The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-10

And the victims knew, as they scooped him in
They were hopeless slaves Of the demon "pe."
Burlington Hawkeye.
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER
Items of Interest from the Crescent Cit,
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, May 90, 1882.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The Grand Jury Of this parish have
submitted to Judge Roman Il report t.
be transmitted to the Legislature upol
the present defects Of our jury system
The chief evil they expose is the fact
that one corrupt man can by holding out
checkmate the best conducted case and
turn loose upon the community any man
who only few hours before was proved
to be thief or q murderer. They say
that "The tendency Of the age seems to
tbe to allow criminals all the chances to
escape the punishment due to their
crimes, i'll consequence of which, crime
Is encouraged aud increased" The trial
by jury is certainly one of the FONDA
tlons OF American liberty, but when the
jury box is stocked by hoodlum Sheriff
ana the names drawn from the wheel by
deputies no better-in fact when omen
and unsurpassed violence to our whole
theory of government is committed daily,
lis all impossibility to expect impartial
verdicts.
The irrepressible hocdlum broke out
again Sunday evening at the corner Of
Basin and Poydras streets. Billy Feeney,
q notorious character of the Fitzpatrick
gang, II company with man named
Schaeffer, who had had some difficulty
with Louis Smith, Hon. A. J. Dnmont's
doorkeeper, met the brother, Harry Smith,
at the corner mentioned and mistukiug
him for Louis, drew his revolver and
fired on him five times, only one shot
taking effect. The Negro, seeing he was
cornered, rushed upon Feeney with
knife and stabbed him several times, and
being reinforced by one A. P. Field, got
the better of the ARRAY. At this stage
of the game the police appeared upon
the scene and arrested all parties. Fee
ney lies at the hospital in dangerous
condition.
The Live Oak break in Plaquemine
parish still remains open, and the $12, 500
collected to close it has all been expended.
Probably the crevasse would have been
closed ere this, but on Tuesday last
large cypress stump was looseped from
the batture in front by the current and
another large wash created, which broke
a vast portion of the curbing away. It
is thought that the crevasse win have to
be abandoned until low water
The Supreme Court has decided, in the
case st. John parish Us. Theo shexnaydre,
that an ordinance fixing a fine and pen
atty for riding or driving upon the levee
lis legal and valid.
The City Government has returned
from Baton Rouge after having shelved
tho citizens charter. The Cotton Ex-
change worked hard in it's favor, but the
city ring had things too well in hand to
he defeated. The legislative charter has
passed the House and it matters little to
our present city officials if it ever be-
comes q law or not.
The danger of eating highly colored
confectionery was again exemplified OH
sfriday by four children of Mr.. Ed Keenan,.
who resides at 1914 Gasquet street. The
children purchased five cents worth of
popcorn, which it appears by DR.. Lewis
report was SO well charged with arsenous
acid that it was with great difficulty
that he was enabled to save their lives,
The Doctor found upon further invest,-
CATION that the corn had been colored
with aniline, which is largely composed
OF arsenic. The police arrested Mr.. w.
q. Henry, who sold the popcorn to the
cnildren, and confscated all that re-
anained as well asa bottle containing
the coloring matter. He will be prose-
cuted under the ordinance relative to
selling adulterated food.
A. and NJ. Heine Of Paris are ahont to
build magnificent clubhouse at the
corner of Carondelet and Canal streets.
which is to rival the Cotton Exchange in
majestic appearance and proportions.
Wallace French, another Poydras mar
ket hoodlun,, was cut in the neck last
night by some Negroes and nearly killed.
:, Yours truly, W.. HY.