The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-02-21
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A thief without legs, and having only ono
arm, has been sentenced to one years hard
labor in the Illinois penitentiary.
A Methodist preacher in Jamaica, =. l.,
has threatened to .expel all members of his
church who attend skating rink. z ct Est
The idea of engaging the Mexican band
to attend the Inauguration has been re-
linquished on the score Of expense.
Six trains arrived in New Orleans two
days before Mardi Gras composed Of forty
three coaches, containing 300 passengers.
Mrs. Morosiai- Hulskamp has received an
offer Of $4,000 from Forepangh to exhibit
herself and husband in his show next sum-
mer. - s.s
The celebrated cleveland Gem,"' the Z
largest diamond in America, has arrived in,
New Orleans and is on exhibition at the
Exposition.
The ceremonies of laying the corner
stone of the Capitol of the State of Texas,
at Austin, are to taks place on the I'd Of
next month. 4asf
Adolph Sutro is to give San Franciscofa
fine public library modelled after those Of
Leipsic, Gottengen and Heidelburg, and
containing 10000 volumes. a1
The order of Baltimore Orioles collapsed
1t gave three exhibitions, and attracted
fully 100000 strangers to Baltimore. The
last exhibition left it $17, 800 in debt. s's.,'1
There is statute in West Virginia which
renders the marriage OF very young eirf
to an old man null and void and subjects
the father to a term Of imprisonment and
even death by hanging.
The old war horse OF Stonewall Jackson.
aged thirty-four years, has been brought
from Lexington, Va, to New Orleans and
will be exhibited for the benefit of Leo
Camp of Richmond, Va.
The Police Jury Of Harrisburg, Penn.
has passed resolutions that a. skating rinks
are productive of immortality and iiihealth
among the youth of the. city, licenses for
| them are to be hereafter refused. 10
The Louisville, KY, butcher who sent
saddle Of mutton to President-elect Cleve-
| land, received an autograph letter in re-.
| ply saying that the writer made point OF
refusing all presents, bnt WAS az mnch
obliged as if he had been given the whole
carcass.
EoRE4GN.
| Prince Krapotkin's mind has become
affected 1l -
| Prince Hassan has been appointed Gov
vernon General of Soudan. @f
| School teachers in Morocco receive IF
| teen cents month and find themselves.
! Fresh shocks of earthquake were felt at
| Grenada, Velez and Wetre, February IA.
Ismail Psssha, ex-Kh6diye of Egypt is
now in London canvassing for supporters
for bis restoration. s4.8
/ The Chinese government has refused per-
mits for the sinking of wells i'll the newly
discovered oil regions. -
A subscription is being raised in Alexan-
dria for the erection of monument to
Gen. Earle's memory.
The payment of indemnity for losses in
CURED by the bombardment of Alexandria
is expected shortly to be made.
The famous Marshalsea Prison, in Lon
don, where Dickens laid many scenes of
"LittIe Dorritt," is now q cheap lodging
/ house.
TheLondon newspapers have curious eti-
qnette forbidding one to either quote Or
comment upon anything that appears in
the columns of another.
A large Buddhist temple is row in course
I of OF Ksr4n rub1nt mill
have all its timbers and pillars put in place
by ropes made of human hair. ef
It reported that the British .z1ernmepf
is considering scheme q. gtrek ~
viceroy of Nubia and 4. s!u4 .n..fik as
viceroy of upper and seser Egypt
The marriage Of e. js Eva Mackay to
Don Ferdinand Juliet Jarife Jolonna. Prince of
Galatro, was extremely private, the cere-
mony, being performed with pontifical high
mass by Mgr. De Reude, papal nuncio, in
the Nuncios Chapel at Paris.
WAR NOTES.
TI.e French flag now floats over Langson.
An Italian general is to be sent to Masso-
wah. sa @gs.
Ell Mahdi holds fifty Greek prisoners in
his camp or at Ell Obeid. 45,szs
Gen. Earle was killed during the storm
ing of the enemy's position at Berti.
Gen. Wolseley has ordered steamer up
the Nile on reconnaissance toward Khar-
toum.
Arabs are deserting from Metemneh in
large numbers and entering the British
camp at Gubat.
The second Italian expedition to the Red
Sea to cooperate with the English in Sou
dan arrived February II.
Gen. NoIseiey has decided to remain at
Korti until Gen. Evelyn Wood reports as to
the situation at Metemneh.
Admiral Courbet opened fire on three
Chinese men-of- war, which took refuge in
Ming Po river.
The Chinese position at Kulua has been
captured by the French. the Chinese army
having been routed after hard fight.
The women in FL Mahdi's camp are be-
ing armed and drilled, and every possible
preparation is making for obstinate resist
ance to the British advance.
Gen. Volseley has teiegrapned to tie
Khediye that there wiz be no more hghtl g
along the line until Gen. Btaekenbnrs
reaches Berber with the late Gen. Earls's
force.