The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-08-19
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Points from Plaquemine by an Occasiona
Correspondent.
PLAQUEMINE, LA, July 81, 1881.
DEAR CHIEF:
As it has been some time since l hav,
had the pleasure of contributing to you
columns, being at leisure I will send /;
few notes that may be Of interest.
Notwithstanding the dullness of the
season, the spirit Of improvement il
;Plaquemine-like that of John Brown
keeps marching on. The first improve
ment worthy Of note is the new market
house, now nearly completed. It is a
frame buildidg about 100 feet in length
and so in width, and will cost about
$1,000. Itsdesign reflects much credit
as all theig work does-on the architects
and builders, Messrs. john A. Greaud &
Go. This firm some time ago expended
$4,000 or more in the erection Of large
sash, door and blind factory, and are
now turning out as fine work as can be
had anywhere, and though kept quite
busy, they are greatly retarded in filling
orders, owing to the great difficulty in
= securing seasoned lumber.
Another great enterprise is on foot and
being rapidly put through. A party of
our moneyed citizens have formed them
selves into company for the erection of
mammoth saw-mill few miles below
town on Bayou Plaquemine, which is to
have the capacity of saving $4,000 to
100000 feet of lumber per day. This
great enterprise, like all proposed indus
tries i'll Louisiana has already had an
enemy at work to hinder it from success.
clip an account of this attempted as
-sassination Of industry from the South:
"a party of gentlemen having con-
trActed for the erection Of important
works 80 our locality, involving the out
lay of severaf~thousand dollars, '
incurred the displeasurc, yea, the ire and
senmity Of u certain man in this town.
who went to work to undermine the
financial standing Of the gentlemen afore-
said, by writing to the contractors that
they were not worth the amount dne on
machinery to be delivered, say $1,000.
This damaging letter led to an inyestiga-
'tion OF the money value Of the parties,
and the fact was disclosed that two of
tile main partners alone owned $44 900
IN real estate and movable property.
The work sought to be destroyed or
impeded, is being worked on night and
day, aud before many days have elapsed
the people will be invited to inspect
machinery destined to play no second
part in this parish or its vicinity"
Hon. L. T. Allan, Representative of
Iberville, has lately had a neat residence
erected on the Sou!ouque plantation,
.and moved into his new home last Thurs-
day.
l had the pleasure of listening to :,
splendid sermon delivered here last We'd
nesday by Rev. r. S. Stuart of your
town, who preached in the PRESBYTERIAN
Church, there being no Episcopal church
here, and l assure you 1 appreciated it,.
HIS text was from Revelations, 1st chap.
18th verse: 81 am he that liveth and
was dead; and, behold: l am alive for
eVermore, Amen and have the keys of
hell and ofdeath." Ibelieve he breaches
here again next Sunday.
: We are all waiting with bated breath
1of the President to sign the appropria-
1ion bill for placing locks in Bayou
Plaquemine, which Senator Kellogg has
30 earnestly worked for. This will he
the making of Plaquenine, and should
the Senator receive the nomination for
Congress, 1 feel no hesitancy in express
ang the belief that he will receive the
almost solid vote of Iberville.
Hope Hook and Ladder Companv No
OF ,Plaquemine, a newly chartered
organization, composed of the best ele-
ments of the town, have contracted with
Mr.. Joseph Schwartz of New Orleans for
truck which is to cost between 500
and $500 and to be delivered at an early
date. 80 -;
by the way, forgot to mention among
our improvements, there are II number of
residences in course of erection, among
which must mention that of our popular
Sheriff, Capt. Chas. a. Brusle.
!, see Joe Tripe is here at work. but
learn that he is soon to return to Donald
sonvi'le, as he, for some reason unknown
to me, has taken a dislike to our pleasant
Last Saturday the colored Odd Fellows
of this town celebrated their anniversary
10y street parade in the afternoon and
at night with - "big ado" at their Hall.
This lodge is composed Of. the best of
lberville's colored citizens and is quite
strong in numbers, as we'll as in ha, lug
a solid treasury. =.
Although the high water has not fallen
enough TO leave the overtlowel lands
dry, it has recede,l sufficiently to allow
all or nearly the Crosse Tete people to
return to their homes A few Of the
refugees from the Arizona crevasse have
returned to their places. As a general
thing crops are III splendid condition and
promise = good yield.
+. Well, fearingI may intrnde too nineh
III your space, viii close nv subscribing
sastyseH; yours. etc. WHOA HAW.
IL