St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

of San Saba County, Texas, charged with
having killed Winfield Seay, near Carthage,
No., seventeen years ago, has just been ar
rested.
S. j. THOMPSON, editor of the Daily
Republican,, Shelbyville, Ind, has been
sentenced to thirty days in Jail for contempt
of court. The paper had severely criticised
the Grand Jury for failing to find an lndict-
ment in a certain case, stating that the man
was clearly guilty, but that influence had
been used to secure his release. Mr..
| Thomson was summoned and asked to give
his authority for the statement, but he re-
fused to answer.
AsBURY University, at Greencastle,
Ind, is to receive an endowment of Sl,00o,-
900 from Hon. W. C. DePauw, on condition
that it assume his name and comply with
some pecuniary requirements.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA has appeared
among the cattle near Lancaster, Penn. D..
H. Saunders, of Chicago, President OF the
Cattle Commission, prcnounces Baltimore
and the farms adjacent hotbed OF the dls-
| ease.
REPORTS to the Canadian Govern
ment indicate an uprising of the Indians on
Caradoc Reserve, in the Northwest Terrific
ries. who have formally decided not to lease
to the whites any portion OF their lands.
General Crook, in conference with 1otr
| hundred chiefs and head men of the
Apaches, at San Carlos, forbade them to
leave the reservation without papers, and
ordered them to stop manufacturing liquor.
| +yyo
Red Bank On. J.) paper have been indicted
| bv the Monmouth County grand jury for
conspiracy in giving accounts OF a typhoid
fever epidemic.
WILLIAM DARLINGTON, an attorney
in New York, went with a diamond broker
of his acquaintance to secure on approval
$4,000 worth Of jewels at a Broadway house
the other dav, and snatched the treas
ures from his friend. He pawned two
thirds of the stones, and returned to the
store with the remainder. He was then
taken to the Tombs.
THREE men made desperate attempt
to rob the bank at Hagerstown, Md, the
other day, while all the employees but the
teller had gone to dinner. One of the trio
engaged his attention while second lodged
under the counter into the vault, but fled on
being discovered.
TWENTY Mormon Elders have left
Salt Lake for missionary work in the South
ern States, and seventy-iye for the Europe
an field.
THE board selected by Congress to
audit claims for services rendered during
President Gartield's prolonged struggle for
life is waiting to hear from Drs. Hamilton
and Boynton. Nearly every other creditor
has filed his bill. An ice company asks for
$1,5lG92.
! MR., JOHN A. CoCKER1LL, editor of
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has been re-
leased from custody on furnishing bonds to
the amount of $40, 900 to answer charge OF
murder in the second degree. In swearing
out warrant which was intended merely to
hold the accused for judicial investigation,
and not to decide the justice or injustice OF
his cause, the Prosecuting Attorney has
only done the duty required Of him by law.
Judge Cady will hear the case on November
2, when the accused may be held for muir
der in the degree charged, the degree may
be reduced to manslaughter, or the prison.
| er may be acquitted. This decision will be
the first judicial determination of the real
merits of the case.
THE Postmaster-General declares his
belief in the possibility of cheaper postage
without making the service burden to the
Government.
A QUARANTINE against all Southern
points has been established at Bagdad, at
the mouth of the Rio Grande, ostensibly to
prevent the spread of cholera from the Mex
lean States.
! THOMAS MURPHY, a noted burglar in
Jail at Greencastle, Ind, made his escape the
other morning by knocking down the sheriff
and locking him in.
FIFTEEN drunken cowboys, led by F.
| A. Mead, discharged telegraph operator,
! poured volley into the windows of train
| at Lakin, Kans., the other morning. By ly-
ing down ON the floor, passengers escaped
| the bullets. Mead and two of the rustlers
| were captured, and large party OF citizens
| went in pursuit of the others.
J. H. COREY, proprietor of the Belle
vue Hotel, Long Branch, N. j., who would
| not allow two sick gentlemen to remain in
his establishment for few days unless paid
50, 800, has been indicted for robbery, riot,
extortion, assault and battery, and main
tanning nuisance.
SECRETARY FoLGER has called in
$15, OO0, 900 in extended per cent. bonds,
payable January IS.
THE President has suspended Jona-
than Diggs, Indian Agent at Colorado River
Agency, and appointed John W. Clark his
successor. McGilhcuddy, OF the Mescalero
Agency, rendered his resignation, but the
Secretary OF the Interior declined to accept
it pending the result of the investigation
now in progress.
A PRAYER-MEETING in the Baptist
Church at Roxborough, N. c., the other
evening, was abruptly terminated by the