The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-01-16

DR. PFEFFER, of Berlin, son-ln.law OF
Prof. Koch, has discovered the in
fluenza bacillus.
THE national department of agricult-
ure reports the crops of the country the
greatest ever known aud the prices ex-
cellent.
TIE statement that the issue of a
Russian loan of e2O, 900, 900 sterling is
being arranged has depressed Russian
stocks
THERE is now an unprecedented
quantity of American cotton at Liver
pool Two docks alone received 200, 600
bales for the month preceding Christ
mas.
THE returns issued by the British
board Of trade for December show that
imports increased a3, $50, 600 and ex-
ports decreased e1,54O as compared
with the corresponding month of 1890.
THREE boys of country school near
Topeka, Kan, fatally beat and cut the
throat of their teacher.
JUDGE BUTLER, in the United States
circuit court, has rendered decision
that receiver of a broken national
bank could not collect from depositor
on note made by the depositor, so
long as his deposit exceeded the
amount of the note.
Two hundred miners were entombed
by an explosion in shaft No. 8 of the
Usage Coal & Mining Co. near McAllis.
ter, /. T., on the night of the 7th. II
was feared that all were killed as the
mine had but one outlet.
PROCEEDINGS have been begun in
Chicago by the federal authorities
against the whisky trust The action
is based on rebate certificate.
SIX hundred 0toe, Iowa, Kaw and
Ponca Indians are holding a ghost
dance near Red Rock in the Cherokee
strip. The Pawnees are also holding q
dance on the Arkansas river and have
bought 81, 200 worth of presents tc
present to the Messiah.
FIRE almost destroyed the town Of
LaChute, thriving manufacturing
center sixty miles from Montreal, Que
Out of 400 houses fully 800 were de
stroyed. Loss, $500, 900.
The cotton growers of the south at ;
meeting at Memphis, Tenn, perfected
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of cotton each year.
THE death rate of London, taking
the mean of the last two weeks, i
found to be thirty-two per 1, 600, whicl
is much higher than it has been in an,
other consecutive two weeks in tn
last ten years, with the single excep
ton of January, 1890, when infuenzt
was at it's worst.
Up to 5 o'clock on the sth forty-eigh
men had been taken out dead and on
hundred seriously injured in the mining
disaster at Krebs, /. T. The rescuinl
parties were reported as being badl,
delayed
THE Clarksville (Ga) wooden mill
have been totally destroyed by fire
The loss is $780, 900 with no insurance
TWELVE breweries in and about Gin
cinnati, o., have agreed to form CON
bination similar to that of the whisk
trust.
A CONFERENCE between the trans
Missouri association and the wester
freight association will be held in Kar
sas City January 10, to'correct existing
differentials in coal rates.
THE national association of arch
tectural iron workers has been forma
ly organized in St Louis with Jaco
Hilkne, of indianapolis, Ind, as pres
dent and Edward Wilton, of st. Loui
as secretary.
JOSEPH CLARK, representing an Ell
glish syndicate, has bought twenty
three or all but six of the -four mills
Utah. The transaction involves 81
$780, 900 for the plants and $375, 900 fo
: stock on hand. The company propose
to control Utah's wheat crop.