St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-03-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

| TwENTY-FoUR houses in the Cassim quar-
| ter of Constantinople were destroyed by fire
recently.
| A DISASTROUS accident occurred at the
Fishback rolling mill of the Pottsville pa. J
Iron & Steel Company recently. By the
slipping of belt the speed of the engine
was suddenly increased to such an enor-
nous velocity as to cause the bursting of
the great fly wheel. Great damage was
caused and Charles Treisel, a laborer, was
| instantly killed.
| A SPECIAL from Winnipeg says: Dis
| patches from the West show much uneasi-
| ness among settlers along the Saskat
| chewan, owing to the destitution among
the half breeds and Indians. Many Of them
| are On the verge of starvation.
| ADvICEs from Victoria B. c., state that
a man answering in every particular the
description of Tascott, the alleged murder
| er of millionaire Smell in Chicago, has been
| arrested there.
CORONER LEVY, of New York, held an
| inquest on the 9th regarding the death of
| Jockey Spellman, who received fatal in-
| jurles on the night of November 16. The
| jury decided that he died from injuries re-
| ceived by falling when drunk.
| ALLEN o. MYERS, who has figured so
| conspicuously as a defendant in the tally
sheet forgery trials at Columbus, O., and who
| fled Columbus and the State of Ohio a few
| days ago, was in Washington recently.
MAYER BROTHERS & Co., commission mer-
| chants, of New York, have made an assign
| ment. A month ago they claimed to be
| worth S400. 900 above liabilities. The fail
| ure was caused by the shrinkage in coffee.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended March numbered for
the United States. 1875; Canada, So; total,
253; compared with A4 the previous week
| and 219 the corresponding week of last
year.
WILLIAM WARNER, prospector for the
Tahlequah, I. T.. Lumber Company, en-
gagged in surveying stream to be used for
| walnut log RATS, has been killed by out
laws either white or Cherokee.
LATER reports from China state that
| 100000 persons were drowned by the over
flow Of the Yellow river and 1,S0O. 900 rem
dered homeless
YOU'VE WALKER son of the Bald Knob
Der chief, was convicted at Ozark Mo-, on
the 9th of the murder of Edens and Clark
| in Christian County year ago.
CHARLES F. BLANCHAUM, slop superin-
| tendent at Maddux, Hobart & Co.'s dis
| tillery at Cincinn att, was found dead the
other morning In a slop vat half filed with
hot slop He lost his footing and fell into
the scalding contents.
THE Methodist University at Mitchell,
Oak, was burned recently. One of the
students was killed in jumping from a
window and quite a number Of others were
seriously injured. The building was totally
destroyed. Loss, SIS 600; insured.
MACY WARNER, late convict, was
hanged recently at Jeffersonville, Ind, for
the murder Of Frank Harris, also con-
vict in the prison south of Jeffersonville.
The killing Of Harris occurred on April Is,
1887, and was most brutal and unprovoked.
THE British bark Lanoma, from Launces-
ton, Australia, for London, with cargo of
wool, has been wrecked in the English Chan
mel The captain and eleven Of the crew
were drowned.
THE Postmaster-Gener states in reply
to charges Of inefficient mail service in
Kansas and the West generally that the
service was never in better condition than
at present and that the charges are, there
fore, unfounded.