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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Tragedy.

Tragedy.
:" You queer little wonderful owlet you atom 81
fluffy and small
Half handful of feathers and two great eyes How
came You alive at all?
And why do you sit here blinking, as blind "a bat
in the light,
With your pale eyes bigger than saucers? Now,
who ever saw such sight
- And what ails chckadee, tell me! What makes
him so hutter and scream
Round and over you where you sit, like tiny ghost
in dream?
L thought him sensible fellow, quite steady and
calm and wise,
But only see how he hops and fits, and hear how
wildly he cries
" What is the matter, you owlet? You will not be
frightened away!
Do you mean ON that twig of a lilac-bush the whole
night long to stay?
Are you bewitching my chicka-dee-dee? really
believe that You are
L wish you'd go on you strange brown bird-oh,
ever and ever so far
= fear you are weaving and winding some kind of
dreadful charm;
II leave poor chicka-dee-dee with you I'm sure he
will come 10 harm.
But what can do? We can't stay here forever to-
gether, we three
One anxious child, and an owlet weird, and fright
ened chicka-dee-dee"
I could not brighten the owl away and chickadee
would not come,
SO just of with heavy heart, and told my
mother at home;
But when my brothers and sisters went the curious
sight to see,
The owl gone, and there lay on the ground tlr0
feathers Of chcka-dee-dee!
Celia ThaGter, IN 1t. Nicholastor March.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
Blue-(ilass Wonders.

The Des Moines Register says: The
only trouble so far is in keeping all
things away from the blue glass that
should remain qniescent and without SEM
blance of life. In placing the breakfast
the other morning the hired girl acct
dentally placed hnk of bologna sausage
where the light of the blue glass in tho
window fell upon it, 1t began to move /;
it uncoiled its rounded length, it spread,
it grew, passing through an the grades Of
development or progressive evoha-
tion," as Darwin would cali it, and when
the family came in for breakfast young
pup stood ON the table licking np the
gravy. This is the most striking effect
of blue glass in Des Moines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
L.selslniive Proceedings.

@EDSEsDSy. Feb. 21.-SESATR---The entira
Iuornng consumed in the introduction of bills
some eighty in.nnmber. Very few Of them arc Of
general intou cst. No afternoon session was held.
HoUsE.--Dills introdnoeds Providing far
the appointment of STAG Board Of Survey roar
ganizng the,iuGhcial circuits of me State emp0w-
ering married women to maea contracts. pro-
Viding mat the Probate Judge may fill vacancy
in the linpisbr of Deeds ofthGe by appointment !;
repeating the law appropriatinx to the State Uni
versity the twentieth Of a mill tax annually pre-
scribiIg new form al fro insurance pOcies; pro-
yidinf tor the payment of damages by the STATE to
all persons who havo been on may be Imprisoned in
State pSsNn on false conviction; organizing the
Twonty-second, Seventh and Sixteenth .pd5cia Dis
trcts; providing for the formation Of LIMITED CO.
partnerships; making appropriation sOr rail-
road from the Grand Rapids and indiana terminus
to Cbeboygan providing for the organisation OF I'M,
migration companies providing hat the majority .,
the Board OF Directors of any Michigan raiireae
must consist Of citizsns Of the state sppropran,g
State swamp lands for a railroad from Harrisvius 80
Standsh providing that special meetings ~ snc
Beard Of Supervisors shall not continue oNe1 .n
days; for the organization of Mishiganee ces,ny
approprising 10000 for the Paris Internatich hS
position, and $4,000 for branch normal sShoo. .
removing the school of Mines from the stsss
sity to the upper peninsula; providing fS 'ne p ua
lication Of legal notices; making an aPprOpriaion
for tunnel under the Detroit rvcr providing Tor tue
publication OF all acts passed by tho Legislature IN
three daily papers In the State tor The estahish-
ment OF q reform school for girls; approprlatins
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
ItnpOrtants News.

