St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-30
GENERAL ITEMS.


i shock of earthquake, continuing sew
j seconds, was felt at Dover, Me.
rhe Illinois convention !. of Kings
lighters ended with Thanksgiving
vice.
William Graham, of Superior, Wis, has
an appointed lumber inspector by Cove
Hoard.
a bill providing for the execution OF
ndemned criminals by electricity WIS
feated in the Iowa Senate.
During electrical storm at Patterson
J.. Thursday, quantity of ashes ana
,tato bugs fell from the clouds
Frederick Won Schlegel, Probate Judge
Hennepin County, Minnesota, for a
1mber of years, died in Minneapolis OF
tncer.
The CRYSTAL Palace Theater Company
ID the South Casino Company, both OF
bicaoo secured corporation licenses at
pringf6ld.
Ex Treasurer Martin A. Jameson, OF
Warren county, o., was acquitted ffleay
i Lebanon of the charge OF emoezzhng
sublic funds.
At a meeting of railroad officials at heo-
nix. Iowa, Wednesday, it was resolved 10
rect a handsome and commodlous oepo'
u thst city.
Fire destroyed the Pratt Lumber Com
,anv's kilns at Verbena, Ala, consuming
50( 600 feet of lumber. Loss, $l5'oo !;
10 insurance.
The National Association of Letter Car
tiers, with headquarters at Chlcago.
secured a corporation license FRIDAY d.
Springfield.
George Fl. Stuart died Friday at Phlla-
delphia at the age of "a. He was for many
wears prominent in commercial, hnanclai
and religious circles.
Although there was considerable OPPOSE
ton, Bishop Bowman presided THURSDAY
at the opening of the Evangelical CONFER
ence at Ackley, Iowa.
The Elgin butter market was ac1 1'
Monday, prices declining cents. Inc
sales were 4640 pounds Mt IL cen1s' AM
4O, 800 pounds at Is cents.
Southern Russia is almost devastated oy
an army of field mice, which have ruined
cultivated fields, and devoured dogs ane
small animals by the score.
II is reported from Boston that negotia'
tions for the sale to an English synolcats
Of the cotton duck mills of New England
and Maryland have fallen through
Ten per cent of the coke ovens in thu
Connellsville (Pa) region will close mex
Monday for want of o'ders, tnro"lhs
about 1900 men out of employment.
The new steamship Majestic made he
first trip from Liverpool via Queenston, q
New York in days, 10 hours, ~ minute
the quickest maiden passage on record
Illinois coal miners demand an advanc'
of 10 to III cents per ton and the adop1fol
Of the eight hour system. Operators hay
called a meeting at Ottawa to discuss tn
situation.
The differences between the Contra
Labor Uuion and the Hecla Iron Work
Company in New York city have beel
adjusted, the employees returning to Worl
Monday morning.
Serious damage in the Illinois white
wheat belt is reported from Springfield
and it is said that of the area seeded las
fall fully 25 per cent will have to 0
planted with other crops
A dispatch from London states ths
Minister Lincoln will sail for America mex
month. and that his sons remains will .
Skinned at the same time for burial In I'd
family vault at Springfield.
Receiver Gray, of the North River Re
f;nerv Company, began action Thufsda
in New York for the dissolution OF to
sugar Trust and the distribution of th
assets of the different companies.
Dealers at Kingston, Ontario. hav
shipped and are arranging for the snip
ment of large quantities OF barley 70 ID %
United States to foresta1 the new tarlf
which materially increases the duty.
The board of directors of the New %
leans Cotton Exchange Tuesday adopte
resolutions instructing their represents
tiyes in Congress to vote against the Bu,
terworth bill, which prohibits dealing
future deliveries.
fallen tree near Stanley, n. T., ditche
= Northern Central train, all the passel
GERS except an immigrant woman esca
mo serious injury. The travellers we
exposed to pelting rain for an hour u
q half, awaiting the arrival OF Wreckli
train.
THURSDAY Mrs. Cornelia L. Washbul
began suit for $4,000 in Bloomingto
M. against eight saloon-keepers,
owners Of buildings in which are saloon
on the ground that her husband 10
his employment by frequenting the $
looms.
THE German Lutheran Conference,
session at Laparte, Ind, Thursday, d.
cided to use the ballot to defeat legisls
tive candidates who would not pied
themselves to vote against the enactne
Of laws tending toward compulsory ed
cation.
Near Columbus, Ind, thirty hogs sic
and deyoured heifer and calf. A dro'
e cattle in neighboring pasture, infn
stad by the smell of blood. broke an int
ysning fence down and charged up
the swine, eighteen being killed and
wounded
Alta meeting of the stockholders OF :
Southern Pacific Railroad Company ne
Il san Francisco on Wednesday, ..
Huntington was elected president in pls
of LELAND Stanford, resigned. The boa
created an executive committee, OF VIM
senator Stanford was elected chairman.
Money Out Of School Books.
II Ia said that Marcus Wilson,