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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
BASEBALL: GAME OF LIFE.

BY 8. D. RICHARDSON.
sTis q glorious same, witha wellesrned fame
A diamond in royal setting:
And its beautiful rays illume our days
From the fields with an emerald f1ett'ng.
so day after day am watching the play.
Absorbed in the outings and innings;
Thodkh Irisk not dime, I'm the gamer each
And the joy that II gives is my winnings.
But somstimes an . day my mind is away
From tfie game with anidle psruslng'
That blend them together 1n muslng.
'Tis the Old sameoflife. with its conquest and
strife,
Where tho umpire Of fate forever. doth wait
And gladness and sorrow the winnings.
There's the man at the bat-he's king on that
And he watches the bah that is feetin,g
Till his blow meets the same and propels on the
Aud receives from the people greeting.
'Tis the man who doth wait when the fortunes
Change hands. like the shuttle in weaving,
Till it touches his mace and ne runs every base
See the pitcher whose aim is surely not tame,
While his curvings are often perplexing;
And the poise of his fist, with the twist OF his
10 those running the bases is vexing:
Tbs the man who in fame hits the mark all the
6ame
Though he throws curved ball there to do
And the one who would steal to q base on bis
Will hive cause to remember and rue it.
And the catcher with nerve that knight might
deserve
And q visor drawn low for the danger;
With his smile by that base that's as cruel to
face
Asa blow from Ills spiteful sky-ranger- :.
'Tis the man of strong nerve whom no peril
And Who laughs where the danger is thickest;
And he aQardsthe home base 'gainst the strong
in the nace
There's the guard at each base who, alert in his
place,
Knows his work and performs it with pleas
And the tielders that tstand with the game we'll
And consider high balls but treasure
'Tis the men of eaBh age, whom on history g
Have written their names with their actions;
Catching fame on the fly, though 1t comes from
And me ne,er en- Bothered with fooling attractions.
So the old game Of life. with its conquest and
strife,
Ever moves. with no pause or delaying.
The wise and the great and the foolish with
On the field of the world are playing.
And the game will ne'er close til the books
All the wonderful outings and innings.
With the sun meath the West and the players
And the blessed with their bountiful win
RocAester Democrat and Chronicle.
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OtlR F7TER FROM RROADBRIM.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
NEwsDEALER AND srATIoNER.
TINSMITH.
BARBER SHOPS.

RoMG;GE M;5lI LANGBEcKER ll3 City gsrber S Shop,
Hotel. Shaving, Shampooni1ig, Hair cutting,
-Dyeing of Hair or Whiskers, ETC., in the .best
style. at popular prices. Respectfully solicit
the patronage of the public.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
The Art of Getting Vigorous

Is comprised in one very simple piece of ad-
vice, improve digestion. No elaborate system
of dietetics is needed. If you lack vigor, use
Systematically that pleasant promoter of it,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. II you take this
hint, and do not commit any excesses, there is
no reason why you should not gain in strength,
appetite and weight. Hosts of whilom invalids
are to-day building foundation for years Of
vigorous health with this sound and thorough
renovator of dilapidated physique and failing
energy. Dyspepsia is eradicated by it, and the
constitution fortified against disorders to
which. If it were exposed, it must surely sue
cumb-notably malarial fever, rheumatism. in
activity of the kidneys and bladder, nervous
ness and their various symptoms, disappear
when it is used with persistency, not aban-
doned after brief and irregular trial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

Only five cents yard for choice calicoes
Store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
The Eloquent EuIogist of General
Grant.


