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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

| TIE New BRIDGE.-Messrs. Berger and
Henry have accomplished the task of filing
in the vacant space near the bottom of the
pier Of the new iron bridge, and have also
| leveled off the surface of the pier SO as to
cure the defect caused by the slight defec
ton of the structure from a true perpendic-
ular line. The work seems to have been
done in a thorough manner, and will no
doubt be readily accepted by the Donald
sonville Bridge Company. Engineer Ben.
McLeran has been summoned to INSPECT
the pier on behalf of the local company
and on his report the action of the Board
of Directors will doubtless be predicated.
The bridge was turned across the bayou
and back several times on Thursday, and
was found to be in excellent working order,
The turntable is easily operated, and we
are informed that boy u years old turned
the structure readily without assistance. A
matter which now remains to be determined
is whether the Cleveland or DonaldsonvilIe
company shall put the broken approach to |
the town end of the bridge ii, order. This /
point will be discussed at meeting of the /
Board OF Directors OF the home company
% be held tomorrow morning at the Office I
t Secretary Leche.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

FIRE IN Port BARRow.-At 2 O'Clock las
Monday afternoon the residence of Nj,
Henry Schiller, an old citizen of Port Bar
row, caught fire and was burned to TIKI
ground. The house was situated on Pine
street, on the second square from Bayor
Lafourche, and near the centre of the vii
iage. The FIRE is supposed to have originated
from stove in the back room of the dwell
ing. Mr.. Schiller was lying on his bed
asleep at the time, and when he awoke his
room was SO filled with fame and smoke
that he could not find his way to the door,
Bursting through the weather-boardinr At
one SIDE CT the room he managed to escape
| with assistance from the outside, but not un
| til his hands had been severely burned. His
| nose, face and the back of his head were
also burned and bruised, but not so badly
as his hands. The people Of Port Barrow
assembled at the scene and the Donaldson
Vile bremen responded promptly to the
alarm rung upon Ascension Hook and Lad
der Company's new bell. The Babcock ex-
t1nguishers of the company just named,
manned by members of the Hooks and the
junior Babcock Company, were taken
across the ferry with all the dispatch DOS
s1ble and one of the machines rendered
good service IN assisting the work of
preventing the spread of the flames and
saving the adjoining residence and store of
Mrs. Louisa Wutke from the deyourinc
element. It was not found necessary to
use the other extinguisher. The Phoenix
steamer was also taken across the BAYOU
and stationed at the waters edge. from
whence a line of hose was extended To tho
locality of the fire, and good stream of
water was soon playing upon the burning
ruins, removing all danger of further dam
age. The saving of Mrs. Wutke's property
and also Of large building directly across
the street, belonging to MIR. Henry Droege,
III which quantity OF hay was stored. was
a creditabie achievement and was due
to the bravery and herculean ef-
forts OF a number of citizens of Port Bar
row, whose labors were lightened and their !
success clinched by the arrival and assis- I
ta2ce of the Danaldsonville fremen. Mr..
5chufer's loss, including furniture, is prob
IDLY about $500. Mrs. Wutke's furniture
md portion of the contents of her store
we're removed to the street, and of course
he has sustained more or less loss from
'reakage. Her house was on fire at one
ime and a hole was cut in the roof to admit
he Babcock hose, while the fencing around
he lot on the side adjoining the Schiller
property was destroyed. A little shed that
TODD between the Wutke and Schiller
ouses was pushed over into the fire and
his rendered the saving of Mrs. Wutke's
ouse much easier task than would other
rise have been the case. While the fire was
aging it was reported that the two little
hildren Of the eolored woman EMPLOYED
y Mr.. Schdfer as a cook had persisted in
le flames. but it was subsequently, ascer-
llned that neither the woman or The chill
rem were in the house when the fire broke
IT.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29
LIST OF LETTERS

