The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-06-14

| apartments, Idhe Ouo uhSesi t1iAu ooPeie,
gathering in all the spare loot that hap
pened to be within reach. A friend of mine
had house to sell. One day nice young
man called on the agent and said he would
like to see the property. The agent took
the young gentleman over in his carriage,
took him all through the house, which was
handsomely furnished, and the enterpris-
ing young gent suggested several altera-
tions, and fnanally made an offer of fifty
thousand dollars. The examination was
completed and the party started down
stairs, the agent first and the nice young
man following; when he had got about
halfway down the the stairs, the nice
young man turned back and said he would
take another look. While he was in one of
the rooms he secured a pistol, an opera
glass, some fine jewelry, and then passed
rapidly into ladies' room, and on the
bureau lay splendid lot of diamond and
other jewelry. just at that moment the
! lady appeared, the nice young man bowed
| to her, remarked that she had very nice
house and that he had almost conluded to
buy it; he stepped down stairs, got into the
| gentleman's coupe and was driven off with
his plunder.
The city of churches has been very much
excited over the publication of lot of vile
caricatures by the New York World last
Sunday, under the title of "Brookiyn
Bellies" The scandalous libels on some
of Brooklyn's fairest daughters have ex-
cited the just indignation of their outraged
families and now the important question
| appears to be how the World got possession
of the negatives from which the caricatures
were made. The photographer declares
| while some people insist that they were
sold to the World by the artist. One thing
is certain, that it has ruined the photog
rapher's business, and one day last week
| band of excited brothers, fathers, cousins
and uncles assembled in front Of his gal
lery and for a time it looked as if he would
hardly escape with whole skin. It's one
Of the most unseemly outrages ever perpe-
trated by any newspaper in New York, and
while the face of notorious criminal may
be legitimate subject for newspaper en-
bellishment, Or even the likeness of promi-
nent candidates, like those before the
Chicago convention, there seems to be no
good reason why the sanctity of private
life should be invaded and our wives and
daughters exhibited in the rogues' gallery
with prize-fghters, gamblers and thieves.
The outraged families talk of invoking the
aid of the law. I trust that somewhere
statute may be found which will prevent a
repetition of this shameful outrage,
One of the most remarkable evidences of
our newspaper enterprise IN Gotham is the
variety of accounts furnished by the diff
terent papers of the Sage Of Gramercy
Park and Greystone, the Hon. Samuel j.
/ Tilden. At various times he has been in
| terviewed by the enterprising representa-
tive of every journal published in New
York, not to mention those outside of it.
| Whatever else may affect New York re-
porter, he never suffers from modesty. He
may die of cholera, yellow fever, erysipelas
or mumps, but if he lived till he perished
of bashfulness, he would be immortal. His
cheek is monumental, composed of adam
ant and brass, and after an interview, if
| there is anything that he does not know
about your family it is not his fault. An
army of these enterprising gentlemen
have been interviewing Mr.. Tilden for over
| year, and the result is about as follows:
Mr.. Tilden practices with Sob dumb bells,
from 5 to every morning, he then runs
| ten miles, after which he practices at the
sand-bag till noon; he is 4911a inches about
! the chest, arm27. calf 80, weight 179A, turns
somersault without touching his hands to
the ground; knocked Mitchell out in two
rounds and is said to be laying for Sullivan.
! Another paper, equally we'll informed,
announces to its readers that our reporter
called at Mr.. Tiiden's residence yesterday,
and we grieve to say that the venerable
statesman is slowly but surely dying; his
demise after long and useful life is but a
question of few days. Since Monday last
his voice has completely failed him, his ap-
petite is gone, and his medical adviser has
given up all hopes. The Rev. DR.. SNOWFALL,
his life long friend and spiritual counselor,
has been constantly at his bedside, and his
family are plunged in the deepest grief
they have our sincerest sympathy" One
day we are assured that he is running
race with Jay Gould's yacht, and the next
that he has to be moved in an ambulance.
We are assured by an intimate friend that
he would not accept the nomination if Of
fered to him; and another more intimate
friend in fact, one who has known him from
his boyhood, has pledged me his word that
he has the matter under serious considera-
ton and would return an answer in few
days.
The excitement among our politicians has
been deep and intense, but there has been
remarkable absence of anything like
noisy defamation. The great body of the
people anxiously await the result at Chicago.
The hot spell has hurried off thousands
for the hills and the seaside. Long Branch
and Coney Island present quite thriving
appearance and the stores are doing q
lively business with people getting sum-
mer outfits. Ward the swindler is having
a good time running out of Jail every day Or
two in charge of deputy to lunch at Del
monico's or take in the opera bouffe. The
female summer fashions are marvellous,
wonderful, incomprehensible, made up Of
all the colors of the rainbow anda few that