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The Opelousas courier., 1884-03-29

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The Opelousas courier., 1884-03-29
TICKET D~EMoCRATIQUE

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Pour Gonverneur:
SAMUEL D. McENERY, d'Ouachita.
a Pour Lieutenant.G ouverneur
CLAY KNOBLoCH, de Lafourche.
Pour Tr6sorier:
e. IA. BURKE, d'Orl6aDs. !.
Pour Auditeur:
o. B, STEELE, d'Union.
Pour Ayocat-G General /:
NJ. y. CUNNINGHAM, de Natchitoches.
Pour Secretaire d'Etat:
OSCAR ARROYO, de Plaquemines.
Pour Surintendant de Education Pu-
blique:
WARREN EASTIN, dOrleans.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

Hon. Thos. II. Payne, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, has
completed his report to Governor
Bate for the year ending June Goth,
1888. From the advance sheets of
the report we gather the following
summaries, showing the progress of
public education:
Scholastic population between six
and twenty years of age-White,
4l8,S72; colored, l42,624; total,
,496.
Public schools, number opened
White, 4,727; colored, 1884; total,
GAIL; number graded schools in
Guided in the above, 1913; number
consolidated schools included in the
above, 255; number under contro
of city boards included in the above
go; number of school districts, ex-
-cepting five counties, 1856.
No. pupils enrolled-White, 26l,-
267; colored, 65,935; total, 327,.
231.
No. average daily attendance
White, 144,306; colored, 2l,49S
total, l75,S04.
Number of teac hers employed
White male, 1862; white female
1918; total, $3.50. Colored male
l,03l; colored female, 422; total
i 1,453. Grand total, 6,733.
Average number of pupils to eac
teacher-White, on enrolment, 40
on average daily attendance q
Colored, on enrolment, 40; onaver
age daily attendance, 81.
Number and character of school
houses-Stone or brick, lis; frame
2,19S; log, 2,l93; total, 4,506.
lighthouses erected during til
year-Stone or brick, Z; frame, %
) log, so; total, 297
Estimated value-School- houses
Sl,005, 996,6S; school apparatu
7 S34,954.32; school-houses erecte
during the year, $79,59S.76; tot;
estimated value of school propert.
81, ,548.96.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
NEWS AND NOTES.

In a few weeks Rugby will enter
upon fresh stage of its journey, to
share the benefits arising from, it is
hoped, a more energetic policy. 1t
is not unlikely the ownership of the
surrounding lands will undergo a
complete change, to be controlled
by one, or those, knowing fully the
needs of the time and place. 1t is
generally expected the estate vii
fall into the hands of the gentleman
most financially interested in the
colony. The natural and fair ques.
ton of all is "What will he do will
it ?"
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

About l75, 100000 pounds of wool
are annually produced in the United
States and Territories, from nearly
100000 sheep. Alabama can
number mostsheep-6,O O0,OoO-but
Ohio collects most wool, giving nearly
five times AS much as Alabama and
from million less animals. Ten
nessee is a long way behind, and
with facilities for sheep second to
those Of no other State. We have
only some half million sheep. The
Cumberland Plateau, alone, should
keep that number.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
The late DR.. Wight, of CHAT

The late DR.. Wight, of Chatta-
nooga, once read an article before
the Tennessee State Medical Society,
on the people and health of the
Cumberland Table-land. 1t is too
long for reproduction, but there are
in it many useful and very interest
ing items of the Plateau. The Doc
tor for many years hearing that
consumption was unknown on these
high lands, determined to make a
thorough tour of inspection. He
did so, taking the greatest care to
be accurate, and extending his OBJ
servations over a period of four
years. The result is, he writes, 81
"have become convinced that pull
monary consumption does not exist
among the people native and resi-
"dent to the Table-lands OF the
"Cumberland mountains. In the
performance of the work which
"has enabled me to arrive at this
conclusion, 1 have had the gener-
"ous assistance of more than twenty
physicians, who have been many
"years in practice in the vicinity Of
"these mountains"
DR.. Wight, as a Professor of Dis
eases of the Chest, and a President
of the Tennessee State Medica
Society, had a reputation of grea
ability and honor, and statement
of the above moment coming from
such a source may safely weigh witt
visitors or intending settlers.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

