St. Landry democrat., 1885-08-29
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERsONAL AND PoLITICAL,

daur's backer, says there is no truth in
the reported arrangement Of q race be-
tween Gaudaur and Teemer.
On the 10Th the Gar celebrated the
fifty-fifth anniversary of the birth of the
Emperor Of Austria by grand banquet.
THE resignation of W. II. Fl. Llewellyn,
Indian agent Of the Mescalero agency in
New Mexico, has been accepted to take
effect October 10th.
COMMISSIONERS UPsHUR of the Indian
Bureau has awarded the contract for fur
nishing 225. 900 pounds of beef and 11O, 900
pounds OF -four to the Northern Cheyenne
Indians to Thomas G. Powell, of Chicago,
the former at $3.46 and the latter at ST. 10
per hundred pounds.
EDWARD MoRRIssY, now of st. Louis,
formerly of Hyde, Cheshire, England,
says the man now in jail in st. Louis for
the Preller murder is Hugh NJ. Brooks,
whom he knew in the old country.
ELIAS DoTY announces himself as
Greenback candidate for Governor of
Iowa.
MINISTER PHELPS is reported i'll at
London.
ADMIRAL CouRBET's remains will be
landed at Brest.
GOVERNOR HoADLY and Lieutenant
Governor Warwick were renominated by
acclamation by the Ohio Democrats on the
20th.
On the goth Annie McKeen, daughter of
eloped from her home in Terre Haute, Ind,
with her fathers horse trainer, V. L.
Shuler. They were married at Evans
Vile
The Queen and Prince of Wales started
on the 2Ist for Norway.
GOVERNOR HoADLY Of Ohio has ap-
pointed Hon. Gibson Atherbon to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme bench of the
State made vacant by the death of Judge
John W. Okey.
PARNELL has called conference on the
25th inst. of the Irish Parliamentary par
ty.
KING ALPHoNso is in high dudgeon
against Germany. He has resigned the
honorary Colonelcy of Uhlan regiment.
A STORY is current that Mr.. Kelly, who
was not received as representive of this
country to Austria, is to be made District
Attorney for the District Of Richmond,
Va, or be given the position of Governor
of one of the Territories.
THE Acting Secretary Of the Treasury
gave an audience on the Goth to number
of safe, lock and vault companies in re-
gard to the award of a Icontract in their
line by the Department during the pres
emit year. Only two companies put in
bids.
On the Goth Acting Secretary Fairchild
telegraphed to Mr.. Brooks, the newly ap-
pointed Ass stant Treasurer at San Fran
cisco to take possession Of the SUBJ Treas
ury there at once.
PHYSICIANS advised Emperor William
not to attend the recent unveiling cere-
mony at Potsdam on account of the in
clemency of the weather. The Emperor
replied that a King unable to 60 to his
soldiers to fulfill his duties ought to re-
sign. The rumor that the Emperor caught
cold is not true.
CARDINAL GUIBERT, Archbishop OF
Paris was said to be dying on the goth.
He had been unconscious since the day
previous,
Ex-CoNGREssMAN d. ]. MoRRELL, of
Pennsylvania, died at Pitts gh on the
Doth. He was General Manager of the
Columbia Iron Company.
In the double-scull race on the Goth, at
Pleasure Island, N. Y, between Hosmer
and Gaudaur and Courtney and Con1ey
the latter pair were winners in 1857 1-2,
beating the former record, which was
1850.
The reported illness of President Cleve-
land is contradicted.
Mr.. TAFT, ex- United States Minister to
Russia. passed through London on the 21st,
on his way home.
Mr.. HENDRICKS and wife wsre tender
ed reception at Waukesha, Wis, on the
21st.
AT banquet to Catholic Bishop at
Belfast on the 21st, the usual toast to the
Queen was ignored.
The Marquis de Mores has been indict-
ed at Mandan, Oak, for murder.
The French Government has ordered
that the most minute inquiries be made
into the circumstances OF the death of
Oliver Pain. The result will influence
Frances attitude toward England
SECRETARY OF STATE BAYARD has re-
ceived from the Consul General at Mont
real statement of the number Of deaths
from small -pox in that city since April
1st last as follows: April, 6; May, 13;
June, 46; first two weeks of August, 3d.
On May 18th eighteen houses in Montreal
contained small -pox placards.
KING ALFONSO has instructed the Span
ish Ambassador at London to proceed to
Berlin and entreat Emperor William to
delay the occupation of the Caroline Is
lands. He fears that he will be deposed
by his subjects.
THE Secretary of State has, at the re-
quest of the acting Secretary of the Treas
ury, applied to the President of Mexico
for the extradition of Aufdemorte, who is
charged with forgery and with embeS-
yliug funds from the New Orleans sub