St. Landry democrat., 1884-12-06
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:eive6 6,155 votes in the State.
TIE arrangements for the inauguration
ceremonies and festivities will be under the
nittee, aided by a committee of citizens of
Washington.
THE President is as yet uncertain whetk-
sr it will be practicable fo" him TO partici-
pate in the opening ceremonies of the New
Orleans Exposition. He will, in any event,
visit the Exposition some time in Decem-
Der or January.
HoN. JOHN s. SAVAGE, fornerly MEM
Der of Congress for the Wilmington lO.)
District, died suddenly at Wilmington on
the 18th.
TaEsLegis1ature of Vermont defeated
he local option bill on the 18th by . vote
of 123to y.
AUSTIN F. KINGsBURY, of Ponca, Neb.,
has been debarred from practice before the
Interior Department..
The King of the Belgians sent az auto
graphletter to the Emperor of Germany
thanking the latter for his recognition of
the,Congo Association.
ON the 25th Solomon T. Erimley, Phil
adelphia lawyer, was sentenced to pay a
.dne,of $3.50 and costs for exaeting greater
compensation than the Law allows in pro-
curing pension.
NEXT spring Queen Victoria and the
Duchess, of Albany intend making pill
grimage to Cannes, the scene of the Duke
Of Albany,,s death.
THE, Can W ian Premier, Sir gohn A. Nc
Donald, was entertained at State ban
quet on the evening of the 10Th at Windsor
Castle, and was honorcd by the presence of
the Queen. SirJohn expects TO return to
Canada in short time.
ON the 25th it was reported at Lincoln,
ILL.,, that Q. A. Carpenter, who was charged
with and acquitted of the murder of Zura
Burns, had been. shot by brother-in-law
,of the murdered woman at Pierre, Oak.
MRs.uJoHN MILLrKIN, of Boston, Mass,
paid an election bet on the oath by ped
ding. $50 worth of peanuts from booth
near the Park street gate. The lady
cleared about 800 over the amount of her
wager, which she distributed -among the
poor for Thanksgiving Day.
The Cabinet meetings have been fre-
.quent and of more than ordinary length,
the principal subject being the message to
Congress, which the President desired to
make a document that shall fttingly close
the twenty tour years of Republican ad-
ministration.
THE Secretary of the Interior has restored
Edwin H. Taylor, of Vassar, Mich, to prac-
tice as pension attorney before the De-
partment.
TIE Japanese Minister of War, Count
'Oyama vas, is daily expected to arrive on
an official visit to the United States.
SPEAKER CARLISLE has granted to
Thomas Green, of Coyington, KY, the
privilege of running the cigar stand at the
entrance Of the House of Representatives,
made,vacant by the death of Frank Scott,
who held it since the advent of Speaker
Kerr. 1t is worth Il 900 year net.
THE official canvass of the vote in Massa-
,chusetts gives Blaine 49, ,724; Cleveland,
122, 1852; Butler, 24,382; st. John, 1928;
Blaine's plurality, 24,372.
SUPERINTENDENT KIafBALL of the Life
Saving Service, in his report, shows that
during the past year there have been, in
the scope of the service, sA39 disasters, 4,412
lives saved aud 20 lives lost. The value of
property involved was $l0, 900 $40; value of
property saved, SO ,16l,33L
The revised and corrected figures Of the
official vote of Indiana give Cleveland and
Hendricks plurality of,6y512.
IT is said therelations between Secretary
of War Lincoln and General Hazen are
becoming strained.
MRS. JOHN JAGsE AsToR gave Thanks.
giving dinner to the inmates of the New
York Newshoys' lodging house.
GOVERNOR HoADLF pardonasl convict
in the Ohio Penitentiary on tho 9th, and
the released man had a genuine day of
SENIOR ROMERO, Mexican Minister to the
United States, declares that the people of
his. country have the hindest feelings to-
ward the United States.
A A.CoMMITTEE has been appointed by the
italian House Of Deputies to wait upon
King Humbert and Duke D'Aosta TO ex-
press admiration for their heroism during
the cholera epidemic at Naples.
IT is announced thai Archbishop .French |
has resigned his see in Ireland.
On the 2Sth Captain D. L. Payne, the /
eader OF the Oklahoma '.boqmers," Gted
suddenly at Wellington, Kas.
IT is announced that Judge Manisty WHO
endered the recent remarkable decisionin
he Coleridge case ct Loudon, is to retire
rom the bench.
The New York Metropolitan Industrial
league is opposed to any tariff legislation
t the present session of Congress.
1t has been decided by the Ontario
CAM Board of Health to send DR.. Bryce
S delegate to the convention of State
oards TO be held in Washington, d. c., to
iscIIss the cholera uueStion
ON the 2sth George Burris, the spiritual
tic doctor, who is supposed to have caused
le death OF Mrs. Sarah Welker, at Mt.
ernon, o., was adjudged insane and sent
the Insane Asylum at Columbus.