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The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
General

Bishop McMULLEN, of the Roman
Catholic Diocese Of Davenport, died
at Davenport, Iowa, on the evening OF
the 4th Of July. Bishop Pinckney, OF
the Episcopal Diocese OF Maryland
died in Baltimore at about the same
hour. The venerable Archbishop Pur-
cell also died on the morning of indie
pcndence day, near Cincinnati.
THERE is a deep feeling among mem
bers of the Masonic order in Canada on
account of the decision that under the
laws and acts Of the Grand Lodge OF
Quebec are illegal and that all who
have united with it can be subjected to
heavy penalties. The question will pass
into the Dominion courts and then be
appealed to. the law Lords of England.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21

.. The acerraSge in Texas. 1i in, 1882, is
given at 2,8l0,113. It will be seen
we lead the list III area, in cultivation.
we did last year, and will this in
the number of bales sent to market.
Last year Georgia planted 2,844,3Q5
acres, ors34,292 more than Texas,
but this year we beat Georgia, the
next highest on the list, by 172,174
acres. The increase of Texas acreage
this year over last is 234,819 acres,
that of Georgia 71,577. Whilst
Georgia has perhaps reached Its max
imum, or will make no extraordinary
advance at least beyond the present
point, Texas has scarcely written its
initial chapter in the cultivation of
cotton. Its soil is competent to pro-
duce the present total crop of the
United States, or double it for that
matter, If the wants of the world so
require, and, too, without calling up.
on the Islands of the Pacific or bone
mills of New England, Cor raanufac-
turers of quack soil nostrums gener-
ally, for one ounce of assistance.
Were the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States to abandon it entirely,
Texas would quickly learn to feed the
looms of the world with all they could
consume or all their customers want.
AS it is raised cheaper here than any
where where guano is used by exactly
the cost of guano what, will the III
innate result be2 !.
It always seemed strange and inex-
splicable that d Georgia cotton planter
sticks to lands upon which he an
nually expends from 81 to $40 per
acre in commercial fertilizers when in
a two days run by rail he could get
into . country which produces from
twice to four times the number of
pounds without any manure at all,
and, moreover, sells for J to ] cent
per pound more in every market ON
earth, on account of longer and bet
ter staple. The solution is only
found in the natural love of man for
the grave OF his grandmother. Even
Mark Twain subscribed a dollarto put
a monument over the grave Of Adam
more than we would give.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
York Rulletin. Tevas nan.

Now York Bulletin: Texas papers
claim that the profits on cattle raising
in that state have averaged 100 per cent.
in the past five years, while in some
cases they have reached 500 per cent;
and the claim is substantiated 10y an
array of statistics that abundently prove
the case. The profit for the first year
is nominal, the second it averages 10
per cent. the third year 30 per cent;
the fourth year 50f per cent. the fifth
year 10 per cent; the average loss by
disease and casualty during the same
period has been fifteen per cent, or
3per cent. annually. The extension of
the sFailroad system of Texas is ex-
.pected to increase the profits of. the
business, as it does away with the great
risks involved in long drives.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
United States Coins.

