The Donaldsonville chief., 1885-08-22
pARNCHIAI. PnT-PQURRI.

PAROCHIAL POT-P0URRI.
The Police Jury succeeded in obtaining
quorum and held an important session on
Tuesday last, transacting considerable bus
mess Of public moment, as will appear
from the minutes published i'll this issue OF
the CHIEF.
The appointment Of delegates to the Nor
ganza leyee convention called to meet at
Baton Rouge Oh Monday next was proper
compliance with the request OF the people
Of Pointe Coupee, as expressed in mass
meeting Mt their court house on the 9Th inst
Although Int d comparatively small por-
ton Of Ascension is affected by the waters
o. the Morganza creyasse, our parochlal
authorities are always ready and willing to
lend liberal financial aid and moral support
to their loss fortunate neighbors Our own
leyees ere in ir5t-ciass condition, ana We
will cheerfully render such assistance az is
in our power towards placing those OF the
neighboring parishes in like good order.
The granting of the petition OF certain
citizens Of the eighth ward for the opening
Of new public road, vii! give nm lmpor-
tant and much needed thoroughfare for
travel and the transportation OF produce by
a shorter aud more direct route than the
people along tho course OF t.4o proposed
"4arip road" have heretofore been able
to pursue. ... ..".
The matter Of the parish printing contract
has again boon brought to the notice OF the
Police Jury BY the obstrepcrous proprietor
Of the Donaldsonville CHIEF, who seems
unable to clear his befuddled and crotchety
mind OF the idea that State laws are snpe-
rior to the sweet will Of our worthy paro
chial Legislators, and that newspaper
which supported Kellogg for Congress- has
any rights that Democratic Police Jury 's
bound to respect. We suggest that, in Or
dor to squelch the opportunities Of this pcs
tiferous scribe for good and aye, that his
presumptuous colrmunication-which has
been niagnanimously " received "-shall be
referred to the Legal Adviser of the Police
Jury-who by happy chance is also Presi-
dent of the Ascension Democrat Publishing
Company-and if that eminent attorney,
so justly noted for his legal learning and
SUCCESS as practitioner, is not able to dem
onstrate the utter fallacy of the CH1EF
man "a position and the perfect right of Po-
lice Jurors to disregard the plain mandates
Of acts of the General Assembly especially
framed for their direction, then our faith
in his legal acumen will decline severa! de-
grces. Let the Legal Adviser and the head
of the Ascension Democrat Publishing Com
panry demolish the absurd pretensions Of
the pesky CH1EF man, then let our Police
Jurors nearly all of whom are directors or
stockholders Of the Ascension Democrat
Publishing Compery-set the senl Of their
official approval upon the opinion of the
Legal Adviser, as in duty bound, and the
question win thus be neatly and comforta-
bly, disposed Of True, the unhappy CH1EF
scribbler may squlrm and kick bit, but,
my dear sirs, what is he going to do about
it,"
Capt Darton's report of the condition of
the leyees of the parish is q satisfactory OK
hibit, and the little work that is necessary
to be done on these vital defensive bulwnrks
will no doubt be promptly authorized.
1t ia undeniable that our. present Court
house is by no means q structure in keep
| ing with the size, wealth or importance Of
our parish. 1t does not afford the room or
facilities for the transaction of the public
business appertaining to such an edifice,
and sanitary considerations, in addition to
those Of public convenience, demand that
the jail and the court house should be in
separate buildings. Then another consid-
eryfion presents itself in fnvor of the new
court house project: it affords an opportu-
nifty for appropriating the full limit of rev.
enues derivable fro:R the maximum limit
of parochial taxation, thus heading of any
designing judgment creditor who may have
intended to mandamus the Police Jury to
make provision for liquidating his claim.
but it might be characterized as species
of " readjustment Z" not unworthy OF Boss
Malone himself, whose financial policy IN
Virginia has been 80 closely followed and
80 bitterly denounced in Louisiana.
The proposed budget of approximate pa
rochial expenditures for the current year
presents no novel features save the court
house appropriation, and as the total covers
tho full revenue Of n ten mills tax, the con
cluaion arises shat the committee appointed
some time ago to ascertain wherein rednc-
tions could be made in the expenses of the
parish-inferentinlly with q view to the cor
responding reduction Of ta1ntion-has en-
tirely failed iii its mission.
The appointment Of /. committee to as-
certain the senae Of the people OF the sew
enth md eighth wnrdsrelative to the open
ing Of the proposed road from Darrowvi!'s
through the woods to New River, is q steI
| that ought to meet withnniversal approval
the more 40 since it foreshadows tho abnn
don,nent of that i'll advised and unpopnln:
scheme. the New River Laae Road joint
Stock Company The Dnrrowville route
| is much shorter and moro convenient thar
the New River Lane, md its establishment
| will be of great advantage to Donaldson
Vile as we'll as the outlying wards to whic'
the thoroughfare will lead. It the Pollct
Jury succeeds in having 4 new roat
opened, they will have rerfo 4ned public
service that the CHIEF will take infinite Sat
;sfaction and pleasure in coSsfcnding.
Very Remarkable Recovery.
Mr.. Geo. v. M'il!piaoe o. Manchester Mich.
wr;toa: MY wife has been almost helpless 4"
tivc years, go helplese that she could not tur'
over in bed alone. She used two bottles o
=. 1,:4A.aa aEd Il Ga ranch imprnYed tha