The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-05-09
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.
TIE Indians will cost $s,OOO,Ooo this

rur Indians will cost $1,000, 600 this
year. 900 ,,oa
Gently in Harrison county, Ind, and was
buried in coffin made from Tree nc nao
himself planted. m -
WH.T's in a name? The town jail at
Amlity. Iowa, holds twenty-elght prison-
ers. While at DEVILS Corners, Nevada, tiiere
snot man under arrest.
MICHIGAN ought to be happy. A reso-
luton has been passed by the LeglsiaIu ll
that in view of the large balance IN tne
State treasury, no tax shall be leVleo Iof
this year.
CREMATION. as matter of economy, Is
entitled to consideration. An enterprls-
mo undertaken in Chicago having inquired
The expenses down, thinks he can crenlale
Cor 81 head.
Tup French Assembly is considering
law proyidng that every newborn cnlId
shalt have its name and the date OF It's olr I'll
taftoed on its arm. The object Is 10 1aeail-
tate Identification.
AN Ohio lady, describing the horrid par
aphernalia of a bar-room, said THAT " III Cile
rear the soul destroying, awful game OF
faro was being played by a crowd OF Lnae u
dened, excited men. This game OF faro Is
DldVHu Will bWG SbAChOt AoNA S@~-'~S
number of pieces of chalk.
TIE Postmaster-General decides that
the mere heading of a printed sheet as
supplement to newspaper does not make
It bona fde supplement. To enutle an
additional publication to be classed as
supplement, it must be made up OF matter
germane to that of the regular issue, Dut
crowded out for want ofroom.
THE Bishep of Montreal had prohibited
dancing. Two officers, wishing TO oDtaln
permission to dance the polka at mill
tary ball, danced it together to show the
bishop how it was done. After the ex-
hibition the bishop gave his permission m
these terms "You can dance the polkiaa
as long as you please-with each other.
A scHooLrTEACHER in Dewitt county,
ILL.,. has introduced new method OF pun
ishment into his school. When one OF the
girls misses word the lad who spells IL
has permission to kiss her. Ine Chn.on
: Public says: .'The result IS that the glr ,,s
are fast forgetting all they ever knew about
spelling, while the boys are improving
with wonderful rapidity."
THE original band of Jubilee Singers
from Fiske University, Nashville, Tenn,
now on a professional visit to Great Brit
ain. have nearly finished their tour in that
country, and will embark in the early part
of Nav for home Their success has been
fiattering. and they have realized as the
net result of their efforts $4,000 towards
the funds of their institution.
THE ladies of Manistee, Michigan, re
Gently undertook the project Of erecting
building for the benefit of the laborlng
men of the place, and went at it with {
will, The result is thatmoney and lum
Der enough have been secured to accom-
plish the work and erect building AZ by
loo feet, two stories high, with reading
and writing rooms on the first floor and {
hall above.
RECORDER HAcKETT, of New I ork, thu
replied to jury which had rendered yer
dict of not guilty: " The Court Instruct
YOU as to the law, and it is your duty t.
regard that as law, not your mere priva6
opinion. / have the pleasure of informin!
yon that this boy is thief; that yo
have made mistake in choosing to i'm
him not guilty. Your sympathies are mis-
u placed"
A NEW YORK journal relates that
a healthy, well-fed looking man stepped int
a Broad street office the other day an
asked aims. The broker asked him if b
wanted work. Yes, he said, if he coul
get wages enough. The broker offere
him $25 per month to go and take care
his horses. "Why, my dear SIR sal
the fellow, "what do you take me forY
can make $3.50 month at my present o.
cupation," and he left in huff.
THERE was g sewing party - (charity
at Mrs. Basteemup's the other evenin:
and during the affair the father of one
the young ladies present appeared on tt
scene Unexpectedly. He was so mue
gratified by the cleverness exhibited by h
n haf
there resolved that he would never pay al
other dressmaker's bill. That young LAD
has now strong prejudice against "sey
ing parties,n and says she was an idi
ever to attend such an affair.-Nea0 Yo1
Mail.
WILLIAM FREDERICKsEN, young art
who committee suicide recently in Ca
fornia, left a strange letter behind him.
closes as follows u If any minister won
humor my friends to say few words,
it be a Unitarian, if such man will do Il
Office of this kind to such miserah
wretch who dares take his life. And nc
in for the unknown [ love to trav'
friends; and when there is the least no
that may come to better place than {
one am at, | start with still greater ple'
ure."
A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal Of ,
C0c1eIy OF ATtS Suggests 1HdG IuS LuIol
ans learn of the Chinese cheap and eff
tual process for the preservation of m.
i'm the fresh state. He writes that sol
years since, when in Canton, he obsery
in several preserved meat shops pigs cut
half, like side of bacon, geese, ducks, et
the latter being quite fat, and the VIII
covered over with a light-brown prepa
ton, said to be lacquer, such as is used
tables, and it certainly smelled like it. !
Chinese use these preserved meats ext
sively as provisions in their sea-goi
iunks, and on voyages which sometin
last for year or more, and that in
tropics.
On the Island of Borneo has been fou
certain race of wild creatures, of VIII
kindred varieties have been discovered
the Philippine Islands, Terra del Fue
and in South America. They walk, usl
~, almost erect, on two legs, and in t