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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
The Nominee For a Wisconsin Postmaster.
ship Brought Face to Face With a Charge
of Embedding $4,000.

The Nominee For a Wisconsin Postma ster.
ship Brought Face to Face With Charge
of Embedding $4,000.
BERLIN, Wis, May sd. L. Hank.
ness, recently nominated for postmaster
of this city in place of G. J. Thomas, has
been arrested on charge of embezzle-
ment. For a number of years Hardness,
with Joseph Yates, DR.. Dodson and R. J.
Reese conducted large wooden mill I'M
der the firm name of D. L. Hardness & Co.
Hardness had the entire control of bust
ness, and four years ago the mill was
closed up. 1t is now rumored that Hark-
ness borrowed money to an amount of
over 100000, signing the firms name to
the note. Most of this money, it is alleged,
he used for his own benefit. Hence his
arrest. His friends are indignant, and
protest that the move is mainly political.
The complaints allege that the delay in
securing the warrant is due to the. almost
inextricable tangle in which the books of
the firm were found, and that they are
just now able to get them into shape.
The high standing of all parties con-
cerned has aroused much feeling In
the meantime the old postmaster holds
over, as Hardness can not qualify until
the present charges are laid at rest. This,
his friends say, can be done.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

Mother Cuts the Threats of Her Three
daughters and Kills Herself With the
Same Knife.
WHEELING, w. Va, May ia terri
bic murder and suicide occurred Monday
night in Lincoln County, this State, and
was reported here yesterday. Mrs. Mar
garet Donnan, widow, became crazed
from religious fanaticism, and said she
had been called on by the Lord to sacri-
fee the lives of herself and three children
to satisfy Divine wrath. Early in the
evening she Frustrated herself upon her
knees and after spending several hours in
wild rawlings, arose, and arming herself
with large sharp carving knife made
her way to the room occupied by her
three daughters, aged ten, twelve and
fifteen years. The woman cut the Threats
of each child, and then plunged the reek-
ing blade deep into her own heart. The
bodies were discovered yesterday bv
neighbors, who state that the room was
so bespattered with blood as to greatly
resemble slaughter-house.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29

AMONG the topics considered at the Cab
met meeting on the 18th was that of the
seizure of American fishing vessels by the
Canadian authorities for alleged violation
of the customs laws.
On the 18th the National Viticultural
Association assembled at Washington, and
the Commissioner of Agriculture delivered
the opening address.
THE telephone investigating committee
at Washington refused to go into the in
vestigation of the character of witnesses.
A GROUP of German Anarchists have
been holding meetings in Cleveland, Ohio,
for some time past and calling on persons
of their stripe to arm with guns and
bombs. Mayor G. w. Gardner issued a
proclamation on the 18th forbidding such
meetings. The police will dispense all
such crowds hereafter and arrest the lead
ers if necessary.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 18th the bill creating
a new judicial circuit was passed Then the
General Pension bill was placed before the
Senate, and lively discussion ensued .....,
In the House a resolution was adopted
asking the President what had been done in
the matter OF the seizure OF the American
vessel David G Adams. The Chinese indem
nifty matter was debated during the morn
Ing hour, but a vote was not reached After
little wrangle the bill creating the depart
| ment OF agriculture was taken up.
In the Senate on the l4th a petition from
Iowa was presented, asking for the abolition
of the American house of lords. The bill
passed for another railroad bridge over the
Ohio at Cincinnati; also bill for improve
ment of the custom house at Kansas City
also several public building bills, and at two
O'Clock the General Pension bill was taken
up and debated during the rest of the SEES
sion. .....In the House a bill was passed for
completion of the public building ut Wichi-
ia, kas After disposng of some routine
business the private calendar was consid
cred in committee of the whole.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th
......In the House a bill was passed au-
thorizing the Kansas Il Arkansas Valley rail.
road to construct a railroad through the
Indian Territory. bill to establish q
sub treasury at Louisville, Ky, was
passed after lengthy debate. The bill for
the appointment of commission to inspect
and report on Indian affairs was considered.
Resolutions relative to the death OF Repre-
sentative Hahn. of Louisiana, were passed.
IN the Senate on the 18th bill was intro
duced to establish board of National de-
fences also to allow extra compensation to
certain railroads for carrying mails The
Shipping bill was called up, amended, pass
ed and q conference committee ordered.
Several unimportant measures were dis
posed of and the Pension bill came up and
was discussed the rest of the day.--.ln the
House bill was passed for a publ building
at Ell Paso. Bills were introduced to give naval
employees leave of absence; limiting power
of courts in receverships; for a statue to
bill passed. The Senate bill was passed pro-
viding for studies of the effects of alcoholic
liquors in the schools of the District of Co.
lumba and the Territories. wrangle &C.
Cured over motion setting a time for con-
sideration of the Labor bill, resulting in the
Sd of June being set for the purpose.
In the Senate on the 18th q memorial from
several ocean steamship lines was present
ed also a petition of the New England N. e.
Church for enforcement of terms of treaty
guaranteeing protection to lives and prop
erty of Chinese. The bill passed to carry
on the work of investigation at South
Pass, Mississippi river. The pension bill
was then taken up and occupied the rest OF
the session.. In the House the bill reduc-
ing the penal bond of cigarmakerS was re-
ported and referred. The Post office APP
preparation bill with Senate amendments
was reported back and considered in COM
mittee of the whole, very lively debate en-
suing on the subsidy clause.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS,

