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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17
Rather Expensive Mortar.

A London cablegram OF the 10Th
inst. says:
Cape Coast Castle reports that the
King Of Ashantec killed two hundred
young. girls for the purpose of Using
their blood for mixing mortar for the
repair of one of the state buildings.
The report of the massacre was re-
ceived from a refugee chosen as one
of the victims. Such wholesale mas
sacres are known to be The custom
with the King.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17
MARRIHD

DAVIS-TILDEN.-Eov. 9th, 1881, at the resi-
dence of the brides father. Mr.. ID. &. Tilden.
of Troy. o.. by Rev. A. n. Hills. of Ravenna.
Mark H. Davis, of Garrettsville. O., and n Miss
Ella J. Tilden. of Troy.
Gu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9th. 1881, at the res-
idence of Mr.. A, n. Hinman, Ravenna, o /,
by Rev. A. NJ. Hills, MIR. A. B. Curtis. of
Charlestown. O., and Miss Mary L. Hinman,
of Ravenna, Ohio,
ALLEN-DAVIDSON.- 10th. at the Con-
gregational Parsonage, by Rev. A. NJ. 'Hills.
of Ravenna o., Mr.. Charles Allen and Miss
Mary L. Davidson, both Of Ravenna, o.
YONTZ-MCKISSON.-- 14th 1891, at the
Congregational Parsonage. by Rev. A. n.
Hills. Mr.. Whitilesey YOntz and Miss Anna
McKisson. all of Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17
An Interesting Experiment.

We are pleased to announce q most
interesting experiment that will take
place on next Monday. Mr.. Edward
Atkinson and the delegates from the
New England manufacturers associa-
ton will 20 out to the exposition
grounds in q body. They will enter
q e.ton field belonging to the exposi .
ton aud pick with their own hands
enough cotton to make q suit of
clothes. This cotton will be taken
from the bags worn by these wealthy
pickers by the Williamantic Linen Co.
and at once put into their machinery.
and by night suit of clothes finished
from this cotton will be presented to
Mr.. Edward Atkinson as q souvenir
of the great exposition that he was
the first man to suggest. twill be an
interesting sight to see these weslthy
men who have spent their lives in the
manufacture of cotton, try their hands
at the other end. They enter into the
project with great zsst, and are anx.
ious to see what they can do Allan
ta Constitution, Nov. 4.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17

GARNIELD's GRAVE at Cleveland il
guarded by an officer and ten men OF
the United States army. The RENAME
of the martyred Lincoln, on the other
hand, are left to the mercy of the
gheuls. There is ne authority in the
Constitution of the United States
not that we have any knowledge of.
at least-for the use of Federal treops
in the way above mentioned. The
city of Cleveland should bear the az
pense OF guarding its own cemetery.
Il BellefOntaine Examiner.
Fie, fie, mani What are you talk
ing about? Do you find anything in
the Federal Constitution that express
ly forbids such practices? The an
cient doctrine that that instrument
expressly delegates all powers intend.
ed to be exercised by the Federal
Government, would answer very well
for such old fogies and Bourbons -
as Jefferson, Madison, Monroe ond
Jackson, bat the statesmen Of to. day
are wiser than they who erected the
temple of our liberties. We are no
longer Federal Union Of free, inde.
pendent and coequal States, but .
strong governments nation with .
big n, and he who says we aren't 10 .
Bourbon and disloyal traitor!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17

FIVE hundred aud fifty-three gal.
Ions of bay rum at one time, at S., 80
per gallon, for the nice young men in
the treasury department. Abuses of
this kind pervade all tho departments
of the government, to say nothing of
huge transactions running up into the
millions. Some day (when there is a
change of administration) there will
be flood Of light thrown upon Re-
publican bookkeeping, and the world
will be astOunded.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17

