The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-09-09

:, he fair committee decided to cl,>
the FESTIVITIES with 8 ball Monday nia ,b>
], and the &c, idea was carritd out most a ny
iaahly. Ihes was 1afge attendance ~
y ,,r,s.: enu geatlenaen I'd the ball proysd
l. imttll,ying Success ifevery particular
Mr.Rier re E1. WI gold healed cane
Refsvera. "pn NJ: Hured tho prize.
the fots cam s;i Ears Cospany No.2 won
Mrs " fii4y little daus bter of MFR. ana +
enntest ,rsche proved Victorious in the
A pair Of :R largetlol1
were mt nm Aers from ;sbonnding buck
got them. Y, and tic J. I. Nolans
A number of be,
tributed on the Nful plies were dis
have mt obtained Mola plan, but we
The profits deriveN Of the winners.
ments will foot up abdn the entertain
doing splendidly consis7oo, which is
weather and dull timeAng 1 the e. t ,aa
Phoenix, say wei! Sood 1or Tue
THE BEATT1E MEET1NG.A
about 300 persons assembled ,o"" VI
ket-House last Sunday in respoh,' N
call for a grand Beattie ratification VIZ
ing. Considering the presence of AZ Ses
band and that it was the first Sunday
the month, day upon which the tom
is always well filled with people, til,
meeting was by no. means a large one
and certainly very far from zone Of til,
largest Republican meetings ever gath
cred in Ascension parish" as reported t.
the New Orleans Times Democrat by SOM
enthusiastic follower of Beattie. I'll,
only speaker present from outside tn,
parish was Mr.. Simeon Belden. judy,
Beattle WAS expected, but did not arrv,
until evening, several hours after thu
affair was over. District Attorney Ear
hart and Mr.. Beidep were the prineira
speakers, and the custom house and fed
eral patronage were their chief themes
Mr.. Earhurt was occasionally rewarded
with some applause, but Mr.. Belden'.
speech fell very flat and aroused no ell
thusiasm. Two OF three other speaker.
addressed the meeting and one of then
made a personal attack upon Mr.. Jerry
Sullivan. The latter, who is a supporter
of Senator Kellogg, assembled the stand
to reply and obtained the attention OF
the audience, Notwithstanding attempts
to prevent him from speaking. After
disposing of the personal question, MIR
Sullivan branclled. off into a kellogg.
speech aud it at once became evident
that the supporters Of the regular nomi-
nee were quite as numerous in the assem-
bly, rs the Beattie men, if not more so
Finding their situation precarious, the
officers of the meeting made determined
effort to stop Mr.. Sullivan from speaking,
and Judge Cheeyers ordered him to he
placed under arrest. During the tussle
that ensued the speakers platform col.
lapsed and two little boys were severely
bruised by being canghtnra!er the falling
planks.~ The crowd followed Mr.. Sulli-
van out of the building and if the Judge
had not paroled the prisoner and ordered
the constables to release him there would
not have been enough people left at the
Market House to adjourn The band
struck up tune and then another orator
was put upon the reconstructed platform,
but the crowd remained outside listening
to The liberated captive, who kept talk
ing at Il 2:40 rate, and the meeting was
incontinently adjourned. Hon. G. II.
Hill was chairman Of the gathering, but
VIC did not get the naiiles of the other
officers.