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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

Mr.. Charles Gecks announces by
advertisement in another column that
he will offer at public auction parlor
and bedroom furniture, crockery ware,
etc. The sale viii take place at the
D. S. C. B. Hall next Saturday noon.
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Photographic GaIperv.

DR.. j. Henry takes pleasure III announe-
ing to the public, that he has fitted up a
Photographic Gallery at No II Lafourche
street, Donaldsonville, and is prepared to
execute every description of Photographic
work. also keep constantly on hand all
kinds of picture frames and lithograph
prints, which will be sold cheap Twill also
manufacture stencil maine plates, in every
style, to order. A cordial Invitation is ex-
tended to all to come and examine my stock.
500 agents wanted to canvass and sell
IN all parts OF the United States. For par
ticulars address j. HENRY, P. O. Boy "a
DonaldsonvilIs, La.
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w G. WILKINSON.
Newsdealer and Stati0ner,
Railroad Avenue.
hdttf0Gd ACen1te,
DONALDSOVVTLLE

UONALDSONVLLLE IA.
Dealer in all kinds of Books, Newspapers,
Periodicals, Pictures, Blank Books, Pens,
Ink, Toys. Fancy Articles, Garden and
Flower seeds, etc
Subscriptions to any newspaper or period
ical received at publishers rates. Any thing
in the reading line not on hand will be pro-
cured at the shortest possible notice.
Call at the sign of the
Ascension News Depot.
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The minutes of last weeks session
of the Town Council are published in
this issue.
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Job-Boat T. F. SHARP.

sHE above boat viii deliver any where
Il on the river or Bayou Lafourche. wood.
lumber, bricks, sstaves, shingles or any other
kind OF freight st reasonable rates, and the
undersigned will furnish parties with list
OF prices OF the above articles. and whore
they can be procured, or will make contra ia
for the delivery of the same.
Address II. i. SHARP
Captain and owner, PIaquemine.
or w. W. BcFQRD, DoaaldsnnyiiIe,
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Mr.. G.. A. Gaudin, who resides at
Crevasse Settlement, in this parish
was the lucky holder of ticket No.
81 500, which won the capital prize of
$2590 at the drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery on the End inst. We
publish in another column a card from
Mr.. Gaudin in which he certifies that
his ticket was purchased of Mr.. B.
Rybiski, Donaldsonville agent; that
it cost one dollar, and that the prize
money was paid upon prese ntation of
the ticket at the compa ny's office.
This streak of fortune will doubtless
induce many others to invest small
change with Mr.. Rybiski and try
their luck in the next drawing, which
will occur February s.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

Wanted-levee laborers, white and
colored. Best wages aud good work.
Apply at Whitecastle levee, two miles
below Bayou Goula, Iberville parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

The subscription price of the CHIEF
has been reduced to two dollars per
annum. Now is the time to Subscribe
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A Card.

NEW ORLEANS, January 9, 1877.
The undersigned certifes that he was the
holder of the whole ticket, No. 81 500, class
t. A. No. +" in the Louisiana State Lottery,
which drew the capital prize of two thous-
and five hundred dollars, on Tuesday, JAN
uary ., 1877; said ticket having cost the
sum of one dollar, at the Office OF b. Rybiski,
Donaldsonville, La, and that the amount
was promptly paid on presentation Of the
ticket at the office of the company.
CYRILLE A. GAUDIE.
Crevasse, Ascension parish, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

Representative Fobb has our thanks
for copy of an extra New Orleans
Times, sent US by the mail boat last
night.
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Auction! AuctiOn!i
For Sale.

4 OF No %, lying at the corner of Lessard
Iland Attakapas streets, in Donaldsonville,
together with the improvements thereupoR,
consisting of one desirable DWELLING
HOUSE, with six rooms, four CRATES, back
gallery, double kitchen in the rear, cistern,
buggy house, stable and shed all in good
repair.
Another DWELLING situated on Lessard
street, adjoining the above property. CON
tanning three rooms, two CRATES double
kitchen, shed and cistern attached; all in
good repair.
The property will be sold upon reasonable
terms. For particulars spply to
j. B. LECHE,
d23 AT N. Bells drug store, Donaldsonyille
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

