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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-06
SEWING MACHINE RoBBERrEs.

To THE EDITOR HERALD:--
The common practice Of derauding poor working
women by sczing tnclr sowing machines when largo
part Of the purchase money has been paid in install
mcns should DO stopped by act Of the Legislature
This Is q and glorious chance for OF our rep
rcsentaves At Albany TO distinguish himself and
the gratitude OF thousands Of his oppressed constu-
cnts. The blanc for those outrares should on
OF such practices, but does rest hundreds small
dealers In and second hand machines in this city
and throughout the country. CHARITY
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-06

WHY NOT ABOLISH THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY?
To EDITOR HERALD:-
While your Incompatible defender Of the right is
opening It's columns for tho discussion and dcnounce
Dcnt OF Mormon atrocities, will you allow q word on
the Oneida community cannot understand how 1t Is
that foul ulcer been allowed assume such
vast proportions on tho fair lace OF Tho Empire State
Mormonism purity compared with tho iccnt ious-
ness vi this fourishing community II must DO ig-
and not lcnency that blinds the eyes OF JUS
regard 10 IT, Should these few words cause an
investigation OF shis unclean blot shall be than
paid for my trouble. ONE WHO KNOWS.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

SUGAR LgMPs.-Afavorable change
in the weather has taken place, the
warm, wet spell which has held on so
long being now succeeded by cool
and dry atmosphere, which is very
encouraging to planters. If this sort
of weather continues reasonable Pc
Rod, the sugar prospect will be great
ly improved. A majority of the sugar
houses of the parish are in operation,
and those not yet under way will be
in the course of a few days. Our ad-
vices from those places where grind
ing has begun are quite favorable. in
fact much more so than we had been
led to expect from the numerous COM
plants heard earlier in the season.
On Mr.. Buruside's Clark place, a
hogshead to the acre is being realized
from stnbble cane, and similar results
are doubtless obtained on the neigh
boring places. .sa4a ~
We hear that the magnificent Brin-
gier mill is turning ont three hogs
heads TO the acre, bat this seems al
most too good to be true, and we
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
How tits bone.
sonville.

The first object in life with the
American people is to "get rich y;
the second, how to regain good health.
The first can be obtained by energy,
honesty and saving; the second (good
healthy, by using GREEN'S AUGUST
FLOWER. Should you be Respondent
sufferer from any of the effects of
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Indiges-
ton, &C., such as Sick Headache,
Palpitation of the Heart, Sour Stom-
ach, Habirual Costlveness, Dizziness
of the Head, Nervous Prostitution, Low
Spirits, &C., you need not suffer an
other day. Two doses of AUGUST
FLOWER will relieve you at once.
Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular size
rs cents. Positively sold by all first
class Druggists in the United States.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

shall await verifcation of the report
before taking much stock in it.
Mr.. G.. Feitel sends US sample of
excellent quality kettle sugar, togeth-.
er with the information that he is
making hogshead and a quarter of
it from each acre of stubble cane be-
ing ground at the Viala place. This
is certainly doing we'll, and Mr.. Fei-
tel is naturally quite contented with
the outlook so far as his own crop is
concerned.
Mr.. j. C. Cofield got his mill under
way on Thursday, but a leak in the
boiler was discovered, compelling a
suspension until Monday. A similar
accident occurred at DR.. Legare's
Souvenir place, causing a delay of
several days.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

4 AS ONAAt1stNS&O VA fOAN StSA Al w ANA1AAAh
as before., I na aaz AaE&
MI. Allelnan offered series of res
olutions, which were adopted, max
ing parish licenses due and payable
OH demand of the Tax Collector any
time after the 1st of January of each
year prohibitory of the carrying on
of business subject to the license tax
until such license has been taken
out providing that all liquor licenses
shall be subject to revocation by the
Police Jury and to such ordinances
regulating the sale of liquor as that
body may adopt; and authorizing
the President of the Jury to annul
the license of any person who shall
be presented by the Grand Jury as
keeping disorderly house, and to re-
fuse further license to the same per-
son or to any one acting as his or her
agent; and finally, directing that no
parish licenses be collected i'm the
town of Donaldsonville until after the
close of the next session of the Gen
eral Assembly.
On motion of Gen. Brent, the Pres
ident of the Police Jury and the Par
ish Attorney were designated as
committee to examine the various
appropriations for expenses of the
current year and also to ascertain
what other means the parish may pos
sess, with power to transfer any dis
covered balance, not exceeding $500,
to the fund for maintenance of pris-
oners; and if no unappropriated bal
ance remains, the committee is to re-
port to the Jury what reductions can
be made in the tableau of expendi-
lures to secure the required sum.
There being no other business of
fered for consideration, the Police
Jury adjourned until the regular
meeting in January.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
THE SUN.
1878, NEW YORK. 1879.