The late elections have very little
consolation for the bosses. Boss Nc
Laughlin, Of Brooklyn, was repudia.
ted so thoroughly that a Republican
Mayor was elected in Brooklyn, which
is Democratic in the absence of the
boss system, to the extent of $4,000
majority. Boss Kelly succeeded in
retaining some of his followers, bat
not enough to save his candidates from
defeat. His career is nearly ended.
The Cameron family barely escaped
defeat in Republican Pennsylvania,
and the Stalwart bosses found very
little in the latest resurns to comfort
them. The bosses are marked men,
and defeat and disgrace confront them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-17
To Nervous Suferers-The Great Europe
an Remedy-Dr. j. B. simpsons Specific

DR. j. Is. SIMPSONS SPECIFIC MEDICINE is
positive cure for Spei imatOrrhea, Impotency,
Abuse as Nervous Debility. Irritability. Men,
tai Anxiety. Languor, Lassitnde. perressionMSA M
Nervous system generally. Pains in Rack OF
Side Loss of Memory, Premature Old Age and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

One of tho most enjoyable social events
Of the season took place at the st. Charles
Hotel, last Monday evening, being a
soiree given in honor of Mr.. j. A. Chesney
and his charming sister, Miss Joan Chcs-
ney, of Plum Hill, Illinois, who came
here on visit to their relatives, the
families of Messrs. W. w. Butord and A.
j. Sharp. Music for tho occasion was
furnished by Mr.. F. Amendt, and it
was u light hearted and merry. party of
dancers whose feet kept time with its
cadenccs. In addition to the dancing,
There was singing, game-playing and
nice 3ittle supper, prepared in the ele-
CANT style for which the St. Charles is
becoming noted. Altogether the affair
WAS q perfect success, rejecting great
credit upon tho yonng men who devised
and conducted it, and 10 doubt afford
ing the full need OF pleasure to the Wis
itors in whose honor it was given.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

" Postmasters are authorized and re
.,uuested to act as agents for the CHIEF.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

THE Town BOND SUITs.-As stated by
our New Orleans correspondent, Epsilon
Mn, in his letter Of last week, the cases
of V. Maurin, Justilien Oubre and Widow
Vileor Dugas against the town Of Don
MISUNDERSTANDING suits to recover the
principal and interest of consolidated
bonds issued by the town i'll 1866 and
rep,,,liatel in 1e71-have been submit
ted to the Supreme Court, and decisions
are looked for during the coming week.
The transcripts in two other cases Of the
same nature, in which Charles Andrew
Johnson and Felix Brand are plaintiffs,
will be completed by the Clerk Of Court
Oh Monday and forwarded to New Or
leans tho following day for filing in the
Supreme Court. It is not improbable
that decisions will he announced in the
three cases submitted before the John
son and Braud transcripts are filed, in
which event the latter suits will doubt
less not be pressed by either plaintiffs or
defendant. The material issues in all
the suits are identical, barring plea of
prescription in the Maurin case, and
decision Of ono virtually disposes Of the
others. The amount involved in the out
come of this litigation, counting the
principal and accrued interest of all the
consolidated town bonds outstanding, is
over $4,000, hence the tax payers Of
Donaldsonville will naturally await the
result with interest and anxiety.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
BE Wise and HapDy.

II You will stop all your cxtravagant and
wrong notions i'll dpctoring yourself and fam
~ with expensive or humbug cure-alls that
u" harm always. AUD nse only natures sim
p remedies for all yonr aslments-yun will
=" Wise we'll anil happy, aud save great cN-
t'hsr. ihe greatest remedy tor this. the
great. wise and good will tell you, is Hop
bttcfs-rely on II, Sec anu.her column.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

1t seems to be settled conclusion that
Senator Blaine will he rendered the port
folio Of the State Department under Pres
idcmt Gariield's administration. Specu-
lation is rife regarding the other MEM
bers Of the Cabinet, but if Gen. Garfield
has made his selections, he keeps his
own counsel and tho political qnid a~"cs
are oil at sea.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

Total. sly ,752 "a
Deducting Sheriff7s commissions and
S24OO of license collections paid into the
State treasury by Capt. Jones on the 18th
Of August, there remains u balance Of
$14,O86 10 to be paid over to Treasurer
Burke.
The collections Of parish taxes and
licenses have been as follows:
Parish taxes. $l4,9S5 80
licenses, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,lO3 43
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

