The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-16
AROUND THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Gulled From the
Louisiana Press.
High school Building at St. Franclsviile
Destroyed by Fire-New Courthouse
of jefferson Parish Formally
Dedicated-spanish I'M
migrants Arrive.


was totally destroyed by FIRE.
The Morse rice mill, at Estherwood
shipped 5000 pockets of rice to Cali
fornia.
Hon. Thos. Watson. of Georgia
addressed meeting of farmers al
Ruston.
The handsome new courthouse a
Gretna was formally dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies.
J. W. Boyd, native of Louisiana,
has been promoted to the rank of sec.
ond lieutenant in the United States
army.
The Julius Freyhan high school
building at St. Francisville was de.
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss oil
s2o, 600
David Dyal, aged Is years, was ar.
rested on the charge of stealing a
horse from W. r. Laird, of Blanche,
Rapides parish.
DR.. Luther Longino, prominent
physician of Minden, was seriously
injured while alighting from street
car at Shreveport.
S. S. Thomas was elected principal
of the Baton Rouge public schools to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna.
tion of Prof. T. H. Harris.
A number of immigrants arrived at
New Orleans from Malaga, Spain, and
were given employment on various
Louisiana sugar plantations.
Shipments from the port of New Or
leans during January, 1907, showed
an increase of SIS, ,787, ,551 over those
made in the same month last year.
G. G. Harvey, president of the Queen
and Crescent Railroad, was elected
presidentsof the New Orleans Terminal
Company to succeed L. S. Berg, re-
signed.
Although waterWorks system cost
ing $50, 900 was recently installed at
AbbeVilie, insurance rates have been
materially increased, in some cases
100 per cent.
The stable, tool shed and black
smith shop on Greenwood plantation,
about twenty-five miles below New Or
leans, were destroyed by fire of incen-
diary origin.
The board of stewards and trustees
of the Methodist church at New Iberia,
which was destroyed by fire ] an. 27,
took steps to rebuild the structure
without loss of time.
The bill providing for an immigra-
tion station at New Orleans was IA
vorably reported to the national house
of representatives by the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
Burglars entered the home of Miguel
Acosta, a member of the Baton Rouge
police force, and made away with
jewelry and wearing apparel valued at
$500.
The West Felicia1a school mudd1e
has been compromised by the agree
ment of George Newman, present par
ish superintendent, against whom there
is considerable. complaint, to retire at
the close of this session.
DIR. c. Fl. Irion, president OF the
state board of health, announced that
he would seek the assistance of the
courts for the purpose of compelling
physicians to furnish his Office with
vital statistics, as required by law.
Governor Newton G. Blanchard, of
Louisiana, delivered an address on
the life and character of Abraham
Lincoln at a celebration held in
Springfield, Illinois, to commemorate
the anniversary OF Lincoln's birthday.
The Red River Hardwood Lumber
Company, Limited, was organized at
Alexandria with a capital stock OF
$50, 900, and will erect sawmill either
at Alexandria or few miles below
that city on the Red River Valley
Railroad.
A special election will be held in the
parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne
on Monday, March II, for the purpose
of selecting district attorney to suc-
ceed Hon. w. p. Martin, who was re-
Gently elevated to the position of dis
trict judge.
Susie Cummins, a negress living at
Monroe, was run over by a passenger
train on the v, S. and P. Railroad
and instantly killed, her body being
cut in two. A peculiar feature of the
accident was that the woman was em-
ployed as a servant in the home OF g.
W. Kennedy, the engineer in charge OF
the laenmnhira which struck her down.