St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-11-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
LATEST advices from Chill announce
that peace negotiations have been renewed
with Peru on the basis Of the cession OF
Tecna and africa. The Gillian Congress
opened on the 9th.
The Cuban refugee question has as
sumed more satisfactory phase. The
Spanish Government is inclined to treat the
prisoners as political offenders and give
indemnity to their families.
Rev. A. A. OvERToN, who was a
chaplain in the Mexican war, but of late had
become untitled for the pulpit by derange-
ment, fell dead in the Methodist Church at
Madison, Wis, the other evening.
FRANK JAMES will be arraigned at
Kansas City. Mo-, Nov. ~. It is expected
that he will plead guilty, and be immedi-
ately pardoned by Governor Crittenden.
j. L. GooDBAR, Of Memphis, Tenn,
has been indicted by the grand Jury for
making wager Of s., 900 on the result of the
recent election.
The Ninth Missouri Congressional
District election case will be heard by the
Supreme Court on December lat.
THE Chinese Minister and three mem
beers of the legation left Washington, the
other day, in special ear OF the Pennsyl-
vania road, under the escort OF Attorney
General Brewster, to visit the Baldwin 10 :
connective works, the Altoona shops, the
Johnstown rolling mills, and the factories
at Pittsburgh.
j. B. LrPPINCoTT has subscribed
$40 900 toward the establishment of veter-
mary college in. connection with the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
SERGEANT BALLENTINE, the we'll
known English lawyer. is soon to sail for the
United States, on a lecturing tour.
q The late Rev. DR.. Mercer, of New
port, Rhode Island, who had $1,000 200 to
disburse, left the bulk OF it to his nieces and
cousins, and on their death one-third goes
to a hospital, a. like amount to the presi-
dents OF Harvard and Yale Colleges for
scholarships for poor students, and the re-
mainder TO the laboring poor Of England
and Italy.
THE Massachusetts, Senators have
united in letter to Secretary Folger, ex.
icoriating the Collector OF the port of Boston
for aiding in the election OF Ben Butler as
Governor.
GEN. GRANT has embodied his views
of the Fitz John Porter case in magazine
article.
THE Georgia Legislature elected Pope
Barrow United States Senator for the short
and Alfred II. CoIquitt for the long term.
WILLIAM MCAvOY, the Labor Green
back politician OF Erie, Pennsylvania, driven
insane by the result OF the elections, was
placed in Jail, where he tore down and
twisted the bars Of his cell.
i THE New York Board of Trade the
other day adopted resolutions declaring the
result of the elections gratifying response
CARNATIONS.
AT a meeting Of the Anti Slavery So
ciety in London, the other day, Foster, the
member OF Parliament, moved resolution,
which was seconded by Cardinal Morey, to
urge the Government to use its influence for
the suppression OF the slave trade with the
abolition of the legal statutes of slavery
5tnioubnout Icy Psss x = AO AosUiutioA sHao
unanimously adopted.
CHARLES S. BUNDY has entered suit
against the Bar Association Of the District
OF Columbia. claiming $4,000 damages.
The suit grows out Of the action Of the Bar
Association in recommending that Bundy
be not appointed to act a. Judge.or the Po-
lice Court.