There ire over 1000 bills on the calen-
dar Of the House of Representatives,, and
it is probable about $500 of them will
remain uncoDsidered at the close of the
session.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

SU1CIDE.-On Wednesday before last,
the 10Th instant, about 10 O'Clock in the
morning, Christian Ocstreicher, q black
smith whose residence and shop are sit
uatcd alongside the river road in front
of the Stella plantation Of Mr. Aaron
Jacobs, committed suicide by Jumping
into the river while laboring under tenn
porary alteration Of mind caused by
mania potu. Ocstrcicller was suffering
from the effects of a prolonged spree and
his wife, knowing his unsettled condi-
ton, endcavored to dissuade him from
leaving the house. He quieted her fears,
however, by assuring her that he was
going to Mr.. Tcllcr's to fix a buggy; and
proceeded straight to tho river bank and
throw himself into the wator. The act
was witnessed by Mcssrs. z. V. Labarre
and Victorin Leblanc, who rushed to the
spot and drew Oestreicher from tho wa
ter, hut unfortunately too late to save
his life. Mr.. Labarre especially deserves
great praise for his prompt and courage
Gus conduct, as he threw off his coat and
sprang into the river at the risk of his
own life to attempt the rescue Of one who
was, we understand, Il perfect stranger
to him.
We learn from Coroner Vandegrif1;,
who held All inquest tho evening Of the
10Th, that Oestrcicler was a native of
Germany, 81 years Of age. He had been
located 1T the Stella place a number of
years, was an cxcellont mechanic, a man
of good disposition and well liked, his
chief fault being an apparently incon
trollable fondness for Intoxicating liquor,
in which he INDUCED to great excess.
His worldly circumstances were COM
Portable, as he did good business, had
no debts and was contented in his family
relations. He leaves a young wife and
one chld-a little girl. The widow is u
sister Of our excellent young friend Chris.
Welker, Esq,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
Saturday, January 20, 1881.

Mr.. Edmund Maurin Of New Orleans is
authorized to act rs general agent and rep
resentative of the CHIEr, to solicit adver-
tisements and subscriptions and receipt for
payment thereof
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
THE RAILROAD IS OURS!

Although the details Of the transfer
have not been made public, it is known
us ~ fact the New Orleans and Donald
sonville road has been sold by the Nor
gan Company, and will be made the
Eastern terminus of the great New Or
leans Pacific road that is expected to add
SO materially to the business and pros
pcrity Of our State and its metropolis.
We learn from a prominent gentleman
who visited the city this week, that the
Donaldsonville road has been purchased
by a construction company at Sl3,O 900 per
mile, and this company is under contract
with the N. o. Pacific to put the line in
frst-class order, with steel rails, iron
bridges, new depots and rolling stock,
and tnrn it over ready for business at
SAC, 600 per mile.
We shall have something additional to
say upon this interesting and important
topic in our next paper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

~ Tho CHIEF is received by all subscri
bers POsrAGE FREE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
NOTION DEP Ar AZ TN { MEM =

Department will be found at certainly reduced prices
complete assortment Of Hosiery Trimmings Fringes Cor
SETS Silk Handkerchief etc.
Gloves of all esconsKd Gloves for Ladies and Gents Gents
and Ladies' Buck Gloves and Gauntlets.
fine assortment Goods Ccns and Ladies' listers
Coaks Sawls and Peemes Knitted WOODEN Shirts
Stockings Leggngs and Wooden Cuffs for Children.
Furs Mu Paanes and os for Ladies' Very fine sets of Mus
and Boas, tausse hermine for girls.
Splendid and all wool Shaws double and single Black
Cashmere and Thibets of superb quality
White Shirts with without Collars Cuffs, Shirt
Bosoms Ladies' fine Underwear Gents fine Wooen
Nerino and Cotton Knitted Unlelslrs and Drawers.
C,avats fashions Pockebooks of the Neaes Style
Canes Umbrellas and Parasos, Socks Suspenders
Combs, Brushes etc.
We have selection of Work Baskets Lunch Baskets
celebrated manufactures of Paris, Lubin,
and many other goods numerous to mention.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

