The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-08-28

OI lck1cS6c0 W ull tuC SHCdHCy Al WIZ
Senate caused by Andrew Johnson's
death. n-l#g ! tHfaa
Two New, Orleans gentlemen, De
Blanc and Perilliat, want to fight q
duel bad. They were foiled in a sec
ond attempt last Saturday, by the
| police. 7s
Herr Bartels, architect, is about to
leave Berlin for Philadelphia, to ar
range the distribution Of space al
| lotted to German exhibitors at the
Centennial. ''Sa'
Edwin Booth, the actor, was thrown
from his carriage near Port Chester,
N. Y, on the 18th, and had his arm
! and one rib broken. The hurts are
not dangerous.
The national temperance camp
meeting at Old Orchard beach, Maine,
opened OH the 18th with large at
tendance. Gov. Dingley delivered a
stirring address.
At Musisogee, Indian Territory, on
the 18th inst, Sheriff Dunson of St.
Landry parish, La, arrested Louis
Rousseau, Who murdered C. Bedgnao
in this State ia March last.
Jos. w. Robertson of Brocaton,
Mass, eloped with a married woman
last week otter robbing the safe of the
firm Of which he was q member. He
left wife and two children. .
Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins,
commanding the U. S. South Pacific
feet, died at Callao, Peru, on the 9th
inst, of erysipelas. He is succeeded
by Rear Admiral Reed Wordcn.
The London Board of Trade has
decided that the loss of the steamer
| Abbottsford was due to an error of
Judgment on the part of her captain,
but no criminal negligence was ap-
parent.
Mrs. Phillip Bessinger of Reading,
Pa, drowned herself and three chill
dren on account Of i'll treatment frem
her husband. The police had to pro-
tect Bessinger from the mob after the
funeral.
Thurlow Weed, and his family were
very near being fatally poisoned last
week by drinking coffee. the water
for which was boiled, in a copper tea
kettle that had been secured with OK
alic acid.
The Carlists are concentrating near
SEQ de Urgel, and will attempt to
raise the seige. Dorreg;.ry has been
routed and driven to the mountains
| by the brigade of Alfonsist General
Detatree.
The locomotive. aud fosasaaEs 81 .
train on the Baltimore Il Ohio rail-
road were ditched near Wheeling on
the 10Th inst, by running over a COW.
The fireman was killed and the engi-
neer badly wounded.
The Pope has invited Archbishop
Ledochowski toRome on the expira-
tion of his term of imprisonment in
February next, to attend q special
consistory, at which he will receive
the insignia of the cardinaiate.
Mr.. Jewett, receiver Of the Erie
Railway, has fled his account show
ing receipts and disbursements from
date Of his appointment to July lst /:
Total receipts, $l,l92,W8; disburse-
ments. 795 sos; balance ON hand
$432, ,402. ... ...~
One person was killed aud over
forty injured ly a railroad accident
near Cover station, Clinton county,
Mo-, August 18th. The locomotive,
mail, express and two passenger cars
fell through q trestlewOrk q distance
Of twenty feet. ..
John l.. Hates, a wealthy married
man Of Philadelphia, has been ar
rested for beating and attempting to
burn to death a young girl whom he
has held in state of semi slavery fol
several years and who attended pic
} mic without his leave.
It is said the New Jersey and New
York railways owe the Erie read
$50, 900 and refused to pay it. The
Erie railroad, therefore, seized two
cars of the former road at Long Dock
and tore up the other company's track
at Hackensack Junction.
, The London Times thinks the sue
cess of the Herzegovinan insurrectiol
at this juncture would disrupt the
Ottoman Empire and plunge Europe
into mighty war, but the insurgents
can not be blamed for seeking t.
throw off their intolerable yoke.
: A threatened insurrection by ne
: groes is alleged to have been discov
t cred last week in johnson, Burke
Washington and Jefferson counties
Georgia. Over 100 arrests have beel
e made aud quiet restored. A specia
term Of the Superior Court will con
$ vene Monday to try the offenders.
The Turkish government announ
ees that published reports Of the Her
e zegovinan insurrection have beel
e greatly exaggerated, and that the re
p bellion can he easily crushed. Russi
o will soon issue note concerning til
troubles, and Turkey will accept tn
a friendly mediation of foreign pow
: ers to secure peace.
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