St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND porrrrcAr

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The official canvass Of the Presidentia
vote OF Indiana has been completed. Til
total vote for the highest Elector on eacl
of the four tickets is 539, ,949, as follows
Highest Republican Elector, 2G3, ,261; high
est Democrat, 261, ,013; Prohibition, 1881
Labor, 1854. Republican plurality, 2,34s
General Hovey's plurality for Governo
was 1900.
M. HERTENsTEIN, President of Svitzer
land, who underwent the amputation O
his right leg because of disease of th.
arteries, is dead.
SURGEON SIMON, of the United States
steamer Boston, in quarantine at New
York, died on the 9th of yellow fever
The two other patients were steadily inn.
| proving, and the rest of the ships company
were in good health.
HON. MICHAEL HENRY HERBERT. Brit
ish charge d'affaires at Washington, was
married recently to Miss Belle Wilson, a
rich New York girl.
A RECENT meeting of Democratic mem
bers of the G. A. Il. was held at Indianap-
Oils, Ind, when it was resolved to secede
from the organization and form a new one.
Ihe alleged cause was that the oramdad
been used for political ends in thG |ent
general election. -
HENRY GEORGE lectured in Lond@ on
the 27th. He said that the grasping for
land IN America was rapidly making that
country similar to England. He wanted
to utterly abolish landordism.
COUNT BENoMAR, late Spanish Minister
to Germany, is to be called to strict ac-
count for his actions after his recall.
IHE wife OF General W.T.. Sherman died
at New York on the 2Sth.
MINISTER JACOB T. CHILD sailed from
San Francisco for Siam on the 2Sth.
The Italian Senate has rejected the bill
for the extension of political suffrage to
women.
The bronze bust of John McCulloueh.
the dead trag agedian, was unvailed at Mount
Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia, on the
2sth in the presence of many noted actors
and others.
The Republican plurality for Governor
in Michigan was 17,130. The pluralities
on the rest of the State ticket were from
81 $40 to 23,937.
A FORMAL tender of the position of chief
marshal of the inaugural parade at WASH
ngton en- the 4th of March has been
made to Governor Beaver, of Pennsyl- |
7ania.
The British House Of Commons has
passed the Ashbourne Extension act by a
7ote of 202 to 141.
AFTER q conference with Cardinal Ram
'olla and the Russian envoy, the Pope
proposes to establish diplomatic relations
With Russia, a Russian Minister being
ent to the Vatican, but no Nuncio to st.
The President attended union services
t sembly Church, Washington, Thanks
living morning.
The Wisconsin official vote for President
'as S54.66t, an increase Of "a, TIC over 1884.
larrison's plurality was 21,271 gain of
b91 over Blaine's. Governor Hoard's
lurality was 20,265, as against SITS for
,usk in 1886. The Prohibition vote was
l,277, against 1866 in 1884. The Labor
ote was s,552 against 1858 in 1884.
The Electoral vote of California, as an
ounced by the Secretary Of State was as
'llows: Harrison. 124, 800; Cleveland,
Z, ,729; Fisk, s, ZIG; Curtis, 521.
THE canvass of the Oregon vote
lows the following as the official figures:
arrison, SO, 293; Cleveland, 26. 524; Fisk,
677; Streeter, 1863; scattering, 81. Harri-
ms plurality was 769, while at the last
election Blaine's plurality
as 2,256.
The official vote Of Kentucky was:
eveland, 1S3, 800; Harrison, 155. 1874; Fisk, c
s25; Labor, 622; Belva Lockwood, 2.
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