SUGAR STATIsTICs.-The sugar crop Of
Mr.. Jno. T. Nolan's plantation for the
season just closed was 4;5, 900 pounds.
or 29O 'llOgsheatls Of 1900 pounds each.
This was a fine yield considering the
size Of the place. Mr.. Nolan was one Of
the lucky planters Hho finished grind
ing in time to avoid the loss of any cane,
though his yield, i'll common with that
of almost every other planters, would
have been considerably larger had the
weather been more favorable.
The firm of M. Israel Il Co. realized
upon their Saulsburg plantation, which
is situated i'll tlhe upper portion Of St.
James parish, 100000 pounds of sugar
and 500 barrels of molasses. Owing to q
boiler explosion at tho sugar-house in
tho height of the grinding season, and
to the terribly bad weather which proved
such a great drawback to all our plan
tiers, work OH the Saulsburg was retarded
to such an extent that SO acres of cane
had to be left i'll t'le field, the stalks
having ceased to yield a sufficient guam
tity Of sugar to pay the cost Of its man
nfacture.
Mr.. J. G. Cofcld's yield, as wo re-
marked two weeks ago, came 80 near a
million pounds that it isn't worth while
to consider the difference. We learn
that the actual weight of the crop was
COG. 900 pounds. This was produced from
$50 acres of cane, giving the excellent
average yield of 2s434 pounds to the
acre. The average Of the first 100 acres
was 1888 pounds, and had this been
maintained through the season, Mr.. Co
field would have made over 100000
poun6s Of sugar. As it is, few planters
gan boast of 50 Large a crop from the
same acreage.
We are informed that the work of
grinding the crop Of the }. Allar,l Braud
place was just begun at the Bringier
sugar house couple Of weeks ago, and,
strange to say, that the cane was found
in sound condition and has been giving !.
tirst-rate yield Of sugar The magnificent
Bringier mill is one of the very few still
in operation.
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or swel,iugs and grave symptoms, but take
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March 81, 1879.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
TAX COLLECTIONS IN ASCENSION.

Capt. DE. Jones, the efficient deputy
Tax Collector for this parish, will 80 to
New Orleans on Monday next for the
purpose of making settlement with the
Auditor and Treasurer for collections of
State taxes and licenses from the LIST Of
July to the 31st Of December, 1880.
The aggregate amount of State funds
received by our Tax Collector during
this period is $l7,752 81, divided as fol-
lows:
General fund, interest, school
and general leyee taxes, ....... $87s9 IS
District lcvee taxes. 5439 rs
state licenses. 1922 SO
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

Reeds Gilt E.lgo Tonic cures swamptsvor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29
Flannel Department:
BLACK GOODS N&pAR TM&fN{1fC 5

Of black Casmees Silks Apacas Satns etc. not be
surpassed quality and not be bought within ~ cent the
asking solicit special examination Of the
Colored Cashmere Silks and Sn offering full lines OF
desirable shades prices that positively defy competition
fact asking for these we'll other Goods
ready sa and consequently invite the mme
date attention Of the public.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-29

Reeds GHt Edge Tonic restores the appe-
tito
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-05-06

