St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-23
MIsCELLANEOUss

TEE German steamer Pemptes, from
Singapore, with o number of pilgrims on
board, which was reported overdue al
Jeddah and which it was feared was lost
has arrived at Alden in tow with her sha3.
broken.
RECENTLY pu blished statistics Of the
Chicago Union Stock Yards Company, and
of the Chicago Board Of Trade, show that
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
Is still leading all other lines in the number OF
cars of live stock and grain brought to that
| market. This fact indicates the rapidity
with which the road must have recovered
| from IT'S recent labor trou bles, and furnishes
/ additional evidence Of the efficient manner
| in which the management handled the re-
cent strikes of employees on its lines. Evi
| IDENTIFY, from business standpoint, the
road is in able hands.
| A BRONZE equestrian statue of Israel Put
! nam, the revolutionary hero, erected by
the State, was unvailed at Brooklyn, Conn,
on the 18th. Hon. Morris W. Seymour
made the speech of presentation and Gov
ernor Lounsbury the address receiving it
| on behalf Of the State.
The National Christian Science Associa-
| ton has elected Mrs. NJ. R. G. Eddy, of
Boston, president, Herbert q. Bangs, of
bOSJOn, secretary, anu MIS- H. "A. LdCullers
| of Chicago, treasurer.
| The works of the Salem (Mass) Lead
| Company, 200x100 feet in size and four
stories high, together with it's contents
and machinery, were burned recently.
Loss, 500, 600; fully insured
A HEAVY thunder storm passed over Al
bany, N. Y, on the 18th. Lightning struck
English 4 Best's hotel. The loss reached
| 800, 900; partially insured.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union ended it's convention at Kansas City,
| NO., on the 18th. Mrs. Clara Hoffman, of
Kansas City, was elected president.
LAWYER DUNN, of New York, has been
found guilty Of grand larceny in the first
degree in receiving from Teller Scott the
bonds stolen by the latters from the Man.
haitian Bank. Sentence was postponed
pending argument on motion for new
trial
SERIOUS foods are reported IN Southern
Minnesota and Dakota, consequent upon
heavy rains of the 18th and 14th. Much
damage has been done, the downpour
being accompanied by heavy winds.
A COLLISION occurred on the Pennsylva-
mia road near Fifty-second Street Philadel-
phia recently, by which twenty freight
cars were wrecked. One car was loaded
with refined oil, which caught fire from a
hot box and the cars were almost entirely
| destroyed, with the greater part of their
contents. Loss, $4,000.
CLARA WEED, aged eighteen, was struck
by lightning the other night near Aber-
deem, OAK, and killed.
ALL the window glass factories of the
West have shut down until September>
and possibly longer unless an agreement
as to wages is reached.
The French Ministry propose to intro
duce bill to tax saccharine as sugar and
to prohibit its sale as such.
ROBBERS attacked train on the M, K.
& 7. near Muscogee, I. T., on the night of
the 18th, killing one man and wounding
two others, but only getting IS in booty.
An active pursuit Of the rufians was i'm
mediately organized.
BUSINESS fai ures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended June IA. numbered for
the United States, 2O9; Canada, %; total,
232; compared with $50 the previous week
and 213 the corresponding week last year.