St. Landry democrat., 1893-09-09
General Notes.

The Home Rule Bill passed the Hous
OF Commons on the 1st.
G. II. Dickinson has been appointc,
> surveyor general Of Louisiana.
Owing to the financial striugoncy
twenty. eight soft felt hat factories a
Orange, n. j., have closed down.
> The tallost tree on earth is, perhaps,
gum tree recently discovered in Austria
liza, said to 415 feet high
The twenty seventh national encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie took place this week at indianapolis.
The President returned to Washing.
ton from Gray Gables on the 4th. Both
he and Mrs. Cleveland are in good
health.
II. 7. Breazeale, editor and proprietor
of the Natchitoches Enterprise, died at
his home in Natchitocles on the 18th of
August.
The Azores have been visited by a
frightful storm which caused consider
able loss of life and great destruction of
property at Harta.
Under the Sherman law the Treasury
has purchased. from Aug. IS, 1890, to
Aug. 16. 1898, 161,521 900 fine ounces of
silver, costing s150,G69,459.
News has been received in Loudou
that Emln Pasha, the noted African eX-
plOrer, was murdered several months
ago in the Manyema country, Africa.
The critical time in the cholera dan.
ger in Europe has now come, and the
| outlook IS hopeful. Although more
! widespread tnan last year the disease is
! almost everywhere under control.
Secretary Carlisle has ordered tie
United States hints at Philadelphia and
San Francisco to be operated to the
fullest extent in coming the gold bullion
on hand, amounting to some S00,00O,000
worth.
An irrigatins canal in California,
twenty five miles long and built twelve
years ago, has become useless on ac-
count of the honey -combing of its banks
by gophers, and it has been decided, in
order to make it again serviCeable, to
rcgrade it and cover the sides with
cement.
The paid admissions to the Worlds
Fair continue to show gratifying in-
crease. On Monday of last week there
were 129G10 such admissions, on Tues
day $50, on Wednesday, 15O,052. on
Thursday Ullinois Day. $4,000, On Fri
day, 142,190, and on Saturday, G4,23G.
Jerome Napoleon Bonapalte, grand
nephew OF Napoleon the First, died in
Massachusetts on Sept. Sd. He was
born in Baltimore in 1882, graduated at
West Point and served IN the American
army, resignlng in 1864, and also in the
French army, serving with distinction
through the Crimean war.
When the Worlds Fair is over all the |
beautiful white buildings will be torn |
down and sold for junk. They will !
soon be advertised and knocked down !
to the highest bidder. 1t is not expect
ed that they will bring over S1,0OO,00O, !
and the largest and most expensive |
buildings are worth the least.
Asan evidence of the growth of Crow
ley, the following figures are given: In !
1888 the property assessment was S45,- |
395; in 1889, S13 200; in 1890, 77,515 Id !
1891. $93.0S0; in 1882, S2l9.53O; IN 1893,
S330,035 The wealth OF Crowley has
increased little more than sevenfold
in these six years.
Telegraph Bulletin : Senator Cattery
made bis maiden speech in the senate
Thursday and spoke in advocacy of the
repeal of the Sherman
law. He evidently thought that he was
not voicing the sentiment of the people
of Louisiana for he said that it might
cause the eclipse of his political star,
now just rising above the political hori-
Zon.
Dispatches from Siam, August 26,
state that the French Envoy has thrown
distractions in the way of a prompt
of the matters between the
two governments, and is trying to over
ride the terms of the ultimatum which
were accepted by Siam. The purpose
of the present demands appears to be to
reduce Siam virtually to the condition
Of a dependency Of France.
NO. States: According to Washing
ton dispatches, the employees at the New
Orleans mint are likely to have plenty
to do in very short time. One million
and half gold bullion is now On route
to this city for coinage into eagles and
half eagles. This in addition to the
100000 worth of gold bullion now on
hand at the money factory on Esplanade
street, will provide abundant employ
ment for some time to come.
The old city of Saragossa, Spain, was
the scene on Sunday, August 81, of
serious riot growing out of the dissatis-
faction OF the spectators at bull fight.
A bull that had been driven into the
ring refused to display sufficient spirit
70 make the fight interesting, and the
refused to replace the spirit
ess animal. The crowd then rose en-
nasse, smashed the seats, tore the doors
1oWn, and set fire to the material which
hey piled in the bull ring. The police
we're unable to disperse the mob, and it
vas not until reinfolcements arrived
hat the rioters were dispersed.
N. 0. City Item: 1t is gratifying to
DC enabled to state that depositors are
gradually replacing their money in the
banks. The fact is traceable to the
brighter business prospects. The gen
,ral impression prevails that confidence
8 duo to the action OF our local banks
n refusing to, issue certificates of de-
,osit, owing to the opinion of the Clear
ng House management that such action ;
vas not necessary. President Hayden {
# the Whitney National Bank says that
he Clearing House acted upon what is {
considered to be the improved financial
outlook. Prospects are brighter.
McEnery is accused of saying that the
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