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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
NICHOLS FOE SUPREME JUDGE

NICHOLS F0R SUPREME JUDGE.
The proposition 70 make ex-Gov.
Nichols . Judge Of the Supreme
Court has met with much favor from
the country press, number Of the
best papers in the State haEipg warm
~ commended the euggestion Of the
Thil,odaux Sentinel and Donaldson
vile CHIEF that Governor Wiltz
wonld honor himself and pleaee the
psopIe by rendering TO his gallant
predecessor 4 position upon tho Sar
preme Bench.
We have noted and reprod laced tho
opinions 1t several Of these Journals
in former issues Of the CHIEF, and
now take pleasure 10 adding the sub
Joined extracts from two Of our most
valued exchanges. The Greensburg
Hnsette, published in the parish Of St.
Helena, says:
The Donaldsonyiile CHIEF advocates
the appointment By Gov. Wilt Of Ex.-
Gov. Francis +. Nichols to the Supreme
bench Of Louisiana. And so do We. In
our opinion there is no man IN Louisiana
better qualified, Q man more deserving
the important position. Louisiana owes
much to this true and tried patriot, and
the debt could not be liqnidated in q
more appropriate manner. &
And the Morebonse Clarion gives
the weight Of its influence on the same
side Of the subject in the following
earnest p1anner: z
We notice, with pleasure, that many
Of our exchanges are anxious to have
Gov. Nichols appointed to the Supreme
Bench.
No more deserving man treads the soil
of Louisiana. His native moilesty and
sunflinching, answering tenacity to that
which he conscisntiousfy believes 10 be
right, have kept Gov. Nichols in the
background Of this State. Selfish news
papers and neglected demagogues have
ONIONS vituperation upon the untarnished,
DkSOOACo0 unMO "a 0ule AtSAGy uclo, auu,
lisgasted with the cheek and cunning Of
party tricksters, the manned Nichols
has unpretentiously retired to private
life, modestly announcing himself as an
attorney ct law. Now, his successor can
simply immOrtalize himself in the esti-
mstion of the honest yeomanry Of Louis
lana by calling Gov. Nichols to one Of
the highest and most honorable positions
within his gift.
We sincerely hope that Mr.. Wilt will
respond to the desires of Mr.. Nichols
admirers and place him upon the Supreme
Bench of the State. Ali honor to the
man who stood at the helm of Louisiana
and gnided her over the whirlpools and
breakers that sssailed her during the DO
litical storm Of 1876!
Nichols then! Nichols now! Mich
oils forever! zsis Z 9f 3
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Succession Notice.

sf., Succession of State of Louisiana,
SARRH MARTIN. )Parish of Ascension.
WHEREAS, ALrnossE MARTIN, of the
~ parish Ct Ascension, has filed petition
dative testamentary executor of the success
sion of Casimir Martin;
Public notice is hereby given to all whom
1t may concern to show cause within ten
days why the prayer Of said petitioner
should not be granted.
Clerks Office, parish Of Ascension, this
l4th day of February, A. d. 1880.
[ SEAL a l., E. BENTLEY,
wv Clerk of Court.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Port Barrow Property
for Sale.

TIME undersigned offers for sale upon "a
Il v0rable terms, his valuable property,
at the corner of Fifth and Pine streets, in
the village of Port Barrow, consisting of
etc. and the lot upon which they are stu.
ated.
For terms. apply to or address me on the
premises or through nonaldsonville post
office.
ianl0-5t GEORGE FEIG.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The Sabine 1nder doesn't take kind
~ to our criticism upon it's action in
securing the contract for the parish
printing Of Sabine By paying a bonus
for the privilege Of doing the work,
and expresses its displeasure in a man
ner which shows that our shaft struck
home and made deeper wound than
we intended. We have no desire to
transgress legitimate bounds in COM
menting upon the course and manage
tn~nt Of our contemporaries, and dis
claim having done 50 in the instance
now referred to; bnt we feel deep
interest in every thing affecting the
standing and welfare of the press of
Louisiana, and the main purpose Of
our reference to the action of the In
der, was to illustrate the general prin-
ciple which we then advanced: that
"a newspaper does quite enough
gratuitous service in the ordinary
course, without going out Of its way
to solicit dead head patronage" All
who have had experience in tie con-
duct Of r,ewspapers-nnd especially Of
country journals--will admit the truth
Of this proposition, aud the admission
carries with it the disapproval of such
a step as that taken by the Inder to
head off a competitor in the contest
for the parochial printing. Having
long since learned the Improbable
ness Of such controversies, We refrain
from answering the retolt of our Sa-
bine contemporary in d spirit similar
to that which prompted it. If it will
soothe the troubled feelings Of the In.
der to commit verbal assault and bat
terry upon the CHIEF, we know Of no
earthly reason why we should not
good naturally submit to tile harm
less castigatioD.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

