St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-06

OK the 9th Abbott Lawrence was uah"
gerously shot by Geo. A. Wardner at Mil
waukee, Wis. rs-.-.. ....-.s-@zz. =
On the oath an explosion of dynamite
occurred at the works of the Clinton PoW-
der Company, two miles from Plattsburg,
N. Y. One building was demolished. ~
liam P. Foss, Superintendent, was injured
and Waiter Austin, seventeen years OF age
was hurt, it is feared, fatally.
GEO. WINGATE, of Thornton, Ind, COM
mitted suicide on the 25th.
W. A. McGREw, a bank cashier of o.
tumwa, Ia, is under arrest on charge or
making false entries.
ALEXANDER Rose, an employe OF the
Brush Electric Light Company at DETROIT
Mich, while fixing the carbons on tne
tower on Gratiot street on the 10Th, reli
headlong distance of 135 feet, being nor
ribly mangled by the fall He llvea for an
hour after the accident
THE body OF d well-dressed man about
thirty five years old was found in the river
at New York on the 18th. In his pockets
were two cards bearing the name of w. h.
Smith. one as of the New York CHpper,
the other as the correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Sporting Journal.
ON the 10Th Wiebren Wartena was
hanged Mt Rensselaer,, Ind, for murder.
A large crowd gathered in the town to
witness the execution, and it was conduct
ed in the presence of over q thousand peo-
pie.
On the sIth the Valambrosia Skating
rink and two or three other buildings at
Troy, N. Y, were burned. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, 25,O00. Owing to the fierce
gale the northern part of the city narrowly
escaped destruction.
PAT SMITH, of Stone City, near Ana
mosa, Ia, was arrested on the Goth on sus-
picion Of having murdered his wife, who
was found dead in bed the day previous.
He is in Ana mosh Jail.
FIRE destroyed Mitchell & Wells plan
ing mill in the southern part of Kansas
City, No, and eight tenement houses ad-
$4,000. The mill was the only property
insured.
FRANK J. CANNON and Angus Cannon
have been held in 81 900 bail each at Salt
Lake City for assault on United States At
torney Dickson. S. A. Kenner was dis
charged. H. l. Gowans, W. H. Lee, Fl. j.
Foulger, all defiant, unlawful cohabitors,
were sentenced on the 10Th each to six
mouths imprisonment and $500 fine.
In the case of Fred Foote, charged with
the murder Of Andrew J. Brink, saloon
keeper at Fenton, Mich, on the evening
of December % last, on trial at Flint on
the goth, the jury brought in verdict of
murder in the first degree. The prisoner
49, I,n Iio$ur nd
manded to Jail to await sentence.
On the 26th Charles Boulen. who was
awaiting trial in New York for the murder
Of his wife, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with pocket knife i'll his cell in
the Toombs.
ON the 26th John Schluesman, sixty five
years old, committed suicide in West Ham
burg, Pa. He tried to shoot himself with
revolver first, but the cartridge failed to
explode. He then cut the artery of his left
wrist with pocket knife, aid gashed him.
self at various places in the arm and In one
of his feet, and bled to death.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE conference of nail manufacturers
and strikers at Wheeling, w. Va, ad-
journed on the 25th without coming to an
agreement.
In the British House of Commons on the
25th grant of 81 200 was made for medals
for volunteers who took part in the cam
paign against Riel.
A MILITARY subaltern in one of the gall
leries of the French Chamber of Deputies
created sensation on the 25th by firing a
revolver downward into the chamber. He
was arrested.
THREE THOUSAND strikers at Lianberls,
Wales, have resumed work on tue en-
ployers' terms. They had been idle nine.
teen weeks and were in terrible distress.
IT is confirmed from Chinese source
that China will not consent to the cession
of Bhamo and adjoining districts to En-
gland. II England does net yield, China
threatens to organize rebellion of the
tribes.
A PROPOSITION for g. joint international
movement in the interest of iaboring msn
has been sent by the Socialist members Of
the French Chamber Of Deputies to ths
British workmen in the House of Com
mons.
THE amount of standard dollars in the
Treasury, after deducting silver certih-
Gates in circulation, February 20, was
$S25,S75,5 46, as compared with ST., G27 81
in the Treasury July 81, 1885.
MEssRs. CRoFTs & Co. and Dinsley,
Strout & Co., large shoe manufacturers Of
Auburn, Me-, have followed the example
of Asa Cushman & Co., by entering into an
agreement with the Knights Of Labor
which shall govern their relations with
their employees. Other firms will probably
follow suit.
TIE Bayview (Wis.) Nail Company has
signed the nailers' compromise scale, and
propose to start up full in all departments
OF once. The mill has capacity for cut