The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1884-05-03
Have you been fishing yet 7

Nav ID the time 10 SeG up your HSn
III and trot out your fish stories.
Buffalo gnats are very bad, annoying
kolh man and beast.
Blae winged Teal and Plover are still
.hnndant in our prairies
fl,a dogs killed fifteen head of sheep
& Mr Garland a few nights ago
II. ". Boagni has had a new roof put
81 bis residence.
Ylresl, sugar r-cured shoulders and Ban
esr hams at the Star Grocery.
The new Town Council have re-elect-
ii Mr. w. NJ. Johnston town consta-
hle.
improvements are still going on in
az town. Our carpenters are always
busy
iii danger from overflow is now pas
IA and the inundated districts are near
II dry again.
me Independents were defeated,
rsDerally, all over the State. As
natter of course.
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Mr. belmont Donate has made SUBJ
stantiaI repairs on his property opposite
DMr. p. Titard's.
We we're glad tolearn that our young
lfiend w. G. Perrault, Esq. has been
ehosen town attorney.
The annual meeting and election of
alsicers of Opelousas Fire Co. No /.
sakes place next Tuesday, the 9th inst.
Tie crop Of Presidential candidates
nsunlises to be bountifnl one espe-
siaIly among the Republicans.
Choice butter, N. Y. cream cheese,
maekerel, Goldfish and potatoes, at the
Star Grocery. under the COURIER office.
NOW that ne are through with the
state election, the next in order is the
Residential election which GENES off in
November.
Mr. II. Al. Sandoz is gradually i'm
moving after his severe illness, but
Sili hardly be ready for duty for
several days jet.
Mr.. George Pulford is doing excel
lsllt work with bis planning mill He
deserves To be and will be successful
ii his new enterprise.
Since the election local items are scarce
Street corner politicians and free whisk.
ey have disappeared, and the thirsty
sutfiagans areOh SO dry.
Services at the Presbyterian Chnrcl
tesInorrow, Sunday at i A. NJ, AMI
pfeac!iing to the children at p m, anf
also At 8 d nj, By Rev. E w Lewis.
There were various rnmors Of dis
lugbances over the election IN Iberia
md ST Martins, but every thing seem
ii have quieted down without blood
ahed
That valuable book, " A Treatise q
tls Horse and His Diseases by DR.. j
b Kendall, will be given as premium
to avery new cash subscriber TO 6li
CnuRIER.
Who has the pluck and the capital e
put up d Rice cleaning mill Ihere
he enterprise that would be safer, Q
that would pay better dividends for til
money invested.
IA painter, whose name we did nc
lesFn, fell from the upper gallery OF MI
81 Lemontey's building, in Washing
Eoa, last wednesday, morning, and wa
tegiOnsly injured.
are requested to announce tlla
HUI: Widow Elizabeth Chevis, will giy
bel reading at the courthouse nes
tuesday evening, instead of at Perrf
ain's Hall, az previously announced !.
he election returns arc ID q confuse
hd mnddled condition In st. MarelI
parish. Frauds and false returns a.
slaong the charges, and the RetuFnin
aeeT has been removed in consequent
iefe0fs
Quill enterprising butcher, NJ FIT
berg. announces that be has made ssatI
actoFy arrangements for keeping
choice supply Of fine fat meat, aud tn
psMUFEow Sunday and the Sunds
Following, liz win kill an extra chol'
s4tlele of stall-fed beef.
The weather has been dry for q
east ten days, and the greater part
he Fice and cotton crop il now plan
fsl Much ef THE cotton II up, and q
Eseater part 0f the first planting Of go
plpWsd and hoed. The general ou
gek & good.
he new Catholic Church at Chur
Nlmt was consecrated, with in1posll
Hnlenies, OH Thursday of last wee
afeat many visiting clergy were pI