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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-29

DEADY MIXED PAINT-Just received a
IL supply of HARRISON'S READY MIX.
ED PAINT, which is equal to any in the mar.
ket for durability. Sample cards and prices on
application.
ap "a w. +. CRElGHTON.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

We regretfully chronicle the death
of Madame John Fl. Ilsley, ST., nee
Eliza G.. Mollere, who passed away on
the 10th inst, at her home in New
Orleans, at the ripe age of 70 years,
after brief illness. The remains were
brought to this parish on the steamer
Henry Tete, Tuesday, and were bur-
led the same day, the funeral cortege
moving from the Gaudin residence, a
short distance below town. Deceased
was, we believe, a native of Ascen-
sion, and her death is mourned here
by many relatives and friends. Deep
sympathy is felt for the bereaved hus-
band, the venerable Judge Ilsley,
who loses one in whose companion
ship nearly fifty years of his life have
been spent. The couple expected to
celebrate their golden wedding during
the coming Summer, but cruel destiny
has interviewed and the portals of the
tomb close upon the faithful wife and
devoted mother, whose long life was a
record of loving deeds and shining
virtues.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

A state of profound peace prevails
throughout the parish which is I'M
wonted even in peaceful Ascension.
No entry has been made on the
criminal docket in the Clerk of Courts
Office since the 8th of February
not even so much as a mild case of
assault and battery. This is as it
should be. The expenses of criminal
prosecutions always form the bulk of
Parochial expenditures, and when
crimes and offenses become of rare
occurrence, local taxation can be
materially lightened.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Tailor to hold him in custody until
he furnished bond for costs and to
liquidate the judgment. The Jailor
rightly deemed that no otfense was al
legged in the document constituting n
legal ground for Imprisonment, so
declined to incarcerate the man.
Phil. went home, and Cd the way
purchased a bottle of fighting wills
key, imbibing deep potations there
from which placed him in an extra
belligerent mood, and led him to
start out upon the benevolent mis-
sion of killing the witnesses whose tes-
timony had been damaging to his
side of the fence suit. These parties
all lived in the immediate neighbor-
hood. Phil. tackled the first one he
came to, but couple of them double
teamed on him and hustled him
around so lively that he was glad to
get away and proceed elsewhere for
vengeance. He started to enter the
house of another witness, declaring
an intention of carving him to
pieces, but the party appeared in the
door with an ak and intimated that a
fractured skull would be the portion
of any individual attempting I'M
authorized invasion of that domicile.
Phil. paused and called for his son,
Arthur, and just as the Young man
arrived upon the scene, his father tot
tered and fell to the ground. expiring
in a few moments. 1t was thought he
had received fatal injury in his scuf-
fle with the two witnesses, but DR.. de
Villeneuve made thorough cxami-
nation at the Coroner's inquest and
ascertained that death had resulted
from natural causes-congestion of
the brain, we believe, arising from
undue excitement of the nervous sys-
tenn and over indulgence in alcoholic
stimulants. Arthur, thinking his
father had been killed by the parties
with whom he quarreled, assaulted
Jerry Smith with razor, and cut him
slightly, for which the young man
was arrested and taken to Jail. The
matter was subsequently compro-
missed, however, and he was released
from custody.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
DoNALDsoNvILLE, La.

DoNALDsoSVILLE, LA.
To the Editor of the CHIEF
In your issue of the 9th inst. in long Ia
bored editorial headed Failure of the
Ferry Bill" you make serious charges
against the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives from this Parish which it is not
my province to defend, both being able
themselves, and if they fail to do so.
shall be very much disappointed in them.
AS for the charge that corrupt means were
used by me, or any one interested in the
Ferry privilege to influence their actions, it
is but Justice to those gentlemen to brand
that statement as false. As far as the meas
ure of repeal is concerned. it can have but
one effect, and that is of involving the
Town and Parish in lengthy Litigation in
the Federal Courts, with but one result and
that Of paying heavy damages and cost.
probably you are not aware that this grant
has become vested right and cannot be
Invested, and well does the cute Senator
from the second District of Orleans know
that, and when he introduced the measure
at tn suggestion of those (who of late have
become your IDOLS, or task masters,) he
simply done so to encourage litigation ex-
pecting to be joined III the case with them,
in order to fleece the tax payers out of
good fee, this grant of Ferry privilege has
been 1itigated once, and final decision
rendered which no Legislature can effect,
and this il. but one of the sugar coated re-
form measures, which if swallowed by the
tax payers, will be certain to nauseate
them, as for you speaking for Republican
or any other constituency. 1 am sure you
cannot be serious, for hardly think there
are five in the Parish who would feel safe
i'll authorizing you to do so, for as a Politi-
cal acrobat you have proven yourself quite
a success. And in your own language in
conclusion would say, Go ahead and
lookout for No, Bentley as it is your last
somersault Respectfully,
S. SCHONBERG.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
TE,otTerribIe Scouree

