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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-11

Incorporated IN 1868 for IS years by the Legis-
allure for Educational and Charitable purposes
with Capital of SIC 10000 to which reserve
fund of over s55o,ooo has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular voteits franchise
was made part Of the present State Constitu-
ton adopted December a. D., 1879.
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We have received the proceedings of the
Republican parish executive committee of
Lafayette for publication, but find them
entirely too lengthy for our limited space.
Msssrs. ". Il. Williams and A. f. Riard
were elected delegates to the Congressional
nominating convention by an almost unani-
nous vote of the committee, and resolution
were passed indorsing Blaine, Logan and
Kellogg and advocating the denomination
of the latter for Congress,
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since its organization on 1st April, 1858, under

( - : g.
since it's organization on 1st April, 1883, under
its present name.
ARTICLE ".
The officers of this Association shall consist OF
one President. one Vice President. one becre-
tary and Treasurer and one sergeant Arms,
who shall be chosen annually by ballot by the
majority of the members present on the LIST day
of April of each year and who shall constitute
Board of Directors for the admlnlstratlo
and management Of the affairs OF the Associa;
ton. Until the first of April, 1885, or until
their successors shall have been. elected, Felix
Kelly shall serve as President. William Craw-
ford as Vice President. Joseph G. shelton as
Secretary and Treasurer and james August as
Sergeant-at-Arms. and they shall form the first
Board of Directors. II
ARTICLE Y.
All citations or other legal process shall be
served upon the president and in his absence.
or in case of vacancy therein occasioned by
death or otherwise, upon the vice president.
ARTIoLEyI
Whenever any vacancy. by death. resignation
or otherwise, shall occur IN any ONCE prlor e %
filled by a majority vote OF the remaining dlrec-
tors.
ARTICLE VII.
Whenever this Association is dissolved either
by limitation or from any other cause. 1ts az
tors in Office, who shall continue IN office as
liquidators until the affairs shall have been
finally closed and hQuldated. with ike power
of filing vacancies as stipulated IN article
sixth.
Thus done and passed at my office in the town
of Dona1dsonyil.e, Louisiana, this thirtieth day
of August. eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
in presence of Messrs. Adrick Joseph and
Cornelius Chas Hunter, lawful and competent
witnesses. who hereunto sign their names with
the parties and the undersigned Notary after
reading the whole.
words erased, null; - words lnterhned,
approved before signing.
Felix Kelly having declared that he could
not sign his name made his ordinary mark.
FELIX x KELLY.
VIM. CRCFFARD,
FRANK THOMAS,
VIM. FISH,
JOSEPH BUTLER.
JOS. C.. SHELTON,
BIVEN RUFFIN,
II. ". THOMAS.
JAMES AUGUST.
FRED. DUFFEL.
f Notary Public.
ADR1CK JOSEPH,
T.. G. HUNTER.
OFFICE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Ascension.
This is to certify that I have examined the
foregoing act of incorporation and find moth
ing therein contrary to law. September |, 1884.
J. L. GAUDFT.
nn1
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LIST OF PRIZES:
CERTIFICATE.

WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY that we supervise
the arrangements for all the monthly and semi
annual Drawings of the LOUISIANA STATE Lot.
Terry COMPANY and in person manage and con-
troll the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty, fairness and
in good faith toward all parties. We authorize
the Company to use this certificate with fac
SMILES of our signatures attached, in its ad-
vertisements.
e. T. BEAUREGARD,
). EARLY.
CO uissioners.
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the Office of the Company in New
Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving |
full address. --
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REGISTRATION OF VoTERs.-Assessor and
Supervisor of Registration for this parish,
Mr.. Dodd. Smith, gives notice that he will
attend at the following places, on the dates
mentioned, from Z o'clock A. NJ, to P. M.
and from 2 to 6p. NJ. for the purpose of
revising the list Of registered voters:
Oct. 8. ~ -'A'-io"s
dsy. Oct. 8. u o>'-'7'~
Magnolia schooI-house, tenth ward, FRIDAY,
Oct. 10. 1Ao"''
Donaldsonyille, Wednesday, Oct. 10, to satur-
day, Oct. Is. inclusive. ;
Citizens who have reached the age of
majority and those who have moved into
the parish since the last registration must
be enrolled BY the Supervisor in order to
acquire the right to vote at the coming
election, while those who have removed
shave he change of residence noted on the
regitration books. '
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Successor to Mr.. Foiger, as Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
The newly appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, Walter Q. Gresham, was born
near Corydan, Indiana, in the year 1888.
He WIS a student at Bloomington Uni
yersity, but did not complete the course and
graduate. After leaving college he read
law, was admitted to the bar, and opened
an Office. In 1860 he was elected to the
Indiana Legislature, where he took an
important part in promoting legislation
necesaitaated by the war OF. the Union.
Entering the army he became Lieutenant
Colonel of the Thirty-Eighth Regiment,
and subsequently Colonel of the Fifty third.
At the siege of Vicksburg he acted as
Brigadier General. The wound in the
left leg from which he still suffers, was
received before Atlanta. It Aecessitated
his retirement from military duty for
nearly year. Mr.. Gresham afterwards
acted as military commander of the
Natchez District, and put down the cotton
thieves infesting it with stern hand. In
1866 he was candidate for Congress
against Speaker Kerr, and succeeded in
reducing the Democratic majority in the
district President Grant not finding it
practicable to make him Secretary of the
interior, appointed him Collector at New |
Orleans. Subsequently Mr.. Gresham was |
appointed to succeed the late Judge |
Mcdonald as United States District judge. |
Hewas holding that position when nomina-
ted for Postmaster General in April, 1888. |
In 1880 he was an unsuccessful candidate |
for the United States Senate. As Post
master General he gave great satisfaction,
and his appointment to succeed Mr.. Folger
ms Secretary of the Treasury is generally
approved.
Secretary Gresham has never been
conspicuous as party man. He worked
for the nomination of Bristow to the
Presidency in 1876, and of General Grant
in 1880. This year he was himself spoken.
of as " dark horse" for the Republican,
nomination. /
He is handsome man, tall, dark
!complexioned and possessing well cut
features. His ability as public speaker
is superior, and he is well equipped for
usefulness by superior natural ability and
more than considerable learning.
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ADR1CK JOSEPH,
C., C., HUNTER,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
The Slave Question in Brazil.
London Standard

In consequence of the rejection by
the Brazilian parliament OF the meas
ure for the emancipation OF slaves
throughout the empire, dissolution
took place, and the matter is now be-
fore the country.
Tn9er the scheme for which the APP
proval of the nation is asked, eman-
cipation will be effective when the
slave attains sixty years OF age, IN
case Of non registry, through the
emancipation fund, oy change Of the
slaves legal domicile and by otter
dispositions. All slaves sixty years of
age are ips0 fdctO free. Such free
men remaining with their exmasters
arc entitled to food and shelter, but
navrnent for services IS left optional
with the latter. In case such freemen
leave their ex-masters, however, the
government will provide for their sup
mort A new registry OF all slaves
must be made within one year, based
on that Of 1s71-73, giving name, age,
color. state, nationality, descent,
physical capacity, occupation, and
value. All slaves not thus registered
become free. The registry fee will be
al for each slave. The valuation of
slaves will be based upon their age,
and can not exceed $500 for those
under 30 years, 500 for those from 30
10 40 $500 for those 40 to 80, and $40o
fo, those 50 to GO. Emancipations by
the fund will be based on these values,
and will be adiudged according to the
lowest offers made a tax Of 8 per
cent on these values will be levied in
Rio de Janeiro and the seven largest
provincial capitals, 2per cent. in other
CITIES and towns, and / per cent. ia
country districts, A tax Of 10 per
cent. to 50per cent viii be levied on
The transmission Of slaves by in.
heritance, per cent 70 rs per cent.
on Iegacies inter viyos, and 10 PEI
cent on sales. A tax Of 20 per cent
on the income of religious orders
from apolices, after convention 81
their estates. will 20 to the fund.
/ Present taxes on slaves to be suppressed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
Household Hints.

