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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13

A CoLoRED BIGAM1sT.-On the 18th of
last July Calvin Owens, q colored man who
had made his advent in Ascension only
short while before, obtained a license from
the Clerk and Recorder of this parish and
married Miss Theresa Nicholas, daughter
of prominent colored citizen of the A
Bend neighborhood. Shortly after this in
teresting event, say about the 10th of Au-
gust, Court officer Vogt of Algiers paid our
parish visit and arrested Owens and an
other colored man as fugitives from justice.
Owens had committed some minor offense
IN fredericksburg an officer, we believe
anu was tried and found guilty. His faith
full ascension spouse followed him to the
city, and when the trial came off she was
shocked and surprised to find that Owen
had another wife in New Orleans, female
bearing the euphonious and stately title
of Tennessee Owen. Calvin returned to
Ascension this week, having served out
brief term of imprisonment in the city,
and desired to resume his former position
Ill Gito AsICIlO1t1o DuG luefeSd anu
her father objected to such an arrangement,
unless Calvin could show that the alleged
Mrs. Owen No. had no legal claim upon
him. This he declared his ability to do,
and on Tuesday he visited the Court House
in company with Mr.. Nicholas and his
daughter, who stated the case to Deputy
Clerk McCulloh and solicited his opinion
in the premises. Mr.. McCulloh explained
the laws applicable to the complication,
whereupon the misused Theresa expressed
desire to make an affidavit against her
quandan lord and master for bigamy.
Justice Bush received the deposition and
issued warrant and commitment upon
which Owen was arrested and consigned to
Jail. We understand that a woman claim
ing to be Ovens sister has been here this
week and asserts that he was never legally
married to Tennessee Owen. This does not
tally with the statement made by the pris-
oner himself before his arrest, and it is
more than probable that the story was de-
vised with the hope of rescuing Owen from
his unpleasant predicament. He is said to
have boosted that there was no law to pun
ISL him save in New Orleans but he is like
iy to discover his error very shortly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13
DONALDsoNVILLE, la,
Saturday, October Is, 1888.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

A. Riggs Bro, eistern makers, PAT Delcrd
St, N. 0. Send for price list.
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Coroner Duffel was called upon last>Mon-
day to view the body of q white lad aged
about 16 years, who had died the night be-
fore, alongside the railroad track just above
the Donaldsonviile depot. Nothing was
found upon the body from which his name
or nativity could be ascertained, but
young man who claimed to have known the
deceased slightly, stated that he was from
Canada and had been working Oh the At
chafalaya bridge. DR.. Duffel was Of the
opinion that death had resulted from per
nicious malarial fever. A missing front
tooth and very light hairl were the most
prominent characteristics by which the
body might be identified.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13

ANOTHER ROBBERY. Wednesday night
just before II o'clock thief entered the
kitchen of the residence of Mr.. Henry G.
kirves, on Claiborne, between Lafourche
and Chetimaches streets, and carried off a
quantity Of provisions, consisting Of ham,
-four, potatoes, etc. A young lady visitor
who occupies an adjacent room was awak-
ened by the noise made by the thief, and
she gave the alarm, but before Mr.. Kirves
could reach the kitchen the thief had made
his escape, carrying his booty with him.
Nothing has been discovered which will af-
ford clue to the identity of the robber.
HousehoIders should keep g sharp lookout
for such callers and be prepared to give
them warm reception. If one Of the
scamps could be treated to dose Of lead, it
would probably be some time before we
have occasion 10 report another robbery in
thiS ri"trifv
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FAX Notice.

COLLECTORS OFFICE,
Donaldsonville, La, October 10, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given to all parties owing
~ taxes to the Town of Donaldsonviu for the
year 1888, wishing to avoid costs, to call at my
Office, corner Opelousas and Chetimaches
streets and settle their Town Taxes for said
year, as they will become delinquent on the
31st of December next.
Z. A. RAMIREZ,
Town Tag Collector.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13

