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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Foreign.
'aris ladies' take walking lessons.

Paris ladies take walking lessons.
Cremation is making progress in Italy.
Gabrielle Dayiond, the architect, is
dead.
The Russian railroad on ice has COM
mencld business.
The Queen of England is staying at
Osborne at present.
A Parisian has invented machine for
making real lace.
The Rotllschil,ls will go into mourn
ing for Bea consfcld.
A plaster model of the statue of liberty
will be erected in Paris.
Berlin has :'239 sets of apartments
without a fireplace or chimney.
Carlyle's bust is to be placed in tho
Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.
The late Emperor of Russia was one of
the handsomest men in his dominions
The people Of Paris take pleasure ex
cursions through the sewers, domi-
weekly.
At the hanging of the Russian Mill
lists, the executioner was u reprieved
convict.
On the third anniversary of his coro-
nation, Popo Leo XIII. dispensed nearly
$4,000 in charity.
The ex-Empress Eugenie has gone to
Milan to attend the unveiling of u statue
of Napoleon III.
Underground cables for telegraplljc
purposes are being laid in France from
Nancy to Paris.
The British war ship Dotere1 was
blown up at Sandy Point, in the straits
of Magellan, and 143 lives lost.
The leaders of Russian society in Paris
decided upon observing three months
deep mourning, during which they sec
no company.
Savoy and Switzerland have, in pro-
portion to their population, more pau
pers and imbeciles than any other Euro
pean country.
The marriage Of the Crown Prince Ru-
tlolpll Of Austria and Princess Stephanie
of Belgium was most imposingly solem-
nized at Vienna, May 10.
Grand Duke Nicholas, son of the Grand
Duke Constantine and cousin of the
present Gar, has been sent to the fort
ress Of Dunaburg, to be kept for an in
definite period
The Prince of Naples, Grown Prince of
Italy, is so sickly and puny that it is
feared he will never ascend the throne
of his fathers. His father and mother
were double first cousins.
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No attention paid to anonymous letters
The editor is snotresponsible forthe views
of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Dona1dsonvillc. La.
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The sweeping tide OF prosperity is shown
l,v the immense Increase of business III tho
Patent O.'icc, General Land Office. Pension
Office. and other Departments of the GOV
ernment. Patent cases, pension claims. con
tested land entries. other business placed
in the hands of presbrey 6e Green, Alto.
ueys, 80 I'll, st, Washington. II, G, wifi
have immediate attention. Enclose stainp
for information.
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DONAlDSONVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
SEWING MACHINES.

1" A. KINGSTON, dealer in all kinds Of
Il New and Second Hand Sewing Ma
chimes, J55 Railroad Avenue. Needles, Oil,
Attachments and everything belonging to
the sewing machine. Machines sold, ex-
changed or rented on easy monthly pay
ments. Machines given on trial. Repairing
specially.
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Ayers Pills contain no csoton oil, c..!omel
or mineral They compounded OF pure
vegetable extracts. which haze positive Viz
tues and always cure VIXEN cures are ro4
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IOSEPH GONDRAN. dealer in Clothing,
- Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries,
Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes. Hardware,
Paints, Oils, SaddIery, Crockery. Furniture
and all kinds Of House Furnishing Goods,
Blue Store, Mississippi street.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

LIVERY STABLES & UNDERTAKING.
GCHONBERG'S Livery, Feed and Sale
~ Stable and Uhlcrtnker's Establishment
Railroad Avenue. between Ibervillc and At.
.akapas streets. Competition tleticd.
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DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Etc.

