed within the next
week OR two.
HE LAHcaToN HoMlcIDE.-Ihe pfelim-
mary examination i'll the matter of the
State Us. w. j. Kelly, charged with the muir
der CT Sam Lansston on the 18th inst, took
place before Judge Cheeyers On Thursday
and upon the evidence adduced, H1r. Kelly
was admitted to bail in the nominal sum Of
:Z0Ge for his appearance before tie Dis
Lrict Court. From the testimony it appears
that Mr.. Kelley did not during the difficulty
return to his residence to get his rifle, but
after being attacked and threatened by
Langston, he ordered one of the bystanders
to go and bring the weapon. Just after the
tation, Mr.. Kelly went about ordering tie
hands out TO the fields. and upon arriving st
tie house then occupied by deceased he
asked Langstoli if he was going to work.
with a rice hook and a bottle, sat down
OH the steps. MIR. Kelly then rode nearer
to him and pointing in the direction of the
ield with a stick, which for some time past
he had been in the habit Of carrying, said:
IS Are you going to work? If not, 90 out
On the big road. " Langston then stepped
of and wheeling suddenly around delib-
7rately threw the bottle at Mr. Kelly. strik-
ng him over the left eye, with much force.
Lhereupon Mr.. Kelley dismounted from his
mule, and as he was in the act Of doing so
Langston wrenched the stick away from
aim and struck him two blows on the head
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Langston made the threat that he would
Kill his antagonist with the rice hook, of
which he still retained possession The
hreat was followed by Mr.. Kelly's order to
John Burke to bring his rifle. When Lang
ton saw the boy approaching with the
Weapon he fed and Mr.. Kelly getting on his
mule took the gun and went down he 1,1il,I;c
Dad. Iangston being met in the field by ;
me of the laborers was advised to hide him
elf in the cane. but ranliad that he hai in1s