The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-07-10
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near Alexandria, is damaged to the extent
of $240O.
Mrs. Meginley of Opelousas has this sea-
son gathered several thousand pears from
four trees.
During difficulty in West Baton Rouge
Green Hamilton shot Willis Green, though
not fatally.
James Willis, the Nimrod of Iberville,
who had killed ITO bears, died in that par
ish recently.
A Monroe COW has given birth to triplets,
one bull and two heifers, all strong and
we'll developed. .... ..s..
The street car drivers Of Shreveport work
seventeen hours per day, getting $25 per
month and board.
j. M. Matthews, who has been an hoe in
Shreveport for mule stealing, died in jail
before being tried.
The Burton Lumber Company of Baton
Rouge shipped $4,000 feet of lumber to
Kansas City by rail.
A couple of colored draymen had an alter
cation in Shreveport which resulted in one
being fatally stabbed.
Mr.. Geo. Wallace of Natchitoches, who
accidentally shot himself in the toe, has
since died of lockjaw.
The Alexandria post-ofice, from the LIST
of January last up to this time, has issued
over 1900 money orders.
A little boy at New Iberia was badly
burned in the face by an explosion of pow
der with which he was playing.
Miss Monte Walmsley Of Natchitoches,
in hunt on Bayou Pierre, killed two nine
foot alligators in a single day.
During difficulty on one of the planta-
tions near Baton Rouge, Hampton Ridley
killed Dock Green. Both colored.
lad in Claiborne was knocked insensi-
ple, and it is feared fatally injured, by an
accidental blow from base ball bat.
Enemies of Columbia Fire Company No.
3 of New Orleans poisoned one of its fine
horses, the third within few months.
Six hundred colts were branded recently
at PlaGuemine Brulee, St. Landry parish,
and there are 1000 more to be attended to.
The dead bodies of two colored men were
found III the swamps near Moreland,
Match! toches parish, drowned by the food
gentleman from New York has pur.
chased ground in Franklin, La, for the
purpose of erecting a large sugar refinery
The Grand Jury of Madison parish has
indicted convict guard for murder fol-
beating a convict 80 inLumaEly that h.
died.
Ross Jones, a colored youth, shot and in
stantly killed his mistress, young quad
room named Emma Thomas, in New Or
leans.
Dogs made an onslaught on an immens,
flock of sheep on prairie near Opelousas
killing thirty seven and wounding man.
others.
We sympathize with our conf,ere, Capt
Samuel Lambert, in the loss of his estina
BILE mother, Mrs. Harriet Lambert, VIII,
died recently.
During tho recent storm at Marksville
Avoyelles parish; stEe bridge over bayol
Pierritte was washed away and bricl
wall blown down.
A clerk in the store of Charles c. Hardy
at Cypremort Landing, was accidental,
killed by purchaser who was fitting car
tridges to a pistol.
Mr.. John Dillon recently caught a ga
fish, in Bayou Pierre Lake. DeSoto parish
which was:six feet and ten inches. long ant
weighed $50 pounds.
The United States Senate has passed tn
House bill authorizing the transfer of tn
Barracks property at.Bato.4 Rouge to tn
Louisiana State University.
During the recent gale the water wen
over the entire land Of Caicasieu Pass
a barge was clown ashore, and seyera
schooners suffered severely.
The recent gale i'll Lake Charles wrenche,
new uncompleted building entirely on
of shape, and twisted immense limbs from
the live oaks along Fausse Pointe road.
Three freight cars on the T. & p. loa,
were wrecked near Beckville, Caddo parish
and track had to be built around the de
6ris before the passenger train could &c
by.
Lightning struck the residence of Mr.. c
A. Roberts of Baton Rouge, SCATTERING tn
chimney and passing through the floor int
the ground, killing a dog that was lynn
under the house.
The PlAquemine South says an organize
band of robbers have made their appear
ance in Grand Lake and stolen nearly 100
trees belonging to parties engaged in tn
timber business.
City lem correspondent witnessed
rather primitive mode of punishment in
St. John parish public school, where fiv
boys, ranging from five to ten years Of age
were kept in a kueelins position severa
hours, receiving from the teacher an occa
one -haE inch round.
A Wise Reform.
the hahit of administering cuinine in power
ii doses. as an antldcrete II al ariai malade:
was once dangerously common. Happily thi
practice has undergone wide reform. Nc
OAIy I1ic puolAO. OuC PROFESSIONAL ueu nav
adopted, not wholly, of course. but largely, Ho.
letters Stomach Bitters as a safe botanic SUI
stitute for the psrnicious alkaloid. The conse
quences of this change are most important
Now fever and ague sufferers are cured-fol
merly their complaints were only for the tim
relieved. or half cured-the remedy EVENTUAL
failing to produce any appreeiable effect, ez
cept the doses were increased. A course of th
Bitters, persiltently followed, breaks up til
worst attacks and prevents their return. Til
evidence in favor OF this sterling specific an
household medicine is Of no ambiguous char
acter, but positive and satisfactory, and tn
sources whence It proceeds are very numerous