The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-15
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Cows from Schleswig-Holstein are be-
ing imported by the Dutch OF Southern
Iowa. - ss@ s2ft -<aTF E
Mrs. SARAH JONES, who died in Dekalp
county, Georgia, recently, at the age VI
ninetS-three, leaves more than 1our nun
slred living descendants. .. ssssgzs
sly DUNG in years but an old eiopef, Is
n portion of the description OF a runaway
wife which was left at an Indianapolis stS-
ti0n-house. ..---.--.
Iseoosr child,' was announced at Farm
inotou. Ne, and the town turned out 10
sesrch, After a time the frantic mother
remembered that she had put him IN ms
Iittleabed. ~ sF
8 SosfE Chicago visitors went into sa-
loon in Cleveland kept by German Wo7
man, and called for whisky. She tolu
chem that she couldn't sell any, and then
whispered confidentially to one OF tneH
ktVen Won want yisky you. must call lor
vine and pinch NIT your eyes," $3.50
No ONE. save a hotel-keeper, can have
any roncentfon of the profit made out OF
bridal parties at Niagara. Sarah is too full
of love to eat, and 7" Fedewick' partakesa
sparingly while embarrassment predom..
mates. Every meal is merely hooked at
~ the simpletons, while board at the rate
of $3.50 per day goes right along.
( AT Sequel Beach, a favorite California
watering place, families camp along tne
shore. bringing their own cups, plates,
rots, and pans, blankets and bedtlcks.
sphey get their provisions from country
store. catch fish, dig clans, cook with DRIFT
wood, and enjoy outdoor life in primitive
style. -.ss a@eaE
MISS MOORE, of East Liberty, Pa, pub
fishes this challenge in the Pittsburg POST
CLEARING of so many pedestrians of late,
but Of none of the old timers, [ avail my
Kselfof the opportunity of challenging any
man in the State of Pennsylvania to walk
with me 100 miles in twenty-four hours
: for the sum of 81, 000."
An inventive Schles wig- Holsteiner has
patented aaspeaking tube for divers. by
means of which constant communication
may be kept up between the man at work
at the bottom of the sea and the parties
above, The Naval Department of the
German Empire has already ordered the
Introduction of this tube in the German
magine.
THEs.Jackson Wig aud Tribune tells this
singular snake and bird story: 3" A mock
ing bird was discovered feWdays ago by
Mr. P. w. Meriwether tenderly feeding a
small black snake. The bird manifested
intense grief and passion when the snake
was killed. and flew about Mr.. Ms head
irlsthe widest and most threatening man
ner.@ a
A CANVASS is going on in the principal
towns of Michigan to ascertain whether a
majority of the women want to vote:
While the larger number think they would
vote on temperance, and other kindred
topics If they. had chance, the e'ult OF
the canvass thus far seems to show that
thew are not anxious for the ballot on gen.
eral questions of political policy.
UNDER the new postal law, which al.
lows@four pounds of. merchandise to &C
Through the mails for thirty-two cents
the forwarding of samples, instruments
81 etc., bY mail has been largely increased
FaiFheshfghest postal rate for four pounds Is
about as low as that of the express com,
panies to near points, and much Lower
= than express rates to more distant parts o.
the county. -sx
- "A MASSACHUSETTS hen has achieved 1
place in history. After a 8 mysterious dis
{ appearance y of a month she was discover
ed wedged in beneath a pile of boards
where she had remained since her retire
= Ynent without food or drink. After care
fGl nursing, Biddy recovered sufficiently
IA
way and six the other, the materials fol
which she had accumulated during her Sc
clusion. e.
zsss SIR j DIN sHAwsKHAw, newell known
English engineer, has received a commits
sion from the Emperor of Brazil to pro
coed to his dolninions for the purpose o
surveying the extent of coast labout 800
q nliles} from Pernambuco to Campos, witt
the view of developing harbors and Q
81 mapping out such lines of rail ay as MAJ
be conducive to the extension of trade OF
the southeast coast of America. A par
Of Sir Johns staff has already embarked
and he will leave this country early in An
gust and will not probably return 10 Eng
- and before the end OF the. year.
IA REMARKABLE, incident occurred il
tllis city yesterday afternoon, says tn,
80 Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, so remarkable
that probably the like of it wasznever be
a, lore known. Some swallows were flynn
81 over the Farmers and Merchants Saving
IS Bank zen Prince street, when one of then
suddenly made dart at the point of one @
ssz the slightning.rods that protect the build
9 ing. and nmittedsuieide by irhpalins
y itself thereon. $ Transfixed as it was, i
O.. futtered for a considerable time, its com
panions flying around il, apparently in tn
= most excited state, until it became quiet
g and died inits exalted sphere. -.
.CocHIsE, the late Chief of the Apaches
a. is credited with having slain twenty-sevel
3 americans, four Apache Indians, tire
Germans. one Scetchman, two English
men, one Frenchman and forty-nine Mex
- leans and half-breeds, in all eighty-seve
~ persons. Cochise was no Tecumseh. III
was simply q cunning and feroeious boz
b. sder moRster. Contrary to the Scripture
declaration that they who use the swor
sEssbali perish by the sword, Coehise died
- natural death. OF late years he has bee
! friendly with the whites, Gen. Crook hay
= mig given his tribe the choice of peace Q
= annihilation.
He was eighteen and she sweet sixteer
$50 His father was memorable; so, after raisin
A@s the wind to the extent of So, he, she, an
Sas hermother, with almutual friend, boarde
the cars for the friendly glens of Missouri
- f... q