Hope Hook and Ladder Company No.
of Plaquemine will to-day celebrate its an
niversary with parade, to be followed by
A dramatic entertainment at night, under
.he auspices of the Progressive Dramatic
Association. The object of the entertain
snent is to procure funds for the erection Of
a truck house. Phoenix and Ascension fire
companies Of Donaldsonville have been i'll
vited to take part in the parade, and i is
expected that delegation from each Of
those organizations viii go to Plaquemlne
on this mornings accommodation tram.
We trust the parade and entertainment Will
yield the participants full NEED OF ENJOY
1ne1lt and liberal measure of tiaauc-ia.
success.
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Another week has been added to the ex-
traordinary drouth which has SO long pre-
vailed in all portions of Louisiana. Cistern
water is scarcer and the fdust deeper than
ever. Once in a while the clouds gather
and seem to portend rain, but they soon
clear away again without favering US with
any of their coveted moisture.
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ASw1NDLER ExposED.-The following ex-
tract from the Chicago Inter- Ocean of the
o6th 1lItino aynlairS itself.

lldCb llOA1 1VLCI-OCCttt VI CllC
Goth ultino explains itself:
Among last Fridays arrivals at the Grand
Pacific was a young man who registered as
Bernard Lemman OF Donaldsonville, La. He
first introduced himself to Louis Hamburger,
of Hamburger Bros, distillers, at No. 50 Wa
bash Avenue, representing himself to be junior
member of the firm of Bernard Lehman Son
was on his way to New York, but thought he
would try Chicago prices: The firm which he
claimed to represent is a heavy one, carrying u
stock Of hundreds of thousands of dollars in
general merchandise. He bought a bill Of
$500 from Hamburger Bros. He also made
himself solid with MIR. Hamburger that he
induced the latter to introduce him to Marshall,
Field 4 Co., where he bought little bill of s25,
900. He next struck Sprague, Warner q Co. for
large bill. including large quantity of coffee.
The purchase of coffee In Chicago for the
Louisiana trade. and tho fact he did not seem
to be SO we'll up in all the knowledge required
IN buyer, excited suspicion. and when last
night Mr. Hamburger received telegram from
Donaldsonville signed by lehman d Son,
sent their firm was an impostor, Messrs. Mar
shall, Field & Co. caused his arrest. He was
locked up at Central Station. He had given
draft on Lehman & Son for $500 to Hamber-
ger Bros, and the dispatch was III answer to the
draft The aim of the insinuating stranger, as
he himself expressed it, was to work the firms,
from which he bought, for small loans of a
hundred dollars or SO. He called himself the
son of old man Lemman, and displays some
knowledge of the country from which he claims
to come. So far as known he has not beaten
anybody, except Lord Coleridge's host, who has
kept him four days.
The firm the young swindler was profess
ing to represent is not Lemann & Son but
Bernard Lemann Il Brother, the junior
member being Mr.. Myer Lemann. cold
man Lemann," SO fippantly referred to by
the scapegrace, is not member of the
frm-Mr. Bernard Lemann is senior part
ner. The prisoner was charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses, but
what disposition has been made of the case
we have not yet learned. We are anxious
to ascertain who the fellow really is.
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Al effort was madeto fill the sugar house
pond on the Donaldson plantation by
means of the Riverton pump, but the at
tempt had to be abandoned, as the level of
the Donaldson place is higher than that
of Riverton. A tug from New Orleans
was engaged and began operations at IL
o'clock Wednesday forenoon, and the
ground was so dry that it was 8 O'Clock at
night before water reached the pond. An
other tug is filling the pond of Mr.. Beirne's
CONWAY place
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INTERMIssIoN.
PART III. Waltz, la T. y. G.; 2 Varieties, a
