The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1884-05-03


burglary of the warehouse of Mr.. E. |
Dabuisson at Dubuisson Station, seven
miles above Washington, just after dark |
on Tuesday night last.
Mr.. Neely the clerk of Mr.. Dubusson.
on that night, discovered Stevens tam
pering with the door of the warehouse,
and called to the man to halt; but he
moved off refusing to stop when Mr..
Nicely fired on him with a shot gun,
two buckshot taking effect, one in the
back of the neck, and one glancing shot
on the side of the head Stevens de-
nies any felenious intent, and says he
was only seeking shelter for the night.
The wound is painful but not aecessa-
rily dangerous.
In commenting upon the result of the
election, the Times Democrat says:
"The questions before the people
have thus been determined Gov Nc
Emery has received gratifying and
triumphant Endorsement The wisdom
and propriety of his nomination have
been established, and the seal of pspu-
lar approval has been set upon his ad-
ministration of the past three years.
In New Orleans the people have sig
nitied their recognition OF the admira-
/ BILE manner in which the Democratic
party have managed municipal affairs.
I They have practically and eioquently
commended the methods by which the
i city has been relieved from debt, its
finances rehabilitated and it's securities
raised to dignity. They have shown
a onn41 danna IN bn ptr hot fp
/ augurated and carried out this bene-
fcent work, and very plainly expressed
their unwillingness to experiment in a
reform which discloses no valid ground
of complaintand set forth no intelligi-
BILE scheme of remedy.
We think that the people throughout
the State have every reason to congratu-
late themselves upon the result.
FILIBUsTERING IN CUBA. A band of
thirty filibusters recently landed in
Cuba, under the cemand of Gen. Agu-
ero, and at last accounts had increased
their numbers to fourteen hundred.
They have destroyed several planta-
tions and are now safe in the noun
tains, from whence they make success
full raids The government was misled
, and sadly dnped by those sympathizing
with Aguero, and sent the bulk of the
troops in the wrong direction, and is
!, now hiding from the public the disas-
] trous encounters between Aguero and
! the few troops he met, aud the rapid
increase of the Numbers OF insurgents
1t is said that partisans of those Cubans
] favoring annexation to the United
: States are endeavoring to organize
league to work in favor of that idea
as a great many Spaniarls arc becom
: ing converted to it, especially Galatians
. who, in intelligence, are superior K
most Spanlards who go there.
The inter State drill at Houston Tex
: as beginning on the 9th of May ant
ending or. the 10th promises to be !
grand affair There are nslnbef .
handsome prizes to be contested for y,
the visiting military, and twenty com
4 panies will be in attendance from va
4 rious States in the Union. 1t will b.
d gala time to the wide awake and pro
gressive city of Houston, and will bflns
7 her noble and liberal citizens into still
y greater prominence with their eompa
triots of the United States The HoGs
I ton Post Of that eity--tlie conpeer Q
metropolitan Journals Of much large
d cities--is doing noble service 70 bull
i. up every interest aud enterprise tlla
n will place Texas in the front rank {
% her sister common weaths.
Some of the Republican papers sue
9 gest Grant and Bob Lincoln as 4 stron
Is ticket for president and vice pfeslden
y Neither however, are candidate
70 Grant favors Logan, and Lincoln is I'll
friend of Arthur. Blaine is the strong
y est candidate with northern republ
I cans. and Arthur is the choice OF soutl
: ern republicans. Yet a sdark horse
ss NAV come in again at the natlon'
convention. Tilden is the strongf
man named by the Democratic part
" but lie positively declines another non
i ination.
!. Orange Judd, Editor of the america
AaricuItuyist for some thirty years. o.
nncpnnected with its business nlanag
~ fner,t for u year or two past, has late
ns retired from its editorial departme
re and located III the West. He deslr
70 f0 gather a complete stpostGl card "A tom
e Of his old readers and friends, ana I
quests them all to send him now 9 posi-
a. giving their present location ana z
s. dress. naming also when conVeniei
d tha year IN which they were bis su
ut scri6ers. Mr.. Judd's s address is Ghlcae
ay Illinois.
" A.t the star Grocery.