The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-25
NUMBER AZ.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Domestic,

The Mayor of Cincinnati prohibits
Sunday picnics.
An Indiana revjvalist gives a chrome
to every convert.
The first cotton mill in California is in
process Of erection.
Diphthera has carried away over 100
children at Ludington, Mich.
Twelve people were poisoned by tbs
ice cream at an Atlanta, Ga, sociable.
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Texas were
all visited by disastrous cyclones june IA.
A crowd took advantage of the eclipse
ut Danvile, Va, to lynch Negro male
factor.
King, the aeronaut, will undertake an
air journey FROM the Mississippi to the
Atlantic coast.
The wires which carry the electric
! light at Salem, Mass, are the same which
convey fire alarms.
Seven tons of maple sugar have leep
gathered this season from two groves in
Delaware county, n. y.
A monument is to he erected at Titus
vile, Pa, to Colonel Drake, the man
! who first discovered oil.
A Bangor jury, returning a verdict of
$50 G23, is said to have been divided for
! two hours on the half cent.
The grave of the late Col. Thomas A.
Scott will be watched for some time by
men employed for that purpose.
| A Canada man Wilo had stolen several
railroad rides, bought a ticket and tore
! it up to ease his conscience.
Two tourists escaped the opportunities
of hackmcn and other robbers at Niagara
by pretending to be deaf -mutes.
After three attempts, a mob at Little
Rock, Ark, succeeded in lynching Cal
Emery, the wife murderer.
/ The municipal authorities of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, have refused to grant IL
censes to tavern or saloon keepers.
The so year old plaintiff in Cincin-
natl breach of promise suit pleads tile
objection of his parents to the match.
A horse seized little girl with its
teeth at DaJtnn H., carried her several
blocks ard then trampled her to death.
the sale, gift, loan, or barter to minor
of any weapon capable of concealmcnt
on the person.
The heat was so intense at Galveston,
June 16, that laborcrs ON the railroad
were compelled to discontinue work, tho
iron becoming too hot to handle.
| A little Illinois boys new boots were
too big for him. His brother proposed
to chop off the ends. The plan was tried
on one foot, with loss of three toes.
! A Chicago military company's scheme
for replenishins its treasury was to turn
its arlnory into dance house and bar
roon. The Adjutant-General disbanded
them.
AS Ohio law forbids the giving of Ne
gro minstrel performances on Sunday,
the San Francisco Minstrels went through
with their entertainment without burnt
cork.
| The principal of Cincinnati school
married one of lis pupils, and within
three days SO far forgot their changed
rotations as to whip her for disobcdience.
She has sued for divorce.
Newport walls bear the posters of 4
man who calls himself the Boss Theolo-
gian. He advertises divine chart, hy
which any person can easily find the
way to heaven.
! A barn containing six heavy horses
was lifted from its foundation and car
ried half IL mile without the least injury
! to the animals in a recent storm at
! Worthinston, Ia.
| Two patients in an Iowa insane as--
uln having made their escape rode OFF
and were married; the day after caci,
| became convinced that the other WAS
demeutctl, and applied for protection.