St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-19
GENERAL ITEMS.

Great preparations for National Saenger-
fest in New Orleans.
At Augusta, George North married Car
RE Dean while dying.
Three little runaway boys from school at
Mississippi City, were captured.
Fire in Minnesota destroyed peat and
hay to the amount of $3.50, O0C.
In the railroad accident near Stuttgart
ten persons were killed and fifty injured.
Wareham, Mass, high school building
entirely burned. Contents mostly saved.
Mr.. Gladstone is recovering from his
cold, though he is still confined to his
room.
First National Bank of Lockland O.,
authorized to begin business with capital
of $4,000.
Collision on the Union Pacific, near
Rosco, of two freight trains and three per
son injured.
Recent hurricane at Isle del Carmen,
Mexico, destroyed 105 houses and wrecked
twenty seven vessels.
Five cars of pa senger train ditched near
Cheyenne by spreading rails Six persons
injured, four ladies seriously bruised,
porter's skull cracked and conductors leg
crushed.
Four men injured and fast trotter Lady
Gay, valued at $15, 600 killed in freight
train accident at East ST. Louis.
Earthquake shocks were felt in the City
of Mexico and throughout the State of
Guerrero. They lasted half a minute.
A special to the Detroit Journal from
Grand Haven, Mich, says: Fire destroyed
init n nuiohfS oIaropt raSjHonna
100000.
A collision occurred between passenger
and freight train at Laswitz in Posena
Four railway employees were killed and
many passengers injured.
Braxton Bragg, nephew of the Confeder
ate general of that name, Mobiles city at
torney, died from congestion OF the brain,
the result of typhoid fever.
Nashville extends cordial invitation
and promises hearty reception to the
delegates to the Three Americas and their
escort of American citizens.
Forged Russian bank bills to the amount
of hundreds of thousands of rubles are in
circulation in Russia. 1t is supposed that
they were made in America.
The Frepch government will prosecute
the IntrdnS5geant for asserting that funds
belonging to the war office were used in
arrying the recent election.
Bagging trust has enveloped al jute
baggiDg manufactures in the United States
except the one in New York, organized
under the laws of that State.
crazy old negro preacher named Lang
ley Stafks is now charged with being the
party who fred into Moss Point (Miss.)
church with such fatal result.
John Fitzpatrick, alias Liverpool Jack"
was convicted of kidnapping men and
sending them to the isthmus in part Ii,
general ses sions court, New York.
August Belmont & Co. ordered 100000
gold for export The New York assay
Office does not know where the gold is to
be shipped. Belmont & Co. refuse all in
formation about
The situa'' regard to the New
York brio -, strike remains I'M
changed. The v. remen are snll out aud
it does not look as though any compEo-
mise can be reached yet.
1t is expected that the czar and czarina
and their family will leave Fridenborg on
the 18th for Berlin, where they will re-
main two days M De Giers will not &C
company the imperial party.
M. Zankhoff, the leader of the Russian
party in Bulgaria. has issued a manifesto
declaring that the Bulgarians will at 30
very distant day drive Prince Ferdinand
from the throne and from the country.
At the Atchison directors meeting in
Boston the committee ON reorganization
and consolidation reported that the con-
solidation of the three California lines
into one company would go into effect this
week
News has been received that the brileI
Emma Aug,klsb, which left San Francis co
on Aug. IL, was wrecked Sept. "a at Raza
island In the gulf of California, where she
had gone for load of guano. The crew
was saved.
The San Francisco Chronicle claims that |
the J.sJ. Heffernan whn figured in the |
Cronin case and who was Desmonds COM
panion in the East is a barkeeper in TIT
city, working under the name n Richard
j. HeffeTnan.
military COT of inquiry convened at |
S ~ cracks, twelve miles south of
-. Louis, to Investigate the charges of |
pad treatment of army recruits at that post. |
The court was organized and three wit
nssses examined in secret session.
A dispatch from Michigan City, Ind.
says that q shortage of $500 has been
found in the accounts of Theodore McLel-
land, agent for the Michigan Central Rail-
road at that point. McLelland's father is
q wealthy banker at Valparaiso, and it is
said will settle the matter with the com
pany.
A molder named Joseph Wills, employed
in the Walburn Foundry, Fort Scott Kan,
committed suicide. He first slashed him
self with razor, cutting horrible gashes
in his throat, body and lower limbs, and
then jumped from three story window.
He was married and was just recovering
from protracted spree
Among the immigrants who arrived at
Castle Garden was prepossessing young
woman named Gudborg Bjanardottis. She
comes from cykjavik, Iceland. and will
make her home with friend in Brooklyn
The young woman's head gear attracted
much attention. IL consisted of black
skull cap with a long silken pendant hang
ing down over her shoulders. She called
it o scotthufa.
The collector of customs at Charlotte
town. P. E l., has telegraphed the Cana
dian customs department that an American
fishing vessel not possessing license
under the modus vivendi had put into port
and desired TO obtain new set of sails
and asking if permission to pull chase
would be given. The commissioner replied
that the vessel could only obtain the sails
In the event of their being alb -olutely nee
essary for the vessels bomeward voy age.
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