TNO. +. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fan
- cy Groceries, Provisions. Plantation and
Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines,
Liquors, Bottled Beer. Ale, etc, Dry Goods
and Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chet-
imacllcs streets, opp. River Ferry.
A d. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
~ Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loebs corner,
Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street.
DERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western
ID Produce, fancy and staple Groceries,
Liquors. Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils. Carts,
Plows, Snd,llely, Stoves and Tinware, Fur
nitnre, Crockcry, Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place
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NJ W. DAKTON,
Civil Engineer & Surveyor,

Parish Surveyor Of Ascensfon.)
Will attend promptly to work in all
branches OF his profession. such as survey
ing mapping. levelin. for canals, bridges,
rice fumes. etc. estimating cost and super
yising construction OF same. Orders left at
the CHIEF office viii meet with immediate
attention.
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TNO. SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries
- Wines and Liquors Crockery, Tinware
Notions. etc. No. Fl Railr"ah Avenue, be
tween Conway and st. Michael streets
Donallsunville.
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CONEECTIONERIES.
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TINSMITH.

r OUIS }. RACKE. Tinsmith, Mississippi
IL street, at Lcmann's old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch and satisfaction
insured
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n WEINsCIlENCK, dealer in Dry Goods
-. Notions, Clothing, Groceries. Hard
ware, Hats, Boots and Shoes, and general
Plantation Supplies. Railroad Avenue, be-
tween Ihcrville and Attakapas streets.
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HOTELS AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

HOTELS AND KOAKDING-HOTSES
DORT. e. LEE HOTEL. at Marx 1sracls
IL old stand. corner Mississippi and LIS
sar,l streets. Jos. Lafargue, proprietor. Bar
and billiard room attached. First-class en-
tcrtainmcnt and accommodations.
TfTY HOTEL F. Lcfcvre, Proprietor.
~ Kailroa,l Avenue, cor. iberville street
Bar supplied with best Liquors.
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q MOYSE;, dealer i'll Dry Goods, Cloth,
- ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries
Furniture Hardware and Plantation Sup
plies. at Icm;,nns old stand. Mississippi
street.
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LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

VylIE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager,
il Corner Lcssnr,l and Mississippi streets.
Billiards. Lager Beer. Best Wines and
Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc.
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M TOBIAS, dealer i'll Grocencs, Dry
Nls Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Furniture, Hardware, Crock
cry, Trunks, etc, corner Mississippi and st
Patrick streets and No "a Railroad Avenue
Everything at lowest figures.
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Enjoying the Charms of Nature in the
Country-A Rough Journey with a Pleas
ant Goal-The Ringing of Marriage Bells
a Lovely Wedding.
OAK LAWN, May, 1881.
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I;AIsI:IsI: SHOP.

II L. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shop, Mis-
+! lie sissipp Street. near corner LcEsarl.
Shaving. hnir-cut,inS, slanpooing, etc, in
most altistic style.
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M ISRAEL & CO., dealers in Dry Goods,
Nle Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Sa,ld'ery,
Buggies, etc, corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue
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* KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
We Houmas street, dealer il Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro
visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

Moving Day in New neutrality-suspicious.
Rise in PrOperty-End of the Islackmail
ing Cases-Fair but Frail-A Young Hus-
bands Experience-A Dead Man who
won't Die -Remarkable eSuicides-Bakers
on a Rampage-Monster Musical Festi-
val, ETC., etc.
, 1881-07-23
4isdirected Denevolence.

Il appears that our rich and disiin-
g,iished fellns citizen, Sir Cyrus W. Field,
and some Of his compees, propose to
raise subscription Of 10000 for the
benefit of Mrs. Garfield, wife Of the pres
ident of the United States.
Berevolence is quality hardly lower
IN rank than the religious sentiment.
But there is no quality Of the human soul
so exalted that, if left to grope in the
dark, it may not take wrong direction
Thus when the spirit of worship is allowed
TO range wildly in blindness, it sometimes
leads TO idclairy, TO the worship OF stick
and stones. and ba's and mice. and birds,
and fine clothes, and stocks and houses.
Benevolence also often goes astray.
We think it goes ast:ay when it pro-
poses to put a large gift into the white
and delicate hand Of living president S
wife. /. seems TO us an insult 10 her.
Her husband still lives and seems likely
to live, and to have the dispepsation Of
immense official patronage. She Is be-
liered TO have great influence over hIm.
Naturally, she Is expected to be grateful.
At all events she is human. If, for in
stance SIR Cyrus W. Field could by posi-
bility be brought to resign himself into
the service Of the government, and 20
supersede that Literary feiler, James
Russell Lowell, as Minister to England,
how could she say him nay after he had
been the active agent in giving her a
quarter Of million of dollars
Should the president unfortunately die,
then. we say, let a million OF dollars be
raised for her helpless family by popular
subscription in three days; but not one
dollar while he lives, and while it may
look like bribe.- IN. 7. Sun.
, 1881-07-23
Shortage OF the Wheat Crop.

