The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-30

which place the tournament is to be held
next year, on being selected as the field
for the healthiest, cleancst and most
respectable sport ever seen in America.
The contest over, they leave behind
naught but pleasant memories. We
heartily commend tlcm to our brethren
in the West, and conclude with long life
and happiness to the merry archcrs.
The statistics of crime of the year are
before me, with the gratifying evidence
that we are gradually growing better.
Only six years ago, the arrests in this
city were nearly 100000; in 1880 they
were only little over 1900; $4,000 of
these hail from the United States, and
$1,000 hail from ireland. Our German
population, which equals tue Irish, only
furnishes one quarter as many criminals,
and the nature Of the offences for which
they arc convicted are generally of the
lighter grades. Our Irish criminals
figure largely i'll murders, bnrglaries,
violent assaults, and wifo beatings.
Considering that only one-half the
people who deserve punishment receive
it, you have the gratifying assurance i'll
Brooklyn and New York, that every fifth
man or woman you meet i'll tho street
ought to be behind. prison bars. just
think of an army of over $4,000 thieves,
burglars, murderers, drnnkards-men
and woman marching along. With such
an element around us, l wonder that We
are as good as wo are, and think with
the immortal Bulwer, awe arc not SO
bad as we SEEM"
We are much exercised just now on
the subject of an underground railway,
which shall run beneath Broadway
The matter has been delayed many years
because we did not like to see our grand
tloroughfare torn to pieces while the
road was in the process of construction,
and another consideration was that
property-owncrs were afraid that it
would endanger the foundations of their
houses. Both of these objections have
been removed by the proposition not to
interfere with the stretched at all, but
to work entirely under ground. A short
section of this road was finished many
years ago, and was exhibited to country
visitors as one of the sights of the capt
tai ut ten cents head. 1t is now pro-
posed to utilize this work, and make it
tile nucleus of the coming road. We are
railroads as We were. We accept them
i'll lieu of something better, for we expect
any day to sec a whole train coming
smash down in the street, and that it has
not occurred before this can only be at
tribntcd to the mercy of Providence.
Another pious fraud has been opera
ting in the city. She has been working
church societies and clcrgymen with the
most gratifying success. This time its a
widow-pretty, at that-and not over
thirty. Now, 4 goo.l-looking widow OF
thirty is quite irresistible. She had a
son in the Hebrew Hospital, or she said
she had, both of whose legs were para.
lyzctl, and one Of whose arms was dislo
Gated, besides suffering the loss of ono
Of his eyes, receiving serious injury t.
his spine, and having been accidental,
shot in the head, he could hardly b.
considered u healthy boy. Well, thi.
widow wanted Il little money to gc
medical treatment for this unLcalth,
little boy. Wherever che could not re
ducats she was willing to accept any
thing from pair of brecches to u bottl
Of wliskey and strange as it may seem
she had drawn ut various times OH OH
charitable liquorlealer for fourteen bot
ties Of brandy for the suffering patient
She worked the sick racket for over tl,re
years, and as near as can be estimates,
has collected in that time not far frol
$4,000 in cash. The Hebrew hospital
have been ransackcd by the charitabl
inclined, but the boy with the lame leg
cannot be found. Last week she cam
near being caught by an officer, but 81,
ran into IL building and vanished like
ghost. Look out for the pious widow.
The recent hot weather has tlepopul;
ted tho town. The railway companit
are at war again. You can go from Ne,
York to Chicago for any price yo
please. The regular rate at present
fifteen dollars, but if you can't pay tina
+ you can go for five. Its an elegant tim
for Summer tourists. Not owning an
railroad stocks, l can stand it. Hopin
/ that some of these railroad masnatc
Jay Gould or Vanderbilt, may have sens
enough to send inc pass, am
Truly yours, BROADBRIM.
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