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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-08-15

~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Hou-
W mas street. dealer in Dry Goods, Notions,
oots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn.
Oats and Bran.
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MILITARY NOTES.

Charles Stern has been elected Corporal
in Company F. Fourth Regiment.
Company F, Fourth Regiment, are to go
to Staten Island on Thanksgiving Day, to
take part in a parade with Company B of
the Ninth Regiment Of New York.
A meeting of the Board of Officers of the
First Regiment, Department of New Jersey,
is called for tomorrow night at the house
of Col John Wilson, 267 Eighth sire t.
The committee. who have in charge the
Fourth Regiment ball on Wednesday night,
will hold a special meeting this afternoon
at headquarters also on Tuesday night.
1t is said that the quarters of at least
one military company in this county are
utilized by some of the guardsmen for
gambling purposes, and that the game is
not wholly for amusement.
1t seems that the feeling against Colonel
Hart, commander of the Ninth Regiment.
is increasing. This may end in his tender
ing his resignation. 1t is question who
will be his successor in case he does resign.
Why the regulation blouses have not
been furnished to the Fourth Regiment is
a question for the Quartermaster-Ge General.
The regiments stationed in Newark have
turned in the old fatigue jackets, and
blouses have been issued to them instead.
Company A, Fourth Regiment, was in
structed in few movements of the Manual
of Arms, the principles of ssdressing" and
the "facings," by Second Lieut.. Agmar, at
McPherson's Hall, on Tuesday night last.
The turnout was good. there being four
Sergeants and sixteen files present. Squad
drills for recruits will commence In Nov
ember sat4ffa "a
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Industry Counci,s sociabIe.

Last Monday evening was sociable night
at Industry Council No. so, 0. U. A. NJ,
corner Grove and Fourth streets. Many OF
the members, their wives, daughters and
friends were present. A. L. De Hart (who
just filled the bill as an ideal chairman)
called the assemblage to order at 500,
and in a few well chosen remarks made all
feel that they were welcome stating also
that the committee had as usual provided
entertainment for both mind and body.
Miss Cannon then favored with piano
solo finely rendered, Mrs. Finch in songs,
Mrs. Lawyer in Rotations, Master Kessler
in piano solos, with National Councillor
Geo. w White, Jr., State Commander G.
b. Ludlum and ex-State Commander j. r.
Baker in remarks, the banjo trio in songs
and instrumental music, all helped to
make the next hour and half thoroughly
enjoyable. The Councillor G. w. Haywood
finishing up that part of the programme in
Gas the chairman stately an account of his
new life, but which turned out to be one
of the old pathetic slave songs. Chairman
De Hart then invited all to be seated at the
tables. The Council is fortunate iii having
among its members fine caterer, Brother
Carrie and under his direction the tables
had been made delight both to the eye
and the palate, loaded as theJ were with
flowers and appetizing things, and fanked
with three large pots of Boston's brain food,
the succulent and frisky bean.
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A Chnrch Social Rennion.


Fincke's Hall, on Tuesday evening, was
the scene of joyous festivities the occasion
of the annual social reunion of the Ladies'
Guild of the St. Johns Lutheran Church,
Jersey City Heights. The Choir Associa-
tion united in providing fine musical
and literary entertainment, which was in
terspersed with many beautiful tableaux.
A prominent feature in the programme was
humorous farce entitled "Mrs, Smith in
Dilemma" the ingenious production of
Mr. Richard &. Green, of Hoboken, and
prepared for this occasion. or one hour
the people laughed and applauded IS
'sMrs. Smith, personated by MISS Adelia
Fincke, went through series Of adven-
lures and fluctuations of the most ludicrous
character. The rest of the cast was cleverly
assumed by the Misses Gussie Gundman,
Annie Homer, Emily Stiel, Mamie McGrey-
nolds, Kittie Muller, Annie Meir, Mrs.
Louisa Bishof, r. r. Green, and John
Snodgrass. The address of welcome was
given by Miss Mile Meier, and the choir
was directed by It's leader. Mr.. Il. Michels
rendered several selections with excellent
unison and expression. The tableaux were
exceedingly fine = the beautiful young
ladies, picturesque costumes and graceful
posing giving the pictures pleasing appear
ance iA -
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4 RoMANrTc TRTAL.

