St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-11
CRTnKEs AND CASUALTIES.

zen of Pittsfeld, Mass.s started TO NUM-
burglars supposed to be in his house ana
shot himself.
WHILE descending Longs Peak in Colo
RADIO, Miss G. L. Wilton, a wealthy young
lady Of New York, persisted in snow
storm.
AT Muncie, Ind, man, who last April
had part of his brains blown OUT Is now
pronounced well and hearty.
On the 26th Ella Larrabee, a handsome
girl Of twenty, was sentenced to the Peni"
Tertiary for three years by Brooklyn IN.
w court. Despite her refined looks and
good breeding, she is said to be PROBES
sional thief.
ON the night of the 25th jeremiah Brod'
erick, aged seventy five, who claimed TO
live in Cincinnati. suicided by hanging in
the City Prison at Marietta, Q. He was
demented and imagined that some one
wanted to kill him.
AT Arend, Chilli, disastrous fire is re"
ported to have occurred on the 18th inst.
FIRE destroyed Kellogg & Johnson's
boot and shoe factory at st. Paul, Minn.s
on the 9th.
By breaking into the store of Michaels
Bros, Brooklyn, the night of the 9Th, rob"
bers secured SIC, 900 worth of iewelry.
A SNEAK thief stole bar Of gold worth
$500 from a New York brokers' Office on
the 9th, and vanished by climbing down
the fire escape
On the 9th, while riding on one Of the
roads near Pittsburgh, sPa., Miss Strom
was ordered by tramp to dismoun6 and
give him her horse. Upon her refusal he
beat her until she was insensible. The
rascal was caught and Judge Lynch came
near trying the case.
IYCENDLARIEs seem to be persistently de"
termined to destroy Cleveland, Ohio
Two more fires were started on the 280h,
one of which involved loss of $4,000.
On the night of the 9th the entire bus
mess portion of Rathdrum, Idaho, and
nearly all the best residences of the city
were swept away by fire. Many families
were left homeless and destitute.
A DYNAMITE explosion occurred in the
Council Chamber at Salisbury, Eng, the
night of the 9th. The building was
badly shaken and many windows in adj
Joining premises were shattered.
THE Dupont Powder Company's mill at
Reading, Pa, blew up on the goth with
terrific report.
AT Pachucha, Mexico, on the Goth.
cloud burst caused terrible inundation.
Thirty persons were killed.
On the night of the .9,h fre-bugs made
another attempt to burn property at Allen.
town, Pa, and the Mayor called a meet.
ing of citizens.
AN Egyptian nuggar, laden with troops
and stores, was capsized on the Nile, and
two men were drowned and quantity of
stores lost.
On the night of the 29sh thieves entered
the Post-office at Mineville, o., and stole
5000 in money and s. 20 in stamps. As they
were leaving, they were discovered. In
the effort to capture them Kate Richards,
the Postmaster's daughter, was fatally
stabbed. The robbers escaped with their
booty.
A BOILER exploded in the engine-room
of the Wildwood (Pa.) coal shaft the even
ing of the 29th, killing John Hanna and a
number of others.
Ar the Conyngham shaft of the Della
ware and Hudson Coal Company the boil
er exploded with great violence on the
evening of the Goth, wrecking the building
and damaging the Other three boilers.
ON the 3Oth DR.. Abram Babcock, of SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, arrested on charge of Grim.
inal practice, committed suicide in Jail.
ON the Both Mrs. Lillian, a grass-widow
of seventeen, took poison and died in hay
stack on her fathers farm near Ogden,
Mich.
THE negro, Bill Smith, who assaulted q
dusky damsel in Franklin County, Miss,
on the Doth, was taken from magistrate
on the Both and hanged by mob.
SEVERAL passengers were seriously in
iured in an accident on the D. & 6. U.
Road near Hearne, Tex, on the Both.
AT Lachine, Canada, twenty three
houses burned the night of the 10Th. Loss,
about $35 900; partly insured. Some fifty
families were turned out OF homes. This
is the second disastrous confagration that
has visited Lachine within short period.
MISCELLANEOUS
THE FIR nch Cabinet, at meeting on the
% h, resolved to summon the Chambers
October 4 II.
THE representative Of Italy at Cairo has
protested formally against suspension
of the Egyptian sinking fund.
IN accordance with Parliamentary en-
acSment twenty two members of the Chilli
Chamber have been deposed.
IT is reported that pleuro-pneumonia
has broken out among cattle at Phoenix
vile, Pa.
THERE were S55 fresh cases Of cholera
in Italy Gpd 12yleaths during the twenty.
four hou ended the evening of the 29th.
A FEsT6lA ATIoN Of Western rates was
ordered at meeting Of freight agents in
Neg1 York d the .95h.
FULLY 12,f people attended a demon
stration at / aomwich, Eng, on as 29th in
favor Of thf british franchise bil1.l
THE Con ssttee appointed by Congress