The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-28

NIT, A. MR. ,il ,, and rrrnin,
Is dIly ",; t;a,s and Advertisements t,
both orr 1aprrs.
,Iyo Mr.. THOMAS MCINTYRE. No. !:
Cnp mcrcinD Place.
WALKER, TAYLOR y g. I@ Wc&'
Baltimore st., baltimore Ni"'' ~
ne" I" : ~ 70 an p..u4 .+ro.+
C.. l.. Mh'"ri, ~ ~ arn 'oTfhoIi22yI to act
ns a~ont4 for this paper.
~. THE strike among Pennsylvania
co,I miners continues.
sY Lafayette, Indiana, thinks of try
ipr to celebrate Mardi Gras.
~ Waite. the new Chief Justice, will
qualify in a couple OF wrecks.
" Two negro horse thieves were ar
rest d in New Iberia last week.
IT. Texas is again quiet. GOV. DAVIS
welded to Gov. Coke and the newly
elected legislature.
e1y~ On the 18th inst. the first Grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry was organ
lied in Franklin, La.
FEr Prof. John A. Mitchell, of Mays
vile, Kentucky, has invented Il new Pi'
cess for cmbalming the dead.
a." Gen. Sheridan is i'll Washington
lie SAYS that il the border is to be pro-
,tectcd the arrpy must be increased.
~ Two females recently fought o"'I
in NV Orleans. Knives were the chosen
weapons, and both Of them were consider
ab'v initiated.
gB Mr.. William Ross, who lives near
S~mithyiIIe, Indiana, is ia years old lie
WAS horn in 1883, and is still abIo to get
obont rirht lively.
rv- The trouble in T~errebonne parish
"a been omicablv settled, and appear
.~,cns indicato that everything will move
,,onr smnthrlv in future.
~. The KIM Of Sweden has ordered a
collrctiop to be taken on a fixed day thro'-
ont his kingdom for the benefit of the
Emanuel Lutheran Church, in Chicago.
{ESF. ~sI2cGomnation or Revolution
which 7" is the title of VictoritC {. Wood
bulTs lecture lately delivered at Omaha
The small audience present decided 1t
uwbich >
II 10 believed that the ~antagonism
,atmoo, c,nitol and labor has existed
- sauna sbano ever since Jacob worked
ao,or vcors for Rachel and was put off
with Leah.
c Last Sunday, the 25th inst, wa7
ihe thirtv-seventh anniversary of the
birth of the New Orleans PicayaRe. The
first number was published on the 25th OF
January, 1887.
~ The Sugar-Bcwl, of New Iberia,
publishes a letter from the notorious Tom
Tucker, who is at present incarccrated i'll
the Jail at Franklin. Asa literary curl
osity, it knocks Josh Billings entirely off
the lack.
~ Mr.. Joseph Jefferson is now rusti-
eating on his beautiful orange island, in
Iberia parish. This is one of the most
delightful spots in the State, and we won
der that Mr.. Jefferson does not spend q
rreatrrIUortien of his time there.
.rys Editors who talk about Brashear
Oity as being the omIy place they %"o'e ef
which atpresent seems to be improving,
should take a trip to this place and salts
fly themselves that the terminus OF Nor
gan's Railroad is not the only place where
tho music ofthe saw and hammer greets
the ear OH every side.
H. Ladies', listen what some heartless
wretch says about you: "Why are wo-
men like churches First. because there
is no living without one; second, because
there is many a spiro to them: third, be-
cause they are objects of alteration, and
last. but not least. because thew have a
loud clapper in the upper story" 2
-" We are pleased to learn that Mr..
]. Richard ,Jolley has been r~e-aDpoinred
rs SreciaI Agent of the Post Office De
portmcut. He takes Il lively interest in
the matter, and during the past year has
much in the way of having tbe
mails delivered with p~rornptness and
in various sections of the State,
In a word. ne is the man for the rosifior,
and his re-appointment will rive general
satisfaction.
To- A disnatc from WASHINGTON doted
Jan. %. saws at is hardly possibIo to saw
regarding Ionisiapa affairs {
to-morrow,s evonts will spbstant;-
nte. II NAV he 1ooseIv stated that +bo J
President has NOT vet nrenareJ his uos- t
His nol;cv 10 Massive uo wiu :, s
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The unsettled affairs in Louisiana upon /
Congress. The President, Attorney Cen c