The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-12-13

One-th1rd interest In the shreveport DeHt-
ocrat to Mr.. A. Currie, Mayor of that city
and proposes to remove to some other
locality.
The. store of Mr.. A. G. Robinson, near
Lamourie, Rapides parish, was entirely
destroyed by fire. The stock of Inerchan-
disc had been insured for $5740 only few
i weeks ago. vs.
Dick Richards and Manassas Watson,
Eeolored men, quarreled about a woman in
Caddo parish, and Richards shot Watson in
| the head, killing him instantly. The muir
! derer escaped.
Betsey Stuart, an old colored woman
was accidentally burned to death few
miles from Covington. She was lying
asleep in front of a fireplace when her
clothing ignited.
Editor J. W. Bryan of the Lake Charles
Echo is the proud pappy of little daugh-
ter born the morning of November 5, upon
whom he has bestowed the patronymic of
Cleveland Gay Bryan.
The st. Mary Herald tells of seventeen
acres of cane on plantation in that parish
that yielded $1,000 pounds of sugar. This
is. fine yield, undoubtedly, but it has fire.
quently been exceeded in Ascension.
Mr.. G. L. Wilson shot and killed an
eagle on his place in Rapides parish that
measured 81 feet with its wings spread.
Mr.. Wilson says this eagle and it's mate
have had nest on his farm for forty years.
Work upon the government building at
Shreveport is shortly to be commenced.
Major N. s. Allen is to superintend the
work and Postmaster VIM. McKenna will
be disbursing agent for the appropriation.
L. A. Devereaux was recently shot and
killed by John O'Neal at Haughton station
on the V. S. & P. railroad, in Bossier par
| ish. Devereaux, who was under the in1iu-
ence of liquor, was the aggressor in the
affair,
Miss Irene Kennedy, daughter of far
mer at Evergreen, Avoyelles parish, has
sent to the Exposition two bridal bonnets
ornamented with artificial flowers, com
posed of three thousand five hundred fish
scales.
The proposition to impose a special levee
tax of ten mills was defeated in Concordia
parish by a vote of 236 to III. The property
holders claim that they cannot stand the
additional burden in their present impov-
erished condition.
white man named Crandle Robin, en-
ployed as laborer in one of the camps of
the Calcasieu Lumber Company, was
crushed to death by rolling logs. His body
was forwarded to his former home at
Saginaw, Michigan.
Some children gathering frewood dis
covered the dead body of an unknown white
man hanging to the limb of a tree in the
woods near Acadia. The man had evil
IDENTIFY been hanging five or six weeks. He
had been scalped and his throat cut.
Wash Lyons, Bob johnson, Henry Will
Jams and Charles Verrett, accused of the
murder of Charles F. Gray, the colored
supporter of Mr.. Gay for Congress who
was shot at political meeting, were tried
at Houma week before last and acquitted.
Mr.. j. II. McBroom, aged s., who has
been Postmaster sixteen years at Lone
we'll post-oifiee, Union parish, was arrested
recently charged with appropriating part
OF the contents Of letter containing $50
that passed through his hands in February.
1889.
NJ d. E. Williams had hand mashed
Off and the leaders pulled o. his aJp
IN
nearly up 70 N, oS5ssiect the taxes and monies
ldue said corporations, enforce the collection
OF any and all taxes due it within such time
ana In the manner provided by existing
State laws, OR in the manner that NAV here
matter be provided by State laws relative to
the collection of taxes due the State.o Tt
Will be noticed that nothing is said about
licenses III the body of the act but it is
Claimed On the part of the plaintiff thaE the
word taxes" includes licenses. On the
other hand, it is contended that, thouoh
generic, taxes aud licenses are spec;fc
terms, and that their difference has been
recognized by the constitution of 1879. the
General Assembly of the State and orr
supreme Court: from the fact that every
provision OF our organic law or Legislative
enactment relating to licenses recites that
word specifically, OR uses the term tax in
addition thereto, and when the burden
upon property is meant. the word .storesu
a'o'le is used. 1t is further claimed that
me laws relative to the collection Of
axes due tbs State are far different from
nose relative to the collection of licenses
Tue 1t, and that, however it NAV be prcaa
hat taxes" in the beginning of the act
nciuoes licenses, the Court can not he
sRed to supply the words "and as nro-
1oed by State laws relative to the co,lec-
ion of licences euo the State,n which, alono |
ouid give the manner OF PROCEEDING
lained by the parish i'll this instance. i
IN the District Court judgment was rem G
efeo making the rule absolute, and the
lrcult judges confirmed this rulino Int ::
tier listening to argument on a motion for :
reiiearhg the latter functionaries decida1
take the matter under advisemeut and
grant delay of ten days for the filinu + +
further briefs, it being understood th.t
1al judgment may be given at chambers
III entered upon the minutes of the Iast a. a.
y of the term. :
ne question of the constitutional of
i NO. was not urged in The C;ro,,it al
'ur'' as the jurisdiction of that tribuna,
es not extend to the decision of socb :, o.
INT. Defendant's attorneys rely in the 2,
fcuit Court simply upon the ALLEGED
~ OF autioraty in Act No. 1l9 to the
lice Jury to proceed by the SUMMARY ne
'eess OF rule to show cause for the en- ID
cement of it's licenses.