The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

STATE NEWS.

Gleanings from the Newspapers OF Lou
isiana.
The public schools of Baton Rouge are to
open next Monday. M
The fine residence on Mr.. John Ghafe's
plantation in Franklin parish has been de-
stroyed by fire.
The merchants and professional men in
Madison must be set of old fogies and
| siow-coaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. AnafoIe Cousin of st. Tam
many parish have just celebrated their
golden wedding.
large bed of pure rock salt is said to
i have been discovered In Desoto parish, two
miles from Mansfield
A section of a yellow pine tree froty-
seven inches in diameter will be included
| in Calcs,sieu's exhibit at the Exposition.
Albert and Charles Goodman were hanged
at theSt. Bernard courthouse on the 31st
pere. z.a
Three indictments have been found
against one of the steamboat barkeepers
| who sold liquors within the limits of Ra-
pides parish.
Judge A. L. Slack of Madison parish,
Grand Chalcellor of the Knights Of
! Pythias for this State, had the misfortune
to lose his wife on the 10Th inst.
| Ed. Corney, coiored, residing on Mr..
George J.. Reiley's plantation in East Ee-
liciana parish, had his left arm cut off to
the elbow by cotton gin. Ii
Jean Patatu, West Baton Rouge baker,
was drowned in the river last Monday
He was out in a saiff and was ran down
by the steiner J. NJ. White.
The clubhouse Of Hon j., C. Vance, in
Bossisr parish, was destroyed BY fire
together with twenty five to thirty bales
of cotton. Incendiarisim ID suspected.
The Clinton WatcAman reports that a
singing mouse has been captured in that
town. The musical rodent is said to war
BILE in a voice resembling that of a canary
bird.
Perry and William Melton, father and
son, have been convicted Of the murder
of j. w. Cherry, committed last April in
Union parish. Sentence Of death will be
passed upon the culprits.
The courthouse Of NJ Morehouse parish, at
Bastrop, is abont to be condemned as IN
safe. It's D tWo-story brick structure,
built in 1871, and its tottering condition
is attributed to a detective foundation.
The Terrebonne Times says Cray was
looked upon as bad main and desperate
character aud had half dozen charges
pending against him for assault with dan
gerous weapon upon different persons.
The street car drivers Of New Orleans,
numbering several hundred, have struck
for better wages and a reduction of their
hours of labor, and The strikers appear TO
have almost the unanimous sympathy of
the community in their movement
The Madison Times claims to be the
only paper published anywhere in the
country that does not contain an advertise
ment of local business man or establish
ment. Truly an unenviable distinction.
Vincent Foley, a colored desperate and
gambler, was fatally shot in New Or
leans by a white boy, Willie Brennan,
brother of Thomas Brennan, Superin-
tendent of the Boys House of Refuge. The
difficulty grew out of dispute over game
Of dice. Brennan made his escape.
Edward Gardner, master mechanic Of
the New Orleans City and Lake Railroad
Company, was stabbed and killed by John
H. Duffy, receiving twenty five wounds in
dicted with butcher knife. The fight
was the result of a feud of long standing.
G. T. Gray, colored speaker employed
TO canvass for the Democratic Congression-
al nominee in Terrebonne parish, was
shot and killed at a political meeting at
Grand Cailiou by Wash Lyons, coIored
supporter of the Republican candidate
There will be exhibited at the Exposition
samples of wool cotton" grown by Mr..
Martin Trahan of Lafayette parish. The
boIls and locks of this plant are about the
same as ordinary cotton, but the staple is of
creamy color and apparently as much wool
as it is cotton.
Messrs. NJ. 6 7. Pezzini, keepers Of a
restaurant in New Orleans, have entered
suit against tie States for libel, claiming
/ SIC, 600 damages because the paper pub
Iished an article alleging that customers
had been outrageously overcharged at the
| Pezzini establishment.
| The Baton Rouge Truth learns that, in
consequence of the low prices of sugar,
| Mr.. Shannon leading planter of East
Baton Rouge parish, intends to abandon
| to a great extent the cultivation of sugar
| cane and plant the greater part of his fine
place in cotton and rice.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred
] Thursday evening on Mr.. D. If. Eames'
sugar plantation at Lee Station, on tbs
Louisville and Nashville railroad near
| New Orleans, resulting in the killing of
| two men outright and the scaldfng and
wounding of twelve others, seven of whom
| have since died Of their injuries.
| The steamer Henry Frank, the Largest
cotton carrier on the river, was destroyed
| by fire Thursday evening of last week,
| twenty-five miles above New Orleans. She
| had landed car go of 1000 bales of cotton
| in the city the day before and was on her
| way back to Memphis when she met her
fate.
| Shreveport has lost two prominent cit
izens-W. Z. Fleming, and J. d. Boazman.
| Both gentlemen were members of the I'm
proved Order of Red Men and MIR. Ftem-
| ing was also Master Workman of Louisiana
| Lodge, Ancient Order Of United Work.
men. Mr.. Boazman was an old river pilot
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