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OUR GOOSEQUILL LETTER.

The Crescent an d NIonune al Cities Con-
Observation-Disclosures Public Resorts for
Amusement and Instruction-Temple
and Talents-Installation Of Englnnd's
Primate-" Peck's Bad Boy"
BALTIMORE, Nd, April I, 1888.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Baltimore and New Orleans in general
appearance are widely different, yet you
will hear Orlcanian visitors say, 1.-The at
mosphere of home seems all about us here
The people are so genial and they move,
act, talk and work just as they do in New
Orleans: the style of dress is exactly the
same-a perfectly gentccl style nothing
extreme. Business is brisk, there is no lag
ging, but it is not on the brcakncck rush as
in New York or Chicago; nobody is rude in
his eagerncss to push ahead. Accost a gen
tleman III the street, and he has the dispo-
sition, and consequently the time to answer
politely, glad that he can aid the stranger
by his superior knowledge of Baltimore.
Every man preserves his identity as a cour
teous gentleman, as we'll on the street and
chambers
This is all true. Baltimore is indeed a
nice city, and its people are clever in every
sense of the word. Baltimore brick is far
famed it is beautiful, smooth. red brick
Baltimore is entirely built up of this brick
even the tenement houses On the outskirts
are thus substantially built as far as the eye
can reach; nothing else meets the view.
But it is too much of a good thing: it be-
comes monotonous and one would almost
prefer the lack of order and precision look
of New Orleans. The streets are all paved
and are very straight and average good
Charles, Claiborne, Rampant or Espanade
no long lines of beautiful trees, and no par
terres of blooming flowers to refresh the
passer-by. The city is not on seven, but
many hills, and so, by nature and by the
| assiduous care of the authorities and citi-
zens, is kept beautifully clean. Clean water
runs through the cutters, and every house
keeper has the street as well as the walk in
Street cars run in every direction, the
fare is five cents, and like New Orleans, the
Slawson deposit boxes are generally in use.
There has just been an ordinance passed,
however, requiring the street railway com
panies to employ conductor on every car
after October /, with a penalty Of ten dol.
lars for noncompliance.
The city presents many attractions for
divertisement-ibrar art galleries, parks,
etc. The Mercantile Library is pleasant
resort and very conveniently located on
Charles street, in the midst of the best shop.
ping district. 1t is a free and easy place.
the easiest of arm and rocking chairs
throughout. Shelves of books, and tables
covered with the newspapers and periodi-
Gals. BY subscription of five dollars one
can take books away. One could not stud Y
there-too much talking. 1t is a first-rate
blace to rest for an hour and indulge in pop
ular reading.
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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Domestic.


Sergeant Ballautine is engaged in a Texas
divorce suit.
Six thousand baby alligators are sold in
Florida every year.
The real history of the Jeanette expedi-
ton has been smgthered.
played by Chinese mines.
The losses by the fire at the Hotel Berk-
ley, Boston, aggregate $l70,000.
At recent sale of rare coin in New York,
a half-dime of 1904 brought s40o.
The strike of the Philadelphia house
painters has ended in q compromise.
Fourteen-foot Bank, Del, is to kaEe tho
largest Lighthouse of its kind in the world.
A rich deposit of silver has been recently
discovered nine miles from Gainesboro,
Tenn.
The rolling mill strikers at Springfield,
Ills, insult .and abuse all non-union meR
employed.
Moro than $50 vessels from all points Ia
ON the llth inst
The chief cook of Barnum's Hotel, st.
Louis, has retired to private Life with o
fortune Of $12O,00O.
Young Daniel Boone, great grandson Of
the explorer of old Kentucky, is carrier
for New York firm.
Ex-senator Tabor says no man living has
ever been abused and made fun of as he has
been by the newspapers.
A house is being built in Baltimore the
walls of which consist of wire network.
stayed by upright stadding.
The trial Of George Scheler. the bag
keeper charged with setting fire to the
Newhall House, in Milwaukee, has kegan.
The Houston hook and ladder fire coin
pany's truck-house was burned by the
driver, who says he wished to see q new
building erected.
A st. Louis Post Dispatch reporter, WISH
ing to make circus sketch REALISTIC, ell
tered the ions' cage and was almost torn to
pieces by the infuriated animals.
The British Consul requested the police
authorities to take precautions in guarding
against violence being attempted on the
Marquis of;Lorne and Princess Louise, now
visiting Boston.
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Foreign.

