The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-01
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
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Domestic. sss
A Baltimore belle has finger naiag1ve
inches long. : se
A now coal mine has been discovered
at Lando, Texas.
A scat in theNew York steek Exchange
sold for $4,000 the other dag.
The only rolling mill in sAtlaata~sas
destroyed BY FIRE septenber 2l.
A tornado visited Quincy, Ills, Sep
tember rs, causing $4,000 worth Of
damage.
One Of . party Of girls who ran . i've
mile race ct Rio, Texas, died from oser
exertion.
The packing houses ct the St. Louis
Oil company burned September 22;; loss,
$500, 900.
There are now four comets visible, the
last one appearing at the hour the Presi-
dent expired.
kangaroo tendons are new uaed bg
fashionable surgeons for sewing up Of
flesh wounds.
Professor Fslrchild of Jersey City offers
$1,000 for parrot which can plainly
speak one singleword.
An Albany mother, being displeasea
by something that one of her sons hsA
done, ordered another sen to shost him.
A San Francisco physieian, believing
that he has discovered q ea,ue for hydro.
phobia, has had himself aitten by rshid
dog.
A celered Minister of CLARK county.
KY, aaaasnees that he will pray for any
desired object on receipt of seyenty-tive
cents.
Foreign.
so'uvius is in state Of eruption.
Marseilles has an electric light house.
A frightfnl epidemic of typhoid fever
IS now raging in Athens. T.
The Grand Duke Of Baden will restore
the castle Of Heidelberg.
1small Pasha, the ex- Khedive Of Egypt,
is at present staying at viohy. -
Tho Hippodrome in Paris recently
started running matches for ladies.
Almost tho whole town Of Joumis, Hey.
II, was destroyed by FIRE, loss $500, 600,
The Emperor Of Germany has appoint.
ed King Kalakana to Prussiau General.
ship.
The Ontario Government prohibits the
practice Of American dostors ON tho
Canada side. \ .=-=-
The papors at Ckps Town, South Afri-,
ca, appeared with n,oassing borders in.
honor Of Garfield. -
King Kalakana has sent President Gre
w tho insignia Of the Grand Cross at the
Order of Kamehsn1as.4. .zss=~.--,4se-s,-~s-=-e
Tho Japanese Government has sent D
commission to Milan to inquire into tho
advantages Of being ssssssted.
A great clothing house at Paris has itA
work done by several sewing machlUes
which move by electricity.
During her stay in Haywood House to.
witness the Edinburgh review, the Queen
ad herself called Queen o. Scots.
Sixty-one persona wero burned to death
in one day in the recent forest fres in
Algeria, and 682 dwellings Destroyed.
In England any ono Offering q reward
for stolen property saying that Ds.4aes.
tious will be askcd," is fable to fssfaia
$3.50.
Prince Napoleon has decided to re-
nounce his claims to the leadership of
the Bonapartists in favor of his son,
Prince Victor. ...
The feat of Leander and Lord Byron
has been exceeded by Lord Clandiboye.
who swan across the Bosporus in . little
over an hour.
The London Lancet, in articles written
by one of the most eminent English sur
geons, disapproyes Of much of the treat
ment to which the suffering President
was subjected.
The Prince of Wales has just issued his
for the formation Of new order
Of hlasons, to he called "The Gallery
Lodge" to be confined exclusively to
journalists and gallery reporters.