St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 2Otn, James .. w hlIe, e1-COmp-
troller of Milwaukee, Wis, was placed on
trial charged with embezzlng city bonds.
On the goth Queen Victoria arrived in
london to open Parliament in person the
day following. Much enthusiasm was man
ifested.
The President has named Charles J.
Canda as Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at New York
ON the Goth the tunnel under the River
Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead
was formally opened by the Prince of
Wales and his two sons.
DELEGATES from the river conventions
called on the President at the White House
on the Goth and held a satisfactory inter-
view.
J. w. TURLAY, Land Commissioner of
the Illinois Central Railway, has not been
heard of since January 9TH, and his friends
are in distress.
ON the 20th Hon. Henry Lloyd was elect
ed Governor of Maryland by joint con-
vention of the Legislature and Hon. A. P.
German was confirmed as Senator.
THE Pope has conferred upon Senior Ca
novas Del Castillo, the Spanish Premier,
decoration similar to that conferred upon
FFIUCe ny HIS f1Ollue SS.
ON the Goth at the meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Irish National
League in Chicago, President Eagan re-
considered his resignation and will remain
in office for the present.
ON the Goth Joseph Wainscott, of New
CASTLE Ind, was arrested and taken to In
dianapolis by Federal officers on charge
of sending confidence circulars through the
mails.
SECRETARY MANNING ON the Goth re-
ceived letter containing $500, post
marked New York which he was requested
to pass to the conscience fund.
ON the Goth Ethel Spooner obtained
verdict for $4,000 against the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railway in New
York for the loss of leg by an accident on
the company's tracks by her foot catching
in rail.
MRS. LAWRENCE OLIPHANT, wife of the
English author of that name, is dead.
J. B. OLIVER & Co., one of the oldest grain
commission firms in Milwaukee, Wis, have
failed.
QUEEN VICTORIA of England delivered
her speech in person in the House of Lords
on the 21st, and the Duke of Abercorn
moved the reply to the speech.
CONGRESSMAN BLAND says his commit
tee will not report in favor of suspension
of silver coinage.
WORK is to be resumed at the Edgar
Thompson Steel-works at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the strike being ended.
A SHAFT is to be sunk to the buried min
ers at Nanticoke, Pa, to satisfy their rela-
tives.
MA IS
west Mounted Police, thinks the only way
to prevent an Indian outbreak is by dis
arming and dismounting the redskins.
MRS. PRUDENCE PHILLEo, aged eighty
three, the famous Connecticut Abolition
list, has been found in Kansas living in
poverty.
MRS. MARY HANSON, VIGOROUSLY bold
confidence woman of many aliases, was
arrested in Jersey City, N. j., on the 21st,
on the complaint Of Fred. Bohmert, sa- |
loon-keeper, whom she succeeded in fieec- |
ing out of about 81 800.
THE Coroner's inquest at Detroit, Mich, |
over the remains of Frank Knoch his wife |
and their two children, whose charred |
bodies were found in the ruins of their
home, December 10th, ended on the 21st,
their verdict being that the parents came
to their death by revolver in the hands |
OF unknown persons, and the children came
to their death by unknown means.
MISS CLARA BARTON, President of the
American Association of the Red Cross,
has received 5000 from the st. Louis (Mo.)
branch Of the Association, which will be
forwarded for the relief of the sick and
wounded of the Balkan armies.
TIE 1;nnor rtroy, Ivy +lo Dco,;Jas,4 ~ 81. |
Executive Mansion on the night of the
21st in honor of the diplomatic corps was
the most brilliant social event of the pres
emit administration.
DR.. vow ScHoLTz, Prussian Minister of
Finance, has declared that Germany will
uphold mono-metalism.
THE jury in the Harrison Reiner breach
OF promise case at Keokuk, Ia, on the 22d
returned a verdict for the fair plaintiff,
awarding her five hundred dollars dam
ages.
MR.. CANNON, Comptroller of the Cur
rency, has resigned.
On the 9th Queen Victoria returned to
Osborne, Isle Of Wight
ON the 22d Nine. Louise Mourey, con-
victed with Editor Stead and Others, died
in Millbank Prison, London.
The Congo Railway Syndicate has ap-
pointed Henry M. Stanley manager of
ON the 22d 2. M. Lawrence, of Mississip-
pi, chief of division Of the First Comptroll-
er's office, died at Washington, D. G.
A. NJ. WIRELESS, Superintendent of the
water works at Dallas, Tex, is short $40 900
In his accounts and has fed
EARL GRANVILLE is to be presented with ,
= testimonial in honor of his thirty years,
Inn< i = &I,nI L l