ON the 18th, on the receipt of the new
| of the birth of male heir to the Spanish
throne at Havana, there was great rejoic
ing. Cannon were fired and other mani
| festations of pleasure INDUCED in.
THREE thousand London volunteers ant
one hundred officers have offered to joir
the Ulster rebellion against home rule.
| ANOTHER American fishing schooner,
| the Ella M. Doughty, has been seized by
| Nova Scotian authorities at Cape Breton
for alleged infraction of the Canadian
fishery laws.
The Treasury Department has notified
| the collector of customs at Sitka, Alaska
| that the practice adopted by him of issu
ing permits to import" liquors into Alas
ka for medicinal purposes is inconsistent
with existing regulations.
CONSIDERABLE opposition has developed
in Congress to the division of Dakota
On the 18th the following was the visi.
BILE supply of grain in comparison with
that of week previously: Wheat, Sc, $50,
$50 bu., decrease, 1856, sol bu.; corn, 9,s17,.
S61 bu., decrease, S05042 bu.; oats, 1,456,
767 bu., decrease, 345, 101 bu.; rye, 81 $50
bu., decrease, 53,061 bu.: barley, 1886
bu., decrease, 124, 229 bu.
THE recent heavy rains nave lessened
somewhat the former excellent outlook for
spring wheat in Nebraska. Wisconsin
Minnesota and Dakota. The great rainfall
has also occasioned some injury to the win.
ter wheat in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio
and Indiana, where in some of the fields it
was beginning to head out. The reports
do not indicate, however, any serious
damage as yet.
The strike OF the Brooklyn sugar men
has been declared at an end and the union
dissolved.
MOUNT 4ETNA, in Sicily, is reported to
be in state of eruption.
The last of the State troops have been
ordered home from Cincinnati.
The Comore isles in the Mozambique
channel have been coded to France.
A CALL has been issued for great
meeting of lumbermen on June 10 at Tex
arkana.
ORDERS have been issued to the sheriff
at Digby, Nova Scotia, for the sale of the
fishing schooner David J. Adams.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made by the
Canadian racine railway to open their
line for through traffic to British Column
bia.
On the 18th an association of textile
manufacturers, representing $4,000, 1000
capital, was formed at Philadelphia.
The offer said to have been received from
New York by the Irish National Leagu e
of an army of 10000 men to maintain
home rule in Ulster is emphaticaIly denied
by those said to have made it.
THE vessels comprising the North Allan
tic squadron are under orders to reach New
York in time to participate in the celebra-
ton of Decoration Day.
On the 18th officers Of twenty National
trades unions met in Philadelphia with
closed doors, to take united. action, it was
stated, to resist the entertainments being
made upon open unions by the Knights of
Labor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29

