St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-02-06
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Secretary of State that the rumor that
CHAMBERS and farey prevail among horses
In the section of Montreal is not well
founded, the fact being that the only dis
ease existing among horses in that section
is species of epizootic Or a resemblance
thereto, of which there have been only a
few cases.
ON the 9th the House committee on mil
itary affairs directed Mr.. Wheeler to re-
port favorably his bill to authorize the
President to restore officers Of the army in
certain cases. 1t is said that this bill will
cover the General Fitz-John Porter case.
The jury in the case of General Shaler
at New York, for bribery, were unable to
agree and were discharged.
On the 2Sth the remains of the late Con-
gresham Rankin were inferred at Mani
towoc, Wis.
ON the 2Sth Lord Carnarvon, exViceroy
of Ireland, left Dublin castle for his home
in England.
A HEARING was given to people inter-
ested in the international copyright scheme
by the Senate committee ON patents on the
2sth.
On the 2sth the Marquis of Salisbury
with the Queen.
THE claims to citizenship and protection
from the United States of Hans Peter Jes-
sen, in his troubles in Germany, prove to
be not well founded.
ON the 2Sth M. De Lesseps and party
embarked at Southampton for the Isthmus
of Panama.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND remains firm in
his refusal to send information to the Sem
ate concerning suspensions, and his Cabi-
net ministers sustain him.
SENATOR SHERMAN has introduced a bill
for the suspension of silver coinage, in is
suance of certificates based on silver bull
lion to be held in the Treasury.
THE Porte has decided to bestow on
Prince Alexander the title of Mushir and
Governor General of Eastern Rou1nelia.
In the Prussian Landtag on the 2sth,
Prince Bismarck delivered a two hours
speech on the expulsion Of the Poles from
Germany.
= SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACH announced
In the British House of Commons ON the
2Sth the resignation of the ministry, and
the House adjourned until February l.
i SENATOR MALONE has startled Wash.
ington by appearing on the streets with
the finest turnout in the city. He has an
elegant carriage and team of horses
which are reported to have cost $1,000
each.
On the 2Sth a cablegram was received an
nouncing the death of United States Con-
sui Alfred NJ. Ly brook at Algiers on that
date, of consumption. Lybrook's appoint
ment was confirmed just one week pre-
vious.
THE remains Of Jacob w. Thoman, the
actor, who died on the Goth at the Forrest
Home for Actors at Philadelphia, were
taken to Lancaster, Pa, on the 2Sth and
cremated.
On the Goth, NJ. Jansen, the American
recently expelled from Norberg, Germany,
returned to that town and was Immediate
ly arrested.
An agrarian agitation is to be inaugu-
rated in Wales by Michael Davitt and
others.
Up to the 23th no definite agreement had
been reached by the Ohio Senate confer
ence committee.
QUEEN VICTORIA has accepted the resig-
nation of the Salisbury cabinet, and on the
18th summoned Gladstone to Osborne for a
conference.
PRINCE BISMARCK, referringto his recent
speech in the Landtag, said a coup dc'etGt
Or the dissolution Of the Reiehstag is not
intended. IT, ss 4@a..l - 81
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has re-
fused to give the Senate the papers con-
cerning an ALBANIA removal, and the issue
is thus Joined. q
A RECENT article in the Nineteenth Gen.
tstTy by Arnold Forster charges the Irish
with being race Of conspirators and ad-
yises firmness IN the treatment of Ireland.
GENERAL J. B. Fry reiterates his state
ment that General Sherman had said that
s'had c. F.. Smith lived, Grant would have
disappeared to history after Donelson,"
preston. a.
POLITICAL article in the F0rtnightly
ReUtelc advocates frank concert of the
Wings with the Nationalists, and in case
of failure Of negotiations with Parnell
they should try to deal with the Home
Rulers through Healy.
On the 10Th Murat Halstead, editor of the
Cincinnati Coaamere Gazette, and Joseph
J. Mcdowell, business manager of the En-
qutfer, were arrested ON charge of pub
fishing lottery advertisements.
The MARQUIS OF SALISBURY has in.
structed Admiral Hay the comma nder of
the English Mediterranean squadron, to
employ force against the Greeks whenever
they attack the Turks.
In the case of Paymaster- General .. A.
Smith, United States Navy, the sentence
of the court martial having been con-
frmed by the President, was promulgated
On the 10Th, and it is: sTo be dismissed
from the position of chief of the bureau of
provisions and clothing in the department
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