The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-03-20
oPELoUsAs PARISH OF ST LANDRY, LA, MARCH 20,
General Notes.

Grant parish has nearly $1,000 of
school money on haud.
An Episcopal church is to be built at
Lake Charles at n cost of $500.
The r. E. Lee Camp No. !, Confeder-
ate Veterans, Richmond, Va, has con-
tributed $40 to the fund for Mrs. Han
cock
Fourteen years hence, it the increase
10 population continues as now, Texas
will be host in Congress having
about fifty members.
DR.. S 0. Scruggs. of Natehitoches
parish, IL prominent Mason, died at his
residence on Cane river on the morning
of Feb. IL.
The U. S. grand jury sitting in New
, York report that the subsidiary silver
coin is being counterfeited by the bush
ell, the favorite and best counterfeit
being the dime.
Senator John F. Miller, of California,
is dead. He was elected in 1881. AS
the next meeting of the California Leg
islature will not meet until January,
1887, the vacancy will be filled by Gov.
Stoneman, who, being a Democrat, will
appoint Democrat.
Slate for the roof of the new govern
ment building at Shreveport has ar
rived, and the work of putting it on
will be commenced at once. When
completed this will be one of the hand
soonest buildings of it's class in the
South.
The clever editor of the Gatesville
TEX Advance Sun attended the Ed
itorial Convention in Cincinnati last
month, aud on his return wrote:
The only way to find out how small
Won are is to find out how large the
world is.
A subscription list has been started in
New Orleans in behalf of the family of
Patrick Ford. From the sympathy
heretofore exhibited in his case to have
his sentence commuted, it Is fair to pre-
sumo that IL good sum will be contri-
buted to the relief of his widow and five
orphan children.
Ex-U. $. District Attorney Elstner
. has fled with the Secretary of State the
papers contesting the seat OF Mr.. Ran
dolph, recently elected to fill the vacan-
cy in the House of Representatives
caused by the resignation of Judge
Seay, of Caddo. These papers are to
be laid before the House at its regular
session in May next.
Ex-Gov Michael Hahn died suddenly
in Washington, d. c., last Monday
night from the rupture of blood ves-
sci during severe coughing spell. He
had been i'll for several days. Since
March A, 1885, he had been serving in
Congress as the representative of the
second district OF this State. He was
born in Bavaria in 1880, but resided in
Louisiana since he was ten years of age.
From late dispatches it seems that
the strike on the Missouri Railroad-the
Gould SYSTEMS no nearer a settlement
than we reported in our last issue. The
knights of Labor have not only effectu-
ally blockaded all freight traffic on
about 1000 miles of railroad, but have
done much damage to engines all along
the route The damage to business
along the line will be immense, and an
earnest appeal is made by the press for
the matter to be arbitrated, so that
commerce may be resumed.
Ford and Murphy, convicted of the
murder of A. H. Murphy in New Or
leans, several months ago, the COM
mutation of whose death sentence to
imprisonment for life was refused by
the Board of Pardons, we're hanged in
New Orleans on Friday. the 18th inst.
The night previous TO their execution
both of the condemned attempted
suicide, by taking poison, but were re-
stored to semi consciousness before the
hour of their execution, when the death
warrant Of the Governor was carried
into effect.
We were pleased to receive copy of
the Wisconsin Free Press, published at
Oconomowoc, Wis.,, which We found to
be very ably edited, containing many
racy paragraphs, and brimfull of newsy
local items. Our e0nfrere is worthy of
d large patronage which he doubtless
enjoysjn the progressive West.
We have also received the Dallas
Mercury and the Gatesyille Advance
Sun. both Wide-awake and ably edited
papers, published i'll the Lone Star State.
We wish them all the success which
their journalistic talents deserve.
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We call attention to the card of Mr..
f. Bromowicz, photographer, in another
column. Mr.. B has Just arrived from
Lafayette, and the Advertiser of that
town says of him He is a good work
man and has been quite successful in
this place, and by his gentlemanly de-
pertinent made many friends who wish
him well wherever he may 60
* new paper, the Signal. made its
first appearance in the thriving and
progressive town of Rayne, in this par
isll, on the 18th, but we have not seen
a copy. We understand that Mr.. G..
w Felter, an old and experienced
newspaper man, is the publisher, and
We predict that he will give onr ambi-
tious and wide-awake neighb0rs a
journal well worthy Of their encourage
ment and support.
DO you wish to save costs of adver-
tising, etc. If SO, pay your corpora
tion taxes at once. The delinquent list
!. id sin the hands Of the printer, and will
appear next week Louisiana Demo
crat.
Have we d delinquent list in Opelon-
sas If 80, when will Ii be collected
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