St. Landry democrat., 1881-04-23
News Items.

gallons of the value Of $25, 1863, 391.
n. Outlines: Prof. Proctor, the as
tronomer, is soon to marry wealthy
and handsome widow of St. Joseph
Mo. After he has done so he will seI
more stars than he ever did before, ant
he will not need telescope, either.
| NO. Democrat: Following closely
upon the establishment of jute bag
ging factory in this city comes the
announcement that the Messrs. Magin.
his, in conjunction with Mr.. Frank L
Howard, have embarked in Il cotton
factory, which is to be erected imme-
diately and to be in full operation by
the time the next crop begins to come
in.
N. O. States: Regarding criminals
imprisoned for life, an amendment is
to be made to the penal code of Cali
fornia. The life sentences are to be
committed upon life insurance tables
permitting the discharge of prisoner
at the arrival of the time when he ought
to die according to the average tables
N. O. States: Chicago is the place
for those upon whose necks the matri-
monial yoke does not rest lightly and
pleasantly. There divorces can be
obtained with little or no trouble and
| delay, while the expense is mere trit1e.
Last year Chicago furnished ten di-
vOrce suits to every seventy-nine we'd
dings. There being an average of two
and one-eight suits per day Instituted
in that city throughout the year.
The Mississippi State census for 1880
shows that the total population of the
State is 1,143,731, of which 4S1, 72S are
whites and ,554 negroes; males 573.-
1886, females 56S,294 natives 1,131 Jos.
| foreigners 1870; electors 110,113 whites
and 13O,6O7 negroes. Number of bales
Of cotton raised in 1879 by white labor
1902 ,034a by negro labor 552, 2754. Total
of educable children 1885, 26 whites and
| 259, 1O5 negroes. Total number of
schools; 1924 public, and 500 private.
Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer: WHY
HUNT IS DELIGHTED.-I heard it said
in New Orleans that Judge Hunt, the
new secretary Of the navy, was de-
| lighted beyond expression with the
compliments his nomination had re-
ceived from the old pseudo-aristocratic
element there, which is descended, to a
great extent, from French pirates,
Spanish army contractors, Natchez In
dams and poor Africans.
n. o. States: The culture of the
grape and the. production Of wine con-
tinue to rapidly increase in California,
In 1880 over 10000 acres were planted
in grape vines in that State, and it is
said that during the present year 10000
acres will be added. California pro-
duced last year 100000 gallons of
wine, of which 100000 gallons were
sweet wine. OF brandy 100000 gallons
were manufactured. The total Weld
from the culture of the grape during
the year 1880 amounts to three million
of dollars.
N. O. Democrat: The queerest libel
the Kansas City Times. The claimant
asserts that he was a candidate for
district judge before the Democratic
nominating convention, and would have
secured the nomination but for the
opposition of the Times, which con-
stantly assaulted and attacked him.
The salary OF the Office for which he
was competitor is $4,000; and this is
the sum which he wants the opposing
journal to pay him as damages.
n. 0. States: A few evenings since
quite number of native born citizens
of organizing q Native American party.
on the old Know Nothing platform Of
"Americans shall rule America" We
are not III sympathy with this move
ment, though we do not deem it nee
essary at this time to enter into a dis
cussion of the question. In another
column of the States those Interested in
the movement will find the platform of
the resolutions adopted by the meeting,
and in which it is designed to organize
| the " United American party"
N. O. Democrat: Horatio Seymour
State engineer OF New York, has Just
forwarded to the Legislature his report
on the railroads of that State. Some
of the figures may be interesting, as in
New York, although it does not possess
as many miles of railroad as other States,
the railroad property is more valuable,
| The capital stock OF the roads is $516.
934 ,5S7; debts, $685., 270,474; earnings,
| S113,57S, 5a expenses, 1857 ,941 ,341; pas
sengers carried, 10S,029,142; tons of
| freight carried, 1886, 1873; persons killed
377: injured, S47. The horse railroads
carried 244,900,717 persons, and the
elevated railroads nearly 81 100000.
New Orleans Daily States: When
| he leaFeS HIS udIlVo country and
wanders about the world in quest
of work and lucre, John Chinaman has
a hard time of it. In California he is
kicked and cuffed about, his cue cut off;
and other indignities heaped upon him
And now comes the intelligence of the
terrible treatment of Cinnamon by the
Peruvians. In the valley of Canete,
one of the most fertile and productive
in Peru, more than 5000 Cinnamon were
barbarously murdered few days ago
by negroes aud natives. On one plan.
| tation 600 inotfenslVe men were muir.
dered in cold blood. This is the result
of a war of races which has sprung u1
in that country since its capture by the
Chilians,
Capitolian: Twenty-Five new resi-.
dences, will be needed in Baton Rouge
as soon as they can be built, 1t is q
notorious fact, that it is next to impos.
sible to find houses to rent in the Capt..
tai. This too, before the State officers
have moved here and while the rail.
roads are only in process Of construc.
ton. 1t is reasonable to expect that al
soon as the Government Headquarters
have been established here and the
Pacific Railway unites her with the
outer world. baton Rouge Will De the
booming town of Louisiana. Our streets
are filling, up with constantly increas
ing number of strangers, many Of
our midst. 1t is high time for our prop
erty holders to wake up and prepare fo e
the future. Real estate in Baton Rouge
will be up to high figures by the first ot
the coming year.
N. 0. Democrat: Gartield's South
Carolina nominations, made the othel
day, persuades the Cincinnati CONNER
cial that he will, in the selection O.