Gold coins of all denominations are
legal tender for any amount. So are
silver dollars, except the trade dollar,
which, though y grains heavier than
the standard dollar, is not legal tend
er for any amount. Halves, quarters
and dimes are legal tender to the
amount of $40. Twenty-cent pieces,
half-dimes and silver Scent pieces are
legal tender for amounts not exceed
ing $5. Nickel and copper coin from
l cent up to 5 are legal tender only to
the amount of Is cents. A gold dollar
weighs twenty-five and eight-tenths
grains, and it will take about223 gold
dollars to weigh. q pound. When a
gold coin is reduced in weight by use
or otherwise more than l. per cent,
or is in any way mutilated, it is no
longer legal tender, and will only be
received at the mint for its value in
bullion. When gold coin is presented
fol. payment at the sub-treasury it is
carefully inspected, and if found be-
low the required weight it is stamped
with the.+word Light" and returned
to the depositor. If he has been care
full to note Of whom he received it he
may recover the amount for which he
accepted it, Of he may send it to the
mint, which will return him whatever
it is worth for recoinage.
The standard dollars weigh each
4f2s.5 grains, which is about 7la
pounds for the weight Of $1,000. The
weight of $1,000 III gold is a pounds.
One hundred dollars in, gold weighs
the same ass150 new 81 greenbaeks.
Greeeenbacks Of a larger denomination
are q little heavier.
Silver is about fifteen and a hall
times as heavy as gold, and about
twenty-eight and a third times as
bulky in proportion to its value; or,
in other words, a dollars worth OIL
silver is a little more than twenty.
eight times larger than a dollars
worth Of gold. 4'1 ~ 80
Our gold coins contain 300 parts Of
pure gold and 100 parts of alley; the
silver coin 300 parts Of silver and 10C
parts of alloy. The s and 8 cent
nickel coins are one-fourth nickel and
thgee-fourths copper. The small
cent, is 95 parts copper and 5 parts tin
and zinc.
It is estinfatedthat the gold dollar
is used by so, DOC, 900 of people; the
British sovereign by 35,000,O 600; the
Frerehfrarrc~by ~, 00e, 900; the sill.
yer dollar of all countries by about
$50, DOC, 000.-Bostom Traveller.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21

manufacturing industries IN ron that
have made Pennsylvania so great and
her resources are not less than those
of the keystone state ineoalandirons
South Carolina and Georgia have TAX
en- on the condition of varied agrlcul-
ture, on which Illinois and OhioSpross
pered, without in the least dlscountlng
their staple of cotton.
Cotton manufactures are growing
in these states and Alabama more
rapidly than in any part of New Eng
land, and for the good reason that
the net profits are greater than in
New England. 1t is not metaphor
to say that New Orleans slept for
twenty years, from 1860 to 1880, al
most as unconscious of her natural
advantages of position and OF what
was going on in the world as Rip Van
Wrinkle was of the changes in his
native town. All at oEce the old
Creole city has risen out of her slum
Der and put on a new life as vigorous
as that Of the most enterprising city
in the west. Her exports, which prior
to 1880 were insignificant, last year
reached $3.50, DOC, 900 in value, and
the estimates for this year are nearly
$500, OOO,O 600. No doubt the improve
ment of the navigation of the river
below the city has contributed largely
IN His hoom. but the railway system
of the southwest, and especially of
Texas, has contributed more g,
And as this system expands and as
the navigation of the great river above,
to the Black Hills on one side and the
Falls of St. Antho4y OH the other, is
bettered by contributionsfr from the Fed.
eral government, the growth of the
commerce of New Orleans must con-
tinue to increase till it shall be at
least the second export city on the
continent. Wheat and -four produced
west of Illinois will not go to New
York, Boston or Baltimore by rail
when it can reach New Orleans, by
water at cheaper rates. Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, the
Indian Territory and Texas will, from
the railway facilities afforded, nearly
all go New Orleans that does not go
to Galveston. AS to Texas, that great
state is only beginning to be appre-
ciated at it's future value and capabili-
ties. Larger than France, it has a
better soil generally, as good aclimate,
is watered by many rivers and will
soon be as well raiiroaded as any state
in the Union. Marvellous as was its
increase in population from 1870 to
1880, much more is expected in the
present decade. AS good a judge as
general McClenen, who has recently
visited many parts of the Texas Pan
handle, predicts a population of 5,000,-
600 for the whole state by the year
1890, and he declares that it can
prosperously support 100000 and
without crowding. A state like that
is capable of supporting commercial
city Of the f~rst-class. Already Texas
is second only to Georgia in the pro-
duction Of cotton and she produces
more cattle than any other two states.
The social and commercial relations
between California, and the southwest
must ina few years become very close
closer perhaps between us than any
other part of the Union-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
Political.