A Remarkable Case of Disputed Identity.
LONDON, Oct. a. The second trial OF
James Malcolm, meat salesman, alias
Captain Mcdonald, for marrying Miss
Emma Dash, at st. James's Church,
Brighton, on April last, after a few days
courtship, while his wife, Elizabeth NAL
colin. was alive, resulted to-day in verdict
OF guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced
to seven years penal servitude. The first
trial lasted five days, and resulted in dis
agreement of the jury. The case attracted
great deal of attention, owing to the mum
Der of witnesses, equally unimpeachable
and equally positive, who ranged them
selves ON either side to give evidence as to
Malcolm's identity, and for the purpose Of
establishing an alibi All the Witnesses
present at the marriage, including the cler-
gyman who performed the ceremony, swore
most unhesitatingly to the identity of Nal
colin with the Captain Mcdonald who mar
ried Miss Dash.
On the other hand, long list of wit
nesses were put forward, who swore that
the accused was not and could not be
easily mistaken for the lover of Miss Dash.
Malcolm's wife could not, under the law,
De caileu as Wltness, ana ner husband
was thus debarred from the benefit of her
testimony. The manager of the Clarendon
Hotel at Brighton swore that Captain
Mcdonald slept there and had his wedding
breakfast in her house on the Saturday
after the wedding. Bat she was equally
positive that this man was not Malcolm.
Other witnesses gave strong testimony tend,
ing to prove an abb covering the period Of
the courtship, marriage and brief honey
moon. The facts laid before the jury have
been described as among the most roman.
tic ever described in criminal court.
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AN UNRAvE1ED MURDER MYSTERY.
An Old Tragedy Of Long Ago Recalled by .
Recent Death.


HAcKETTsTowN, Oct. 24.-Ths Gazette of
this place says that the death of Sarah
Parks. or Aunt Sally, as she has. been fami
liarly known forever three-quarters of a
century, at Changewater, recalls to the
memory of a number of people in this vici-
nifty the terrible murder that occurred at
Changewater forty-two years ago last Nav.
On the morning of the I'd day Of May, 1843.
the country for miles around was thrilled
with horror when news was received that
John Cashier had been found murdered
and thrown in a sink on highway short
distance from his residence, and his wife.
and his little daughter aged three wears,
and John b. Parks, a brother of his wife.
were found murdered in their beds. and a
hired mau named Jesse Force had also
been left for dead but had recovered con-
seriousness, but knew nothing of the per-
petrator of the horrible deed of blood. Aunt
Sally was a sister of Cashiers wife and Mr.
Parks, and lived with her brother, but had
been suddenly called away on the afternoon
previous to the murder to the bedside of a
sick brother-in-law at Washington. else she
would doubtless have shared the fate of
the other victims of the awful tragedy. Her
absence from home on that dreadful night
seems singularly providential, and was
probably the cause of saving not only her
own life, but also that of the Castner boys,
John and Victor, aged five and seven
years, who were sleeping in an adjoining
room from that usually occupied by Aunt
Sally. The murderers, after completing
their bloody work upon the other vietims
doubtless passed to her room and finding
it unoccupied and seeing her clothing as
she had thrown it off in haste, supposed
she had been alarmed and fled to the
neighbors for assistance This theory was
supported by the fact that very little
money was taken. and the indications were
that they had left the premises in great
haste. In those days there was no tele-
graph lines in the country and no railroads
within many miles, and news travelled
slowly, being generally carried from neigh
Dor to neighbor, or by the slow mail coach.
and often it would be several DAYS after
events occurred before it would be gener-
ally known around the country. The wri.
| ter of this remembers yet distinctly with
what feelings of dread and terror the news
was received in his neighborhood on the
morning after the murder At that time
there seemed to be no clue whatever to the
murderers, and some people imagined there
might be band of men organized to rob
and murder, who did the deed. Bolts and
locks were brought into requisition on
every hand, and everybody seemed alarmed
and afraid lest he might be the next vic
tim. The subsequent arrest, trial, convie-
ton and execution of Carter and Parks al
Belvidere greatly relieved the public mind
but dying as they did without confession
after being convicted entirely upon cir.
cumstantial evidence, the tragedy seems
enshrouded in almost as ruch mystery to-
day as it was on the morning after the
| murder
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The Odd Fellows, Elections.

