The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Tribalations Of Moving Day-Rens
Bulletin Romances-stern Dams@s.
New Steamship Lines, Rto.

The Tribulations Of Moving Day-RenS
Bulletin Romances-ssorm Damaas,
New Steamship Lines, Ebe.
New Orleans. La. oet. 9. lsos.
Staff Correspondence 8of The Chisf.
Moving Day-not only the popular
Won Tilzer ballad. but the dissr scsing
fact itsef-has hold of the town. Every.
where the big moving vans lungs pon.
derously along the streets, while hum.
BILE cottages aud pretentious dwellings
bristle alike with outgoing or incoming
tenants. Moving time In itself Is bad
enough, but the time that precedes ii,
the soul-racking period OF houBs-huns.
ing, has it beat mile when 10 comes
to real a-going. Did you ever do any
house-hunting? II so, my profound
sympathy is yours; and IL you happen
to be blest with q h8lf-do2en or SO
loving little offspring whom eireum-
stances compelled you 70 row along
In your quest OF habitasIOn, then my
sympathy is even more profound. "a
few weeks ago it was common eight
to behold weary, detected looking
woman with colony Of WeeDy Iisslg
folk clinging to her long-suH Horing
skirts, enter car with rental book
open in one hsnd, and . aher-nams-uass
Maud expression In her eye. oh. not
you didn't have so be q Sherlock
Holmes to guess what she was shout.
Ny DEAR" heard one woman say
to another in Coliseum car, III have
been out houge-hunting today and
such time as have hadi 15 ID nosh-
ing short OF outrageous TO publish the
lovely descriptions theg do OF anch
atrocious looking houses. Only fancy:
the house we are in now is d positive
disgrace to the community, aud re
couldn'tbe induced to stay In Il another
year for all the money on earth. The
is as dark IS q CELLAR.
the bathroom is 30 absurd1y amall
that you have TO go into the next room
to change your mind, and the entire
place is sadly in need OF repairs which
our miser Of 6 landlord simply refnses
to have attended to. And yet-oh. Ii
makes me boil TO think Of it!--whon 7
was reading aloud TO John some OF
the alluring descriptions OF houses
listed In this rental book, came across
one which he and / both pouased on
instantly. The very thing, said John,
delighted. Well go around there
right away and look at IL and veil
cinch it before somebody else gets
ahead of us. What's the numhae?s
And would you believe Il my dear, -
continued the narrator Ia voics et once
indignant and aggrieved, sit was tha
very detestable, atrocfons, impossible
house we're occupying nov, described
10 that book like cogy corner III
the seventh heavenl Oh, I'm perfeetly
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Rev. Theodore Copaland, former
pastor of the Rayne Memorial Church.
has been transferred TO ST. Louis, Mo-.
and left New Orleans Friday OF IasS
week TO assume his new duties. Mr..
Copeland preached his farewell ser.
mon TO his congregation Sunday night,
The storm which swept the gulf coasb
Wednesday night did some little dam.
age 10 New Orleans and created great
havoc at the lake. Telegraph and saIs.
phone wires were down in all directions,
and for time New Orleans was almosS
entirely cut of from communication
with the outside world. The Southern
Yacht Clubs property at Vest End
was damaged TO the extent OF 5000,
and one Of the shooting galleries and
several bath houses there were come
pletely demolished. Much damage
was done in Buektoun, which edioins
West End, and Spanish Forb and
suffered somewh st. Bus we
got off SO lightly compared With
Mobile. Pensacola and other poinsa on
the gulf coast that it scarcely seems
worth while mentioning our little
losses.
Miss Sophie B. Wright returned
home Thursday or last week afesr an
absence Of several months apens In
Colorado, and will resume the greas
work OF philanthropy In which she Is
among the poor and nnedu.
Gated OF this city.
Col. A. s. Graham, 3 veteran Of bhe
civil war and for many years clsy
passenger agent OF the Texas and Pa-
cife Railroad, died st bis home In this
city last week. The deceased vas
prominent member of 8 number oE
fraternal anigations, and Was ono
Of the organizers and 1rst axaI1sd
ruler Of the local lodge Of Rlks.
The Cans line. new steamship line,
will begin oper rations out of New Or
leans this month, sending vessels to
and from Rottard am, Hamburg, Rors
deaux and other European ports.
Richard Meyer is the general New o.
leans agent. g. B