The best sources Of information indl-
cate that the deficiency in the winter
wheat crop this year, as compared with
tha, Of last will reach l50, ,OO0, 900 bushels.
One estimate, made by one of the great
grain commission houses of the country.
il rs high AZ liz, 900, 900 bushels. When
this vast falling of is supplemented by
the deficiency in the spring wheat crop,
the acreage Of which is estimated by the
Agricultural Department at Washington
to be 20 per cent less than 1t was last
year, the Importance Of the agg' gate de-
crease will be apparent, and the effect
upon other interests may be approximately
estimated.
Ii appears at once ho@ easy 1t would be
for the balance Of irade in our favor,
upon which We have so much felicitated
ourselves, to turn against u.s. Here Is
falling off in the production Of one OF our
leading articles Of export to an amount
equal in value 10 the balance in our favor
last year. 1t is easy to gauge the habits
of the people 10y the exigencies Of the
year. Their luxurious customs, fostering
All Immense importation Of foreign pro-
ducts will continue, whether ths crops Of
this country meet the balance or not.
With silver demone.ized-a it is the
I,urpnse of the monomentall!sts it shall be
and its production, now amounting t.
S73,0O0,O00 annually, curtailed or des-
troyed, and blight Of one or two Of our
crops Of export, and We should have such
a reversal of the monetary currents as
would cause a sort Of financial cyclone, As
it We're, in this blessed country of ours.
Ii IS not diiilcult to see that the shortage
Of the wheat crop, now certain, Will deeply
affect the railroads, and through them the
single column of speculative stocks in
winch the respectable gambling of the
country is done,
The subject is interesting, and study
of it can scarcely fail to prove profitable
To those who sometimes venture a dist nee
from the shore. Of course a deficiency Of
two or three hundred millions in the
corps of tbs vast country need alarm
nobody, but the fact has, nevertheless, 10
be considered.
, 1881-07-23

Ir is fall for Sitting Bull to be no
longer spoken OF as a terrible chief, but
as cornerstone lcafer A storekeeper
at Qu' Appelle writes to Winnipeg as
follows:
"We are daily feeling trouble concern
ing Sitting Bull- To-day he called AT my
store for sugar. 1t WAS given hun, but
he remained m the place refusing 10 go
until i had given him something TO ear.
Subsequently | was compelled TO hustle
the noble red man out of the place.
So, after being the slayer Of Custer and
the Indian most feared on the continent,
Sitting Bull is hustled about BY grocer
, 1881-07-23
PACIFIC COAST.
OBSTRUCTIVE FIRE.
THE BETTER PART OF
COLFAX REDUCED
TO ASHES.



CoLFax, July 22.-Af 1910 A. n. shre
broke out in the blacksmith shop below
and opposite the Exart House and is sup
posed (, be the work of an incendiary As
in an Incredibly short spaCe of time the
entire building was enveloped in flames,
communicating the FIRE to the large livery
stable OF Davenport & King. Colfax be-
ing utterly without means of combating
the flames the adjoining buildings were
soon a prey 10 the lurid monster.
The Lsss.
The loss sustained By the FIRE is roughly
estimated at g. 600, but may exceed this
by a great deal. Among the heaviest
losers are Davenport & King, livery men,
loss 5000; Frank Brothers, dealers in
agricultural implements, sl2, 600; Haw-
ley. Dodd & Co., agricultural imple-
ments, 5000. Twenty eight buildings
in all were burned. The FIRE travelled 50
rapidly that it was beyond the means .,
hand to even save property. The old
hand-engine was utterly useless, being in
a terrible condition, and besides there
was no hose In the city.
, 1881-07-23
The Result.

