The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-26
- DoNAI BISON VII IF, SATURDAY, JULY 26 1873
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General /, News. Summary.

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General News. Summary.
@'4 Personal and Political. 4'''4j
Mrs. Utica v. Brooker, sister Of Victoria
CIV oodfalll, died in New y ork, on the
night Of July lO,iof Bright's disease. s,1
Andrew Kohke and J. w. SHREDDER, two
wealthy residents, Of New York, had ar
ranged to fight duel in consequence of
q difference of opinion in relation to the
Franco German war, when the police ar
rested the latter during the night OF July
II, and locked him up. The duel is off
for the present.
Gen. Howard is to be court fnartialed
for making illegal use Of the Freedman's
Bureau funds. ga .. .l.-.s... y.I.l
Capt. Lewis Exelter, who commanded
the first Confederate privateer, died re-
Gently in Charleston, S. c..
The rowing match between Ward and
Biglin, for $50Oa side, came off at Spring
field Mass, on July Is. The latter won
the race, Ward having been seized with
vertigo when the race was half con-
cluded.
Robert Mcdonald, a young Scotchman,
committed suicide at Indianapolis, Ind,
on July Is, by taking arsenic ....4 al
Ex-senator E. S. Mills, President of the
Brooklyn, N. Y, Trust Company, was
drowned on the morning Of July 10,
while bathing off Coney Island. .,t~ .
Michael Swavel, while quarreling with
his son-in-la law, at Philadelphia, on July
Is, fell to the floor, and when picked up
was dead.
Grimes and Casualties. ,a.t
On the evening of July 10, the woman,
known in connection with the Goodrich
tragedy as Kate Stoddard, was arrested in
Brooklyn, New York.
A young burglar named Behrens was
shot dead, in Milwaukee, Wis.,, on July 10,
while trying to escape from an officer.
He had lust been arrested for robbing the
store of his uncle.
| A little child was burned to death in
Milwaukee. Wis, on the night Of July 10,
by the explosion of kerosene lamp. 81
| The four seconds in the MOrdecai-Mc-
Carthy duel have been indicted by Rich
mond, Va, Grand Jury for murder.
George Sands, u. S. N, committed
suicide at Norfolk, Va, on July 10, by
shooting himself through the head. Cause,
disappointment in love. .... 444.t.
VIM. Fl. Randall, brakeman on the
Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad,
was rur, over by locomotive on the Toll
edo, Wabash g. Western Railroad, at
Spr.pgfield. ILL.,, on July IL, and instantly
killed. Both legs and one arm were lop.
ped off.
Kate Sto1dard, the murderess of
Charles Goodrich, whose arrest is else
where noted, on July II made full con-
fession of, guilt. Her residence was
searched, and in her Trunks were found
the watch chain, rings, seal and pocket
u book, identifiedaas belonging to Goodrich,
and the revolver with which she killed
him. gssS II - f4sa s5sstyFg aHl r. ynassa
Y An attempt to rob the bank of Decker
| & Jewett, at Marysvil1e, CAL, on July IL.
resulted in the shooting of the wo,lld-be
robber and the escape Of two of his con
: fedsrates. H~ s zefsf ST. sl g.
i The Arlington Piano Factory and adj
;. jacent buildings, in Worcester, Mass.
were burned on the night Of July 10
!! loss S2OO,OOO. ~ ..
! In Jersey City, New Jersey, or
the afternoon of July II, John Ste
venson, Deputy U. S. Marshal, was
stabbed and killed by Jacob Wetland,
, Russian sailor, deserter from the Rus
, sian brig Wellam. The latter then at
tempted to cut his own throat, but wa'
: disarmed and arrested. utf .p... .t
: Jim Brown, the negro who last month
: murdered Mrs. Dozier and Mrs. Jones
g two old women residing in Nansemont
! ! County, Va, was hanged on July IL, a
suffolk, Va. gaH ssfss ia ,tf -,.. .'
The impression is gaining ground tina
Kate Stoddard, the alleged Goodrich mur
deress. is insane. Such is to be the pie
$ entered in her behalf.
g John Bischoff and wife, Of Newport
= KY. were killed by being thrown from
e wagon to which was attached runaWa,
$ horse, on the morning of July II.
i A sleeping car on the Eastern bound trail
!. on the A. NJ. and o. Railroad, jumped fron
y :, the track near New River, W. Va, on tn
K morning Of July II, and rolled down tn
it embankment into the ditch. The brake
!, man and sleeping-car conductor Wer
y killed.
i Two cars were thrown from the trac
r of the Nashville division of the st. Loui
;. and Southeastern Railroad, on July Il
9 woundipg about fifteen persons. t
q John Frazier eloped some weeks ag
d from Wheeling, West Virginia, with Kat
e Faulstick. They went to Pittsburgh an
h thence to Harmony, Pa, where Frszie
: shot Miss F., on the night Of July IL, an
:, then shot himself. He is dead and tn
4 girl cannot recover. Jealousyis suppose