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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
On PAGEANT NIGHT

Another remarkable spectacle will be with cssed,
and effects produced never before attempted III
any city in the world.
The parade will be the grandcst in extent known
in the history of mystic pageantry. The costumes
all entirely new, were made in Paris, and beyond
All comparison the finest ever imported to this
country The unparalleled number of Forty Tab
Ieau Floats will he in line and will he larger and
more imposing in construction than ever before
known. Some conception of the amazing extent
of the pageant may be CLEANED from the fact thai
upwards of I,3.0 men 80 horses, bands, and bh
carried lights are required to place it upon The
streets
No advance will be made in the usual rates fol
Hotel Accommodations. either in Baltimore 81
Washington visitors being enabled t. stop II
either city. the Baltimore Ohio Running
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21

The use of the tern
short Line" in connection
with the corporate name oil
a grert road, conveys an
idea of just what is reqnir.
ed by the travelling public
Il Short Line, QuicS Time
and the Best OF accOmmu-
latlon--all of which are
4 railway in America,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
STILWELL'S
SPECIFIC
CURES
KIDNEY AND LIVER
DISEASE.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE.

Stone in Bladder, Inflammation of Kidney
and Liver, Loss of Memory Loss of Appetite,
and all Kidney and Liver Complaints, is
cured by Stilwell's SPECIFIC. Price $1.0c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
BURLINGTON ROUTE"
COINC EAST kND VEST.

Elegant Day Coaches, Parlor Cars, with Recln
ling Chairs fseats free, Smoking Cars, with lie
lvolying Chairs, Pullman Palace Sleeping cars and
The famous G. b. 4 Q Dining Cars run daily TO ana
from Chicago & Kansas City, Chicago touncii
bluffs. Chicago & Des Moines. Chicago. st 10
,,seph. Atchis0n q Topeka Only through line be
tween Chicago Lincoln & Denver IhrOuEh cats
between indianapolis & Council Bluffs wa Peoria
Known as In, yTeat THROUGH CAR LINE
Finest Equipped Railroad in tn
r J. POTTER, 81 Vice Pres't and Genl Manager
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
Fifty MINUTE TRAINS
HARPER'S FERRY

is directly upon the line of the Il. II o. only lit
tie over TWO hours run from Baltimore and one
from Washington. The Old John Brown Fort still
stands. As all the parudes displays and pageants
at Baltimore take place at night there will be abun
dant opportunities to visit Harper's Ferry.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21

The most famous of ali the subterranean wonders
of the country, are readily within days time
from Washington or Baltimore. Special fast Tx
press Trains. making the round trip, with four
hnurs ut the caverns, which now lighted by
EIpctri city ihrnnghnnt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
M lUNT VERNON
LURAY CAVERNS,

! but a few hours ride on the historic Potomac
rom Washington, Splendid steamers leaving
very morning and returning during the afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
WASHINGTON

Ever place OF greatest interest to all never looks
more beautiful to the eye or offers more induce
ments for visit than during the lovely weather
always the rule in s ptember. The b. X o, is the
only direct line from the West to Washington. and
the only lire running
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
MY GUEST.
BY G. Il. MATTHEW'S.

