St. Landry democrat., 1883-06-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

ROBERT j.. COOK and Sergeant
Charles Bolton, who were selected to go
with the Greeley relief expedition, have de-
serted after receiving six months pay in
advance.
The Massachusetts Medical Society,
in session at Boston, by a vote of sixty-two
to fifty -one has declined to admit wonasen to
membership.
FAMINE in the Kurdish districts of
Asia Minor was reported on the 18th. Many
had died. Grain was selling at six times
its usual prices.
In the House of Commons on the 18th
Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
stated that the body of a juror, the Dublin
hotel-keeper whose death was reported as
caused by poison administered by the In
vincibles, had been exhumed, and no trace
Of poison discovered.
The trial began at Paris, France, on
the 18th of the Marquis de Rays and seven
teen other persons charged with man
slaughter i'll that they dispatched four old
sailing vessels to the Island of Port Breton,
Oceanica, with emigrants, most of whom
died on the passage or after their arrival
from hunger and disease. They were also
charged with fraud in the sale of imaginary
land in Port Breton.
The General Synod of the Reformed
Church, in session at Albany, N. Y, on the
18th, passed resolutions denunciatory of
Missionary and other oath-bound orders.
The Mayor of Lancaster, Pa, has is
sued proclamation requesting all resi-
dents of that city to be vaccinated to pre-
vent the spread of SMALLPOX.
The New York Board of Trade rec
ommends that trade organizations urge
congressional legislation to prevent State
interference with commercial travellers.
AN attempt was made by S. w.
Davis, lawyer, to shoot Congressman
elect Lamb in the streets of Terre Haute,
Ind, a few days ago. The bullet missed
Lamb and wounded a passer-by in the
foot.
PRIVATE advices from Vera Cruz,
Mex, on the 10Th said the yellow fever at
that port was very bad, and that the au-
thorities were trying to conceal the. fact as
much as possible. The fever was reported
to be of very malignant type and very
fatal.
A. A. TALMAGE, General Transpor-
tation Manager Of the Southwestern sys-
tenn of railroads, took the division superin-
tendents of the different roads under his
management to Chicago, Ill, on the 18th to
attend the Railroad Exposition. S
NORMAN L. MUNRO, the publisher,
has sued James Gordon Bennett for 100000
damages for alleged libel
Two men were arrested in Buffalo,
N. va few days ago for selling tickets to
I'm imaginary picnic, represented to be
under auspices of the iron-workers.
The British steamer Canton arrived
at San Francisco, CAL, a few days ago.
She brought seven hundred and forty -fonr
cases Of opium, valued at $63o, 700; duties,
$231 900.
IT was reported on the 18th that the
British Consul had to protect from an
Egyptian mob young Mohammedan who
embraced ho Christian faith.
The Var Department received Gen
eral Crooks report of his operations in
Mexico on the 18th. 1t confirmed the West
ern press dispatches.
WAR has again broken out between
the opposing factions of the Greek Indians.
A party Of SPEECHES followers, who had
been permitted TO return to their homes
from Fort Gibson, /. T., where they lsad
been held since the recent trouble. were
furiously attacked by the Chicote faction
and several were killed outright and a
number seriously wounded and their prop
erty destroyed. Further trouble was ap-
pretended.