St. Landry democrat., 1892-06-18
General Notes,

! 1ulCC LuIultu houses nave DCen uct
troyed by'tire in Slobodsko, Russia.
Forty three bodies have been recover
ca from the caviDg mine at Rosyll
Washington.
The statue to Gen A. 2. Hill, Lee
great lieutenant, was unveiled at Ricf
mond on the Both ultimo
Brooks Storey, the notorious trail
robber, has been sentenced to ten yeal
III the penltentlary of Mississippi.
Chas. Decuir, ex-postmastcr O
Plaquemine, recently found a newly
born quadrOUn baby on the steps Of Iii
| residence.
Sparks from railroad locomotive Sc
on fire and destroyed an orchard in Cad
do parish for which the owner obtained
verdict of S924o damages.
Gen. John S. Barbour, Nirsinia's ia
Nor representative in the United State
Senate, died suddenly at Washnyto.
on the 14th u!t., of heart failure.
There has been tremendous rait
fall in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
and the Missouri river will be very high
All this water must pass New Orleans.
Representative Lafarguc, of Avoy.
Giles, will introduce bill to establish A
state industrial school for gills to be TO-
Gated at Mar sville and appropliating
$4,000 annua ly to maintain it.-Tcle-
graph Bulletin.
The great Memphis bridge, the third
largest in the world, was duly opened
on the 12th with great enthusiasm,
Eighteen monster locomotives were
steamed across the bridge at the same
time, all under fast speed.
Gov. Foster says he is lot candidate
for United States Senator and cousin
Don says he will not surrender until
he is squalcly knocked out. 1t is Il re-
lief to know that he will inevitably be
forced to surrender.-Telegraph- Bulle-
TIN.
The valuable new commercial COM
modify, aluminium, will have q con-
spicuOus place at the Columbus Worlds
Fair. 1t will be exhibited in ingots,
bars and castings, with lis various al
oys, and explanations of its numerous
o. City Item.
Ex-President Cleveland's good luc},
'till continues. Senator Hills candidacy
,nly had the result OF increasing the ex-
Presidents popularity. Hill has been a
1ery successful politician, but" all signs
all when directed against the Man of
)estiny.-Ey.
The campaign is enatd-the election
S over. 1t began with intolerance and |
; it was waged with bitter
css and it has ended with fraud. No |
UGH political campaign was ever wit
essed before in this State, and for
light we know in any other State of |
bis nation.-Alexandria Democrat.
A company composed of New York,
brooklyn, Kansas City and Alexandria
apitallsts have organized a 100000
took Co. and will build Central Re-
merry near Alexandria, with capacity
600 tons per day. The stock has all
cen taken up and the machinery or
ered.-Nermiliou Star.
The monument erected by tie people
New Orleans to the memory Of their
tie superintendent of police David c.
ennessy, who was assassinated by the
AHA IN October, 1890, was unveiled at {
etarle cemetery last Sunday. An i'm .
ense gathering was present and adj
'esses were made by Mayor Ftzpat-
ok and ex-Mayor Shakespeare.-Ex. {
All producers OF sugar who may de-
re to secure the bounty to which thcy
G entitled from the national govern
ent must file tier notice and appiica-
N for license, with necessary bond, in
e office Of the Internal Revenue Coll
'tor, at Now Orleans, before the first
y of July, 1892.
ynr berry groves are beginning to
'llZe That 1t Is the carly berry that
Dgs the fancy prices; therefore, MANY ,
them arc now planning to get their ,
.Iles on the market next year as soon
the demand will warrant. We will
tx Louisiana against the world for '
'ly berries, and there is ii fortune to
made in this business with proper
tliialDg. aud quick transportation,
mmOnd Sun. s
HE Hon. w. G. Perrauit, the nowly
cted District Judge of this judicial
|rict, favored this office with a call
last Monday evening. From the co
orous charge delivered to the grand b
on the opening of court, we have PC PC
promise Of fearless and impartial -.
nlnls'ration Of the laws during -
|Se Herrauts term of office. Crow
Signal.
grand jury in New Orleans reports
IT beng impossible to convict men
rged with gambling, it is useless to
" IN indictments, and recommends
the Legislature DO petitioned to
law permitting the city of New
cans TO license these places at 5000
month. This is novel proposition 4
ome from such source, to say the
t: There are few thinge more I'M
am than the great American inry,
the grand jury occupies peculiar
ton I'D attempting to guess the YER
upon cases it is its duty to bring
IRE the court.
,me weeks ago there appeared in -
Crowley Signal an article severely
lcmning ex-Judge E. II. Lewis for r.
ng adjourned CONT at Opelousas e
re his successor, Judge Perrault, u
received his commission. At the
ing OF conrt in Crowley this week,
5e Lewis appeared before the grand
and presented the Objectionable
le as the basis of suit for Grimm
bel against Editor Duson. The
Il jury refused to return a true bill &C.
1st MIR. Observation-Disclosures Adver- IN
Q OF The greatest floods and contla- ss
ons combined, ever known to the ;aS
visited Pennsylvania last Sunday, IH*
waters were very high, but on that IESs'
the rain fell in torrents, which
Ell Oil creek to overflow its banks
.un through town and farms along
horc. This tloated some oil tanks
their foundations, and when once
zed the oil spread on the waters.
ing them as a blanket. A passing
'e causeda leaking gasoline tank :
piode, which set fire to the oil that 8
'ed the raging waters, burning