St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-16

ON the 9th several more bodies were rec
covered from the ruins of the buildings re-
Gently burned in Brooklyn.
In the case Of Richard Short, on trial
in New York for stabbing Captain Phe!an,
the verdict was mot guilty."
On the 9Th robbers shot Grant Brink,
| near Fifield, Ia, and, after ransacking his
house, fired it. Brink crawled out and Is
| stilIalive.
THE murderers of the King family, near
Hickman, XIV, have at last been found. A
| negro with several names has been ar
| rested, and made a confession.
On ths 9th the New York Central &
Hudson River Railway grain elevator at
West Sixty -second street, fell. The loss
is $40, 900. Nobody hurt.
| AT Jamestown, OAK, on the 9th, fire
destroyed the south half Of the block from
| the Grand Central Hotel to Sixth avenue.
Loss estimated at $50, 900; insurance light.
/ PATRICK HARTNET, the Cincinnati wife
| murderer, has again been sentenced to be
hanged.
| TIE ruins of the Brooklyn fire continued
to reveal new horrors to the searchers on
the 7th.
On the 18th three hotels and several cot
tages were destroyed by fire at Hampton
Beach, N. J.
On the 7th Francisco Caruso had the
body found in trunk at Pittsburgh, Pa,
exhumed and identified it as his brother.
The supposed murderer was arrested in
New York.
A DARING burglar entered Congressman
Bynum's house at Indianapolis, Ind, the
night of the 7th, and frightened Mrs. By
NUN nearly out of her wits.
HALF of the 5000 worth of diamonds
recently stolen from the carriage of Briggs
Swift in Cincinnati have been recovered.
A. A. H. KLEECAMP, the prince of swim
dlers, who has piled his vocation in all
quarters of The globe, is in custody in New
York, under the name of H. r. Lawrence.
He is Chicago citizen, and was once
book agent
On the 7th Charles Blanchard, aged if
ty, employed in KIady's Novelty Works,
at Big Rapids, Mich, was caught in the
shafting, and was almost pounded to
pieces. Both his legs were broken and his
ribs crushed. He was alive at last ac-
counts, but unconscious.
A LARGE break has occurred in the
Standard OIL Company's pipe line near
Shaefferstown, Pa, and hundreds Of bar
rels have escaped into Havana Creek. A
confagration is feared.
ANOTHER of the wounded quarrymen at
Lemonb, ILL.,, died on the 9Th.
MOSES CAToN was hanged at Morgan
field, KY, on the 8th. He killed his wife.
FIRE among Chicago lumber yards on
she sth destroyed nearly 81, SOC, coo worth
Of property.
DR.. ]. Il. MILLER, of Islip, L. l., made
desperate effort on the 9Th to murder his
wife, but failed.
THE jatler at Marshall, Tex. prevented a
jail-delivery on the 8th by fatally wound
ing one of his prisoners.
KLEEKAMP, alias Lawrence, the "prince
of swindlers," was sentenced in New York
on the Sth to eight and a-halfIyears in Sing
Sing.
HARVEY M. MUNsELL, one of the jurors
in the Short trial in New York, has been
arrested for contempt of court and per-
jury in connection with the case.
SIxTY-EIGHT people were killed by an
avalancheson the borders of Lake Van, in
Armenia, on the Sth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WEDNESDAY, the 9th, was Illinois Day
at the Worlds Fair. Rain interfered
with the attendance
COMPLAINT is made by the London
Times Of the reticence of the Government
regarding Afghan affairs.
THE battle between Colonel Otter's
force and the Indians in the Northwest
created intense excitement at Ottawa.
THE Spanish Minister Of the Interior
wanted to resign on account of the result
of the elections.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
called convention of representatives of
State Agricultural Colleges to meet at
Washington, D. c., June Gath.
A STAMPEDE has commenced toward the
newly discovered silver fields of the Rosa
Mountains, in Mexico, about the richness
of which wonderful stories are told.
THE directors of the st. Louis Merchants
Exchange have adopted new rule, to be
submitted to the members, the effect of
which is to deprive the bucket shops Of
market quotations.
ON the 9th the Treasury Department
purchased $4,000 ounces of silver for the
New Orleans an 4 Philadelphia minis.
ADMIRAL JoUETT telegraphed the Navy
Department. on the 9Th that everyth thing
was quiet on the Isthmus of Panama. He
said the Colon would sail from AspinwalI
for New York on the 7th, and would carry
one-haf of the marines sent to the 18TH
mus some weeks ago,
IN overhauling the Treasury vaults a
heavy, square box, wrapped in red tape
and securely bound, was found in an OUT
of-way nook of the vault and the key mis-
laid. A locksmith opened the box and was
found to contain bottle diamonds, bottle
pearls, bottle ottar roses and lump gold.
One of the older employees identified the
articles as presents to President Monroe