The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-04
NUMBER 2G.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
Foreign.

1As6AA NE VS. SUMMARY.
Foreign.
An alliance between Spain and Portu-
gal is proposed.
vienna is threatened with q tota,
failure OF its water supply.
| Bismarck will insist on an exn1an.t;or
of Gen. skobelofss speech.
Bulgaria desires return to the eona.;.
tntlonai form of government.
The mild weather is causing great
distress among the people of Sweden.
Early in March Qneen Victoria will
pay an unofficial visit to the Continent.
Bradlangh was expelled from the
Honse OF Commons by a vote of 2e1 to s3.
Water is so scarce in some parts Of
Mexico that it is being bought ~ ths
quart.
The Egyptian Ministers have decided
in principle upon the total abolition Of
slavery.
Fonr tribes on the frontier of Tripoli
have revolted and burned the town Of
Hannah.
In acotaIpam, Mexico, an epizootic
has broken out and cattle are diving by
the dozen.
1t has been decided that the snan,sl
pilgrimage to Rome is to be controlled
by the clergy.
One hundred and twenty hands were
imprisoned in mine by an explosion at
Durham, England.
Gambetta returned to Paris because he
was dissatisfied with the attitude of his
friends toward the Cabinet.
1t Is understood that the Gar will be
Enthusiastically requested either to retire
or dismiss Gen. Skobelaff.
At his coronation the Car will wear a
ch;lled-steel ball-proof evercoat and will
ride in an iron-clad chariot.
The town Of Pisco was sacked by
Calderon's soldiery, February 1a. Over
loco victims were cut to pieces.
d. Roussiand, Mile Nilsson's husband,
who became crazed by financial excite
ment, died in the insane asylum, FEBRUARY
%.
Ex-King Amadeus was recently robbed
by one of his servants in his palace at
Turin, of 100, 600 francs worth of jewels
and silver.
Emile Zola, the French novelist, has
been found guilty by the Civil Tribunal
OF nsing the names of real personages |,
his novels.
! The Sultan, in order to prove his
friendliness for Austria, has ordered the
Turkish troops to prevent the Abanians
from aiding the Herzesovinians.
Domestic.
Atlanta has girl shoemaker.
The high water has flooded Cincinnati
cellars.
Bret Harte's Oldest son is about to
enter the dramatic profession.
California agrieulturists are adopting
many plants from China and Japan.
The entire business portion of Hsver-
hill, Miss, was destroyed by FIRE February
IT,
Mrs. scoville has addressed most
pathetic appeal for forgiveness to Mrs.
Garfield.
Six criminals took turn at the
whipping post in Newcastle, Delaware,
recently.
Relief measures for the sufferers Ly
the overflow have been inauguratetl i'll
Memphis.
The Pennsylvania Military Academy
burned to the ground February 16. Loss,
5000, eco.
It took 1900 men to remove the snow
deposited in the streets of Boston by the
last two storms.
A boiler in the Georgia car works
exploded February 1a, killings and wou I'd
ing several employees.
The Vulcan steel works at South ST.
Louis exploded February @. Eight
men were serously hurt.
A Baltimore gentleman proposes to
sell an interesting relic of George wash
ington to the government for $500.
Senator Ben Hill is lying very i'll Mt
Philadelphia as the result of another
surgical operation upon his tongue.
A convict at the Lyuchburg, Va, Jail
spent his time digging hole to escape
and then was too fat to get through.
A Iaborer at Dallas, Texas, placed .
coal oil can on the stove in mistake for
the coffee pot. The usual consequences
followed
Two floors of the insane asylum at
Brooklyn, N. T., were destroyed By fire
Februar. q. All but two of the inmates
were saved.
In the awards Of the Women's Silk
Exhibition, held ut Philadelphia, til.
mother of the late Bayard Taylor received
the first prize.
An explosion occurred at the pyra-
technical works in Chester, Pa. Twenty
lives were lost and seventy pespie
dangerously wounded.
A committee Of fex-Confederate sollits
presented Mrs. Garfield with q set at
resolutions, framed in Tennessee colsred
marble and Mexican onyx. February y. %
Father John Francis Walsh, the only
priest who escaped the yellow fever
during the Memphis epidemic, died ut