The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-04-04
EDITORIAL REVIEW.

Gen. Grant is nearing deaths door.
Mr.. Edison the famous electrician, is in
New Orleans visiting the Exposition.
An outbreak of Asiatic cholera is said to
have occurred in Crimean ports, Russia.
Monsigneur Capel, the celebrated Catho-
lie prelate, has been lecturing in New Or
leans this week and last.
An explosion in the mines of the Dem
bran Ornan Mining Company, at Trappen,
Austrian Silesia. buried forty miners; all
are believed to have persisted.
The Russian mission was rendered to
Hon. Jos. e. Mcdonald of Indiana, but
declined on account Of Mr.. McDona1d's
business engagements in this country.
Mackin and Gallagher, the two Chicago
Democratic officials convicted of election
frauds and sentenced to the penitentiary
for a.term of years, have been granted a
writ of error and released on bonds of $50
600 each.
Mr.. E. D. Clark of Mississippi, recently
appointed Assistant Secretary of the Int
rior, died in Washington before entering
upon his official duties Hon. Henry L.
-Muldrow of Vicksburg has been appointed
and confirmed TO the Assistant Secretary
ship.
The refectory and Sisters department of
st. Joseph's Academy at Emmlttsburg, Md,
were destroyed by fire Oh the Goth ult.,
Loss, $55,0o0; insurance only $500. The
institution is under the charge of the Sis
ters of the order of the Sacred Heart, who
will at once rebuild the burned portions of
the Academy.
The following diplomatic appointments
have been made by President Cleveland
and confirmed by The Senate: Edward j.
Phelps of Vermont, a son of ex-senator
Phelps and prominent lawyer, Minister
to Great Britain; Hon. Robert M. McLane,
the present Governor Of Maryland, Minis
ter to France; ex-senator Geo. H. Pendle-
ton of Ohio, Minister to Germany; Gen.
Henry r. jackson Of Georgia, leading
Savannah lawyer, Minister of Mexico; Con
gresham 8. s. Cox to New York, Minister
to Turkey. "
Mr.. Aquilla Jones, ST., has been COM
inissioned Postmaster at Indianapolis. He
was urged for the place by Vice President
Hendricks, in opposition to a candidate
supported by Congressman Bynum of the
Indianapolis district. Mr.. Bynum con-
tended that it should be his privilege to
name the appointee and this pretension
was backed up by the entire Indiana dele
CATION in Congress, but the influence of
the Vice President and his friends proved
triumphant and Mr.. Jones was landed in
the office. The pressure brought to bear
upon the President by the contending fac
tions was very heavy, and it is thought the
outcome of the struggle will cause serious
Democracy.
Amongth the most important appointments
made by President Cleveland are the fol
lowing: j. c. Black of Illinois, Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue; VIM. A. j.
Sparks of Illinois, Commissioner General
of the Land Office; Daniel McConnville OF
Ohio, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
office Department; Martin V. Montgomery
of Michigan, Commissioner of Patents
Milton J.. Durham of kentucky, First
Comptroller of the Treasury; Malcolm Hay
of Pennsylvania, First Assistant Postmas.
tor General; j. D. G. Atkins of Tennessee
Commissioner of Indian Affairs; James D.
Porter of Tennessee, Assistant Secretary
of State; Thos. c. Crenshaw. Jr., Col!ecto,
of Internal Revenue for the District Of
Georgia; Maccenas E. Benton United
States Attorney Fer the Western District Of
Missouri. Postmasters have been a,,poiu
ted for Indianapolis, Ind; Lawrence, To
l'eka and Nyandotte, Kansas; Yazoo City
Miss; Clarinda, Iowa, and Charleston, Ills
The mintat Carson City, Nevada, has beer
provided with 4 new Superintendent anl
Coiner.
Special bargains in saddlery of all kind.
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