St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16

#pg Chicago for the worlds fair.
business blocks9 were burned at
I'D. Iowa. the loss footing up $780,
man was killed and one seriously
"a bv the cavlng of an embankment at
Holmes.
Frederick Knavel, n years old, mar
81 % at Lima, o., Mrs. Martha Eaton, 10
q of age.
"A Barlow Moorhead, an iron manu-
#rer and capitalist of Pittsburg, died at
ge of II.
4 5iliiam Foust, carpenter at Columbus,
4 was taken with fit of coughing and
4 Aped dead.
& ae business. portion of the village of
E's Mills, N. Y, was destroyed by fire.
4 Es, $lS 600.
Il III Salisbury, n Y, LYMAN Davis, aged
I I'll III wears, died. He had lived in Salisbury
# 8riy century.
The copious rainfall in California has
naged late grapes and wheat that had
/ . been harvested.
4 fudge w. g. Greshem, brother of Wal
no Greshem, has been appointed post
4 .sler at st. Peter, Mimi.
g8Freight rates on grain and flour to all
| Eastern points are to be advanced on the
18th of November 81 cents.
/ ~ Lord Hinton, son of the Earl of Poulett,
IN accused of swindling bookmakers and
sthers at Lstonia out of $4,000.
John g. K. Truair, for thirty years pub
Usher of the Syracuse IN. Y Journal,
iled in that city at the age of u.
The locomotive engineers, in session at
Denver, passed resolutions unanimously
Endorsing Chicagos claims to the worlds
fair.
A child named Atwood, at Ishpeming,
Mich, fell into tub of hot water, and was
so badly sealded that it died two hours
later.
At Newport, VT, George Sabourin, a
4 workman, fell eighty feet from the spire of
. the Congregational church and was fatally
injured.
A, Fostoria, O., the private bank of the
Rev J. w. Powell closed its doors The
assets are $24 900, with Liabilities exceed
ing that amount.
An explosion of dynamite cartridges at
Montreal, Quebec, killed a young man and
seriously Injured five other persons, includ
ing three women.
AT North Muskegon, Mich, Bertram's
saw-mill was destroyed by fire, causing a
! loss of So 0G0, ON which there was an in
surance of $4,000. ....
s. s. Thompson, president of the Frank
fort end Southeastern railroad, died at
Frankfort, Mich. He leaves an estate
valued at $1,000, 900.
Near White Wright, Tex, Judge A. NJ.
n IL
from his buggy and fatally injured, death
ensuing about an hour later.
Two Norwegian fishermen, employed by
the A. Booth Fishing Company, were
eSowned at Bay field, Wis, by the capsiz-
ins of their boat in a squall.
at Oshkosh, Wis, the vanishing depart
ment of Buckstaf, Edwards & Co.'s fnrni-
ture factory was destroyed 81 fire. Loss,
$4,000 covered by insurance.
At Marlborough, N. Y, Mrs. Robert J.
Dickey was killed, her mother, Mrs. Muir
ray, seriously hurt, and Mr.. Diekey severe
ly injured by runaway accident.
Failures throughout the United States
for the past week as reported by K. G.
Dun & Co. were 1888 as compared with 222
for the corresponding week last year.
H. w. Backwith, of Danville, H., has
been appointed by Coy, Fifer trustee of
the State Historical Library, to succeed
Judge I'll. S. Baker, of Alton. resigned.
The fast mail from the South dashed
into the Bowling Green accommodation
train at Nolin, KY, sha tering the rear
coach and wounding score of passengers
Fire destroyed the Touring mill of the
L. c. Porter Milling Company at Winona,
MINI. The loss will reach $4,000, on
which there is fair amount of insurance.
The roof of the h&.5blast of the Girard
(Ohio) furnace collapsed, dangerously
burning William Anderson and his two
sons, and badly wounding four other per-
sons.
The village of Woodville, O., is scourged
with an epidemic of diphtheria and typhoid
fever. Last week ten deaths occurred
from the latter disease and nearly as many
from the former.
At the meeting of the general executive
committee of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, Mrs Danforth, of Chicago,
was chosen president, and Mrs. Gracey, of
Buffalo, secretary.
Near Hascells, Ind, the boiler of a Chi
cago and Grand Trunk locomotive ex-
ploded. Fireman John Hadden was in
stsntly killed and Engineer Thomas Gala
han fatally injured.
The Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton of the United States and Canada be-
gan at Baltimore its second biennial con-
ference with about 100 delegates present
from fifty associations.
Fire at Port Legion, N. Y, wiped out
the opera house, Douglas House, eight
stores, the postoffice and several dwellings,
many persons naving narrow escapes.
Fifteen families were rendered homeless.
Near Franklin, Pa, number of school
children found dynamite bomb, which
they exploded in attempting to open it
with knife. Two boys were fatally
hurt, and eight others are in critical
condition.
Miss Hattie French, the daughter of a
wealthy citizen of Naples, N. T., has gone
insane from overwork. She attempted
literary work in addition to her studies,
and the strain on her mind caused it to
give way.
The Rev. Atkins Samuel Eliot son of
President Eliot, of Harvard College and
Miss Frances L. Hopkinson were married
at Boston, Mass. MIR. and Mrs. Eliot will
go at once to Denver, VIII, re- Mr.. Eliot has
accepted call to preach.
The planning mill and lumber yard of
August Spies & Co, an elevator and coal
warehouse, owned by A. Couche & Co.,
two dwelling, railroad cars, docks, ETC.,
were destroyed by FIRE at Port Clinton, 0.
The loss will reach $100, 0OO.
A treasury warrant for $293 was issued
II favor Of Honore Levernier, Company B
First Wisconsin Cavalry, now residing in
Chicago, tbs amount due to him as his
portien OF the reward offered By the gov
ernme Mt for the captureSf JEFF Davis.