St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-13
miscellaneous News.

AuioPt, w the ~CLli Hit., ttHh - HAitS III.
Orr, Leonard & Daniels large oil mill,
at Piqn;t. Ohio, was burned. with its adj
joining warehouses. both full OF flax
seed aud oil. The loss is $4,000 one
fourth insured.
Mrs. Isabella Pilgeori. working as II
weaver in the Crescent Mill at Fail
River, Mass, has Just fnilen heir 10 !.
fortune OF $4,000, left hy au uncle
who died recently III Australia.
The assessment OF Ottawa. Ont, for
the year amounts to S10,314, S7j, against
s1O,269, 535 last year. The exemptions
which include sc. 900, 900 for government
buildings-excecd the taxable property
oil the city.
Majority Thomas l.. Bntier died in
Louisville, Ky. Oh the 3i>t, aged 81.
He commanded the City OF New Orleans
during the famous battle of 1915, and
was afterwards appointed surveyor and
Inspector Of the port.
New Orleans Democrat: The Demo.
cratic majority in West Virginia at the
recent election was 1886, Il Democratic
gain over the vote of 1877; OF 1866. The
Greenback candidate FOR Governor re-
ceivcd about 1l,t0n votes.
\ dispatch to the London Standard
from, Copenhagen reports that Il tire in
Christiansand Il city of $4,000 ihabi-
t;tnts. has destroyed two-tEirds of
houses. Hundreds Of families are home
less. The tine Gothic Cathedral was
burne'! out.
Pascagoula Democrats Star: Squire
John 4. Sylvester. nf Perry county.
nj,
yard near an apple tree. The TWO trees
doomed at the same time and strange
to say, the poplar bore lis fine apples as
ever grew in the country. This is
voucl,ed for by an old and respected
citizen of Perry county, aud il any one
wants to know his name let them apply
to this Office.
Mr.. j. Cicphanc, now living ia Wash
ingtOn, ID. G., al he age Of 50 years, and
the oldest resident Of tie capital, as
sisted as il conpostor in setting up the
first edition of Waverly," and also
read proof with Sir Walter Scott He
came to this country i'll 1911, and was
for many years employed on the Ma
tional Intelligenccr.
\ London special of the 35th instant
says: The postotlicc at Manchester is in
flames and will be destroyed. All tcle-
graphic communication with London is
now ls:lI p. NO. suspended. Great
alarm is felt here, as there are plain
Indications that the fire was set by Hn
incendiary, and it is believed 10y many
persons that this indicates an Intention
to organize disturbances ilf England in
aid Of the Land League in Ireland
n. Q. States: On the Both of this
month Prince Bismarck is to communi-
cate to the Federal Council the vast
scheme which he has been preparing
for the organization Of labor. The de-
tails are not fully known, but it is stated
to be a project Of astounding magnitude
virtually conversion OF the whole
working population OF the German En-
pire into one vast trades union undul
the direction and control of the govern
ment.
\. 0. States: John Hilton and MIS-
Stewart, it is understood, have iully
perfected the arrangements for devUt-
ing between S3,000,001 and S4,000,G0t
! (under the will of the late y. I. Stewart,
to the building and endowment of the
great Episcopal University at Long Is
males, one for females, and IL separate
/ y
! the ministry of the Episcopal church
The buildings will be the finest of theil
. kind in America, and every appliance
/ for study, health and comfort will be
lavishly provided. 1t is expected Ina
within ten years there will he an aUtcn
dance of 5000 students, at Il cost to eacl
/ one OF not over 500 pei year. The re
! mains of the great merchant will repost
| in the crypt OF the cathedral, in the
centre OF the immense enterprise, whicl
will form his monument.
! POSTAL SERvIcE-Gen. Brady, Sccont
/ Assistant Postmaster General, has com
/ pleted his annual report for the ti&ca
year ended June 50, 1880. 1t shows tlia
| on that date postal service was in opera
ton OH 111s railroad routes aggregatin:
$500 miles in length, and that its an
nual cost for transportation alone WA
/ St0,5OO, 900. The cost OF transportation
! on 9S63 star service routes, aggregatin;
| 225,2i miles in length, was for the yea
seven and one-third million dollars
This was nearly one million dollars il
excess Of the expenditure for the sam,
branch OF service in the year preceding
but the service in the meantime hat
been greatly extended. Id the State
Of Indiana; Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee
Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Nortl
Carolina, South Carolina anu Florid
the star service during the year 1879 wa
virtually doubled. Gen. Brady call
attention to the recent report of TIL
Superintendent of Railway Mail Service
and approves OF the recommendation
contained therein.
ATLANTA, Ga, October 81, 1880.
Information received from Leesbur
details the killing Of State Senate
Isaac Tyson, by john Galloway, il mer
chant of that city. Tyson, it appears
visited Callaway'5 stare while the pro
prietor was absent attending a pOlitica
meeting, in all intoxicated condition an
behaved in disorderly manner, shoot
ing off his pistol in the store. Callawa
afterwards approached Tyson and aske
him what he meant by acting in tina
manner.
Later in the day Tyson.visitcd Gala
ways store again and fired Il dozen shot
at Galloway through the blinds of TIL
window with a pistol aud rifle. Gala
way becoming satisfied that Tyson wa
attempting to kill him, finally cor
Guided that he would stand it no longe
and, picking up shotgun, opened til
Di1llu anu pOufeu tiit Coute1tS ol lo'
barrels into Tyson, killing him outrieh
J The killing is characterized is justif
able by friends Of both sides. Bot
of the men were prominet res ideDts an
leading merchants of the city, TysO
owning interests in several of the mos
prominent enterprises of Leesburg.
n. O. States; The Jefferson Uenocr;
hos liaonrapaI fEp nIiaSf Woman va
snkey Hart, colored, died in McKinne
; Texas, oil the LIST instant, at the age ,
14O wears. She was so bent with age til;
q Il L.