St. Landry democrat., 1885-11-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Nevvs from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

LEWIS G. BARTLETT, of Indiana, Second
Deputy Commissioner Of Pensions, has
resigned on account of i'll health, res ult-
ing from old wounds.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Coon has re-
turned to Washington and resumed his
duties at the Treasury Department.. his
successor will soon be appointed.
COLONEL KITCHENER has been appoint
ed member of the commission establish
sd by the British, German and French
Governments to delimit the territory of
the Sultan of Zanzibar on the main land of
Africa.
THE accounting officers of the Treasury
Department have consented to delay
charging in his personal salary the amount
expended by Admiral Jouett in entertain
ing visitors to the Tennessee, at the New
Orleans Exposition, according to the deci-
sion of the Second Comptroller, until the
matter has been brought to the attention
of Congress.
MAJoR-GENERAL GEO. B. MCCLELLAN
died suddenly of heart disease at his resi-
dence at Orange Mountain, N. j., on the
10Th.
CANON FARRAR lectured at Chickering
Hall, New York, on the evening of the
goth, on Robert Browning.
Mr.. STEAD, editor of the Pail Nall Ga
sette, addressed the jury in his own be-
half in the Armstrong abduction case at
London, on the 29th.
MRS. GILMORE, of Providence, r. L,
was delivered of four children at q birth
on the Goth, all of whom died.
W. r. DAVIS, of Chicago, has been dis
barred from practice as an attorney be-
fore the Interior Department upon evil
dence that he extorte1 Illegal fees in pen.
sion cases.
DIR. OsCoNNELL, rector Of the American
College at Rome, sailed for New York on
the 31st with the acts and DEGREES of the
Baltimore Council as revised by the Pope.
The Cabinet meeting on the 18th was
shorter than usual. Postmaster General
Villas was the only absentee. The prepa-
ration Of the annual reports Of the Cabinet
officers was the only general question con-
sidered. The death Of General Mcclellan
was feelingiy alluded to by the President
and members of the Cabinet.
DR.. Noah PORTER, for the past thirteen
years President of Yale College, handed in
his resignation at meeting of the corpor :
alton on the 295h, to take effect afrom nexb
commencement.
HoLMAN's Senatorial committee arrived
at Fort Reno, !. r., on the Goth.
On the 31th ex.Judge Vincent, of New
Mexico, called on the President and pre-
sented his case.
THE Earl Of Buckingham died in En-
gland on the Both.
KING ALFONSO has been ordered by his
physician to take complete rest for a
month.
On the Both John McCullough's ward
robes and stage belongings were sold at
New York. There was good attendance
of bidders.
WLLIAM B. GILES, alias William Geoch.
the British forger, has been sent back to
England, sailing from New York on the
31st.
REL and twenty -four half.breeds cons
fined in the jail at Regina have petitioned
the Dominion Government for mercy.
THE Marquis of Harrington, in an elec-
toral ad iress, says il is imperative that
the union Of Great Britain and Ireland be
maintained at any price.
WIN. s. WARNER, charged with conspir-
ing with Ward to defraud the Marine
Bank. was again up for examination in
New 9ork on tbs 3VGhs
On the Both Lodi Smith, who killed his
father at Morristown, N. J., in defending
his mother and sister from the fathers
brutality, was acquitted on the ground of
instifable homicide.
The defense in the WaIkup case at EN-
poria, Kas., closed on the Both and the
State began evidence in rebuttal. The ar
puments were expected to begin on the
3Ist.
UNITED STATES CONSUL WIEGATE at Foo
Chow reports to the Secretary of State, n
reply to Instructions from the latter, that
after careful inquiry, he is unable to ascer.
tain chat any adulterated tea is sold to
foreigners, there being stringent rules
against It's manufac ure and sale.
THE death of r ar Admiral J. c. p. De
Kraft promo, es Commodore John Lee
Davis, now commanding the Arctic feet,
to rear admiral. Commodore VIM. 7.
Truxton 10 now the senior commodore.
and will be pronotedsto rear admiral Feb
ruary s, 1885, on the retirement of Rear
Admiral Earl English for e, and this
will promote Captain A. &. z. Benham to
commodor Commander Geo. g. Rooney
TO Captain, and Lieutenant. Commander
George F. +. Wilde to commander.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON The 20 j a stone quarry in France
caved in, destroying o village built on the
ground above it. A large number of work
men were killed and many were buried in
the ruins.
NINE trac men on the Maine Central
Railroad were badly mangled and one