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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.
In Full Blast at the Old
Stand
BILLEISEN,S
Copper, Tin and Sheet-Iron
WORKS..

DONALDSONVILLE La.
Mandatory OF Strike Pans, Evaporatiny
Pans, CHARTERS, Juice Boxes. Syrup Tanks,
Chilnneys and Breechings, Force aud Lift
pumps. etc.
Steam Trains put up and fully guaranteed
Ais" keeps on hand a full supply OF Steam
Gauges, Iron Pipes and Fittings, for steam
and water use.
Mr.. Billeisen begs leave to refer to the
following named planters who have used or
are still using his Strike Pans:
Elmer BADER, Iberyille.
u II. CARROLL, g.
LEMANN & BAILEY, Ascension.
LEM ANN & LUM, q
LEMANN & son, +"
SEYMOUR & CO., !"
JOHN REUSS. |"
JAMES TELLER, !"
MRS. NJ. ISRAEL g. CO., st. James.
HON. TAYLOR REATTIE, Assumption.
A. j. SHARP.
E. J. VICkNAIR.
HON. D. +. kENNER, New Orleans.
Jobting and country orders promptly
attended TO at moderate charges.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-13
Relative Wealth and indebted
ness Of States.

International Review, Nov. 1880.
In 1912 the Western States were IN
debt $59,931 ,553; the Southern States
$73,34O, OH, and the Middle States $73,-
34s,O72. In 1862, the first reliable report
Of the valuation OF property, tue South-
ern States exceeded in wealth the
Middle States by 1896, 159, 1866, and the
Western States by $l,6o9, 1888. To-
day the debts of the two latter sections
are $45 ,672, SIS and $36, 565 800 rcspec-
lively; while the South, before repudia-
ton, owed $273, 2O5, 1s5, and to-day recog-
nizes $113,s57 ,243 debt. The valuation
Of property i'll the Middle States las in
creased since 1852 from 81 1913, 1868 to
$5,3l6, 699,137; Of the Western States
from $579, 666, 617 to $5,51s,68l ,3O7 !;
while the Southern States, partly owing
to the removal Of slaves from the person.
III property column of the auditors
hooks-which has in no wise impover-
ished the States-and partly due to a
general differentiation Of property, has
decreased from s4,s5l, 97u,6s5 in 1860 to
S2,226, l44,3ol III 1880. The poverty Of
HE South is more assumed than real.
The newspapers in that section are con-
stantly filled with interesting facts about
the manufacturing and agricultural in
tcrests Of Virginia, the undeveloped
gold-fields of North Carolina and Geor-
si;, the industrial outlook and phosphate
interests Of South Carolina, the cotton
factories Of Georgia, the tobacco and
sheep interests of Tennessee, the orange
orchards Of Florida, t.;e iron and coal
fields of Alabama, the oil and cotton
products Of Mississippi. the sugar-cane
industries Of Louisiana, or the wonderful
increase in the yield Of cotton and agr'-
cultural products Of Texas and Arkansas.
In tho auditors reports and governors
messages one sees the old refrain of pow
erty, high taxes, aud bad government.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-13

Mr.. Jos. Gondran, proprietor of the
Blue Store, situated on Mississippi street,
has just received a new stock of goods
which he is Offering at the very lowest
figures. Call and examine it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-13

''i"s'SeAo'o AAC. ~ CoHSuiic't inc Lenf;tS
building, the store occupied by Moses
Aaron, the colorcd Baptist church and
parsonage, the Grange store and resi-
dence of Thos. Cokely, colored. Damages
amount to abont $500 Gen. Brady,
Second Assistant Postmaster General, has
ordered a mail service to be performed
seven times week between Alexandria
and Shreveport. Two colored men,
Lloyd Green and Sam Anderson, while
returning home on Saturday, filled up
with tanglcfoot, got into a dispute. Lloyd
drew his revolver and shot Sam, intlict-
ing very dangerous wound in Ills left
side.
Iberville South: VIM. Fletcher, col
ored, aged II years, was accidentally
shot by a lad named Thomas Gibson, also
colored, aged 7 years, on the 10th inst.
from the effects of which death resulted
almost instantly. The pisto! used by
Gibson belonged To an uncle, and his
parents, who We're away from home, did
not know that the weapon was in their
house Wednesday morning a colored
boy about II years old, who has been
in prison since September 80 on a charge
Of horse stealing, was sent around the
Jail to get pail of water from a spiyot
running through the fence. While out
of sight of his keeper lie managed to scale
the fence. The alarm was soon given by
the jailer's wife, but not in time to re-
capture him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-11-13