Messrs. Samuel C. Hepburn and R.
P. Landry are by common report ac-
credited with aspirations for the APP
pointment AZ Tax Collector of this
parish under the Nichols government.
Both gentlemen, we believe, enjoy the
intimate personal acquaintance and
friendship of Gen. Nichols, and NAV
be said to rank evenly in that respect:
bnt if the usual test Of party service
is to he applied, Capt. Landry will he
clearly entitled to the prize, if prize
it be. No one among the Democratic
citizens of this parish has been more
Jealous as a political worker than
himself, and certainly none can claim
a superior titlo on the score of cana
city. Capt. Landry is an earnest par
tisan, and 10y many even of his own
party deemed unnecessarily decided
IN his opinions and policy, hut his
high personal character aud his ahil
ity 10 satisfactorily perform the duties
nf the post ion he is said to seek, are
unqnesiioned. We shall, of course,
regret t" see the State government
and appointive local offices fall under
the permanent control of the Demo-
'ratic party, and do not for a moment
admit that such will be the case
nut in the event of that result of /
present complications, we should rec
'gnize the fitness of Capt. Landry's
as Tax Collector.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

The heavy fogs o'nights are inter
fering with steamboat travel.
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On Tuesday, at the Court House
the President of the Police Jury of
fered at public auction the leases of
the parish ferries for 1877, with the
following result: River ferry oppo-
site Donaldsonville sold to Mr.. Valsin
Bourgeois for 1851 bayou ferry at
Lumville sold to Judge H. o. Maher
for SI67 Dominique's ferry sold to
Mr.. James McCray for SIS; Marchand
ferry sold to Mr.. Valsin Bourgeois for
So; Hampton ferry on Bayou Man
chac sold to Mr.. Geo. B. Webb for
81 25; Scivique ferry opposite to
Port Vincent sold to Mr.. Alex. Meyers
for 30 cents. Total proceeds of sale
1887 So, against S544 SIS received for
the same ferries last year. The diff
ference appears very small, but it
should he remembered that in 1876
payment was required in currency,
whereas this year election scrip which
could be purchased at discount of
from ten to twenty per cent. was re-
ceired in payment, The ferry ut
Lumville is the only one which brought
more this year than last.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13

FIRE.-The two-story addition or
the lower end of DR.. j. C. Legare't
residence at the Souvenir plantation
was destroyed by fire Saturday night,
and it was only by the strenuous ex-
ertions of the employees OH the place
that the main honse was saved. DR..
Legare and Mrs. NJ. C. Legare, the
doctors aunt, were both absent in
New Orleans and the only inmates of
the residence were two watchmen, who
slept in the addition. As the report
reached us, one of these awoke to
find the flames under fierce headway
and his companion gone. From this
circumstance and the non appearance
of the man since, it is argued that he
must have set fire to the house,
through what motive it is difficult to
conjecture. An affidavit has been
made against him and vigilant search
will be made to ascertain his where
abouts. We understand that the
house was uninsured and that DR..
Legare estimates his loss at about
$4,000, though among the property
destroyed were several articles which
were priced far beyond their intrinsic
worth and upon which it is difficult
TO set valuation. Prominent in this
category were two medals awarded |
to members Of the Legare family by
the State of South Carolina and city |
of Charleston. This is the second |
time within the past two years that
has been a sufferer By fire :
I'is sugarho having burned in
lo74-and there has been strong pre-
of incendiarism in each case
II the doctor has enemies and they
resort to this method of injuring him,
hey must be very contemplate
spirits, as it would be hard to imagine
! more sneaking method of gratifying
II will or seeking revenge for real or
ancied grievances.
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LOCAL JOTTINGs.

Only 50 a year for the CHIEF.
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DR.. Geo. Rice Crawford and Edgar

