St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

| HANBURY & GARyEY. of San Diego. Cal,
have been sued for $I00250 collected by
| them on land of the International Compa-
NY, of Mexico, and not accounted for.
| w. H. Delaney, counsel for the Kansas
| Pacific bondholders, has written to Presi-
| dent Cleveland asking for the co-opera-
| tion of the Government in securing the ar
| rest of Jay Gould, who with Russell Sage
is charged with Incorporating several
millions dollars. Gould is outside the ju-
risdiction of the New York court having
some time ago left the country.
IT is stated that IN the Port Timpson dis
trict of British Columbia fifty children
and young people had died of scarlet fever
within a short period.
Two trains came into collision twenty
five miles west OF Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
morning of the 18th. There was a terrific
crash and much damage done. but all on
board escaped with slight bruises.
THE jury in the case of the State against
Thomas c. Platt to GUST him from the posi-
tion of Quarantine Commissioner of the
City OF New York on the ground that he
was not resident of that city, returned
verdict against him.
THE swindler who, year ago, defrauded
people of the City of Mexico out of $4,000
by spurious advance sale of Patti concert
tickets has been arrested in New York
He proved to be Charles Bourlen, d French
jew a notorious and dangerous confidence
man.
REPORTS of persons frozen to death in
the blizzard Of the 18th and 18th were quite
numerous. The cold was intense, from
twenty to forty degrees below zero being
registered in Minnesota, Montana and Da-
kota.
ADv1cEs from the Russian frontier say
the troops in the Lublin district are suffer
ing terribly from the cold. Forty sentinels
have been frozen to death.
DISASTROUS flames broke out in Indian
apolls, Ind, in the rear of ID. P. Irwin &
Co.'s dry goods house, South Meridian and
Maryland streets, on the night of the 18th.
The fire extended as far as the new union
passenger station. The losses were esti-
mated as amounting to total of $50, 000
A FIRE adjoining the Free Press Office at
Detroit, Mich, the other night, compelled
the editors and printers to seek safety in
flight
BUSINESS failures Dun's reporD for the
seven days ended January II numbered
for the United States, 25S; Canada, 30;
total. 2Ss, compared with 279 the previous
week and 323 the corresponding week of
laSC year BUSINESS was reported uull.
THE President has granted a pardon in
the case of Levi G.. Pratt, convicted in the
Southern district of Iowa of passing coun-
terfeit money and sentenced February 1,
1886, to five years Imprisonment.
The non-union printers OF Chicago have
organized Printers Protective Fraternity
No. g.
The great Bass Brewing Company, of
England, is to be converted into limited
liability concern.
DELEssEPs maintains that the Panama
canal will be made available for the transit
OF vessels in 1890 by means of immense me-
tallic locks which Engineer Elffel has been
ordered to construct.
THE values of exports of breadstuffs for
the twelve months ended December 81,
1887, was Sl5S 3O1, ,76S, as against S14S, 1873 O20
for the twelve months ended December 81,
1856.
Tue forty-six Arabs who arrived in New
York several weeks ago have been de-
clared paupers by Collector Magone and
will be sent home