GOVERNOR BEN BUTLER has sent to
the Massachusetts House O veto of h
bill to levy a State tax of 100000.
He does not believe in raising money
b~efore-it i sneeded and letting it lie in
bonds at 3 per cent, while poor people
who pay taxes must borrow at not less
than S per cent. to pay taxes with.
He reviews the finance of the past
four years, and says a tax of 100000
is unnecessary and unreasonable. He
regards 81, 100000 as q sufficient tax,
and 81, 100000 as ample.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
Ema.Afaran,

rA-&
n is thoodght the breaking but Of the
cholera willeausaap uaiic inthe British
grain trade, the spectators of England
having made large purchases of East
Indian grain, Which the prevalence Of
the plague thera Will prevent being
handled. Under these circumstances
America, it is presumed, will be called
.aapOn to supply European wants.
A cable dispatch 81 the I'd inst..says
that 119 Deaths fromsoholera oecuredat
Danietta in twenty-four hours. Most
of the physicians becoming panic strick-
enat the horrible mortality had fed the
city Persons attempting to passsthe
sanitary lines mEgypt hassbeen order
cd 30 be shot. The French govern
meat has decided to Quarantine all res.
sells suspected OF having cholera on
board, as the British authorities have
been known TO grant clean bills Of
Health TO ships from infected ports.
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca has
been prohibited bysthe governor Of AL
gIeF. Every precaution hag beBn tan
Ell TO guard the British troops IN
Egypt.
q DISPATCH from Cairo, Egypt, says:
-
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
TEXAS TOPICS.

The scholastic census of Eli,
county shows 4,011 children Of school
age.
Sheriff Strayhorn, of Williamson
county, is 100000 short in his a.
counts.
The condition of the crops is 70
garled very favorable in most pats 10
the state.
Very strict quarantine against
yellow fever is kept up in the sas'
ports along the Gulf.
The grand jury of Wharton
county has indicted the entire bar of
the county for failure to pay occnno
ton taxes.
The federal government has ~.
dered that a survey be make Of tho
country lying between the Rio pecos
and the Rio Grande. The suryev;na
party will be under the direction o5
Chief Engineer Liyermore.
The attorney general is advised
that the offices of all public weighers'
except in cities receiving annually
100 700 bales of cotton, will become
vacant July 18th, and hat the vacan.
cies can after that date be filled bv
appointments made by the county
commissioners or by election.
III Paso Times, July g: The
Southern Pacific railway COMPANY
continue to improve their track and
increase their capacity, in view of a
larbe fall carrying trade. Twelve or
thirteen locomotives have passed
through from Sacramento to San An.
tonic, to be used on the Houston
division. Each locomotive was pro.
yided with al engineer and fireman
who will remain with them.
Tyler Courier: Recently the two.
story brick of Captain A. NJ. Murphy
suddenly tumbled to the ground with
a jar that shook the whole square.
The building was about 25x66 feet
and two stories high. At the time
Captain Murphy and his son were &C.
cupying the lower floor, which CEN
tanned a heavy stock of jewelry. Mr..
John Norton was in the upper story,
and when the building began to give
way he jumped out at q rear window
to the ground below, escaping with a
sprained ankle. Captain Murphya and
his son ran out of the lower room ct
the front door and were brushed with
the falling debris as they escaped.
The Murphy house had a shallow
foundation, and at the rear there was
a cellar that extended several feet
deeper than the foundation. Fl. II.
Rowland & Bro, who joined Murphy
on the east, began several days ago
the digging out of their cellar prepar-
atory to building their large brick, and
dug down for a foundation several
feet below the foundation of the other
building, and there being o cellar on
the inside of the wall, lett the rear
part of the east wall standing on dirt
no wider than the wall for several
feet below It's foundation; the dirt
erumbled and gave away, and down
came the building. Murphy's stock
was very large and was made up
principally of very costly goods. In,
Guiding building, goods, furniture,
ETC., he is damaged, we would say,
not less than $4,000 to 10000. G.
A. Teagarden is damaged not less
than $1,000, and Rowland & Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21

AN agile tourist spent half o day
climbing up the face of q pricipice in
California in order to paint his name
high on theroek In huge letters. Then
he was informed by the owner of the,
property that hemight repeat The 7ent
of scraping of the disfiguring letters
or stand a lawsuit for damages.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
sas9he Diasaend Rataesnake.

