The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-27
General Noes.

Virginia is greatly sd Pring from
| drouth.
i The Pope has granted 81 900 for a
cholera hospital in Rome
Several more German u kn-o of war
have been ordered to WESTERN africa.
| The Chinese have destroNed the
Catholic missions in the province of
less.
The platform of the American Politi-
cal Alliance demands that foreigners
shall live twenty one years in thekUnit-
ed States before they can vote ol hold
office.
j The Panama Canal Company Aave
signed a contract with the New York
Dredging Company for cutting off the
last section of the canal. The contract
provides that the work shall be finish
ed in 1887.
Blaine and his manager, Elkins, are
birds OF a feather. Steve says that ''suc-
cess is a question of finance" Schurz
says Blaine is "a politician for revenue
only
The cry for water still continues.
| Iwo-thlrds OF the cisterns in town are
empty and great many people are
compelled to use bayou water to cook
as we'll as to drink Thibodaux Senti-
mel.
An area of land, larger than the New
| England States, situated in the Mexican
States of Chihuahua and Durango, has
been sold to an English syndicate for
81 ZOO, 900.
! Admiral Courbet estimated that the
bombardment of the arsenal near Foo
| Chow and the ports along Min River
i did damage to the amount of $lO,00O,-
600.
According to official statements, the
| total number of the forces under the
French flag. in Tonquin is $4,000. Of
these..40O0 are Europeans. The remaind-
er are auxiliary native troops.
1 The President has turned over to the
Interior Department the military reser-
/ vation of Fort Sanders, in Wyoming,
and the barracks at Baton Rouge, La,
for disposal under the act providing for
the sale of useless military reservations.
In Wilmington, Del, on the 18th inst,
Edward Redden, "a horse thief, was
sentenced to pay the costs of prosecu-
tioD, $l00 restitution and 5000 fine, to
remain an hour in the pillory, to re-
ceive twenty lashes and to serve l8
months imprisonment.
While gang of men, loo laborers,
were at work during very hot day
Hast week placing pipes down in Fifth
avenue, New York, for the Steam Heat
| ing Company, of that city, Mrs. Will
/ liam Astor sent out her butler from her
residence with instructions to hand
each one silver dollar to enable them
| to produce extra refreshments at lun-
cheon.
1t is fact, so plainly shown, that
Blaine was faithless to the people, and
that he used the influence of bis Office
as commodity TO be handled secretly
for his own pecnniary benefit and the
benefit Of few men Whow were willing TO
use him, that is depriving him of the
lsupport of honest Americans. New
York Times, Rep.
The heirs of the late john S. Folk,
of NeWtown, L. l., quarreled about a
| plated water pitcher which each indi
yidual claimed as a direct gift from the
deceased. They went to law about it,,
and. after spending several hundred
dollars in costs, the pitcher was sold at
auction for fifty cents, and went into
the possession Of a stranger of the fam
/ ily.
We are likely to have as many presi-
| dental candidates as we have minority
parties in Louisiana. The American
1 Political Alliance, dark lantern or
ganization, has nominated w l.. Els
worth. of Pennsylvania, and Charles
Ell. Waterman, of New York, for Presi-
dent and Vice President. This party
has a following in quite number of
States.-N. O. States.
Among the prominent Republicans
who have lately pronounced against
Blaine is Admiral Porter, the chief Off
Ger of the United States Navy. He
ssdoes not want to see jim Blaine Pres
Iident,p and says that latter having been
l.about Washington for some time, and a
witness to the methods that obtain in
| the departments, he thought it would
|lsbe for the advantage of the public SER
rice to have q change
From ths commencement of the bat
I tle up to the present moment the Dem
ocratic candidates restless and unseru-
fpnloHs opponents have not found sim
I gle blenlish iii his official record. Not
q charge has been made against him
thaE will stand the test of fair exanlin s
ation. Only by distorting facts and
coming falsehoods can a single assault
be made upon him. Such attacks are
powerless. His armor Of honesty is 4of.
proof New York World, Dem.
There Ii DO doubt Of the value OF tie
/ opinion Of Speaker Carlisle upon the
|icondition Of political affairs. He says
Cleveland will carry, besides the 153
votes of the Southern States. New York
with 90, New Jersey with and indiana
/ with rs, making 2I3 votes. Only 201
are required to elect. But. there are
sanguine hopes that several other
States, including Ohio, will cast their.
! electoral votes for tho reform candi-i
date.
Gen. BatIer Is q patriot and hero.
He cond dReIaa ON behalf of some of the
Farragut men d snit against the
government for prize money He won
| the suit and charged the sailors the
Snug sum of S I25 200 Cor his services.
| The lawyers who defended the same suit
/ thought themselves well paid att $ls,-
600, or just s. l07 900 less than was de-
mandea By this friend of the working
men It is lucky fOr Clio Workingnen
| that they haye not many friends. New
] York Herald Ind
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