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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-27

service thermometer registering maximum
temperature of 1864.
GREvY, a large village in the Cantor
OF Grisons, Switzerland, has been destroyed
by fire.
THE Boer Government has been form.
ally proclaimed. 1t l. to be known as the
South African Republic.
MANY towns and villages in Western
Prussia have recently suffered much from
incendiary fires. The fact that the inhabit-
ants are Jews leads to the conclusion that
the incendiaries are jew haters. Anti jew
1sh disturbances have again broken out in
West Prussia and Pomerania.
The steamer Laura Lee, valued at
$4,000, was sunk near Baton Rouge, La.
| NEW HAMPSHIRE has been shaken by
an earthquake.
HE excessive rainfall in Arizona has
| caused serious washouts on the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The town OF Maricopa is
flooded.
A GREAT sensation has been caused
at Lancaster, n. H., by the reported dis
coverv that several deaths that occurred
y
liberia. were really caused by poison. Dr.
Frank Bugbee and Mr. and Mrs. ToWne, all
WeH-knoWn residents, were among the VIC
TINS. Miss Nellie Webb, now Mrs. Mayo,
lived with both families at the time the
alarming mortality prevailed, and she is now
under arrest. Mrs. Mayo has always borne
good reputation, and what reasons, If any,
exist for suspecting her Of the horrible crime,
have not been made public.
The Indian Bureau has received from
Agent Cook at Rosebud Agency an official
report Of the circumstances attending the
killing Of Spotted Tail. 1t appears that
Black Grow aspired to be chief in place OF
Spotted Tail, and had organized GANG of
;.dherents; that Crow Dog was his chief as
sistant, and that the murder of Spotted Tail
was the result Of a regular conspiracy to ret
him out Of the way aud put Black Crow in
his place. Both Black Crow and Grow Dog
are confined at Fort Niobrara, and will be
tried for murder under the laws of the Ter
rltory. Agent Cook has appointed White
Thunder as temporary Chief to succeed
Spotted Tail, and recommends that Spotted
TAILS son be appointed by the Interior De-
lAl liAciit W succeed HIS liGner. Inc prompt
arrest of the murderers broke up the con-
piracy, and all is quiet at the Agency
DURING a bull fight at Marseilles,
france, several tiers OF seats collapsed and /
welye persons were killed and $50 injured. |
A SPECIAL from Socorro says the In
liam excitement continues undated. Scouts
rom Pueblo and Magdaena Mountains have
ust arrived and report the presence of large
numbers Of savages there. Business is par
lived and mining is in a great measure
uspended.
SECRETARY BLAINE has, through the
american Minister at Berlin, extended an
INVITATION to the representatives of the FAM
y of Baron Steuben to participate in the
entennial exercises at Yorktown.
THE two houses of Parliament have
ONE to an agreement regarding the Irish
md bill, and its passage is now assured.
he Peers will, however, formally record
neir protest against the bill as unjust to the
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CONDENSED TELEGRANS,

THE Presidents condition on the 18th
was such as to cause the most serious ap
Iprehensions. His pulse rose to $50, and his
stomach refused to retain any food, SO that
injections of liquid nourishment were re-
sorted to by the physicians in order to MAIN
tain his strength. On the 10th his condition
continued much the same, with slight i'm
Iprovement as regards pulse and tempera-
ture. On the 18th change for the better
was plainly manifested, and hopes of his ul-
innate recovery were again raised.
| A Topeka dispatch Of the 10th says
great apprehension exists that Frank Snow,
Professor of Natural History at the Kansas
State University, and party have been cap
tured by the redskins. The party was near
Water Canyon for the purpose of adding to
the scientific collections of the University.
and consists Of Prof. Snow, Herbert S. Smith,
Professor of Astronomy at the University,
Lewis l.. Dyche, student, formerly resi-
dent OF Auburn, Hans, and also the only
son OF Prof. Snow, youth about II years of
age.
AT Bay St. Louis, Miss, negro wife
murderer was forcibly taken from Jail by q
mob OF colored men and hanged.
WILLIAM BROOKS, a well-to-do farm
er residing near Shelby, N. c., attempted to
shoot his wife, with whom he had quarreled,
and not succeeding he went and hanged
himself.
A PROMINENT physician of Cincin-
natl reports twenty weildefned cases of
typhoid fever among the four hundred En-
glish colonists at Rugby, Tennessee. A
corps OF physicians and nurses have been dis
patched to the afflicted settlement. Bad
drinking water was the chief cause of the
epidemic.
GOVERNOR PORTER declines to call
an extra session of the Legislature of In
diana.
A BERLIN dispatch says it is feared
Breslau will shortly be declared in state of
siege, because of the prevalence of social ag-
tation there.
THE will of the late Dean Stanley has
been sworn under 100000.
IT is reported that the two principal
barge lines plying between st. Louis and
New Orleans have been consolidated under
the name of the St. Louis & Mississippi
Company. The combined
capital of the old lines was S1,sOo,0o0, and
the carrying capacity Of the barges was
3, 750, 900 bushels Of grain. The new compa-
ny will have capital of So, 900, 900, and its
nominal manager will be Henry c. Haarstick. |
Jay Gould is understood, however, to be the
principal owner.
A. FIRE at Oconto, Wis, on the 18th,
destroyed Arson Eldred's la1ge saw-mills
and numbering establishment. The loss is
placed at 100000.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

