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TUEIONALDSONYLLLCHIEF. o FICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF ASCENSION AND TOWN OF DONALD-SONVILLE. SUM DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1884. NUM*ER 62 Ami4un Huani43a~i O erie. !. A 1.wkkeIo~me Npa1per PtshlbE E very Satur ,y, at ,Donalksesilapaension Parish,Isa.,z ,N EN Ee- BENTLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. `21"X& O7 SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, one year;..........--......$2 00 One copy, six months ................ 1 25 :Six copies, one year ..................10 00 ; Twelve copies, one year............. 18 00 s1 Payable invariably in advance. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch of space coastitutes a "square." e4uAnaa. Itmo.2mos. 3mos. 6mos. lyear = square.. $3 $5 00 $ 6 50 $1100!$1500 - 4squares. 5100 8 00 9 50 15 00 20 00 3 squares. 7 00 11 00 12 50 19 00 25 00 rl 4 squares. 8 50 14 00 45 00 23 00 30 00 F 5 squares. 10 00 16 00 17 00 27 00 35 00 d 6 squares. It 50 18 00 19.00 30 00 40 00 7 squares. 13 50 20 00 21 00 33 00 44 00 8 squares. 15 00 22 00 24 00 36 00 48 00 i column. 20 00 30 00 35 00 45 00 60 00 I colannu 3.000 40 00 45 00 55 00 75 00 s 1 Dal inn 40 00 50 00 55 00 650 100 00 'nransteitt advertisements $1 per square first-insertion; each subsequent insertion, J 75 cents per square. (iMaiatdVrtsements$l per square first in in to ech subsequent publication 50 oentRier square." Editorial notices, first insertion, 20 cents - per line; subsequently, 10 cents per line. Cards of six lines or less in Business I)i rectory, five dollars per annum. Brief communications upon subjects of public interest solicited. No attention paid to anonymous letters. - The edior is notresponsible forthe views of correspondents. Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville. La. DONAL0.SONVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Etc. JNO. F. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fan cy Groceries, Provisions. Plantation and Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors, Bottled Beer. Ale, etc., Dry Goods apd Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chet imnaces streets, opp. River Ferry. A D. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods, S Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hate, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard- I ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks', Corti and Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street. BERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western Produce, fancy and staple Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils, Carts, Plows; Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur niture, Crockery, Wall Paper and House Fribin Goos i~ssissppisrecrne JOSEPH GONDRAN, dealer in Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all kinds of House Furnishing Goods, Blue Store, Mississippi street. U TOBIAS, dealer in Groceries, Dry 1 Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Furniture, Hardware, Crock ery, Trunks, etc., corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowest figures. KLINE, corner Crescent Place and C" Houmas street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro visions, Corn, Oats and Bran. ISRAEL & CO., dealers in Dry Goods, " Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery, Buggies, etc., corner Mississippi street and Railroad Avenue. MOYSE, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth " ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Furature, Hardware and Plantation Sup plies, at Lemann's old stand, Mississippi street. WEINSCHENCK, dealer in Dry Goods, S" Notions, Clothing, Groceries, hnrd - ware, Hats, Boots and Shoes, and general Plantation Supplies, Railroad Avenue, be tween Iberville and Attakapas streets. J 8NO.SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries, Win0 and Liquors, Crockery, Tinware, Notions, eta No. 21 Railroad Avenue, be tween Conn and St. Michael streets, Donaldisonville . ETOINE PFISTER, dealer in Fancy A and Staple (roerie of all kinds, of best qualities and at lowsst pi-icest Wiines, Li uors, Boat and Plantation Supplics, etc., La ourche street', corner St. Michael. TBABIIN, dlealcr in Choice Famil a GrceresWnesand Liquors, Laiu ps. Oils, etc. Darrowv~illo, near ferry lauding. and opposite Donaldsonvalle. LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS. T HE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager, Corner Lessard and Mississippi streets. Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and ,J Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc. )UTCHERS' EXCHANGE, P. MolIlere, proprietor, Crescent Place, opposite the Market-Uouse. Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always kept at the bar. HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. ORT. E. LEE HOTEL, at Marx Israel's old stand, corner Mississippi and aes1 bard streets. Jos: Lafargue, proprietor. and billiard room attached. First-class en terta ccommodationd acomniontbo-s. :T IVEISIDE HOTEL and LucBuIOOM.I A Mississipr i street: Fred. Ro e ro prietor. Boarding and lodging at reasonable 'rates. Table always srsplicd with the best I thel arket affords. Special and comfortable s accommnodations5 for transient boarders. ST. LOUIS HOTEL, Lucy Butler. pro ~prietor, Crescent Place, near the wharf. 1 F'irst-class Board and Lodging at. reasonable rates. iITY HOTEL, P. Lefevrs, Proprietor, ' Railroad Avenue, cor. Iberville street. j~ar supplied with best. Liquor-s. CONFECTIONERIES. PHILIP G~EIGER'S Confectionery and4 rumit Store, Mississippi street, ad~joining~ Lenlana's old stand. Cakes. Soda Water, NutsTy n ac rils NADONVr'LE CONFECTIONERY. i ObyklA. Gilhe, Mississilppi street, near $t. Patrick. Branch on Railroad Avenue, ~ear Opelousas street. Cakes. Fruit.~, Nuts, ~odai Water, Ice Cream. Cakes. Ice Cream alid Syrups for weddings and parties lur . 4h r IA Rt DEATEJL. fOS. THOMIPSOji. Railroad Avenue, next (T loor t~o corner of Uo WaV st~ret, near the depot., dealer in Havana 'and Domestic Ci-ays; Tobacco, Snuff. Pipeas, etc; SEWING MACHINES. F Singe? Sewing Marhine D1POT, corner Mississippi and Lessard streets. A. Co Manain ger, r.(Octavia ly ...... .e y . Saleslady LIVERY ,STABLES & UNDERTAKING. S CHONBERG'S Livery, Feed and Bale Stable and Undertaker's Establishment, Railroad ,Avenue, between Iberville and At ,"akapas streets. Competition defied. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 1) RYBISKI, Apothecary and Druggist, JJ. Mississippi street, between St. Patrick and St. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's store. CENTRAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail road Avenue and Iberville street, L. Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drugs and Medicines. `MILLINERY. M RS. M. GLUM. Milliner, Mississippi 1 MLVLstreet, between Lessard and St. Pat I rick. Latest styles of Bonnets, Hats. French I Flowers, etc.; also, all kinds of Ladies' Un l derwear. '1 MgRS. J. FEVRIER, Milliner; all hinds of M S. tBonnets. Trimmings, Artificial j Flowers and Fancy Articles, corner Missis sippi and Lessard streets. BARBER SHOP. L L. FERNANDEZ, Barber Shop, Mis L. sissippi Street, near corner Lessard. Shaving, hair-cutting, shampooing, etc., in t most artistic style. TINSMITH. LOUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi street, at Lemann's old stand. Orders attended to with dispatch and satisfaction insured. (BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. SGOETTE, Boot and Shoemaker, Mis s De sissippi street, opposite Maurin's store. All work in best style at bottom prices. ATTORNEYS AT LAWV. Frederick Duffel, R. Prosper Landry. D UFFEL & LANDRY, Attorneys at Law. 011ice on Chetimaches street, just hack of the Court-house. EDWARD N. PUGh1, Attorney at Law, - Attakapas street, opposite Louisiana Square. Visits Napoleonville on Mondays. s SODA WATER MANUFACTORY. SCODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H. OetAer proprietor, No. 11 Mississippi ;, street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds 4, of aerated waters manufactured, and sold 1- at lowest prices. SADDLERY--.HARNESS-MAKING. REDERICK BRENN, Saddler and Har a Fness Maker, 159 Railroad Avenue. Sad l dies and harness of all styles and prices 9, made to order. All orders for repairing and r painting of Carriages and Buggies promptly l executed. Dr. P. J. Friedrichs, OF € New Orleans, Oflice on Railroad Avenue between Mispis sippi and Iberville streets. : DR. A. C. LOVE, e. Darrowwille, La. Left bank Mississippi river, opposite Don aldsonville. 