The Donaldsonville chief., 1886-06-12
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY

OUH GENERAL NEWS SOMnMAn1 Z
DOMESTIC.
The Louisville Opera House was de-
stroyed. by fire june Z.
| Eight persons were burned to death in q
largo fire which occurred in Chicago June
Z.
4 child at Jeraey City slipped from
chair in which it's mother tied it, and was
choked to death by a cord.
A camel was born in Central Park, New
York, which stock three feet siz inches in
height and weighed los pounds.
The lergest schooner in the world will
soon be launched at Bath, Me-, having
coal carrying capacity of 2eO0 tons.
Carrier pigeons have been introduced by
the new Postmaster of bennington, N. Y,
for fast mails and letters marked Gin
haste.v
The subscription for the relief Of the
families Of the Chicago policemen killed
and injured in the Socialist riot has reached
sc, 600, and is still increasing.
In the recent Pullman (nl.) labor difficult
ties the working girls we're led to strike by
the young men threatening to boycott them
at the coming picnics this summer.
Nine boxes containing human corpses
were found near Chicago, which are sup
posed to be bodies of Anarchists who died
from injuries received in the Haymarket
riot.
Herr Most. the New York Anarchist, has
been sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary and fined $500. his associate
Braunschweig got nine months and $3.50
fine, and Shenck nine months without fine.
In Knoxville. KY, a little idiot boy seven
years old Was taken into stream by two
companions OF the same age and drowned.
The children were Immediately indicted. by
the Grand Jury for murder in the first de-
gree.
A local agent Of the Louisiana Lottery
Company was recently convicted before
the U. s. Court, at San Antonio, Tex, in
two cases, for sending lottery tickets
| through the mails and fined 800 and costs
in each case.
DIR. Burchard is out of the active minis
try, having resigned the Presbyterian pas
torate that he held before his memorable
! atIiterative speech, and has also retired
from the presidency of the female semi
nary of which he was the head.
A Chicago millionaire intends transplant
! ing one of the big California trees to bis
| summer residence near that city, and has
selected one 3Co feet high, ninety EIGHT
feet in circumference, weighing 4O,0O0
pounds and the transportation of which
will cost him $la, 600.
ANTE-NUPTIAL NOTES.
The President and bride have left Deer
Park and returned to Washington.
Fourteen newspaper men were quartsred
\ in the vicinity of Deer Park to take notes
| Of the Presidential honeymoon.
Twenty-one large trunks were moved
| from Miss Folsom's hotel to the White
House. bnt the bride only took five to Deer
Park.
As President Cleveland and his party
landed in Brooklyn the Wedding morning,
band stationed near by struck up, " For
He's Coming to Marry Yum YUM"
President Cleveland gave DR.. Sunderland
for performing the marriage ceremony a
new, crisp 800 bill which Mrs. Sunderland
intends to have framed and preserve as
souvenir.
Col. Folsom, grandfather of Miss frankie
Folsom, who died suddenly, left a will that
disposed Of about 100000 worth Of prop
erty, which is to be divided among bis two
daughters-in- law and his six grandch;ld-
rem.