"Can't stop; I'm imam awful hurry"
saal talented agent of the Associated
Press. Mast get to the Office right
away to send off the news, Yellow dog
poisoned at the South End and runaway
team broke store window on Hanover
street" And the electric wire flashed
ahe tidings over this, broad continent.
The colored voter. of Louisiana wept
over the fate of the yellow dog, and the
frontiersman amid the wilds Ct Oregon
laid aside his AK to read the Thrilling ac--
count IT the runaway. Such are the
subtle inks which knir mankind in firmer
bonds of Observation-Disclosures 1rav-
ellen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

IT yss ann suncsd few weeks ago that
the anly son of aa Irish Peer had en-
listed into a cavalry regiment. Lord
Berehaven was she Individual referred
to. and the regiment Was the Second
Lise Guasls, in which he remains, and
has recently been promoted to the rank
os corporal He is the eldest son of the
Earl of Bansry, and IS alleged to- have
aken tlis sfep through failing in the ex-.
animation for entrance as an officer.
Formerly all the privates in she Life
Guards were men Of superior grade to
the army generally, and they are still adj
dressed by their officers as "Gentlemen
of the First Tor Second, as the case may
be) Life Guards"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas, has an area
Of Ga, 900 acres, is well watered and TIM
bered, and the lands produce from TWEEN
ty-fve to thirty bushels OF wheat per
acre, thirty to fifty bushels of corn, aud
from thirty to fifty bushels of oats or
barley. The climate is excellent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
Formulation.

From reliable sources it is estimated
that an emigration of at least 30, 600 per-s
sons will take place the coming season,
so that at the end of 1877 the Black Hills
will have population of fom 10000 to
10000 inhabitants. With this popula-
ton it is expected that large amount of
capital will be brought in, and an in
creased and highly-productive business
insured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

A FEM figures which have Just been
published in England show the evils
which result from strikes in any branch
of industry. There was strike of the
South Yorkshire miners about a year
ago. in which $4,000 men took part.
The loss of the miners themselves
amounted to 81 $50, 900. and that of the
railroads through reduced carriage of
coal to 800, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

lar vein. Before the unfortunate woman
could be removed from the room she was
a corpse. The murderess had not, mt
last accounts, been arrested. She is but
Is years of age, and has been married
less than year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

The love of n wealthy young man for
a servant girl, in San Francisco, resulted
in an uncommon way. The girl rejected
his offer of marriage, although it was
backed by the approval of his family,
and he shot himself, but rot fatally.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
Formulation OF the Black Hills.

A correspondent of the Sidney 7'ele-
graph estimates the population of the
different towns in the Black Hills as fol-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18
Saturday, August Ii, 1877.
Newspaper laws and AeeguIa-
lions.

/. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered wish
ing to continue their subscription.
= If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their periodicals, the publisher may con-
time SO send them until all arrcarages are
paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which
they are directed, they are held responsible
until they have settled their bills, and Or
dered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to another place
without informing the publishers, and the
papers are sent to tie former direction, they
are held responsible
5. The courts have decided that refusing
to take the periodicals from th2office, OF re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, is
prima facie evidence Of intentional fraud"
6. Any person who receives a newspaper
and makes use Of it, whether he has ordered
It or net, he is held in law to be subscriber
7. Ii subscribers pay IN advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
end of their time, if they do not wish to con-
tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is
authorized to send it on, and the subscribers
will be responsible until an express notice,
with payment OF all arrears, is sent to the
publisher.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENTS

One of our exchanges asks for in
formation relative to the vote on the
constitutional amendments submitted
to the people at the last State election.
The result WAS not promulgated by
the old Returning Board, and the pre-
sumption is that the returns were
never canvassed. The present board
touched upon the question not long
since, announcing that in view of the
absence, mutilation, etc, of portions
of the returns, they would not attempt
to canvass the vote on the amend
ments, but would submit the matter
to the General Assembly. The few
papers which have commented upon
this proceeding, regard it with sus-
piciOn, thinking it a method of shirll-
ing the enforcement of the reform
atory provisions of the amendments.
There is scarcely doubt that all
the amendments were adopted, ex-
cepting the third. In nearly every
parish the tickets of both political
parties were printed for" the first,
second, fourth and fifth proposed
while in perhaps a ma
jority of cases there was q similar
unison against the third, which had
for its object the abolition of Parish
Courts.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

