The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

AlCXauUTlh lOWH ain ~ bui"ihS
Association will be organized in Alex
dria in a short time.
The truck, ladders and fixtures
used by Hope Hook & Ladder Co., OF
franklin, are offered for sale very
cheap.
st. Mary Herald: Messrs. Shattuck
g. Hoffman, of New Orleans, have sold
their St. Mary platation to the Realty
Company, syndicate, for 500, ,OOO cash.
OF the seventy six United States Sen
ators only thirty have received clas-
sical education, and of the 1888 Repre-
sentatives but l05 have attended col
lege.
Lake Charles Commercial A white
man by the name of Benoit Biodeau
was assassinated last Tuesday, about
three miles from the town of Welsh, in
| this parish. We have been unable to
learn any of the particulars of the case
Lafayette Advertiser: We are great
ly encouraged by crop reports from all
sections of the parish. The corn is un-
usually good this year, and the cotton
has come out wonderfully the past
week.
Alexandria Town Talk Sheriff D. c.
Paul has purchased a new hay press. He
has big crop of hay, among the lot
being about ten acres of fine red clover,
which is now ready to cut. 1t Will
yield two tons to the acre.
N. O. Chronicle: The schemes for
normal schools are like leeches applied
to the common school funds. None
should be sanctioned by the General
Assembly during the period of extreme
poverty IN school money.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
Church at New Iberia to be erected on
the site of the old one, was laid last
Sunday with impressive ceremonies.
The structure will be of brick, ga feet
in width by AS in length, and of Gothic
style.
The ladies of New Iberia have under
taken the task of giving the town new
public building, to be used as high
school, and Friday and Saturday they
| gave the fGst of series of entertain
ments, and met with great encourage
. ment from the public.
: B:R. Truth ThsOuachita Telegraph
views the s.ts9atitn correctly, when II
3 saws .there is an army of Office seekers
in Baton Rouge" 1t now turns ou
: that about every third man saved the
State in the political struggle a few
months ago.
: The Louisiana State Agricultural So
!, ciety selected Baton Rouge rs the place
Y for holding the next State Fair ant
Monroe as the next place of meeting
3 The Fair will be held the first week o
: October. The meeting will take plac
d some time next January.
Il AS this is the time of the year tha
= many are putting away their carpet
and winter clothing for another winter
:. it may be of interest to some to kno,
y that the fresh green leaves of the Prld
!, Of India or China berry tree, wrappe
" in articles liable to be eaten by moths
will keep such articles free OF this pes
The Franklin parish Immigratio
y Association is negotiating with Mich
J. gan real estate agent with view
y selling said agent 10000 acres of Ian
le in Franklin parish on which to settl
le fifty or more families from Michigan
lie The people of franklin are alive ON tn
IN subject of immigration, and will d
I'd everything reasonable to secure occt
le pants for their idle lands.
% e, Assumption Pioneer: st. Landl
II boasts of a town-Grand Coteau-th;
- has never sustained barroom. Sc
eral have been started, but the owne
! were compelled to close for want
~ custom. Grand Coteau is not prob
~ bition town by law, but better still
1a practice. The cause of this is the i
m mbo fiuence of the Catholic priests in char!
~ of the college at Grand Coteau.
of Lafayette Advertiser: Lafayet
rt Building and Loan Association met
it the Crescent Hotel on Monday nigl
Is, and loaned out the money on han
ir- $500 90, at pfemium of 30 per cel
TO Judge A. j. Moss being the SUGGEST
bi5der. Owing to prospective borro
ers not having made their arrang
ments, bidding was not ut all lively.
rs all. 81 shares have beeh placed up
.. date.
"a Donaldsonvile Chief: 1t gives
al, CHIEF much qualification to note
les authentic refutation of the libelous
of port that ex-Sheriff G. C. Duson of
he Landry-row a member of the ST
.ha Senate-was o defanlter. Mr.. Dus
r, has settled with the State and par
d for every dollar of public moneys C
&C. lected by him, and received full gu
Ihe tus from the police Jury of st. Lame
an and the State Auditor.
rst Sister Garner, the fair editress of
the Carroll Banner, thus laments her
vn. sence from the Opelousas meetings
the the State Press Association
the It fills one with regret and sense
all we have missed, to read our
changes on the good times had in
.nd st. Landry, at the Press reunion. 1t
ke, calls witticism of one of our lady coni
ing res who said at the International Cou
hla of Women "The first press conv
ton was held in the garden of Ed
ms, when Adam embraced Eve. We do
nen if it has ever been improved on sin'
his New Iberia Enterprise: Ex-Sht
IF C.. C. Duson, who has been one OF
ons best officers in that capacity IN
,ara State. who had been charged by G
nall mics with being a defanlter to the )
tile and parish, has made his final set
ears menfs with both, and as an answe