The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-12-05

since then it has improved wonderfully til
some Of these pen and ink and crayo,
; sketches are equal to line engraving.
must take IN early opportunity to give
moro critical review Of the beautiful wate
color exhibition Of this year.
/ Providence be thanked, the election il
over, and for year. ct least, the small bo,
no moro stsaisth the covering of the cellar
grating to make Z patriotic bonfire; nj
moro will our ears bea offended with th.
beating Of political gongs; the merchant
and the mechanic viii again return to theil
business, and tho tramp who has been com
fortably housed and fed for the last thirt,
days will again prowl our streets to beg
and steal. The Democrats have all the
State Offices; the Republicans have the As.
sembly and the Senate; the deal seems tc
be pretty even, and both parties can con.
gratulate themselves on having had the
most orderly election of any State in the
Union. New York and Brooklyn have a
large and turbulent population, but to their
honor be it recorded there was not a poll
in either city, where's Republican or Dem
ocrat might not freely cast his vote. Order
reigned supreme everywhere, and the peace
officers at the different election precincts
held a sinecure. This il especially crafty
ing in view Of the turbulent violence at
Chicago and Cincinnati, and with all of
her faults, stamps New York as one of the
model States Of the American Republic.
An old game has heen revived here which
has resulted in sesi9hs loss. II is generally
practioed during ths. sariy hours of the
evening. The immsnse plates Of glass now
used for store wi1dGws, on account OF their
thickness wsrs supposed to be protection
for goods, bat our adroit thieves have got
the better Of thcm. They select window
richly hllsd With jswelry. A short distance
from tho scene Of the robbery they have
butchers cart with man in, all ready to
drive of. Two thieves march up to the
store, and each has large cobble stone un-
der his coat. Thief No. dashes his stone
through the window, and thief No. 2. holds
his stone in reserve, while No. grabs
tray of goods, and both harry Oh to the cart
which is driven o6 on the instant. This has
been done many times on our most public
thoroughfares, and strange to say, few of
the robbers are caught, and not 1.-THE of
the goods recovered. On election night the
windows of the beautiful new store of
Wechsler Brothers Of Brooklyn were broken
in this way. Several pieces of silk we're
stolen, and the loss in glass was not far from
$1,000.
Thanksgiving was heralded by one of the
severest storms Of the year. The tides have
been the highest that We have had for fifty
years, the amount. of damage and inconve-
-niance being almost incalculable. Many
streets in the lower part of the city were
flooded, and in some neighborhoods busi-
ness was entirely suspended.
Alderman Sterling OF Brooklyn is finding
the way to official pre:erment hard road
to travel. He was appointed Weigher by
the Collector, but was Immediately after
suspended by the President, and was
knocked out in the first round by civil ser
vice reform. This week he was appointed
Port Warden by the Governor, and his hon.
was worth double the one he was ousted
from, but when he went to demand his place
the incumbent refused to get out, and Mr..
Sterling is confronted by an expensive law
suit and hostile Senate. What shall be
done with Sterling? The Mugwumps won't
have him at any price. The Republicans
say his character is shady. The Democrats
have knocked him out with civil service re-
form. He is bigger white elephant than
Barnum's wonder, or our late minister to
Italy or Austria, Mr.. Kelly. Mr.. Kelly re-
lieved the administration from its embar-
rassing position by resigning; and Sterling
has done almost as much. for he swears by
st. Patrick that he would not accept an Office
from Cleveland at any price. Brooklyn |
can vindicate him, it has. s.done 30 before, by |
making him an Aldermaa-that would fix !
Sterling and relieve the administration. |
Governor Hills act in appointing Sterling i
Port Warden, whether he gets his place or
not, will be gratefully remembered by
Democrats if Governor Hill ever |
comes up for President.
Our Good Samaritans gave the poor their
usual Thanksgiving dinner. Not q boot
black or newsboy was forgotten. Mrs.
Astor, God bless her, gave her annual lib
eral donation, and thousands we're made
1appy by her gift.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM,
A Valuable Medical Vreatise.
The edition for 1855 Of the sterling Medical
Annual known as Hostetter's Almanac is now
eady, and may be obtained, free Of cost. of