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
The Season of Entermfttents.

All miasmatic complaints-in other words,
all disorders generated by nnwholesome
exhalations from the earth or water, are
prevalent at this season. In every section
subject to the visitation of fever and ague.s
or other forms of intermittent disease, the
causes which produce these maladies are
now actively at work. This, therefore, is
period OF the year when the inhabitants of
such districts should prepare their systems
to meet the unwholesome condition of the
atmosphere by course of Alternative and
tonic treatment. Foremost among the in
MIGRANTS recommended by time and expert
ence as means of terrifying the system
against all endemic and epidemic maladies,
stands Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. BY a
timely use of the Bitters, the feeblest resi-
dent of an unhealthy soil may escape the
sickness which, without the aid of this p0-
tent ally Of nature, will be apt to overtake
the strongest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
Died.

OGDEN-In the town of st. Francisville,
La, on Tuesday, October 80, 1877, MARIE
NATHALIE KAUFMAN, eOnsort of Thos. H.
Ogden, Jr., aged 81 years, months and 81
days. Gcr s5E1
young, fair, blooming girl-the happy
bride of few brief months-now cold in
death So terrible, SO sudden and unex-
pected was this woful occurrence, that we
can scarcely realize it. 1t seems that but
few days have elapsed since "
ave saw the young bride in her beauty
and pride,
Bedeck'd in her snowy array;
The calm blush of youth mantled high on
her cheek,
And the future looked blooming and gay
But now, alas! she is no more. Stricken
down in the prime of her life. in the zenith
of her connubial happiness; gone to an m
timely and premature grave-bearing in
her arms the babe she never nursed. Poor,
hapless, unfortunate creature It's but
seldom earth is blessed with such mild,
gentle and lovely spirit; too lovely and holy
we imagine you were for this wicked sphere
of onrs-hence you were transplanted to
that world of everlasting light and beauty,
to join thy sweet voice to the angelic choir
that chants around the Great White Throne.
We knew that thy sleep will be that of the
blessed. and that thy pure, spotless, un-
blemished soul will find a resting place at
the right hand of God. sg
And we dlevoutly pray that the Soothing
Spirit-the Comforter, win be sent in al its
holiness TO heal the heart of thy young and
sOre-afflicted husband that it will give him
strength to bear up under this crushing
blow and that it may imbue him with
the determination to do all things
WE'LL" SO that when the final day shall come.
he may once again clasp to his heart the
darling young bride which Christ has seen
fit to call to the fold.
/" There is future, o, thank God,
OF life this is so small a part;
tbs dust to dust beneath the sod,
But there, up there, It's heart to heart
A. J.R.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

The Sheriff made two sales at the
Court House this morning. One was
of the undivided third of a town lot,
seized in the suit of Augustine Porche
Us. Fredericka Baker, which was pur-
chased by Mr.. Christian Kline for the
sum of $3.50. Mr. Kline had previous
ly bought the lot at private sale, but
it was deemed best to allow The en-
numbered portion to be adjudicated
by the Sheriff, to insure a good title.
The other sale was of a set of musical
instruments and a silver water set,
consisting of pitcher, basin and two
gob.ets, belonging to the late Silver
Cornet Band, and seized in the suit
of Rodolph Brand against that de-
funct organization. Mr.. Blaud was
the highest bidder in each case, secur-
ing the instruments for $3.50 and the
silver set for $50. This is the set
presented to the band ut the Catholic
fete chdmpetre on the Both of May,
1875, upon the occasion of their mus
ical contest with the independent
Band of Baton Rouge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
Town Of Donaldsonville.
Jewellers GUIDE.
New Orleans & Texas Railroad


The steamer st. Francis Belle leaves head
of BienyilIe street, New Orleans, daily
(Suudays excepted) at 1880 A. NJ.
n nil train leaves Westwego daily Sundays
excepted) at s:45 A. NJ; arrives at Donald
sonville ut 1890 +. M. Returning, leaves
Donaldsonville at Ills P. NJ, arrives at
New Orleans $3.50.
SUNDAY SCHEDU LE.-Steamer leaves New
Orleans as above at 7:45 A. M..... Train
leaves Westwego 8, arrives at Donaldson
willie mt II NJ. Returning, leaves Donald
sonviIle at 1880 p. NJ, arrives at New Or
leans at 5:l5.
C. Z. PAYNE, Gen1 Agt.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

A bay horse has been seized in the
suit of Reuben johnson as. Jonas
Martin, before Justice Vicknair's
Court, and will be sold by Constable
Sam St. Martin, at the Courthouse,
on Thursday, November 8, to safety
the judgment zen dered in said suit.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

