The Opelousas courier., 1889-03-30
HdeHms of HRa aerests

In 1880 there were only PSI daily newspa-
pers III the country, while on January |, 1889,
the number had increased to 1883.
His Grace Archbishop Janssens visited Bn-
ION Rouge recently and administered the rite
of confirmation Ia ninety girls and fnrty'hVe
boys.
Rev Father j. b. LeSaicherre, pastor OF the
st. Elizabeth Catholic Church at Paincourt-
vile, Assumption parish, La, died suddenly
on Friday the 18th inst.
Donaldsonville has had an ice factory for
more than three years aud the concern re
Gently entered upon its fourth seasons opets
lions ander the most favorAbls auspices.
hundred and twenty families, from the
eastern States of the South, have settled in
Bienville and Winn parishes within the past
three or four weeks
By spraying the regions Of the external ear
with ether, Drs. Henoaue and Fridel OF Paris,
render the dental nerves insensible, and ex-
tract teeth without pain or general an4sthe-
sia.
A single gold dollar can be made into a
sheet that will carpet a space thirty feet
square, and it requires l4O0 thlcknesses OF
gold leaf to equal a sheet of tissue paper-Ex.
King Alexander of Seryia is thirtseen.
BE heiress of King William OF the Neither
erlands is nine. King Alfonso of Spain is al
most three.
The N. o. City Item says it only costs IS 70
per running foot to pave street thirty ieet
wide with that splendid material, Rosetta
concrete g5Bavel.
The report of the administrators ofthe New
Orleans Charity Hospital shows grand aggre-
oates for all the years of its existence: ad-
missions, 437 SIC discharges, 364, ,9l2; deaths,
b4,l9l.
The new American navy, when completed
will consist of % vessels, ranging from the
armored cruiser Maine, carrying 44i men,
down to a first-class torpedo boat, otncers
and 18 men. There will be o,1s6 men on on
hoard the % vessels-500 officers and 5,2s6
sailors and marines.
The ST. James Courier urges the police jul
ries of the various parishes to appoint dele
gates of experience to State Convention TO
discuss the condition of the public roads ana
to frame project of q law looking to rem
edy of the evil, to be submitted to the next
Legislature.
Senator Hampton is quoted as saying tnas
he wants to see Cuba annexed. senator
Hamptou's reasons are not cited as ldensleal
with those of Secretary Blaine, who wanted
to control Cuba to stamp out yellow feTet.
The South Carolinan believes Cuba would be
a good place to colonize some OF our. negroes
Farmerville Gazette: If we would build up
our town and community we must loster anu
maintain good educational facilities. IL IL
UIT.ess to waste time in showing that schools
are essential to the prosperity and growth OF
anv section, This is we'll settled fast which
no one will deny.
IL is proposed to have the takers of the
pext census make acheduie of the surviving
ex. Confederate soldiers. The idea has Deen
yery we'll received, and will be considered at
| the next meeting of the Senate committee on
the census. The bill already passed by the
House provides for's similar schedule at un'
ion soldiers. :
Col R. Ell. Lindstet assessor of Shreveport
| is increasing the ash )ssments III Caddo PARISH
| and reports that he meets with no opposition
| to q reasonable increase. We believe it this
plan was generally adopted throughout The
| State it would be universally approved -Bt
ton Rouge Advocate.
From the edition Geo. P. Rowell & Coz
| american Newspaper Directory" published
April tits twenty-irst year,, it appears tina
| the newspapers and periodicals of all kinds
| issued in the United States and Canada now
number II ,l07 showing gain OF ~ during
| the last twelve months, aud of 1882 in tel
years.
Messrs. Hope & Co, OF Amsterdam. through
| their attorney, Henry Dennis, of New Or
leans, hare made a demand upon the Stat
| Treasurer for payment of bonds amounting Il
q little over $4,000 The holders VIII 9, en-
deayor to have these bonds funded in thu
State debt 1t will be remembered that tn
Constitutional convention of 1879 failed t
recognize these bonds as just debts due b
the State.
IF there is any member of Congress wa'
wants to keep up the mimicry OF aping Eng
lish aristocracy, let him do it at his individ
ual expense, and not be asking the people t
furnish him money to make fool OF himself
These are times which compel people VIII
live outside of Washington to retrench ant
economize. Let those who live at the nationa
capital adopt the same practiees.-St. Pan
Globe, Dem.
The Legislature of North Carolina has aas!
. ed a Law to pension the disabled ex.Confedel
ate soldiers of that State. g9 matter wher
they may now fsside. The pensions are are a.
, Of soldiers killed in action, or who died {
wounds or of disease contracted while in Sc
vice, will receive S25 annually. tax {
$l05, 600 per year is assessed to pay them, o.
ing four cents on the $l00 of valuation, an
fifteen cents poll tax on every citizen oy'
twenty.one years OF age.