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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
Cheap Horses.
VerlniliOn Merili0pal.

In the prairies in the vicinity Of
Cow Island there are now ranging
somewhere near FIVE hundred head Of
wild horses and mares. There is ac-
tually no sale for tliem-the are IL
perfect drag ON the market. Some
thing ought to be done with them, as
they eat OFT the range, and leave but
little pastnrage for horned cattle,
though as II general thing the cattle
ale III iire condition. 1t is the opin-
ion Of those who know any thing
about it, that horses eat while sleep
ing, consequently they sweep Il long
range; and il is also known fact
that horned cattle lie down aud sleep
during the long hours of night. A
gentleman who Owls large drove Of
horses informed the writer Tint for
S25 he would give the privilege to
any one to go int" lis drove and pick
out the best horse, and for 800 the
best ma:e-there are some fine ami
| mails among them. A person need
rot ride an old IS l.aekn when horses
are SO cheap.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
MASKED BATTERIES.

If you'll keep it secret, honor bright,
I'll tell you little story, Jo-
Something that happened to Inc last night,
Here at the masquerade ball. you ow.
You may have noticed I've spooned of late
On Laura Clyde nothing else to do:
She's rather pretty-at any rate.
Fond of flirting, and am too.
Laura's u friend Of ny sister Fan;
Her room joins mine, and the walls are
thin
So l, by accident. heard them plan
: Their dresses for incorporating in.
The ball was lovely the costumes fine
And, either dancing or iced champagne
Can't say which, but expect the wine
Just little confused my brain.
So. meeting Laura-gypsy maid
Knew her at once by her dress, you sec
took her out for Il promenade
On the piazza alone with me.
" Flirtcd :" Said was deep in love-
Madly worshippcd the ground she trod-
Vowed it by all below. above.
Did she return it ! A word, a nod
The fair head dropped in assent; and
Snatchet off the mask with rapture kissed
her;
A peal of laughter was my reply
BY Jove, old boy, it WAS my sister!
Laugh at INC, Joe! Don't spare my pride
Nor mind my feelings! | feel SO glad
1t was my sister, not Laura Clyde.
Heavens! what an cscap" had
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
Progress Of the Texas Railroad.
Calcasieu Echo.

The track is laid east Of Lake
Charles fifteen miles, to Pine Island
Piling is completed in the Sabine
river BOTTOM, and west to Lake
CHARLES, except about 800 feet which
will be finished in about ten days.
Four large tubes for the Calcasien
iron bridge have been delivered at
the bridge crossing point. Every
thing is ready to put down the tubing
for the Sabine bridge, and rs soon as
this is done the tubing for the Calca
sieu bridge will he put down. These
tubes are intended to enclose the
bridge piers, and to be then filled
with concrete, making the piers solid
:ls rock.
The principal want now is cross
ties and labo'ers, aud as the weather
has turned cold, the latter are ex-
pccted to come in freely. Col. L.
Adams, the general manager If the
company is at Orange, and liz expected
here next Wednesday. His arrival is
expected 10 give renewed energy to
the work all along the line.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

Two loads of squirrel thot were
fired into IA crowd Of :'arkies, who
were playing cards ut Oak Ridge,
Saturday right. Wade johnson and
etw" other members Of the IS congrega-
ton were the only unfortunate on,
OF the assembly. Splendid way to
get up an cxodi,s-l orehouse Clarion
Perhaps that was the object of the
sht'otlst but M matter What the OBJ
.pet may have been such matters
ought t" M' fcrrrte.l out aud a lesson
taught ruffinns that would not he
soon fu,sotte,,-Riehlnnd Beacon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
WANTING IN LOVE TO EACH OTHER

