The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-08-23
DoNALDsoNyILLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY, AUGUST 2s 1884

start him in nice little grocery store
where NIT his Katrina he could settle dow
for life. But thereis many a slip betweel
the cup and the lip. just as the arrange
ment was about to be consumated, stou
young German who had made pile in Ca
lifornia turned up, and tumbiing head owe
heels in love at first sight offered himsel
and his guilders to Gretchen. To the cred
it of the young woman, be it recorded, tina
she desired to stand by the original bar
gain, but her sister aud her brother n-lay
threw their influence in favor of the Cali
fornia Fritz. and tile result was, that tn
prospective grocery store vanished into tfil
dir, and he lost not only that but his ex
pected wife. The loss preyed upon hi
spirits, but whether it was the girl or th
| grocery store, has never been discovered t,
this day. In addition to his other misfor
tunes, a number of his young Dutch friend
poked the most uIlmereiful fun at him
and asked him in low Dutch or high Ger
man, / don't know which, how he liked it tx
have another fellow to run off NIT his girl
and he did not like it at all. At last he go
his Dutch mad up, and securing 4 hatchet, il
less time than it takes to tell the story he sen
his former sweetheart to the happy hunting
grounds. He was tried for his life, but 6
mereiful construction of the law brough
! in a verdict Of rnanslaugter in the first de-
gree, and saved him from the gaIlows te
| consign him to States prison for life
Twenty years have past since then, and the
murder and the murderer were forgotten
except by few interested in the case, who
for years have had petition in circula-
ton, which has been presented to every
Governor in turn, and by every one re-
jected, who considered the enormity of his
crime. At last the petition reached 1900
names, they being largely German. Whether
in view of the November election or not
can not tell, but last week the criminal was
pardoned, and now walks out free man.
Keep your weather eye open for the stock
market, I have not got all the details yet;
but this much / know that there Is scheme
on foot to give the market a sudden and
tremendous boom, and then let the bottom
out, leaving the lambs to take care of them
selves. Il the boom is successful and the
outsiders are roped in. the big fish may be
able to reach the deep water, but if it fails,
and the fools keep outside of the magic
circle til the sit see seme
funny work among those who heretofore
have passedsfor heavy men. There's break
ers ahead! Look out for 'em!
One of the remarkable discoveries of the
week, is the death by suicide of D. O..
Weatherspoon, an old and respected citi-
zen; on whose life there was an insurance
of SAT 600. It was scattered about in va
rious companies. and before the fact of his
suicide was made Isabie, some Of the small
er companies had already paid their policies
on the mere certifcation of his death.
Some of the Insurance Companies have a
special clause against suicides, but it is the
opinion of some of the ablest lawyers-that
if Mr.. Weatherspoon' temporary insanity
can be established, the companies will all
be compelled to pay. The only wonder is
that the affair could be kept SO quiet for
two weeks, and although the suicide was
discovered by his daughter-two of his.
younger children never suspected the cause
of their fathers death.
Walking up Broadway the other day OBJ
served that they were progressing very
rapidly with the new addition to the steeple
of Grace Church. 1t is the pointed portion
above the belfry, and rises to the height of
about one hundred feet above the bells.
Though beautifully carved and fretted, in
its present state it is an unsightly addition.
The white marble of the lower part of the
structure is grimed with the smoke and
storms of forty years, the upper portion of
the steeple is bright and new as when it came
all things even, but it looks, as Sir Benja-
min Backbite remarks, like mended statute
where the head is modern and the trunk is
antique. The oldsteeple was good enough,
but to crafty the vanity of the rector and
the wealthiest congregation in New York,
they have expended quarter of million
ON this new and unless addition to their
church. Better far have given it to the
fresh air fund; better nave given it to the
starving ragged wretches who daily throng
our thoreughfares. It would have built in
the country five hundred houses for the
poor; but let them go. When the con-
gregation gets back from Europe, Newport,
Saratoga and Long Branch, they will find
the steeple finished. It has cost several lives
and great deal of money, but Grace
Church has got a new steeple.
Broadway has gone the way of all flesh,
and has fallen at last into the hands of the
Philistines. 1t is going to be gridironed with
surface railroads, and the way the scheners
was by making certain property
holders on the street participators in the
plunder. Our virtuous Board of Aldermen
have given to the spectators franchise
for which the city was offered a million. The
hing is done, now come and take ride.
The people of New York may be robbed,
out New York Alderman never gets left, if
1e knows it, and he generally knows it.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM.
The French Congress for the revision of
The constitution has completed its labors
md adjourned. The clause proposing the
election of Senators by universal suffrage
vas rejected.
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