The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28


Vile. KY, made an assignment to the
Louisville Trust Co. Liabilities be-
tween 100000 and $500. 900. all OF
which is secured by pledges of whisky
or stock. Assets not stated.
The new fire and police board at
Denver; Col, has ordered strict en-
forcement of the laws against ga milling
and lotteries. The gambling houses
and lottery shops, mum bering seven
teen, will be closed.
TROUBLE is expected in the strike OF
coal miners in the Indian territory.
The Choctaw company have 500 negroes
en- route from Texas and wilt try to
run their mines without whites. Every
white miner at Krebs, Anderson and
Hartshorn swears vengeance on the
blacks and say they will never enter
the mines to take their places.
A BREAK was effected in the strike at
Blue Creek, Ala, when fifty strikers
and a lot of imported negroes went to
work for the Tennessee Coal Iron &
Railroad Co. Two hundred more ne
groes have been contracted to go to
work at the same place.
A HEAVY hailstorm visited Brook
ings, S. d., on the 10Th, and nearly
every pane of glass in the southern and
eastern ends of the residence and bust
ness houses was destroyed. The agri-
cultural college suffered about 500
loss in glass. The rain fell in torrents
ana the STORM was accompanied ny
fierce lightning. 1t was expected that
there would be reports of storm dam
age from the country, as hail three
inches in circumf ference fell.
AMONG the federal prisoners taken to
Brooklyn, from Fort Smith. Ark, was
the youngest bandit ever arrested in
that district. His name is Jim Rogers,
and he is 13 years old lie was con-
victed of holding up the postmaster at
Hayden, I. T., at the point of a Win
chester and robbing the postmaster.
He gets three years in the reform
school.
SIX days of rain illuminated in a biz
Stock on the ranges it was reported
would suffer terribly as great deal
had gone out during the previous week
TIE base ball season was opened in
different cities of the country on the
10Th with great enthusiasm.
FAILURES for the week ended April
90 were 219 in the United Sta tes against
1s6 last year; in Canada, As against %
last year.
PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, who stabbed
his wife to death on the streets of San
Francisco year and q half ago, was
hanged at the San Quentin prison.
SANDow, the strong man. has sent to
New York a certified check for $40, 900.
which is to be presented to any person
who will duplicate his feats Of strength
IN turning the SOIL in the vicinity OF
Moweaqua, ILL.,, a number of farmers
have discovered large number of To-
Gusts of extraordinary size. This ap-
pears to confirm the rapidly spreading
belief that we are to have the seven
teen-year locusts this year.
BRADsrREET's Review Of Trade for
the week ended April 20 said that labor
disturbances were having an effect on
business The exports OF wheat amount
ed to 8, O19, 900 bushels, a gain of 80 per
cent. over the preceding week.
FROM the northwest corner of tho
Creek nation comes news of bloody
fight with cattle thieves. Eilsilan is
surrounded Bruce and Ed Miller and
Dutch John, finally killing the last
named. The others escaped, but a
posse is in pursuit.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April 20 showed an average de-
crease as compared with the corre-
spending week last year of &c. .; in New
York the decrease was 29.G; outside.
23.5.