Oh there's q theme to make each dream,
And power to make eacl, hour
As light and sweet us the bloom at our feet
Which is culled from tile May-day flower.
Men seek too high for things that are nigh,
Foregoing the help of a brother;
Selfish and blind is the state OF the mind
When wanting in love to each other.
Oh there's a plan to make each man
Happy the whole day through,
Nor need he to roam to better his home,
Would we find him but work to do.
There's plenty of soil on which to toll,
And add to the golden dover,
Would men be but wise. and speedily rise
In loving and aiding each other.
Oh there's away to make each day,
And power to make each night
Bright us the moon and the suns afternoon,
Would men b.. but wise and unite.
There's plenty for ALL the great and the
small,
And plenty to give to each other;
We too often waste in our hurry and haste,
BY wanting in love to each other,
-Oliper Sinclair.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

We notice an article in tire New
Orleans Times, speaking of E. John
Ellis, says that Mr.. Ellis 10 Demo
crat aud that he came Of a Democratic
family. This is mistake, the Ellis
family are Old Line VIII Sc, and never
Fated the Democratic ticket until af-
ter Observation-Disclosures Gesette.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
LIVERY STABLES & UNDERTAKING.

GCHONBERG'S Livery, Feed and Sale
- Stable and Undertaker's Establishment,
Railroad Avenue, between Ibcrvillc and At
:akapas streets. Competition detied.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

The effect of the separation was to
crush the young man, and, writing to
a friend five years ago, twenty SIX
years after the occurrence, he says:
F" Doubt if all dark lines are erased
from my heart YETI He resigned his
paetorate and sought another field,
smothering his pain by hard study
and work. And the only sign Of that
pain the world ever saw was in the
heart cry of LoreDa.
In 1856 he was residing in Racine,
Wisconsin, where he met j. z. Web
ster, the composer, who, though Of
the sa.:,e name, is no relation to him.
They soon became very intimate. j.
p. Webster was writing song music,
aud was troubled to find appropriate
words. Rev. Mr.. Webster told him
that he would write a song, and in
two days he produced it, entitled
/" Bertha" Il mere fancy name. When
the composer came to set it to music,
he wanted name of three syilables,
accented ON the second, and the
author then made up the name Of
Lorcna.
The young lady's name was moi
Lorena, however, nor Bertha, but
Ella.
1t il said that she lost her vivacity
aud sunny, witchiny ways after they
parted, and never regained them
and thnt she is now Il sad, sickly NO
man, past the prime Of life. She ii
/ the wife Of Il judge, ard lived fo
many years at lronton, on the Ohio
When last heard from, however, sev
rral months ago, she was travelling il
Europe. Her '.proud and llaugh'
sister has long since passed over thu
river, where, otis heart to heart,
| instead of dollar to dollar. He
brother in Jaw died only a few week
ago. Mr.. Webster, also past tn
prime of life, is married, and lives il
Neenal,. Wis, a minister and the edi
tor of Il local pap+r.-Chicago Time,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
Twas fOwery May, ".@.-
When up the billy slope we climbed,
To watch the dying Of the day,
And hear the distant church bells chimed,

Hclt IlSVNl III 4" VuuACl
sister of his wife, who was the leading
singer in the choir. She was nine
teen years Of age, small of stature,
had blue eyes and light, brown hair,
and was rs fair as lily. She was not
only sweet singer, but she was as
full of poetry and romance as her pas
tor, and they soon became very much
attached. Their loving did not, how
ever, prosper well," for the family
were proud and aristocratic, and
!" had higher notions asf the girls fu-
turo than to sanction her marriage
with u poor preacher" AS she WAS
dependent upon them for home, she
was forced to yield to their counsel
Mr.. Webster says he now thinks it
was wise counsel-and they were
obliged to give each other mp. It
was, however, the strong will aud the
proud spirit of tho sister, more than
the opposition of the brother in law,
that separated them, or rather kept
Lorena from him. Lorena seems to
have been passive, indecisive in char
acter, aud submissive in the hands Of
her strong- willed sister. Mr.. Web
ster saw her for th.. last time at her
home, learned Of the sisters uncon-
qucrable opposition, heard his fate,
aud took a quiet but painful farewell,
very little being said. That night she
wrote him Il last letter, in which she
used the words, SO we'll remembered
by those familiar with the song, Ii
we try, we may forget" 1t was eight
Years after that he wrote:
For "If We try, we may forget"
Were words Of thine long years ago.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

If wisdom's ways you'd wisely seek,
Five things observe With care:
OF whom you speak. to whom you sEeak,
How, and When, aud where.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
CABINET Observation-Disclosures.

