St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-26
On the 10th the Secretary of War issued

an order. prohibiting regimental bands
from playing outside Of the posts at which
they are stationed.
On the 18th the following bonds were
offered to the Government: S2,005, 100
registered As, at 127 to 127z: $4,000
coupon As, t127; $4,000 registered AIS, at
1863 Total, $2,097,7 $50. The following
were accepted: 14,15o registered As, at
127; 900 coupon Is, at 127; $3.50, 900 regis
tered AIS, at 10S. Total, $223, $50.
On the 10Th the suit of Inventor Edison
against the United States Electric Light
Company for infringement Of patent, be-
gun three years ago, and on which twen-
ty-six similar suits depend, was decided
by Judge Wallace, in the United States
Circuit Court, in favor of the defendant.
On the 18th twenty-one members of the
Honorable Artillery Company of London,
including number of field and staff Off
GERS, sailed from Southampton, to become
the guests of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company of Boston.
On the 18th it was testified by number
of reputable witnesses before the COM
mittee examining the management Of the
Government Printing Office, that Mr..
Benedict had given contracts for furnish
ing paper to a Philadelphia firm whose
bid was the highest and whose commercial
rating was the lowest of all the bidders,
and that for manila paper contracted for
at $40 cents per pound he had paid them
8, 9 and 10 cents.
On the 10th the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, represent
ing sixty-nine Presbyteries, covering the
territory from Maryland to Mexico, met
in Baltimore.
On the 18th the general term of the New
York Supreme Court decided that the
Third Avenue Railroad Company of New
York City, being by it's charter forbidden
to use steam as a motive power, can not
substitute the cable system in place of
horses.
The only point of interest in the Par
nellite manifesto, says the London Times,
is that, while Mr.. Parnell declares the
party to be entire strangers to the plan of
campaign, forty members of the party
meet and justify it.
In Washington, on the 18th, the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication Society held its
sixty-fourth annual meeting. The total
receipts from all sources for the past year
were $5S2, 400. One hundred and twelve
new publications have been added to the
society's catalogue, and 29,307,S07 pam
phlets and tracts were printed during the
year.
AT Llanefdd, Wales, on the 18th, the
tithe collectors and the police, who were
protecting them, were attacked by the
people. A general riot ensued, in which
thirty five persons were injured, seven Of
them severely.
On the 18th the bark Jessie Moreys ar
rived at Quebec, having on board two
brothers named Fleming, who were picked
upon The banks, after floating twelve days
in dory without food, having been lost
from the French fishing schooner Jubilee
of st. Johns, N. F.
M. HERsoUT, the well-known French
contractor, is trying to organize COM
pany to construct bridge across the En-
glish channel at cost of f32, 100000.
IT is said that by way of reprisal for in
reference with Germans on the French
side of the frontier, German rescript
will be issued to prevent if possible,
from visiting Alssce-Lor-
raine.