The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-09

the Second District met at Darrowville
on Wednesday last and assessed dis
trict 1evee tax of three mills for the cur.
rent year. Minutes Of the Boards pro.
csedings are published in another col
umn.
DEMOCRATIC MEET1NGs.-Two grand
Democratic-C Conservative mass-meetings
and barbecues are to be held in Ascen-
sion during the campaign, one at Don.
aldsonville on Monday, October Is, and
the other at Dutch Stores on Saturday
October 80. Distinguished speakers will
be in attendance to address the people.
Mr.. Pierre Klopmanz returned from
New York last Saturday looking some
what the worse for wear, having encoun-
tered inclement weather in Northern
ATTITUDES and suffered from an attack OF
bronchial disorder. We trust he will
speedily recuperate under the influence
of our milder and more equable tempera-
ture.
Our base ball friends will please par
don the CHIEF for giving the national
game the ego by" for the past three
weeks. We shall endeayor to find room
in next issue for the scores of recent
games. We have heard Of no matches
for tomorrow. There will doubtless be
lull in base ball circles during the roll
ing season.
Gen. J. L. Brent has returned from the
Bedford Springs, Va, accompanied by
his family, and we have no doubt they
al. feel Refrigerated by their sojourn at
that pleasant Summer resort. The Gen.
eral returns in time to get into har-
ness" for the rolling season, which will
open at Ashland and Bowden about the
18th instant.
The grinding season is at hand. The
sugar mills on ths St. Emma and Peyta-
win plantations were put in operation
this week, and others will follow in
rapid succession. We sincerely trust our
planters will have favorable weather for
gathering their crop, and that heavy
yield and a good market will give them
all rousing boost along the road of
prosperity.
On the 10th of September the gallant
little steamer Whisper carried to New
Orleans the largest cargo of rice ever
taken to that port-6627 sacks. Captain
J. A. Comstock is popular skipper and
his lightning "Sphake Aisy" is captur-
ing all the honors Of the rice carrying
trade, having taken to the city the two
heaviest loads of rice ever landed there.
We were somewhat premature in an
nouncing the return of Judge R. N. Sims
and family. The Judge himself came
home to attend to some legal business,
leaving his family at Sewanee, Tennes-
see, delightful resort in the mountains.
He left New Orleans for Sewanee on
Thursday, and expects to reach home
with his wife and children Oh Monday or
Tuesday next.
Donaldsonville viii lie in tie best trim
for the business boom of the sugar sea-
son. Our merchants are receiving heavy
stocks of goods, those establishments
represented in our advertising columns
taking the lead in the quantity, quality
and low prices of their merchandise.
People from the surrounding country
will find Donaldsonville a better trade
centre this season than ever before.
A birthday anniversary Of Judge J. H.
Ilsley's charming daughter, Miss Memee
Ilsley, was appropriately celebrated on
Wednesday by gathering Of friends
and relatives under the Judges hospita-
BILE roof. The CHIEF presumes to add
its Fluctuations and to join Miss Ilsley's
friends in expressing the hope that the
future will bring her the choicest bless
ings that fall to the lot Of mankind.
Registration proceeds slowly, and the
prospect is that the aggregate of new
voters added to the rolls will be very
small. Crowds of citizens visit the Su-
pervisor's Office, but most of them desire
simply to have changes of residence