St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
pERsoNAL AND roLITIOAL,

manding the Pinta, has reported to the
NAVY Department the arrival ofithat YES"
sci at Sitka June ID. He says that the
Indian Keq, who murdered his wife. has
been tried by the District Court, and SEN
fenced to ten years. imprisonment.
GENERAL HAZEN has recommended to
the President that Sergeant Brainerd, who
was with Lieutenant Greedy in the Arctic
regions, be appointed to lieutenancy.
He has also recommended that Sergeants
Mitchell and Ellis, who recently passed
examination for promotion, be appointed
second lieutenants in the signal service.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Is going TO New
York State for vacation.
OHIO Republi can campaign managers
are in Washington after money.
THE court-martial to try Paymaster-
General Smith convened at Washington
on the 9Th, and adjourned until the 18th.
SAMUEL a. ROBINSON, formerly of ST.
Louis, Mo-, La hopeful Of being made
Commissioner for the District Of Column
bia.
A CIRCULAR issued by Premier Salisbury
urges the powers to ratify the Egyptian
financial convention.
The President has suspended Marke L
Blunt, Register, and Michael e. Fitch,
Receiver, OF the land Office at Pueblo,
Col.
JAMES g. WINTERsMTTH door-keeper Of
the House Of Representative, is dying.
He has been i'll since the adjournment of
Congress.
JUDGE CHENoWITH, on behalf of a NUM-
Der of Texas ex- Confederate soldiers, on
the 9Th presented General Rosecrans with
q pistol captured by the Texans in a raid
on his baggage train in the summer of
1864
HARRIET MOORE, middle-aged San
Francisco widow, has commenced a
breach of promise suit for $225,0o0 against
Moses Hopkins, aged seventy. The de-
PENDANT is brother Of the late Mark
Hopkins, railroad magnate, from whom
he inherited an estate estimated at Sc, 0O0,-
600.
EXTRACTS from the private memoranda
of Louis Riel have been published in To-
ronto, Ont. Riel claims in the memo
randa d vine inspiration and prophesies
the Duck Lake and other fights. No new
light is thrown on the cause of the rebel
lion.
LIEUTENANT w. 81. ScHUTzs Of the
United States navy, started on his trip to
Siberia on the 9Th, on the steamer Fulda,
bearing presents from the United States
Government to the Russians who aided in
the search for the shipwrecked crew of the
Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette.
JUDGE TIRE has qualified at Washing
ton as Minister to Belgium.
On the 9th Judge Foraker figured in a
little flsticuf affair In a Cinctnnatl court
room. His assailant was fined $50, which
the Judge paid.
SYMPATHY for Louis Riel at Quebec has
taken the shape of defense fund.
PROF. BARNARD, of Vanderbilt uni
versity, lays claim to the discovery OF the
first new comet this year.
GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSON, Railroad
Commissioner, is making tour of inspec-
tion over the Pacific roads.
THE Marquis of Salisbury declares him.
self opposed to the disestablishment of the
Scottish Church.
On the 9th Vice-President Hendricks
left Washington for home, and expects to
start early in August for trip to the Pa
cific Coast, where he will stay some
weeks
On the 9th the Queen held council at
Windsor and invested Lords Seton,
Northampton and Kimberly with the gar
ter.
THE designations of the Deputy Comp
troller Of the Treasury and all the officials
Of that bureau above the civil-service
grades are said to have been rendered to
Secretary Manning, by request, but are
not likely TO be acted upon for some time.
On the 9th farewell banquet was given
TO Mr., s. B. Packard, the retiring United
States Consul at Liverpool
AYoUB KHAN is still onfned In the cit-
adel at Teheran. He receives many visits
from the Persian Ministers. He thinks
war between England and Russia tnevita-
BILE within Eve years.
PROCEEDINGS for the determination OF
the mental condition of John McCul
Tough have been taken by his wife.
Judge Allison, of Philadelphia, has APP
pointed Geo. w. Arundel Commissioners
to take testimony under the writ de
lunatico inqurendo.
MINISTER BOYD WINCHESTER arrived al
Berne, Switzerland, on the 10th.
GENERAL SHERIDAN started on the 10th
for the seat of reported Indian troubles Il
Kansas.
HENRY or r Uss, German Enbessado
to VIENNA. accepts the regency of tn
Duchy of Brunswick
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has declined a.
Invitation to attead she opening of Mag
ara Falls Park.
CARDINAL MANNING. at London, has &C.
cepted the offer Of the Pail Mall Gazette b
examine it's proofs of recent charges.
GENERAL DRCoURcEY informs the Gov
eminent at PARIS that the Anamite troop
ut Hue have disbanded and surrendere'
their arms to him.