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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

The National Democratic ConFen-
ton will be hela July s III Chicago.
A SECESSION convention is to be held
at Winnipeg. Manitoba, March s.
THERE are now 1000 British troops
at Trinkitat and Suakem, in the souaan.
A RECENT fire destroyed more than
forty houses at Mayaguse. Porto kico.
A STATUE to General Robert E. Lee
was unveiled on the I'D in New Orleans.
SEVEN THOUSAND coal miners are on
a strike at Auzin, France.
FRANCIS .McGINITY, a Liverpool grain
dealer, failed ON the ed for ES5.oUo
THE Greenback National Convention
will be held III lndianapon, Ind, May Is.
The Virginia Legislature on the ed
passed the reapportlonment bill over the
Governors veto.
THE river at Cairo was at stand on
the I'D. Everything was considered safe
at that point, but high wind caused much
anxiety for Mound City and some other
points, where great damage probably re.
suited.
The bark Ada Barton Of St. John, N.
B., is reported lost at sea with nine Of her
crew.
TIE growing flood in the Lower Mis-
sissippi continues to play havoc with
weak levees.
The Suez Canal bond-holders repudi-
ate De Lessep's agreement with the British
bond-holders.
THE funeral ceremonies of the Jean
Navy Yard on the 22d.
SALMI MORSE, the Passion play man
ager, committed suicide by drowning 4im-
self in the Hudson River on the I'D.
SIXTEEN persons have been banished
from st. Petersburg for political reasons
since the 1st of January.
THE report Of the Proteus board of
inquiry pays handsome compliment to
Lieutenant Colwell of the navy.
JOHN FIELDS, a negro roustabout,
was fatally stabbed in st. Louis, MO-, on
the I'D by John Long another of the same
calling
SPEAKER BRAND of the British House
of Commons resigned on the I'D after the
address from tho throne had been adopted.
MINISTER SARGENT gave a Wash
ington's birthday party III oerlin, notw1th-
standing the Bismarck Reichstag incident.
The European newspapers continue
to discuss tbs Lasker resolutions and Bis
marck's exploit in keeping them from the
Reichstag.
ToKAR surrendered to FL Mahdi on
the 21st. The relief expedition was too
late. The unmarried portion of the garri-
son were trying to escape to Trinkitat,
where British troops were landing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.

Portions OF Northwestern Georgia Swept
by Hurricune-One Town Completely
Wiped Out-Fifteen People Reported
Killed and a Large Number Injured.
ROME, GA, Feb. 10.
News reached here tonight of a disas-
trous storm southwest of this city, but
owing 30 the interruption of communica-
ton but meagre details of the affair are
obtainable. It is positively known that
two little towns were badly wrecked.
Anderson, village in Cherokee County
on the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad was
struck by tornado about i.alf-past three
O'Clock this afternoon aud completely de-
molished. According to reports at hand
the wind made a clean sweep, every house.
in the place being blown down. Anderson
is about thirty-eight miles southwest of
Rome and was place of about 500 inhabi--
tants Both churches in the town were de-
stroyed.. The iron furnaces, four in num-
Der, short distance from Anderson, weres
not hurt. The storm also struck Ladiga-
and Cavo Spring, in Calhoun County,
about thirty-hve miles from Rome, in both
of which places many houses were dee
stroyed.
Unsupported that altogether fifteen people
were killed and twice as many wounded
but owing to the great confusion prevail
ing, and lack of Geographic facilities
names of the dead and wounded are not yet
obtained.
Thomas Galland, an cid citizen of Ladiga,.
is reported killed. Captain James Lapsley
is also among the killed.
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 10.
A severe wind storm struck the eastern
portion of the city about noon to-day, caus.-
INC a damao e of S2D. COO A cyclone passed
above the city until near tneeasteru limits
where it swooped down, unroofing the
First African Baptist Church and damag-
ing the walls and unroofing the County
jail and the Columbus Oil Mill. The round
house of the Central was demolished and
six engines badly damaged and two
wrecked. The damage to the railroad COM
pany is estimated at $4,000. MANY ma
chinists narrowly escaped A heavy hail
storm passed over the city later.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01

