St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-10

THE ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
Mr. O. A. PERRAULT, is our authorized agent
to solicit advertisements, subscriptions, etc.,
and to reception same.
OPELOUsAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1858
FOR CONGRESS.
Gen. Thomas C. Anderson is candidate for
Congress from this tsixth) district, to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the death OF Gen. A. s.
Heron.
Hon. Charles Parlange, of Pointe Coupee
parish, is a candidate for Congress, to ill the
vacancy caused by the death OF Hon. A. ..
Herro subject to the ma 81 the De emo
gressiOnal District.
There is still smallpox in Lafourche.
Alexander Dimitry, the scholar, and
B. j. West, merchant, died in New
Orleans last week.
A son Of Hon. Duncan F. Kenner,
died in Ascension parish, on the Both
nit, aged about 80 years.
The Thibodaux Sentinel reports that
sugar planting is going on rapidly, and
that the planting will be large.
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Frank Powers, for stealing horse in
1berville parish, was followed and cap
tured, after chase of over 200 miles.
The Supreme Court have decided
that drummers have to pay no license,
as they are merely clerks-Justices
Manning and Todd dissenting.
A San Francisco policeman of five
years, is worth 100000; but lately s1O,-
600 worth of stolen goods, and lot OF
burglars tools, were found in his house,
which explains how he got rich so
quickly.
Congress has appropriated about
100000, 600 for the pension list for the
coming year, and will have to keep it
mp for the pension list, like the multi
plying onion, continues to increase in
numbers. u
A person Missed at theatre in New
Orleans he was arrested for it and
fined So, after which the proprietors Of
the theatre gave free passes to emyloy
ees Of the Court. Moral-"Cast thy
bread upon the water and it will return
to thee after many days"
Samuel Wakefield, colored, of New
Iberia, who had been successful poll
tician since reconstruction, and accu-
INFLATED some property, went to New
Orleans last week, and while visiting
his sister there, committed suicide-sho
himself through the head with a pistol.
The Democrats in Congress want
Texas divided into three states, SO they
can have six q. S. Senators where they
now have two; but the people OF Tex
as do not want the division. The poll
ticians look more to their own interests,
than they do to the interests or wishes
of the people.
On the night Of the LIST inst, "Ebo
Blood's gambling shop" in the lower
part of Baton Rouge was burned. Scott
Gordon, the same one who use to make |
Democratic speeches here, we suppose,
estimates the principal loss at fourteen |
decks Of the first quality of linen cards, |
valued each $1.5O."
Margaret Haughery, who recently
died in New Orleans, began life with |
nothing, and left considerable for
tune bequeathed to charitable OBJ
jects. In her days Of poverty she had
no relatives, that anyone heard of j; |
but now that she has left a fortune,
they are springing up to contest her
will.
Keeley's Motor is neither electricity |
nor steam, but water in its natural
state, which, by vibratory action, lis |
disintegrated SO that its molecular
structure is broken up, and there is
evolved therefrom permanent expan-
sive gas or ether which exerts an ex-