The large woolen-mills in Iowa be.
longing to the Amana Society, valued at
$4,000, have been destroyed by fire.
MAUD S has again lowered the trot-
ting record by quarter Of second, having
made mile in FL Ia at Buffalo on the
18th. This leaves St. Julien just an even
second behind.
The Parry House, summer hotel at
Beach Haven. N. j., burned on the night of
the 10th. Two hundred guests lost all their
clothing and effects, and were compelled to
go to Camden clad in bathing attire.
FRIDAY, Aug. IL, was the hottest day
ever experienced in St. Louis, the Signal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-27
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A RECENT terrible storm in the North
Shetland Islands caused the loss of sixty.
three fishermen.
ANOTHER fatal boiler explosion oc-
Cured on the 9th, on the farm OF Fritz DOL
linger, near Troy, Madison County, III.
Christopher Schultz, owner of the steam
fhresher, was killed and his BODY burned.
Two others were badly injured, but it was
believed not fatally.
The Atlantic FIGURING Mills at St.
Louis were entirely destroyed by fire caused
by lightning stroke, on the night of the 10Th.
The flames burst forth so quickly following
the stroke, and spread so rapidly, that the
men at work on the upper floors, dozen
or SO in number, were completely hemmed
In and were compelled to jump from the
windows. All were severely burned and
otherwise injured, and two OF the unfortu-
mates died during the night. 1t was feared
that several persisted in the
flames. The mills were the largest in St.
Louis, having capacity of 1900 barrels a
day. They were owned by the Atlantic
Milling Company, George Balm, President,
and the total value of buildings, machinery
and stock was estimated at about S25O.OOO.
Insurance from $50 900 to $100, 900. The mills
have been three times destroyed by fire.
Considerable surrounding property was
burned, the most important being the Flu
ture City Oh Works, valued at s25, 900.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

CAPTAIN JOSEPH L. STEPHENS, one
OF the best-known citizens Of Missouri, who
has been identified with many of the largest
enterprises of the day, died at his home in
Boonville, on the 18th, aged IS.
Hon. 0. II. BROWNING died at his
home in Quincy, H., on the 10th, aged 10.
lie was Secretary of the Interior under
President johnson, and previously served in
the U. S. Senate, being appointed by Gov.
Yates to ill the vacancy caused by the death
of Stephen A. Douglas.
The widow of ex-President Willard
Fillmore is dead
GEN. GRANT has bought large and
very handsome house on the north side of
East Sixty-siNth Street, between Fifth and
Madison Avenues, New York. The price
paid was $4,000. 1t is understood the
General proposes to make this his future
home.
A CONFERENCE of Civil Service Re-
formers was held in New York on the 18th,
OF which George VIM. Curtis, Carl Schurz
and Dorman B. Eaton were the principal
promoters. Senator Pendleton's bill regu-
latlng appointments to the Civil Service was
lnQOrSed.
BRADLAUGH is suffering from a Sc
we're attack of erysipeas, said to be the in
direct result Of his personal encounter in
the lobby of the House of Commons.
DIR. JOSEPH C. HUGHES, formerly
Surgeon General of the State of Iowa, died
at keokuk from blood poisoning
MAKING JAREz, the Minister from
Nicaragua to the United States, died of
apoplexy at Washington.
mir. anG Mrs. Jefferson Davis have
gone to Europe.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-27
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY,


COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The August bulletin of the Depart
ment of Agriculture says the falling off in
the crop of spring wheat will not be so large
as generally anticipated; also, that the de-
crease OF corn in the West will be less than
expected, but that in the South that crop
will be an unusually small one. The tobacco
crop will also show a decrease in Weld, |
The condition of the cotton crop is rated IA
per cent. below the condition at the same
time last year. The plant is generally re-
ported small, and much shedding Of bols in
places.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America have recently held a SEES.
sion at Chicago.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
rendered decision that the high license
liquor law is constitutional in every particu-
lar. 1t compels saloon keepers to pay 81 900
license, give bonds in the sum of s., 900, etc.,
in cities of over 1000 people, and in cities
OF under 10000 the license is $500.
IHE Cattle Commissioners selected
by the Secretary of the Treasury have decid-
CHIEF Western centers to make sure that the
live stock at those points is free from infec-
ton.
IHE drouth in Switzerland has con-
tlnued for nearly two months. The grass is
burned, and in the mountain pastures beasts
are perishing from heat.
IHE Southern Pacific Railroad is now
being laid at the rate OF one mile per day
beyond El Paso, and President Crocker pre-
diets that the line will, by July next, be fin
1shed to Galveston. He saws engineers are
now running survey from Corinne to Yank-
ton, and road can be built for one-third {
the cost OF the Union Pacific, which will he
done If Gould consolidates the Atchison, t
Texas Pacific and Union Pacific lines. i
The Illinois Department Of Agricul- {
ture asserts that in quality and quantity the
wheat crop of the State is the poorest for $
twenty years. II
A COMMISSIONER of the Times of Lon I
don, who has made tour of the wheat dis r
trlcts OF England, estimates yield of thirty /
bushels to the acre, and an increased crop Of G
three million quarters. '
CAPTAIN HoWGATE late of the u. S. t
Signal Service, is under arrest charged with 6
Government funds. The amount
Of his deficit is said to be over $50, 600, d
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A RECENT terrible storm in the North tt
Shetland Islands caused the loss of sixty
three fishermen. il
fa4o |
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THE WEEKLY PIONEER PRESS

The WEEKLY PIONEER PREss In the great family
paper OF the Northwest 1t exhibits sill the character
isuc excellenc1es of the daily in condensed form.
Il Is made up. however with special reference to the
zant Of the rural households of Minnesota and the
sd seent States and Territories. Its news departments
contain conplete condemnation af all the general and
Stats aud loc news. It's farm and garden and house
hold departments prepared expressly Witt 6 WOW
20 the special needs of this region and climate. IA
It's editorial discussions particular attention ia paid 70
hects OF special interest to ctiBans of MINK Sots
ND Of neighborn2 States. Its market repOrts which
are unsu rpassed for fullness and accuracy pro
pared expressly for its columns and tbs entire
range OF grain. produce Gvs stock. providon and
merchandise. markets At all the chief commercial
esnters WILL st. Paul and Minneapolis. and other
local points In short 1t il especially commended 10
the farmers aud other citizens Of Minnesota by tn
especial sdaptsHon to their local needs aud ineerests
Its literary miscellany - selected with great and
f0t1EsE reading of the most instructive and
interesting variety for tho family circle. 1t has
arranged with u ,lish and American puhlsA4fs for
OF 6rs:class serial stories by Ssisbrated
English and American authors-of which the thrilling
story OF Great Porter Square" by Ferjeon. nov
being publisbed In its columns Is . hrst sample
The prooteheets Of these stories. purch ased Sc rai
oet furnished in advance and exclusively to tbs
These sarisL stories. which belong TO the highest
rank OF fictitious literature Will constitute attractive
feature OF khe WEEKLY PIoSyEs Press throughout
LIZ yesx 1891. well Of its Saturday AID SUNDAY
s1ppla1neoS-
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The Northern Pacific Loan.
Special Telegram to the pio ncer Press

