The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-05-30

aspirants.to fame, but the fact of their
having played IN New York gives them a
sort of Fifth avenue flavor in the country
when they go burn stormlug.
The city has been in q blaze of excite
ment with tha trial of police sergeant Grow
ley for assaulting young girl named Mag
gle Morris. Ononsside iaan organized gang
Of fourth ward pugs, anxious to clear their
pal and ruin the girl, and ON the other hand
is the prosecuting attorney and all the de-
cent people in the city, and behind them
stands the World with ite tremendous inl
fiuence, determined to SEQ j9stide doqe
though tbs heavens fall. Nothing has oc.
CURED for years. that has caused such a
profound senaation. The feeling is gen.
eral thai the time has come when it is nec-
esssary to weed the police. When such men
as Nugent, the rohbsE. conros, the mur-
derer, aud rufaans like Crowley, can get
positions on;the force, it is time to cry halt.
Day after .day, the papers are filled with
murderous assaults by the police, and
peaceful citizens haze been dubbed ON
their own doorsteps because they looked
askant at these myrmidans Of tho Law. We
must have protection; the.irenhers of the
police force should be like Csesar's wife,
above suspicion a map .g,nay be able to,
stuff ballot 6oxs Or ,ssrty primary, and
yet make an Indifferent policeman; and
still it is for services like these that many
of the appointments on our police force arc
made. It j. time these disgraceful appoint
ments were stopped. II ever civil service
reform was neededyit Is in the police de-
partment; sever il from politics ard We
shall have no more rufnans like Crowley to
disgrace the uniform Of the poiice. =
We shake hands With our sister across
the big bridge; she has made another step
forward, and after much travail. rapid
transit is an accomplished fact, and there
is much rejoicing theneat. There was not
the booming of cannon, nor the waving Of
the bunting like thsre was at the opening
of the bridge. Tho celebration wns exolu-z
sively Brooklyn affair, and the BROOKLYN i
ties are very good orderly people. Az an
evidence of the decay of public spirit in
that suburban town, though thousands
turned out to see the cars make their trial
trip, and many thousands took their first
ride, there was scarcely a drunken man
to be seen, and there was not a re-
spectacle fight. Ldon't know what we are
coming to when we san haye celebration
like that of Wednesday, without any drunk
enness or disorder; but then, Brooklyn Is
fair on preaching aud such like-never was
much for first-class row. Let us hope for
better things as she grows older. y
The weather is simply horrid. Several
times have tried to say something civil
about the weather, but every time it stuck
in my throat, fora tel: tla; was -;
we'll, no matter. but slightly misrepresent-
ing the fact. Here it is dn. the middle of
May when we ought to be walking about in
gauze pants and linen busters, instead Of
which, we are skating about in Arctic rub
bers, with waterproof coats on the outside
of our ulsters, ear-muffs, mittens AID chest
protectors. The inclination to usebad Ian
guage is almost irresistible, and nothing
but my early training and future conse-
quences keep me from it. A few consump-
tive strawberries and some desolate and
disreputable shad have found their way to
market; tomatoes and green peas have ar
rived from Georgia and other. places far
ther southt but the leaves have only just
started on the trees here, and the atmos-
phere make me feel-ike going out into my
back yard to shovel away the snow. It Ger
tainly has been most trying season, and
it keeps on trying; but it DIES srot effect
much except to make people very miser
able and very grumpy.
To the credit of our people let it be re-
corded that the roiler-skating craze is dying
out; although the record in this weeks tour
nament has exceeded anything of the kind
ever known Before, the public took no stock
in it and the whole thing fell fiat. Az an
evidence of the danger of roller-skating'
aside from the deaths that have occurred
from over-exertion, the other night at one
of the Brooklyn rinks, beautiful young
lady fell. cutting open the side of her face,
disfguring her nose and running herself
for life. When she fell the whole crowd
behind her piled on top of her and aside
from her other injuries she was ps4rly suf-
focated. Roller-skating got black e74 as
we'll as the young lady, and We are ndtso.1Y
for it.
A better illustration of the old adages-
" "marryin haste and repent at leisure"
and ".wi1fni woman will have own her
way" has never occurred in my memory
than in the case Of Anna Frances of Brook
lyn. Like Mademoiselle Theo's song, she
was pretty as picture, and might have
had her pick out of half the goRqg fellows
in town, but to the great disgust of her
family and friends she went of and mar
ried dwarf with hump on his back like a
caIpel and if Miss Frances is to be believed,
the temper of wildcat and the manners
of brute. At any rate, before the honey
moon was over he made it rather warm for
bis bride; and in Decentralization for divorce
she duplicates him with round dozen; it
seems that the atmosphere Of Salt Lake
would be more congenial to his health than
that of New York. It is evident that the
young lady made a great mistake-she has
found it ont rather late-bnt notwithstand-
ing the cry against divorce, / hope the law
will pslieve' her, so that che nax ,taye an
opportunity to try the matstp1oniaI e1pari::
ment over again undes more favorable cir
cumetauces. 3:
\. {fhe ESsh for Europe is tremeudeps; Abe
steamships all go full. and places are spo-
ken for weeks absed. Millions of money
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