TRENTON, Oct. 24.-The elections that
have been in progress in the Odd Fellows
Lodges throughout the State for grand
officer, have been without remarkable in
eident. AS the returns are with the
Grand Secretary n this city, and will not
be canvassed until the meeting of the
Grand Lodge next month, very little is yet
definitely known. There were so many
candidates for Representative to the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge that the election is
likely to be thrown into the Grand Lodge.
1t is known that P. G.. M. James D.
Cleaver received large number of votes,
while in Hudson County P. G. NJ, Grass
man was a favorite, the lodges in Hoboken
being almost unanimous. j. Frank Jen-
nings, of Newark, will feel highly compli-
mented at the returns from that city and
vicinity, and his first appearance on the
ticket will be followed by, more success
full return next year. It is the result of
his efforts that the ritual has come to be so
well studied in New Jersey.
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Fuss and Feathers.

When busting little old gentleman
FORCES out from the crowd on the platform
of public meeting; plants himself against
the footlights, strikes an attitude, and,
unfolding a.paper as long as one of John
P. Days poems, proceeds to passionately
declaim series of high-sounding resolu-
tons by way OF killing time till the orators
Of the evening have gathered their
Wishes Fuss and Feathers.
When busy-aired old gentleman pre-
faces the meeting, further, with long
list of Vice-Presidents that are not within
q mile of the assemblage, and elects them
to assist the chairman in conducting the
meeting-he's Fuss and Feathers.
When high stepping old gentleman
shoulders his cane with military fervor and
marshals brass band, through deserted
streets to serenade, with the proud air of
military chieflain leading his braves into
q decisive battle-he's Fuss and Feathers.
When disappointed old gentleman
gets all afame with an ambition to be
Surrogate of Hudssn County and, after
calling Martin Ward, the Banker, and
Mike Kilcauley to his assistance, goes to
bed with the serene conviction that he's
elected-he's Fuss and Feathers.
when a racing, chasing, painting. puff
ing hen-wlth-its head-off kind of an act
ing old gentleman picks up a horse-net in
haber-dasher establishment, ties strip of
muslin with his name painted on it, across
it, sings it to the breeze in front of his auc-
pioneering room on Montgomery street
and walks up and down under it, with
estate uneasiness, and chucklingly con-
graduates himself, as often as he looks at il
that his campaign has been conducted
with successful vigor = he's Fuss and
Feathers.
Fuss and Feathers once woke Rome to
her danger; but if Rome had turned over
and gone TO sleep again. with calm reli
ance upon the saving grace of Fuss and
Feathers, she would have been elernally
left.
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GreenviIle,s New Car Track.

When asked how the new track as fa1
as laid, worked a representative of the
Greenville horse car company said that the
company was well pleased with the work
ing of the new track and that as far as he
could say the riding qualities of the new
track met the approval of the passengers
who favor his road with their patronage
The manner these tracks are laid is only
an experiment with the Greenville com.
pany the tracks are laid on iron bridges
which are fastened to the ties under the
pavement These bridges have tendency
to a slight almost unperceptiable spring
affording excellent riding qualities, and
there is less danger of the tracks getting
out of guage by the action of frost as in
the old method. s
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
AT THE ACADEMY.
James O'NeilI to Appear This Week as
'sMOnte CristO.''

James O'NeilI to Appear This Week as
'sMOnte CristO''
The presentation of Charles Feehter's
adaptation of Alexander Dumas work
Monte Cristo," with Mr. James O'NeilI in
the principal role, will be one of the best
performances brought out at the Academy
of Music this season. 1t will be on the
boards next Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, October 20, 80 and 81, with matinee
on Saturday. A local paper says of Mr..
O'Neill:
James O'Neills Monte Cristo'' is an excellent
piece of acting 1t is difficult to Imagine any actor
of the time SURPRISING Mr.. O'NeiIl in this charac
ter. He is an earnest actor, and it is an evident
fact that his heart is in his work TIE ever vary
ing points of Monte rstos life he treats with skill
and naturalness; he brings to bear upon his work
ripe experience, sound judgment,
Mr.. O'Neill is highly praised in all Sec
tons, and the fATTLER takes great pleasure
in endorsing him as possibly the finest
actor in his peculiar line of acting on the
American stage. He should draw packed
houses. Mr.. ONeill is supported By an
extraordinarily strong company.
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Grace Church,s Entertainment.