Mr.. Joseph G. Charlotte is being
urged 81 his friends as q candidate
for Mayor Of Baton Rouge. The Ad-
rocate expresses = hope that he will
be elected without opposition.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

That excellent newspaper, the Web
ster Tribute, has been purchased by
Mr.. S. NJ. McCranie and is now edited
by that gentleman and Mr.. c. E. Nc
Donald. The new managers will find
it is no trifing task to keep their
journal up to the standard Of excel
lence which, it alta ined under the con.
troll az Mr., Scanland, but We believe
they possess the requisite ability and
will not fail in the venture for want
of effort.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

"The. Old Life Preservern is what they
call Johnson's Asodyne Liaiment way up
in Maine whore it is made. This name
is we'll deserved, for it is the best lini-
ment in the world. It will certninly
prevent diphtheria, and will relieve Group
and asthma instantly Western Paper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

A bill has been introduced in the
General Assembly to charter the New
Orleans Lottery Company. The new
constitution permits snch corporations
to be chartered, requiring each to pay
q license Of $4,000 to the State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

Matt Woodlief, y gambler and ,les-
perad" from Texas, was sl.ot and
killed while making an attack upon
the Sheriff Of Calcasien parish, at
Lake Charles, ON the 18th inst. The
night previous, Capt. Jno. s. Haw-
kins. a friend Of the Sheriff, visited
the latter's residence Ia warn him OF
q threatened attempt tn relrase a
prisoner from the parish Jail. Mistak-
ing the visitor for an enemy, the
Sheriff shot him with a rifle, bnt for.
lunatcly the wound did not prove
very serious.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

Hon. Morrison R. Waite, Chief jus
tice Of the United States Supreme
Cont, was among the distinguished
visitors to New Orleans during
Mar7i 'Gras week. An elegant ban
qnet was given in lis honor at
Morean's restaurant, by number Of
leading merchants and citizens.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

A neatly, printed and ably edited
seven column weekly paper has been
established at Monroe, La, by Messrs.
VIM. II. Gayle aud VIM. j. Atkins,
the former proprietor the latter editor.
The new candidate for public favor is
called the Bulletin. We wish it sue
cess.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The New Orleans Daily States Of
the 18th reprodnoes a special WASH
ington dispatch to the Cincinnati
Comsercigl in which the opinion is
expressed that Congressman Acklen's
latest t1ar pas-an account If which
is published on the first page of this
number If the CHIEF-will result IN
his expulsion from the House.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Expose the Fraud.

Patent medicine vendors are now put
ting up condition powders in packages
as large as d nigger's foot for IS cents,
but they are utterly worthless. One
small package of Sheridan's Condition
Powders is worth q tiray load Of them. ].
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

A bill 10 before Congress, intro
dnced BY Hon, E. W. Robertson Of
this State, providing for the transfer
to- the New Orleans Pacific Of the
land grants made to the old Backbone
Railroad Company.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The rumor 10 out that General Grant
is using the silk copy Of the Hawkeye pre-
scented him, for handkerchief. Quincy
Modera Argo. This is . sad blow for
Pnrlette. Who nose II it il true,-Rjch-
lard Beaoon. It is not very pretty pm.
Morgan City Free Press. :
But it's sneezy one to build on so
SO TO work, You car-pnn-ters.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The General Assembly is making
haste slowly in the matter of passin g
the great number of laws which will
be required to carry the various
clauses Of the constitution of 1879 into
effect. A myriad If bills have been
introduced, but so far only eight or
ten have assumed the form Of law by
final passage Of both hnuses of the
Assembly and PRONUNCIATION in the
official journal. We shall publish the
titles of these acts in our next issue.
Already there is some talk If an ex-
tra session Of the Assembly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

