The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-02-13
-- MI DoNALDsoNVnLE L. SATURDAY FEBRUARY
News Items.

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| Terrible snow storms prevail on the
Praires. nam .,g. s....s...f......,.
I Bismarck is suffering from ! nervous
affection. }FF'''tt9f ~ 2siAa5As tjiI|I
The President has signed heIlittle
tariff bill. ''sttsa1 '91s 3'i -
Brick Pomeroy is,]ying seriously i'll
tat Newk York: sii a. s4asi:rsfn lH.r
l,i,Earl Marlborough died in London
on the 6th inst. ..5 49,, .,,;.
Sepor. Merry has been .appointed
Ministcr:to Berlin. '''' n'' ~ ~
Gen. p. H. Sheridan and staff were
in Ficksburg on the 2nd inst @''S-
Several slight earthquakes occurred
in San Francisca.on..the 9th inst. {.
Austria has applied for. 1900 feet
space in the Centennial building. ~.
The steamboat Royal George sunk
in Red River, La, on Friday last.
| The pumps in Lancaster, Pa, are
frozen and the city is without water.
DR.. Isaac N. Marsellies of Philadel-
pl'ia, died in that city'on Moiday last.
A man aud woman" were frozen to
death in Wichita, Kansas, on the 4th
inst. ...ss,nn ., ,...s..... ..s
Senator Buckingham of Connect
cut died at Norwich, Conn.,, on the
5th inst. t'N J. *Et ,..'a IRE T.
Peter Casey, Postmaster of vicks-
burg, Miss, died at that place, Sunday
nightilast. 9dr .u,ttss-..,a. .
Brevet Brigadier General William
Hayes died in Boston, Mass. on the
18th instant. - '''''- @
Samuel F. 'Hefsey, member of Con-
sgress from Maine, died on Thursday,
the 4tb inst. 49,. -.s...,.....,......... .',z
Rev. DR.. James DeKoven has been
elected Bishop Of the Episcopal Dio-
| cese, of Illinois. 49,. -.
Twenty persons were hurt by a
railroad accident near Usage, Mis-
4 souri,, February .8th.- .. r.
t. Marquis of Harrington has been
elected leader of the Liberal party.
He succeeds Gladstone. u..
Boston Block, Delaware street, In
Fdianapslis, was burned on, the 9TH
inst. Loss. about sec, 900. rs sd5 3
st. Marys Catholic Church at Put
nam, Conn.,, was burned an Monday,
tho 9Th inst. Loss $40, 900. '@, '.'H !,
| Lieut., Commander Allen Of the
United States Navy died Of apoplexy
lat Portland. on the 9Th inst. F'7' : ''''
I Robert Burling, an artist and found
er Of the Water Colorihg Society, died
in New York, on tile 8th inst. - =, =
EelsuD9asdefson .hn0Hn,ase Nelse
Seymour, the negro minstrel, died in
New York city on the 3rd inst.
A boiler in Louis Hooks file fac
tory, St. Louis, exploded Oh the 9th
inst, seriously wounding four men.
Gov. Pinchback has withdrawn his
contest as Congressman at large for
Louisiana against Geo. E. Sheridan.
Mr.. Angus Cameron has been
elected U. s. Senator, from Wiscon-
sin to succeed Hon. Matt Carpenter.
In an engagement on the 2Dd inst,
between the Royalists and Carlists
at Otiezaca, the latter were defeated.
/ The Episcopal college with it's IL
brary at Racine, Wisconsin,. was
burned OH the night of the 4th. Loss
600 600. -
| An elderly lady of Baltimore has
recovered $1,000 from rnfiAn who
spat in her face and slapped her On
DobA cnecAS:f sA. e-s -.ss tsE ..Hssl
Capt. White, a notorious horse
thief and Jail breaker, was shot and
killed near Henderson, Tenn, last
Wednesday. ..rg4f
Twelve cannon, four thousand rifles
and tive hundred thousand cartridges
have been landed ON the Biscay coast
for the Carlists.
! An unknown man was found at
Jores Fails, Maryland, on lust Mon
day, with arms on the ice aud feet iu
the water, frozen. s.....,..s-, .
On Tuesday last three men entered
a pawnbrokei's shop in Brooklyn, and
after gaggiDg the proprietor robbed
the place Of 372O0. - M -=sus4y1c 3
The French steamer kontexuma.
from Port-au- Prince for Havre, loaded
with cotton, went ashore off Inaugua
last week, and was wrecked. = 20
i The funeral Of Mrs. Marshall O.
Roberts, who died in London on the
18th Of December last, took place il,
New York on the Both qltimo.
On the 9th inst. Alfonso issued a
decree forbidding military and naval
officers attending political meetings
/ or making campaiga speeches. ., 81 ,
JOHN Mccormick one Of the wealth
lest citizens Of Mount Vernon, Ohio,
was murdered in his store on the
night of the 9Th for his money.
| Nathan Sargent, known as polit-
ical writer under the name II "Oli-
yer Oldschool," }" died in Washington
| D. C., on the 3rd inst, aged Is years
i Archbishop Perche and Rev. Pat.