Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1885 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Andre J. Dumont, ex-Naval Officer at New Orleans, a leadipg Republican politician, committed suicide, securing his pistol by force from his wife, and blowing out his brains. He leaves a large estate. James McDaniels, a Texas desperado, who was recently sentenced to ninetynine years’ imprisonment for robbing the mails, escaped from jail and fled to a ranch near San Geronimo, where he was shot and killed by officers while resisting arrest. It is the impression in Austin, Tex., that the Chicago syndicate intends eventually to throw up the State Capitol contract. The New Orleans Board of Health report a case of yellow fever in the suburbs of the Second District of that city. Physicians pronounce the case sporadic, have taken the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the disease, and declare there is no cause for alarm.