Coliax is partly burned to the ground.
For The past year not only has the Gazette
and Democrat of that city, urged the forma-
ton of FIRE company in that town, but
the STATESMAN and other outsiders have
repeatedly '.gone after the place for abus-
ing the old engine purchased of this city.
The fate cf Cclfa1 cannot be total sur
Prise. When the people Of place fail
to take an interest for their own self-pre
servation, it can hardly be surprise to
hear of their misfortune. We are sorry
and heartily sympathise with the people.
Let it be a warning to the people of Day
ton, Lewiston and other towns who have
lack Of fire-combating facili'ies simply
because they have rot public spirit
enough, ambi,isa and go-aheadness t.
organize and EQUIP fire company. Il
must be borne in mind that in this WORLD
esch ard every one should help them
selves.
, 1881-07-23


this NEW Of the csee it seem that ths sus.,
restion that I had been ungrateful must
belong to brutality politicr. In eOnciu-
sion, Mr.. President, there is no person
outside the Union, members here, no
person Who has been or i . candidate for
o. s. ssnator here, or who has been
voted for BY whose advice or assistance /
ever held oiice-
ssM NsrrytAx.
The prospects for an election to-mor.
row are no better than last night. The
,tsiwarts still clamOr for caucus, and say
that they are willing to sign paper that
they will vote in CAUCUS nomination for
LApham supporters Of the administra-
tion, however, declare that it is nov too
late to even entertain = proposition for
caucus. a. TO hold one would place senator
elect Miller in an equivocal position.
The situation is simply one of obstruction
ON the par. of the Conklingites.
Railroad Diserininaiisn.
CHICAGO, July 20-A Tribune edito-
rial says: Attention has lately been
directed by the maritime register to an
other abuse of power by the Pacific rail-
road companies. Some years ago, it will
be remembered the companies crushed
competition on the Pacific mail steamers
BY the Panam. route by discriminating
against merchants who patronized them
the practice was to give heavy rebates to
shippers who should send all classes Of
goods by rail, but to charge exorbitant
freights upon those who attempted to send
only costly and perishable goods in that
manner, and who used the other line for
bulky articles. The plan which worked
90 successfully in the case Of tie Panama
route ha. now been applied to sailing
ssels that 20 around Cape Horn Mer-
chants in San Francisco who avail them
selves Of this means of transportation hnd
it impossible to obtain any concessions
from railroad companies, while their rivals
in business who patronize the land route
exclusively are favored regularly with
enormous rebates on all classes of ship
ments. This abuse Of power is Of piece
with that pointed out by Congressman
Daggett, of Nevada, was showed in his
speech to congress last fall. The regular
tariff to inland points is made up BY add.
ing through rates to San Francisco to
local rates from San Francisco to way
stations. Congress has power to remedy
these impudent e1actions and no action
could m eet with 30 much favor among
people rs shaking a little sense into the
managers of corporations which were
founded through national aid but are fast
becoming mere instruments Of public op-
press,on and private greed.
, 1881-07-23

OUR esteemed contemporary, the n.
Y. Herald, in cropping about for some
satisfaction to It's feelings against the
miserable wretch Guiteau, thinks he
aould furnish good opportunity for
making the experiment of hcgsing as a
punishment No punishment, however
awful, would be undeserved, but We have
happily reached a point OF civilization
where any public feeling of revenge can
not BE- wreaked on criminals. II Guiteau
committed the crime in full control OF
his faculties, let him suffer the penalty OF
the law is it now stands but If he Was
demented at the time, let him end his
days in confinement. From this with his
dangerous tendencies, he should never
emerge
, 1881-07-23

The vindictive spirit shown in some of
the ourrages in Ireland assumes ludi-
crous form. The practice of obliging
bailiffs to eat their processes has been
exceeded in an instance which is reported
from Moath. County Westmeath. A
farmer residing near the town had the
misfortune to find one of his cattle very
i'll. A village veterinary surgeon pre-
sciibed copious dose of castor oil, but,
unfortunately, the only vender of the
drug in the neighborhood had been ''Bcy-
cotted." The farmer had no alternative
but to lose his COW or enter the forbidden
shop. He wait-d until nightfall, wh, n
he entered into the shop and IrocuIed
hxlf pint of the OIL He was not unoh-
served, however, and had not pr cee6 ed
far on his way home wien he was met by
some Land Leaguers, who asked him ii
he did not know that Reilly's chop lad
been 'sB.ycotted" He pleaded dire
necessity, but in vain. The bottle vas
taken frum him, his mouth held open,
and the whole contents were drained
slowly down his throat He is no. likely
to incur again the penalties of the un-
written Law.
, 1881-07-23
Hr. Tide. Taiks.
Ne s,rr,v. WITH she nsrrsus.s asd Bra"
Leaaan.

