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The Opelousas courier., 1883-03-17
Jute Culture.

Mr.. C. Menelas, of Brookhaven, Miss,
the father Of jute culture in the United
States, is the author of the following
paper:
The Opelousas courier., 1883-03-17
Conclusion.

From the precediugfa facts placed before
this Convention, which represents the
in~telligentand agricultural wealth Of our
great State, you will see that the jute
culture and jate machinery have passed
the point Of experiment and claims from
all of us active and intelligent efforts to
finally establish this new industry, which
will add immensely to the resources of
onr State and to the welfare of our peo-
pie. Out OF our deliberations to-day,
all the most important facts should be
recorded, and placed at the disposal OF
the entire press Of the South, 80 that
through this medium Of generous agency
they may be spread ell over our land,
for the benefit and information Of the
rich and poor alike. The press, faith
full to its mission, has been very liberal
IN publishing information bearing upon
the subject, and will continue the noble
work until the desired end 10 reached.
But let our motto be, make haste
slowly. From all parts of the South we
receive letters asking for information
and instruction, where to get seed, how
and when to plant a jnte crop, all evine-
ing great disposition to plant Ave to one
hundred acres. To all snch inquiries
we think it our duty to state Id answer
The Opelousas courier., 1883-03-17

Planting can be done from beginning
of April. when fears of frost arc passed,
to the middle of june, but the early
planting il the most advantageous, for
THE reason that the crop natures ut q
time when Ill other erops are laid BY,
and the plantation hands are free to
save the jute fbrs, and thus bring iii
money much earlier than either corn or
cotton. In India they prepare the
ground by repeated plowiugs, and pull
verize the soil as for wheat crops then
they plant broadcast, and allow che
jute crops To take care of themselves, as
NE do wheat, oats and suoh other craps.
We recommend thoroughly small exper-
imenta of juts raising on ths broadcast
plan, but until taught BY experience to
the contrary our first crops must DO
grown On The fallorins plan: IL soon
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-24
Treaty With Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Jan. :s;.-'Il,e com.
E,issiOners on the rart Ut the United
States ard MexicO have completed
their lalnIrs aud Submitted the J,rs,-
p&sSetl treaty tO the President, wlIa,
will seil.i II to tie. Senate. Thet atty
will I've regarded ~ confidential until
ratified ar rejected by the Sen-
ute. General Grant says the treaty
proposes the frC~ entry into Mexico,
"f articles under seventy different
heads. some cf them, embracing many
different ARTICLES vi machinery, agri-
culturul implements. raiirOad mate.
rial and vehicles, which this country
manufactures for use in Mexico. II
would give employment to thousands
Of l'<,s'plc, open up to cnterprisi.g
Americans mines Of untold wealth
AMI plantations M vast extent,
The railrss,tl communications
with Mcxi,U "!r.rsiy projected under
concessions; by her, will, said Grant.
within six months. place the City Of
Mexi',, III communication with the
tallrss..i systems Of the United states
hy their different routes. In view Of
these greatly Increased facilities Of
trade between the
two nations will naturally b. greatly
accelerated. In exchange for ti,sz.t.
advantages. the General said, the
United States ws'tlid. II the irs.a' Y l.
ratified. admit free Of duty - articles
Of Mexican prsNillctiOl.. ~ thez&.
~ arr a!rr,.ly an the FREE list under
the existing tariff laws; nix are urti-
cle's not produced In the Unitcsl
States, aud the other two are crude
sugar and leaf tobacco.
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The Tehachapi Disaster.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 A Ba-
kersiieI'l dispatch says tue .S'romer
who went up to the scene of
the railrn.l disaster SATURDAY
m"r"in. returned to-day. He
arrived on the ground ut /: y. NJ. \
large crowd was there, and there had
already been u pretty thorough, inve..-
ttgati"n Of the N-h heaps which rep
Resented the train. Human remains
were deposited in seventeen heal,s.
each one "f which was supposed to
represent human l,t.ing. Some Of
them pr"I'ably did. l,ut most of then,
were bits III ealcime.i bones that
might have represented several. lie
thinks the destruction Of human life
greater than is supposed. The
leader If the two xieepcrs in their
downward flight, from, which ~ one
escaped, ix believed tO have been
pretty we'll lillcai. aud It would have
accommodated tifty.f:.ur persons.
In 1t wer. placed way passengers.
aud many such are always on.
S'''a'e coin aud jewelry was turned
over I" his keeping.
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Giant Powder Works Explosion.

