The Opelousas courier., 1884-10-11
General Notes.

S&SuCA a. &aOtGSs
The cholera is disappearing in France
There were eight deaths from yellow
fever at Havana last week.
Ex-Gov. Warmoth has sailed from
Europe on his return home, after Il care
full study of continental sugar making.
The Boston Pilot claims that nowhere
in the world is the Roman Catholic
Church more hourishing than in New
England.
As Governor of New York Cleveland
was honest, faithful and independent.
He will be equally SO as President of the
United States.
Mrs. Lockwood has resolved to stalk
in the footsteps of the plausible Blaine.
She will stump it in Ohio and elsewhere.
She is her own manager.
Admiral Courbet has completed the
occupation of Kelung. He is fortifying
the principal positions and removing
sunken junks and torpedoes in the river.
Cholera reports are encouraging.
There were only AZ fresh cases and %
deaths at Naples, % fresh cases and %
deaths ut Genoa, six deaths in South
ern France for the past twenty four
hours. City Item, Oct. 5th. n
There were 207 cases of choleia and
1876 deaths in Italy yesterday, six deaths
in France and two in Spain.-N. O..
City Item, Oct 6.
The sudden outburst of cholera at
Spezzia after heavy rainfall is deemed
by some of the scientific journals a
very marked practical illustration of Dr.
Koch's statement that moisture is a
necessary factor in an epidemic of
cholera. IN. O. States.
The cholera appears to. be subslding
There were only eight deaths in France,
one in Spain aud forty two in Italy, yes
terday, and only forty three fresh cases
in the latter country, which has been
worst affected. Suspicious cases are re-
ported at Barcelona City Item, 9Th.
Mr.. Blaine says Hayes gave the coun-
try Fan excellent administration of four
years. He sat uneasily in a stolen
chair for that time, and left it branded
with mark more shameful than Gains.
And Mr.. Blaine helped the man he calls
an Ohio statesman in accomplishing
the theft.
A curious bat apparently authentic
story comes from Arkansas, that ne.
gro recently hanged at Lonoke, in that
State, was resascitated shortly after
his execution by means of big horn of
whiskey poured into his throat by a
friend to whom the body was surrender
ed The question has arisen can this
man be taken into the hands of the law
again Can he be twice placed in jeo-
pardy for the same crime ? The law
says not.-N. O. States.
Public announcement is now made
that tickets from Chicago to Liverpool
and return will be sold for $45-one-
half the ordinary rate from Liverpool
to New York a few years ago. So cheap
is the cost of travel that there are
thousands of men who cross the Atlantic
and 60 to fhe west to work in the har-
vest fields so long as the weather will
permit, and then return to Europe un-
til the rigor of our Northwestern winter
has passed away.-N. @. States.
Fine Lamps, Chamber Sets, Feather
Dusters, splashnrs, Egg Beaters, No
tions, etc, at the Stat Grocery.
Opel ousas cistern shops, near r r.
depot all sizes ut lowest prices.
Buy Your candies Mt the Star Grocery.
Kellogg has expressed doubts Of his
reelection To Congress from the Third
District He predicts that be will be
counted cut, but why le should fear
- ,t.4o
last one when he carried his district is
not stated The truth is Kellogg has
lost caste with his Own party a strong
element in the Custom House is oppos
ed to him aud added to this is the fact
Of his having Democratic opponent
who will make such Il strong and
thorough canvass as Kellogg never be-
fore encountered. It is In vain then for
him to predict any other cause of his
defeat than the plain and simple one
/ that the people want him no longer and
he must ssstep down and OUT Chron-
| icle.
Pens, Pencils, Lux, Stationery, Seal
ing Wax, Papae Fasteners, Ink and
Pencil Erasers, States, School Books,
School Bags, etc., at the Star Grocery.
Grass. To show the value of grass
when pastured aud When madeinto hay,
it's stated that the grass crop OF Color
ado will be worth thirty million dollars
this year. The South spends millions
#of dollars killing grass among the cot
ton that is sold atnoprofit and frequent
! ly at actual loss, and pays the north
west millions of dollars for hay, which
we could justas well raise ourselves and
save It's cost SO. Ind. Record.
-At the Star Grocery Ne,cs Stand
Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly !;
Texas Siftings, Puck
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper;
Popular Monthly, Sunday Magazine !;
Chatterbox, Seaside Library
Waverly Library, etc, etc.
ss--
SuGAR MACHINERY Ex-Governor
Warmoth, of Louisiana, has gone to
France for the purpose OF purchasing
certain French machinery for milling
sugar cane and sorghum. Tile French
process is said to yield 90 per cent more
saccharine matter than the system now
in vogue Id Louisiana.
Fresh vaccine virus from tile Ma
tionaI Dispensatory at Washington, D.
C., just received at M. 2. Young e.
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