The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-15
STATE NEWS.

/ Items of Interest Cleaned from the Louis
ana Press.
A new Catholic church Ii about to bs
built at Abbeville.
Gov. McEnery has lost his infant sol
George, aged eight weeks.
Hon. Geo. E. Walton of Concortiia, Pres
ident Of the State Senate, is again seriously
i'll.
John Kelly, a colored youth, shot himself
i'll the side while carelessly handling a shot
gun.
Stock thieves stole fifty head of cattle
from the farm Of Mr. Migues near New
Iberia.
Dick Richard was accidentally shot and
killed by Eugene Wagieg in Nachitoches
parish.
A tiger weighing 125 pounds was recent
ly killed in St. Bernard parish by Mr.. J.
Moinus.
The Lake Charles Lumber Company of
Calcasieu parish has suspended. Liabilities
$4,000.
John Watson was assassinated by un-
known parties III Rapides parish, near the
CaIcasieu river.
Mike Lennot, citizen of Baton Rouge,
was kicked in the abdomen by a horse and
died from the injury. VI
A colored boy on Mr.. Sylvere Roman 5
plantation, ST. james parish, fatally shot
himself and died few days after.
The freight on the shingles shipped from
PIaquemine b. rail last week ives $500
Most of the shingles went to Texas.
Nixon Jackson, Terrebonne Negro,
carved his wife with razor and made his
escape. The woman is seriously wounded.
Frank Biauer, German miner employed
at the salt mine on Avery's Island, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his tffroat with
a razor.
All public works have been suspended.
i'll Baton Rouge ON account of the back
wardness of property holders in paying
their taxes.
4 cotton factory TO be run with water
power afforded by the Tangipahoa river is
one of the contemplated improvements at
Amite City.
Small pox has aisapp cared from the Pain
courtville neigifborhood, Assumption par.
ish, where there have been five deaths from
the disease.
Marius Thomas, who was shot July so in
a difficulty with Rost Guiliory, in St. Lan-
dry parish, died from the wound Guillory
has surrendered.
4 singular disease which the Madison
Journal cails@~ sleepy blind steegers - pro-
walls among horses and mules in the Tai
lulah neighborhood.
The assessment of tbs taxable property
of Iberville parish for 1883 foots up
81, 4s3, ,815, a11 increase Of s142, 1868, over the
for last gear.
ssz,r spIl4sfas ssvsasg children at
Pineville, Rapides parish, in mistake for
1uinine, causing the death of one and the
severe illness Of the other.
Wm. Kimbrough, white, had fight With
John Bell, eolored, at Milliken's Bend,
Madison parish. Bell was killed and Kim-
brough seriously wounded.
e. Dudley Coleman & Bro, of New Or 4
leans, dealers in machinery, have suspend
I'd payments and petitioned their creditors
for a respite Of two CT three years.
NJ. s. Jones ESP, Of Coushatta has con-
5luded to become a candidate for Judge
If tho Tenth Judicial District, composed
If DeSoto and Red River parishes.
kli the New Orleans dailies issued large
special editions on the LIST, containing q re-
rev of the city trade for the past year.
The Shreveport papers did likewise.
jim Harris, eolored, was shot and killed
1t Red Land, Bossier parish, by w. B.
3oggs, white. It is claimed that Harris
vas q desperate and was killed by Boggs in
elf defense.
Aronce Lognon and Gustave Larnie were
lrrested Ill Caleasieu parish, charged with
tealing stock in Iberia. Lognon attempted
o escape and was shot in the neck, dying
N Thursday. !
The people of Many and vicinity are at
loss to account for mysterious noises
ike the reports Of big guns proceeding
rom the direction Of the north and vest
N t!le 9th ulti1no.
Mrs. John Candy of Sabine parish was
itting under q tree With her little child
atlng II watermelon when limb fell from
he tree and crushed the chiid's skull, |
ausing instant death.
Dr.. Fly, Health officer az Galveston, came |
,yer TO New Orleans to Investigate The con-
lition Of the public health in the latter |
ity, and has reported that no trace of yet- |
ow fever exists there.
The Eas5 Feliciana Pt,b1ot- Democrm |
ays that the cotton worms which had ap- |
,ealed III large quantities IN that parish |
ave been destroyed by little bird known /
3 the oriole Or rice bird.
Mr.. G. i. Huesman, late Postmaster at /
is charged with embezzlement |
Il $500 of money order funds and has /
:iven bond for appearance before the |
United States District Court at Opelousas.
Mr. james Z. Monette of Morehouse par I
sh has three acres of cotton from which |
e expects to get three bales to the acre;
nd he is confident that next year he can |
make four bales to the acre on the same |
,atch.
Sheriff G. G. Duson of st. Landry parish, |
las moved TO his farm near 0pelousas and |
took, such as Jersey and Alderney cattle, |
pigs and Merino and Colswold |
heeps.
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Rev. J. d. Zefnsng. Gedorus, Pa. says: II |
7as paralyzed in my right side. The use of |