OAKLAND, Jan. s2-The scene Mt
the Giant powder works this morning
Was one Ut devastation amt DEATH
In u senli-rircular excavation. where
the packing houses were kh.alesi. the
ground Is covered with debris and
limb Is. Huge rOcks, thrown by the
violence. at the series Of explosions.
lie IN all sides. Lying ON the ground
are the man2led bodies Ut ~ China
men. One I hinalnan diesl last night
in thu. Temporary hospital. 81 far rs
known one white man. named Fersli-
nand kOmpf, assistant sul'erintentl-
.,nt. aud y Cinnamon were killesj.
The assistant superintendent could
have saved himself, but remained to
try and save the works. When the
first explosion occurred he ran To the
nitr.+9lycerine house ~ turn on the
water t. extinxui>li the fire. He Was
killed ly the tx l'l..siun Ut the nitro
glycerine house. 1t il thought eight
or ten Indies are in the ruins. The
cause Ut the expulsion still remains II
MYSTERY
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Severely Gold Weather.

CHIcAGO, Jan. ::3.-The weather
~ yet sl sws no signs of nl0lerxtiux,
the temperature ut y O'clock l,einx
~ i'elOw xt.rO. The area Of cold
seems to have It's centre over Lake
Michigan. it, western edge rests on
the Missouri river, and liz northern
{ ,untiary IL unknown. Th l0ugl,out
this region the temperature for the
past two days has l'een Of extraor-
binary severity, the Thermometer
ranging from ten at ChiragO 10 sixty
e'Ow zerO, the latter ut Winnepev
last might. No lt'ss oflife from fr.,ex
IN. has '"'em reported. hut great suf-
iering has I*.en experienced l,y tl,ose.
necessarily cxlnsseti. The rxilr,.,l
- general: the train. are
running hour. l'"l,iu.l schedule time.
and sitslatc''e. Ut / o'cl,n.k this
irO'sl points In the western
XXI rennity IT thu. c.,!.l t,clt indicate. n
raising temperature accompanied Nv
Show.
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The YellowetOue Park.

WAsiIINarUN. Jan. -. The \ri
IOw~tOnr Park il likely l." remain TO-
tally free 10 all visitors tor s.'v.ra'
months to- come il the ,-S,,rai,..v> ~
Secretary Teller are g.n"l aud ,'''
preparations made hy til. Icll"w
stOue National Park Improvements
com la.ny for building hotel. must =.
on. lftl'cy are I" i'.. pushed "a: all i
II without the la'sit;vt knowledge ~
the Secretary.
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Cause Of the Olmbria's L.oas.

