The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-06-23
STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest Cleaned from the Louisi.
ana Press.

ana Press.
The Wizard Oil Warblers were at Monroe
week before last.
The physicians of Caddo parish have or.
ganized medical association.
Isham Wyant, a young white citizen OF
Caldwell parish, has lost his reason.
The residence of the late DR.. T. p. Rich.
ardson, at Monroe, was destroyed by fire.
A colored man named Doakss fell off a
log in Bayou Plaquemine and was drowned
The Police Jury of Lafourche parish ap-
propriated $1,000 to close the Fournier cre-
vase.
Trains are running between Monroe and
Delta. The road has been altered to stan
dard gauge.
The assessment rolls for Grant parish,
show an increase of $236,847 over the as
sessment of 1882.
A catfish weighing " pounds and a gar
weighing 1863 pounds were caught in the
Ouachita river at Monroe.
A whiskey election was held in the fifth
ward of Natchitoches parish, and the pro-
hibitionists were victorious.
West Feliciana has colored child with
single finger projecting from its right
shoulder instead Of an arm.
A woman calling herself Minnie Mitchell
committed suicide by taking poison in a
Shreveport house of i'll fame.
W. j. Northcutt murdered A. Il. ONeal
in Bossier parish and has been committed
to Jail without benefit of bail.
Two men were killed and four wounded
by boiler explosion at Blackshear & Sni-
der's saw-mill, st. Landry parish.
Paul Cornay Moss, son of Judge A. J..
Moss of Lafayette parish, accidentally shot
himself in the left ankle with revolver.
Jack Chariot, colored man, was thrown
from his horse, near Opelousas, striking
against fence and receiving fatal injuries.
A young colored girl drowned herself in
Lower Bayou Terrebonne to escape whip
ping with which her father had threatened
her.
Over 1,124,000 feet of lumber were sawed
during the month of May at the mill of
Messrs. Lock, Moore & Co., Calcasieu
parish.
Lewis Wood charged with having CON-
mitted rape, in Caleasieu parish, has been
transferred to the Opelousas Jail for safe
keeping.
A little daughter of Mr.. ]. Fl. Slower fell
from the second story window of her fathers
residence, at Shreveport, and was fatally
injured.
The Patriot Democrat reports that the
campaign has already opened in East
Feliciana and that candidates are actively
at work.
Ferdinand Klement, a German laborer'
was beaten senseless and robbed of $50 by
a colored man named Piuckney Crates, at
Trenton.
A tiger measuring nine. feet from tip to
tip was shot and killed near the head OF
Bayou Cocodrie, st. Landry parish, by Mr.
Frank H6bert.
The New Iberia Sugar-BotUl announces
the discovery of q valuable coal deposit at
Petit Anse Island, where the Avery salt
mine is located.
In st. Tammany parish, Lafayette Stat
ford, young white man, fell into burn
ing charcoal kiln up to his waist and was
severely burned.
Mr.. James Provost Of Terrebonne parish
was stabbed in the breast and mortally
wounded by Negro named Watson, alias
Gibson, who is in jail.
Mr.. VIM. Meyer has been reelected Mayor
of Lake Charles, with Messrs. G. A. -Four
net, James Howard, E. J. Lyons, James P
Geary and David Bloch as Aldermen.
An Odd Fellows Lodge has been instituted
at Plaquemine with the following officers
Chas. A. Brusle, N. G.; A. Kowalski, V. G..
VIM. A. Bryan, R. S. N. g.; C. E. Mark
Secretary.
The four-year-old son of Mr.. Billings o.
Iberville parish fell out Of cart while rid
ing with his father, and the wheel passed
over the child's head, crushing it SO that
death ensued few hours later.
According to the calculations Of the Col
fax Chronicle, 5000 cattle have been shipped
to Texas from Grant parish within the past
wo years. Large shipments have also been
made from the Attakapas parishes.
lightning struck a galvanized wire clothe:
line and set fire to the residence Of Mr.
Bowman Turner, in West Feliciana parish.
The flames were extinguished before doing
any damage. About fifteen feet of the wire
melted.
Capt. A. W. Gloster,a division engineer
of the Mississippi Valley railroad, was
riding across an insecure bridge four miles
from Baton Rouge when he and his horse
fell through. Capt. Gloster sustained o
fracture of both arms.
Murat M. Purley was shot and fatal.
wounded by his brother, Napoleon Purley
at Greensburg, st. Helena parish. Th'
shooting grew out of quarrel between
Murat and his mother. Murat died ans
Napoleon made his escape.
Municipal officers were elected in tn.
town of Clinton ON the 4th inst, as fol
lows: B. F. Morris, Mayor; 7. j. Herman
c. r. Collins, D. w. Pipes and Z. A. Moore
Aldermen. There was tie vote between
W, II. Hartner and G. NJ. Hochevedel TO
Alderman.
The Baton Rouge Light Guards dis
banded, and Immediately reorganized unde
the name of Brunot Rifles, with the follow
ing officers: Fl. f. Brunot, Captain; Lei
Curran, First Lieutenant; T. Jones Cross
President; George Norris, Secretary, an
| G. D. Won Phul, Treasurer.
Messrs. L. McNeely and II. j. Odur
had difficulty ct Colfax. Odum advance