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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
Election Proclamation.
MAYORS OFFICE

MAYORS OrFICB.
DoNALDsoSvlLLE: La, May H. 81.
pY virtue of the authority vested in me
~ by law, and in pursuance of rcs,lu-
tion of the Common Council adopted this
day, !, Henry o. Mal,er, Mayor of Donald
sonvillc. do hereby issue this my proclama
ton directing special election to be held
on
Saturday, the .sth Day of May, 1881,
from o'clock A. NJ. until o'clock 2. NJ, at
the lower end of the Market House, in the
Second ward OF said town. for the purpose
OF receiving the votes of the qualified elect
ors Of said ward for one Alderman, or mem
Der of the Common Council, to serve for
the ensuing year.
Given under my signature and seal Of
office, ut the town Of Donaldsonville, the
day and date aforesaid
H. O. MAHER, Mayor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

We had the pleasure, Wednesday eve
ming and this morning, Of meeting our
old friend, Judge N. S. Landry, Of St.
James, who stopped at Donaldsonville
en- route to and from st. Gabriel, i'll her
willie parish. 1t seems to us that Fl lend
Sylvere has not turned Il hair in the past
ten years, but is as young, as jovial and
as rotund as when we first made his ac-
quaintance in 1871. 1t is to he regretted
that lie visits our town so infrequently.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

In JAlL.-Deputy Sheriff w. J. Means
who so efficiently fills the position OF
Jailor in this parish, has favored us with
a list Of the prisoners now incarccratcd
in the institution under his charge. The
list comprises eight names, as follows:
l.. Joe Alfred, the youth who palmcd
himself off upon the officials Of st. John
parish rs Torrance Babin, murderer Of 2.
+. Alleman and Frank Causn.
2. Jimmy Green, charged with man
slaughter.
8. Zeb Lewis, serving one month for
assault.
4. David Watkins, awaiting trial for
assault and battery and petty larceny.
5. James Ringgold, awaiting trial for
setting fire to jail This is the man who
murdered Eli Clay and was acquitted
on the ground Of insanity.
6. Sam Rosenfeld, charged with the
larceny Of a skitf.
I. Edgar Dufresne, charged with com
uniting rape on a colored girl aged ten
years.
s. Wiley Scott, charged with the lar
ceny Of pair Of buggy wheels.
All are colored excepting Dufresne.
Since the list was handed us Scott has
been released on bond, and another
alleged malefactor has taken his place
I colored man, from the second ward,
charged with assault and battery, for
shipping his wife.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

The family Of Mr.. J. G.. Cofield recent
ly received news Of the sudden death, in
Mississippi, Of Mrs. James b. Gladney,
eldest sister of Mrs. Cotield. We tender
our sympathy to the relatives Of the de-
ceased lady. Mrs. Gladney died Of con-
gestiOn OF the brain.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
No Good Preaching.

No man can do good job Of work, preach
good sermon, try a law snit we'll, doctor
patient or write a good article when he feels
miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and
unsteady nerves and none should make
the attempt in such a condition when it can
be so easily and eheaply removed by q little
Hop Bittels. See other column.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

The splendid weather is having a
highly beneficial effect upon cane and
the stubble is showing up in :: manner
that IS rapidly dispelling the gloomy
apprehensions entertained by our plant
ers q few weeks ago with reference to
this portion Of their crops
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
nONALDSONVILLE ICE-HOUSE.
ICE! ice! ICE!
Wholesale and Retail,

From the LIST Of April throughout the sea
son l will keep at my ice-house on Missis-
sppi street, opposite river ferry landing, a
large supply of ice from the Northern
Lakes, which will be sold at lowest New
Orleans prices. by the single pound, sack or
hogshead. Shipments made to all points on
Mississippi river, Bayou Lafourche and n.
Q. Pacific railroad on shortest notice. The
patronage of consumers and dealers is re-
spectfully solicited. HENRY COOK.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