1O1ec and residence at Gibson's Hotel. DR. J. B. VANDEGRIFF OFFICE : y, Attakapas street, near the Court-House, I Donaldsonville, La. WR. W1 M. McGALLIA RD He Office in Cresceat Place, Cr Donaldsonville, La. Hjij An D. HANSON, M. D. lit lit oFFICIl:H Corner Iberville street and Railroad Avenue, next door to Central Drug Store, Donaldsonville, La. MRS. CURIEN, ME13Y = 1W Iberville St., opp. St. Vincent's Institution, an Donaldsonville, La. us fus. CuRIE., a French graduate. respect- TI fully tenders her services to the ladies of ti Donaldsouville and vicinity. Best refer- it euces given. jlyl7-ly he Av AND NOTARIAL OFFICE. 1-. N. Simts, M1 AT ONMSY AT LAW, ac Donalisonrillc, La. th Practice in Ascension, As-uimtion and St jo J ,ames. ruch2`.-1y i0 PALLL';i(ti cc cc 1A' LEill 0 ATTORT1IY AT LAW, W Donaldsonville, La., ni Olie : One block below the Court- cu House, on Attakapas street. uny24-ly I B. F . EARHART, i ATTORNEY AT LAW, di - Office: Opposite the Court-Ihouse, Ii Doialcdson1viille, La. 01 e Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial tl t District (comnprising St. Jamues and Aseen- it e sion parishes). and in the Supreme andi United States Courts. miyl et r "D. McCULLOH, \ ATTORTZY AT LAW, or Donaldsonville, La. pl Offee on Attakapas street, opposite the w Court-House. E _1. N. SItts. J. E. Pocui. d IMS : POCHIE, S1 g ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ti 5t. James, La. tl Office at F. P. 1'oche's. Address: Convent o S.y pO. iP' Air. Sims will be in St. James 0 every Monday. apiaŽ4 it SBEL+, 1i DRUGGIST, I Corner Chetimaches and Mississippi Streets t Donaldsonville, La. 0 , A complete stock of Pure Chemicals al e I ways unhand. Prescriptions carefully con piled at all hours, day or night. feb16 - For the CsnEm . IN MEMORIAM Of Anna C. Wilkinson, wife of Wm. G. Wilkinson. B "DIED, SEPTEMIILER 1, 1880. When the Summer's budding beauty Wedded Autumn's golden glow, And the tinted leaflets falling Whispered of the coning snow, E Then she heard her babies calling Two bright buds that bloomed and died, ti And in all their winsome beauty y Drifted off upon Death's tide And her weary hands she folded ti O'er her still and pulsoless breast, a Through the Valley of the Shadow 8 Wandered to the home of rest. Not dead, but only gone before, tl And sear the One who died to save, c She watches, waits to welcome you, tl In lands that lie beyond the grave. For the Cuier. A THE COMPETITIVE DRILL. s BY A J. REYNOLDS. The sun shone bright with a melting light As we niarchind out on the square, And the boys so true, in coati: of blue, ti Were to test each other there. e So we' marched tlihough town to gain re- S nown, 6 In spite of prejudiced prattle, Each vowed in his heart he would do his t part, If we did not win the battle. S So we marched away, whilst the baud did t play, 3Music-nost inspiring, And it lbraeed every nerve so they never a WOuiLi~ swervye While the contest was transpiring. t So we entered the drill with a zeal and a will That we felt were sure to win, And we knew, ev'ry nian, with Jones in coin mand, t Battery C would never give in. Now Captain Lejeune led off in the fun, With the men known as Battery B, But they often got mixed, though carefully picked From the flower of companies three. - Then Captain Pachoud put his bully boys through In a style that did all of them credit, I I But Battery C proved the best of the three The judges and people all said it. Long will we think, and many toasts drink I To Sunday's competitive drill, L- And every wan owns that to brave Captain Jones We owe our success and our skill. We sing to his praise and we hope that his ... days Will be happy and long in the the land, - And that Battery C forever will be SHis proud and victorious baud. The name of Cofield we never will yield, But with hearts that are happy and free, We'll seek new renown until we are known As the pride of the L. S. N. G. SAVED BY PRINTER'S INK. When trade grew slack, the notes fell due, t The merchant's face grew long and blue; His dreams were troubled through the night Whith sheriffs, bailiffs all in sight. c At last his wife unto him said, " Rise up at once, get out of bed, And get yobr paper, ink and pen, f And write these words unto all men ' My goods I wish to sell to you, And to your wives and daughters, too; My prices they shall be so low That each shall buy before they go." C He did as his good wife advised, And in the paper advertised; Crowds came and bought of all he had, His notes were paid, his dreams were glad, And he will tell you to this day ilow well did printer's ink repay. } lie told us with a knowing wink, How he was saved by printer's ink. Acklen's Little Tame. Morgan City Review. Among