The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-01-13
NUMBER 10.

Tetlfed list OF the u. >. army, died at
Roselyn, Long Island, aged 70 years.
A train containing 100 laborers to.
clear snow blockade ran off the
track, killing nine and wounding
thirty.
The new extradition treaty between
| Spain and the United States includes
crimes committed in Cuba and other
colonies.
The postoffiee at Grenada, Miss,
discontinued on account OF alleged
abuse of the postmaster, has been
restored.
An explosion at Dupont's powder
mills, Wilmington, Del, destroyed
one of the buildings and killed an
employe.
| Emperor William has issued special
orders forbidding German officers on
the active list from entering the Rus
sian army.
The bark Leander was abandoned
at sea in a sinking condition. The
crew were rescued by the steamer
Switzerland.
Henry Kreeghton of Fairfield county,
Ohio, was murdered by his crazy wife.
She shot him twice and cut his head
off with an AK.
| 10. Mccall, convicted of the mur-
der of Wild Bill at Yankton, D. T.,
has been sentenced to be hanged on
the 1st of March.
TIE largest sugar refinery of Nantes
has stopped work for want of raw
material. Many other houses have )
discharged their workmen.
The employees of the Trenton pot
teries, numbering 1000 persons, left
work in consequence of reduction
of twenty per cent. in their wages.
The presbytery of Newark, by a
vote of sixteen to twelve, found Rev.
Mr.. See guilty of violating the Scrip
lures by allowing women to preach.
The French steamer L'Amerique
went ashore on the New Jersey coast,
during a fog. No lives were lost. 1t
! is believed the vessel will be saved.
Three employees of an Express COM
pany were arrested in New York for
robbing the mails. They had col
lected $4,000 from Philadelphia banks
on stolen checks.
DIR. Alexander, a notorious des-
perado and robber, living at Pass
Manchac, was shot and killed by an
unknown party during aquarrel which
occurred at a wake.
The Boston Board of Trade takes
/ ground against the adoption of sill
1 yer basis and petitions Congress on
the subject. The New York Board
fav0rs silver basis.
Veterans of the war of 1872 cele-
brated the anniversary of the battle
of New Orleans at Philadelphia. They
petitioned Congress to pass the bill
granting them pensions.
The president of the suspended City
Bank of Harrisonburg, Samuel s. Big
ler, and his two sons have been ar
rested, charged with embezzlement
aud conspiracy to defraud.
/ At Railway, N. j., a boy aged IL
wears died while under the influence
of ether, administered by dentist.
1t is believed his death was caused
by irregulation of the heart.
Over 100 prisoners in the Ohio peni-
Tertiary were taken suddenly i'll,
showing symptoms of poisoning. The
attack was attributed TO the stale
baking powder used in making bread.
Four attempts have been made
since the November election to burn
the town of Darlington, s. G. Fires
| were started in three places recently,
destroying a newspaper Office and one
other building.
The schooner George Staples drifted
| on the coast of the Bermudas and
filed. The captain and crew were
taken off helpless from starvation,
having been subsisting two days on
/ flaxseed tea and slush.
Destructive fires have been for a.
week past raging in the Short Noun
tain and LykensV Valley coal mines,
but are now believed to be under con-
troll. A thousand miners are deprived
of employment by the fires.
A package of money intended for .
Chicago bank was stolen in transit
from the Treasury Department.. f.
S. Winslow, a clerk in the cash room,
was arrested on suspicion. The money
was subsequently returned.
Three men, named Flippin, Harrison
and Markham, got into quarrel at
Pilot Point, Texas, while attending a
New Years ball, and Flippin was shot
and instantly killed and Harrison
mortally wounded by Markham.
In connection with the Ashtabula
railroad accident the following sum-
mary is given: Number of passen-
gers on the train, 1913 employees,
10: total, 147 rescued passengers, 63 ;
employees, 8; total, 72 missing, S ];
f bodies recovered, 20.
The Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts has sustained the lower court in