St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-10-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
On the 29th the King of Spain was
yrossl,- insulted by the French populace on
his arrival in Paris by reason of his accept
ing the honorary colonelcy of German
Uhlan regiment during his recent visit to
the Emperor William. President Grevy
apologized on behalf of the government,
and King Alfonso attended a banquet ten
fered him by the President and Cabinet at
Elysee.
KING ALFONSO has returned to Spain.
His prestige at home is considerably in
creased by the Paris affair.
A DISPATCH from Washington of the
Cd says: Lieut.. Darlington, while refusing
to enter into any extended conversation re-
garding the Greeley relief expedition, re-
peated what he said in New York relative
to the supplementary orders. He says: II
never received any such orders. The
trouble is, somebody has been talking too
much"
A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times has report from Greenland to the
effect that Lieut.. Greeley was murdered by
eAA>
same improbable source as the Nordensk-
jold report.
REAR ADMIRAL SANDS, retired, died
on the Sd eyed eighty-nine.
KING ALFONSO has given 10000
francs for the poor of Paris.
BANCROFT, the historian, celebrated
his eighty-third birthday on the Sd.
On the Sd the Bishop of Clonfert, Ire
land, in speech at Loughrea, denounced
the system of State-aided emigration.
JAY GouLD, Russell Sage and Thomas
r. Ryan are the three new names in the
Louisville and Nashville directory.
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHCoTE in opening
a club at Belfast, Ireland, on the Sd asked
the Irish Conservatives to unite against the
party that would destroy their religion and
their liberties.
On the Sd General Roger A. Pryor
sailed for England to be one of the counsel
for O'Donnell. He thinks it will require
stronger evidence than yet given to secure
a conviction if there is a fair trial.
On the Sd William Sheffield, aged
sixty-five, senior partner in the banking
house of Sheffield & Norton of Napoleon,
o., and a member of the Henry County bar,
committed suicide by shooting.
On the Sd Rice A. Beal, a wealthy
and influential citizen of Michigan and a
resident of Ann Arbor, died at Iowa Falls,
Ia, aged fifty-eight
A YOUNG farmer named j. L. Stran-
ger, of Wayne City, Ill.,, on the night OF
the ID blew out the gasG in his room at the
Prescott House, New York, and was found
nearly dead in the morning. TWAS thought
he would recover.
THE uxoricide, James McSteer, was
hanged on the 4th at Pittsburgh, Pa.
On the 4th Luse & Sibeth, East India
merchants, failed at London, Eng, fol-
f250,000.
ADv1cEs of the 4th say General Lew.
Wallace is still negotiating the petroleum
question with the Porte.
PROCEEDINGS have been begun by
Senator Sharon to show the fraudulency o.
the marriage contract Miss Hill claims t.
hold.
u. KING ALFoNzo has received the con-
CALCULATIONS of all the crowned heads OF
account Of the enthusiastic reception nc
corded him at Madrid.
On the 4th Joseph Smith, one OF the
Irish informers who was refused an asylum
in Australia, landed in Marseilles and sud
denly disappeared. He will go to India.
AT the State Conference of the M. +
Church in Milwaukee charges were flee
against Rev. C. A. Stockwell, who deserted
his post to stake a mining claim in Dakota
In the First District of North Carolin;
the Democrats have nominated Thomas W
Skinner for Congress in place Of Pool; de
ceased.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The oldest son of Mrs. Unibs, a
Ashford, Wis, on the 1st, pointed loade'