Some leading cities of the Union are ex-
pecting visit from DR.. Farrar, now is
this country, who comes as favorite theo-
logical writer, read in thousands of Amer
ican homes, and as an earnest friend of
American institutions. But he is still bet
ter known as the English clergyman of
high rank who preached a notable sermon
in Westminster Abbey, eulogistic of Gen
eral Grant and of the country which he had
served so faithfully and we'll, at the same
time when funeral services were being
beld at Mount McGregor over the remains
of the hero.
The Archdeacon of Westminster, Lon
don, DR.. Frederic William Farrar, was
born in Bombay, India, fifty-four years
ago. His father was a clergyman of the
Church of England engaged as chaplain at
the fort in which his distinguished son was
born. After receiving thorough prelimi-
nary training, the youth became student
of Kings College, London, of which he
was made a scholar after his graduation.
In 1854 he was graduated, with honors, at
Trinity College, Cambridge. In the same
year he was ordained deacon of the Es-
tablished Church, and three years after a
priest. By this time he was favorably
known as writer of poetry and tales of
school and college life. As University
preacher and chaplain TO her Majesty
Queen Victoria, he was highly distinguished
before 1876, when he was appointed Can
on of Westminster, aud Rector of st. Mar
garet's, an ancient church lying within
the shadow of the magnificent Abbey
When, in 1884, he was made Archdeacon of
Westminster, he resigned s.. Margaret's.
rs chief works are his Life of Christ {"
and 81 Life and Works of st. Paul" Not
gifted with extraordinary endowments of
delivery he, nevertheless, commands the
perfect attentionsclf lasgs sr~nt. sarnest rsus
diences. He is both thinker and rhetori-
clan, and his sermons and lectures while in
this country will certainly be largely at
tended.
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ATTORNEYS ATLAw.

LNREDERICK DUFFEL, Attorney at law and
IL Notary Public. Office on Chetimaches street
opposite the Oourt-House. ~
DAUL LKCHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
l. Pablo, Donaldsonville. Office: OH block
below the Court-House, on Attakapas street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

M W. DARTON. Civil Engineer and Sur
V1s veyor-Darish Surveyor of Ascension.
Will attend promptly to work in all branches
of his profession, such as surveying, mapping.
leveling for canals, bridges rice fumes, estima-
ting cost and supervising construction of same.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
E1NHE CHIEF Office. Crescent Place, opposite
Il the Market-House, is supplied with a fine
assortment of type and turns out oil kinds OF
plain and fancy job work in best style at New
Orleans prices. No better and cheaper work is
done anywhere in the State.
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Liquor, AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

F1VHE PLACE. Gus. Israel, manager. Corner
Lager Beer. Best Wines and Liquors. Fine
Cigars. etc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

S1 m !: +; f.; +: =
that viii start You in work that Wilt at once
hr;ns YOU in money faster than anything else In
America: All about the s2ooi;op in presents s
with each box. AGENTS wanted mt !. everywhere. oi
time iu only, MY to to work for US at their own homes
+! Fortunes for all workers absolutely assured.
: Don t delay, b, HALLE11 Co., Portland, Me.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

TErY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail-
~ road Avenue. corner 1berville street. Bar
supplied with best Liquors.
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UNI,EKTAxEE.

GClN)NBERG'B Unllertaker's EstS blishment,
~ kailrad AyenHe. between Iberyilie and At
takaims streets All kinds OF burial cases. from
the pine coffin to tie metallic or rosewood cas-
lrnf
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
SODA WATER MANDATORY.

CODA WATER MANUFACTuRY, H. Hether
= proprietor, No. II Mississippi street. soda
Mineral. Heltzer and all kinds Of aetated watert
manufactured and sold at lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
HO1fSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

- IMihy, The PlNTER shop at Cheap
IN Tonys Sore, cosser Mississippi street and
Aaii had Avenue. = ouse, Sign and Ornamental
Painting in all their branches. Best work At
lowest prices.
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DONALDSONviLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Etc.

NH ISRAEL 4 CO.. dealers in Dry Goods,
MI. Clothing. Boots. Shoes, saddlery, Bug
eies: ETC.. corner Mississippi and Lessard streets
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03
MILLINERY.

NTRS. NJ BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi street,
vi between Lesaard and st. Patrick Latest
styles at Bcunets, Hats, French Flowers, ETC.;
s.asn aal kinds of Lsdaes Underwaee.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

DEEP-O'-DAY HOTEL AND BARROOM,
i Mississippi street. First-rate accommo-
dation and reasonable prices. Finest Wines,
Liquors and Cigars. A. J. Bethancourt, Pro-
prietor; Sam Ayraud Manager.
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HOTELS AND BoARDING-HoUsEs.