| Hebert Spencer's health is bad.
| Italy has resumed specie payments.
! Paris has q manufactory of bogus coffee
| beans.
The coronation of the Gar will probably
be postponed.
| There is probability of war between
Franco and China.
Seven thousand dock laborcrs struck at
Marseillcs, April 10.
suddenly in Hungary.
Brcslau, Germany, has chimney so feet
high made Of paper pulp.
Seven million rabbits have been killed in
Australia in less than year.
| French detectives arc to assist Russian
Police during tho coronation.
Nearly all the Nihilist prisoners now on
trial have made confession of guilt
A daughter of Mrs. Victoria WootiLull has
made her debut on the London stage.
| The Pullman sleeping ear has not been
success between Liverpool and London.
The Dublin Land League has received
$4,000 from Irish sympathizers i'll Australia.
! The Island of New Guinea is to be taken
possession of as a dependency of Queens
land.
| The building in which the Phoenix Park
assassins are being tried is kept constantly
guarded.
One hundred cottages were burned at
volorbe, Switzerland recently. Loss, ,50O,-
900 francs.
Tie Pope has decided that no priest who
has participated in the agitation in Ireland
shall become u bishop.
| hospital for Mussuiman women, pre-
sided over by Russian female dactors, has
| been established at Tashkend.
| Tho regalia of the Russian Imperial
family has been transferred from Winter
Palace to the kremlin at Moscow.
About 2OO0 persons have been arrested in
Moscow on suspicion of being engaged iu
| plotting against the life of the Gar.
The wife of Thomassen, the Internal
machine murderer of Bremerhaven, iius just
died in an insane asylum in London.
| The woman who attempted, OIL October
% last. to shoot King Milan in the cathedral
1
at Belgrade has committed suicide in prison.
The Emperor Joseph recently performed
the ceremony of washing the feet of paupers
at Hofburg, the chief palnce Of the Austrian
| sovcrcigns.
| The students at Paris school rey0iteaL
and detachment of forty policemen were
reauircd to restore order. Two hundred
and seventy boys were expelled.
A motion for the approval of the praceee-
ings of the Nihilsts in Russia and the
, Fenans in Ireland and in England was
defeated by the Socialist Congress at
Copenhagen.
bill was presented i'll the English Par
Lament, passed 4.se third reading, sent to
the House of Lords aud became law
Immediately, which makes life servitu'!s
the penalty for causing an explosion by
which life or property is iinperlled'
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TIE WIDOW TO HER son.


The following touching verses from the Dub
lin wonderfully pathetic IN their
simple fidelity to one of the noblest relations
and emotions In human nature-represent an
Irish mothers message to her em1grant son III
America, by another emigrant Just about to
sail, and will find appreciatiye echo in all kind
hearts:
Remember, Dennis, all bade you say:
Tell him we're well and happy, thank the Lord;
But of our troubles since he went away
You'll mind, avick, and never say word.
Of cares and troubles, sure, we've all our
The finest summer isn't always fair.
Tell him the spotted heifer calved in May;
She died, poor thing; but that you needn' t
mind;
Nor how the constant rain destroyed the hay;
But tell him God to us was ever kind,
And when the fever spread the country DER
His mercy kept the sickness from our
door.
Be sure you tell him how the neighbors came
And cut the corn and stored 1t III the barn;
'Twould be as we'll to mention them by name
Pat Murphy, Ned McCabe and Shamus earn,
And big Tim DAILY from behind the hill;
And say, agra!-oh, say miss him still.
Twas then l missed him mOst-my own night
hand;
I felt, although kind hearts were round me
there,
The kindest heart beat in a foreign land,
Strong hand! brave heart!-one severed far
frOme me
BY many u weary league of shore and seq.
And tell him she was with us-he'll know who
Mavonrneen, has MT she winsome eyes
The darkest, deepest, brightest, borniest blue
l ever saw except In summer Skies
And such black hair. it is the blackest hair
That ever rippled over neck SO fair.
Tell him old Pinchcr fretted many day.,
And moped poor dog, t was well he did MT
die,
Crouched ~ the roadside how he watched the
way
And smiled the travellers as they passed him
Tail, rain. or sunshine, sure t was all the
same,
He listened for the foot that never came.
Tell him the house is lonesome-ike and cold.
The fire itself seems robbed of half it's light
But. maybe t is my eyes are growing old,
And things look dim before my failing sight.
For all that, tell him t was myself that spun
The shirts you bring, and stitched them
every one
Give him my blessing, morning. noon and night,
Tell him my prayers offered for his good,
That he may keep his Maker still in sight,
And firmly stand, as his brave father stood,
True to his name, his country and his God.
Faithful at home, and steadfast still abroad.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-21
a READING LESSON.


