St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

his wife, the other day killed her and theI
committed suicide.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The customs receipts for the pas
month were 81, 00o, 900 greater than for July
of last year.
THE loss of life by the appalling
earthquake in Italy was stated on the 31si
| to have been between four and five thou
sand. The stencil from the unburied corpses
was said to be intolerable. Nearly two
| thousand tons of chloride Of lime had been
| used for deodorizing purposes. Troops had
been sent to the scene of the slaughter and
the people of Naples were affording all the
| aid in their power. The only American suf,
ferer by the earthquake was a Miss Van
Allen, who was slightly hurt.
AT Bellevue, O., fifty employees of the
Nickel Plate Road burned an editor in
effgy the other day because he had abused
them in print.
NEARLY FIVE hundred men were at
work endeavoring to clear away 10000, 900
feet of logs from the Michigan Southern
Railway bridge at Grand Rapids, Mich.
the only one left in that city on the 31st.
The water had receded three feet. EN-
ployes of the Indiana Road were working
night and day on a, temporary structure
across the river.
THERE were twelve deaths from chol-
era among the British troops in Egypt on
the 31st. The disease was spreading among
the Sussex regiment at Ismailia, where
twenty men, including captain and doc
tor, died within three days. The deaths
among the natives, exclusive of Cairo, num-
bered 665. There were 275 deaths at Cairo
during twenty-four hours ended on the
morning of the LIST.
Four HUNDRED laborers on the Pitts
burgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Rail-
road, in course of construction, struck on
the 1st against reduction of wages of from
fifteen to twenty -fve cents day. About
1000 We're still working, but it was thought
they would strike also.
In a prize fight, near Chicago, ILL.,,
the other day, one of the contestants,
named O'Connor, had his arm broken.
II was reported on the LIST that there
was slight earthquake on the Island OF
Ischia, the scene of the recent terrible
slaughter, on the 23d of July, but that
the fact was hushed up by the authorities
for fear visitors would be deferred from
visiting the island.
The cable announces that the officials
of German universities are preparing Sc
we're measures against duelling.
The Executive Council of the Irish
National Land League Of America was in
session on the 1st in New York.
The Louisville, KY, Exposition open
ed on the LIST with an immense crowd in at
tendance from all parts of the country, in
Guiding President Arthur and many other
persons.
NINE inmates of the Soldiers Home
at Dayton, o., were the other day expelled
at the point of the bayonet by order of the
Governor, acting under instructions of the
Board of Managers. The charges against
them were drunkenness and jumping the
fence and leaving without permission.
In consequence Of losses of rent
through the operations Of the land act, Irish
landlords have asked the Government to
adopt measures for relief.
DAVID HALL, manager OF the tele-
graph Office at Galveston, Tex, had two
striking operators arraigned before the
Recorder for assault the other day, but was
compelled to pay the costs. For question
ng the decision he was fined twenty-five |
1ollars and ordered to Jail for one day. He |
hen used profane Language, and the SEN
;ence was duplicated. For refusing to
AXE off his hat he got third dose, and was |
placed behind the bars.
A MALIGNANT epidemic is reported to |
,ave broken out among the cattle and !
lorses in the region of Council Bluffs,
iowa. The first indicationis an irritation
# the stomach, followed by the swelling of
he bowels, the animals often dropping dead
within two hours. A farmer named George
rredford died from poison communicated
y skinning a cow. The symptoms are said
o be unlike anything hitherto developed
mong live stock in that vicinity.
The monthly statement shows that
he decrease in the public debt during the
month of July was ST. 500. The debt ON
august l, less cash in the Treasury, was
I .543, 190, 61e. J