St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-04-11

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on:'eo Tor eighteen days in the Jeanes
WIS mine, Is dangerously i'll at Hazletou.
ia' the result of 'higl living" In cele.
Drafting their wonderful rescue.
Inc citizens of Eufaula, Ala, reeeutly
"h'tea their energies and built cotton
factory that is a marvellous diy,dond
Garner. They are again coming to,ot,.,
IN" $780, 600 Improvement company.
John W. Young, son of Brigham Young
OF Utah, has made a contract f,r h,;,d
ing 1900 miles of railroad in Mexico talk.
Ing In payment 1000, OO) acres of land Oh
Which he VIII locate a MORMON colony.
Helen L. Clark. an Indian girl teacher,
ID the CIrlis.e Indian school, has b.on
appointed special allotment agent by the
United States government and left
Wednesday night for Montana to rs sume
the duties Of her Office.
| Among tho recent bills j,tro luca, T.,
tue minnesota senate was one creating
board OF agriculture introduced by Sen.
'tor l'ochert. The commission i, To have
| supervision OF the agricultural and for.
estIy Interests of the state
Cluzens OF uardemln county, Tennes.
see Will get nearly $4,000 for the nav.
melt or claims for store and stumble,
taken and used by the federal army dnr,
| ing The war. The entire amount of thes.
Claims allowed to the state is sl69 62s.
Mfs Mary Cash Chcairs, who died nj
bolivar, Hardeman county, a few days
ago, about two years ago predicted tina
she would die on her oath birthday ana
she II. She was in full possession O,
her mental faculties up to tn, hour Of no,
death.
Negotiations arc on foot looking toward
the sale OF Long Island, hear Charleston
3 T., TO II fashionable sportsman club CT
New York. Ii the trade is cons ummated
IL VIII probably lead TO the reopeuiny Of
the New Brighton hotel ana the resurrec-
ton of Sullivan's islanl, which hns been
down III the mul for several years.
Recently blast was fired on the side
OF Lookout mountain which was remark.
able IN Its SEE and results. OAe hundred
Kegs OF powder were packed in six hole!
ana nred o. electricity A ledge of rocks
was di:lodsed and hundreds Of tons ROLLED
down the mountaia side, som, of tn,
pieces being lis nigh Us two-story build
ings
Active operations are soon TO he re-
Sumed Oh the government work ut thu
MusseI Sho lis canal, Ala. The canal will
be widened to allow the passage of large
steamers. The appropriation of congres:
will be divided as follows: $500, 900 TO!
Mussel Shoals canal, S5O, 900 tor the sucl
below Chattanooga and $3.50, 900 for Col
bert and Bee Tree shoals.
Gustave Hirschman, Hebrew clothin,
dealer of Macon. Ga. has fallen heir t.
an estate Of $3.50, 600 in Russia. Tn
total value OF the estate WAS about $780,.
600. and Hirschman Is one of tho
lucky heirs. The estate was that
of Baron HirSch. Il wealthy Russian Jew,
who was forced to leave the country dur
ing one of the heaviest prosecutions.
A fund has been raised at Tullahom,
TenI.. fer the purpose OF rcIi5ging q
old we'll long filled up, in tho grove nea,
the Tullahoma co!leg building into which
it is said, heavy siege gln WAS throws
by the Confederate soldiers when Bragg
retreated from that plac, IN 1863 Thu
work has commenced. Tne object in dig.
ying out the old we'll is to recover til,
gun.
The locality eleven miles above Haw.
kinsvillc, Ga, was visitcl by u strange
phenomenon the other night. Between
and 8 O'clock something having everj
appearance Of small Sparks OF tire wa
observed to be falling from the c'ouas.
came down and drfted about like snow
flakes, and when caught IN the hand wa
found to he phospherous substance
some kind.
FOREIGN.
Smallpox is creating havoc in San Sal.
vaior.
A large loan for China is being nego
tiated by the bank OF France.
A foOtbridge gave way at Coglierl
Italy, and five prominent citizens weg
drowned.
Recent reports of massacfes in Masso
wah were based on the execution Of Sow
eral spies AMI traitors.
The coffee crop In Guatemala this yea
has been SO large that transportation
facilities are inadequate for its shipmen
t. market
The goyernm, nts of Great Britain and
Spain have accepted the Invitation !"
make a display at the Worlds Columbian
The marriage of George Reuter-. second
son of Baron dc Reuter-, to daughter o.
the late John Potter of Philadelphia viii
take place In May.
Tie st. Petersburg Correspondent q
the Berliner Tagg ,blatt. the moutipiec'
Of the Jews in Germany, has been eX'
PEELED from Russia.
II is rumored ex-Prcsdent Maurlc'
Gonzales of Mexico will DO appoDtet
minister of public works, though Officially
there is nothing decided yet.
The Canadian farmers are uniting un'
Ter the name of the Ontario Farmers
Union. The movement Is similar to INA
Df the Farmers Allianc, in the enitet
States.
|, is confirmed that President Carno
has been decorated with the Russian
DrJer OF st. Andrews. Marshal Mac