The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-31

Nliluts WAS Oul llbIlACSA o1I V1O NsDAN
inst. The safes were blown open with
nitro glycerine and rifled of contents.
Four men have been arrested OIL sus-
picion.
The revenue collector, deputy col
lector, and a number ut gn;tgers and
storekeepers, and many distillers and
rectifers at Oshkosh, Wis, have been
Indicted for connection with whiskey
frauds.
Fisher, District Attorney for the
District of Columbia, has resigned
per request. So has Chief Clerk
Avery of the Revenue Department,
who has been indicted for connection
with frauds.
f. G.. johnson, deputy collector of
internal revenue, and member Of
the Florida Legislature, was shot and
killed last week at still house about
ten miles from Fernandina. The as
sassins are unknown.
In ten mile swimming match be-
tween johnson and Coyle at Glouces-
ter, N. Y, last week, the former won.
Coy lie was ahead, but became ex-
hausted at the eighth mile and was
taken from the water.
The trial of Waddy Thompson, the
Memphis horse thief, embezzler and
general malefactor who was captured
in St. Louis two weeks since, has be-
gun, and the chances for his convic-
ton are considered certain.
The steamer Abbottsford, from
Philadelphia, proceeding fromQueens-
town to Liverpool, went ashore in
Cummaes bay, Wales. The passen-
gers were safely landed. 1t is be-
lieved the vessel will be saved.
The home rule members Of the Eng
lish Parliament will attend in Il body
the home rule banquet whicl, is to be
given at Dublin OH the fourth of Au-
gust, and will also be present at the
OConnell centenary celebration.
It is reported Prussia and Russia
intend to furlough armies on large
scale next year. One of the Vienna
papers urges Austria to follow, and
prove that the alliance between the
three empcrors is worth something.
Don Carlos has written a letter to
King Alfonso, reproaching him for
allowing the civil war to be conducted
with such excessive rigor, and cOun
selling moderation on the side of the
Alfonsists, on pain Of feprisals by the
Carlists.
Great excitement prevails at Suit
Lake City over details Of the Noun
tain Meadow massacre, narrated by
Bishop Smith, who is States evidence.
A mol prosequi was entered in his
case. All but the children too young
to tell were killed.
A writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Captain Gordon, who led the first
company of miners into the Black
Hills, and refused to give his parole,
has been granted, and he is ordered
to Omaha, from Camp Sheridan, where
he has been confined.
A reward of 800 has been offered
for the recovery Of Prof. Donaldson
and the other aeronaut who made II
ballon ascension from Chicago two
weeks ago and are supposed to have
been carried into Lake Michigan 10y Il
hurricane and drowned.
The American squadron which has
been visiting St. Petersburg has
sailed for home. Admiral Worden
and his officers were brilliantly en-
tertained during their stay there. The
Gar accompanied the Admiral to
Cronstadt on his departure.
The French customs returns for the
last six months show an increase in
receipts of23, ,OOO, 900 francs over those
of the corresponding period of last
year. The total revenue of the coun-
try for the same time has increased
79, 100000 francs over 1874.
The dead body of young man
named Wm. Ison was found in the
woods near Glen Rock, Md, Sunday,
adjacent to II spot where Sunday
school picnic had been held. Ison's
death was caused by Il stab in the left
side. No clue to the murderer.
The Cunard line steamship Abys-
Slt1li, duti tut- w 1iIIdIlIS N- " VuISu line
steamship Wyoming, both from New
York, collided last Sunday 1T New
Brighton, near Liverpool. Both YES.
sells were considerably damaged in
the hulls, and have been locked.
The old established mercantile
house of George 2. Mitchell! & Sons
of Halifax is in financial difficulty,
owing to misappropriation of thei,
property by Montreal merchant
The liabilities of the firm are stated
at $3.50, 900, the loss in Montreal be.
ing S95,O0O.
There will be 800 German exhibit.
ors ut the centennial. The large man.
ufactories on the Rhine and in West.
phalia and Saxony will he especially
represented. An imperial commits
sioner has been appointed to obtai,
more room for the German depart.
ment in the exhibition building.
The Postmaster General has com
,nopcnI emit ar.iyst tho hon .lc ,nou =,