"A small dish of charcoal placed
IN your meat larder will keep the ar
ticlcs sweet and wholesome almost as
well as ice. Charcoal is a great dis
nfectant. Occasionally used for
cleansing the teeth, it will sweeten
the breath when nothing else will do.
To CAN CORN. Cut from the COZ,
press all the corn you can INTO a glass
can, put on cover without tho rubber
and put into boiler with piece Of
board in the bottom to keep the cans
Off from the bottom fiji boiler with
water to top of can, broil three hours,
take out, seal tight with rubbers. Put
ia cool place.
CIDER THAT WILL KEEP. ~ take
good, sweet cider, direct from the press,
boil and skim it until thoroughly
clarified, and no more and while hot
put into bottles and jugs, filing them
up to the cork. Cork tight. Set IN q
dark, cool place. You will find 1t tc
be the best cider you ever drank, clear
pure and good as wine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

bringing them to trial. necessarily in
heres in the officers conducting the gov
eminent. If this right did not accrue in
them by virtue Of a suspension OF the
wit Of habeas corpus nothing would be
gained or affected in any way by its sus-
pension
In Ireland, the suspension Of the ha-
beaS corpus was regularly effected bv an
act Of parliament and indeed mas been
SO in some parts of Ireland during a CON
siderable portion Of the period interven-
ing since the act of union Of 1900 Hence
no point can be palmer than the right of
making what We're called during our res
bellion OF 1861 arbitrary arrests of sus-
poets, without bringing or intending to
bring them to immediate trial. existed
IN the English government as TO Irish
citizens in Ireland in like manner and
for like reasons as it existed in the
American government as TO American
citizens in 1854 The same constitu-
ton which guarantees the writ of ha-
beaS corpus in order TO prevent arbi-
trary arrests also provides for the sus-
pension of that writ in order TO permit
them. In this respect the law is the
same in principle in the United States
as in Great Britain, though emanating
from different authority.
In the United States from 1861, no
distinction would have been made in ar
resting persons suspected of plotting
treason and rebellion on American soil
between persons owing allegiance to
England and those owing allegiance TO
America. An American citizen found
on Russian, German, or English soil and
suspected Of plotting treason against
those governments has the rights of a
Russian German, or English subject,
and not one whit more or greater This
follows insepa. ably from the principle
that a Russian, German, or French sub
iect found on American soil and sus-
pected here of plotting treason or rebel
lion against our government. has the
rights as to trial which am American cit
izen has. and no more If the American
citizen has no right to the speedy and
Impartial trial guaranteed by the Con-
stitutiOn, rs he has not when the priv
ilege Of the habeas COrpus is suspended
pursuant to the Constitution, then the
foreigner has no such right for the time
being.
1t is Just so in England and Ireland.
The question, therefore whether in the
case of any given arrest of an Irish
American in ireland our government
was called upon to intervene, depended
on whether a case of contemplated re-
sistance to British authority actually
existed and the habeas corpus act had
been formally suspended by parliament
If So the right to arbitrarily arrest and
hold suspects accrued to the British gov
eminent as fully as the like right ac
crued to ours in 1S60-64, and if Cleve
land or Blaine We're secretary of state
he would alike recognize the right anC
could not avoid it. So the issue which
Mr.. Hurlbut seeks to raise is not an is
sue. 1t does not exist.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

ed by the foregoing The domicile OF
slaves is fixed in the province where
they reside at the date of this law, ex-
cept those accompanying their mas
tiers. All slaves emancipated by the
fund viii be required foreman ia the
municipality for five years in regular
employment Non-employment win
be punishable by fines and imprison-
ment, and by compulsory service ON
public works Labor contracts must
be duly registered, and in the country
can not excee d team of three wears.
The minimum rate of wages win be
fixed at an annual meeting OF certain
judicial officers and councilmen.
Unjustiiiable absence on part Of the
freedman will be punished by a fine
of double his wages, or double the
time lost The business of buying
and selling slaves is prohibited, and
under q penalty of IS, 000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
POLITICAL.
, DEMOCRAT DEFENDS BLAINE.
EyideNce Regarding the Kentucky
Slauder-How "A Vile story Origi-


