St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-10
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reau of Statistics, is preparing odifica-
tion of the laws governing his bureau,
with sundry amendments, for submiss ion
to the Secretary of the Treasury with a
view of obtaining the latter's recommend
at ion for enactment by Congress.
SECRETARY LAMAR was at the Interior
Department on the 30th, having nearly
recovered from his recent attack of hay
fever.
PRoF. ALEx. AaAssIZ has found it nec~
essary to decline the Office Of Superin-
tendent of the Coast Survey because of
the duties already resting upon him. This
decision is greatly regretted by the Press
ideut.
SECRETARY MANNING on the 30th dis
missed seven employees in the Registers
office, including FIVE clerks and two chiefs
of divisions, named Charles Neale and n.
B. Walker. It is said the vacancies will
not be filled.
A KANSAS farmer had an enemy and
offered Frank James 500 to kill him. He
was threatened with arrest but let off on
promise of not molesting his neighbor.
THE Central union of German manu-
!acturers have petitioned Prince Bis :
marck to inquire into the subject of biz
netaIism. The petition is the outcome of
Manton Marbles visit to Germany.
COMMISSIONERS GREGORY, of the Civil
Service Board, had long interview with
the President on the 30th, at which it is
understood arrangements for his retire.
ment were perfected.
PRoF. j. e. De LEON successfully per-
formed the feat on the 30th Of crossing
the Portage Gorge, at Portage, N. r, on
tight rope stretched go feet above the
rocky bed of the river directly above the
falls.
ARcHDEAcoN FARRAR was at Balti-
more, Md, on the Both, the guest of Pres
ident Gilman of John Hopkins University,
where he addressed the fellows and stu
dents the following day.
MISS HoNoRA /. HARDWOOD, daughter
of Rev DIR. Edward Harwood, rector of
Trinity Church, New Haven, Conn, has
created sensation in that city by elop-
ing with Mr.. Truman Hemingway on
the eve of her wedding with Mr.. Pruy-
en-, young millionaire of Albany, N. 7.
MIR. Hemingway inherited 100000 ayear
ago.
SIR ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, Earl of
1871.
ON the 1st Sir Michael Hicks Beach
made a notable political speech at Sails
bury, England
w. A. AND G. A. NrMoCKs, Of the Min
neapolis (Minn.) Journal, have purchased
The Detroit Mich Post.
WILLIAM PAGE, the we'll known painter
and formerly President of the New York
Academy OF Design, died at his home
near Tottenvilte, Staten Island, on the
night Of the Both,
On the LIST Mile. Emma Nevada was
married at Paris to DIR. Raymond Palmer
of Birmingham, England.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL has gone
to Dublin to confer on measures for the
suppression Of boy cotting.
The Gar of Russia has called confer
ence of the Governors of provinces to con-
slider the condition of the Empire.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, ex- Governor Of
South Carolina, was sentenced at Boston
on the 1st to three years imprts onment
in the State Prison for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
MISS ALICE B. JoRDIR, OF Coldwater,
Mich, a graduate Of the academic and
law departments of the University of
Michigan, entered the Yale law school
on the LIST. She is the first lady ever en-
tered in any department. of Yale outside
of the art school.
The firm of VIM. Heath g. Co, prom
inent in Wall street, New York, have
made an assignment
GENERAL BLACK, Commissioners of Pen !.
g. "A %o I
mira, ILL.,, on the 81, where he buried one
of his children
Tx King of Roumanfa proposes to re-
main strictly neutral.
GEORGE ARCHER, an old farmer Of La
donna, Tex, was confdenced out of $500
by stranger on the I'd.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is at Dub
lin Castle inquiring into the condition Of
Ireland and the wants of the people.
w. A. LoEGMIRE has sued the Missouri
Pacific Railroad for 5000 damages for
personal injuries in Texas.
On the I'd Charles r. Callahan g Co.
stock brokers of Kingston, N. Y, with
several branch bucket-shops throughout
She State, closed their doors.
BISMARCK is busy giving counsel to ths
Sultan. and it is expected the latter will
adopt a policy in harmony with the sug-
gestions.
WILLIAM A. WEST, of Oxford, Miss, has
accepted the position of chief Post-office
Inspector, and entered upon the discharge
of his duties on the I'd.
In his report on the fall of Khartoum,
Colonel Kitchener attributes the disaster
70 the starved condition Of the troops and
the deserbfon OF their posts by the native
contingents.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and members
az the Cabinet will attend the Virginia
state Fair, to be held at Richmond, Va,
IN the 22d inst, If the pressure of public