The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-05-30

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Hog cholera prevails on Bear creek, I'm
ion parish. zzsssss-=essses-=s@4
Claiborne parish Ia to have new Jail
costing $500.
A municipal election will be held in Clin-
ton next Monday.
. Stock raising is q rapidly growing indas-
try in Bossier parish.
,,New iberia has mill that is turning out
100, 600 shingles day.
Measies.ets & severe type is reported prss-
alsnt in Number of parishes. ~
Caicasieu parish gives $500 to the -fund
for extending the Exposition. Ea2
A number of successful burglaries have
recently been committed in Shreveport.
The residences Of Mr.. ". r. Area IN Abbe-
Vile was damaged by lightning lAst week.
The burned oil mill at Monroe is being
rebuilt andrl25 workmsn arc snstloyeason
it. @ta esg
Monroe has four churches without pas
tors-Episcopal, Baptist, jewish and Pres
byterian. ....
Cotton lice sR2e & causing some damage in
Rapi1As parish and caterpillars have ap-
peared in East and iWest Carroll parishes.
The registration books of DGsosp pariss,
were stolen in order to prevent an 1i66tiOp
on the whiskey question next Tuesday.
Capt +, Il g. Taylor has been appointed
Postmaster of Lake Providence in place of
R. L. Jones, convicted Of robbing the mail.
CongressmaasHahn Of. the Second. Dis
triet shipped 225 CATIONS of honey 3rou his
plantation in st. Charles perish two. weeks
ago. - ss.,s= es3 ss@s
Adolph Hess, German resident of Cos
cordis parish, killed his wife and child and
then hung himself. The deed is attributed
to whiskey. . a
Octave Delcambre, young man ,wlD
lived in Iberia parish, accidentally shot
himself While opt hsating and died from
ehA,wound. II q .s4zsss@ .z
Work has been commenced on the anev
government building at Shreveport. Con-
gresham Bianch4na threw the first shovel
full Of dirt. aa sa
Ross8impson, q colored woman, is in
Jail at Points- 4 Ia -Hache for whipping May
Claiborne, colored child, so. severely sthst
death resulted. ssi $
!. Mr.. Frank McC Cormick Of Thibodaux died
last week from the effects Of gunshot
wound received at the hands OF q Negro
over year ago. as So - e8sssas
Mr.. Gus Bernd. merchant near Lake
Proyidence. shot and killed 4 Negro With
whom be had some difficulty about q small
amount due him. sss sss
Mr.. A. Koch Of Point Coup6e has invent
ed an improvement in plow-shares, which
is claimed to do away with all necessity for
leying and sharpening.
Judge James Bussey has been appointed
Successor to District Judge Harvey Brigham
of Morehouse parish, the latter having re-
signed to accept the Bolivian mission.
A difficulty between Anthony Irvine and
Ellis Jones. b9th cosored, which took place
in West Re,iciana parish, resulted in the
killing. Of Jone4 by Irvine. s =
Tie Teachers institutes held at Monroe,
Shreveport, Natehitoches and Opelousas
were quite, largely ,attsndsd, and seem to
have proved satisfactory in their results.
We: regret to note the retirement Of Mr..
A. C. McMeens from the editorial chair of
the Morehoase Clarion. He was one Of the
brightest writer's connected with the country
press. s f
Gov. McEnery has designated June 10,
1885, for the execution of Charles Campbell
alias Red, convicted of the murder of Theo-
dore Tripeovich in Plaqueminee parish,
August "a, 1884. zsss.--..
Donaldson Ca6rey, Jr., of St. Mary parish.
Who was appointed naval cadet by Congress-
man Gay Of this district, has passed the req
uisite examination and entered the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Mrs. Lou Sayers, living near Summerfeld,
Claiborne parish, while doing her family
washing had her clothes to take fre and
burn entirely from her body. She died
three hours afterwards.
Frank A. Douglas al;aSD. F. Anderson,
q gentlemanly young white man arrested
in New IBERIA for; alleged burglary Of
Sheriff veaxes's residence, was released on
bond and left for parts unknown.
The body Of an unknown white man slaA
in convict garb wassfound in the river id
Bqpte Coupe parish. No marks of vio-
apparently q Chinaman, was found the
same day in the same psrish:-.s
R. L. Jones, Postmaster at Lake Proyt.
dence, was convicted at Monroe of conspir-
acy to rob and robbing the United States
mail, and has been sentenced to five years
imprisonment in the penitentiary at Ches-
ter, Ills. Paul JoneAAnd Eugene Yarbor
ough we're tried for completely in the same
crime, but were acquitted.
A terrible hail storm occurred in st. John
the Baptist parish, ON the 18th inst, lasting
about half an hour and doing much dam
age IT, .9sohs. fences snd buildiugs Mr..
Nell, prominent plantsk was standing in
his dining room and feeling the building
shake hs ran into tbe,gard just in time to
$40 II blown frQu jts, foundation. Several
persons were injured but no lives lost.
DR.. HinckeIl snd Ernest Won Horn we're
acquitted st NsE Iberia of the murder of
Vim. Burewu1fer, whom they claim to have
killed xiile he was attempting to outrage
BIS own daughter. The Enterprise says the
verdict Of the jury caused intense public
dissatisfaction. Miss Burgmnller testified,
to the truth OF the texrible accusation
against her father. After the trial she and
DR. Hinekall voro ,ue.,:al -, <L> ~~..
room by Judge Gates.
A remarkable effect Of low temperature
has been POINTED out4athe- Glasgow Phil
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