SENSIBLE ADvICE.-You are asked
every day through the columns of
newspapers and by your Druggist to
use something for your Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint that you know
nothing about, you get discouraged
spending money with but little sue
cess. Now to give yon satisfactory
proof that GREENS AUGUST FLOWER
will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint with all its effects, such as
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Hab-
itual Costiveness, palpitation of the
Heart, HEARTBURN, Water brasl,
Fullness at the pit of the Stomach,
Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, Indiges-
ton, swimming of the head, low
spirits, &C., We ask you to go to your
Druggist and get a Sample Bottle of
GREENS August FLOWER for 10 cents
aud try it, or a regular size for IS
cents. Two doses will relieve you.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

A few weeks since Mr.. Thomas
Winn, residing near Collinsburs, in
Bossier parish, was shot and killed
by some unknown party while sitting
at a window of his residence lust
after dark. The Columbia Herald re-
ports the murdered man to have been
the desperate known as Tom Winn,
who formerly resided in Caldwell
parish and was suspected of compile
ity in the assassination of Judge
and District Attorney Har-
ris.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

We are indebted to the publisher,
Mr.. f. w. Helmick, of No. so West
Fourth Street, Cincinnati, for copy
of the new motto song, "Don't put
the poor working man down." which
is destined to become very popular,
in view of the recent strikes. The
chorus runs thus:
Let capital shake hands with labor.
Let the poor have the bread that they earn,
For surely they need every penny,
Is a lesson quite easy to learn.
Remember the poor love their children,
SO give them a smile, not frown,
Live, and let live, be your motto,
Oh don't put the poor working man down.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

A spirited fight took place last week
between Chief Joseph's Nez Perces
Indians and Il small force of United
States troops and volunteers under
Gen. Gibbons. Though greatly out
numbered, the troops punished the
Indians severely, killing nearly 100,
with loss to themselves Off officers,
80 soldiers aud 10 volunteers killed
and wounded. The fight lasted all
day, and the Indians fled at night.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

Horrible tales of wholesale mas
sacres by Bashi Bazouks and Bulgar-
Ians are telegraphed daily. Thou
sands of men, women and children
have been butchered, and thousands
more have fled from their homes to
places of safety. There is terrible
suffering among these refugees, from
lack of the necessaries of life. The
Turks seem to be waging a war of
determination against the Christian
residents of their provinces.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

IMPORTANT POSTAL REGULATION.
Lack of space prevented the insertion
IN our last issue of the following Off
cial communication received by Post
master Wilkinson last week, and
kindly furnished us for publication.
Merchants and others having occasion
to transmit letters outside the regular
mails will do we'll to give the subject
matter of the communication careful
attention, as it may be the means of
avoiding the severe penalties attached
to discovered violations of the statutes
regulating the government mail SER
vice:
The Department hereby gives notice that
the penalties fixed by law for CARVING LEFT
ters outside the mails, when not enclosed in
government stamped envelopes will be rig
laly enforced in every instance where the
violations are known to exist See Sections
10y, go 23l and 232 postal laws Steamboats,
are permitted only to carry and deliver let
tiers when covered by Government slammed
ChfClOpeS VI inc denomination sufficient for
the postage collectable thereon; provided,
that such envelope shall be duly directed
and properly sealed, so that the letter can
not be taken therefrom without defacing the
envelope, and the date of the letter or Of the
transmission or receipt thereof shall be writ
ten or stamped upon the envelope" See
Section 239
have to request that you report promptly
to this office, all violations of this law, civ
ing all the facts in each particular case, to
the end that legal proceedings may be in
stltuted against the offenders Steamboats,
and other river men have practiced this ilIe-
gal carrying to such an extent that many
thousands Of dollars are lost to the Govern
ment annually, and the Department has de-
termned to put stop to this business by
prosecuting to the full extent of the law.
have also to request that You encourage
as much as possible, the sale of stamped en-
Veiopes IN lieu of stamps and mention this
matter to your business men and other nat
rons, so that they will know what to do.
Letters sent in violation of the law will be
seized and not delivered.
L am sir, yours respectfully,
FRED. w. SCHAURTE.
Special Agent p. O. Dept |
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

