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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10

pecans and pineapples; and strange
looking fruits peculiar to the tropics.
Here are flowers of a hundred kinds, in
pots, in boxes, in nosegays, in boquets,
in punches for the button-hole. Here
are boots and shoes, silks and muslins,
handkerchiefs and hosiery, cutlery and
delf-ware, porcelain and crockefy, tin
ware and plated ware, dry goods of all
varieties, and shirts Of all dyes. l can
not attempt to give any idea of the vege-
table market, with its green and brown
and purplish and ruddy mountains of
fresh stock, or the admirably clean meat
market, with the polite French butchers
in white caps and aprons; or the bread
stalls, where are piled up rolls as white
as milk and sweet as cream; or the poul-
try market, with its questionable luxu-
ries. The fish market has a glass roof,
and all the rainbow tints of the fresh fish
come out we'll on bright day. Here
are hills Of shrimps and pyramids OF
oysters, and enormous baskets of live
crabs, wherein hideous claw. battles are
incessant. But one cannot see, much
less describe, all the sights of the French
market in a month. 1t is perpetual
exhibition of industry museum of the
curiosities of marketing.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10

FLYING BY BALLooN.-The balloon
is grand drifting machine, and by aid
ofthe trade winds could reach almost any
part of the globe; but air navigation, in
the scientific sense, will be accomplished
finally on the bird principal. Letters 1
have recently received from various parts
of Europe convince me that the solving
of the problem is not far off. A number
of scientific aeronauts have written me
concerning flying machine now being
perfected by distinguished scientist iu
Paris which will doubtless be able 10
carry cargoes in any direction and any
distance. 1t is mere matter of time in
mechanical progress. Why should not
man fly as we'll as the eagle, the bat, the
squirrel even the fish essay this mode of
locomotion for 200 or 300 yards? While
talki ng on the subject of the construction
of balloons, he said Balloons may be
made of boiler iron if built large enough:
You know it is the battle of cubes and
surfaces. When the surfaces is doubled
the cube is quadrupled, and balloon of
400 feet diameter of copper boiler plate
will lift up man-of-war ship and sail
away with it. With such balloon
stocked with bombs and othir destructive
munitions of war. think what consterna-
ton could be carried into besieged camp.
But the mission of the balloon will be
more for scientific exploration. That
overshadowing science called meteorol-
ogy will yet provide its definition in the
use of the balloon" n."-Prof. Wise.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10
YOUR PICTURE.

CAPT. J. A. WRENN is an accomplished
" Artist, and the people of Anderson
County now have the opportunity OF secur-
ing pictures of themselves and their frlends
at moderate prices by calling at No. BRICK
Range, Anderson G. H., s. ..
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10
CHANDELIERS CHARGES.

Major Burke Tells What Chandler g. Co.
Wanted and What Grant and Hayes
Promised---Improbabi of Renewal
Of the Electoral Struggle.
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"THi TREl IS Known By lrS FRuIT'

'cE ihkL - hMDMM VI TO thoi''
- -. ,:e :vnrh their W. :ghtin gold"
slT. i. +. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
"Tr,.s r.; r., a Special blessing of the nine
tecni. cra,u.,. REV F. r. osGooD, New York.
"T,avc use. TUFTS Fiils Tor torpor of the liver.
They fi'r 10 any medicine for hillary dis
orders rYrr Ina;i'..'
|. p. CARR, Attorney ct Law, Augusta, Ga.
"Il,aYc rs.:l 'ra', Pills 1--we years in my family:
They are anc.;r:i iorrue,iycness and biliousness.
f.. r WILSON, Georgetown, Texas.
81 have rs.A TUFTS Mc;iieinc with great benefit"
~. ~. MANN, Editor Mobile Register.
eve srli ily boxes TUFTS Pills to five Of all
9th, rs" s,"GGYSE 6 CO., Cartersville, Ga.
"Tu,:'s Fill. have only TO be tried to establish
their mrr'is. Ti.,v work like magic"
W. x. BARRON, SO Summer St., Boston.
"Thrrs i 80 medicine SO " ell adapted to the cure
Of i':iinus III orders TUFTS Pills."
JOS. BRUMmEL, Richmond, Virsinis.
AND A THOUSAND MORE.
Sold by druggista. 25 cents u bor. Office
30 MurTdy Street, NetU York.
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THE GATE OF THE TROPICS.
NEw ORIEAEs- Dec.

rirs. Impressions of tho crssoen. City.
Letter to the Cineinnat; Commercial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
Death of Hon. James Graham.
New Orleans Democrat.


