The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-02-20

BASE BALL.-The Gas Bags and Kicker
met in battis array on the Cleveland Parl
diamond last Sunday afternoon, and afte
q most existing contest of seven inning
the windy nine crawlAd through q SINAI
hole and downed their stubborn opponent
by score Of II to u. The ebullition ol
| gas and display Of ground AID lofty kick
ing against the umpire we're of a characte,
seldom equaled and still more rarely OK
celled, but that sturdy official, being Q
blacksmith of buriy frame, fne muscula,
development and adamantine cheek, stood
his ground against the cyclone Of chin mu-
sic, and when he said man was out, out
| be was, and that settled it, no matter what
the opinions Of protesting expounders of
guide-b book rules might be. There were
some fine plays INDEPENDENTLY bril-
liant running catch by Mr.. Sidney Melan-
con in left field, resulting in an unexpected
double play to second base-and the boys
| demonstrated that, Notwithstanding they
! have been several months without practice,
they haven't forgot how to handle the ash
and sphere, -M.......
Another exciting match will be played to
| morrow afternoon, between mines COM
posed mainly of members of the Lee club
on one side and of Fortiers on the other.
The losers will have the privilege of paying
for a keg of thirst-slaking beverage.
The Exposition nine defeated the Lees of
New Orleans at Exposition Park, last Sun
day, by score of 8 to1.
Gulf City League will be organized
this season, in which New Orleans will have
representative team.
CHANGE OF PosTMAsrERs.-On Monday
last, the 18th inst, NJ. Camille Mollere, the
newly appointed Postmaster of Donald
sonville, assumed charge of the Office, re-
lieving Postmaster Louis Lefort, whose
term expired in December last. While re-
iterating our recently expressed conviction
that Mr.. Mollere will prove a COMPETENT
and popular officer, we desire. al the same,
time, to bear cheerful testimony to the ad-
mirable official record made by the outgo-
ing Postmaster, Under his administration
the affairs of the important Office have
been conducted in a manner highly salts
factory to the public and creditable in the
greatest degree to the officer himself. As
Stunning the position under circumstances
that lead many of his political opponents
to regardithe appointments with dislike and
to predict for him an unsatisfactory oficial
career, he has so comported himself as to
win the confidence of the public and the
government and the respect, if not the good
will, of those who were most inimical to
him at the outset of his term of service.
The Office is by no means lucrative one,
its salary and perquisites being very small
in comparison with the responsibility, labor
and expense entailed up the incumbent, but
Mr.. Lefort retires with clean balance
sheet and has faithfully accounted for all
the money and property passing through
his hands during the last four years, aggre-
eating in valne many thousands of dollars
annually. Not little of the credit attach
ing to this praisworthy showing belongs to
Mr.. j. Rumsey Duke, the courteous and eff
q source of satisfaction to this young gentle
mems numerous. friends and the public
generally to know that he will be retained
in his position by the new Postmaster.