There is a guest that | detest, forever at my
side.
Who clings to me as fondly as q bridegroom to
his bride;
Who leerS at me, and jeers at me, and when
cross his will,
Who only smiles sardonically, and hugs me
closer still;
l hate him, and berate him, yet he tru6ges at
my heels,
And reaches in my pockets, and reyels at my
meals;
defy him, and would fly him. but he only
And whispers to each wish of mine an eyerlast-
ing No, sir"
l have chided and derided, till I'm almost out
I've abused him. aud misused him. but he never
will depart;
If l srnite him, seek to spite him, why, he sim
ply turns and plants
The symbols Of his tyranny upon my coat and
pants;
He squeezes me, and freezes me, and well nigh
drives me mad.
He tortures me- and leases me, and growls when
He glares at me and stares at me, as any ghoul
mi ght do;
He has shattered every promise that my soul
was anchored to:
He has wrecked me and bedecked me with the
tattered garb of woe;
lie has crossed my happy threshold and has laid
my loved ones low;
He's wary as q belagle, and he grins in such Il
That the cunning OF a serpent is apparent his in
smile;
He is lank, he is lean, and his fingers are .ur-
clean;
He is ragged, he is haggard, he is spiteful and
hes mean;
Than Adam he is older. than Satan he is boldor:
colder;
When the winter winds are dire he sits crouch
ing at my fire,
And glow ring at my beggary with eyes that
never tire;
He's the parent of all crime, in each country
and each cline,
And has tramped the wide world over, hand in
hand with Father Time;
HIS record all may read, in the hearts that
break and bleed
On the lips OF little children that forever pine
and plead;
And his deeds are further written, over sleep
less eyes red-bitten,
Over cold and empty cradles, over roofs by sor-
row smitten;
Over shattered hopes once cherished, over
pleasures that have perished,
over broken dreams of glory, that a better
manhood nourished;
In the byways, and the highways he goes on
ward unmoleSted,
And makes the world to labor ere its weary
hands are rested;
He a bessar and a ranger, and was present,
not stranger,
At the birth of the Messiah, in the cold Judean
maHger;
He has trailed along the path of the tempest in
And has gioated DER the ruins of the moldered
aftermath;
Hes the Pr lnce of Empty Pockets, out at el bow
and at knee,
He's knight without nickel whom we nick
naine-pOVERTY.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
DOMESTIC.

Salvini has made $4,000 this season.
The President has returned to Wash
ington.
Gen. Grants mother died at Jersy City,
May y.
Pennsylvania has a law prohibiting whis-
Ting in graveyard.
A Philadelphian has invented an auto
| matte swimming machine.
| Mrs. Stoves Uncle Tom died May 5, at
Dresden, Ont, aged 81 years.
| The Arch Street Opera-House at Phila-
delphia has been destroyed by fire.
| The Oldest graduate of West Point Uni
versity died at Richmond, Va, April %.
| 4 granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson is
| said to be living in absolute need in George
tomn, D. G.
| All the implements of the raided gam
| bling houses at Nashville were destroyed in
public bonfire.
| The new chime of bells in the tower of
St. Vincent's Church, Baltimore, is one of
| the finest in the world.
Secret service agents were sent to Phila-
Land League Convention.
A Connecticut savings bank has 1900 de-
positors who have made no inquiries about
their money for twenty years.
A Harlem, N. Y, gunsmith has invented
a dynamite Internal machine which can be-
placed in an ordinary silk hat.
In the Fair divorce suit the plaintiff, Mrs.
Fair, has been allowed S4,250,000 and the
family residence in San Francisco.
A new Ohio law makes it punishable
offense for any one to sell CT give Il toy
pistol to a person under Il years of age.
The Chinese deputy sheriff of New York
has had his commission revoked for black
mailing Chimes gambling and opium houses
sixteen year old girl who died at Hart
ford Conn, five months ago, has been kept
ever since embalmed in her fathers parlor
The Exposition at Cincinnati will have an
elevated electric railroad to run all about
the buildings for the convenience of visiet
tors.
The two colored children at Atlanta, Ga,
who murdered third have been dismissed
from custody on account of youthful ire
sponsibility.
A baggagemaster and brakeman on the
Great Northern Railroad have been detec-
ted in q systematic plundering of passen-
gers baggage.
young lady at Richmond, Va, gagged
and bound herself twice in one week, on
both occasions declaring it was burglars
who had done it.
The President and Cabinet, United States
Senators, Representates, and Governors of
States have been invited to the opening of
East River Bridge, May q.
Two Mexicans at Galveston killed each
| other with the same weapon. One stabbed
the other in the region of the heart, leaving
the knife in the wound. The other drew it
from his own breast and stabbed his an
tagonist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
FOREIGN.

