The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-11

OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
NEW ORLEANS. November :. 1882.
EDrroR CHIEF.
The Democratic party is now upon the
stump throughout this parish, using
every ciitfeavor Il, save tire Ring Ticket
from atmihilatinn Il ,nnst he III ii sesy
bad way when it becomes necessary for
E. john Ellis to jeopuriizt. his cllanct- of
reelection by trying to bolster mp the
sink of corruption, daring to.pretelid
that itsrepresents the people. Gen. 4. l..
Gibson is also doing his best to save the
city to his old time henchman John
Fitzpatrick, and There is no doubt that
could d u.nited opposition have been
niatle to the Irish ring it might easily
have been defeated. As it stands now,
it is improbable that any Of the opposi-
ton candidates will be elected, perhaps
with the exception of Fendel Horn, the
Workingmen's nominee for Commissioner
of Police.
Sunday lDorning it was,liscovereltll that
during the dark hours preceding y
double murder had been committed III
this city. There is probably not III our
annals Of crime the record of a deed of
violence sqnaling in barbarity the one
Of Peter Trefonis. A young colored man
who had been at u ball on returning
home found to his horror that his mother
had been murdered, her throat having
been cut from ear to ear. As soon as he
had recovered from his first surprise he
rushed off TO his grandmotl,er's house, a
distance OF half Il mile or ST., aud there
discovered that she also was weltering
i'll blood, her throat having been cut,
and Il razcr-the implement which the
assassin used-was upon the floor. She
was not yet dead and signiied to her
grandson that Peter Trefonia, All Italian
who had been living with her daughter,
was the guilty one. The police removed
the dying woman to the hospital, but
physicians express the opinion tina.
death must inevitably result. Ellen
McCloskey and her daughter, Susan
Mccarthy were hard working colored
women, and this is the first time their
names have come before the public The
elder woman states that Trefoni:, com
mitted the lastarlly act from jealousy,
but why he should have visited hi
desperation upon her is more than can
be imagined.
The work of closing the crevasse at
Bonnet Care has already commenced,
Major james has 800 ccnvicts at work
upon it. The task is of far greater mag
nitude than was at first supposed, 1t be-
ing found necessary to dig ii large difc!.
the entire length of the crevasse for the
purpose of getting out the l..gs and Eras',
that are buried th,.re. The work is to be
completed by January, aotl it will he
the finest and strongest Ievee in the
State.
The notorious huotlun,, John Mono
han, who has long held sway i'll the
vicinit, Of Poytir;,s market, was cut i'll
the abdomen and seriously wounded by
i. Negro boy, Friday evening last. L. al-
pears that he ordered some coiored boy
away from the market, here they We're
ff,lss. ing, and using force upon some OF
them, one Sam Lee resisted and cut
Monahan with :. razor. Lee was arrested
aud Monahan lies at the Charity Hos
pital.
The s,uen,ak-rs Ut this cit, are out
upon !. strike. They demand an increase
ut fifty c='t's Il pair Oh shoes ana 81 upon
bouts. They are very we'll organized and
| will no doubt succeed III making the
| bosses come TO ime. Ever, body stems
| to think that their demands are reason
| ALE aud shnnl4 I've complied with
Yours truly, W. II. Y.