The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-12-04
GENERAL NEWS. SUMMARY.

Berlin. =#s#aa2 Ssss#t
Over 5000 Jews have left Ro,.,aarda 70
An,erica.s
Mexico has u, ,0oe men working q,
railroads. s5IaI#ss.ss .ess
) Queen Vietsria has insured l,er life fo
Q large snn,. M s.4zss.
Bret Harte is seriously Ill at Newsteat
Abbey, England.
Roland Bonaparto was married in Pari
last week to Mile Blanc.
The potato crop in ireland for tn,
present year will exceed any since 1850
The Constance Theatre, now building
at Rome, will be one Of the largest in til,
world.
Assst0rIn ut Buenos Ayres destroyed
zoe, 600 cattle, SOC, 600 sheep and $50, ,o0(
horses. 5..s..
There il. q great insurrection Of the
Mahommedans in Kashgar against the
Chinese.
At St. Lawrence Island, in tho Behrine
Sea, 500 out Of tho 700 inhabitants died
of starvation.
Great distress is prevalent in the Santa
cathrina Colonies, Brazil, caused BY the
disastrous foods.
King Thebau of BnrInah is preparing
to mako war against the British ws al,
army of 1000 men.
The English clipper ship Boyne has
been abandoned in the st. Lawrence
with cargo Of grain worth s7e0e.
The finest glass service ever produced
in Bohemia will be given us i wedding
present from the Austrian Chamber. d
Commerce to Prince Rndolph-.
Mile Bernllartlt has received from
King Christian of Denmark the order q,
tho Danebrog. The only ether ladies
who have received this very exceptional
honor are. Mines. Trebelli and Nilsson.
Domestic.
New York has vetoed the Passion play
salsini, the great tragedian, 10 in New
York. @Ss==#s #s
Fourteen vessels wrecked dsniug tl,e
past week. =.Ezs$..=.*. .
Four railroad accidents in one day a1
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Five miners buried in snow slid., q,
Cheyenne, ". T.
Sixty men we're buried under q snow
slide ut Denver, Col.
There are 200 eonvicts In the peniten
tiary Mt Austin, Texas.
Last Summer there werc 1866 66G55 dogs i'm
pounded in New York city.
The New York police are engaged in {
general raid against lottery dealers.
One Washington hotel has already l,at
100 applications for rooms on inangura
tion day.
The Chinese are leaving San Francisc.
for China in large numbers; $50 sadictl ii
one vessel.
The Philadelphia mint will coin $40,
00O, 900 more gold coin per month to NEE,
the increased demand.
Since the attempt to drive ont aduiter
ated milk from the city of New York be
gan $l5, 900 Of fines have been collected
Eight steamers will cruise, during til,
Winter months, along the Eastern coas
of the United States to aid vessels i,
distress.
During the past year over 1900 siel
persons, received without regard to sec
or color. have been treated in the Noun
Sinai Hospital, New York.
Electricity is now used to tight tn
Mount Vesuvins railway, some Of th'
lamps being SO arranged as to illuminate
tho sides aud crater Of the volcano.
A riot among miners at Robinson
camp, near Denver, Col, resulted in th'
fatal wounding Of Mr.. Robinson, Lion
tenant Governor elect of that State. H,
died shortly after.
The bell Of the Congregational Churcl
ut Newtown, Conn, has been nsed on
hundred and twelve years, aud the gold
on rooster on top Of the building ha
bullet marks made by soldiers Of th
Revolution shooting ut it while passing
through the town.
The Mormon Temple commenced a
Salt Lake City twenty years ago is no
yet finished. Already over 100000
have been expended, and tho structure
has scarcely assumed shape. Its tots
cost will exceed 52s,OO0,o 900. 1t is to h
built Of Utah granite, aud viii be tn
finest bnilding in the United States.
FIRES:
Foundry Mt Mattoon, Ills.; loss $3.50
600.
Lumber mill at Orange, Texas; los
$4,000.
Bakery establishment 1t Portsmouth
Va; loss, $4,000.
Two-thir,ls Of tho town of Newpor
Ark, November Is; 200 families ref
dered homeless; loss, S20O, 900.
During the recent severe storms
Germany, the subterranean lines Of tel
graph have proved 50 much better TIA
| the others that the German Governme,
now proposes asking the Reici,stag f
authority tn greatly extend the ulde
| ground system.
Tho supplement comprising the pr
ceedings.of the Press Convention Of Il
State has been issned to most of Il
country papers. il qnite aa interes