Frank Leslic's Sunday Magazine
For December brilliantly closes Volume
" of this f;lyorite periodical. The open
ing article is entitled, g Sayonarola, the
Florentinc Retormer," by Alfred II.
Guernsey. There is a most interesting
one by NJ. L. Nallette, " The Buried
Cities Of the E;,st-ENcavations Around
Nincvah and Babylon" "Christian Enter
prise in New Zealand" by Rev. Daniel
Edwards; "Thc Nile" etc, are note
worthy articles. The admirable serials,
Hester Morsa,,'s Husband" and "Maid
Marjory," are concluded the department
Of fiction contains, besides these, some
excellent short stories by popular writers.
There are several descriptive articles re
ple:e with interest and information; the
poems are by Adelaide Stout, K. r. Hav-
crgal, Mrs. Hemans, etc. 1t is impossible
however, to convey All idea Of the vast
variety contained in the 12S luarto pages,
literary and artistic; the Illustrations
number some 100. AS the next number
commences Il new volume, now is the
time to subscribe. A single copy is only
% cents; the annual subscription, So
six months, 81 so; four months, 81; sent
postpaid Address, FRANK LEsLIE'S PUE-
LISTING HOUSE, So, So and 81 Park Place,
New York.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

THERE is weeping, wailins and gnash-
ing of teeth among the loyal Republi-
cans OF Luzerne county. the home OF
gallant Harry Hoyt, :" as his friends
were wont TO call him before he became
Governor, and all because On Friday
last he appointed Stanley Woodward
Additional Law Judge Of the Courts Of
that county, instead Of Henry 3. Payne.
a Republican member Of the Wilkes
Barre bar. The indignation OF Hoyt's
former supporters is said to ue intense
and unprecedented, and in q county
where but yesterday he might have stood
against the world, there are none now
so poor RS 10 do him reverence. We are
not interested in the unpleasautness
further than merely to notice it. Even
at this distance it i not at all to us q
unattaro of surprise. Woodward and Hoyt
have always had fellow feeling which
made them wondrous kind toeach other.
and IS tie saying is, they hunted ii
couples. \ year ago last fall, when
Hoyt was q candidate for Governor.
Woodward forgot that his father. the
late distinguished Judge George ".
Woodward, had carefully instined into
his youthful mind tie truths of Democ-
racy, and voted and worked for Hoyi
against 4 better man, Andrew II. Dill.
BY that one political sin he fell and for
fsited all his claims to be regarded as
Democrat. Nevertheless. like political
traitors elsewhere, he had the cheek to
ask tbe Democratic conYeAtion of Lu-
zeTne county last summer te nominate
him feS the Judgeship which Hoyt has
now given him, but was told that il
despised both The treason and the traitor
IIoyt, however. loved both. and has
simply paid Stanley Woodward FOR h;s
political treacheKy. aitlcdgh in doing 50
he has incurred lie bitter dehunciations
of his lifelong i.HHefne county friends.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

AETrE it was known that the Rerub-
Iicans il ~ earried the Legislature At the
oc,o5et,. RIi,HA Sra in Ohio, thereby de.
featinse eaas. rise a-y.2n Of Mr.. Thurman
TO th,Sas a p RaSz"s < . ',i ,.' -, Suggested by
4 l"rs I''Ul Democratic papers in
vaLig st-cuoGs Of the country that in
as much as Columbus. where Judge
Thurman resides. is in q Democratic
Congressional district, it would be emf
nentIy proper TO elect him 10 the lower
branch OF Congress next November.
The country woaEd doubtless be largely
the gamer by having Judge Thurman in
Congress, bat he won't get there for ,he
plain reason that the Republicans in the
. Ohio Legislature viii prevent il. Some
years ago the late Senator Morton. Of
/ Indiana. when his party had succeeded
i'm cIecting its candidate for Governor
aud 4 majority in each branch Of the
Legislature, iuaUgurated the swindling
practice OF redistricting the State for
Congressiona. purposes, and Of course
reversing the political complexion OF the
delegation. The practice Is essentially
wrong aud admits Of no defense Two
. years ago. however, the Democrats be
ing then in majority in the Ohio Leg
islatuTe, and also having the Governor,
passed bill redistrjctjng that State TO
suit themselves, after the Indiana fash
ion, and when the Legislature, now Re
publican, met last week one Of the very
first bills introduced was for ac,c deal
of the Congressional districts. Il will
+ Of course, pass and be signed By the Gov
eruOr, and il il don't gerTymandcr Thur
mans district in such a way as to make
It Republican We Will bc very much sur
prised. The Democrats viii have no
right 10 complain, having set the evil
example when they had the power in the
Spring of 1878. The Republicans Will
simply be returning them a Roland for
their Oliver.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

