The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-08

the ocean IN pursuit, following lik
m avenging Nemesis. He reasle
Liverpool on the same day that til
French steamer reached Havre, an
taking the night express for London
be got the early train for Paris. ;Fo
days and days he wsndered about tn
city like madman, but could .gai'
no clue to the runawaya; at last, son
! night, Write sitting in the panquett
of the Grand Opera. witnessing th'
performance of the Prophet, he dis
covered his wife in a private boz
with her paramour. The came instan
she discovered him as he rose from
his seat, and rushed out into the lt,l,
by. When he reached the box on TIN
other side Of the houee, IL was empt,
tho birds had flown. Unable t.
speak word of French, he coull
make no inquiry for the fagitives
but his wild actions attracted the at.
tention of the gendarme on duty liz
the vestibule, and he kindly conduc.
ted him to the door and landed him
in the stroet. Two days after, he re-
cefped intelligence that they had
been seen on the way to Geneva, and
thither he posted without delay but
after searching Geneva, Chamounix,
and all Of the small neighboring
towns, sick at heart, he returned to
Paris. There he was taken sic'- and
for many weeks he fingered between
life and death, and at last, broken in
spirit and health, he turned his steps
toward all that remained .sf home.
For many months he had received no
word from the United States, and on
his arrival in New York he was met
by an old friend who informed him
that duning his absence both his chill
dren lad died. The dreadful news
completely crusAed him for now there
seemed notl,i0g to live tor bat ven
geance ea the Rretc@ses who had been
the cause of all this ruin. For sev.
eral weeks past, . pale, wild looking
man could be seen on Broadway, dur
ing the most fashionable hours for
promerading in the afternoon, look
ing intently into the face of every
lady that passed. He went to all the
places of public amusement, not for
recreation, hat solely for the hope of
At last his patient vigil
was rewarded, and for moment lie
discovered them sitting in front of
hin last Thursday night. Then came
The attack and the escape, and the
'ext tporning the unfortunate gentle
nan was found dead in his bed, at
lis hotel he had shot himself through
''e brain, adding another to the
of social wrecks wAiel. are
stranded among the rocks in this
treat city.
The beat Of political gongs still
lrowns every other sound. Never,
n any State election, have / seen such
'nremitting activity before. Night and
lay, it is nothing but politics. Ban
ers fly across all of the main streets,
nd transpareDces blazen in the win
ows; and if some intelligent travel
7 FROM the Feeiee Islands or NADIA
ascar shonld happen to stray this |
say. and judge Of our rulers by the |
Ikenesses on these flags, he might
suppose that We were
ulea ~ a gang of plug uglies and
rize fighters. The candidates GER
ainly owe nothing to their rising
olitical artists, any more the than !
of old did to Mrs. Pclby of |
'oston. She nsed to give exhibitions
t wax figures, and on her way down
. Lynn, she broke the head of John
he Baptist; 90, as she could not we'll |
ct along without John, she took the
cad of Judas lscariot, and pressed it
ITO service. Now, the expression of
Ohm was very benign, while that Of
scariot was horrible beyond express
on, and when questioned by the
adience why John looked so bad, the
Id lady explained it by saying that
acre was an ancient legend that
hen John went downin to the Jordon,
'at a crab caught hold of his toe,
nd this likeness was taken just while
le "crab was hoidin' on" All of
le candidates are rather good-)ook-
'g men, Cornell would 10 called a
andsome man anywhere, but the
look about as disturbed
} the good st. John did when he
ent down into the Jordan, aud had
crab on the end of Ills toe.
The Fall trade in every department
kceeds that of any September or
ctober for many years. One very
ratifying evidence Of returning pros
Gritty is the amount of ready money
rought here by Western merchants.
ash purchases are the order of the
~, the buyers, taking advantage of
'e market with cash in hand. If it
ere not that money is plenty, and
Il OF our surplus labor employed, the
sc in everything would he appalling.
lonr, coal, meat, butter, and all
rime articles of home consumption,
ave sharp and decided rise. Still,
'ere is 10 grumbling, for every one
,pears to have something to do. II
The great tunnel under the North
yer may he said to te fairly under
ay, and, in the co1rse Of a few years,
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