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


From our short acquaintance with Mr..
Stirling we should say that the Sentinel
has sized him . to T. We believe the
CHIEF office is now blessed with as steady
and competent set Of typos as can be
found in the State.
The meeting of the Grand Lodge, A. 0.
U. W., for the Texas and Louisiana juris-
diction, has been changed from the first
to the second Tuesday of February, and
hence Mr. David Israel, Representative
of Lee Lodge of Donaldsonville, will de-
lay his departure for Houston until next
Saturday, instead Of starting to-day as
he proposed doing.
sfr. P. L. Throne, agent Of the U. S.
Central Publishing Company of Cincin-
natl, was in Donaldsonville last week,
canvassing for advertisements and infor-
nation to be inserted in this years
edition of the Southern Business Guide
published by the company named. We
believe the agent booked liberal NAM
Der of orders from our business men.
The joint committee of the Police Jury
and Town Council met OH Thursday to
consider bids for the construction Of the
new revetment levec on Bayou Lafourche.
The only proposal received was that of
Capt. 81. w. barton, who offers to do the
work for 5000. This was accepted, on
condition that the job can be commenced
at once and finished within thirty days.
The town is to pay one-half the cost and
the parish the other half.
Tho job of removing the old Israel
warehouse to the rear of Mr.. Maurig's
stable was undertaken by Mr.. John P.
Forcha, who is pushing it forward with
his customary energy. The length of the
building rendered it necessary to divide
it into three sections for the purpose of
removal, and two of these will be in po-
sition at their new location to-day. On
Monday John will tackle the remaining
section and make it follow its predeces-
sors in short order.
The February term of District Court
will he opened on Monday, but the bust
ness of the week will probably lie con-
fined to the empaneling of the Grand
Jury. When this is done, the Judge will
no doubt direct that the remaining first |
week jurors be discharged and that the
Grand Jury and the court stand adjourned |
until the following Monday. Thise"ill
give attorneys, officers, jurors and wit
nesses gan opportunity to go to the city
and participate in the Mardi Gras festiv-
tiles if they choose. a,
At the solicitation of District Attorney |
Earhart, Judge Cheevers this week is
sued ali order directing the Jury Com
mission to assemble and draw special |
jury for the third week of February term
of District Court. Notices for q meeting |
yesterday morning were mailed to the
Commissioners but Mr.. Bel was the only |
one to respond, hence the jury could not
be drawn. Col. Bringer is not we'll, and
Capt. Gonzales probably failed to receive
his notice until it was too late to reach |
hero ut the time fixed.
Judges Jno. A. Cheevers and James |
Crowell favored us with call Tuesday |
evening and cheered us up with a lively |
chat. Judge Cheevers is looking better
than he has done for years, in our opin-
ion, and has almost recovered from the
recent injury to his leg. Judge Crowell
is as hearty as usual, and to enter
tain no thought of being otherwise.
These interpreters of law, logic and the
classics are invited to repeat thep visit |
to the CHIEFS domains early and often.
Some of our young ladies and gentle
men, had anticipated a repetition, last
Sunday evening, of the enjoyable visit to
the steamer Jesse K. Bell they made two
WCCSS DCIOlOy Ui&U tllc UOdU SdIhC uch IL
such late hour that the proposed enter
tainment was nipped in the bud. If
gallant Capt. Dick ed known the fond
hopes that were conferred on the early
arrival of his popular boat, we believe
he would have left Plaquemine sooner
and put OH an extra head of steam.
A reward of $550-S3O0 by the Sheriff
of Lafourche parish and $3.50 by the
Governor of the State-is offered for the
arrest and conviction of Victor Butler,
who foully murdered Ben Corbin on
Gays Coulon plantation, near Thibodaux,
on the 18th of January. Butler is q null
alto, about 81 years of age, 5feet or
inches in height; his left eye is slightly
crossed and he usually wears acap and
goes without a coat.
On Wednesday the boys of the Brent
Cadets, headed by the veteran Capt. R.
Prosper Landry of the Canoneers, paid
visit to the residence Of Mr.. Joseph Con
dram, and there presented an elegantly
engraved Captains commissioned c.
Desire Gondran, Esq, ex-drillmaster g
the Cadets. Both parties to this selec-
tion are to he congratulated-the Cadets
on the acquisition of such an efficient
officer, and Captain Gondran on being
chosen as the commander Of SO gallant