:" c. CRUDE, Cabinet Maker aud Up
H. holstcrcr. Railroad Avenue, near Mis-
sissippi street. Furniture repaired and var
nisl,etl Moss. Hair and Spring Mattresses
repaired and made over, Cane-seat Chairs
rebottomed. Orders for country work re
spontlel to promptly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Frederick Duffrl, r. Prosper Landry.
nUFFEL 3 LANDRY. Attorneys at
IL Law Office on Chctimachcs street
Just back of the Court House.
EDWARD N. PuGH. Attorney at Law,
LIZ Attaka}as street, Opposite Louisiana
Square. Visits Napolconvillc on Mondays.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
TINSMITH.

r OUIS j. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi
IL street, at Lemann's old stand. Orders
attended to Will, dispatch aud satisfaction
insured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
INSTRUCTION,

r AURENT l.. COMES, Professor of Mu-
IL sic, residence one mile below town.
My prices arc moderate and can but prove
satisfactory to all those who are DESTROYS OF
receiving u sound musical education.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

AERS.J. FEvRIER, Miliiaer; NIL kinds Of
Xl Hats Bonnets. Trimmings. Artificial
Flowers and Fancy Articles. corner Missis-
eippi and Lessard streets.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

Transient advertisements u per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion,
IS cents per square.
Official advertisements 81 per square hrst
insertion; cacl, subsequent publication 50
cents per square.
Ea;torial notices, first insertion, 90 cents
ner line; subsequently, 10 cents per line.
Cards of six lines or less in business d.
rectory, five dollars per annuln =
Brief communications upon SUBJECTS OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible forthe views
of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donnldsonville. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
BARBER SHOP.

r L. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shop, Mis-
LIE sissippi Street. near corner LessarN.
Shaving. hair-cutting, shampooing, etc, in
most az tistic style.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
SODA WATER MANDATORY.

CODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H.
- Hctller, proprietor, No. IL Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Settler and all kinds
OF acrated waters manufactured, and sold
ut lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

Yes, these were words OF thine, Lorena,
They burn within my memory yet,
They touch some tender chords, Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret.
There IL future Oh thank God,
or life this is 80 small \ part,
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod,
DIT Thn.o III, Thare ,ffa haa II 70 heart
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

nEKNARD LEMANN, dealer i'll Western
ID Produce, fancy and staple Groceries,
Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils Carts,
Plows, SaddleIy. Stoves and Iinwarc, FUR
njturc. Crockcry, Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

OENTRAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail
~ road Avenue and Iberville street, L..
Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drugs and
Medicines.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

Joseph GONDRAN, dealer in Clothing,
% Dry Goods, Notions. Hats, Groceries.
Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes. Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Satl,llcry, Crockcry, Furniture
and all kinds Of House Furnishing Goods,
No. IL Mississippi street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

ID RYBISKI, Apothccary and Druggist,
DE- Mississippi street, between St. Patrick
and St. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's
store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
Observation-Disclosures.

TOSEPH HISS, Saddler and Harness
u Maker, 159 Railroad Avenue. Saddles
and harness of all styles and prices made to
order. AL! orders for repairing and paint
ing of Carriages and Buggics promptly OK
ccuted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
PHOTOGRAPHY.

NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY. on
~ Railroad Avenue. opposite Postotfice !;
Henry Gartz. proprietor: new rooms and
facilities for doing fine work all
styles and sizes Of pictures from so cents up
ward; copying and charging from old aud
faded pictures a speciality.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

NJ ISRAEL 4 CO., dcalcs i'll Dry Goods,
Nls Clothing, Boots Shoes, Saddlery,
Bugsies, etc, corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
DONALDSONvlLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Etc.

