The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-12-20

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For good things to eat and drink, at
prices that will astonish You, go to the
Cheap Grocery Emporium.
We hear that Mr.. and Mrs. e. Z. Weber
Of Donaldsonville have been recently fa-
vored with an addition to their family, and
| that the little stranger and its mother are
doing finely. May they SO continue.
Mrs. and Miss McRedmond, who have
been for several weeks welcome guests at
the hospitable Point Houmas mansion Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Cofeld, have returned
to their New Orleans home accompanied by
Mrs. E. 3. ,Shanks, who went down to wit
ness the opening of the Exposition.
Mr.. J. +. Mire of the Acadia place, st.
| James parish, was in town last week and
we had the pleasure of meeting him. Like
| most other sugar planters he is anything
| but enthusiastic over The results of the years
| operations, but is not one Of those disposed
to give up the ship and to see nothing but
disaster in the future.
| Mr.. and Mrs. yom Hofe are. visiting
| Donaldsonville on business, and both are
looking exceedingly well. Their new estab-
lishment opposite the Exposition grounds
the Donaldsonyille, Lafourche and her
vile House-has been opened under very
favorable auspices, and they have already
had the pleasure of entertaining number
Of friends from this section.
| The Parish Superintendent of Public
Schools, Mr.. &. A. Gondran, gives notice
that an examination of applicants fol
teacherships will be held on Saturday next
| the 9th inst, at the little school-house ad-
! joining Phoenix Hall, beginning at II
O'clock A. NJ. Those desiring employment
as teachers should present themselves at
| the time and place named.
| Mr.. VIM. Town, an old and highly
respected citizen of st. Francisville, was in
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| sick friend and relative, Mr.. G. F. Moser
| of Port Barrow. Mr.. Town called at the
| CHIEF Office to see his cold "young friend,
A. J. Reynolds, Esq, our foreman, who
halls from West Felciana and knows and
is known to almost everybody in that neck
| of woods.
| LEGAL BLANKs.-Justices of the Peace will
| find always on hand at the CHEF Office a
| stock of all the legal blanks commonly
| used in the transaction of the business of
| their courts, such as afidayits, bonds, war
rants, commitments subpoenas, citations,
| marriage certificates, etc. These blanks are
| printed on fine paper, after the most ap-
| proved legal forms, and are sold ct low
! rates in quantities to suit.
On Thursday and Friday we experienced
| the coolest weather that has yet visited us
this season. Thursday afternoon the mer-
curry fell to the freezing point and continued
there during the night. Friday was some
what less frigid and to-day there is still
further degree of moderation noticeable.
Dispatches from the North and West indi-
| cate that the cold wave which gave us a
slight touch of its quality swept all over the
country.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Shelley, the
| respected mother Of Mrs. j. A. Braud and
| Mrs. Gustave Gre of Ascension, is lying
dangerously ill in New Orleans, and that
she is not expected to recover. Miss Lucille
Braud is at her grandmothers bedside as
sisting in administering to the wants of the
aged sufferer. Mrs. Shelley recently under
went severe surgical operation for cancer,
and has been slowly sinking from the effects
Of the painful ordeal.
Thursday night proved most lnauspi.
| cious time for opening the skating rink, as
| the freezing weather kept the ladies away
altogether, and only few young men bravee
the wintry blast to indulge in the pleasure
| of scoeting about on wheels. The attend
ance was somewhat larger Friday night
and as the weather becomes more favorable
| we shall expect to sse Messrs. Burbank 1
| Tron6 favored with large audiences at thei
assemblies. The projected hop at the open
ing of the rink was perforce postponed Il
some future evening.
Combining business with pleasure Mr.
Chas. Maurin, of the Cheap Grocery Empo
rum, took advantage Of his visit to the Elk
position opening to lay in a large holida!
stock, comprising an almost unlimited
range of staple and fancy groceries, and {
particularly fine supply OF goods appro
pirate for the Christmas and New Year
season. What he hasn't got is scarcel.
worth having, and he offers the inducemen
Of fifteen to twenty per cent. reduction
from usual rates on everything purchases
at his establishment
Prominent among Ascension's citizen
| who attended the opening of the World
Exposition in New Orleans were Messrs
Victor Maurin, Mayor of Donaldsonville
A. D. Vega and Charles A. Maurin, mer
/ chants; &. N. Sims, G. A. Gondran and ]
J. Lafargue, representatives Of the bar; DR.
W. NJ. McGalliard, j. B. Quimby, j. G
Green, R. 0. Landry and Capt. Jno. T. No
Ian. Several of the ladies of this paris