The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-01
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The great American obituary provo
ker, is the latest for kerosene.
AS Chicago judge expounds the law
betting on elections is not gambling.
AN accomplished young lady in low:
can whistle over one hundred tunes.
A MINNESOTA jury has deciiled that bar
berS' work on Sunday is necessary labor
a YOUNG lady at Grafton, Ohio, has
made one paper of pins last her clever
years.
BARNUM's rhinoceros is said to have dice
from poison administered in sin apple by q
boy.
KENTUCKY hasa libel suit between two
citizens wherein each has retained twelve
lawyers.
An economical negro in Wilmington,
Del, says he picks up OH an average, Z, 300
pins in year.
A NEW uniform for our entire standing
army of 10000 men is now being made at
Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia.
JOE GRAHAM, of Portland, Me-, has
started to wheel his wife from that city to
New York, having a wager of $500.
Mr.. GIN, of Lacrosse, has petitioned to
have his name changed because his lady
love won't marry his presentone.
By rigorous enforcement Of the liquor
law Boston has managed TO reduce the
number of its bar-rooms to- a little over
1900.
A YOUNG lady at Elmira, n. Y, spent
fout yearsin learning Greek, Latin, French
and Spanish and then married a vegetable
peddler.
MORE than twenty conyicts| in the New
York State Prison at Auburn. n Y. draw
pensions from the Governments war vete-
rams.
In Ceylon, the marriage ceremony is per-
formed by tying the couple together by
the thumbs. In this country they are US
ually put together by the ears.
Boston has g Fragment Society" now
in It's sixty-ffrst year, which supplies the
poor with clothing made from fragments
contributed by its members.
Al PORTLAND woman used a postage
stamp second time to show how smart
some folks could be, and her husband
paid Uncle Sam $3.50 before the trial was
over.
THE ritual and manual of the Order of
the Patrons of Husbandry is to be trans
lated into German, and German oranges
are to be established in German settle
ments.
THE manner of advertising for husband
in Java is by placing an empty flower-pot
on the portico roof--which is as much as
to say, "Young lady hefe-Husband |
wanted. Il
Mrs. 1DvERDELINDE, of Grand Rapids, |
has been the cause of a shooting affray and |
an attempted suicide this season, and has
also managed to send her husband to the |
penitentiary. She is considered a real /
lively woman.
The Patrons of Husbandry have adopted I
rs rule of their order never to go to law,
and to have all disputes settled by arbitra-
ton. The case comes on without delay,
and, each man telling his story, a jury of
picked neighbors and mutual friends decide
what is right.
JAMES BAILEY, of East Andover, N. H..
rises to say that he has pair of boots that
were made for him in 1897, forty-six years
ago, which were worn constantly for
!" handsome boots y until within a few
days, when he appropriated them to
s everyday wear They are still in good
wearing condition, having been half-soled
butonee.
z. j. PETERssN and F. III. Brandt, the
original discoveries of the Little Annie,
Del Norte, and Margretta lodes, in Colo
RADIO, have just sold out their claims for
$4,000 cash. These men, one of whom
is Swede, and the other German, are
thus suddenly raised to opulence, and will
Immediately visit their wondering relatives
IN Europe.
CLARA MILLER was the maiden name of /
the novelist who is better known BY ner
nom de plume of Louise Muhlbach, 1nd
whose recent death is announced. bhe
was born in 1874, and her first novel Lilb-
ished at the age Of twenty-five. Her Iiar-
rage to Theodore Mnndt, an author also, ;
was a happy one,I and she had two daugh- ,
ers, onezf whom has engaged in literary !
pursuits. Her husband died insane, in 1861. :
Mrs. Mundt was a true woman in her own ;;
nome, though her literary activity confin- !
led through life.
JUDGE BEALL of Maryland has rendered
| decision to the effect that railroad train !
must stop reasonable time to take on !
passengers. 1t appears that Mr.. Brown, a | /
awyer of Cumberland, purchased tickets !
or himself and two daughters from that ,
)laee to Somerset, aud when the train ar $
lived he ran forward to help the baggage
nan IN lifting large trunk into the ear. | i
When this was done the train started, leav- +
ng Brown and family on the platform. He !
brought asuitagainst therailroad company :
md recovered $50.
THE Arkansas City (Kan. T1aoeller says
here is an elm tree near ElgiD, the history i
# which is peculiar, yet horrible. The f
limbs extend from the body some distance. I
md afford a suitable place to sstie to-
fhe lynch-law people of Elgin appreciate
Is welcome services, and have already hung
en- or twelve men to its branches. and
when asked what became of the men re-
pond that they f'get tangledin the limbs i
While passing,n A few day ago three cat G
lie thieves were caught near Wichita. and | 4
It last accounts were on their way to the q
Ina. r
The long-received opinion that guano is
he deposits of myriads of sea birds, aceum- :
llating through long ages, is rendered mn T
enable by the recent investigations of DIR. I
label. After treating the gnano with an a
cid, microscopical and chemical examine a
ion revealed that the insoluble residue was t
of fossil sponges and other 2
marine animals and plants precisely similar
q constitution to such asstill exist in those 4