The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-09-16
OUR NEWORLEANs LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, September 10, 1882.

Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondents.
New ORLEANS, September -, 1882.
EDITOR CHIEF:
After suffering periodical overfows
from Lake Pontchartrain for years, our
city is probably on fair way towards
having revetment levee built along the
northern limits, which will prevent the
disasters of the past being repeated. A
corporation styling itself the Lake Shore
Marine Road has lately been chartered
and promises to connect all our lake re-
sorts by rail, and the provisions of its
Charter give it the power to even encir-
Gle the entire lake with its iron belt. The
Department Of Improvements, always
derelict in it's duty, will have introduced
q redeeming feature if this lake shore
road thoroughly dykes ont northeastern
storms.
Third District matters are less and less
discussed here, every we'll posted citizen
admitting the success of the regular nom-
inee; yet there is a whisper going around
to the effect that in order to defeat Kel-
logg, it is the intention of the opposition
to withdraw Mr.. Acklen's nomination
and concentrate its strength upon Judge
Beattie. The reason assigned is that it
would keep Kellogg out in a case of con-
test; but this course would be simply
making Mr.. Beattie the Bourbon candi-
date and strictly party fight, and the
success Of Kellogg would be the result.
The tide Of Democratic successes is
upon the ebb, and we are glad to men,
ton that at the late election for munich
pal officers of our lakeside wateringplace
Vaudeville, all entire Republican admin
istration was elected. Your scribe paid
flying visit the other day to this charm
ing spot and was received most royalty
by its Mayor and town officers, all natives
of the parish, but one, and lie son of
Lafourche, Mr.. CALLER formerly of Thib-
odaux. Mr.. Alfred Fontini the Mayor is
a relation Of Hon. j. Madison Wells, and
possesses to a considerable extent the
| pertinacity and persistency of his es-
| teemed relative. The Aldermen are all
| gentlemen much respected throughout
| the parish by their enemies and trusted
| by their friends We wished them sue
cess and left them unwillingly for the
return trip on board the New Camelia,
| which proved rather a rough one; but
the slim company OH board, owing to the
parsimony and short-sighted policy of
the owners in doubling the fare, perhaps
! made cases of sea sickness few or confined
them to the state rooms. 1t is pity for
a boat with such congenial roll Of Off
GERS as the New Camela has, and among
whom we must particularly recommend
for his promptness and civility Mr.. Lang
hoff the clerk, who always has good hu-
NOR written upon his continuance, and
his hand open to every one. With such
a complement Of officers the boat could
well afford to retain its summer rate Of
fare. The meanest part about the trip
was the Inconvenience experienced in
the old fogy arrangement called a rail-
road running from Milneburg to the city
by way of Elysian Fields. 1t is said that
this road is the second in age in this
country, and every thing about it seems
to fit in proving it to be true, for it is a
disgrace to its managers, and compares
very unfavarably with the enterprising
Spanish Fort and West End roads.
Seeing that Mr.. Jones the fable coiner
of the Mint has excited envious comments
from the Democratic press, we took a
stroll to discover if possible how much
truth there was in the comments OH his
actions i'll which he is charged with
nearly every irregularity possible to a
political position. Mr.. Jones informed
us that the assessment business was
strictly voluntary on his employees that
he himself refused to pay his own or al
low an enforcement of the collection
from his subordinates. Mr.. Jones stated
that lie was not adverse to criticisms by
the press, and only asked a stricter adj
herence to the truth. He desires it to be
understood that the Mint is not an asylum
or clearinghouse for the politicians of
the third district as has been stated !;
such commentslmnst be taken cum grano
sails.
East Sunday evening, at the Parish
Prison, occurred another event calcu-
lated to bring into prominent notoriety
a brace of ruffians who, instead of man
ipulating ward elections and holding
Office under the government, ought
rather to grace cells in the penitentiary
with their becoming presence. George
Demo, one of the keepers, who it appears
was off duty at the time, was shot and
killed by either John Domineck or An
gust Bruneau, on duty when Demo en-
tered the prison. The affair is shrouded
| with mystery and the statements of each
of the two keepers present contradict the
other. The death wound was immedi-
ately under the left shoulder blade; and
another shot had shattered the left hand.
The strangest thing about the affair is
that the pistols found in the apartment
immediately after the ARRAY can not be
recognized as belonging to Domineck or
Bruneau, although one has been pointed
ont as the property Of the dead man. 1t
is to be hoped that the inquest will bring
out the facts in the case.
The yellow fever at Pensacola is stead