We beg leave to remind the St.
Francisville Sentinel that the courtesy
"f the profession requires that credit
should be given for original or con-
tributed articles borrowed from con-
temporary journals. The Sentinel has
slig''tesi the CHIEF several times 10
this respect and We are growing soms-
what restive under the Imposition.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The Baton Rouge Advocats notes
the passage Of a bill by the lower
house Of Congress to refund to Messrs..
N. Granary, Nicholas Wax and Mo-
liere LANCE $500 each which they
were illegally compelled to pay to the
United States military authorities &C.
cupying Baton Rouge during the war.
The circumstances Of the payment are
thus related by the Adrocate:
Mr.. 3. F. Rhodes was arrested by tile
military, then in charge at this post, and
was released OH a bond of $500 with the
ABOVE named gentlemen as security, each
for the sum of $500. Before the time
arrived for his trial Mr.. Rhodes died, and
when that time did arrive, he being dead,
it was impossible for his snreties to Sc
cure his presence. Under these circum-
stances Messrs. Granary, Wax and LANCE
were dragged from their homes and
threatened with imprisonment if they
failed to either produce Rhodes or pay
the amount of the bond. Thus they were
compelled to pay over $500 each to escape
incarceration in military prison.
The official Shylock who SO yigor-
ously exacted compliance with the
terms of bond forfeited through a
dispensation Of Providence, was Hon.
Don A. Pardee, then acting as Provost
Marshal of Baton Rouge, and now
Judge Of the Second judicial District
Court Of this State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

NJ. E. Hill, ba,keeper on the steamer
Ashland, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with II razor while the boat
was lying at Shreveport,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

Shreveport celebrated MayM Graz
in brilliant style and the displays at
tracted 4 large number Of visitors from
the surrounding country. a., s.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

thu ISkne u fnn - IL.
s"o 'ss s".asAes ''el' VI Tue Houma
Courier, having cheek as hard as
IL. .nv;, 4 .o.h;na .has,.aa i. -, -
' e. - nos"'"s aoas'le" ny sne
cOmnlhe0 OnsIenght OF the MeridiOnal,
Livin0stOninr and CHIEF I'm. ratmt -
:. A. <,,,a..:.-
y" '''o 'ol'ow'0e puh-gent style:
The Donaldsonville CHIEF is q u. r..
no doubt., for any copper-colored sachen
who hasn't the Ingenuity to keep on the
right trail, and thus misplaces Air. Chan
frean Of the Courier and hides MIR. John
son Of the Chronicle certainly must be q
bad red Imam, it he he not worse; nay, he
is certainly ptezste, who makes pie of
,.'ou -, - .nls WY nlc; Dentley, you
tip.top iginn, you onght to be salre-aee
VINO heals the wounds your pen has made.
Original himself. anyhow Won arc strong an
TOR the Originals; But that lit Of yours
from yon agn;m wha % Won Lot 1et =" ano nb.,
clinker in your eye.
80 w. i,. py I,gu.s, pro' ADDISON, IN honor
you should have care and be q mere
speG.-tater, as You are. But, like your
toriety. YOU Thought that Won foo Womb
indulge IN little irony, and thus wrought
on our anrilywb3ch nro ms r; ii.9 pun
fall-yon. Although our blo,o was weak,
y, .." view - sPark one ger You, wnich didn't
faint that it went out itself. \ n
As $40 Ior the other chap, everybody knows
let metal Won something e Rro ana 4 !,
good advice: hits bad for little boys to
con'monnoT W" Inov a,',nEi h 10 a a,s
plentiful round our shop.
Rash 10. Cose, to risk your top
knot by such knotty talk You might
know you'd get snatched bald headed.
Yon think yourself we'll armed for tile
unequal contest perchance, but no
arrows ia your culver will cause ary
culver in us. Go-sl,oot them else
where, impudent quill driver, for if
yon Chey -enne more over this way
we'll make you down up Pawuees to
Sioux for mercy and eat Mo- hawk and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Wanted.

