The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-06-19
STATE NEWS.

Cribbings and Cuttings from the Newspa-
pers of Louisiana.
Lake Charles is to have cotton factory.
The Governor pardoned eight conyicts
Mays.
yidalia prohibits base ball playing on
Sundays.
Terrebonne has had baby show with
thirteen entries.
The Shreveport electric light machinery
is q perfect success.
The new Episcopal Church in Lake
Charles is completed.
The young men of Lake Charles have
organized dancing school.
A shorter route to Avery's Island has
been laid out from New Iberia.
The cotton receipts Of Shreveport up to
the 18th ult., were 1920 bales.
Prof. Bristops Academy and Gymnasium
in Shreveport has been destroyed by fire.
Backarow has served out his time in the
Shreveport prison and gone back to Louis
vile.
A Normal Academy for male and female
colored children is to be established at
Lake Providence.
Lou Montgomery, Shreveport Negroes,
killed her husband with an AZ while he was
asleep in his cabin.
Mr.. Rotchford, living alone on Bogue
FaIaya river, near jacksonville, was found
dead on his premisee..
ahe Police Jury of Assumption parish
has ordered the removal of all distractions
in the Attakapas canal.
The nude body of colored infant was
found in bayou, ON the Highland planta-
tion, West Baton Rouge.
A new post-ofice has been established at
Notleyville, st. Landry parish, with N. C.
pevilliers as Postmaster.
Mr.. Wiley NJ. Toomer was struck by
lightning and instantly killed while at work
IN St. Tammany parish.
Baton Rouge thieves patron lied the Sem
ators very exclusively last week, relieving
Senator Roatner Of $500.
The ladies Of Natchitoches have formed
an organization to raise funds to improve
the graveYerds Of that place.
A orevasse twelve feet wide occnrrad a.
the Merritt place, eleven miles below New
Orleans, but has been closed.
An 6-year-ola son Of Mr.. Gustaye Pesson
OF New Iberia was burned while PLAYING
with gunpowder, but is recovering.
The steamer Mary Lewis, recently sunk
in Berwick Bay, has been declared unwor-
thy OF repairs and will be dismantled.
Joe johnson, Shreveport colored bow.
shot and painfully wounded Mr.. VIM.
Thielnan, who was sitting in his store.
Raspbsrries, ptums, Japan plums, water
melons and new oranges are the latest ad-
ditione to the NewOrleans fruit stands.
In one day recently Pattersonyiile shin
ped 240, 600 fee. Of cypress lumber and also
large lot of shingles to different points.
The Plaquemine saw mills will be forced
TO close operations in the course of four or
i've months. owing to scarcity OF lumber.
Judge Roman of New Orleans recently
sentenced q wife-beater to pay tine of
$50 and spend one year in the parish pris-
2n.
The headless body Of a white man has
been found in Cane river, opposite Prud.
homme, on the New Orleans Pacific rail
road.
Three etsempts were made to wreck the
Shreveport and Houston tyain, on the night
of May g, between Loganspcrt and shreye-
port.
The sentence 9: Gabriel Gonsculin of
New Iberis to eighteen months in the pen
itentiary for stealing cattle, has been con
tirmed. -
A colorea man named James GIBBS, who
was lost in the swamp at Beers Island
Iberia. was found after two days,
search. in Blind bayou, IN to his head in
ina! and water.