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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27

turkoman. The latter material is all
ready for hanging, and is textbook
ing and wear-foreVer fabric. In maxi
ing up the piece goods cheap silks will
dS for lining, but the edges will require
finish, beside a narrow fringe. The
fancy of the hour is 20 select a plain
silk plush and lay on it a panel OF
tapestry or impression cloth. Another
conceit is to use the embroidered bands
which are designed expressly for cur
tains. Again there is a growing de-
mand for some heavy foreign silk stuff,
which is elaborated with bands and
dado of plush or silk canvas, hand
painted. This latter work. called
illuminated colorng, is the work OF a
special artist who first designs the
curtain in miniature. These goods
referred to are the most fashionable in
the market, and the designs are the
latest but there are less expensive ma
terials which sell at twenty-five cents a
yard, can be made up tastily,' and re-
newed as often as the pattern becomes
tiresome.
It should have been stated before
LudG 1EtC0 iblG 4tCu OAASSSA31
without cover curtains, and tirst-class
house-furnishers refuse to hang them
alone. If soft drapery is desirable to
relieve the hard surface of the shade,
there are plenty of stuffs which will
finish off the room without the aid OF y
heavy pattern. Fine decorative effects
are being produced by the use of tapes
try. The material costs about $500
yard. These goods come in all colors,
There are some patterns which, under
strong light, show stained-glass e.
feet.
Where there is an ugly view to be
covered. the lower part of the window
may be made of stained glass, and a
thin silk gauze of bright color should
hang from the upper sash to meet
it. Chicago Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
OwatOnna.

Walter Chesley and Sam Tanner have
left for Pipestone City. j. H. Potter and
family and Jerry Fredenburg and wife will
depart for California next fall, with the in
tention Of making their permanent home
there. !. .Messrs. Burdic, Crane & Co. have
taken the contract to supply the Rochester
School Furniture company with school seat
castings. :. "A piekerel weighing nineteen
and one-half pounds was speared up the
river one night last week by Charlie Foster.
80. DR.. Morehouse contemplates building
three more stores adjoining his present bus
mess property on Broadway. They will be
of solid brick, three stories high and base
ment. +. l.. Bixby has again come into pos
session of the business property on Bridge
street now occupied by o. NJ. Hammond.
-. The second floor of the postoffice build
ing is being fitted up for offices. =. The
graduates of Minnesota academy, Gompris-
ing the class of's5 are as follows: Misses
Minnie Pillsbury, May Fowler, Mary
Bailey, Gertie Kimball, Melvina Jones, and
Messrs. Carl Bennett, Theodore Weber, G.
81. Mitchell, Alvin, Schuster, G. II. Chris
tianson, Al Reeves, Arthur Albertus and j.
D. Brown.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
PipestOne.

Court convened here yesterday, but as
there are only few cases and those civil
ones, Judge Perkins is having very easy
initiation into this part of the district. /. I. j.
B. Close came in from Chicago last night
with over forty landseekers, and as they
are class of farmers and not spectators,
Pipestone county will be benefited by their
actual settlement here. The first of three
five-mile bicycle races at the roller rink
Tuesday night for the silver badge and roll
Ter rink championship of Southwestern
Minnesota, between G. E. Hart and 81. i.
Wombacher, was won by the former by two
laps. Time, rs minutes. ;. The Simon
Mix post, G. A. r., in conjunction with
the post S. of V. and our public schools,
have arranged very fine program for Dec
grafton day. Rev. r. B. Abbott, presi-
dent of Albert Lea Female college, will
preach at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning. -. B. S. Clark, our pio-
neer jewelry man, has removed to his new
room in the postofice building, and now
has an elegant store.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
NIaUkafO.

