The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-02-20
News, Items.

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| Hon. Samuel Hooper, Congressman
| from assa6dnsest'sis dead. .'aaa {. ~ |
The Peruvian rebels lare''I being
thrasheia by tAl'e' goyefnmepe troepss
! All !! !incendiary .fire1uoccurred Il at
Darien, Ca, on the 18th. 5th Loss, s1OO,T
600. ....,,.,....s
Penobsc bay, Maine, has frozen
over, for the first time in twenty five
I'years.t 81 g2ssl oda isaAssAls'.asstliits'5
f. A northwest storm off Cape Cott,3
Mass., has s,d driven t' numerous vessels yes ".
ashore.
| Heavy snow storms have entirely
suspended travel On several N6rther'n !
railroads. bua a5isSsE. s.H - ri
G. w. Jones, independent Demdk
ocrat, has been chosen u. 5. Senator
from Florida.
| The barracks, at Fort Sill, Kansas,
were destroyed by fire, and the Indian
prisoners escaped 2.t s.s e9f9a
| North, river, New York city,. WAS
1 frozen over ON the 10th inst, for the
4, first time since 1885. .,t.
John HavilIand g.. Co. extensive
New Yoik fruit porters, have failed.
Liabilities, e4O0, ,OO0.a ''I'fs.fa.a
The Carlists fred into a. railroad
train OH which King, Alfonso. was =
s passenger. Nobody hurt a,.,,.F; -
3 The stove manufacturers have had
"a national convention at. Chicago.
They tienoiince free trade '''''s''' y
!, Vahnasetla has sailed for Cuba to
succeed Cencla. in the command Of,
the Spanish forces on. the Island. u,
]" Rev. Mr.. Jaeger, rector Of the Phil
adelplia Church Of the Holy Trinity,
accepts the bisliopric' Of Southern
, Ohio. iast3'aq I'e'iias4s i h5it t,'e
President Grant has appointed
!, John NJ. Thayer of Nebrasks to be
:. Governor Of the Territory a Of Wy.
omiDg. .t...s-.s, - 49,.
Mr.. Victor Place, who was French
Consul at New York during tile
Franco Prussian war, died in France
recently. II assa eji.5ssssa {, ,z:s..aia i,fa j
. !. Mr.. Peter Casey, the lately deceased
f postmaster of Vicksburg, Miss, was
a brother Of Collector Casey 81 New
Orleans. }&s1&l t.s5tI Il er S{i' ~! f.;.'5 s.
u The Florida Legislature .unani-
,Nously passed resolution asking
Congress to pass asst; the Texas Pacific
Railroad bin. ..
The Western Union Telegraph
,, 4Co,n,,any has been forced by compe-
titian 10 reduce it's rates fof transmit
! ting messages ssa ...e. Ut. '.s6
, The people of Rutherford county,
II Tennessee, are many of them in starv-
T ing condition owing to the drought
, of last season. Ia! i'E q tA#s f3'@-
Davis and Ramsey have both with
/. drawn from the Senatorial contest in
1 Minnesota. The deadlock III the
q Legislature continues.
The Irish home rule members of
. the British Parliament threaten to
u withdraw from. that body unless the
: act of union is repealed. a
. A special message has been sent to
:, Congress by President Grant recon-
. menting the recognition Of Jos. Brooks
:, as Governor Of Arkansas.
|, The Massachusetts Superior Court
# refused to interfere in behalf of the
y Boston boy murderer, Jesse II. Pom
d cry, and he will be hanged.
II The advance Of the Alfonsist army
= has been checked by the Carlists
u who threaten to take the offensive
IS and follow up their temporary advan'
J tage. .....
=, Rumors of the retirement of Bis
!! mark from office after his sixtietl
birthday are contradicted. He vii
remain in Office as long as his health
4 permits.
It Prominent Louisiana politicians o
= 10th parties are in Washington. Th.
Is List INCLUDES Marshal Packard, L. G
Is Billings, Frank. Zacharie, E. A. Burk'
ia and others.
le The new treaty between Hayti an.
l. San Domingo binds each to maintain
= 1.-THE integrity Of the respective terri
tories and .cede. no adjacent island
10 to foreign powers. -- -
le Senator eject Eaton has been ap
st pointed by the Connecticut Legisla
70 ture to fiji the vacancy cansed Ivy til
ls death of Senator Buckingham. .Eatol
o has taken his seat. r- --f
le The German authorities have eeize
he the charge of the Bishop of Strasbur
I" to his clergy, which declares tn
ks church is persecuted, and have fol
to hidden its PRONUNCIATION.
u
- Bitter cold weather prevails through
-, , !, out the East, North and West. Mnc
:. suffering among seamen is reported
.. and many vessels are ice-bound 0
= the coast of New England.
There are indications Of trouble
ke China over the succession to til
he throne The rnmor that the Empre'
I'd committed suicide after the death /,
ID, her husband proved untrue.
's.' Four persons were injured by Il