St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,


met in DesMoincs, Ia, on the 10Th to dis
| cusS railroad matters.
FINLEY HOKE, the Peoria Gll) bank de-
| faulter, will, his attorney thinks, not be
extradited by the Canadian authorities.
| CHARLRs HOFFERBIRTH's saW-mill at
| Evansville, Ind, was wrecked by q boiler
| explosion, on the 14th, and Frank Poplin
was killed, several others being wounded.
| IT is officially announced that Rev. B. j.
| McManus, rector of St. Johns Church in
Baltimore. Nd, has been made u mon
signor by His Holiness, Leo XIII.
The principals in the celebrated Robin
son poisoning case Sarah Robinson, Dr.
G. G. Beers and Thomas r. Smith, were
arraigned at Cambridge, Mass, on the
| 18th. The indictments were two in num-
| ber-one for the alleged murder of VIM. j.
| Robinson, and the other for the alleged
murder of Lizzie Robinson.
| SCHWARTZ, the brakeman who is sus-
| peCtcd of knowing something about the
| great Rock Island train robbery, was held
| to the Chicago Criminal Court on the
| 18th in bond of $4,000 on a charge of big
amy. He asserts that the railroad com
pany Is pushing the charge Of bigamy
| against him in order to keep him in GUS
| tody
nish bond for his good behavior in future,
| or go to prison for six months.
WALL street, New York, was the scene
of an exciting financial panic on the 18th,
| being the result Of combined bear attack
on the stock market. Marks q Co., bank
ers and brokers, succumbed, with liabil
tiles stated at over 100000.
MONTREAL advices of the 18th announced
that S. Finley Hoke, the defaultng book
keeper of the Merchants National Bank of
Peoria, Ill, had been remandcd for cy
tradition.
THE overdue steamship Alaska arrived
at New York Oh the 18th.
CONGRESSMAN REED, of North Carolina,
is now said to have secured $4,000 by va
rious questionable methods previous to
taking his alleged trip to Canada.
IT is stated that joint commission will
soon be appointed to define the boundary
between Alaska and the British posses
siOns.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 18th
inst. stated that the President had prom
ised his influence to secure the votes nee
essary to assure the calling up Of Mr.. Nor
risOn's Tariff bill in the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
THE Democratic members of the Indiana
Legislature are considering the advisa
bility Of resigning in a body, if such ac-
ton shall be deemed necessary in order to
defeat Republican success. The younger
members are understood to oppose the
plan.
TIE seed store and agricultural ware
house of j. W. Mccullough q Co, at Gin
cinnati, was damaged to the extent OF
$4,000 by fire on the 18th.
NAryTr<c at he En- st arc f
ly exercised over the secrecy maintained
in building the Scotch yacht Thistle, on
the Clyde, which is said to be the next
competitor from the other side for the
Americas cup.
"BoODLER" MCQUADE, the New York
alderman on trial for bribery, was found
guilty on the 18th on the first ballot.
NJ n DRoz has been elected President
of Switzerland.
REV. a. S. CIRCUIT. a Baptist minister,
lost his life in hotel fire at Pipe Stone,
Mimi, on the 18th.
A CONVENTION of railway commissioners
of various Western States began its ses-
sion at Des MOines, Ia, on the 18th.
FOLLOWING the lead of the Eas tern coal
monopolists, the Illinois operators have
taken advantage of temporary short
supply to advance the price of soft coal
twenty cents per ton at the mines.
AN examination of election frauds is
going on before the United States Com
missioner at indianapolis.
SERIOUS dissensions have arisen in the
3 ritish Cabinet in regard to the enforce
ment of coercion in Ireland.
THE third annual convention of the In
ternationa Association of Fairs and Elk
positions began it's sessions at Chicago on
the 18th.
PATTI seats at the City of Mexico sold
enormously in spite of the recent sWindle,
and at large prices.
AN organized band of colored thieves
and murderers has been discovered in
York County, S. c., and twenty-six ar
rests have been made.
FAIR women, bot coffee and sandwiches,
and the prayers Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union carried the day for
prohibition in Worcester, Mass.
THE walls of building in process of
demolition on the site of the proposed new
Congressional Library building in Wash
ingtan fell on the 18TH precipitating sew
grail workmen to the basement, all of
whom were more or less seriously injured
by the falling debris.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has subscribed $1,000
to the fund for the relief of the widows
and orphans of the life-saving men of
Southport, England, who lost their lives
by the upsetting of their boats while en-
gagged in relief work during the recent
storm.
VIM. DAILY, reported lost among the vic
tins of the Mississippi steamer J. NJ. |
White disaster, is supposed to be ex-
United States Marshal Daily, of Nebraska, |
his home being at Peru, Neb. He left |
home recently for Southern trip. He |
was prominent politician, farmer and |
cattle-raiser.
The will Of the late Richard Perkins, of |
Boston, provides for requests to educa-
tiOnal and charitable institutions of S231-