la Jos. Gondran, Jr.; 8. Polka, La E. +. Ber-
taut; 4. Lancers, la e. NJ. Bailey; 8. Mazurka,
a la A. T. Mavor; g. Waltz, q la Sylvan Tobias;
Z. Racquet. q Ia Sam. Ayraud 8. Waltz, la W..
Hanson; O. Lancers, a la Oscar Wilde; 10. Galop,
la Langtry. Tra-la-la-loo!
Light refreshments will be served down
stairs by the lady friends of the Terps, and
the scale of chargeswill be set in very low
key so that none of the guests need be in
danger of going to pieces financially on the
breakers of the high G. Tickets admitting
the holder to both concert and ball are only
50 cents each, and there ought to be an at
tendance that will test the full seating and
standing capacity of Phoenix Hall.
SHOOTING AT LANE SroRE.-About sun
down last evening shooting ARRAY took
place at the Lane store, at the head of New
River Lane, in the sixth ward of this parish,
resulting in the wounding Of two colored
men, Charley Williams and Wesley Small
wood, by Mr.. Leon Newman, clerk in the
store. The two men visited the establish
ment for the purpose of buying some pow
der and shot, and after making the pur-
chase Williams became involved in quar-
rel with the head clerk. The clerk struck
at Williams across the counter, and
Williams invited his assailant out into the
road. Smailwcod terfered in the quarrel,
whereupon. Newman ran into an adjacent
bedroom and procured a revolver. Small
wood then went out upon the gallery of the
store and seized his rifle, with!which he re-
turned in belEgerent manner, in spite of
the attempt of a colored bystander to dis
suade him from doing SO. AS Smallwood
approached, Newman opened fire with his
revolver, shooting Smallwood twice, once
in the arm and once in the right breast,
under the arm. Another bullet struck Will
iams in the left breast, but Mr. Newman
says this was accidental, as he was firing
only at Smallwood and had no intention Of
hurting Williams. According to one re-
port we have received, SmaltwOod is dan
gerously wounded, but Mr.. Newman, who
came to town this morning and surrendered
to Justice Leche, claims that neither Of the
men are seriously injured, and his state
ment is corroborated by several other par
ties from the Lane neighborhood. Small
wood is represented to be bad man, who
has been involved in a number OF previous
difficulties. Justice Leche caused all aft
davit to be made against Mr.. Newman for
shooting with intent to kill, and then re-
leased the accused upon an appearance
bond Of $500.
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LIST OF LETTERS
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Issued by the Clerk and Recorder of Ascension
parish During the Week Ending Yesterday.
Thos. Rorzlne to Miss LattyIJ ones.
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Mr.. Charles A. Maurin, the young front
street grocer whose popularity is only linn
tied by the circle of his acquaintance, Wis
tied New Orleans this week and purchased
q large and fresh stock of staple and fancy
groceries, which is displayed in attractive
array in his neat establishment.
Some of the supplies for Kenneth Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, have been received,
but portion shipped from Cleveland on
the 9th ult, Is still Ell route. It is thought
every thing will be i'll readiness to hold a
meeting of the charter members for the in
stitution of the lodge next Thursday
evening.
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An accident occurred ut the Evan Hall
sugar-house, Thursday evening. The foun-
dation of water tank standing just over
the entrance to the heating room gave way,
and the tank fell heavily to the floor. For
tunately there was no one passing at the
time of the collapse, otherwise we might
have had more serious result to report.
The granulators are located directly under
that portion of the heating room, and but
for the strength of the floor and its sup
ports, the tank would have crushed through
and inflicted considerable damage.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13