the St. Mary parish ward meetings called by Mr. Acklen, who pretends to be acting as chairman of an executive commitiee, was one to I assemble in Franklin, third ward, Thursday last. Contrary to expecta tion, the people heeded the call ; and in the crowd was Mr. Acklen himself. Finding that from the persons present lie could not control the mass-meet ing that sas called in his hand-bills, Mr. Acklen amose and stated that on account of the disssenion in the Dem ocratic Conservative party and for the sake of harmony, lie would ad journ the meeting, and that the nom inations for delegates to the parish convention should be made to-day, under the call of the committee of which A. G. Frere, Esq., is the chair man. Thereupon Mr. Acklen's atten tion was called to the fact that lie could not adjourn a meeting which had not been organized and which the people in mass present had the right to hold. In the exercise of that right the citizens acted as stated in the proceedings of the meeting pub lished elsewhere, which we trust every one will read, and particularly note the vote of i4 to 2 ! All this in the strongest voting Democratic ward of St. Mary parish, which Mr. Acklen calls his home. What do you think of it, reader ?1 What is the conclusions Is Mr. Acklen depending upon the will of the Dem ocratic party of this district or upon political sharpness ' Do the people want him for their Congressman ? Every candid man must answer no. We are glad to see that, notwith standing the lively interest taken by the friends of the different candidates, the very best of feeling prevails among the Democracy who seem to have but one aim and that is to secure the nom inations of good and true men. Per sonal preferences and inte'est have no shewing and it is well it should lie so. We except, of course, the Th'lird District imbroglio, and we hope that a the true Democracy will soon throw overboard such men as Acklen and work with one common accord for Democratic principles and Democratic e success.-Aroelles Bulletin. Our Broasrhm Letters. ti ol Heterogeneous Humanity-Glasses that t1 form the Component Parts of the Great ft City's Population-A Warm Week- ci Politics and Business. ti NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 1880. u EDITOR ChiEF: Where do they all come from I is the question that forces itself upon k you as you walk up and down Broad- c1 way. Night or day the great human tl tide flows on, but never seems to ebb; h and yet there are hours when the tide 11 seems to swell till the worn sidewalks d almost tremble and groan beneath the a tread of weary, hurrying feet. The character of our population differs on the great avenues that lead down town, at different hours of the day. Above Grand street, the First and U Second Avenues, and all the streets 5 that cross them, constitute a great German hive. from ahich all other foreigners are driven out. German signs greet you on every hand. - Schweitzer 'kase, pretzels, lager and bologna are atticles of general con sumption, while the grocery store that would be rash enough to start business without a good supply of saner kraut might soon be expected Ito sink into utter bankruptcy. It is a region of strange sounds, and strange and unholy perfumes, and when, as in last June, the thermometer touches the Nineties, it almost seems like a I miracle how all these people live; yet live they do and grow fat. On either side of these great Avenues, and on all the by-streets are immense rows of tenement houses, six, seven and eight stories high; perhaps the house has from 100 to 200 occupants, but all of them find something to do. The Germans are a thrifty and a busy peo ple, and idleness has no place in their $ vocabulary. Whoever eats is expected to work, and they have about them that sturdy independence, which - Makes beggary their last resource, and when misfortune overtakes them, k they have among them so many char itable associations, that comparatively n a small proportion of them ever seek charity from the city. Between the hours of 6 and 7 a mighty and resist 8 less tide rolls out from all these tene ments-old anil young, women and girls, and even little children-each carrying a small roll of paper, a basket or tin can, in which is the little lunch, which is to sustain them till they ~ reach home, weary and worn in the evening. On they troop, thousands and thousands of them, till they reach the great factories down town, where paper boxes are