Slauder-How Vile story Origi-
The following letter was received
Friday night 1t is from a son of Thorn
ron +. Johnson, the principal of the
school in which Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
were teachers. The writer Of the letter
is now city civil engineer at Dallas, Tex,
and is a highly respected democrat The
letter is addressed to the editor of the
indianapolis Times, and is as follows:
In answer to your request for q state
ment as to any facts relating TO the
SANDER concerning Mr.. and Mrs Blaine.
ms published in the Indianapolis Senti-
mel, | viii say this much;
This SANDER was first circulated at
DrennOn Springs, KY, in March, 1851 by
a pernicious scandal monger, a tailor
from Millersburg, in the same state, then
on n visit to Drennon to collect some
bills due him by the cadets for suits sold
them the previous session at Blue Iicks
His object in originating this story was
either to pander to the appetite of young
men for such subjects, or crafty some
spite he entertained against Mr.. Blaine
MIR. Blaine being at this time absent
from the institute on a trip to Louisville,
IN We
OF it would have been summarily dis
posed of then and there forever
Remaining uncOntradicted. although
unbelieved, it was scattered to the four
winds of heaven by The lovers of such
tittletatte. In this way originated the
Islander against the fair nemc Of a most
modest lady; wit. out even the shade of
a shadow Of fact TO warrant such an in
sinu ton.
Mr. Blaine remained as Profes sor Of
Latin in the institution until 1852, my
father, the principal, dying October,
1851. Does it stand to reason that with
even the least possibility Of such a story
being true, Mr. Blaine would have been
allowed to remain at the institute or
that my father could ass ciate with such
amau. AS for myself, l can say that
for four years | knew Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine intimately, as thoroughly as any
man can know his own brother and
sister. living underline same roof. eating
at the same table, members of the same
table. members Of the same family circle.
vet have never even dreamed Of such
a suspicion. Never was there a more
modest and prudent lady than Miss
StanwOCd; never more perfect gentle
man than Mr.. Blaine While | always
liked Mr.. Blaine as a professor and adj
mired him as a man. yet in politics we
differ materially, as much as it is posi-
BILE for democrat to differ from re-
publican, and this statement is not writ
ten to advance his cause as the candi-
date of his party for the presidency, but
to vindicate the fair fame of Mrs.
Blaine. / close by stating that in my
opinion, and as far as | know, the story
is a false and malicious Islander in every
particular. WILLIAM Nj. JOHNSON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

"While California is the greatest
bee-ranching or honey making region
in the world. owing to the excellence
ofis climate and the endless variety
Of its honey-yieIding flowers, the
quality of its honey does not excel.
even II it equals that of the honey IN
New York state, says a large whole
sale dealer.
zone Of the most extensive bee
culturists in this or any other coun-
try, he continued, is Capt. Hether
ington, whose apiaries along the
Cherry Valley Greek, in Schopaue
county, annually turns out over 100,
600 pounds Of the choicest honey 1t
takes nine men and two steam saw
mills five weeks to prepare the lum.
Der for the boxes in which the honey
is made by his bees. Nearly $50, 600
IpQnGs Of glass about 6 inches square,
are used in these boxes Capt.
Hetherlngton has at work this season
nearly ,, 500 Swarms of bees. These
are not all on his own premises, but
are scattered among the orchards and
fields of farmers along the creek, to
whom he pays rent for the priv.
ilege Of his bees working in the clover
buckwheat, or whatever blossoms are
in season on the farms. The care OF
these bees does not fall upon the
owner of the land. Capt Hethering-
ton keeps men and teams constantly
employed looking out for them. He
has received as much as S25, 600 for
one seasons CrOp,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
MeIiinr Nnl ReesMnN.