I'oS'MN, Jan. :ss.-PrOf sheets nf
the Hamburg l'arcis received here
show that the Clmbria wan struck
!"rty feet frOul her lD0w. After max
ing the breach, the Sultan x4.rn l,...l
along the Cin.'ria aud esDanplete.lly
RULED up her iron plates. It IA eyf.
de'it this l'lOw must HI " bxen . ire
mendous one. The papers alsO nrint
y brief reipDrt NJ what has transi,ire,l
'r''n' the statements made liz the
captain of the sultan before th..
british Consul. giving that mart lay-
"g the blame on the Cimbria In
large tyls, with notes III exclsma-
ton.
ANDERSEN. H., Jan. :3.-Nataan
Arn'str0ng's planning mill lrurned
Yesterday. Loss $:0, 0O0; no ,nsur-
sur1nce.
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families of I've rsix persons sank TO
csxher. One thing il certain, howev.
sr: there never was the slightest
ci,a,,ee Il saving third Of the l.eopIe
an boarl BY means Of the lostss
even had they Ill been launched.
Great and presumably just ~ IL
ths indionatiOu against the captain
III the sultan, there will doubtless De
= ss:,rcl. inn inquiry instituted ~ to
the ,iuty Il tn, steamship company
in providing suflicient facilities tor
the escape of every passenger Oh
bOsar,l.
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provide a3equate rsles and regs'a'
tions for such occssio0s.
Itis unfortunate that . eaash nes
occurred between the hss brigade
and the city authorities. A. . e"
er~l proposition where the liabilities
and the power to IAise seveuues SOr
these purposes are oil with the city,
the power Of making and enforcing
ueedful rules and regulations, choos-
Ing the Instruments for their execution
and Disturbing the revenues collect
ed. should reside 10 the city govern
ment. A. before remarked, the tire
company In its present independent
standing b the fruit Of foolish lex's-
lstion u many years standing. Tbs
nerd be No bar to hearty &C era
ton between the city authorities and
fire brigade. Let the chief engineer,
duly electetl by the member Of biz
company, he constituted BY ordi'
nance an officer Of the city, With
authority TO make and enforce neces-
sary Orders. Let the taxes author.
ICED By law be collected and ct apart
far Dire purposes; and let them be
disbur.ed for the sole purpose u pro-
procuriog adequate apparatus.
II having 1t properly hos'eed and
taken care Al, and Of procuring
IN alarm hell and some one to look
sSit e." Az Ana there can 10 NO oljec
tions to having the FIRE revenue re
tanned In the city treasury - . spe-
rial fund, and claims against Il audit
ed by the City Council. This city
cannot afford 10 let . punctilio de-
troy it, security against 6res. The
Of the fire brigade are prop
erty holders and good citizens who
have 10 other motive than to pro
lect the property Of themselves and
The City Council are nc
Euated by the same sentiments and
here II no reason why trey shs'uld
MT work together to the same end.
Il It cannot be doue, legislative aid
should be invoked to put our fire
In . more etIicicmt c1ndt-
fiOn
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Giant Powder EXPLOSION.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. ::;.-Ti,-
latest from the st~'n. Of the giant
powder explosion nraI I:elr. ~ il I"
the effect that the l"':,i Euilil~r oi
bodies recovered from the rains is -.
80 far ~ known this nun,l,pr include
all who were killed. The CUr.'ncr'>
jury male an investigation am:
rendered u verdict that the victims
came to their ,l..ati, by II lnw.l rA-
pls'siOn the cau-e of which wa>
unknown.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-24
Contract tor Cars.

NEW YORK. Jan. :::::.-'rhc N"rtl.
thcrn Pacific has made contract, for
the delivery within few months :"
one hundred locomotives. ::..M"'
freight cars, III passenger ears. ami ~
dining ears. The company r.ntlir.n-
the statement that tile entire r,vr!
will lie completed and ready E,r t",-i
HESS ~ September nex;.
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RELIGIOUS insanity.

MILWAUKEE. Jan. "a terrible.
crime was discovered Ut n.n,n to- day i.
The wife IL John Ze,,.i'rick, lui"',er.
killed her three children. the oldest
scvc,, years ant. the y"ungrs! cig'
teen months old. In the most brutal
manner. cutting then. I" piece, am!
completely discnlbOwclimg them.
Mrx. Xr,ml'ria. was III once. nrre>i":
Size ,Mk arrest very calmly, stating
that she had read tia! it was right l."
sacrifice ser children in tie S'~..l
kMk. II In .lOlllhlcss u ease Of reli
gious insanity.
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The Council deadlock 3oostooee,
and should be contipsed to The esd
Of the session, unless the Council can
be or,eauised In . lawful Dannes.
The lawlessnc.s Of the peesent pro-
ceeding b forci"ly stated 10 the
Northscese Of the 18th: ''Mr. Back,
who hos no cesti6.ate has been
sworn In; Mr.. Han,iltoa, who has .
certificate, cannot even get . hear
inx." In this whole matter there
AZ eonp,aints and answers. de'mur.
rem and veplicatisns, rejoindess and
surrejoindess ad i'vi"itss'; hut the
int stands out that whatever the
merits q the aass may he, the pres
sst proceedings Of the Republican
Member Of the Council, who were
In . position to capture tie Temporary
orxaniaation u the Couseil through
tlbe absence Of the duly elected menu
Der. are In defiance Of law. They ~
s,ame that Mr.. Back b entitled to
q seat. The Republican dis
oexanisess have - much right to
aesume that NJ. Whitehil'. Of Deea
Lodgs county, was excited I" the
seat foe which Dr.. Mitchell holds the
certi6eate; or M. Harlan. Of A's'
.o.,n. IN III. seaf fns ..l.s~s, w Ross
~: W. " tcsri56eals. The only wva.-
DR. b that the mob which captured
the primary organization did not
,sat enough pessons to make the
thing unsninsoass.
It b alleged ~ sOsne palliatjon TOR
he Outrage II seating Back that ho
the plurality vote d the dis-
triet BY sonss forty-one msjority.
This majority b denied ''y the co
pie Of Choteau county. 1t Is urged
With much force Of plA,,sil,ili'y that
Dawson county has nat the l'opula-
lion represented by The vote 1t cast.
rbe Nosthesn Pacific enters the Ter
ritoey in Cus.er county, and lNaring
! little 70 the north Of west, leaves
! few mikes Of It's track IN Dawson
Glendive, On the Yellow
DtoWe, b bat . short distance from
he Custer county line, and from
hat point the railroad takes .
harp tarn up the Yellowstone.
nd immedIately enter Custer eoun-
y. Almost the whole Of 0leudive
'rssk = in Cssster county. Outside
4 Gleudive there IL little chance for
In Dawson county, unless
b 70 BE- looked Tor among the
vool6efs and wood choppers on the |
or the halcbreet]s along
|(ilk river.
Whether the vote Of Dawson coun-
y was fraudulent or honest h . mat |
er q Ut can he arrived ut by due pro-
60 of law. The attempt Many |
ody u men tO thrust . man not |
|Olding . certificate Of election into
he hack dOor 0f y legislative blxiy |
oes not meet with favor even among |
Intelligent Republicans. The law
hints out how mesnberx may gain
thrN,gh the frOnt door. aud
ow, II they are found to he there
'ithout the fairly sscertained assent
lawful voters, they may lie
licked out ut the tack tl.nr.
'l,e Democratic memslers Of the
Ouncil are firmly eonsnlittesl to the
outdoor. entrance theory, and they
III be sustained by the lxoble of
[ostans IL not = single law {. p,ss"sj
ID session.
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No Additional Rescues.