Grace M. E. Church on Tonnele avenue
was the scene of a delightful entertainment
Thursday evening. The entertainment
open with an instrumental duet by Mes
DANES Janey S. Gardle and F. M. Johnson
Miss Hattie Frederick followed with the
recitation of the 'sCurfew shall not ring
tonight" Miss Anna Penny sang /" The
Butterfly" Messrs. James La Rue and
Weiner, of the Unique Literary Society,
played popular airs on the cornet. Mr..
VIM. Il Vermilye recite d "Stand up, Bro.
Brown" and ssThe Irishmans Letter. !"
Mr.. Alfred Evans, DR.. Joseph Autenreith,
Misses Matte Tippett and Clara Autenreith
sang as qnartette, with Miss Stohr as
accompanies, and did it very we'll. Miss
Minnie Babcock recited ga Drama" Prof
w. G. Ceilings sang 81 Fear No Foe," and
Sing, Sweet Bird Mrs. Collins and Mrs.
johnson sang Duet Prof. A. La Rue
played The Lion Chase on the piano,
and Misses Annie Penny and Hattie Fred
erick closed with duett.
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The most safely conducted road in the
world probably is the Pennsylvania; and
yet even its thoroughly equipped 6 block
system" is not, as last Sundays terrible
slaughter proved, perfectly reliable pre-
caution against accident. The neglect or
the blunder of a-sleepy or stupid or a
careless operator may sacrifice scores of
lives. Until some system of automatic
signals is put in operation on the roads
life win not be entirely secure against coll
lisions and telescoping. Perhaps the
roads may find it advisable TO experiment
with system of that kind described in
the TATTLER some weeks ago, and owned
by company in New York of which
United States Treasurer Jordan was, and
his brother is, President
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

We observe that Fuss and Feathers
Wolbert anxiously denies that, at the
secret" meeting in Taylor's Hotel, at
which he nominated himself, ten days or
so ago, he assailed the foreign voters of
the community, as reported in last Sun
days TATTLER. He was reported for the
TATTLER by a short hand reporter, who
overheard his denuuciations of the Irish.
He objected to Mr.. McAvoy on the ground
that he has Irish blood in his veins, and
added that while there is room for Irish
men in this County. he didn't want to see
them made Governors and United States
Senators and Congressman. But it isn't
anything new for Fuss and Feathers to
give expression to such sentiments.
Wherever he is known, he is known as
violent hater of the foreign born voter
He is one of the deepest dyed Know
of the Evening Telegram he advertised him.
self as an American, as distinguished from
these citizens of foreign birth or descent,
and all through his career he has been in
terested in every movement calculated to
exclude them from the public places. But
then Fuss and Feathers's sentiments are of
no possible moment in this campaign, He
will serve as the clown of the canvass, and
we shall enjoy the humor of his candi-
dacy: but no one will regard him seriously
enough, as political factor. to care what
he thinks or whether he thinks at all or
notl
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The soreheads find fault with the TAT
TIER for ridiculing respectable old
gentleman like Fuss and Feathers. We
don't know how else to treat his canvass.
His appearance on the scene, and the sur
roundings of his candidacy are SO fraught
with humor that we can't refrain from
laughing at the business. It's one of the
funniest practical jokes the politicians
have ever served up for the amusement of
the voters of this county. Nothing can
approach it in humor. except John S. De
Harris eager pursuit of the Shrievalty
nomination three or four years ago.
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The effort that is being made by certain
disgruntled Democrats-if they may be
considered Democrats at ALTO defeat
Surrogate McAvoy, will simply have the
effect to swell that gentlemans majority.
The election is unimportant, there being
but three County officers, with an Assem-
blyman to choose, and under ordinary
circumstances great many Democrats
would neglect to vote. Mr.. McAvoy
might in that case consider himself fortu-
nate to receive a majority of thousand.
not from lack Of popularity, but because
Democrats, knowing his election to be a
foregone conclusion, would idly stop at
home But now the case is different.
Knowing the efforts that are being made
to defeat him that class of voters will
come out simply to rebuke this rule or
ruin spirit and the result will be that Mr..
McAvoy will have majority of at least
two thousand and which may go as high
as three thousand. Altogether we believe
the opposition to Mr.. McAvoy will do him
good instead of harm and we invite Mr.
Wolbert to make note of this idea for
private consideration on the morning of
Wednesday, November A. 1t may be
well-spring of information to him on that
day, if not source of pleasure and de-
light.
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Judge Warren,s Sales.

