The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-07-19

q patient WatchfuinesS that asks no rest
that is satisfied to wait:for its reward. Il
twere not for these, TIE: salt of the earth
what should we, what could we do?
! The day is not far of when this question
of indiscriminato liquor license will have
to be met in New York. The most infuer-
tial members of our Beard of Aldermen
are liquor dealers OF saloon-keepers, and
hence the close alliance between whiskey
and political inhenee. The story is told in
a few words by noting the supplies carried
off by our Democratic braves to Chicago:
forty kegs of beers, twelve dozen Of whis-
key, six dozen of brandy, thirty baskets of
champagne, twenty boxes of claret, eight
dozen of sherry, four boxes of gin, two
dozen Of bitters, forty bottles of mixed cock
| tails compounded in the highest style of
art, four cases of Congress water, besides
jugs, demijohns and private TASKS innu-
merable. Let no one think that this style
of preparation is confined to either political
party, for it is not. There is the same whiskey
drinking carried on at all conventions, Re-
publican Or Democratic, and the sooner we
can get rid Of the accursed habit the better.
There never was a granaer opportunity for
new temperance evangelist than there is
to-day. It is a matter of dollars and cents
| with us, although VIC are not altogether
going to tho bad, for the increase of our
assessment this year is over forty millions
of dollars, the total valuation of our realty
being one thousand one hundred and nine
teen millions of dollars.
III a week all of the clans will be back
squaring themselves for the November fight.
The prize in New York city is greater than
the State and greater than the Nation; the
prize is the orty three millions called for
in the city's budget, and the office of Mayor
with power greater than the President of
the United States. He appoints the heads
of departments at will and does not wait
for the confirmation of the whiskey-drink-
ing Aldermen. His followers have the dis
posal of the ferty-threo millions of dollars
of which spoke. John Kelly has an eye
on the prize and he will get it, irving Hall
and the County DEMOCRACY to tho contrary
notwithstanding. But enough of politics.
The Fine ARTS have got black eye Our
stores are full of fine pictures, but the
buyers come out. Just previous to the
panie the sales were brisk: as high as
$500 was paid for II single picture, and
collection OF seseHts pictures brought
S22o,ooo.
George I. seney's collection cost about
ss.a50, ,0eo 1t was taken by New York
bank for debt at sss7e,eo3-$s22:350 0G9 being
sunk there. I vent into several galleries
and the collections were magnificent, but
the buyers were noWhtsra to bs seen, and
the sellers wofa in tie di1Tslp There is
but little excuse EoB for even poor man
being without good pictures, some of
the new processes in color painting and
a little hand touching reproducing pictures
almost AZ good as the finest oil and water
color paintings. TH Schanse'sI saw a rev
style of water color called .fac sinsiie, and
to ali appearances it was as fine a specimen
of water color as | ever looked on. The
Improvement in this style of art is simply
marvellous, and this, with tho good work
of oar School of Design. is raising the
standard Of popular taste to height it has
never reached before.
We are now quite exercised at the feats
OF the Georgia Magnetic Wonder. Miss
Hurst, who can take a strong man and
double him up as if he were a wet pocket
handkerchief. Whether magnetic or mas
culaf, she is really q wonder, and although
she is very attractive young lady. if any
one wants her for q wife / am wiling te
give him my chance. II a fsiiow did not
behave himself, how she could dust his jack
ct. [ like the exhibition at distance, but
no Miss Hurst in mine, if you please.
The effect of the late panic is iast begin
ming to be felt know numbers Of brokers,
merchants and professional men, who in
past years spofted their carriages at Sa,=.- |
togG, Newport and Long Branch. are now
seeking cheap board at farm houses in the
Catsiiiis, Or rustica5ins in some of tho sub
urban villages of NewJersey.
The store windows are full of Inagn;f-
cent summer goods, and the ladies say thai !
things never were SO cheap, and how they |
10 put them on! Some of them look like |
the Pied Piper of HameIin. But I fear |
ana getting on delicate ground, and I can |
.lmesS hear some of my female friends
say: Why does that old fool talk abaGt |
hings he does not rsnders taad?
Political banners are being put up eveEy |
where. The Plamed Knights arc clearing |
he decks for action. Both parties are ac- /
i've and confident, and each hopes to profit |
~ the others mistakes.
Ode law am berry unsaFtin, said Uncle
semus: "Tust you tink you got it an den |
you ilab' Mt" 4 few weeks ago it looked as
,hough Annie sEaIlingfortl would enjoy
,he atmosphere OF Sing Sing for couple
If years at least. To-day she walks one of
he jail, where she has been waiting trial /
for six months, a free woman, covered with /
inc silks and bedecked with GiaHsonds. She
will be recoilectel as the woman who sued
one Hawes for bigamy. when it turned out on
no trial she had been through tie matri-
ao1.iaI mill an indefinite Number of times
.lready, and had married a number of men
L Philadelphia and other places. Uawes
vas convicted but not sentenced, and by
ome hocus pocus he is now walking about
he streets free. The gentle Annie was in
licted for marrying a married man. know
ng him to be married. This was also
'royed, but nevertheless she is now at lib
rty. It's queer, to putsit in the naildest
oFrn, very queer.