Mr.. Cobb left yesterday to fill an engage
ment at Red Wing. He will return Oh Sat
urday, OH which night ssThe Blue and the
Gray will be repeated for the benefit of the
relief fund of Wilkins post. The commit
tee of arrangements for the closing exer-
cises OF the Normal have varied the usual
mode and issued one-third of the invitations
to their exercises in a foreign language. DO
we live in America, or no.? In the dis
trict court the case of McCracken VS.. The
City Of Mankato was given to the jury at
1880 yesterday. Indictments were found
and presented against John McDermot for
an assault with dangerous weapon. Ben
jamin Smith was appointed to defend him.
Against Anton Beach one for larceny on
the Milwaukee and the other on the North
western road. F. w. Muffs, Esq, was
chosen to defend him. A quietus was put
upon the proceedings at p. M, Thursday.
The case OF Harlin VS.. The Sheriff Of Blue
Earth County, was on, and when the jury
men were called only nine were found. The
inability OF the sheriff, being party to the
action, to summons a talesman made it nee
essary to telegraph to Coroner Paddock at
Eagle Lake to come to perform such duty.
-. .Heywood's Mastodons were at the
Grand last night.
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.
The following are the anniversary exer-
cises of the Normal:
Sunday, May 24-Annual sermon to
graduating class by Rev. &C. Pollock, in
the Presbyterian church, at 1890 a. m.
Monday, May 25 Public exercises of the
model school, In Normal hafl, p. m. Ad-
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
A JUDICIAL MURDER.


Philadelphia comes to the front again
with most singular story in her criminal
annals, from which it appears that JOHN
tHANLoN, who was hung in that city six
teen years ago for murder, was innocent,
and that the real murderer is still alive.
HANLoN's trial excited widespread interest
at the time, not only because of the most
revolving character of the crime with which
he stood charged, but because of the doubts
of his guilt, resulting from the infamous
character of the principal prosecuting wit
ness and the small thread of circumstantial
evidence which corroborated his statement.
MARY MoHRMAN, a little siX-year-old girl,
was enticed into dark cellar by a man and
there outraged and murdered. More than
a year after that JOHN HANLoN, barber,
was in the city prison, having been con-
victed of an attempt to outrage another
child. While in the prison another pris-
oner by the name of DUNN communicated
to the officials that HANLoN had made a
confession to him that he was the murderer
of little MARY MoHRMAN. Upon this
mans testimony, only supported by the fact
that HANLoN lived in the neighbOrhood Of
Mrs MoHRMAN, the widowed mother of the
murdered child, and the subsequent attempt
he had made to commit crime on another
child, the accused man was found guilty
and hung, although he protested his inno-
cence to the last moment. HANLoN was
defended by Mr.. BREWSTER, late attorney
general OF the United States, and by Mr.
O'NE1IL, then a distinguished criminal
lawyer at the Philadelphia bar, but who has
since died. After the trial the prosecuting
witness, DUNN, who testified that HAN
LON had confessed the crime to him, was
pardoned and discharged from his impris-
comment. He subsequently went to Canada
and was there hung for murder.
The Boston Herald and the Philadelphia
News have for several months past been
working up a case which has resulted in
the publication OF a confession made by
a criminal in Boston to companion in
crime that he was the murderer of MARY
MoHRMAN. In his confession the man
tells the story of the crime committed six
teen years ago with perfect accuracy of
detail. as the News has found out upon in
vestigation. He then goes on to say
that when HANLoN was placed in prison
he had induced the man Dunn to manu-
facture the story of HANLoNs confession.
and held out TO him the inducement for do
ing SO that he would secure pardon from
the state authorities.
This revelation will have tendency to
make jilries more cautious in the future in
bringing in verdicts of guilty against indi-
viduals charged with crime unless the evil
dence is clear and credible On the other
hand it will have the effect of delaying and
defeating the administration of justice where
it ought not to be checked. Still tits better
that ninety guilty persons should escape
than that one innocent person should suffer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
SECRETARY ENDICoTT,s. VISIT

SECRETARY ENDICOTT'S. VISIT.
Secretary ENDICoTT and friends will
have reason to remember the handsome re-
ception accorded them by st. Paurs gener-
GUS citizens, and, as one of the party ex-
pressed it, ''the picture of loveliness pre-
sented by this great city of marvellous
growth will never be effaced from their
memories" The secretary himself is en-
thu siastic in his expressions of delight over
the natural beauty, vast resources, and
rapid growth and development of this Won
derland, and expresses intense qualification
that he has been permitted to see with his
own eyes a country which exceeds the
fame that he had heard of it. Like a GER
tain other distinguished visitor, of the olden
time. he finds, as result of his visit, that
the half had not been told. Gen. DRUM
,says that the whole party will return home
Ito read the Arabian Nights with renewed
inter est, for they have seen in the North
west in reality that which was only pictured
in the oriental imagination. In making
this thorough inspection of the military
posts in the Northwest, the secretary of
war is not only deriving immense pleasure
and gaining useful knowledge of this great
country, but, like aman of sound, practical
business sense, he is acquainting himself
with his new duties at an early day in the
administration of his Office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
Vest on Newspapers.

