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MARRIAGE LICENSES

WifsfAtiH0E LlSENSE3
issued byt the Clerk and Recorder of Ascension
parish During the Week Ending Yesterday
Julien Diez to Miss Hermina Gregoire.
Francis Joseph to Miss Suckey johnson.
j. B. Fitch to Mrs. Rosa Edwards.
Auguste Dugas to Miss Georgiana Grigsby,
William Allison to MIS-. Jane Hundlin.
Thomas Turner to Miss Georgiana Collins.
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There is something of public interest
connected with the mystic Mack" an
nouncement. Look for it in next weeks
CHIEF,
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HORSE RAcE-A race for a considerable
stake will be run tomorrow afternoon in
front of the Ascension plantation by Mr..
Martin Ourso's bay mare Nelly and a little
grey mare named Lily, belonging to Mr..
D. ". Scott of Texas. The race has ex-
cited much interest among the local ad-
mirers of such sport and if the weather
continues fine there will undoubtedly be
large number of people present to witness
the trial of speed.
Later-To-day's rain will necessitate q
postponement.
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Persons who hold winning numbers in
Mrs. NJ. Israel & Co.'S last tombola are no.
titled by advertisement in this issue of the
CHrEF that they must call for their prizes
on or before Saturday after next, the LIST
of March. Lists of the drawing may be
seen at the store of Mrs. Israel d Co., or at
the CHIEF Office.
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Messrs. W. D. Park, Joseph NJ. Heating
and James Fortier have been appointed a
Committee of the Independent Brass Band
to convey to the local fire companies q
proposition from the band to accompany
the firemen on their projected 4th of March
excursion to New Orleans. We hear that
the band will offer to furnish music for the
trip down and back and escort the fremen
to and from the engine-houses of their
New Orleans hosts provided the fare of the
musicians for the excursion be paid by the
fire companies.
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Ordination.

Everybody admires Gondran & Sons 400
days clock and just wish they could win it.
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DONALDsONVILLE, IA.
LOCAL JoTTINGs.

LOCAL JOTTINGs.
ALL scRlPs AT PAR.
All properly approved
PARISH SCRIP. TOWN SCRIP,
SCHOOL BOARD WARRANTS AND
JURY CERTIFICATES
will be received at face value in exchange for
Goods at
JOS. GoNDRAN 4 SONS,
BLUE STORE,
Mississippi Street. Donaldsonyille.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-02-16

A. Riggs q Bro, cistern makers, 2t7 Delord
street, N. o. Send for price list.
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P1owman's Society,
put our little money together to help each other
in sickness and in trouble. ALI men and any
persons that join the, Society shall be justly
treated, with Gods help. Let the storm arise,
let the wind blow, let the lightning flash, let
the thundertroll. We expect to stand until the
wickednesssis over. with God to help. j
W. S. WRIGHT, President;
JAS.1PARKER. Vice President;
JOHN POOL, Treasurer;
BEN ROBERTSON, Secretary;
EPH.t JAMES, sMarshal.
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BAPTIST CONFERENCE.-THE Second st.
DANES District Association of the Baptist
Church has been in session here this week,
and was attended by about one hundred
ministers and lay delegates. The confer
ence opened on Monday at the Nazerene
Church, on Claiborne street, and was
brought to close yesterday evening. The
presiding officer, or moderator, was Rev.
Dennis Burrell Of st. John the Baptist; vice
president, Rev. Bailey Lee; secretary, Rev.
Il. G. johnson. The proceedings of the
conference are to be published in pamphlet
form.
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The Democratic parish executive COM
Tuesday evening, and we are indebted to
secretary Israel for the report of the pro-
ceedings which we publish elsewhere. The
plan adopted for recommending persons to
the Governor for appointment as Assessor,
Police Jurors and School Directors is being
quite generally pursued throughout the
State and and is understood to have the
sanction and approval of Gov. McEnery.
MEETINGS NEXT WEEK.-Donaldsonvil
Lodge No. 1858, Knights of Honor, Tues
day evening.
Terpsichorean Social Club, Wednesday
evening.
Kenneth Lodge No. Al, Knights of Pyth-
las, Thursday evening.
Independent Brass Band, Friday evening.
Ascension Council No $50, American
Legion of Honor, Saturday evening.
Launcelot Lodge No. IS, Knights OF
Pythias, Saturday evening.
OAK LAWN SooIALs. - Soirses dansaAtes
will be given at the residence of Mr.. n.
Guedry, near Paincourtville, on the 10th,
23rd and 26th insts., under the direction of
a social club composed of some of the best
young men of that vicinity. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. s. Gray will furnish the music, and am
pIep preparations have been made for the
reception and entertainment of guests.
Ladies will be admitted by invitation.
Gentlemen who dance will be charged so
cents for admission; others IS cents, and
children L. cents.
: Do not fail to have at least one chance IN
Gondran & Sons free gift drawing. Each
purchase of SIS worth of goods at their
establishment entities you to ticket.
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A minstrel entertainm ent will be given
at Blue Bucket Hall next Saturday evening
for the benefit of Launcelot Lodge No 50,
K. of P, followed by grand festival at the
same hall the following evening. Admis-
sion to each entertainment, rs cents,
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See Gondran & Sons wonderful 4oo-days
clock to be given away.
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Political Notice.
Political Notice.