OF all the snake varieties 'of which
we have yet any knowledge the dia-
mond rattlesnake, as it is called, seems
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
The Cotton Acreage for 1888.
Dallas Planter and Farmer.

The Department. of Agriculture
gives the following figures by state of
the acreage planted in cotton for this
wear of 1888: ., sic, h.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21

SthN - ' StAD tt
coach went down at the rate of eighty
miles an hour, striking an approaching
coal trainn-SeXen men were killed and
several others were injured. A lady
passenger states that the conductor and
both hfakemen on the broken train
were asleep at the time of the disaster.
eSs @s@A-
West.
LH~SfMs, d negro, who almost kill
ed Miss Kate Mcguire in the out
skirts of Louisiana, No., having
been partially Unidentified by his victim,
was taken from the Jail at Bowling
Green, by a party OF eight men, and
hanged to q tree by rope halters. He
made a full confession of his crime, and
admitted that he had served four years
in the ~penitentiary for q similar otiense
at st Charles -. On the Western lndl-
ana track at Forty-first street, Chica-
60, q Wabash train crushed q Stock
Yards strect-car into fragments.
Twelve persons were seriously injured,
three or more of them fatally. ~ 4
THE people. of Santa Fe, New Mex
leo, began the celebration of the 333d
anniversary of the settlement Of that
ancient. town on the I'd of July, and
the fe~stiEities will be prolonged to the
end on the month. lii regard to the
exercises Of thefopening day,aa Santa
Fe dispatchisays t'The procession was
perhape the most unique and interest
ing Of anything of the kind ever at
tempted by the descendants of the first
Spaniards who visited American soil
The native Mexicans, the descendants
of the Aztecs, bands of Apaches in
warlike attire, the rare, modest, and
Oriental Zuni Indians, the military,
the music, and the firing OF
cannon all combined to make the
scene one of tho liyeliest to both eitl-
zens and strangers. Ten thousand peo-
pie Witnessed the procession and fol-
lowed to the exhibition ground, where
addresses were delivered byGov. Shell
don and other local celebrities"
In the suburbs Of Cinninnati The
Thuuderbolt express on the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio road,which was
running rapidly to make up lost time,
rue o nuckstefS wagon containing
eve persons, killing six instantly.
The victims, Henry Kracke and his wife
and family, were shockingly mutilated,
and. the locomotive was sprink1ed with
flour to hide the blood stains. ...A
masked mob i'll Grand county, Col,
slot four COMMISSIONERS and the
County Clerk. Mr.. Mills and Harvey
bay were instantly killed E.P.W ebbeI
and d. J. Dean were MORALLY Wotnded
Tie citizens have called on the Cover
nor for military protection. !. The suit
of e. sJ.H Lehman VS. TIe Chicago
Herald Company was decfdef against
the 11attssf.s Tie Jury awarded. $$25 ,QQp
damages, the amount asked for. Leh-
man is o leading merchant, and the pa
per charged him with having formerly
been o swindler and confidence man.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
East.

A COAL train on the Rochester and
Pittsburg road, broke on a steep grade
a few miles south of the viaduct at Kin
qua, Pa. Seven cars and u passenger
coach went down at the rate of eighty
miles an hour, striking an approaching
coal train.- SeXen men were killed and
several others were injured. A lady
passenger statesthat the conductor and
both bfakemen on the broken train
were asleep at the time of the disaster.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
TopnOody.

