St. Landry democrat., 1886-12-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

L. IL. iEhLOT O. DON ) tduutTy, dt loOulI
Berwick, N. H., was burned on the 9th
- The fire started in the packing room ant
spread very rapidly. The loss is estimat
ed at from $4,000 to 100000; insurance
S25,0OO. The fire is supposed to have beer
of incendiary origin.
EMIL PENsEYREs, of Buffalo, N. Y, wa
shot and killed in bed on the night of tn,
9th, by his wife
MRS ANN PACK, an old Baltimore lady
was burned to death on the 7th
| FRINGE ALEXANDER, late ruler of Bull
garia, arrived at London on the 18th
IHE Iowa dalrymen were in convention
at Cedar Rapids on the 18th.
NEW and large gold discoveries are re
ported in South Australia
The Liberal-Unonists held a great meet
ing at London on the 18th.
THE jury in the Milwaukee rioters cases
disagreed and were discharged
M. FLOQUET has been intrusted with the
formation of the new French Cabinet
BURR WOODS, of Pittsburgh, Pa, fell in
to vat of boiling water on the It'll, and
was fatally scalded.
LEE SHELLENBERGER, of Nebraska City
Neb., has been convicted of numbering his
daughter.
| PRINCE LUITPoLD of Bavaria arrived at
Berlin on the 18th, and was heartily well
coined by Emperor William.
The federation of organized Trades and
Labor unions met in annual session at Co
| lubus, O., on the 18th.
REUBEN HILL and his three sons were
| struck by locomotive and instantly kill
ed near Mill Creek, Ind, on the 9TH.
Four leading Democrats We're arrested
| at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 9th, on charges
! of DarDptrat election frandS
| NoLNEY R. CHAMBERLAIN, member of
large pork packing establishment at Bos-
| ton, is on trial for perjury.
| GEORGE WATT, the convict who was shot
| by guard during the revolt in the River
side (Pa.) penitentiary, on the 9th died of
| his wounds.
| MoREToN, alias Heating, the fraudulent
| preacher, is on trial 'at Dublin for obtain
| ing money under false pretenses.
DR.. A. +. ERICH, one of the Faculty of
| the Baltimore College of Physicians and
Surgeons, died Of apoplexy at his resi-
dence in Baltimore on the It'll, aged forty
nine years. He was widely known as a
writer on medical subjects.
ULSTER Loyalists protest against what
they call the weakness of the Irish ex-
ecutive' in dealing with conspirators.
j. HYATT SMITH, ex-Congressman from
eiiN -NS" l. VI ~ ulStIl CG anu formerly pas
tor of the Eighth Congregationalst Church
of Brooklyn, died on the evening of the eth.
DR.. A. j. MILNE the well-known sanity
expert, is dead.
A JURY was at length secured for the
second trial of 'Boodler'' McQuade in New
York on the Sth
M. GOBLET has undertaken the forma-
ton of new French Ministry.
SECRETARY VAIL of the National Trot-
ting Association has been reelected.
SHELLEY q HOLMwooD's candy factory
and several adjacent buildings at Buffalo, |
N. Y, were destroyed by fire on the 8th in |
volving loss of nearly half million dol |!
lars.
A TERRIFIC gale in England on the Sth |
caused widespread disaster.
The glassblowers in G. G. Green's |
factory at Woodbury., N. j., are on a |
strike.
PROCEEDINGS have begun at Indianapolis,
Ind, in the contest for the Lieutenant
Governorship.
SIR JOHN CHAMPION, formerly British
Minister at Washington, died on the Sth.
THERE was another panic on the Eastern
Oil exchanges on the Sth, and big break
in prices resulted.
HE Western Union directors, at their
quarterly meeting on the Sth, decided to
pass the dividend.
EMPLOYEES in the freight department of
the Panhandle road are in future to be
paid extra for all over time.
In the Campbell divorce suit in London
on the Sth, the defendant was forced into
making some damaging admissions
ROBERT GARRETT has been reelected
president by the directors of the Baltimore
Z Ohio railroad.
COLONEL THOMAS MOONLIGHT of Leayen-
worth, kas., has been nominated by the
President as Governor of Wyoming Ter
'itory.
DAVID NERO, the religious imposter, was
sentenced at Stafford, England on the Sth,
o six months Imprisonment at hard la
DOR.
t. Il. McDUFFY, who stole $1,000 from a
firm Of Waxahachie, Tex, has
'een brought to bay at Toronto, Ont
A CATHOLIC parade at Lurgan. Ireland,
m the Sth, was attacked by Orangemen
md several hours rioting ensued, many
'ersons being wounded. A detachment of
ragoons was called out to dispense the
ioters.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has transmitted
Congress the correspondence relative to
he rights of American fishermen in North ,
american waters.
The District of Columbia Commissioners
ave appointed Colonel William G. Moore
be Major and chief of police in place of
laJor Walker, resigned. Colonel Moore
the commanding officer of the Washing
IN Light Infantry corps and at present
olds prominent position in the National {
Metropolitan Bank of Washington. He ,
as private secretary to ex-President s
ohnson. II
LEE SHELLENBURGER, convicted at Ne
raska City, Neb., Of killing his daughter,
as been sentenced to death, with execu-
on set for March %, 1887 |
FIRST OFFICER BARTHOLOMEW and four t
the crew of the steamer Knckerbocker, J