The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14
Biped VS.. Quadruped.

Biped VS.. Quatlruped.
A Blast at Ulysses from an Opponent of
the Third Term Project.
LucINA PLANTATION,
ST. james, La, February II, 1890
EDITOR CHIEF:
Mr.. Marcelin Caillouette, an old and
respectable citizen Of our parish, wrote
to me and asked me to give hin, the
name of horse he purchased from col
ored man of this place. Please inform
him through the medium of your estima-
BILE paper that the name Of the horse is
U. S. Grant, much more superior in intel
ligence and utility than the biped of that
Yours respectfully,
D. WEBRE.
Whatever may be the differences Of
opinion among intelligent men as to the
capacity and worth Of those who acquire
or aspire to public station or leadership,
all will join in recognizing and extolling
the virtues of that noble creature, the
horse, one Of Gods best gifts to man.
It is easy to see that our friend and cor
respondent, Mr.. Webre, is an ardent adj
mirer Of the splendid animal, and the
fact is greatly to his credit; and in this
respect, if in few things else, he holds
sentiments in common with those of the
noted "man on horseback" who looms
up SO prominently on the political hori-
ION Just now as candidate for next
President. Gen. Grants love for horses
is as well known as his penchant for good
cigars, and while he might naturally
except to the strong terms of the above
comparison, he would find it in some de-
gree complimentary. 1t is considered as
commendatory of a man to say that he
possesses "horse sense" and this is q
quality almost universally attributed to
Gen. Grant, even among those who OPP
pose him politically and believe that, as
u General and statesman, he has been
greatly overrated.
The CHIEF dissents from friend Webre's
left-handed compliment to the biped,
but heartily endorses the abstract prin-
ciple Of his appreciation of the quadra-
ped.
PARISH CoURT.-The regular term of
Parish Court opened on the 2Dd inst,
and on that day and the day following
the District Attorney filed several infor-
nations, mostly against persons confined
in Jail. On Saturday last the following
cases were disposed of, the accused hav-
ing waived right Of trial by jury.
State Us. VIM. Mcintyre, charged with
assaulting Frank Eastman, on the River
side plantation, December 10. The Judge
deeming that the identity of the person
committing the assault had not been
proved beyond question, gave the benefit
Of the doubt to the prisoner and acquit-
ted him.
State Is. Albert Foster, assault and
battery upon his wife, Lizzie Foster, at
Port Barrow, January 26. The guilt Of
the prisoner was established and the SELL
tcncc of the Court was IS fine and costs
or FIVE days in Jail. Albert decided to
take the last named horn Of the dilemma
State rs. David Watkins. There were
three charges against the delectable ac-
cused: l. Assault and battery upon his
aged mother, whom he beat severely
knocking one of her teeth out; 2. Ma
licious mischief, for breaking open the
old lady's armoir, and 3. Petit larceny,
for stealing SIS IS from the armoir that
the mother was saving up for her little
daughter. The testimony was directly
against Watkins on all the charges and
the court pronounced him guilty. He
was remanded to Jail to await sentence.
State rs. Nelson Davis, assault and bat
terry upon his wife. No witnesses for the
prosecution appeared, hence the accused
was acquitted.
Seven criminal cases have been fixed
for trial on Friday next, the Goth inst.
Defaults have been entered up against
defendants in the suits Of F. Leon Dugas
ct ais Us. Gustave Dugas, and Edward N.
Pugh rs. Raphael Mousse.
Court adjourned from last Saturday
| until Thursday, the 18th inst; thence to
Friday, the 18Th; thence to Monday next,
| the 18th.
How ELI CLAY WAS klLLED.-In last
weeks issue Of the CHIEF we published