The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-20
The DoDaIdsopviIIe Cbiief'
STATE NEWS.

items Of Interest Cleaned from tho Le'tisi
ana Press.
Mayor Hugh McBurnoy of Ggeensburt
has resigned his Office.
Steps arc being taken to organize lodge
of Knights of Honor ut Covington.
Con. Ogden was taken suddenly i'll Sat
urday before last, but soon recovered.
Two cases Of small pox have appeared or
the Elton plantation, East Carroll parish
Five head OF cattle were attacked by by
drophobia in Concordia parish, and tsyt
died.
Lawrence Taylor, a Bienville parish farm
or, gathered 52t@ bushels Of corn from one
acre of ground.
Mr.. james NJ. Turpin, Postmaster a.
Bastrop, died from an overdose of choral
taken to produce aloep.
Mr.. Owen McLeran has been appointed
Assessor of st. Charles parish, vice Mr..
Il. Z. Boudouin, resigned.
A white man namod Thompson, greatly
addicted to incompetence, drowned himself
in the Saline river, VIM parish.
Mr.. r. II. Ward of Morehouse parish
killed. IN eaglc measuring six feet nine
inches from tip to tip of its wings.
Tho gin-houao on tho All Right place,
one mile above Lake Providence, caught
fire accidentally and was totally destroyed
Tho highest price offered for cotton seed
in New Orleans is FL per ton, while ST.
Louis oil mills arc paying SIG per ton Dolly
cred.
At the recent torn Of District Court in
st. Landry !hcro were II convictions in
criminal cases, two ncquittaIs and ono mis-;
trial.
colorcd man fell into the river and
was drowned while watering mules in front
OF Mr.. Ii. o. CoIomb's place, St. james
parish.
-Four more londcd freight ears were dump
cd into the Atchafalaya river from the T.
md Z. transfer boat at West Melville re-
Gently.
lberie Fire Company No. has received
its No. Silsby steam engine and the trial
test mas proved the machine wholly satia
factory.
Baton Rouge is to have poultry show in
December. The leading epirit of the move
ment is Mr.. w. W. Garig, President of the
Poultry Association.
An old lady named Mrs. Bower commit
ted suicide i'll Rapiaes parish by hanging
herself. She mad made several previous at
Temps ct self destruction.
Capt. VIM. LangridGo Of the Gretna po-
lice shot and killed Gus Gfeon, alias Isaacs, |
q coiorod desperate who had twice escaped !
from custody and resisted arrest.
Mr.. Jacob Garrett, al old citizen of Cat |
ahoula parish, was shot and killed by Tom
Frazier, G young man who rented some |
land from him. The murderer is at large.
An old colorod man in DeSoto parish |
spread dry leaves under his house and set
them on fire to burn out the heas. He got
rid OF the heas and of the house and ita con
tents.
Conductor Simpson, in charge of freight
rain on the T. ind ?. railway, was RIM
over and killed near Fordoche station, Avov-
elles parish. He fell between two cars while
The train was in motion.
Shreveport tried to got up one of the
,phemoral Negro instructions which have
existed in the diseased i,naginations OF the
people of several Texas localities rocontly
put the scare quickly died out.
The water is SO low in Bayou Sale, st.
Mary parish, that fishes can be caught bv
1ands. party OF colorcd people, armed
With sticks, recently killed fifty buffaloos
veragng foot ana q half in length.
Mr.. S. J. Montgomery's cotton gin and
orn mill, two miles from NermiIicrviIle.
'ere destroyed by fire, together with sew
raj bales OF cotton nE6 number of agIi-
uitural implements, The loss is estimated |
t $4,000; no Insurance
Edmund Judd, eolorcd, was killed nv
ules Thomas in front Of the Sarpy plan
atlon, st. .'oha parish. Both the men were
ltoxicated, Thomas attempted to kill his :,
life and Tudd was endoagoring to protect
he woman when he mot his death. .
white man supposed to be II. 3. Hull
'om Texas plunged into Red river to os-
ipe tho wrath OF several colorod men who
ere pursuing him with sticks and pistols,
ear Coushatta, and the fugitive drowned. !
Wo OF the coiorod men were jailed.
Ihs prizes Of &75 and $50 offorcd by the 4
n 70 ant , !: 1
It quantities Of corn raised on five acres of
nd wero awarded to Messrs. Nick Milling Ii
ia l. a. Brown respectively. The former !,
'oduced 2sl bushels ana al pounds, the o
tier 24 bushels and Il pounds y
The finest cotton gin in Rupldes parish, L
tuatcd at the mouth Oh Bayou ltapidee Just Il
Inside the town OF Alexandria. was destroy
by fire. The building was three stories Z
gh, contained three gins and condensers. T.
. presses, q 20 horse power engine md !;
bales OF cotton. Al adjacent warehouse
ntalnlng 200 bales OF hay was also con- !:
med. Tho property belonged to Mr.. L =
Day and was fully insured. :
From Eminent ". L. ss,non. President
fdlral College, lIalifaH r, SIS" cois3cn's
q"iH Beet Tonic Is Invaluable for feuc,, in
7eStton and s"eGhn@ss ami Is uN'llrpassoa for u
male complaints (Tokt .so oiAer} OF drag I
SITS. ~
LADIES. i,eautlfy yu.G con.,llcziol with
en"'s sulphur Soap.
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