The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-05-03

evidence of what she might expect Whe1
she was Mrs. Halloran, well-lined pocket
book, with a carte blanche to go it. Sew
eral visits were made to New York, ane
costly goods were purchased. Hallora1
brought down a diamond ring from Tiff
fany's, and the whole village was called
in to look at it, and the Postmaster, the
Constable, the Justice of the Peace, the
telegraph operator, and indeed all the aris.
tocracy of Mariners Harbor, decided that
Della Frawley was a fortunate girl. But
in the dim distance loon1ed the figure OF
a former suitor-one Connry-an 1rishman
like O'Halloran, only he lacked O'Hallo-
rams ducats. But if he lacked his dueats
he also lacked his years, for Connry was
only "a. He had been Engaged to Della
two years before, but they quarreled and
the match was broken Off. But Connry
found that some one else was likely to get
| his fairy, the old love revived, he sought
an interview and obtained it, and it was an
unfortunate interview for Halloran, as it
afterwards transpired. The wedding was
fixed for Monday; the bride was arrayed in
her bridal dress; the party reached the
house of the priest who was to make the two
one, and stood waiting for his Reverence
in the parlor. Suddenly knock came at
the door and some one wanted to see Miss
| Frawley. She stepped into the hall-and
| that is the last that Mr.. Halloran saw of his
affianced bride. She skipped by the light
of the moon, with her first love, Mr.. Conn
ry, and poor Halloran isWaiting still, but
| his bride cometh not. Miss FrawIey has
| succeeded in creating quite a sensation.
She has nearly broken her fathers and
| mothers heart, and has blasted the hopes
of happiness of an honest man who loved
her and who would have placed her in beau
tiful home. She has chosen to cast her lot
with man who cast her off two years ago
for some fancied offense-and it is pretty
safe to say that before the Easter of 1885
Miss Frawley will bitterly repent the es-
capade of last Monday.
There has not been year in my remem-
brance when the decorations of the stores
we're SO costly and magnificent. Velvets.
silks, diamonds, howers-by the way, speak
ing of flowers, a few years ago, I visited
the Exposition at Paris. In one hall was
an exhibit exclusively of flowers. It was
wonderful-it did not even lack the per-
fume which entirely completed the illusion.
In plenty of stores a]sng Broadway, Four
teenth Street and Sixth Avenue you can see
the exhibit rivalled. 1t is now the style at
fashionable parties to make banks of fow-
ers, using natural flowers on the outside
row and artificial flowers on the inside row,
and the other night in the conservatory of
wealthy friend, l saw an orange tree
loaded with delicious fruit, and the entire
thing was one of the cleverest pieces of de-
ception ever saw.
The trial over the will of the late Jesse
Hoyt is drawing to a close. Mr.. Hoyt in
his life was not particularly lovable per-
son; he was one of those cranks who ap-
pear to take special delight in making
everybody around him as miserable as pos
sible, and he succeeded beyond his hopes.
He had but one daughter and he put her in
the lunatic asylum, and when he died, not
having any very extended idea of his pub
lie responsibilities, he left his money in the
family. He left some money to his wife,
but so tied up that this woman, the right
full owner of millions, has been scarcely
allowed enough out of her late husbands
estate to pay her expenses. The daughter
was left the ward of shrewd old lawyer
whom she detested, and couple of unces
very much like her father, whom she hated,
and who hated her in return. The poor
girl, whose life was made miserable while
her father was alive, was even made more
miserable If possible by his death. Bad
gered and worried; in constant fear of
being seized and thrust in lunatic asylum,
her life was a continual terror. The law
yer and the uncles in charge of the poor
girls millions have fought her at every step
for the possession of her rights and it is not
at all to the credit of Wm. M. Evarts that
the close of an honorable life should be
disgraced by defending such cause. It may
be possible that he will receive a mighty
fee from those who are now engaged in the
persecution of the helpless girl, but the
fee should blister his hands when it touches
them, and such ill-gotten gold should turn
to dross in his clutch. The revelations of
the trial are almost as unsavory as those of
the Commodore Vanderbilt will case, and
is another reminder of that homely old
adage, "Put not your faith in riches"
At last we are going to have a good old
fashioned temperance crusade which will
bring back the memories of the Wash
ingtonians of 1872. This new movement
does not deal in the Salvation Army meth
DDS, which have of late disgraced the tenn
perence cause here. The crusaders began
at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on Sunday
evening last, and after they have closed up
the last rum shop in Brooklyn, they are
going to raid New York and finish up the
business. The contract is heavy one, but
if they can only do one-haf OR one-quarter
of what they propose, they will have God
speed from every right thinking person.
The services are conducted like those Of
Moody & sankey, and if they only succeed
in reaching the popular heart like those en-
terprising evangelists, they will merit the
thanks of this community.
Stocks are away down. 1t looks as if the
bottom had dropped out of the market
perhaps it ia only preparatory to a grand
bull movement which will boom the mark
ct and send it kiting. Standard stocks have
not been SO low for years, six per cents