A ID. VEGA, Agent dealer in Dry Goods
"A. Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils. Glass, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; IA"ebs corner
Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING.

= GOETTE, Boot and Shoemaker, Mis-
III work n best style It bottom nrices,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
MILLINERY.

AIRS. NJ. BLUM. Milliner, Mississippi
MI street, between Lessard and St. Pat
rick --latest styles of Bonnets, Hats. French
Flowers, etc; also. all kinds of Ladies' In
1crunar
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
Lorena's" Lover.
History Of the Song that Charmed all
Hearts Some Twenty Years Ago.
v,,our~n~ nr rorMA
HISTORY OF toRENA

About the year 1858 there appeared
in the musical circles Of the West a
song which, for twelve years, had d
run rarely attained by popular melo-
dies. The music had a peculiar
charm, the words were siDgularly
touching, and their very length, ex-
tending to eight long verses, sugges-
ted to the reader story back Of
them. In fact, tho extreme pathos of
the words contributed as much, per
haps, as the music to give the compo-
sition its wonderful success. 1t was
sung everywhere, IN parlors, i'll con
certs. on the street, aud In the camps
Of the contending armies. In the
Northern army it was immensely
popular, and it found its way South
through Louisville and Cincinnati,
and during the rebellion it was the
only piece sung in Southern homes,
and, excepting martial airs, about
the only one sung in the Confederate
camp. Everywhere was Lorena. A
steamer on the Ohio was named
Lorena, engines on Western roads
were called L0rena, and person
now sometimes meets IN society
young ladies named Lorena, called
that by mothers twenty Years ago.
That the song had story nearly
every one familiar with it supposed,
and supposed correctly, ami it may
not be uninteresting at this late day
to give admirers Of the famous melody
the facts in the love affair.
The author of the words was
THE REV. RI. D. l.. WEBSTER.
He studied in the Columbus Acad-
emical and Collegiate Institute, and
was editor of the college paper. In
the year 1913, being then "a years Of.
age, and fnll Of poetry. and romance,
he was enjoying his first passionate
in GAINESVILLE, Ohio. His leading par
is!loner was IL wealthy manufacturer,
whose residence was upon one of the
many hills which surround that
smoky town. The house was about
half u mile out, aud the eminence
upon which it was seated was the one
referred to III the song:
Twas aowery May, #.
When III, the hilly slope we climbed,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01
CONFECTIONERIES.

los. THOMPSON. Railroad Avenue, next
- door to eorae. Of Conway street near
the depot, dealer in Havana and Domestic
Cigars Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, ETC.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-28
VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND, May 28.-In the Cir
cut Court to-day in the case of P.
" MhltlOck vs.. w. T. Blackwell, of
North Carolina, a suit for ten thou
sand dollars damages for alleged
I1Ise arrest Of plaintiff on a charge
TI Stimulating Blackwell's Durham
Dull smoking tobacco trade mark,
which has been pending for some
j I-e' was disposed of, Jud dge Hughes
"IggC;tIng &c; a non>suit to be entered.
Ine cases of the United States
vs. the Petersburg Judges of EIec.
u Gons which went to the Supreme
court on the certificate of a divided
opinion between Judges Bond and
hughes two years ago, and which
mad been sent back subject to the
ruling Of the Supreme Court. IN
the Cruikshank case, snstairinn -
Judge Hughes view of the law, wers
put Z to the jury with Instructions to
lna a verdict of not guilty. which
vas done. "Ai0n
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-28
TELEGRAPHlC.
The Veto Message to be Sent to
the House To-Day.
Let the Bourbon Sheets Prepare
for Another Howl.
The House Passes the Contagious
Disease Bill.
Interesting Decisions of the Rich
mond United States Court.
XLVI CONGRESS.
SEN ATE.
WASHINGTON, May 27.

