The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-22
STATE NEWS.
aieanings from the Newspapers Of Lou

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Clinton has new hotel called The Union
Natchitoches parish will make credit
able showing at the Exposition.
Shreveport has had d thousand cases d
dengue fever within the past few weeks.
Fire destroyed the store Of Mr.. Geo. Fl
Wilson, in Livingston parish, Wednesday
4 night of last week.
/ John Figures, colored, killed d white mar
named J. NJ. Coyle, at Cotton Valley, Bos.
sier parish, and then escaped.
Col. VIM. Minor of Terrebonne parish has
had the misfortune to lose his dwelling.
house and contents by fire.
Mr.. Henry Marston, aged g1 pears and
a resident of East Feliciana since, 1913,
died in the town Of Clinton last Saturday.
Mr.. Geo. A. spyker, chief clerk III the
State Auditors Office, has been married to
Miss Nellie Wright OF Eldorado, Arkansas.
It is said the State University at Baton
Rouge has now larger attendance of
students than any previous time since the
/ war.
The Shreveport Democrat protests against
the reduction of the police force from seven
to four men, recently ordered By the Com.
mon Council of that city. s.
st. Landry is to have q special election
next month on the question of prohibiting
the sale of liquor in that parish, and q lve-
ly contest is promised.
Jerry Reed, colored laborer. was struck
IN the back by bale of cotton at the Nor
gan railroad depot, Alexandria, and was
paralyzed by the blow. z
The Secretary of State has received
returns of the recent election from ali the
parishes, and completed the tabulation
thereof Tuesday evening. ts.s
The post-ofice at Taylor station. on the
v. s. 4 P. railroad near Minden, was
burlarized of $500 in money, Monday
night. The robber is unknown. Il s
The store and warehouse of AID. Bascls
on Canal Belanger, Terrebonne parish
together with his entire stock Of goods,
Burned the night of the 9th inst. 8 sss
Hampton Duncan and jeffrey Burris,
colored men, had quarr% in Point Coupee
parish, and Duncan was shot and killed By
Burris. II
A Law and Order League has been
organized ct Alexandra, the members of
which are pledged to assist the authorities
in ferreting out and prosecuting criminals.
Oscar daspard has been arrested on the
charge OF being the party who committed
murderous assault upon Mr. and Mrs
Guillebert, at Moreauville. Avoyelles parish.
Mr. Guillebert died from his injuries.
Among the industries Of Monroe which
are assuming large proportians Il "a
ufaeture Of drawn cypress shingles. One
yard alone has turned ont over million
this year.
The Grand Jury of Rapides parish re-
fused to indict the editors of the Alexan
dria Ioucn Talk for libel on the complaint
made against them some months ago by
Judge W. F. BIackman.
A large fire occurred at Monroe on the
18th inst, destroying the Monroe Oil Mills,
six box cars belonging to the v. 8. &P.
railroad and 10000 shingles owned by the
Excelsior Saw-mill. Total loss about s75,-
600.
st. Charles parish can point with pride
to one plantation within its limits, the
Ashton belonging Jno. A. Morris, ESQ.,, of
New Orleans, where no dice playing is per-
mitted,. or liquors or fire arms sold from
the plantation store.-Herald.
The Natchitoches tap railroad is to be
completed by the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road Company. The grade was thrown up
lastyear by local company, but the corpo-
ration was not able to complete arrange
ments for laying the iron and supplying
rolling stock. 4
The prohibitioniats were victorious at
the recent whiskey elections in Amite City
and Livingston parish. At this rate of |
progress the anti-iquor people will make
Louisiana a prohibition State at no dis
tant day. .=...5..=.z.ss.s
Mrs. Matilda Labat of Rapides had three
fingers of her left hand blown off and she,
and her little 4-year-old boy were badly
burned by the explosion of a dynamite
cartridge she was picking with hairpin. |
She didn't know it was loaded"
Ex-Judge Theo. Fonte1isu, ex-Sheriff |
Theogene Viator and Abraham Pallet, the |
latter a colored man, were the only three I
prisoners charged with participation in the I
Loreauville riot, in Iberia parish, who we're
reqnired to give bail, the others being dis
charged Internationally.
Rev. j. M. Ledreux, a young Catholic
priest, died at Alexandria on the 18th inst.
He was transferred from. Many to Alex
andria as successor to the late Father Bres
in charge of the church at the latter place.
and died eight weeks after his arrival. He
was native of France and only % years of /
age.
Among the curiosities in Louisiana's
department of the Worlds Exposition will
be a miniature portrait of the Emperor
Napoleon, painted from life in 1872 by the
celebrated Esuby, and owned by Hon. NJ.
D. Kavanagh of st. Landry, and copy of
The Ulster County Gazette, published at
Kingston, New York, Saturday, January 4,
1900, dressed in mourning for the death |
Of George Washington.
A peculiar and fatal disease has made its
appearance among horaes and mules on
Bayou Letsworth, the symptoms Of which
are thus described by the Poiat Coupee
Democrat. The animal When attacked
acts In very strange manner, wandering
around continually and only remaining
1uiet when the head is resting against
Often they rear up and paw