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

luxurious that they mast have mod
ern conveniences. No more brown
soap, with a towel made out of salt
sack, while a pitcher of water was
made to do service for the whole of
fee, to save the trouble of going up
and down stairs. Now they must
have hot and cold water on every
floor; marble and black walnut trim
mings telephones, tickers, pneumatic
tubes and telegraphs. 1t is no use to
try and rent buildings without. II
you want servant now, when they
interview you at the Intelligence Of
fee to know about your house before
they will engage yon, after being sat
isfed about stationary wasbtubs, gas
in rooms, hot and cold water in her
personal apartment, a comfortable
lounge, the privilege Of visit from
her cousin at least six nights week,
with Thursday and Sunday after noon
out; and, finally, she wants to know
if you have an elevator to the third
story, and a talleforne" in her room,
that she can call you if she happens
to be sick in the night, l am glad to
see the work going OH, for it affords
business to thousands who would be
otherwise unemployed.
1t is the abundance of capital that
gave Wall street its wonderful int1a-
ton during the past few months.
Money was low, the government four
per cents looked exceedingly small to
men who frequently doubled their
capital in week, SO they went to
gambling in Wall.nreet and the re-
suit that l predicted several weeks
ago, struck US like cyclone on Nom
day. Every thing in the shape of
stocks took tumble. Erie, that in
February reached so dropped to "a ;
Western Union, one of the staunch-
est of the dividend paying stocks,
fell off six points. Even the Wander
bilt stocks, most Of which were like
the Rock Of Gibraita, gave way before
the assault, and New York Central
was forced back to 1876; all the coal
stocks toppled like a pile Of bricks,
and the sun went down on Tues
days slaughter with the bears "
masters of the j.. field. Wednesday
broke with lowering sky, with hard
ly bull "iu sight, but they rallied
towards night, andafter few sharp
encounters finally brought the
"bears" to IL stand. Then the market
improved, but on Thursday another
raid vas made, and the shaking up
has produced feeling of Insecurity
which makes country buyers very
cautious.
We are just beginning to pay for
our rapid transit. A half-dozen lives
have been lost on our different city
lines during the week. In one in
stance an impatient passenger at
tempted to cross the track OF the
Sixth Avenue elevated road in front
of an advancing train, by which he
was struck aud literally cut to pieces.
The body remained under the loco
motive nearly two hours, and several
powerful jack k-screws had to be pro-
cured to lift it from the track before
it could be recovered. Another case
was that of Capt. Heinrichs, an emf
| nent engineer, who was killed by a
locomotive on one of the railroads
which he had helped today out. His
death YVES undoubtedly caused by
gross carelessness on his part, for he
was an experienced railroad man, and
was fully aware of the danger lie in
Cured when he placed himself in the
pos ition in which he met his death.
In my last letter l spoke of the i'm
mense immigration. On two days Of
the week past the aggregate was 5000,
nearly 5000 of them arriving on We'd
Desday alone, and now it looks as
though the steamship companies were
coming to grief, for the captains of
seventeen steamers are under indict-
ment, and subject to arrest whenever
they enter port for carrying too many
passengers. You often hear of people
being slowed i'll like sheep. On some
Of these German ships they were
slowed in like hogs. It ia we'll known
that when our German cousins pre-
pare to leave faderlaDd," knowing
that they are coming to wild and
barbarous country, they generally try
to lay in such supplies as are sup
posed to be unobtaiaable here. and
only belong to a higher German civ
ilization. For an adult, scbweitzer-
kase II pounds; limburger two stock
Jugs full saur kraut inc parrel 6
hams; 25 pounds of bologna; ] box
of red herrings, 10 gallons of schnapps.
| All this goes as Dersonal baggage.