St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-21
GENERAL ITEMS.
Gladstone has gone to Paris.

Mr.. Gladstone has gone to Paris.
The porte has excluded four English
papers from Turkey for commenting OF
outrages in Armenia.
The young king of Servia has written tc
his mother, ex-Queen Natalie, imploring
her to return to Belgrade.
The convention to frame the constitution
for the proposed State of Wyoming met
in the capitol at Cheyenne.
Premier Crispi has sent a formal protest
to France against the reception accorded
the Italian delegates at Marseilles.
Under Count Tolstoi's scheme Jewish
advocates will not be allowed to plead in
the tribunals of the Baltic provinces.
In accordance with law recently passed
the French government has taken formal
possession of the telephone stations.
The Miami Company's elevator at Day
ton, o., burned with its contents. Loss
5000. Building and machinery insured
for $4,000.
The assignee of Lewis Bros. g. Co., of
New York, made q statement showing liza
bilities of So, 243, 491, with assets amount
ing to 81, 329,079.
By the derailing of a train near Esta-
brook, Col, Josiah Gale, of Galesburgh,
ILL.,, was instantly killed and several other
passengers were injured.
The saw mill of Smith and DAILY, near
Cheboygan, Mich, was totally destroyed
by fire. The loss is placed at from $15,-
900 to $40, 900, partially insured.
w. e. Selement, general delivery clerk
in the St. Paul Postotfice, was arrested for
robbing the mails of large amounts. His
family live in Southern Iowa.
During the first six months of the pres
emit year, $1,000 Germans emigrated to
America. The same number emigrated
during the first six months of 1888.
Mrs. Abigail Drummond Braentigan,
aged 70, direct descendant of Lord Drum
mond, died in her home at Asbury Park,
N. j., the result of a fall downstairs.
:. The fire in the Northern Railway Sta
ton, Madrid, has been quenched. A large
freight depot, with its valuable contents,
and nine railroad cars were destroyed.
John Grass, the famous Sioux chief who
was Frustrated by the heat at Bismarck,
Dak., few days ago, is still alive, and
there is prospect of his ultimate recovery.
An incendiary fire destroyed the bust.
ness part of Sackett's Harbor, n. Y and q
number of dwellings. The insurance foots
up $12, 900, while the loss aggregates $40,
600.
In view of prospective advance in coke
and freight rates Bessemer pig iron ad-
vanced 81 per ton in Pittsburg, Pa, and
trade is more encouraging than for some
months.
A family reunion of the noted Funk and
Stubblefeld families was held at Blooming
ton, Ill. Nearly 300 relatives were pres
emit. Governor Fifer was an invited guest
and made brief address.
At the meeting of the Academy of HON.
eopathy, held at Rock Island, Ill, DR.. c.
]. Burger, of Bonneville, Mo, was elected
President, and DR.. C. E. Larning, of Chi
cago, was elected Vice-president.
Fred Harring, Is years old, son of e.
II. Harring, of Hillsdale, Mich, was run
over by freight train near that place.
Both of the lads legs were SO severely
crushed that he died two hours after the
accident.
At Wichita, Kan, Mrs. J. w. Morgan
attempted to fill the tank of gasoline
stove without extinguishing the flame.
The tank exploded, Dcovering her with
burning gasoline. Her face and body
were burned to crisp.
After prohibition meeting at Valley
City, ID. IT,, an angry gang of whisky men
attacked the office of the local newspaper
and completely wrecked it, smashing the
presses, and scattering the type for blocks
A National Temperance Congress, under
the auspices of the National Temperance
League, will be held in Birmingham, Eng,
in October next, commencing with
large number of sermons on Sunday, Oct.
90.
Darwin A. Henry, superintendent of
construction for the East River Electric
Light Company, was instantly killed by
charge of electricity in the company's fac
tory in East Twenty fourth street, New
York.
Mr.. Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, on the occasion of
Mr.. Murat Hs1etead's Goth birthday, gaveY
him quiet upper at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, at which twenty five persons were
present.
Sunday there was strike of the freight
handlers, checkers and tally men at the
Lake Shore freight house in Toledo, the
freight handlers demanding double pay
for Sunday work. The company is trying
20 get new men.
The leaf tobacco sales on the DanvilIe |
market for August were 2,S17 900 pounds. |
The sales for the first eleven months of |
ihe tobacco year were "a, 172, 900 pounds,
! decrease of 2,000,0 900 pounds as COM
pared with the same period of last year.
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rings news of the loss of the schooner
Jennie Walker, which went ashore on one
# the Gilbert islands last April. The
rev escaped in their boats to Jakuit
sland. The vessel and cargo are total
oss.
j. Frank Colon, the young attorney of
who was arrested about three
veeks ago, charged with series of for
cries aggregating about $227, 900, has
made an assignment to the Minneapolis
title and Trust Company. His assets are
ariously estimated.
The Paris anti-alcohol congress has
assed resolution to the effect that the
overnments of the world ought to be
sked to place prohibitive duties on alco-
oil and to exempt tea, coffee, ETC., from
ustom duties. Statistics show that the
Of alcohol doubled in France
etween 1876 and 1886. ,
Commander A. G. kellogg, of the United
tates steamship Ossipee, was given a
andsome banquet at the Hygeia Hotel,
ortress Monroe, by w. P. Clyde, of the !,
lyde Line steamers, for gallant action in
'scuing the steamer Ozama from the
egitime authorities at Port-au- Prince
me six weeks ago.
On Saturday Judge Gresham in Chicago
,ndered decision in the case of the re-
,ivership of the Indianapolis, Decatur
id Western Railroad, whereby he has