St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ture was brought to decorous close at
noon on the I'd.
LIEUTENANT DANENHoWER, OF the
Jeanette expedition, has been granted /
leave of absence for year,
BIsMARcK's birthday was celebrated
at Berlin, Germany, on the LIST in grand |
style.
ALFRED DE LACoUR, a well-knoWn
writer of plays and ballads, died at Paris,
France, a few days ago.
The Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson, d. D., |
of Philadelphia, Pa, who was elected to
the bishopric Of Indiana by the Protestant
Episcopal Diocesan Convention early last
month, has declined the Office.
LOUISA WARDNER EvARTs, daughter
of ex-secretary Evarts, and DR.. Charles D.
Scudder were married on the Sd inst. In
New Y ork.
MUNICIPAL elections We're held
throughout several States on the. Sd, the
results of which were generally determined
by local issues.
The death of John N. Hungerford, OF
Corning, N. Y, ex-member of Congress
from the Twenty-ninth District, has been
announced.
The President has appointed Judge
Walter @. Gresham, of Indianapolis, Ind,
Postma General.
THE Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives has defeated the Constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale Of liquor
The projected Vienna Gtaly) confer
ence Of the Geneva Red Cross Society has
been abandoned.
In reply to a parliamentary inquiry
in the British House of Commons recently,
the Under Foreign Secretary declared that
England had no interest in the manner in
which the Upited States disposed of the
Alabama fund.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR intends to visit
Chicago, st. Louis and other Western cities
next June, if not prevented by official du-
ties.
The centennial of the birth of Wash
ingtoG Irving was celebrated at larry town,
n. Y, on the Sd inst
RETURNS from the election in Michi-
gan received on the 4th indicated the sue
cess Of the Fusion Democratic and Ma
tional) candidates for Supreme Court
Judges and Regents of the'State University.
AT Cincinnati the Democratic city ticket,
with the exception Of Comptroller, was
elected, the majorities ranging from 80 to
4,171. At Cleveland the Democratic ticket
was elected by about 1000 majority. At
st. Louis the Democrats elected four Coun-
cilmen out of six.
A THREE-DAYs' secret session Of Ger
man Socialists has been held at Copenhagen.
1t was determined to oppose Bismarck's
social programme and to force the fight
against capital.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, Secretary Chand-
Ter and Mr.. Miller, of New York, aecompa-
MED by several newspaper correspondents,
left Washington on the 9TH for Jackson
vile, Fla.
The death of Brigadier- General Jo-
,seph K. Barnes (retired), late Surgeon
General of the United States Army, &C.
Cured at his residence in Washington on
the 9TH, of Bright's disease.
THE Danish Government closed the
Socialist Congress at Copenhagen on the
9TH and notified the foreign delegates to
leave the country forthwith.
PETER COOPER, the founder Of Cooper
Institute and the promoter of many other
benefactions, died in New York on the 4th,
having completed his ninety year
less than two months since. Entering man
hood as mechanic, his inventions and in
dustry proved mine of wealth to him, and
at the time of his death, although he had
given millions for the good of his race, he
was possessed of about $1,000, 900. Mr..
Cooper was the candidate of the Greenback-
National party for the presidency in 1876.
The gubernatorial election in Rhode
Island, held on the Sd, has resulted in the
defeat of x.Governor Sprague, "A. o. Bourne,
the Republican nominee, being elected Gov
ernor by about 1900 majority. The Assem-
bly, will be strongly Republican.