The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-07
DoNALDsoNyILLE, LOUISIANA SATURDAY OCTOBER J. 1882
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

: OUR. NEW YORK LETTER.
The Suicide 1Tania-New Departure of til
u Salvation Army-Tlle Elections and thei
!, Effects The Mormon onImmigration-Ho,
/, the Mormons Treat their Converts
q Weather, Trade, etc., etc.
!, NEW YoRK, September %, 1882.
q EDITOR CHIEF:
:. Within the past three weeks no les
than seven unfortunates, weary of life
, have leaped from the ferryboats which
cross our rivers; and out of the seven
five of them have found that peace OF
the river bottom which they were unable
to fiud on the top. The two that escaped
immediate death nearly drowned theil
rescuers; both of them expressed them
selves exceedingly sorry that they had
not succeeded, and avowed their deter
mination to try the experiment over the
very first opportunity that offered. The
most violent one was sent to the peni-
tentiary and the other was turned over
to her friends The reason of this sud
den outbreak it is difficult to determine,
but that there is something unusual the
matter, is an ugly fact and the ques-
ton is, what is it Perhaps it is the
autumnal cyclone which has been un-
usually Violent; perhaps it is Jay Gould,
or it may he the exhortations of the Sal
vation Harmy, which has crazed them
with threatenings ef the wrath to come; /;
but why, if the latter cause is the reason,
they shonld precipitate disaster which
might be STAYED off for a little while
longer is something beyond my ken, so I
respectfully pass the conundrum to the
next.
Speaking of the Salvation Army, or as
it is pronounced by the most orthodox of
saints, the Salvation Harmy, we are
threatened with new inundation Of
| these cratic saints-which bodies no
good to the devil. The campaign opened
in Brooklyn, where they took possession
of one of the public streets, and for the
time being all traffic was at an end. A
stout German by the name of Schilling
kept a grocery store, the doors of which
were completely blockaded by saints and
sinners, the sinners being in the ascen-
dant. Customers in search of their daily
supplies of sauerkraut und speck found
the aforesaid supplies suddenly cut off,
and this raised the ire of Mynheer Shil-
ling. He asked tho saints to move on,
but the saints had been commanded by
the Lord to preach the Gospel in that
exact spot, SO they Informed Mr.. schil-
ling that neither man nor the devil
could move them. I regret to say that
Mynheer Schilling had very little fear of
the Lord, or the devil either. So he
Went for a club and sailed into the
saints. The very first lick sent an eyange-
list into the gutter, and as a female
major rushed up to the rescue of her
fallen commander, q back-hander from
the Dutchnian's club put her eye in
mourning for couple of weeks at least.
Tho fight became general, the friends Of
the different parties taking free hand
in, and it was not till the police reserves
were called out that the unscemly riot
was stopped. Mr.. schilling was arrested
for breaking up religious meeting.
General Edwards, Major Brown and
Captain Jenkins, with several high pri-
Yates, were arrested for assault and
battery and disturbing the peace In
the row Mr. Schilliug had come Off Sec
ond best, his show-winlow was broken,
and some saint or sinner, taking advant
age Of the disturbance, had walked off
with a basket of onions and ham. The
General commanding had an unsightly
rent in his rear garment; his helmet was
smashed il, by Schilling's club; his ma
jors, colonels and lieutenants all bore
lively evidences of the fray, and the
magistrate found it difficult to tell who
began it. Mr.. schilling swore that if
they attempted to block up the highway
in front of his shop that he would club
them again, and the saints declared that
such vile sinner as Schilling should be
saved at any sacrifice, if the ole Harmy
should be sacrificed in the attempt
After an exciting trial all the parties
were discharged on their own rccogniz-
ances. schilling is parading up and
down i'll front of his store waiting the |
approach Of the enemy aud the Salvation
Harmy, jnst aching for fight, is await
ing further reinforcements from Hing
land.
But to return to the suicides. The
latest case was beautiful young woman
who was Oh one Of the Hoboken boats. |
She was in company with vcIy COM
mon-looking man, and leaping from his
side without moments warning she
rushed to the stern of the boat and |
jumped into the river After desperate
sue was fished out by a boat
hook by a passing tug boat, but the
shock had been SO great that she died in
the ferryhouse. There have been num-
Dor of other cases where unfortunates
have sought to shuttle off this mortal coil
with arsenic, the rope and the pistol but
the feryboat appears to be the most
fashionable caper just nov, and it has
the merits of being effective if not ns-