The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-31

dAtl ~ VcH0UFGS our MGIcndHES Elk
change to take the matter in hand ant
see that the public roads leading int.
/ Opelousas are worked without delay
LII not, the trade.;snd commerce of th,
town will suffer heavily BY further de
reelection in this important matter.
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/ DrNAMITERs AT WoRK.-On Satur.
day last, about o'clock D. M, a tre-
mendous explosion of dynamite took
place in the House of Parliament, Lon.
don, Eng, which did immense damage
to the buildings, but fortunately only
about twenty persons we're more or less
seriously injured by this diabolical at
tempt to destroy life and property
Really, the leading motives of the cri-
minals must have been to only destroy
the halls of legislation, because parlia
ment was not in session at the time of the
explosion. The persons injured were
visitors to the ancient pile, and the
only wonder is that none were killed
outright, or more injured than were
hurt Ivy SO destructive an agency
It is supposed that the dynamite was
carried into the building by "a woman.
as one was noticed who looked too ro.
tund and suspicious than would appear
from ordinary causes.
Had parliament been In session d
large number of its members would have
undoubtedly been blown to atoms as
it was, the magnificent halls and tower
of this historical structure, were more
or less demolished.
GI10Is n us ~ dis xxsn s,,,r; 1.,,s.
~ hurt the Irish cause both at home
and abroad, and destroy all sympathy
for their alleged wrongs among the
people of civilized and christian coun-
tries. To right a wrong we must not
commit greater one. No civilized
country will approve the dynamite
method of correcting national oppres
sion or public evils.
It is supposed that the headquarters
of the dynamiters are ia New York city,
and we see that Senator Edmuads has
introduced a bill in Congress for the
severe punishment of all parties found
guilty Of making Or furnishing dyna-
mite to parties or using the same for
conspiracies against law and order.
Tbs bill will doubtless pass, and will
attest to the world the condemnation
OF our government against such infu-
man practices. BIZ her citizens.
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NEcRoLosY Capt. Michal ] Far
reIl, chief of Farrell's Police Detective
Agency. died in New Orleans ON Thurs
day night Of last week, under peculiar
III sad circumstances. Being sick, he
had sent prescription to q drugstore
to be filed, when BY some mistake, OF
careIessness, the druggist put up q poi
sonons drug, two doses Of which killed
the unfortunate invalid.
Capt Farrell had established high
reputation ais a detective officer, for
bravery and efficiency, and he will be
aadly missed by the people of New Or
leans, both aa an officer and as a citi-
zen. IA large coneourse of citizens at
tended hrs remains to the grave, fully
the high esteem In which he
was regarded b al good people Of the
city
We have kHbwn men iii our town
who have sent to New Orleans for
things they could just as well procure
here And the reason Of this is found Id
the fact, &hae unlike the ladies, they
despise shopping, and un-
less they know where their wants can
be found, they are very likely to pick
up a city paper, where they are sure to
see advertised what they want There's
i moral to this, which Id not very hard
to guess, and Tint ii, let the people,