The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-02
DoNALDsoNy1LLE SATURDAY

! Geo. W. Daring & Co., of Boston,
Mass, were robbed one day this week
i Of $l2, ,OOsin watches, diamonds, and
other stock. J. @5Ess s.fisgs f,itnts ,ls,
t.. Congressman Croker Of the Fourth
MASSACHUSETTS, District, died on Mon
day, December '28th, aged seventy
three years.
\ The Democratic Convention called
to meet at ,Vicksburg on the eighth of
January, has been postponed until
The 18th Of April. -
Jeife. son Rives, one of the proprie-
tors Of the Congress;onal Globe, Of
w asbin2tvn, D. c., dropped dead last
Sunday Of apoplexy. 4...., .,,t
:, Secretary Bristow has ordered the
Solicitor Of the Treasury. to bring
prompt action against the bondsmeh
of defaulting officers. as*s
soGen. Piuch Tilghman, q graduate
4 at West Point in the class of 1892,
died in Baltimore, December 22nd,
aged sixty-five years. - ts's's" 4 i
Mail Service to Key West BY steam.
er from New York, Baltimore and
New Orleans will be supplied from
Cedel Keys Ivy steamer.
l., a collision between ferry and
,..itie boat on The East river, New
York, one m2fi was killed and an
other fatally wounded. 5te. 81 !,
The Republican candidate defeated
the Democratic candidate for Mayor
in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. Goth, by
46 10 poll Of 1852 votes. -
]. w. Smith, a planter living ten
miles from Memphis, was shot and
killed by two negro men whom he
had ordered from his field.
Miss Nelson, the great English
actress is in New Orleans. She will
appear at the St. Charles Theatre on
Monday, January 4th, 1875.
An infant three months old, was
sn focated last Tuesday night in Cin-
cinnati; Ohio, by its drunken father
and mother lying on it in bed. go
The following four mail routes which
has supplied Key West have been dis
cou jim Ted ,fviaa }: from New York, Bal
more, New Orleans and Tampa.
Captain General Concha has issued
orders to officers commanding Span
;sh troops to act leniently towards
captured or surrendered insurgents.
James Dudley of Lexington, Ken
tuci,y. HIS sold, the three year old
cbesDut filley, Lady Stout, to Robt.
Eonrer Of che New York Ledger, for
S2o5, 600. e4g ass ~ se'a' a .ia&
Col. Eugene. Lehardy, we'll known
throughout the country as a promi-
| 9ent 9d civil engineer and railroad man,
last. 'a'' '4-'
Sixteen la,ge cases, confirming
smnggled opera glasses, silver ware,
ETC, valued at $4,000 we're seized
by special Treasury agents in New
York, Dec. 9th. s'i,'"1 't'sf'
| On Wednesday, December 3Oth
Thomas Pennel, Jr., of Cumberland
County, Maine, was knocked down
fn his office and the safe robbed Of
from s8, 900 to $4,000. '''
The statistics of the workings o1
the prohibiting law in Maine during
the past year show that so, 600 il
fines were proposed and collected fol
The violation of the law.
Tie Carlists have offered to restor.
the German brig Gustave, seized BY
them.iif the amount which they al
,ege is due to their Custom House b,
the vessel is paid. -,
w. w. Murphy, chief Of the Angus
ia, Ga. police while attempting t,
arrest soS,e drunken desperadoes from
Cussetta, Alabama, on Monday last
was mortally wounded.
John Murphy who was executed q
,, Carson, Nevada, for murder, when ol
the scaffold made some remarks pro
Tossing his belief in spiritualism, ais,
uttering horrible blasphemy.s fI
Inc sentence of Count Won Armin
i in addition to the terms of jmprison
ment. requires the pay yment Of costs
The Count is permitted to retain hi
official digni:ies, with the title Of ex
: ceileDcy. ,.,f
, y. G. Eyerly, manager Of the Ne,
Orleans Bulletin, died IN that city d
saturday night, December 26th, fror
/ the effects Of wounds received in q
ltncounter with Ex-Governor H.. {
!, Wa, moth.
: Grand Duke Nicholas of St. Peters
burg, son of the Emperor's brothe
Grand Duke Constantine, has bee
. declared iDE.ne aud placed under th
= guardianship Of his father. He is th
). Que who stole the diamonds.
The New York board of Apportio1
i msDt have passed resolutions Gel
j. suring Controller Green for paying q
" excess Of $50, GOO for interest on Il
pdblic debt over the sum apprOpr
ated for 1874, without the consent
authority Of the board.
a A bill was passed in the House
Representatives Of Arkansas, on Il
u =. F. ~.