POlltlCal NOllce.
Meeting Of the Republican Parish Bx-
eeutive Committee.
-DoNALDsoNvILLE, La. Feb. II. 1884.
To the Members of the Republican Executive
Committee. Parish of Ascension:
H0lEASE take notice that special Fmeeting
4 of this Committee will be held at athe st.
Peter school room, Donaldsonville, on
Saturday, February 23, 1854.
at ~ o'clock NJ. A full attendance ofsmembers
is earnestly requested, as business Of much i'm
portance to the party will be considered.
P. LANDRY,
L. E. BENTLEY, President.
Secretary.
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+ PRoF. BREwER's ENTERTAINMENT
audience that assembled at Phoenix Hall
last Saturday evening to attend Prof. D.
M. Brewers elocutionary entertainment
was by no means SO large as we had antici-
pated, but it was quite select and apprecia-
tive, and the Professor was far from being
discouraged at his reception in Donaldson
vile. He is quite young man-much
younger than those unacquainted with him
had expected to see-but it required only
few moments after the opening Of his en-
tertainment to convince his hearers that he
possessed extraordinary dramatic and elo-
cutionary talent. He entertained his audi
ence for nearly two hours with delightful
series Of declarations, comprising selec-
lions of prose and poetry, covering wide
range of pathos, humor, sentiment and
wit. He has fine voice, which he medu-
lates and controls with great facility to cor
respond with any state of feeling he may
seek to portray; his movements of body
and limb and expression of features are
IN harmony with the emotion he depicts,
and he seems to possess in remarkable de-
geographically for so young man
the powers that distinguish great orators
and actors. He was cordially applauded
at the close of each selection on his pro-
gramme. Prof. Brewer expressed his will
ingness to come to our town once or twice
a week and give instruction in elocution
and dramatic art if class of fifteen or
twenty can be formed, and Rev. R. s.
Stuart, with his usual interest in matters
of this nature, is endeayoring to have the
project carried ont. We hope he will meet
with success. The Professor announced
second entertainment for this evening, but
given until some time in March.
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Pl0Wman's 9SOciety.

DoNALDsoNvILLE, La, Feb. 5, 1884.
7 W. s. WRIGHT. have studied up the plar
Il and the platform. of this Society, which Will
be called the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-02-16

