The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-05-01
General Notes.
Cholera has broken out at Venice.

Water is running through Morganza
crevasse again.
The Calcasieu oil we'll is now yielding
| about 80 gallons per day.
There are 1921 theological students
IN the Prnssian universities this term.
The colored people of Lake PrOvi-
dence have established normal school.
The Hebrew citizens OF Alexandria
have subscribed $500 to the Jewish Or
phans' Home in New Orleans.
The Baton Rouge Yarn Mills are now
running force of 40 hands and will
soon manufacture cotton goods.
On the Goth inst, the West Baton
Rouge Poultry and live Stock Associa-
tion will hold fair at Port Allen.
A cyclone struck church in Alabama
during a funeral service, dem olishing
the building and killing Is persons.
A bill to free the town of Alexandria
from parish taxation will be introduced
at the next session of the Legislature.
East Carroll has $l7OO in the treasury
and no outstanding claim, and its School
Board has $4,000 on hand and no debts.
The Confederate monument, at the
head of Third street, has been complet-
ed, aud presents very handsome and
pleasing appearance The order has
been sent on for the bronze soldier.
which it is thought will arrive in time
to be unveiled on July 4th.-B. r. Truth.
The Shenandoah Public Schools duly
celebrated Arbor Day by setting out
quite, IA number of trees with ceremo-
nies. They were principally named
after teachers several former teachers
aud number of the present corps
being the honored ones.-Shenandoah
Post, April IA
The Chronicle has no war to make
on the administration of President
Cleveland, It simply exercises the
right of Il supporter to critfcise in
friendly way policy that threatens to
divide instead Of uniting the Democracy
of the country Augusta lGa.) Chroni-
Gle, Dem.
The waters of the upper Mississippi
continue to rise without abatement, and
breaks in the levees have been reported
at Helena, Ark, and Friars' Point, Miss,
where it had reached the high water
mark of 1882, on last Saturday. Serious
fears are felt that there will be gene
,al overflow of the whole Mississippi
valley.
N. o. States: President Cleveland
is said to have gained fortytwo pounds
in weight since he entered the White
House. Since he sat down on the SEN
ate, however, that body is inclined to
believe that his increase of flesh is
greater than has been reported. The
President is heavy and he sits down
hard
Some people are forever talking as
though it was the first duty of party
to support the administration which it
elected. This duty is doubled-ed -edged.
Parties are not the personal property of
Presidents An administration is uR-
der Just as much obligation to support
its party as the party is to support it,
Boston Globe.
Every farmer should aim to raise all
the possible products of the climate for
his own use. Herein lies the independ
enee of farm life He grows every sup
PLY for his table, so far as his soil and
climate admits, under his own eye. He
is dependent on no one for the necessi-
ties of life, or even for the luxnries of
his table.
The Republican Senators, having
amused themselves as long as decency
would permit with their resolution toy,
are now settling down to confirm the
nominations of the President. This re-
minds us of the Dutchnmn in knicker-
bocher's History. To jump over a hill
that lay in bis path, be retreated and
took run of three miles when he
came up to it's base he walked over it
like other people.--N. O. States.
The Empress Haru, of Japan, is q
slight little woman, not five feet high.
She has the pale, yellow skin, the fine
II cut features and long oval face OF
the higll-caste japanese. Although a
friend to all progressive movements,
the patrou and instigator of many re-
forms aud advancement, and woman
of surprisingly modern views, the En-
press still bfackens her teeth in the old
style, and thin arches of eyebrows have
been traced above those that she duti-
fully shaved at marriage.
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, staunch-
II Democratic, ventures to remark
aThe Democratic party exists to-day
without q ruling purpose, because nc
such purpose has been mapped out foi
it; because member of the Repub bli-
can party in the eyes of it's leader is
Just as acceptable a factor in the gov
ernment as member of bis own party
and because he appoints to office mer
of any political faith whom he may
choose, regardless Of the interests ol
bis own party"
Some fifty years ago it was proclaim.
ed by geologists and mineralists, an6
written by historians, that Louisiana
was neither a mining nor q minera
State; but, within the past thirty years
discoveries have been made which have
clearly proven the fallacy of that theo.
~. The great salt mine of Petit Anss
Island, the enormous sulphur deposits
III Galeasieu parish, the coal beds re-
Gently found 10 Claiborne and UnioI
parishes, the rich iron mines already
being developed throughout the north
ern part of the State, and the heav.
veins Of lead and brass recently fount
In Grant and other parishes is snfficien
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