4 n experienced planter wants : situation
ton for 1880 Address G. at this sfI;cpe '"'a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Garden Seeds,
Flower Seeds,
Plants. efc

SEND to z. Baker. IA Camp street. Nev
~ Orleans, for sAImauac and Garden Man.
nal tor the South, with directions for c.,i-
ture and price list. janlO.lm
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

The New Qrleens Loaisianian learns
that ESQ lsborers embarked from Del
Ia, Madison parish, for Kansas, week
before last. Most Of them were from
Ouachita and Morehouse parishes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
For Sale.
COnstable's Sale.

State Of Louisiana, } CUBIC Jackson.
Sixth Justice Court, -.
Parish of Ascension RICHARD TAYLOR.
DY VIRTUE of an order of sale to me d.
ID rected by the Hon.. Justice of the Peace
in and for the Sixth ward of the parish of
Ascension, in the above entitled suit, have
seized and will offer for sale at public aue-
ton, at the Marchand school-house, in said
ward, on
Saturday. the 2sth Of February. 1880,
the following described property, to-wit:
ONE GREY MARE.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot
ANTHONY PACK,
Constable, Sixth Ward.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
List Of Letters
Remaining in the Donaldsonyille Post.
nMoo *pnh-- ~ 1oon

Office February 81, 1880. s..
Cole, Mrs Green Mcdonnell, Mrs
Coffee, Mrs Kitty Melancon, Arille
Curtis, II Curse, Mrs
Davis, r N Perry, Miss Ellen
DEUCE, Chas Suarez, f. M.
GowOlfes. Dominique Tailor, Louis
Gnidry, Mrs Elphege Turner, Steven
Gihson. q Thomas, s sz Il
Hills. Daniel Williams, Mrs Susan
Harrison. Edmond Williams, Simon
Jones, Joanna Williams. Anderson
jackson, G. w Woods. Colbert
If not called for in four weeks will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office. ~
w. G.sWILKINSON, p. M.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

!, Parish Court, Parish of Ascension.
s j. and A. Scharff and others
vs.. Nos. 1893. 764. 7e5. 7ee, 7s7, 7es, 7e9,
G. Feitel, ct II.
RY VIRTUE Of and acting in obedience
- to several orders Of sale issued by the
Hon above named courts, in the above en-.
titled and numbered suits, will offer for
sale ut public auction, to the highest bidder,
on 4*z f't5s5{= risf {E E3 -
Saturday. March Is, 1880,
att o'clock A. NJ, on the premises, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
The contents Of a store situated on Mis-
sissippi street, between Railroad Avenue
and Lessard street. in the town of Donald
sonville, consisting of dry goods, clothing,
hats, boots and shoes. groceries, crockery,
hardware, tinware, furniture, ETC., ETC., as
per inventory on file in my office.
Terms and conditions:
Cash in @. s. currency.
Parish Of Ascension, February %, 1880.
p. A. JONES, Sheriff
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

pleasure announcing public eeuer
ally that the business of 1870 closed with favorable results me-
liberal patronage that enter the
marke selected with greatest to aorne
customers the advantageous CASH BARGAINS possible
Give call and be convinced Of what saw.
In addition to Goods mentioned agent the of all
kinds of Lumber Bricks Plantation Carts and Wagons
Respectfully the publics obedient servant D. VEGA
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Dwelling House to Rent.

4 DESIRABLE DWELLING HOUSE
"A on Lessard street, in the town of Dom
aldsonville, may he rented ON favorable
terms by application to the undersigned.
jy.19tf r. N. SIMS,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

A fair held at Bayou Goula for the
benefit Of the st. Paul Catholic Church
Of that place netted $lO50.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

~ The CHIEF Is received BY 81 subscri
bers POsTAGE FREE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
g--9sNs ss3EEs.s sS.ss@s a -.
70 TOW y -
LOTS
FOR Said
N THE
Projected Town of DarrOWvillo,
Composite Donaldsonville.)
At prices ranging from SIS to 451.easb
AND
LA RGER LOTS.

