The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
General Notes.


Italy while it is on the wane in Mar.
seilles and TouIon.
Mrs. Skidmore, of New York, is l2t
years old, has had five husbands. has
smoked the same pipe for fifty-tiTt
years, and was once kissed by George
Washington.
The cholera is yet spreading all ovel
Southern France and Northern Italy, but
comparatively few deaths are reported
The death rate at Toulon and Mar.
settles continues small
Among the most profitable industries
along the Hudson River is that of honey
making. One expert bee-keeper has
1900 hives, gives employment to eight
men and sendseyery year about $50, ,00(
worth of honey to New York,
Chinese affairs are yet greatly mud
died. 1t is reported that France has
declined the mediation of any power
and that China has declared war. Also
that England will interfere if France
refuses to give up Kelung.
If the Germans vote against Blain be.
cause he is a prohibitionist and the
temperance men do the same thing be-
caused he isn't, it looks as though the
first Tuesday in November would be a
cold day for the magnetic candidate. :
Philadelphia Times, Ind
We are glad to see the New York
Sun blowing the bazoo of the cock-eyed
statesman, Butler 1t is a good thing
for Cleveland that Sister Dana is op.
posed to him. We can not call to mind
any candidate whom the Sun ever ad-
vocated that was elected. -Morehouse
Clarion.
A cloud so dense as to prevent per-
sons from reading bold type at midday
passed over a great partof Lancashire,
England, recently. The unusual dark
ness lasted about an hour. From the
accounts given by intelligent observers
OF the occurrence tile cloud must have
consisted of finely divided carbon dust
Rain which fell copiously in some
places was as black as ink At othel
localities where hail or snow fell il
was noticed that each was likewise
black. Not long time ago such a
phenomenon would have been deemed
omin0us.
Chief State Engineer I'll. b.. Richard
son and a surveying party, yesterday
inspected Davis crevasse. The result
of their preliminary Investigation is
that it is 1910 fee vide at the Texas
Pacific trestle, anu although shallow
for the most part, the depth in the
channel is from ten to sixteen feet
Near the crevasse are numerous mud
islands, deep channels existing on each
side Of the group The whole area
flooded, from the track to- the river
1000 feet, is an immense basin excaTa-
ted to a depth Of from ten to sixteen
feet, and will ever remain lake un.
less filed. The deep channel extends
1000 feet the other side of the trestle
and the needed levee will have to be
one mile long and fifteen feet high, and
will be hard to build.-N. O. States,
Aug. Is.
A dinner took place a few days agt
in Paris restaurant, given By the la
dies of the French press. 1t was self
STYLED le diner des bds bleus. The
President OF the blue stocking ban
qnet was jean Thiide, the fair editres,
of tile Gil Bias, whose caustic pei
makes her admired and feared. At bel
sides were seen Nine. Paul de Charry
of the Pays, Carnee of the Pdtrie, Ca
mile Delaville of the Presse ant
Opinion Nafionale, Georges de Payre
bruno of the Telegrapke, Olympic An
douard, the editress of the Partition
and many more less known to fame
The statutes provide that only goot
looking women may become member
Of this society and most Of the aboy
named ladies'. if not actually beautiful
have all that subtle Partisan charm
M. Barley d,AureviIly, who has 5,
often overwhelmed all blue stocking
with his satire, received from the lad.
president an invitation to attend tn
banquet. He declined in q most grace
fully sarcastic letter. Madame b
wrote, ssit is very difficult to be q 81
Anthony, but one can always be
Ulysses. =
BURNING OF GALL g. PHARR's SAY
MILL.-As d part verifieation Of th
numerous threats mooted about by ne
groes since the turning out of the Stat
militia, Messfs Gall & Pharr's sa1
mill is now III ashes, having been des
troyed Saturday night, the work, it
supposed, of an incendiary. The fir
which is doubtless an act of vengeancs
4 has served to further excite and enrag
] tile people, and it is more than prot
\ able that the return To their homes I
Tie New Orleans militia will be but Ii
i beginning Of q war between the tw
j races. Every citizen is more or lei
under arms and on the alert, and th
town is being guarded by picket
500, 900 at least is the estimated loss !
Messrs. Gall & Pharr. Iberia Sta
1 Aug. is.
a company of the Louisiana Fiel
\ Artillery of New Orleans reached Ne
1 Iberia on Thursday night, Id obedient
til instructions from the Governor, Il
the purpose ofaiding the local anthoriti,
tD enforce the DEGREES of the court
Il The lawless mob who had taken po
session of the courthouse skunk away
the night, taking with them or hidir
the court records, etc. Some OF u
records have since been found. Viato
{ ex sheriff, and Etie, ex-deputy Cler
were arrested and several days aft
taken to New Orleans and incarceratt
ii the parish Jail. Ex-clerk Segur
vas arrested Id New Orleans on Tue
dav bY deputy sheriff Jndice Of Iberi
and imprisoned id the same Jail. 9th
arrests. have been made at New IbeI
and in the neighborhood, and the hoo
lum element IN that fair little city b
begun to realize, we trust, that the la
must be allowed to take its course. {
Tuesday morning the Louisiana Fie
Artillery returned TO New Orleans, al