| DR.. Geo. Rice Crawford and Edgar
Fernandez, both colored, concluded
tha5 the proper way to settle their
little misunderstanding was by the
vulgar yet popular mode of tisticuffs,
but when the doctor found his front
teeth gone and his jawbone loosened
he moved for change of weapons,
and unlimbering his ordnance, opened
fire upon the enemy. The volley was
promptly returned, and for a fraction
of a minute the roar of artillery was
incessant. The intent of the COM
batauts was doubtless very murderous
but their aim was wondeously de-
fective, for as the smoke cleared
away and the bystanders rushed upon
the field to remove the bodies of the
slain, all were astonished and per-
chance disguised TO find that the in
Juries of the opposing forces were
confined wholly to those received in
the more sanguinary fistic encounter.
Fernandez made an affidavit against
Crawford for shooting with intent to
kill. The case was examined by
Judge Maher yesterday and accused
sent before the District Court under
bond of 5000, which was furnished.
The scrimmage occurred at the Blue
Bucket Exchange Thursday evening.
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vas visited a - loose ~ tie neigh.
tar frsm wham tbs cali was psroAAsea.
uPlfai2e2 ~ him faT tie decspiion
praasiss5 o. his wife. aud threatened
arrest iaf talse pfsieases. Ths aroused
~ ihe lascai iafy vhieh hsa been IT,
flici iuto hin hy The whiskey. and
seslsg . kgi'e Whhcrell eadcarore5
fe assauls lbe farmer bat swiag t. tie
istffsreaee q Mrs witherell. be vas
prevented. ard the BciFhbor retired.
WithefeH sslil continued violent. how.
ever, aaa ahef while his wife found
i accessory to cali 20 her assistance
II J. Hoison Asd by their united Efforts
tbcy succeeded in throwing WilhsrelI
on bed aud tying him with ropes.
Soon the drunken mans rawlings ceased
and be begged piteously TO be- released
from biz uncomfortable position His
ploadiags so touched the tender heart
= Bis wife that she al last complied
with bis request No sooner Was be
uabouad. however, than bis subdued
manner entirely left him and he once
more assumed threatening attitude.
siezing large carving knife from the
table he made furious onslaught on
the occupants of the room. all Of whom
escaped unhnH except Mr.. Holton,
who was obliged TO undergo q severe
struggle before be could make his way
oct Of the house Thus Witherell was
left alone 10 his apartment. aud fearing
thas 10 bis wild state be would do him
sci au injury, Mrs Witherell asked
Heury Eddie to enter the room, ard, i
possible, secure her husband without
harming him. To this Eddie consented.
aud at once proceeded to execute bis
mission. Witherell anticipated the de.
sign on bis liberty and stationed MN
self behind the door. with the knife in
his hand. As Eddie entered he sprapg
upon him and before the poor victim
could realize bis position, the steel had
entered his body three times. After ac-
complishing his terrible work, Wither.
ell drove every one from the house. but
allowed them to remove Eddie, and
since thea has bid defiance Is the au.
thorities who would arrest him As he
still retains possession Of the knife, no
one will approach him. Eddie his vic
tim. Is terribly injured and will die.
Rutland Globe.
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A Boston despatch says The re.
eeat wheat speculation a, the wet. IN.
duced by the outbreak Of the European
war. has bad au anlavorable effect upon
the nour market On the Atlantic sea.
board, AZ il stimulated an advance 10
price that cannot be sustained. aad 10
Boston tiour cannot be sold 10 any con.
siderable quantity without reduction
oi about 81 90 per barrel, below the
late high rates. The demand is limited
aud there has not been enough doing
by the trade during the past week to
establish quotations. II was unlortu-
nate that prices for wheat in the West
RAJ Up so high in view Of the near APP.
pfoAoh Of The season for the delivery OF
the new crop, and there is prospect
Of the market remaining in an unset.
lied state for some time TO come.
Wheat still rules so high at the West
that -four cannot now be sold in this
market without loss
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n,nnrn al rAalr nn,nck

On Monday morning Lafayette
Wi,hereu, formerly a resident 81 Rat
land. Il that time conductor on the
EullAnd & Washington railroad, nov a
resident u Eagle Bridge. visited a
n3ghl.prs farm iof the purpose q
Purchasing a call The ncighbor de-
mAnded 81 or the AhimAl which With.
eteli deemed caofhitaat, and leaving
The farmer al the barn went 70 the
house 10 treat with the farmers wife.
IL her be represented thai the farmer
lad promised him tie calf for Sl5o,
iof which price she allowed him q take
tie Ahimai. After concluding this bar
gala. wishereii proceeded 70 the VII
lage. where be disposed Of bis patchase
very 41vAaiageoasly to himself. ard
with The proceeds d The sac became
slo1icased. While IL this condition
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-06-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTIcR.

N4fats q NTnthia u A. esa.
We, ae sahseTihsrs hsiaE aNFaiAtea bF
he haas he PROBATE Caafl fas tte iisslsir8 -
MAaFhtstsf. lesrnsisaiansFs e. fersirs stsulfrs
kaa ediest tEe claims ani ma rs 81 Az nefpbrs
teasEai tks Estate us
cyntAls l., Smssa, lsts q krssnEtaa.
10 ssiA tasifsei Deceased and alsa a. alaiaa ard
demands e1hlaltfd ~ essef thsffla EerstY
slve ueiiee, ttkt Na eli urst fat he pafnnez
Aforesaid. Al ne dwssl,hs heass af kusan hatk 81
Ari4uKiaH, au the - ass = NsssmteF usst itam
? a'e sex a n uBisl fsat eeloek. - o. salA
aay and thai al manths fram tbs aHa GAY 80
Mfy. isfl, ia ths SINE iFaited b said ouaft fF
sAl3 efe3iaEs y prpsant thfif tlstHs g. at far
e1sns 5nhtion ard allawance
Dated 81 AtlnFloa, tats 8ah dRf e NB
a. o.. ts7E
CuAN II. YOUNG.
g1s WILLIAM r FAIoN. Nees
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Died 10 EAsi Rapsgt. Mar gith fiirsm
EsssmAn, aged 81 year