James Graham, whose demise We
are sorrowful to record this day, was
native of Ireland. He emigrated to
this country VI hen mere boy, and
Immediately began working as a
printer. He served his time in this
business well and faithfully, and was
a worker and great personal friend
of Horace Greeley, with whom he set
type in the same printing Office in
New York. He came to New Orleans
some time about 1910, anil was fole-
man of the True Republican, a news
paper known as the faithful and the
bold" He then became the editor of
tile Republican, the organ of the ad-
ministratien when Tyler was Pfesi-
dent, and since was connected with
other newspapers, in the conduct and
editing of which he acquired deserved
reputation. He afterwards, as no.
tary public, obtained lucrative prac-
tice.
When the Confederate war broke
out Mr.. Graham, acting upon conyic-
ton, sided with the Union party, and
was appointed United States Marshal
by Mr.. Lincoln. He was a member of
the City Council. aud afterwards Au-
ditor under the Warmoth administra-
ton.
In 1872 be was renominated for Au-
ditor on the Fusion ticket and elected,
but, with the balance of the McEnery
government, never filled the position.
After the establishment of legal
government in Louisiana be was APP
pointed State Resgister of the Land
Office by Gov. Nichols. In the oc-
cupancy of this place he died, leaving
widow and several children His
widow is the granddaughter of Gen.
Morgan of revolutionary fame, the
hero of the battle of Cowpens. As a
litterateur Mr.. Graham distinguished
himself by writing the life of Gen.
Morgan in chaste and graceful style,
us well as by other contributions to
literature. independent of his useful
labors as a journalist. He was an
honest, correct and conscientious man
and as such is bis name enrolled in
memory.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
TINES FLIGHT.

But a week is so long!" he said,
With toss of his curly head,
" One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Seven whole days! why in six, you know
(You said it yoursel-you told me sol,t
The great God up in Heaven
Made all the earth and the seas and skies,
The trees and the birds and the butterflies
How can l wait for my seeds to grow ~
"But month is so long ~ he said,
With drop of his boyish head.
" Hear me count-one, two, three, four
-Four whole weeks and three days more;
Thirty-one days, and each vii! creep
As the shadows crawl over yonder steep;
Thirty-one nights, and | shall lie
Watching the stars climb up the sky
How can l wait till month is Ger!
But year is so long . he said,
Uplifting his bright young head,
All the seasons must come and go
Over the hills with footsteps slow
Autumn and winter, summer and spring;
oh, for bridge of gold to fling
Over the chasms deep and wide,
That might cross to the other side,
Where she is waiting-my love, my bride -
+" Ten years may be long," he said,
Slow raising his stately head,
+" But there's much to win, there is much to
lose;
A man must labor, man must choose,
And he must be strong to wait!
The years may be long, but who would
The crown of honor, must do and dare
No time has he to toy with fate
Who would climb to manhood's high estate -
"Ah! life is not long !" he said,
Bowing his grand white head,
I" One, two, three, four, five, six, seven =
Ten times seven are. seventy.
Seventy years As swift their flight
AS swallows cleaving the morning light,
Or golden CLEANS at even.
Life is short as a summer night
How long, o God is eternity 2"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
DONALDsONVHIE LA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1878
current expenses of the government.

