The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-15
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY,
Domestic.

beeehosen'' piano. a eentuaIf old, is
Savannah is succeeding splendidly
raising tea.
The electric light is to be used for
ripening fruit.
The Mormons have thirty -one mission
aries in Great Britain.
Tin mining is now showing profitable
development in Maine.
Our country's apple crop this year Is
put at 200, ,000, 900 barrels.
Philadelphia is to have tho finest con-
servatory of music in tho Union.
Last year 100000, 900 cigarettes were
manufactured in the United States.
The Tennessee pump factory turns out
complete pump every two minutes.
The State Of California has $4,000 peo-
pie less than the city of Philadelphia.
The lines of railway in the five di-
yiSions of the earth cost $16,000, ,0oo, 600.
Men in Florida drive lucrative busi-
ness catching rattlesnakes and shipping
them North.
The Territory of Montana has pro-
duced $147 ,0OO, 900 in gold and, $500, ,oOO,-
600 in silver.
Fifteen thousand dollars ia the sum re-
quired to decorate the streets aud public
buildings for the Inauguration.
The Chinese giant, Chang, has arrived
at New York. He is said to be the tall
est man in the world, being eight feet
six inches in height.
. The secret service recently received q
trade dollar which had been neatly
scooped out in tho center, leaving only
thin plate on each side, the cavity filed
with colder, and the edges bound with
rim of silver, which hal been skilfully
milled in exact imitation Of the genuine
work. Gold coins of SO and $40 have.
been often doctored in this way by AM
erican counterfeiters. .......@
.
Brewery, Pittsburg, Pa, loss $45, 900.
Church at Canton, Ohio; loss $4,000.
fremont House, New York, nine lives
lost.
Kanawlla poor-house, Wheeling, West
Va; loss $4,000.
Poor house at Dover, n. H.; $4,000
and thirteen lives lost.
Several business houses, including the
Offices of the Sentinel aud Times. Summit,
Miss.
I Four large hotels burned last week,
one at North Adams, Mo-, loss $50, ,OOO:.
one at Atlanta City, N. j., loss $4o,-
600; one at San Antonio, Texas, loss
IS 600; one at Central Park, N. T., loss
800 900; total loss $4,000.
| Foreign.
The Maharajah Of Jeypore, India, 10
| dead.
London is contemplating using electric
lights.
Lesseps projects making SEQ out Of
the Sahara desert.
Ireland furnishes England annually
$140, 900, of capital.
| Jerusalem existed 700 years before
Rome was founded.
| The cost of the Cologne Cathedral 10
estimated at $50, 100000.
At recent kangaroo "drive" in Aus
tralia 5000 of the animals were killed.
The King of Congo, Africa, has become
q commitment of the Baptist Church.
In Belgium the King stands godfather
when, a seventh son is born in family.
France has SC, ,ooo, 600 people and $780,
600, ,0e0reyenue-thel largest ratio known.
The cattle bells in the Harz mountains
are made 80 AZ to harmouize with ono
another
Cremation has become 90 frequent In
Milan, that cinerary temple will soon
be built.
The New York Emigrant Society for
warded 100000 to Ireland for Christ
mas gifts. 'ftse'
Some Arabs offered to present Presi-
dent Greyy pair Of white horses, but
he declined the gift.
Railway travelling in England Is at
tended with greater risk than in any
other country in Europe.
The first railway worked by steam
was opened between Burlington and
Stockton, September q, 1925. 'Fsf
Naryhill, Scotlsnd, IS infebted by ras.
They are running around in thousands
and doing serious damage to stock.
The Emperor William Of Germany las
betrayed from his own private purse the
expenses of the excavations at Olympia
The Princess Blanche of Orleans, the
daughter of the Duke de Nemours, ia
about to bo married to the Prince do
Ligne.
n A family never becomes extinct in
l Japan. II there are no male descendants
! a young son Of another family is adopted
:. and takes the pame.
Il It is shown that IN France, previou.
to the existence of railways, there wa.
. one passenger in every 335, 900 killed
! and one out of every 10000 wounded.
q The palace Of Versailles cost Lou,
2 XIV. more than s2oo, 1000, ,oeo. A. on,
Q time 10000 laborers wero employed o,
U the grounds, which wcre sixty miles il
circuit.
9, There is SOME excitement in Spai
over the passage III President Hayes
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