St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

OPELOUSASs dJololnNn'
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
THE Fourth of July was celebrated in a
fitting manner by the American colony in
Mexico.
THE ninth biennial convention of Ameri-
ran instructors of the blind began its ses-
sions at New York on the 9th.
DR.. VALENTINE MOTT, of the American
Pasteur Institute, has inoculated his first
patient to prevent hydrophobia.
1T is reported that King Otto of Bavaria
is developing wilder mania than hereto
fore and his early death is anticipated.
The London Times rejoices because
John Bright remains firm and uncom-
promising in opposition to Gladstone's
IRISH sch enc.
UP to the evening of the It'll the British
Sl6CIlOnS udu FGSulbou 1OI1o"o. AoAiSS
elected, 240; Unionists, At; Liberals, 1l9;
Parnellites, 50.
In the case of the four Milwaukee An
archists the jury found them guilty of con-
spring to burn the courthouse and of in
citing mobs to riot. ......
DR.. O'REILLY, treasurer of the National
League, had forwarded 100000 in the ten
days ended the 9th to the trustees of the
parliamentary fund at London.
The Polish National Alliance of the
United States met. in sixth annual conven-
tion at Bay City, Mich, on the 9th, with
over one hundred delegates present.
THE Washington gossip mongers are
putting Garland out Of the Cabinet again.
They say now that ex-senator Mcdonald
will succeed Garland and not Manning.
THE London Daily Ne,os says the clos
ing by Russia of the port of Batoum is a
gross breach of faith, and that England
ought not to condone or recognize this ac-
tion.
THE two hundred coal-miners employed
at Rend's mine, at Mcdonald, Pa, struck
on the eth for an advance of two cents
per ton in the mining rate. The mines are
closed.
THE South American exhibition will
open at Berlin in September. The Agen-
tine Republic will exhibit farm products;
Uruguay, meat extracts, and Brazil, woods
and coffee.
THE Tammany Society of New York lis
tened to speeches by Senator Vance, Con-
gresham Randall, J. Randolph Tucker
and others on the anniversary of indie
pendence Day.
THE Servian peasantry refuse to pay
their taxes, ill treat the collector, and are
rioting generally. King Milan is roundly
denounced, as a result of the disastrous
Bulgarian campaign.
THE President sent in twenty one more
vetoes of House pension bills on the 9th.
This makes record of 100 vetoes by Pres
ident Cleveland, thus equaling the veto
record of all his predecessors.
THE cholera returns in Italy on the 9th,
were as follows: Brindisi II new cases,
deaths: Francvilla and Fontana 50 cases,
90 U6abuSs LhblaHO 10 C6ScSS ~ 0OuUuos
One case is reported at Venice.
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THE Marine Hospital Bureau has re-
ceived information through the State De-
partment that six deaths from cholera oc-
Cured at Dune and four cases and two
deaths at Fiume, Austria, on the Cd.
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THE total number Of persons who emil
TOD from Ton N |
May, both inclusive, is ,33,977. This is
large decrease, as compared with the fig
ures for the corresponding period of 1886.
A SEVERE shock of earthq uake was felt |
ut Malaga, Spain, on the It'll. The heat
in Madrid was SO overpowering that the
Cortes was compelled to adjourn before
reaching vote on the budget estimates.
THE New York daily Commercial Bulle-
tin Of July estimates the loss by fire in
June in the United States and Canada at
$9,750,0O0, an amount fifty per cent. greater
than the average loss in June for many
years.
THE President has approved the Diplo-
matte and Consular Appropriation bill and
the act authorizing the Denison & Wash
tia Valley Railway Company to construct
and operate railway through the Indian
Territory.
TIE cholera returns from Italy on the
9TH are as follows: Venice, 2 new cases,
death; Brindisi, 1s9 new cases, Il death
Latiano, 70 new cases, 26 deaths; San Vito,
SO new cases, deaths; Fontana, 76 new
cases, "a deaths.
The entire hamlet of Romeo, Wis,
burned ON the It'll, including the saw-mill,
planning mill, 100000 feet of lum Der,