St. Landry democrat., 1886-04-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
MeWs from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


lowed him to be lynched, has been ar
rested, charged with manslaughter.
THE wife of Harry Conrad, prominent
farmer of Columbia Township. Dubois
County, Ind, gave birth day or two ago
to four living childrsn, each well devel-
oped and of medium Size. One died three
days after birth, the others few hours
after.
GENERAL BOOTH Of the Salvation Army
has arrived at San Francisco from Aus
tfalia.
Ex-PREsIDENr ARTHUR declines re-elec-
ton to the position of president of the
Grant Monument Association.
THE Russian press censures Prince Alex
ander for what they call contempt of the
powers.
STEINITz won the chess game at New Or
leans on the oath, leaving only one more to
win to secure the championship.
THE man killed in the railway wreck
near Atlanta, Ca, some time since, has
been fully identified as James P. Weaver,
of indianapolis.
QUEEN VICTORIA assisted at the laying
of the cornerstone Of the examination hall
of the College of Surgeons, London, on the
oath.
THE Emperor of G ermany publicly thanks
the people for their manifestation of affec-
ton on the occasion of his birthday ami
versary.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria refuses
to accede to Russia's desire to have five
year limit placed on his title as Governor
of Eastern Roumelia.
OWING to quarrel between Lord Ran
dolph Churchill and William Henry Smith,
the latter will, it is said, withdraw from
the Conservative party unless Churchill
apologies.
On the oath ex-senator Bruce and ex-
Congressman Lynch, of Mississippi, called
on the President and appealed to him Cor
moral support in suppressing outrages
upon colored people in the South. The
President promised to comply with their re-
quest.
INSTRUCTIONS have been issued by the
acting Secretary of War to the command
ing officer at Jackson Barracks, New Or
leans, to show ali proper courtesies to the
young Brazilian Prince who is shortly ex-
pected to arrive at that port.
Ex-JUsTIcE WARD HUNT died at Wash
ington on the oath.
PRIVATE reports about Secretary Man
ming represents his condition as the occa
sion of much more serious apprehension
than the regular press announcements in
dictate. There seems no doubt that his
trouble is apoplectic.
SECRETARY LAMAR has rendered de-
cision in the case of the Atlantic & Pa
cific Railroad Company, in which he holds
that it has NO legal claim to the land along
the line of the road from San Bueneven-
tura, on the Pacific ocean, in California, to
San Francisco.
CHARLES Brown, the crank, who threw
a petition into Queen Victoria's carriage,
has been released by royal command.
On the 25th Gustave MERCER, the de-
faulting bank clerk and forger from Mon
treal. was arrested in New York.
TIE United Ireland predicts that fail.
ure of Mr.. Gladstone to carry his Irish
measures would be followed by horrible
and ong-suppressed civil war.
BIZ reason of sudden cold Mr.. Glad
stone was unable to appear in the House
of Commons on the 25th, consequently his
Irish policy will not be announced until
April g.
Anh SOuhLCoS Oo Suau1UOTu 20 Uc64s III
is stated in royal circles that the countess
has disinherited the French princes of the
family, leaving her fortune to Austrian
relatives, and that the former win there
fore not attend the funeral.
On the 25th duel was fought on the
field of Waterloo in Belgium between
Mime. Valsayre, q French woman, and
Miss Shelby, an American. Both are
medical students, and quarreled as to
the merits Of French and American doc
tresses. Miss Shelby was slightly wound
ed in the arm, and her adversary declared
herself satisfied.
A. P. MArTHEwsoN, the defaulting bank
president of Norfolk, Neb., is said to be in
Canada. His affairs are in bad condition,
though in all his speculations he protected
his bank.
HENRY SINGER, formerly Of st. Louis
Mo-, has been adjudged insane at San An
tonic, Tex.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's announcement in the
House of Commons on the 2Sth that his
statement to be made April would take
the form of an introduction to bill for the
future government of Ireland, created q
sensation.
ON the morning of the 26th Mrs. Della 8.
Parneli had relapse and it was thought
she would die, but during the afternoon
she had a change for the better, and at
last account it was thought she would re-
cover.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the 23d three persons were badly
scalded by boiler explosion ut Hoyt's
single mill, near Tionesta, Pa.
N. 8. BATES quarreled with his wife ct
Hagersville, Wayne County, nd, on the
23d, and killed her with a pocket-knife.