a lady correspondent in the Pacitie
Rural Press gives her experience in
melting out beeswax, as follows:
l will not say who of our family can
make the most niuss while melting out
wax, but even the worst one cannot
make much muss in my way of melt
ing but by the boihng-out process
there is too much chance for it, ]
have tried both ways, and know of
what l say. l take the pieces of comb
and press them together in as small a
compass as possible, without too much
trouble; then put IL into the large
dripper that Oils the oven, or into two
small ones il preferred. Make good
fire and put the pans in the oven IN a
very short time it will be all melted.
Then have a dish ready, also hoop
covered with house-luing, and pour
the melted comb into the dish through
the cloth. Then fill up the pan, set 1t
back into the oven, and take the im-
promptu strainer, from which all the
wGX will have dropped by this time,
and empty the refuse INTO the stove to
make fire for melting out more wax.
The wax, IN that way, is pure and
clean, and much whittier than when
boiled because the water takes out
the dirt and coloring matter in the
bomb and mixes it with the wax; and
In this way / can do 1t much faster
and with much less wood, which is
quite an item IN some places. Try II
and see il it IS not the best way.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
Euthanasia
London Times

The Royal Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty TO Animals may, in
common with all humane persons,
feel qualification that the long con
tlnued experiments by DR.. Richardson
for the painless extinction of animal
life have been brought to successful
termination. The electric shock,
which at one time found favor for
this purpose, did not prove sufficiently
safe to allow Of its adoption. and DR..
Richardson felt that an anTsthetIc
agent must be sought for by which
death should be rapid as well as pain
less. He excessively experimental
with nitrous and carbonic oxides,
ether, chlorofom, methylene, car
bonic acid, blsulphide of carbon, coal
gas combined with chloroform, all Of
which more or less fulfilled their end.
The results have been very saustac-
tory, as carried out in the home for
lost dogs, where a chamber was
charged with carbonic oxide, the gas
having been previously passed over a
porous surface, FROM which it took
up vapor containing chloroform Into
this chamber was introduced cage
containing so many dogs, who IN a
short time passed from life to death
in a profound sleep, without evincing
the slightest pain or consciousness.
DR.. Richardson has also administered
the same narcotizing agent to sheep,
so as TO allow OF their being killed IN
a perfectly painless manner, and It IS
to be hoped that before long there
will not be an abattoir IN the whole
of the country without facilities for
employing the system
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

A large tarantula was found in
bunch Of bananas by an Indianapolis
fruit dealer the other day. The spider,
with its nest. was put in a glass jan
and fed upon flies and cockroaches.
In very short time hundreds Of
young tarantulas began to creep out
Of the nest, and the parent spider
moved to the other side Of its prison,
crouching there motionless, as if as
tonished at the multitude Of its off
springs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

The Massachusetts, Bureau Of Stats
tics states that in 1878 the chance of
persons being killed on or by steam
cars was one in 5,026, 281, while ia
1882 it had diminished to ore in 20,-
927, 034. This is less thar tie chance
Of being struck by lightning, and
much lo,s han TINT Of beng ipjnred
by q kerosene lamp e1 plOsiun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
Dancing at Chautanqna.

The Yale Glee club gave a concert
the other afternoon. Mr. Adlcrs
MARBLE was exceedingly sweet and
smooth, and Mr.. Jones whistling was
excellent. But imagine the amaze
ment OF Chautauqua when, during the
singing Of so, who YVES George WASH
ington?' these frisly youths paused
and deliberately, and with malice pre-
pense, proceeded to execute clog step
on Chautauqua's platform.
This question Of dancing has pro
duced some queer results here this
summer. OF course, the face Of Chau-
tauqua is set like a flint against this
device OF Satan In the early part Of
the season Mr.. Frank Lincoln, clever
impersonater and imitator from New
York, gave a series Of entertainments,
in one Of which he initiated Chinese
serenade, which he heard on the
boards Of a San Francisco theater.
This was a terrible shock &c Cnautau
qua, as it introduced little spik from
one side OF the platform to the other.
Then, later the ladies quartet from
Meadville, Pa, sang a waltz song by
Dudley Buck, and received an anony
nous letter telling tn em they had
committed a great improperly in
singing OF dancing, and thus shocking
I the prejudice Of Christian people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

The oldest inhabitaAt Of Susqae-
hanna, Pa, asserts that it has rained
there but twice on the I'd Of August
ia 81 years.