A NovELT9.-One of the most novel at
fractions in our town is the clock on exhi-
bition at Jos. Gondran & Sons Blue Store
clock that will run 400 days, or one year
and sixty-fye days. The proprietors Of the
Blue store, who are always
ON TINE
and never fail to equal any and all induce
ments that may be presented by our mer-
chants, now offer to each person purchasing
five dollars worth of goods from them a
chance in the drawing of this beautiful
clock, which will take place under the
supervision of committee of citizens as
soon as the tickets are disposed of. In
order that customers who buy only 50 so
worth at one time may also participate in
the drawing, half tickets will be issued, and
on presentation Of two of these, whole
ticket will be given in exchange therefor.
This will enable any two friends whose pur-
chases only amount to So 80 each to ex-
change their halves for a full chance which
they can then hold in partnership.
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Do not fail to have at least one chance in
Gondran & Sons free gift drawing. Each
purchase of SIS worth of goods at their
establishment entities You to ticket.
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"Mack.n
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formally decided to support Cleveland ana
Hendricks in the pending presidential con
test. The vote on the adoption OF the
address making such announcement was
$40 for to 81 against ii, Outside OF the
committee, however, there was $500 Tam
many voters in the galleries, and among
these the vote was unanimous and enthu-
siastic for Cleveland. John Kelly, Cock
ran and all the leaders expressed their
cordial approval of the action, and determi'
nation 10 take off their coats for Cleveland,
Senator Grady alone dissented. lie made
a violent speech, showing that his hostility
to Cleveland was purely personal, and hay
inc no following in Tammany, he formal
" Withdrew from the organization and the
Democratic party and announced his inten-
ton to support Butler,
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BLAINE'S FIGURES.

Congressman VIM. VI. Springer of this
state, who has made the economic statistics
of the country study for years and next
to David A. Wells is in that department
probably the best posted of al our public
men, having had his attention called to
the marvellous figures in Blaine's letter of
acceptance, in recent speech subjected
them To brief but merciless analysis.
Mr. Blaine, il will be remembered, makes
the astounding statement that In 1860 the
total wealth of the nation excluding prop
erty in slaves was only $4,000 100000;
while underthe beneficial operation of "a pro,
tective tariff, from 1860 to 1880, the enorm.
Gus value of $4,000, 100000 had been added
to the permanent wealth of the nation; in
other words, the net result of the labor and
and savings of the people from 1860 to
1880 had exceeded by PA per cent. the net
result of the labor and savings of the PEG
pie during the preceding $50 years!
Mr.. Springer shows that Mr.. Blaine
stated-as his custom is--what he did not
know, and what is neither true nor an APP
of the truth. 1t is found that
the aggregate permanent wealth of the
country in 1860 excluding slave property
instead of being $l4,000,000,0OO was up
wards of Sl9,O00000, 600 and that in 1880,
instead of S44,000,0O0,000 was little over
S43, 100000, 900. But, also according to
census authority, from 20 to 30 per cent. OF
the apparent increase was error, and from
80 to 10 per cent, instead of appreciation
OF wealth. WAS depreciation Of the meas
ure Of wealth Readjusting the terms of
the equation by the lowest figure in each
case, what appears is that the aggregate
increase Of wealth between 1860 and 1870
was 81, 100000, 600 and between 1870 and
1880 was $j,0O00O0, 600, or $500, 100000
in the whole period of twenty years, in.
stead of $50, 10000 900 asserted by the au-
thor of that charming work entitled "Epis
ties to My Dear Fisher"
What the best evidence of the census
returns shows respecting the increase OF
wealth per capita in the three decades
since 1850 is the following:
1850 to 1860, increase per capita, 1888.
1860 to 1870, increase per capita, 800.
1870 to 1880, increase per capita, Sill.
So the period of the greatest increase
was the period of apparent free trade. (or
rather low tariff J, from 1850 to 1860. The
next two decades-of high protective tar
iffs-falls over 200 per cent. behind. So
the miracle working property of the ma
gic wand protectionism does not appear in
these Or any figures that do not lie.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.

