St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-07-25

JOHN BUNCH shot and killed James kel-
ly, driver of Richball, in stable at the
Pittsburgh (Pa.) Driving Park on the
18th.
On the 18th Joseph Palmer was hanged
at Cincinnati for murder Hereafter all
executions in Ohio must take place at the
Penitentiary at Columbus.
EDWARD WETHERs, of the Halifax IN.
81 Custom house, killed his daughter and
himself on the 18th. He was insane.
A FARMER named j. w. Stout, living
six miles south east of Greenfield, O., was
shot and instantly killed BY Elijah Nevin,
neighbor, during an alteration, on the
18th.
AT Oakdale CAL, the night of the 14th,
fire destroyed eight business buildings
with their contents. Loss estimated.
$50, 900; partially insured, Much excite
ment prevails, as 1t is believed the fire
was the work of an incendiary.
On the 18th Mrs. Jones, of Buffalo,
N. Y, who was with a party OF ladies
at Bath Island, Niagara, fell into the
stream and was carried over the Ameri"
can falls.
AT Debusk's ranch, twenty miles from
Trinidad, COL, on the afternoon of the
14th, twelve out of a herd OF eighteen
horses in pasture were killed by light
ming. A hail-storm had driven the horses
against . barb-w wire fence, which con-
Quoted the lightning through the herd.
FIRE destroyed the buildings of the
Philadelphia Rubber Works on the 10th.
On the 10th two Norwegians were suf-
located while digging well at Pleasant
Valley, Wis, and third came near los
ing his life in recovering the bodies.
]. N. LYNCH, of Gibson County, Indt.
ana, Is suspected of poisoning his children
by scattering arsenic on a pie. He can not
be found.
On the 10th an incendiary fire on the
lumber docks at Bay City, Mich, was
checked in it's incipiency.
ON the 18th Miss Agnes Roe, John He'd
den and William Tickenor, of Patchogue,
L. L, were accidentally knocked from a
yacht and drowned.
AN empty chair car in the Denver &
Rio Grande yards at Denver, Col, was
wrecked on the 10th and the switchmen
slightly injured. Dynamite had been
placed on the rails, and caused the acct.
dent.
FIRE destroyed most of the buildings on
the northeast side of the public square at
Covington, Ind, on the 10Th. The total
loss will reach about $40, 600. Insured for
very small amount.
On the 10Th the Mothers House Of the
Holy Order of st. Joseph, at Delhi, eight
miles below Cincinnati on the Ohio River,
was totally destroyed " fire. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $3J,000$ No one was in
jured. The building was the result of the
savings of the Sisters fSr many years.
The town of Highmore. OAK, has been
completely wiped out / iii cyclone.
ALBERT LoNGsrRErHY WAS murdered by
tramps at Union City, "a, on the 18th.
SAMUEL ALIFF and john H 1ffman were
arrested in Kansas on Che 18th fora mur-
der committed in Kansas in 1867.
In collision on the Pittsburgh &
Western Road at Zelionople, Pa, on the
18th, two brakemen were seriously in
iured and three cars wrecked.
GEORGE JOHNSON murdered his sister
in Jaw and committed suicide by cutting
his own throat, at Alden, To-, on the I7th.
He mistook his victim for his wife.
MARY KLEEMAN, who attempted to
poison her sisters family in Chicago, was
let off with one years imprisonment.
THREE young men and a young lady
were drowned at st. A1ers- des Mont,
Province of Quebec, on the 18th.
A MAN named Martinez and the wife Of
Jean Lopez were found in field near
Davisvt1le, Cal, on the 18th. Probably
murder and suicide
AN engine plunged into an open draw
across the Railway River on the Phila-
delphia 6 Reading Railroad on the 18th,
badly 1njuring the engineer and fireman.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BRrTrsH soldiers stationed at Suakim
and other Soudanese ports are suffering
from the intense heat, and the imortality
among them is described as frightful,
enteric diseases being very prevalent.
a TERRIBLE famine is said to be deci-
mating the population Of Kordofan.
AT Toronto, Ont, on the 18th public
meeting protested against the further ad-
mission of Chinese into Canada.
The Russian authorities promise to in :
vestigate the recent fogglng by Rus sian
officials of British Consups clerk.
AS test case newsboy was arrested
in Chicago for hawking reprint of the
Pail Nall Gazette disclosur es. He was
fined 500 for distributing obscene liter
allure, and the Judge suspended the fine.
The police of Dresden summarily
stopped Social project to raise funds for
Socialist candidates in French elections.
A REPORT from st. Petersburg says that
Russia counts on the assistance of France
in case of contest with England.
ON the 18th the French Senate ratifi ed
the Tien Tsin treaty. The Chamber of
Deputies adopted all the clauses of the
budget except two, which are reserved
for further discussion.
Two members OF the South American