The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-01-03
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.

OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.
There 10 town in Cahfornia named
Calico.
There is not single saloon in Martins
vile, Va.
A fortune-teller in Cinciunsti ciaims to
make $500 week.
The Denver Mining Exhibition Just closed !.
was financial failure.
Gen. Grant has refused to beeons 8
United States pensioner.
st. Paul, Minn., is to have Masonic
temple costing $4,000.
The sale Of illustrated police literature
is not allowed in Kentucky.
George W. Cable Is meking $4,000 psr
AMMAN ont Of his readings.
The total amount thus far contributed to
the Garfield monument fund II 31a2,aeo 81.
Col. Ingersoll is said to have made 3d..
000 from fifty lectures during the last two
months.
An Alabama farmer obtained eight aaI.
Ions Of haolassss from one hundred water.
melons.
A nine-ton lump Of coal, claimed as ths
largest ever mined, has been found at Bir-
mingham, Ala.
An explosion in Pratt's Astral Oil Works,
in the eastern part Of Brooklyn, cansed I,
loss Of &eoo, 900.
Harrigan and Hart's Theatre Comiqus.
IN Rrnadwov Norv Vn-k he. 49, a..A..-s
by fire. Loss, 100000.
The experiment Of teaching sewing in.
the girls departments Of the Philadelphia,
public schools is being tried.
For the first time in twelve years tho
school committee Of Boston in 1856 vii
meet with no woman in its membership.
A chasm 1900 feet deep and covered with
magnificent cream -colored stalactites has
recently been discovered in San Luis, Cali
fornia.
The New York sanitary association ID
making raid ON factories where supposed
poisonous dies are used in coloring candy.
Two tons Of this candy was destroyed In
one day.
a SnooAAAoAOA o. VJssaOvAA1Ot W. Va, WHO
wrote President-elect Cleveland, asking his.
measure for pair Of boots to be worn on
his Inauguration, received a polite note, in
closing 80 in payment.
The remains Of Joel T. Hart, the Ken.
tucky sculptor, who died in Florence In
September, 1877 are daily expected In Nov
York. They are being brought back at thor
expense Of the State Of KenEueky.
Among the mon composing q poker party
hauled in by the police at Atlanta were D.
sheriff and county Judge, two members
Of the legislature, groom and preacher
who were to be the principals in marriage
feast next day.
fOREIGN.
Hieh and low church troubles are break
ing out again in England.
All meetings Of the Salvation Army have
been prohibited in Switgerland.
A carload Of honey has BEEN received at
London shipped from Los Angeles, Cal.
Cremation has been adopted inf Portugal
and made compulsory in time Of spidsmim.
The aged Empress Of Germany has MOI
been able to walk for over q year and hall.
Over 266 persons were killed in the Prov
inces Of Malaga and Granada by the recent,
earthquake.
It is proposed in Italy to throw a bridge
over the Straits of Messina that sepayate.
Sicily from Italy.
At!the last yule-time sale Of fatted stock
at the Prince Consort's farm at Windsor.
637 cattle were disposed Of.
The defaultins manager Of the Discount
Bank Of Carniola, at Laybach, killed him.
self in the bank when arrested.
Fully 1900 people attended tho Cristmas
tree performance in Paris for the benefit
of the people Of Alsace-L Lorraine.
The missionary ship Morning Star, which
sailed lately for the South Seas, was built
by the contributions Of Sunday schools.
Owing to the concentration Of troops
at Korti, the relief expedition will be de-
layed until the second week in February.
The dresses of Sardou's " Theodore"
recently produced in Paris were copied from
mosaics in the Church Of San Yitale q
Rayanna.
Bandits entered . Catholic church at Cor
tetos, Galicia, and failing to get money,
tied the priest in heap Of straw, burning
him to death.
The German Government IL so Jealous in
preserving the forests that man dare not
cut down the trees on his own land with
out consent of the proper authorities.
The recent earthquake in Spain almost
completely demolished the provinces of
Jimena, Caiar, Abunulus, Albania, NAL
aga, Granada, Afarnetijo, Periana, and
Torrox. 750 houses and church were de-
stroyed at Albania and 800 lives lost: The
government has granted 5000 from the
national calamity fund for the relief Of suf-
ferers.
crowd of armed men surrounded the
st. Tammany parish Jail, at Covington
Sunday night before last, and shot TO death
aprisoner named VIM. Fieitas, dangerous
character who Vas iucarcerated for assanIt