|
Parnell's testimonial fund now amounts
to $4,000. &
Chinese labor is about to be introduced
into Brazil
Another canal across the Isthmus of Suez
is projected.
Moody and Sankey have left Liverpool
for New Nork.
Emperor William commutes almost every
death sentence.
Greece has forbidden the importation of
American pork.
The Duke of Norfolk has organized q
pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Sarah Bernhardt has insured her life i'll
favor of her son Maurice.
Transvaal, South Africa, has the richest
gold mine in the world.
| Bismarck's. physisians advise him to
abandon all State work for the present
| Over 1893 horses were eaten in Berlin
during the first three months of this year
| The Chinese Government objects to the
establishment of a French protectorate in
Tonquin.
| At least $50 lives were lost at the wreck of
the steamer Graphles off the coast of Vic o
toria, B. G.
Baroness Rothschild has established a
home at Versailles for aged and destitute
authors and journalists.
The Princess Dolgorouky has effected a
reconciliation between the Gar and the
Grand Duke Constantine
The West Indian rebels have blown up the
bridge at Miragoane with dynamite, killing
200 persons and wounding 200 more.
A petition two and three quarter miles
long has been sent to Parliament for the
closing of public houses on Sunday.
A recent ukase orders that no one along
the route of march can have an open win
dow during the coronation ceremonies at
Moscow.
While a Partisan wedding party were on
the way to the church the rival Of the BRIDE
groom shot and killed him and then poi
soned himself.
Over $4,000 punches of primroses, Bea-
consfeld's favorite flower, were sold in one
small English town during the time in
which his statue was unveiled in London.
Nihilistic documents have been found
showing that the coronation of the Czar
would be undisturbed, but that something
very serious would happen Immediately
after.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
OUR LETTER FROM BROADBRiM.

The Regulation Anathema against Moving
Day-Threatening to Blow Up the Big
Bridge-A Brooklyn Sensation-Doines
in the Divorce Courts -Pawnbrokers'
Bonds, Weather, Stocks, etc.
New YORK. May 5, 1883
EDITOR CHIEF:
We have just passed through the most
trying ordeal of the year. Somehow, and
Providence only knows how, the first of
May had deem fixed on from time imme-
mortal as the day when leases of houses
shall begin and end. The first of May is
accursed III the calendar. No single day in
the year is the cause of SO much grief and
SO much sin.
There is said to be something very sacred
about the name of home and a great deal
OF rot has lately been INDUCED in about
Home, Sweet Home" in connection with
the return to his native land of all that was
mortal of John Howard Payne. But the
average New Yorker knows no more about
home than John Howard Payne did Home.
sweet home, for him is wherever he can get
best accommodations for the least money.
He never bothers his. head about
''Ihe Old Oaken Bucket-the moss-covered
bucket-the iron-bound bucket. that hung
III the Well" That sort of Cannon may do
well enough for his hay-seed cousins. who
have never enjoyed the blessings of marble
Washstand5, with hot and cold Croton from
the basement to the fourth story. Hardly
one New Yorker in ten could show you the
house he was born in or, if he could, it is
only to rejoice that his family moved out of
such a shabby old place and into a more re-
spectacle neighborhood. There is no ro-
nance about home in New York and less
on the first day of May than on any other
day of the year. To see this great city on
that day person might imagine that it
was being sacked by an invading army and
that the conquerors were carrying off the
loot. The streets are crowded with vehicles
Of every description loaded sky high with
all sorts of household gear. This is the
truckman's and the drayman's carnival,
and he turns it to the best possible account.
We have a city ordinance which regulates
the price per load, but it is outlawed on the
first of May. and it is no common thing to
charge ten, fifteen Or twenty dollars load,
the price being regulated by the necessities
OF the unfortunate mover and the extent of
his bank account Or credit. But like all of
Efe's evils, it has its end, and the end of
this inferno, am happy to say, has cometo
Us for another year at least.
We now begin to see how our English
cousins must feel in Dublin or London.
We fixed on the 24th of May for the open
ing of our big bridge, and some red-headed
Fenian discovered that the 24th was Queen
Fictoria's birthday, and it is rumored TIA.
notice has been served on the bridge trus
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

All, here it is, the dear old place
Unchanged through all these years,
How like some sweet familiar face
My childhoods home appears!
The grand old trees behind the door,
Still spread their branches wide;
The river wanders as of yore,
With sweetly running tide;
The distant hills look green and gay,
The flowers are blooming wild;
And everything looks glad to-day
AS when | was child.
Regardless how the years have flown,
Half wondering | stand;
catch no fond endearing tone,
| clasp no friendly hand;
/ think my mothers smile to meet,
l list my fathers call,
I pause to hear my brothers feet
Come bouncing through the hall,
But silence all around me reigns,
Oppressive to my heart,
No trace of those | love remains,
And tears unbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair
What though the budding flowers
Still shed their fragrance on the air
Within life's golden hours?
The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filed my youthful ear
viii greet my soul no more.
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
AS when we kiss clay cold face
And leave it with the dead.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