Joseph Warren, auctioneer, reports sale
of house and lot No. 178 Thirteenth street,
to John H. Maker for 81, 400; two houses
and lots on the southwest corner of Hen
derson and Thirteenth streets, to Edward
Kane for $3.50; house and lot. No. "a
Munroe street, Hoboken, to Ellen DAILY,
for 81, 1915; house and lot No 3043 Eighth
street, to James Cuff, for So, 500; house and
about twenty lots of ground, No. so Van
Wrinkle. street, to Frank Gallery, confec-
toner, for S., 1000; house and lot, No. ISL
Golden street, for $3.50, to N. Mersnoff,
one lot on Pavonia avenue. 100 feet east of
the Erie street, property Of p G. billiard,
to st. Michael's Orphan Asylum, for SO. 500;
making total of $22. 625.
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The Argus has been bowling against
McAvoy because the County Committee
is with him. Last Thursday evening it
began to howl because the County Com
mittee is not with him 1t alleged at
the start that the County Committee had
forced his domination on the party.
Thursday evening it declared that the ap-
pointment of Democratic Advisory
Committee at Roches Hall, was made nee
essary by the fact that the County Com
mite is not in the canvass. So the Argus
has discovered that it was mistaken in its
diagnosis of the political situation, and
that the high moral objection that led to
its opposition to McAvoy does not exist.
Now that the Argus's only objection to
Surrogate McAvoy's candidacy is removed
we may expect it, we suppose, to support
the ticket. No one seems anxious, how
ever, to have its support The man whom
the Argus advocates is sure to be beaten.
Twas always thus from the the time the
Argus became the
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Bayonne,s Building Boom.

The local papers here have been COM
planning of the lack of enterprise shown in
this city, but, wandering through the paved
and well kept city, reporter counted
scores of neat substantial buildings in
course of erection, land builders complaining
of scarcity of good workmen. Houses in
this city rent for reasonable price and
are seldom vacant. The vast amount of
money tied up in real estate is surprising,
the owners do not care to sell except at
their OWL prices which are high. This
tends to create lack of ready funds. 1t
is to be hoped the present building boom
is the forerunner of a general spirit of en-
terprise and activity.
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Bayoune,s WorkInameu.

Graphically penned pictures of working
mems wrongs are seen in the different jour
nails, but that organized labor has become
power in this country goes without say
ing. We-are- just in the dawn of regen-
Grafton for working people. Such is the
opininion expressed by prominent union
man and politician of Bayonne City. Fur
ther inquiry showed that the gentleman
was the representative of the thousands of
laborers in the Fifth ward of Bayonne,
known as Constable Hook. union has
recently been organized, and with large
membership, constantly increasing it has
banded together many of the toilers of the
city, including men prominent in city work
AM business.
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LORNE ROTTEN legged.
Queen Victoria's Son-in-Law Runs Away
from a Mob.

from a Mob.
LONDON, Oct 24.-It is now evident that
the Parliamentary campaign will not pass
off without serious rloting in many quar-
tiers, as party feeling, which already runs
high, daily grows more bitter The Mar
quis of Lorne, the Liberal candidate for
Hampstead, went down to Brentford, a
town seven miles west of London, to de-
liver campaign speech. While addressing
the electors, a mob assaulted him with rot
ten eggs, and some of them, gaining the
platform, smashed his hat over his head
The supporters of the Marquis rushed to
his rescue, and fight ensued The noble
lord now became so thoroughly frightened
that he LASTLY departed from the scene,
ran through the streets in drenching rain
to the railway station, and Immediately de,
parted for London. Meanwhile the row
continued, the supporters of the Marquis
being severely handled, and becoming dis
couraged ia their desertion by their cham
pion they finally retreated, leaving their
contestants masters of the field The lat
ter then seized the platform and passed a
resolution condemning the policy of the
Liberals