St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-09-13
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


master for large coal operators at Wilkes
barre, Pa, is reported short in his accounts
from $4,000 to $4,000. he assigned all
his property and the firm will not lose
much.
The French Minister of Marine tele-
graphed Admiral Courbet the Govern.
ment's satisfaction at the brilliant begin
ming of the campaign in China.
! In recent interview Oklahoma Payne
declared he was anxious to be tried, and
was under the impression that he had a le-
gal right to locate colony.
On the 9th the remains of the late J. A.
McGahan, the famous war correspondent,
arrived at Columbus, Ohio, from New
York, and were received with military
honors. Governor Hoadiy was among the
speakers at the ceremonies.
In order to stop the rumors that are
afioat, Mr.. Case declares that Jay -Eye-See
IS no5 for sale.
GENERAL WoLsELEY has the utmost con-
fidence in the success of the. Nile expedi-
tion, and says that the difficulties of navl'
cation presented by the Nile are not to be
compared with those surmounted by the
Red River expedition which he command
ed during the rebellion in Manitoba.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN Phillips, of Phila-
E1eIphia, Pa, died on the 28th.
\ THE expeditlonary force for the relief of
General Gordon will be increased to 1000.
WARRANTS were issued on the 2Sth for
the arrest of the Ladner Bros, the Phila-
Eelphia bankers who failed recently.
THE court has adjudged Wilbur F.
Storey, owner Of the Chicago Times, mem
tally incapable of attending to his affairs,
and the Probate Court has appointed
Austin L. Patterson, the present manager
o. the paper, conse rvator of his estate.
FERRY, Prime Minister Of France, says
that owing to Chinese treachery it has
been impossible to treat her like civil.
Szed nation.
1T is stated that the American Political
Alliance will soon announce its candidates
for President and Vice President.
THE Iowa Greenbackers held their State
Convention at Des Moines on the 18th and
declared for Butler. They urge fusion
wherever it will benefit s'the party"
AT Weirs, n. H., General Sheridan
briefly addressed his old comrades at the
New Hampshire Veterans Encampment
on the 2sth. There were $1,000 people
present
On the Goth DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
celebrated his seventy-fffth birthday, at
Boston, Mass.
The leading shorthorn stock raiser in
the country, Abram Penick, died near
winchester, KY, on the 29th, aged eighty
three years.
Ex-PREs1DENr John sealy Of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, died sud-
denly at Galveston, Tex, on the 18th, OF
heart disease.
MISS Francis WILLARD makes the state
ment that 3OJ speakers are laboring for the
prohibition amendment to be voted for in
Maine September Sth.
BEN BUTLER addressed the Changers at
williams Grove Pa, on the 10Th, and told
the farmers how to rear their children.
The Greenbackers decided to make Wig.
orous campaign in the State.
The Pope has written an encycllcal let
fer directed against the action of the
French Government in adopting the new
divorce law It will be promulgated in a
few days.
ON the 9th Mrs. Henry Clews rendered
President Arthur dinner, to which the
most noted people Of Newport were in.
Vited.
In the libel suit of Blaine VS.. the Indian
apoIis Sentinel, the attorneys for Mr..
Shoemaker entered appearance on the
10Th to escape default. The next move
that is in order is from Blaine's attor-
: neys.
ADDRESSES were delivered at the Ma
tional Law and Order League Convention
near Chicago on the 29lh, by ministers and
the Vice-Presidents elected was Senator
Vest, of Missouri
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER CAMP, of Bos-
ton, has been removed on account of irreg-
ularities disclosed by an investigation by
the Department Of his management of the
Post-office at Atlanta, Ga, which he held
for time as aninspector f
THE Repub1tque Franchise warmly
praises Admiral Courbet's astuteness in
sending gunboats up the Min River the
18th of July, before hostilities began. thus
enabling the gunboats to occupy a position
on the blind side of the formidable forts
on the bank of the river.
Al LETTER from General Gordon at Khar
toum states that he is safe, and all at the
garrison are well.
SEXTON and Redmond, who came Rom
ireland to attend the Irish National
League, sailed for ireland on the Both.
A FORCE of five hundred secret police
have gone to Warsaw to see that no one
ssblows up'' the Gear when he arrives.
IT is rumored that several Of the Greedy
survivors have been secured by an enter
nrising owner of dime museums and will
bs exhibited. v
CHAs. A.BAKER Of the Minnesota Inter
nal Revenue service has Been appointed
receiver Of the Second National Bank Of
Livingston, Montana.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.