Fever and ague, and its cogener, bilious re-
mittent, besides affections of the stomach,
liver and bowels, produced by miasmatic
air and water, are both eradicated and pre-
vented by the use of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, purely vegetable elixir, indorsed
by physicians, and more extensively used as
a remedy for the above class of disorders, as
well as for many others, than any medicine
of the age. A languid circulation, a torpid
state of the liver, a want of vital stamina,
are conditions peculiarly favorable to mala-
rial diseases. They are, however, surely
remedied by the great Preventative, which,
by invigorating the system and endowing
it with regularity as well as vigor, provides
it with a resistant power which enables it to
withstand disorders not only of malarial
type, but host of others to which feeble
and i'll regulated systems are subject. The
Bitters are a safe as well as searching eradi
cant, and have widely superseded that dan
gerous drug, quinine, which palliates but
does not eradicate malaria.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
SheriRs Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish Court-Parish of
Assumption.
Walter Pugh
VS.. No. 100.
DIR. Robert LaweE.

DY VIRTUE of and in obedience to a
ID writ of Jferi JfaciaS to me directed by
the Honorable Parish Court of the parish of
Assumption, in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and bearing date the Goth day
of February, a. ID. 1873, will offer for sale
at public auction, at the Court-House in the
town of Donaldsonville, parish of Ascension,
on
Saturday, the goth day of April, 1873,
at IL O'Clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to wit:
4 certain LOT OF GROUND situated in
the town of Donaldsonville, parish of As
cension, and fronting on the Crescent Place.
bounded on one side by lot number four, on
the other side by lot number six, aud in the
rear by lot number sixty -nine, said lot be-
ing of an irregular shape and being dcsig-
mated on the plan of the town of Donaldson
vile as lot number five.
Terms and Gostditions-Cash in United
States currency.
Parish of Ascension, March is. 1873.
7. 4 JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
Special Notice to Veterans
of 1912

VETERANS of the war of 1912 are in
formed that by recent Act of Con-
gress they are entitled to pension of So 90
and also the Widows of Veterans are enti-
tied to the same, without regard to date of
marriage.
All such persons will have their claims
successfully prosecuted by applying to, or
addressing G. H. GRIFFIN g. CO.,
la Carondelet Street,
mr16tf New Orleans, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Seven storekeepers in the first ward
have been arraigned for violation of
the ordinance prohibiting the sale or
barter of liquor on Sundays. AS these
parties express willingness to COM
ply with the ordinance hereafter, we
suggest that this first infraction be
overlooked and the penalty remitted.
Merchants throughout the parish will
do well to take note of the fact that
the Sunday ordinance is in full force
and effect.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
POcketbOOk Lost.

Z OST, on the steamer j. H. Hanna, on or
cotaining few dollars in currency, three
notes of S6l each, payable April /, October
l and December 81, 1878, signed and en-
dorsed by Ben. Gibson, and other valuable
papers. The finder is welcome to keep the
currency if he will leave the pocketbook and
papers at the CHIEF office, Donaldsonville.
mrl6 ALEX. S. LANDRY.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Nine. B. Claverie, who has been
almost at the point of death for some
days, is, we are glad to say, improv-
ing, and hopes of her recovery are
entertained. The afflicted lady is in
New Orleans, under the treatment of
DIR. MERCER.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
Sheriif's Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish Court-Parish
of Ascension.
HaIoTa nuDuv of aIs