HAMBU NJ. JAN. ..:;;.-NO more. per
,Ons have landed FROM III" (imi,ri..
A sailing vessel passing ". ~tward
may have picked W some. The four
Steamers have hot yet returned. Az
cDrsling to the statement of amH he:
survivor ut the disaster Of the st.an,-
ship Cinitria ut :: O'ciHck Friday
morning Captain Hansen received
the report that the ('in,hria's lights
were all turning property. III"
breach made by the collision WAS ="
great that the ('iu,hria Immediately
lay right over with portion Of lrr
deck under water.
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Freight and Passena Tariff.

WASuiNuTON, Jan. Elm tbs.
'l",i+e l:utierwUrtl,. Of U!,i', intro
'",'tl u Till providing for the al-
/ 'intnWnt Of commissioners al ten
d.,:'ar~ Yer day cn'l, 20 investigate
all ,iu. sti"ns relating l." til" r>ta'.
lishIl,eiit and n.ninit nam.'e Of II :..:,-
and Just inter state traits
l,OrtatiOn tariff for passengers ami
freight by railroad ar other n,.Ie> 81!
trauspOrtaliHn.
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It was charged subsequent to his
election that Hoar caused q bogus
dispatch to be sent f:om Washingtou
that Congressman Capo had de-
e3ined 10 be q further candidate In the
Massachusetts tsenatoral contest, and
requested his friends to vote for
HOar. Investigation shows that no
sech dispatch Wa sent, but that the
report WAS circulated In Boston BY
Hoar's friends and generally BE-
lieved. Even the good Hoar can ret
down 70 political skulduggeey.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-24

At . banquet at Strasl,urg Monday
evening. In honor OF the members
the Provincial Committee Of Alsace
and LOrraine, Field Marshal Won
AonteufIel, Governor-0 General, EN-.
pha*ized the fact that France had re-
trocetled Alsaee and l.orraine ly
treaty, and said the duties Of the In.
habitants toward the mother country
must silence all sentimental rexrets.
The prosperity "f Alsace and Lor-
raine depended upon their obtained
constitutional rights. He appealed
to the patriotism Of 10th provinces
to support his efforts but, whether
such support be given or withheld,
biz policy was one Of Cancellation.
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Corner on Corn.

CMh'AtsO, Jan. :.3.-Jol,m l.. Lyon
4 Co., . heavy lx,arsl IT trade firm.
filed bill In the circuit court to-day
against about u dozen other firms. nj.
!-xi"g that they had cz,asy,ir.si l."
CORNER January corn, Ly m,e:,i,> ni
which conspiracy the price " corn
had lIeen raised fifteen cents uir,,r
1t. actual value.
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PROTDUu0N IN FIRES.

