The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-12-06

drunk In one corner of the room, an(
, |, the wife, destitute of clothing, in an
other corner, for she had actually
!. sold the dress off of her back to a rag
man to procure money for rum. II
the middle Of the floor lay q starving
infant, p'nched blae with cold. The
: story Of their downfall reads more
like tale Of fiction than a reality
Mr.. Piatt had been al. army officer
, and only few years ago, was one o.
the most promising young men il
. Washington. His wife was said to bt
one of the most beautiful women in
J the Capitol, bnt the devil rum took
possession of her, and she not only
ruined herself, but her husband, and
finally she was arrested as a vagraDt,
and committed to Black wells Island
Her husband was imprisoned at the
same time, but through the interces-
sion of friends, he was released, and
a position procured for him 10 the
Custom House. When his wife got
free from Blackwell's Island, she
sought bim out again, aud dragged
him down to ruin. The court sent
them both to the Island for six
months, aud passed the infant over
to the Commissioners of Charities.
On Tuesday, an Irish Alderman
from Staten Island, came on a spree
to New York, to celebrate his cleo
tion, and while in a beastly state of
intoxication, fell down and broke his
neck. The saloon keeper did not
think that it would be of any advan-
tage to have coroner's inquest in
his rum shop, SO he employed a
couple Of fellows to carry the dead
Alderman off, and lay him in a neigh
boring hall, where he was eventually
| found.
Brooklyn is the City of Churches.
it has just had convection to in.
quire as to the best means of giving
our good little boys the full advap-
tages Of Sunday School association.
While the council WAS in session. =
delegation of good little boys were
punching their teachers head, and
st"ning the school house, aud when a
policeman rushed in, club in hand. to
Keep the peace, the good little boys
told him if he didn't make himself
scarce, F" they'd put head on him."
i" like Il sensible policeman as he
was, he did make himself scarce, and
the good little boys still Hold the
Fort. and stone the teachers.
On' creme tle la creme are all on the
qui Cive for the f; il at the new Seventh
Regiment Armory, which opens on
Monday next. This magnificent build
ing which is to be the headquarters of
our crack corps, cost about Il half a
million of dollars, of which nearly
one halt has already been subscribed.
1t Is estimated that the receipts of the
coming fair will not he less than fifty
Thousand dollars, and the sun real
lied is intended to be used exclu-
siveIy in furnishing the rooms of the
different companies. The activity in
stock has developed the usual crop of
ttieving treasurers and defaultinR
bank Cashiers. One foolish bank
teller expended near four hundred
dollars a day on lottery tickets alone, |
to find at last, that he was not only
a thief, but a fool, and he will un
get FOOLS rewarl-the
States prison.
Speaking Of State prisons, reminds
mo that we have just had couven-
tion +" consider the subject Of convict
labor. There appears to be no doubt
bnt that the convict should be made
to earn bis own living, bnt how to
avoid bringing him in competition
with honest labor on the outside, is
n problem which the wisest Of onr
phi'anthropists have not been able to
solve.
There have been quite number of
suicides during the week, and several
desperate attempts At self-destruc-
ton. On Wednesday. woman laid
herself down on the railroad track in
front of an approaching train, aud
vas only dragged from tho rails by
switch tender, - the train went
laundering by. That same evening,
the same woman threw herself from
the dock, and on being rescued, was
committed TO the lnnatic asylum.
You may reasonably look out for 4
great financial collapse in Wall street,
for every ything seems to be tending
that way. The rise in all kinds Of
stocks has been unprecedented. and
al kinds Of kite flying ia indnlged in.
Stocks that never did nav Dividend.
and never will pay a dividend, are
thrown on the market for speculative