St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

HE Jenkins DTOCHeTS were OoGn hoid
for murder without bail at Mansfield, La,
on the 18th, for the killing of Rev. j. Lane
Borden.
The cable announced the other day
that Mormon missionaries were making
MANY converts in the mining districts OF
England and Wales. A large party had
already started for Utah.
/. REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER's sew
entieth birthday was celebrated by large
number of his friends and admirers on the
25th at the Academy of Music, in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
The Planters Cotton Seed Oil-works,
in Algiers, opposite New Orleans, La,
was struck by lightning during thunder
storm on the 10Th and entirely destroyed.
It was the largest cotton seed oil-works in
existence and the loss was roughly estl-
mated at 100000, including the Building,
stock and machinery. Several cottages
adjoining the oil-wsrks were also de-
stroyed and five firemen were slightly
scalded by the explosion of tank.
WHILE a wake was in progress at
Milford, Mass, the other night over the
body of Captain William P. Burke, a kero-
sene lamp upset by one of the mourners
set fire to the house. The hilarious mourn
ers had barely time to save their lives,
leaving the dead body behind them to be
burned to ashes. The house was destroyed,
together with three others close by. The
entire loss was $4,000, and nine families
were made homeless.
A LARGE stave factory at Meanwhile,
Wis, was destroyed by fire the other night
and young Polander, night Waterman,
was burned to death.
ELMER SNYDER, farmer residing
near Glen City, Pa, was recently surprised
by visit from young man claiming to
be his runaway son, who proved to have
been Chicago (nl.) thief. The villain
waited his time and then robbed the old
man of S., 800 in money and bonds
Mrs. DAVID A. RATHFoRD, living in
the extreme northwestern part of Hunt
ington County, Ind, was struck by light
ming the other day while attending to
milking and instantly killed.
ANDREW McHALE, thirteen years old.
fell several hundred feet to the bottom of
the Enterprise Colliery, near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, the other day and had his skull crushed
and his body horribly mangled.
MEDICAL superintendent OF Ameri-
can institutions for the insane were in SEES
sion at Providence, r. l., on the 26th.
A SURVEY of the country west of the
Rio Pecos in Texas has been ordered by the
Government.
AT Lebanon junction, KY, Jaf les
Jewell, colored, was shot in twenty seven
places the other night by an unknown ene-
nv. He leaves wife. No cause for the
murder was known.
IT was reported the other day that
the recent operations of the British soldiery
against Chief Gbpowa in West Africa
were attended with horrible atrocities COM
mitted by native allies of the English.
At Elk Creek. one mile and half
east of Missoula, Mont, few days ago,
on siding, gravel train backing down
was run into by a wood train, and instantly
killed eighteen Cinnamon, wounding from
twenty to twenty-five others. The engineer
Of the gravel train was killed and the fire.
man seriously wounded. No one was hurt
on the wood train.
AT Swathmore College, Pennsyl-
vania, of seven graduates who took the
degree of bachelor of arts the other day,
five were females; of five who became
bachelors of literature, two were females.
CHOLERA is said to be making sad
rayages at Damietta. OF forty-two deaths
there in one day recently twenty eight were
known to have been from cholera and the
rest were supposed to have been.
The Ohio Supreme Court has de-
clared the Scott iquor-tax law constitu-
tional.
A SPECIAL from Jefferson, Tex, on
the Goth reported the lynching of a negro
for assaulting white woman. He made
full confession. In Wisconsin negro UNI
der arrest for similar crime, though not
SO aggravated case, was shot to death.
A FRIGHTFuL accident occurred at
Trespassy, N. F., the other evening. A
large fishing boat went down and six men
were drowned out of crew of seven. 1t
was supposed she was overloaded.
FEARS are entertained of a rice fam
inc at Soura, Bays and Rembang, Java.
Disease has destroyed 100000 acres.
Count DEMoREs, who has recently
expended million dollars in fitting up one
of the largest cattle and sheep ranches in
the world, is having taste of life in the
western wilds of Dakota. An outlaw named
O'Donnell was after the Counts scalp the
other day and said he would kill him on
sight
ROBERT N. PARKS & Co., bankers, of
New York, fled an assignment the other
day, giving preferences for $20S, 200.
DURING a thunderstorm at Chatham,
Eng, few days ago, four soldiers were
killed by lightning.
JOHN 0. JAMES, for many years a
prominent dry-goods merchant Of Phila-