The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-06-27

NUMBER 43. ~@' Is
| teacher who WAS young and good looking, "a
but worldly, which WIS a mild way of put
ting 1t. The pious minister was steadfastiy
supported by all the old grey bearded saints
in the congregation, and the ministerial
dude had strong backing with all the good >
looking girls and mothers who had mar
rlageable daughters, and who felt that it
could not be long till the stylish young
preacher would take unto himself wifes ~
The position was desirable one, the congre-
CATION, though not rich, was liberal, and the.
minister's salary was fixed at $3.50 year.
That with marriage fees and other little -
perquisites, which includes free shaves, an 4 ,
occasional ham, presents of fancy neckties @-
and embroidered slippers, &C., &C., made u
the position if nota fluent at least desirable,
Both parties held elections, and each ac-
cused the other of ballot-box stuffing and
other grevious offences. Then the busy. !,
tongue of slander raked the character of the
rival evangelists, affidayits were furnished. :
ny the dozen of their sinful delinqueneies,.
and It one-q e-quarter of them were true @fneyss
ought both to be in the penitentiary. iskI
last the rival factions came to blows, and
IN the midst of the fray, hymn books antlA
collection boxes were used as missiles Of !
attack. The church was scandalized,= one s-~
fat sister was knocked clean through the e.z
pulpit, and a prominent deacon wore q ssss
beeksteak on his left eye for more than q
week. But the church is sold now, the pews
are sold, the hymn books are sold, the bible. ).
is sold, and the sheep are scattered. 1t is i.
true they are black sheep, but still stheV ssa
must not be lost. In view of the .adverse4ssa
influences at work, perhaps this ,Africans~a
Zion had better turn them both out and s.=.
have new deal all around. The ministers
need about as much converting as the con- !
gregation, and now that the church, the.
pews, the hymn books and the bible have. =.
all been closed out under the hammer of -.
the auctioneer, it seems to be an excellent. :
opportunity to make fresh start. ~ j .s.sxss
The murder of the Chinaman All Mon, at.
food for reflection. For some years pnst es#
there has been most persistent effort on s7s
the part Of many of the churches here to do
something for the Chinese of New York.
1t occurred to some excellent people that if
we were bound to have these Mongolians
in our midst, that it would be better to
make them honest and God-fearing men sza
than to have them among us a living iepro- ea
sy and curse. Five hundred of them were r
gathered into the different Sunday schools, 8a
and five hundred moro peaceable or re-
spectacle scholars were not to be found in -
the city; this is the unquestioned testimony.
of all who were brought in connection with
them. All Mon, the murdered man, was a !.
model scholar and teacher. The manner in
which he bore the indignities heaped upon
him by his slayer shows that he was chris
tian gentleman. The ruffianly instincts of
the brute who killed him are shown by the
fact that on pleasant Sunday afternoon, a :.
as he starts out for walk through streets gs
where policeman can be met every few
blocks, he puts his bulldog pistol in his Il
pocket and sees that every chamber is %
loaded. Peaceable people don't do that ...
sort of thiDg-none but murderous thugs
and rufiians carry knives and pistols in the
streets of a crowded city, and it was the
fact of his having pistol in his pocket and
the knowledge that the Cinnamon we're un-
armed, that made this rufian Quinn so
lyn are cursed with organized gangs of
thieves and ruffians who frequently terror "a
ize the neighborhoods in which they live. @
Most of them have done service in the
States prison-all of them deserve it.
A change is demanded in the admins
allied to the criminal classes. The retire-
ment of Superintendent Walling is step
in the right direction, and let US hopo that
some radical changes in the force may fol-,
low.
The assassination of this poor Chinaman
has awakened general feeling OF indigna-
ton among all classes of people. If an
Anne rican citizen had been shot at Eanking-
or Pekin in such brutal and unprovoked.
manner, the United States would have beer
ell ablaze, and our own selfeSspect, our
sense of justice, of honor and oT right must
make Us see to it that the murder of All
Mon shall not be unavenged.
A new river racer has appeared on our
waters, and the same principles applied to
the construction of ocean steamers that now
distinguish the Stiletto, will make it posi-
BILE to make the trip to Europe in five days.
For several years the Mary Powell has been
the acknowledged queen of the river. No
steamer attempted to run with her. Oc-
casionally she would take squirt with the
trains on the Hudson River road and fire.
auently the engineer would have to give an
extra twist on the throttle valve in order to
shake her off. Bnt she met her match on
Wec nesday last, end we have craft that is
good for more than twonty- five miles an
hour. The Mary Powell bowled off her
twenty five miles an hour as regular as the -
clock, but on Wednesday last that was not
fast enough-the new flyer, q little cookie
shell of thing-left her behind as though
she had been tied to the dock If this
model should be adopted by ocean steam
ers should not be surprised to sec them
make regularly six hundred miles every
twenty-fOur hours.
the recattas of the Atlantic and New York
Yacht Clubs. These meetings bring to-
gether the very best society in the me-
tropoIis, who are the supporters of one of
the noblest and heaithiest sporkln the
world. Great interest of course c( res on
new and improved models for these ocean
flyers. One of the ocean yachts now re-