The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-07-04

try this glorious fourth Of July was bound
70 pcodncs rain, and It did. Aheavy shower
tellat Donaldsonyille, but it was over by
noon and the afternoon was clear and
plessaok
Grape Mix On ice-a temperance drink
at Aanrin's Cheap Grocery Emporium.
NeGhing more pleasant to the taste could be
desired
Mrs. G. +. Moser and Mrs. ]. B. Quimby
OF this place will leave on the steamer Gay
tomorrow for q soiourn Of tw0 weeks or
80 at Seashore Camp Ground, near Biloxi,
where they haze rented 4 neatjittle cottage.
We wish them an agreeable time.
Miss Minnie Binnines spent few days
~ guest at the home Of Mrs. J. Wilder
sen ON the Crescent plantation this week.
Miss Atnnis Will lssss for Thibodaax on
Monday . bid goodbye 70 her yosaeer
brothss, NO = to taks his departure for
Cincinnati on the following day.
=, Only Ave cents 3 yard for choice calicoes
and inen lawns At Nines Old Reliable
Store.
4 peatal card from friend in Napoleon
vilie Informs 10 that splendid and much
nsedad rain tel thsre yesterday, accompa
nisd ~ terrific wind, amounting almost
to aeyclone. Crops in that vicinity are
locking very fine.
Nj. Emile vom Hofe is erecting hand
saDe new residence on his plantation q
short distance above Darrowviile, and the
NOV stsuso1as viA b at once ornamental,
convenient and comfortabae. Tho old Oar
,sow;houss will be repaired and viii form
AN addition to the new residenoe.
Mr.. Leo ]. Peyret Of St. James, formerly
foreman Of the Asceasion DeDsocret Office
made his appeaEa1os in Charlottesville yes
terday, and will remain three or four days.
We were pleased to receive call from him
and to find him looking as handsome and
healthy q when he left here several months
ago.
Milwaukee are, words and music; price
reduced to 10 cents, at Ingman's.
Miss Regina Fevrier, the charming daugh
tor of our friend and former townsman J..
Fevrier, Esq, arrived here Wednesday, &C
companisd BY her little sister Jaiia, and is
the guest of Mrs. Deoinie1e Cent? Of st.
Patrick street. Miss Regina il ssrs to have
a pleasant time anea9 her host ct friends
n D0nalas0nEille md vicinity.
We have been unable to obtain any fur
'ther particulars relative to the shooting of
two colored women in Assumption, reported
in the CHIEF Of last week, excepting that
Sallie Aiken, who was wounded by George
Robinson on the Elm Hall plantation, will
recover from her wound, aud that the per-
petrators of both crimes are still at large.
Split cypress shingles for 81 per thou
ssand for sale by C. Kline of the Old Re-
liable Store.
. Mrs. W. J. Walters Of Plaquemine is yis-
iting her parents, Capt. A. B. Sharp and
wife, and assisting in the care Of her sick
sister. Mrs. Glenn P. Binnings. Mrs. Wal
tsFs win probably remain here some time.
She isenjoying excellent health and never
looked better in her life, which is as high a
compliments oesld be paid her.
Mesers. Willie aud Louis Davis aud sew
seral other residents of the Point Houmas
neighborhood are about to organize gun
~slab in that vicinity, and a similar move
ment is on foot in Donaldsonville. When
both these clubs get well under way We may
loook for several lively shooting matches
a. the rivalry will doubtless run high be-
tween them and the older organization
across the river.
The celebrated Get up and get =" candy
only five cents apiece, at Maurin's Cheap
Grocery Emporium. Tryit.
Min Leila Pike Of Assumption is again
visiting Donaldsonville friends, and is a
guest st the residence of Mrs. Mayor
Aaarin. Daring the coming week Miss
Pike viii g TO Salisbury plantation, St.
James parish, 10 spend few days With
her sister, Mrs. W. B. Sharp. after which
she will return to " finish out" her Donald
sonvilie visit. She is a most charming aud
attractive young lady and great fayorite
in society circles both in Assumption and
Ascension.