St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-03-15
GENERAL ITEMS.

goods at st. Paul have failed 1oF 3oV,uoo'
The Illinois editorial excursionists ar
rived at the City Of Mexico THURSDAY
night. ).
Il is reported that Archbishop Heiss. OF
Milwaukee, who Is now ct La crosse, ls
dangerously I'LL.
The business failures throughout the
county reported up to Friday numbered
sol, against Ell last week.
The Chicago Children's Hospital and
Mission for the Destitute secured corpo-
ration license at Springfield.
President Harrison sent to the Senate the
name or Robert N. Pearson to be Appraiser
Of Merchandise at Chicago.
The State anti whisky party met at
Providence, r. T., and nominated ticket,
headed BIZ Arnold B. Chace for governor.
A3-year-old child stepped off rapidly
moving train near Elkshart, Ind, ana,
excepting slight scratch, was uninJ ufed.
Elmer Il. Stanton, well-knoWn lawyer
of Eau Claire, Wis, sustained severe
injuries by slipping and falling on the
ice.
The Chinese government is massing
troops ON the Siberian frontier, as an
cary attack by the Russian ferces IS
feared.
A shoe factory at Weissenfels, saxony,
DESTROYED by fire. Seven OF the en-
ployes lost their lives in the burning
building.
There are between 2150 and 216O
students nj Ann Arbor University, exceed
inc the number at Harvard College py
nearly 100.
State ticket was nominated OF Pfoyl-
danca 10 the Rhode Island Prehibitionists.
The Rev John Larry, for Governor neaos
the list.
The United States steamer Enterprise
arrived az New York, having on board the
remains of George Fl. Pendleton, late Mil
lister at Berlin.
Veterinary Surgeon Asby, of Columbus,
Ind. is suffering from hydrophobla,
caused BIZ a bite Of horse afflicted with
the disease.
The North American Aid Society Of Chi
caco. whose object is to furnish med'cal
aid to needy persons, secured acorporation
license At Springfield.
Fire Tuesday morning at Warren, n. H.,
DESTROYED the Merrimac glove factory,
cauging q loss of $40. Zoo. The insurance
aggregates $4,000.
The Rev. Moses D. Hoge will soon com
plete the forty eighth year OF his pastorase
81 the Second Presbyterian Church OF
Richmond, Va.
IT Is said that the marriage of another
daughter of the Prince of Wales has been
arranged, and that it will be publicly an
nounced in April.
ii is reported at Topeka. Kan, that the
Santa He Road is daily 300 cars short OF
the nun Der necessary to accommodate the
shippers OF corn.
a New York syndicate Is negotiating for
the purchase Of three Indianapolis Ind.)
gas companies, one furnishing natural and
the other two artificial gas.
All the through mail for San Francisco,
CAL, on the mail storage car OF the west
bound fast mail train, was destroyed by
fire at Blue Creek, Utah.
Lord Hopetown, the new Governor OF
Aust ralia, is described as . small, delicate
JooF ng man, but not in the Ill health that
his appearance might imply.
AT meeting OF the colonial congress a
resolution was adopted favoring the irnine-
date declaration of French protectoraie
over the KINGDOM of Dahoney.
DR. Karolina Wilderstorm is the first
feminine physician to practice in Sweden
She has settled in Stockholm and charges
the poor nothing for her services
Farmers in the vicinity of Champaign,
Ill. say that winter wheat Is looking well
for this season Of the year, and that pas
lures are in an average condition.
Bismarck,s retirement from public life
Ii generally about as effective in It's pecn-
liar way as Jay Gould's abandonment of
business or PATHS farewell tours.
Representative ReYburn, Of Philadel
phia. the successor of William d. Kelley,
has invested, it Is said, about 81 DOC, GOO
In real estate at Leavenworth, Kan.
Petitions to the Legislature are being
largely circulated throughout northern
lows asking for the reelection OF VIII
liam 3. Allison to TO the National Senate.
Gen. r. e. Spinner, ex-U United States
Treasurer, writes that the cancer on his
face is spreading so rapidly that he fears
that his life cannot be spared much longer.
In the circuit court at Salem, Ill, de-
cree of foreclosure In the sum OF $l, lU0,-
900 was granted to the mortgages of the
Jacksonville and Southeastern Railway
Company.
Petitions are being circulated among
Kansas farmers asking the Railroad Com
missioners to make a reduction OF per
cent in the local rates on grain and stock
to the Missouri river.
The State encampment Of Wisconsin
Odd Fssllows closed at Beloit. Officers
were elected for the ensuing year, b. 1.
Dugdale, Of Platteville. being chosen
Grand Patriarch.
The affairs of this Midland Accident In
gurance Company have been placed In the
hands Of the Missouri commissioner OF in
surance, who viii proceed to settle up the
affairs of the company
John Jacob Astor's will was fled for
probate III New York. With the exception
Of &75O coo In charitable and other be-
quests, the entire estate goes to his son,
William Waldorf Astor.
4 IT il reported that break has been dis
covered in the Rocky Mountains near
Mary's Fork, and the treat Northern in
tends to construct line from Anaconda,
Mont, direct to San Francisco.
BY d rear end collision on the Milwaukee
Road nesr Elgin, Ill. Fireman Z. A. Og-
den, of Chicago, and Charles Alexander
and Henry Eggers, Of BeIoit, Wis, were
probably fatally injured.
Rubber manufacturers met secretly at
New York and organized d trust, which.
is stated, will result In an advance IN
nrices All round. II was reported that
Para rubber II becoming scarce.
Ii IS alleged that W. j. Minnick, Of
Braddack, Pa. who was recently sent to-
the Dlsmont Insane asylum, is perfectly
sane. snd that his incarceration is The TO-
suit of u plot by members of his family
a new and clever smuggling scheme has
been discovered In New York by the IN
spscEor A number of supposed packages