LIS OF Ii ERS
Remaining in the Post-otEice at DonaEelsonvilIe
Ascension Parish, La, Sept. 2s, 1858.
Armstrong, DR. J NJ Pearce, Mrs Lizzie
Anamant. Corneal Phillips, Mrs CS
Andres, Miss Mary Ross, Joseph
Broo Henry r. Miss Mary
Baker, John Ricaut, Jean Marie
Collins, Miss Azilia Robson. Miss
Evans, John Robertson. Miss Julian
Flood, Miss Amy Reed, Joseph
Hacket, Horace Stronge, Miss Louisa
Joseph. Mrs Ciarlssa Smith, Ella
Lucy. Turner. Miss Mary
Leblanc, Miss A. Thompson, " II
Lillard, John Wilson. Mrs Elizabeth
Lewis, James Webre Edmond
Landry, Mrs Alice Wilson, j W
majot, III Webster. Nathan
Miller, Mrs Laura Whackerine Widow
If not called for in four weeks will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office.
LOUIS LEFORT, P. NJ.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Mr.. A. Horton, the painter and photog-
rapher doing business at the corner of
Mississippi and St. Patrick streets, is lying
IN critical condition, from consumDtion
and his death is expected to occur at almost
any moment. We hear that his wife is also
i'll and that the patients are in distressing
and destitute circumstances. A subscrip-
ton list for their relief was circulated on
Thursday by Reys. NJ. Eisenberg and Robt,
$. Stuart, and those gentlemen are devot-
ing considerable portion of their time and
to the care OF the unfortunate
couple. No doubt there are a number
among cur local readers who will help the
gentlemen in their humane and
charitable work and assist IN rendering the
last hours of the dying painter as comfort
able Us possible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

1t is currently reporH tht Mr.. G. A.
S1ondran has sold cut is iIhrest in The
river ferry atshis place his Lrtner. Capt.
". A. Miller. we also ear whispered
that Mr.. Gondan notwithstanding
to Mexico, butFhether Il re is ay founda-
ton in fact fG the rusor we e unable
to say. trlen >DeipA has thost of
friends III this, IS natlvepwn, W. would
contemplate suc.a movelent on IS part
with sincere regh.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Proposalsforth the ohstractbn of fourteen
levees in different pfts of The State will
be received at the dice of the Board of
State Engineers upP noon to-day. One
OF the number is thBraud saw-miil levee,
a half-nnile below jacksonville on the
right bank Of the rive where disastrous
crevasse was narrowlayarted last spring.
a deposit Of S25 and bold of $50 are re-
quired to accompany ? bis for the build
inc of this leyee.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Two Junior Wezmen VI re invest with
the NJ. ". degreet this WEEKS mee,a of
the Lee Lodge, 40. q. W se7eranore
additions to theon OF hnemberst are
promised. The r1tation of some leu
ious and ezaggera reports relative the
assessments to VIII members are BE
has prevented anAdlic among those 10
now belong to theser q those who .
template joining,d there is every pr.
poet that in point numbers Lee Lod
will soon compare orably with any sim
lar organization Ibis section. The a
tendance at the lss9ssion was unusual
good and no little rest IN ! poee
i1,es was exhibited.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

John Dolan, cattle droyer, recently shot
and killed a storekeeper named McKelyey
at Laurel Hill, in the parish of West Fell
ciana. We are under the impression that
this Mr.. Dolan is the same party who fig
ured as defendant in the celebrated dam
age suit Of Hart Us. Dolan tried in our
District Court two or three years ago.
Dolan surrendered to the West Feliciana
authorities, convinced that. the killing of
McKelyey was justifable.
MIsTRIAL.-We heard it stated yesterday
that the trial at Napoleonville of the case
of Gustave Harris, charged with murder
for having shot and killed Erwin Garrett
in Assumption parish on the 9th of last
November, had resulted in a disagreement
Of the jury. We have been unable to obtain
further particulars up to the hour of going
to press, but we do not doubt that the re-
port of a mistrial is authentic. It is more
than probable that Harris will be allowed
the privilege of bail.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Mrs. Louisa Wutke of Rsrt Barrow pub
fishes in another column a card of thanks
to the Donaldsonville fri nen and her
friends and neighbors who e labors at the
fire of Monday last were Instrumental in
saving her residence and Ftore from de-
struction. Mrs. Wutke's min reliance, her
estimable son Paul, was ags y from home
at the time of the IRE, beng engaged in
doing a job Of tin woik so,n{distance down
the bayou.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