Mr.. j. L. Brou, who acted as one
of Mr.. Reynaud's friends in the re-
cent difficulty between the latter gen
tleman and ex-senator Weber, called
upon us this week to say that the
CHIEF Inexperienced the position
of Mr.. Reynaud's seconds, as evil
denced by their card in the Democrat
of the 10th inst. The language of
this card was that, if the propositions
of settlement submitted
Were not accepted, second meeting was
to take place, and if the principals han
pened to be again arrested, the difficulty
was to be settled by the seconds on both
sides.
We inferred from this that Mr..
Reynaud's friends did not support
his view that the agreement of the
seconds is binding upon both princi-
pals ; but Mr.. Brou informs us that
the card was not intended to create
this impression that under the code
OF honor principals are bound by the
action of their seconds, and if in any
case the original quarrel is renewed
without new provocation, parties who
consent to appear as seconds are con.
sldered to offer an affront to the gen.
tlemen first acting and proposing
terms of settlement.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

We hope the editor of The 4drocafe Is not
following the lead of the nanaldsOnyiffa
CHIEF and wiltully misrepresenting her
vile parish.-IberriHc South.
Ha ! ha insulted Somebody hold
us, please, or we'll do that drowsy-
headed old joskin up the river serious
damage. When he insinuates that the
CHIEF wilfully misrepresents any
body, be is guilty of that which
should make George Washington's
little Ratchet turf somersaults in it's
grave. Base calumniator, hold thy
peace rouse not the passions of the
noble CHIEF, or thy scalp will not be
worth moments purchase.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

The New Orleans State Reqister,
Official organ of the Barataria Canal
project, will not be convinced of the
efficacy of the work being performed
under the contract with the govern
ment by Col. Eads at the mouth of
the Mississippi river. While all the
other city papers are sounding the
praise of the jetty system and attest
ing to its full success in procuring n
permanent deep channel to the sea.
the outspoken red headed Register is
expressing its opinions in this caustie
style:
The " South Pass Jetty Company sbould
be changed to the South Pass bred oe Com.
pany" After several careful experiments
IL mas been asccrtained that the Stscour" in
the Jettles, while it has been in a measure
successful III securing money out of the
treasury, has failed to "scoury ont n nroner
channel Therefore an enormous dref@e
0oat has been built and dredging the South
lass will now be IL fayorite occupation at
The jettles az
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

According to the report of the
National Agricultural Department
tor July, the cotton crop of Louisi
ana was in better condition than that
OF any other State, its percentage be-
ing l06. This showing will probably
detenorate during the present month.
however, as the caterpillar has made
Its appearance in number of par-
isheS, and the growth is not suff1-
clently advanced to withstand the
ravages of this terrible pest; though
IL Is not likely enough damage will be
inflicted to prevent the gathering of
a fair crop.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

We regret to learn of the severe
affliction of Mr.. j. Y. Gilmore, the
able and enterpriSing editor of the
New Iberia Sugar BoUI, who has been
rendered almost totally bdind from
contact of his eyes with the poison
oak vine. 1t is to be hoped the de-
plorable effects of this untoward acct
dent will be but temporary. Mr.. Gill
more has gone TO New Orleans to
place himself under the treatment of
an eminent oeulist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

The Terrebonne Progress is the
title of a new paper established at
Houma by Messrs. A. JOLIET and H. L.
Michelet, with the first named gentle
man as editor. The Progress is pub
lished in French and English, is Con-
servative in politics, and wisely de-
votes most of its space to local mat
tiers. Mr.. JOLIET resided in Donald
sonville few months, and many
friends and acquaintance here will
wish him abundant success in his
new occupation. The CHIEF well
comes the advent of the young Pro-
greSs and hopes to sec it wax strong
and prosperous.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18
A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE

