St. Landry democrat., 1882-06-24

NESS AND DIVORCE.
New ORLEANS, June 10, 1882.
After skirmishing throughout the
American country after the aesthetlc
dollar, Oscar Wilde, the great and only
Oscar, has "taken i'm the Crescent City
and proposes TO wind up his nonsense
by ''doing us for all we are worth" ="
The sickly sentimental maidens ana
tile Goldfish arlstOcracy turned out eh
mosse to pay homage to one OF the
most sickening creatures III male AZURE,
that ever imposed himself upon mef-
ciful public. Oscars notorlety mad pre-,
ceded him, so that a large crowd greeted
him upon his first appearance IN the
Southern metropolis. His personal ap-
uearauce is sufficient to cause the most
dignltied to burst out i'll laughter and
his sickly manner OF delivering his lee
ture is simply disgusting. lie spoke
like a school boy VINO didn't learn ms
lesson very we'll and is afraid to speak
100 loud through fear that auditors Will
laugh at him. In fact as a specimen OF
art and beauty, Oscar Wilde is as near
that, as a monkey attlred IN knee
breeches and terra cote stockings, Is.
However, his lecture as a literary effort
is a mastery etfusion upon Decorative
Art, and is indeed "a thing OF beauty
and a ioy forever" far SURPRISING Us
car Wild Esq. At one portion OF his
lecture we heartily agree with oscar,
and it is this: "If children grow up
among all fair and lovely things, they
will grow to love beauty and detest ug-
illness, before they know the reason
why. It you go into house where
everything is course you hnd Things
Clipped and broken and unslghtly.
Nobody exercises any care. II every
thing Is dainty and delicate, gentle
ness and refinement Of manner are un-
consciously acquired. In fact the en-
tire lecture is we'll written and will re-
pay perusal. The man OF knee breeches
aud silk stockings is a young lrIshman
and has already attained quite repu-
sation as poet la Byron. MIR. Wilde
will be in New Orleans several weeks.
Major Burke has recovered from his
wounds and gone to Baton Rouge to at
tend to his duties as State Treasurer.
The ball from Parker's pistol will leave
It's mark on Burk's legs for all time,
and whenever the gallant Major takes
a bath it will reminu him of the viclssl-
tudes of journalistic and political
life. On the other hand, Caleb
Parker will become stronger Ill his con
victions when laboflng on one OF hls
aggressive editorials, and VIII stilke
terror to the heart OF delinquent pub
lie servants who imagine that they
own the Bill OF Rights and that the
people haven't anything to say about 1t.
The great and only Levl-lsadore the
erOckery man and lover OF insurance
companies, has again got badly lett I'D
a.
trieve his fallen fortune. 1t Will be re-
nembered that some six months ago
several swindling insurance compan-
Dauies had Levi arrested on the charge
of arson-accused him of setting fire tO
his store on Magazine street. Ot
course Levi was acquitted. 1t was but
right that the insurance corpO-
Tations who had so cruelty prosecuted
him should be compelled to repair the
damages, so Mr.. Levi employed two
able attorneys to sue the insurance con-
Germs for damages which has no doubt
suffered. The able attorneys instituted
a 100000 suit and would no doubt have
added another zero to that number II
Levi had likewise proposed to do the
same with their fee. However, aftel
a long and protracted trial, the jury
most respectfully disagreed with Levi
and accordingly rendered a verdict
against him. That verdict is lncom-
nrehensible to - Levi.
Notwithstanding the overflow and
short crops, there seems to be plenty OF
money left in the Crescent City tol
building purposes. AS stated before,
over two millions Of dollars is being in
vested in the erection OF mag,
nificent buildings on the principal
streets. Amongst those worthy OF
mention are the Cotton Exchange edi-
flee, beautiful piece OF aesthetic archl-
lecture, the Bank Building on GravIeI
street between st. Charles and Camp,
Rice. Born g. Co.'s four story structure,
nearly completed Tom Handy's new sa-
loon building on Royal, on the site of
the old post-office, Beers magnificent
suilding in the process of erection on
Gravier near Bar0n1le, Woods Side, and
ather less important structures too nu-
merOus to mention.
Our sanitary guardians, or at least
the would be guardians OF public health,
are very anxious to secure the passage
,of a bill through the legislature leav-
ing an additional burden on the COM
merce of the Crescent City, for the pur-
nose of meeting the expenses OF that
hndy of soft disant humanitarians OF
Louisiana. The truth is the people OF
New Orleans and particularly the com com
mercial community have very llttie
faith in the Board Of Health, although
thew concede that it is composed OF able
men and learned doctors. They desire
fo see the entire question OF quarantine
etc. turned over to the exclusive con-
troll OF the National Board of Health.
The medical profession OF New Or-