TuE situation OF affairs at Augusta,
the capital OF Maine. is still unsettled.
Westated last week tht. the Fusionis,s,
composed Of Creeubaekers and Demo
. cra.s. had organized the Senate and
House by electiug presiding officers in
each. the presence of Eugene Hale
(Rcu} in the House making Just quo
rum Of the members the other RepUbii-
cans refusing 10 take any part in the
proceedings. Afatttra remained thus un-
til Monday, when LamsOn. the Green
back President Of the Senate, was sworn
in as Governor u1til one should be cleo
ted in the meantime Gen. Chamber
lain, acting undsr orders from Gov.
Garceloh- issued before His official term
had expired, assumed command Of the
State militia to protect the public pro-
perty On &feaday evening last about
six O'Clock the Republican members Of
the two houses marched te the state
House, andin tae absence OF the Fus-
ionists, organized 2 Legislature OF their
own. On Tuesday they met aad after
submitting the question of the legality
OF the Two Legislatures to the Supreme
Court, adjourned until Saturday tc-
morrow, when it IS thought the opinion
of the Court viii h7 ready. 10 is sid
that the Fusi0nists 80 tn Senate would
elect Smith, the Guentack candidate
Last September, for Gogemor, either
yesterday or to-day. This. however, is
doubtful. Although no violence has
occurred and no blood has been shed,
the entire proceedings have been dis
graceful and unworthy Of sensible men.
Maine, ike other States, is full OF dema-
gogues Who viii top at nothing, how /
sYer desperate, in theifma1 career after |
he possession Of a litta bi5f author {
We must patientlyNE f9 Saa h0W
farce viii end
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16
4 Maine Girls Christmns.
HER PETITION TO SANTA CLAUs-ESTRUsT1
TO \ KNIT GLOVE.

TO \ KNIT GLOVE.
\ customer trying on knit gloves in the
furnishing store OF Keith Bros. q Co, in
Chicago, found in one Of the gloves a SCRAP
OF paper On the paper, ia the awkward,
heavy lined handwriting Of a child, was the
following
am o little girl, years old, and 1 live In
Bueksport, Maine. My name is Cora Norwood
| knit these gloves for eight cents a pair, and |
wish the gentleman that buys them woulJ send
me a wax dolI for Christmas present l have
not got any, and want one real bad.
On Dec. l., 1879, box, accompanied by
way-bill, was started from Chicago. The
bin was headed
W. Co 5 Express Money ami valuable parcels
way bill from Chicago, III, TO Bucksport, Han
cock county, Maine"
The blanks near the head of the bin were
filled out so that they read as follows
"Description-l box; consignor, Keith Bros &
Co, furnishing goods, chicago, III. address
yertising charges gin; X. z. charges. gift col
lect, nothing prepaid with love; remarks, be
happy"
On the way-bill was written. over the
signature of b. Schermerhorn, Chicago, Ill,
the following
The letter pasted on Is requesttfoundinya pair
OF gloves. and this box contains the desired wax
doll, being the gift OF the employees Of the firm
selling the gloves. Please let tnis way-bfll 20
through and be delivered with doll. Those who
handle the way-bil riay endorse On back their
hspoy New Year, &c"
On the back of the way-bill are the follow
ing endorsements
CHICkso, III, Dec. Il, 1879
Merry Christmas, Cora.
=. SCHERMERHoR<
\. Carlton sends his compliments.
Mich. So. Rte
Schneider wishes that all your requests in life
Dc granted rs readily this.
Dunkirk and Toledo Route.
!. G. Rae.-Hes blessing be with YOU
Ho, Ing you happy New Year.
To Miss Cora As you gently glide down HFe's
pT he ,Fa
ceitiul rocks that so thickly line It's banks and
you viii always have happy Christmas
Train l2, Dec. II 1879 A SHAW
U : TX Co, Money Dept, New York-w. II.
fleion wishes Cora a merry Christmas.
merry Christmas and happy New Year to
Cora Norwood
VIZ HUTCHISsoS 4 PARTSER.
Boston. Dec. q, 1879.
iuily concur with the above
A D KEITH, Bos. and Ban Rte
The endorsements show that the box aud
Way-bill reached Boston safely and on time
ard were started east and there is no tioubf
that Cora Norwood's Christmas present was
duly received.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

