The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-12-08

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New Orleans arrives. $50 Pm. 1904. n
Daily freight trains each way.
For tickets. baggage-checks, or any informa-
Ticket Agents. or to B. " Hccnl L. as Asss
F. :ehsadisl, seasEal 4f assenssr Agent. st St.
Louis, Mo-; a. III. Hoxie, Third Vice President,
st. Louis, Mo.
8. 8. INGMAN, Local Agent.
DONALDs0NvILLE. la,
Saturday, December 8, '83.
LOCAL JoTTINGs.
A. Riggs 4 Bro, cistern makers. 2l7 Deaord
st, N. @. Send for price list.
Mr.. G. A. Gondran, our youngest attor-
ney, left on Thursday for visit to New Or
leans.
The show of French & Co. is due here to-
morrow, and if the weather is even passable
we shall expect it to attract big crowd.
Miss Fannie Meter, sister of Messrs.
Mayer, Henry and Adofph Meter, is the
guest of Mrs. P. Klopman of this place.
On dit that fascinating City of the
Woods belle is to be captured on the 10Th
inst. by handsome young man from New
Orleans.
Pending necessary repairs to the ferry
Bella Israel is usingaathe old ferry landing
near the bayou.
Mr.. Pierre Schepp, an old citizen of st.
James and member of the Police Jury of
that parish, paid Donaldsonyille business
visit on Wednesday.
Our genial neighbor, Mr.. Patrick Red
dington, has gone to New Orleans on
flying business trip. He left yesterday and
is expected home this evening.
Reserved seats for the performance of the
Cal Wagner Ministries can be secured at
Mrs. M. Israel & Co. g without extra charge.
Aammber of seats have already been taken.
A young married man desires to procure
employment as hostler, and offers to fur
nish satisfactory proof of his fitness for
such a position. Address B., care of the
CHEF.
Mr.. George j. Fiegenschue, a gentleman
~ representative of the great New Orleans
music house of Louis Grun ewald, was in
Donaldsonville last week and favored the
CHEF with a call on Wednesday.
We hear some talk of the proposed or
ganization in this town of lodge Of the
Catholic Knights of America. No doubt
the order would secure large membership
here if this project is carried out.
An important special meeting of the In
dependent Brass Band is called for Sunday
afternoon. Hour, O'Clock; place, Phoenix
hand. See official notice elsewhere.
A gentleman named BldweIl Is here on
business visit, his object being to bring to
the notice Of our planters newly patented
furnace and bagasse burner for sugar
houses which is said to be grand thing.
Tombola tickets continue in great de-
mand at the mammoth one price store Of
Mrs. NJ. Israel & Co., and as the date fixed
for the drawing is only three weeks off,
persons wishing chance had better call at |
once. /
Mrs. j. Wildersen and Mrs. G.. W. Grisa- |
more, the amiable wives of the managers
of the Crescent and Belle Alliance places |
respectively, leave for AeE Orleans to-day, |
and will probably remain there until after |
the holidays.
A communication relative to the APP
preaching entertainment of the Ladies' |
Aid Association will be found on our fourth |
page. The letter was unavoidably crowded |
out last week. Read it, and prepare to join !
In the fun therein prognosticated.
1t is vaguely whispered that promi- |