At all election for Wardens of St.
Michaeps church, parish of st. James,
held OIL Monday, the I'd inst, Messrs.
Edmond Blouin, Il. Ayme, Jules Jacob,
Arsene Gourdain, Joseph +. Oubre and
n. S. Landry were the successful candi-
dates. Mr.. Blouin was chosen President
of the Board.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
Sherif's Sale.
State of Louisiana-T wenty-Sccond Judicial
District Court-Parisll of Ascension
Leon GOtlchaux

ctAte oI LVuls!aH;l-l WcAi y-occOnu Jualcaal
District Conrt-Parish of Ascension
Leon Godchaux
VS.. No. 127,
Mrs. Alice C. Gondran, wife separate in
Property of Emile Louis Weber.
DY VIRTUE of and in obedience to
- writ Of seizure and sale issued by the
Honorable Twenty-second Judicial District
Court, parish of Ascension, in the matter of
Leon Godchaux rs. No. 1877, Mrs. Alice C.
Gondran, wife separate in property of Emile
Louis Weber, dated May 10, 1881, and to me
directed, l have seized and will offer for
sale at public auction to the last and highest
bidder, at the Court House door Of the par
ish Of Ascension in the town of Donaldson
vile or
Saturday, the 18th day of June, 1881,
at IL o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain lot of ground situated in the
town of Donaldsonville, parish Of Ascension,
designated on the plan of said town by the
number one hundred and sixty-five f16Jl,
fronting Cabahanosse street, now Railroad
Avenue, and forming the corner of said
street with Attakaeas street, having sixty
[6Oj feet front by one hundred and twenty
[l20] feet deep, French measure, bounded
OH one side by said Attakapas street, on the
other side by lot number one hundred and
sixty-four 1854 and in the rear by the canal
formerly dividing the town of Donaldson
vile from Unionville, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon and in
anywise appertaining thereunto.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms and Conditioned Cash in United
States currency.
Parish of Ascension, May II, 1881.
p JONES Sheriff
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
Sherim's Sale.

State of Observation-Disclosures Judi
cial District Court-Parish of Ascension
Leon Godchaux
VS.. No. o.
A. j. Landry.
p1 VIRTUE of and in obedience to a
L writ of fl. .fa, issued by the Honorable
Twenty -second Judicial District Court, Par
ish of Ascension, in the matter of Leon
Godchaux rs. No. 81 A. J. Landry, and to
me directed, have seized, ard will offer
for sale at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, in The town Of Donaldson
vile, on
Saturday, the 18th Day of June, 1881,
at J. o'clock a. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain tract Of land situated in the
Parish OF Ascension, on the left bank Of the
Mississippi river, about four miles above
the town Of Donaldsonville. bounded above
by lands formerly If Madame T. Beuche :
rcau, and below by lands of [now success
sion] Eloi Dicharrz, containing about ninety
four 3e-10O arpents in superficial extent,
and designated as lot No. one II on a plat Of
survey made by Samuel P. Hepburn, and
annexed and made part of an act of parti-
ton passed before r N. Sims, Notary
Public, on the 3lst of January 1874, to
gcther with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon and thcreunto attached.
Terms md Conditions-Casl in United
States currency.
Parish Of Ascension, May IA, 1881.
?. A. JONES. Sheriff
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

Does the gentle reader think he-or
she, as the case may bc-can find that
obscure little advertisement of NJ. Israel
& Co.'s without Il local notice? We
think the "ad." turks in some obscure
corner of our second page
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
On Dit.

