The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-12-29

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fore it was sight all the more novel ant
lovely. In the second dance the gentlemen
claimed partners and, that over, the foo
was thrown open to the whole house, an{
the young ladies in costume HE'D then
away to the booths in the foyer and heIt
| themselves in readiness to serve the tea
coffee, Lemonade, cake and sandwiches
The booths were SO artistically arranged
that, with the lovely attendants, the,
the Oriental and Dresden China wer,
especially noticeable for the richness O.
their ornamentation and their speaking
| effects. The Shakespeare table had a fac
slmlle exterior of the Avon House. Some
clever devices were gotten up at the Dres
den tables to make money. There was
non That swallowed every piece of money
put into Its paw, and it amused the people
to contribute to his voracity Then there
| were souvenir boxes of bon bons anc
tr1nkets of various kinds. But there was nc
| booth SO attractive as that of Mother
Goose, because, somehow, the very pretti
est girls had donned her costume There is
nothing IN all the world that draws like
beauty and the lady managers understood
this, for nearly all the girls were very
pretty. The ball netted over 5000 and
was given for the benefit OF the endowment
fund of the Pennsylvania Museum and
| School of Industrial Art, in Memorial Hall
Fairmont Park. =,
Memorial Hall, you know, is one of The
centennial buildings which was preserved
ana meant, in its use, to be free pifh tc
| the people. The State and city, however,
DO little else than give the use Of the build
ing. The museum and the schools CON
nected with 1t are maintained by private
contributions. ALI the rich collection Of
rare works of art, relics of past ages and
far tandc houo her,
public spirited. generous individuals. It is
open on Sundays and therefore is accessi-
bic to the poorest. The humblest artisan
can go there and gather ideas and inspira-
tlon, as 1t were, for the better preservation
OF his work and can, by attending the
schools connected with the museum, get q
very good knowledge of Industrial art and
the principles of true design. To raise a
Iund I, large enough to endow permanently
ans1a anls museum Us and Its schools SO as to in
crease their power as an agency in the edu-
cation OF our people, was the desire of the
ladies IN giving this entertainment. Ger
talnly worthy object that deserved all the
patronage it got.
The law is inexorable. Again tsays. DIR.
Goersen must die, and even now the sh adow
OF the gallows covers him. DR.. Georsen is
wife murderer; no uncommon role in this
part OF the country; you can hear of the like
w SeesJs AL tlc STILLS DTlSOQ With -iJr.
Goersen IS man by the name of McGin
mis-, convicted some time ago of the same
crime, put whose execution was stayed be-
cause OF the doubt existing in the minds of
many as to his sanity. The Boards of Par
dons and the Governor are still consider
ing hls case, and able physicians are using
all their skill in determining the matter.
DIR. Goersen has had two trials and pleads
1or third, but he will not get it. The
evidence was strong against him and he
had fair trial. His deed was diabolicaI
and he must suffer the penalty. His wife
was sick and under pretence of treating
her maiady he gave her arsenic enough to
Kill her. During the second trial the fact
was developed that his mother-in-laW. who
died tifteeen days before his wife, was poi
soned with arsenic, and it is generally be-
leyed that he killed her too. And for what
did he run the risk of losing his life here
and his soul hereafter? For little prop
erty! His mother-in-laW and his wife out
Of the way, with q will rnae s.by lis wife in
his favor, and the propersy would be his
Inc mother-1n-Iaw was disposed of without
suspicion in the mind of any one. The
wife was taken sick, the will was made out
IN legal form, an outside physician was
called IN toward the last who gave the GER
tlflcate for burial. Every thing was well
planned. The wife was buried, not word
said and he breathed freely; he was safe
the money was his. Ineed not go into de-
tail, but as usual, the murder found loop
hole and got out. DIR. Goersen's property
avalleth him nothing. The State will fur
nish him all he needs now, and he will not
need that little long.
A few days ago there was quite a good
deal of excitement and chagrin manifested
by the colored men who have been at work
on the new Post-office. The Superintend
ent discharged thirty-fve men, twenty-five
of whom were colored: in fact, all the col
ored ones he had, except two. One of the
men gave some pretty plain talk. He said he
was born here, that he had gone through the
whole war and still had a bullet in his leg
to show for it, that he and his comrades
were all citizens, voters and Republicans.
that they were true to their party, and it
looked mighty queer that coIored people
had to be showed off and the green Irish
kept at work. Nor did it end there. The
storm rumbled on until it reached tbs col
ored people of the seventh ward There.
the politicians among them got hold of it
and vowed the memory of such treatment
should rankle in their hearts until it was re-
5ented.
There has been another Almshouse hor-
ror. One of the panper inmates of Block
ley, an old man of 78 years, very decrepit,
tl1et Juet out VI Tue HOSpltdI, WtS aSSluIteQ
BY his keeper. This happened two weeks
ago. He died Saturday night from the eff
Feet OF his Inlurles-of congestion of the
brain. It seems the keeper had been out
and returned stupid with drink. At an un-
usually early hour, because he wanted to go
to bed himself, he ordered all who were in
the hall to retire. The man, Judge, who
sat warming his feet by the stove, remarked
5hat it was early and he'd like to sit longer
Ihereupon, the keeper jerked him off of
lis chair, threw him on his cot in the cell
Ind because of little remonstrance, beat
1im over the head with his fist and his boot
until he was a mass of bruises. The keeper
vas arrested of course and lodged in jail
he has been connected with the Almshouse
,or three years, although known to be hard
lrinker. Strange indeed that the Poor
Guardians would continue such an one in
l position where he could practice tyranny
even over paupers. All, what dreadful
hing it is to be abjectly poor, when to be
such is to be slaves, subject to the caprice
md brutal temper of drunkards. Talk about
slavery being abolished! It exists to-day,
although there be no bargain and trade.
md no auction blocks, save among the
treasured relics of the past
Mrs. Carrie Burnham Kilgore, who was |
ateIy admitted to practice in the Orphans
Court, has knocked again at tie doors of
he several Common Pleas Courts, but she
las not found the open sesame. Nos. and
postponed the matter for consideration,
,ut Nos. 2 and fatty refused to admit
Woman as practitioner before them, even
hough she brought certificate from the
supreme Court. The Pennsylvania law did
lot sanction it and that told the whole |
tory Miss Hall. :" Mrs. Kilgore will make |
IN application to the Supreme Court next |
month. She is determined to carry her
,oint. She has gotten thus far under diff
iculties mountain high and if she lives long
nough she will measure lances with her |
,rother lawyers in our several courts.
FRAGM ENTs.
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