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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17
DESPONDENCY'S DEED.

Prosperous Tailor Who Turned Specuia
tor, with the Usual Result, in a FIT Oh
Dependency Kills His Son anu A0A
Ends His Own Life.
NEW YORK, July John warner,
tall, bald-headed man with a fringe OF
gray hair showing under his hat, ana d
black mustache tirged with gray, hlred
hall bedroom on the fourth moor OF INC
fiat 1872 West Tenth street about TWO
months.ag He was accompanied by BOY
of fourteen, likely young fellow, whom
he introduced as his son Joseph. Inc
landlord did not inquire into MS
business antecedents, and as sle
new ledger attended to his own
business and refrained from med
ding with the others he went his
way day by day unobserved and undis-
turbed by his fellow-tenants. Beyond the
casual observations that he was Cana
dian no one knew much about him. He
came and went at regular hours and at
night he and the boy always slept to-
gether in the house. Early this morn
ing pistol shots were heard COM
ing from the room occupied By the War
ners. These aroused the next door
dodgers and the landlord and they tried
the door. 1t was locked and no answer
came to the knocking. They then broke
in. The elderly ledger lay on the floor,
partly dressed, with big pistol in his
hand. There was blood on the carpet.
The police We're notified and an ambu-
lance summoned. They reached the spot
together. Mr.. Warren had his trou-
sers on and had evidently gone
about his bloody deed with
elaboration. On the window-sill
stood small .looking-glass, be-
sides three or four pistol cartridges. He
had apparently used the glass in fixing
his aim so that the bullet should not fail
to kill him after he had taken his sons
life. The boy lay in bed in his night
shirt with his head on his right arm as he
had slept, shot through the left temple.
He breathed, but was senseless. 1t was
clear that the father had shot him sleep
ing. The father, after shooting his son,
turned the weapon to his own head, sent
the second bullet through his brain and
dropped dead. There was nothing in the
room to furnish any clew to the motive
of the double crime.
NEW YORK, July g. Ie is learned that
John Warner, who shot and killed his
son, Joseph, and himself yesterday morn
ing at 1872 West Tenth street, was some
years ago successful tailor dong bust
ness at Twenty-third street and Fourth
Avenue. After making a comfortable
fortune he unluckily tried his hand at
specializing in stocks and lost all his
money. Other misfortunes befel him,
and he has never been able to retrieve
his condition or get his son started in
life. 1t is supposed that dependency
from these causes led to his crime.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IT is learned on the highest authority
| that there is no truth in the published re-
ports that Attorney General Garland in
tends resigning from the Cabinet at an
early day.
THE village of Waterford, Wis. is terri.
bly, stricken with typhoid fever. Fifty peo-
| pie are down with the disease. One fam
| lily of eleven persons, and another of nine,
are all in their beds.
THE suffering from the loag drouth in
Western Texas is unprecedented, ram to
any extent not having fallen in some To-
calities for fourteen months.
| FIRE is raging in the forests along the
Zealand Valley Railway, in New Hamp
shire. Three camps, 100000 feet OF
spruce lumber, about two miles of track
and 1000 coris Of wood have been burned.
RIoT1EG broke out on the Sth in Cardiff,
| Wales. The police charged the crowd,
and wounded over 100 persons
| BY condensed reports from Montgomery,
! Oswego, Scharle, Oneida and Madison
counties, New york, it is estimated the hop
crop this fall will not be over one quarter
of the average yield. Three weeks ago
the prospects were never brighter.
THE use of natural gas in the manufac-
| tories of Pittsburg has done away with
the consumption of 800 bushels OF coal
day.
| THE business failures during the week
ending on the 9th number for the United
States 159, for Canada 20, a total OF 179,
which is above the last few weeks.
HEAVY rains throughout Wisconsin in
spire the hope that the great drouth is at
an end. In many SECTIONS of the State
| there as been no rain since May 10th last.
Up to O'Clock on the 9th, 262 Conserva-
tives, 81 Unionists, 1913 'Gladstonians, and
| 81 Parneliites had been elected to the Brit
| ish House of Commons.
! THE war of races which seenred immi
nent in Young township, Ark, has prac-
| tically subsidized.
THE Minneapolis tMinn.) postotfice was
/ broken into on the night OF the Sth, and
robbed o $4,000.
| MILITARY circles at Jackson, Mich, are
excited over the disappearance, on the 4th,
of Lieut.. Alex Brown, jr. He had with
him a trust fund of $10O0 and foul play
suspected.
| ALL vegetation in the vicinity OF Chey'
boygan, Mich, is perishing for the want
of rain In many places young fruit trees
are dying. On the 9th the mercury got up
/ to 107, the hottest ever experienced.
THE President on the 9Th returned TWEEN.
| ty pension bills without his approval.
] SEVENTY persons were poisoned at Coul.
terville, ILL.,, on the 9Th, by eating picnic
icecream. Four have already died.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