JOSEPH GATE and Chauncy Ames
were killed recently near Park City, NJ. T.,
in a fight with Indian horse-thieves. Four
Indians were killed.
The German Minister at Washing
ton says the unfriendly construction put
upon Bismarck's action in the Lasker mat
ter was due to false impressions created by
the English and French press.
BIsMARcK's official organ in Berlin
says the request made by Minister Sargent
regarding the Lasker resolutions was OF
such remarkable character that it could
only be explained by his ignorance of
diplomatic usage. All the Berlin papers
are holly discussing the incident, some at
lacking Sargent and some Bismarck.
ON the 2lst Bradlaugh was once
more excluded from the British House of
Commons by vote Of 226 to 173.
On the 21st, at the session in Cincin-
natl Of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, the following officers werc elect
ed: President, James Bayless of New
York; Vice Presidents, Eckley B. Coke,
Drifton, Pa; Thomas Eggleston, New
York; Edwin c. Pecklens Cleveland; Mana.
gers, Edward S. Book, Pottstown, Pa;
Frank Funstine, Easton, P; c. W. May
nard. New York; Treasurer, 7. D. Rand,
Philadelphia; Secretary, Ressieter w.
Raymond, New York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
4 THREE-CORNERED TRAGEDY.

A Supposed Murdered Husband Tnrns Up
in Kentucky Only to See his Wife Killed.,
to XIII her Second Spouse and to Him
self Receive Death Wound.
MADISON, IND, Feb. 10.
About nine years ago young man
named Stephens married a beautiful young
lady in Chicago and shortly removed to.
Trimble County, KY, buying farm and
settling down. Some years ago Stephens
left home for the East to purchase some
land, since which time nothing has been.
heard from him until yesterday. His wife,
supposed him dead, robbed and murdered.
She lived alone until last summer, when
she formed an attachment for young.
farm hand who had been in her employ for
four years, and they were married in
Louisville last July. Stephens stopped
at the house yesterday, not intending
to let himself be known, but his wife inn
mediately recognized him, throwing her.
arms about his neck, and screaming my
long lost husband" and kissing him. This.
aroused the jealousy of the new husband,
whereupon he struck her across the neck
with drawing -knife he had in his hand,
cutting her in afrightful manner and sever
ing the iugular vein. She fell TO the floor
and expired almost instantly. Stephens
drew revolver and shot the murderer.
who in return gave Stephens cut across,
the back of the neck with the drawing
knife. Both men are said to be fatally In
itIre6.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
A MASS Convention of American In

"a AAAAANNN~e~AN
ventors has been called to begin March % of
this year, in the great Music Hall and Ex-
position Building in Cincinna j. Ohio.
The call recites generally that s'the great
monopolies of the country have made5strong
efforts to destroy the present wise and be-
neficent Patent laws, and there have been
none to antagonize the representations
thus made. To this end the inventors of
this country have determined to form a
permanent organization. wholly and solely
for the purpose of being able by combined
efforts to show Congress and the people
that it will be detrimental to the. inter-
ests of the country to accede to the de-
mands Of the naonopolists." The conven-
ton to be held will seek to adopt some united
form of action, or form State associations.
All inventors and patentees who can at
tend, and desire to do SO, are invited to adj
dress at once the Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee, J. S. Zerbe, editor of the
american InUentor, 1888 West Fifth street,
Cincinnati, O., who will forward each APP
plicant the badge to entitls the holder to
admission on the floor as delegate. The
citizens of Cincinnati have subscribed a lib
eral guarantee fund to meet the expenses
Of the convention.
EXCHANGE of mail between Mexico
and the UnitediStates is suspended indef-
nftely, owing to the controversy between
the Post-office Departments of the two gov
ernnlents relstive to the payment of the
carrier between Laredo and New Laredo.
The sum in dispute is 1852.
On the 21st a terrific hurricane swept
st. Georges Channel.
The twenty-fourth annual st. Louis
Fair will be held Monday, October 6 to Sat
urday October II, inclusive. The appro-
priation for premiums in the different de-
partments aggregates $50 GOO.
On the 2lst thousand feet of snow
sheds collapsed at Emigrant Gap, CAL, on
the Central Pacific Railway.
BOATS with relief parties continue to
ply the Ohio River, and the need for them
is as great as ever,
On the 21st the Ohio River was fall
ing at Evansville, Ind, and the flood was
believed to have done its worst.
The Chinese have a serious revolt on
hand to distract their attention from Tom
quin.
In the Dominion Parliament a bill
granting the Canadian Pacific Railway
nearly. $So,OoO,ooo has passed the lower
house.
AN official denial is made by the Post
master.GeneraI of tne report that q British
spy had been allowed to tamIer with
American mails.
THE unconditional gift by the British
Government of the Arctic steamer Alert
for the Greedy relief expedition is very
graceful acknowledgment of the courtesy
shown by the United States in the recovery
and return of the British ship ResQlute.
WINE making excavations Ion the
Santa Cruz hacienda, near Morlia, Mexico,
the workmen discovered number of idols
made Of black stone, some finely finished,
and ornamental articles of pottery and the
of several human beings.
A CORN famine exists on the Peninsu-
la Of Yucatan. on account Of the ravages of
locusts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
Personal AND poLITTcaI,.