Special Telegram to the Pioneer Press
New YORK, Jan. 3.-Subscrip-
tions to the Northern Pacific rail.
road loan were opened to-day sim
ultaneously in this country and in
London. The smount offered was
500, goo, and Of this one-h al
was offered in this country. Sub
scrlptions received to-day exceeded
the amount reserved for American
subscriptions, and late this after.
noon the bankers having charge of
the marketing OF the loan announe.
ed that further subscriptions would
be received, subject to allotment
with foreign subscriptions. The
books will remain open in London
during to-norro W but it ia reported
in the city to-day that English
subscriptions already exceeded the
amount offered. Subscribers in
this country to the first s 1000, 900
will receive :he full amount, but
subscriptions in excess Of that sum
will receive pro rata aliotmentl
with subscrip tions received abroad
Great pleasure at the success u
the loan as felt by friends OF the
railroa d.
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arc sorry to see him sever his con.
nection from the road he has SO
capably managed for several years.
1t il reported shat he will become
the he:s. OF large manufacturing
corporation in the East.
Mr.. John G.. Howard, second
son Of Hon. John ID. Howard OF
| Duluth, WAS married in that city
last week to Miss Kate Jones, Il
neice vi Samuel G. McQuade, Esq
The happy young coupe have gol {.
to spend the honeymoon a. North
Branch. The TIMES, speaking for
itself and all the groom's old friends
here, wishes them much Joy.
--Pine timber stumpage il on
the rise. In this locality ii sells at
$l00 to $500 per thousand &C.
cording to quality and LEGATION, A
year ago sl.0O was the highes,
price asked for the best. The
Cornell University which owns
large amount OF timber in the coun-
ties Of Price and Chippewa in this
state now asks So 90 to $3.50 per
/ thousand. The Burnett County
Sentinel reports sale of stumpage
| on choice tract located on the
boundary of Burnett and Douglas
counties At $4.00 per thousand, On
the ST. CroiX S2.5Ots $3.50 are the
usual prices.
"A very sal accident occurred
at Duluth on Sunday morning BY
which William J. Crawford, a
Superior young man lost his life.
MIR. Crawford was at work on u
switch engine, and in attemp ping
to board it slipped and the wheel
ran over one leg crushing it badly
Doctors Mccormick, Ritc!ie aud
Graft amputatcd the limb but the
patient died soon after the opera
ton The deceased was an excel
'ent young man, % years of age
and nephew OF Mr.. William Craw-
ford Of this place with whom he
lived for several years. lie Leaves
4 brother and sister in Cleveland,
0. He was buried here from the
Cath Ollie church OH Tuesday.
Hon. A. J. Turner, Railroad
Commissioner has received from
Frederick Billings, President Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, the fol-
lowing in answer TO inquiries in
regard to proposed construction OF
that road through Wisconsin
The work on the Wisconsin divi
sion will be commenced this winter
Just as soon as the final survey now
going on, locating the line, is COM
pIeted; and the road will certainly
during the coming year be running
from Thomson Junction AZ far
east as Superior, and will probably
reach Ashland, if a good route can
be found through that place, and il
not, will resch the Wisconsin Ce n
trail some eleven miles south o!
Ashland.
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connection, to build which com
pany was organized last year. In
III" mean time the survey OF The
Saull branch of the d., NJ & NJ,
wlll he made without III necessary
delay, and there is little doubt bu,
that the Canadian connection VIII
be made BY the time The Northern
Pacific 10 completed 10 the eastern
init of its grant. 1t is now a
petty we'll established fact that
the grand northern trans.conunent-
al line will be completed within
I he next two years Marquette
Jnurnal.
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DISTA NOES

From Green Bay to New Londsn, 70
miles; Grand Rapids, 90 M; MERRIAM
Traction, l4S m; Arcadia, 1872; Wnon.
ia; La Crosse, 239; St. Paul, Psi
Minneapolis, 1872
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SUPERIOR, SATURDAY. JAN S 1881
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Condensed Through Tine Card
Chicago Time.
Taking effect Oct. l7th 1880.
Going West. Stations Going East
g o0sm 81. Paul s>C5
TCU.u Ninus.t.,I. = nE,,,,

Trains run Oh Chicago time (which Is %
;niuutes faster than Wnona time ds,I,
SUNDAYS excepted. For time Of night frci,bi
sud accommodation trains, see local tins
table.
SDinuer
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PRESIDENT BILLINGS, of the
Northern Pacific railroad, an
nounces that work will soon be
commenced on the eastern extern
sion from Thomson TO the Mon
irca | river. Without giving its
authority for the statement, the
Mining Journal Fl els justified in
saving that the NJ, H. s. o. will
commence before long the con.
struction of its line to the Onton.
agon river, which will leave only
about fifty miles 10 complete the
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100000 Acres