DOBERT e. LEE HOTEL, Crescent Place,
IL opposite the steamboat landing, the most
convenient location in town. First-class &C
Communications at reasonable rates Elegant
bar, billiard and pool room attached. j. y. La
fargue, Proprietor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

w D. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fancy
w. Groceries. Provisions, Plantation and
Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines,
Liquors. Bottled Beer, Ale, etc.. Dry Goods
and Notions, corner Of Mississippi and Cheti-
maches streets, opposite River Ferry.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

~ KLIEE.corner Crescent Place and Hou-
~. mas street, dealer in Dry Goods. Notons,
B oots. and Shoes, Groceries. Provi1ons, CoEn
Oats and Bran.
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Such severe drouth has prevailed in
North Carolina for the past six weeks that
Cape Fear river has been nearly dried up
and navigation is entirely suspended.
Forty thousand people assembled in st.
Joseph, Mo-, 10 witness the reunion of the
soldiers Of Southwest Iowa. The process
sion was six miles long, With TOO veterans
in line. ~
Arrangements have been made for the
erection of a permanent exposition build
ing in Pittsburgh, Pa. The structure will
be built er tirely Of iron and glass, and cost
100000.
Mrs Stewart, widow Of the dry goods
millionaire, lives in 4 suite of eight rooms
at her hotel in Saratoga, and has, besides
the maids in attendance, four cooks with
half dozen assistants.
The scandal case OF j. Fl. Acklen, lin con
nection with Mrs. Bell, at Washington, ..
c., has cropped out again III divorce case
agains. that lady which is being tried IL
Washington, with closed doors.
| The Medical Department Of the Rsssxvo
University at Cleveland, O., refused to ...i.
NIT women to the privileges Of the school,
after the announcement was made that
both sexes would Sc sansht together.
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TOs. GONDRAN Il SONS, dealers in Dry
Wine. Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,
O lis, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all
kinds Of House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store,
Mississippi street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-03

DERNARD LEMANN 4 BTsOTHER, dealers
D in Western Produce, fancy and staple Gro
ceries. Liquors, Hardware, Iron. Paints, Oils.
Furniture, Crockery. Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods. Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place.R
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
The Death Penalty.

SAN FRANCISCO, March q, Steve
Jones, q negro murderer was hanged
here to-day. Jones in jealousy mur.
dered his. white mistress, Mary Ag.
nes Riley, on June 7th. 1872. His
wish that the photograph Of the muir.
dered girl be buried with him was
granted. Father Connolly, of the
Catholic church, attended him in his
last moments. Life was extinct ten
minutes after the drop fell.
SALEM, Oregon, March 20.-Joseph
Drake (colored) was hanged to-day
for the murder of David Swartz on
May 4, 1884. He 10 maintalned his In
nocence on the scaffold, and said he
was not present and knew nothing of
the murder nor who were the perpe-
traitors. He said his life had been
sworn away. Very strong effort was
made up to the last moment to in
duce the governor to commute the
sentence. The drop fell twelve min
utes of two. His neck was broken
by the fall.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, March 2l.--Mitchell
offered resolution providing tor
the appointment Of q special COM
mission Of five Senators to enquire
and report, If not later than the Sec
ond Monday in December, as to the
number Of trade dollars in clrcula-
tion in the United States before their
legal tender qualities were repealed.
how said coins came into oircula-
tion subsequently, how many are
still held in the several states of this
country, at what rates they were
taken, how much profit accrued in
anyway to the government by the
coinage of trade; ;;dollars;and what has
been the practice Of this and other
governments as to the receipt or re-
fusal by them OF their own coins.
Buck and Harris objected to its
present consideration and it was laid
over.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
Emma NeYada's Future.

