The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-08
Weekly News Summary.
Foreign.

Foreign.
Gen. Grant left Paris for Lyons,
Sunday.
London was visited by dense fog,
Saturday. aa D9ze7s = tozss3tis' rs
Gen. Della Mamora, of the Italian
army, is alarhingly i'll. sli-
A proclamation of Independence
from Servia Is looked for. 's4as.a gssti
One thousand ,cotton operatives
struck at Mosely, England oi s5a
!, Raouf Pasha is. organizing q camp
of SO, 900 men at Adrianople. s.e
The Bell telephone is being intro
duced into England aud Germany.
Osrnan Pasha is said to be prepar-
ing for grand sortfe from Pleyna.
In q heavy fight at Metchka, tho.
Turks were repulsed,, losing over
2500 killed. 24zJ - ttsaa #Ua
Turks have abandoned Khatzabanf
heights, near ,Bateum, and tho Rus
slams have occupied them. 81 e.ss.#sg ~
It is reported that Warsaw and 9th
er parts of Poland are about being de-
elared in state of siege. ,a
The approach of the Russians has
caused a great panic in Sofia and
the inhabitants are fleeing. 10 se
The French Chamber of Deputies
has decided not to vote any budget
until the present, crisis is ended. ak
Whittaker's cotton mill, the largest
in Oldham, England, containing 3D.,
600 spihdies, was destroyed BY fire.
Much.anxiety is felt about tie pos
sible combined movements of the
Seryians,. MopteHegFins and Greeks.
|. The commercial relations of Rnssia
with Central Asia are. constantly in
creasing despite the war against Tur.
key s@.sa ta1 ]fis sesss.ts 80
The Pope has written an autograph
letter to Queen Vietetia, thanking
her for permitting re- establishment. of
Scotch hierarchy. 80. e.a
kossuth, in manifesto, urges Aus
tria to maintain the Independence of
Turkey, as a barrier against the Yex-
tension of Russia.
Distress among the mining popula-
tion of Cornwall has become so great /
as to require an organized charitable
m oyement for relief. i'sg sT SIT
.a m 15-TT-;.g ie.s.ss e, fl-.is
~ Domestic. sls s.a8 Il.
Portland, Mich, had q SIC, 900 ere.
Commodore Caldwells u s. navy,
is dead. .,.s ,sz.. s+.,f.a.,,
Sexton, champion billiardist, is in :,
rvO',@ or fcaaI1. YES .
There will he court of inquiry +.
over the loss of the Huron. = sa@
British Minister Thornton has re-
turned to the United States. ssie. tsss
| Yellow fever has disappeared from
FernandiRa and Jaeksopgille.la eaae
Miss Julia Kavanagh, antllor Of
Nathalie, and many other books, died
| at Nice. . tssls7 ses'
Carroll Patton, coiored, was killed
by some unknowu person, near New
Orleans. Esssesf sfsi als.5i ssft
| VIM. Brennan had .his neck broken
by an accident in New Orleans eotfis
ton press. s.a.
/ The Jury in the case of the Scran-
ton yigilants rendered a ycrt1ict OF
not guilty.f s4ii'1 9aof55 ne
Gen. Harlan will on Monday take :
his seat as an Associate Justice OF the
\ Supreme Court. s1.y sa
| Steamer G. H. Northamg burned at
4 New York with three negroes who
were asleep on beard.
Revenue officers broke up two dis
tilleries in Summer county Tenn,
and arrested four. distillers. III ,sa;Iss
Eminent citizens Of, Philadelphia
gave grand banquet in favor of MIR.
Welsh, Minister to England.
/ Congressman Sm;llIs was rSIeased
, on SO, 900 bail, travail deeision of.
the Supreme Court on his appeal.
Andy Smith, one of the four me-
groes who murdered Ella Barrett at
, Des Monies ilr 1874, has been con-
! victed. sai5st@ A4 s.
r Anegro woman's liouse at Sedalia,.
t Mo-, burned during her absence, aud
{ her two children persisted IN The
flames. s..
A c0lOreu man sued Ille pTopTietofOl Ol
!, Philadelphia music hall ], who refused
: him admittance.s Judgment was given
8 for defendant. a ax4
y Wm. Kelley, son of the Congress-
man, was shot in the cheek and seri-
: ously wounded by a negro, in Phila-
: delphia street car. hf
: A block of business houses wns
: destroyed by FIRE at jackson, Tenn
. 1t is feared several persons were
buried in the ruins.
n The South Carolina Legislature is
it in session. Gov. Hampton's message
y strongly depreeates reppdiation ol
v the States obligations.
y Mr.. Howell, manager of Kerbyi
plantation. Star Landing, Miss, waf