St. Landry democrat., 1886-10-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

at Cedar Rapids, Ia, ON the 4th. Wynn
was apparently drowned in three feet of
| water. No reasonable cause is assigned
| for the act
GENERAL KAULBARS has notified the
| Bulgarian Government that Russia would
not consider elections to the SobranJe
legal.
THE nocturnal pageant of the 'Nelled
Prophet" in ST Louis on the night of the
| 9Th was one of unusual interest and splen-
DOR Illustrating scenes in the history OF
America from it's discovery to the revo-
| lutionary period in series of magnificent
floats. The "Veiled Prophets" ball at the
Chamber of Commerce, which followed,
was a brilliant and successful affair.
THE Democrats of the Sixth Congress
sional District of Kentucky renominated
by acclamation Hon. John G. Carlisle.
VITAL statistics of Vienna for the wear
1885 make a very unfavorable showing.
There was large increase in the number
of deaths, while there was marked de-
crease in the number Of births. There was
also large decrease in the number of
marriages.
IT is thought at the office of the Anchor
Line Company in New York that the
steamer Anchoria, which should have
been in port on September 80, has broken
her shaft, as the Devonia Of the same line
arrived on the 9TH, and reports heavy
w ca Their outside.
IN a recent interview, Hugh Sutherland,
NJ. P, President Of the Hudson Bay Rail-
way Company, said he had fully COM
pleted arrangements in ngland for build
ing the entire line, and work would begin
on the eth, with the intention of finishing
forty to sixty miles this season.
No official confirmation of the report
that a new Apache raid is in progress has
been received at the War Departm ent,
but the report is not considere improba-
BILE. Mangus, who is said to be at the
head of the party, was lost sight ofby the
troo ps about year ago.
The first steps toward improving navi-
cation of the Vancouver and British Co
lumbar coast will be taken shortly. The
Dominion Government authorized the
construction of beacons or lighthouses
on Sidney Island bar and Zero Rock.
This work, when completed, will render
| navigation of the straits between Van
cover Island and the mainland an easy
task.
TIE famous Goethe library, which was
the property of the late Solomon Hirzel, a
Swiss scholar, will be sold at auction at
Leipsig, the sale beginning on October %.
This is said to be the finest collection of
Goethe's works that has ever been auc-
toned.
ARCH DEACON CAvANAGH. parish priest
of Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland, and
formerly President of st. Patrick's Col
lege at Carlow, was instantly killed on
the 9th, while celebrating mass at his own
| altar, by portions of it falling on him.
RETURNS from 100 towns in Connec ticut
give the Republicans "a towns, the Demo-
81, divided Is. The same towns last year
stood: Republicans, 40; Democrats, "a;
divided, II. Net Republican gains, five
| towns.
| THE Michigan Democrats and Green
hackers, in joint convention at Flint, on
the o5th, nominated John E. Fedewa,
Democrat, for Governor on the forty
fourth ballot.
BOTH the Catholic and Orange news
papers of Belfast denounce the way JUS
tice Day has acted toward the barristers
engaged in the riot investigation. A
deputation of Belfast citizens has been or
ganized to wait upon Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and
M axe formal complaint against the JUS
! tice.
In the United States Circuit Court in
Philadelphia on the 9Th the application for
the dismissal Of the Robinson Reading
Railroad foreclosure suit was denied and
| argument proceeded with. The Court ap-
| pointed Austin Corbin as the third Read
ing receiver.
"EzRA Fl. KING" an Indi ana lunatic,
| for whom officers from Wabash have been
searching for some time, was taken into
custody at Hudson, N. Y, on the 5th, and
held to await the arrival of the officers de-
| tailed to convey him home. His name is
Frank Ezra Stevens, and he revealed his
| identity through postal card sent to the
| Register.
THE London NeUs says: "Since Lord
Randolph Churchill has determined to
shuttle along in Mr.. Gladstone's shoes we
| shall not offer factious opposition to his
progress"
FRANKFORT, KY, celebrated her centen-
NAL anniversary on the 9Th.
THE Society Of Arizona Pioneers have
passed resolutions Endorsing General
Miles.
The Utah Commission has made its an
nuaI report, devoted principally to the
Mormons.
The Russian agency at Sofa denies that
General Kahlbars has been recalled by the
Gar
ACCORDING to the best obtainable
authority Attorney General Garland will
remain in the Cabinet.
The Sect, Russian military organ. ad-
vises Russia to avoid harsh measures to-
ward Bulgaria.