The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-03-10

| Mr. G. Kline, of the Old Reliable Store
opposite the Markell House, has secured the
sole Donaldsonville agency for the sale of
the Handkerchief Toilet Soap manufactured
by Messrs. j. ID. Larkns 81 Co. of Buffalo,
N. Y, an elegant article, highly perfumed
and of fine quality. In each box there are
three cakes of soap and % fiue handkerchief,
and the price of d box is only 25 cents. We
warrant that every one who tries a box of
this soap will he delighted with the bar
gain.
Mr.. DeLappc, the operator i'll charge Of
the telegraph office at the Lee Hotel, desires
us to notify the patrons of the line that he
| will guarantee to send off all messages within
an hour after receiving them, and if he fails
to do SO i'll any instance, will refund the
money paid fer the dispatch, He expresses
determination to earn for his Office a repu-
tation for promptness and reliability that
will justify the confidence and patronage of
the public. We shall be pleased to record
his success in this laudable endeavor.
CoRoSER's INQUEsTs.-Dr. Jno. b. Van
degrifs, Coroner and Parish Physician, has
recently held the following views:
February l5-Body of Catherine Davis, q
colored woman 70 years OF age, who died in
Donaldsonvile of disease of the heart.
February 26-Body of Edgar Alleman, a
colored infant aged years and 2 months,
who died of small pox i'll Donaldsonvlle.
March body Of Lawrence Plaisance,
a colored man who died of congestive chills
on the Souvenir plantation, in the second
ward Wy
Mr.. Henry G. Brown, the jovial and eff
Gent Assistant State Engineer, reached
Donaldsonvillc Wednesday evening, having
come down on the Times Democrat boat,
Susie b., aud made an inspection en- route
Of the lcvees between Baton Rouge and this
place Nearly all the new lcvces contracted
for during the past season have been com
plcted, and those still in an unfinished state
will he closed up within the next few days.
Mr.. Brown remained here until Thursday
morning, when he took the train for New
Orleans.
The st. James Louisianais has suspended
publication and is to be succeeded by the Rap
pel-Louisid1.ais. OF Louisiana Btsgte-Cull. The
newspaper will be published and edited by Mr..
Andre l.. Roman, who was editor of LIE Louis
iunais, and the first number will be issued
to-day or early next week. We bid adieu to the
old journal of our talented friend Mr.. j. Gentil
with much regret. but shall greet the newcomer
with cordially and wish it prosperous career.
1t is .rumored that a Republican paper Is also
about to be established in st. james, and if
this be so, our sister parish will be quite well
supplied with journals.
Mr.. John j. Harmon, the genial senior
partner Of the firm Of Harmon & Foss, was
III town this week and favored us with a
call Nj. Harmon is one of tho most enter
tanning takers VIC ever met, and has an
nexhaustible fund of humor and anecdotc
upon which he sccms to draw at will for the
clifcation of his acGuaintanccs. Mcssrs.
Harmon & Voss are doing Il fine business as
architects and builders, and have contracts
for work in several different portions of the
State, one Of these being for the construc-
ton OF IL new courthouse and Jail at Monroe.
On the morning Of the Bird inst, the hearts
and home of Mr.. A. .Joiut. Jr., and his cs-
Unable wife were g"ddcned by the arrival
of Il sweet little blue eyed baby girl. Mrs.
JOLIET was reported dangerously ill during
the week, but we are happy to be able to
state is considered at present entirely out
of danger. We sincerely hope that both
mother and babe may live until their hair
is as white as the snow on the mountain,
and that grandpa John and grandma Rosa
may ever feel is happy at heart as they did
on the day Of the arrival of the little cherub
at Rose Villa
Judge CheeveTs is still confined to the house
by his injured leg and has not been able to go
to st. James to open the March term of District
Court for that parish. BY the Judges order,
Sheriff Bourgeois adjourned the court from last
is no probability of the Judge being in q con-
dition to visit St. James that day, another
adjournment will DO necessary. 1t would per-
haps be best for his honor to give up all idea of
holding the 81. james term and settle himself
down to the exclusive and undisturbed task of
nursing that unruly member back to proper
appreciation of its duty and responsibility. If
the court and Dr. Fandegrif please, we pre-
scribe rest and full diet.
We take pleasure in calling the attention
Of orr readers to the advertisement OF
Messrs. kurshccdt & Benvenu, the widely
known firm of New Orleans marble workers
and manufacturers of monuments, tombs.
ieadstoEes, cemetery ratings and all kinds
of fancy aud plain marble and stone work.
Theirs is one Of the largcst and best known
establishments Of its kind i'll the State, and
their well established reputation is guar
nnty that all orders entrusted to them will
be executed in the best STYLE They invite
the custom of country residents especially,
and will insure satisfaction in every i'll
stance.
The Police Jury of st. James has called for
bids for the parochlnl printing Of the current
year. The Police Jury of Ascension will doubt
less take similar action when its attention is
directed to the requirements of the State law On
the subject. 1t might be we'll for our Jury to
consider also the advisability of republsiling
the official proceedings OF that body and the
ordinances adopted since the beginning of the
year. as the failure to award the printing in the
way the law directs offers possible ground for
attacking the legality of the Jury's legislation
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