Compaaints are always heard in
this city alter the occurrence "f u fire
Of the wanton destruction NJ proper
" frosm thUse wl,O assemble On sucl,
occasio,,s. Much Of this !. done in
IN honest endeavor tn save property,
and some, perhaps. for the purposes
q plunder. Alta Ore . few weeks
since the doors aud windows Of an
adjacent building were SMASHED, In
with sxes, the Iegs u piano chopped
OF, valuable pictures, mirrors and
furniture were thrown out Ut win
dows, and there appeared &c be no
one present with the disposition or
authority to lH,t stop to these Nast-
rageosss proceedings. And the build
ing In which this occurred wasnot nj
oil damaged by Etc.
The existence II such q condition
Of al1aiss 1t these times Of imminent
peril b the fault III neither the police
nor 6re department. 1t Is the fault
Of the most foolish anil pernicious
legislation ever put upon statute
bot'ks. In 1877. while Butte was
part VI Deer Lodge county, y special
ct Wa passed authorizing aone-n,ill
tax TO be collected On 1.-The aasessable
psOpesty withts the limits IT the
town Of Butte for the support and
maintenance Of the Butte Fire De-
pertinent" The revenue from this
thts tax went immediately into the
treasury Of the lire department; and
beyond the control u any putlic au-
thority. With these revenues, ~
raised from the city Of Butte, and
from voluntary subscriptions, . fire
engine was bought, after ward sold,
and the proceeds still remain 10 the
treasury Of the lire department. The
hre company claims that the money
that went into it, treasury from for.
mer tax levies has oil been expended
10 former nres, and that the amount
raised by voluntary subscriptions only
renaains; - the directions Of the !
statute of 1851 b disregartlell.
The Butte ire brigade nays it, own |
rents and the expense Of caring for !
II base AFTER the fres: and ito rev.
enWes ass all cut or except what It |
derives from insurance license.
It, ollbeess are l'Ower]ess TO enforce
orders 70 volunteer ut fires or rut
under arrest ofliciou- property savers
" DIRE 0sud glsouls. Ito work h
Brasottoa1ly public spirited. The
rity cooncil has failed to cure BY
ordnance this anomalous condition
ofafaiss. 1t has mot constituted any
authority tn say wien
yoods shall 10 removed from an
andangesed building or when .;
building shalt be rased to avert
! geoesal eon0agsatioa. Men acting
Y 6rss IN The absence Of this pssse-
sais'te lawful autbosity, although
hey nay he cur best eitisens and b
.etsaasd By the nobIsst impulses, are
10 the eyes Of the law . mob, and the
:lty b liable IN damages Tor any nm.
seeeessaEy Obstruction Il property
hat nay occur thruugh iss laehas 70
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NEW YOrK, Jan. y7.-The suit Uf
Col. James N. SelOver against Sena or
Chaffep, VI Colorado. tor S1jOCD
damages for alleged lreach Ut con-
tract, was OH trial to-day. Col. Sell
over claims he acquired MI interest in
the ROLt. +. Lee silver mine, Of Lead
willie, conditional upon making GER
tain payments before the date named.
That for Nm interest of 3.l6, and =
similar interest for Senator Jones, Of
Nevada, Senator Chaffee agreed to
furnish the required SUM, and that he
failed to do %. thereby causing plain
til to hsss his option to purchase
Senator Cliaffee alleges that his fail
ure ~ keep the agreement made by
him was caused by the discovery that
!; bal leen obtained from him by
misrepresentation.
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Two converted Road Agents.

SAN FKANCls%W. Jan. "a dis
patch to Wells. Fargo \ 70. from
Carson says: The store ut Cold
Mountain was robbed Thursday ar
Friday might by mOu utstl anu masked
men The proprietor and one clerk
were killed. The road agents then
We 4 IT, The store ut silver Peak and
roll'tsi it. killing the proprietor and
one clerk, Two Ut the robbers were
:lls.. killed. Gold Mountain aud Sill
yer Peak ::re In southwestern Ne
vH.la. distant from Geographic conn
on.
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Vessel Lost.

l~INDON, Jan. 3I.-The ship Cleo
p&trx u Thought to I've lost l,avim.
l'ee'l three months On her Passage
out from New York. Several vr--
sells are arriving showing the effect,
of the Atlantic gale.