Said q musical veteran In San
Francisco last Saturday: What
do I think of Mile. Nevada as q
singer? Well, confdentially, her
trills are wonderful. Her voice is
grand. But fear that she lacks the
constitution to prove q successful
adjunct to an opera company. This
flying from place to place is hard
life, and will break down anything
but the strongest physical system.
In climate like this, especially from
the fact that 1t Is her native CLINE,
cannot but result in beneficial effects,
but she is riskihg her voice If she
attempts either overwork or visits to
rigorous climates. I should say that
eli int times q month. in moderate
climates, should be the maximum
number of her appearances, and
limited to that an audience with her
would be . magnificent treat. But
the East is too cold for her, and her
recent sickness there cost Maples0n
fully $4,000"
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25


WASHINGTON, March 21.-General
Hatch telegraphs the War Depart
ment to-day that about 500 Oklahoma
Boomers are congregated at Coffee
vile, Kansas, on the southern border
line, with the intention of moving
into the Territory. He has sent y
force to intercept them.
Attorney General Garland to-day
issued an order reducing the force of
examiners in the department of
justice from seven to four.
Some months ago the Secretary Ut
the Interior made q decision IN the
case of Rancho Morags, Alameda
county. California. holding that the
rancho was defined by the Higley
survey and that the right Central
Pacific and the Western Pacific rail-
roads of California attached this to
the land excluded from the rancho
by that survey. The settlers upon
the land have appealed to the 6ecre-
tary of the Interior to review that
decision alleging that the Higley
survey Improperly bounded the
tract and that its application will re-
suit in the acquisition of their lands
by the railroads. The motion for .
review has been granted by Secretary
Lamar.
Postmaster General Villas to-day
called for the resignation of . number
of postof1ce inspectors.
Senator Fair called upon the Presi-
dent to-day. He is quietly looking
after the interests Of Nevada and il
not at present taking sides with
either wing Of the California De-
mocracy.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
The human Brain.

According to the novel computa-
ton Of q German hist0logist, who has
been calculating the aggregate cell
forces of the human brain, the cere-
bral mass is composed of at least 3OO,-
O0O, 900 of nerve cells, each an lnde-
pendent body, organism, and miro
scopic brain, SO far as concerns its
vital functions, but subordinate to q
higher purpose in relation to the
function of the organ; each living q
separate life individually, though 90.
oially subject to q higher law Of func-
tion. The lifetime of a nerve cell he
estimates to be about 200, 900 every
hour, and nearly $500 every minute,
to be succeeded by an equal number
Of their progeny; while once in every
sixty days y man has totally new
brain.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
Washington News Budget.

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Mr.
Miller, the newly appointed Com.
missioner Of Internal Revenue, en-
tered upon the discharge OF bis du.
ties this morning. He was the re-
cepient of many callers and during
the day he received all the principal
officers Of the bureau.
The Vice President to-day laid be-
fore the Senate the memorial OF the
Montana Legislature, stating nearly
all the public domain in Montana Is
desert land and protesting against
the repeal of the desert land act.
There IL no foundation for the
statement that President Cleveland
euueeted Minister Norton to remain
in Parls.
The Senate in executive session
ratified the additional article of the
Mexican treaty, extending 1t till
Nav 70, 1855, the time for the approv-
al Of the laws necessary to carry it into
operation. The Commercial Conven-
ton between the two governments,
concluded at Washington January
q, 1883.
Inc Secretary VI tAo AAo>ouAy
appointed Assistant Secretarys Falr-
child and Coon. and Assistant Treas
urer Graves, as Commission, with
instructions to make an examination
Of the Treasury Department, with
special reference to the methods OF
doing business, and to q reduction
and re-arrangement of the official
and Olnrical force
The President has accepted invita-,
tons of the Veterans First, and
other corps, to visit the battlefield
of Gettysburg, when they make their
historical visit there on the 4th and
5th of May, unless prevented by
some urgent necessity OF the
public service. The President is
anxious to be on the field when the
leading Generals Of both armies are
there to explain their movements.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
NIGHT DlSPATCHES!1
The English Repulse the.
Arabs With Great Loss.
Four Murderers Expiste their !
Crime on the Gallows.
The Mantle of Death Hovers
Over the Illinois Leg
islature.
Mackey's Eloquent Argument
in Gen. Hazens Behalf.
Disastrous Fire and Loss Of
Life at Seattle.
The Wood River Miners Re-
sort to Arms. i
Mackey's Eloquent Argument
in Gen. Hazens Behalf.
Disastrous Fire and Loss Of
Life at Seattle.
The Wood River Miners Re-
sort to Arms. :,
Stubborn Battle with the Arabs.

