The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-08-01
DONALDsONVILLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY., AUGUST ], 1885,

city as if the cholera was about to enter the
back door, and at the frightful solar wave
that brought to US untold suffering, the Co
ney Island landlord sent up shout Of ex-
ceeding great JOY, as this torrid calamity
opened to him visions Of plunder which the
heart of man hath scarcely conceived. The
rush for the seaside has been tremendous,
and our Saturday afternoons have got to be
very much like those Of England, many of
our manufactures and great stores giving
their employees the entire afternoon. This
of course is an immense thing for the out
of-town resorts, of which thousands of men,
women and children take advantago-all
parties being greatly benefited thereby.
| It is strange that with all of our magnid-
cent charities we occasionally hear of cases
of destitntion which would shock commu-
nifty of savages. This week there have been
two cases Of abandonment where parents
ran away from their children and left them
to perish, showing less affection for them
than bear shows for her cubs, or the swine
for its litter. One case was that Of man
whose wife died few weeks ago; he left
his three children, the youngest only two
they were discovered by some neighbors,
and cared for by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children.
| Hot weather is not the time to think Of
fighting, and yet people appear to grow
pugnacious as the thermometer rises. It
may not be generally known, but all the
strikes in the country are engineered in
New York. Here sits the great Head Cen
tre, and it is promised that here some day
and that day perhaps not very far dis
tant-e revolution will be inaugurated that
will make Rome howl. Any night in the
week can take y0u t0 meeting where
robbery aud murder arc openly advocated
as means Of righting their supposed
wrongs; and there are thousands and thou
sands of men here who are anxiously watch
ing for the day when tho property of the
rich men shall be se,,ed and divided among
the poor. think New York would be about
as good place to begin a. any on the con-
tinent; we have lots Of money, diamonds,
and precious goods Of every kind, 60 by all
means begin here; and Il the day ever does
come when these howling braggarts shall
attempt to carry ont their threats, mark my
words, New York city yill give a good ac-
count OF herself and Communism will be
taught lesson that will not be forgotten for
generations to come.
| People are queer-very queer. Summer,
you know, is the time when the drama and
the opera are supposed to be In comatose
condition-nobody who il anybody goes to
the acknowledgements faints at the sight
of a high thermometer. Ad0lph Aronson got
possession Of the Casino after bitter fight
with Col. McCaul. Both gentlemen seemed
to be absolutely ruined by the fight. They
parted; Aronson got the new comic opera
of " Nanon," at the Casino, and McCaul
got the Black Hnzzar," at Wallack's; both
have been successes almost unequaled.
Wallack's has been crowded for weeks.
The production of "Nanon" has exceeded
that of any opera, comic or grand, ever
produced in New York. The first -nighters
were ont in full force; swallow-tai and
white chokers, dtcollett dresses and dia-
monds. Oh, my! what sight it was. The
audience was as much sight rs the stage,
and Notwithstanding the hot weather they
have crowded the house, and should not
be surprised it the piece ran till next winter.
Never was such galaxy of beauty on any
stage before. The dudes that remain in
the front seats are crowded nightly with
old buffers, the top of whose heads are as
smooth as skating pond. suppose their
wives and families are at some watering
place, and they feel lonesome. The piece is
certainly very attractive, and the music al
most bewitcbing. The" Anna "song is heard
everywhere-boys waltz to it on the side
walks, girls hum it on steamboats, and rail
road cars, old bank officers whistle it
while poring over their ledgers-even min
listers and deacons strike of into double
shuttle as they listen to its magic strains.
have nothing to record of the churches,
as most of them have closed their doors
and spiders have builded their cobweb
houses over the keyholes and porches.
A revolt in the Kings County penitentia-
ry caused quite ripple in criminal circles,
but stout rawhide administered on con-
stitutional principles restored immediate
peace, and I am happy to record that order
reigns in Warsaw. Nothing like a cowhide
for maintaining order. speak from ex-,
perienoe. A schoolmnster who taught m :
young idea how to shoot, made such an iun-
preston on my mind and my jacket that
l remember him with terror to this day.
A little boom in stocks has varied the
monotony of our early summer experiel.ce ces.
don't know the reason of it, but the bears
look mighty elum.
All Wednesday New York awaited with
painful anxiety the closing of one of the
grandest lives of the century; and when on
Thursday morning the news flashed over the
wires that Gen. Grant was dead, there Was q
burst of grief, unfeigned aud universal,
such as have not seen since Lincoln died.
Gen. Grant is dead,
NOE et00l, nor pOlSOu, u0IlC0 UOmcSIlC,
eign levy,
Nothing can touch him further"
In the presence of such life and such a
death, malice and detraction are dumb. The
American people only remember the Great
Captain who suddenly appeared like Gods
chosen prophet, in the darkest hour that
this nation ever knew, and led her despon-
dent and shattered hosts to victory. The