The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-02-11
Items Of Hm terest.
The Vatican at Rome has 1000 rooms.


Maj. John Augustin, prominent newspa-
per man and leading citizen of New Orleans,
died last Sunday.
The Western settlers in Southwest Louisi-
ana are enjoying good health and pleased
with their new homes.
Germany, Austria and Russia talk peai>e,
but go on preparing for war. Peace will go
to pieces in this way.
Warmoth, the Republican nominee fon Gov.
ernor, subscribed $4,000 to the campaign fund
and will shortly open canvass OF the State
at Monroe, it is said.
Minden Monitor: Tho Webster Tribune and
the st. Landry Democrat are the only papers
in the State that can't swallow McEnery crow
in Nichols platform.
The Convention of Parish Superintendent
of Education held at Baton Rouge endorsed
the efforts now being made in Congress to
pass the Blair educational bill.
The Alexandra Democrat says that james
Ell. Cosgrove, who years ago edited the NAT
chitOches Vindicator with such force and abl-
ity, 10 to verJ shortly enter again the journal
istic arena.
Now that William Pitt Kellogg and 2. B. 5.
Piuchback have been elected delegates to the
Republican National Convention from Louis
lana, it looks as if the leading lights OF the
party were in no Immediate danger OF beng
snuffed out entirely.-Boston Herald, ina.
SomCof the Louisianians in Congress nave
had bad luck lately. Senator Gibson mas
been quite sick, Representative Newtons
family, who are in Washington, have had the
measles, and Representative Gay Shipped Oh
the ice and broke his left arm few days ago.
N. o. City Item: Shreveport is putting in
exceptionally strong claims for the third agfl'
cultural experimental station that IL Is pro-
posed to establish in Louisiana. The others
being located at Kenner aud Baton Rouge,
geographically, Shreveport would seem II very
proper selection.
The colored delegates to the Republican
Convention in Louisiana Outnumbered the
white brethren nine to One and yet the Latter
managed to capture six-sevenths OF the poiit-
ical honors. There seems to be room Tor sus-
pIcion here that the black vote was suppress
ed when it came to dividing up the turkey
and the buzzard.-Boston Herald, Ind
Gretna Courier: Let not the enemy be pn-
| derrated, and no fear of the final result need
be entertained. With a free ballot and ta'r
count and slots" of colored Democr attic voters
| all through the State, the Democracy fears
not the outcome. Remember, the stakes TO
| be played for now are continuance ot WISE
| Democratic administration, peace ana qulet
o., ,ane hand, or q return to Republican mis-
/ fuie, extravaganza and ruin on the other.
| Abbevile Meridional: Mr.. John j. Han
nan, of New Orleans, who finished the State
house building, erected the court house at
| Opelousas, and is now engaged in building the
! Crowley court house, was in our town TINS
week looking after the contract to build
| court house for Vermillion parish. Mr. Han
nan is builder pf many years experience,
! having built thilteen court houses III this
State besides wo K he has done in other States,
and has in every distance given entire satls-
faction.
The report of the Louisiana Department of
| Agriculture shows that the year just closed
has been mostly prosperous one to the agrl-
4 culturists of the STATE The cotton crop Tor
| the wear 1887 is slightly above the crop OF the
! preyious year, while the prices have been bet
| ter The corn crop is the largest raised i'll the
state for years. The yield Of sugar. sweet po-
tatoes is far iu excess Of the crop of 1886. The
| Irish potato crop is about the same, aud the
rice crop is somewhat below the average yield
The Catholic News states that for the first
time, uniform observance OF the Lenteh fe-
gulations will prevail in the Satholic dioeeses
/ of America, and publishes the bill OF fare. The
i diet is restricted to flesh meats, eggs, white
meats, bread, coffee, tea, chocolate, or some
similar drink. Flesh meats and t1sh together
at the same meal is forbidden. Fat may be
used In preparing the lawful victuals. Tue
tine for making the Easter c0mtnunio ion ri aex-
tends from the first Sunday in Lent nnti 1ri-
nifty Sunday, inclusive.
4 Minden Monitor: Who advocates the divine
right to bolt nominations What change
has come over the spirit of the dreams OF some
of the ant-administration organs! It's true
Democracy now to stick to the nominees. Yes,
brethren, we will teach you what true Demo
craey is and we trust that You will proht by
the example in the glorious future. Our par
" has spoken. Her fat has gone forth. We
willingly obey her command, aud will use ai
our efforts to place her champion In tne posi-
tion to which he has been called. ses, We
will even say that he is the smaimed hero ol
Charlottesville. Now, what lack we yet tf
become complete refornf5r?
Tensas Gazette: The action of the Republi
can convention last Wednesday in nominal
!, ,, ing H. C. Warmoth as the candidate OF tina
party for Governor. seals their fate in thu
State. Il is true that there would have bee.
no earthly chance for any candidate the.
: might have named, but Henry Clay Warmobl
: is the personifcation of all that is distastefu
, and Objectionable TO the Democracy OF Louisl
ana, and his nomination was the only thing
needful to perfect the solidity of the Demo
cratic ranks. On the 18th of April the Repuh
lean ticket will be consigned to that con.ll
3 tion of ssinnocuous desuetude which ha
characterized that party in this State sine
1876. However capacious may be the Demo
{ cratic stomach there is no room III 1t Tor w al
! moth.
Thibodaux Sentinel: There is no disunio
in the Democratic phalanx. Whatever Las
glimmering vestige of dissatisfaction misn
, have sllmbered in Democratic hearts WI
! vanish like the smoke of snuffed taper be
fore tue unpleasant memories recalled by eh
!, nomination If ex-Gov. H. G. Warmoth as u,
I standard bearer of the Republican cohorts
The Democrats of Louisiana are not yet pr
pared to turn over the reins OF governmen
s TO WarmotIl and his followers. They lray
: put forth strong ticket before the peopl
Q aud they mean to SEQ to it that it is triumph
antly elected next April. The bitterness {
! their late campaign win soon be forgotten
= aud they will present united front to tll
: common enemy They will stand shoulder
2 shoulder iii the breach and once moro crus
g those who are scheming to compass the r
turn of the days of spoliation, and corruptio
$ and oppression of the people" the good ol
! days oil Radical times, as tersely put by thes
= schemers themselves.
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