The Donaldsonville chief., 1885-08-22

weeks very agreeably in Donaldsonville
and St. James.
The John B. Mapde has entered the lists
. semi weekly New Orleans and Plaque
Iains packet, leaving the city ON her first
- 1sst evening.
p;.,sa nns oanyasssd and uncanvassed,
~ Manr;n,a Cb,0R Grocery Emporium.
Mr.. VIM. D. Park sp1ll spent several days this
week at that delightful seacoast F5so oit-fsaae
Christian, returning home TO- day. We can
see by his looks that he enjoyed himself to
the top notch.
Fifteen hundred cords of cottonwood on
Tunica Island are offered for sale at the low
price Of 81 80 per cord. For further partic-
ulars, apply to or address Mr.. F. 8. Le-
Blanc, Wharfnaster at Donaldsonville.
Judge +. j. Gilbert Deputy Clerk E. p.
Helluin, Messrs. P. Hacket, W. L. Phelps
aud Adam Bourg of Napoleonville have just
returned from an excursion to the seashore,
aud if their looks are any indication, they
must have had glorious trip of it.
Window shades all complete and hung
up for one dollar, at Ingman's.
Bayou Lafourche is rising slowly and the
light draught steamers Lafourche and Alice
Leblanc find little difficulty in navigating
the stream, even with good loads of freight
The E. w. Fuller will also reenter the
bayou during the coming week.
Willie Dorsey, colored resident of Ma
poleonville, was found dead in his bed yes
terpay morning, having died some time
during Thursday night, the Goth inst. he
was disreputable character, and while We
are not informed as to the cause Of death,
We believe it resulted from dissipation.
We are indebted to Mrs. NJ. Peyret for a
courteous invitation to attend the marriage
OF her daughter, Miss Eloise Peyret, to Mr..
F. Rivoire, which is to take place at the st
Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, on Monday
the Oath inst, at P. NJ. The CHIEF wishes
the young couple long and happy welded
life.
Thursday evenings skating assembly
and soiree dansante at Phoenix Hall waf
even more largely attended than its pre-.
decessors and was an extremely enjoyable
entertainment. These weekly assent bllef
are the social success of the season anC
the independent Band is to be felicitatee
upon the fact.
Split cypress shingles for 81 per thou
sand for sale by c. Kline of the Old Re
liable Store.
Our intelligence from the rice fields il
very meagre, but we know that most OF the
planters have commenced outing and tina
the frequent rains are exercising an unfa
vorablo influence upon the harvest. Should
the weather change for the better the crol
will undoubtedly be large, and then tht
question arises, how will the market be!
Donaldsonyille was favored on Wednes
day with second visit from Mr.. Fred.
Allen, the genial agent for the sale OF tn
Lewis Hand Fire Extinguisher, one of th'
most useful and important inventions o
the day. Mr.. Allen was returning to New
Orleans from q very successful trip throngl
the parishes along the line of the I. Il P
railroad.
Life and Memoirs of Gen. Grant, onl.
10 cents, at Ingman's. .....
Mr.. Jonas w. Bailey and son returned
last Sunday from their visit to relatives il
Michigan, and report having enjoyed al
extremely pleasant trip. Among the man!
interesting incidents of their journey wa
an inspection of some of the extensive cop
per mines that abound in the extreme
northern part of Michigan where Mr.. Bal
'ley's relatives reside.
An exciting race will be run at Batol
Rouge next Thursday by Mr.. Joseph 81
Amant's celebrated stallion st. Julien an
Mr.. Stewart Doherty's thoroughbred mar
Pearl, the former New River nag and tn
latter Baton Rouge animal. Ascension
will be represented by large delegation Q
spectators, among whom there will be sev
eral citizens of Donaldsonviile.
Mr.. James Teller's many friends in As
cension will learn with regret that the gu
joyment of his sojourn at Waukesha
marred by poor health. Mr.. and Mrs. Tell
or will return home in two or three weeks
we understand, and we hope that under tn
influence of the agreeable surroundings an
manifold comforts of his delightful River