VIA III"
That Ably has gone to st. Gabriel to
give the girls treat.
That the two Mays are informed Snow
ball does not understand French.
That impecunious young men avoid
Railroad Avenue in their moonlight
strolls since the confectionery boom
started.
That one poor chap who was escorting
four girls took two in to get refreshments
and told the others the cream was made
of condensed milk and starch, bnt
That they said they reckoned they'd
take some anyhow, and
That the unfortunate youth afterwards
expressed his opinion that lie was the
victim of a dan-scll.
That the boys say they Kahn't he hap
by after Coralie-ves us.
That some Of the beavers displayed in
the procession last Sunday were picked
before they We're full grown.
That Phoenix Hall audiences are kept
lodging about like politicians in order
to view the performances, and
That graded chairs would supply a
want long felt.
That the ringing of false fire alarms is
a species Of amusement that does little
credit to the participants.
That there has been great depression
in the corner vagrant market since the
publication Of last weeks On Dit.
That the pleasure Of being mad has
begun to Paul on some folks, and
That the parties implicated in the run
away match have all made friends.
That a certain young lady wouldn't
so to the depot to meet him because she
was afraid of On Dit, and
That the young man from Cincinnati
no doubt appreciated the force of her
explanation.
That the city fremen enjoyed their
holiday in the country immensely and
that the town was scarcely big enough
to hold them.
That On Dit has got hold of some of
their mishaps, as witness
That Pudding and little Frank lost
their shoes and skated around all morn
ing on their g-y socks.
That Murphy got discouraged and fell
sound asleep On the ballroom gallery,
and
That lie cried Oh Shaw, when lie awoke
and found q miscellaneous assortment AZ
chairs and benches piled on his corpus.
That Washington and another man
got their identity mixed up and each
put on the others shirt thinking it his
own.
That Slim Jim made mash at the
ball, and
That the friends of the young lady
victim thought she had sudden attack
of cholera morbus.
That the timely application Of sooth-
ing lotions and a removal Of the masher
from the room soon restored her cqulib-
rum.
That Ginger lost his bottle of cocktail
and missed the train while looking for it,
A stranger from New Orleans visited
Donaldsonyille few days ago, and was
heard several times to exclaim: ooh,
Lord how hot it is! Where is iti: And
the people answered, "Look for it," AS
he came out of the post-office, still COM
planning Of the heat, lie looked up and
saw saltwater sign, and exclaimed,
. Well, | have found it at lastw He
entered DR.. Dclgar,lo's saloon, and pres
emily came out again, looking much re-
Freshed, and saying, ." l have been in
D"naldsonville good many times, but
never have | been able before to get |
such cold soda and such well frozen ice
cream. Why, thought was in q New
Orleans ice mandatory, it was SO cool
md pleasant"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

Going to the ball this EVENING" No,
not this evening. Tuesday EVENING"
Well should pause to hesitate, should
smile, should softly cxclaim, should
smoker, etc, etc, ETC.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

Crush ofmatter and wreck of space COM
pcls rs to defer mention of the reorgau-
ization Of the Cotield Guards until next
week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

The II. L. Seymour Dramatic Company
closed very successful series Of en-
tertainments here Sunday evening before
last, and departed for plaquemine on
Monday. The plays put on the stage
the last two nights Of their appearance
were "Thc Bankers Daughter" and
" Under the Gaslight,' and both We're
produced in a manner quite as satisfac-
tory to HE public as were the represent
atoms of the preceding five nights. The
company made good impression here,
and drew paying houses at all their per-
formances. Mr.. Seymour is a handsome,
genial gentleman, and good actor,
and made many pleasant acquaintance
during his brief sojourn here. Several
members Of the company, whose con
tracts had expired and who had engage
ments elsewhere, left the troupe at this
place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
The Oldest Establishment of the kind j
New Orleans.
j. @. MORRIS.

a., ~ and A Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans
Wholesale dealer in corlage, wooden and willow
ware, axle grease, baskets, brushes, br.os bottles
ard TASKS. clay furnaces corks, coffee mills children
lamps, wicks and chnlneys. matches pipes, padlocks
sad irons, saucepans, sleeves, SOAP stationery tubs
tacks, tinwase. toy goods, etc. etc.
Il. u. M1ACAlE, Travelling Salesman
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

Take,it Easy and Live-Long are brothers,
and are elated to Ayers Sarsaparilla. which
has heightened many life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

JOSEPH DELGARDO
Has opened neat
Refreshment, Soda Water and Ice Cream
Saloon,
Aeiiroad Avenue, next door to Post Office
DOnaldsOnviIlc, Ia..
Where ice-cold soda, mineral waters, ice
cream, cakes, candies, fruits and other re-
freshments are served up in the best style.
nicely furnished room where ladies' and
their escorts can partakc of refreshments at
leisure. Also, fine cigars, cigarettes, chew
ing and smoking tobacco, the cheapest and
best. Solicits a call from the public and his
friends, and asks the gentlemen not to for
get. above all. to give his cigars a trial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

The new Town Council met to-day
and organized, all the members present.
1t was decided to order a special cleo
tion to be held for an Alderman in
the second ward, the tie between Messrs.
John Ramirez and Edmond Davis at the
election of last Saturday having left 4
vacancy in the Council from that ward.
The Mayor has fixed Saturday after next,
the 2sth inst, as the day for holding the
election, and publishes a proclamation to
that effect III to-day's CHIEF. All the
newly elected town officers, we believe,
qualified and entered upon the discharge
Of their duties. Mr.. VIM. Beckett,
young colored man of good habits and
character, was una nimously elected AS
sistant Constable, and there is every
reason to believe lie will make an excel
lent and efficient aid to our "Chief Of Po-
lice" The minutes of to-day's session of
the Council will be published next week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

