St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-29
PERSONAL. AND GENERAL

| IN speecn at q conference OF Radical
Unlonists at Bradford, England, on tn
10Th, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain declare,
that the Unionists would protect tn
minority in Ireland. and preserve tn,
honor and integrity of the country.
HON. GEORGE D. TILLMAN was renomi
mated for Congress by the Second Ohio
district Democratic convention, on the
18th, after deadlock of nearly month
during which over six hundred ballots
| were taken.
THOMAS II. GREEvY was nomina ated fo1
Congress by the Democrats of the Twen.
tleth Pennsylvania district on the 18th
THREE THOUSAND cases OF flannel were
sold at auction in New York on the 10Th.
The prices obtained averaged from lax
to14I cents per yard.
THE cotton operatives on strike in Boil
ton, England, accepted the masters
terms, on the 18th, and resumed work
CARL Gotta, the Munich publisher, died
on the 10Th.
The body of a German gendarme, with
bullet-hole in the head, was found on
French territory on the 10Th. It is thought
that the man committed suicide.
ONE death from yellow fever occurred
at Decatur, Ala, on the Goth.
1t was rumored in Washington, on the
2Oth, that the President was about to ap-
point General John G.. Parkhurst to sue
ceed Lambert Tree as Minister to Rus
sia-
The New York County Democracy held
large ratification meeting at Cooper
Union, on the Goth, Hon. P. A. Collins,
Senator Blackburn and Congressman
O'Neil, Of st. Louis, being among the
speakers.
THE New York Produce Exchange, on
the Doth, decided to make the opening
hour in that city each day 10:3o a. M, and
the closing hour :15 p. m.
HE Controller of the Currency, on the
10Th. appointed Mr.. John r. Lawrence, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, as receiver Of the
Lowell National Bank, of Lowell, Mich,
which closed its doors on the 11th inst.
The Secretary of the Treasury decided,
On the Goth, that jute bagging exported as
covering of cotton can not be re-import-
I'd free of duty, but is subject to a duty Of
~ cents per pound, unless it is washing
oagging, and only fit to be converted into
paper.
A LARGE number Of changes have re-
'ently been made in superintendents of |
leans remaining in the ranks on the |
9th.
DURING political meeting in the |
Seilev1lle Avenue Rink, at Newark, n. J.,
n the night Of the Goth, the music gallery |
Gil, 1nJuring eleven men and boys, some |
+ them seriously.
The United Labor State convention |
eid In New York, on the goth, indorsed
Verner Miller, the Republican candidate
or Governor.
COUNT PARR, the Austrian Ambassador
tne Vatican, is about to retire.
MAYOR LEE of Denver, Col, forwarded
i,soo TO Jacksonville, Fla, on the Goth,
eng the amount subscribed in that city
or ne ald OF the yellow fever sufferers.
J, TIE DESTROYED the First Presbyterian
,nurcn -, at New Brunswick N. j., on the
'nn. Loss, S35. 900; insurance, $31. 800
Ihh democrats of the twenty-se cond
y" fork district nominated Geo. C.
awyer, "a, OF Canton, for Congress, on the
SAMUEL ROADS, OF Marblehead. Mass.
as nominated for Congress- by acclama.
VI ~ Inc Democratic convention at
eWburyport on the 20th.
HE death OF Prof. Jameson. the Rel
IAN ha.uFailst, at Banglas, on the Congo
yer, was announced on the 21st.
EMPEROR WILLIAM OF Germany. on the /.
th, confirmed the election OF Prof. Har-
sck to the chair of church history at the
ritish University in Berlin. This action 9
regarded as a heavy blow to the an.
eme church party.
THE Senate, on the sfsk passed the bill
eating Department Of Agriculture. !.
d providing for q Secretary Of Agri- /.
lture, ]