WE trust that ths call issued by VIM. .
H. Sechler, Esq. Chairman of the Dem !
oeratic County Copmittee, for meeting
of that body at he Court House on
Tuesday next. vii insure tire presence
of every member of the Committee who
can possibly att,nd. The main purpose
of the Chairman in calling the Commit
tee together, IS gre understand it, is to
take into consideration the question OF
changing thepresent delegate system bY
adopting the rules ard regulations IN
force in Cearield county, which we
published il the FREEMAN short time
after the hst election. They were also
published in the Carrolltown He'rS: so
that Derocrats in the northern and cen
TraI por ions of the county had ample
opportunity to read and digest them.
They are plain and easily understood,
and appear to give satisfaction to the
/ DenDcracy of Clearfield county. The
principal matter to be settled is to fix
upm ratio for the election of dele
. paies. and in doing So, whatever others
my think. we are decidedly in favor OF
,-5,,,ioo the aggregate number of dele
/ ,stes conposiug a county convention,
which is now 1O4- The two wards of
Fbensburs. at the Governors election in
1878 cave Dill III votes. and the six
wards of Jobnsto own rave him 355 votes.
IN ,u lee votes and these e;obt wards
send sirtseo delegates to a convention.
WIN apv fair-minded man pretend to
say that the eight wards named would
not be inst ne honestly represented by
s;,b, deleoatcs heiur one from each
- C-,-.,,.,, a., ..I,,,,,t .I,, 70,
"''i'
Is, that each hsIrlcI ShouIu De aho"eo
one delegate, no matter what vote Il
casts and on additional delcratc fol
-. - ~, ,,,l1.d I,,-,I,. T,a,,.
'F01! 80 va ~ ''>"
ocTatS IN II 81 the preceding eie'II"ii iol
Governor.
This would reduce the number Of del
tI,., .,,,,-..,,ti,,,, f., ,Ecrf IN y,
s"'S9 '''0
80, ana surely Ih'lJ HulhutI .ol u''iisS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

Last spring the five children Of NJ.
B. Corbin, Of Colorado, promised to
earn money enough to pay for an organ
if their father would buy one. The
bargain was made and, as a capital.
three dozen chickens and an acre of
arabic land were given to them. The
ground was planted with onions and
yielded the remarkable crop OF three
tons, for which S145 was received. The
net receipts from the chickens was SD.
making the total receipts 5000 The
organ cost E11o. leaving a balance Of
So still in the children treasury. The
children are from six to fifteen years of
age and worked throughout the season
with great energy and perseverance
and hence deserved their success. We
are glad 10 record the pleasant little
item, and trust it may inspire other
children in the country to like Industry
and thrift Parents may do well to fol-
low Mr. CoIbiL's example.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

The New \ oriz S,n quaintIy re-
marks that il was not in New Orleans.
Memphis, OF Little Rock. or Louisville
but III tranquil, steady-going Hartford.
The city insurance palaces and stump
tailed churches, that more or less ag-
g!ieyed husband on SATURDAY blazed
away with his little revolver at the fam
iiy doctor. The family doctor prompt
j pulled out another revolver and blaz-
ed away Ia niS turn at The more or less
dgErieved husband. Then the prosecu-
ting attorney talked things over with
the comJatauts. after their wounds had
been patched up and their anger had
cooled down, and decided that there
was DO necessity for troubling the courts
with the affair. The Southern news
papers viii enjoy reprinting this incl
dent Of life in hot-blooded, lawleSs New
England.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16
Gambria frermall.
ERENsRUac. PA,
FRIDAY, IAN. 10. loooc

DAvITT, Dsly, Killen and ff'iiii''n'
the four Irish agItaEors WHO wef' arrest
Oh a few weeks ago for seditiol and re-
leased on bail. received notices5Sh Mol
dsv last commanding them = appear
FOR trial before the Court cs'9eeeii ;
Rec..E Dublin, to-day, the l6h
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

sg WIS very rough on Allen G.. Thur
mzu for Dennis Kcaruey. who was in
Washington last week attending the
meeting OF the Labor Grecuback Ma
t.Tual Cuamittce, to say that he could
stand Thurman rs q candidate for
President. but it was in accordance
with tine eternal fitness Of things for him
sa nculrslize the force of his remark by
.rnphatfcally adding that he wasin favor
ali The time Of Hendrick Il. Wright.
KearEey is OF the opinion that although
HenlTieE p. may be regarded as a good
deal Of a demagogue east of the Rocky
Mountains, he is looked upon by the
bolle-and siuJw of the Pacific coast as a
statesman % tire very highest type.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

