St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-24
A DISPATCH from the British Northwest

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says: Last spring it was reported that
owing to hunger during the previous win
ter several cases of cannlbalism had oc-
Cured at Little Red river, or Peace river,
below Vermilllon. 1t now turns out that
the cannibalism was not caused by hunger,
but was the work of a woman who had
turned ''wehtigo' several years ago, and
who has since killed and eaten twelve per-
sons.
A WEDDING party OF sixteen persons, re-
turning from church at Neuzatz, Hungary,
the other day, started to cross the ice on
the Danube in carriages. When half way
across the ice gave way and the entire
party were drowned.
AT the regular meeting Of the Bank Of
England directors on the 18th, Mr.. Jones,
one Of the governors OF the bank, referred
to Mr.. Goschen's plan of the conversion Of
the public debt by means of gradual re-
duction OF interest as scheme less honor
able than the Irish plan of campaign, and
he called it an outrageous attack upon the
rights Of property.
THREE women were reported murdered in
New York on the 18th. Michael Sheehy,
while drunk, Drained his wife with poker,
and Frederick Schilling stabbed his wife
in the abdomen with butcher knife.
Frederick Carlin, a worthless, drunken fell
low, hacked his mistress head to pieces
with hatchet.
julius HAAK, an enterprising and highly
respectable citizen, was drowned in the
Brazos river at his plantation eight miles
east of Belleville, Tex, recently.
A. n. DANFoRTH. president of the Colo
RADIO Coal Il Iron Company, and Charles
Brade, formerly purchasing agent for the
same company, have been arrested and
placed under bonds for unlawfully cutting
timber on the public lands. The timber
was cut in Las Animas County, Col.
HoUsToN ROBERTS and Samuel Williams
were killed from ambush near Goldthwaite,
Tex, recently. News has also been re-
ceived that another man was shot and his
horse killed.
THE Supreme Court Of Illinois has de-
cided that the recent annexation Of Hyde
Park to Chicago adding $1,000 to the lat
ter's population, is unconstitutional.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended March 15 numbered for
the United States, 2O2; for Canada, 26;
total, 22S, compared with 253 the previous
week and 2S2 for the corresponding week
last year.
TIE house Of Ulrich Raux, a carpenter
Of Ste. Sophie, Can, was destroyed by fire
the other night. Raux's three children
and his wife, the latter of whom was an
invalid and bedridden, were in the building
and were burned to death.
A sNowPLow pushed by four engines
jumped the track at Sharon, N. Y, on the
10Th, killing Thomas Feeny, conductor,
George Fowler, engineer, Charles Orbon,
brakesman, and Thomas Reilly, fireman,
and injuring Thomas Bower, j. D. Cameron
Engineer Luther Gates and Fred Strong,
fireman. The four engines and the plow
were completely demolished.
The other morning a powder mill at
Gad's Station, O., exploded with terrific
force, leaving nothing of the structure,
only hole in the ground. Fred Therman,
the only person about the mill, was blown
some distance and burned from head to
foot in horrible manner. He died three
hours later.
A BOX Of dynamite exploded at the roll
ing mill at Joliet, Ill, recently, blowing
William M. Green, who was in charge Of
the dynamite, to pieces.