The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-11
NUMBER 6.
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC.

Frank Chanfrau, the actor died Of par
alysis at New York, October 4.
Another coaehman elopement has taken
place at Troy, N. Y,
The Tallapoosa has been raised and will
soon be repaired.
San Francisco has had over 100 Chistian-
Chinese weddings.
: The home of Gen. Grant, at Philadelphia
valued at s30, 900, is advertised for sale.
Over 1892 persons have died during
the present cholera epidemic in Europe.
A young lady Of Milwaukee has just re-
covered $4,000 damages in breach of
promise suit.
Gen. Grant is to receive S50,000 outright
from the Century Company for his history
of the war. ssSszs ~
The Dru1nners National Convention has
nominated Joe. Mulhatton, the mastodonic
romancer, for President.
There are four unique mountains in
Lower California, two Of alum, one of alum
and sulphur mixed, and one Of sulphur.
Twenty Cinnamon en- route to America,
stopped oyer at Havana to be naturalized
as Spanish subjects in order to evade the
United States law.
A drunken laborer at Chicago used the
body of his newborn infant TO beat his
wife with. The woman died from the effects
of the bloWs.as
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has suggested
meeting of the presidential aspirants to
discuss the proceedings of the campaign
with view to the elimination of PERSONAL
ties.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of unset
diamond we're discovered concealed in the
clothing Of a London jeweler who arrived
in New York ON the last trip of the steam
ship America.
A justice Of peace at Gilroy, Col, recent
II fined man Sc and took in payment
thereof q one bladed jack knife, deck OF
cards, clay pipe, a days labor, fifty cents
in cash, and promise to pay the balance.
FOREIGN.
The Gould cables between. Europe and
America are broken.
Count Karolyi, Austrian ambassador TO
England, is dangerously i'll.
The Queen will place Buckingham palace
at The service of the Prince of Wales
Sixty houses have been destroyed by fire
in Montgerlana, department of Auvergne.
Dynamite outrages have been perpetrated
at CRY lie Noble, near Macon, causing great
damage.
Queen Victoria s household numbers 100O
people, whose salaries amount to e38o, 600
annually.
Queen Victoria is trying to arrange q
marriage between Prince Victor and Prin-
cess Marie of Belgium.
The price of the two Rubenses sold to one
Of the Rothschild family from the Blenheim
collection, is said to be $3.50, 0,00O,s
A collision occurred On the Eastern Ben
gal railway, in which sixty persons were
killed and injured.
Prince Halyiu, pretender to the throne of
Egypt, is about to visit Paris and Constan-
tinople to canvass support for his cause.
Prime Minister Ferry assures the French
ministers that the occupat1on OF Kelung by
Admiral. Courbet will finish operations in
China.
The Sultan of Morocco has dismissed
from Office and imprisoned the Governor
of Demuah, who is charged with having
tortured Jews. s =
Bismarck has made proposition 10 the
cabinets of France and England to hold
convention limiting the territories upon the
coast of Africa. &N
The breach of promise suit between Miss
Fortesque, buriesaue actress, and Lord Gar-
moile, has been decided in favor Of the plain
tiff, who receives S125.eoo. ~
WAR NOTES.
Gordon has recaptured Rerber.
Cen. WoIseley is at Wady Halfa.
The Mahdi is advancing toward the White.
Nile.
The destination of Admiral Courbet5s
feet is unknown.
Col. Negrier is massing his troops to
march against the Chinese in Tonquin.
Admiral Courbet has commenced an at
tack on Tamsui.
The command of the troops in Egypt has
been assumed by Gen. Stephenson.
Gen. Wolseley has been ordered to be-
back in London by the end OF October.
Gen. Baker has been ordered tc hold him
self in readiness to join the Gordon relief
expedition. ~
France is willing to resume treaty negoti-
ations with China, provided the latter pay
the indemnity of 100000 francs.
The Postmaster General at Cairo notifies
the English government that the relief ex-
petition viii cost e15o,o Geo weekly.
4 messenger reports that Gordon has re-
turned to KhartouIn. 4 remeunt denot of
camels and horses is being formed there.
admiral Caurbet has completed the
occupation of Eelung The Chinese loss is
esssinated at 100 killed and from 200 to zoo
wounded.
The Luair of Doneola has guaranteed
that the villages alongthe route of Gcraon's
relief expedition would supply il with pro-
visions and camsls.a
Gordo1. has lad medals struck off to com
memorate the siege Of Khartoum whicss
haze been hessoged upon the troops, ansE
| also upon the 8oIaen and children who
shared u the liarslsaips Of the siege
Tie government intends shortly to recall
Admiral C5urbes ara hes instructed him to