The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-05-02

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ALBERTyEDWARD, :PAlNCE
OF WALES.
lreIand's Latest Distinguished v's'-
Some incidents of the visit Of the Prince
and Princess of Wales to Ireland are well
known to every reader of the newspapers.
While they and their son have been we'll re-
ceiyed on the whole, expressions OF dlsa1-
lection and hatred of English rule have
not been wanting. Notably III Cork, the
distinguished visitors received welcome
which represented the extFfWes ~ feeling
expressed with the heartiness which char
ncterizes Irish sentiment. On the whole
the royal visitors have been treated with
becoming respect by the people generally
ma we'll as with the generosity and warmth
which characterize the hospitality of those
who entertained them at their homes.
While the PRINCE of Wales, in common
with other mortals, has faults. want OF tact
and ready sagacity are not among them. he
is unexceptionally happy in his public ap-
pearances and addresses. The royal family
could not be better, if as we'll represented,
7 by any other person, particularly in Ireland
where forbearance and tact are indispen-
sable to prevent such hostile demonstra-
lions as that which was not prevented at
Cork.
Tn. eldest son of Queen Victoria and
heir apparent to the throne of the United
Kingdom, 4 Ebert Edward. Prince Of Wales,
was born on the 9th of November, 1S4l.
His preparatory education was by private
tutors. After his University course he visi
ted this country and Canada. This was in
1860, when he was only nineteen years of
age. While he was in New York, the Sixty
ninth Regiment, which consists of Irish
D men or the descendants of Irishmen, re-
fused to parade in his honor. After his re-
turn home he heaaue nsmbsr OF the
military camp at Curragh, Ireland. In
1862 he made an extended trip to the East,
including the Holy Land. He was mar,
ried on March 10, 1868. to the Princess
Alexandria, daughter of Christian IN, King
OF Denmark. Five children, two sons and
three daughters, have beep horn to the
couple. The eldest, Prince Albert Victor,
who lately attained his majority, accom-.
panied his parents in Ireland. The Prince
made tour in Hindostan, in 1906. He
has beautiful country residence at Sand
bingham, Norfolk, where he lives the life OF
g Ia h,,> nd
fashioned hospitality. His seat in London
is the resort of miscellaneous characters in
Guiding literary men, artists, etc.
The numerous titles borne by the Prince
include that of Grand master in the order
Freemasons. When the Marquis of Ripon
became Catholic and gave up Free
masonry, the Prince succeeded him in the
Grand -mastership.
On the 10th of March a fire occurred on
board;the..s Steamer Assumption, at the New
Orleans wharf, caused by sparks from a
torch igniting the leakage from coal oil
can stored under the stairway Leading from
the lower deck to the cabin. When the
alarm was given Capt Frank Bergeron
ran to the safe and taking out the paper
money, amounting to :2145, put it i'll Il
pocketbook which he placed in one of his
inside coat pockets. During the ensuing
excitement and while the Captain was en-
Aeayoring to restvaip some terror stricken
lady passengers from jumping overheard,
the pocketbook either fell! or Vas taken
from his coat. No trace Of the money was
discovered until two weeks ago, when a
colored roustabout named Ike Scott was
arrested in st. Bernard parish charged
with the larceny. Circumstances point to
Scott as the thief, as he began to spend
money lavishly Immediately after the As
sumption affair and opened siQss IN St
Bernard twenty-three miles below the city
Nearly $500 in cash was found in the
Rrmoir of SCOTS bedroom and the goods
in his store are worth AS much more. The
case has not yet been i1dicially examined
but the authorities are confident they have
the right man in custody.
We learn from copy of the daily jour.
.al, published at Palatka, Fla, that oui
friend Mr.. Geo. A. Freret, formerly a res
ilent of Ascension parish, has been elected
Third Sergeant of the Gem City Guards
fine military company recently organ
lied ut Palatka. Mr.. Freyet was an Officer
of the Cotield Guards of this place ant
from the interest he showed i'll that com
mand We believe the Florida organization
to which he ia now attached will find hin
first-class member.
fac-simile Of map prepared by Gen
eral Gordon in khartoum, and with note
in his handwriting, forms feature o
: Science for April 10. Gen. Stone, late o
tie Egyptian service, writes the descriptiv
text, and Coiouel prout, who served will
Gordon, contributes Az article upon hi
character as an officer, showing the mis-
conception of those persons who have sup
posed him to be a mere enthusiast. 9Th
Climate of the SoudaI.'' by an officer o
long experience, and the - Route from sua
kim to Berber," are recent ARTICLES in til
,,aasa Of Science. the new scientihs weekly
IS, year. IS Bond Street. New York.
The friends aud acquaintance Of Messrs
Hiram S. Thomas and Charles B. kneed
Ter. who formerly resided i'll Soutaerl
Louisiana, will regret to learn of the deaf
If their estimabIe mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
kneedler. who hreathed her last ct he
home in Ceder Rapids, Iowa. on tie iot
INST. aged *, years. Mrs. hneedler la
been an inyaiid for twenty years and boz
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