The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-02-03

> hau gone ana the lady was mlnilS u dia
mond worth 81 500. At 4 o'clock in ths
afternoon the treasurer of the Planc1
mills was knocked down in the middle
of one of the most public streets ant
robbed of $4,000, with which lie was
going to pay off the hands in his factory
and although the robbers were known tc
a moral certainty they got off with the
swsg, and have never been put to the
slightest Inconvenience. On another
occasion the cashier of one of our large
breTeries, up town, started to make a
deposit in the bank, having about $4,000
in a box in the bottom of his buggy. He
reached Third Avenue and Thirty third
street, when he was run into by 81 butch
er's cart in which were three men; the
collision almost upset the buggy, and in
the confusion two of the men jumped
out while one held the horse; one of the
men struck the cashier IL blow between
the eyes while the other seized the cash
box and transferred it to the cart, and
before the cashier had recovered from
the stunning blow the robbers jumped
into the cart and drove off. This was in
the middle of the afternoon, on the most
popnlous thoroughfare in the United
Status Hundreds of people saw the
| whole affair; there was /. crowd OH tho
sidewalk and in the street. As is always
the case, tho people in the crowd thought
it was IA street fight, caused by n collision
and merely looked on to SEQ the fun, till
the affair was over, and then when the
thieves had escaped and the poor cashier
with his features all bruised and his
clothes covered with mud, appealed to
them, they began to realize that they
had been witnesses of one of the boldest
robberies ever perpetrated iii the world.
These are only few of the fragrant
cases that have occurred i'll tho past few
yeas, but they serve to give II pretty
fair lea of tho safety Of life and prop
ertS in the goaly city Of New York.
When we want /; novel sensation, how
ever, we generally have to cross the
river, and the times must be hard indeed
when we fail to get an interesting item.
Tuesday two shots were heard in rapid
succession III one OF the outlying wards
| Vi "A man " 40 SoCiI 1ulIuIHp
like /. streak Of creased lightning, and
from the window of house an enragesl
young woman might have been seen en-
deavoring to make target of the flying
man. A mere casual glance at the atfray
WIS interesting enough to an outsider,
but to one in they secretof the shooting
| the matter had double interest. It is
about fifteen years ago since IL young
man named August Weatlerstelk lured
from her home IL beautiful young girl of
| Brooklyn. She lived with him as his
wife for ten years, no marriage ceremony
having been performed, and bore him
three children. Que day he deserted
her-abont five years ago-and she never
knew whether he was dead OF alive til
this week. August had brother named
Louis; know not if he was a convert
| to the Jewish law, but at any rate he
felt bound to look out for his bFotlaer's
grass widow; 80 after time he proposed
to make al honest woman of her and
shoulder all his brothers responsibilities.
This received the unqualified assent of
the blooming young widow; a minister
WIS called in, aud tho bride received the
blessing of the church, with bell, book
and candle; but after five years Of we'd
sled bliss, during which two more heirs
were added to the Weat!!ersteik stock,
the original eathersteik turns up and
wants to rob his brother of his lawfr!
wife. He would not marry her when he
had the chance himself, but now that
somebody else has Il lawful lien upon
the property, he wants to jump the claim.
On Tuesday last he came to his brothers
house and tried to persuade the woman
he had abandoned to come back to him u;
but she was very we'll satisfied with her
liege lord, and told Weathersteik No.
to get out. On that, No. raised Il row,
but Mrs. Weathersteik was in her ele-
day. Weatberstek No. l struck out
with his right, and Mrs. Weathersteik
counteretl ON him with rolling pin; he
seized the weapon, when she got in "a
left handler with % booijack; this took
No l on the side of the nose, and had IL
demoralzing effect upon his vision. Yet
he struck mapfully ont till the lady got
Il mustard bottle from the castor, and
this, delivered with the force Of Il cata
pult III his right eye, put stop to hos
tiities for the time, and sent him flying
out the door. Mrs. w. was not incinede5!
tn let him off SO easy, 80 going down for
her Smith IL WessOn, she caught him on
the ty from the second story window,
and although the shot was honestly in
tended, she only succeeded in boring Il
hole in the rim of his hat and chipping
off the frill of his left ear. Still this WAS
pretty good shooting for al amateur, and
/ understand has earned the unqualified
appreciation Of Dutchtown. The case
has gone to the courts, and l have no
doubt bnt Brooklyn Justice will stand
by the lady who made such Il gallant
defence for her husband and her home.
There is; but little in the way IF mur-
ders, suicides, elopements, forgeries or
failures to enliyen the monotony of the
week. Many religious reyivals are in
progress, and Brother Barnes, the great
Mountain Evangelist, is attracting large
crowds to Brother Fultuu's Centennial
Church. He not only saves the souls of
sinners, bnt he.heals their bodies, anolnt-
ing the applicants with a little sweet
oil /, and telling them to go OH and ache
ns more. While the churches are doing
well, the theatres are also doing a thriv
ing business. An old theatrical mama
ger told me that it was ono of the best
theatrical Seasons ever known. One Of
the greatest successes of the season is
lolanthe, at the Standard, Gilbert d Sui |
livan's last and greatest triumph, For
t1e IotSiStCib tHoIbS Vi AudHdScI nth |
derson, we have q light, musical, dra-
matte entertainment, sweet and clean,
spoless as the new fallen snow-an en-
tertainment to which u man can take |
his sweetheart, his wife or his daughter |
.itltout The fear of having their senses |
shocked by the prurient actions aud jcsts
which! seem nseparable from the Opera
Bo'lite of the French stage. Ali honor
70 Manager Henderson, and it is salts
tactnn to know that he has reaped not |
only honor, but ducats from the venture |