The British Government in India
in 1881 made an industrial census
of the people, showing, as was an
ticipated, many important and in
teresting particulars of their vast
dependency. The total population
of the country is 253,S9l,S2l, or
nearly five times greater than that
of the United States; and of this
enormous number but So, 544 persons
are British-born subjects,and 56,744
of these are soldiers. Thus only &
few thousand civilians with $4,000
soldiers control the mighty empire
How long will this marvel last, and
India for the Hindoos be a dream
only?
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

The food in the valley of the Ohio
river is the most disastrous on re-
cord. the &C feet 4 inches of water
at Cincinnati in February last year
being reached at midday on Mon
day. The river is still rising and
there is every probability of seventy
feet of water. Whole towns and
villages are submerged, making some
forty to fifty thousand people home
less, their houses tossing and break
up upon the wild waste of yellow
waters. 1t is a national calamity
The great city of Cincinnati, with its
100000 souls is without gas and
short of water to drink, with rail
road communication either entirely
cut off, or carried on only with the
greatest difficulty, 1t is quite i'm
possible to estimate the personal an(
private losses, or the untold injur,
to trade and commerce but the,
must be such AS to leave very indel
lible traces. The State Legislator
has been appealed to for larg
amount of money,and private CHART
is well to the front, doing its best t
stem the flood of distress.
At one o'clock yesterday mornin
the river registered sixty-nine feet
three feet eight inches higher tina
i tie the food a Of hast r CIR uiafy,-,-
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

Morgan county is decidedly march
ing ahead. She does not lag in the
race for success and enviable motor
iety. Her timber, her coal, her rail
way and coming railways, her pro-
gressive Rugby, and numerous sta
tions and settlements all waking up,
show the right mark has been hit by
immigrants, projectors and specula-
tors. Give the county another ten
years and she will stand the most
favored of upper East Tennessee.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
The retirement of General Sher

The retirement of General Sher-
man seems premature. Possessed
of all the energy and faculties of
life, with an experience rich above
his fellows, the loss of his actual
and practical influence and counsel
to the army would seem very great.
He retires, however, under the pro-
vision of the act of Congress, making
retirements in the army compulsory
ia case of officials sixty-fve years of
age. The President gracefully bowed
him out, wishing him, on behalf OF
the nation, long life and happiness.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14


The Mussulman population of the
world is excited. Ell Mahdiis borne
along on the high wave of religious
enthusiasm, having his own way and
doing things after his own fashion.
1t will be sad day for the English
in India, and the English at home,
if the fire of the False Prophet
should strike the shores of Hndo-
stan. The relief of Sinkat and
Khartoum is the crisis all are now
looking forward to-, and should Gen.
Gordon succeed in stemming the tor
rent, holding his own and inhicting
defeat upon Ell Mahdi, he will achieve
a military reputation second to none
of the century. 1t is to be hoped
in this dark hour of need the mar
has arrived.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
The Labor Unionist says: The tin

The Labor Unjonist says: The tin
mines of Virginia are opening grand
ly. There is well-defned vein
twenty-five feet wide,on the property
in the Blue Ridge Mountains in
Rockbridge county. 1t is like the
so-called "stock works" in Cornwall.
The analysis shows 6S per cent. of
ore. Associated with the ore is
silver and gold. The tin area of
Virginia extends over about 1000
acres.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

The town Of Hazleton, Pa, is
sinking, owing to the caving-in of
subterranean passages, made by
miners. The people are advised to
leave, and great destruction of pro-
perry is feared.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

The Library of Congress is re-
ceiving additions at a more rapid
rate than any other library, except
that of the British Museum. During
1888 there was an increase of 33, 365
volumes; and Mr.. Spofford, the
Librarian to Congress, enumerates
a total in the library of 5l3,44l
books and 10000 pamphlets. The
number of engravings, works Of
graphic art, ETC., is also very large.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
A cool bracins. healthful mountain air.

A cool, bracing, healthful mountain air.
Woods Astounding in game, VIZ, deer, tur-
keys phcasauts, quail, squirrels. etc.
ADJUSTMENTS oil all kinds, W., lawn tennis.
srequet, ball games, swings, etc. ,f q
The elegant Hughes Public l.ibrary-tree
Charming walks and views along the river.
The hotel, having wide double verandahs OH
kree sides, is beautifully located III It's own
enclosure of five acres OF grassy lawn, flower
beds play grounds, pet deer park and native
forest trees.
Pleasant, light. airy rooms. completely fnr-
nished and excellent, wholesome. home-ilke
board at very reasonable prices.
Round trip tickets from Cincinnati or Chat
tanooga over the Gin. Sou. Railway at 10"
rates. g'l
Fer illustrated guide books, maps and further
Information please address
ABNER L. ROSS, Jr., Proprietor
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14

