The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-06-22
AROUND THE STATE.
Items Of interest Culled From the
Louisiana Press.
Police jury of Caddo Parish to Expend
$4,000 in Building ExperimentalGood
Road-New York Orphans Find
Homes in Avoyelles.


anticipate a splendid crop this year
A tract of 2645 acres of pine timber
land near Crowley was sold for $55,
900.
Business men of Lafayette are plan
ming the organization of a progressive
league.
A social and athletic club with &
capital stock of sl5. 600 was organized
at Houma.
/ Negotiations are under way for the
establishment of a large hardwood
sawmill at Bnnkie.
/ The Grant Lumber Company's saw,
mill at Selma was partially wrecked
by the bursting of fywheel.
Sam Wells, negro, was arrested
at Kenner on the charge of ravishine
his step-daughter, nine years old.
Capt. Thos. L. Morse is promoting
the organization of company to con.
struet a big marine dock at Morgan
City.
It is stated that the New Orleans
Street Railway Company will spend
about 81, 100000 this year for improve
ments.
Hammond Odd Fellows and knights
of Pythias will jointly erect fine
three-story brick building in the near
future.
Frank Marshall, a rice farmer of
Acadia parish, was dangerously in
iured by being kicked in the abdomen
oy mule.
The school board of St. James par
ish appropriated $4,000 towards the
construction of new school building
at Vacherie.
The twentieth annual convention of
the American Association of Local
Freight Agents Associations was held
at New Orleans.
Work on the three-story pressed
brick building to be occupied by the
City Hotel, at Winfield, will be COM
pleted by Sept. /.
Alvin 3. Hebert, u well.known young
attorney OF New Orleans, formally
announced his candidacy for the Office
of secretary of state.
Louis Husser, q prominent mill
operator of Husser, Tangipahoa par
ish, dropped dead while returning to
his home from Amite City.
The degree of Ii. D. was conferred
upon State Superintendent of Edu-
cation James B. Aswell, of Louisiana,
by the University OF Arkansas.
What is claimed to be a certain
cure for charbon is owned by Joseph
Murf and F. E. Woodwork, we'll
known rice farmers residing near
Iota.
The police jury of Caddo parish
will expend $40, 900 in building an ex-
perimental good road of oil and sand
as an extension OF Texas avenue, at
Shreveport.
s. E. Barnett, an engineer on the
Iron Mountain Railroad, was arrested
at Alexandria on the charge of shoot
ing at his wife and otherwise NAL
eating her.
1t is reported that the American
Cigar Company has purchased build
ing site in New Orleans and is con-
templating the erection OF six-story
cigar factory.
John Bunkum, young negro said
to be afflicted with mania to destroy
property, entered the negro skating
rink at Shreveport and ruined S40O
piano with his poeketknife.
Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell OF
Louisiana delivered the honorary
chancellor's address at the 11lth an.
nual commencement exercises of Union
| College, at Schenectady, N. Y.
After months of consideration, Gov,
ernor Blanchard refused to commute
the death sentence Of EIeus Leblanc
the young ST. Martin parish farme,
convicted of Wandering his wife.
| Seventy orphans from a New York
charitable institution arrived at Man
| sura and were distributed to persons
in Avoyelles parish who had previ
ously made application for them.
/ The case OF G. A. Kent vs.. r. L
Draughn, pertaining to the contes
| for the mayoralty OF Kentwood, re
| suited in mistrial ia the distric
court az Amite City, the jury beinI
evenly divided.
The supreme court of Louisiana
denied the application for new tria
/ fled By Lee Coleman, white, who va
convicted of the murder OF Town Mar
sha1 William Shoemaker, OF fDeQuincy
and sentenced to death.
a feature Of the summer norma
schools now in session throughou
the stats is the large attendance q
!. the three normals conducted for thos
who expac5 10 enter the teaching pro
fession next session.
The police jury Of Vermilion par
ish adopted resolution calling th
attention Of the state board uf equals
zation 70 the inequality Of the assess
] ment Of that parish as compared wit
the assessment of the parishes of La
fourche, iberia and Acadia. and de
claring it 10 be the sense Of the bod
that the assessment on both real an
personal property should be raised /
least Is per cent.