The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-17

himself with the right men. He will
urge the right measures, and if the
politicians refuse to support him, he
will throw himself upon the people.
Those who suppose Hayes to be a
mere man of putty, who can be ma
nipulated by traders and Office mon
gers, and made mere machine of for
others to grind, will find themselves
mistaken. He is strong, self-reliant,
self-willed man, who knows all about
the government, and who will run it.
| The fire in Bond Street, in which
two millions of dollars went up, shows
how little sense there is in builders.
The building was built by the Wal
than Watch Co., aud was intended to
be fire. proof The walls were mass
i've, the front was iron, the beams
and girders were iron, and every thing
was done to make the receptacle OF
millions of property absolutely safe.
But the floors were laid with Georgia
pine, which is about all rosin, and the
Ecasings and all the interior work was
Imade of wood. A fire got into it
how, no one knows-and this fire
| proof barn went up as quickly as a
common frame barn. The infamma-
hles inside made heat THAT curled
the iron supports like pipe stems and
actually melted the walls. The brick
land iron afforded no resistance tn the
Efire-it licked it up about as readily
as it did the wood. And now the
architects are figuring on buildings
which won't hura. They never will
do it, if they make the outside of brick
and iron, aud then put enough Geor-
gia pine inside to melt it.
! Another terrible accident took place
Thursday night. A series of meetings
are being held in st. Xavier Catholic
church, for women and children, under
the direction Uf Jesuit missionary,
who is wonderfully moving preacher.
He was dwelling on the horrors of
/ purgatory and had the congregation
! of wonlen--tllere WAS twenty five hun
dred of them-terribly excited. One
worlan leat control of herself, and
shrieking, tainted. Some equally
frightened woman shrieked fire, and
the mass made Il rush for the door.
The strong trampled remorselessly
over the weak, and when the building
was finally emptied, it WAS found that
six women and four or five children
had been trampled to death.
| There is some hope for New York.
Joe Coburn, the pugilist and Demo-.
cratic politician, discharged his pistol
at a policeman few weeks ago and
wounded him. The law, which men
of the Coburn kidney have heretofore
laughed at, took hold of him, and
Joseph was not only convicted, but
sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing.
This ruffian has been the terror OF
New York for years. He has been
prize fighter, keeper of all sorts OF
criminal resorts, and has been arrested
hundreds of times, but he was SD use
full to the Democracy in handling re-
peaters and orgarizing shoulder hit
ters for election days.. that he has al
ways been let off without much pun
ishment. But the day of these fellows
is over. Public opinion has got at
last some influence with judges, and
they dare not compromise with scoun-
drels who are so we'll known as this
Coburu. Joe Goss, another one OF
the fraternity, who was concerned in
the Allen prize fight in Kentacky, and
; was employed by the Democracy IN
, stuffing the ballot boxes in Cincinnati,
was taken out of the city on requi-
, sitioil from the Governor of Kentucky,
and he will languisl in the prison OF
that State for Il while.
, Business is improving for certain.
The hotels are full of merchants, and
J thank heaven they are buying. The
big importers are rolling out bales
f and boxes in the most cheerful way,
| and the heart of the truckman is made
: glad. Now, good people in the in
terror, take little heart. We are
T not going to have war. We have
t President, and things are going OF
t smoothly and well. Build, buy, marry
4 and give in marriage, and the times