On the 14th, while in fit of despond-
ency, caused by continued i'll health,
Smith Debbidge, brilliant young attor-
ney, shot himself at Duluth, Mimi, pro-
ducing instant death. He went to Duluth
from Brooklyn, N. Y, four months ago.
His home was in Oswego, N. Y.
AT Can Creek, I. T., on the 18th, Simon
Solomon received fifty lashes for horse
stealing. His cries and appeals for mercy
could be heard for half mile. Another
prisoner, who was to undergo the same
punishment, made break on hearing Sol
omon's cries and escaped.
ON the 14th cyclone struck Colfax,
near Lafayette, Ind, completely demol-
ishing the residences of W. D. Clark, Isaac
Derkes, James Leslie and Jasper Hill, and
badly wrecking those of J. E. Milburn and
J. L. Reckard, the latter occupied by John
Thompson. Quite number of barns and
other outbuildings were blown away. No
person seriously injured.
GEORGE BAUM, of Volcano, W. Va, fed
his wife and children on dog meat, and his
neighbors discovering it came near lynch
ing him.
A CLERK of Sweitzer, Peabody & Co., at
New York, who disguised himself and at
tempted to rob the vault, was overpowered
and jailed.
THE body of Franklin Rupert Reed, of
Grinnell, Ia, student at Yale, was found
floating in the Hudson on the 18th with .
bullet wound in the head.
AN accident happened to the train
carrying Forepaugh's circus on the Lack
awanna road in New York, on the morn
ing of the 18th, by which number of per-
sons were injured.
T. B. MCDONALD and five companions,
of Indianapolis, Ind, were caught in the
act of incendiarism on the 10th and were
landed in jail.
On the 18th Miss Mary Collins, of Ho-
boken, N. j., was found murdered in bed.
On the 18th Thomas Flanagan was ar
resteu at Jersey City, N. j., on charge of
numbering Victor Colquitt.
LOUIS SCHwENK, living near Strouds-
burg, Pa, is charged by his wife, in dep
osition, with the murder of Edna Bitten
bender in 1880, thus giving tangible clew
to what has thus far been one of the most
mysterious crimes in that State. Schwenk
has fed.
AT Plainfield, N. j.. on the 18th, Charles
J. Noel, his wife, mother, grandmother,
young son and boarder were all poisoned
by eating greens.
AT st. Louis, Mich, on the 18th, Nora
Fetters, seventeen-year-o girl, shot
and killed Adel Welt, who was abusing
her invalid father.
On the 18th a merchants daughter cre-
ated sensation at Montreal by attempt
ing to shoot recreant lover.
SEVERAL persons were severely burned
and otherwise injured by fire and con-
sequent panic in theater at Westerville,
Ohio.
On the 18th the office and residence of an
wrecked with dynamite.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
KANSAS MARKSMEN.
Two Linn County Men Try to Settle an {
Eeud With PistOIs-Shot at a Fair.

Two Linn County Men Try to Settle an Old
Feud With PistoIs-Shot at a Fair.
LA CYGNE. Kan, Sept 11.-Thursday
evening about six o'clock l.. Massey and
". Williams, two respected citizens OF their
neighborhOod and both powerful men, met
1T the store OF Kelsey & Carpenter, in
Jingo, Miami County, and began quarrelng
over an Old teud between the families. The
two apparently settled their difference and
left the Store together for home, but be-
fore they had gone a great distance they
again began quarreling and a fight enSued,
when Massey drew his knife and stabbed
Williams in the right breast, intlcting an
ugly wound and severing two ribs. This
disabled Williams right arm, and in trying
to ward off the blow of his assailant with
the left lie received severe cuts above and
below the elbow. Massey gave himself up
to the authorities, claiming to have done it
Ill self defense.
TWO MEN SHOT AT FAIR.
Yesterday afternoon about four o'clock a
shooting affray took place on the grounds of
the La Cygne district fair, which resulted in
Charley Smith, living at Cadmus. and X.
Hungerford, of this city, receiving ugly
wounds. The ball struck Smith just above
t4IF A'SoHt lloClulillS tilO On ull anu
cutting an ugly cash two or three inches
in length, although it IS thought not to be
fatal. Hungerford was struck OIL the left leg
about eight inches above the knee. the ball
striking the bone and passing to the inside.
The shooting was done by Giant Ogan, of
this place who has bad character and who
is very ugly when under the influence a.:
liquor, as in this case. He was immedateI,
arrested and is now under heavy guard a,
there are threats of lynchng.
FOLLOWED BY MOB.
PLEAsANTON, Kan, Sept. 11.-Grant
Ogan, the man that shot Charlie Smith and
Hungerford at the La Cygne fair, came i'll
on the Gulf train at 1884 last night, and
was conveyed to the Mound City jail by
team. Three constableS and two deputy
sheritfS were in charge of him. Many fear
he will never arrive in Mound City alive. as
he is being followed by mob of the assas-
sinated mems friends.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
BILOXPS PEST.