ST. LOUIS, May Ex-senator Vest
arrived in the city yesterday and was soon
surrounded by score of gallant colonies.
A reporter was introduced and the senator
was evidently displeased at the presence Of
the reporter. 81 don't care to say anything
to newspaper mar" SAID he. ''D-n the
newspapers; I've got no use for them and
you needn't try to interview Idon't want
to appear in the newspapers, but, anyway,
don't care a d-n what they say. AS q
whole I've got no use for the newspapers,
d--n them, and wont talk to you. The
newspapers have been jumping ON me right
along and now, d-n them, let them make
the best Of it." An effort to elicit some
information about Washington affairs and
federal appointments only served to bring
out OF Senator Vest a forcible: s'D-n the
newspapers"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
Merry moments swiftly pass,
G@.,-vlOyr oD1 D6sllse,
Died by Order of God.

Special to the Globe.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 21.-The fast
of forty days entered upon the Sth inst. by
Samuel Mutt of Farmer City was termin-
ated this evening by death. He had lived
at Farmer City fifteen years, and by
trade was plasterer. Formerly he was a
dissipated man, but four years ago he ex-
perienced religion, and since then had been
considered a religious fanatic. He was very
illiterate, but wrote and had published many
ludicrous articles denouncing Ingersoll. AT
times he preached ON the streets and in
schoolhouses, greatly to the amusement of
his hearers. He imagined himself prophet
sent by God, his mission being in the in
terest of truth and reform. He published
small paper called Spirit of Truth.
Recently he imagined God wished him to
rival Tanner, and died after fasting thirteen
days. He was 50 years old, and leaves a
wife and four children. s
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
Death the penaItv for murder

DtAtn the E0m4lty ZOE N4uTOOIs
New York World. -
Till quite recently the question of capital
punishment was capital barometer Of pub
lie opinion on the subject in Minnesota The
legislation with regard to it seemed to make
hanging, like Greek in some colleges, entirely
optional. Thus in 1858 hanging was formally
abolished. but jury could add that penalty
to verdict of guilty of murder. In point of
fact there were no capital executions in the
state from 1868 to 1883, when the penalty was
restored, with the proviso that the court, in
exceptional cases, might impose imprisOn-
ment for life instead. And now the new
penal code, which goes into effect next year,
provides that murder in the first degree shall
be punished by death, and makes no excep-
tions whatever-that is. gives no option to
juries or courts. This should be more salts
factory to the public than the ''now you see
it and now you don't policy which heretofore
has prevailed, and the journals generally
throughout the state say there has been no
material opposition in any quarter to the res
toration of the death penalty for murder.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
Minnesofa Ifen,s.

Diphtheria is raging in the eastern part of
Sibley county.
The village of Waterville, according to
the census just taken, has a population
of $50.
Assessor Clark of Mankato estimates the
present population of that city at between
eight and nine thousand.
The Waseca Herald claims that fifty
new buildings have been constructed in that
place thus far this season.
Faribault has issued twenty-five liquor
licenses at $500 each, thus giving the city
a revenue from that source of 81, 1000.
A side track has been laid out on the w.
& St. P. r. R. five miles west of Lanber-
ton, by Chief Engineer Blunt, and a few
acres will be plated for new town, it is
said.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
East-BOund Passenger Rates.
Special to the Globe.

