The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
AROUND THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Gulled From the
Louisiana Press.
Peculiar Views of Lone Juror Cause Mis-
triaLin Brady Assault Case at Alex
andria- Shreveport Rabbi
Creates Sensation.

A million-dollar timber deal was
completed in Catahoula parish.
| Paul Ferrou was killed by falling
pulley while at work in a sawmill at
Lutcher.
Miss Alice Chassaignac was burned
to death at New Orleans as a result OF
her clothing catching fire from stove.
A bank has been organized at Mad
! isonville with capital stock of Sl2,-
900, and is doing a hourishing busi-
ness.
j. M. Cole was caught among logs
he was canting in the Calcasieu river,
near Lake Charles, and was crushed to
DEATH
w. S. Ostheimer is in Jail at Lafay-
cite charged with having forged the
name of Scott Haywood to a check for
Sl275 so.
Five wells in the Jennings oil field
failed during the past week and oil
men believe that the field is going to
salt water.
Edna Thomas pleaded guilty to a
charge of larceny at Crowley and was
sentenced by Judge Philip S. Pngh to
one minute in the parish Jail.
Lake Charles Baptists are to erect
church that will have a seating capac-
ity of 500, and which will be one OF the
handsomest edifces in the state.
The steam tug W. NJ. Wood was
swamped and sank in l80 feet Of water
in the Mississippi river below New
Orleans. The entire crew was saved.
Mrs. Fred Junkers, of New Orleans,
drank quantity of carbolic acid, it
is thought with suicidal intent, but her
mother says twas for an aching tooth.
James Green was struck and killed
by lightning while drinking water just
outside the door of his home on Old
Hickory plantation, near Whitecastle.
While Cashier Offer of the Parke-
Davis Company was making deposit 1
at one of the New Orleans banks, some
one stole his canvas bag containing
$500.
Sol Bilbo, a white farmer of st.
Tammany parish, is in jail at Gov.
ington charged with incest, the crime
having been committed upon his l2-
year old daughter.
Fire in the center of the milling dis
trict at Lake Charles destroyed the
saw and planning mills Of J. G. Stout,
causing loss of S35, 900 and throwing
fifty men out of employment.
Citizens of Monroe held a meeting
to take steps to settle the race prob
lem, drive out the worthless element of
both whites and blacks, and pro-
tect the law abiding negroes of the
city.
James Brady and James Chi1dress
slugged Patrick Butler into uncon-
sciousness directly in front of Deputy |
Sheriff Reid S home at Lake Charles, |
and we're robbing their victim when |
the deputy made his appearance and
captured both the ruffians.
IedDDl lOoCo L dCOOSOu Vi bl6 5TSs .
formed Jewish congreg alton at shreve-
port, created sensation at the Yom
Kippur services by denouncing the
practice of fasting as a relic of bar
barism, and advising his auditors to |
Ego home and eat. ~
A part Of Baton Rouge has been
overrun with opossums and other wild |
animals and housekeepers are com
planning of the loss OF. chickens and
eggs. A skunk went so far as to visit
the capitol and the floor has since
been smelling like a glue factory.
The jury in the case of Thomas
Brady, on trial at Alexandria for
assaulting Miss Laura B.
Warren of Elmer, failed to agree and
mistrial was entered. The one lone
juror who refused to impose the death
penalty based his decision upon the
fact that Brady is a cigarette iend |
and is not responsible for his action.
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