The improvement of the Tennessee
river in the upper eastern part of
the State is of the very highest i'm
portance. AS the river is at present
it is comparatively useless compared
with what it can be made by the
opening of Muscle Shoals. The
eastern Press and people of the State
are now thoroughly alive to the i'm
mediate Importance of the question.
The Chattanooga convention will
speak out the needs of the whole
district, and there is not much
doubt but its voice will be we'll heard
and regarded in the right quarter.
Colonel Vanderhoof, Of Knoxville,
in letter to a contemporary, says
Gin speaking of river transporta-
"tion, | will give some facts in re-
"gard to the relative distances Of
"river transportation from the Goa
fields Of Western Pennsylvania an(
"Virginia with that of the coal fields
"of East Tennessee.
".Poplar Creek, Emory and Clincl
drivers are tributaries of our grea
Tennessee river. This river, will
itstributaries, draws from its sourc
F." to its mouth at Paducah, where
empties into the Ohio, an area Q
- Z: - .Qe .anare- imileslr. -
"by the Ohio river, is 500 mile
"from Pittsburg, 545 miles from
Cincinnati, 800 miles from Louis
"ville and 7O7 miles from Charles
ton, West Virginia, the centre o
"the Kannawha coal fields.
"The distance from Kingston, a
: "the junction of the Clinch, wit
"the Tennessee river to Paducah,
1852 miles thus giving the Popla
"Creek coal field and others tribu
"tary, the preference in distanc
cover that of Pittsburgh 358 mile
"and over that of Kannawha, c
"West Virginia coal field, Is
"miles."
We see, then, that the completio
of the Muscle Shoals canal, and til
and the removing of other obstru(
lions in the upper portions of IL
river, will place the coal, timber an
general resources of East Tennessee
in favorable competition with tt
coal and lumber trades of Westel
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Cetewayo, the Zulu chieftain, is
reported to have died of heart dis
ease.
The striking cotton operatives of
Lancashire, England, have won their
point
Severe gales and snow-storms are
prevailing in Scotland and North
Wales.
No railroads entering Cincinnati
can deliver their passengers on dry
ground.
Bradlaugh swore himself in on
Monday, but was not allowed to take
his seat.
|, A temperance party has been
formed in the English Parliament.
1t has tifty-tive members.
Mary Anderson is trying to get
Drury Lane Theater for several
months, beginning June l.
Five men, laborers, were killed
and several injured in a wreck on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
The New York banks have a sur
plus Of $2l, 100000. At this time
last year the surplus was SO, 100000.
The Platteville wis Bank closed
, it's doors and much excitement follow
> ed. Liabilities $4,000; assets
+ $4,000.
In an engagement near Sontay
; the French routed force of rebels,
: and killed from four to five hundred
/, of them.
A large number of Christians and
French priests in Tonquin have
! been massacrel, and l0S mission
houses burned ...s......-..,,,,.,aull
The distilling tank Of the Stand
ard Oil Company, in Long Island
City, containing 5000 barrels of oil,
burst and burned.
e Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, is be-
ing urged for the seat in the U. S.
: Circuit Court, made vacant by the
:, retirement of Judge Drummond.
Ie TheCoinage, ghtsandMeasures
lie Committee will probably report a
bill providing for the withdrawal Of
- the trade dollar from circulation.
" The Powers are about to come to
t. an agreement for carrying ON the
to work of civilization begun in Central
Africa by the King of the Belgians.
ii The establishment Of land mort
K gage bank, backed by the Govern
y, ment, is projected in North Ireland,
Or to assist occupiers of the soil to be-
come owners.
m A steamer and sloop armed with
4 rifles and revolvers have been ordered
ID Ito proceed against the thieves who
OF are dredging the oyster beds of
Chesapeake Bay.
he At a banquet to leading members
20 of the scientific press, De Lesseps
10 stated that the scheme for creating
Sc a sea in the Desert of Sahara would
shortly be realized.
: Acknowledgements has been ordered
. to hold himself in readiness to leave
r.
10 for Egypt on an honr's notice. Dis
os patches from Sinkat say the suffer
ings of the people are very great.
General Gordon telegraphs from
Berber that the country is nov
:" quieter. All kilograms agree tina
= General Gordonis inexcellent spirits
~ and confident of success, and tina
VI ne has everywhere been well re.
ceived.
al Queen Victoria's book has beer
I've distributed to the press. 1t is
lh diary, covering twenty years of do
he nestic life and family affairs, witt
Incidental political illusions. |
contains numerous illustrations. a
nj mong which are portraits of JOIN
j. Brown, the Queens attendant, Gran
-, LII. eorvaof aDJ ho,, a.. n.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-14
OVER THE STATE.
Roane county prisoners are now
kept at Loudon.