CHICAGO, May 21.-The adjourned meet
ing of the passenger agents of the Eastern
lines was held at Joint Agent Moore's Office
this afternoon and resulted in an agreement
to maintain the rate of $3.50 On all coupon
tickets sold, and to insist upon full tate to
Buffalo leaving the brokers to deal
as they please with cent-a-mile tickets east
Of that point, 1t was believed that this
would be better policy than to reduce the
rate to SIT, as that would subject the
western roads ito a loss of S1.5o upon every
through ticket sold. All of the Eastern
roads were represented with the exception
of the Chicago & Atlantic, which has
settled down to the policy of non-participa-
tion. 1t was also agreed that hereafter the
rule restricting general agents of steamship
lines from dividing their commissions with
country agents should apply to sub-agents
in Chicago, their exemption having afforded
a means of evading the spirit of the rule.
Any general agent found violating this rule
will be cut off from all privileges extended
by the committee.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22

A MERRY war has broken out in the First
Presbyterian church in Washington because
FRED DOUGLASS took pew in front OF Presi-
dent CLEVELAND. DR.. SUNDERLAND, the
pastor, insist that DOUGLASS shall hold his
place, while a majority of the congregation
say that if FRED doesn't get out the pastor
will be fired. President CLEVELAND and
DOUGLASS both agree to withdraw from the
church rather than produce breach, but
that doesn't settle the dispute between pastor
and people. The principle that politics and
religion should be kept separate is a correct
one, but Washington is a hard place to apply
it, Washington has a great deal of politics
and very little religion. m
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
FIRE AT MILES CITY,
Fierce Flames Sweep Away Many Fine
Buildings and Entail a Loss
Of $4,000.
John Griswold, a Farmer Of Garden City,
Fatally Gored by vi
aa cious Bull.
Lodge I. o. o. +. of
Dakota.
News from Various Points In the
Northwest Cleaned by Globe
Correspondents.
Destructive Fire.

OcStTuCtIVe tITCs
Special to the Globe
MILES CITY, May 21.-Fire broke out at
$50 tonight in the Merchants hotel, and
spread to the Cosmopolitan. 1t cleaned up
the northwest corner of Main and Park
streets and eastward to Sherburne's
fire wall. Sherburne's general merchandise
store may be saved The First National
bank is now on fire and the southwest cor
ner OF Main and Park streets is seriously
threatened. at
LATER The First National bank Twas
saved after about So, 600 damage was done.
Sherburnes was also saved but somewhat
damaged by heat and water. The Stock
Growers National bank gets off with slight
damage. Leighton, Jordan & Co.'s whole
sale store is safe. Below is very con-
servative estimate of the losses:
Merchants hotel, $1,000
Cosmopolitan hotel, no insurance, $1,000.
Judge Browns corner building, $4,000.
John Carter's restaurant, $4,000.
King & Wards saloon, SO, 500.
Wright Bros and DR.. Lebrecher, SIS, 900.
4. q. Richmond's jewelry store, 1000.
Durkee d Wilson's saloon. 81 900.
Sherburnes store, damage So, 600.
First National bank, insured, damage
So, 900.
A. E. Savage, drugs, damage 81, 900.
Stock Growers National bank, damage
$1,000.
James Coleman, ST, 600.
Capt John Smith, 81, 600.
Joseph Leighton's building, $4,000, in
sured for $4,000.
Edward Jones, saloon, 81, 900.
.. Gottlersch, saddlery, $500.
e. Gumpill, $500.
A. w: Sleeper's buildings, formerly
Broadwater Hubbell, SIS, 600.
Other small losses and damage to sur
rounding property will swell the loss easily
to 100000.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
The Rumor Ridicu1ed.

The rlmor that the Wisconsin Central's
new arrangement for taking east-bound
business, originating at st. Paul and Min
neapolis, will be apt to at least create a dis
turbance in the Northwestern Traffic asso-
citation, if not result in its utter demorai-
zation, is quite generally ridiculed by rail-
road men. Milwaukee & st. Paul officials
appear little concerned, stating that the
Central in handling Minneapolis and st.
Paul business runs it over its own line to
Amherst Junction, distance of 226 miles,
and from there to Green Bay over the Green
Bay, Winona & st. Paul road, making a
total rail haul of 2S6 miles before forming
connection with the local line. The lake
freight rate from Green Bay cannot
be expected to be any lower
than it is from Duluth or
WaShburn, via which points rail and lake
routes between ST. Paul and the Atlantic
seaboard have been in operation for years.
If in any way different, the east-bound rate
from Duluth should be less than from
Green Bay as there is much more west
bound freight that cab be secured by the
Duluth route. On east-bound business from
St. Paul via Duluth or Washburn the rail-
way lines ares allowed a 10-cent rate, the
distance being 155 miles to the first named
and 1SS miles to the second named point.
With this great difference as regards dis
tance, in addition to the less favorable con-
dition for the boat line operating at Green
Bay, it would certainly be expected that
the Central cannot handle freight over its
newly organized route at such rates as to
cause the Northwestern association any
great annoyance, should it be disposed to
dO S0
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
THE ADMINISTRATIONS 1NsU1rED

