St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-05

AT rough estimate the losses by the
cyclone at Charleston, s. c., on the 18th,
will aggregate over 100000. The fol-
lowing are the damages sustained by pri-
yate persons and corporations: Wharf
property, $3.50, 900; private property,
$500, 900; cotton presses, $4,000; churches,
$4,000; city property. streets and parks,
$4,000; railroads, $4,000; Ashley River
bridge, $So,000; shipping, $150,OOO; lum-
Der mills, $4,000; miscellaneous, $1,000;
total, $1,033 900.
THE steamship VIM. Lawrence, from
Baltimore reached Savannah, Ga, on the
Goth, after losing overheard all the trunks
of the passengers and all the cargo be-
tween decks, part being swept away and
part being thrown over to tighten the ves-
sci. The second mate, Schauer, of Balti-
more was washed overbo GARD and lost. The
vessel had ten feet of water In her hold
and her fires out for twelve hours. The
loss financially is very heavy.
ON the 9th fire destroyed the Glen"
wood distillery at LawrencSburg. Ind.
On the 9th several militiamen were se-
verely wounded in a collision on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
at Corning, Ia.
ON the 27 b DR.. II. P. Lynch, of Sturges,
Oak, was murdered by Corporal Ross of
che United States Infantry, and the latter
was lynched by a mob.
On the 26th the fireworks factory at
Civita Vecchia, Italy, took fire, and was
DESTROYED. Ten bodies have been recov-
cred from the ruins.
WHILE boarding the Italian line steam
ship Archemide;at New York, on the 9th,
Saltwater Pietta, an alleged fugitive from
Cincinnati, was arrested on a charge of
having appropriated and fed with money
deposited with him by his countrymen.
ON the 9th an explosion of 1900 pounds
of nitro. glycerine at Roberts & Sons
factory at Bradford, Pa, completely
wrecked the building and shook houses
for miles around. Two employees were
thrown some distance, but miraculously
escaped with few slight bruises. The
loss will reach several thousand dollars.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in the
Post-office at Clinton, Ind. on the night
of the goth, and secured $500 in stamps
and money. There is no clew of the per-
petrators of the robbery, which was not
discovered until the next morning.
FIRE at Tallman. Mich, on the 18th,
destroyed Butler & PETERS saw mill, also
large lot of lumber and shingles.
A QUARTER of million dollars worth
of property was destroyed and 400 people
made idle by fire in London on the 28th.
Two policemen, named McNatt and
Grant, were murdered at Geneva, Ill, on
the night of the 9th. The deed is sup
posed to have been committed by burg
lars.
MARSHAL HENRY HOLLAND, while en-
deavoring to arrest counterfeit showers
at Cape May, N. j., on the 2Sth, was beat
en- into insensibility, and E. C. Merkley
and others who came to his assistance
were roughly handled.
IT is now learned that three pilot boats
and fourteen members of their crews were
lost off Beaufort, S. c., during the recent
cyclone.
THERE was a large crowd at Duluth,
Mimi, on the 28th to witness the hanging
of Waiseman, who murdered Farley last
spring and then burned the latter's shanty
to hide the crime. The execution took
place at three O'Clock. Only few peo-
pie were admitted to the in closure, chiefly
reporters and officials of neighboring
cou mites.