St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-09-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

! have resigned as members of the Republic
can committee.
+! THE Minnesota Elevator Company, own
| ing from thirty to forty elevators on the
Milwaukee g. st. Paul Road, made an as
signment on the 4th.
jim MCHUGH, of Glasgow, Scotland, and
Dave Fitzgerald, Of Toronto, Ont, fought
| for 81, 900 side with hard gloves at Rock
away Beach, Long Island, on the 4th, the
match lasting over three hours, and result.
ing in a draw.
THE colored people of Lynchburg, Va,
are highly excited over a scandal in which
the pastor of a Methodist church is in
| voIved. A member of the flock tried to
kill him with an axe.
CASHIER CHARLES HILL of the National
| Bank of New Brunswick, n. j., was found
caused by inhaling gas. He has been for
twenty years cashier. and there is no
known cause for suspicion.
THREE business blocks in Marathon, N.
Y, were destroyed by fire on the 4th.
Loss, $40, 900.
A PARTY of masked Hungarians on the
4th hanged Henry 1ovgowsinsiki, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, who stabbed his daugh-
ter and then tried to kill himself.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made on
the 4th to rescue political prisoners at
Warsaw. Russia.
THIRTEEN THOUSAND people attended
the Ohio State Fair at Columbus on the
9th.
SOUDANHsE rebels attacked Kassala re.
Gently, but were repulsed with great loss.
HIRAM B. WILSON, lumber dealer of
Cleveland, o.. drowned himself in Barry
County, Mich, on the 9th.
THERE were five deaths from cholera at
Marseilles on the 9th.
ARUMoR is current that the Union Pacific
will close it's offices at st. Louis. and Chi
cago.
BRIGANDs are ravaging Macedonia and
numbering the people who fail to pay ran
som.
THE funeral Of the late Hon. Chas. J.
Folger, Secretary of the Treasury, was
arranged for Tuesday, the 9th.
THE Emperors William and Francis
Joseph will be the guests Of the Gear of
Russia during the latter's visit to Poland.
FRANK PATTERSON, proprietor of the
Asbury Park IN. J.) Opera-house, was ar
rested i'll Philadelphia, Pa, ON the 9Th, on
charge of forgery.
A NUMBER Of union moulders returned to
work in Cincinnati on the 9TH, and were
attacked by those who were still on a
strike.
SIxTY-FOUR personse suspected of plot
ting against the life of the Gar were ar
rested on the 9th at Warsaw, including a
number of women.
The striking miners in the Fourth Pool
Of Pennsylvania are becoming discour-
aged, and numbers are daily returning to
work.
HILL, FoNTAISE & Co.'s cotton report
for the Memphis District does. not show
the crop in so favorable condition as
month ago.
DR.. L. WATSON LYLE, charged with ex-
tensive pension frauds, was arrested in
Crittenden County. KY, on the 9TH, and
conveyed to Louisville.
WITHIN the twenty-four hours ended at
8 p. m. on the 9TH, there were 122 fresh
cases Of cholera at Naples and thirty.
seven deaths. There were 1873 deaths
throughout Italy during the same time.
The disease is also rapidly spreading in
Spain.
on the 9Th, Captain Joshua A. Bourne, a
ST. Louis man, and Jas. Metzler were both
killed. They had been bitter enemies for
some time.
JAY .EYE-SEE and Phal1as tried to lower
their respective records at Racine, Wis,
on the 5.h, but failed.
BEN BUTLER spoke at Minneapolis on
the 9Th, and had an audience of upwards
Of 1000.
REFERRING to the recent visit of the
Duke of Edinburgh to Dublin harbor, the
Irisl1nsaR says he is ga fiddling fool of the
Georgian race, and the embodiment Of all
that Ireland abhors."
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA has broken out
among cattle at West Chester, Pa.
A COAL mine caved in at Port Burnley,
Pa, on the 9Th, rendering the property
useless for many months to come and en-
failing loss of fully 100000. Five hun.
hundred persons are thrown out of EN-.
ployment.
The Free Thinkers Convention de-
church property and abolish all rei .ious
services maintained by the Government.
THE Mazeppa Mill Company, of Red
Wing, Mimi, made an assignment on the
9th. Lab ilities, SAC, 1000; assets, SITE, 900.
The failure grows out of complications
with the Minnesota Elevator Company.
THE New Hampshire Greenbackers nom.
mated George A. Carpenter for Governor
sand full State ticket. Butler was in
dorsed as Presidential candidate.
TN prisonena escaped from the jail at
South Bend, Int the night Of the 4th, 10y
saving the Gon Nsars Of ventilating reg
lister. Seyen othefl declined TO participate
in the bretR22z for f4gedom.
DURING a poliq1 fal discussion at Daw-
son, Pa, on the Rsening Of the 4th, W..
Mullen became enraged at his friend,
Samuel Short, tiff he plunged knife into