BY request we publish elsewhere the
Prohibition ticket to be voted for in this
county at the November election, and may
keep ii standing until after the election,
The Republican managers are sorely
grieved at the conduct of the Prohibition
lists in setting up Il shop of their own.
They have catered for years 10 the Prohi-
btionists and think the latter are migrate
full fellows not 10 stick 10 the old stand.
Here is time when the grand old party
needs every vote il can scrape up, and
these pragmatical hair. Drained Prohibi-
ton fanatics start out TO throw their votes
away. Was there ever such political
folly?
The Prohibtionists, however, remain
stony hearted and deaf 70 Republican APP
peals They know what they want, and
think they know how TO get it, They be
lieve in a principle and don't believe it
can be advanced by their adhesion TO a
party which has no principles. They
don't believe in concern which keeps
Prohibition tracts in the show case and
dem- johns of whisky under the counter,
They have been anxious that the Republi
can party, which has been forced into com
ing out for prohibition in some of the
strongest Republican states, should come
out for it fairly and squarely everywhere.
The Republican party, skillful as long
practice has made it in blowing hot and
cold, is not in position to do this. There
is the German Republican vote, which is
very skittish and liable TO break at any
minute. The Republicans are, of course
in favor of everything. They are prohi-
bition men and they are license men. But
not too much so, only just enough, if they
can strike the happy mean
They are not prohibitionist enough TO
suit good many Prohibitionists who have
hitherto acted with them; and these have
now started out on their own hook. And
the German Republicans, seeing Neal
Dow and Brother Blaine in loving converse,
and seeing liquor prohibition secured by
Republican voters in Iowa, Kansas, &c,
begin to slide into the Democratic party.
They want honesty and economy and the
right to drink their lager in peace. The
party is too much of prohi-
bition party for them, though it is not
enough of a prohibition party for the Pro
In this matter of liquor prohibition, as
in its other hypocrisies, the grand old par
ty has been found out. 1t must go
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The decision of the managers of the We
mona Fair to exclude cattle from their eyhi.
bition on account of the reports abroad in
regard to pleuro pneumonia, will add inten.
sity TO the feeling of Indignation among
stock raisers and dealers in this state against
certain interested officials who are intent
on getting upa scare about pleura. pneumo.
MIA among cattle. Ever since congress ere.
ated the new Bureau of American Industry
with well paid commissioner, the Chtcaq0
J0HrndL says, there has been wonderful
increase of alarming cattle diseases all over
the country. The new commissioner and
his staff are evidently bound 10 magnify
their office Every sick COW, steer or horse
they can find or hear of has a terrible dis.
ease that ought 10 send thrill of terror in
10 the entire lives stock interest of the coun.
try! The next thing they will do will be
To ask congress for huge appropriation
To pay them for their industrious efforts 10
humbug the public"
Now the solnmn conviction of the leading
cattle breeders and dealers, after a careful
investigation, is that there never has been a
case OF pleuro- pneumonia in this State
That is contagious disease, and the fact
that there is no contagion of any kind
among cattle in this state or anywhere else
on the continent is cited a. evidence of the
humbug character of the reports in ques
ton
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CAMPAIGN NOTES,

The Democrats at Omaha, Neb., on the
18th, had the "grandest political demon
stration ever seen in Nebraska" as the as
sociate press dispatch described it. Among
the thousands of others, five hundred Ger
man Republicans Joined in the Democratic
procession"
Finnerty, of the Chicago Citizen, who
was elected to congress from one of the
Chicago districts two years ago over a
Democrat, by Republican aid as an indie
pendent, finds that his Irish brethren are
by no means disposed to follow him over to
the Republican camp, now that his paper
has come out for Blaine. A Dixon dispatch
to the Chicago Mter,OceaH Sept 18TH
says: considerable excitement was crea
ted today among the subscribers to the
Chicago citizen (Finnerty's paper on ac-
count of its Republican views and % out of
its 26 subscribers at this post Office had it
at once discontinued, and the otherswill do
the same"
The Germ ans of Elgin, Illinois, have Or
ganized a Cleveland club with $50 mem
bers, the president being W. H. Hintze,
heretofore Republican leader.
DIR. Dougall, of Joliet, has become dis
gusted with the rottenness of the Republi.
can party, and has joined the Democracy.
Dr. Dougall has been the party manager
in Will county for number of years and
gives many good reasons for boiling the
Republican ticket.
One of the speakers at great Democrat
ic demonstration at Jerseyville, H., on the
18th inst, was Hon. O. B. Hamilton, life
long Republican, who gave his reasons for
leaving the rotten hulk B." and supporting
Cleveland and Hendricks. Mr.. III. is a
personal friend of Roscoe Conkling and
was one of the famous old guard of 306 ="
AT the Chicago convention in 1880.
To friends of Mr.. Blaine who recently
waited upon Roscoe Conkling and asked
him TO stump New York in behalf of the
Republican ticket the grim stalwart re-
piled that he was out of the criminal prac-
tice.
Mr. Henry L. Lamb, of Lansingburg, n.
Y, formerly bank superintendent of that
state and always leading Republican,
publishes a long letter formally announcing
his intention TO bolt Blaine and vote for
Cleveland.
The Courier de rIUinois, a widely cir
culated French paper, published at kanka-
kee, Ill. and which had been strongly Re
publican since the beginning of the war, is
out In leader in last Saturdays issue, de
claring its opposition 10 Blaine and pur
poses 10 support the Democratic ticket.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20

