The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-04-20
General Notes.

Keeu s 1tcl ointment tHe oeSL.
The population of Louisiana is abont
l,000,000.
Louisiana pays something like $4s2,
492 annual interest on its debt.
The total assessment of Louisiana
will be about $206 100000
/ na,ham's hand made Cisterns aie The
bes,. Sold by E. II. Vordenbaumen.
.,uist's Selected Stock of Planting Po
tatoes and Vegetable Seeds at Dietlein's.
r" The firemen of Alexandria are max
ing arrangements for grand railroad
! excursion to Dallas, Tex.
Rev. Father Forges of Lafayette has
! beautiful flower garden, and the Adj
/ vertiser is authority for the statement
! that he has 1000 different varieties of
! roses.
( A special election was held on the 9th
inst. in the first drainage district of AS
cension parish to levy Il tax of fifteen
mills for drainage purposes and the
vote was unanimous in favor of it.
/ The Georgia Farmers Alliance, re-
presenting 100000 farmers, resolved
| last week that every bale of cotton
raised by Alliance men should be mar
keted in cotton instead of jute bagging.
When person tells you they never
had such cold in their life take their
word for it and advise them to nse
ChamtEslain's Cough Remedy and cure
it. For coughs, colds and hoarseness it
has no eqnal. Sold by F. E, Bailey.
New Iberia Enterprise: Mass will be
celebrated on next Sunday in the new
Catholic church, and his many friends
will be pleased to know that Rev. Fa-
ther Parmentier has sufficiently recov
cred from his injuries to officiate at
early mass.
President Harrison has requested that
April 3Oth be celebrated as the one hun
dredtl anniversary of the Inauguration
of President Washington, and that the
people give thanks to Him from whom
all blessings flow for the manifold bless
ings enjoyed during the century.
Iberyille South: This parish has ap-
propriated three hundred dollars for the
Soldiers Home The appeal for help
has been sent to every parish III tue
State and should meet with hearty
and prompt response. In this way only
can the Home be supported for the next
wear. When the Legislature meets in
1890 it is to be hoped that our solons
will be more mindful of the claims oi
the poor soldiers.
Germany is going to try to muzzle
the press. France has already passed
a law for that purpose, and the United
States Senate gives it out that the ed
itor of newspaper that presumes to
criticise the acts of the members of that
body will be punished in one way OF
another. And yet, we Will wager thai
n free and untrammelIed press will sur
vive all these petty assaults, and trl,
!, amph ove' i'benemies, ,-Rabton Herald
M,,pra- Telegraph: The commence
ment exercises of the State Norma
School at Natclitoches will take place
nm the 18th. Goth and, Both insts. Th'
State Teachers Institutes, conducted
: Inv the faculty of the State Norma
+ School. will be held as follows, cOntinn
: ing one week at each place: Alexandra
: Monday, May ID; Opelousas, Mopday
: MAY 90; Homer, Monday, May q
Delhi, Monday, June 3. 1t is propose'
to hold other Institutes in the fall a
l. uoints to be hereafter selected.
: Monroe Bulletin The New Orlean
y City Item, the newsiest and spicies
t newspaper Yablished in the State, an
e which has knack of catching on I
!, every good item a1oat and publishi1
s it 1rst, gives the following politics
: poipter from an experienced observer
= "ln my position | meet people trol
!. all pa,ts of the State who talk frankl
i and freely with me, and | am amaze
: ut the reyulsion of sentiment that ha
o swept over the popular mind in regar
II to Coy. Sam. McEaery, Ii that gentle
's man keeps his health and he desire
: that sort of a yindication, nothing ca
. beat him from becoming the Governf
! of Innisiana next term. Who will /
4 4 the Governor sfonld McEnery decllr
1t to leave the bench to run for it WI,
j. State Auditor O. B. Steele. That
lie dead sure. Its dollars to doughnuts
1t Commenting on the above, the We
NJ Baton Rouge Sugar Planter says:
T. There can be no question but th'
! " Observer " is correet-so far, at leas
70 : a. his views in regard to Judge McEl
"a "a cry are concerned. Thousands of pe'
at ple in this State are to-day firmly COZ
ie yinced that in contest now or tv
Of years hence between Judge McEnel
ce and Gov. Nichols, the former won
~ have a perfect walk-over. So much f
?. ?, the possibilities of the case. AS a ma
- "a ter Of fact, however, it is qaestionab
a whether Judge McEuery would aband'
ID his present exalted position and comp
Sc tenee for the ephemeral honor OF
-. vindication' and the beggarly pi
d. tance doled out to the Chief Execnti
9. of this great State. Samuel Dougl
's' McEnery needs no vindication. Tin
which makes all errors apparent, b
tl,vindicated him as no nomination ev
{could. AS for Hon. o. B. Steele, he b
made an excellent Auditor, but - We
H. .troncar thin GA have hanDoDed,