The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-12-03


His downfall was more rapid than hi
rise, and this brawny gladiator, VIII
could stand in the .prize-ring for thre,
mortal hours under the tremendou
sledge-hammer blows of his adversary
was carried few weeks ago to the Inc
briate Home a shattered wreck.
On Tuesday evening, DR.. Hall, of tn.
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church which
by the way, is the most aristocratic con
gregation in the city, returned from 9
church h-meeting, on street car, slept of
the front platform while the cor was u
motion, and, besides severe fall, he uu'
fortunately broke his nose. It is to be
hoped that this may not be permanent
Disagreement of one of New York fl.
vorite, as we'll as handsomest ministers;
and while I am sincerely sorry for his
misfortune, l am heartily glad it was not
Broadbrin; for if it was me instead Of
the reverend Doctor, the public would
have suspected that l had been attend
ing one of sawyer's temperance meetings
at tho Cooper Institute, and had returned
unconverted.
Our Bible Society is in trouble. A
branch of the family in Connecticut has
been stirring them up with long pole.
A lot of old fogies have had fat pickings
off this institution for many yearslpast.
About every week somebody dies and
leaves opium" to the society for the
purpose of sending Bibles to the heathen.
The original design was for the purpose
of multiplying, in cheap form, the Word
of God, SO that the poor might have the
Gospel without money and without price.
Their charter restricts them from holding
property worth more than $1,000. Itap-
pears they have accumulated over mil
lion, and how much more nobody knows
except few old chaps who have waxed
fat on the mistaken gifts..of the benevo-
lent. Fine quarters and fat salaries have
the disinterestod efforts of these
Christian sentinels; and as they were
accountable to nobody but themselvee,
the presumption is they have not done
themselves any injustice. / hope the
next man or woman who, dying, thinks
Of leaving a legacy to tho American Bible
Society, will reflect that they need not
60 to Timbuctoo or Fejee .for their hca-
then. Souls quite as precious are per-
ishing in the streets of New York as can
be found in D.homey or Patagonia. It
is marvellous tie misery that exists in a
large city even in times of the greatest
Not q week passes that Some
desperate wretch does not take some
quick means of getting himself out of
th0world. A majority of the late sui
cides are Germans. SO determined was
ono last week to get out that he swal-
lowed q dose of Prussian blue, and then
tried to strangle himself with his sus-
penders. That not answering to his sat-
he shot himself through the
head, and death not coming quick enough,
he dragged himself down to the Bronx
river and crawled in, and so made out to
finish himself Ayoung girl, sick of love,
made two desperate attempts on her life
On the same night. Once she attempted
to jump off the fsrry-boat, and defeated
il that she tried to hang herself in her
cell.
The case of Colonel Wells, who tried
to blackmail Jay Gould, has been the
main excitement of the week. There is
nothing extraordinary abont it all. Mr..
Wells goes into Wall street and does
what Baldwin, the cashier of the Me-
,hanics' Bank, and plenty Of others did.
He lost o great deal of money; he felt
chat Jay Gould had robbed him, and be
to get IL back. How much differ
'nce is there between Mr.. Wells trying
20 frighten Jay Gould into giving him
some points or Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Van
lerbilt sitting down in back room and
the Western Union deal !
Thousands were ruined by that. Some
vent mad and some committed suicide.
1onA and his pals made money; they
made it out of the blood and tsars Of
and when Mr.. Wells spoke of
him he merely gave voice
o that Of which hundreds have Thought
'efore. If as good man as James A.
fairfield can be stricken down, for no
ause at oil, i'll the light Of open day, by
maniac, disappointed Of office-a man
vhose whole life stands out in bold re-
ief as the medel American life Of the
msy lie not expect whose
ortune is built upon broken hearts and
uined homes, and ON whose name bitter
urses are heaped daily and nightly by
he victims Of his stock operations. Mr..
Wells may possibly go to State prison
or his folly, but there is not man in
Jew York who would bo surprised to |
ear at any moment that Jay Gould had |
led with his boots on.
Truly yours, BROADBRIM.
Mr.. William r. Seymour, of Columbus,
J., writes: 81 attended q course of lee
ures several winters ago at the Ohio Medi- |
al College of Cincinnati, U. There was |
aught that Iron is prominent element
! the physical organism of mankind; with |
ut it life is an impossibility. A vast |
ercentage of the diseases and permature
eaths to which the race ia anhient ia |