The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-09

levied on a torpedo magazine, containin
several cases of glycerine, and the parry
defendant, who has the key, felnses fne.,it y
in. The policeman could taxa q sledge-
hammerand bust things, but as ne mas
a family and lives happily, he does LOT
like to 90 fooling round the magazine IN
that way" - -. -.
A NATURAL deposit of Glauber's salt
(sulphate Of soda5 has been discovered in
the Caucasus. The salt was struck at q
depth Of three feet below the surface, and
was found remarkably pure, being chem
ically uneontaninated. and with only
about eight per cent. Of mechanical ad-
MIXTURE The entire deposit is estimated
to amount to fifteen and half million
cubic feet. p t-ff3 ~ 8; a;rlssf..-
= A FEW days ago q resident Of Detroit
was taken sick and sent for DOCTOR. The
doctor left prescription and with y re-
quest that one Of the children should call
at his office the next day and say how the
patient was doing. A little girl came
and, when questioned, she promptly an
better; he's broke the stove all to pieces
ihaf fhif mSEfaRS M ~ Saaa aPs 1ssn @k10Hk
HrLL1NG PorAToEs.-A correspondent
of the Rural Ne,O Yorker tried an expert
ment last season with raising potatoes by
hilling, and by leaving the surface nat.
The summer was wet, giving the hflling
the advantage, If any. The result was
about. the same quantity for each, but the
POTATOES from the part not hilled were
larger. fewer in number, and finer In
quality. He thinks much labor, worse
than useless, is expended in hifling pota-
toes. -, .,.s
BURROWS are assuming alarming pro-
portions, 4 Boston girl, 80 ssy4. 4.Eumor,
was very anxious to have suit. of which
gigantesque buttons were to be promi-
nent feature, finished in time for class
day. All was going well, when suddenly
her supply of button molds gave out.
Despairt AT last bright idea struck
her, and laying violent haflds upon ner
mother individual butter plates she GOV,
cred them and wore them On the grand
, occasion.
The Omaha Herald says the consigners
of fish recently wrecked while en- ronte
for California hSye determined to make
something Of the accident. They have
leased large lake near the E1khorn river,
in which the fish were prematurely emp
tied, and intend to transfer what hsh they
can recover to the waters. The lease ex-
tends over ten or fifteen years, and they
1 design improvements in the way Of tenc
2 ing. breaking, tree planting, buildings
wbaryes and boats, which will make the
e apos a fayorite resort for Western fisher
men. s.s4 ...s. - g. -g,@g5; e.f g.rE
a A NEW YORK paper says The wife q
an uptown citizen, who has grown
8 wealthy during the past few years by tn
s advance Of real estate, went abroad iev
e davs ago. One OF her acquaintances asKet
her what particular purpose she had II
:. going, and what she expected to enJo.
!, most. ''Oh, don't care much aDou
count. The main object have in max
ing this trip is to have the portraits o.
= those children" pointing to three homel.
II girls of nine, eleven and thirteen, ''pafnte
by the old masters" pr ti4 'st
~ SPEAKING of the manner in which tn
- escaped rbinoceros of O'Brien's menage
# + rie was Gagged an Ithaca. n. 7 the Denst m
~ ~ crat saws. ga cable chain was attached
J" each This legs, ando around his nech
and these were coupled to locomotive
at on each of our railways. The engine
"a were then started Pulling in five difte1
'e ent directions, his behemothshiP ha
"a nothing left to fight with but his tai
and that was lashed to q church sptre b
IL a wire rope. Being rendered har4let
l., by these guys, new wagon was Dul
e. around him, and thus he was securoo'
IN The klamath Indians have saw-mi
at their asency IN Oregon, ana sell all IL
g. lumber they can produce, save Wal
used BY The The agency deis INDIANS. ais VIZ
< good teamsters. are employed by, Il
st agency. A head sawyer is maintained
r. and the Indians assist Him. They deri'
er aconsiderable revenue from the sale
lumber, and some of them are vel
of Industrious. Last year the min save
er 25O, 900 feet of lumber, which was all tt
le. lumber furnished by the Indians. -,
he grist-mill is being completed, and Will