CIRCUIT COURT.-Last Monday being
the day fixed by law for opening Of the
regular semi-annual session of the Cir
cult Court for this parish, Hons. Z. w.
Blake and A. C.. Dumartrait, Circuit
Judges, came to Donaldsonyillc on the
train from New Orleans and had Court
ut once opened. Finding, however, that
the docket was clear and that no bus
mess awaited their consideration, an
adjournment to term in course was
ordered. Judges Blake and Dumartrait
who, by the way, are both looking
we'll and apparently i'll the best health
returned to New Orleans OH the steamer
+. A. Blanks Monday evening.
The following incident was related to
lis by a young man from the country,
who stopped in at De}gardo's new ice
cream saloon the other day to take some
REFRESHMENTS: "a lady behind tho
counter waited on me, and l said !:
Madame, who keeps this placer She
replied, DIR. Delgarlo; lie is coming
now A handsome gentleman entered
the saloon, to whom l said: Doctor,
You have q nice, clean place here; your
cream is delicious, and your soda very
cold. In fact, your saloon and refresh
nnents are equal to any have seen in
New Orleans The Doctor thanked me,
saying he was doing his best to please
the public in his line of business. He
invited me to take a cigar, and must
say it was one of the finest l have ever
smoked. l was astonished at the cheap
ness and fine quality of his refreshments,
and shall always patronize him when |
am in town."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
Donaldsonville. La.

Donaldsonville, La.
Takes pleasure in informing the public
that on or before the lst of April he will re-
move from bis old stand on Mississippi street
to new shop on Railroad Avenue formerly
property of Mr.. Jos. Hiss), where he will he
better prepared than ever to receive old
and new customers and to execute with
neatness clleapness and dispatch all orders
for work in his line. Thanking the public
'G ha xan ,oe
ance of their favor
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Charcoal for sale at DR.. J. Delgardo's,
opposite the post-office.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-07-21
CObblers Who Went Beyond Their Last.

No one but shoemaker could have
thought Coleridge serious in his strange
saying that the shoemakers bench had
produced more eminent men than any
other handicraft. The Shoe and LeatI-
cr Reporter has, however, compiled q
" bill of particulars in the shape of n
list of famous cobblers, which seems to
act as an effectual estopel on all Jealous
craftsmen. Hans Christian Andersen.
who needs no introduction, may head
the list, and Hans Sachs, of Nuremberg,
who, though he made shoes all his life,
yet also made G,000 poems, plays, farces
and rhyming fables, may bo put next.
Sir Oloudcsley Shovel was shoemaker
until he enlisted i'll the navy, and so was
Sir Christopher Minns, another English
Admiral. John Hewson, one of Crom-
wells Colonels, and a signer of Charles
l. 8 death-warrant Samuel Bradburn,
the Demosthcnes of Methodism," as
well rs Bishop; James Lackinton.
whose catalogue of publications reached
the total-enormous for that time-of
$4,000 volumes, i'll 1787-all these were
cobblers at first, if not Mt the last. Con-
tinuing the English list, William Gift
ford, whose memory is preserved by q
complimentary allusion in Byron's I'm
glish Bards and Scotch Reviewers" aud
whose body is buried in Westminster
Abbey; George Fox, the arch Quaker
William Carey, q missionary famous n
century ago. and who read the proofs of
the Bible i'll twenty-sevcn Oriental Ian
glages; Samuel Drew, "the Locke of
the nineteenth century," whose expert
ence as an author led him to formulate
the sad truth that "the man who makes
shoes is sure of his wages, but the man
who makes books is never sure of any,
thing" Thomas Holcroft, whose name
is not nearly SO well known as that of q
single one of his plays, "The Road to
RUM the Bloomfield brothers, whom
byron thus apostrophized
Ye tunefu cobbers, still your notes prolong,
Compose at once slipper and song;
John Pounds, whom school children
cried at being turned away from-all
these and lesser lights too numerous to
mention were English shoemakers.
Coming to our own country, Roger
Sherman, ono of the "signers," leads
the list i'll time, but Vice President Hen
ry Wilson i'll rank. Beside these were
Congressman Shetfey and Noah Worces-
ter, not the lcxicographer, but the
founder of the Massachusetts, Peace So,
cicty. And eX-Govs. H. p. Baldwin, OF
Michigan, and William Clatiin, of Mas.
sachusetts, II they never made shoes, at
least dealt in them largely enough to be
named here. Altogether, the list is suffi-
GENTLY imposing and convincing to iusti-
fy a verdict in favor of Coleridge's say
ing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-07-21
A Welsh Opinion Of Royalty.

