The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-18
General ID ses.

The rice trust goes against the grain
of the planters. 0. Chronicle.
| A>consignment of over 5000 mocking
birds and pops, was shipped from New
Orleans recently, to Northern cities.
- 1t is the boast of North Lou islana
that they have more schools than all
Central and South Louisiana combined.
| Abbeville Meridional: Buyers are be-
ginning to look at our lands. Since
the fret of the month several parties
have been around prospecting.
Thibodaux Sentinel Sam Sing, q
son of the "fowery kingdom" has op-
ened laundry at the corner of St. Phi
lip and Thibodaux streets. " Muchee
washee, cheapee!n will soon be the cry
heard on our streets.
Shreveport Times There is o faint
hope INDUCED in that Chief Justice Full
Ter, who is plain, level-headed man,
will try and do away with all that nom
sense of rigging up the judges 10 silk
gowns and things. The thing is stupid
and silly without being impressive.
Thibodaux Sentinel Now that the
rice millers in New Orleans have formed
a "trust' to control the price of rough
rice, why should not mill be establish
ed here to afford our planters an op-
portunity of milling their produce be-
fore shipment to the city market9 We
are satisfied that the enterprise would
be a success.
Ouachita Telegraph: An appropria
.tion of $4,000 has been inserted in the
sundry civil bill for the Opelousas fed
eral building. 1t has been thought that
the measure would fail because of the
failure to get the appropriation through
with the original bill, but getting the
item placed in the snndry bill secures
the building to Opelougas.
Lafayette Advertiser: We are glad
to learn from the dispatches that the
bill providing fer the erection of pub
lie building at Opelousas having been
signed by the President, and being now
a law, there will be no trouble about
the necessary appropriation, which will
beIadded to the sundry civil bill, and the
whole matter disposed of at the present
| session OF Congress.
Bienville New Era The Farmers
| Union Convention met in Opelousas
last week, transacted its business, ad-
.journed, and the delegates dispersed, :,
well pleased with their visit to st. Lam
dry. These periodical gatherings are 60
ing to result in great benefit to the
State; because they bring together the
progressive farmers, who compare ex-
periments and Interchange IDEAS, that
are bound to eInefit each and all and
| set them forward in the great occnpa-
tion in which they are engaged.
N. O. City Item: TIE concentrated
attack, by the press aid Chamber of
Commerce of Cincinnati, upon the rail-
road management, has resulted in get
ting reduction of rates for excursion
lists to the Cincinnati Centennial Ex-
portion, from distant Western points
| to three fonrths of cent per mile for
| round trip tickets, and one and one
third cent q mile for short distance
round trip tickets. Nothing was said,
judging by published reports, about
low rates from Southern points.
Ouachisa Telegraph: The Non-Par-
tisan Prohibition Convention will con-
| yene in this city on the 22d inst. and
| will be IN session three days. The fol-
lowing committee have been requested
to make all necessary arrangements for
the holding of the convention and for
the entertainment of delegates and Wis
itors Messrs. J. E. Morris, f. P. Stubbs,
Franklin Garrett and E. N. Potts and
Rev'ds. Hart. Munholland, Wycough
and Friley. Reduced rates have been
secured from all railroad and steam
boat lines for delegates.
Marksville Bulletin The Pointe Con-
pee Banner has bronsht out the name of
Col. Thos. G.. Sparks for Congress. The
Colonel is a gentleman of talent and
accomplishments and will make a for
| midable candidate. As matters now
stand, tile race seems to be between
him and Col. Robertson, present in
cumbent. This gentleman has made
an efficient and active member of con-
gress and his claims for denomination
will be strongly urged.
The strength of the other candidates
has not developed sufficiently to form
any estimate.
The parish of Morehouse has 6ppro-
| priated the sum of $4,000 to its central
public school. This is one of the
largest appropriations ever made by
any parish in the State for educational
| purposes.-Ex.
When we compare our efforts in this
respect to those of our Northern and
Western States we appear to be doing
absolutely nothing. In some little
| Western towns of two or three thous-
and inhabitants we have seen as many
as three handsome public school edi-
fees; in fact, the most important build
lings they Ell ct in point of value are
1 school houses. It is very noteworthy
when we spend a few dollars in this di-
reetion Baton Rouge Advocate.
Shreveport Times The amount of
duties received from sugar in 1887 was
over $58, ,000, 900, being much larger
/ than from any other source in fact,
more than twice as large as from any
other importation except one. The ad-
]. valorem rate Of duty is 70 per cent.
j The advalorem duty under the Mills
bill will be 62a per cent; pretty well
protected under Democratic bill, We
should say. All the Republican pro-
posed bills point to free sugar as sine
i oua non. And yet we have great
many Louisiana foolish friends who
want to. go to the Republican party to