current expenses of the government.
From carey worn and burdened
business men, all over the country,
the anxious inquiry comes Watch
man what of the night? Are better
times at hand7 Four bitter years of
commercial distress confront the
present Congress. Few men have had
the sagacity to lay aside fhe par
tisan and assume the patriotic garb
as legislators in these trying times.
Not a city or town in our land that
does not show large portion of its
population suffering for the want'of
bread. Thousands of the unemployed
have been demoralized and swell the
great army of tramps that infest all
portions of the rural regions. Muscle
and labor-the nations truest
wealth-have no value, and can not
be exchanged for bread. Ip such
times Macaulay's ringing words have
no application to our statesmen:
Then none were for party,
Then all were for State;
Then the great men helped the poor
And the poor men loved the great.
The remedy can be seen by any
patriot, and the people will rise in
their might and majesty and new
party will come to the front, whose
motto will be the right of every man
to earn his bread, unless Congress
provides suitable appropriations to
encourage and stimulate business
activities. Why, by another turn of
the screw, continue the monthly re-
duction of the debt? Let posterity
bear some portion of the burden.
Let Congress make ample appropria-
tions for completion of all public
buildings and ether public improve
ments, North, South, East and West.
Let provision be made for removing
the unemployed in the great cities
to homes in the undeveloped West,
and help them to team and pro-
visions for six months, such advances
to be lien upon the homestead to be
returned to the government at the
end of ten years. The expenditure
of even $50,000, 900 would be capital
| we'll invested as a business trans
tion, to say nothing of the want and
suffering that would be relieved.
The long neglected and un$ightly
Washington monument is to bb top
ped and bottomed out, Congress hav-
ing provided that $4,000 of the
former appropriation of $500, 900 may
be expended in strengthening the
| foundation.
The swamps and mosquito factory
Just south of the Capitol is to be filed
at an expense of SIS, 700. It is q good
time to abolish all nuisances both in
and around the building.
The warm weather sends home-
ward bound the throng who have
been spending the delightful days of
winter amid the everglades and
orange blossoms, and their presence
fills the street and hotels with hosts
Of visitors. Fashions stern decree,
even in these times of depression,
tints the color and monlds the cut of
garments, and the variety and mosaic,
the old styles and the new that are
woven into the dresses Of the elite
are marvellous, both as to materials
and quality. SENTINEL.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
Rice Lands.
Terrebone Progress.

Messrs. Wrotnowski and Stewart,
engineers, have been engaged by the
Land. Reclamation Company, and
have already begun survey of the
lands. Mr.. Allen, President of the
Company, has looked over the lands
lately and is satisfied that they are
the finest rice lands in the world. 1t
has been found by experience that
fresh land in Louisiana produces the
most abundant crops of rice the first
year; the second year the crops are
very good, but it barely pays ex-
peuses after that. tits this fact that
induced Mr.. Allen, who owns large
rice mill in the city, to undertake the
draining of the marsh lands. The
fact that rice exhausts land in so
short time, plainly shows that only
one or two substances in the land go
to make that crop. Our Agricultural
College should aualyze these lands
before and after the rice crops are
made and find out what this sub
stance is. Then the lands, no doubt,
could be easily and cheaply manured
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
Weekly News Summary.
Foreign.

4
Relations between Russia and Aus
tria are more conciiiat0ry.
The insurrection in Thessaly has
been almost overwhelmed.
The bitter feeling between Rouma-
MIA and Russia increases. =
NJ. Dion, chief of engineers of the
Paris Exposition, is dead.
Ex-Queen Christiana of Spain had
a fall, which fractured her thigh.
Oxford's crew won the annual boat
race easily by thirty five lengths.
Prince Milan is expected to pre-
claim the independence of Servia.
1t is reported that Minister Foster
has officially recognized the Diaz gov
ernment.
The woman who attempted to as
sassinate the st. Petersburg Chief of
Police was acquitted.
Thirteen of the crew.and passengers
of the British steamer Cheldwell Hall
are missing.
A drunken mob acted in bolster
ous, disgraceful manner at the funeral
of Lord Lietrim, at Dublin.
The Russians have invited the
towns of Bulgaria to send delegates
to Philippopolis for the election of a
prince.
A struggle for supremacy in the
Turkish Cabinet is progressing be-
tween the pro- Russian and pro- En-
glish parties.
In CONSCIENCE of the bursting of
sewer, a considerable section of South
London was flooded to the depth of
two or three feet.
Germany will make an effort to
reconcile the antagonistic attitudes of
England and Russia and thus pave
the way to a congress of European
powers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL, Is