They sat in dusky corner,
Turning the leaves of book,
Ger each picture fair,
Or legend there,
Bending with eager look.
She was modest maiden,
And he was ti1nid youth,
And the volume they view
Together-those two
Is a bit of fiction, forsooth.
And there wasn't as pretty picture
In all the book, I'll engage,
AS the one that leaned
BY the twilight screened
Well over the printed page.
His tresses with hers SO blending
They turned to brighter shade,
While the cheek of the youth
Was in very truth
AS red as the cheek of the maid.
The shadows began to deepen,
The printed page was blur,
Yet he did not close
The book nor propose
A change of enjoyment to her.
But. as in their eager reading
Their hands together had met,
In the same warm clasp,
More than friendly grasp,
They fingered and fingered yet.
Nor needed they for moment
In each other's face to look,
For the secret guessed
Was at once confessed,
And each heart was an open book.
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Transient advertisements. 81 per square first
assertion; each subsequent insertion, IS cents
per square.
Official or legal advertisements, 81 per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion, 80
cents per square
Editorial notices. first insertion, Is cents per
line; subsequently,, 10 cents per line.
Cards of Six lines or less in Business Direct
ory, $5 per anpum
Brief communications upon subjects of publlc
interest solicited
No attention paid to anonymous Letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views OF
correspondents.
Address: The CHIEF, Donaldsonville. La.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IrsR uapayf1Ie A:p

Practices in the 2and and Goth Judicial
Districts. comprising the parishes of Jetfer-
snn, st. Charles. st. JOHN. St. James and
Ascension. and before the Federal and
Supreme Courts in New Orleans.
Special attention paid to the COLLECTION of
commercial claims.
Address: IIahuyille P. o.. st. Charles, La.
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High Authority

DR.. W. E. Scott. President of the College of
PHYSICIANS, Montreal, writes II have recom-
lnended Coiden's LieE,ig's Liquid Extract of
Beef and Tonic invigorator as the best pre-
Darntioa used for debility. indigestion. dyspep-
sia, ferer. a9He, and toss oJ appetite (Take
no Ottef.4
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NT LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
NIs ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries
Furniture, Hardware and Plantation Sup
plies, at Lenarn's old stand, Mississippi
street. G. EEITEL, Agent.
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MILLINERY,

MFRS. NJ. BLUM. Millincr, Mississippi
lVE street, between Lessard and st. Pat
rick. Latest styles of Bonnets, Hats. French
Flowers, etc; also, all kinds of Ladies' I'm
tlerwear.
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
UNDERTAKEN,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

ID RYBISKI, Apothecary and Druggist,
Ds Mississippi street, between st. Patrick
and st. incent streets, adjoining Gondran' s
store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-21