mrade, and wholesale clothing is manufactured,and different kinds of nick-hacks are put up, which find their markets, not only in the United States, but in all parts of the world. Almost as silently as the great ocean, these huge factories swallow up these living streams, and then, for an hour or so, there is a perceptible lull in the flow. Then comes a dif ferent class altogether, but not from the Avenues-they pour into the city on the railroad trains and ferry boats, and are a comfortable, well-fed class, wearing fine clothes and rich jewelry d -there are hank clerks and book )f keepers in insarance companies and t, large meisantile houses. The pulses ml, nf life are again (quickeimed, and once muore the streets are filled with a 1f. seething, human tide. L Almost in the lii ddie of the city, s - the Chinese and Italians have their , abiding places-I can not call them w - homes, yet homes I suppose they are. b I At the first glance it seems that these people led the most miserable of lives, l the tenosn'fts in which they live are t old .and ruinnus, the walls and coil- I' ings being broken and dirty filth in conceivable is every where; the cel- o labs are full of rags, waste paper, broken scraps of iron, and all the V debris of a great city. During the ri day it is comparatively quiet, but at I night activity is every where. This, also, is the headquarters of many of the low thieves and ruffians who prowl l around the city under cover of dark lness, to knock down a belated tray nI eler, or bleak into sonic defenceless ' house. Long before daylight a vast n army pours out of the noisome dens of this horrible quarter, armed with n e iron-hooks and immense sacks-the ? numbers are nearly equal of mlen and women-the men usually present a wretched appearance, their clothes y hang in tatters about them, their hair s, is tangled and unkempt, their eyes g are blood-shot, and their faces pale ItI -it and haggard, as if the plre(cdilg (light r- had been spent in the wildest dissipa e tion. The women are warmly clad, II although their covering is the filthiest t of rags of many colors wrapped around w their legs and arms, over their heads id and around their bodies, while a piece of a boot on one foot, and a part of an old gaiter on tile other, protects their feet from the sharp paving stones.0 of the street. Long before daylight they sally out, to search the gutters De for the means of life; with eyes like ] cats, which seem to pierce the gloom, 4 they pass through the streets, picking ] up every rag and every stray piece of paper- that happens to fall in their Er way; ash barrels are searched, and o kitchen doors are tried, and if per- Se chance one is unfortunately left open, the bag is quickly filled, and they be hurry back to their dens to conceal the spoil. Here 4000 people live from at day to day on what other people throw f away. Some deal exclusively in rags e and paper, while others drive a thriv- th ing business on the refuse coal and th cinders thrown out by careless and bt unthrifty servants. Another portion b of this colony has usurped all the sI street stands throughout the city, where fruit and candies are sold by the cents' worth to children. A few M years ago these street stands were all in possession of the Irish, but by hook a or by crook the Italians have rootod b them all out, and are now in posses sion of the entire city. The business 10 musC be a profitable one, for an old Irish woman died in New York about ti a year ago, who for more than a quar- a ter of a century kept an apple-stand a on the corner of Fulton and Nassau b streets. Rain or shine, winter or sum- C mer, the old woman was always at her post, and when she died, she left F an estate worth $50,000. The Italians have got all that business now. They also monopolize all the hand-organs t in the city. They are not a desirable class of citizens. There may be, and I doubtless are, honorable exceptions, 1 but the great body of them are filthy, murderous brutes, having- the lowest and basest of human passions, drink ing to madness, gambling and fight- 0 ing; they furnish one of the most dan gelous elements to be found amongst r our criminal classes. The Chinese, who are their immediate neighbors, 0 are, as a general thing, quiet, orderly b and industrious. At the present time 8 they are the laundrymen of New York. The laish washwoman is getting to be a thing of the past, and in a few years U the places that knew them once