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

The steamer Clipper ran down to Pain
+courtville last night and towed up lumbe
fiat for Capt. Mere Landry.
Misses Lucille Braud and Carmelite Mau
rim were passengers Oh the steamer Ga
last Sunday, en- route to New Orleans.
Cheap Tony goes to New Orleans to-mor
row to replenish his stock with heavy in
voice of summer goods. He buys and sell
cheap for cash.
Mr.. Frederick Duffel has had the roo
of his residence repaired and the appear
ance of the building is to be improved witt
a new coat of paint.
The Dudley Blind and Shutter Worker i:
the title of an ingenious and useful inven
ton for which Mr.. Andrew j. Gingry ha:
secured the local agency.
Mr.. j. B. Hebert of New River is in town
and brings quite favorable reports from his
section respecting agricultural prospects
and the health of the community.
Mr.. Narcisse Brasseaux, one of st. Fran
Assvilles worthy citizens, visited our tow1
a few days ago and dropped in at the CHIEF
Office to see his old time friend, Mr.. A. J
Reynolds.
Kenneth Lodge, Knights Of Pythias, meets
every Thursday evening, the Supreme Chan.
cellor having decided that dispensations
for semi-monthly meetings can not be le
.gally granted.
The Caney Fork has been purchased by
Messrs. Lawrence Montero and Willard F
Bradford and will be employed principally
IN carrying lumber along the coast. We
hope the new steamboatmen will find theil
venture profitable.
New machinery of the latest improved
patterns is being placed in the Lafourche
SaW-mill, Port Barrow, and there will be
some big doings" there i'll the way oil
lumber making shortly. The Messrs. Els.
neauit are not to be outdone in energy and
enterprise.
Among the passengers who left for New
Orleans on the steamer Keokuk yesterday
were Judge John Ell. Iisley and his amiable
daughter, Miss Laura Ilsiey; Mrs. Nj. FL
Landry, wife of the Keokuk's popular clerk,
and Mrs. Il. B. Davidson, mother of Mrs. L.
e. Bentley.
The tugs Aspinwall and Thos. Peterson
each ran aground with coal boats at the
head Of the bayou this week, but they got
off again without great difficulty. Joe says
it may be true the Clipper resembles base
ball, but the other boats were dead beats
and got sucked in.
The Pape Vert Brass Band of st. James
numbering fifteen members, passed up OF
the tug Nellie this afternoon on their wa,
to take part in The Catholic fair at the
Smoke Bend Chapel. One of the Donald.
sonviIIe colored bands is also in attend.
ance at the festival.
MIR. r. Il. Thatcher made short visit tc
New Orleans this week and we don't think
it had much to do with the work of repair
and improvement going on at Point Hou-
mas sugar-house. We may be able to throw
more light on Harry's mysterious pilgrim.
age in our next issue.
Miss Leila Pike of Assumption, charm.
ing sister-in- law of our esteemed friend
.Mr. VIM. B. Sharp, arrived here on Wednes.
day per steamer Cannon and is being enter.
tanned at the home of Mayor V. Maurin
Miss Pike was a welcome guest at the Bah
cock Company's ball Thursday night.
The fair for the benefit of st. Francis OF
.Assiu1n's Catholic Church, Smoke Bend
to-day and tomorrow, promises to be very
successful entertainment, and one of its
most interesting features will be the ex.
hibitions and concerts by Mrs. o. Terrio's
friends and pupils Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
Mr.. Felix Reynaud has visited town
twice during the last two weeks and ia
yored US with an agreeable call OIL each oc-
StfSlOAs 44i3 WlAS dllI SouliESHe
came up with him last week and spent sew
eral days here, visiting old friends. Mrs
Reynaud was in poor health, but has i'm
proved greatly.
FoUND DE4p--Insormation has just
reached us that the dead body of, an I'M
known white man was found yesterday in a
cotton field Oh the LiHWood plantation,
this parish. The discovery was made by
Jim Smith, colored man who cultivates
the field in question. We presume that the
Coroner has been duly notified.
We are glad to hear that Mr.. Felix LIE
Blanc proposes to build a steamboat here,
something after the pattern Of the Caney
Fork. The new craft is be placed under
the command of Capt. Mere Landry and
her main business will be the delivery of
lumber sawed at the Leblanc mill 1t is
encouraging to note such evidence of local
enterprise.
Much good work has been done during
the past two weeks in the way of cleaning
out cutters and repairing street bridges,
under the direction of the Common Coun-
ellis Committee on Public Works. Alder
no ,S-Ay f,1a