The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-03
News Items.

@ News Items. .,
Three large London firms failed
last week.
Treasurer New assumed his duties
Thursday.
The vomito ia epidemic at Coatsea
Coalcas, Mexico.
One case Of yellow fever at Key
West last week. I'D
Bishop Ames is member of the
Sioux Indian commission. .s-4
The operation of the new liquor law
in Ohio has been enjoined. -
The Carlists claim a victory over
the Alfonsist troops at CASTLE.
The Carlist port Of Bernie has been
bombarded by Spanish feet.
The Memphis Express robbers have
been taken to the penitentiary.
Twenty illicit distilleries have been
seized in Yadkin county, n. c.
DR.. VIM. Warren of Barton, Md,
died from sunstroke, Saturday.
The British House of Commons re-
fused to repeal the quarantine law.
Rear Admiral John Decamp died at
Philadelphia, June Oath, aged 81.
The war steamer Plymouth is sta
toned at the mouth Of the Rio Grande.
The college crews are practicing for
the annual regatta on Saratoga lake.
The Pennsylvania Editorial Asso-
citation is touring through Maryland.
The Brazilian Cabinet ministers re-
signed aud others have been appoin-
ted.
The Signal Bureau telegraph is
working to Fort Sill, Indian Terri
tory. ,4~-
The American lifemen have shown
some fine work in their practice at
Dublin. s-=ss,.
The Alabama Claims commission
have adjourned to the Doth Of Sep
TENDER.
The rate for registered letters is
| now ten cents in addition to regular
postage.
The cash in the national treasury
will be counted by commission of
bankers.
New South Wales has voted $4,000
for its representation at the American
Centennial.
Jose Cullar has been appointed sec
rotary Of the Mexican legation at
Washington.
One death from yellow fever and
three new cases reported from Key
West this week. 4-- 7-t.z
President Cummings Of Wesleyan
University, Hartford, has rendered
his resignation.
Good counterfeit SIS bills on the
First National Bank Of Baxton, Ills,
are in circulation.
The railway between Vera Cruz and
and Jalapo, Mexico, has been opened
for public traffic.
New York laborers held mass meet
ings last week to protest against the
reduction of wages.
George Veith, q Frenchman, aged
AZ, drowned himself in Lake Pont-
chartrain last Monday.
The strike of coal miners in Penn
sylvania is practically ended and the
men are all resuming work.
The Richmond Knights Templar
who attended the Boston Centennial
reached home on June 25th.
1t is announced that Mr.. Gladstone
has promised to resume the leader
ship of the Liberals next year.
During a storm at Olathe, Kansas,
June Goth, a house was blown down
and man and his child killed.
John Morrissey has been arraigned
by the Tammany Hall general CON-
mittee for treason to the party.
Alex. Newton has been convicted
of the murder of Jules Bourdonnay,
in New Orleans, last September.
1t is said the Marquis of Lorne and
wife, the Princess Louise, intend maxi
ing tour of the United States.
At Pomeroy, Ohio, last Monday,
Jacob Roushur attempted to kill his
wife and then committed suicide.
A train ran over wagon near Bos-
ton Sunday night, killing four per-
sons. The driver escaped injury.
Col. B. Y. Sage, a former railroad
suNerintendent, was found dead in
his bed at Atlanta, on the 23rd ultimo.
One man aud five women, all col
ored, we're drowned near Little Rock
last Monday, by the capsizing of
skiff.
Thirty houses were destroyed at
Detroit by tornado last Monday.
Four persons were killed and many
hurt.
The grain sllovelers at Buffalo are
on strike against steam shovels, and
the grain business there is at q stand
still.
The Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
have decided to run their own express,