The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-22
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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In the Sandwich Islands a husband can
divorce himself from his wife II she talks
too much.
A RICH old fellow in Georgia purchased
two caInels of circus, and is teachlng Ms
children to ride them. j.
THE police department OF New ork
numbers 2,200 men, and ltWlll take 94,I Ol,r
152 % to run it this year.
ONE female clerk in the Treasury DEPART
ment can count 1000 notes in an hour, ana
has counted 1900 in twenty minutes.
THE Hudson Bay Fur Company are mar
keting their furs this year in England, DT
way of Montreal, there being comparative
" no demand for them in the United States
ANTWERP CITY, mushroom village Ia
the oil regions of Pennsylvania, mas passeft
awfty. The inhabitants put their houses
on wheels and removed them to more live
ly localities.
THE Manchester (Iowa1 Press gives an
account of the g leading business houses "
of the place, five out of nine of which are
managed by ladies.
Two wears ago Mr.. Thomas Woodcock,
ofCanSon, ILL.,, lost certificate of deposit
for considerable amount. He was unable
to find it until last week, when the lining
of his wife's muff revealed its hiding place.
A New ORLEANS paper says: "Some
Cinnamon last winter rented 160 acres Of
Ianda short distance from the city, and now
they are gathering a splendid rice crop.
They used a syphon to flood their fields
from the river. !"
TWELVE years have passed since specie
payments were suspended, and 1t is esfl-
mated that, at this time, at least one-thlrd
of theipopulation Of the United States are
absolutely ulnacquainted with the national
coins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Curtis, of Bridge
port, Conn.,, who recently celebrated their
golden wedding, had all their children and
grandchildren present. No death has &C
Cured in the family for half century.
Mrs. DOLLY MI1LER, of Brookfeld
township, Eaton county, Mich, was in
Charlotte, Oct. %, and called ut picture
gallery and had her picture taken. Mrs.
Miller has attained the good old age of lob
years, and this is the first time she was
ever in an art gallery.
The Geographical Society of France
propose to have portion of the desert of
Sahara surveyed, with view of learning
the pfacticability Of turning the water of
the gulf of Gabes on to this vast eXpaGse
of sand, and thus convert it into an inland
sea.
A NEW paper, edited by women, has
been established DIT Puebla, Mexico. "A
Roman Catholic priest, who has recently
married, contributes to the journal series
of articles advocating the abanHenment OF
celibacy by the priesthood.
AN enterprising phrenologist once wrote
a note to the late Charles Dickens, asking
permission to make an examination of his
sn1. lonT
At this time | require the use Of my skull,
but as soon as it shall be at leisure / will
willingly place it at your disposal"
The Abbeville (Ga.) Medium speaks of
an exciting contemplating match in that
county between Georgia and South Car
DINA negro. The Georgia man picked
400 pounds, and the other 472 pounds, in
seven hours-the duration of the match.
The prize was five gallons of brandy.
Full boards have long been regarded as
defense against bronchitis and sore threat,
and it is asserted that the sappers and mi
ners of the French army, who are noted
for the size and beauty of their boards,
enjoy a special immunity from affections
of this nature. The growth of hair has
also been recommended to persons liable
to take cold easily.
THERE is Prof. Capen in Bangor, who
prognosticates the weather some days
ahead Sometimes he hits Id, and some
times he does not. When he does hif it,
he attributes it to his sagacity; but when
he does not hit it, he attributes it to dis
turbanees in the difftIsive influx of the fine
lines of the radiating influences of the
SUMS solarity. This should be conelu-
siVe.
THE Dutch are heavily interested in
H., Il %o
population, probably quite as heavily as
America itself; for with population of
only 8, 500, 900 people they have nearly one
hundred and sixty million dollars of differ
ent shares and bonds, besides large
amounts of United States bonds, State
bonds and other American securities.
THE Portland Argus says sWhat a
sight was witnessed on the Eastern PRONE
made yesterday forenoon! Three young
girls, fair to look upon and well dressed,
reeling along in d state of almost helpless
drunkenness. First one would fall down,
and she would with difficulty be helped
up, only to see one of her companions go
through the same performance. But they
were happy in their debauch. They had
come out for a good time, they said, and
they were going to have it,
Ex-Gev. Brown of Georgia has erected
a costly monument to his son, Frank
Pierce Brown, recently deceased. The
loss sustained by the early death of this
promising youth may be inferred from a
remark made concerning him by Hon. A.
FL. Stephens: ''Sneh prodigy of intellect
andsvAsue in body so frail, i never met
with in any other human form, and never
expect to if / were to live thousand
years" This expression has been inscribed
upon the monument.
ALFRED SAvILLE, who died recently of
yellow fever at Shreveport, was a sele-
graphic operator in the Confederate ser
vice during the war, and noted forl his
success in sending forged and misleading
dispatches to Union generals. On one
occasion he took possession of the wires
between Nashville and body of Federals
operating in Southern Kentucky, and 4ele-
grabbed peremptory orders not to send
any more troops. but plenty of provisions
and ammunition. An old friend, then in
charge at Nashville, detecting the peculiar
touch or lingering of the bogus operator,