The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-11-21

ting on the Texas frontier and swim
ming droves of stolen beeves acros
the Rio Grande.
Prussia has declined to accede t.
the proposal of Russia for the revis
ion of the boundary lines between
the two countries.
Thursdays dispatches announce tn
recovery of nearly all the money sto
len from the American Express Com
pany Of Cincinnati.
The steamship companies are sue
cumbing to the striking longshoremel
in New York, and many of the latte
have resumed work.
The students of St. Andrews Uni
versity, England, have rejected the
proposal to elect Ralph Waldo En-
erson their lord rector.
A disastrous inundation occurred al
the village of Mayari, Cuba, destroy
ing nearly all the houses in the town
Particulars are wanting.
The steam tug Lily exploded in the
New York harbor Wednesday morn,
ing. Five persons were drowned and
the captain fatally scalded.
Thirty two Turks charged with the
recent murder of Montcnegrins have
been convicted and sentenced, to I'M
-prisonment Tor twenty years.
The Agricultural Department is
unable to supply the large demand for
semi tropical fruits for experimental
culture in the Southern States.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum situa-
ted on the Calverton Road, near Bal
timore, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. All the inmates escaped.
Udderzook, who murdered his bro
ther-in law for the purpose Of secur-
ing the insurance on his life, was
hung ut Westchester, Pa, last week.
1t is stated that Count Won Benst,
Austrio- Hungarian minister at Lon
don, viii be called to Vienna and re-
instated as premier in the govern :
ment.
Cuban a;ivices of the 9TH inst. re-
port the capture Of the town of San
Geronimo by the insurgents. The
place was gallisoned by l3O Spanish
troops.
The steamship Old Dominion col
lidcd with schooner i'll Hampton
Roads, near Fortress Monroe, on tlle
18th INST. he schooner sank almost
instantly.
The British government as fitting
out a polar expedition to sail next
May. There Will be two vessels, one
commanded 10y Capt. Markham OF the
royal navy. as
There is complete anarchy in Xiii
va, and the aid of Russia is indispen-
s;t,le to restore order. The authority
of the Khan is set at defiance by tie
'Turcomans.
Diplomatic circles have.information
that Spain has paid England indem
nifty for the Nirginius outrages. 1t is
the American claims will be
pushed now.
The final engagement of the Span
ish government forces with the Car
lists before Irln was sanguinary and
hotly contested. The rout Of the lat
ter was complete.
Messrs. Poland and Ward, of the
Congressional Arkansas investigating
closed their labors at Lit
lie Rock, Saturday last, and left for
Washington Sunday.
A false alarm Of fire was raised in
.he Franklin School at Little Rock,
on Friday, Nov. 18th, and in the
stampede which f.nsned two girls
we're seriously injured.
Won Arpim has been arrested a
second time, charged with communi-
:ating some important documents to
. third party while he was confined
IL the Charity Hospital.
Col. VIM. Wilson, better known as
8 Billy Wilson," commander of the
amous regiment of zouaves that bore
lis name during the war, died IN the
;ity Of New York on the 18th inst.
A large wooden mill at the Schuyl
Kill Falls Pa, has suspended opera
ions, owing to dissatisfaction among
he worl>lnen caused by a notification
hat their wages would be reduced.
A German named Solomon Citroen
$4,000 dollars worth of
diamonds into New York city last
June. The Government has just dis
covered and coniiscated the jewels.
The Mobile & Montgomery railroad
vas sold at auction, at Montgomery,
Monday last, by order of the Chan
cry court. The first mortgage bond
loiders bid in the road for 50 .O2222 600.
Five masked men boarded mail
rain on the Great Western railroad
rear Toronto. on The l4th. and robbed
he compartment of the American Ex-
,ress Company of $4,000 or $40, 900.
The Vienna newspapers are being
la,llcd over the Goals by the govern
nent for prematurely publishing the
nll text of the indictment against
<ullman, who attempted Bismarck's