St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-12-22
PERSONAL AND poL1r1cAn.

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A wELL-KNowN barristef of Toronto,
Ont, Trevelyn Rideout, mysteriously dis
appeared two months ago. On the 18th his
body was found in High Park, with q re-
volver in his hand. 1t is supposed the re-
lection of his suit by a lady unhinged his
mind.
On the 18th the National Republican
Committee selected Chicago as the place
for holding the National Convention in
1884. $
On the 18th the Cabinet had the
O'Donnell case under consideration.
THE nomination of Seth Ledyard
Phelps as Minister Plenipotentiary to Peru
was confirmed on the 18th.
On the 18th Senator Sabin. OF Mime
sofa, was elected Chairman Of the Repub-
1ican National Committee.
In Paris, on the 18th, Marquis Tseng
attended the weekly reception given by
Prime Minister Ferry.
THE majority for Martin, the Citi-
zens' candidate for Mayor Of Boston, was
1913.
JOHN w. GARRETT has been elected
President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company for the twenty sixth time. Z
The address of King Alfonso to the
Spanish Cortes announces the extension of
the franchise to all taxpayers who can
read and write.
On the 18th General Hancock arrived
at San Francisco, and was received by a
municipal delegation, the. Democratic Cen
trial Committee and various prominent Off
cials.
AN effort will be made by Represent
alive Converse to have the bill for restora-
tion of the duty on wool passed under sus-
pension of the rules, without reference to
committee.
The well-knoWn explorer of the Arc
tic regions, Baron Nordenskjold, is con-
templating another voyage. He intends,
however, to leave the beaten track this
time, and go southwark to the Antarctic
circle The attempt will be made in 1885,
and contract has already been made with
a firm of Clyde ship.builders for a vessel of
special type for the purpose. The vessel
will cost 81 100000.
ROME dispatches say that Mario, the
celebrated tenor is dead. M. Cusins, for
merly music master to Queen Victoria, was
at his bedside when he died. Cusins tele-
graphed Mario's farewell to her Majesty
and conveyed the dying singers thanks to
the English people. The Queen replied,
conveying her regrets, and requesting M.
Cusins to represent her at Mario's funeral
and place a wreath on his coffin for her.
On the 18th the Crown Prince Of
Germany was at Valencia.
The King of Anam is reported to have
been murdered.
ON the 18th IN the Emma Bond out
rage case, on trial at Hillsboro, ILL.,, Miss
Bond was placed on the stand and positive
" identified John C. Montgomery as one of
the parties to the terrible crime. She was
unable to identify either of the others.
THE friends of O'Donnell had, up to
the 18th been able to find only six Of the
jurors who convicted him.
On the 18th the ceremony Of confer
ring the pallium on Archbishop Elder was
solemnized at Cincinnati.
On the 18th the representatives of the
Pacific coast in Congress held another
meeting and considered the various meas
nres to render the anti Chinese laws more
effective.
AT Detroit, Mich, on the 18th, DR..
Robert e. Douglass was sentenced to four
years. imprisonment for pension frauds.
IT is the opinion Of the Khedive of
Egypt that it would be easier to defeat Ell
Mahdi by allowing him to push down the
Nile to the first cataract.