The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-12-01

lnefe are ABOUT twenty-five OF tnlrIy
Southerners among the 600 students of
jefferson, and the general impression is
that they are not cowards-that they will
fight. A friend of mine in the college was
sitting in the lecture room the day after the
fights, during the interval between lectures,
when he heard a conversation behind him
between two Northern men. One said
"Ill just tell you, | would not like to get
into a fuss with any of these Southern
men," "Wel]," said the other, 50 if you do,
Just make up your mind to prepare. for
for the chivalry he displayed on the cars en-
route for Philadelphia. Two roughs left q
seat and passed into another car. After
being absent sometime they returned and
finding lady in their seat demanded that
she should vacate it for them. No one of
the many gentlemen sitting around offered
to defend the lady from the insulting rude
with the bravery and chivalry Of a Richard
Cuur de Lion, enrolled himself as the lady S
champion. He forced the men to yield the
seat to her and to leave the car. One of the
men drew a pistol, but MIR. Sharpe drew
one as quickly and held them at bay. Quite
little fracas ensued, and upon reaching
Washington Mr. Sharpe was arrested, but
soon released.
Gen: Jubal Early, seeing notice of the
iltiil All tilS pctpCIoy WtkS pACuSCti tsb
the manly deed, and though perfect stran-
ger to Mr.. Sharpe, addressed him letter of
thanks and sent him a gold-headed cane
with the in junction to use it to knock down
the first - Yankee who interfered with
him. Was not that characteristic speech
of the peppery old General? Knowing him
as we'll as | do, [ can appreciate it,
The Alumni Association of Jefferson
College held netting to do honor to the
r tt,nf h,. /
Marion Sims, who lately i'll New York
passed so suddenly and quietly into the
other life. The medical fraternity here
held his talents in the highest estimation
and loved the man for his kind, genial man.
ner and his large, truly charitable heart.
New York, it seems, claims DR.. Sims as one
of her great men, but he was Il South Caro-
linian. He studied medicine and gradu-
ated i'll Charleston, took diploma from
jefferson Medical College, and began his
practice and made reputation first in Mont
gomery, Ala. He went to New York in
1858. In 1861 he visited Europe, and in
Paris gained distinction on account of
operations performed in the hospital before
the great surgeons of that city. During
the remainder of his life he passed much of
his time i'll Europe and was considered as
great an oracle there as here. An English
Duke once sent for him, paid his expenses
5000, and at one time he attended the En-
press Eugene. What will the rich, partic-
ularly the rich ladies of New York do now
that there Is no DR.. Sims to whom to refer
their physical troubles? Strange, that a
man whose talents and skill Commanded
the largest fees for so many years should
have died poor. But fortunes are accumu-
lated as much by saving as making money,
and Dr. Sims did notsa He made money
aasIly and rnD1Gju aud If
gantly. He was the greatest man America
ever produced and is called the Father of
GynRCology.
When marriage can be gotten up Oh as
grand a scale as that of Patrick O'Brien and
Annie Dunn, which took place in our sister
city of Pittsburg the other day, it is worthy
of consideration. O'Brien is just 30 years
old, is feet, II inches high and weighs 29t;
pounds, but Is SO finely proportloned that
he does not appear huge. Annie Dunn is
20 years old, is feet 4 inches high and
weighs 313 pounds. Just think of having
GOT pounds of flesh and IA feet, Is inches
divided between the couple; of 70 yards of
material and yards of trail in the brides
dress; of the largest white kid gloves ever
made in New York; of a reception attended
by IA 900 people; of a cake nine feet in cir
cumference. Just think, too, of having Il
whole museum to witness the ceremony
The snake charners-1ninus the snakes,
however-the lovely Aztecs, the Albinos, the
acrobats, the one armed girls and the no
armed boys, the fascinating, elastic skin
man, the Charming skeleton man, the hairy
woman, the fat boy, the tattooed woman,
the Chinese dwarf, and last and least, the
midgets. Oh, yes, that was a wedding
worth having. Who can initiate it?
The theatres have been doing a brisk
business this season. Sheridan has been
Il 1al1 rbti prcyr1a3 bnucoS His ,t-onI-
in Marble Heart and Shakspeare's plays.
He is particularly good i'll King Lear.
Thomas is giving Us the benefit of the finest
of instrumental music, which is right well
appreciated. Henry Irving will be with US
next week and there has been rush for seats
The s1le of tickets began Monday and
Oh Tuesday the advance sales were between
nine and ten thousand dollars, about the
same as Mrs. Langtry's last year. Mr.. Ir-
every city: has selected Hamlet for Phila-
delphia and Othello for Chicago.
The markets are full of game and game
dinners are the style. The menu is usually
game soup, boiled fish, ducks. snipes. quail,
woodcoclss and tarrapin. You know, in
Philadelphia and Baltimore no dinner Or
supper is complete without tarrapin. Can
vas back ducks and deer are scarce yet;
the ducks bring from So to 81 a pair and
for So per dozen and woodcock and phea-
SAINTS 81 % and 81 50 a pair. Pennsylvania
furnishes but little venison now. Nearly
all we have comes rom Virginia and Min
neSOta.
FRAGMENTS.
Fine white china is more fashionable
than colored or decorated ware.
The people here are disgusted with Ma
homes effort to wave the bloody shirt.
The weather has been so hot for several
days that fires have been discarded.
Daniel W. Voorhees, will defend young
Matt for the killing of Dukes. The trial
will take place the first week in December
There are two colored women lawyers III
the United States. Mary Cary in Michigan
and Louise Bryantin Colorado.
GOOSEQUILL.
When you suffer from dyspepsia, heart barn,
malarlni affections, kidney disease liver com
plant and other wasting diseases. When you
wish to enrich the blood and purify the system
generally. When you wish to remove all feel
ing of weakness, weirness lack of energy. try
a bottle of Browns Iron Bittera and see how
greatly it will benefit you. 1t surpGsses all
known remedies aS cher of I he blood and