Iolale OF
of Ascension.
Helene Dupuy ct ais.
VS.. No. 561.
Henri MontZ.
DY VIRTUE of and in obedience to IA
Id writ of feri faciaS to me directed by
the Honorabl Parish Court of the parish OF
Ascension, in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and bearing date the 18th day
of March A. d. 1873, will offer for sale at
public auction, on the plantation of Helen
Dupuy ct ais, right bank of Bayou La
fourche, about four miles below the town of
Donaldsonville, parish of Ascension, on
Saturday, the 3Oth day of March 1873.
at - o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit
ONE SPADE,
ONE HOE,
ONE LOT OF SHINGLES,
EIGHT LARGE HOGS,
ONE LOT OF PIGS,
TWO COWS,
TWO CALVES,
ONE LOT OF HAY,
ONE LOT OF CORN,
ONE SET OF CART HARNESS,
THREE PAIRS NAMES,
ONE PAIR TRACES,
ONE THREE-MULE CART,
ONE CULTIVATION,
TWO MULES,
ONE ROAM HORSE,
ONE LOT SEED CANE.
Terms and ConditionS-Cash in United
States currency.
Parish OF Ascension, March l6, 1873.
p. A. JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

The performances of Healy's Hiber-
5nian Minstrels at the d. S. C. B. Hall,
Monday and Tuesday nights, and the
matinee for ladies and children Tues
day afternoon, were witnessed by
large andien ces, the hall being we'll
II He'd upon each occasion. Universal
satisfaction was expressed with the
entertainments, which were of a SUI
perior order of merit. The beautiful
PANORAMIC of Irish scenery was much
admired, while the amusement and
applause attending the songs, dances
and ludicrous sketches constituting
the programmes, We're almost contin-
nous. The Healy combination is an
excellent one, and if their merits are
properly appreciated they will meet
with success wherever they go. The
troupe went up the river on the Lee,
Tuesday night. After giving enter
tainments at Baton Rouge aud Bayou
Sara, they will strike across to Jack
son, Miss, moving thence towards
Savannah and up the Atlantic sea-
board to the Eastern States.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Joe Park and Theophile Dreyfus,
sons of our neishbors at the two ad-
joining corners, engaged in scnffie
for the junior championship this
morning, and Theophile had his arm
sprained. Mr.. Dreyfus seems to have
more than fair. share of such casual
ties in his family. Those vigorous
youngsters of his are brimful of the
spirit of Young America, and it is but
second nature with them to be getting
into trouble. Theophile will be all
right again in a little while then
keep your weather eye open, Joe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

District Judge Duffel this week
appointed Mr.. Edwin E. Shanks a
member of the Jury Commission for
this parish, vice Mr.. j. Elphege Le-
Blanc, removed to st. James. The
selection was eminently proper, and
Mr.. Shanks will make an efficient
member of the commission. He quail
flied yesterday BY taking the oath of
Office. District Court will open in
Ascension on the Goth of May, and in
order that jury may be drawn at
least fifty days prior to that date, as
the law directs, it will be necessary
for the Commission to meet before
the 3lst instant.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

N. JENKINs-For twenty years have been
great sufferer from Intlammatory Rheu
matism and Sciatica. During the past four
years have taken about twenty three bottles
of the Annihilator. Ny pains have ceased
CHARLES NASH,
Carondelet St., New Orleans, La.
Price 81 per bottle. For sale by all drug
gsts. Send for circular, to
n. JENKINS s. Co.. Proprietors,
New Orleans, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Our good friend Emile Leblanc,
second. clerk of the Ouaehita Belle,
drops us an evening city paper every
up-trip of the beau tiful Belle, and
thus keeps us under perpetual obi
cation. Emile is one of those who
believe in saying turkey" to his
friends
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

The lease of the Bayou Lafourche
ferry at LunEille for the current year
was resold by the President of the
Police Jury at the Court House, to-
day at noon, and Mr.. Joseph Corbo
became the purchaser for ISL, which
he paid to the Parish Treasurer in
solid half and quarter dollars of our
fathers. The sum realized was about
one third the real value of the fran
chise. This lease should be sold upon
the same conditions as that of the
river ferry, that is, upon the system of
monthly payments. 1t would then
bring decided increase ofrevenue to
the parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

One of our printers has gone to New
Orleans to take part in the celebration
of st. Patrick's day. He took that
plug hat along in bandbox.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
LOCAL JoTTINGs.

