St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-05

BEFORE withdrawing entirely from
, Suakim the British will build strong per-
manent forts on which guns will be
> mounted SO as to sweep the plains. The
black regiments will be left to garrison
the place.
The weather was so mild in Austria tb {
excursions were being made to Schnee-
berg and other tourist resorts which usual
ly during the winter season are barred bv
ice and snow.
The detective service of the Missouri
Pacific, in charge of J. o. Furlong, has
been abolished. The cost of the service
was 10000 a year, which General Man.
ager Clark thought was more than it was
worth.
iHE London Times impores the Gov
ernment to endeavor to procure an early
settlement of the Newfoundland fisheries
question and the controversy between
france and England, which are in an
anomalous and unsatisfactory position.
| CHRISTMAS, 1888 will be lon e remembered
In the United States for it's many disasters
ln addition to the burning of the steamer
John d. Htnna at Plaquem;ns, La, by
| which thirty lives were lost the Left
Ericsson steamer was burned near Seattle.
Wash. T., with loss OF seven lives
three skaters lost their lives at Lake VIII
lage, N. H., six pleasure seekers were
drowned in the bay of San
francisco, the freight steamer Silver Star
was sunk off Bar Harbor, N. H., two train
men were killed in a wreck on the Midland
road at Lime creek, COL, the Olympic
Iheater at Ashland, Wis, was burned,
Charles Stacker perished in a tenement
house lire at New York, seven young BOYS
We're badly burned while firing a toy can
non at Augusta, Ga, ha'f million dollars
was consumed in a fire at Cincinnati and
three firemen were injured. and Marble
head, Mass, was almost entirely DESTROY
ed by terrible conhagration. In addi-
tlon, there was quite list of minor fataii-
ties and disasters.
REV Dn-BoYcE, chairman of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis
vliie and a noted divine and scholar, is dy-
ing at Paris France, whittier he had gone |
Tor the benefit of his health.
THE cotton operatives and factory own.
ers of Bolton, England, are engaged in a
dispute, which will probably end in lock-
out because the masters think bad work
is being done.
Two Russian emissaries have been ar
rested at Vastiiesti, Roumania. Efforts to
lncite the people against King Charles are
becoming frequent.
A BOMB VAS exploded the other evening
n front of the Madrid residence of Senor
Silva, noted Spanish Conservative. No
damage was done.
M. BETz, the Paris copper Speculation
Who failed recently for 1900, 900 francs,
committed suicide in Switzerland bv
himself.
IHE new French powder is far mora
nectlve for rifles than any previously
sed, makes no smoke and is not damaged
~ water.
IHE Emperor of Germany has sent to
no Duke of Cambridge telegram of con-
of the Suakim victory.
A CHANGE for the better has again oc-
urred in the condition of John Bright, the
oted British statesman.
aSIGNoR MANcINI, formerly Italian Min.
ter OF Fore gn Affairs, died recently, aged ..
eventy three
A NUMBER of Soudan dervishes have
rived in Constantinople on secret mis-
on. |
GENERAL LoRIs MEL1KoFF, the famous
ussian officer, died recently, aged sixty. 7
ur.
IT is stated that Henry J. Page, genera,
rent OF the Cincinnati, Indianapolis. St
ouls q Chicago Railroad Company, the :
5lg Four" will resign and 60 10 /
1lcago as traffic manager of the West. I
n Indiana & Belt Line railway. T
IHE British steamer Storm Queen has u
undered in the Bay of Biscay. Her cam o
IN and five other persons were drowned.
HE second official inquiry into tho cir O
instances of the late alleged accident to
Cars train at Borkia, has resulted in n
cribing the disaster to crime and not to n
cident. d