St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-18
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

OF Amanda Jackson he spoke 1Or an
hour, protesting his innocence.
SUIT has been brought by Pierre Loril'
lard against the managing editor Of the
New York Star on charge of criminal Ii.
bel, in that the paper accused him of max
ing presents to pretty married woman
etc.
! GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, cele-
brated his eighty. fourth birthday ami.
versary at Newport, R. l., on the Sd. Con-
gratulations from all parts OF the world
poured in. The reception was largely at
tended and was delightful affair. Mr..
Bancroft received from the cottages many
floral devices.
/ A NEGRO named Albert Bowen, janitor
of the New Haven Comm Post-office, has
confessed to stealing letters from the mail
boxes. Among those stolen was the
SIC, 900 registered package of bonds from
George Crosby, New York, heretofore
mentioned.
The President has designated Frank
Hatton as Postmaster General for ten days
from the 4th.
JOHN MCCULLOUGH, the actor, arrived
in St Louis on the 9TH, accompanied by J.
Il. Breslin.
Ell MAHDI is reported to be advancing
towards the White Nile.
A RUMoR was current in Paris to the ef-
feet that the French Government will re.
call Admiral Courbet from Chinese wa
tiers.
PRINCE HALvIN, pretender to the throne
of Egypt, is about to visit Paris to can
Vass support for his cause.
AT Glasgow, on the 4Th, the Marquis of
Salisbury in speech attributed the present
state of affairs in Ireland to Gladstone's
zig.zag policy and extreme leniency.
GENERAL GORDON is reported to have
returned to Khartoum. General Wolseley
is at Wady Halfa.
NUBAR PASTA says the suspension of
the Egyptian sinking-fund was an abso-
lutte necessity.
ON the 9Th a rumor was in circulation
at Washington that Secretary Lincoln was
thinking of resigning.
LEVI P. MORTON, United States Minister
to France, arrived in New York on the 9Th.
ON the 9th John F. Steinman, the oldest
merchant in Pennsylvania, died at Lam
caster in his ninety fifth year.
A CIGAR peddler in San Francisco named
John Jacobs, formerly of Cincinnati, has
fallen heir to fortune in England of 3d..
100000.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is anxious that all his
supporters be present early upon the
opening of the British Parliament.
/ IT is reported that Colonel Stewart, of
the British forces in Egypt, whose boat
was recently stranded on the rocks in the
Nile, was killed, together with his COM
panions, by Bedouins.
ON the 7th John r. Mclean, Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, was married in Wash
ington, D. c., to Miss Emily T. Beal.
daughter Of General E. F. Beal.
TowN elections were held in Connecticut
on the b. The constitutional amendment
providing for biennial sessions of the Leg
islature was adopted by large majority !,
that question being voted upon all over the
State.
JOHN MCCULLOUGH, the actor, has gone
to New York.
LORD NoRTHBRooK wants the Egyptian
army abolished.
The Duke of Cambridge took lunch with
High Sheriff Grehan, in Cork on the 7th.
NEWS comes that the French Consul at
Khartoum persisted at the same time
Colonel Stewart met his fate.
ALMOST compile returns from Connects
cut give a total vote of AZ, 500 votes on the
biennial sessions amendment, with total
majority for the amendment of 1907.
Returns from ia towns show that the
Republicans control the board of registra-
tion; the Democrats in 40; equally divid.
ed, 23 This is no material change from
last year.
A LETTER has been written by Samuel
j. Tilden to the gentlemen who conveyed
TO him the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic National Committee. He
saws reform in Governmental affairs is abb
solutely necessary, and that reform can
not be achieved by allowing the Repub-
licans to retain power. Hence the people
insist on the election of the Democratic
candidates.
THE newly imported European actress,
Nine. Janisch, was physically Frustrated
4at the close of the third act of "Louisa" in
New York on the night of the 7th. The
curtain was rung down. A physician was
summoned, and serious doubts We're ex
Dressed of the lady being able to resume
her engagement Immediately.
on the 18th the Chief of Police of Meri
den, Conn, was in consultation with the
herman Consul in New York, claiming
that there is now residing in Meriden
Carl Seifert and wife, whom recent
German paper says owned tavern in
Tursig, Prussia, in which were found
after they had vacated skeletons Of seven
persons.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
WITHIN two days, October 1st and Cd,
-four persons were murdered in Spring.
dale, Tex. The provocations were trivial
1 On the I'd one man was killed and sew.
I,rnI sarin1IsIv injured by an explosion oi