NICHOLS CLUD MEErING.-At the meet
; ing of the fourth ward Nichols club he'll
at the Court House last Saturday evening
} the committee on constitution and bylaw
reported al instrument which was unani
mously adopted and numerously signed
The report was presented by Mr.. E. n
Pugh, who favored its adoption in a speed
Of much force and ability. He went owe
the whole ground Of the gubernatorial con
test and criticised the administration ring
and r1ngsters1n seTvseye and unstinted terms
Capt. Prosper Landry was called for at the
conclusion Of Mr.. Pugh's speech and made
a few remarks, experimenting them by Of
ferlng the following preamble and resolu-
tons, which were adopted:
;, WHEREAS The Donaldsonville CHIEF and the
loving report. to-wit: IF it be true. as
alleged. that tho support of the Democratic
aelegat1ons; OF st. james, Ascension and AS
sumption, has been pledged to Gov. McEnerv
by one or more local politicians" etc.. there
fore, WV '''e'o-
Be 1t gesozued, That said pledge is libel on
ne dntelnsenGe and lTElependence of Ascension
Dem erats, who repel it with Indignation.
Re At further resolved, That they shall take
care TO send delegates who will respect the will
OF the, people and not the pledges of one Or
moro local politicians.
re At further a'esolred. Toat they viii support
the nomination of him who is under no man |
or or set OF men and if elected Governor Of this
State, VIII take his seat untEammeled and un-
pleused to any man or set of men. clique !
coteCie or faction" |
The club then adjourned subject to the
call Of the president. Several members of
the newly organized Nichols Campaign |
Brass Band were present with their instru-
nents, and furnished acceptable music.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Mr.. j. &. Quimby, sub-lessee of the Bayou
Lafourche ferry, publishes in another col
umn an emphatic denial of the reDort that
ne attempted to prevent the crossing of
fremen and their apparatus during the
prevalence of the fire in Port Barrow last
Monday afternoon, or that he CHARGED fer
rage to firemen whom he knew to be s7cb
These reports arose from Mr. Oujmbv's
efforts to prevent the overlooking of the
ferTy-boat while the engine and Babcecly
extlnguis!ers were being taken over, and
to prevent the crossing of the rabble. who
could be of 10 service at the scene of dan
ger, and some of whom were probably de-
sirous of obtaining an opportunity to pill
fer. Of course it IS quite likely that some
persons belonging to the fire comDauies,
bu yho were not known as members to Mr..
" Ply OF his employees, may have been
re- I'd free passage: such oversiehts we're
Al unavoidable under the circun-
5ta.@5es, but Mr.. Quimby Indignantly denies
the lmputation that they were Intentional,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

On Thursday of last week Mrs. Homer
Cire slipped and fell on a street bridge il
front Of her residence on Lessard street,
breaking her leg. Surgical attention was
promptly secured and the injured limb
properly treated. We are glad to hear the
unfortunate lady is doing well and will in
all probability soon recuperate entirely
from the effects of the accident.
Mr. J. Ellsworth, a member of the New
Orleans firm Of Messrs. NJ. Wanner & Co.,
was in Donaldsonville on Thursday and
Friday, the guest Of his intimate friend
Mr.. Louis Wild, whom he hasa not met for
eleven years. Messrs. Warmer & Co. are
dealers in canned and fresh shelled oysters,
fish and ice, and their place of business is
on Calliope street opposite the Jackson
railroad passenger depa.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

The Bostons have won the League cham
plonship and the Chicago and Providence
clubs are tied for the second place. Each
club has got two games to play, but the
boston5 can afford to lose both without en-
dangering their title to the first place,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

Floor Munagers-Jos. M. Heating, G. A..
Gondran, Fred. Landry, G. A. Maurin,
Jno. S. Reynaud
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29

A game was played b; the Chas. Geigers
and j. L. Brents on the Mccall grounds,
sunday afternoon, and the little Geigers
defeated their opponents by the heavy odds
OF 3G to 8, in seven innings. as follows:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

