St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10

ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
UPELOUSAS. LOUISIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
THE Dominion Government has given
5000 to the Vancouver fire victims.
SEvENrY-sEvEN Parnellite candidates
for Parliament have no opposition in Ire.
land.
THE names of Prince Murat and his son
have been stricken from the rolls of the
French army.
A FAVORABLE report has been made on
the Cairo bridge by the House commerce
committee at Washington, but a low
bridge is forbidden.
IT is reported in Berlin that in defer
ence to the wishes Of the Gear of Russia
the name of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
has been stricken from the German army
list.
1T is stated that President Cleveland, in
ms recent trip to sea, sets new prece-
dent, no President having ever left United
States territory before during his term OF
office.
THE President has approved the bill re-
imbursing Edwin Stevens, United States
Consul at Ningpo, China, for extraordi-
nary expenses incurred during the Fran
co-Chinese war.
THE President, on a plea of the pressure
of public business, declined an invitation
TO attend the ceremonies in Baltimore at
'tendant upon the comforting the beretta
on Cardinal Gibbons.
DIR, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES on the
s5th received from the University of Edin-
burgh the degree of LII. D. The title
was conferred in the presence of most
distinguished company.
THE Radical press of France demands
as a reply to the recent manifesto Of the
Comte de Paris the immediate expulsion
OF all the Orleanist princes and the seques-
tration of their property.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR is said to show
signs of benefit from his removal to New
London, Conn. He is quite cheerful and
looks forward with much pleasure to pro-
jected fishing excursions.
THE collections of internal revenue dur
inc the first eleven months of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1886, amount to $l07,-
,4S5, being an increase of 3d. 02,S3o over
the receipts for the corresponding period
of the previous year.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended June It
was 550,6O4. The issue during the CORE
spending week Of last year was 424, 494
The shipments of fractional silver coir
since June amounted to $524,S45.
REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER and wife
arrived in Liverpool by the steamship
EIruTla Oh ULS LOGu 11O I" III uCiiSOh AAoy
five lectures during his stay abroad, and
will be compelled to decline hundreds OF
invitations to extend his programme.
AT meeting of the corporation of Yale
College on the 2Sth it was voted to confer
the degree of LIB. on Miss Alice r. Jor.
dan, who entered the law school under the
clause in the catalogue admitting attor'
news at law of any State to the senior
class.
IT appears that one of the reasons why
Republican Senators voted against an APP
preparation for continuing the publication
of the rebellion records is that good
deal Of matter concerning Fitz John Por.
ter,s case since the war had been compiled
and inserted.
AN American citizen has obtained 8
concession to erect theater in Panama
and engages to complete it within one
year. It is to accommodate seven hun
dred persons. The government exemptS
the theater from all taxation for the peri.
cd of six years.
THE dissatisfied car-drivers and car
conductors of New York and Brookly 4
have been directed by General Master
Workman Powderly to formulate their
grievances in writing for consideration by
the general executive board. Meantime 6
tie-up is not probable.
THE long-pending troubles between the
proprietors of the Philadelphia rolling
mills and their employees have come to 6
crisis. There is general shutdown, re.
sulting in the banking of the fires in foul
larero ,con carns in the citu which will di.