It is, we think, to be regretted that the
Prince of Wales has declined to allow
his name to be used in connection with
the National Eisteddfod of Wales. The
loyalty of the Welsh people is beyond
question, but when they ask little favor
it ought, If possible, to be granted AS
there must have been reasons why his
Royal Highness declined to have any
thing to do with tho Eisteddfod it seems
pity they were not stated. We make
these remarks because the refusal of the
Prince to patronize the Eistoddfod has
not only created a sore feeling in the
Principality, but it has also exposed him
to vulgar abuse, and has given the en-
emies OF the Monarchy the opportunity
Of attacking not merely the Prince him
family.
Thus, contributor to Welsh news
paper elegantly declares that the Incl
dent has shortened Royality's life in
this country fifty years"
Already" he continues "the Welsh
press have been heard to grumble, not
only loudly but angrily, at this ungra-
cious conduct of him who some day
hopes to he called His Most Gracious
Majesty. In the columns of m English
daily last week appeared an article which,
though not (because of the old absurd
veneration for Royalty so long prevail
ing) so outspoken as it might have been,
may yet be considered the first mutter-
ings of storm which will one day burst
as surely as it is now brewing. Men,
who, if you had spoken to them sneer-
ingly or slightipgly of the principle of
Royalty few months back. would have
turned away from you in disgust, are
now beginning to see through the mists
of prejudice, and to question the use Of
the thing. When not only the utter
uselessness, but the positive evil, of that
which they have to pay so dearly for
shall become apparent, then will it and
other fooleries and sins be sent packing
AS beginning in the right direction,
allow me to suggest the dropping from
all toasts lists of the insane custom of
drinking the healths of the Queen, the
Prince of Wales and the rest of the
Royal family. Welshmen have (although
not for the first time) received proof
positive that none of them are of any
use to Wales. Even the musical and
literary members of that family-the
tiddling Duke of Edinburgh and the
studious little Leopold, whom the ir
reverent believe to be in training for tho
Arbishopric of Canterbury-have though
themselves above patronizing Welshmer
of like pursuits with themselves. Lon
don Figaro.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-07-21
The Daughter OF Ethan Allen.

In his "reminiscences of Montreal, in
the star, of that city, Mr. j. H. Dorwin
writes: 81 have one more little event to
mention, one that is scarcely worth re-
cording, only that it Interested me very
much Mt the time it happened, and re-
calls the name of man somewhat re-
nowned i'll the Revolutionary War, and
connected with an important event in
Montrenl's history. On the 10th of
December, 1919, there died Mt the Hotel
Dieu, on st. Paul street, nun known rs
Sister Allen. Her full name was
Margaret Allen and she was the daughter
of the famous Colonel Ethan Allen, who,
it will be remembered, accompanied
Montgomery in his invasion of Canada
III l775, and attempted, with n small
detachment, to surprise Montreal, but
was defeated and captured and sent to
England in irons. She came from her
home in Burlington, Vermont, in 1903,
when twenty-four years old, and thus
spent eleven years in the numerY.
never knew Of her presence here until
| one afternoon l heard on the street that
daughter of the brave but unfortunate
old soldier had Just died in the Hotel
Dieu, and / hurried over to see her
Her body was lying in state in the
chapel, and, it being my first visit to n
Convent, the solemn stiffness of the
place, the wax lights burning beside the
coffin, the nuns lIneeling there repeating
prayers for the departed soul, and above
all the thoughts called up by the name
and presence of the dead woman, all
made strong impression upon me.
The body lay thus for three days, and
was Visited by n great many people.
She was one of the most beautiful women,
even i'll death, that [ ever saw, and be
| longed to one of the best families in
New England, and why she left til,
world to become nun [ never knew
1t was strange, too, that the daughter
should seek refuge in the very city
which the father had invaded, and where
he met with his worst misfortune"