Several advert easements of property
to be sold by the Sheriff appear else
where in the CHIEF of to-day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
JOSEPH ID. sANDLIN.


Parish, State of Louisiana
In the matter of the Interdiction)
of ! No, 56T.
JOSEPH ID. SANDLIN.
A JUDGMENT by default was regularly
n taken in this case against the defendant
represented by Frederick Duffel, attorney.
Curator dd hoe, and no answer or appear
ance being made by defendant-the evil
dence introduced by plaintiff proving con-
clusiyely that the defendant, Joseph b.
Sandlin, has lost the use of his reason, that
he is subject to an habitual state of imbe-
cility and that he is incapable Of taking
care of his person or administering his
estate, therefore, by reason of said default
and by further reason of the law and evil
dence being III favor of Eliza Sandlin, the
wife OF said Joseph B. Sandlia, and against
defendant; it is therefore ordered, adiudged
and decreed that the said Joseph B. Sandlin
be and he is hereby declared an intordict
aud Judgment of introduction is accordingly
rendered against him. II is further ordered
adjuagcd and dtcreed that this sentence of
Introduction be published three times in the
official journal OF the parish OF Ascension.
1t is further ordered and dcerced that the
estate of Sandiin pay all costs of these pro-
ccedings.
Thus DONE read and signed in open Court,
Parish of Ascension, this 18th of February,
1873, tSignedI II. o. MAHER,
Judge.
- A aie cory:
SEAL /. +. BENTLEY.
SD~NNy fIt.4.L- at In.pt
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

The School Board will meet on the
first Monday of April, which is like
wise the first day of the month.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
poRr HUDSON. August |. Isl
Mr.. JURGIELEwIcz /:

Mr.. JURGIELEwIcz:
Dear Sir'-Your Medicine has done me
so much good that am bound to send for
another bottle, so be so kind ana send me
the Rheumatic Medicine the same as before.
Send it Immediately. Respectfully,
MRS s, HUMMEII
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16


Some sixteen or eighteen applicants
for employment as teachers in the
public schools were examined at the
special session of the School Board
held at the Court House, Wednesday,
and the following received percenta-
ges emitting them to certificates:
Mrs. o. Terrio, Miss NJ. johnson,
Jno. A. Cheeyers, Jas. H. Profit,
j. A. Herman, t. w. Brown,
Palmerston Landry, Oscar Landry,
A. T. Grigsby, Willis Gaines,
P. F. Williams.
Two or three more names may be
added to this list, as The examination
of few candidates was not finished.
Half dozen failed to pass, but new
trial may be granted them. DR.. Con-
nell, President of the Board, conduc-
ted the examination in history and
geography, Mr.. Pugh in grammar and
Mr.. Minor in mathematics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
UNITED STATES CLAIM AGENCY

off
none ec collie
2boug
m q. III. GRIFFIN &
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
Fruit Trees for Sale.

I OFFER for sale about 400 YOUNG
i TREES of the best qualities, includ-
ing French nuts, big pecans, sweet oranges,
st. John peaches, French cherries, French
plums, Japan plums, etc.
had planted or grated said trees for my
own use and | sell them for want of room to
transplant the same.
janI2tf j. C. MATTHEW.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
jenkins AnnihilatOr
The Great Southern Remedy for
.RHEU MATISM, GOVT
AND NEURALGIA /!

