St. Landry democrat., 1881-04-02


motive can be run from New York
to Philadelphia for 81 instead OF
S25, which is the cost of coal. 1t IS
a combination Of petroleum and
steam. "a
IN. O. Democrat: The quantity
Of grain carried carried to Allan,
tic ports in 1873 was 113,OOO,O ,OOo
bushels, of which 10000, 900 bushels
went by rail and $4,000, ,Oos bushels
by waterways. The quantity in
1879 was POI 100000 bushels, DOL
100000 bushels of which was car
ried by rail. Sk& :
N. O. Democrat: We learn from
the Philadelphia North American
that aaLouisiana boy, Louis Genols,
graduated with distinction in the
Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy,
obtaining the gold medal for having
made the highest grade during the
year. Mr.. Genoismade $50 points
out of possible 600, the best re-
cord for twenty years.
LAFAYETTE Advertiser : Since the
improved facilities for obtaining
lumber, building in and about town
has been kept up with something
Of regularity. The streets are
being steadily worked and the
drains opened, and then for white
wash, and other sanitary measures.
Lafayette Advertiser: eApainful
accident occurred to Mr.. S. f. Simp-
son last Monday. While driving
near, the crossing gon the railroad
avenue his horse beeamt frightened
by locomotive and turning very
suddenly upset his buggy and threw
him on a bridge, cutting and brnis7
ing lis head severely. Surgical
attendance was soon after had, and
we learn since that his condition
is satisfactorily sas
Lafayette Advrrtiitser !: The Lou
isiana Western Railroad has just
completed a very neat and commo-
dious depot building. at Scott Sta
tion,B five miles west Of this place,
and put Mr.. j. O. Leblanc in charge
as agent. 1t is also proposed to
put up depot buildings at Jennings
and Merlnento. Negotiations are
pending which it is hoped will re.
suit in placing a steamboat i'll Mer-
Amento river to ply between Mer-
mento Station and Grand Chen
iere, thus opening up to New Or.
leans, merchants a part of the coun.
| try 3 that has always, heretofore,
looked to Galveston as a market
for their rice, sugar, cotton, &c.
Lafayette Advertiser; lsidore
Levi together with two of his en-
ployees we're recently indicted by
the Grand Jury in~New Orleans
on the charge Of incendiarisln
Levi, it win be remembered, was
proprietor of one Of the stores which
| were burned some time since, anQ
which were heavily insured in sey.
eral companies. After the burn
ing the insurance companies went
to work to discover the cause o
fire. Proof sufficient has beel
brought to light, to justify tht
arrest and Indictment Of Levi ani
two or three of his employees OF
the charge of deliberately firing hit
own store. Whether they are guilty
or not, remains to be seen, but al
right minded people will be glad tt
know that an investigation is to b,
had through the means of a trial
If they are innocent Of course, the,
will be set at liberty and the IN
surance money paid but if guilty
| the law should be enforced will
f;gor, for this is a complication Q
crime and one that can not b
| guarded against.
I n. O. Democrat: The Englisl
physicians have been investigator
the subject of high heeled shoe
and pronounce them the most dal
gerous inventions Of the nineteent
century-far more deadly tina
dynamite or nitro -glycerine. Nc
to mention sprained ankles an
laceration Of the internal and e1
ternal ligaments of the ankle, whic
they so often produce, they al
responsible also,T the nj. DIS sa,
for many spinal Diseases, disease
: of the lungs and a hundred othe
maladies. The Lodon Lancet il
j sdorses these medical views, It
said that the Peruvian ladies' a,
so convinced Of the truth of thes
assertions that they are actual
giving up high heeled shoes. II
fact that Paris has given thes
: shoes up may persuade our ladit
to abandon them, but the advice
all the physicians in the world ce
, tainly would not, if they were stj
the fashion. - "a
n. 0. Democrat: The gamblir
table has caused trouble before, b,
seldom revolutions. Roulette or 1
roulette, however, has just produce
J. a civil outbreak in the little Sta
y of Andorra, the oldest republic
: the world. The people of, Andor
are divided politically into ty
factions-the Progressionists al
the Conservatives. The latter wa
: things to 60 OIL as of yore Il
r former want progress-particular
: in the form of roulette. A, Fren,