The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-15
DONALDSON WILLIE.
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DoNAlpHoNvtLLtt. September

UuNALDHUNViLI,EG September u, 1878.
10 Tho Editor Of tho Democrat.
Tho nltinene Of Tho parish Of Ascension!
nt.4puhrI III nintta meeting Ut the court HOUSE
in tho town Of DunndNonvillc ynFt"rdny
evening and organized th"mH" veH into n
Howard Association, with tho view OF pro
yiiinE for tho drElitutn md suffering people
Of the parish They elected rs their primn~
ncnl president Jntlce Teller. F,Hu onn Of the
most liberal and charitable mon IN This pnr-
i#l1 M"Rt},H. H. N. Sims, Just Comes, J. !.
Nolan ami the veteran Solomon W"inahrnrk.
Vice trnyidnniA, the HsnlulIr, good md indie
r!,tignllr Pierre kIopn,nn. to whom MI honor
II due for this organization uf the nH'ocin'
| ton, ms trtHiHurnr; his honor INlg"o. Mnh"i.
secretary and Mr.. Noise ieVy correspond
| ing ReGrrtnry.
The nAnorintion IL composed Of nearly all
! Tho residents Of the parish, among whom
| there nrn n large numlnr Of worthy and TO-
| Hprrl!lhEn cnlurnd ciiiHtnB.
A subscription list WAS opened. and in IL
very short tiun several hundred dgln,H were
| placed IN tho hhnds nf tbs worthy treasurer
Of TIN, naf4pcintion. Before night II great
many runily IN need and In hjHtInaa were
made the recipients Of the attention and nB~
| Hl4tnnrr Of this noble association.
| We have In the parish Hnvarn! CnHce OF
| bilious and intermittent f''Vt;iR. which yield
readily to good nursing nnd attention, and 80
| far tho death roll has been very small. IN
Fact, tho ttItth record bl the phll@il ana tpWl
show eleven deaths loss IN August, 1H7A thut
during the same month IN 1877, and much
| lows In this month, NJ tO date than during iht
anlnc timn in the month Of September inst
year whom There WaB no epidemic OF nny
! kind.
Thank God! DonnI18onvIIc and the pnliHl
Of Ascension are, 80 far. entirely free Of vel
low fever, and the town md pntiBh ntt
healthier now thhn thoy have ever been Mt this
seaeon Of the yonr,, notwithstanding thn fact
that the good people Of the whole parish nn(
town positively refused to quarantine ngninAi
your Unfortunate but noble city; but. on the
contrary, In n unanimous voice, proclaimed
their determination to keep open tho doors O
| tho town and parish to the whole world nnC
| 10 devote their time in nursing and taking
carp of those who would bG stricken with ths
disease here.
The officers Of the Howard Association o
Ascension have appointed 9'lb-comnli tees fol
the several wards OF the parish !. Co. sever
wards out OF town and three wards in Don
nldsunvillc, composed of four worthy citizen
in each OF said wattS~to hunt up distress
and suffering in their respective wards, nn'
To issue acquisitions for such uB may b.
needy.
Two first clnaH hotels are now being crectct
in Donnldsonvillc, TO be opened for the receIl
, ton Of guests on the first Of October next
They will have to keep II mighty fine house t.
: bp ublo to compctc with the City Hotel &
Donnldaonvillc, for there rs no pluce in Lou
ainnn where u Traveller Is better treated an
fed than Mt Paul Lcfovro's City Hotel.
i Will write again in Il few days. En- mt0
,ln1,t. n1i reuOW. Yours truly,
PELICAN OF ASCENSION.