The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-09-29

to take 1t, they dldn't get lt all. FOR
the other heirs of the late Danser
came in and undertook to invalidate
the will, claiming all sorts of irregu-
larity, and rather than have it go to
trial, the claimants agreed to divide,
it into two parts, and so it was set
tied. The church gets a half of the
dead gamblers money, and his broth
ers and sisters the other half, and they
are all supposed to be happy.
Now that the rifle matches are all
over, tho American teams are sooth-
ing their defeated competitors by
showing them the country. To-day
the Englishmen are up the sound, on
yachts, and it is proposed to continue
the excursion all the way up the New
England coast, if the weather con.
tinues pleasant. The Englishmeh say
that they wereifairly beaten, and the
Americans are the best shots in every
respect. But they are going home to
practice a year, and will come back
to win the next time.
The ninth ward association for the
suppression of intemperance held a
meeting last night, and there were
some speeches made which will sound
queerly to rigid temperance people.
Rev. DIR. Crosby, one of the noted
divines of the city, made a speech in
which lie took the ground that tenn
perance men lost by undertaking too
much. In this crusade he proposed
to direct all his energies to the de-
struction of the Yhiskey doggeries.
He wonld not attenpt TO close the
bars in the respectable hotels, for
there the trade was in the hands of
men, who kept it i'll some
sort of order. He was not going to
assault the lager beer sellers, or the
sellers of light wines, for those beV-
erages did not craze the brain. IF
every whiskey shop" said the Dr.,
I" could be changed into lagerbe
saloon, we should have reason to
thank God.n What he wanted to do
was to fight the villainons whiskey,
and in making that fight they would
have the assistance of the lager beer
drinkers, and that great mass who
drink light beverages but are opposed
to the use of the soul and body de-
stroying whiskey. He was entering
upon crusade against the 5000 grog-
shops in the district. And Drs. Evans
and Taylor, though dissenting, agreed
to work with him. DR.. Crosby says
he has investigated the matter thor
oughly, and while he doesn't believe
in lager beer or wine drinking, he is
satisfied that the harm that results
from it is next to nothing-at all
events it is so much less than that of
whiskey drinking that temperance
reformers are foolish for including
them in the list of beverages to be pro-
hibited. DR.. Crosby's views are re-
ceived with favor by the temperance
party, aud it is probable that his pro-
gramme will be adopted.
The Clairmont Savings Bank has
gone the way of all flesh. It is the
old, old story. The directors per-
mitted two men to run it, and shut
their eyes to irregularities so long as
they were permitted to borrow money
on worthless securities or no securi-
ties at all. The two managing men
specnlated with the moneys of their
depositors, they lost, real estate de-
preciated, and up went the bank.
Thousands of poor men have lost the
little savings they depended upon to
carry them through the winter, and
au examination is being made,
which will result as all such exami-
nations do, in eensuring the directors.
But not cent will ever be got out of
it. The receiver will eat up the as
sets and in time the affair will be for
gotten. There are a thousand bet
ter men in Sing Sing than these swim
dlers, but they will continue to move
in the best society all the same.
Business is still improving and New
York is feeling good. The merchants
are here and are buying freely, for
the farmers behind them are selling
and paying. The outlook is encour-
aging. SCRIBE.