Bishop Spaulding, whose brilliant lee
ture on Self Education at the Opera H ouse
in Ottawa is still ringing in the ears of
many of our citizens, was the author of an
impressive essay in the September North
Amertcun ReUieU on the importance OF
morality as the basis of popular govern
ment There is one passage in the essay
deserving of especial notice. He consid
ers it the disgrace OF the nation that its
chief concern should be a question of
money, and that the significance of politi
cal contests should lie in the emoluments
Of office; and declares that 80 long as this
state of things continues the best men will
remain aloof from the struggle and leave
the direction of public affairs in the hands
of the baser sort. We quote one very sig
nificant sentence, giving this prelate's
views of the Republican party-not
through partisan motives, but from ar in
dependent and ideal citizens standpoint.
He writes:
"Our hope now seems to lie in the de
feat of the Republican party in November
This party originated in righteous indig-
nation against slavery, which 1t abolished,
and at the same time strengthened the
bonds of national unity. 1t has done its
work, and now bars the way to other con
quests. Multitudes of its adherents see
this. and they are waiting for its death
Knell as the signal of hope.
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much the worse for his neighbors Laugh
ter and loud applause. can remember
that, in New York there was very pow
erful and famous man-his name was vii.
liam NJ. Tweed. He was known as the
boss" He was accused of corruption,
and worse than that they proved it on him,
and then he appealed to his constituents in
his senatorial district of New York, and
was elected by IA tremendous majority.
Laughter and applause. Then Tweed
looked rather contemptuously at his oppo-
nent and said; "Do you see what my
friends and neighbors think of me; what
are you going to do about it," The people,
after all, knew what to do about it, for not
very long after this glorious vindication by
his neighbors justice Came over him-not
only sure, but swift. Applause If Mr..
Smith asks me what | have to say about
the Maine election, that is It, Applause
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20
The La Sale Rally.

The Harrison Meeting at La Sale on
last Tuesday evening was the largest politi-
cal demonstration ever seen in that end OF
the county, and one of the largest and
mos, enthusiastic held in the county for
MANY wears. 1t was as large in point OF
numbers present as the great meetings OF
two weeks ago at Mendoza, and was larger
in every way than the evening meetings
there. Compared with the Oglesby meet
ing at Streator on Saturday night, the lat
er was like town meeting. There were
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20

Gov. Hendricks, on his way on Wednes
day morning from indianapolis to Peoria
on the !. B. & W. Railroad, had narrow
escape from serious injury if not death by
a railroad accident. The train near Farmer
City, at 4 A. NJ, struck a broken rail and
was thrown from the track in a confused
mass, and some 20 persons were more or
less seriously injured, though nobody was
killed Gov Hendricks happily escaped
without scratch, but his arrival, which
was due al Peoria at 4. NJ, was delayed
until II A. NJ
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20

The State Fair at Chicago last week was
not success, The show of cattle, machin
cry, grain, vegetables, &c, was better than
usual, but, owing TO the extremely hot
weather during the first three days, the at
tendance was miserably thin and the gate
receits discretionary small The out.
come was, that the fair fell $4,000 short of
paying expenses, the deficit being about
sufficient 10 exhaust the surplus of last year
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conduct in his marital relations ont Of deli.
cacy to innocent sufferers. II is sufficient
TO say that the facts mentioned by the
Jo,nmal in that connection have been
known TO us from the beginning and are
strictly true The man, in addition to his
brutality and lechery, is worse than "a
spindle. shanked dude and mashah, )" as the
Plumb organ calls him--he is few removes
above miserable loafer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20

Judge Gresham, present L. 5, Postmas
Ter General, it is understood has been ten.
dered and will accept the t. s. Judgeship
made vacant by the resignation of Judge
Drummond, though he will not retire from
Arthur's cabinet until after the Inaugural.