The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-03-29
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| ST.. JAMES ITEMS. -The Clerk of Court il
st. james having failed to convene The
1 Jury Commission for the purpose of draw
ing jury for The regular term OF the Dis
trict Court in March, Judge Cheevers or.
dered the drawing of special jury for the
May term, which will open on the first
Monday OF that month. The Creole Fire
side recently ascribed the failure to have a
jury in March to the fact that Judge Cheev-
ers transmitted no order for the drawing.
The Judge is not required or expected to
issue such IN order. The law declares it to
be the duty of the Jury Commissioners to
assemble at least fifty days prior to the
date for opening each regular criminal
term of the District Court and to draw
juries for one, two or more weeks, as in
their judgment may be necessary.
Judge VIM. IT. Lawton, ST., the venerable
and esteemed citizen who had held the po-
sition of Justice of the Peace of the second
ward, and who recently resigned the Office
on account of physical inirmity and i'll
health, died on the 4th inst, at the res
idence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. B. Del
hommer, in st. Charles parish, at the age
of 68. The suhioined condensed sketch of
his career we clip from the New Iberia
.supar-Bo,vl..
Dir. Lawton was born at Fall River, Mass,
sled IN Louisiana hrst going into commercial
business an New Orleans; removing to st.
Charles parish he resumed his profession OF
preceptor which he had followed North; then
engaged in agricultural pursuits, married twice
and became the father of fourteen children,
ten of whom survive him. just before the
James parish, subsequently espoused the Lost
Cause, In the service of which he contracted
the rheumatic affections which gradually made
him an invalid in 1854 and we're the immediate
cause of his death. In 1854 he engaged in pub
lie life and entered the State Senate, represent
ing the parishes of st. james and st. John.
subsequently he was superintendent of the
Western !, Union telegraph line between New Or
at Convent, st. James parish, and then be-
coming Justice Of the Peace of that ward, he
held the position for twelve years and until
completely disabled by bad health.
The Louisiana Bugle Call having been
enormously informed that it was the in
tention of the Republican judicial conven
ton of this district to nominate Hon. Hen
~ L. Duffel for Judge, declares in favor of
that candidate, of Mr.. McCulloh for Dis
trict Attorney and Mr.. A. L. Roman for
State Senator. The B,tyle Call says there
will be two delegations from st. James to
both the judicial and senatorial conven-
tions; that one SGT will support the candi-
dates above named, while the other will
probably favor Hon. R. Beauvais for Dis
trict Judge andJ. l.. Gaudet, Esq, for Dis
trict Attorney. We opine that our contem-
porary will find itself mistaken in assuming
that the Ascension delegates will cooperate
with those of the Roman-Billon faction
from st. James and that there may be a
deadlock in the Democratic district con-
ventions somewhat similar to that with
which the Republicans wrestled on the
senatorial question. We believe the time
for making the Democratic district noni-
nations has not yet been agreed upon.