The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-06-05

I'M I'D Tuesday referred TO the House
Judiciary Committee.
gnles Gil, Esq, brought nice
III mach to our Office on last Monday
sIbieh III Il the first we have seen of the
season. -
VINO would dispense with the luxury
oeiee water these hot days when our
gs;end Lacombe is selling ice at 81 cts.
,,er Mound at retail, and Ii cts. per
noand in quantities. ? See advertise
nsnt -
The ruins of the old burnt Court I
Honse were torn down and the bricks |
cleaned during the past week Nearly |
III Of them ale sound and good and will
Is used in the erection of the new
building which will be put up without
delay.
This snltry weather makes one feel
like hieing off to the clear and cool
waters Of the DarbouDe The trout aud
nsrch are said to be biting finely now.
Nsssrs. G. N. Ealer and NJ V!laseca
left last Monday for that pleasant re-
aoFt
Joseph q. Fruge, accused of the mur
deg of Sebastien Dupre, which occurred
on May near Bayou Cane, where the
tNo had gone fishing, was tried before
Judge Hudspeth on Thursday last on a
writ of hGbeas corpus, and admitted to
hail Id the sum Of $500.
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DSEt., - 10
isg colored farmers, planted few
ceres III oats this year, and which he
harvested d few days ago. His crop
viii yield him about fifty bushels per
acre, and next year he proposes to plant
affy acres in this important cereal.
Experiments with barley prove that it
grows to perfection III our soil Why
n0t plant largely in barley too 2 It
would find ready sale in New Orleans.
M P. Young & Co opened an es
cllange and collection Office at this
place ON the lst inst Persons wishing
10 have drafts cashed, or exchange for
any amount from one dollar mp, wenld
do well to call on them. Rates of
charges are very moderate much less
than money order rates. Call on them
and get bank checks instead of money
orders. The Office is open at all iionrs
o2 the day.
Alfred Taylor, colored, convicted last
March in our District Court for rape,
was hanged here yesterday.
The event brought out q large crowd,
principally from the country, who had
hopes Of witnessing the execution; but
as the law provides that not more than
Ilfteen persons can be witnesses, the
Sheriff caused a wall OF upright planks
to be bHiIt around the scaffold, which
mas erected Just outside of the jail, and
The provisions of the law iii this res
pect were carried ont to the letter.
A WONDERFUL. Book. We should
Judge, by the wording Of the advertise
5nsut in another column OF this paper,
that tile new book entitled "1He Wortd's
W0Rders,1 y ii indeed wonderful book.
II will pay the curious, as well as those
seeking employment. to read the adyer-
tis8nlent. The publisher, w f. Holio-
ay; offers tp give standard books free
" persons who will send them names Of
book agents. He also offers to start peo-
ple without capital in business fhaf
Mill pay from $l5 IN $50 4 day IA pretty
good incomc for these hard times. Read
The advertisement.
WEATHER AND Farm NoTEs. The
weather has continued dry and w,tn
during the past week, and the anivefsa
wish Is lint seasonabie rain nigh
fall to iay the dust and stimulate tn
groWtliuf tile different crops. Every
one has had ample time to clean nj:
crop. and il any are in the grass It i
because they have not worked III
systematic aud energetic manner Z.
Hill the grass and weeds A moderate
rain would be welcomed by all. MANY
persons have cut oats, and the yield i
reported to be excellent. The lice ar
still doing much damage to the old cot
ton, and where it has not been killei
hy them will DO seriously retarded il
gfowth. Some young cotton, just up
Is suffering and dying III spots from tll'
intense heat Of the sun and on accoun
of the lOoseDess uf the soil. The corr
crop ii exceedingly promising.
Nor EPIDEMIC. The Wasllinqtol
Argus Of june 3a, comes out on i hal
sheet but its comment on our article
I ssThe Real Issue in last week
COURIER, and it's Uolansia0us statistic
about yellow fever epidainics, make u
fully for everything 10 be found on
ssusskenG inside.n Any old citizen zvh
80. A. IA !. sfsf.if will Ias1oh ilenTEilv