Died 70 Fast kaiseFts Mar asthi hlfsD
Ekstm&n, aged 81 yesTa
Ills whale lie Was speal 70 las, no.
pet. where be WAS bora Nc wag lhe
soa az Elisha aud sally EasiEnkn y 81 bad
bat enc ehila besides The deceased Mrs.
nwlRhi Tsplof pi Ills Place. BE ltarei
q wife. mother and sister, and very may
friends, and sc Thick We mas safely sAY,
20 ensmles; 81 Jess, 10 tae thirty years
sc bsse khown hlm as 3 ncsghbqr VIC
ncvst beard n che lie lad many traits
o. disposition aad ca8facsey which every
one would DO vel jo enIllvste. Pleas.
sni add indulgeni ia bis family, perfectly
honorable 10 bls dealings with be fello@
men, aud kindly Ia bis intercourse wish
his ntighbors, never magnlgiag their
faults. bat speaking wei 81 them Of re-
naming fiieBi. Another Of his virtues
which SO many have reason 20 remember
wAs his well known hospitality enter
tainipg with open house and hand not
nuly DIS numerous friends, bat the sirsn.
ger within bis estes lie had often ex.
pressed 3 wish that be might die before
be was helpless or seuseless, and bis wish
was grufcd. lie knew Tor some days
that Death was walking by his side, yet
be neither shruak from him in fear nor
looked at him dcdantly. lie simply rec.
ognized bis presence. knew his errand,
aud went quietly and brayoly away with
him. And because death "a, waiting for
him be did not fold bis hands and say
amy work IL done" but as far as bis
strength would allow, did the ssme rs be
would have done had be expected 10 live
TO three score and ten. Even the day
before he died he went across the street
to give hil testimony In = case that was
being tried, and only three or four hours
before his death, sat at dinner with The
family, and when one Of the doctors
present asked il be hadn't better wait
upon the table ia his place, be replied
"No. | want TO do this once more my
self" Towards evening be thought be
would lie down, and said 81 think | am
going to rest" walked to the bed, laid
down his staff, and needed not to take it
up again for in moment be had passed
through the door which none but him
saw.
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STATE NEWS.

Gov. Vance OF North Carolina has
been invited to The Bennington centen.
nial, and Raleigh paper says he will
probably accept.
Jericho had a jubilation on Saturday
over the arrival at that village OF the first
locomotive over the Burlington aud La
noble railroad.
Col. Stowell Of Cornwall, who has
been so dangerously i'll, is reported bet
ter. He has submitted to q surgical
operation which was successful.
Mr.. Thomas II Garfield, formerly a
prominent citizen OF Burlington, has a
large farm near Bismarck, Dakota, of
which 400 acres is seeded with wheat
The tornado and bail storm of the 18th
visited Wilmington and Nottingham,
doing great damage TO buildings, fruit
trees, etc. In one locality cattle were
injured and poultry Killed.
II is reported that tho Brattleboro saw
ings banks are to exact bat six per cent.
interest after July l.
The Cdtedoniaa says dead sure
remedy for potato bugs is said to be four
pounds of alum dissolved in barrel OF
water and sprinkled on The vines.
The late fire at Newport proved to the
citizens that their fire engine, which has
been much laughed about, can do some
good, as il was mainly instrumental in
saving some $3.50 600 worth of property
Abner Sacket, of Halifax, who was
convicted in III of a murderous assault,
and sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment, has peen pardoned by the govern
or on the ground of mitigating circum.
stances in the case and the excessive
sentence.
Frank Prescott, of Orange, ~ years Of
age, was killed ia saw mill on Monday
last by being caught in the shafiing.
His skull was fractured, four ribs were
broken and one foot entirely crushed
lie survived bis injuries but three hours
The article which brought upon the
editor of the North Troy paper Miss
Hadlock's wrath and rotten eggs, was q
piece asserting that Miss Hadlock, dur
ing the illness Of her father, served biz
regular customers with liquor.
Brattleboro is the banner town, in rails
ing money for the Vermont Centennial
She was assigned to raise 81 1000 toward
it, and at recent meeting raised $500
and an additional $500 for music.
II is stated that most of the liquor SOLD
in Rutland is brought by teams, in The
night, from Hampton, n. Y, and thai
several teams run over every night.
Cyrus Il. Kenyon, of Stowe, was con
yicted of assault with intent to kill Frank
Kale with an axe, on Saturday, and sen
fenced to five years hard labor at Wind
sor.
On the l4,h, people in Barnard, living
below Silver Lake, were greatly alarmed
by the announcement that The dam wal
giving way, aud many prepared to escape
with their stock 10 The mountains. But
by the prompt aud timely action Of some
80 or 40 resolute men, the breach wai
repaired.
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BANKRUPT SALE.

