St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-09

A FIRE occurred In the establishment Of
Edward and Robert Garrould, linen drapers
and silk MERGERS on EdgeWare road, Lon.
don, recently. Six shopwomen were burned
to death and many others were injured by
leaping from windows.
MRS. CARRIE HARRINGTON, wife of we'll
to-do druggist of Chicago, committed sui
eide recently by pouring oil on her clothing
and then setting fire to 1t. She had been
In ill health for some time and frequently
had fits of dementla.
The Chicago Appellate Court has re-
versed the order of Judge Shepard In the
Rawson divorce case, in which he allowed
Mrs. Rawson large sum of money for tenn
porary alimony and solicitors fees. Mrs.
Rawson thereby loses large amount and
Banker Rawson gains decided financial
victory.
FIRE the other night in Selma, Fresno
County, Cal, burned one-half of block
opposite the Southern Pacific railway de-
pot. Loss, 500, 600; partly insured.
FIRE recently burned out the top story of
the medical department of the University
of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. No one
was hurt and the fire was quickly con-
trolled, but irreparable injury was done to
the anatomical collection.
NELSON MORRIS, the Chicago live stock
magnate, has bought back from the Amer
ican Cattle Trust the Fairbanks canning
property, and has satisfactorily dissolved
all relations with the trust. The consider
alton paid in these purchases was s2 600, OOo
INFORMATION has been forwarded from
Winnipeg to the Canadian Customs De-
.partment to the effect that persons are in
Io1, ~ nj
stealing timber from Government lands in
Manitoba.
THE public debt statement showed a de-
crease of S1,61S, ,695 96 during the month of
May.
BUSINESS failures Duns report for the
seven days ended May 81 numbered for he
United States, 1856; Canada, 19; total, 205,
compared with 225 the previous week and
$50 the corresponding week of last year.
A DISPATCH from Binghamton, N. Y, of
the 1st says: A number of Hungarians
were returning from work on the Southern
Central railroad tonight and when near
Bartona train struck the hand car on
which they were. Two men were killed
and third was horribly mutilated.
FOURTEEN million feet of lumber were
reported burning at Brainerd, Mimi, on
the morning of the 1st, the confagration
the town.
THREE lives were lost by the explosion
of a boiler in the Eureka iron works at
Wyandotte, Mich, recently. Quite num-
ber of other persons were seriously injured
by escaping steam and flying debris.
A DAUGHTER Of Ben Shipley, farmer, is
said to have been devoured recently by
bears IN the vicinity of Charlottesville. Va,
a few pieces of her clothing only being left.
THREE boys were drowned while bathing
in pond at Conway, Iowa, on the 1st. Two
of them belonged to Joel Weeks and one to
w. Fl. Cooper.
MRS. M. L. RAwsoN, wife of Banker Raw
son, shot her husbands attorney, q. C.
Whitney, seriously in Judge Jamieson's
court room at Chicago on the 1st. The
the day previously had lost her ali
mony case in the Appellate Court, and this,
it was thought had frenzied her. Some time
ago her son by former divorced husband
shot the banker on the church steps, for
which he is now in the penilentiary. Mrs.
Rawson was Immediately arrested. Whit
ney at one time resided in Lawrence. Kan,
and served term as State Senator