The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-09-06

from Boise to Keltin taken, and also Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s treasure box.
Six horses attached to the morning
stage between Crawford and the Profile
House, N. H., ran away, August II, up
setting the coach and instantly killing G..
r. Donnell Kierl, of Baltimore, and fatal
ly injuring A. S. Butler, banker, Of Al
leean. Michigan, who died soon after.
MI. and Miss Reeves, of Phenixville, Pa,
were SO badly injured that it was thought
they would not recover. The coach was
full Of passengers, all of whom were
more or less hurt.
The Grand Jury of Woodford county,
Ill, have found bill against Mrs. Work.
man, wife of Rev. T. G. Workman. for
killing Mrs. Hedges, near Eureka, last
spring. A former grand jury, it will be
remembered, failed to find an Indictment
against her. .'t -,'r WI" ~.
The body of Percy O'Neil, fireman on
the Dirigo, burned at Portland, Me-,
has been recovered. He was not known
to have been drowned until the body was
found. 1'.'
An old lady named Mrs. Harriet Snyder
and her son, Henry Snyder, from Indiana,
on August 9, were driving across the
railroad track between Big and Little
Pisa, ILL.,, when the locomotive of :n ap-
preaching train struck their carriage,
throwing the occupants out, and killing
them almost instantly. ..... .....
A St. Joseph (Mo.) dispatch of August
Il says that gang of scoundrels have
been burning barns, grain and stock near
tie town of DeKalb, some half dozen
farmers having lost their entire crops at
their hands.
A party of twenty berry pickers, at
work on the mountain near Scranton, Pa,
August IL, took shelter in an abandoned
shanty, to protect themselves against an
approaching thunderstorm. The shanty
was soon after struck by lightning, and
two Of the party we're instantly killed,
and seven others severely injured, though
not fatally.
Three men were drowned near Pitts
burg, recently, by the sinking Of skiff
on the river.
Domestic Intelligence.
Gold closed in New York, on August
r. at 1154. ... .....
A Chattanooga dispatch, August Z,
says the cholera had reappeared in that
city, there being eight cases, two of which
had proved fatal. The Mayor has issued
proclamation prohibiting the sale of all
veg etables except potatoes and tomatoes.
The cholera at Mount Vernon, Ind,
had entirely disappeared on August 8.
A dispatch from Jonesboro, Tenn, says
that thirty deaths had occurred from
cholera in that town during the two
weeks ending August 9th. About twenty
more cases were generally doing well.
The population had been reduced by
panic from 1900 to about seventy, in
cluding the sick and their nurses.
A Washington dispatch says that in
view of the present condition of affairs in
Spain, the European squadron, under
command of Rear-Admiral A. Ludlow
Case, has been ordered to rendezvous in
Spanish ports. The Wabash, flagship, is
now at Carthagena, and the Congress and
Wachusett will follow. The Shenandoah is
already at Cadiz. The Alaska is now in
commission at Brooklyn, and will join
the feet without delay.
The delegation of Russian Quakers who
have been prospecting for location for 8
settlementin in this country, have selected
lands in Harvey county, Kansas. The
colony is said to be- large one, and com
posed OF intelligent and wealthy mem.
bers.
A grand mass meeting of the various
trades unions, it is said, will be held il
New York City in September, to bring
about more general observance of the
eight-hour law.
The heaters employed in Wards Roll
ing Mill, in Chicago, struck for an Id
vance of wages on August II. Abou
one thousand men are thrown out of EN-
pioyment by the strike.
News from Abroad.
A recent letter from Japan says that OF
July 81, some 10000 men, mostly farmers
armed with bamboo spears, assisted by
the former Damio's retainers, armed will
swords, attacked the Government castl
at Tukuoka, set fire to the buildings, de
stroyed all the official books and papers
and killed six officers. The telegraph
line from Nagasaki to Kokukom wa
utterly destroyed and the overland
mail road blockaded. A report ha'
/ reached Naqasaki that the house