St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
GENERAL lie MS.

Fearful storms are reported in the
slack sea the sea of Azof is ice, blocked
Captain Wissman te1egraphed that
Henry NJ Stanley arrived at Mpwspwa on
Nov. 10.
Chief Justice w. N. II. Smith, of the
North Carolina Supreme Court, died AT
Raleigh.
The Seneca Hotel and other buildings at
ldwinsville, n. Y. burned. Loss,
$4,000.
The court house at Warrenton, Va, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, So, 5000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
The Demopo1ia oil mill at Demopojis,
Ala, was burned. The loss is 1925, coo;
insurance, $4,000.
The Rochester, Ind, wooden mill was
ably damaged by fire. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Prof. Richard w. Swan, librarian at
Purdue University, died st his home in
West Lafayette, Ind.
Col. Thomas G. Lawler was appointed
postmaster at Rockford, ILL.,, vice John D.
Waterman, removed.
The Cologne Gazette, in view of the
great results of the Paris exposition, advo-
Gates similar exposition in Berlin.
A dispatch from London states that the
son of Mr.. Lincoln, the United States min
lister to England, is i'll at Versailles.
The "Model Clothing House" at Lansing,
Mich, closed its doors, it having outstand
ing mortgages amounting to $4,000.
NJ, Sardou has obtained damages of one
franc for the publication of ala Tosca"
before the play had been performed.
At the meeting of the Farmers Congress
st Montgomery, Ala, the tariff resolutions
were carried by vote of III to 1906
AtNew Orleans, the Chamber of Com
merce and Industry of Louisiana Endorsed
Chicago as the site for the worlds fair.
The national palace at San Salvador was
completely destroyed by fire. The gov
eminent archives were totally destroyed.
At their convention in Montgomery, Ala,
the Southern lumbermen declared in favor
of Chicago as the site for the worlds fair.
Charles Kablitz, of Benton township,
Iowa, was adjudged insane at Burlington
and sent to the asylum at Mount Pleasant.
Willard Powers Fillmore, son of the late
Willard Fillmore, thirteenth President of
plexy.
Announcement is made of the failure of
Gusey, Walker & Co., hardware and i'm
plements, Olathe, Kan, with liabilities of
$4,000.
President Ingalls,, of the Big Four sys-
tenn, denies that 1T contemplates the acqui-
sition of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railway.
Mr.. David Brown, aged rs years, of At
kinsea, Me-, was thrown from his carriage
and killed. His two daughters were also
badly injured
At Boston, the leather firm of-2WiIliam
F. Johnson & Co. filed their petition of
insolvency which shows their liabilities to
be $448, 1876.
Miss Sadie McCaughey, of Dakota City,
Neb., sued Judge Griffey, of Sioux City,
lows, for breach of promise and got iudg-
ment for $4,000.
Three of the four breweries in Kansas
City have been sold to an English sypdi-
cate for $1,500,0 600. The transfer will
occur Jan. /, 1890.
Hancock county Gll.) farmers are COM
planning of damsge done of late to corn
cribs by rats and mice. Their losses, they
say, will be heavy.
As result of overexertion in q recent
bicycle race, Ellis B. Freatmau, member
of the Genesee Bicycle Club, died at Roch-
ester, N. T., aged %.
For State Treasurer of Pennsylvania,
Boyer rep received 60, 926 plurality over
Bigler Dem. The Prohibition vote of
the State was %, 401. ~
In Brooklyn all.the horse car lines are
iIf full operation and running as usual and
without police protection, al officers hav-
ing been withdrawn.
Business failures for the week. as re-
ported by Dun & Co., are 265 as compared
with 267 last week, and 237 for the cores
pouding week a year ago.
The Jas. A. Smith & Sons Ice and Fuel
Company, of East st. Louis, Ill have as
signed. The liabilities are placed at SOL,
300, with assets unknown
The Farmers Congress in session st
Montgomery, Ala, passed resolutions in
aorsiDg Chicsgo's claim Of being the best
location for the worlds exposition.
The tile factory of S. c. Cowgirl at Sum.
Ind, was entirely consumed by I
ire. The loss will amount to over SO, 900 |
,n which there is no insurance.
At q meeting of the finance committee of
,he Montreal, CAM City Council, it was
decided that Chicago was the proper Ioca-
ion for the worlds exposition.
The Columbus Ohio Gas Light and I
Coke Company was sold to an Eastern Syn
licate which was represented by Col. FL.
B. Wilson. The price was 81 200, 600.
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Mont, Thursday by Benjamin II. Tatem,
proprietor of the Helena Iron Works. His
liabilities are $60, 200, and his assets about
$50, 000
Advices received by steamer from PAN
ina up to Oct. 20 have been received. a
serious epidemic at Coral Chill, carried
If upwards of 600 children in July and
August.
A premature blast killed six men who
we're at work on the branch of the Nor
hern Pacific Road in jefferson county,
Montana. Two others had their eyes
blown out.
The election for the Berlin municipal
;ouncil shows an increase of 5000 in the So
ialist vote. The socialists won two seats
rom the liberals and two from the con-
ervatives
The war ships Chicago, Boston, Atlanta
md Yorktown, in command of Admiral
ohm G. Walker, left New York amid the
booming of cannon, for cruise in Euro
bean waters.
w. d. Loutit, of Grand Haven, has sold
2 John Torrent, of Muskegon, i40, 000, 600
eet OF standing pine on Michigan land,
riDutary to Whitefsh Bay, tie considera-
ion being 100000.
United States custom house has just
,een established on Lake of the Woods for
ne purpose OF preventing Canadian lum-
,ermen from stealing timber from the for