On the goth reports from many places
on the Ohio River indicated thai flood dam
ages were greatly increased by the high
wind of the night Of the 10Th. Entire vii
lagos were swept away. People inexposed
positions were frost-bitten and considela-
BILE loss OF life is said to have resulted. Adj
ditional breaks in levees and railroad en-
bankments have occurred along the Lower
Mississippi
A CARD is published by Senator Payne
stating that he will not be candidate for
the Presidential nomination.
AT Khartoum General Gordon is TAX
ing radical measures, and, according to the
reports, is inspiring general confidence.
On the afternoon of the goth the
steamship Frisia from Hamburg, with the
bodies of the victims of the Jeanette Arc
tic expedition, arrived in New York.
On the night of the 18th F. G.. Brad
ley and wife, an aged couple, died nat
uTal death locked in eacl~,pther's arms at
Milwaukee, Wis.
On the evening of the 1etR caucus
Of Democratic Con sressfnen was heldaC
Washington. A committee was appointed
to take preliminary steps toward oIf3niz-
ing for the next political campaign.
SECRETARY LINCOLN having been
called on 10 furnish money torebuiid houses
destroyed by the foods, replies that he is
only authorized to supply food, clothing,
tents and personal necessaries.
on the Goth Mrs. Fred w. Paramore,
previous to her marriage the reigning belle
OF Sc Louis, Mo-, and who gained national
notoriety few years ago as the reported
affianced Of Samuel J. Tilden, died at her
residence in ST. Louis in her twenty sixth
year.
The Elections Committee Of the
House OF Representatives in the contest Of
Woods against Peters Of Kansas, viii re-
port in favor o. Peters, the sitting member
LATE dispatches state that General
Gordon purposes interviewing Ell Mahdi TO
find out the fate Of Hicks Pasha and his
troops.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

Id On the goth officers surrounded a
bland Of highway robbers who have for
cllsome time terrorized the mountain region
10 l6fe8F Yette County, "a, and fatally shot
N 1Ea sShe others dcaped.
ND N 0ssath, in the British House Of
hbd-t nons, speaking on the ParneH amend
ment eensuring the government policy in
Ireland, John o Conner Power criticised the
course Of Parnell and the National party
and opposed the amendment as insufficient
and ill-advised
THE Cholera Commission from Ger
many which las been investigating in
Egypt and India seems to have traced the
cholera germ to its lair. They find it in
the water and also in the corpses of victims
to the disease.
TIE Treasury Department has called
S10,000,ooo three per cents. to mature on
Nav /.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
CRrMEs AND cAUsUALrIEs.


GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 18th the walls Of the -four
warehouse of E. Lathburg & Co., at Phila-
delphia, Pa, which burned the evening OF
the 10Th, fell, crushing the dwelling
adjoining. Eight persons were in bed at
the time. Edward Curran, in bed with his
wife and child, was instantly killed. Mrs.
Curran received severe shock, and she
being in delicate condition, it is feared she
viii die. The child was uninjured. Other
occupants of the building escaped with
slight injuries.
On the night of the 18th the negro
Rugg, who committed the murderous as
sauIt ON Farmer Sprague on Long Island @
few weeks ago, and who is suspected Of
having murdered Mrs. Maybee and her
daughter, and also of having attempted to
kill old MIR. and Mrs. Townsend, escaped
from the jail in Long Island City after
making a murderous assault on the .jailer.
THE Episcopal mission and schools
at Santee Agency, Oak, were burned down
on the 18th.
ON the 18th a quantity Of powder ex-
ploded in hardware store at London,
Canada, killing three men and blowing out
the top of the building.
An employee of the Chicago, Mllwau-
kee & st. Faul Railway Company, named
falling against an engine, at Bellevue, Ia,
on the 18th. that he NAV not recover.
On the 10Th the residence of ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Gardner at Bennington,
Center. VT, burned. Loss $4,000.
On the. 10th the. roof of the Steel
Works at Cosnocton, o., the largest1nanu-
factory in the place, was blown OF and a
portion Of the walls demolished, by ter
rife wind and rain storm. Ali the lines of
telegraph were blown down and it was
feared much damage had been done
throughout the country.
AT Apollo, Pa, wire bridge coll
lapsed on the 18th. a teamster and his
team were drowned.
On the morning Of the goth an explo-
vile, Pa, where seventy-five men were at
work. About twenty lives were lost.
The severe storm which swept across
the country the afternoon Of the 10th de-
veloped tornadoes at various points in
North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia and
Alabama, causing heavy loss of life and
great destruction of property.
A FIRE in the business portion of
Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island, on
the Goth destroyed property to the amount
of $3.50, 900; and another fire was reported
to have started.
On the 2Cth Whites Shoe Factory at
Holbrook. Mass, burned, throwing 800 men
out of employment A $50, 900 fire occurred
at Cortland, N. z.
FIRE destroyed the Pennsylvania
Company's round-houss at Erie, Pa, on
the 21st.
B. f. BARNES killed his wife and cut
his own throat fatally at Boachs, Wis, on
the 21st. Y
DETAILS of fatal casualties resulting
from the Southern rornadoes come with
every days dispatches,
AT PALMYRA, WIS, on the 21st a
hotel and several other buildings were de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire.
A WEALTHY old farmer named Har-
vey Chappel1. who lived alone near Leba-
non, Conn, was found murdered in his
house on the 21st.
OK the 21st ashocking tragedy was
u.earthed at Ayondale, O. On the 10th the
cabin of an old colored man burned, and
since then nothing had been seen of the oc-
cupants untiltheir bodies-those of Beverly
Tavfoy. ia opd ono Il el, IL
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-14