The Doctors Fail to gree As to It's Nature.
But Think Precautionary Measures the
Safest Course-4U COnvaIescent.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9.-Tke war be-
tween the doctors as 10 Whether the dis
ease at Biloxi was yellow fever or not
RACES as warmly as ever, although the
sickness has disappeared. DIR. Holt,
president of the Louisiana Board of
Health, one OF the experts who pro-
nounccd it yellow fever, made lon1
speech before the Board, in which he Sc
vercly handles the physicians of the OPP
position. lie gave 4 complete diagnosis
of the case, declaring that the two sick
persons, who had died of the fever, had
died with black vomit, and that their
bodies turned yellow and presented other
evidence that confirms the yellow fever
theory. lie declared that Biloxi
physicians had made only a superficial
and careless examination of the
cases, but he made no allusion 10 the re-
port of DR.. Godfrey, OF the United States
Marine Hospital service.
DIR. Godfrey has arrived here from BIZ
lOXi. He adhereS TO the belief that the
disease was not yellow fever, hut he gave
the mayor of Biloxi the advice of Sur
geOn-General Hamilton that the cOnva-
leScentS should be kept under supervision
Tor six days, and all the precautions taken
TO prevent a spread of the disease, after
which quarantine and other restrictions
could he abolished. Popular and medical
circles are still divided "a 10 the charac-
ter of the Biloxi fever. Whatever it was,
however, It is ended, as there are no new
cases and the sick arc well again.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
A NEW ELEPHANT.
What Shall be Done With Geronimo Now
That He Is Caught.

1hab ne IL CduSht.
WASHINGTON, Sept 11.-GeneraI Drum,
Acting Secretary of War, has given instruc-
tons that Geronimo, NatcheZ and the other
hostiies who surrendered with them must be
stopped at San Antonio and kept in prison
there until determination shall be reached
as 10 what course of procedure shall be
taken against them. 1t is officially known
that tile surrender was not made without
conditions, but what the conditions were,
beyond al agreement that they should not
be surrendered for trial in Arizona, has not
yet been reported, and it was in compliance
With this condition that General Miles
started with the hOstiles for Florida The
determination of the course of procedure
will probably be made by the President,
but not until the terms of surrender and
all The attendant circumstances shall
be officially known. With the
present knowledge is seems probable
that tie offenders can neither be tried
by military court martial nor by the civil
authorities. but may bs tried rs the Modocs
were-by military commission. This is
tribunal for the institution of which there
are many well-recOgnised presidents in
American History, though it is one which
has as yet no recognition in the statutory
law. The atrocities of these prisoners, ter.
rible as they were, are not thought to be
such as would bring them within the juris
diction OF court martial which is very
limited; nor would the civil courts, in the
absence Of witnesses, meet the require.
meniS of the case, although their guilt is
Under the circumstances, a
commission, which seems TO be in
between court martial and
the tribunal of Judge Lynch, and
which is recognized by leading
puhiicists as Necessity under certain
is perhaps the only court by
which justice could be melted out to these
murderers. Composed of military officers,
its proceedings would be similar in charac
ter TO court martial. Little doubt is ell.
by those who know the character
OF the Apaches that there will be found
among them number who will readily be-
tray Geronimo and the other leaders to save
their own neckS."
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
AN UMBRELLA TRAGEDY.
An Irate Wife Does Up the Imagined De
stroyer of Her Happiness.