A TERRIBLE fire which broke out at Brus-
sells, Belgium, on the 7th, destroyed the
greater part of the Brussels University.
1t began while the juries of professors
were examining the candidates for doc
torships.
TIMOTHY MEAD and Fritz Maxheimer,
aged respectively ten and fourteen years,
were drowned in the Allegheny river near
Kittaning, Pa, on the 9Th. Mead was
seized with cramps while bathing and
Maxheimer jumped in to rescue him.
THE Common Pleas Court of Clinton
County, Ohio, has ordered the Cincinnati
g. Eastern railroad sold within sixty days
for not less than $4,000.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17
A Switchman's Horrible Fate.

CHICAGO, July Among those over.
come by the intense heat yesterday was
Lemuel Close, one of the imported Lake
Shore switchmen. While riding beside a
top brake he fell between the cars and
was ground to shapeless mass. The body
was allowed to lie as it fell until an am
bulance came for it. In the vacant lot
adjoining the tracks where the body Law,
a large number of the wives and daueh-
tiers OF the striking switchmen or of their
sympathizers collected and cursed the re-
mains. The deceased had been here only
five days. His home was at Delta, O..
where he leaves wife and three small
children. He had been in the employ of
the company for thirteen years as q
freight brakeman.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17
A TEXAS TRAGEDY.

A Wire Fence Difficulty Results in the KILL
ing of Three Brothers-Varying Accounts
of the Tragedy-The Slayers SurrenderltO
the Authorities.
HENRIETTA, Tex, July S.-One of the
most horrible tragedies that ever took
place in this Or any other community oc-
Cured five miles northeast of town yes
terday. Three men, known as Dock
Thompson, Sterling Dawson and Tuck
Douthitr, came to town and surrendered
to the sheriff, and said that three BROTH
ers, Lewis, Elmer and James Smith, had
been shot; that two of them were dead,
and the other badly wounded.
Their account of the affair was to the ef-
feet that they, with other parties, were at
work on wire fence for the Clay County
Land and Cattle Company, Neal Butcher,
manager. The fence was on land in dis
pute between the Smiths and the Clay
Cattle Company. They claim that the
Smiths or others came out in wagon
and opened fire on them with double
barreled shotguns. They returned
the fire, with the result stated.
The statements of eye-witnesses
to the difficulty substantially
agree that the deceased came out in q
wagon; no words passed between the
parties at the time of the difficulty that
any one heard; none of the witnesses
could or would swear positively who
shot first, and but one of them swore
that neither of the deceased fired at all
or had any weapon in his hand. Nearly
all agreed that Douthitt was the first to
draw his gun, and that James Smith,
who was in the wagon, reached down and
took hold of his gun and was lifting it up,
and at that instant the firing began.
Later-Another account says that when
the Smiths drove up in a wagon, one OF
them got out and began filling the post
holes with dirt. Douthitt told Dawson
and Thompson to come with him and
meet the Smiths, and selling their rifles
the three went near the wagon and bean
firing. Elmer and Jim Smith fell, shot
through the heart. Louis Smith lived a
few minutes, and died in his mothers
arms. Before death he stated that
Douthitt killed Jim and Elmer and that
Dawson shot him. The Smiths were
good citizens, and had many friends in
the county.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE ninth biennial convention of Ameri-
ran instructors of the blind began its ses-
sions at New York on the 9th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE London Times rejoices because
John Bright remains firm and uncom-
promising in opposition to Gladstone's
IRISH sch eme.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

UP to the evening of the It'll the British
elections had resulted as follows: Torie:
elected, 240; Unionists, At; Liberals, 1l9
Parnellites, So.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

DR.. VALENTINE MOTT, of the American
Pasteur Institute, has inoculated his first
patient to prevent hydrophobia.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

In the case of the four Milwaukee An
archists the jury found them guilty of con-
spring to burn the courthouse and of in
citing mobs to riot.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

IT is reported that King Otto of Bavaria
is developing wilder mania than hereto
fore and his early death is anticipated.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Views from Everywhere.

