The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-03-13
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC. :
Archbishop Oorrigan Of New YORK mas :
received the pallium.
Lieut. Greely's 'Three years OF Art1c ]
Service has been published. {
There are forty United States prisoners
in the Jail at Birmingham, Ala. {
John Carroll, porter Of hotel IN fnl'.
adelphia, died recently, leaving fortune OF
100000.
A young medical student Of Atlanta, Ga
attempted to commit suicide because ne
failed to pass his examination.
The House Of Representatives OF the
Mississippi Legislature has passed 0lli
repeating the agricultural lien law.
James Elan, q farmer OF Washington
Co., Ark, successfully defended himself
Against four masked men who broke INTO
his house and attempted his life.
Mrs. Lizzie Gurne, widow. has brought
suit in the Supreme Court in New YORK
city against William Voorhis, Of Nayack'
e1.commodore of the New York Yatch Club,
for breach of promise Of marriage, claim
| ing $40, 900 damages.
| United States Senator Jones, OF Florida
has become infatuated with Miss Palms |
Of Detroit and is keering away from his
seat in Congress. The lady is worth $2,ooo-
600 in her own right and is the prospective
heir of $4,000, GOO more.
The House Committe on Private Land
Claims has agreed to report favorably bill
l A. |. 1E RI
; tents for Sc, 456 acres, the amount OF 9 grant
made By Spain to persons from whom she
J claimed to have procured title.
A young man of Greensborough, ga,
: who had won the affections of cigar deal
er's daughter, but had been prohibited the
! house, organized club of sympathlzera'
who refused to buy of the father unless he
G raised the embargo. The old man weak
ened.
q The President has sent a message to the
= Senate complaining that the condition OF
the Chinese in the Western States and Ter
d ritories is far from being satisfactory nc
10 claims that all the power of the govern
ment should be exerted to maintain the
ts amplest good faith toward China in thu
sr treatment of these men, and the infiexibl'
sterness Of the law bringing wrong doors t.
O. Justice should be insisted upon.
1e The Mallory Line steamer San Marcos
arrived at her pier in New York early OF
ID the morning, of the 9Th, instant, and at MN
% O'Clock in the evening caught fire and sus
tanned heavy damage. At two O'Clock
IN the next morning flames were dlscovere
a. on the Monarch Line dock and before the
or could be subdued had spread and caugh
the iron steamer Eastern Monarch. Tn
or loss on the two vessels is estimated q
ew $4,000.
nd The Neu York Sta,. says: Archbisho
James Gibbons, Primate OF the Roma
m Catholic Church in the United States, hs
lbs been appointed Cardinal, in place of h
We Eminence, Card1nal McCloskey, deceased
The prompt renewal of Americas represel
its tation in the College Of Cardinals will !
&c highly gratifying to Catholics, and that tt
lad choice has fallen on man so universal
/. esteemed as Archbishop Gibbons. Throug
ms out the see of Baltimore, The oldest as We
500 as one Of the most important in the Unit
md States, Archbishop Gibbons is known al
eet honored by men Of all faiths and demon
nations. He is man Of great learnl1
the and eminent piety, aud as Vicar General
re- North Carolina, Bishop of Richmond a
for Ooadiutor Archbishop and Archbishop
ent Baltimore, he developed an executive abb
ty that had commanded the respect a
lon, admiration Of his superiors in the Rom
has hierarchy. His appointment will thereto
riot cause no surprise, since his name has be
ira constantly associated with the honor e'
since the death of the late Cardinal.