Those terrible enemies Of human happi-
ness, Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia
heretofore seemingly uncomfortable, have
indeed found their master i'll Jenkins Ami
hilator. We have the testimony of men of
the highest standing in Louisiana and other
States, that after suffering understandable
pains for years, from which they sought re-
lief in vain by visiting the Hot and Warm
springs of Arkansas and Virginia, and by
using dozens of remedies more or less highly
praised, when, in fact, hope had almost died
out, they have found relief from pain by the
use of the Annihilator, and by continuing it
for short time, have been perfectly cured.
The Annihilator is a preparation purely
vegetable, agreeable to the taste, and may
be taken without fear of any injurious re-
suits by the delicate as well us the robust in
constitution
~ Price 81 90 per bottle. For sale by all
Druggists. Ask your Druggist for circular
containing certificates, or send to
N. JENKINS & CO., Proprierors,
New Orleans, La.
FrNLAY g. THOMPSON. Wholesale Drug
gists, New Orleans, La, General Agents for
Louisiana, Texas. Mississippi, Alabama,
Arkansas and Florida. mras-iy
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
Sheriff'S Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish Court-Parish of
Ascension.
Jules o. Ayraud
VS.. No. $50,
Hex1ri Montr

Jules o. Ayraud
VS.. No. $50,
Henri Month.
pY VIRTUE of and in obedience to a
ID writ of tieri facias to me directed by
the Honorable Parish Court of the parish Of
Ascension, in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and bearing date the 18th day
of March, A. d. 1872 viii offer for sale. at
public auction, on the plantation of Jules O.
Ayraud, situated on the right bank of the
Bayou Lafourehe, abont four miles below
the town of Donaldsonville, parish of AS
cension, on
Saturday, the 3oth day of March, 1878,
at IL o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property. to-wit:
ONE PL0W,
ONE THREE-MULE CART,
TWO MULES.
Terms and Conditions-Cash in United
States currency.
Parish of Ascension, March l6, 1878.
p. A. JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Last Saturday afternoon and eve
ming were marked by one of the heav-
lest rainfalls we have ever witnessed,
accompanied part of the time by a
violent wind. The only serious dam
age we have heard of in this vicinity
was the blowing down of the
railroad eompany's shed at the turn
table, but the usual number of fences
we're Frustrated and street bridges
floated off. At Burnside's Riverton
plantation a barge containing some
six or seven thousand barrels of coal
went to the bottom of the river, and
the towboat j. S. Mcdonald had to
fly around lively and do some vigor-
GUS pumping to save a number of
other barges lying at various points
along the coast, from Willow Grove
to the Burnside places. This coal is
the property of Col. Jos. Walton of
Pittsburg, who lost three barges dur
ing the heavy equinoctial storm last
September.
The sugar house OH Mr.. P. Schwab's
small plantation, on Bayou Lafourche,
in the upper portion of Assumption
parish, was also blown down.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

Phil. Alexander, an old colored
man living on the property of Mrs.
Lydia Whitaker, in Brulee Mccall,
fell dead last Monday evening, while
engaged in a quarrel with n neigh
Dor, in front of the latter's. house.
Phil. was defendant in a lawsuit, rel
alive to the ownership of an old
fence, which had been decided against
him by Justice Ayraud that same
day, and which eliminated in the
sending of Phil. to Jail on a defective
commitment which directed the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

The financiers of our Police jury
may deem it economical policy to let
the courthouse become diiapidated
for the want of a few dollars of ex-
penditure, but we think otherwise.
The familiar saw, g stitch in time
saves nine, has lost none of its
virtue in this era of erawfsh pro-
gression, and small amount paid
now for repairing the leaky roof and
broken plastering of the "temple of
JUSTICE" and Strengthening the Jail
fence which daily threatens to take
a tumble" will be the means of rem
dering unnecessary much geater ex-
penditure hereafter. Then that
bothersome sawdust should be re-
moved from the court room floor and
replaced by mating. A disastrous
fire might be caused at any time by
the throwing of cigar or cigarette
stub into the sawdust. Come, gen.
tlemen of the Jury, celebrate the adj
vent of the new dispensation with a
little timely Furnishing up of the
dingy and deeaying Courthouse, and
deprive the next Grand Jury of those
stereotyped complaints which have
formed considerable portion of the
stock in trade of its predecessors for
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16

A !,tie col,v:
{ SEAL l.. T. BENTLEY.
06Ny Clerk of Uourt
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-16
JudgmentOf Introduction.

In the Hon. Parish Court, of Ascension
Parish, State of Louisiana
In the matter of the Interdictionl