The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
General Notes.

AttIuI Is
having greatly improved in health.
10000 Republicans are said to hold
office under the present administration
& Over 30 per cent of the total appro-
priatiens voted at the last session OF
Congress was on account of pensions.
North Carolina Democrats believe
that "while public Office Is a public
trust, the trustees must be Democrats"
Lake Charles Commercial: The rice
farmers of this parish have commenced
harvesting and the yield it is said, will
be ii good one.
Morgan City Review: Charbon mas
appeared among The mules on DIR. Oar
rails Ayoca plantation. One mule that
had it has recovered.
State Register of the Land Office
Lobdell has rendered decision in the
case of Geo. X. Bradford vs.. FL. L. Gar
land and Haggerty g. Hardy, in favor
of the plaintiff.
The Sugar Planter reports an unusual
amount of sickness in West Baton Rouge
this summer, and attributes the bad
health of the parish to the prevalence
of rice planting along the river.
Abbeville Me.idional, 2lst: We re-
ceived sugar cane last week grown on
the place of Mr.. E. L. Demary, having
eight red joints. Pretty good, consider
ing the season we have had.
Capitolian Advocate In the Wash
ington dispatches we see 1T stated that
five steel cruisers have lately been conn
pleted and are ready to be manned. 1t
is also stated that in the next two years
there will be sixteen or seventeen new
ships ahoat.
Margan City Review A member OF
the Ascension Gun Club of Donaldson
vile, while practieing on clay pigeons,
missed the erlatlc bird, but filed the
boy with small shot that was engaged
to spring the trap. Of course this club
will volunteer to fight Mexico.
Lake Charles Commercial, Aug. 81 ::
At the election held last Monday, for
the purpose of levying five mill tax
for ave wears TO establish a system OF
waterworks, in the town of Lake
Charles, there were only 90 votes poll
ed, is for aud 76 against the, tax.
ST Martinsyile Messenger, 21st: Miss
Corine, the charming daughter OF Mr. A.
Y. Fleming, arrived from the Convent
/ of Opelousas last week, and will spend
the vacation with her family. Miss Lou
ise Jagon, IL most charming young lady
If Opelousas, is spending few days in
town and is the guest of Miss Fleming.
Lake Charles Echo: Our rice planters
are having splendid weather for harvest
inc their crops, and from all we can
learn they are making good use OF this
advantage Both of our rice mills are
now busy tIreshing the cereal, and from
what we can learn, the yield of rice in
Calcasieu this year will be more than
the average.
There is law that needs repeating
which prohibits Confederate soldiers
from being commissioned officers ID
the army.--Ex
A bill for its repeal introduced II
! Congress Mt the session just clesed-ol
!, rather an amendment to the bill for the
! increase of the army providing for III
J repeal was voted down by the Repab
! licans in the Senate.
Lake Charles Echo: The sound of thu
saw and hammer can be heard on oil
sides in our town. The spirit of i'm
] movement ahateth not, and our carpen
: ters have all the work they can do. Turi
where you will and you will see nev
buildings in course of erection or hug
piles of lumber on vacant lots awaitln!
the carpenter. Surely our town is OF
. : the right road to become city in fey
: years.
J. J, Lake Charles Echo, 2lst: The say
s mill business in this section continues Of
IS the boom, not mill. to our knowledge
u being idle.-Work on the new engin
e house is progressing finely under the su
: peryision of Mr.. w. s. Grow, the con
It tractor, and ere many days Lake Charlie
can boast of having as neat and substan
Y tial an engine house as any town IN tn
/, State DR. w. Al. Knapp, Secretary 9
d the Artesian Well Company, informs
&. lie received d telegram on Tuesday las
1T stating TINT the machinery for the com
pany was shipped that day on the MOI
ii gan steamship line from New York I
o New Orleans.
3 3 New iberia Enterprise: IN recognl
Y ton Of the honor conferred by namin
e their organization after him, we hay
g heard ii stated that that former staunc
|, Democrat, tlit. Hon. Allen JumeI, VI
!, arm. equip and uniform tue Jnmel
= Iberia Cavalry Company, which for Il
= presentis pledged to seat Fonteileu, u
2 Radical candidate fol the judgeshlp
q q this district, and that after the clectio
- he Will himself lead them on to Mexit
!. = and enlist under the Mexican standar
y rs The organization cannot condesceI
y 10 rank their pluck and valor with q
men who march under the folds sti
... mounted by the bald headed Amefiei
Il. Eagle.
id Hon. A. B Irion, member OF 70
ad oress from this District, as will be SCI
ta rom an announcement 10 another q
II umn, will address the people OF Ia
Ite Feliciala. to-day Saturday ut 4
,es 6oufI House Judge Irion, who
d himself candidate for re- eclectic
ty being aware that the vote OF the Ef
lse Felieiana delegation TO the conyentas
ID s nledned for Mr.. Kernan, OF coul
has DO expectations Of securing &
vote. but evidently considers it prop
M tIaat he should explain to this portl
Gd II lis constituency, his course as th'
81, an representative during the session 4
~ ended. This d6siIe to meet the peol
uf East Fsliciana and have an appl
3, luniiy Of explaining u them the lsase
....' pf his course an congress- is lnaicaH