St. Landry democrat., 1885-12-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
JULIAN ALVAREZ, the celebrated cigar
manufacturer, of Havana, Cuba, is dead.
ON the 10Th John w. Daniel was elected
United States Senator by the General AS
sembly of Virginia.
MAYOR 3. ". GUTLLoTTE of New Orleans,
La, indicted for extortion in Office, has
been completely indicated.
On the 18th .O'Brien, Boston's Demo-
cratic Mayor, was reelected by helargest
majority ever given mayoral candidate
in that city.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE says that his
recent trip to Turkey, in the interest of
American munitions of war was success
full.
Hon. N, III. BELL, Superintendent Of For
eign Mails, has ordered that st. Louis be
made an exchange Office for European
mails.
INTEREST is felt throughout army circles
TO learn whether the President will pro-
vide the army with a Judge-Adyocate
General.
Mr.. CONVEX, NJ. P, avs county boards
will not satisfy Ireland.
ON the 10th the delegates to the conven-
tion of the National Guard Association at
Washington called in body on President
Cleveland.
e. G. HENDERSON, of Indiana, is mem
toned in Washington as the probable sue
cessor of Mr.. Hazen as Third Assistant
Postmaster General.
THE notorious Indiana horse-thief, An
drew Wilfred, captured recently at Blooms
ington, H., viii be sent back on requisi-
ton.
TENN wife CT Secretary Morgan of the
American Legation in Mexico, is dead.
IN the arrangement of Senate commit
tees, Senator Logan has been restored to
che committees on which he served in the
last Congress.
On the 10th the President sent to the Sem
ate communication embodying an addi
tional provision to the treaty with Mexico
in relation to the boundary line.
THE President ON the 10th nominated
John Bigelow, Of New York, to be Assis-
tant Treasurer Of the United States at New
York, and General Franz Sigel, of New
York, to be pension agent at the same city.
On the 10th the President sent to the Sem
ate the nominations of several hundred
Postmasters and several supervising in
spectors of steam vessels, all recess aps
pointments.
On the 18th Colonel Fred Grant and o
delegation from Grant Post, @. A. r.,
called on the Mayor of New York and
asked permission to decorate General
Grants grave in Riverside Park next Dec
grafton Day. The permission was prompt
~ accorded.
A COMMITTEE at Boston on the 18th pre-
sented Henry Ward Beecher with q gold
watch and chain In recognition Of his
eulogy on General Grant.
HTBBs, the Idaho Post-ofice enbezz1er,
has been tried and acquitted on four out of
the eight indictments found against him.
The other indictments viii be pushed for
trial Immediately.
IT is currently, reported and generally
credited that the Emperor Of China win be
married in February next, at which time
the Empress Regent will retire and the
young Emperor will take possession Of the
Government.
A BERLIN dispatch Of the 18th says DR..
Weimer, one Of the most active Socialist
partisans and an instigator of some of the
greatest crimes of Nihilism, is dead. He
was an intimate friend of the Nihilist as-
sassin of Gar Alexander 7.
JOHN O'CoNNoR POWER, Nationalist
member Of Parliament, approves the re-
ported Gladstone scheme as a fair one.
The Marquis Of Harrington declares that
he has not approved the home rule scheme
as has been ihtimated.
MICHAEL DAvITT has consented to be-
come member of the corporation Of Dub
lin as a workingman's candidate, but de-
clined q rendered BANQUET
A YOUNG man and woman have been ar
rested In London on charge of trying to
extort money from the Prince of Wales by
threatening letters.
1T is now stated that over thirty Of the
French Conservative supporters Of Sir
John Macdonald in the Dominion Parlia.
: mentwin vote non confidence in him at
the next session Of that body.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the 18th four persons were drowned
at Missigloo Bay, Lake Ehamplain, at
Phi1ipsburg, Quebec. Henry Burke and
Annie scroggie, q teacher, while skating,
broke through the Ice, the latter being
saved. a blind man named Caderette and
two children, while crossing the bay, broke
through the ice, and all three were
drowned.
ON the 18th the wrecking tug Winslow
arrived at Port Huron, Mich, with the
passengers and captain Of the steamer
Oconto, aground and frozen in near Chari-
BY island. The tug was unable to get
within three miles. OF the propeller on ac-
count of the ice. Two men were left on
board with the horses and cattle. It IL
thought that ethe boat will so TO pieces.
An attempt will be made TO take OF the
cargo on the Ice.
FIRE destroyed property to the value Of
S75 600 at st. Johnsburys VT, on the 18th.
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