The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-12

was robbed by tho same gang. They
only got sl1o, but they made bold dash
for s25O0, and when lie related his ex-
perience afterwards in the police court,
he received tho consoling information
that he was lucky in not giving his check
for $500; for if he had they would have
knocked him Oh the head, and at night
have thrown him in tho river.
The press Of Europe and America were
| in furore few months ago, when
noted Englishman was seized among the
mountains Of Greece by band of Greek
robbers. Scarcely a week goes by in
New York that some one is not kidnapped
from, the streets, and they go to swell the
list of mysterious disappearances which
| fill the columns Of our newspapers from
| week to week.
The disappearance of wealthy Ger
man merchant kept our police on the
q"i rire for six weeks. His wife came
over from England in search of him, and
found him at last-a maniac in the pau
PERI department of Wards Island. He
is worth quarter of million, and is
connected with some of the heaviest
grain houses in Europe and America, and
but for the timely arrival of his wife he
might have found a grave among the
city's unnamed dead in Potter's Field.
A terrible case occurred in Brooklyn,
whore twelve-year old boy was found
dead in q vacant lot, and the Coroner's
jury brought in verdict Of "died of
alcoholism" The boy was bloated
drunkard. When his mother was told
that he was lying i'll the lot she refused
to 90 near him, and after he was dead,
| when bis father and mother wont out to
| view the body, they wero both 80 drunk
as to be hardly able to stand. For some
months past he might have been seen
with his tin can, draining lager beer kegs
which lay in front Of saloons, procuring
| by this means enough Of drink to stupefy
him into drunkenness. Who will save
our heathen7
The complications of our city politi cs
are very much mixed, though it is pretty
certain that the united Democracy will
elect John McKeon as District Attorney.
This must bo bitter pin for John Kelly
to swallow, but he will have to gulp it
down. McKeon publicly denounced the
Boss years ago, and John Kelly is no,
good at forgetting. Tammany has on
dorsed McKeon, but they may knife hin
at the polls.
Over in Brooklyn everything is lovely
Stalwarts and Half Breeds have shaker
hands over the bloody chasm. The rival
champions Of tho opposing factions have
both withdrawn, and Mr. Seth Low, who
is simply Republican and a tirst-class
citizen beside, has been nominated for
Mayor. The nomination of Mr.. Low
gives unqualified satisfaction to the re-
spectacle portion Of the people. Bossism
is doomed III Brooklyn; the days of po-
ltical heelers and thieves are numbered,
and the people look will, confidence to
the election of Mayor III Brooklyn who
will be clad with imperial power never
enjoyed by that officer before. A debt of
over forty millions Of dollars has reused
the people from their lcthargy, aud a no.
tice is served on all the robbers of the
city that they must pack their trunks
for Arizona.
To show the facility with which per-
jured testimony is manufactured in New
York, this mornings cable from Europe
brings the news that the identity Of Es-
posito, the Italian brigand, who was ar
rested i'll New Orleans last Spring and
brought on here for trial, is established
beyond q donbt.
This notorious william used to amuse
himself by cutting off his prisoners
noses and ears when he could not obtain
sufficient ransom to satisfy him. When
he was arrested the officers, knowingthe
desperate character of the man, chained
l
they got him to New York. During the
trial terrible cry was raised about the
invasion of personal liberty and the sane
tity of asylum, etc. Then shey procured
host of witnesses who swore positively
that they had known him for ten years
in New Orleans and had seen him every
day, and that they even got q printer,
who had positively identified him, and
who was present during his trial in Italy,
to deny all he had sworn to, averring
that he was mistaken. Mr.. Blaine sent
him back OIL the regnisirion Of the 1tal-
ian Government, and there is little doubt
that he will swing for hts crimes.
The stock market has been lively dur
ing the closing days Of the week. The
approaching settlement Of the railroad
difficulties and Winter coming on has
given the market boom. Wheat got a
black eye on Wednesday, bnt, as they
say in the prize ring, it came up smiling,
but groygy. The Bears have the market
for the present, but, as the gentleman
remarks in Julius Caesar, Beware Of the
Ides of March,
The weather is cool and bracing Seal
J skin sacGnes and camePs-hair shawls are
beginning to appear. Business is brisk
and money easy.
Truly yours, BROApBRIM.
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