10 Re. HOLSTER King, BAnkrap,s.
! will sell NJ public suction The following real
estate and personal property, az tha Cplhurn
House. in Factory Point, County OF Bennington
and state OF Vermont on Saturday. jane 9Th,
1917, commencing Al 70 o'clock A, NJ, and con.
tipuing until said real estate porsonal property
Is sold, viz. The home farm Of Edga' y Hol-
lister, where the said HOLSTER How reaides con.
tanning about no acres Of land together vitli The
farm buildings, subject 30 homestead right Of
said bankrupt aud two muftg Agts Amounting 10
about 1880, also life lease 81 ta'a HOLSTERS
father. The property on Factory Point known
as the Gilman Nilson property, consisting ~
dwelling house, bakery, grocery, Ae., aud about
one half aere Of land, subject TO three mortg.
ages amounting 10 about Sl700 The property
ON Factory Point known a. the Estsbrook prop.
erty, consisting OF dwelling house and about one
half acre OF land subject 20 three mortgages
amounting TO shout 1900 Alsl one piece Of
woodland situated in MinhAll and being part Of
Lot No. IN the l4th range Of lots in said town
Of Winhal containing absut i.S scrcs Also
the following personal property one spsu Of
heavy team horses one yeArling colt one wagon
box with two seats.
NJ. 3. COLBuRN, Assignee
Factory Point, VI. May Is, 1871. Ss
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AnE Qua FAnmERs oErEaIoRATIS @

ARE our FARMERS oErEnIoRATlNG
We are often told that farming is not
as profitable as II once was, aud it is
frequently the case that where the far
mor Of tweaiy or forty years ago sue
cecded ID laying up few thousands
their sons ind il very difficult TO make
both ends meet. OF course the fault
is laid to The soil or the markets when
neither are to blame One fault is the
morn expensive manner Of living and
another ia poorer work on the farm
The land Of Vermont Is always ready
to return a fair equivalent for every
days labor expended on it and the
tho markets are much better than they
we're twenty-five years ago. There
seems TO DO some truth in the follow.
Jog extract from New Hampshire
paper
III farms have run down the people
who occupy them are long way ahead
in the race, We have got on our farms
to-day class Of people who can cipher
through the algebra, play the piano,
and boast of an acquaintance with
the tiuo arts, but the can't work. They
have got fine minds, but their bodies
are siekly, puny and weak, To talk
the matter plainly, We have bred the
lone aud muscle out Of our families un-
Ill we have got kind Of human Jer.
seys. fine boned, mild-eyed, aud nice
10 look at. and pet, aud Pot on exhi'
bition, but 80 tender and weak that
they are iit neither for our climate our
work, or oar circumstances. Our
fathers worked II or IA hours day
and never thought Of getting tired.
We are used up when we have worked
four hours. Our mothers made butter
and cheese. fed the pigs aud chickens
did the milking, raised dozen children
made the clothing for The family, and
when shower was coming could rake
u load hay Our wives want maid
10 tend the baby and another 70 do the
house work. hoy TO do the chores,
aud II We keep more than one COW .
c heese factory TO prevent the milk from
spelling 1t is safe 10 say that II
farmers wives to-day cannot do as
much bard work as would two so years
ago. As farming people We arc
played out If the young New Hamp-
shire farmer who wants a wife TO help
him get a living instead Of one TO haog
ribbons on and pour patent medicines
into, would just 80 down TO your city
ana iiaa a good. strong. vigorous. in
laslr ,os, aud frugal Irish Or German
girl. he would find his farm would pay
better than il does now. and his chill
dreu wonld he likely 10 be worth ten
times a. much as farmers as viii be any
81 the next generation Of pure-bfed
Yankees"