St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-12-01

H was dnHouuceu recently Cnat phys
clan from New Orleans had died of yeilo
fever in Chicago. No fears of an epidem
were expressed.
THE Railway Passenger and Freie]
Conductors Mutual Aid and Benefit A
sociation of the United States met at Oh
!. cago on the 22d.
|. THE last volume of the report in Il
q tenth census has just been issued. 1t con
pletes set OF twenty-five volumes, as
gregating 19,304 pages.
OVER one hundred children were bn,
Q recently ih panic caused by an alarm ,
ire In the First ward school. Long Islam
Z City, N. Y.
SEVERAL persons were quite seriousl
hurt in n panic at the Boston store. Chi
cago, on the 22d, caused by a. foel sales
man crying SIRE" on observing the com
motion created by the arrest of a pick
pocket.
PROF. Fl. F. VANDERGRIFT, of Clinton
Mo-, was killed recently in parachut
performance at Columbus. Ga. He wa
up about half mile when the balloo
collapsed. He released himself and para
chute safely, but fell in the Chattahoochi
river, where he was drowned,
A SPECIAL from Denison, Tex. saws
Officers after long chase in the Choctay
Nation succeeded in overhauling and kill
ing a desperate supposed to be job,
Barber, one of the celebrated Kep Ouee,
gang OF outlaws. The gang had killed q,
Indian and were wanted for ATTEMPTED
train robbery.
1T is reported that Chicago syndicate
Is about to secure control of four St Louis
street railway lines, whose capital STOCK
aggregate nearly three millions of dollars
| ARTICLES OF incorporation of new and
direct line of railroad between st. Paul.
Mimi, and Kansas City, Mo-, have been
| filed at the former city.
AN Anarchist circular of the stvla
adopted by Parsons and Spies was dis
trlbuted through the saloons of the West
and Northwest sections of Chicago ON the
25d, asking for subscriptions to defend the
alleged dynamiters, Hronek, Cheboun
and Sevic.
EXPORTS OF merchandise from the United
States during the twelve months ended
October 81, 1888, as compared with similar
exports during the corresponding period
Of 1887 were for 1888 $724, ,605, ,2su: 1881
$67S, ,422,9 $50. The values of the imports
We're for 1888, $7o7, ,15, 1893; 1881, $7s2 rs eas.
OLAF SUNDE, cashier of the New York
DGity Neaos, is reported to have alSsconded.
preliminary investigation disclosed the
fact that Sunde absconded with at least
5000.
The strike of switchmen at indianapolis.
Ind, assumed a serious phase on the 23d.
Business in the railroad yards was at
complete standstill.
JAMES E. BEpELL, of New York, who
swindled his employers and their clients
out Of $264,0o0 has been sentenced to
twenty five years. imprisonment.
The New York Supreme Court has
handed down an important decision in
which it seems that the Bell Telephone
Company is liable for New York State
CAKES. The State claimed the right to
collect tax of one-half of one per cent. on
the gross earnings.
By the burning of the Fort Wayne
(Ind.) Jenney Electric Light Company's
plant recently $3.50, 600 damage was done.
$150.0OO. |
OSCAR HUNT, parachute performer.
,ame near being killed at Canton, O.. re- |
,ently. One rope of his trapeze broke |
md he whirled around like a top, being |
eriously bruised when he reached ground. |
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
even days ended November % numbered
SO, as compared with 237 the previous
week and 207 the corresponding week of
asst year.
The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood ON
he 2od at Chicago celebrated the hanging
Allen, Larkin and O'Brien at Man
hester, England, twenty-one years ago.
ADAM BERKEs. Of Sardinia, O., whow as
ecently fiogged by masked men, has be.
ONE insane.
I. V. PoWDERLY was reelected general
laster workman Of the Knights of Labor
y a vote Of 114to %. He refused to accept
lore than $4,000 of his salary of $1,000.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
Bishop McTTERE, of the Methodist
hurch South is critically ill at his home
/ Nashville, Tenn. II
The orange crop of Southern California
reported to be large enough to allow of {
om 2oO0 250O carloads being shipped
asst.
THE iron ore of Alabama is greater .
an that of Pennsylvania. The coal area .
11,0O0 square miles.
IHE fine new steam saw and planning Y
III at Pocahoatas, Tenn, belonging to g.
+. Garrett, burned ON the 25d. It had been T
operation only a few days.
GEORGE REMBERT, with several aliases.
40 halls from Columbus, Ca, was Il
rested in Nashville, Tenn, on the 23d for
ing up several business houses by obtain n
goods from them under false pretenses. 4
DURING the year 3,875,525 cigars were
anufactured from 82,545 pounds of to-
Geo III Tennessee. About 2, 90, 900 pounds "
tobacco was manufactured in the State,
l,245,s7o pounds sold, for which taxes II
re paid amounting to sos, 1854. 40.
PARTY of wealthy capitalists from - -
va ana illinois were at Huntsville, Ala, -
1ne 24th. They are prospecting. 70
GOVERNMENT officials are just now wor- I in
ng over robbery of the mail between VI
lmmersvilie and Cobienz. Ark. This is W
tar route. The mails have been robbed 10
times within ten days, and the amount tn
ured altogether will aggregate about Ca
0.
HERE were nine new cases Of yellow
OF reported at Jacksonville, Fla, on the WI
!. Total cases, 1914; total deaths, 407. OF
HREE white and one negro convict were a.. Nv
pped at New Castle, Del, on the oath 81
larceny and burglaries. They took hi' hi'
n five to fifty lashes, lightly laid. About a sai
spectators were present. 70,
IRE destroyed the Judson Female Sem pit
y at Marion, Ala, on the 24th. It was tn,
OF the oldest and best known institu- sla
in the South. The loss is 500, 900; a /
rance, $25, 900. cut
IE official returns for the State of laI
th Caralina are: Cleveland 65.aa5. ~. ~.
rison 1910. Democratic majority W. ~,
%. The total vote is 1882 less than
years ago. The Democratic majority :
100 greater.
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Dry was burned at New Orleans on the roo r,o,,
Two other buildings were damaged, an