The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-04
NUMBER 8.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Domestic.

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i Domestic.
Mrs. Langtry has arrived in New York.
! A brother of King eKalakana, is visi-
ting San Francisco.
| Two shocks Of eathquake were felt in
North Texas October "a.
The verdict in the Scoville insanity
case, declares Mrs. Scoville insane.
The flint mill at Fall River, Mass,
burned October %. Loss, $500, 600.
| A Cincinnati widow first hanged l,er
pet poodle and then committed snicile.
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury
French to-day has decided that frogs
legs are not fish.
/ Three hundred thousand dollars worth
OF land in West Texas was sold in Nov
York recently to an English company.
| An eloping bride of Hope, Ind, is
suing for divorce, because the groom
got drunk an hour after the ceremony.
I Eight persons were killed by explo-
sion of the iro,, mortar at tlie bi-centen.
| niaf pisp1ay Of fireworks at Philadelphia.
Tho law prohibiting Chinese immi-
! grafton is SO clnmsily drawn that decis-
ions with regard to it are constantly
demanded
A Providence, X. l., woman whipped
her son, made him drink quart of dish
water and then burned lis tongue with
red-l1ot poker.
A portion Of the jackson, Mich, cop
per mine has accidentally caved in, re-
vealing IL large body Of ore, ncnrly
forty feet thick.
Foreign.
The revolution III Ecuador has ended.
Sir Garnet Wolselcy has returned TO
England.
Joaos Arany, celebrated Hungarian
poet, is dead.
A dynamite factory has been discoy~
cred at Lyons.
The German Empress is in critical
condition of health.
An attempt was made ito assassinate
King Milan, October %.
The situation in Souaan lwarfs Arabi's
revolt into insignitieance.
The population of Western Ireland arc
threatened with starvation.
The peasautry Mt Panama have been
exempted from military duty.
The minor state of siege in Hamburg
will be prolonged for one year.
The Bey of Tnnis died October 25 aud
las been succeeded by his brother.
The recent earthquake in Panama in
jured the railroad to the extent OF
$4,000.
The less by fire III the timber yards on
the river Neva are estimated at 5,00o,oo1
roubics. ->-s4ss.--.s---s
The greater part of Manila in tho
Philippine Islands has been destroyed
by typhoon.
The Lyons Anarchists arrested a few
days since have been released on their
own reognizance.
the restoration of King cetewayo are on
the way to England.
The Lyons rioters have been tliscov-
cred to be III correspondence with prom-
nent Russian Niailists.
Archbishop Croke will be su.nmoned
to Rome to confer with the Pope in re-
gard to the state Of Ireland.
The trial of authors of the riots in
Montecaux-]es Mines has been postponed
owing to attempts to ntimidate the
jury.
: Malacan and Boolacon, PhiIiphine
Islands, were devastated by the Maniil.
typhoon, and sixty thousand families
rendered homeless.
Arab Pasha's correspondence during
the last two years has been seized and
deposited with Sir Edward Malet, Brit
ish Consul General.
The ma:, accused of stealing the BODY
of the Earl Of Crawford and BaIcawes
has been found guilty and sentenced to
FIVE years penal servitude.
EGYPTIAN NOTES.
The false prophet has reached Kor..o-.
far.
so''dan and Upper Egypt are in state
Of rebellion.
Arabs family shift their residence al
most daily in order to avoilssiolcnee.
Isln,il Pasi,a Eyonb will he placed at
the head Of the forces against the false
prophet.
It il f,,inored that the Sultan Las or