The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-22

only fourteen days. The Captains

only fourteen days. The Captains
are subject to fine and imprisonment,
though it is probable only the lighter
penalty will be enforced.
To show the epidemical character
of suicide, one day last week, about
10 o'clock, a rich widow walked into
the lake at Central Park, and in an
hour after was found dead near the
edge of the bank; the singularity of
the suicide was largely commented
on by the papers, and two days after
another fine lady did the same thing
in nearly the same place. On OF about
the same time three women jumped
from ferry boats, two were rescued,l
and one was lost. About the same
time an insane mother dressed up her
four young children in their best and
took them up to Harlem bridge,
where she gave her pocket book, con-
tanning a twenty dollar piece to her
little boy, kissed the children all
around, and then jumped over into
the river below, distance of fifty
feet. Strange to say, she escaped un-
hurt, and was rescued by a passing
boatmah. Only two days after anoth-
er woman chose the same spot for
her telo de Sc, and she was successful.
The body was recovered the next
day. As the body lay in the water,
awaiting the arrival of the Coroner,
a woman happened along who had
divorce case pending in the Harlem
Court. She looked over the rail of
the bridge at the unfortunate suicide
below, and she said that she looked
so peaceful and happy that in an in
stant the thought flashed across her
that she might he happy too, and
forthwith she mounted the rail, and
prepared to leap over. Fortunately
she was seized by u passing laborer,
who handed her over to the police.
The shipment Of beef to Europe is
something awful. Five years ago the
country was startled with the intelli-
gence that we had actually shipped
to Europe in the year 4O,0OO,OOO Of
pounds Of beef. Forty million of
pounds is considerable beef. Just
think what mountain it would
make if converted into hash and vet
it would only be mole-hill along.
side of the exports of the present
year, which have reached the enor-
nous figure y. 20O, ,000, l4,o Of pounds;
i'll addition to which we have sent
across the sea 100000 cattle on the
Ioof, and about 100, 900 sheep. Ship
ping is active; all along the wharves
is crowded from morning till night.
Grain is pouring in from the West by
millions Of bushels, and the transac-
tions in wheat are exceptionally
large.
The annual dinner of the. Chamber
of Commerce took place this week at
Delmonico's, and as the company
was made up of men with plethoric
sacks, the menu was all that could be
desired. Twenty five dollars plate
Was the modest sum demanded, and
all the reporters who were invited
declared it was worth the money.
When a man gets $25 worth under
his jacket, he must feel pretty good,
SO it is no wonder that the Secretary
OF the Treasury made most elegant
aud effective speech of eongratalation
on our national prosperity. / think
l could have done the same thing at
so per cent discount.
All the week New York has had the
rabies. 1t is admitted by every one
who has visited tee dog show that
such a collection of ours was never
seen on the globe before. [ know a
good deal about dogs. l once owned
one he cost me half dollar; but l
never had an idea that there was so
many different kinds of dogs, as they
have here on exhibition. Some little
snarlers are on velvet cushions, and
Others are in glass cases, like candy
dogs. There are pointers, those that
would point at beef-steak, aud set
ters, that would set on brood of
chickens, bnt, taken as a whole, it is
great success, and America has rea-
son to feel proud of her dogs.
Yours truly, bROADBR1M.
We are informed that committee
of the House of Representatives in
Congress, through the exertions of the
Hon. Joseph H. Acklen, has recon-
mended an appropriation of $4,000
to clean out Bayou Terlebonne and
that the President Of the South Lou