the surface to the bottom, four or hve
miles, the world over-just above freez-
ing. How do the fishes and other forms
that live here see? Their eyes are modl-
fed as well as their other parts. The
fishes that live 500 feet from the surface
have larger eyes than those in the zone
above them, so that they can absorb the
faint rays that reach them. In zone
below this many forms with small eyes
begin to have curious tentacles, feelers or
organs of touch.
Many of these deep sea fish have spe-
cial organs upon their sides and heads
that are known to possess luminous
quality. Other organs are considered
accessory eyes, so that the fishes have
rows of eyes upon their ventral surfaces
looking downward, while near are lumi-
nous spots that provide them with light.
One of the largest of these deep sea torch
bearers is a fish six feet long, with tall
dorsal fin extending nearly the entire
length Of the body. The tips of this fin
dIS ItIlIilOLl5, anu dISO JIIC JlOtIA A'S'SNAi
upon its head. Along the sides of the
body are a double row of luminous spots.
One Of the most ferociOus of these deep
sea forms is the Chanliodus. Its mouth
is fairly overflowing with teeth that pro-
trude in amost forbidding manner The
fins are all tipped with flaming spots,
while along the dOrsal surface extends
row of spots that appear like so many
shining windows in the fish, through
which light is shining,
The little fishes called Bombay ducks
are luminous all over their entire surface,
and when numbers are collected together
the present an astonishing spectacle
One of the most interesting of these light
givers is the Chiasmadus, fish that at
tains a length of only thirteen inches
The top of its head is the principle light
giving organ, and its fins gleam with
phOsphorescent light. 1t is not alone re-
markable as a light-giver. Il has a jaw
so arranged that it can seize fish twice its
size and easily swallow them. Itssatom-
ach has the elastic quality of india rub
ber. 1t stretches to enormous proportions
and appears like a great transparent bal
loon hanging under the fish and contain
its prey.
The last expedition sent out by France
brought to light some remarkable forms
The dredge off Morocco brought up from
a depth of one and half miles a fish
that appeared to be all head or mouth. 1t
was of small size, and the length of the
mouth was about four-fifths of the entire
body; so that, if the body had been sew
cred behind the head, it and two or three
like it could have been slowed away in It's
capacious pouch. It probably moves
very slowly, scooping mud and ooze into
its mouth, sitting out the animal parts
and rejecting the rest.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-14
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Miss Rachael Ewing, the oldest teach
er in the Pittsburg (Pa.) public schools,
has just resigned her position, at the age
of rs. She began when but a girl, and
kept at her work until compelled to de-
sist by the infrmities of age.
Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court
should be the patron saint of tourists; he
rendered the decision three months ago
that all wearing apparel was duty free,
if intended to be worn by the importer,
whether it was worn already or not.
Fred Wards liabilities foot up over
S7OO, 900 for furniture, $135 for hats and
So for bread. Why, even in his astonish-
ing recklessness, he should have allowed
such a bill TO IN up for bread is among
the unexplained wonders of Wall street
The biggest man in the late republican
conYention was Mr.. Ruth Gober. He is
a master of height and flesh, and seems
to be perfectly healthy. Indian-looking,
hair black and straight, he would appear
to be over seven feet high and, probably,
to weigh 900 pounds.
Edwin Booth is said to be gradually
withdrawing from theatrical life. He
recently told friend that he took no in
terest in theatrical affairs, and Ionged for
the time when he could get away from
it altogether. He has determined to play
only twenty weeks next year.
Oscar Wilde, who was ma1 ried last
Tuesday to Miss Constance Lloyd, has
written a silly and thoroughly character
istic letter to a friend, in which he says
he has not been disappointed in married
life. He feels confident of his ability to
sustain its labOrs and anxieties. and sees
an opportunity in his new relations of
realizing poetical coception which he
has long entertained. He says that Lord
Beaconsfeld taught the peers of England
/ a new style of oratory. and similarly he
intends to set an example of the pervad-
+ ing influence Of art in matrimony.
/ Mr. Blaine is the first Presidential can
/ didate from New England since the days
of Franklin Pierce. In 1862 the East had
| two men in the field, both citizens of
New Hampshire-Pierce and John P.
Hale. The latter was run by the Free
SOilers. He carried no States, and re-
ceived only 10000 votes, as against
/ 1856, 900 for General Scott and 1901 ,00C
for Mr.. Pierce. But four years later the
republican party, inheriting the Free
Soil traditions, gave Fremont eleven
States and almost as many popular votes
as Scott received in 90 The Adamses
/ Swere New England Presidents before
Pierce.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-14
MILES UNDER THE SEA.
Fishes that Carry Lanterns and
Light Up the Ocean Depths.

Many curious forms of fishes have re
Gently been found in the deep sea. One
fish ,dredged from a depth of nearly three
miles from the surface, shows'a complete
modification of structure. At this dis
tance from the surface the pressure can
hardly be realized Itis estimated that this
fish has to contend against a pressure
equal to two and a half tons to every
square inch of surface. A sealed glass
tube, inclosed in perforated copper Gov
ering, has at two miles been reduced to
fine powder, while the metel was twisted
out of shape. Yet the fishes are so con-
structed that they withstand the pressure.
Their bony and muscular systems are not
fully developed; the bones are permeated
with pores and assures. The calcareous
matter is at minimum, and the bones
of the vertere are joined together so
loosely that in lifting the larger fishes
out of the water they often fall apart
The muscles are all thin, and the con
nective tissue seems almost wanting. Yet
these fishes are able to dart about and
capture prey.
Sunlight penetrates only about 1,20(
feet below the surface of the sea. At g..
200 feet the temperature lowers to 40 de.
grees Fahr., and from about mile from
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-14
Blaine and the Montezumas.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 13.-The news
papers continue discussing the nomina-
ton of Blaine. La Libertad, anti-Amer-
lean, says it hopes for the election of
Blaine, for Mexico has more to fear from
a friendly president than from one who
is avowedIy hostile, regarding it as
''more to the interest of Mexico to deal
with her neighbor in a spirit of want of
confidence and reserve than to hob-nob
with traitors who pretend to be friends
in order to become masters"