The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-09-26
STATE NEWS.

as STATE NEWS.
| Gleanin.s from. the Newspapers OF Lou
Barrett's circus exhibited in Shreveport
yesterday.
4 very fatal type Of lux prevails il Cald-
we'll parish.
Tie public schools Of Iberia parish are
| to open on he 2Sth inst.
| Rice IS only bringing from 81 10 81 70
per barrel i'll New Orleans.
Caterpillars continue their rayages in the
cotton fields of North Louisiana.
Work on the new government building
at Shreveport is progressing rapidly.
Chas. Decuir, Postmaster at New Iberia,
has resigned on account of bad health.
The next session of the deaf mute ihsti-
tute at Baton Rouge vii, begin Oct. Is.
Silliman Institute at Clinton has begun
its annual session with eighty-six pupils.
4 carload Of salmon shipped direct from
Portland, Oregon, reached Shreveport this
week. ~
Mr. j. L. Hulse has retired from the eGli-
tor;st management Of the Claiborne Guar
dat. ~- Hf
A poor house has been established il,
Union parish for the care and support OF
paupers.
Mr.. YIN. Dupre, deputy Clerk of the Su
preme Court at New Orleans, died on the
18th inst.
large convent has been built at Able.
vile ard will be conducted by the Sisters
Of Mt. Carmel. @s
1t is estimated that both the cotton ant
rice crops have been cut off one-third By
bad weather and worms.
A colored woman shouted herself out G
window of the Baptist church at Pointed
Ia Hache and was severely hurt.
An effort is being made to secure a re-
sumption of river mail service between
Monroe and the mouth of Red river.
Sam Darling, aged 10 years, has been ar
rested in Union parish for the murder OF
Ike Thompson, aged 8. Both colored
Simon Fuller, aged II, accidentally sho'
and killed himself in Union parish while
crossing a creek OH a log with Il loaded
gun. y.MleuM.a
Whitehead cabbages weighing forty
pounds, and tomatoes eighteen inches
in circumference have been grown in Cad
do parish.
While some colored children were fishing
ii d bayou in Madison parish, they caught
trunk which was found to contain the re-
mains Of child.
Mr.. Jean Torne French resident OF st.
Landry parish, was fatally mangled by the
machinery of Mr.. D. P. Lafear's MILL and
died soon after.
Geo. Winston, colored, who killed Joe
Claiborne, also colored, in Caddo parish,
has been convicted of murder, without
capital punishment.
State Senator T. Fontenot of st. Landry
parish had his hand lacerated in his cotton
gin and it was found necessary to ampu-
tate two Of the fingers.
State Engineer Richardson denies that
he is opposed to the closing of the Murganza
crovasse, but is at a loss to know where the
necessary funds to pay for the work are to
be procured. @m.
On the 21st inst, a freight train on the
Y. S. and 2. railroad jumped the track
while crossing Cypress creek, near Delhi.
wrecking both the train and bridge. No
one was hurt.
A London syndicate arc said to be look
ing for favorable place to establish all
English colony in Alabama, Mississippi or
Louisiana. They will want from 10000 to
$1,000 acres OF land.
hlr. Jno. Bite. Pierrot of Narksville has
a clock that has been running uninterrup-
teddy for over IS years, during which time
the hour and minute hands never have
been moved.
Mr.. 6. ". Bancker, planter Of ST. Mar
tin parish, shipped TO New Orleans on the
18th inst. three barrels Of new cane syrup.
It was classed fair, and sold for seventy
five cents per gallon.
Apropos of the researches as to the min
eral resources Of louisiana rich iror mines
and superior white marble have been
found in St. Landry, kaolin in Catahoula,
and gypsum in Caldwell.
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