Mr.. Topnoody sat for a long time.
the other evening, studying the fire in a
reflective moed, building . prettysfancy
vbout a jet of flame, only to have it 20
out in smoke, and wreathing about q
SLOWING e5oaT q chaplet Of happy
thoughts, only 50 see it shoulder and
fade away into4dusband ashes. Atlast
he said to his wife: Y prss
my dear, would you be sorry if /
were 10 daffes2' III
.aDont talk that way, Topnoody,"
she replied. "Of course would
@Sometimes, my dear, I think it
would be o relief to you ii I should
join that innumerable throng which has
gone no before"
"No, MOI il wouldn't"
A"But you could find some one else to
take nay place. sa . 54t5
II know it, Topnoody, but You musn't
die s,s
Why not, my dear Z. he persisted,
thinking o tender chord was touched.
gaBecause black 4isso eawfully unbe-
coiaing to me, and you know I'd have
to wear it o year or more. But it's
juss1ike you, Topnoody, to go and die
now, simply to COMPEL me to make a
fright of myself
Mr.. I0pnoody stopped talking, COW
cred up the fire, and went TO bed.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21
South

AT Little Rock Arkansas, j.. T..
Btftown, ex--Unnited States Marshal for.
the Eastern District of Arkansas, q
sentenced for forgery and perjury,
while Deputy, To Ave years ilnprison-
mnSent at Detroit and LOCO fine. W.
lei. Vanderbilt has added. 100000 to
the endowment fund of the University
of Nashville, the income to- be applied
to the .sqRport Of the TecAniiccaal
School.
Two VIRGINIA cditors-W. @. Elam,
Of the Richmond Whig, and B, +.
Beirne,se of the Richmona.. States-fought
aduel OF New Hope, Va. The distance
vas eight PAGES, the Weapons reyol9eTs,
apd the cartel proYided that after one
rsssnd,ifnosone should be 5huEb, dirings
should begin s~agafnybetll parties adj
yahciag and shooting al H6athHt. At
the first round neither man was hit.
Tae-second shots were. fred, and Mr..
Elan staggered, surprising lie was shot
in both thighs. He had. however, only
received one wound, though a very
serious one. Mr. Bsiriie then raised
his hat to the little group of Elamites,
and retired quickly fromthe scene. Mr..
Elam was taken to the house Of the
lieutenant governor of. the state. near
BY, where tho doctors extracted the
lead. axA ~ Il 8ssss ss :
-
Washington.
ApRRgIpgrr ARrH1fn has madetbe
following appointrnenfs Colonel
HoIabird. Onarfermasfer GeneraI II
succeed Gsneral Inoalla. retired; VIII
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-21

MOTHERS DoN'T KNow.-How MANY
children are punished for being I'M
c0nsn. wffIfdi, ana mdifereTes tom.
structiens-eE rewards, simply because
they are out Of healthl An intelligent
lady said of o child of this kind:
sNothers should know that if they
would give the Little ones moderate
doses of Hop Bitters for two or three
weeks, the children would be all q par
ent could desire"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08
TeIegraphIo Brevities.