ENoCH ARDEN WITH A VARIATION.
When the war broke out, the wife
of John Henuse of Reading, Pa, re-
ceived letter from him saying that he
had been drafted into the confederate
army. He deserted, was recaptured,
put on war vessel and finally success
fully deserted a second time. He
drifted westward at the close of the
war, and was made prisoner by In
dams and thus held for fifteen years,
during which time he became menu
Der of the tribe and learned their dia.
lect Finally he escaped, paid Il visit
to France and returned to Reading, by
way of Cuba. He then walked in up
on his wife twenty-five years after he
had last kissed her goodbye. The
case differs from that of Enoch Arden,
in that the wife was found unhampcred
with another husband, although she
had mourned her John as long since
dead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

ST., NICHOLAS for july will be q
memorable number on account of d
carefully written and wonderfully illus.
trated article on the "Brooklyn
Bridge" Sophia SWEET opens the
number with u Enthusiastically anus
ing story Of "How Johnnies Men
Struck Work." and George Enos
Throop contributes "a Story of a
Brave Girl" II Revolutionary tale of
the old Schuyler mansion in Albany.
j. I. Trowbridge tells how the Tink-
hams outwitted their prosecutors, Maui
rice Thompson finishes "The Story of
Robin Hood" Edward S. Ellis con-
tinues ''Swept Away and there is
another "Drummcr-boy" paper. There
is much besides in the magazine that is
timely, entertaining and amusing. For
sale here at the bookstores.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

1t will DO apparent to any one, who will
examine soLID GOLD WATCH, that aside
from the necessary thickness for engraving
and polishing, large proportion OF the
precious metal.used in needed only to Ut fen
and hold the engraved portions in place. and
supply the necessary soldity and strength
The surplus gold is needless 70 far az UTILITY
and beauty are concerned. In JAMES BOSS
PATENF GOLD WATCH CASES. tina
WASTE Cf precious metal is overcome, and The
SAME sohDlrY AND STRENGTH produced vt
from one'tlird to one-half of ihc usual cost
Of solid cases This process is OF tho most
simple nature Os follows a plate of nickle
composition metal especially adapted to The
purpose. has two plates of SOLID GOLD solder
ed one on each side The three are then
passed between polished steel rollers, and
the result is a strip of heavy plated compost
ton, from which the cases, hacks, centres.
bezeis &c, are bent and shaped by suitable
dies end formers. The gold in these cases lie
sufficiently thick to admit of all kinds of
chasing, engraving and enamelling the en-.
graved cases have been carried until worn
perfectly smooth by time and use without re-
moving the gold,
THIS IS THE ONLY CASE MADE
WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD
FlCATE.
For sale by all jewelers.. Ask for Ilustra.
ted Catalogue, and to see warrant
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
White Mountain LnndsIihe

Littleton, N. H., June 2l.--A Sc.
we're storm of seven days duration
caused one of the most wonderful land
slides on Flume mountain, Frarconia
Notch, Wednesday, ever known in the
White mountains. About one mile
from the Flumo house, and plainly
seen from there, great volume of
water rushing through tho hume car
ried rocks weighing many thousand
tons through, to Pemigcwassct river,
half n mile below. 1t has made the
celebrated place more wonderful than
ever, having extended the high walls
some 500 feet. The scene as the wa
ter subsidies is grand beyond dcscrip-
ton. No pecuniary damage was done.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
VERMONT.