Our friend Mr.. Henry Hether of Donald
sonville, who leases 175 acres of land in the
upper portion of St James parish and cul-
tivates the tract in rice, expects to COM
plete the work Of taking off his crop during
the coming week. From 100 acres of the
Lear place he has harvested 1900 sacks, and
the adjoining seyenty-tive acres will give
about 1900 more, making total crop of
2700 sacks. The yield is quite satisfactory,
but unfortunately the market is very poor,
other rice planters, is unable to sec any big
money in sight as the result of his years
labOrS
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INTERTTSSION.
PART III.
The Opening Bah of the Season
PROGRAMME OF DANCES,

PART Il. Grand r. s. c. Monogram March;
2. Waltz, a la c. A. Maurin; 3. Lancers, a la D.
G. Gondran; !. Waltz, a la Fred Landry; 5.
Racquet, a Ia DR.. F. Gaudin; 6. Lancers, la
w. d. Park; 7. Varieties, a la Jno. E. Terrlo; 8.
Waltz, a la ). M. Heating; O. Racquet, la e.
A. Gondran; 10. Lancers, o Ia JnO. s. Reynaud
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The CONCERT AND BALL.-Eyery thing is
in readiness for the vocal and instrumental
concert and the grand ball to be given at
Phoenix Hall, tomorrow night, by the
Terpsichorean Social Club, and the affair
promises to afford a rare treat to lovers of
music and dancing. The orchestra will be
composed of the following players and in
struments: Mrs. NJ. A. Gaudet, piano; Mr..
Jno. F. Terrio, cornet; Mr.. Chas. S. Gray,
first violin; Mr.. Paul Sa7oie, second violia
The programme of the evenings entertain
nlent is as follows:
PART l.
Overture ...............T T. s. c. Orchestra
Son Song Nh MIS- Gao ou II R Rsfael
song sae U.s. Bert Bepth la robis ss
Anastasia-song ......... Mr.. Jno. T. Terrio
Song. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Miss Clara Heating
s s.a3:n soaa Mr. M Henry C Comstoc
-'>'''SA VIZ >'''(''' VI ''' Mr.. Geo. NJ Bailey
Family Squabbles-duet-by special request
Miss Clara keatlng and Mr.. Henry Conlstock
INTERMIssIoN.
PART II.
Overture .............T.S s. G. Orchestra
A highly poetacai truly esthetical burnt cork
farce in one act, entitled,
JULIUS. THE sNoozER.
Dfamatis PersonaR.
Julius Cesar. Mr.. Jno. F; Terrio
Brutus. ......-.......M MIR. Jos. N n. Reatn is
Decius Observation-Disclosures Mr.. Fred. Landry
Mark Antony ........ Mr.. Chas. A. Maurin
Pinchback. ..................Mr. G. A. GOndran
Camphorina, afterwards Goddess of Liberty
Miss @ G. NJ. Bailey
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Messrs. Y. ). Gray of Morgan City and
Paul Savoie, formerly of Donaldsonville,
both of whom are now residing in the vi
cinlt5 of Paincourtville, did Us the honor to
call at the CHIEF Office on Thursday. These
gentlemen are accomplished musicians and
will display their skill in this line as mem
bers of the orchestra at the L. s. G. enter
tainment tomorrow evening. Mr.. Gray
and his family are we'll pleased, SO far.
with their new home on the Lafourche, and
We hope it will improve with acquaintance.
Our handsome friend and brother typo,
Geo. M. Bailey, Esq, goes to Israel &
Co.. Saisburg plantation on Monday to as
sist in the work of taking off the crop. He
will fill the position of cane and sugar
weigher, and will undoubtedly perform his
duties to the entire satisfaction of his en-
ployers. Mr.. Bailey has rendered us assis-
lance in the CHIEF office during the past
ten days for which we owe him vote of
hearty thanks. And the same is hereby
unanimously rendered.
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PART III. Waltz, la T. y. ca. Varieties, a
la Jos. Gondran Jr.; 8. Polka. La g. +. Ber-
taut; 4. Lancers, q la q. M. Bailey; 5. Mazurka,
T. Racquet. la Sam. Ayraud; 8. Waltz, q la w.
Hanson; 9. Lancers, a la Oscar Wilde; 10. Galop,
a la Langtry. Tra-la-la-loo!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04
n Jews From the Montana District.

Peter Fehrenbaugh, the well known
prospector, arrived in the city Thursday
direct from Neihart. Pete says that
new accessions are made to the popula-
ton of the camp nearly every day, COM
ing mostly from the upper country by
way of White Sulphur Springs. A
large number of prospectors are out on
the mountains, and new discoveries are
made every day, some of them of great
promise. He thinks that some rich
mines will be struck this summer, and
that camp will make considerable pro-
gress. Capital and further development
of the mines only are needed to estab-
lish the fact that the Montana is one OF
the richest mining districts in the world.
In speaking of the discovery recently
made by Neihart and Crandall, he said
it is undoubtedly the biggest strike yet
made in the Belt mountains and would
develop into a great mine. A number
of locations in the same vicinity have
recently been made.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04
ROAD AGENTS AGAIN
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob the Deer
Lodge-Helena Coach-John McCor-
mick Didn't Hold his Hand up.

