The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-25
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OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY,

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OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.
The light in the new light t-houae at He'll
Gate is the most powerful one in the world.
The public schools of Portsmouth. Ont,
have been closed to prevent an epidsrIiic
OF diphtheria. -
Out OF about GOO cases OF sunatroksn
in New York the past summer ESQ turned
out to be drunks.
Abill before the Vermont Legislature pro-
vides bounty of from fifty cents to ST 80
per bushel for grasshoppers.
A bill has been introduced into tie Yer
mont Legislature providing for the execu-
tion of murderers by electricity.
Over sos, 1000, GOO in United States green
back notes were destroyed by the govern
ment during the last fiscal year.
Jesse James, mother and widow haTs
brought suit against st. Louis pub blishiHg
house to recover COO royalty on tho life
of the desperate. aHs
Sitting Ball wears No. TX hat, recaiyes
a salary of goo amonth during his pres
aent 'engagsmentand shaves with paif o9
tweezefs. ss
There is an orange tree al Tampa, Fla,
which bears 1900 oranges every season
and has trunk six feet three inches in cir.
cumference.
Moses Williams, coIored aged 115, died
in BarnWell, Tenn, October II. He was
the father of forty-th children, all OF
whom are living.
a farmer in Washoe county, Nevada, has
three horses aged thirty-6ye, twenty-four
and twenty zone years all in, perfect healtf,
and doing regular work.
Frank Chanfrau selected as epitaph the
quotation from g Kit, the Arkansas Tray
eler, !" I've done my level best. ain't
got nothing to takeback.n
In digging hole TO plant st. John
flagpole in. Indiana the workmen strucka
spring of water. A hole was bored in the
pole and twas tranformed into pumu.
In the Temple Emanuel, on Fifth ayenus,
New York-the largest and most infiuea-
tail Jewish congregation in America-ths
minister and large number of members
are in favor of Sunday services.
FOREIGN.
. The expenses of the Nile expedition will
cost England eIo, ,OO0, coo.
The Grand Hotel at Lautubrunner, Ger
many, uas destroyed by fire October 20; loss
100000.
The new railway station at Birnninahari,
England, cost nearly $1,000 600, and is the
largest in the world.
The Pope has sent $1,000 to Catania for
relief of the sufferers from the recent cy-
clones.
Thibetans do not bury their dead, bat
throw them to wild beasts and birds of
prey.
Three Of the brigaHds vino attacked the
Turkish mail caravan from Bagdad and
robbed it of $500, 600, have been eaptnred.
A famous Vienna oculist has just sne
ceeded in restoring sight to couple of pa
tents aged respectively 96 and 1O2 years.
At The Antwerp Exhibition next yearacu-
rious Congo village including the chief hut
anda genuine g fetish man = will be shown.
Among the instructions issued for the
guidance of the proposed Nile expedition
is one prohibiting foul lang guage from being
used to the camels.
The Princess Dolgorouki, the widow
the late 0zar, intends in future to make
Paris her principal residence.
The German Theatre at Moscow, Russia,
and seyenty-six shops have been destroyed
by fire, the darn.ge am ounfing to So, 900 900.
The inhabitants Of brunswick are or
dered to wear mourning for two monfhs
for the late Wilhelm, first Duke Of Bruns-
wick.
The court at Darmstadt, Russia, refused
to grant Madame Kolemine's appeal in her
divorce case with the Grand Duke of Hesse.
and ordered her to pay costs of suit.
wAR NOTES.
The Chinese are fleeing from Shanghai.
China will be in straits for cash to con-
tinue the war.
1t is rumored El Madi' g Ameer at Berber
was killed during the bombardment.
King John of Abyssinia demands that
Sauheit be given up to him.
Gen. Gordon is at SEMINAR, fighting the
rebels and collecting taxes.
Gen. Gordon captured sEendy and Nete-
meh on Oct.s6.
The road from Khartoum to Sennaar is
free of rebels.
A band OF outlaws is plundering the
country and people near Massowah.
Five French men-of-war are stationed
before Relung and eight before Tamsui.
The Chinese under Ling Mineschuan
defeated 1900 French at Tam Sin on the
18th.
Gen. Wolseley has ordered the Mudir to
proceed to Merawe to rescue the prisoners
said to be in the hands of the Arabs.
Two battles were fought at Lang Kiang,
one resulting in the defeat of the Chinese
and the other in the defeat of the French.
Sheikshs from Khartoun, shehdy dis
trict, with 5000, followers, have submitted
to the Mudir.
FL Mahdi's followers are dying from
drinking polluted water and their cattla
from fy-bites.
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