will I know them no more fouever; the ( Italian has captured their apple-stands and-John Chinaman has securedatheir- ° wash-tubs, and to give the - his due, they certainly. are the most re- t liable of laundrymen. As a general thing, you get all the clothes back that you give them. There are but few missing handkerchiefs or socks, I while the shirts, instead of returning like battle-flags that had been through the great rebellion, have a decent, i home-like appearance, and are white as the driven snow. The French col- a ony lies apart by itself, and has little or no communication or affinity with the Germans or Italians. As a genermal thing they hate the Germans with a I good, hearty, solid and enduring hate. They do not drink the same drinks or eat the same food, or patronize the same amusements, or have any thing in common with their neighbors. From this legion comes the cooks and confectioners for all our great restau rants and hotels. MAen who work in - fancy cabinet making and furniture manufactories-are here by thousands. g They are a happy and contented peo- h. ple, making much out of little, and giving us Americans lessons of econ- . omy in every-day life which it might it be worth our while to learn. During tl the winter season they support one of the most fashionable operas in the S' city, and their habits are so unobtru- L sive, and they keep so completely d within themselves that their existence a as a separate class is scarcely sus a pected by the great body of people h in our city. b For the past week the heat has been so great in the city that everybody ti who could get away has left. There were several days when, as Sidney n Smith once remarked "it would have e been a luxury to have stripped off c your flesh, and to have sat in your b bones, and let the wind whistle through a them for the time." All our seaside c resorts are full to overflowing, and S new hotels are going up on every hand, Long Branch aving three new ones of enormous capacity in active t preparation, while Coney Island, Man hattat Beach and Rockaway, not- 9 withstanding the immense caravansa ties that have been opened during the a past year are all full, and the public, l like Oliver, are crying `' more, more, b more." I Politics, of course, are booming ; t I and the mining-stock market has had 1 - quite a lively tussle. I don't exactly ii know what it means, but mining stocks a which have been as dead as a salt e mackerel for the past six months, have t suddenly taken a jump. In the lan guage of the almanac, '' now is the time to look out for squalls." Buttont your pockets tight. Resist the devil, i e and the desire to become a million- c I aire, " te sutor crepedem "-let the < shoemaker stick to his last, and when t the temptation is past lie will be bet s ter off. r All kinds of business is good, better 1 than it has been for years. Our churches and theatres are all e nearly ready for the new season, and 1 t in another week the wanderers will he coming home. Yours truly, BROADBRI M. it If Acklen should get the Democratic d nomination for Congress, the good Is people in the T:tird District would have to toss nickels, "heads or tails," to know whether to vote for Acklen or 1 Darrall-and then they wouldnut know is for certain.-St. TamtnrUry Former. - Our Washiigton Letter. Si Death of Get. MyoArrival of the New Postmaster . eural-tetirement of Gen. Howard-mBaotor Oonkling Pre- &T paring to Enter the Gampaign, etc. pa WAsmxoTowD.V.. August 25, 1880. EDIroR CHIEm : ki Gen. Albert J. Myer's death was so officially announced yesterday by the Secretary of the War. The General Ir was very popular here, and he had de become so widely known throughout ti, the country that his death will ex'ite la attention. If entitled to the credit C: for most of the progress of the " Weather Bureau," as I think he was, am the loss was a serious one. To dwell- ti ers upon land and sea and lake, his h, bureau was of great and growing h; benefit. An effirt has been made to b show that what iareally of importance in the bureau was suggested and ex plained by another, and that General T Myer appropriated instead of omigi- a, nating. The authorities here have always given the credit to General L Myer, and probably with reason. The contest for honors will be removed, 4 however. The deceased officer's rank S was that of Brigadier General, and t the place will probably be filled from n among army officers holding as high c a rank as