St. Landry democrat., 1885-12-12
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Naelss from Eyery.NInere.
PERSONAL Ann PoLITIcA1.

died recently at San Francisco, Cal, after
some small requests to friends and char
table institutions leaves his widow one
third of the interest derived from the in-
vested property and the homestead. The
residue is devised to his son Mervya Dom
ahue and daughter Baroness Won Schroe-
der. The estate is valued at $4,000, 600.
The Servian General Lechanine has
raised the siege Of Widdin after fruit
less but sanguinary assault, in consequence
of which he was obliged to retire with
heavy loss. His troops are quite dishearta
ened.
JAMES F. D. CRANE, County Clerk of
Westchester County, N. Y, has become
financially involved and has fed. Every
thing is straight at his Office. His indebt-
edness is over $4,000.
AT meeting on the 1st the Civil Service
Reform League of Philadelphia, Pa, passed
resolutions instructing it's executive COM
mittee to prepare bill for introduction in
Congress making it a misdemeanor for any
member of Congress to solicit the appoint
ment of any one to public Office. Copies of
the resolution will be sent to every Con-
gresham. @
ON the 1st Anthony Comstock caused
the arrest Of Richard Rowe, in New York,
on charge of using the mails for sending
out circulars Offering to sell counterfeit
money. Rowe is said to be an extremely
clever confidence man with about seventy
aliases and as many addresses scattered
over the city from the Battery TO Harlem
River.
On the I'd King Milan of Seryia attended
q council Of war at Nissa.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has refused the pro-
position of the Seryians to prolong the ar
mistice to February.
KING THEEBAW Of Burmah has supren-
dered personally to the hand is being
taken to Rangoon.
KING ALFONSO died heavily in debt, his
expenses for several years having exceed
ed his allowance.
ON the I'd the tide in the English cleo
lions turned in favor of the Liberals and
they gained number of seats.
HENRY j. TERRY succeeds Mr.. Phelps,
now Minister to England, as Professor of
Municipal and international Law at Yale.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed
Albert A. Wilson, of Washington, to be
United States Marshal for the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Wilson is President of the
Firemen's Insurance Company, Vice.
President of the Metropolitan Railway
Company of Washington and director of
the National Bank of the Republic.
On the I'd the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia met in regular biennial session. Both
Houses were organized by the reelection
of the old officers.
NEWS has been received at San Fran
cisco announcing the death Of Clarence
Whistler, the champion Greco-Roman
wrestler, known as the 'sKansas Cyclone, !"
at Melbourne, Australia.
GENERAL HERvATovIToH has been ap-
pointed commander Of the Servian army.
KING THEEBAw OF Burmah claims that
his ministers deceived him. He now says
he Is willing to abdieate.
WILLIAM ALDRICH, of Milwaukee, Wis,
ex-member Of Congress, died Of apoplexy
at Fon du Lac on the Sd.
ON the Sd, III speech at Glasgow, Earl
Roseberry predicted that the coming Par
lament would be short-lived one.
THE late Vice. President Hendricks will
has been probated. He leaves all his real
and personal property to his wife.
ON the 3D. Joseph Pulitzer, editor Of the
new forK Wo't0, was :. arTesseo AZ ohe SUN
OF mayor srace OF New ORR, charging
him with libel in accusing him (Grace1 Of
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