The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-03
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the Americans were the favorites.
The International Bank Of Londor
has recovered Judgment against Aller
Hay, . well known New York dealer
for 81 ,625, 326, amount Of drafts draw
BY latter on Gladstone l. Co., London
Count Won Arnim's trial closed Of
Thursday Of last week and lie was
adjudgeds guilty Of abstracting State
papers, intrnsted to his care. The
sentences nine months imprisonment
The schooner Mary Chiffon, aban.
doned at sea under suspicious circnnl.
stances. arrived at Havana June 23rd
Her crew, under arrest, have been
brought to the United States for trial
The body of John Farand, enginee,
Of the burned steamer Chas. Bodlnann,
was disinterred and identified at Myrs
tie Grove, La, below New Orleans,
and sent 10 his friends in Cincinnati.
Barnum's balloon, which left Tor
onto June oath, was picked up by a
vessel next day, five miles from shore,
in Lake Ontario. All the inmates
were safe, but had suffered consider
able hardship.
Sheriff Crosby Of Vicksburg, who
was shot early in June, has nearly
recovered. His deputy, Gilmer, whom
he charged with the shooting, was ex-
amined by a magistrate and released,
their being no proof Of his guilt. &
Sophie Schidler was taken out on
the North river, at New York, in a
skiff last week, by her step father,
who shot her three times and then
killed himself. The girl died next
day. No cause is assigned for the
strange crime.
The Peoples Independent State
Convention met at San Francisco,
June 23rd, and after adopting a series
Of resolutions against monopolies,
nominated Gen. Bidwell for Governor
and Lieut.. Gov. Pacheco for LieU-
tenant Governor. :.
Thos. E. Snellbacker, chief of po-
lice, VIM. Mark, editor of the Tolks-
freynd. j. B. Mccormick and Paul
Remleins, all of Cincinnati and former
~ connected with the waterworks Of
that city, have been indicted by the
grand jury for grand larceny.
Mr.. Beach of counsel for plaintiff
in the Tilton- Beecher case closed his
argument on Wednesday Of last week,
and then moved to reopen the case,
to introduce new testimony. The
next day Judge Nelson decided the
motion adversely and charged the
jury, who retired to consider u YER
dict.
A thoroughly Organized gang of
counterfeiters under the lead Of DR..
Milton H. Frank, a practising ply
stefan Of. Allegheny City, Pa, has
been broken up. Several members,
including Frank, were arrested, and
$40, OO0i in counterfeit money captured.
The attention of the government was
called to the work of these men
through letters containing consign-
ments of spurious money, which be-
ing unsta,nped, went to the dead let
ter Office.
Frank Enterer, a German, 60 years
of age, who was sent to prison at Phil
adelphia for attempting to outrage a
little girl of 4 years, committed sui
eide by hanging himself in his cell.
VIM. NJ. Tweed was released from
the penitentiary on Blackwelrs Island
last week. He has furnished bail in
the new criminal suits against him
and his counsel are endeavoring to
secure a reduction of bail in the civil
suits. The present amount of bail
required is 81, ZOO, 600.
A fresllet has occurred in the valley
of the Garonne river, in the southern,
part of France, which has caused i'm
mense destruction of property and
great loss Of life, aggregating nearly
1000 souls. At Toulouse, Verdun,
Trelaullet, Tarbes, Loissiac and Other
places the devastation was greatest.
Thousands of people have been ren-
dered destitute by the disaster and
measures for their relief have been
ahesu uiotNu e"OoSuOuGI LuuGC. = u4ly
$500 houses We're swept away at Tou-
louise alone.
FlREs.--Dover, Mason county, Ohio,
June 22nd: w. T.. Tobb & Co.'s
wooden and Touring mills; loss ESQ.,.
0OO.. Georgetown, Ky, Sunday,
June Goth livery stable and four
dwellings; loss $4,000; Il number Of
horses were burned to death. Gin
cinnati, June 22nd: Steamboat r.
W. Skillinger struck by lightning and
destroyed; loss sl5, coo; insurance
SIG, 600. -. Lancaster, Canada, June
222nd; Emory Dyson's mill loss $780,
600; 100 hands thrown ont of work.
Three men were suffocated in a
burning nine ct Nevada city, June
2lst.. -. The college at st. Theresa's
village, Canada, June 24tl.. - Mystic
Bridge, Conn.,, June Oath: a large
WOODEN mill and contiguous buildings !;
incendiary.. New York, june 225th |,
the Aldine establishment, valued at
500, 600, totally DESTROYED. Cnm-
berland, Md, june 25th Several