The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14

OH II hHnD1Ee-MOnSLer MUSICAL Il fPStl-
val, etc, etc.
New YORK, May 7, 1881.
EDITOR CHEF:
To pass through the streets of New
York and Brooklyn to-day, You might
imagine that they had been sacked by
conInering army, and that the conquer
ors were busy carrying of the loot. The
graspng avaricc of ihe New York land
lords has compelled a hegira from that
city such as it has not known for years.
Early this spring the Astors inaugurated
the rise in rents, the increase being from
twenty to thirty per cent. The small
property holders We're not slow to follow
! their example, and the consequence was
that large numbers of tenants have been
driven out who imagined that they had
~ life leaselold OH the property. The rise
il New York property has been Of i'm
mense advantage to Brooklyn, and as
the great suspension bridge is rapidly
fastening to completion, it is considered
Il much more desirable place of residence
than the upper portion of New York city.
New York real estate has advanced enor-
monsly within the past ten years. Eight
years ago wealthy down town merchant
bought eleven lots on Madison avenue,
for which he paid in cash forty-four
thousand dollars. Last January he was
offered 500, 900 for the property, but de
manded $4,000. This was refused, and
the merchant dismissed he subject from
further consideration. Last week a man
entered his store, and after Il little parley
offered him Sl5O,OOO for his eleven lots,
but he now declares that he will not sell
short of $2oO,0oo.
The army ofsluatters, whose unsiyhtly
cabins have 'lissraced the upper portion
of tue city near the park, have heen
driven ont by the police, and now the
property is in the market ut fabulous
prices. To give you all idea Of how for
tunes are made by sharp men, an innc-
ttHC II iSHllshH w Cllt ItthuC VI 10y iICIi lids
been leasing to the sqnatters the use of
these lots for years, to which he has no
more title than the man in the moon. The
real owners of the property had no pres
cnt use for it, so they allowed the squat
tcrs to build their little huts without
question:, but Lynch charged them all
the way from dollar to three dollars Il
month ground rent, and at one time he
, vas in receipt of nearly four hundred
dollars month from his leases of other
peoples property.
| spoke last week Of case of black
mail, where pretty and innocent look
! in. female attempted, in connection with
some male companions, to eXtort money
| from a down town manufacturer, and.
failing in that, she publicly whipped
| him. The scene i'll the court on her re
cent trial was intensely dramatic, and
rendered particularly SO from the fact
that the woman or girl represented her
self as a friendless orphan, only sweet 15.
The man assaulted had followed her
track from girlhoo,l up to the hour Of
trial, and instead of ii virgin of l8, lie
proved her to be q veteran between 80
and 40, whose matrimonial alliances had
| been too numerous to be sanctioned by
the tlecalogue. Since she committed the
assault she succeeded in marrying IL very
worthy young man, the son of her land
lady, who was several years her junior.
Instead of being a virgin she was the
mother of several children, each Que by
different father. aud she had been the
associate Of criminals and thieves from
her childhood When the young husband
| heard the revelation Of his new wife S
| former life he looked at her as il trans
| fixed then turned slowly away. The
moor wretch whose life Of guilt had been