How He Cor HOME.-TEe Bowling
Green Ky iptcYigcacer says it is esti-
mated that between two and three hum
0Ued negroes have left Warren county
for Kansas during the past year. Per
haps as many as twenty have been able
10 pay their way back on steamboats, and
cars, and one reached here few DAYS
ago on foot. He was thirteen weeks on
the road from Atchison to Bowling
Green, ana he did not taste bread on the
entire trip. lie started ou the long
journey with nothing but the clothes he
Wore, al old army muskei that he car
ried from Kentucky with him, and some
ammunition in his pockets When he
got hungry he shot a bird or any sort Of
wild game that came IN his way, cooked
the meat and ate il without bread or
salt. At night he would sleep in barn,
hay stack or pile Of leaves. When he
arrived his clothes We're ragged and his
shoes had no sules. lie left here some
months ago with wife and seven chill
dren, who were left in Kansas because
they were not able to make such a Jour
neF, He is too glad TO get back to give
himself much concern about his family.
The old negro S name is Jerry Jones, and
he is about sixty years Old A number
Of other negroes in this county are pre-
pairing to leave for Kansas in the spring
but Uncle jerry says: Thank good
ness, Use not got to go dar no more. "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

y. +. GoRMAN, the new [. {. Sena-
tor from Maryland, served as one OF
The pages IN the Senate in 1852, TO which
ne was appointed through the friend
ship of the late Hon. Stephen \. Doug
lass. He has filed with credit several
responsible positions in his own state
and although he may not be able to
electrify the Senate by his eIoquence. his
friends predict for him an honorable
and useful career in his new posifjou
All bis antecedents certainly Justify
their faith in Mr.. Gorman's future.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

y SLIPPERT Ell SroBY.-The following
wonderful eel story. a. related by the New
York star, comes from Huntington in that
State
The foreman on the Delamater estate at F.top's
Nech Iouno one oi the drlins stopped, and on bo-
ginning clean IL out found that The ofsfr,c igy
was Caused by monster eel. Il dc6ed all efTorts
% remove u from the pipe, and sharp blow only
mao the encct OF driving Il further in. Then ~
chopped OF! about two ieet OF the tar. when tho
eel hegan back M cut. and repeating the blows
rs II came out, he cut it IA pieces TAXING tbe
mangled remains homo in a handcart he plaoef
the pieces together in line. and the extent vas
about - feet. He described the eyes a be i,'s,
''as big az a sleeps" Unfortunately The NAV
did not save the pieces. Il do not know vb,f I
vas thinking about" ssid he. but I f,oIisbI,
gave them to the hogs. The rratfng ~ ~.
drain was put in about nlteen years ago and il Il
snpposed that the eel had been imprisoned since
that time, unable to reach salt water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16
SHOOTING \ Man FOR REvENGE.-A New
llaEen. LmnM-- nI-naIcL Of Tie lLth sn.-s

Robert JerolmGn, q mechanic, entered the
l-ou5c OF Melvin ID, Curtis. groc-r II Is mornin.
and shot him, the ball penetrating two inches on
the left side OF the navel. Curtis family was ah-
cent at church, and one but the two. men were
present. JerolmHn gave himself up at once He
appears deTanged, snd IL is claimed that Curtis
won from him the affections OF his wife and in
dsced her TO abandon him The prisoner is sajd
TO have previously offered 70 forEive his wife n
she Hcuic discourage Curtis, but she refused to
90 SO Her retusal Preyea upon his mind and he
paTently wholly irrevelant in cra1ed manner 10
the mystlheation Of his friends, who could not
lilaS ne their meaning Both are married men
Jeroiinan having one child. Curtis wound h.
lrohabiy fatal. He claims that JcTJIraa came
10 him tor purpus Of biacEmailinE and rad
been TO him on similar errsnds before
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

GUILTY or WRoNG.-SOme people have a
fashion of confusing excellent remedies
WIN the large mass of ''patent medicines. -
and in this they are guilty of a wrong There
are some advertised remedies fully worth
all that IS asked for them, and one at least
we Know of-Iiop Bitters. The writer has
had occasion 10 use the Bittcrs in lust such
q climate as We have most of the wear in
BAY CITY, ana has always found them to be
hrst-class aud reliable, doing all that is
claimed for tllem.- Tyi5 ne.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

-3 of the New YoTf World
headquarters of tAa Irish
,ciety in that city one day
, learn what was ihe total
money remitted e Ireland
uring the past year. The
q Society showed him hat
ear F}70it had sent 60 Ire
~ of > and ups7ards. near
Thc cashier also stated to
very sure that -his sum did
ia zenith, and probably not
oue-twcntietb, Of all the
vas sent during the year
ited States to that country
leCicdns.