The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-15

| which was said to. have been COM
mitted on the daughter of an Irish la
bOrer, by one of the wOIkmen in the
Park. The story was, that he had
kept the injured innocent locked up
in the sheep pen for three days, after
which she succeeded in escaping to
her home. The story circulated in a
hundred different ways, and a band
of outraged residents was formed for
the purpose Of lynchiDg the brute who
had been guilty Of so heinous crime !;
but when the matter camet0 be ex-
amined by the Park Commissioners
the little girl who was outraged, was
found to stand nearly Eve feet ten,
and to turn the scale at 1851, while
the villi,nous assailant was about four
feet eight, and would scarcely scale
for a feather weight in the prize ring.
After searching investigation, the
Park Commissioners came to the con-
clusion that tho person who was said
to have committed the outrage, was
guilty of gross improperly, which
made his retention in our Park forces
undesirable, 50 the sanguiuary ruffian
ard despoiler of female innocence,
gets no more dollar aud quarter a
day from the treasury of the city Of
New York.
Notwithstanding the protest of our
bonored Secretary of State, two hun
dred and fifty Mormons were landed
last week upon our shores. American
prosely tes would not keep the insti-
tuition on its legs for single year,
but hordes of disciples from Norway,
Sweden, Finland, England and Wales,
seem to give Mormonism a new lease
of life; we have so much domestic
villainy to look after, that the arrival
of these saints does not cause ripple
upon the surface Of our every day
life, for the devil assails us in SO many
different ways, that VIC are kept busy
looking out for our own individual
salvation.
New York is not good, place for
country ministers or, when they do
come to town, they should get some
one to take charge Of them, for a
snail compensation, and then they
might escape the perils that beset
the way of the Rev. James A. Paige,
of Nashville, Illinois. OF all men in
the world, one would imagine that
the respected pastor Of the First
Presbyterian Church Of Kushville
would be the last to be caught 10y the
+" little joker" in New York X; yet
such, | grieve to say, is the fact. The
Rev. James A. Paige came here to
look after some missionary matters,
connected, / believe, with the evan
gelizatinn of Africans on the Congo.
While walking down Broadway, re-
t1ecting Oh the best means for the
advancement of christian work, he
fell into the hands of the Philistines
and, IN less time than it would take
to say Jack, much less Robinson,
couple of New York sharps had
gone through his Reverence to the
tune Of forty dollars. When they had
got all his money, the crew ran away,
aud left the clergyman bewildered at
his loss. He went to the police office,
and lodged his complaint, and in a
little while all of the thieves we're
captured. and fully identified by the
Rev. james A. Paige from Illinois.
But his troubles had only commenced,
for the thieves were immediately
bailcd by their friends, while the
Rev. james A. Paige, from Illinois,
was locked up as a witness, there to
remain for two months, at least, unit!
the trial shall take place, when, it is
more than probable, the the thieves will
be acquitted. II lie had only suhscri,
bed for yonr paper, and read the
Broadbrim Letters regularly, lie
would have escaped his present peril,
and the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church of Rushvi|le,
Illinois, would not now be mourning
for their shepherd, shut up behind
prison bars. Moral, as the fret OF
January is approaching, send in your
subscription to the CH1Er, read the
Broadbrim Letters regularly, aud be
come wiser and better men.
Last week was celebrated in Brook.
lyn by tho breaking np of Mike Hen.
nissy's gang of burglars, which fol
several weeks has kept South Brook.
Ign in state of teverish alarm.
few days ago. they attempted a bur
glary at drug store on Atlantic
stree: detected in the act by til,
druggist, who had jnst returned, one
of the thieves jumped through ,
plate glass door, and, although terri
bly, cut, escaped. The detectives
however, took the job i'll hand, and i
resulted in the arrest of Hennissy
and several members of his gang
and, as IL large amount Of stolen prop
eerty was found upon his premises,
:. is TO be hoped that he may b
returned to his old quarter in State
prison, from which he was rccentl
released hy the mistaken clcmency q
Governor Robinson.
, A st"waway was discovered on on
of the European steamers, who, f,1
ten days, had been without food q
J water. When discovered, he l,a
/ gnawed his clothes to pieces, an