The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-11-17

The robber Nugent, now in Trenton prls-
On for one of the most desperate robberles
ever attempted in the United States, is
fair sample Of this kind of officer. Con-
nected with a band of robbers which it
would be difficult to match in the world;
twice taken up for completely with bur-
glars on his beat; then, while i'll prison for
the robbing of the bank on the corner of
Bleeker and Broadway, though it was as
certain as day that he received the swag,
he turned around and sued the city for his
pay as policeman, and received nearly a
thousand dollars. But there are other things
to think about besides murderous police
men.
The election was most absorbing topic.
but we are all glad that it is over. There
was a terribly bitter feeling in all the wards
three or four Democratic factions in each.
County tickets and State tickets were cut
and slashed into 1nincemeat. Some ran
in between the drops who never expected to
see daylight, and prime favorites went to
the wall buried under an avalanche of votes,
which made them think the day of judg
ment was not far off.
Brooklyn, with clean Democratic ma
iority of 25OOO, placed life long Republi-
can in supreme control of her municipal
affairs, and elected the "pride of the Dem
ocracy" to stay ut home for the next two
years. In triangular fight, owing to the
dissensions of the Democrats, the Republl-
cans captured the Senate ana Assembly by
neck, and there they will hold the fort
against the model Governor for the re-
mainder of his excellency's term. 1t has
been week of surprises, many of them not
of the most pleasant character, and there IS
little doubt but many of the self-sacrltlclng
patriots who have been putting up the
whiskey .for the boysSfor the past two or
three weeks are now repeating those beau
tiful lines of Whittier's:
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: 1t might have been.
Oliver johnson, the temperance evange-
list, who wanted 100000 for damaged
wife, has wandered away from these parts,
and the places that knew him once Will
know him no more. perchance forever
Sundry creditors mourn his absence with
exceeding grief, and pray that Oliver may
experience change OF heart, to which
reverently say amen.
Music is supposed to be largely made up
of harmony, but there is little harmony in
our musical relations at the present tune,
and the difference between the rival i'm
pressarios is about as broad and as wicked
as that between Alexander and the Nlhll-
lists. Notwithstanding that we have in New
York some of the finest singers IN the
world. all is discord and confusion. Sweet
little Patti dropped III on us on Tuesday,
and caught the gallant Colonel of Her
Majesty's Opera mapping. He never knew
that the diva had arrived till she was safe IN
her hotel with the faithful Nicolinl. When
the Colonel heard the news he kicked the
waiter who brought it down stairs, he
jammed his bootjack through valuable
looking glass, and swore by note IN seven
teen different languages. 1t Is also repor-
ted that Madame Patti was not at all select
in her words, and waiter who was listen
ing at the keyhole, but was unable to un-
derstand Italian, Sheard something.Ilike
"Damme, ramme, jamme, cussee, Dam
foolee, lunkheadee," etc. Of course those
things have to be taken with a grain of al
lowance, as servants are not always relia-
bic. The lady may only have been ordering
her breakfast in Italian, but as faithful
correspondent I considered it my duty to
give you the facts. It is reported that the
diva refused to receive the gallant Colonel
of Her Msjesty's Opera unless he went
down on his kness and asked her pardon,
never considering the inpossibility OF COM
plying with such an absurd request in the
present style of pantaloons. The Colonel
sent a gentle remonstrance, but the 1m-
nerious lady was obdurate. Then, on the
threat of her immediate return to Wales,
and the prospective ruin OF his season, he
was at last compelled to comply. He waited
On her on Wednesday afternoon, and On
attempting to comply with the humiliatlng
of nal nfS for
which he had just paid Brooks twenty-five
dollars, and he had to be carried to his
carriage by two culored walters, the lower
part of his person wrapped up in camel's S
hair shawl, which he hastily caught from
the back of chair. But everything is lovely
now, and we oil await in awe her first ap-
pearance, which occurs i'll a few days.
art circles are still torn in pieces by the
libel suit that spoke of last week between
General Cesnola and Mr.. Feuardent. we
are all anxious to know whether the We
muses. and Psyches and Junos and Dianas
in which we have taken so much pride and
delight, and for which we have paid so
much money, were chiseled in Athens or
Cyprus 5000 years ago or manufactured III
General Cesnola's back parlor within the
last decade If We can make hrst-class
| Jupiters, Neptunes, and Minervas for seven
dollars and half piece what need OF dig
| glng and delv1ng amld the ruins VI htueAs
or Troy while plaster is cheap and broken
cobble-stones can be had for nothing. Ii
| Venus had no nose when she arrived here,
| 1 think it was an act of humanity to fur
nish her one. How would any Venus look
without nose? Who ever heard of one
legged Venus? The pin which General de
| Cesnola furnished the goddess of love Is
| Just as good as that turned out by Phidias
| They are as alike as two peas. You CAM
perceive any difference in them. So if We;
nus has a frst-class understanding should
like to know what all the war is about. The
legs good one, much above the average
of the modern leg, and the nose-well, an
a Judge of noses, and | never saw pret-
tier. will keep you advised Of the result
For the next few weeks | shall be aroune
among the artists, which will be moro
pleasant than coroners' ineuestsand police
courts to
Yours truly, BROADBhlM.
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