THE Fourth of July was celebrated in a
fitting manner by the American colony in
Mexico.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE Washington gossip mongers are
putting Garland out of the Cabinet again.
They say now that ex-senator Mcdonald
will succeed Garland and not Manning.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE Servian peasantry refuse to pay
their taxes, i'll treat the collector, and are
rioting generally. King Milan is roundly
denounced, as result of the disastrous
Bulgarian campaign.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

DR.. O'REILLY, treasurer of the National
League, had forwarded 100000 in the ten
days ended the 9th to the trustees of the
parliamentary fund at London.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE London Daily Ne,os says the clos
ing by Russia of the port of Batoum is a
gross breach of faith, and that England
ought not to condone or recognize this ac-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

The Polish National Alliance of the
United States met in sixth annual conven-
tion at Bay City, Mich, on the 9th, with
over one hundred delegates present.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE cholera returns in Italy on the 9th,
were as follows: Brindisi IL new cases, 7
deaths: Francvilla and Fontana 50 cases,
80 deaths; Latiano 5S cases, rs deaths.
One case is reported at Venice.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE South American exhibition will
open at Berlin in September. The Agen-
tine Republic will exhibit farm products;
Uruguay, meat extracts, and Brazil, woods
and coffee.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE President sent in twenty one more
vetoes of House pension bills on the 9th.
This makes record of 100 vetoes by Pres
ident Cleveland, thus equaling the veto
record of all his predecessors.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE Tammany Society of New York lis
tened to speeches by Senator Vance, Con-
gresham Randall, j. Randolph Tucker
and others on the anniversary of Inde-
pendence Day.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE total number of persons who emf
grated from Germany from January to
May, both inclusive, is a3,977. This is a
large decrease, as compared with the fig
ures for the corresponding period of 1886.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE Marine Hospital Bureau has re-
ceived information through the State De-
partment that six deaths from cholera oc-
Cured at Dune and four cases and two
deaths at Fiume, Austria, on the Cd.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE two hundred coal-miners employed
at Rend's mine, at Mcdonald, Pa, struck
on the 7th for an advance of two cents
per ton in the mining rate. The mines are
closed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

A SEVERE shock of earthq uake was felt
at Malaga, Spain, on the It'll. The heat
in Madrid was SO overpowering that the
Cortes was compelled to adjourn before
reaching vote on the budget estimates.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

WHEAT harvesting is progressing in
Pennsylvania. Grain in many localities
is much damaged by prostration from
storms. Some farmers report twenty five
to fifty per cent. of their crop destroyed.
Considerable damage has also been done
&c SOME places by the army worm.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE New York daily Commercial Bulle-
tin OF July estimates the loss by fire in
June in the United States and Canada at
$9,750,000 an amount fifty per cent. greater
than the average loss in June for many
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE President has approved the Diplo-
matte and Consular Appropriation bill and
the act authorizing the Denison & Wash
ita Valley Railway Company to construct
and operate railway through the Indian
Tarrifnrv
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

THE New York grand jury have taken
up the charges against Rev. Stephen
Merritt and the Undertakers' Union, who
are accused by John B. Caden Of No. $40
West Eleventh street with having boy
cotted him so that his business was
ruined.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

The entire hamlet of Romeo, Wis,
burned on the 7th, including the saw-mill,
planning mill, 100000 feet Of lum Der,
store, boarding house and dwellings of
VIM. Van Hoosier. Loss, $50, 900; insur-
ance, $4,000. The woods were on fire.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

TIE cholera returns from Italy on the
9Th. are as follows: Venice, 2 new cases,
i death; Brindisi, 1s9 new cases, Il dea tbs;
Latiano, 10 new cases, 26 deaths; San Vito,
80 new cases, deaths; Fontana, rs new
cases, "a deaths.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-17