kept at Loudon.
The Tazewell College is in -four
ishing condition.
Lincoln county is out of debt and
S4,S2l.ll in the treasury.
The Tennessee Press Association
meets in Knoxville in June.
Two women are in Jail at Carthage
charged with horse stealing.
Tennessee has 33 cotton mills, with
l,4Gl looms and 1887 spindles.
A joint stock company has been
formed to operate steam Touring
mill at Jonesboro.
George M. Drake, will succeed
Col. Gibson as editor in-chief of the
Knoxville Chronicle.
Bristol now has a population of
5000, with ten churches, five fac
tories and three colleges.
The whole number of convicts in
the penitentiary foots up 1,342-
AIS white and 924 colored.
In the three years from 1879 to
1888 Tennessee has increased its
railway mileage from LILO to 2,O91.
The Mormons continue to work
hard in East Tennessee. Two more
elders arrived at Chattanooga last
> week.
The mule trade in upper East
t Tennessee is increasing rapidly. Al
!, Jonesboro last week, on one day, 10.
o mules and horses were for sale.
t Ex-Governor Alvin Hawkins pro
I poses going to Nashville this weel
= : ) : - e az tia. ,,s'sansa-e
$ engaging in the practice Of law.
The ex-Federal soldiers who par
ticipated in the great battle of Shi
lob are getting up an excursion fo
the purpose of visiting the battl
field.
h The Bishops of the Methods
c Episcopal Church, South, will hol
;, their annual meeting in Nashvill
this year, on Monday, March tn
. 3lst.
S, Captain Smith and his son Jane
" have been arrested in Texas fo
o burning the Grundy county court
house, and are on their way back
N Tennessee.
le A land slide of 500 feet in lengt
; occurred on the line between KnOA
he vile and Louisville last Thursda,
ID delaying the passage of trains fl
&c several days.
'e From information received frol
II all parts of Middle and West Ter
nessee, it is believed the peach Gro
has been materially injured, if nj
g entirely destroyed.
=. The number of convicts in tt
Tennessee penitentiary who al
* serving out life sentences is go
- males and two females. Of the.
os thirty-one are colored.
II The cotton factory at Columbi
he with stock of 100000, is a ce
of tainty; only $4,000 remains to
3. subscribed. The whole amount w
raised in Columbia in two days.
he Robertson county is entirely fir
he from debt. The handsome ne
us courthouse, erected in 1879 at
NJ cost of $4,000, has been paid f
'n' and is free from encunbrance
Oh any kind.
he,
,et The Tennessee Southern railro;
TO- is now completed to point sixty Fl
nd miles south of Memphis and with
ow thirteen miles of Clarksdale. L
an. track is being laid at the rate OF
r. mile a day.
ng There is to be a farmers al
we dairymen's convention held at JAG
me son to-day, on which occasion
'ed large number of prospectors looki
AN for farming and timber lands q
expected from the Northwest.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
HANDY for story rtliers.

The climate of Hawthorne has often
been extolled and justly. The soil,
the scenery, the air and %stcr Lave
also been shown to be Superior to-
the same thinyS anywhere else. In
fact, possessias natural advantages
which make this the. choicest spot on
earth, it would scarcely seem that,
under the general ruleof compensation
of Nature, any moro eycelleneies or
conve 1iences could befouhd, but such
is not the case. Ii is true that having
absorbed part of the good things of
Nature, the limit in that line has been
reached, but Natures nearest relatives,
the names of Her objects and features
add another to the gifts with which
Hawthorne Is Blessed. No other
section on the Coast is so well Supplied
with names which fill the wants of
writer's of sensational Western stories.
Here is Cat Creek, Wild Cat Canon,
Whiskey Flat, Big Squaw Canon,
Little Squaw Canon and Horse.head
Gulch. Close at hand and within easy
writing distance are Sinking Wells,
Dead Camel Mountains, Dead Horse
Wells, Rattle.snake Spring, etc. These
names would be great boon to some
writer's Of mountain fiction, and il
almost Seeihs as if Hawthorne could
ask for nothing more by way of natu.
raj endowment.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
A food sog.esiian.

