St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-18

close the pit now.'' The speakers voice
ouiyered with emotion. When he finished,
beautiful little girl OF IA years, Annie
Crowder, the only daughter Of one OF the
victims, uttered piercing scream ana
rushed to the mouth of the pit, crying,
"Oh, do not leave my dear papa to burn
down there! Let me get in the cage and 60
down after him. Let me save him." Inc
strong arms of the miners held her back rs
the fragile thing tried to make her way TO
the cage, and more than one blackened lace
was made biacker as the hand went up 10
wine awav the tears. Men sobbed aloud
and turned away to conceal their emotion.
The little girl, finding her progress barred
swooned at the mouth of the pit.
A DISPATCH from Tombstone, Arlz.,
Feb. sth, says the Coroner's jury in the case
| of Wetzel, found murdered by Indians In
Dragon Mountains, charge the RESPONSE
bilitv for that and similar offenses on the ln-
efficiency and imbeclity Of the United States
military authorities of the Territory. 1t is
| rumored that three more bodies of victims
| of the Indians have been found in the Ora
| COON Mountains.
P1TNEY, ex-Custodian of the Treas
ury Department, has revived interest in the
contingent fund Investigation by adding to
his former testimony. He asked to be re-
called. Feb. 9th, and stated that he had
been informed that Upton and Lamphere
had contradicted his testimony with regard
to employees of the Treasury having done
work for Secretary Sherman, for which they
| were paid out of the contingent tuna.
He reanirmed his testimony that they had
done such work, and had been paid for 1t
out of that fund, and said he was prepared
| to prove it, and also to prove that Secretary
Sherman and Mrs. Sherman knew that this
work was so paid for. Senator Hale sprans
| to his feet, and with some show OF lndiSna-
ton asked: ''How dare you charge that
Mrs. Sherman knew thi.:" Pitney replied:
81 have received notes from her asking me
to send men to do certain work on different
occasions, and / have the notes here now"
He then produced certain notes, proved to
have been written by Mrs. Sherman, re-
uuesting that workmen be sent to the Secre-
tary's residence. Pitney added that he had
received notes Of the same kind from secre'
tary Sherman, and also produced them.
| JAKE LEONARD, the second mate OF
the steamer James Lee, was pushed over
board by negro deck passenger named jim
Dunlap, near Memphis. Tenn, on he night
of the It'll. Leonard managed to catch hold
of the wheel and made his way on deck.
When the crew heard his story they rushed
upon Dunlap, and before the officers of the
boat could rescue him he was beaten in such
a terrible manner that his life was despaired
Of
JUDGE MILLER, of the United States
Supreme Court, has issued a writ of error
in the case OF Charles F. Kring, sentenced
to be hanged in St. Louis ON Feb. oath.
FIVE members of the Yeager family,
of Fort Wayne, Ind, were recently pois-
oned by raw ham. 1t was not thought pos
sible tor the children to recover.
FREIGHT trains on the Chicago, Min
neapoIis & St. Paul Railway telescoped, for
tv miles west Of Eau Claire, Wis, on the
sth. George Winters, engineer, and con-
ductor were seriously injured.