Nearly every family in Winooski
has a pig.--[Clipper.] Glad to know
that they do something to get living
up that way.
A mass temperance meeting will be
held at Lyndon, lille on the 4th ofJuly.
George Leonard of Huntington has
in his possession the trowel used by
Gen. Lafayette in laying the corner
stone of the University of Vermont.
A civil service examination is to
take place in the Custom House, at
Burlington, July 9th.
Horace Morse of Island Pond killed
q black eagle recently which measured
seven feet from tip to tip of wings.
A Methodist church was formed in
East Brookfield u few days ago, con-
sisting of five members.
f. A. Porter of Fairlec has great
curiosity, in the shape of a cat, that is
raising three red squirrels aud one
kitten. She treats the squirrels in all
respects the same as the kitten.
The jury at St. Johnsbury in the
case Of the State against Alice Day,
for alleged completely in the lar
ceny of team, have returned II verdict
of guilty.
Henry G.. Brown of Salisbury was
found dead on the ton of II freight train
at Middlel ury on Thursday afternoon.
He had been struck by bridge.
At st. Johnsbury the case of the
State against Lewis Merchant, for the
alleged murder of William Morgan,
vas closed Wednesday evening, and
the jury returned verdict of not guilty
a little after midnight
John c. BRAGG, Il convert from
Catholicism, was ordained to the min
istry at the Baptist church at Burling-
ton Friday evening.
S. M. Field Of Newport, who jump
ed his bail at the recent term OF United
States court at Windsor, and thus
escaped trial for passing counterfeit
money, is living at Masonville, p, o.,
where it is rrmored his family will
soon join him.
The Bradford listers have been in
dicted for otienses against the listing
law in 1881 and 80 and will have
their trial at the next term of Orange
county court.
Fred Daley, the boy who stopped
the express lraip from running into the
washout at the Elmore brook bridge
the 18th, has been given "A life pass
over the St. Jonnsbury & Lake Champ
lain railroad, besides a present of 500
IL cash from the company.
Stephen Chase Of Topsham is closely
verging on centenarian, being ninety
nine years of age April s. lie was
born in Newbuy and formerly resided
in Grotloii III now resides with
Warren Bowen, who married his
granddaughter, at TopSham. He
served three years in the revolutionary
war, for which he receives pension.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
The Great Bridge.

The whole work-bridge, approach
es, anchorage, railroads, depots, and
all-oost sixteen million dollars in
money and thirteen years of time.
What is the grand RESULT Is it worth
all this? How many people can use it
in day? Let us see. On the APP
proaches the bridge is one hundred feet
wide. On the suspended part it is
eighty-fve feet wide. This gives room
enough for two lines of teams on each
way, or four in all. All the teams 60
ing in une direction take the right
hand road, the heavy teams on the
outside, and the lighter ones on the in
side. The two roads will allow one
thousand four hundred and forty teams
to pass in an hour, or fourteen thou
sand four hundred and forty in ten
hours. There will be eighty cars on
the railroad, and twenty cars car trav-
ell on the bridge at once. When all
are running, eighty thousand people
can cross in an hour. The grand
promenade will hold ten thousand peo-
pie at one time, and forty. five thousand
people can cross on foot in an hour.
The total length Of the walk is five
thousand nine hundred and eighty feet
(uearly mile and a quarter), and of
this one thousand five hundred and
seventy-ive feet are included in the
span above the river From "The
Brooklyn Bridge" by Charles Barn
ard, in the July Sr. NICHOLAS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

In HARPEn's MAGAZINE for July
the first article is a description of Ham.
stead Heath, by William II. Riding
with thirteen striking illustrations
Another article on the "Romanoffs o
Russia, gives portraits Of Alexander
H., Alexander ILL.,, the present En-.
press, and the Heir-apparent. An ad-
mirable paper on Cincinnnti is contrib
uted by Olive Logan, with twenty illus
trations from drawings by our best ar
lists. All the articles are interesting
and timely. The editorial departments
arc, as usual, interesting, and the Ed
TORS Drawer is especially good. Pub
lished by Harper & Brothers, Frank
lin Square, New York. Price 81 a
year: 80 cents single numbers. For
sale here at the bookstores.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

In Woodstock, June 81. of liver complaint
John Macauley, aged 80 years.
In Pomfrrt, June ID, Lucy Hodges, wife OF
the late Thomas II. Thatcher, aged So years
In Bridgewater, June 20, of typhoid pneu
mona, Chas. $. Raymond, aged GS years.
IN Bridgcwatcr. June lG, Stukely Angel
aged 70 ycaF., Also, June ~, Evcina NJ.
wife of stukrly Angel, aged 30 years.
In 1unhridge, June q. Mrs. John Diamond
aged - years aud months,
In West Randolph, David Dyke. aged 81
wears and months.
In Chester, June 10, Mary Jane, wife of tho
late Orrck Terry, aged II years.
In Norwich, June Is, Mrs. Mary B. New
ton, aged 30 years.
In West Woodstock, June Il, Elcazer
Wood. aged sc years.