The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-27

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ot,fa aHNERal NEWS SUMMARY.


Eot,a GENERAI NEWS SUMMARY.
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Es Bninps Wasltiihi 4 ton zlss5n Ehe iarg-
East-sxer bulls tiHs stllHf eli
sanasael .. triIdea has sens The Democratic
National COMMITTEES $500.
& Forty I've Thousand school fdren 10
tended tho st. Louis Exposition.
f Gfas. A. Dana's collection Of game fowls
is said to be the finest in the country.
The losses Of Vanderbilt and his sons ON
Wall street viii amount to $4,000, 900.
The st. Louis Custom house is to be iIIu-
n1inated throu ghonI with electric Hghts.s
Senator Anthony left 500, 600 Ia his sis-
ter and other relatives and public beauesta
Of $$25, 900.
a sister Of Gen. Dan SiekIes Iiaa sIcpea
with butcher, the brother Of the fauaiiy's
washerwoman.
About fifty persons, most Of whem were
women, attended Mrs. Lockwoosa's rasffi-
catioI meeting "a Washington.
" abulI the daughter of d naillion-
.aire ppsk packer, has elopeei with
sa1ss a 4 sian ghterers.
6ftoa. wife of our Minister to
. hes her Canton silks aud satins
81 directly from the Orient.
AHrs. Dr. Glemence Losier of New York.
who had bsen nominated for second place
5of The ticket with Mrs. Lockwood, has de-
eIi1sd. - go
man without hands has been arrested
~ New York charged with stealing . watch,
hsying used his teeth to take it from the
OWNER pocket.
Bnffalo Bill got his nams by killing 1880
buffaloes in eighteen months, on q corltract
fe supply the Iaberers ON the Kansas Pacific
railroad with meat. Z
s Over 5000 Chiname1i have made slieir
way into Oregon from British territory On
the false pretense they lived In america
before the restriction Law was passed.
Oliver Wormald ,an antsrprisfng citizen
of Buffalo, n. T., is tos malke the erper-
iment Of shooting Hiaeafs Esaaiis I1laideofa
hermeticaily sealed India ffubber bali.
Among the decorations at BenneIf,s re-
cent entertainment was pyramid consist
ing OF tons of ice, through which sIIone the
tinted lights Of myriads of calcium burners.
Two heirs at Newtown, T. +, auarreiea
about q plated water pitcher, and after sew
eral hundred dollars had been spent in
lawsuit, the pitcher was sold at ancsicn and
bought by stranger for fifty cents.
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FUEEIGN.
The Gar OF Russia has sent Bismarck
life-size portrait of himself.
Among the victims of the epidemic in
Italy was Hawaiian Prince.
Tha Italian Government is taking steps
to abolish the sIums of Naples.
The receipts of the fete IN Paris for the
cholera sufferers were $29, GOO.
The bazar of four hundred houses at lei
toun. Lyria, was consumed by fire recently.
The Turkish authorities have seized q
Montenegrin ship laden with arms and
ammunition.
The Ministry of Marine has issued to
several learned societies plan for q Rus
sian polar expedition.
The British government has paid $a5O, GOO
for the famous Raphael belonging to the
Duke of Marlborough.
The Lord Mayor of London has opened
a fund for the relief OF sufferers of the
cholera epidemic in Naples.
The Princess Dolgorouki, the morgan
attic wife of the late Gar, is said to be the.
richest woman in all Europe.
Nicholas Anchorena, who died two months
since at Buenos Ayres, was the richest
farmer in the world He owned $4,000
sheep and COWS.
The Greek church at sitka, Alaska. is the
finest building Used for religious purposes
il America, the Interior being mass Of
gold, silver and priceless paintings.
Although the water is sixty fathoms deep
at the spot where the petroleum spring nm.
der the sea off Yechigo was discovered, the
oil floats TO the surface and keeps the water !.
constantly smooth.
The Russian Government intends pur-
chasing from the English proprietors fos
e12,0oo the well known picture by Paul ye-
ronese, . The Alteration of the Magi," to
decorate the interior Of the cathedral
erected in memory of the late Gar.
WAR NOTES.
A veritable panic prevails at Shanghai.
The seige Of Khartoum has been raised.
Plentiful supplies of provisions are ar
irving at Khartoum.
Gen. Gordon viii dispatch force to Ber-.
Der to meet Ger. WoIseley.
Ell Nahdis flags, captured at the battle
of Tamanieb, has reached England.
Gen. Gordon has sent four steamers with
troops to relieve the garrison at SEMINAR.
Gen. Wolseley has received $500,0o0 in
gold to defray the expenses incidental his
expedition.
The Lieutenant of she English ship Zeph-
Vt, wounded during the bon,bardment of
Foo Chow, is dead.
Mahdi has twenty krupp cannon, and
10, COO of his 5000 followers are armed
with Remington rifles.
Two fresh messages have been received
from Gen. Gordon, in which he insists
upon Turkish occupation of soudan.
The bombardment of the Foo Chow ar
senaI near Foo Chow, and the forts along
Min River did damage to the amount Of
$40, ,M0, 900.
The Chinese authorities have ordered the
Of the bar at the mouth of the
Woosung river, but passage for the ships
of neutraIs is to be left.
vice Admiral Courbet's promotion to the