WASHINGTON, d. C., April IL, 1878.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Forty three hundred and six pen
sion claims were filed last month, of
which 1866 were allowed and 2137 re-
jected. In addition 5000 applications
were made under the Act of March 8,
1878, by soldiers and widows (war of
1922, including pensioners stricken
from the rolls for participation in the
rebellion. AS the current work in the
Pension Office is over twenty months
behind, unless Congress provides ad-
ditional clerical force the tardy JUS
tice meted out by this late act to the
needy veterans will not reach them
this side the grave.
1t is interesting to note the pro-
gress of the work in the U. S. Patent
Office since the fire of last September
which destroyed or injured ll4,000
valuable models. The debris was not
cool before the work of restoration
began to be actively discussed and
the labor was begun almost imme
diately. Only S45,000 were appro-
priated for the restoration of the
models aud 200 men have been en-
gagged in the work ever since. Some
Is or 90 thousand models are already
in presentable shape and many more
are capable of being restored, though
another appropriation will be neces-
sary to the completion of the, work.
The average number of patents issued
weekly during last year was 262.
The topics of the times have very
visible effect upon inventors. For
instance the burning of the great St.
Louis Hotel and of the Brooklyn
theatre had the Immediate effect of
multiplying the applications for pat
ents on fire. escapes. Again, the visit
of the English Rifle Team to this
country last summer and the match
at Creedmoor resulted in the bring
ing out of a great number of inven-
tions calculated to promote long
range shooting. When war was de-
clared between Turkey and Russia
applications for patents OH improved
firearms, heavy guns, and heavy
army accoutrements began pouring
into the Patent Office. The robbery of
a prominent bank or counting house
at once increases Improvements in
safe locks, burglar alarms and the
| like.
Secretary Scburz of the Interior
Department has been quite ill with
neuralgia-was once reported dead,
in fact, but is now able to be in his
Office several hours of each day.
The pinched appropriation for the
Post Office Department to furnish its
blanks, etc, has been exhausted
SI45 900 was asked last year-econo-
nv gave S105, 900. The immense
registered letter and money order
business will be brought to IA stand
still, and the interests of the country
embarrassed, unless immediate relic
| is granted bY Congressional action
Over $1,000, 00U Deficiencies now ex
| ist in the various Departments OF
account of insufficient provision
made by tie lasf Congress for th'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20

SUNDAY Law IN ST. LANDRY. w Q
are in favor of Sunday law. The
ordinance passed last October has
served greatly to diminish crimes in
the parish, and consequently to de-
crease the expenses of criminal prose-
entions.s Two more such juries as we
had here last fall, Sunday law rig
idly enforced AID i system Of working
petty thieves aud rt,ggeS .n the pull
lic roads will 8l,eat pft an end Il
EcFimein st. Landry OpetoRsas Dem.
0crdt.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
POcketbOOk, Lost.

II OST. on the steamer j. H. Hanna, on or
1 4 about February 4, 1873. a pocketbook
cotaining few dollars in currency, three
notes of SOL each, payable April |, October
/ and December 81, 'ls7S signed and en-
t.orscd bv Ben. Gibson, and other valuable
na4,ers. The iinder is welcome to keep the
caircncy If He will leave the pocketbook and
papers at the CHIEF office, Donaidsonville.
5nTfs ALIEN. S. LANDRY.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
Domestic.

