The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-05-08
General Notes.

N. 0. Chronicle, lst Aufdemorte and
Shepherd were sentenced by Judge Bill
lings in the US. Circuit Court this
morning to $4,000 fine and two years
in the penitentiary.
Alexandria Town Talk, 1st The fair
which took place at Lecompte Thursday
night, for the benefit of the Catholic
Church, was grand success. The la
dies cleared over $40. Last week a
dog went mad near Mooreland aud bit
two small colored boys, one OF whom is
named Philip Shelton. The boys who
Were bitten are badly swollen.
The plan of throwing a brige over
the Straits of Messina, that separate
Sicily from Italy, will, when consum-
mated, be one of the most striking feats
of modern engineering. The place Sc
lected is where the channel is two and
one half miles wide and 36l feet deep,
and two piers will support viaduct of
steel rails to height of 1923 feet above
the water.-Times- Democrat.
New Iberia Farmer The judges of
the Circuit Court, Messrs. Moore and
Clegg, held q session of that tribunal at
our Courthouse this week, and quite
number of important cases were sub
mitted and disposed Of - A stranger
standing on one of our street corners
the other day was heard to remark ::
What pretty place! Everything
nice and clean sight most gratifying
to the eye and invigorating to health"
Rayne Signal: We arc pleased to state
that the public school in Rayne, after a
suspension of nearly two months, is
again in session. pews at the Cath
-olic Church were sold last Sunday, and
we regret to learn at very low figures,
the highest price reaching 81 50.-some
very fine fish were brought to town this
week, caught in the streams of our par
ish, and met with ready sale. The
weight of one was sixty pounds.
jefferson Davis is still enshrined in
the peoples heart, and their faith in
him has never faitered. Such enduring
trust in fallen leader has never been
witnessed in thu history of the world,
and is only equaled by his constancy
to the cause which was lost. When he
was in the fullness of his power we
respected him, l,onored him and loved
him, and now that for us he has been
made HI alien in the land of bis fathers,
witich he did so muci, to make great
both liz peace Hnd VIII, our love is dou-
bied aud our respect becomes reverence
and veneratioilt. Victorious chieftians
upon returning to the scenes of their
glory have been honored before, but
never has there been such an out pour
ing of Il peoples love to one who had
nothing to give in return, and who had
lost all save honor. In all his life there
was never a word OF deed which could
bring shame upon his country's cause,
and we honor our chieftain as though
he were ut the head of triumphant
legions.- Montgomery Dispatch.
Senators Beck and Blackburn were
before the Senate Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, 10 advocate
and oppose respectively the conftrma-
ton of the appointment of Mrs.
Thompson, 10 be postmistress of Louis
Vile 1t is difficult to reconcile Mr.
Becl1's position in this case, with his
previous advocacy of faithful adherence
to party discipline. Mrs. Thompson has
been holding the office since her first
appointment by President Hayes, and
she has issued circulars calling upon
hei employees 10 subscribe to the Repub-
lican campaign funds time aud again.
Yet u Democratic Senator sees proper
to support the confil nation of her re-
appointment by IL Democratic PresI-
dent We have always believed that
fidelity was as essential to party organ
ization as it is to an amy No army
could keep together whose generals
would ignore the services of their mer
itorious soldiers aud confer the high
grades and distinctions upon the camp
followers, or upon descrters from the
enemy's ranks. Faithful and jealous
supporters of political party as well as
meritorious soldiers naturally expect
promotion, which is the aim of the laud-
able ambition of every man who seeks
to attain for himself and his loved ones
a high position in the estimation of his
feliow-men. What would be thought
of the general who would ignore the
services of his meritOrious soldiers
What must be thought of the party
leaders who turn their backs upon the
faithful adherents who have elevated
them TO the highest places in the land 7
Baton Rouge Capitolian Advocate.