The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-07-01

raises all outcry-the screams OF murder.
murder! ring ont on the air-but no |
policeman answers the cry for help; the
woman runs several blocks to her house,
leaving her friend bleeding aud wounded
upon the ground. At last he is carried
to the finest hospital in the city-a char
ity maintained ut q cost Of thousands OF
dollars annually. There the wounded
man is treated by the sapient physician
in attendance as drunk, and on the
second day lie dies. It a terrible thing
to he struck down without moments
warming; but what was he doing with a
married woman ut Il beer garden at that
time? The whole affair shows a moral
looseness, shocking to think of, but the
unfortunate young man has certainly
paid terrible penalty for his offence.
It is q sad confession to make, but every
New Yorker knows it, that there is no
thorougbfare 80 public or 50 well guarded
that it is safe for man to walk alone
after midnight. There is an army of be-
tween thirty and forty thousand known
as the criminal classes; the haunts of
burglars and thieves are just as familiar
to tile police as the Post Office or. as the
Merchants Exchange. The majority OF
street car pickpockets are. not only
known to the police, but to the con-
tluctors OH every street car line; they go
in gangs Of from three to q halfdozen,
and there is not one conviction to every
ten robberies. One Of the most amusing
affairs that we have had for long time
was the robbery of the District Attorney;
lie was getting out Of an omnibus and
the crowd closed around him and bis
diamond pin, worth $4,000, was missing.
He was very much downcast, for he i'm
agined himself thief-proof, as lie had
been dealing with just such characters
all his life. A general alarm was sent
ont, and the result was that the next day
the pin was returned with handsome
apology, saying that the thief did not
recognize the District Attorney, and lie
asked his pardon for the Inconvenience
he had caused him.
To show how our prize-fghters stand
in dread Of the police, couple of ruffians
made three attempts to maui each other
before they finally succeeded. Once they
were put under peace bonds, but they for
feited the bonds and had the igLt-for
further particulars see the Herald.
The corner in beef still continues.
Porter house steaks, prime ribs and ten
derloins are now among the hallowetl
memories of the past. People of moder-
ate means take their porter-house steaks
now from behind the horns Or off the
slins; only the aristocracy like Gould,
Vanderbilt or Broadbrim aspire to round
steaks, and Il decent veal outlet is worth
| princes ransom. l don't know what
| we arc coming to, or going to-np, high,
higher, highest is now the order Of the
day; every thing is dear and every one
is grumbling. For people with large
families / can see no resource if this is
to continue very long, but to do as they
do with our vagrant dogs-put them i'll
a cage and drown them.
If you go to hire house the very first
question they ask you is, g Have you got
any cl,ildrenf" and if you have, they
slam the door in your face. What to do
with our boys is the question. Nobody
won't have them, and we can't murder
them without a special act of Congress
SO think it would be good idea to get
| up a monster expedition to the North
Pole, and if that don't settle them they
| are immortal.
| The labor market is still very unset
| tied meetings are held every night at
which the most inflammatory speeches
are made.
| The Russian Jews arc an elephant on
the hands Of their American brethren
that which was accorded them as char
ity, they now demand as right, and if
those we have in New York are sample
bricks Of the three million and seven
hundred thousand that expect to come
over, don't wonder that Russians kill
them, and that the Gar is anxious to get
rid of them. We have noble territory
in Alaska. would respectfully suggest
that we ship about three millions of them
to that magnificent portion of our glori-
Gus Union-the climate is suitable-and
let them 60 into the cultivation of seals
Splendid idea! I think I'll get a patent
for it, and when have reduced the cost
of sealskin sacqnes to two dollars and a
half apiece posterity will do me justice
The middle of June and cool enough
for an overcoat.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM.
I Travellers Story.
After spending months at watering places
and consulting the best physicians withou
benefit, returned home dislleartened an,
expected to die. A friend urged trial 0
Parker's Ginger Tonic. Three bottles an,
careful diet have brought me excellen