Colonel. There seemed to o be no foundation for the report that I Captain Howgate would be selected. Hon. Horace Maynard, appointed ii Postmaster General, will be commis- c sioned to-day and will assume charge r of the Department. It is understood t that the new official will make few, if c any changes in the personnel of the 1 Department. He. will be absent a large portion of the time until No vember, and will hardly have oppor tunity to learn the merits of his sub ordinates. Judge Key leaves at once for Tennessee. There are afiat hete now two rumors of intere t concerning army l officers. One is that an order has been prepared, relieving General I Schofield from command at West - Point, but that it will not be issued until after the November election. The other is to the effect that General O. O. Howard hasaasked to be placed on the retired 14.t is known that Gcneralowar seriisly cinsidered this step some time ago, and the re port now current, and which seems to have authority, indicates that he has finally decided in that course. The service could not lose a more gallant officer. Washington gathers into her per manent population annually, a large number of retiring Government of ficials and Congressmen. General º Halbert E. Paine, late Commissioner of Patents, and who, by the way, was formerly a law partner of Secretary Schurs, will remain permanently here and devote himself to legal business, I including cases before the Patent Of fice. Senator Conkling in a letter to a gentleman in this eity, says that he is hastening the settlement of his pri - vate business so that he may engage t in the campaign unembarrassed until the day of election in November. He says that he does not believe the - Democracy of New York State will be V divided in the contest in that State, e and timerefore the iRepublicacs will e have to ptut fot th their btest efforts to be assured of success. "A Democratic tatificatiotm is ad-ver etised to take place here F ilday eve y nitig and the projectors of the affair u expect it to be0 " a big timing." Tite [[ camnpatign progresses satisfactorily to r both parties, judging fiom imutward h ajpjearances. The Re-publicans are e contindetmt of carrying every Nunthlern aState. Yours, SENTINEL. A Washington correspondent pays I the following compliment to the Re publican candidate for President: James A. Garfield represents the best ideas of the Republican party and the Republic. In the prime of life and man hood's vigor, erudite, well-read in the history of other countries, and profound ly acquainted, even to minutiae, with all the details of our governmental system, I he will bring to the administration of national affairs such intelligent insight as has not before been known in the ex t ecutive office. Then, there is no one who has a inure extensive and intimate ac quaintance with public men, or who will be more competent to select the right 1men for the place in all the numerous ap pointments under executive control. < While his Republicanism has never been - questioned,his candor and liberality have e compelled the esteem of political oppo nents, and the most prominent Demo crats who have been associated with him in Congress, have given expression to their admiration of the noble attrib utes of his mind and heart. I1 The jLake Charles Echo seems to - be the only paper in this District that II supports Acklen for a renomination. We wish it distiusety tndlesnod that the endorsemtitVY °forty Congres sional committees can not get the ic writer of this article to vote for or d support any moan who for two ternis d that he has Iwen in Congress has had Congressional comnnittees constantly >r at work to screen him fron that pun w ishinent he so richly merited.-Thib odauxx &itindl. Sumniary of State News. r Gleaniaga from talaeLouilana Press. f From the information we obtain, a fair average cotton crop -will be made in this parish.-FarmereiZi. Gazette. A Negro man, name unknown, was killed by another Negro man, in Jack s son parish last week.- Vienna eatinel. A fire- occurred on the plantation of Ira Br Wall, six miles east of this toyun, I destroying a tenant house with its en t tire contents, leaving the tenant home e less and penniless. Loss about S200. t Clinton Watchman. 0 The cotton pickers are hard -at work, i, and have splendid weather for gathering . the crop in the beat condition. No worms 5 have appeared. The crop is good, and g has not been injured more than one-fifth by the late rains.