The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-01-02

been q faithful and affectionate spouse fol
twenty years. was not left wholly destitute
She had secured $780, coo during her hus.
bands life, and comfortable home be-
sides, so that she would be no bad catch for
any bachelor or widower lying around
| loose.
This is a perfect paradise for female
swindlers; no sooner is one disposed Of than
another takes her place and our best hotel
keepers are generally their victims, though
bankers and brokers are not beneath their
attentions. Only a few months since a lady
from the South charmed dozen boarding
house keepers aud q large circle Of admir-
ing acquaintances at each place, as she sang
with exquisite power and was an artist in
crayon and oil of no mean ability. But
with all her talents and accomplishments,
she was a swindler and a thief, and taking
she purloined rings, bTeast-pins and all
such triles as were left lying about her
friends rooms-and after working house
to its utmost capacity, she generally left.
on the case and the result was the arrest OF
the unfortunate woman, whose baggage be-
ing searched, disclosed over 900 pawn tick
cts for all sorts of things which she had
stolen. When the detective arrested her
she asked permission to step into an inner
room to arrange her bonnet where she swal-
lowed dose of strychnine and was dead
before aid could reach her.
The latest ia the wife of a dead English
Lord. She gave couple of sharp old ladies
some worthless checks in payment for her
board, and as natural consequence,
brought up in Jail. It would seem that this
class of adyenturers are seldom without
friends. A very fine lady went throught a
dozen hotels here, living at the rate of a
hundred to hundred and. fifty dollars a
week. None but the best apartments suit
ed her, and she rode from place to place,
not in an ordinary turn out. butiIl private
carriage, with coachman and footinan in
livery, so that everybody thought she was
rolling in wealth. At last the calls for the
payment of bills became pressing, when all
at once the hotel was startled with the an
nouncement that the lady's room had been
entered and $4,000 worth OF diamonds had
been stolen. Walters were c,,l!ed up and
examined, chambermaids were oyeri,auiea,
BELL boys were scrutinized, bus nothing was
found. Just in the nick of time a detective
dropped III and gobbled the lady, when a
list of her swindles appeared longer than
the moral law. just as the matters were
coming to head. kind hearted old gent.
was induced by her daughter to come for
ward and settle all of her bills, and she
walked out of court free woman, though
at one time it appeard as if Sic would land
i'll the penitentiary.
The equitable division of the Vanderbilt
property caused a drop i'll the market from
two to five per cent. There appears to be
no special reason for this, but the chronic
cussednass Of the brokers. The EXECUTORS
have year and half to settle the affairs
and the securities are OF such an excellent
character that it is altogether probable that
the major portion of them will be held by
the family, and if there was any likelihood
of the market being disturbed, there is no
doubt but syndicate would be formed in
side of twenty-four hours that would hold
the market firm.
Marvellous indeed are these winter dis
plays that are now crowding the streets.
Never before, i'll my memory, has tie display
of goods been 50 beautiful and lavish. 1t
is a qualification to know that many of the
most beautiful goods in the market are of
American manufacture. Our schools of de-
sign are making themselves felt in every
department of art. giving employment to
thousands whose lives might otherwise be
passed in hopeless drudgery.
The weather has been most trying, alter
mating between moderate summer and keen
winter.
Yours truly, BROADBR1M.