A Wire Fence Difficulty Results in the KILL
ing of Three Brothers-Varying Accounts
of the Tragedy-The Slayers Surrenderlto
the Authorities
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-04-02
sUMMgR FnIgSDs IN ARKANSAS.
Sad Disappointment OF AMY sp Hers
When He visited Judge Gaplfn.
fArkanssw T.ayeler

Several weeks ago. when Judge zap
lin VISA out on fishing excursion. h.
took shelter, during rainstorm in the
house of old Andy Spillers The old
man, aware OF his guests high position,
made extra efforts to entertain hnl:
and, after the storm had subsided, &C.
companied him to tha creek aud caught
string of 6sh for him. The jurist ex
pressed in warm terms his gratitude,
aid upon taking his departure, said:
My dear sir. ] shou;d lie pleased to
receive visit from you ia the city, and
1t me say that. should you come
thither. shall deem it pleasure to
entertain you"
"But you are such a high man in
town, Jedge."
"konsense, my dear sir. / am only
a man, and l b-seech you, have no he I.
itancy in approaching me"
"Oh, / amt Altered, Jedge. ! don't
hang back for nobody"
"You are right, exclaimed the Judge.
Good by, and don't forget to call on
me-"
The other day old Spillers came to
town, and hearing that the Judge was
holding court. he said to his companion:
"Come on, an less see him. l amt no
Summer coon, let me tell you, an I'll
show you what 'portant man am.
Oh, you stick to me. an you'll find
yourself all right among these town
folks.
F When they entered the courtroom
the Judge was engaged in delivering an
important ruling. In tho case of
Hamilton VS.. Chadson, said he, "the
Court, and think with much wisdom,
held"
"Hello, Jedge." exclaimed old Spill
lers. Everybody looked around, and
the jGrist, shocked almost from the
woo!sack-or, more properly speaking,
considering the influences which brought
him TO Arkansaw. the carpet hsg-
lowered his specta.les and gazsd in the
direction whence came the voice.
"Hello. Jedge," repeated Spillers,
pressing forward.
"Mr Sheriff, arrest that mani"
"What. you don't know me. reckin'.
Dun forgot old Andy Sp,ilerss Don't
you ricoleck o how we had to dive
the cob stopper inside the jug sfore we
oouli get at the Kicker? Dtn't you
know how | cotrh the tish for you,"
These exp,es ions fell like burning
Goals on thu Judge. He was cand.
date for reelection on the Prohibition
ticket, and had, upon returning from
the country, boasted OF his skill asa
fisherman.
"Where is the Sheriff." demanded
the Judge.
'Gone out" some one replied.
"Please call him."
"Jedge, you can't put up no sich
joke az that on me. Come on, i,en.
and lets lift him from behind this box
"Leave the roonl" roared the Judge.
"What!" said old Spillers, stopping
and gazing in surprise at the Judge.
''Ef 1 hadn'ter thought my comp'uy
was welcome, l wouldn'ter come.
Reckin you've forgot how you soaked
my Ticker. Fine man. come out in the
country an git on ahurrah an beg
feller to come to see you, an when he
comes fling up yer head an snort like
ive-year-old." !"
The Sheriff arrived and seized the old
follow.
''DOn't put him in Jail. Mr.. Sheriff,
but soc that he goes home"
"That's all right, Jedge. Reckin
you'll come out thar when you warter
git on another rip.snorter. Good by,
old turncoat. ketch You out my way
an I'll mop up the face of the yearth
,cith you
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-04-02
40 VEHICLES FOR SALE.

Tho undersigned has FORTY VEHICLES
ranging In size N style troir q i5,o00.ffeigh
wagon ia single-seat Buggy. which he vii
5eii or clsh or exchange tnr noeses or barley.
Farmers and others, string spring Wagons
Of almost any style, cNn he aacnmmo lated b,
calling ON me at The Fashion Livory stables
ALEX. WISE.
WiDncmucoa. August 7, 1856.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-09-23
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN

Ounce tree roots are small and
near the surface, and therefore should
be protected from extreme heat and
cold by mulchings. = Chicago Journal
"A writer in Hoard's Dairynan cured
the worst case of caked bag he ever
saw in about four hours by thoroughly
soaking and rubbing with the juice Of
pie-plant
-Overladen fruit trees mature their
fruit while it is yet small. Pick off one
half before much growth is made, and
the remaining half may grow to as
many bushels as all would if left
Indianapolis Sentinel. g}fldH e@
Corn Cake: One egg, two table.
spoonfuls of sugar, one cup of Indian
meal, two cups of flour, two teaspoon
fuls of cream of tartar, one teaspoon
ful of soda, little salt, piece of but
ter the size of a walnut and one pint
of sweet milk.-The Household.
Tea Biscuit: Take two quarts OF
flour, two tablespoons white sugar,
two of butter, half cup of yeast, one
pint of boiled milk Make hole in
the flour, pour in the ingredients.
When light, cut down once or twice,
make into biscuit and when light bake
The Caterer.
Hard Cake: Two pounds sugar,
three-quarters OF a pound butter, five
eggs, half nutmeg, grated, two tea
spoonfuls cinnamon, half teaspoonful
cloves, two teaspoonfuls essence OF
lemon, two pounds and quarter OF
flour, half teaspoonful salt. Roll out
thin, cut into shapes and bake in a
quick oven. = Caterer. ipu-
"A writer in the British Medical
Journal advises people to be careful
not to slice up pineapple with the
same knife they use in peeling it, as
the rind contains an acrid organic sub
stance which is likely to cause a
swollen mouth and sore lips. In Cuba,
salt is used as an antidote for the
poison of pineapple peel.
-Sulphide of potash, says Vicks
Magazine, has proved in our practice
all that has been claimed for it by the
English press as destroyer of mildew
on roses, chrysanthemums and some
other greenhouse plants. A quarter Of
an ounce dissolved in a gallon of water
and thrown on the affected foliage with
a fine-rosed syringe will wholly destroy
the fungus and the leaves will not be
injured.
"A writer in the NJ E. Homestead
says: "Will you let me tell some poor
discouraged sister my cure for neural
giaP This scourge has lost its terror'
for me since | tried this thrice-blesseC
poultice: The yelk of an egg, two
tablespoons of turpentine and ont
tablespoon of flour; mix to a paste
spread on a rag and apply. 1t viii
burn but not blister. 1t is good also
for sprains or rheumatism. qt' II
The French have way of making
tough fowl tender in the roasting
which is worth following. 1t should b.
seasoned and tied up securely in tw,
thicknesses of soft white or pale brown
paper and put into an oven half al
hour earlier than the time one woul,
choose to assure its being done. 1t will
steam slowly in this way, and if deli
cately dredged with flour when tn
paper is taken off at the end of the half
hour in hot oven, it will come GU
brown and easily carved.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-09-23
He Got a Large Fee.

Talk of the large fees made by doc
tors and lawyers, observed an old
gentleman whose air was eminently
professional; II once performed a SIN
gle operation that brought me in one
hundred thousand dollars"
Unjust have been an extremely diff
cult operation to performp" inquiringly
remarked listener.
mo. not particularly difficult, but
rather risky"
The chances were that the patient
would not recover from it?' queried
another bystander
mot exactly. 1 ran most of the risk
myself 1t was out in Montana almost
thirty years ago. A couple Of friends
of mine and performed a little opera
ton on stsge-cosch which was trans
porting some bullion and bonds from
the Mississippi to new bank in Oregon.
/ was the only one of my party who
survived, and. as luck would have it.
l happened 10 have the fee with me,
and. what's better, / got to Europe with
it"-N 7. Graplse.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-09-23
oId-Time Robbery of Bees.

The old system of wholesale robbery
of the bees has passed away, for the
progressive bee-keeper first allows the
bees to fill the cells appropriated for
themselves, taking his share from the
extra boxes that may have been pro-
vided for the bees to fill after they have
worked ON the old comb. But if the
colony is strong one, the bee-keeper
can not be too careful to leave plenty
of honey for winter use. Very often
the combs that have been left in the
lower boxes for the bees may be INSULT
cient for holding proper supply, and
should the bees be short during the
early spring the whole colony win be
sacrificed. The bees will not always
begin ON the upper boxes until the low
er ones are filed, as they allow of no
unoccupied space, but if the lower box
es are not sufficient leave few of those
in the upper tier in order to help them
over the cold season--Fdrm, Field
asd Ssockma,A