A New York Tribune reporter SAID 70
Mr.. Tilden: "What wss your impres-
sion when you frs, received the news
II received the Information Of the AZ
temp, to as.assinate the president, WITH
incredulity. which soon changed int" her
ror
What did you think oi 1t IRON 3 i'"-
rional point OF view
This Our young American ci'iilza-
ton and our system of elective consutu-
tional government cannot afford the ire
auent recurrence cf attempts TO change
the administration Of government and the
possession of individual political power by
the act Of an assassin. don't mean to
say tha, our 5O, ,0OO, 600 of people can IN
any way be- made responsible for the
crime Of single integer OF that vast ag
rregate. OF course such acts may happen
in any country or any age, but the conse-
ou,noes are meme the less calculated to
gil with dismay and disgust the whole
community, and to weaken the confidence
in a system ike our own, where they are
less exeusable than anywhere else in the
world
"What effect do you think the attempt
will have 2
"At present We are all filed not only
with concern, for the public effects Of
such crime, but with sympathy for the
distinguish d victim, his family and his
Immediate friends. 1t is too early 10
moralize upon the subject, but two things
are SO obvious that they cannot escape
consideration even now The first is the
great peril that attends the enormous and
I increasing power Of the chief executive
magistracy 1t addresses temptations too
strong for public safety to the interests
and passions of millions Of persons.
"Do you refer to the civil service ??
Partly only. More particularly this;
The putting up periodically at the end OF
every four years Of the vast power of the
government of $4,000, 600 people. the
enormous expenditure that it involves
and the redistribution of the 100, 600
Offices at rattle in which the whole people
actively participate, must be fruitful OF
evils yet unseen. Civil connections,
! fraud and violence are the natural results.
~ What is the second consideration 10
which You referred 2
The second one, perhaps, grows out
of the first 1t is the unbnunded licenti-
eusness that character.zes our party COM
petitions and political dissensions, the
assassination of private character, and
the unscrupulous methods resorted to to
! in pauence the public judgment All good
men Of all parties ought to do their ut
! most 10 llIllit anu thCoc
| The undue stimulus to mad passions arms
the hand Of the eccentric individual who
assumes to himself to work out results
perhaps under the insane ambition for =
notolie:y of infamy. But 1 turn from
The subject with feeling that now, when
every public sensibiity and every private
sympathy is deeply wounded, l am not
equal to drawing the lessons which the
deplorable event suggests to our people.
Let US hope that President Garfeld's re-
covery will reduce to minimum the
evils of his assassination, while it will re-
move the weight of the private bereave-
ment which fills us all with sympathy and
concern"
, 1881-07-23
THE different kinds of criminals in NJ v

The different kinds of criminals in Ntw
Mexico and Arizona. are given distin.
gushing names. "Rustlers" are thieves
who steal cattle on the United States side
Of the line, run them into Mexico, sell
them there, and then load themselves
with Mexican plunder for the return trip.
Cowboys" are those who earn an honest
living BY herding, and behave well
enough while at work, although when in
the town for a holiday they commit all
manner Of outrages for fun. "Card
jerkers" are professional gamblers who
cheat those with whom they play.
"Dinglers" are stage robbers Notch
ers" are men who wantonly take human
life, apparently with the sole object Of
gaining regulations as desperadoes. They
arc the terror of the border, and little j,
ever done to bring them to punishment,
except by the sudden refe 1tmen of mob.
, 1881-07-23
Give Thanks.

We do not think it too early for public
rejoicings that the life of the president
has been spared up to the present date,
and that the prospect of his ultimate re.
covery is fair and encouraging.
Thanks, Let all the land pour forth
heartfelt thanks that the man whom this
free people elected for their president for
four years still lives, with prospect OF
serving out his full term