St. Landry democrat., 1886-11-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| chapel at w elmar. Among those present
! were the Crown Prince, Frederick Will
| lam, and the Grand Duke and Grand Ouch
ess Vladimir of Russia.
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA has developed in
Clinton County, Ind.
MISS lille CAMPBELL was killed by a
boiler expl osion at Dunbar, Pa, on the
9th.
THE session of the Belgian Chambers
was opened on the 9th.
GENERAL GORDON was formally inaugu-
rated as Governor of Georgia on the 9th.
AN attempted rising at Slivna on tn e
9th was suppressed and the leaders were
arrested.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN's will is t.Abe con-
tested by the heirs on legal grounds.
A VERDICT of suicide while insane was
rendered in the case of Fred Archer, the
noted English jockey.
The Mississippi Supreme Court declares
the local option law Of that State consti-
tutional.
DONATIONS to the Irish parliamentary
fund in the two weeks ended the 9th
amounted to $500.
GOVERNMENT officers express surprise
at the heavy receipts from the oleemar-
garine tax.
GOVERNOR MARMADUKE of Missouri Of
fers two hundred dollars reward for a
murderer named Webster jackson, Of
Franklin County.
The recent speech Of Emperor Francis
Joseph is favorably common ted on by the
Russian press.
GENERAL MILES let Tucson, Ariz., on
the 10th, for six-weeks' trip to Wash
ington and various Eastern points.
"FREE trade and not separation" says
the London Standard, sis what Nova
Scotia wants"
The Nationsl Lighthouse Board have
divided the Mississippi river into two
lighthouse districts, Cairo being the di-
viding point.
GEO. W. BURGESS, Boston merchant,
has been arrested on charge of conspir-
ing to defraud his creditors.
PROCEEDINGS for the extradition of
Hoke, the Peoria Qll.) bank embezzler,
were commenced on the 9th at Montreal.
A MEETING of wind glass manHfact-
urers to control production and prices
was held at Pittsburgh, Pa, ON the 10TH
ONE man was killed and four others
were badly injured by an explosion in the
American Forcite Powder Company's
works at Hopatcong, N. j., on the 9th.
JUDGE ToURGEE's magazine company,
publishers of Our Continent, has had juig-
ment rendered against it for over $1,000
for over issue of stock by the judge.
THE truth of the recently published
statement regarding the manner of con-
Quoting young ladies' schools at Paris is
denied by prominent clergymen there.
The Secretary of the Treasury on the
9th received conscience contribution of
500 in an envelope postmarked Louisville,
KY.
THE fire in the Standard Coal mines at
Mt. Pleasant, Pa, is still burning. Acres
of coal are now en- fire. and the flames are
making their way to abandoned cells in
which the coal has been exhausted.
These cells are filed with fire-damp, and
q terrible gas-explosion, that may de-
stroy an immense amount Of property, is
feared.
GEORGE ELDER, one of the most noted
detectives of New York, died on the night
Of the Sth. The immediate cause of his
death was anuerism of the heart. He was
sixty six years old. For twenty years no
officer of the law was more feared by |
criminals or more successful in running |
hem down.
THE American Turf congress began it's
session at Cincinnati on the 10th.
ABOUT five thou sand men were at work |
1t the Chicago packing houses on the |
10Th.
CAPTAIN NABoKoFF, Russian, who led !
he recent revolt at Bourgas, Bulgaria,
las been sentenced to death.
LIEUTENANT ScHUETzE has been de-
ached from special duty and placed on
Waiting orders.
BISMARCK arrived at Berlin on The 10th to
consult with Emperor William on Bull
,arian affairs.
A CALL has been issued for the Curtin
abor committee to meet at New York
November 90.
M. BRAHoFF, project of Sofia, whose dis
aissal was demanded by General Kaul-
ars, has resigned.
JESSE Il. LORD, well-known journal
st, fatally shot himself on his wife's
rave at Hartford, Conn, on the 10th, in
letting a mortal wound.
The Vatican is said to be preparing an
ncyclical condemning and stigmatizing
lie allan Government.
MEXICAN authorities refused to give up
le remains of Hulett G. iner, the Ameri-
an killed in Mexico several days ago.
PRINCE WALDEMAE, third son of the
ing Of Denmark, was unanimously elect
| by the Sobranje to succeed Prince
lexander as ruler of Bulgaria.
LORD SALIsBURY's statement at the
ord Mayors banquet regarding the &C.
lpation of Egypt has made profound
npresson in French political and finan-
al circles. 1t was in effect that England
ould vacate Egypt when she got ready.
The strike of the spinners at Darwin,