St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05

ed on Christmas day, and the first train
passed over it on the morning of Dec.
26th.
If every ofice-seeker could see before
hand that he would not be nominated in
political convention, would conven-
tions still be held for the good of the
party? Not much.
The Heaven which the followers of the
religion Of Buddha strive to reach, is
misunderstanding rest, extinction.
The beasts reach the same haven of
rest without an effort.
The New Orleans city government
has levied tax of five dollars on each
telephone poll in that city, while the
telegraph poles are exempt. This kind
of uniformity in taxation, seems to be
One-sided.
An investigation has shown that the
large number of buFglaries, garrotings,
and pocket-picking committed i'll New
Orleans, last week, was mainly done by
tramps, and orders have been issued to
fill up the jails with them. TTamps are
q growth of our much Wanted civiliza-
ton, and they ought to be protected.
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The horde Of tramrs that recently
reached New Orleans, caused the police
Jail keeper to call for hundred pairs of
blankets, etc, in order to accommodate
those assigned to his keeping. Why
should not the tramps visitl New Or
leans in mid winter, when they are so
we'll taken care Of Just put them to
hard work, and they will give the citya
wide berth next winter.
The blood splitting accidents that re-
suit from the "reprehensible habit of
carrying concealed weapons, are usual
~ followed by an appeal from the press
for the law abiding citizens to suppress
the evil. Suppress the manufacture and
sale of the weapons, and then they can
not be carried. Let the government tax
the manufacture and sale of them so
heavily as to break down the business,
and make it penal offence to boot.
Dec. 31st, a batch of thirty -four
tramps were brought before one police
court, in New Orleans, and fined $25
each or thirty days in the parish pris-
on; and the day before thirty-two
-tramps were arrested and locked up
in one police station. The city is
thronged with them they have come
down from the cold regions of the
North, to spend the winter, just as
snipe, wild ducks, etc, do.
There is good deal said in certain
quarters about the support Of free
public schools to educate the children
of poor men. Gen. Ogden, it was al
lodged by the administrationists, was
in favor of taxing every voter $29
year to support these schools for the
benefit of the poor, and they urged
all poor men to oppose him for it.
Are they opposed to free public schools
for the poor, or was this hypocrisy?
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The cry among the reformers to
choose good men for the legislature, to
counterfeit any bad work the political
Warwick's may have accomplished at
Baton Rouge, can notapply to this par
ish for our candidates for the Senate
and House Of Representatives we're
nominated at the same time delegates
were elected to Baton Rouge, and we
will have to hold on to them for all they |
are worth, whether they be good or
whether they be evil. Three of them
have been there before, and if there are
any tricks to learn they can teach them
10 the three green ones.
The following are the names Of the
stations, in order, on the Pacific rail-
road, from Shreveport to New Orleans
Shreveport, Reisor, Stonewall, Gloster,
Grand Cane, Mansfield, San Patrice,
Sodus, Marthayilles, Robeline, Proven
cal, Prud'homme, Derbonne, Sinnott.
Boyce, Alexandria, Moreland, Lee
compte, Cheneyville. Bnnkie, Morrow,
West Melville (Atchafalaya,) Fordoche,
Maringouin, Crosse Tete, Baton Rouge
Junction, Plaquemine, Donaldsonville,
Yacherie, St. John, Davis, Gretna,
Gouldsboro, New Orleans.
! The opposition papers are announcing
that they will support Gov. McEnery,
now be is the nominee of the party.
OF course. what else could they do