NE ISRAEL & CO., dealers i'll Dry Goods,
Ms Clothing, Boots, Shoes, sadl1ery,
Buggies, etc, corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue.
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TNO. SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries.
- Wines and Liquors, Crockcry, Tinware,
Notions, etc. No. q Railroad Avenue, be-
tween Conway and St. Michael streets.
Donaldsonville.
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DIR. Alex. Mayer proposes the use OF bpriai
cases of glass in spItee of the .onka,ary
wooden eotfins. Such eases. WHEN het metl
cally sealed, would effectuaily prevent the
air of cemeteries BY replacing the air i'll
the cases with an antils.trid gas, the bodies
might be indefinitely preserved from de-
eonpo sitio,l, all the s.tlsass.ases Of embalm-
eally se:led caskets a:e much more -Gkel
to meet with widely extended approva
tigau are ercmatory furnaces.
t;,en.'s sulphur Soap rt mtves all loo
erpptots. scetles all ssbfa~Iors of tie cutiels,
) l.. 'sIcctl:,.lt HIsps u II il Il .n4IIs
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SODA WATER MANDATORY.

CODA WATER MANUFACTORY. ii.
- Hether, proprietor. No. l Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzcr and all kinds
Of. aerated waters manufactured, and sold
atlowest prices.
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AZ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
We lIoum;,s street, dealer in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro
visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.
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DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc.

ID LANDMAN, dealer i'll Dry Goods,
HIs Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Wines,
Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, and General
Merchandise, corner K. r. Avenue and
Taylor Streets, one blociS from Railroad
Depot.
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Mr. A A. Jones, respected citizen of
Rayville, was shot and killed by n. II. Col
lins while trying to quell a disturbance in
which Collins was a participant. Collins
started to run after shooting Jones, but was
himself shot dead by bystander. WIN. B.
Roberts instisated the difficulty and has
fled. Both the victims leave families, and
Mr. Jones was member of the knights of
Pythias and Knights of Honor
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A colore preacher who effected q forcible
entrance into the houses of several unpro-
tected eolored women in Livingston parish,
was taken into the woods by a dozen men
of his own race and given 120 strokes on the
bare back.
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M TOBIAS, dealer in Groceries, Dry
lYto Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Furniture Hardware, Crock
cry, Trunks, etc, corner Mississippi and st.
Patrick streets and No q Railroad Avenue.
Everything at lowest figures.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-21

The house of Mr. Robt. H. Whiting ton
on Bayou Rapides, was struck by lightning
during the storm of tho 5th inst. The i'll
mates were shocked, but not injured.
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TNO. +. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fan
u CIV Groceries. Provisions, Plantation and
Steamboat Supplies. Canned Goods, Wines,
Liquors. Bottled Beer, Ale, etc, Dry Goods
and Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chct-
imaches streets, opp River Ferry.
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7OS. GONDRAN Il SONS, dealersin Dry
J Goods, Clothing, Notions, Hats, Gro
ceries, Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes, Hard
ware, Paints, Oils, Saddlery Crockery, Fur
niture and all kinds of House Furnishing
Goods. Blue Store, Mississippi street.
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The Crescent and dMonumenta al Cities Con-
Observation-Disclosures Public Resorts for
Amusement and observation-disclosures
and Talents-Installation of Englnnd's
Primate-" Peck's Bad Boy"
R.IrrIMoRE Mn ADri1 T 1sS3
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INSURANCE AGENCIES.

rTTY HOTEL, p. Lcfevrc, Proprietor,
" Railroad Avenue, cor. 1bcrville street.
Bar supplied with best Liquors.
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A ID. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
N. Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner,
Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
CHOLERA IN EGYPT.
The Dread Plague Causing COnstsr-
nation Throughout Europe.
While Launching a Steamer at
Glasgow, She CApSizes, Drown.
ing 100 WOrkmen.