A "scrub" game of base ball played
between picked mines, on the public
square, Sunday afternoon, resulted in
a score of % to 10 in six innings.
Darkness prevented full game.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

The Juvenile cadets of the St. Jo-
.seph Military Academy are now MINI
mic soldiers indeed. Besides being
uniformed, they are supplied with
arms, number of abbreviated army
muskets having been received at the
Academy yesterday and distributed
to the pupils this morning.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

A white shirt, with linen bosom, for
fifty cents! Did you ever hear of
such thingf Mrs. N. Israel & Co.
offer such bargains.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Mr.. Henry C. Braud, from the Burn
side places, was in town yesterday,
and paid US friendly visit. " And
he was as welcome as the flowers in
May"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Jos, Gondran's Choice xxx Nom
pareil Flour has no equal in price
and quality.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

1000 dozen white shirts, at prices
ranging from so cents upward, for
sale by Mrs. NJ. Israel & Co. Nothing
like it ever before offered in Donald
sonville.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

The top-buggy sold by Constable
McCray, at the Court House, last Sat-
urday, to satisfy judgment in the suit
of Jos. Ferier rs. Benjamin Adams,
was bid in for Mr.. Ferrier for the sum
of $40,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Work was commenced last week
upon the new levee to be constructed
in Port Barrow.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

The probate term of Parish Court
opens Monday. Little, it any, bust
ness will be transacted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Families should try Gondran's Nom
pareil Flour. A fair trial will insure
satisfaction.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
Parish of Ascension.

Representative, Frederick Fobb.
.. Chester H. Hill,
Parish Judge. Henry o. Maher,
Parish Attorney. Frederick Duffel,
Clerk of the Court, Z. Bentley,
Recorder .W w. ButOrd,
Secretary and Treasurer, F. vicknalr;
Assessor Felix Braud,
Tax Collector, P. Landry.
Sheriff Peter A. Jones,
Coronar J. Sullivan, Jr.,
IaiI pbys;c;an VIM McGalliard,
Supervisor of Registration, Louis Lefort,
prbIic Admiuistrator, Jean G.. Matthew,
PoLIcEJURoRs.-R.T T. Hanson, PRESIDENT;
Harry Heyman. Hillery Rice, P. A. Allelnan,
Arthur Burnett, Joseph Ferricr. Joseph L;
Brent, William King, Henry Mccall and
Bernard Lemann.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIREcToRs.--Dr. b. K.
Connell, President; K. N. Pugh. Secretary !;
= Vicknair. Treasurer; H. d. Minor, c. ID.
Blouin, Augustus knight, b. Claverie, Louis
Lefort, j. G. Warner andSoiomon Barmon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Linen bosom shirts of all grades
and prices, at Mrs. 81. Israel g. Co.'S.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
DONALDs0NVILLE, La,
Saturday, November 8, 1877.
LOCAL JoTTINGs.

Ascension Hook and Ladder Com
pany meets Monday night.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Fourth Judicial District.

Comprising the parishes of Ascension, st.
James, st. John the Baptist and st. Charles.I
District Judge, Morris Marks,
District Attorney, IF b. Earhart.
Regular terms of Court in Ascension open
ON the third Mondays of June and Deem
her.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

4 lamp filed with coal oil exploded
at the residence of Mr.. Lazarre Dugas,
about mile below Donaldsonville,
before daylight, Wednesday morning.
The screams of a colored servant
awoke Mr.. Jimmie Proffitt, who ex.
tinguished the flames before any dam
age worth mentioning resulted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

SCHOOL FCNDs.-Ascension's share
of the apportionment of State school
funds for the quarter ending with
September, is 1886 sc, but it has not
yet been collected by Treasurer Wick
nair. Exclusive Of this amount, there
is $449 70 in the parish school treas
ury, apportioned among the various
districts or wards as follows: First,
seventh and eighth districts, funds
exhausted second district, $l7S 90 !:
third, $l2 81 fourth, 1886 II fifth,
SIS IS !; sixth, $2I As. AS fast as the
months expire for which the teachers
are respectively employed, the schools
are being closed, to remain SO until
January. An exception is made in
favor of the white school of the Sec
ond ward, however, which will con-
tinue until further notice, it having
been only recently opened. John A.
Cheevers, Esq, has been employed as
teacher of this school.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

100000 best heart shingles for sale
by Jos. Gondran, Donaldsonville, at
prices to suit the times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

The tramp nuisance has been great
" sbated by the vigorous action of
the town authorities. Constable st.
Martin has kept watchful eye upon
all suspicious characters, and has la
ken numbers of them before the May
or's court, where the imposition of a
small fine or pe-emptory order to
leave town, usually disposes Of the
gentle hoodlum to much advantage.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
POLICE JURY.
Special Meeting-Assessment, Licenses,
levees and Jail Blankets--After the
Sunday T,inr1or Sellers. sss"ass@