ST. Louis, Nov. 6.-The court of appeals
this morning decided the application TOR
writ of certiorari, quasning the proceedings
OF the board OF police commissioners in re
moving ex. Chief Of Police Campbell. The
decision virtually Teinstates Campbell as
chief Of police.
MURDER, ROBBERY AND oUrR.aE
CHICAGO, Nov, q "A Chihuahua, Mexico,
special states that Jacob Hippe, wealthy
resident OF MilioAukee, while on lis way
from Laredo TO Durango, was robbed OF Ss,-
600 and murdered by road agents two days
ago, and his wife outraged.
SHOT DEAb.
FREDERICK, Nd. Nov. Gin a difficulty
Sunday morning, Daniel Kennedy, well
known 10 the police, was shot dead b
Charles Il. Topper, az eX-policeman.
F1RTfIT DEPoarED.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6-Oarman Teemer, to-
day deposited $50 a. forfeiture In a
three mile aud tu-n race, with the cham
pion Harlan, Tor s. lOO side.
KLEvAr0R BoPE BREAKS.
BrsHaEck. Nov. AT the capitol build
il 2 this morning the clamp to the elevator
rope broke. The elevator and rix men
therein, named Drziel 0'Neiil, " 'llism
Buxton. Andreu johnson, John VII. N,
Abe Hoffman and Oscar Sanherg, fell fly
feet to the bottom, their hOds and wheel
barrows following. Buxton IL dying. He
lad all his rits broken from he spine. The
other four are badly injured and may die.
WORLDS FAfR.
LoUuyTLLE, Nov. 6.-MsiOr Bake, d.
rector OF the worlds indus -isl and cotton
centennial 70 omen in New Orleans Deoem-
Der Isth 1884 with his wife. has arrived and
will remain IN Louisville sntH the erposi-
tion closes, taking pOinis Tor future refer
euca
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08
uon.,xnor Capers Mission

IL has been suggested by one or two east
ern papers that the visit Of Monsignor Capel
10 America was not made wholly for the
purpose oi lectnring and investigating the
American system OF education, but that
be WAS on another and more Important
mission. the nature Of which he did not
desire the public TO know. This suggestion
n~ornntod = Republican reporter 20 ask the
reyerened gentleman, during an interview
on Sunday, Il his visit had any other object
than those already stated. he ala not re-
Div in the negative, but said;
he suoh a goose as to tell You and the pub
lie II were here on an important private
Yesterday the reporter met gentleman
Who was educated for the priesthood, ana
who has a large acquaintance among the
Jesuits. Mons gnor Cspels visit was aliud'
cd TO, aud he gentleman reierred 70
~ believe Monsignor Cspel hes never
stated publicly the real object ol his Sisl'
"He has simply said that he was here for
the nurpose Of preaching and lscturing, 80
advance tho interests OF hm religion, 10 IN
~estigate oar sytsem OF education, and 70
fnlfl q promise made some time ago 70 Fisn
"But thai is not all. He is here upon .
special mission. As you are probably
aSare. / travel a great deal. never Vlsll
large city without calling upon some o
mn friends IN the priesthood. lhaye u
irSm 4 perfectly reliable source that MOD
sigpor Capel. Who, by the way, one oil tns
ahisst men that could have been selected
vas sent here upon q special and important
misuion, the nstrre OF which, believe has
never been made public" ,-,.,....
"Osn you give it 20 me without Tiolatini
'sCsrtsiniy. It's simply this; Il - pro
poasS 10 hold IN December Of Dezt year sr
ecumenical c0unoH, at which toe baolts
stTle q dress, and general deportr3eht .
~. nr;estbood vii BE- discussed One o
80 lesSing objects Of the council will be ts
aseids mon the style of dress 10 be Won
~ The different classes OF priests. All ar
tS 10 REQUIRED 10 wear regulsuon ores
snd the resring Of any article OF leseiery
~ erv ornament viii be prohibited There
mi Il q lumber Of radical changes 4sde
- sr.ct nature Of Which / hafe not oeeI
sS~ised. 4 know this, that the council Nil
~ one Of the rnost important ever heid. ado
~ rreefe q much interest throughput tn'
word a. The Council Of Trent OF tne eoSn
eli q which che doxms Of infallibliity -
sdoVted. FoE MonsigoSr Capei Ss con
rnissioned 10 come 70 this County hno con
- ,rs~eteiv vitb the bishops for the paf-
r,1.s I'd ssrrrtaiufng their views regsrdin
~ srverrl matters 20 b brought before me
eouucIl. He vi thus be eble % mare
1900 rerurf Al Rrrns Of The ssnfimeni. y
|the Csfh1lics IN this country. Amer tni.
--1.o-t hes hen rnsds tie pree4se cete q ~ :
.-r~n.si M 3. fred and the call VII b
|rneds.-rst. Louis Espnbicsn-