The Opelousas courier., 1885-03-07
General Notes.

session of the Senate.
Victor Hugo witnessed his eighty
fourth birthday on The 26th OF Feb'y.
The bill containing an appropriation
of $4,000 to construct shelled road
to the Nationa! Cemetery at Baton
Rouge has passed the lower House.
For the winter season closed March
lst, in Cincinnati the total number OF
hogs packed was 356, 6,435, an ipcrease'of
10000 over the previous season,
Gen Grant was slightly better yes
terday. His disease is an incurable
one, although he is in no Immediate
danger. The General has not smoked
for some time in fact, has given up
the weed.-N. O. City Item, March Q.
Last Monday, March Cd, was the 75th
anniversary of the birth of Pope Leo
XIII. On the receipt of congratulations
from the College of Cardinals, the Pope
expressed deep regret at the present
condition of the Papacy, which he said
was in the hands of the despoiler.
Announcement is made that unfit
cation of management has been effected
by which the Southern Pacific of Cali
fornia, Southern Pacific of Arizona,
Southern Pacific of New Mexico, Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio,
Louisiana Western, Texas and New
Orleans and Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas Railway aud Steamship lines,
will be operated under one general man.
agement on and after the first of March,
to beknoWna as the Southern Pacific Com
pany, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. twill also have branch Office
in this city, with Mr. A. G. Hutchinson
as General Manager.-N. O. States.
A society has been formed in Phila-
delphia with the object of protecting it's
members from the depredations of
thieves. In some respects it resembles
an insurance corporation and yet it is
not one. Each person who joins the
society will pay small entrance fee
and about 81 quarterly as dues ON every
$1,000 worth of property protected.
When any members property shall be
stolen detectives will be- employed to
hunt it up, either alone or in co-opera-
ton with the public detectives. In the
event Of failure to recover them the
member will be ilideinnified for bis loss
from the unions fund. Care will be
taken to admit to membership none but
persons of good character.
When England sends forth her house
hold troops, the Grenadiers aud the
Coldssream Guards, to the scene of nc
tive war, she means mischief and res
oIution that never fails to subdne and
conquer any enemy opposing her. These
troops, though long enjoying the life of
idleness and luxury of their garrison
and city life and mere parade and show
service, never fail, as at Waterloo and
in the Crimea, to vindicate the pluck,
steadiness and invincibifity of British
soldiers There will be a severe trial Of
physical energies in the terrible natural
and climatic obstacles which will con.
front them In the Soudan, for which
they have departed, amid the mingled
Borrowings and jubilntions of the Lon
don popnlace.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill
containing the appropriation for the Ex
position, amending il, as we l,rophesied,
so as to increase the amount from $780,
600 to S400, 900 The President has
already, ID his message to Congress on
this subject, indicated bis approval of
this appropriation; aud the House will,
We hope and believe, accept the increase
proposed BY the Senate. As the report
of the Director General shows, the
amount owed By the Exposition is close
ON 800. 900 If, therefore, Congress
proposes TO relieve 1t from debt so that
1t can start On new basis, uninvolved
and free, IL will vote tie amount really
needed and not less than that amount.
of the good results of this appropria-
tien we have already spoken Itre-
lieves the Exposition of all its burdens
and starts it on q new and successful
career. With this ample pecuniary as
sistance, with everything now fully
completed, and with our damp and rainy
winter over, there ought to be nothing
IN the way of making it one of the
grandest E1positions, not only ID tho
exhibits it is that already but ii the
attendance Ii secures and the enthusi.
asna IL arouses. ines Dem, March 8.
The presidential eareer Of Nj. Ches.
ts54 - "a b1lAA t5l0SEH e5-Atae y S1SGssISIi-
ally elevated to the Presidency, there
we're. serious misglsings of his fitness
for the office, and his ability te perform
its duties with anything ike becoming
dignity On his retirement, however,
Ii may be we'll and trnthfully said Of
him that he has disappointed both those
who entertained such doubtful opinions,
as well al the many who were not IN
elined To expect nythiDg from bis ad-
ministratioll MI. Arthur has certainly
made i respectable, digaIfied and hon.
orable President. He gave TO bis ad-
lninisEration the hrst appearance Of
nationality Sectionalisn. .animosity
aud bitterness against the Southern
people lost their place Id bis conduct Of
the Government, and the material Inter
.ests of the South found ID him d stauncll
friend. The improvement OF the Mis-
sissippi river, the building Of the levees,
the Government aid to the Exposition,
are some of the great measures which
he favored and secured to our people.
The character of his appointments, too
TO Il b the Federal Offices was quite diff
ferealt from those which had been i'm.
posed upon us III previous Republican
Presid tents. Iii fact, President Arthur
has proved as acceptable q Republican
President as could have been expected,
and in retiring from the Once he carries
with him tho respect of tho American
people, who Iie has faithfully and con-
scientiousIy served the short time he
was called upon to preside as Chief Ex-