The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-06-07
FELIX BRAUD,
ERNEST PEDESCLAUX

WIS AdiA yu IilS tttUl0 oA lilo EIOuuo tiid
it was out of order, the designations of the
| signers having been accepted at the pre-,
ceding meeting.
| On motion of Mr.. R. N: Sims the chair
was authorized to appoint committee OF
three to recommend to the committee ten
persons to be'elected delegates to the Baton
Rouge convention of June II, to cast the
five votes to which this parish is entitled in
that body.
The President appointed on said com
mittee Messrs. r. N. Sims, c. Kline and
DR.. A. G. Love; whereupon a recess of ff-
teen minutes was taken to enable the COM
mittee to make up its report. At the expi-
ration of the recess the committee pre-
sented the following names: Gen. J. L.
Brent, Fred. Duffel, los. Gonzales, G.
Kline, Henry Mccall, Henry Cook, Dodd
Smith, DR.. A. C. Love- R. N. Sims, DR.. w.
| A. Burris. The report was accepted and
the gentlemen named were declared elected
| delegates to the Baton Rouge convention
of the 18th inst.
| On motion of Gen. J. L. Brent the dele
gates were instructed to vote as unit and
it was decided that no proxy shall be given
Except to co-de!egate.
1t was resolved, on motion of Mr.. r. N
Sims, that in case there is Congressional
convention held i'll Baton Rouge during the
session Of the State convention of the 18th,
| for the nomination of candidate for Con-
| gresham from the Third Congressional
| District, the delegates this day appointed
to said State convention be- authorized to
| represent this parish in the Congressional
| convention and to cast the vote to which
Ascension may be entitled.
The committee adjourned.
ST. JAMES ITEMs.-Mr. T.. d. Barton,
who lost his sugar-house by fire last Octo-
Der, is having new one built. The work
is proceeding very satisfactorily under the
direction of Mr.. J. B. Dubourg. |
The new Police Jury meets to-day for
the purpose of organizing and entering
upon it's duties.
Jos. w. Shade, one of the prominent
colored politicians of the parish, has been
appointed by Gov. McEnery Justice of the
Peace for the third ward. Mallory Green
has been commissioned as Constable.
The Creole Fireside reports that forty
five arpents of cane on Mr.. Numa Poche's
plantation have been covered with water
from the Davis creyasse and will be total
loss. Many other places are suffering
damage from The same source.
Ten students of the Jefferson College
made their first communion last Sunday.
Alfred Mire, well known colored citi-
zen and planter of fourth ward, is charged
with having hired Sandy Pollard and John
Mckinney, couple of Negro desperadoes,
to assassinate his wife and daughter.
Mire's wife left him some time ago and
has persistently refused either to return or
grant him a divorce. Pollard and McKin-
ney declare that Mire promised to give
them S 30 each for putting the women out
of the way; that they went off and killed
chicken, susaring their clothing with its
blood, returned and reported the accom-
plisment of their sanguine Grand, and re-
ceived $50 of the promised hundred. It is
further charged that when Mirs learned of
the deception he fed from the parish, fear
ing Pollard and his companion would make
the conspiracy PUBLIC. There is another
side to this blood-enrdling story, however,
end it is told by Mire himself, who surren-
70 1o &c of n..I.
on Wednesday, declaring that he had just
learned Of the accusation against him; that
it was wholly without foundation in fact
and was probably a scheme devised by his
wife to get possession of his property. He
has always borne good reputation, and
considering the we'll known bad character
of his accusers, the chances are that be is
innocent of the foul crime laid at his door.
DAVIS CREvAssE ABANDoGED.-The hope
full anticipation of the closure of the Davis
erevasse engendered by the favorable start
the Sewall brothers made with their new
system of dovetail piling, has been disap-
pointed. The exhaustion of funds result
iAS Aiou4 tIlc VI LIto S6utTdl AS
sembly and the City Council of New Or
leans in advancing aid that was expected
from the State and municipal treasures
compelled suspension of work, and the
irresistible flood soon tore away consider
able portion of the piling that had been
driven. While doubling the ability of
Messrs. Sewall to have accomplished their
great task in any event. we regret that am
pie means were not placed at their disposal
in order that faires test might have been
made of the method that proved so success
ful at Bel Air aud other points. 1t is essen
tial to such a test that the work should
be prosecuted continuously, night and day,
particul arly when so powerful body Of
water as that pouring through the Davis
break is contended against. Two new Gre,
vases occurred a few days ago, one above |
and the other below Davis, but both were
readily closed By using dovetail piling. |
The river is falling quite rapidly, and in |
few weeks the flow of water through the |
Davis creyasse will cease from natural
causes. |