St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-02-20
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Southern district of New York TO succeed
Mr. Dorshelmer.
ON the morning of the 10th John J..
Grouse, mayor of Syracuse, N. Y, in 1876,
was found dead in bed. Heart disease was
she cause of his death.
d. A DISPATCH from Rome received at New
York by Archbishop Corrigan on the 10th
announced that Archbishop Gibbons Of
Baltimore will be created cardinal at the
coming consistory.
THE Marquis of Lorne has accepted the
position of honorary Commissioners for Can
ada at the coming colonial Exhibition and
also the presidency of the Canadian COM
mission.
AT the meeting of Ohio Commandery of
che Loyal Legion at Cincinnati on the 10th,
Generals Sherman and Lew Wallace were
admitted to membership.
OSCAR T. BURNETT, for many years a
prominent druggist of Evansville, Ind,
died on the 10th, after long illness, of
paralysis. He was born in Rockport in
1850, and leaves wife and one child. He
was prominent member of the Knights
of Pythias order.
In the parliamentary contest at Gal
way, Ireland, on the 18th, Mr.. O'Shea,
Parnellite, received 1,017 votes and was
elected.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is preparing bill pro-
viding for the appropriation of land In
Ireland by means of state funds.
THE parliamentary election in the North
division of Monaghan, Ireland, on the 18th,
resulted in the return Of Mr.. O'Brien,
Homo Ruler.
THE Cabinetmeeting on the 18th was de-
voted to the consideration of the silver
Washington Territory.
KING MILAN has SUNNI oned the entire
Servian army to enter the field fully
equipped for war, to undergo a six weeks
drill.
THE President gave state dinner the
night of the 18th in honor of the Supreme
Court of the United States and the mem
bers Of the Senate and House judiciary
committees. The executive mansion was
handsomely illuminated and artisticaly
arranged for the occasion.
. MURRAY, who waved a red flag in the
recent riotous procession at London, has
been arrested, and will be tried on the
charge of melting the mob at Hyde Park.
AT Leipsic Captain Sarauw has been
sentenced to twelve years penal servitude
for furnishing plans and information of
German Notifications to the French mill
tary authorities.
In the French Chamber Of Deputies on
the 18th, M. Basley, the workingman depu-
ty, made violent speech in defense of the
striking miners who trampled M. Watrain
to death.
Turn Iap,% %n nhA g.,
neral of General Hancock, but found that
1t would be impossible for him to do so. It
was arranged for the Cabinet to be repre-
sented by Secretary Bayard, Secretary
Endicott and possibly one or two others,
together with detail of naval officers.
COLONEL HARBIEGER has been exoner-
ated by the French military court from all
blame in connection with the disaster to
the French troops at Lang Son during the
Tonquin war;.
MICHAEL DAvITT, in speech in Wales
on the 18th, said that unless home rule
was granted for Ireland, Parnell would
retalaate by presenting in Parliament thir- |
ty bills dealing solely with England, Wales |
and Scotland.
ON the 18th Hon. Horatio Seymour died
eSo oAS OoAuOAASC VI LID SlSkc13 IHIS. ItOSCO0 |
Conkling, in Utica, N. Y, aged seventy |
six years.
JOHN MORLEY, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, has been reelected to Parliament |
for Newcastle.
= SAM JONES, the revivalist, charges that |
D Chicago firm has pirated his sermons.
ON the 18th, for the first time in eigh- |
teen years, Queen lisa. ella met her hus-
band Francis at the tomb of Alfonso.
GENERAL Crook will adopt very string |
snt measures in the spring to keep the |
Apaches ON their reservation.
ON the 18th Charlotte Smith called on
the President in the interest of the work |
ingwomen Of the country.
THE leaders of the recent London riot
called to see Mr.. Gladstone on the 18th,
and he not being in, they left statement
of their demands.
RECENT overhauling of the record shows
that Benton lacked nine months of serving
thirty years in the United States Senate.
ON the 18th Hon. Geo. c. Bates, one of
the organizers of the old Wing party, and
having National record, died at Denver,
COL, aged seventy -one years.
In the Crawford divorce case at London,
On the 18th, MFR. Crawford was granted
decree, hus the charges against Sir Charles
Dixie were dismissed.
ARCHBISHOP ELDER, who brings the
paliium for the Archbishop of New York,
from Paris that he will leave
Liverpool for New York on the Goth inst.
THE matter of the charges against Judge
White, ex-m ember of Congress from the
twenty fifth Pennsylvania district, came
up before Judge Williams, of Tioga County,
On the 18th, and Judge White was honor
ably acquitted.