St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-29

| CONRAD SToRZ, prominent politician
and business man Of Jeffersonville, Ind.
was found dead in his room at hotel II
Scottsburg, Ind, on the Goth. His throa
was cut from ear to ear, his pockets turned
inside out, and his money gone.
| WIN. WARREN, the comedian, died a
Boston. on the 21st
| A WELL-DRESSED stranger was assault.
ed on the streets Of Indianapolis, Ind.
on the night Of the Goth, by two coloret
men, who fatally injured him with blows
from piece of iron. A slip of paper
with civilian McGlll, New York" writ
ten on it. was found in his pocket
The physicians attending John L. Sui.
| livan, on the 20th expressed the opinion
| that he would be around again in two or
| three weeks.
THE Sultan of Turkey has had to give
| up the idea of autumn maneuvers of the
second class reserves, on account of a
lamentable lack of lucre in the military
chest.
JUDGE FAIRALL, Of Iowa City, Ia, on the
Goth, sentenced VIM. Orcutt to ten years
in the penitentiary for attempting to
wreck train for purposes of robbery on
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
way near that city year ago.
HAMBURG correspondent confirms the
statement that Emperor William, while
at st Petersburg, tried to mediate in re-.
gard to Bulgaria, and that he will con-
tinue the attempt at Vienna and Rome.
THE London Post, commenting upon
Senator Sherman's speech in Congress,
says: 'Englishmen will not resist de-
Hberate decision on the part of Canada to
seek either indie pendence Or union with
the United States"
ALoN2o V. HYDE, q Salt Lake City
clothing merchant, wound up an extend
ed spree in police station in New York,
on the Goth, with $500 in his pocket, the
remains of SIS, 900 he had when he started.
REPRESENTATIVE KILGoRE, acting chair
man Of the House committee on enrolled
bills, called upon the President, on the
Goth, and delivered to him the Chinese
Exclusion bill.
GENERAL WALTER G. NEWBERRy was
appointed postmaster at Chicago on the
21st
IWENTY-THREE new nurses arrived at
Jacksonville, Fla, on the Dist
CHICAGO hoodlums made a wanton at.
tack on an incoming passenger train on
the Chicago & Alton road on the night OF
the 21st. A shaver of ltmps of Goals and
stones was thrown through the car WIN
dows, and many passengers were serious
ly injured.
YELLow-FEvER refugees from Decatur,
Ala, are not allowed to stop at Nashville. |
Tenn.
The Secretary of the Treasury accepted |
bonds offered to the amount of S2,645, 900 |
IN the 21st
MJpTurTrr on
which Stokes &y Whitehead, English |
anchmen in Wyoming, paid $1,000 was
hot and killed on the Goth. The animal
lad been sick couple of days with lung
ever. AS there was no possible chance
or recovery, it was killed to end it's mis-
ry.
GENERAL HARRISON received two large
on the 21st. One of them,
rom Dayton, O., contained number of
Id men who voted for Clay in 1882.
The district attorney of New York. on
he 21st, gave Herr Most two weeks in
'hicb to sustain his appeal, taken al
lost year ago from o sentence of one
ears imprisonment for melting a riot
r go to prison. He has been out on bail,
nd seemed to have forgotten his respon-
bility to the court.
IHE cranberry warehouse on Sackett's
.arsh, near Berlin, Wis.,, containing
800 barrels Of berries, was burned on
le night of the 18TH
PUBLIC confidence in health certificates
sued by health officers at Southern
oints was utterly destroyed by the publi-
ltlon, on the 2lst, of proof that the in
'ection is farce, and that certificates
I've been openly sold to whoever would |
ly by the health officers at Huntsville,
la., and Jackson, Tenn, at prices rang 1
g from fifty cents to one dollar each.