St. Landry democrat., 1886-04-24
SEVERAL small children near Coal Bluff,

SEVERAL small children near Coal Bluff,
Ind, were poisoned on the 14th by eating
wild parsnips. A five-year-old daughter
of j. H. White died soon after reaching
home. The other children will recover.
ISAAC RODGERS, clerk in the employ OF
firm of clock manufacturers in Phlladel-
phia, was arrested on the 14th, charged
with the embezzlement of upward of $780,
900 belonging to the First National Bank
of Chester, Pa, while employed as clerk
of the bank. Rodg ers fed to Europe two
years ago, and returned home some time
since, and, after short stay in Chester,
removed to Philadelphia.
NINE persons were killed on the 18th by
the collapse of a mansion at Ajacclo, the
capital of Corsica.
A REVISED list of the casualties from the
terrible cyclones in Minnesota on the l4th
show that fifteen persons were killed and
twenty EIGHT injured at st. Cloud; thlr-
teen killed at Rice's Station, and twenty
four killed and sixty-one injured at Sank
Rapids.
A VERDICT of suicide while insane was
rendered in the case of the Earl of Shaftes-
bury.
MISS AMELIA MoRosINI, daughter of Jay
Gould's old partner, and youngest sister OF
Mrs. Victoria Schelling- Huelskamp, was
bitten by a rabid dog on the 18th.
THE steamer Africa burned at her dock
at Owen Sound, Ont, on the 10th. The
vessel was fully insured. The dry docks
and other property had a narrow escape.
A CLERK in commercial house at VAL
paraiso, Chilli, has absconded with $4,000
AT Cedar Rapids, Ia, George Foust has
been indicted for killing his brother.
On the 10th Charles Robinson, colored,
was hanged at Newcastle, Del, for an out
rage committed on white woman.
OK the 10th the mills of the Waycross
Lumber Company at Waltertown, Ga,
burned. The loss is estimated at Slo0,0Oo;
insurance, SIS 900. Four hundred persons
are thrown out of employment.
ALLEN J. ADAMS was executed at North
ampton, Mass, on the 16th for the murder
in 1875 of his employer, Moses Dickinson.
On the 10th DIR. Thos. S. Taylor, a
wealthy resident of Merrick, L. l., former
ly of Texas. was amusing himself by shoot
ing bottles from the head of his coach
man, Thaddeus Gritman, who had abund-
ant confidence in his employers skill.
After knocking off six bottles tomato
can was substituted, and on shooting at
that Gritman received the ball in his brain,
killing him instantly.
CASHIER ROBINSON, of the First National
Bank of Angelica, N. Y, is defaulter to
the amount of $4,000, and has fed to Can
ada. He had held his position for twenty
five years, but recently had allowed him.
self to be drawn into wheat speculation.
The directors say depositors will be paid
in full.
On the 10th reports of disastrous storm
were received from Dakota. No partic-
ulars were received, but it was understood
that large numbers of cattle were killed.
The storm is not classed as cyclone, but
the wind was so terrific as to cut down
massive trees, and for over five miles tim
Der along the river bank was leveled. The
storm was located $50 miles northwest of
Bismarck.
In the case of McMullin VS.. the Penn
Bank directors, at Pittsburgh, Pa, the
jury found for plaintiff in the sum of
S24. 623.41. This was in an action in deceit,
plaintiff claiming $4,000, because the d.
rectors had induced him to leave his money
in the bank when they knew it was in
co1vent