The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-09-16

this IS all wrong; no man would lock a
door If mankind were honest; the hood
lum would not roam the streets did he
not get leave from your State executive
committee, and be able by that influence
to arrest action in the grand jnries and
even makes his weight felt in the Supreme
Court. 1t has come to this, that u man
must, to protect himself and lis loved
ones in passing to and from places Of
nusement-through your own dere-
liction-carry All arsenal upon his back.
He can not 20 to West End but be meets
Duffy or Donovan, and what per-
force must lie do when lie is assaileds ye
Mayor is not there; the brave Crescent
Police are at their cups, and, to use the
language Of the Times Democrat, "these
outrages must be stopped or bloody
scenes will follow" We guarantee the
Mayor that if he will fill his force with
metropolitan policemen, us Of old, and
give us two Miltenbergers instead of one,
his searching process will be unnecessary,
as the Anglo Saxon will henceforth he
able to settle all little discrepancies ala
Sullivan.
An explosion occurred last night at the
American Rice Mill owned by Mcfarland
g. Dnpre. As the workmen were leaving
the mill at the hour of Z, the boiler bnrst
and threw down brick wall, and blew
away the steam and mud drums. The
damage is estimated at $4,000; fortu
nately 10 lives were lost.
Yours truly, w. Ii. Y.
NEW ORLEANS, September 5. 1882.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Monday, Il week ago during the after
noon, II young man named james Cullen,
evidently desiring to join the noble army
Of hoodlums, made his appearance on
Grsvier street near Rampant, where many
dcns of ill-rcpnte hold forth. Being the
worse from whiskey and bent OH mischief,
james threatened to shoot any woman,
who refused him admittance to her prem
Uses, and after singing out point
attack, No. 218 Gravier, tenanted by
colo red siren, demanded admittance aud
being refused, shot through the window
at woman named Ophelia. Smith, strik-
ing her in the small Of the back, inflctins
q dangerous wound. He then ran down
tho alley of the house into the yard and
fired at a dog, and then perceiving
woman hiding behind a cistern, fired
several shots at her, fortunately without
effect. He then returned to the street
and fell asleep upon doorstep, where
he was arrested and conveyed to the LIST
precinct station. He denies all knowl-
edge Of the affair aud was undoubtedly
crazy drunk.
Sunday last q veritable cyclone in min
iature struck the Valette dry dock and
breaking her fastenings, ran her against
the Third District ferry and prevented
the boat from running the rest Of the day.
The ferry loses S25, and the Dock Com
pany about $1,000 in damages. The gale
seems only to have covered a few squares
of ground, for above and below no wind
was felt or any damage done; the storm
cloud lowered for u few minutes over the
spot damaged and Immediately rose aud
There seems to he trouble brewing in
Democratic circles in tho Second Con
gressional District. The president OF the
district committee has left for the Hot
Spings and Mr.. Thomas Handy the vice
president refuses to appoint time for
the calling of the convention. 1t is said
that Z. John Ellis has not yet properly
shaped his course and his friend Handy's
hardness is the result. There is great
deal of speculation going on upon the
matter and there will probably be kick
before the thing is settled. The Houston
men are very much nettled and arc about
to declare war, but how or what they
will do is as yet an enigma.
AHO SaoO VI lIlCS DlShCtl, COu ICItu lOI
came up for final settle
ment Tuesday last before Judge Luzen-
burg. The prisoner proclaimed his
Innocence to the last, but two Jnries hav-
ing convicted him there can be little
doubt Of his guilt; the Judge sentenced
him to a fine of one dollar and IL term of
fifteen years i'll the penitentiary ut hard |
labor. His counsel filed motion for IL
of Judgment, which was made
the first Monday 6 f November.
The Third District Republican fight
has somewhat cooled off and now that
the party looks ut it in an unprejudiced
light, Judge Beattic's position seems to
be more untenable than ever. His parti-
sans seem to show themselves more and
more in an unenviable light and appear
10 be governed much more by prejudice
than calm reflection. 1t has not yet got
among the people of the district that the
rational committee have recognized
Kellogg rs the regular nominee, but
when it does Mr. Beattie's followers will
grow beautifully less. People down here
AVE had enough of boiling aud seces-
ion.
Gen. Thos. c. Anderson, independent
for Congress from the Sixth
District, has taken IL trip to the Attal;-
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