"A sensible old farmer who had an
octasionte Dive his team through the
streetyesterday, ana experienced some
difficulty in pushing his way through
to Charley Chase as he al. GIFTED FROM
his wagon and tied his horses to post,
that "tlre people of Reno would be
much better off, and have less paupers
among them If, they would raise more
chickens and hcgs and less dogs"
This seemed like simple remark, and
yet it embodied whole sermon. 1t
costs any family as much to feed a dog
as it would pig or q half dozen chick.
ems. A dog in a town is forever q
nuisance while pig or few chickens
can always be turned TO some useful
purposes-Reno Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
In Menoriuni.

MASTER WORKMAN LAKE View
LODGE No. II, A. o. U. W.:-We,
your Committee appointed on resolu-
tions u respect to the memory of our
deceased brother, w. F. Davis, respect
fullJ beg1eaHe 10 submit the following:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased re Su.
preme Master Workman of the
Universe in His infinite wisdom, to
remove from our United Brotherhood
and social circle our late Brother and
Recorder, W. +. Davis; and
WHEREAS, While the wife of our
deceased brother mourns the loss of
Kind and aflectionate husband and
the father and mother good and
dutiful son, we Menly feel the loss of
a true and faithful Brothers and
WHEREAS,
Leaves have their time to fall,
And howers 10 wither at the north winds
breath,
And stars to set-but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, o,
DEATH
Therefore, be 10 Resolced, That by the
death of bur late brother the Ancient
Order of United Workinen has sus-
tanned the loss of true and faithful
member and an efficient officer, his
widow a kind and careful protector,
his father and mother dutiful son,
his brothers and sisters loving com.
panion, and the Community an honest
and upright citizen; Co.
Res0tped, That BUR heartfelt SYM
pathy be extended to the bereaved
widow and family, and, that our
respect be further expressed for our
late Brother, may our Charter be suit
ably drapet iii mourning for the space
of thirty days and meinbers of Lake
View Lodge No. II, A. o. U. W., wear
badge of mourning for that length
of time;
Rcsolred, That these resolutions of
coincidence be spread in full, on the
records of this Lodge and that a copy
thereof, under the seal of the Lodge,
be transmitted to tile widow of our
deceased Brother, w. f. Davis, and
that they also be published in the
Esmeralda Herald and WALKER LAKE
BULLETIN. NJ M. GLENN,
JOHN G. ToDMxN,
A. G. GLENN,
Committee.
Hawthorne, January %, 1884.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Lyon County Itemis

The following news items are from
the Lyon County Times Of last Satur.
day:
The blackleg is killing quite num-
Der Of cattle in Mason Valley.
Travel s'ihcreasing on the e. & c.
since the REPORTED rich slrikesin Bodie.
]. L. Campbell%nd Charley Gruber
finished putting in their stock OF ice
this week.
A carload of machinery passed
tbtough On the 'tistin yesterday morn.
Ing for the Mount Diablo mine.
20. A. Brooks and wife were called
to Sacramento, this week by the seri-
bus illness of Mrs. Brooks mother.
MIKE Fret, Of Silver City, has fin.
ished te.modeling his saloon, and now
has fine large hall for dancing.
M. iarett, of Silver, is talking of
putting up brewery at Hawthorne.
He will put up considerable ice here
this season.
Judge Murphy held Court here on
he 21st. The only case that came up
was that OF Mary Il. Kelley VS.. William
H. Kelley, Decree of divorce was
granted and custody OF minor children
awarded plaintiff, also homestead at
Silver City.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
The GrantsNille Trouble.

When the first accounts of the al
legged iucendiary attempt at Grantsvillo
were received, the case against S.
Rosenthal seemed very plain. Since
then, though, he has been tried and
acquitted, and it looks as though
public opinion was wrong, as it often
is. The acquittal, under bur jury
system, of course, proves nothing, but
outside circumstances tend TO show
that, very likely, - great wrong has
been done him. Some indignant
citizens Of Grantsville still insist Oh.
his guilt and have ordered him to
leave town. This he refuses to do
and, very 'likely, there will be some
heavy libel suits result from the
trouble. 1t would appear to disinter
ested observers as though Rosenthal
feels esectfte ia His Innocence, for
unless he is possessed of more than
ordinary hardihood lie would scarcely,
if guilty, remain to combat popular
prejudice where there is NOTHING but
reputation to be gained, even should
he triumph in the end.