An Irate Wife Does Up the Imagined De-
str"yer of Her Happiness.
New YORK, Sept 11.-Last evening a
small unprepossessing wiry woman met a
tall, fine looking girl on the streets of Ho-
bOken and at once began hammering her
with all umbrella, punctuating her blows
with EXPLANATIONS like "Fll show you,"
"Pil teach you better than to break up my
home" You will run away with my hus-
band, eh?" The tall woman was unable TO
do anything but writhe and scream
beneath the blows, and when an officer ar
rived she was lying senseless on the ground,
while the small woman. exhausted, leaned
mp against the fence. with the wreck of the
umbrella in her hand. The two women and
three Others who were with them were taken
to the station house. There the little woman
said: Il am johanna Braittield, and l live in
Brooklyn. The woman whom thrashed-
and I'm glad l thrashed her goods named
GusSie Fricke!. We were friends. but
year ago he abandoned me and l found that
lie was frequent visitor at Miss Frickel's
house. l was told, and l believe it that
she induced my husband to leave me, and
that they lived together" Mrs. Braitfie!d
was locked mp and still remains in cell be-
ing unable to procure bail.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

Georgia Young Lady, Who Had Lost the
Power Of speech, Receivers 1t rs the Re
suit of Excitement Incident to the Earth
quake.
NEW YORK, Sept. "a Savannah spe-
cial to the Times says: strange Incl
dent of last weeks earthquake shock is
the recovery of the power of speech by
Miss Mamie MartuS, daughter of Il re-
tired officer of the regular army. At the
close of the war her father WAS put in
charge OF FORTS Pulaski and Jackson, be-
low the city. While at the former fort,
the daughter, then bright, intelligent
child, had an attack of meningitis,
which left her voiceleSS. The best med
ical skin was obtained, and the father
took his afflicted child travelling, but
nothing did her any good. She was
dumb, kut had all the other senses.
During the excitement of the first
earthquake shock last Tuesday night, she
in her fright attempted 10 call her bro
Their. lie was frightened himself when
he heard her whisper his name. Since
then she has gradually regained her voice
and now talks with perfect fuency. She
SAYS she was almost deliriouS with Joy
when she found that she could speak.
Her voice was low and her throat, sore
for three days, and she had trouble in
finding words to express her thoughts.
1t was much like learning 4 new tongue,
except that she knew the words, but had
forgotten how 10 pronounce them. Civ
physicians are deeply interested in the
case. Their explanation is that the re.
covery was due 10 intense mental eX-
element
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Horses are not fully matured un til
six years of age, nor do they arrive at
their full strength until eight years
DID. Immature animals are often over
taxed and their future usefulness in
! iured. Post.
Quick silver mixed with the white
of an egg will cause the bed-bugs to
entirely disappear, if put in all the
crevices and mattresses. A nickle's
worth of quicksilver and the whites of
two eggs will be sufficient for two or
three beds.-Erchange.
-Tapioca pudding: One half cup
of tapiOca, soak over night in water.
then in the morning add one pint of
milk, two eggs, sugar to sweeten, a
little salt, butter the size of a walnut,
nutmeg and vanilla. Bake about one
half hour. Cover the top of the pud-
ding with meringue.-7he Household.
Chocolate cake: One cup of sugar,
one half-cup of butter. one-fourth cup
of milk, whites of four eggs, one tea
spoonful of baking powder, two cups of
flour. Frosting-Whites of three eggs,
one-half cup of chocolate, one cup of
sugar, and flavor when cold.-The Ca
terer.
Cream mullins: One pint of cream,
one pint of flour, half teaspoonful of
salt and quarter of teaspoonful of
soda. Add three eggs beaten sepa-
rately, the whites to be stirred in last.
If the cream is sweet put in also half
teaspoonful of tartar. Bake in small
patty pans in quick oven.-ToIedO
Blade.
Rats usually find a harboring place
under pig-pen if they can do so, and
As they will always have plenty of food
they can not easily De captured or
driven off. By the liberal use of
chloride of lime in their holes, or of
caustic potash where they are COM
PEELED to walk they will become dis
gusted and leave.-N. Y Examiner.
Carefully gather scraps from the
table and give them to your fowls.
There is no kind of food which will
produce a more liberal supply of eggs.
There are hundreds of families who
throw these scraps into the waste
bucket to be taken away by the swill-
man, and buy corn for the fowls where
the former is far the best feed for egg
probationary. Y. Times.
Harness requires considerable care
for its proper preservation, chiefly be-
cause of the damaging effects of the
sweat from the horses, which rots the
leather. Before it is oiled it should be
washed with warm water and soap and
then wiped dry; while it is moist the
oil should be applied with sponge and
well rubbed in. Castor oil or neatsfoot
oil makes the best dressing.