St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-02-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Meses from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


ON the 18th the Senatorial caucus (Re-
publican) at Washington decided to join
issue with the President on the appoint
ment question where papers or informa:
tion are refused.
COUNT DE LEssEPs has arrived at Colon,
Isthmus of Panama, and received hearty
welcome.
p Mr.. JEROME CHAMBERLAIN has quarreled
with his colleague, Sir Charles Dixie, and
has utterly abandoned him.
JAKE GAUDAUR has deposited $500 and
challenges Teemer to row him on any lake
course in the country for 81 900 a side be-
fore May 80.
RED EAGLE, young Indian from the
Philadelphia training school, died of con-
sumption at Chicago on the 18th while on
his way to his home at Pine Ridge agency,
Dakota.
NEARLY ten thousand dollars has been
raised for the monument to John McCul-
Tough. This is about half the amount
needed, and it is thought the balance will
soon be subscribed.
SIMON LOCK, banker Of Soleure, Swift
Eerland, recently failed, with liabilities of
2,00O0O0f. Hundreds of small depositors
were ruined by the failure. Lock has been
arrested on the charge of fraud.
LUCILLE YsEULT DUDLEY, the young En-
glish woman who was committed to the
Middleton Insane asylum for trying to
play the Charlotte Corday act ON O'Dono-
van Rosa ON February last year, is re-
ported to be well enough to. be set at
liberty.
QUEEN VICTORIA will go to Riviera in
April with Prince Christian.
THE Pail Mall Gazette says Chamberlain
Ss to resign from the British Cabinet.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has srrived at
Philippopolis in his capacity of ruler of
Eastern Roumelia.
CHARLES CROKER has devoted $4,000
to the Boys and Girls Aid Society of San
Francisco for the construction of build
ing ON an Sill 900 lot donated by Senator
Fair.
Count DE SoTo, Spanish Minister to
Switzerland, has been recalled on account
Of disreputable conduct.
ON the 18th George M. Thompson, local
cashier of the Pullman Car Company at
Cincinnati, was robbed of S415 in cash,
which he laid ON the desk while writing
check in the Citizens National Bank.
ON the 18th Mr.. ella dstone said 10 the
House Of Commons that coercion in Ire
land was abandoned, and that Salisbury's
policy in the East would be followed by
him.
ON the 18th John Bull, aged sixty-five
and member of well known upholstery
firm, was decoyed into "bunco" room at
Pittsburgh, Pa, and became so
pleased with the workings of the
game that he went to a bank, drew $4,000
and returned. He was knocked down, and
when he recovered found money and
thieves gone.
ON the 18th Governor Fitzhugh Lee of
Virginia sent his first message to the Leg
islature, treating entirely Of the State debt
question. He recommends the appointment
of commission to explain the nature Of
the proposed settlement to the creditors of
the State.
THE will of Joseph Milmofe, who died in
Geneva, Mass, recently, will be contested |
by Charles, his only remaining brother. 1t |
was made October 2, and left over $3.50, 900 |
to'his wife, formerly Mary L. Longfellow,
and only $50 to an aunt and her children. |
The contest is likely to develop a great |
scandal.
ON the evening Of the 18th John 3.
Cough, the famous temperance lecturer,
died at frankfort, Pa, as the result of
his recent stroke of paralysis. Mr.. Cough |
was born in England in 1917, and during
his lecturing career had appeared on the
public rostrum $3.50 times. His last words
were: "Young men, make your records
clean"
FRIENDS of Fitz-John Porter claim a
when all are present.
MoUKHTAR PAsHA, the Turkish Commits
sioner, advises the reoccupation of the
province Of Dongola.
PRINCE NICHOLAS of Montenegro denies
that there is discord between him and the
Austrian government.
BISHOP SPALDING of Peoria is to be the
rector Of the Catholic National University
10 be established at Washington.
SIR CHARLES dixie declares that he has
no intention of resigning his seat in the
House of Commons, and has resolved to
We down the public clamor against him.
MASTER WORKMAN PoWDERLY Of the
Knights of Labor was at Montreal on the
10Th, comforting with the Roman Catholic
bishop, who was considering the propriety
If denouncing the order.
THE Emperor William has donated the
'um Of q, 900 marks to the German teach
VS. Society of London. The donation was
accompanied by an intimation that the
anne amount would be annually sub
cribed.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
RICHARD CANNON, nine-year- old boy,
tates that about four o'clock on the after
oon of the 10th three men started out from
he foot of Twenty sixth street, u neeling,
v. Va, in skiff to catch piece OF drift.
While the men were endeavoring to secure