The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-03-01

The New Divorce 1.av-signor eapel.a
Divorce LectureI Home for Aged Col
ored Peop1e-Kieh tEbmsnA Singular
Walt Etc.
EDrron fu1rr fa1hApHbfHsA' fao. 10, 1854.
lam glad to tell you tl,as.tt !. sfapet1ti6n Of
the Mai. Niekerson divorce scandal, Scannes
occur again in this city. You remember
its shocking details, do you not? How
Mai. Niekersan cn,,tr;vad ,u;th bana aua1
s words to send his wife to Eurn1A. how ha
imprinted loving kisses upon her lir,s as he
bade her good bye, kJs;,ss.lse wrote affection
ate 10 ers to her all .tfssvi,ile. how he
sneakingly obtained d aliSorcagp aliSo from her bv
playing false with tEs law, ,,ana how she was
in ignorance of what was going on until
: the stunning news reached her that she.
like Desdemona had no lord. The Board
of Judges have mads new ~ rules which will
prevent applicants for divorces from de-
ceiving tina Court, and the examiner. from
Decorating the trust reposed in hf,al The
examiner will be clothed Nth more tt,otSSer
i He can deternines whether proceedings
shall be instituted. car, throd unffe stifsS6nv.
can compel Witnesses to appear HI e,,r1rt,
and instead Of confihinIla u Himself to 4 set Of
printed auestions. ejtn nut ss,ch hndat Ss,ss :.
as he pleases. to witnesses. Formerly II /
the defendant cou,dEnot ha f,u,d i, tho
.,laee aes;,,nataa - tbo 1gr;t tha avan,inau
or tba 1;belant co.,1a r1,nose,v mt no.
tire IN aona ohscnr, 1,ansr which -vo,,a
never come under the observation Of the
respondent. and thar, certify IN eourt that
the RESPONDENT had failed to cotn1,.v With
the notice to ar,pear before tba aYar,;nar
This ia the wav If usa dome i, tba Nichar
son case. Nov. tho HFaui,,ar nanst bnnt
up the relatives Of re- fI,a 14sssnonaent f. The
latter connot bs fou,,d and &, tbrerc,, 4her,
/ notify the resno,da,,f f.nntra,s, a., 4ba rliy
| custom when testifut,r,u will ha takan tba
counsel for each narfv will have fen aars
notice. 80 that the ressaponlent NAV nro.
cure all necesaaru i'll fstnnnp Ard toa 4,,a
Ilibelant must bring .,r,of that bA or she hos
actually lived one ve,r. at The 1east IN tba
country. The new svsten viii, of eoursa
impose greater labor and responsib;lits on
htha examiner. b,ss the enda Of iuatica ,u;,1
ba rnora suralv raac,,ad ana i u;,t e;,,a
general satisfaction.
Mopsianore Camel gave 4 lecsnra 4 fe1p
nights ago on divorce. or rather an admir-.
able talE, which wish might be impressed
upon the mind Of every man md ror,ap
in the land. He said ha felf ALARMED
for the future Of fIfs countrv ha.a.,se
Of tbe rania ;ncraaea ~ airarca. 4hat
the strength IF avaru carntrv has baa,,
greatest when the r,arriaoa tia had haan
sacrsdIv observed. Id save Rome as q, s
a,nt,le Har daca., .1.r,i,7 ~ .+r,,.;7 Ill,
the time when d;uf.rcoa hae.,oa eo,,v,,o., e,..
He thought fI,at t.ss e;.,1se az ffa
of divorce was ii the fact that the more
formaJ;ty Of the law intervenef, batuaar
misery with one narson and happiness NTH
another. that the consequences Of divorce
was the degradation of women. destruction,
OF homes and the peryersion of mems
thoughts; that ilI-mated couples should ac-
cepb the situation and live together for the
j
should never marry again, because no
power on earth could sever them, and
wound up by advising all women either TO
marry or lead the religious life. may add
Just here that in PhiIada,nbia durina 1899
there were 1896 applications for divorce. an 4
2A of the number were orauted
I have been much interested lately in fhe
Home for Aged and Infrm CoIored Per.
sons. Il was established in 1854 bv soma
colored men. ,s located in q nica ns~t oe
the CITY. has about 100 anartna,,.a one -
which ia an inirnarv. and affords q cod
borne for tbo.a Wiz, a,a Ia -.
M ono 10 roo.;uoa ;,to = ,nao. eo ..os->~s
1o-
so,ao >e +lo.,, 1,o ...,
'ooiio VI eiien afe 1oo' gnu bheif combined
ages are ,945 years. Kebecea Evans died |
there q few davs 400 aga, 1os Tha -
80, 1A
mates pay slee on entering the Home and |
then become life members. Several |
families in taiz c;tv bava ,rov;e,a5 fo ea;4. |
:. ivy iA''o p.o'Ao7a 20 aoi iai'h-
Iui servants by paying their admission fee. |
One does not often see a happ;er iot of |
,,aa,la Than I,,x-a so.n1., IN
too io'o a9a..s " 'esA " sefahs-
ers anu Tell OF other days. One woman |
said she had been nurge in a family fortr
,,o, 80 ,.r as so;a 10 ,,za waasnaa.:ass
se'1' ausln - ss'i'' ne ',sa i0ooiiec'ioiis oi
se7enty-hVe ysars passed on cotton planta |
tions in Georgia. Uncle William Stokes, |
agea 90 remembers when troo-a vara be
81. GO ~, .o'rss "t-2AA siool,' 3es7 os,-
ing enlisted IN Baltimore for the war OF |
1872. Uncle Joe Buck, So, remembers /
-r,,a., +ho srs ra;r~a.d hara ,...;14