the way. reverting to the Keely motor,
one of the hardest things | heard said
of it lately was that the experiments
were now carried on at Newark, n. j.,
"and,r said my interlOcutor, Newark
Is the home of humbugs.n He instanced
the once famous steam man. who NOV
ed his legs by a double piston and
crank arrangement set in motion from
boiler and furnace borne on his back
like Il knapsack. The trunk-that is,
the head and shoulders-of this re-
markable monster are now lying grim
ly exposed to the wiles of anybody who
would care to put them i'll his pocket
they only weigh about two tons-On
the sidewalk in that once fashionable
| thOrOughfare, East Broadway. The
photographers have been making i'm
provements which, under the name of
| typography, seem destined to furnish
| life-sized portraits and gigantic land
scapes and architectural paintings at Il
moments notice on enormous sheets of
prepared muslin instead of glass, metal,
or paper.
Whitelaw Reid, that lucky youth
whose career since he first attracted
Grants Disguised attention by blatant
criticisms of the battle of Shiloh as he
waved his long locks and gesticulated
with enormous shirt cuffs has led him
! through succession on the Tribune, as
editor to its founder, good old Horace
| Greeley, to the pockets of JAY Gould,
and Il firm grasp on the influence of
greater men and statesmen. has been
married to the daughter of Mills, the
millionaire of California. Practically,
perpetual president of the LOtoS Club,
it is there more than even i'll the tall
tower that 1.-THE young editor shines.
1t is wonderful how he has got on. for
no one accuses him of superintendent
ability, and he has gift for making
enemies which one would have thought
almost enough to cOmterbalance the
opposite but kindred genius for max
ing valuable friends.
The cruel sea captain of old sailor
yarns, of thirty years ago, seems to he
reviving again if some of the stories
we hear nowadays can he believed.
One of the latest, and peculiarly re-
pulsive one, is that the captain of Il
very fine, fast-sailing clipper on his
first voyage as skipper outward bound
from this port to Yokohama, deliberate
" refused to hcave to i'll the open
ocean in moderate weather, when one
of his men accidentally fell overheard
but kept in his course for an hour and
il half. and then hove to, sent Il crew
) selected by himself from the men h'
dislil>ed most in unavailing search o
the man who. although il liie-buOy hat
been thrown him. had probably beer
drowned long ago and sailed on, de
Scrting these five men, 1000 miles from
land, far from the usual track of vessels
in an open boat, without food or water
The tiend then left six more men be
r hind in Yokohama, penniless, having
threatened to lash them to the lee side
of the vessel if they dared attemp
to return to her. One of these mel
got in some days ago, in Il vessel whicl
is but Il slow tub compared with thu
other, and there are comiccturcS tina
: the captain may have been killed II
some mutiny, or, becoming insane, III
. purposely keeping out of the way.
RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-05-06

a system of patronage by which they
put their hands into the public treasury
and use the public money to keep
them and their party in power.
Well. now. what is the argument by
which this practice is sustained ? 1t
is very brief. 1t is simply that our
government is government of parties,
and that the system of spoils is indis-
pensable to party organization. The
reply is equally simple. 1t is per
emptory denial. The assertion is I'M
true. The spOils system is not the nee
essary basis of party organization, it is
merely an abuse of administration
which long antedates parties, which
flourishes under parties, but which can
also he thoroughly remedied under them.
The theoretical assertion is answered
10y an indisputable fact.
Mr.. Curtis makes a comparison OF
English civil service with that of the
United States, and finds that our En-
glish relatives can beat us in the con
duct of national politics. OF the differ
ence between the two nations in this
respect he says
The English people have decided
that, if they keep politics out of the
custom house and the post office. and
the internal revenue department, the
public business will he more ecOnomi-
cally and efficiently transacted, and 4
great source of political corruption will
be dried up. They have decided that
man shall he appointed to that ser
vice because he proves that he Is fitted
for it. and not because politician
wishes to pay his personal debts by
quartering il hcnchman upon the pub
! lie.
As one remedy for this great evil
Mr.. Curtis advocates fair competition
of intelligence and a fair practical trl-
al. He wants the public business con
Quoted on business principles. The
theory is il splendid one, but Mr.. Curt,
and all others who have the nation,
good at heart are painfully aware tina
to put il into successful practice re
quircs IA mighty effort. 1t cannot h'
done mt once. 1t is the peoples work
and the people alone must do it. THEY
iSh hands are making free with TIN
public money; INSCRIPTIONS minds an
making free with the national honor
This can be stopped if the people Sa.
50 and stick to it. The people can d.
anything if they try it on. just nov
the politicians seem to have the lead.