Containing nearly u acres each,
for $Eoo per lot.
The ate of the town ID opposite Donald
sonville, left bank Mississippi river, the
River Ferry Landing being located near the
centre of the town front, and the proposed
New River Road forming the Westeru or
upper boundary line.
A plan Of the Towa. can BE- sen at the
Recorders Office s
For further particular, apply 10 DR. "A.
G. LOVE. at sGibsnnh Hotel. Dsrrowyille.
or to the undersigned ut Gem Plantation.
MARI BEN. GIBSON.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
LINDEN i. BENTLEY,
EDlToReA1ps PRoPRIEToR.

n Job priptieg II the higAest style Of
the art at New Orleans prices Leave youi
orders ~ the CHIEr Office go q
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21

a. Postmasters are authorized and re
nuested to act - agents for the CHIEF.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
Sllerif's Sale.

O1kCx LII . kCle1Cs
State Of LouisianaL Fourth Judicial District
IL. Court--Parish of Ascension. 81.
SAINT L. Boyd and others
VS.. Nos. zoos, 1000, 2O1O and 2O11,
G. Feitel, ct al.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-21
ACHIEVEMENTS.

w. G.WiLKINSON, r.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-24
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.
 The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections have finished the hearing of testimony in the Kellogg -Spoford case, and have given the counsel two weeks to file their briefs.
 A large meeting in favor of restoring suf- frage to the people of the District was held at Odd Fellows Hall tonight. Fully 5000 people were present, and many were turned away. Speeches were made by Colonel Bob Ingersoll, Hon. T. J. Durant and oth- CTS. Appropriate resolutions were adopted. Mayor Bennett presided.
 To-day the Ingalls, bribery was taken up and the testimony of J. W. Barker, Demo- cratic member of the Kansas Legislature, was heard to the effect that Mir. Ingalls, had re- quested him to see five Democratic members whom he mentioned, and find out if they would vote for him. An effort by counsel for the memorial to get the witness to admit cor rupt means used as an inducement was unsuc- cessfu1.
 The investigation of the star route service was continued by the special committee of the House Appropriation Committee. General Brady was further examined relative to the Santa Fe and Prescott route and was followed by Messrs. McDonough, contractor, and GIea- son, one of the sureties. The testimony of the last two was mainly relative to the equities and complications between the persons inter ested in the contract.
 The examination of James E. O'Hara, the colored contestant for seat in the House for the Second district of North Carolina, occu- pied the attention of the Senate Exodus Com mittee today. He states as the cause of the exodus the desire among the negroes to im- prove their condition, and that the exodus was entirely independent of any political rea- sons. The negro population in the State re- ceived the same advantages as the whites. He further stated that the colored people were told by outsiders that if they came North the Government would help them, and they could earn $1. 50 per day.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-24
THE NEW DOMINION.

Novel Engineering Feat-A Railway
 on Ice.
 MONTREAL, Jan. 23.-The railroad on the ice across the St. Lawrence river will proba- ply be completed on Monday next. The first train will contain Q number of directors of the Southeastern railway, the contractors of the road and members of the press. The river at this point is about two miles wide. The total length of rail on the ice will be about three miles and cost $6,OOO. The track is constructed as follows: Cross pieces of plank twelve feet long by three inches thick are laid flat on the ice, which of course is perfectly level, after having been duly tested at every few yards as to thickness. On these cross pieces stringers are laid. These stringers consist of @ succession of hemlock beams twelve inches square and fifteen feet long laid parallel over the entire route four feet eight inches apart. Ties four feet long and three inches thick are laid on the stringers and are intended to receive the rails. After the track is finished water will be pumped between the stringers, which as soon as frozen will have the same strength in effect that sand and grav- el similarly applied has on ordinary railways. The experts in charge of the work express themselves confidently as to the safety and perfection of this road. The engine used at first will be one of eighteen tons, the lightest, and if required twenty six ton locomotive, they state, can be used with perfect safety.