St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-02


Hundreds OF large icicles which had coll
lected on the sides of the shaft became loose
and fell with great force upon platform
one hundred feet from the bottom, and the
unfortunates were crushed and buried be-
meath the entire mass,
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIFTEEN hundred miners have been
thrown out OF work by fire in the Short
Mountain colliery, near Lykens, Pa.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
reports that during the month of October
there arrived in the Customs districts of
Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Mime
sofa, New Orleans, New York, Passama-
Guoddy, Philadelphia and San Francisco,
81, $3.50 passengers, Of whom Al, 800 were i'm
migrants. s, 367 citizens OF the United States
returned from abroad, and 1857 aliens not
intending to remain in the United States.
or this total number Of immigrants there
arrived from England and Wales, 1863;
Ireland, 3,415; Scotland, 1,o55; Austria,
55S; Belgium, 1893; Bohemia, 4S1; Dem
mark, 500; France, 511; Germany, 1858;
Hungary, 963; Italy, / ,224; Netherlands, 263; !;
Norway, 1865; Russia, 2O5; Poland, 147;
Sweden, 2,316; Switzerland, $50; Dominion
Of Canada, 6,446, and from all other coun-
tries. 215.
ANDREW NUPFER, postmaster at
Woodyille, Ohio, has been arrested for de-
stroying mail matter, and has confessed his
guilt.
II. G. WAITE was robbed of 81 600 by
masked highwayman near Cold Springs,
Minn., the other day.
The skeleton of a human being was
found in brush pile five miles north of
Fort Worth, Texas, on the line of the Dem
yer Railroad, the other day. The photo
graph OF Well-dressed youth was found in
leather pocket-book short distance off.
w. WARDand w. F. Salter have been
indicted by the grand jury of the District. of
Columbia for offering money to employees
to abstract from the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing the paper upon which notes
are printed. The object in view, it is al
legged, was to prove looseness in the manage
ment, and thus influence secretary Folger to
remove Col. Irish, the Superintendent.
THE Catholic Bishop Of Montreal has
issued an order that married men must
give 50 per year and single ones ST., to pay
off debt of 100000 on the Cathedral OF
Notre Dame.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has pardoned
Robert Logan, convicted of robbing a mail
coach in Western Texas in 1881, and sem
fenced to ten years. imprisonment in the
Illinois Penitentiary. The pardon was
granted on account OF the prisoners youth
and because he is believed to have been the
tool of older men. He confessed his crime,
pleaded guilty, and has since aided the Gov
ernment in the prosecution and conviction
OF others.
s. A MASKED robber stopped a stage
near Campbellsyille, KY, the other day,
and secured some plunder from three pas
sengers, althougha a lady hid two diamond
rings in her lap and man threw his pocket
book under seat. In riding the mail-sacks
the thief cut his hand badly.
TIE Judge Advocate General of the
army decides that the failure of officers to
pay their debts is not violation OF the 61st
article OF war.
"a DANGEROUS lunatic, named San
ders, has been arrested in London for send
tNR q lcttcl W 0iduSlUiiCs scoutnlHAh6 lea101s,
OF murder. F
A THE bonds and other valuable pa
pers taken from the Gilchrist brothers, in
Charlton, N. Y, by five masked burglars
some time ago have been recovered. A
ransom OF $3.50 was paid.
In consequence OF the prevalence OF
diphtheria and other diseases, the Boston
| health authorities have forbidden public
| funerals. Ii
TIE wife OF Josiah Dodge, of Nor
walk, Conn.,, tried to hang herself, the other
day, and said, when rescued, that life on
two potatoes a day had grown unbearable,
claiming that her husband, whose income is
| ST. 800 year, had starved her so that in six
months she had lost forty pounds.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Baltimore s. Ohio Railway,
President Garret reported the gross revenue
OF the year at $1s,ssS, 1915, the net income
showing gain of $500, 900. Semi i-annual
dividends of per cent. have been declared,
and the company has a surplus fund Of S43,
907, ,65S.
e JOHN HERzER, a resident Of Milwau-
Ekee, Wis, who weighed 1856 pounds, liter
ally choked to death, and no coffin suf-
fciently large to receive his remains could
| be obtained.
w. T. WHITNEY, q Justice of the
Peace and prominent citizen OF Marshall