The Donaldsonville chief., 1875-06-12
News. Items.

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The Missouri grasshoppers have al
gone west. .,,s x3,.ss 5..7.tsvs xfsi
i Edward Welby Pugin, the Englisl
| arciiitec.lt, ID dead. .''@ '"7...
i Ripley, 1Teun., suffered from 4 $50.
| 600 fire on the 1st.
/ The Alabama Claims Commission
has been extended six months.
The. International Typographical
Union met at Boston Monday.
4 A colored murderer named Oran &c
s.huDg 1t Atlanta on the 4th.
| Cooper's drain pipe works, Brook
lyn burned juno 3rd. Loss $25, 600.
/ Two hundred houses were destroys ed
BY aarsi I'M Cshssal, sSpsin, lasss week.
Official Investigation into the loss
of the Schiller began ut Greenwhich,
June LIST.
The whole northern portion of In
dianapolis was flooded by heavy rains
I last week.
The Mississippi Press Association
held its annual session last week, at
Kosciusko. ..s
An effort ia being made to establish
a line of steamships between Calves
ton and Vera Cruz. 80,
Gilmar's large steam sawmill at
Ottawa, Ont, burned last Sunday.
Loss s2O0, 600. ... .,. s..
The Southern Presbyterian Assem-
blyin session at St. Louis adjourned
sine die June 2nd. @.'' T.
A Paris Dispatch reports that &c, 600
pilgrims visited the shrine at Paray
le Moniae June 4th. ~. -.
The total loss by the Springfield,
Mass, fire of last week was $3.50, 900.
Insurance S450, 600. a.. ,-,-..
The annual meeting Of the New
England Associated Press occurred
at Boston, June 2nd. s.
Duke D'Audiffict Pasqnier was re-
4 elected President Of the French As
sembly on the 2nd inst. s'a-
Tho wheat crop in the western
counties Of Tennessee is estimated to
be the largest since 1860. ,s-e
Barborn Lewis has l,een appointed
by President Grant appraiser Of mer-
chandise at Memphis. ..=.. ....
The removal Of several Alabama
postmasters is spoken Of, including
the postmaster Of Mobile. -
Assistant Surgeon John o. Skinner
Of the army has been ordered tq the
department. Of the South.
The grasahoppers that have infcated
southern Nebraska are fast taking
flight towards the northwest. 81.
The wings of John Browns cotton
factory ut Philadelphia burned last
Monday. Loss. $6O, 600. ,,.Az..s. ,.s..q
More trouble is apprehendcJ on the
border, The Texans threaten retail
iatOry incnrsions into Mexico.
The Nesper Boat Club Of Phiiadel-
pl,ia had it's annual regatta our the
Scl.uylkill river last Saturday.
.Iuternal Revenue Collector Wada-
worth Of Chicago has besu requested
by Commissioner Pratt to resign. M
A FIRE in redistilling establishment
at I.nnisville Monday damaged the
premises to the extent of SIC, 900.
twenty mine horses from, the .vicin-
ity of Fort Clark were stolen by ix
Indians from Mexico ON May 29th. .ss
The President and family went to
Long Branch Thursday, the 3rtl inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Satoris were of the party.
Last Saturday the hodies Of four
unknown drowned men were foand
floating on East river, Brooklyn side.
Judge Edward Mellen. formerly
Chief Justice Of Massachusetts, died
at Boston, ON the night of May 31st.
More pines have been destroyed by
forest fires in Canada than the lum-
bermen would have cut in throo years.
The assignee Of the St. Louis Peo-
ple's Savings Bank, which failed last
winter, has sued the board Of Direc-.
tors. W .5t
The manager ofthe Galveston Opera
House has been fined $500 for exclnd-
luZ u CUIOICu U1SSU 1IVu1 Gtl0 CEG0kue
ment. 't'5''
A colliery near NJ cunt Carbon, Pa,
was destroyed by fire on the 3rd. It
was fred by q, mob Of nearly 100
strikers. = = - 81 =
On the lat inst. the house of . kr.
Van Neer of Maxwell, Ontario, was
destroyed hy fire and three children
perished. u .@ g.
Mr.. Manliffe Owen and Col. Stewart
Sanford, .English commissioners to
the centennial, have arrived at Phil
ade1phia. as-f"s
Heavy forest fires ragged ID Sullivan
and Delaware, counties. New York,
last week Several villages were
abandoned. ~ le-'fs t=
Miners at Mahoney City asas Ire
mant, Pa, have resumed work at the
reduced rates offered BY the coal
companies. 80 e
Four persons, one of whom ia; .