The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-10

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doned in a short time for the prize
ring. He was game fighter, and
came out of all his contests victori.
Gus. Naturally he graduated as g
/ gambler, and from that into New
York politics, and made himself a
power infthe city. Of late years he
has tried very hard to keep himself
in something like decent case, with
out being so decent as to ALLEVIATE the
devotion of his ragged constituents
He is generous to a fault, and even in
his gambling houses has dealt with
toleIable fairness. When great swim
dies have been necessary, he has kept
them skilfully from the public. He
has acquired a valuable fund of infor-
nation as to the government of the
city, with which he frequently sur
/ prises his best friends. He is evident
ly working to sink his past in the
present and future, and has an ambi-
tion to associate his name with some-
thing better than tho prize ring aud
gambling table.
The recent failure of so many saw
ings banks, and the terrible condition
of life insurance, has put the poor
whoAhave work and who, therefore,
have made savings, into II quandaly
as to what they shall do with their
money. There are thousands who
have fifty or a hundred dollars who
are keeping it boarded, fearing to
deposit it anywhere. A movement
has been inaugurated here-which /
hope will spread all over the country
to have the new four per cent.
loan popularized. An association is
memOrializing the authorities 20 have
bonds issued in denominations of $25
registered and made payable to order,
SO that in case of robbery or destruc-
ton, there could be no loss. One en-
plOyer who has forty men and women
at work, told me that his people had
not less than $1,000 hidden in the bot
tom of their trunks, all of which
would 60 into bonds in. an hour, if
they could be issued in denomina-
tions small enough to be within
reach. AS they can be..converted into
cash anywhere, at moments notice,
there caI be no doubt that an enor-
nous amount of them would at once
be taken. SO -
For once strike has the. appear
ance of success. Several cigar manu-
facturers have acceded to the demand
of their operatives aud have resumed
work. The strikers managed this
very adroitly. They organized sup
plies beforehand to keep those out of
work in comparative comfort, and
they succeeded in gaining much out
side sympathy, which was powerful
help to them, not only in ekiDg out
their material strength, but in mould.
ing public opinion. But behind their
present triumph stalks grim dread. |
1t is rumored that number of em-
plOyers have combined, and have
contracted in San Francisco for an
number of Chinese cigar
who are, it is said, already |
on the way tither. If this is SO, good |
bye, cigar makers. The nimble-fn-
gered celestial can roll as much as |
any other man, and he can live upon
nothing. The cigar makers are truu.
bled at this prospect, and are await
ing developments anxiously.
The long disputed butter question
came up again this week. A dealer
was arrested for. selling oleomarga-
rlne for butter, without having the
word " oleomargarine" stamped on
the tub. In the course of the trial
great many interesting facts came out.
1t was asserted that all the butter
that came to this market was worked |
over and cOlored to suit the fancy of
'he market. Liverpool wanted a
white better, aud London a yellow.
They both get sit, out of the same
OTIS, annatto making the difference.
Oleomargarine, it was asserted, was
is sweet and wholesome as butter,
md onlysan expert could detect the
Inference. In fact the best dairymen
# the country were buying it inlarge
Quantities to mix with their milk,
md scarcely any but that comes to
New. York is free from it. One dealer
estiied that it was better than but
er, for it never becomes rancid, or in
my way strong. The offending dealer
vas dismissed with a caution TO be