The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-02-13
STATE NEWS.

Crihbinss and Cuttings from the Neuspa-
pers Of Louisiana.
Shreveport has had S15;0oO fire.
Lime is being manufactured in VIM
parish. tss
Livingston parish plum trees are in
bloom. a.. s.-
Plank walks have been laid on Seminary
street, in Plaquemine.
New 1bersa bee keeper has loat some
twenty queens by freezing,
The North Louisiana Journal has CHANGED
it's name to Te,asas Gazette
Mr. J. A. Liddell, who was the first Sheriff
of Richland parish, is dead.
Three prisoners broke out of the new iail
at Lsko Charles and escaped.
A Sady was burned to death on the VAL
sance place, Assumption parish.
Seven convicts were pardoned ont of the
penitentiary on the 18th of January.
George Vinson. colored, of Shreveport. on
srial for murder, has been,acG aiGted.
An Israelite by the name of Calm hung
slimasaf in a Negro cabin at Duckport.
Mansura, AvoyelIes parish, has pair of
Siamese- twin pullets, Matched from one
egg.
The little son of .ar. A. j. Kennedy of
Avoyelles was kicked by horse and nearly
killed.
Henry Jones, suspected of being an e..
capped convict. vas arrested in Avoyelles
parish.
The big mercantile house of Winchester
Hall Of Monroe has failed with $4,000 Ii
abilities. .=
: Jim WflhHns of West Baton Rouge wss
struck on the head by a recoiling capstan
and killed.
woman named Nicholas died of leprosv
IN Alglers after having suffered from it for
twelve years.
Negro prisoner in the Farmeryi,sa :;nil
s'ad his feet frost bitten during the recent
cold weather.
Persons refusing to work en- the Avop-
slles parish public roads have been com
mitted to sail.
>. TIC railroad company has deprived West
Monroe of its depot, making The town only
n flag station.
The mercantile hrm Of p. @. Rousseau
of Thibodaux have fas;ed /, secoua fine.
liabilities. $1,000.
Eugene Mckee Of Bastrop. was thrown
from his horse against telegraph pole.
dracturine his skull.
: An old Negroes aged 1875 years, imported
20 fhia t>r1,nfru fra,, it.:.. IL,
Orleans a few DAYS ago.
: The publication of tits Grand Cane Fsn,
mas been suspended, and the material sold
20 Mr.. Coleman of Keachi. /
The Town Council of Minden has nassef,
an ordinance against gambling OF chance
games d every description.
A gang of burglars have been columittin,
expert robberies near RaceIand, in some
instances using chloroform.
The ladies of Baton Rouge have pivan mn |
entertainment netting over 500 for the
Confederate memorial fun5
Allan Russ of Lincoln parish slipped
while skating on the ice and as suffering
.rosa eoncussion-of the brain.
. Or. T. 4. Wilkinson, an eminent physi.
,cian of VIM parish. committed suicide at
Gainesville b. takirs arsenic
Major s. l.. James has purchased the
Marydale plantation, III ye:1zas parish, and
will work It with convict tabor.
The steamer White ran against hidden
snag at Monons landing. Tansas parish,
smoothing large hole IL HE hail.
The steamer Morning Star was very near
sy carsized near Baton Rouge by striking
huge lump of ice foating~in tie river.
The foundation fog the boys dnrnlitory
Of the Slate Institute for tho Deat and
Dumb at Baton Kouge has been laid.
Milton Allen, colored, tried at Bellevue
tor killing Charles Jones last year, was
.,uud Guilty without capital punishment.
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