Special Meeting-Assessment, Licenses,
Levees and Jail Blankets--After the
Sunday Liquor Sellers.
A called meeting of the Police Jury
was held at the Courthouse yester-
day, all the members present except
ing Messrs. King and Mccall.
Gen. Brent offered resolution au-
thorizing the President to buy blan
kets for the use of prisoners in the
parish Jail and pay for the same out
of the funds derived from rental of
parish lots. Adopted. a
A communication was received
from Mr.. Felix Braud, Assessor, in
forming the Jury that the total assess
ment of taxable property for the cur
rent year is 81 ,452, 1853; that there are
"a merchants within the limits of the
arish--including stores aud coffee
houses in Donaldson ville-3 drug
gists, l3 physicians, 2 dentists and 8
attorneys-at-law.
On motion of Mr.. Lemann it was
resolved that the President appoint
a committee of two members, with
the Parish Attorney, to prepare an
estimate of the parish expenses for
1873 and publish it according to law.
Messrs. Lemann and Ferrier were
designated members of the commit
tee. s. F sssa,a-4 l..z-- s
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Burnett and adopted providing for
the appointment of committee of
three to draft such ordinances as viii
remedy the crying evil of liquor sell
ing on Sundays the ordinances to be
submitted to a vote of the people.
Messrs. Rice, Allemanh and Burnett
form this committee.
Mr.. Heyman, from the ferry COM
mittee, reported the lease of the river
ferry to Messrs. Mousse s. Bourgeois
for term of five years, at the rate of
So per month, with the following re-
auctions in the tariff of ferriage:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
Seventh Senatorial District.

IComprising the parishes of Ascension and
st. James.
STATE Senator. Pierre Landry.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03
EVERY BOX wARRANTED
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n just published, new edition of
MEM DR.. CuIverwell's

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Frs. induced by selfindulgence or sexual
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" Price, in o sealed envelope, six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarming
consequences Of self-abuse may he radically
cured without the dangerous use of internal
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pointing out mode of cure at once simple,
certain, and effectual, by means of which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately
and radically.
lg This Lecture should be in the hands
of every youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid, on receipt Of six cents
or two postage stamps. Address
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Al Ann St, New York; Post Office Box. A5s6.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03


Mr.. Edmund Maurin, who has been
reading law at the Office of Judge R.
N. Sims, left here to-day for New Or
leans, where he will continue his
studies and attend the law school of
the University of New Orleans. Pos
sessing good abilities, fair culture and
the quality of application, the young
man should make q fair showing in
the examination which applicants for
admission to the bar are required to
undergo.
On Thursday, which was All Saints
Day, the beautiful religious custom
of visiting and decorating the graves
of the dead was generally observed
by tue Catholic portion of the conf
munity, and their cemetery was Wis
tied by large numbers of people, who
bedecked the tombs of deceased dear
ones with tasteful mementoes of love
and remembrance, in the shape of
flowers, evergreens, wreaths, etc. The
other burying grounds were compare
lively neglected, decorated graves
being few and far between.
Dropping in at the splendid estab'
lishment of Mrs. NJ. Israel g. Co., on
Monday, we were delighted to see
the pleasant face of the Junior mem
Der of the firm, Mr.. William Klop-
man, who recently returned home
from New York, where he spent the
summer purchasing goods for the
house. His improved appearance de-
notes much physical benefit derived
from. the sojourn abroad, while the
shelves and counters of the store,
groaning under their weight of new
goods, amply attest his well directed
efforts to supply a stock worthy the
high reputation Of the house of Israel
g. Co. ia ~a rEo
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

Isaac Foster, the colored man shot
by Mr.. James Mather, at the Triste
plantation, in st. James parish, on
Wednesday of last week, died from
his wound Sunday night. The. fatal
bullet passed through his windpipe,
decorating that vital organ to degree
that rendered the surgeons art I'M
awaiting to prevent death. In this
connection it may be we'll to state
that all published reports of the sad
ARRAY between Foster and his over
seer, save that appearing in the CHIEF,
were more or less incorrect. Receiv-
ing insolence and abuse from Foster,
Mathers drew his revolver, shot Eos
ter in the neck, then placed the weap-
on to his own head and sent o bullet
crashing through his brain. Parties
who were near the scene state that
less than minute interviewed between
the two shots. ..-..
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-03

OGDEN-In the town of st. Francisville,
La, on Tuesday, October 80, 1877. MARIE
NATHALIE KAUFMAN, eonsort of Thos. u.
Ogden, Jr., aged 81 years, months and 81