The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-07

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having fled petition for inventory ant
the natural tutorship of her seven minol
) children. The inventory is to be taken By
B. N. Sims, Esq, Notary Public, and viii
include beneficiary certificates of 5000
each in the Knights Of Honor and Ancient
| Order of United Workmen, of which orders
Mr.. Arceneaux was an active and useful
member.
We saw an intelligent dog trying to upset
a garbage barrel alongside the Market
House, yesterday. Finding the barrel too
high to permit him to reach its contents
otherwise, he made several attempts to pull
| it over, catching it with his paws as nearly
as possible like "a person would do with
hands. Although he "budged" it percep-
tibly, the barrel was too heavy for him and
he could not tilt it beyond the centre of
gravity. s 81
We do not know that we have ever pub.
lished the fact that Lieut.. Wenie of the
Nineteenth q. s. Infantry died during the
| late yellow fever epidemic at Brownsville,
4 Texas. This officer was in command of the
/ troops dispatched to Donaldsonville just
after the election riots of 1870, and during
his sojourn here made many pleasant ac-
quaintances among the citizens. He was
gentleman of many estimable qualities and
all who knew him will learn of his death
with pang Of regret.
i
| Mr.. J. Arthur Claverie, genial young
| friend and Notwithstanding whose pres
ence always brings with it a ray of sunshine,
popped in on us last Sunday, having come
up from the city IN company with his youn-
ger sister, Miss Nathalie Claverie, who is
| going to spend some time at the pleasant
house OF their charming sister, Mrs. Henry
@. Wilson, on the Palo Alto place in this
parish. Arthur was on a flying trip, and
had to return home Monday morning, much
to the disappointment Of his many friends
here. III
At the monthly meeting of Ascension
Hook and Ladder Company, Monday even
ing, the Foreman and First Assistant were
appointed a committee to request confer
ence with similar committee from Phoenix
Fire Company for the purpose of dividing
the town into fire districts and fixing upon
a system of alarms that will indicate the To-
cation off fire as nearly as possible. This
is an excellent idea and we hope Phoenix
will cooperate with the Hooks in carrying
it into execution.
Judge Henry L. Dufel was down from
old Woodstock yesterday and we were
pleased to meet him. His immediate vicin-
ity is one Of those spots that have not been
drenchea with the quantity Of rain that has
fallen elsewhere, and he is the only rice
planter on the west bank of the river be-
tween st. James and Pointe Coupee who
has yet commenced pumping water for his
crop. A breakdown of the pumping engine
has caused temporary suspension of oper-
atoms. s
OFF TIE TRAcK.-The locomotive and
tender of the through passenger train going
West on the Texas and Pacific railroad Gel
ebrated the 4th by running off the track
near Winchester station, in the upper por-
ton of st. James parish, Wednesday after
noon. The accident was caused by the
spreading of the rails. The tract was badly
torn up for short distance, but the damage
had been fully repaired at an early hour
next morning and trains suffered only a
slight interruption of schedule time. No
cy7o ir,1rro1 Int a Co, RI
might have occurred had not the train been
stopped as soon as it was. A long culvert
was near at hand and if this had been
reached one or more of the passenger coaches
would almost certainly have careened into
the ditch. A number of passengers on the
derailed train walked to Donaldsonville on
the wet and slippery cross-ties, and among
the party was Hon. VIM. Procher Miles.
MORE Fun To-MoRRow.-The general in
terest taken in the shooting and walking
matches of Wednesday has led the COM
mittee of arrangements for the fete to pro-
vide for repetition of those contests to-
morrow afternoon, at Phoenix Hall, where
the dancing contest is to take place at
night. The programme prepared for the
occasion is as sollows:
Base ball match between the Henry G.
Braud and Nolan clubs at P. NJ.
Shooting match at 4:30 P. M. Distance,
60 yards; prize, SIS for best individual
score. An entrance fee of 81 will be
charged, emitting the competitor to five
shots. Parties may shoot as often as they
please by paying 81 for each five shots.
Jumping match at $50 P. NJ; gold med
ais for best standing and best running
jumps.
Running match-dash of 100 yards at $40
P. NJ; prize, gold medal.
Walking match at P. NJ. Double con-
test-J.. j. Lafargue and L. E. Bentley
against S. M. Melancon and F. P. Schuler, |
for a key of beer. Other entries will be al |
lowed.
Sot,@e t;ansante and dancing contest in |
Phoenix Hall at night. All ladies who were |
at the concert and soir6e Wednesday eve
ming are invited to attend tomorrow.
Refreshments at popular prices.
John Henry Hall, a robust young colored |
man, a Iaborer On the Ashland sugar plan
tation in the sixth ward of this paaish, was
found dead in his room last Thursday morn
ing. Coroner Vandegriff was notified and
held an inquest at which the circumstances
of the death were developed as follows:
Hall occupied cabin by himself and
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