St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the Sth by the premature explosion OF
dynamite blast in a limestone quarry in
Mahoning County, Ohio. The men were
thrown twenty feet and their bodies were
horribly mutilated.
W. G. HARDING & Co.'s woollen mills at
Stamford, Conn, took fire on the evening
of the Sth. The building together with all
its contents was destroyed. Loss, $225,-
600; partly insured.
Four Italians were arrested in New
York on the Sth, charged with making
counterfeit silver pieces.
BY the explosion of a boiler on the Ma
rine Railway g. Dry Dock Company's
premises in the eastern part of Cincinnati
on the 7th Chris Chairman was fatally
injured and two others were severely
scalded.
EDWARD McMANUs, of Pontiac, Mich,
was arrested on the Sth at Cleveland, O.,
on the charge of forgery and taken back
to Michigan. He is real estate agent,
and, it is charged, made unauthorized
land deals to the amount of $4,000.
FoRTY-NINE Of the recently arrested
men indicted by the Milwaukee (Wis.)
grand jury for rioting and conspiracy
were arraigned in the municipal court on
the Sth. All pleaded not guilty and were
held for trial, the bail ranging from $1,000
to $4,000 each. The impeachment trial of
Alderman Rudzinski was adjourned till
the 18th, when the defense will begin.
ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD on the
Sth instructed the collector of customs at
Chicago to remit the forfeiture of the Can
~oJJ
for alleged infraction of customs laws.
THE village Of Rawley Springs, Va,
was almost completely destroyed by fire
on the 9Th. All the places of resort with
the exception of the Baltimore House,
were burned. The loss is estimated at
$130 900, with insurance of $4,000. The ho-
tells were to have opened on the 10th.
THE fourth general assembly of the st.
Vincent de Paul Society, the first assem-
bly, of the kind held in this country for ten
years, began at Washington on the Sth.
The attendance was large. Cardinal Glib
bons made short speech.
In the quarterly report of the Western
Union Telegraph Company President
Green recommends that the dividend be
passed.
The inspector of Chinese imperial GUS
toms denies that China intends to con-
struct railway.
A PETITION has been presented to the
President for the pardon of B. Falken-
hainer, formerly of st. Louis, who was
sent up for postal irregularities.
A FAMINE prevails in Corea, and five
hundred persons are said to have starved
to death in Seoul.
THE political situation in England is
variously commented on by the French
German, Austrian and Italian press.
AT the Republican convention at Lewis
ton, Me-, on the 9th, Hon. J. R. Bodwell
was nominated for Governor on the first
ballot.
ONE HUNDRED houses were wrecked and
twenty five persons severely wounded
during riot by Orangemen at Belfast on
the 9th.
THE works of the North American
burned on the 9th. Loss, $3.50, 900; partial
ly insured.
BREAD riots are threatened in Concep-
ton Bay, N. F. Crowds of unemployed
men paraded the streets on the 9th. The
police, with rifles and fixed bayonets,
were out in force and prevented looting.
Mr.. BUNELLE, a correspondent at Buch-
Arrest, has been menaced with expulsion
for divulging political secrets to the Brit
ish and American press.
JOHN ANDERSON and James Barrett.
miners, were killed by falling piece of
timber while descending the shaft of the
Ashland mine at Hurley, Wis, on the Sth.
A COLLECTIVE letter from the Bishops of
the Province of Quebec, it is understood,
will soon be published against Freema-
sonry.
in England are being made with feverish
haste and anxiety, and numerous confer
ences are being held.
The friends of Lieutenant Greedy are
working hard to prevent the appointment
this week of an assistant adjutant- general
to succeed Colonel Benjamin. Lieutenant
Greedy will not be eligible until the retire.
ment of General Sturgis brings his promo
ton ON the 18th.
THE civil marriage of Nine. Adelina
Patti and Signor Nicolini took place at
Swansea, Wales, on the 9th. The cere-
mony was performed at the Office of the
French Consul.
THE wheat commission firm of Field &
Yates, of Minneapolis and Duluth, failed
on the 9th, the failure being caused by
losses by the branch house at Duluth. The
firm recently bought about 100000 bush
els Of wheat at from SOC. to SIC. and lost
$4,000 to $4,000 on the deal.
MRS. DUDLEY, who shot O'Donovan
Rosa last year, has finally been sent to
the asylum for insane criminals at Auburn,
N. Y.
The one hundred and thirty second COM
mencement of Columbia College, N. Y,