St. Landry democrat., 1884-11-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
No,As from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

proprietors of the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Dis
patch, died suddenly. Cause, overwork,
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed CaleI
Fl. Barney Commissioner and Joseph H
Reynolds alternate Commissioner, to rep
resent New Jersey at the New Orleans Ex
position.
LORD LANsDowNE, Governor-GeneraI o.
Canada, has refused to commute the sen.
tence of Mrs. Boutelle, sentenced to bt
hanged at Quebec on the Goth for poison.
ing Mrs. Savers, with whose husband she
was criminally intimate.
The official canvass of the votes in New
York was continued on the 18th. No ma.
terial errors had thus far been encoun-
tered.
A CALL has been received by Rev. DIR. G.
L. Goodell, of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church, st. Louis, Mo-, to Washington,
D. c., from the Congregationalists of that
city.
On the evening of the 18th Mime. Salchi
made her first appearance this season at
the Academy of Music, New York, and re-
ceived a great ovation.
IT is intimated that Deputy Commits
sioner of Pensions Clarke will be ap-
pointed Commissioner, vice Dudley, re-
signed.
The report of DR.. Salmon, chief of tn Q
Bureau of Animal Industry, has been SUBJ
mitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture.
His report dwells largely upon the conta-
gious diseases among domestic animals,
and contains many valuable suggestions.
The canvassing the vote OF New York
was continued on the 18th, and according
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changes were made in the footings in the
first eight of the twenty-four Assembly
Districts of New York County, caused by
clerical and other errors, giving Mr. Blaine
a net gain of 351 votes in those districts
Another dispatch, however, stated that
a'no change whatever had been made In
view of such conflicting statements the
pecessity of awaiting patiently the report
of the Board of Canvassers becomes more
apparent. The official returns from the
counties outside of New York show but
few and unimportant changes from the
original figures.
DUNCAN G. Ross, the wrestler, has chaI-
lenged any man in the world to a tussle.
On the 18th Maxey Cobb and Netta Me-
dunn, driven double, trotted mile at New
York in 2:15 ga.
THE House Of Lords passed the franchise |
bill to its first reading on the 18th.
A DENIAL comes from Washington of the |
rumor that Mr.. Astor, Minister to Austria, |
had rendered his resi- gnation.
On the 18th Miss Pearl Tyler, daughter
of the late ex-President Tyler, was united
in marriage at Richmond, Va, with VIM.
Mumford Ellis.
On the 18th Lieutenant Greely called at
the War Department. He is gradually
his strength and viii soon com
mence writing his report.
IT is intimated that Secretary McCulloch
in his forthcoming report to Congress will
make some important recommendations in
regard to revision of the tariff.
JOHN GILLESPIE, of Pittsburgh, Pa. is
On his muscle and wants to meet either
Sullivan or Mitchell, with gloves, within
5hree weeks. If that challenge is not ac-
,epted he win later fight either of them
With bare knuckles, somewhere in the West |
II South. h
The French tribunal which recently {
granted decree of divorce to the MARQUIS l
le Caux, husband Of Adelina Patti, con-
lemned the diva to pay the costs of the {
uit. ;
On the 18th congressman George w. '
ones, of Fayetteville, Tenn, died in that a
ity. If
IHE Right Hon. George j. Shaw Lefevre {
as been appointed Postmaster General of
treat Britain, vice Fawoettt deceased. o
The centennial anniversary of the con- S
ecration of Bishop Seabury (EpiscopaD t
7as celebrated in many of the Eastern cit +
IS on the 18th.
JOHN MCCULLOUGH, the tragedian, ar Il
we'd in Chicago Oh the 18th, from whence O
stated his intention of proceeding to
ew York and organizing a new company. h
ON the 14th, at the close of the canvass Il
| New York County, fourteen Assembly
istricts out of twenty -four had been fin n
he'd, showing no material change from il
loficial figures. N
HENRY M. STANLEY will attend the Con-
. Conference as the technical adviser of pt
e American delegate. cr
IN the city of Boston. Cleveland's plural
7 is Ill ,746. ans 4
On the 14th VIM. A. Duncan, reelected he
Congress from the Nineteenth Pennsyl- ST
mia District, died at Gettysburg.
II is announced by the London Dqizg tic
'e0s that Matthew Arnold has resigned ca
post in the Education Office, and pro-
ses to begin heightened tour of the isl
lited States about Christmas. tic
HE critics present at the Paris Comione Lc
EN- Miss Van zandt was obliged to re- ev
, from the stage recently, have formed
ommittee to learn the true character of re,
prima donna's indisposition, with a pr,
W to protecting themselves from libel I'll,
Is. They said she was drunk. fri
RESIDENT ARTHUR has decided to ap- for
ut Deputy Commissioner of Pensions o. MOI