The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-04-17
News Items.
Small pox is raging in Yucat;.n.

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| Small pox is raging in Yucatan.
Greenville, Miss, had Il big fire las
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Senor CASTELAR, has decided to e
to Rome. 94
Yellow fever at Key West on thu
decline.
Little Rock. has elected Democrat.
city officers.
New York longshoremen are ON an.
other strike.
General S;ckles will retain his place
on the retired list.
The Pennsylvania miners have de.
cided to resume work. an
Col. Jas. Page, celebrated Phil
adelphia lawyer, is dead.
The princess imperial of Russia has
given birth to a daughter.
Dan BRYANT, the famous minstrel
died in New York, last Saturday.
The Ozark House, Springfield, ILL.,,
burned last week. Loss $5O, 900.
Mile. De Murska meet with an en-
thnsiastic reception at Memphis.
Treasurer Spinner's resignation has
been accepted by President Grant.
Gen. Compos whipped the Carlists
at Ripoli and captured the town.
Archbishop McCloskey's new Car
dinal's hat has arrived from Rome.
1t is rumored that Gen. Concha has
been officially invited to leave Spain.
The ePresidenthasappointed Richard
Gibbs OF New York. minister to Peru.
Bismarck is going to Sandown, Isle
of Wright, for the benefit of his health.
IF forced to leave Rome, the Pope
will come to the United States to live.
Barrett, Democrat, was elected
mayor of St. Louis Ivy majority of
73i.
Spanish troops in Cuba are to be
paid in gold hereafter-says Valma
seda.
The Spanish government has de-
cided to send $4,000 more troops to
Cuba.
Advices from Shanghai state that
the widow Of the late Emperor died
March 9th.
Lieutenant commander r. s. New
Of til, navy. died last Saturday, at
Washington.
Indians have plundered settlements
in Yucatan and committed some hor-
rible ontrages. .,--
The municipal elections, ia Michigan:
last week resulted in general Repub-
lican successes.
The First National Bank of Wash
ington paid ten per cent. to its cred
itors this week.
A street car collided with freight
train at Baltimore, and the driver of
the car was killed.
A boiler in the Gingham mill, South
Adams, Mass, exploded on Monday,
killing three persons.
Several citizens Of New Orleans
have mysteriously disappeared dur
ing the past few weeks.
A fire at Monmouth H., on the
10Th inst, destroyed half block of
buildings. Loss $27, ,OoO.
The Lowell, Mass, mule spinners
(whatever that means) have concluded
to strike for better wages.
The Catholic gentry Of England will
present Cardinal Manning with an
address and 5000 gnineas.
Ingersoll, of New York ring noto-
riety, has been pardoned to testify
against Peter b. Sweeney.
Michael Sullivan was hanged at
Brunswick, N. j., April 9th, for the
murder Of Daniel Talmage.
1t is reported the Carlists shot
eight Alfonsists in reprisal for Car
list ass:.ssinations near Tafala.
R. w. Healy has been appointed
marshal for the southern district Of
Alabama, vice Hines, removed.
A whirlwind demolished the Platte
river bridge at Schuyler, Nebrask.
Several houses were prostrated.
Sir John Gray, member of Parlia-
ment and proprietor of the Free Ma
sons Journal of Dublin, is dead.
A block of wooden buildings were
destroyed by fire at South Bend, Ind,
on Saturday last. Loss, 5000.
President Grant has gone to Massa-
chusetts to attend the Centennial eel
ebration of the battle Of Lexington.
Cincinnati is preparing for grand
musical festival com mencing on the
lIth of May and closing on the l4th.
Bishop Becker of Delaware. con-
firmed :s96 persons ut St. Aloysius
Church, Washington, on the 18th inst.
The Frankfort llntel New York,
burned last week. One person was
sutf'ocated and two others Dearly SO.
The beard of directors of the Pan
ANA railroad elected r. w. Park pres
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