Stubborn Battle with the Arabs.
LONDON, March 9O.-Gen. Graham
telegraphs az follows: Hasheen, Mar.
20, $3.50 p. m. 1--WE moved out from
camp at 6:l5 this morning, leaving
the Shropshire regiment to guard 1t,
On reaching the first hill at $50 q. m.
we found the enemy had retired and
occupied another hill . mile.and .
quarter distant. After ashort hal tthe
Berkshire regiment aud marines were
ordered to clear the hill, the Indian
contingent and guards supporting.
This was done very efectually, the
enemy being driven of the ridge and
steaming south towards Tamaii, were
charged by the squadrons Of indian
lancers in the bush. The cavalry
then retired toward the guards.
Many of the enemy passed the
guards at the foot of the hill and
made for the hill west Of Hasheen.
These were shelled by the royal
horse artillery, while other parties
moving around our right were en-
gagged in the bush by fifty lancers.
In the meanwhile Zaraba. with four
entrenched posts on the hill cum
manding is being formed. The ad-
vanced troops have all returned to
this position and will return to our
line leaving the last 6urry regi-
ment with two Krupp guns and four
Gardners and water tanks and signal
appliances at an entrenched position.
Our killed are two officers and two
men of the British and five Sepoys.
Wounded are two officers and twenty
six men of the British and one officer
and ten men of the Indian Con-
tangent. The infantry behaved with
great steadiness. The number of
rebels is estimated at 1900. The
rebel loss Is not known,
but is heavy. The engagement
lasted five hours. The Arabs carried
off all their dead and wounded. The
natives report numbers of Osman
Digna's men deserting having be-
come disheartened. To-dsy's fighting
was noticeably of a different charac-
ter from that of any preceding en-
gagement. The Arabs maintained q
steady rifle fire, retiring slowly from
each position held by them and avoid
ing close quarters.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
Important Suit Pending.

P1TTsBuRa, March 2O.-The HUI
name Society of this city entered .
suit to-day in the us. Court against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., al
leeing that q recent act Of Congress
which provides heavy penalties on
all public carriers of live stock fcr
failure to properly care for animals
during transportation has been
shamefully disregarded. The defen-
dant having allowed live stock ship
ped from Chicago to be on the road
sixty-two hours without food, water
or rest. The suit Is test one and 1s
brought at the suggestion Of the
agent of the National Humane So
cietv. Should the case win an attempt
will be made to enforce the act In all
parts of the United States.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
Goneral Grant.

NEW YORK, March q. = General
Grant went to sleep between 1880
uneasily. He slept at Intervals until
after midnight, when he got up and
walked about the room and librafy.
When the General arose this morn.
Ing he took some liquid food in his
room. Col. Fred. Grant states that
the General receives about twenty
applications per day for autographs,
and his physicians say 1t is impos-
sible for him to comply with these
requests, while the writing of one
autograph requires much exefti0n.
Twenty would be days work for
him, and it will be we'll for the pub
lie to know, sald Col. Grant, that
such demands cannot be met.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
Perlshed I'm tho FLAMES.

SEATTLE, March 2O.-Fire this
morning at three o'clock destroyed
the Oriental Hotel frame building.
The house was filled with guests
whose frantic screams were heart
rending. Eric johnson, q Swede.
aged IS, was burned to death. M. ).
Tobin and Edward Downey were
fatally injured, aud ten others severe
ly inj jured by jumping from the
building. None fatally.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-25
An Acquaintance Bobs Up.


These are not very good times for.
"mysteri0us disappointment The
country is too well settled, the tele-
graph covers too large an area. and
railway employees are too intelligent
to enable people to disappear without
some trace OF their being very soon
discovered. Every now and then
some person who is desirous of cut
ting himself loose from all the ties
that bind, disappears for the moment
as completely as if the earth
had opened and swallowed
: him. But in the course of time some
body sees him and then all his
schemes are overthrown and made
apparent. The world is not very
large after al. It IL astonishing that
no matter where one may 70 he will
always run across some person from
the same place, or some person who
knows mutual friends and acquaint-
ces; SO that for one to attempt to dis
appear altogether and still remain ON
the face Of the earth is not an easy
matter.