Mr.. Martin Giynn, President of the Police
Jury of Pointe Coupee parish, advocates
working upon the levees in low water, and
the idea is most sensible one. It is the
height of folly to delay the construction and
repair Of these enbankments until the very
eve of the time when they are called upon
to resist an enormous pressure of water.
The sooner the levees are repaired this
year, the better able will they be to with
stand the rise of next Spring.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

Spectroscoric observations Of comets have
yielded results which, in Beriheiot's cpim-
ion, Indicate that the light of those bodies
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

Transient advertisements, 81 per square first
insertion; each subsequent insertion, Is cents
per square.
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first insertion; each subsequent insertion, SO
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, Is cents per
line; subsequently, 10 cents per line.
Cards of six lines or less in Business Direct
ory, S. per annum.
Brief communications upon subjects Of public
interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters,
The editor is not responsible for the views OF
correspondents.
Address: The CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

GNINGRY, THE PAINTER, shop at Cheap
VI Tonys Store, corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue. House, Sign and Ornamental
Painting III all their branches. Best work at
lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

Eminent DR.. j. j Caldwell, Baltimore,
Md, states: u have used CoIden's Liebia's
Liquid Extract of Ieef and Tonic inyigo-
rator largely in debility, jebrite and nervous
diseases, and have fund it one of the most
reliable of nutrient tonics now in Use or to be
found in pharmacy (Take no other.) OF
druggists. at
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
Nh w. DARTON.
Civil Engineer & Surveyor,

Parish Surveyor of Ascension.)
Will attend promptly to work in all branches
of his profession. such as surveying, mapping,
seveling for canals bridges, rice fumes, etc:
estimating cost and supervising construction of
same Orders left at the CHIEF Office will meet
with immediate attention.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

You can easily make yoge. but LARGE
soft How" Us. !Gsd5rn G5Grn the surrounding
'AAS'' snzs the way to witness
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

The Regu lation Anathema against Moving
Day-Threat ening to Blow Up the Big
Bridge-A Brooklyn Sensation-Doinss
i'll the Divorce Courts s-Pawnbrokers'
Bonds, Weather, Stocks, etc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
DONALDSONVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, Etc.

nj ISRAEL & co. dealers in Dry Goods,
NH. Clothing, Boots Shoes, Saddlery, Bug
gies; ETC.. corner Mississippi street and Railroad
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
TRe Doqaldsoqville CPief'
Anxious Humani Generis.

"A Wide-AWake Home Newspaper
Published Every Saturday Morning at
Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Lay
By
T.. E. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

~ KLINE. corner Crescent Place and Hou-
". mas street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions,
Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn,
Oats and Rrau
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

NT LEVY, dealer .in Dry Goods, Clothing,
lNk. Boots. Shoes Hats. Groceries, Furniture,
Hordware and Plantation Supplies, at Lemann' s
old stand, Mississippi street, q. FEITEL,
Agent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

u Groceries. Provisions Plantation and Steam
boat Supplies, Canned Goods. Wines, Liquors,
Bottled Beer, Ale, etc, Dry Goods and Notions,
corner of Mississippi and Chetimaches streets,
opposite River Ferry.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
INSURANCE AGENCIES.
HOTELS AND BoARDING-HousEs.

GtITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail
supplied with best Liquors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19

The committee Of State Senators appoin-
ted to examine into the doings of the Board
of Liquidators appointed under Act No. So
of 188O-commonly known as tho :'ba5y
bond act''-has submitted a report unearth-
ing gross Irregularities from whcI, the only
reasonable inference seems to be that the
State treasury has been piandered to an ex-
tent not even exceeded by the iniquitous
operations under the McEnery land grab
contract. We snail refer to this report 1T
greater ienctf, next week
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-04-18
Defendants,

Action brought In the Superior Court OF tho
State Of California, In and for the County Of To-
Angeles, and the complaint filed In said COUNTY
Of Los Angeles, in the Office Of the Clerk Of said
Superior Court. Z
The People Of the State Of California sond Greet
ing to: Hti
Trinidad Navarro, Dolores Navarro de Car
rion, Jose Navarro, Juan Augustine Navarro,
Pic Serrano, Juan Antonio Serrano, Rosa Ser.
rano de Ballesteros, Ascencion Serrano de Val
en2uela, Arcadia s. de Fadenillc, susanna Domin.
guez, Fermina s. de Redona, Yginio Silvas, Jose
Clemente Carrillo, Guillermo Navarro, Francisco
Hernandez, John Doe and Richard Roe, Defend
ants il343 tN5k
You are hereby required to appear in an ac
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the Superior Cont Of the State oil
California, in and for the County Of Los Angeles
ten days exclusive Of the day II service) after
the service on you Of this Suminons-if served
within this County; or, II served elsewhere, with
In thirty days--or Judgment by default will he
taken against you according to the prayer Of
The said action is brought 10 obtain Judgment
quieting the title Of plaintiff In and to that real
property situated In the northeast corner Of
Main and keguena streets, removing the cloud
from plaintiff title thereto and declaring plain
tiH's title thereto good and valid, declaring the
pretended claim Of defendants thereto invalid
and worthless and that they have no estate, nc
interest therein, debarring defendants from as
sorting any claim in or to said premises, requir
ing defendants to set forth the nature Of their
claims thereto determining all adverse claims Of
defendants thereto and requiring defendants to
make reconveyance Of said premises to plain.
tiff and for general relief and for costs Of suit.
Reference Is had to complaint for particulars.
And you are hereby notified that II you fail 70
appear and answer the said complaint, as above
required, the said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the complaint
Given under my hand and the seal OF the Sd.
perior Court Of the State Of California in and fol
the Comfy Of Los Angeles, this Gath day Of March
in the year OF our Lord one thousand eigh,
hundred and eighty three.
ISeal OF the Superior Court
Endorsed A. vi. POTTS, Clerk.
By A. RisPAu, Deputy.
h. F. Del Vale, W. b. Stephenson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff m31
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-04-18
Bids for Purchase of School Property

Pursuant to a resolution OF the Board of Edu-
cation of the city Of Los Angeles, adopted at lis
meeting held on April 5th, 1883, notice is hereby
given that the said Board will receive bids up IL
seven o'clock P. NJ OF the 23d day of April, 1888,
for the purchase Of the whole or any part OF
either or both Of those certain lots or parcels Of
land in the CITY Of Los Angeles, county of Los
Angeles, State of California respectively bounded
and described as follows, to-wit:
LIST. That certain lot known as the "Spring
Street School Property" situate in said city oil
Los Angeles, and being lot number one mo. u Of
block number two mo p Of Ords survey OF said
city, said lot having forty (i0) yards front on
Spring street and ffty-fve (55) yards depth on
Second street, being the lot wherein stands
school House No, l, In said city Of Los Angeles
Cd. That certain other lot situate In said city
OF Los Angeles, known as the "Bath Street School
property" described as follows: Commencing
at the southern corner Of Macy and Main streets
thence along Main street south 23l' west 1850 feet
ly line OF the street formerly known as Vine
street, now known as Olvera street; thence along
said line and its prolonRaton north 23I' east 70
Macy street; thence along Macy street north 81
west to the place OF beginning, being the LOT
wherein now stands school House No. @"
The terms of sale will he cash in United States
gold coin upon the execution and delivery OF
proper conveyances All bids must be left with
the President Of the Board Of Education, at his
office No Sc Baker Block IN said city ok Los An.
geles, between the hours Of o'clock A. NJ and &
o'clock ?. N. Of each day, Sundays excepted.
Each bid must be accompanied by "a certified
check for two per cent OF the amount OF such bid,
to be forfeited in OF the failure OF the party
making the bid to comply with the same in case
Il shall be accepted by the Board The Board re-
serves the right TO reject any and all bids and
also reserves the right to the possession OF said
property until June seth, 1888
BY order Of the Board Of Education OF the city
Of Los Angeles
GEO. S. PATTON,
apr7td Secretary.