Patifi9lted EleryBsaturdy F
4 B JoiTara4 Town of Donaldsonville;
Eotered at the Tost-Ofice at Donaldson
....v ,e La., ik Second Clasi 3athte..
LINDEN E. BENTLEY,
lv+ITOt ~AND P-ifOPlt5)t.
g Jab Printing of all kinds, from a full
gsleet posterito a bread ticket, execuntedon
,shortest notice, at city prices and in best
.tyle sth t e.Cii o1fico
1 j1 Postmasters "arc authorized and re
quested to act ke agents for the CHIEF.
S The CurII is received by all sub
seilbesr POSeaT FnRA.
Satfrday, March 24, 1883.
Thibodatux Under Water.
Fears oftqrevasses at Other Points.
Just befoiosending our forms to press on
Monday we learn that the levee has broken
. at the head of the old Terrebonne Canal, in
Sthe lower portion of Thibodaux, that the
break has widelicfl from ten to eighty feet
and the greater part of the town is under
* water, with smiill hope of closing the break
* before the bayou fIdls.
Fears areaentertained for the safety of
the new levee at lonnet Carrt, and Satur
'day's serm thrdatened to break the new
Arizona levee in Iberville parish near the
-Ascension line. Steps have been taken to
repair the damage at the latter point. .,
Tlihbreak at the Ratliff place, opposite
Napoleonville, is reported'of slight, conse
quence and probably is mended by this
thaie..
The Louisiona State Medical Society
wilLmeet at Shreveport on the 4th of
:April. ... .. . _
The British steamship Briscoe cleared
froan New Orleans on Tuesday wrilh.120,
000, bushel; of corn in bulk.
The Greenbackers and Demnocrats of
Michigan have nominated a joiunt ticket,
headed by MI;. Thomas C. lSheirwoodfobr
'Judge of the SjL6esLe:Court.
