The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-20

lars head. Plenty of ofso-called gentlemen
pay this willingly to see couple of brute
pound each other to mummy. Mr.. Hill
had asluggling match at his place last week
He took in for the show more money thar
Mr.. Abbey can draw in the finest theate
on the continent, and with such an assem-
blage of singers as it would be difficult tt
match in the world.
Apropos of singers, we arc having reg
ular musical craze. French, German, Span,
singing Or whistling, or humming some
thing from the opera.
A story is told of a we'll known Brooklyn
clergyman, whose daughter had been sur
reptitiously to see the Queens Lace Hand
kerchief. The young lady came homo de-
lighted with the music, which is certainly
very pretty, and sat down to the piano
playing q few of the airs from memory.
Her father was in the next room preparing
his Sunday sermon. First he dropped his
| pen; then he started to his feet, and all at
once he struck into a double-shuf1ie The
| clatter caused general rush to his studio,
and on being confronted by his astonished
wife declared the must have been in
the music.
If you go into q dry goods store for o
dress or gloves the salesman assures you
that they are beautiful opera shades. If
you want a pair of boots or shoes they have
opera tics and opera bootees; opera cloaks,
opera hats, neckties. Even to matutinal
cocktails and post prantlial smashes Every
thing is opera. Even in the churches,
when the organist strikes off on volun-
tary you can detect strains from the Little
Duke, Mascot, Patience, Blue Beard, and
the Mulligan Guards Ball. What the af-
termath of this musical craze will be is
hard to tell, but it looks iust nov as if we
might pay dear for the whistle.
Our neighbor across the river is very
much exercised just now at a case Of mis-
cegenation, where German brewer was
shared by the wiles OF q dusky maiden
whose complexion was about the color of
q well polished boot. The brewer was not
frightened at a shade Or two in point Of
fact he was rather dark complexion him.
ried him to his dusky bride declares that ho
thought he was a little off color. Brooklyn
is indignant that such thing should have
occurred in her bailiwick. To tell the truth,
this thing is growing monstrous. A few
weeks ago and a member of the African
Brigade captured one of ofGreenport's 5 fairest
daughters. The outraged citizens chased
him out of town. He fed from place to
place, his bride sharing his sutferinga and
but wherever they went their
lives were in danger. the eastern section
of Brooklyn is all ablaze, and the people
declare if the brewer comes back with his
and feathers aud ride him Oh rail. | hope
not. If the brewer can stand that sort of
thing it appears to me that the rest of the
ought to be able to do SO. The
brewer declares that he will come back and
settle down in Brooklyn. | would re-
spectfulIy suggest Liberia, OF Sierra Leone,
Or some of Stanley's stations Oh the Congo.
They dom t mind such things out there, and
it might be the means of putting him on
the high road to official promotion.
The exciting question OF the hour, of
course, IS politics. The news from Ohio
shook the political fabric from turret to
foundation stone. So far the Republicans
have made no very aggressive movement,
and on all sides there are hints of a still |
hunt. It certainly has been remarkably |
still, and it is impossible yet to toll what |
combinations may be formed. While John |
Kelley declares for harmony, Judge Rose
velt is slashing around with a chip ON his |
shoulder just hunting for some body to |
knock it off, OR, failing that, to tread on
The tail Of his coat The division of the spoils
will be the rock on which they will split.
Election day is some time of, and no man
,an tell what & day may bring forth. One
factor that will enter the fight is the COM
)lete official rottenness Of those who now
nave control of the city.
Our neighbors over the river have gone |
II for municipal reform irrespective of
Darty, and at the present moment they are
,njoying the best government of any city
n the United States. It is not exactly
'eform of government, for the mayor is
,iven supreme power. He can remove at
will, and is accountable only to the people,
30 far the system has worked WE'LL Mayor
LOW being On exceptionally honest busi-
less man, ambitious of a good name and
lear record, and thinking of nothing be-
'ond that. But he is not going to have
Valk-over. There is going to be an Or
,anized opposition to him: however, though
le is Il Republican, and the city strongly
Democratic, it will not win. Tho dark
lorse in the race is Thomas Kinsella, the
ditor of the Brooklyn Eagle, who, if he
hould allow himself to be made q catspaw
II connection with the mayoralty nomina-
ion, would be buried under majority so
asst that they would not be able to dig him
ut for delegate to the next Presidential
onVcntion.
There are bitter complaints in the cloth
ng trade, and several important failures,
Notwithstanding which there seems to be
lenty OF business doing, and the town was
ever fuller.
There is some talk of an organized effort
n the part of all the evangelical churches
Or united effort to resist the influx of
oreign music and native lager and other
drinks and things. There is
lenty Of work to do. | hope the reapers
lay gather bountiful harvest
Truly yours, BROADBRIM.
--N-nSa-0
DR.. Il. b. Weathers, Elkton KY, says: &" l re-
ard Browns Iron Bittcrs as medicine of un-
sual WORTH
Capt. Dick Sinnott of the Red River and
oaSt Line Steamboat Coyrnnnv is in