St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-07
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GENERAL ITEMS.
At Davenport, Iowa, D. w. yelling, of
Des Moines was beheaded by a freight
train.
The stock of the Shelby Gala Iron Com
panv has been sold to a New York and
Southern syndicate.
A natural gas well, whose flow is esti-
mated at Is, 100000 feet daily was "drilled
in near Marion, Ind
The Bridges Rolling Mills at Omaha,
Neb, were destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
900; insurance, $4,000
At the State Encampment at Shamokin,
J. #. Dessiston was elected Commander of
the Pennsylvania G. A. r.
The tournament of the Iowa State
Sportsman's Association will be held at
Davenport, June 1913 next
Mrs. Rachel Flby, who was at one time
General Robert E. Lees slave, died at
Racine. Wis, aged 50 years.
The stock Of the Hekla Fire Insurance
company has been sold to the German In
surance Company of st. Paul.
An Indictment, on two counts, was re-
turned against Alderman Fred B. McComb
of Elgin, Ill, for corruption"
reduction of about ten cents on grain
has been make by the Missouri Pacific road
from all Kansas points to Chicago.
An English syndicate is endeavoring, as
reported, to secure entire control OF the
soda water factories in this country.
The freight rates en- sheep from the
Missouri River to Chicago, have been cut
by the Alton road from % to ~! cents.
mari bed of superior quality was dis
covered in Clear lake, near Kendall, Mich,
recently, which will be utilized as fer
tilizer.
Fire at Grand Rapids, Mich, destroyed
the Grand Rapids Parlor Furniture Com
pany's factory. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$17,500.
A. R. Willis & Sens, grocers at Say
brook, Ill. assigned for the benefit of
creditors. Liabilities, $4,000; assets
nominal.
]. B. Matting1y's Sons distillery plant,
one of the oldest in Kentucky, was sold at
auction at Louisville. The price psd was
1925, 100.
Burglars blew open the safe and vault
of the Salem I'll National Bank and Sc
cured about SO, 600 in cash, besides valu-
able securities.
Coal agents held meeting at New FORK
and decided to limit the coal output to
2,000 900 tons each for the months of Feb
ruary and March.
The injunction restraining the sugar
trust from disposing Of any of it's property
was continued by Judge o Btien, of the
New York Supreme Court.
Merchants and shippers of Decatur, Ill,
petitioned the Illinois Central Company for
the erection of more commodious depot
at that place, to cost about $4,000
The South Hill Street Railway, of Burl-
ington, Iowa, was sold to the Union Line
Company, of Boston, Mass, which will
convert it into an electric motor system.
The Grand Council of Illinois, Royal
Templars of Temperance concluded it's
session at Salem. Captain Rohrbaugh, of
kinmundy, was elected Grand Councillor.
At St. Paul, Mimi, Miss Marie kittson,
youngest daughter of the late Commodore
Kittson. was married to Mr. Charles H. s.
Weaver, well known lawyer of Chicago.
The Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta,
Ga, has given its first annual banquet.
Four hun dred guests were present, among
whom were many distinguished Northern
men.
At Belvidere, ILL.,, the Sheriff levied
upon the stock of Fletcher Bros, auction
GERS, to satisfy attachments aggregating
$4,000. A number of Chicago firms are
creditors.
G. A. Hinchee, formerly of the Jackson
vile Qll.) Institute for the Blind, received
an appointment as teacher of physical
training in the Blind Asylum at Little
Rock, Ark
Colonel J. w. Langley, John B. Harris
and Ozias Riley, of the Republican League
Club of Champaign. ILL.,, were appointed
delegates to the State League Convention
at Springfield.
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Pittsburg, Pa,
were awarded the contract for three and q
half miles of iron work on the Chicago
Alley Elevated Railroad, the work to be
completed by July.
A coIored girl named Matte Edwards
drowned herself in the Poteau river, near
Fort Smith, Ark, because her mother had
chastised her for disappearing at dance
the previous evening.
Farmers in the vicinity of Monticello,
ILL.,, have been swindled by sbarpers using
adouble fountain pen in making out prom.
issory notes.-the words of agreement fad
ing, while the signature remains.
Governor Fifer yesterday appointed Ben
jamin M. Griffiths a member of the State
Board of Health, to succeed John A.
Rauch, term expired. DR.. Rauch was
then reelected Secretary of the board.
Suffering and restitution is reported
among the Sioux Indians at Devils Lake
Agency, N. D and the agent appeals for
aid, as la grippe and lack of food is thin
ming the ranks of the flower of the Sioux
Nation.
At the meeting of the American News
paper Publishers Association at New
York, resolution was passed expressing
sympathy with American authors in their
efforts to obtain security for their literary
property.
A resolution was adopted at the Penn,
sylvania encampment of the G.. A. R. at
Shamokin, Pa, requesting the United
States Government to prevent the erection
of Confederate monuments on the Gettys- |
burg battlefield.
Albert P. Miller, colored pastor of Dix
well Avenue Congregational Church at
New Haven, N. T., was awarded $500 |
damages against an Albany steamboat
captain for discriminating against him on
account of his color.
The Iowa State Pharmaceutical Associa- |
tion which convened at Des Moines, de-
cided to ask the General Assembly to take |
some action regarding the present pharma-
CIV law, especially in reference to the re-
Of sa{i Loo Of Enunp