The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-09
Plaquemine Paragraphs.
Matters and Things In and About the
Metropolis OF IberyiiIe.

DEAR CH1EF:
Allow nc to congratulate you upon
| being the first paper in the State t.
publish the sad intelligence of the shoot
ing of President Garfield. 1t is eviden
tly great help to you to have !, tcle
graph Office in your town. The shooting
Of President Garfield caused no little
excitement in this place-lnuch regret il
expressed 10y all, Democrats as well as
Republicans. The perpetrator of such
an act should be quartered tho instant
he is cangl,t.
Mr.. Bryan, the new editor and nan.
agcr of the South, arrived in town last
Friday, aud as lie has moved his family
up, it looks as ifhe intends to stay. The
new arrangement has indeed caused a
big change in the Office. Contrary to
expectations and false hopes held out to
our mutual friend Horny he has alreuAy
been BUSTED and Johnnie S., will 70 low
at the end of this week. They will form
a grand choir and sing "Tramp, tramp,
tramp the boys are marching" l think
this city editor is taking little too
much upon his hands, Us he proposes to
enlarge the South to an eight-column
paper, set advertisements i'm nonpareil
and reading matter i'll BREWER, do all the
job-printing, etc, with only the assis-
lance of his son, a boy about IA years of
age. Although sorry to see our friends
Henry and John turned out upon the
cold world, l wish the South and it's
new manager much success.
The fair for the benefit of Union Fire
Company of this place came off last
Saturday and Sunday, the 2nd and 3rd
| insts., but | do not believe it proved
quite as successful as. was anticipated,
owing to the fact that there was but lit
tie interest taken in it by the firemen
themselves, and the citizens of town and
vicinity made no donations. The fire
men had to buy every thing and went to
considerable expense. They have no one
to blame but themselves, however, as
there were large crowds both nights, and
had the firenen had any management
about the affair and not fixed such goug-
ing prices for every thing, they would
have been more literally patronizcd
The dramatic performance which was
also given Saturday and Sunday nights
for the benefit of the fire boys, proved
the most lucrative feature of the affair.
1t was intended to have minstrel per
Torrance one night and the drama en-
titled " Down by the Sea-" the next
night, but the MINISTRIES fell through aid
the dram was played .both.nights. The
young ladies..and gentlemen taking part
i'll the performance acquitted themselves
very creditably, considering it was the
first appearance Of most OF them on the
public stage. | am sorry to say that
those who took part in this play were
very sllabbily treated by the tiremen-
they were not asked to partakc Of supper
or refreshments OF any kind, and were
even refused Il pitcher of ice water. The
receipts Ut both nights performances
were Se5.
Last Saturday evening I had the
pleasure Of meeting Mr.. II. C. CRUDE and
his charming daughter, Miss Henrietta,
ofyour town. Mr.. CRUDE is up here on
business and lie informs me that he has
been very succcssful, so far.
The Catholic priest of this town and.
the lberyillc South have locked horns i'll
war of words, about our public schools,
one of the greatest institutions of our
Union. | am not aware of the upshot of
the fight, but do know that the priest
has for several Sundays past not only
spoken of our public schools in a very
uncalled-tor manner, but has been ell
tirely too severe on the Protestant re-
Hg ion. But as l have no desire to enter
this fight, it is better that drop the
subject.
Yesterday was indeed dull day in our
town, great many OF the "coulG-get-
Always" going to Baton Rouge to partici-
pate i'll the hop given at the State Uni
versity, aud the balance going down the
bayou to q picnic.
l learn that Mr.. Greenley went to ex-
anime the body of the little boy that
was found floating i'll the river below
Donaldsonyille, and identifying it as
that OF his SOL, brought it home and had it
properly Iintcrred in one of the grave
yards III this parish
There has been quite a discussion
among our citizens, as to whether the
comet seen at 2. NJ, and that at 3 y. NJ,
IS one and the same, or two comets
Being up all Saturday and Sunday lights
last, at the fair, l noticed the one appear
ing at 2. NJ, and saw it all through the
night, the only change noticeable was
that 1t moved i'll the direction and arriv-
ing at the spot where the comet was
1lrst observed at 3 "A. NJ, confirming me
In the belief that there is but one comet.
Our Town Marshal has got the corpo-
ration OF Plaqnemine in trouble. While
lhe children OF prominent lawyer were
playing on the banquette in front of
their fathers house, the Marshal passed,
and seeing dog with the children, fired
among them and killed the dog The
father has instituted a suit against TIE
corporation for enlansering the lives of
his children. through one of its nft;c.rc