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

pleLely Crushed as Lley OOIe Iici away "
her prison. A new light has broken
upon the Elmore case, of which l wrote
u couple of weeks ago. Elmore is q
merchant whose matrimonial experiences
have been the reverse of fortunate. His
first wife, you will recollect, got a di-
vorce; tie second committed suicide !;
and No. 3 is the complainant in the
present suit He swears he picked her
up in the street, and agreed at once to
live with her; she swears that she was
married to him by an alderman, and
that she passed for his wife for year.
The lady swore she was a spinster. On
the trial on Tuesday last, several wit
nesses were called, and one of them pos
itively identified her as a woman who
was married to a tailor by the name OF
Leer, many years ago, in Watertown, n.
Y. 1t was also alleged she had been
turned out of her boarding-house for
gross misconduct, all Of which allega-
tions were stout]y denied by the lady.
There are some startling revelations
promised in the case, which, If true, will
go far to prove that, while Elmore him
self is hardly a saint, the lady in ques-
ton is but an Indifferent angel.
The case of Theophilus Youngs popped
u E1,o II II
and buried, and his tombstone now
stands in the town of Marblehead. 1t
looks very much as if the living The
ophilus was {; fraud, and it is not alto
gethcr certain that, if he does not sud
denly disappear, as he has done several
times before, he may come to grief, like
his great prototype, Tichborne, i'll Eng
land, who had much stronger evidence to
back up his case than Mr.. Theophilus
Youngs. Money is at the bottom of all
these cases, and it really seems as if
some people would so to the - to get
it.
A number of notable suicides have
taken place in the past few weeks, where
the victims have been from the highest
walks in life. No cause can he assigned
for the suicide of Mr.. Minturn, the
wealthy merchant, who shot himself IN
his own office week ago. His fortune
was ample. The firm of Grinnell &
Minturn was one of the most aristocratlc
and wealthy in the country, and the po-
sition of Mr.. Minturn seemed to be one
of the most enviable, and yet, in the
very prime Of his existence, he takes his
own life, leaving no clue Behind by
which. the mystery can be fathomed.
The suicide of Capt. Brandt, on the
German steamer Herder, caused shock
in the city, where he was well and favor
ably known. lie was q true sailor, no.
bic, generous and brave; he had risen to
his proud position of commander Of one
of the finest steamships out of the port
of New York. Thousands Of our German
felIow-citizens who have visited Fadcr-
land within the past 90 years we'll recol-
lect his frank, bronzed face, and he was
almost the last man in the world that
one would have suspected of q design
upon his own life. He evidently retained
his senses clear up to his last moment ;
but he says in his parting letter that it
can not be helped. Several other sui
cles of minor note have occurred, but
these two have cast a gloom over the
very hest circles in the city.
Our staff of life is endangered. Just
think Of an army of eight thousand ba-
kers on strike, less work and more pay
or no bread. The bosses at first deter
mined to resist, but, like Crockett's coon,
they came down at last, and now we arc
having our Vienna rolls, twist and home
made, just the same as usual.
Our monster musical festival has been
musically and financially a great success
Just think of 500 instruments and 100
voices swelling in one grand tornado OF
harmony. Talk Of music, there were
ayalanches, mountains and hurricanes OF
it, that almost took you off your feet
DIR. Damrosch, the leader and protector
is about the proudest man i'll New York
4 little while ago we could scarcely hear
of any leader i'll musical circles bnt
Theodore Thomas, but now Damrosch is
the rising star, for it is acknowledged o,
all hands that it was the grandest musi
cal triumph ever witnessed in America.
A French Opera Company came here {:
few weeks ago from New Orleans, anG
after few performances broke down fol
want of means. On Monday night the
fascinating tenor ram away with The
managers wife, and we are yet III doubt
whether the concluding act will tur,
out Il tragedy or farce.
The bottom has dropped out of the
Worlds Fair, and we have Transferred
onr vested rights III the enterprise t.
Boston and Chicago. If you intended Il
come in 1883, don't stop on that ae
count, for we have a continual fair herr
and can always show YOU something
worth seeing.
An old sw!lille, which was explode,
many years ago, Of selling golden bricks
beautifully made of lead, was a'tempte'
to be revived here last week, bat, not
witlstanding his smartness, the swln'llr1
came to grief, and is now in the clutches
of the law.
Our revivals arc ahont ended, except
we can call Bob Ingersoll's meetings re-
vivals II is singular, but people pay F;
+. s!allar Il head to hear him, when a yoke
Of oxen won!d scarcely pull them into ;
church. Truly yours,
BROADBRIM.
Captain Charles A. Brusle, editor o
the Ibvlville South, has planted six acre
of jnte, which is thriving, and will plan