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

lullI.
Smallpox is on the increase in P!a-
quemine.
Fanny Elssler, the celebrated dan
seuse, is dead.
The Senate has passed the bank
ruptey bill.
Tilden positively declines the nomi-
nation for President.
1t is rumored that the Pope will
shortly seek an asylum in France.
Snow fell in about twenty Texas
counties last Monday as far south as
Peros.
w. f. Blackman and Thos. Overton,
Democratic nominees, are the Judges
elected in the 18th Judicial district.
The parish of Ascension, heretofore
Republican, was carried by an over
whelming Democratic majority
H0urpd Couorier.
Rapides parish will be represented
in the next General Assembly by r. P.
Hunter and DR.. F. S. Meeker, two
sound Democrats and able and honest
gentlemen.
The committee on commerce of the
House of Representatives have report
ed in favor of floating hospital at
New Orleans, to be used in connection
with the new Marine Hospital.
The House has voted Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines S48,O9l,25. Robinson,
of New York, called her, in debate ga
remarkable, deserving and most beau
tiful woman Dutch
/ Frank James has been acquitted at
Huntsville, Ala. and was Immediately
rearrested and turned over to the Sheriff
ofCopper Co., Mo-, to be tried for the OF
terville train ROBBERY.
A private act Of Incorporation will
soon be COTTON up in Natchitoches par
ish for the purpose of exhibiting the
productions of the parish at the Worlds
Industrial Exposition.
A destructive fire occurred in the
little town of Trenton, Ouacllita par
ish. on the 10th instant, by which a
loss of-$35 900 was sustained, on which
there was an insurance of only $2l,-
$50.
Now, that the politicians etroubles
aresover, there is much less shaking
hands and interest felt in the welfare
of your average voters family. Be
easy. the Presidential and Congressional
elections are close at hand. Ihibodaua
Sentinel.
Baton Rouge folks are making extern
sive preparations for the La.siislative
session. Nearly every house in town
will be turned into boarding house,
and it is even now almost impossible to
engage single rooms. IN. @. States.
Not more than one third of the vo.
ters of Morehonse availed themselves
of tie privilege of voting at the cleo
ton held Tuesday. In consequence
Morehouse will have very slim repre-
sentation in the next Congressional
Convention. Morehoase Clarion
: Can't. Eads has informed the Direc-
tor General Of the New Orleans World
Exposition that the steamer Great Eas
tern can be had for an Exposition hotel
Correspondence is now passing, look
ing to bring the ship across th'
, ocean.
Miss Noeli tue charming daughter Q
Mrs. Wm. Hart, OF st. John Baptist, a
: tile annual and musical entertainment
given last Sunday by the Athenee Loui
/ sianais, was awarded the gold medal TO
| the best French essay on the folEowin
{ subject "Mme de Staai, her Life AM
f Works"
A public meeting of all citizens
,%,a1
crease of educational facilities, is calie
by the parish school board, to meet, .
! tile court. house Saturday, May Sd, 1888
J. ol.the purpose of organizing an Anxi
g iary Society, to cooperate with the Edl
/ eufional Society of the State of Louis
\ ana.
!, One vote was cast at the Alexander
!, precinct for the 1st proposed ament
:. ment to the State constitution. Th;
y vote was cast by q distinguished Jude
on the bench of the State who resId'
ID Alexandria. This fact may be Of u
terest to some persons who voted !
n gainst all the amendments Express.
it On the night of the 26th ult. thr,
j. men were taken from the Jail in Monro
y Ouachita parish, and hung by a mo
1T Their names were Mulligan, Clark, ai
es King Hill. The two first were sentenc'
u co hang for murder, and the latter W
4 charged with murder, and had be'
al granted q new trial.
4 The consideration of the postal tel
e, graph bill by Congress has alrea'
D aroused the Western Union Telegram
@, A reduction in it's rates for night me
sagess to fifteen cents for fifteen weT
is announced, and it is believed that
4 short time there will be a furtherl
duction. So much for the prospects
i streng competition.
An intelligent Washington negr
saws that ssif Fred Douglass had !
married white woman he would ha
been elected q delegate to the Chica
convention. . The color line is bel
pretty rigidly drawn by the colol
people themselves, and ssp0' WI
trash'' will not be encouraged ia
ambition to form matrimonial ALLAN
with colored families. Chicago I'm
Ind.
y y Its understood that Minister Asst
~ ~ who succeeded in saving the Amerl'
III rollege at Rome from 9scOnverslo
'es' has. been Instructed to use bis good
g. g, fices to save the rest of the property
id. Ing ss.s,.sto - s. stat T,a
Cass interposed to prevent the con
.,ll cation of the entire property OF the
s, =. uaganda. The result was that the
as,, - allan government abandoned the |