The Donaldsonville chief., 1885-06-20
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.


DOMESTIC.
A Philadelphia paper calls John L. Sui
Ivan that eminent brute"
Bridgeport, Conn.,, has factory where
artificial horse tails are made. @
An entire family at Clifton, 8. c., wers
poisoned by eating canned corn.
The Chinese Minister at Washington II
in danger of another paralytio shock.
gentleman of Rockingham, N. c.,
drives pair of elks harnessed to buggy.
A Charlton county, Mo-, farmer pays
81 % in taxes on his horses and $12 on his
dogs.
The French residents of Cincinnati arD
to have memorial celebration in honor of
Victor Hugo.
A Clearfeld, Pa, man boards at hotel in
order that his wife can have time to attend
skating rink.
The White House has been 80 often
painted the white lead upon it is a quarter
of inch thick.
Flushing, L. l., has a vigilance commit
tee for Furnishing husbands who remain
out after IL o'clok.
A man in Mansfield, Mass, who failed in
an attempt to commit suicide was accident
ally killed the next day.
j. Randolph Tucker of Virginia, has quail
iied as guardian of the children Of tho
late President Garfield.
A picture of Abraham Lincoln worth
$1,000 has stood boxed up in q corner Of tho
Capitol at Albany for over four years.
The deacon of colored church ut No
Dufae, Ga, put tar in the top Of his hat 20
as to retain portion of the collections.
| A 5000 fountain is to be erected in Back
Bay Park, Boston, to commemorate tho
early visit Of the Norsemen to this country.
Ex-Gov. Curtin Of Pennsylvania, spent
$4,000 year more than his salary while
he was United States minister at st. Pe-
tersburg. ..=, -,s5zs4:
A man at Nashville, N. G., gave q porter
ten cents who found and returned to him
his lost pocketbook containing eight hun
dred dollars.
A mob of over a thousand men and boys
made raid upon the Salvation Army at
Akron, Ohio, wounding several of the fe-
male soldiers.
FOREIGN.
Prof. Huxley is in feeble health. ...
Victor Hugo was worth 81, 500,0 COO.
Alfred Meissner, the Austrian poet. IL
dead. 81
Pope Leo XIII is writing history OF
the Papacy.
Princess Beatrice's marriage will take
. place July 23.
The widow of Garibaldi is about TO pub
, lish two of the Generals manuscripts. e.,
. FL Mahdi has sent Hussein Khalifa to
! Cairo to arrange terms with the Khedive.
, The articles Of the treaty Of peace between
. France and China have been finally agreed
: on. sz5
: Sarah Bernhardt asked permission FOL
Q herself and company to attend Hugo's fu-
b neral.
0 Mr.. Lowell is the only American wh<
has slept at Windsor Castle - tbs guest d
Q royalty.
q An English clergyman recently performer
. 108 baptisms and nine marriages on ON
% Sunday. @
It Twenty-Five Germans who entered tn
j Chinese service were required to take Obi
" nese names.
j. Prince Robert FRANCOIS Louis Philippe
1t eldest son of the Duks De Chartres, is dead
Q. aged 10 years.
10 The Revue Bibliographique reports thu
B. in Paraguay tribe of Indians with tail
s. has been discovered.
:, Ell Mahdi has sent ten guns to Osma
=. Digna, and a supply Of arms and smun
" ton will follow.
NJ The remains of President Theirs On
., Leon Gambetta are to be disinterrsd au
y buried in the Pantheon.
lis Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Minister
i'll America, gave thousand dollars towart
ee the Gordon testimonial fund.
re Sheikh Melik, descendant of the Kings
p, Argo, has been appointed by the Kh6diy
ne Governor of the Provir CO of Dongoia.
The ball given by the citizens Of Dubll
to the Prince and Princess of Wales, y
Ll0 u1Oet 1Ud8AluC6ut kLluk "a Su0 AAl
- ever held in that city.
a. The epidemic of the trichinosis preva
ing from September to December in Ma
,at deburg, Germany, resulted in 400 cases
A sickness, and was caused by single pig.
en A village in Northern Hungary contai
nd ing 400 hosSes was recently destroyed by
all incendiary fire and 1000 persons render
nd destitute. When the populace discover
ely the culprit they roasted him to death ov
a bonfire.
an Two colored men we're hanged June
oil in New Orleans, Robert Williams, al
cl- Blinky Bob," for the murder of CHI
at Dyas in April. 1882, and Foster Chase, al
Is "Sonny Z" Chase, for the murder of Ma
der Louise Provost, sister Of Chase's deceas
my wife. Both crimes were the result of je
out ousy. third accused was under senten
ght to be hung at the same time-John BIZ
one tiste, a colored youth convicted of comm
lev ting rape upon an old German woman
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