The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-11

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portion of the city. Towards midnight
the vodky had done its work and the
proprietress and several of her guests lay
drunk upon the floor. Some one closed
the shutters, and they remained closed
till late tho next morning. About noon
the police broke open the door, and the
German proprietress and four of her
guests lay murdered on the floor. The
place had been thoroughly ransacked,
and it was supposed that several thou
sand roubles had been secured by the
assassins. No special effort seems to
have been made by the authorities for
their capture, and it was not many
months before the affair seemed to he
entirely forgotten. The woman had a
brother who was q notary at Carlsbad,
and when lie learned his sisters fate he
started at once for St. Petersburg. When
he arrived the clues were almost des-
troyed, but after careful inquiry he found
u lUdn WHO WAS III IAC "oihAh . oAop
about twelve o'clock OH the fatal night ;
from him he obtained an accurate des-
cription of all the persons who were
present on that occasion, and besides the
men who were murdered there were only
two to be accounted for; one was sup
posed to be barber from Smolensk and
the other. was butcher from Mi Nov
gorod. Among the clues which had been
gathered by the police was the broken
point of sheath knife and part Of the
handle of a razor. The woman's brother
secured these witnesses and started out
on his mission of vengeance. He sought
the supposed murderers at their homes,
to find that they had gone no man knew
whittier. He visited Paris and London,
and tramped those streets for many
months without finding the objects of
his search He visited California and
Australia, and after four years of bitter
disappointment; last week he arrived in
New York on the steamship Mas from
Rotterdam. The second day after his
arrival he met the man who four years
before had given him the description of
his sisters supposed murderers i'll the
city of st. Petersburg, and he informed
him that only two weeks before he had
met the butcher and the barber in the
city Of Chicago. The brother started at
once in pursuit, and we may expect be-
fore long to hear of the apprehension
and punishment Of these two villains,
illustrating the adage, that the "mills
of God grind slowly, but they grind
exceedingly fine"
The attempted suicide of a beautiful
and talented young girl By dashing her
self under the wheels of an advancing
! train on the elevated road has filled the
town with horror. Her marvellous escape
from instant death is more wonderful
than her attempted suicide. The excel
lent standing of the unfortunate girls
family and her own high character, ren
der it one of the saddest cases that ha:
occurred in the city for many Years, ant
the young lady and her parents have the
tenderest sympathy of the entire commu
nifty, and the sincerest wishes for her re
cOvery.
don't know what is the matter Will
our colore1 brother, but our African Ziol
appears to be in constant peril, a.
though the prince Of darkness had made
a dead set Gil these innocent sheep. l
is only short time ago that [ was com
PEELED to record an outbreak i'll Zion
where pugnacious deacon knocked :
pious sister right through, the pulpit
Only last week sable evangelist wa
expelled from onr conference for havin!
more wives than the statute allows
And now st. Paurs African NJ. E. Churcl
is in disgrace, it having neglected to pa.
it's pastor the munificent sum of $50
month. What kind of preaching must i
be that does not command the salar.
of a street-sweeper or whitewasher
Henry Ward Beecher gets $4,000, AM
DR.. Hall $4,000; Talmage is considcre,
cheap at $4,000, and .; congregation
looked upon as mighty small that ca
not disburse $4,000 to $1,000 year. Ye
this humble saint is expected to knoy
all about Daniel III the lions den and th
miracle of the loaves and fishes for $50
year. 1t was only Il few weeks az
that congregation i'll Brooklyn had t
get up a cake walk to relieve the churc
of its liabilities, and OH Tuesday S
Paurs sent hundred little jugs aroun
the neishborhood soliciting the nicklt
of the piously inclined to raise the pa
tors salary. Grab bags and a post-offe
added interest to the entertainment, an
the result WAS $50 &c. 1t can't be e,
pected that Parson franklin can Civ
the devil vrey lively tussa OH $50
: month.
One good effect the revised transl;
ton of the Bible has had: it has 81
! people reading it who never thought
looking in it before. Many are app;
ren1ly anxious to find out if there is
probability of escaping a prolonge
stay in that region where the thermon
eter is 000Uooo but they have not +
ceiyed much consolation, fer they di
cover that Old Nick still has a mortga.
, on all sinners, Bob IngcrsoIl to the COZ
trary Notwithstanding.
Business is active and the weather ho
/ Truly yours,