St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

party were summoned TO meeulnS OH
on the Goth when notifications of the
Home-Rule bill were to be announced.
THE conferees upon the Post-ofice APP
preparation bill met on the 25th and were
unable to agree upon any of the points at
issue. It was therefore decided to port
the disagreement.
THE President has vetoed two Senate
bills granting pensions to David W. HAM
ilton and John D. Hall. The accompany
ing veto messages state that in each case
the President fails to find sufficient foun-
dation for the claim.
THE marriage took place on the 25th of
Prince Carlos, Duke of Braganza, heir to
the throne of Portugal, with Princess Marie
Amelie, daughter of the Count de Paris,
heir to the united claims of the Bourbon
and Orleanist parties to the monarchlcal
| throne of France.
THE defense in the Maxwell Preller muir
der case in st. Louis opened on the 10Th.
Counsel for defendant in opening admit
ted all that the State had proved except
that the killing was wilful, relying on the
theory, heretofore outlined, of accidental
homicide. Brooks, alias Maxwell, was put
upon the stand to testify in his own be-
half, and gave his version of the killing,
| in which he besmirches the personal purity
of his dead friend to show cause for his
assumption of the role of surgeon and the
operation which resulted in the latter's
death.
L. c. BURR has been disbarred by the
Supreme Court of Nebraska.
IT is now given out that June 10 is to be
the Presidents wedding day.
THE village of Runkels, Wis, on the st.
Paul road, was totally destroyed by fire on
the night of the oath.
THE English Derby was won on the Goth
by the Duke of Westminster's bay colt,
Ormonde.
AS result of not allowing book-mak-
ing, the races at Jerome park are said to
be very poor, and but little interest is
taken in them.
THE Gear and Czarina were welcomed
with great pomp and ceremony at Mos
cow on the Goth, on their return from Liva-
dia.
THE General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain Church South, adopted by an over
whelming vote the majority report on ev-
olution.
THE Porte declares that there is no foun-
dation for the report that a conspiracy ex-
listed to assassinate Prince Alexander and
his prime minister.
1T is reported that the betrothal of Prin-
cess Louise, eldest daughter of the Prince
of Wales, to Prince Oscar, son of the King
of Sweden, will soon be officially de-
clared.
The Belgian Government has prohibited
the holding of the Socialistic demonstra-
ton arranged for June 10 in Brussels.
AN explosion, caused by spontaneous
combustion, occurred at Plummer & Sons
box factory at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 26th.
Peter Lydecke was fatally injured and
John Stuff and James McGavey severely
injured.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred in large
brick and stone structure at the corner of
Congress street and Wabash avenue, Chi
cago, on the 26th. The loss will approx
mate 100000. Among the principal
losers are the publishers Bedford, Clarke &
Co. and the large book bindery of M. Dom
nehue & Hennebery.
FRANK DEvoRE, q Burlington & Mis-
souri, railroad laborer, at Papillion, Neb.,
while drunk and disorderly on the 26th,
resisted arrest and assaulted Constable
Saalfield, who shot and killed him. The
coroner's verdict sustained Saalfeld's ac-
ton.
THE Butchers and Grocers' Association
Of Chicago has decided upon inaugural
ing, June /, movement to compel the es-
adjustments in which members are en-
y,1D fn ut doll
Saturday. A membership of 1900 is
claimed for the association.
ABOUT twelve hundred iron workers in
the employ of the Kensington mills, Phila-
delphia, have demanded an advance in
wages averaging about seven per cent.
The mills involved are: Stephen Robbins
& Sons, Gaulbert, McFadden & Caskeys,
Hughes & Pattersons, Marshall Bros. &
Co. and James Rowland & Co.
THE packing-hous of Armour & Co., of
Chicago, has executed contract to sup
ply the French Government with 100000
pounds of beef in cans, to be put up in the
special can adopted for use by the French
army. This is stated to be the largest in
dividual contract ever awarded to one firm
in the meat-packing industry.
PEOPLE of Vincennes, Ind, are incensed
against Edward Taylor, superintendent
of public schools, for allowing a colored
girl to participate in commencement exer-
cises.
A DYNAMITE factory at Valencia, Spain,
was destroyed on the Goth by an explosion,
which killed twelve men.
The President issued an executive order
on the 18th closing all the departments on
Monday, the 31st inst, to enable the en-
ployes to participate in the decoration of
the graves of the soldiers who fell during
the rebellion.