The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-18

here before long. The railroad en-
gineers are doing everything in their
power to swell the flood, and the COM
are busy as bees.
The liquor dealers are having
trouble. The enforcement of the ex-
else law has been put in the hands of
the captains of police, and they are
going for the rum-mills severely.
Last week over two hundred arrests
were made. Such a thing had never
been done before The shops were en-
tered, and if the proprietor did not
have license he was summarily ar
rested. Very many were taken in
when it was too late to procure bail,
and had to langnish all night in the
Toombs. The movement is being
made at the instance of the Temper
ance Alliance, the object being to so
harass and worry the liquor dealers as
to drive out all but the strongest,
and to make their continuance very
EXPENSIVE affair to them. The move
ment thus far has been directed
against the bucket-sbnps, to make the
sale of liquor to the poor unpleasant.
The best men in the city are behind
it, and there has been feeling crea-
ted that makes it formidable. The
work is going right along, with cords
of money and any amount of intiu-
fence behfad it. The societies are all
very active, and the temperance peo-
pie are in earnest.
Crime has been running rampant
during the last month. Three men
have killed their Wives-two because
they did not like them, and ono be-
cause he desired to marry a rich wo-
man. Bar-room fights are as COM
mon as mosquitoes, and to diversity
the ghastly panorama, three wives
have killed their husbands. There
have been two cases of men killing
women because they would not marry
them. and a dozen or two for no
cause whatever. One man, a Ger
man, killed his wife, three children
and himself, because he had been out
/ of work two months, had come to the
end of his resources, and was toe
proud to see his children begging
One Frenchman was nearly at the
end of his string, financially, il
March, and determined to commit
suicide, he took stock of what BIZ
had, and calculated how long il
would support him. He paid hi
board to August 5, that being all ht
had, aud on the evening of that da.
blew his brains out. He was Frencl
to the last. He left note to hi
landlord, saying that he did it t.
avoid trouble. He preferred deatl
, TO running up board-bill which h
had no means of paying. The board
; ing house keepers of New York wisl
there were more like him. The ex
cessive heat has something to d
with this epidemic of crime, but til
: hard times more. A man with a fami
ly, who can get nothing to do, ha
very little to live for.
Ladies who follow the fashion wi
D wear no head covering on the stree
D but broad brimmed hats of roug
straw, faced with black velvet, turne
f up OH one side, with plain outsid
s trimming of band and plume. Tll
:. dresses seen are the palest and thin
n nest wool materials, sky-blue fl
s young ladies, the lightest shadow
}, gray for quieter ones, and the inev
II table black grenadine for elder
IS ladies, robes made airy with th
" pleating and guildings of French lac
Of insertions of embroidered grenadi
d also come to suit the Breton fame
Is This, by the way, is having the Ia
l- of its run, and handsome suits el
IS. hroidered in white on blue clot
lg which in the spring brought $50, a
ne now marked Sl8. Polonaises will
st more worn in the fall than they &
he just now, when ladies prefer
he freedom of the basque suit, of viii
the upper waist can Away be chang
is to white saeque for GOODNESS. I
polonaise and the princesse DIR
70 will still be ruling styles for the n'
er, change of fashion. PIETRO
of Mr.. Morris, planter, near st. ]
eph, Tensas parish, La, reports t