The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-05-17
FOIsETGN.

The German Emperor has q dozen pal
aces.
Charles Reade's fortune amounts to
$780, 900.
Six hundred pubic story telIsrs earn a
good livelihood in Toxic, Japan.
The friendly relations between france
and Morocco have been ruptured.
A Mormon missionary at Vieuna, has been
condemned to one months imprisonment.
The new imperial palace at Strasburg In
to cost 81 1,250, 900, and will be completed in
three years.
The bill legalizing marriages OF widow
ers with their deceased wife's sisters, has
passed the House Of Commons.
The Empress Anna, widow of Emperor
Ferdinand ~ of Austria, and aunt of the
present Emperor, is dead, aged 50 years.
By De Brazza's last treaty all the right
bank of the Congo, from Brazzaville TO the
Equator, passes under the protection of
France.
/ At the destructive fire whicl, occurred re-
Gently in Mandaiay, Calcutta, the great
temple Of Gaudama was completely de-
stroyed.
A family inhabit village in the Kiyefo
district, japan, none of whose race have
failed to attain the age of 100 years since
A. D.. 73O.
A ball of fire fell to the street in the
southern part of London, May s, and burst
with large report, terrifying the residents
for miles around.
The Mayor of Vienna has received do.
nation of 100000 forins, and a sealed letter
as to its ultimate distribution, which ID not
to be opened till 1880.
Judah r. BENJAMIN, the distinguished
lawyer and advocate, and ex-member of
the government of the Southern Confeder-
acy, died in London, May 7.
Carl Schenck, the Berlin servant girl mur-
derer, has been condemned to life servi-
tude, with the provision that ON every an-
niversary Of the killing of each Of his VIC
Tins he is to be confined that day i1s dark
cell. He will thus have to spend ten days
per year in total darkness.
soUDAaEsE wAn NOTES,
Ali quiet at Suakim.
Dongola is safe from Mahdi.
The relief expedition to Khartoum starts
in July.
! A camel depot has been established at
Assouan.
The black troops at Cairo will shortly be
disbanded.
Two thousand refugees reached Cairo
from Korosko.
Gen. Gordon had four men shot for
treachery at khartoum.
The Khedive has decreed Lieut.. Cherm-
side Governor of Suaki1n.
British regiments have been ordered in
readiness to march to Khartoum.
Zebeber Pasha declares he will not rest
until he has killed Gen. Gordon.
Extensive purchases Of casusels have been
made for the Egyptian troops at Cairo.
Nubar .Pasha will arrive in England In
June to attend the Egyptian conference.
The country south of Debbah a few miles
south of Old Dongola, is in open rebellion.
Ell Mahdi demands GOO, 600 ransom fss
Gen. Gordon to be paid within three months.
The Baroness Coutts has received many
entreaties to establish fund for the rescue
of Gen. Gordon.
CGen. Gordon made at attack upon the
rebels Oh the White Nile between the 1Jth
and 18th of April.
Five hundred 9awazi Bedouins aid Col.
Worthley in forming Gordon between A2-
souan ana Dongola.
Mahai's smissaries summoned the gaY-
rison at Dongola to surrender within three
days or be massacFssl.
I'll Mahdi has sent snyoys to 0smap Dig.
ma, directing him to capture pongoia, and
then march to Upper Egypt.
Messengers carrying letters to Khartoum
report being unable to reach the city be-
cause of the dense mass of caravans sur
rounding it.
At recent meeting i, London, when q
speaker remarked the English Teople were
ashamed that Gen. Gordon had been left
in Egypt without support OF means of de-
fense, the entire audience. Numbering 1908,