: The Young Mems Democratic club at
j iVicksburg met and resolved that they
viewed with alarm and regret the tardiness
of the administration in turning Republican
yoffce-holders out. Then for fear that the
1country4might not believe that these young
men had just ground for alarm and regret
the Republican clerks and office-holders at
Washington determined to give the people
a convincing arg ument In support of the
position taken by the Vicksburg Demo-
Gratis. When thenews of LoGAN's election
to the senate from Illinois reached them
they converted the treasury department
into Republican mass meeting. All they
lacked was a brass band and few torch
lights to make Plumed Knight club
marching in procession. There was not
only an utter disregard Of the proprieties
which should exist in government depart
ment and an absolute show of disreSpect to
the chief of that department, but the ex-
hibition was one of most indecent character
in every particular. Not satisfied with
this show of utter disregard for the COM
mon rules OF social and official etiquette
these same hoodlum clerks, in order to give
emphasis to their vulgarity, rolled a can
non around to the rear of the White house
and doomed forth their partisan rejoicings
in the ears of the Democratic president.
This proceeding has stripped these subor-
dinateS of all protection guaranteed to them
by the civil service law or tenure of office
act Their conduct is not only gross dis
play of partisanship, but it is partisanship
of the most offensive kind coupled with
disregard of all the amenities of official life.
If such conduct can be tolerated by the
president with any degree of patience, then
the country will be ready to agree with the
young Democracy of Vicksburg that there
is good reason to be alarmed because of
executive tardiness in turning the rascals
out and filling their places with individuals
who at least have some knowledge of the
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
Feeling Anxious.

buque & Dakota Railroad company for the
construction of fifty miles of new road,
which by joining the new line of the Min
nesota u Northwestern will parallel the
Illinois Central system, has aroused the in
terest of some of the stockholders of the
last named system. 1t is claimed that the
proposed extension of the Dubuque road
will hurt the business of the Iowa division
of the Illinois Central. Figures are cited
to show recent steady decrease in the
earnings of the Dubuque & Sioux City road
and the Cedar Falls & Minnesota railroad,
which are leased to the Illinois Central.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
MINNESOTA.
Arrest of a Forger.

Duluth Tribune: Last June Ole Oleson
went from this city to Canada for a long
stay, but before he started he left a certi-
ficate of deposit on the Duluth National
bank for 5000 with Andrew Rindall for safe
keeping. In November, Rindall, thinking
Oleson would not return, forged his name
to the certificate and drew the money.
Oleson came back this spring and of course
wanted his certificate, and the result was
that Rindall was arrested, charged with
forgery. He admitted before Judge Mar
tin yesterday that he indorsed Oleson's
name to the certificate, but doesn't seem to
be impressed with the idea that he was
doing wrong, saying that he wanted to use
the money and will nay it back next week.
He was released on his own recognizance in
the sum of $500.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-22
WinOna.


Mrs. w. III. Yale and son left on Monday
evening for the East, on visit to relatives.
-. Miss Mitche II of the normal school de-
parted yesterday for New York. :. ). The
Republican tells of an interesting trial of
telegraphic skill which took place on a
light wager in the Western Union Office in
this city on Monday. Mr.. Charles Thornton
laid down the wager that he could receive
with a type writer for ten minutes as fast
as Mr.. H. B. Thornton could send. The type
writer won, Mr.. Charles taking at the rate
of forty-one words a minute. The Chi
cago & Northwestern railway are carrying
contributions to the relief of the citizens of
Utica free of charge. All consignments
should be referred to Mrs. Thomas Simpson,
chairman of the relief committee. :. Mrs.
M. B. Webber took the afternoon train for
HillSdale, Mich