The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-02-11
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Domestic.

Domestic. =.
Chicago has female horse-car driver. e
Small pox is upon the increase in
Cincinnati. st#& @. es,-s.a.54
The pecan crop of Texas is valued at
s2,OoO,O0O. -.
Beecher rejects the theory of eternal
punishment. .@s's lt3.s. 8
One Of Brigham Young,s sons is a tutor
at. West Point. ~ sssss sss.sss+. 4 -.
Gniteau has been sentenced to be
hanged June 80. -s-.z
The hands at the Pittsburg stove
factory have struck. -.e.
Georgia railroad conductors are clothed .
with the power of policemen. =
Barnmn's baby elephant 'rhas been :
presented with Il little brother.
Atlanta has been visited by another
destructive fire; loss, 100000. >'
The Missouri Court of Appeals has.
ruled that atheists may testify. .ac 4
The Ohio gas works burned ut Cincin-
natl on the 4th inst. Loss, $4,000. q.
A meeting has been held at New York
t" express sympathy with the Russian
Jews.
The whipping post hill was defeated
in the Kentucky Legislature by very
close vote. 4. sez ,-s.+.t
Scoyiile seriously contemplates accept
Ing the proposition to exhibit Guiteau's
einbalmeu body. n l. zz.;-t.'i" "a
The Midlothian coal mine at Coalfield, j.
Virginia, exploded February a. Thirty.
two livcs were list. -''''= SIS =
Bishop Wigger of Newark has promul-
gated rule denying christian burial to
ineorrigible drunkards. 5000
A now Philadelphia sport consists in
picking up rats with the naked hands
and throwing them into /. barrel. -e. ts.
A Disco, ILL.,, woman suicided by soak
ing her clothing and hair in kerosene
and then applying a lighted match. sss
An imprisoned girl at Burr Oak, Mich,
cut every button from her clothing and
swallowed them, in an Intellectual ut
senipt at suicide.
At u recent dinner given to the Presi-
dent of the Reading railroad there was a
locomotive in ice cream, and the sorbets
were served in tiny wheelharrows.e. ~. =.
| e4 esss45 .iags,ss.,
7 Foreign. Is
Garll,alli is again convaleseent.
! Senegal, Africa, is afflicted with yellow
fever. u-:s = 49, 49,
! The Sultan is to be invested with tho
Black Eagle.
The Grecian Queen Alga gave birth to
a son Febrtiary2.
Don Carlos has just recovered from an
attack of bronchitis.
| Queen Victoria opened Parliament in
| person OH the 9TH inst. . So. .-.
The Mohanmedans expect the coming
of their Messiah this year. .i..= -=5-
The scrulit dc liste system has been
! adopted for Italian elections.
The French treaty of commerce with
Spain has been signed.
Madrid Journals have been stopped by
striking compositors. e-, ~,
| The relations between China and
Japan are still unsatisfactory. I'd
The Sultan proposes to import agricul-
tural implements from America. ...+
The Pope is about to create the Office
| of papal delegate to America.
Russia will not brook foreign inter-
ference on the Jewish question.
NJ. Leremeyer has been appointed
President of the French Senate. .
Gambetta has resumed editorial direc-
| ton of the RepubliQue F1uscaise.
The French Government has refused to
receive the envoy from Guatemala.
The Dutch are engaged in reclaiming
half a million acres from the Zuyder zee.
The rumor of an attempt to assassinate
King Alfonso in Portugal has been
denied. :" 20 '-''''
The report Of the death Of King
| ntcDdH CI DuTIndH HIS Deeu cODIFsf-
dicted
| A tunnel is to he constructed between
Sicily and Calabria, under the Straits Of
Messina.
A contract has been awarded to build
u tunnel under the st. Lawrence at
Montreal. - -
A nephew of the Pope is to be married
after Easter to the daughter Of an Italian
fnancier.
Bradlaugh, though reelected, has
again been refused admission into the
House of Commons. .yt
An extra session of the Mexican Con-
gress, has been called TO consider the
Guatemala boundary question.
The Austrian delegation has approved
q grant Of 100000 forms for the sup
preston df the Herzesoyinan insurrec-
ton. 'ss
At the birth of Lord Roseberry's sou
and heir, bonfire was kindled ON
Ersom Downs which was visible 60
miles.
The new Egyptian Premier has in
formed the British Consul that all
international obligations will be re-
spected.
TIE two largest runs on record were
made in the international billiar! match