The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-03-20

We breathe at last; we have got
rid Of the greal canaler, tboagh only
for short time, as he leaves his wife
| and babies behind, a. pledge that
he will return to Us again. He has
left behind him q most favorablo i'm.
preston, and at present, it looks az
though it would not be safe to give
odds that the gallant Count will not
cut his ditch through the Isthmus.
and that with American capital. He
lost no time with the small fry, bat
went straight for the fellows viii,
plethorie sacks and lengthy bank &C.
counts. His bills for feed and drink
ables vas something enormous, for /
wish 70 record it as scientific fact,
that the old man doesn't go a cent on
ice water, he takes it straight every
time, and without sugar. After drink
ing forty-eleven toasts in the best of
Verzenay and Cliquot, and winding
up with RUN punch to keep the stom-
ach from getting disordered, a man
begins to feel as if be were taking an
observation Of the satellites of Nep-
tune through twenty-five cent tele-
scope; but to the honor of the noble
Count be it said, there was no fooling
about him, he stood up to the rack
every time, and took his fodder like q
gentleman. He's II Dobleman every
inch of him, and if he don't build the
canal, hope somebody else viii.
Already we hear the hoarse .nur-
murs Of the coming presidential con-
test, and expectant politicians are
marslialing for the fray. Wards are
being recognized, rolls are being
revised, and general wedding out is
taking place, 80 that, in entering the
fight, they will have 10 enemies id
the rear.
1t is worthy Of remark, that when
the Herald Irish Famine Fund had
passed quarter Of million, aud
millions more were pouring into tllat
unfortunate land from every quarter
of the globe, within gunshot Of the
Herald office woman starved. to
death, who vas once the pet daughter
Of Connecticut millionaire who, with
brutality as shocking as, thank God,
it is rare, refused to advance a dollar
to save her poor body from Potter's
Field.
On Tuesday, little English variety
performer, with his head rolled up in
q table-clotb, one eye in mourning, a
couple Of his front teeth gone, and
his general appearance looking as if
lie had been attending frst-class
wake, applied to the Police Court.
1t was all about wife; lie met her
in Liverpool seven long years ago,
and as she finished, will, double
shuttle of her Cornwall clogs, she won
bis heart, aud he proposed. He was
accepted, and for time eIysium
seemed not far off, but q horizontal
bar-man came between him and his
love, and the guilty pair fed to Amer
lea. After them came the ayeDger,
seeking the destroyer Of bis peace.
After long months Of search, he met
them last week, and rushing up to
them, he grasped them by the hand,
aud ended by borrowing Of his de-
stroyer half-dollar to pay for his
lodging. On their way they stepped
III to get drink, and then got into q
dispute, when the destroyer punched
the injured husbands head, who now
seeks redress from the law, but de-
stroyer and wife had fed to parts un-
known. IF #
The weather is beautiful, in fact,
almost too beautiful for early March
and barring the strikers, business
prospects we're never better.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM.