The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-02-27
Rear Admiral Cbas., H Bell Of the

Rear Admlral C049sf dsfbell OF iLn0
q. S, Navy, died Of pneumonia at his
residence In New Brunswick, n. j.,
on the 10Th. He was 27 years of'age.
3a It is reported that the 'fhtier u
Don Carlos, sssisted by othels, has
raised a, large sun Of money in Lon.
don to carry on the war against Al
fons0. +, : ''''f - >''.-' SIS =
= Municipal elections in Philadelphia
and other Pennsylvania cities and
towns, last week, resulted in general
Republican successes by increased
majorities.
British vessels bombarded ana cap
tured a fort on the island of Mombas,
off the eastern coast of, Africa. Two
slave ships with 800 captives on board
were seized. 81,
Inhumane treatment of prisoners
in the Nebraska State prism has
been made the subject Of legislative
inquiry and new, prison officers are
recommended.
;. The propeller E. H. woodward Of
New York, which has been drifting ii
the ice in Long Island Sound several
days, sunk on the night Of the; 18th.
The crew perished. ,.,nv gy5 s... !.
= A train on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad left the track on
account of a broken rail, last Monday.
One coach fell fifteen feet fifteen per-
sons hurt, one killed. zss, le.,ts saa,
A passenger who had bis pocket
picked of $l2, 600 in bonds while trav-
cling on a Connecticut railroad, has
obtained judgment for the full amount
against the railroad company. I'll
A number of vessels were broken
looee from their moorings by the ice
in Chesapeake Bay, last week, and
were carried ont Il to sea. Ono ship
sank in five fathoms. The crew were
rescued. 3'is .1s.=e3.sl.s ri iq !
A bill has been ,intrnduced in. the
national Senate to authorize, the ad-
mission, free Of import duty, Of the
diamond necklace preAented to Gen.
Shern,as's daughter by the Khediye
of Egypt. .,s,,.....,.;,,.,i sod
Mrs. Mary Mari Of New Orleans
was horribly burned by the explosion
of can Of coal oil with which ahes
was lighting q fire, on Tuesday Of
last week. She lived but q few hours
after the accident.
Hon. $. J. B. Mcmillan, the present
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
of Minnesota, has sbeenH elected u. g..
Senator from that State. He is ..
staunch Republican and a man Of the
highest character. s's'' =
James McMahoun, a Washington
carpenter, supposed to be insane,
jumped from the dome of the Capt.,
tol to the roof Of the main building, q
distance of $50 feet, on the 18th, aid
was instantly killed. '4.aSfs.' n
Tile Pope has issued an encyclica1
letter deuouncing the German eecles-
iastical laws, and accommodating
bishops who accept benefices from the
State. The German press comment
severely upon the letter. aH y IS "a
The match factory at GottenbeYg,
Germany, burned on the 10Th while.
crowded with .,workmen. Those in
the upper stories were cut of from
escape and fifty perished in the flames
or were killed by 1eaping from the
building. = tsa.s E .4sss7 ,t-.ls.1
. A municipal election which was to
have been held at Wilmington, n. c.,
has been enioined in the u. s. Circuit
Court at Baltimore, on the ground
that the charter disfranchises colored
men,. The case will be tried at Raj
eigh on the 9th of March.
A Northern lady, lately deceased,
left Major Thomas g. Jones of Mont
go,nery, Ala, q legacy of 5000 for
the great service done to the cause
Of peace and good will between the
North and Sonth, by his Confederate
memorial oratiOn delivered last May.
The British Parliament has voted
to exclude John Mitchell the Feniap
leader who was elected from the Tip
perary district, as he is under SEN
tence of. transportation for felony.
Another election has been ordered
and Mitchell. will again be = candi-
date. "a .,4.ss ..,,. ..,... IA, -.
A passenger train ran off the track
near Steubenville, Ohio, on the 10Th,
and several cars were destroyed by
FIRE. The vice president Of 5thearal-
road had both legs broken and one
other person was slightly hnrt. The
Strakosch opera troupe lost all their
baggage by the accident. as4' - s555''"
All hope for the safety q tho fisl,-
ing schooners Joseph Chandler and
David Bivenhaven of Gloucester,
Mass, which have been absent dpon
trips to Grand Banks since Decamber
lst, has been given up, and they ma
regarded as host, with their crevs,
numbering in all "a men. -.
On Tuesday, the 10th. q hunter
found in the woods near Grenada,
Mississippi, the body 0san Irish ped
dler named Pat K. Laferty, with 9
bullet hole through his skull, His
pack was missing, and his body al.
most entirely eaten M by hogs and