--Colfax Chronicle. The first bale of new cotton was brought to town on the 21st, aunt sold to l Mr. Sol. Isaac at 10 cents a pound...-On Thursday another rabid dog was killed i at this place, after biting young Los Fe Walker through the shoe.-Opeloases q1 Democrat. t A cow belonging to M. Lange had a fine calf on Monday ni ht of last week. She was properly care¶ for, milked and id turned out each day. On Saturday m night last she gave birth to another fine ph calf, as large as the one that was a week to old and of identically the same color. at Both are males.-Baton Rouge Advocate. d. Sunday evening some men while riding -d in on the prairie in Mouton's Cove, die s. covered the dead body of Isaac Kahn, a ;o white resident of that locality. The sup )d position in that he was kicked over the if region of the heart by his horse. The de ceased was a new comer, and leaves a (ye large family in necessitous circumstan a ces.- Vermilion Meridional. 0 Cotton is opening rapidly and worms, r although in numbers in localities, have b not yet materially injured thecrop. Paris ce green has been used with marked suc cess, but we hear that the London purple so is a failure. So was the first invoice of ty Paris green brought here, it being an as impure article. Chemically pureLondon 'at purple is as deadly poison as Paris green. fat -Natchitoches Vindicator. ed Last week, at Fausse Pointe, a lady in. gave birth to three children-two boys -al and a girl. At last advices mother and ed children were in perfect health....Our at neighbor, Mr. Bernard, has a calf about ed iiV-e n2nths- sld-i prided- with three horns. Two of them occupy the ordi nary position on the forehead and the 1 third is midway between and on a line he with them.-lberia Sugar-Bowel. se' The.first bale of cotton was brought ire to Rayville this week by A. M. Taylor, from Jas. A. Rhymes' place, near Alto, ar- and was bought by Mr. Titche, at 101 ge cents.... Mr. A. Bankston brought the of- first bale of new cotton to Delhi on the ral 20th. It was purchased by Mr. Win. icr Miles for 15 cents per pound....We learn ras that a colored man was shot and killed t by another colored man near Oak Ridge er- last Friday.-Richland Beacon. ss, The Osage is at the wreck of the Bon f nie Lee, but owing to the depth of the. water it has been found impossible to accomplish any thing as yet, and we are . told that the wreckers will remain there until the water goes down sufficiently to ri- enable them to work effectively....Cot ige ton is opening very fast and picking has ,ti: become general. Very little talk of cat He erpillars and no danger apprehended from the that source.-Aroyelles Bulletin. Mlle. Marie Candau, the young lady whose life was attempted last week by Jules Richard, who afterwards commit ted suicide, is still in a very precarious condition, and is snffering from fever.... If the spread of charbon has been sub dued in LaChinche, it must be attributed to the timely removal of those mules predisposed to the affection, principally owned by Messrs. Chism & Boyd and I Mr. James P. Putnamn.-St. Bernard Eagle. Wednesday night three colored- boys were playing together in the neighbor hood of Bellow's store. The eldest, aged about 16 years, and known by the name of Sicsec, provoked by his companions, Cornelius Harris and Wesley Harris, 10 and 15 years respectively, who made fun of his nickname, seized the younger Har ris by the throat, whereupon Harris drew I his pocket-knife and struck him anderthe t ribs. Sicesec died next day and the Har t ris boys were arrested.-St. John Meacha - cebe. Mr. Jesse S. Davis, grandson of the late Judge Jones, was drowned while bathing in the Bogue Falia, near Cov I. ington. -- Last Sunday evening, about 1 eight miles from Covington, Miss A. Norris of New Orleans was thrown from her horse, dislocating her arm, and It receiving several smaller injuries. - - One day this week the little daughter, of Mr. Wunderlich, a druggist in New Orleans, who is spending the sumner on his farm a near Covington, was badly bitten by a Lt mmmoensin snake. At last accounts the little girl was out ondanger-..--Mr. Win. c Forbes, a resident of Columbia, Miss., a- was thrown from an ox wagon, which ir pas-ed over his chest, erlshing his ribs 1K and Irerakiog both silhonlder blades. Dr. SChalmbers was called, and reports the injuries as likely to prove fatal. Mr: .orbes is a single .ju t, about forty years ageu.-St. Ties r.