The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-09-23
NUMBER 8.

Turks and Servians have agreed to
a suspension of hostilities for ten
days. Bad weather has prevented
fighting for the past week. "a
Another strike of rice laborers ec-i
Cured last week in the C0mbahes rice
region OF South Carolina. Riotous
demonstrations were made.
Sir Stafford Northcote, English
Chancellor, addressed a large meet
ing at Edinburg, defending the East
ern policy of the government.
The great council of Red Men of
the United States met at Philadelphis
last week. The next annual session
will be held at Columbus, Ohio.
John s. Moffat, an actor, was
wounded at Washington by a stray
bullet from the pistol of one of two
roughs engaged in street fight.
Ex-Gov. Henr5 A. Wise of Virginia
died last week and was buried at Rich
mond with imposing ceremonies and
an immense attendance of people.
In the $4,000, 900 Tweed suit, Sher-
iff Connor of New York has made re-
turn on the execution in Judgment
that there is no property to levy upon.
Massachusetts, Labor Reformers
held a convention at Lynn, Wendell
Phillips presiding. A resolution in
dorsing John Q. Baker for Governor
passed.
The Wheeler brothers, who are
working a rich claim in the Black
Hills, have realized over $300,000
and 1900 pounds of dust in seven
months.
The sixty second anniversary of the
battle of North Point was celebrated
at Baltimore on the 18th. Fourteen
veterans who participated in the bait
tie were present.
The former independence of the
Polish administrative authorities has
been entirely abolished by Russia, and
the Office of Secretary of State for Po-
land suppressed.
A riot occurred in Amsterdam,
caused by an attempt of the govern
ment to suppress a fair. Troops at
tackled the rioters, killing one man and
wounding fourteen.
Thursday, September %, will be
" Pennsylvania day at the .Centen-
nial, and Gov. Hartranft has issued q
proclamation recommending the peo-
pie TO observe it as holiday.
The Miners Trust Company Bank,
Pottsville. Pa, suspended; liabiali-
ties $l,500,000. The event created
great. excitement among depositors,
who are mostly laboring people.
Five cars of m Atlanta express
train were untracked and thrown
down an embankment thirty feet
high. near Greensboro, n. C.. Thir-
teen persons were hurt, but none ia.
tally. 8t g
An equinoctial storm of great vio-
lence prevailed all along the Atlantic
coast last Monday, causing great daR-
age to shipping but small loss of life,
Crops ard buildings were also injured
at various points.
The President and Secretary of
State have been eDioined from issuing
an order for the surrender of Leopold
Nertle, who is demanded In .extraai-
tion by the Austrian government upon
n charge of forgery.
j. s. MawberTy, q revenue de-
tective, was murdered at Blount
Springs, Ga. 1t is thnnght the mur-
derer is one of gang of counterfeiters
soon to be, tried and against whom
Mawberry was leading witness.
The hoisting machinery of an eleva-
tor at ST. Louis boot and shoe estab-
lishment broke precipitating the ele-
vator, with three men, from the third
story to the ground floor. One of
the men was killed and the others Sc
riously injured.
Four men lost their way in the
desert between Los Angeles and Yu-
ma, Cal, wandering about four days
without food or water. One cut a
vein Of his arm and drank the blood,
which clotted in his throat. He then
cut his windpipe for relief and died
shortly after. His companions reached
Il station in the last stages of exhaus-
tiou.
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