Schooner Jonas Smith was aban-
doned at sen.
Half the business portion of Lam
caster, n. H., burned.
VIM. NJ. Tweed died in the Ludlow
street Jail, N. Y, ON the 18th.
Charles Price, aged II, was drowned
while bathing in the river ut Now Or
leans.
The Northwestern National Bank
of Chicago has resumed specie pay
ment.
John Long, convict in the Mary
land penitentiary, committed suicide
BY hanging.
Twelve buildings burned at Catii-
lac. Mich, and Mrs. Blount pe:ished
in the flames.
At Bay City, Mich, fire destroyed
100000 feet of lumber and 1000
barrels of salt.
Mrs. Catherine Keenan, died at
Brooklyn from hydrophobia caused
by the bite of q mad cat.
H. A. Mcintyre. president Of tho
Denver National Bank of Colorado,
absconded with $4,000.
John Bullinger, an athlete, died at
New York from injuries received
while wrestling with bear.
Four-fifths of the weavers in Co
clleco mills, Denver, N. H., struck on
account of reduction of wages.
Mrs. Tilton has published confes-
sion of her adultery with Henry Ward
Beeehcr. The latter denies its truth.
Francis Scborn, "a New Orleans shoe
maker, tried to murder his wife while
intoxicated. He 'cut her seriously In
the face.
Congressman Ellsworth of Michigan
VAS terribly beaten by neighbor
while visiting his home at Greenville.
Domestic troubles led to the quarrel.
John e. Lyon, a railroad president,
was burned to death at Boston. He
fell with lighted lamp and his cloth
ing caught fire.
The President has ordered a rehear-
| ing in the case of Major General Fitz
John Porter, cashiered on charges
preferred by Gen. Pope for disobedi-
ence of orders.
New Orleans suicides: VIM. Han
son, seaman. by taking laudanum |;
Henry Schaeffer, grocer, shooting /;
James Wallace, by cutting his throat;
G. A. Kile, also by throat cutting.
Ex-Commissi0ne of Customs
Haynes and F. w. Brooks, charged
with conspiracy to defrand the Coy
ernment out of $57 .0C0, we're tried at
Washington and acquitted.
An oil train, railroad bridge aad
the depot at Slatington, Pa, were
destroyed by fire, caused by collision
of trains and the explosion of a loco
motives boiler. Three men were
fatally and ten severely burned.
A tornado passed over Cotton
| Wood, Kansas, blowing forty Ave car.
off the track, and destroying mum.
ber of houses. Som. lives are re.
ported lost. A stock train wal
wrecked near Emporia.
Another train robbery occurred II
! Texas last week. The express aHd
mail car of passenger train wal
forced open and robbed by fifteen o.
J twenty masked men. The conducto
: and two of the robbers were wounded
Fifty seven houses in the business
2 centre Of Clarksville,' Tenn, wer
: burped by n fire believed to hav
: been started by an iucendiary. Du
ring the. fire. a policeman sliot an
. killed negro fos resisting arrest, M
: a riot between whites and blacks va
for time Threatened.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
MISTAKEN.

The young man paced the parlors,
While she was cleaning her teeth;
And he thought of the needed dollars
Which the old man had to bequeath.
The old man sat on the counter,
With his head between his hands,
And reioiced that the girl had a lover
Who would help him meet his demands.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20

Has the Democratic Legislature ac-
complished any reforInatory meas
ures !? What good has come of the
victory +? The general verdict of out
citizenship IS antlvornbte. Our legis-
lators have been arTaigned before q
mereilcss public and adjudgea guilty
Of the great sin Of Omission
-Snarta Times.
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Transient advertisements 81 per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion,
rs cents per square.
insertion; each subsequent publication 81
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, 20 cents
per line; subsequently, 10 cents per line.
Brief communications upon subjects OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is notresponsible forthe views
of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonvillc, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
BLACKsMITHs, Etc.

THRMANN g. WALTER, Blacksmith
and Carriage shop, l64 Railroad Aven-
ue Carriage, buggy and wagon making,
painting, trimming, decorating and repair
ing. Horseshoeing and all kinds OF black
smith work in trst-class style. New bug
gies always on hand.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

TOSEPH HISS, Saddler and Harness
81 Maker, 159 Railroad Avenue. Saddles
and harness of all styles and prices made to
order. All orders for repairing and paint
ing of Carriages and Buggies promptly ex-
ecuted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
PHOTOGRAPHY.

PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Henry
4 Gartz, proprietor, Mississippi street, di-
;sgonally opposite the Catholic Church, All
STYLES and sizes of pictures from 90 cents up
sard. Copying and enlargiHg from old
and faded pictures 4 speciality.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
CABINET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

+" C. CRUDE, Cabinet Maker and Up
He holsterer, Railroad Avenue, near Mis-
sissippi street Furniture repaired and var
nished, Moss. Hair and Spring Mattrasses
repaired and made over, Cane-seat Chairs
rebottomed. Orders for country work re-
sponded to promptly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

ID RYBISKI, Apothecary and Druggist,
De Mississippi street, between St. Patrick
and ST. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondrans S
store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20

NRS.J. FEVRIER, Milliner; all kinds OF
N1 Hats, Bonnets. Trimmings. Artificial
Flowers and Fancy Articles, corner Missis-
sippi and Lessard streets
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
DONALDSONVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, Etc.

DERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western
ID Produce, fancy and staple Groceries,
Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils, Carts,
Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur
Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20

NENTRAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail
u road Avenue and Iberville street, L..
Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drugs and
Medicines.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-20
MILLINERY.

MFRS. M. BLUM, AIilliner, Mississippi
wi street, between Lessard and st. Pat
rick. Latest styles of Bonnets, Hats, French
Flowers, ETC.; also, all kinds of Ladies' I'm
derwear.