The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-10-04
DoNALDsoNvHLE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER

and drove them on to further crime
and sin. The children, when discov-
cred BY the officers, were covered
with vermin, aud had on scarcely
rags enough to cover their nakedness.
In the miserable den, owe: thirty
brutes in human form, men and
women, lay in beastly drunkenness
upon the floor. Think Of that, ye
Missionaries to Zulu Land and Siam.
1t was from this den that the Gerrity
children were rescued. The father
and mother were 80 besotted aud lost,
that, when brought before the court,
they did not even know their own
ages, or the ages Of their children,
neither did they know the date Of
their marriage, and when the father
was asked by the Judge if he had
auy occupation, be replied that he
peddled bananas. The court gave
him and his wife six months ON the
Blackwell's Island, and the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has taken care of the little
ones, where it is to be hoped their
lives will be happier than they have
ever been before.
l hardly know what to think of our
German fellow citizens, but they seem
to take to snicide as naturally as
ducks take to water. Strangulation
seems to be q favorite mode of shuf-
fling off this mortal coil but there
was one individual who varied the
monotony of hanging, by successful
attempt to cut his throat. Our. sur
prise is modified however, on learning
that the gentleman had graduated as
barber. Out Of twenty two suicides
which have occurred in the past three
weeks, fifteen have been Germans !;
most of them have been young men,
and with one exception, financial mis-
fortunes seem to be at the bottom of
their taking off, and the exception
was the very natural one of mother
in law, who had more terrors for the
suicide than even death itself.
Notwithstanding the protest Of our
most excellent Secretary Of State, the
tide Of Mormon emf grafton still rolls
on. Between three aud four hundred
of them arrived this week, the avant
couriers Of over forty thousand more.
1t will be useless for US to cry out to
Europe to stop the tide of Mormon
emigration, so long as We tolerate
polygamy in the United States.
As one swallow does not make sum-
mer, so one conviction will scarcely
destroy polygamy in Utah. The acces-
sions of this week are neither better
nor worse than tho hordes which have
preceded them. There is about the
same average number of stupid look
ing males, and the same average
number of forlorn and stupid looking
females; then there are deacons and
elders, high priests and low priests,
with sharp, prigish watery kind of
look, and officers at every turn to
keep them from contact with all out
siders. In the grasp Of these Nor
mon wolves, these poor shorn sheep
seem utterly helpless /; they look with
longing eyes, to the New Jerusalem
beyond the Rocky Mountains, and it
will only he when the harsh deserts
and barren mountains that lay be-
tween are past, they will realize that
the golden gates and the streets of
pearl are still countless millions of
miles beyond the passes of the jordan.
For the time being, Wall street
seems to have got black eye, the
transactions Of the week having been
few and far between. 1t may, pos
sibly, be only lull in the tempest,
for every one seems to be impressed
with the idea that there will be lively
times in stocks before the winter is
over. If you have any humanity or
love for your fellow man, keep
standing warning in your paper
against "puts" =" and "calls." The
men who conduct that business in
New York are little better than COM
mon pick pockets. 1t is a system of
robbery, especially put mp to fleece
the unwary in the country. Immense
profits are promised on exceedingly
small investments, but they never
reach the country investor. Look
ont for the swindlers, and serve your
subscribers when you can.
Coney Island, will, its magnificent
beach, its grand hotels, its music, its
fashions, its tall tower and its electric
lights in week or two will be de-
serted.
The city is getting full of people,
the crowded streets not failing to re-
mind US that johnny comes march
ing home"
At the present writing, we are very
much engrossed with the walking
match for the Ashley Belt. It looks
now is if we we're going to have just
such. another gamblers carnival as
disgraced the early part of this year.
Already, black-legs, thimble-riggers,
faro. bankers aud bunco-steerers are
crowding the city, and are anxious
r ~. Ell