ALEXANDRIA, July 3.-There were
twelve deaths at Manseuah and four
at Samanoud yesterday from cholera.
Traffic between Port Said and Syria is
prohibited owing to the outbreak of
cholera at the former place.
A panic prevails at Jeddah because
OF the expected arrival there of five
steamers from India with pilgrims on
their way to Mecca. 1t is feared they
will bring germs of cholera.
BERLIN, July 3.-The Marddens.
sche Zeitung, organ OF Bismarck, says
the Governments of Germany and
Prussia are devOting earnest attention
to the subject of cholera. Commits
siOners are to assemble forthwith, in
conjunction with the Imperial Board
Of Health, to deliberate on precau-
tionsry measures.
CAIRO, July 3.-The sanity council
has ordered the population of Damiet.
ia to be removed from their dwellings
and scattered in tents. The infected
part of the town has been partly dis
infected and partly burned.
ROME, July 3-Notwithstanding
the denial the Curia differs from the
propaganda in regard to ireland,
owing to the action of Evington, in
quiry has been sent to Cardinal
McUabe whether he is we'll enough to
come to Rome.
LONDON, July 3, 3 p.m.-Intelli~
gence has been just received here Of
terrible calamity during the launching
Of the steamship Daphne at Glasgow
to-day. While being launched she
fell over on her side, precipitating a
number Of people into the water. Ac-
cordinR.to dispatches thus far received
sixty persons were drowned.
$3.50 pm.-Further particulars of
the calamity at Glasgow state that the
Daphne, which was constructed for
the coasting trade, is vessel of 500
tons burden. Two hundred workmen
were on board when she oapsized. The
accident occurred in the middle Of the
riverClJ de. After launching it was not
exactly known how many persons
we're drowned, but it is feared that the
number will reach 100.
LONDON, July 3 Bullion gone into
the Bank Of England, on balance, to-
day, is fi3,0OO.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
ChioagO and iiersireet Railways

CHICAGO, July 3-The charters of
three Chlcsge street railway Gompa-
nies expire by Limitation the present
year and under an original grant the
city has right to purchase the roads
at their appraised value. The pro-
posed removal Of the charters has
provoked wide discussion and a
proposition has been made by ten
capitalists to advance the money for
the purchase of the roads and to pay
into the treasury annually ten per
cent of the gross earnings. 1t is said
the railway officials deny that such a
proposition can be or has been made.
Their supposed willingness to accede
the right of the city to the revenue
from them was shown in an ordinance
submitted tG the Council last night to
pay yearly license Of fifty dollars on
each car operated on condition that
the charters are renewed for twenty
years. The ordinance was referred,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

Mr.. P. j. Daily, OF Ga Beal street,
possesses a copper coin that is quite a
curiosity. 1t is of Swedish or Dan
ish stamp, and bears the date 1911.
The word Repin is very plain, also
the name Christian, and as Christian
w was King of Denmark In 1911 it
was probably issued in that country.
Some of the letters are dim, but all
could be made out by skillful nuuis-
matist. The coin is II inches in diam
eter and thick accordingly. There isa
clean drilled or cut hole in it quar~
ter of an inch wide, as if it had been
worn as an ornament. The coin was
found on the banks of Bayou Gayoso,
on the 1lth of June last, by a negro
who was fishing for crawfsh. He
cLeeriully disposed Of it for nickel.
Mr.. DAILY thinks that DeSoto, who
is supposed to have camped
on these bluffs about eighty-fye
years after the date Of this coin mey
have given it to some Indian chief or
copper colored queen to wear as an
ornament. Be this as it may, the old
coin made 272 years ago is in fair
state of preservation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

THE Virginia duelists must have
been in dead earnest. After lodging
the authorities successfully for several
days, thing seldom done, they sue
ceeded 10 having hostile meeting.
They used Colts six shooters at a
distance Of eight PAGES. At the first
fire neither one was struck. Bierne,
the challenger, demanded a second
shot and his bullet entered the upper
part of Elam's thigh and
lodged in his body. All this
to satisfy wounded honor
The bullet was cut out, but the pub
lie has forgotten, if it ever was pubs
lished, who was the real aggressor.
Having taken two pops at each
other, their differences are supposed
to be adjusted, and the man with a
hole in his hip will get we'll if the
weather is not too hot. One is pun
ished, the other is not, but whether
the right man was hurt or the other
gentleman, it is impossible to decide,
unless we could see and had time TO
read all they said about each other.
Perhaps if half were believed it would
result in the conclusion that both Of
them deserved fine large scar.