The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-10
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The bark La Bonne Iutestion
laden with sugar for, LiverpQol, waa
burned at sea on the 23rd OF June
No lives lost. 80 - =, '''. 90.
Albert Brown, convicted Of outrag.
ing and eating the throat of Ave
year-old girl, was hung at Tonawaada
Pa, last week. e,,. ...s x,,9-
A quarrel occurred among thre<
showmen at Ogdepsburg, n. Y, Last
week, and two of them were stabbed
but not fatally. ii T. ''' ~ '''Es''
A painter fbll from a ladder in New
Orleans one day last week and frac.
tnred his skull. There is little hops
Of his recovery. h.
Germany's commission to the Cen
tennial is preparing to obtain per.
misstppgt6 aiIix prices 10 goods sont
to the exhibition. 1<|
Tweed has indefinitely withdraw
his application for reduction Of bail,
and 10 still in the Ludlow street Jail
New York city. .. ss,,-
IAaA delegation representing the Bal.
timere Scheutzen Society have gone
to Europe to take part in shooting
festival at Stuttgart. rtf
The ship King Courick, from St
Johns to Liverpool, returned to, thl
| former place with her crew in mutiny
l A-~ - ASlfr1 r.
In 4 barroom fight at Columbus, o.
last Monday, Peter ruft, q despsrado,
fatally stabbed one negro aud ser.
iously wounded another. t ID,
} There is no diminution of the VIC.
lence Of measles and typhoid fever on
the Fejee Islands. Medical assistanc<
will be sent from Australia.
Boat No. S Of the wrecked steame,
Vicksburg was discovered bottom up.
wards, aud the persons who were ID
it have doubtless perished. q8fa
DR.. Curtis of New York, who ,wae
wounded in the sanguinary duel viii
Senor Certereal near Havana, hal
been released from custody. '-7 2a
Smuggled diamonds worth 4lO, ,W(
were found in possession Of passeD.
ger who recently arrived at New Yorl
lin an Aspinwall steamer.
Alex. Hamilton, tho ombexzling ex.
treasurer Of Jersey City, haS been sen
fenced to three yeaEs 10 the poniten.
tiary aud fine of $1,000. -. ..,.,.. 3,
Col, Thos. H. Dewitt Of Richmond
for many years secretary Of the BoarJ
of Public Works tof Virginia, com
mitted suicide on, Tie Goth ult.
Baron Won Schwartz Senborn, lat4
Austrian minister to Washington anl
Count Corti, late Italian minister
sailed for Europe, June 10th.
At ottumwa, Canada, last week,
deputy Marshal was shot aud kiiiei
by boy named Smith. The pepple
hung Smith to . lamp-post. stalf
Congressman Nash of this State j,
among the few members Of the next
House who have vacancies to flll a
West Point Military Academy. ~ 7
Several foreigners have been "a.
sanlted IN Pekin. The native soldiers
who insulted the American consu
and his wife. have been punished.
About 500 rev mail contracts wer,
commenced July Let. The new posta
rates between this and foreign conn
tries went into effect the same day.
There is dispute regarding thl
control of the Memphis e. Little Rocl
railroad, and the contest between tn,
rival owners excites much interest.
Hons. VIM. NJ. Evarts, w. W. Phelp
aud Gov. Chamberlain of South Car
olina delivered addresses at a meet
Ing Of Yale College alumni June 30th
The New Orleans police are look
ing for some unknown parties Wit
robbed Rev. Mr.. Markham'a chnlel
of several valuable articles last week
| Foreign vessels will not be allowet
to do Mexican coasting trade excep
there be o lack of native craft, ant
then only under certain regulations
Mary Welsh, q clerk in the Treas
ury Department., was burned to deatl
| by the explosion of a "pocket stove
in Which coal oil was burned d as fuel
| Capt. j. P. Forgay, 4 promiuen
steamboatman, captain Of the Tech
steamer Ida, died at Franklin, La.
last Sunday from a congestive chill
/ After establishing about the sam
freight and passenger rates as no,
prevail, the railroad convention i
session at Detroit adjourned Gu u,
LIST.
The Pope contributed $4,000 for til
relief of the overfowed in the vallc
Of tho Garonne, >, France. The tbta
fund 50 far subscribed exceeds S3OO
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The Assembly Of Cape Colony ba
adopted resolutions for the aunexa
ton Of sundry independent territori&
south Of Natal, inhabited by l5O,O
caffres.
/ Tho British steamer Douglass ".
attacked by Chinese snugglcrs ,
+ Foo Chow on Nav 96tl. The r,sca