OF Minnesota and Dakota Lands for sale by
the Land Department. Reduced rates OF
fare and freight to actual settlers.
Full information given upon application
to JANIS B. Power, Gen'l Agent, at45
JsckIon street. ST. Paul, or 3ralnerd, MINI.
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Mill on Conn .r's Point

For the manufacture Of lumber and timber OF
all kinds, and always keep on hand full sup
ply, both green and seasoned, 80 that we are
ensaied to all iers at very short notice
and low rates.
Our location On onner's Point, with o W
dock on the steamboat channel, gives us su
perar conveniences for fling orders from
Duluth or points along the river or along the
inc OF the Northern Pacific.
We pay particular attention to saving
nih-rs for houses. docks, brid ges. &c.
.pri5 -
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CONNECTIONS

AZ GREEN BAY with Chicaso K North
p rstern u.d Wisconsin, Central RAILWAYS for
'ii~aukee and Chicago. md for all point
North East a. d South
AT NEW LONDON. with the Milwaukee
:..kr Shore L Wes rrn X, for Sha,sapo a,,e
.fppl"tnn, Oshkosh, Hanitowoc, Shcboyr.a
and Milwaukee.
1T AMHERST in. md PIOyER viii
Wisconsin Central z. Il. for Ashland. ST..
ven, T" nj Portage and Madison.
At MCMILLAN J'n with Chicago. 8,
Paul Minneapolis ami Omaha Ra,lSa, for
lack hiv"r Fails. Eau Claire, ST. Paul aud
Hinuraunl =.
At MlNoNA with Chicago, Milwaukee /
=. PAM Railway, for 81. Paul al Miuucon-
"lIS, with WiHnua Il st. PetcrRaiIroad Il:
y. W. Tor dorchester, Marshall, Siour
ny. lnnk'nn, and points Wc.t.
~ IN Ci;p~>k sikh SOUTHERN Miun.sot
aud g. {. y i u. Divisions G.. VI. ( :.
'auI X,
TIMOTHY CASE, R,r-.va-.
ana Cent Van, -a,-
MuHs0l T. CASE, uen. pat. ~.
dsten > ar. St5
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AS TIE public is hearing good
deal about the Irish Traversers 1t
may not be out of place to say that
a Traverser is not special kind OF
Celtic vii ain. He is eimply in law
man who formally denies what
the other fellow affirms.
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DAKOTA DIVISION.

MEALS. 8 Daily except SATURDAY. tDaily
except Monday. Daily e1cep, Sunday
Trains connect at ST. Pau and Mime
apolis with trains East and South; at st.
Cloud with trains for Melrose and the Sauk
Wiley at Brainerd with trains t" and from
Duluth and to and from the West anu south
Connection with St. Paul Duluth XIX
trsns at n P Junction st. Paul NJ. q u.
Railroad trains at Glyndon for ST. Vincent.
Winnipeg, and the British Possessions at
Bismarck with stages for Standing kecS'
Fort Rice, Berthold. Fort keoush and other
points in Montana; also with the Nv Stage
and Express Co.'S line to Deadwood City and
all points in the Black Hills and with MIS-
souri, and Yellowstone River Steamer for
Fort Benton, Fort Krogh and intermediate
points in Dakota and Montana; and at
Duluth with first class steamers tor Colllng-
wood. Sarnia, Detroit, Cleveland, Buifaio,
Chicago and Intermediate points.
anril o5.b 1s8o n e SARGENT,
Gen'l Manager, st. Paul.
C. G.. SANBORN, H. A. TOWNE,
Gen'l Frt & Ticket Agt. superintendent
43 Jackson St, St. Paul. Brainerd.
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ii his paper is kept on ME in the office 81
L. y. ileoth, i}enerai Eastern Agent, Chicago
4 North Western Railway, 4l5 Broadway,
New York Cits. Our friends, when in New
York, are cordially invited to call in and read
IL at ANY tirn They will alw avs tie welcome
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TnE year 1881 is very promising
TO astronomers. There will oe two
eclipses of the sun and two of the
moon during the year, and on Nov.
6, there will a transit Of Mercury.
The planet Saturn will also te 80
improved in position that a fair
study Of the rings can be made.
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LOCAL A E'F AIRS