On. Tuesday a daring attempt was
made to rob the Deer Lodge Helena
bound coach by a couple of masked des-
peradoes, but without success, owing to
the plucky defense made by John Nc
Cormick, post trader at Fort Missoula.
The following is the account of the adj
venture as related by Mr.. Mccormick
in the Independent and corroborated by
the driver:
1--WE were about two miles this side OF
the FrenchWoman's. which is twenty
miles from Helena said Mr.. McCor-
mick. Just after crossing a little bridge
or culvert at that point we came TO d
place where there is thick brush along
the road. [ was sitting outside With the
driver. We We're going slowly. AS we
came opposite the brush two masked
men, their faces partly covered with
handkerchiefs or something OF d kino,
stepped out of the brush at the right
hand side of the road. AS o 0 as l
saw them / knew what it meant ana
went down after my pistol. One or
them commanded the driver to halt, u
the words were no more than out OF MS
mouth until / threw up my piston II
fired at the spokesman. l was at the
left of the driver and had to shoot across
him and consequently missed my man;
but the bullet must have come pretty
close to him for it made him JERK ms
head to one side very suddenly. My
pistol is a self-cocker and / instantly
sent a second bullet after the first. One
of the robbers fell. The other man then
commenced shooting, and fired at HIM,
without hitting him, however. he sno1
three times, and the bullets Whlstled
pretty close. One of his shots struck
the off wheeler, and the horses com
menced to run. After going a short dis
tance the driver checked the team and |
got down, intending to go back; but l
found that my pistol was'empty,. and SO
had to give it up. After coming on
about a mile the wounded horse bled SO
we had to stop and take him out. The
animal laid down by the roadside and
died.
Mr.. Mccormick further said it was
his imnression that the robber was not
fatally wounded. He thought the bullet
must have struck him in the hips. The
man. after falling, attempted to rise ana
make his way into the brush. but alter
staggering a few steps into the thicker
he again fell. How badly he is hurt IS
purely q matter Of conjecture.
There were two coaches about 2oO
yards apart. When the driver Of the
one in the rear heard the shooting ne
knew what was up and stopped. The
! passengers got out to survey the field
but saw nobody, as the other coach had
gone on some distance and the would-be
robbers had disappeared. a sheriffs
posse left from both Helena and Deer
Hodge "Wednesday morning to search
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04
Notes from Maiden.

MAIDEN, June q, 1883.
Editors of the RIVER PRKss.
To-day the first death known to the
camp occurred. Judd Sanborn, an old
resident of Benton, died to-day ct II
o'clock.
J. Z. Davis made a shipment of SIX
thousand pounds of bullion this morn
ing to the railroad, the product of two
weeks run. If that bullion is what it
looks to be it is mighty good. 1t IS
bright and rings like bell metal.
The Collar company have all the
available men and carpenters working
on their mill, and are pushing it along
as rapidly as possible, but do not expect
to have it up before winter.
Mr.. Essler, the superintendent of the
Maginnis Mining Co., cleaned up nine
teen pounds of gold for the last months
work. The company intend to build a
stamp mill next fall, after the road
freezes up.
After July 1st we are to have tri-week-
ly mail direct from Junction. We shall
then get st. Paul papers in five days.
Mr.. Ballenger received a train load OF
general merchandise yesterday, which
brings the tobacco famine to a close
| Brainerd, Gardner & Co. have also re.
ceived an immense stock of hardware.
and more to come.
Rufus Payne and Richard Brennan.
from Benton, gave the camp a call last
week. A travelling man stopped here 9
week looking around; he is very enthu.
%siastic, and says it is the richest camp II
the territory.
MI. man, don't charge me more thar
ten cents a line for this and possibly ]
may write again. MAIDEN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04

Burglary.

a trunk was taken from the nall or
the Pacific hotel about 3 O'Clock Ihurs-
day morning by two men, strangers IN
Benton, and carried to the upper levee,
where they broke it open and proceeded
to examine the contents. They sup
posed they were unobserved, but q gem
tleman who happened to be on the street
at that early hour say them and follow
ed up, being a witness of the whole pro-
ceeding, and by sending another party
he met after Sheriff McDevitt, succeeded
having the burglars bagged. The trunk
belonged to Mary Jonson, who had gone
to Barker some time before, and when
the thieves found it contained nothing
but feminine garments they threw the
trunk and its contents into the river,
scarcely a moment before they were
made prisoners by the sheriff. Ihey
are bad characters, and it is we'll they
have been caught at this early stage OF
the game.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04
The Fourth of July at Barker.

HUGHEsvILLE, June %, 1888. !.
Editors Of RIVER PRESS:
There was a meeting of the citizens OF
Barker held at the school house on the
evening of June 22d, Prof. n. A. Foss
in the chair, to make such arrangements
as was necessary for the celebration OF
the coming Fourth of July.
The following committee on exercises
was appointed: @. G.. Morrison, J. Kill
laly, NJ. G. Larkin, M. Foley and J.
Hudson.
A basket picnic will be given at the
old base ball ground in Gold Run. Ora
tons will be delivered by Judge j. NJ.
Gray and Geo. r. Choate, and the dee
laration of independence will be read
by Dan Carpenter. A grand ball will
be given in the evening at the Umatilla
House, Hughesville. Both the ladies
and gentlemen of the place are taking
hold in earnest and propose having a
general good time.
AT the meeting the secretary was in
structed to extend a general invitation
to all to come and join us in the celebra-
ton. Yours respectfully,
p. III. HUGHES, Sec'y.