The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-17

heart disease, last week. His inden-
tity is unknown.
The Chicago printers have reduced
prices of composition to AZ cents per
1000 ems on morning and AZ cents on
Oh evening papers.
Mrs. Sartoris, daughter of Presi-
dent Grant, gave birth to a fine boy,
weighing 121 pounds, at Long Branch,
last Sunday morning.
Medical officers of the navy recon-
meud the enforcement of strict sani-
tary rules in all Southern cities to
ward off yellow fever.
Two passenger trains collided on
South Side railroad, near Fort Rock
away, N. Y, July 9Th, killing 12 per-
SOUS and wounding 26.
The Prince of Wales will start for
India on the 18th of October, to be
gone six months. He will be allowed
$4,000 for expenses.
A telegraph cable connecting Mar
tha's Vineyard with the main land
was successfully laid across the Vine-
yard sound last week.
The Berlin weavers are on a strike
and breaches of the public peace are
feared. Troops are held in readiness
to suppress outbreaks.
Maurice Portugal, friend Of Cor
tina who had threatened to shoot
officers of the Mexican cavalry, was
captured and hung last week.
A fight occurred at Lawrence, Mass,
last Monday, between Catholic Irish
and Orangemen. Several policemen
and citizens were wounded.
Among the centennial buildings at
Philadelphia wilt be one for the ex-
libitions of government departments.
The structure will cost $75, 900.
An immense water spout descended
on the track of the Kansas Pacific
railroad, near Kit Carson, Saturday,
washing away 200 feet Of the track.
A New Orleans detective has ar
rested the desperado who assaulted
and nearly killed Capt. A. F. Wild Of
St. Bernard parish on the 9th of May.
Two youths were struck and killed
by lightning at Portsmouth, n. H.,
Oil the 9th, and two men met with a
similar death at Nyack OH the same
day.
A terrible nortler prevailed at Val
paraiso on the 25th Of May, causing
great destruction Of shipping and
other property and considerable loss
of life.
The anniversary of the battle of
Boyne was celebrated hy the Orange
men in New York, Philadelphia, St.
Jol.ns, n. B., and other places last
Monday.
The French rivers Tongues and
Orbiquet overflowed their banks last
week, inundating the town of Lisieux
and environs. Several persons were
drowned.
The wives and children of the In
dian prisoners at Fort Marion, St.
Augustine, number 300. The ex-
pense of transportation there will be
$4,000.
Two heavy business failures are re-
ported from New Haven-Tyler, Frost
g. Co., wholesale grocers and liquor
dealers, and VIM. H. Bradley G. Co.,
carriage makers.
The American schooner Alinoretta,
from New York to New Orleans, was
wrecked off the Bahamas. The crew
and part of the cargo were saved !;
vessel total loss.
The annual meeting of the National
Morocco Manufacturers Exchange
took place at Lynn, Mass, last week.
The next session will be held at Will
mington, Delaware.
1t is announced that the Turkish
students in Paris have been ordered
home, and college offering them
equal advantages will he established
in Constantinople.
The American riflemen have Wis
tied Glasgow, Edinbnrg, Belfast, Lon
don, and other cities of the British
Kingdom, and met with enthusiastic
receptions everywhere.
The Atlantic cotton mills of Law
renee, Mass, employing 1850 opera
tors, have closed for two month";; so
has mill No. ? OF the Salmon Falls,
n. H., Manufacturing Co.
Two deaths from suicide occurred
in New Orleans on Saturday last. One
Of these parties was woman, the
other Il tailor, and domestic infclicity
led to the act in both cases.
A young lady living near Forest
City, Ark, was outraged and nearly
killed by negro named Davis, who
then stole horse aud left. He was
captured but again escaped.
Cuban advices report an important
victory for the insurgents in the cap
ture OF a Spanish convoy and Of a
fort in the town Of Majagua. The
Spanish loss was 800 killed.
A carriage containing several per-
sons was run over hy railway train
in Canada last Sunday. Two ladies