The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
News Items.
No yellow fever in Galveston.

News Items.
No yellow fever in Galveston.
No rain has fallen at Philadelphia
since the 9th of August.
The project Of a Central Asian Rail.
way has been abandoned.
Gen. Sheridan is confident of ar
early close Of the Indian war.
The National Mexican Congress re.
assemblies on the 10th instant.
New York Custom House officers
confscated q, 900 smuggled cigars or
Tuesday.
The Democrats of Colorado have
elected the delegate to Congress from
that territory.
The u. S. army headquarters will
be removed from Washington to st.
Louis in October.
No clue has vet been discovered to
the whereabouts of Charley Ross, the
Philadelphia lost child.
November 1st is fixed upon as thu
date for the passage of the first train
through Hcosac tunnel.
The Boston and Athletic base ball
clubs are homeward bound from En-
gland. They had nice time.
Irish and American rifemen are to
have an international shooting match
a few days hence, in this country.
Destructive fires have been raging
in New Jersey forests this week, and
much valuable timber is destroyed.
The expedition from the United
States to observe the transit of Venus
arrived at Capetown on August 5th.
Spanish advices from Cuba report
the defeat of a body of 800 insurgents
at Yarayabo, with loss of IS killed.
An order is expected from the Ger
man government expelling all foreign
priests, monks and nuns from Prussia.
The Texas newspaper men are off
for railroad spree. The entire press
convention is going to Lookout Noun
tain, via Memphis.
The Portuguese Minister of the In
terror has issued a notice that the
Arabian ports of the Red Sea are in
fected with the plague.
Ireland and America will soon be
connected by an ocean cable, the lay
ing of which was begun BY the steam
er Faraday, last week, off the Irish
coast.
Lieut.. Gov. C. G. Antoine, Senator
r. B. ). Pinchback and IL. A. Corbin
Of the LouisianiaM passed through
Cincinnati on their way to New York
last week.
Five section hands were run over
by a passenger train on the Cincin-
natl aud Lafay cite railroad, Wednes-
day, near Riverside, Ohio, and killed
instantly.
Two boys we're burned to death in
a barn at New Haven, Monday. They
were playing in the hay-loft when the
barn caught fire, and the flames cut
off their retreat.
Riots occurred in various districts
of France during the recent elections.
At Meze gems d'armes fred upon a
mob, killing one of the rioters and
nineteen.
Tie South Carolina Republican
Convention assembled at Columbia
The defeat of Gov. Moses,
who is a candidate for denomination,
is confidently predicted.
John Clarke beat L. F. Gerry in a
swimming match at Milneburg, Lake
Pontchartrlin, Sunday, the 9th inst.
Clarke has challenged johnson, the
champion swimmer of the world.
Charles Perkins, formerly U. s. Con-
sui to Lisbon, has been convicted, in
Paris, of obtaining money under false
pretences, and is to suffer a years i'm
prisonment and fine Of 100 francs.
Gov. Leslie of Kentucky has issued
Instructions to Judge Phillips of Jes-
samine to cause the arrest of all per-
sons engaged i'll the lynching COL
Dred men at Nicholasville last Friday
night.
Latest advices from Spain announce
decisive Republican victories. Not
withstanding the action of all the
other great European powers, Russia
declines to recognize the Spanish Re
public.
Flags were displayed on the New
7 York City Hall, Saturday, September
9Th, in honor of the one -hundredth
anniversary of the assembling Of the
irst Continental Congress in Phila-
lelphia.
Missouri Republicans will make no
nominations for State officers, but will
support the best men nominated by
'ther parties, of which there are sew
eral-Democratic, Independent, Peo-
ple's, etc.
A Southern Republican Convention
las been called by the National Exec
ltive Committee to meet in Atlanta
III the 10Th of October. to secure in
regarding the real condition
If the South.