WASHINGTON, May 27.
Mr.. Dawes asked leave to correct
Mr.. McDonald's statement that
supervisors of election were ap,
pointed in Massachusetts for the
purpose of controlling the elections
in the interest of the Republican
party against Gen. Butler.
Mr.. Dawes said these officers
were appointed on application of
members of both parties and to
secure fairness alone. 1t could not
be proven that any legally qualified
votre was debarred from voting.
Mr.. Hoar also spoke on the same
subject.
The Senate then took up the bill
relative to the transfer of animals.
After lengthy discussion on the
bill providing for the transportation
of animals, the Senate agreed to
postpone the subject until the first
Monday in December next.
The Senate took up the bill to
make subsidiary coin exchangeable
for lawful money and for other pur-
poses, and without acting thereon
adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill relative to the removal
of cases from State to the Federal
Courts came up in the morning
hour; pending the question being
on seconding the previous question.
Mr.. f. Wood appealed to Mr..
TOwnshend, who has charge of the
bill to prevent its reference or re-
committal so as to not have it
clogging up the business of all the
other COMMITTEES. Mr.. sTownshend,
however regarded it as his duty to
press for an action on the bill. The
Republicans then resorted to the
policy of Withholding their votes,
and this rendered necessary a call
of the House.
The call of the House was fol-
lowed by roll call, on motion to
dispense with further proceedings,
and the morning hour having ex-
pired, the bill went over without
action.
The House then proceeded to the
of the bill to prevent
.he introduction of contagious or
infectious diseases into the United
States, Senate bill in relation to
that subject being substituted for
House bill of a like character.
The House passed the Conta-
gious Disease bill as it came from
the Senate without amendment. 1t
now awaits the Presidents sigma
.ure to become a law.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-28
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, May 27.-The arbitra,
tor to whom was referred the ques.
ton of the reduction of wages be-
tween the South Yorkshire coal
owners and miners has decided
against any reduction whatever.
The masters demanded 121 per
cent. and y per cent. reduction,
according to the character of the
labor. The decision affects $4,000
men ank boys.
Parole is regarded as certain to
win the race for the gold cup on
Friday, and he may possibly have
a walk-over because of ten pounds
allowance to him in consequence of
his having been bred in America.
Referring to the that Lord Rose
berry intends to submit the ques-
ton to the stewards of the meeting
whether after his various successes
in England Parole is still entitled
to such an allowance. A sports
mah to-day said "Clearly so ac-
cOrding to the conditions of the
race, but the present instance shows
the absurd folly of such a condi-
ton, and will doubtless lead to a
more sensible arrangement in the
future"
The race for the Oaks stakes Fri
day is universally regarded as at
the mercy of Lord Falmouth's b. f.,
the wheel of fortune which won the
thousand guineas stakes at New
market the first spring meeting.
BERLIN, May 27.-The Tobacco
Committee of the Reichstag has re-
ected the rates on foreign and
domestic tobacco proposed BY the
Government and adopted those sug-
gested by member of the Centre
party, which are sixty marks per
hundred kilogrammes on foreign
and twenty-five marks on home
products.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-28

Ex-senator Alcorn declares in a
published letter that, aside from
politics, the negro is kindly treated
in Mississippi. 1t is only when he
tries to vote that the trouble begins.
''The ballot box in this State has
been, and is to-day, thoroughly
prostituted. Ballot-box stufing,
while equally effective, is more hu-
name than the bulldozing, shotgun
policy of the past. In this [ take
pleasure in recording an improve
ment."
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-28

GEN. MCCOOK, of New York, was
hauled out of his bed last Friday
night by the Sergeant at Arms of the
House, aud forced to appear al the bar
Of he House and explain his absence
from his seat during the all night ses-
sion. He was not in a pleasant mood
and said openly that he had no respect
Tor the present House Of Representa-
tives, and did not believe the country
hal, either. II was not parliamentary,
bu, i. was true as to himself no doubt,
aud csrtlinly as to The country at
large.