Referring to the report that Gov
ernor Nichols will pardon the mem
bers of the late Returning Board in
the event of their conviction under
the information filed in the Superior
District Court of New Orleans, the
Natchitoclles indicator says, in italic :
We remember that during the canvass
Governor Nichols made pledges to the peo-
pie of this State that no ''gadIty person con-
rieted Of crime should be pardOned By him ~
This pledge the Governor remembers, and
we feel assured he does not propose to VIC
late it.
There must be some misapprehen-
relative to this alleged pledge. We
do not believe Governor Nichols
would deliberately or knowingly vio-
late promise made either publicly or
privately; and the fact that he par
doned out of the penitentiary a man
from this parish who was twice con-
victed of the crime for which he was
imprisoned leads us to the conclusion
that the indicator is mistaken in it's
assumptions, or the Governor was
laboring under a lapsus memorie when
he exercised his clemency in favor of
such an unworthy object as in the in
stance referred to.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18
Academic Year divided in two sessions, COM
mencing LIST of February and lst
of September
Terms, Payable IN Advance:

Terms, Payable IN AdUonce:
Board. Tuition, Washing Bed and Bedding.
per annnm,- $3.50 90
VI, per session.. IS 90
French Tuition per month, ...... ? 90
Music at Professors price. Tapestry,
Painting, etc, extra charges.
Parents wishing the Institution to furnish
clothing or stationery, are requested to dc
posit sum sufficient in the hands of the
Direetress or Treasurer.
articles of Clothing required are as follors ::
Six ehemises, 6 drawers, 6 dresses for every
day wear, of extra material, of white
material, 4 white understands, colored bal
morals, flannel underskirts, II pairs stock.
ings, II pocket handkerchief, nightgowns.
e face towels, & table napkins and ring,
foot towels, swiss muslin veil, / straw hat
and veil, pairs shoes, pair rubber over
shoes, table service of knife, fork, l large
and one small silver spoon, glass or silver
goblet, tooth brush, soap dish and mug. fine
and coarse comb and comb box, needles.
thread and work box, mosquito net or$ so.
and pitcher or 81 25 All articles
Of clothing with name fully marked
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

Gould, stir yourself, old fellow If you'll
chain down the CHIEF we'll continue to hold
the Sugar Planter at bay.-Batom Rouge
AdUOcate.
If Harry from the free State meets
with no better success in the claiming
down business than cousin Annis has
achieved in his tits with gay " Harry
OF the West Baton Rouge weather
organ, he'll very soon qait THINE it
on
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

New Iberia parish has a lusus No.
t"r@ in the shape of a newly born
calf with a grisly appendage, about
SIX inches long, seemingly hollow,
covered with hair and shaped like an
old-fashioned money purse, growing
out of the animals back, between the
shoulders. The Sugar Bovl regards
the circumstance as an omen of plenty
and prosperity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

Sitting Bull, with 1000 fighting men
under him, proposes to return to the
United States and renew the Yellow
stone war. The government is form
ing a commission to visit the hostile
chief and endeavor to made treaty
lnsuring his peaceful department.
Gen. Terry will be a member of this
body.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18
While strikers riot on the rail.

While strikers riot on the rail.
from ocean through to ocean:
While dire confusion swells the gale
And armies are i'll motion,
Her gallant chieftain, tried and brave.
Alas Columbia misses,
And cries across AtIantic's wave
See here! come home Ulysses"
~. Z. Com. AdU.
And while through freight house cars
and track,
The strike its rugged path news,
Colmn bla hears, behind her back.
Fear not; here's Stanley Mathews. y
-Ha,uh ye.
Inc mob may shout and burn and steal
Tn their unholy raid,
But soon Chicago safe will feel,
With Phil who's not afraid.
carroll Conservative.
The gentle hoosier feels no fear
OF strikers threats aud whoops.
For is not valiant Blue Jeans near
To call on Hayes for troops