St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

ana venice nave destroyed number O
bridges and done much damage to proper
ty. Many persons have been drowned.
SECoMB, KEHoE & SONS lubricating oi
works, Boston, Mass, were destroyed b,
fire recently and several employees wer
injured. Loss, $4,000.
The barb wire manufacturers held a Sc
cret conference in Chicago recently, bu
while all agreed that the situation wa
bad, it was decided not to advance price
yet.
FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, the soldier of tn,
Fifth Mexican cavalry who shot and killed
the ranchero, Jose Carrera, at La Palma
ranch April 8, has been tried and ordered
to be shot. The execution will take place
in Matmoras.
PROF. F. w. WHITE, colored, has beer
consigned to the convict farm at Latour
Ark, for 276 days for unlawful cohabita
ton. He was prominent colored politician
and was an active worker in the late cam.
| paign and is an ex-member of the Arkan-
| sas Legislature.
FIFTEEN thousand acres of land have
been submerged in the canton of Gall,
Switzerland. The crops were destroyed.
| Many villages were abandoned.
The Chinese of Hawaii threaten rebel
lion. The males of that race number more
than the males of all other races. native
and foreign, on the Sandwich Islands, and
therefore much alarm is felt.
GoLDENsoN, young Hebrew, was
hanged at San Francisco on the 14th for
the murder Of Mamie Kelly, a school girl,
because she refused his attentions.
A FIRE at Washburn, Wis, on the morn
ing of the 18th destroyed thirty buildings
Loss, $150,000.
DISTRESSING reports have been received
of ruin wrought by floods in South Caro-
lima.
In opening the campaign in Oswego, N.
Y, Governor Hill heartily commended
and indorsed the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland and declared that he want
ed no divided triumph. He would stand
or fall with the National ticket. This ref
erence called for great applause.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September 13 numbered
PIT, compared with 224 the previous week
and 1888 the corresponding week of last
year.
The Reading railroad mechanics are al
most to man opposed to President Cor
bins benefit association plan.
By collision between freight trains
near Schenectady, N. Y, the other morn
ing, Conductor Baker was killed.
FRANK c. CoRFREY and Minnie Taffley
were drowned in the Schuylkill river near
Philadelphia recently.
AN expert sneak thief stole S2,049 in a
package from the counter of the paving
teller in the Third National Bank of Buff
falo, N. Y, the other day, while he was at
lunch.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Nepaul, bound for London from China,
went ashore the other night near Mar
seilles. All hands were saved. The cap
tain, however, died shortly after from a
stroke of apoplexy, which resulted from
the severe shock the accident caused him.
FOUR hundred Irish stevedores, en-
oloyed in Glasgow harbor, Scotland, have
oeen dismissed. They will be replaced by
Drotestants from Belfast. 1t was feared
hat riot would ensue.
THE preparations for German expedi-
ion to search for Emin Bey progress act
vely. Two hundred thousand marks have
,een subscribed for the expense of the un-
lertaking.
A BAGGAGE car of an express train on
he B. q 0. was derailed while passing a
reight train recently near Mansfield, 0, |
The consequence was terrible disaster,
he cars being piled one upon the other.
'wo trainmen were instantly killed. The
xpress train contained passengers re-
urning from the g. A. Rat Columbus,
oany of whom were seriously injured
WALTER GRANTHAM, salesman of Chi |
ago, and his two sisters were drowned |
ear Carey, Ill, recently by the capsizing |
+ boat from which they were fishing in |
ha Fox river