St. Landry democrat., 1893-02-11
General Notes.

pcnltcntlaly lease.
The remains of Jet1crsu- Davis will
be removed from New Orleans to Rich
mOnd, Va, May 80.
1t is said that the IIouma oyster pack
cry has all the oysters that it can USE,
and is rapidly Increasing its trade.
BY an explosion Of tiredamp this last
| week in a mine at Bux, Bohemia, 100
men lost their lives.
The city Of Rochester, y. y, has been
afflicted with an epidemic OF diphtheria
and typhoid and scarlet fcvcrs for some
weeks past
BARRIERS in Ohio ulc .ayitatng fer a
Flaw which shall make it legally possible
| for white barber to refuse to shave Il
cOlurcd man.
1t is reported that the car of Russia
| cOntemplatcS soon assuming the title Of
emperor OF Asia to offset Victoria s title
Of empress of 1udia.
The late cX-presiuent Hayes was
wounded four times during the war,
once almost fatally, and had three hUr
scs killed under Litn.
In Ireland Dennis koorobcc died pos
scsscd Of As children, 2:36 grand chill
dren and 044 great grandchildren He
| had been married seven times.
J. w. Robbins, a brother-in-law of
| the famous old John Brown, died in
poverty the other day at Atchison, and
was buried il the potters> field.
john Wanamal1er has 81 $4,000 in
sutauce on his life: John b. Stctson, Of
| Philadelphia, 100000; Pierre LOrilard,
$780, 200, and George NJ. Pullman, $780,
| COO
Tie Caeasieu exhibit car has re-
| turned to Lake Charles attera successful
trip North. 1t is DOW being fitted out
for a spring tour. Calcasieu knows low
| to boom.
The Supr~ ne Court of the United
| States decided that Austrian premium
bonds constitute a true lottery, though
they ARE part of the Austrian debt they
are therefore not maliable.
On January Goth Mrs. Gus. Blonde,
PA Camp street, New Orleans, gave
| birth to four children, three gills and
one boy. They weighed five pounds
each. All have died
The deepest altcsjan well in the world
| 40 Uut uNdi i'CIiiU, -t,1ot lCEt Gtct'' Uc
second well is at st. Louis, 3,S43! feet
deep, and the third at TitusylIe, Pa,
3,J53 feet deep.
1t is reported that there is an active
| demand at the State Land Office for
| lands for homestead purposes, and that
the clerical forces are being kept quite
busy meeting the calls.
The Progressive Age>iS very severe
| OH Coy. Foster for refusing to appoint
| local officials who had been recon-
| niended Ivy /. unanimous vote Of the
people OF Lincoln parish.
Mr.. A. Il. Bulkdol has retired from
the New Orleans Republican and that
paper will be merged into the Week ly
Commercial under the management OF
Mr., Henry kcrshaw.
The heir to the Austrian throne, when
he becomes emperor, will govern nine
countries, bear eighteen titles as duke,
one as archduke, two as grand duke and
also thirty-three other titles.
The Webster Signal very stnsiby re-
marks that, " The man vino raises his
own corn, oats, meat and stock on his
fam scarcely ever has to mortgage his
crop Or land fox means to run the farm
The Alabama House passed bin on
Monday last prohibiting the sale or gift
OF cigarettes, cigarette tobacco and Gig
arctic paper in Alabama, The bin also
ptohlolts the smoking OF cigarettes IN
any p"ollc place.
In order to get relief If lrost 2 th;r1
of the tayDaveIs in the oyr,tlovrd dis.
trirts viii make atlidavit undor tho aT-
istinn law flat thew have been nrnr-
Hnwe1 and are Mt allie to nav thu;r
taxes, TLis viii enahIn them 70 to q I.t0 q
rasn;tc far one vear '''''1- - 80 I"
MT. l.. e. LcrWeck' OF 81. Louis, ac
cOrding to the jewelers. Circular, has
WaICil I've u'a' h 81 "n!cn may ne com
p'e,T,S Io' IL ny { utl. pIece' lt
D nas '' "nI II; cn,t ,no 'o"''Z'''"Au' l"f
4 a. ~ ""'' II '''' ''''V'
Preaching before the students of IIar-
ward last Sunday night, DR.. Parllurst.
II New lork, reminded them that one
vas III IN innrnali.-,~ "ipes for life work
tIat i - far noo;nn 10 .;'':'-"a also
anor thon to ,n,j:o n ~ oi'''''7c IL news
=, ~ "''''
some Oh tho costly things IN the sui .
'ah tIrASuie mouse at ConStantinople .
are chiiuleh5 cradles OF pure gold, in .
lald with precious stones; divans Gov |
with nearlS and SHIFTS 0f r,oi .I;oJ.I,