The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-16
Items Of Interest.

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| cry Of the Electric Light company has arrived
AID will he placed in position Immediately.
| The bundsmen of the late Il. B. Peasants,
U. y Marsha, for The Eastern District OF Lou
isiarn are being sued for his deficit, $2i ,bhl,
| by the government.
| large bronze statue of StOnewail jackson.
which will cost about $50, 900, has been cen
| tracted for by the Jack Memorial Assncla-
| ti"n Of LIE: ngt"n. Va, n
| New Iberia Enterprise: Capt. j. N. Ph'ctr
is preparing to put up illusion battery on
| his Geuwlid plantation i'll st, Mary. Ihe
sugar mill on his Fairview place is being tax
III down. This progressive planter is also
adopting tile Drainage on his plantations
Senator Gibson has introduced a bill in the
Senate 10 authorize the Southern Bridge and
Railway Company of Lor siana to construct
| bridge over the Mississippi river above New
Orleans The bridge will be designed both
| for the passage of railway trains and general
traffic and will be toll bridge, tho charges to
be subject to the approval of the Secretary oi
War.
The pension ut for the United States costs
sS.s year within $3,000tp0 s much as The an
nnal cost of the standing Army OF Great BIZ
| tam, and within SIS, 5000, 900 much as the
enormous standing army of Germany. And
there will be NO halt in pi' ing it on SO long us
the sui plus hol6s out and pension agents can
| make fOrtr nes and demagogues gain votes by
money New York Word, Dem.
Every onterpr sing man in North Lorisiana
st s Id WI admit the necessity OF immlgia-
= l1iQn into or" copntry before we can become
as thoroughly prosp9 Jus rs other states are
| More people me&Es more labor; more iaoor
| means more money, and more money better
times and moro prosperity. Let us all help
| on the good capse of T'sratIon.-Ruston
| Cal graph
That s stating it in a nutshell' but it means
several other things IL means more people
to pay the taxes and an increase III values
witch N cessf, ly reduces the per cent OF tax
| alton More people means more and better
schools: more aud better schools mean more
/ intelIioeDt and better citizens, aad better
corrtrF i'm every respect. Then, let us lay
aside all petty and local jeaionsies and werk
for the geueral good of the country.-Bieh-
vile New Era.
In a recent interview ex-Gov Kellogg-our
own VIM. Pitt-spoke very freely about mat
te-s political in the South Among other
things he said that the South will remain solid
until the race question is SETTLED; ; that all ne
sroes are not iepub1icans that all the talk
about the Republican party having now OBJ
tanned a lease of power for twenty-five years
ii rot and that nothing but overconhdence
among the Southern Democrats accounts for
the election of the sixteen Republican Con
gressmen from the South.
W.B. r. Sugar Planter: Col. S. NJ. Robei t.
son, Congressmanelect from this District,
has filed his answer to DIR. w. I'll. Harrison, OF
East Baton Rouge, who is contesting his seat.
Col Robertson before going into the details
of the case, calls DIR. harrisUns attention TO
the fact that his netica of contest, uuder the
laws of Louisiana, ih filed too late. He then
denies, specially I'd generally, the charges
and allegations maze by the contestant. col.
Robertson's reply is forcible aud to the point
and is a well-written document.
DR.. w. C. Stubbs director of the State ex
Deriment station, is sOmGRhat OF a believer III
the cultivation of sorghum as an auxiliary u
| cane in the sugar region OF Louisiana. IN MS
bulletin No. l9 lie says There are vast tracts
of rich allnvial lands in the middle and north
, ern portion of the State which are too TAI
north for cane and which grow excellent crops
of sorghum. These lands are now in cotton
but it could be demonstrated that they copie
: grow sorghum protitabiy, central factories
I would spring up in every direction, and tbs
, crop would snppIsnt cotton ~ pert, II not en-
t.ta.y.
w. B. Il. Sugar Planter: An Englishmal
+ named Chas. Easton has purchased $500 acres
of swamp land In Natelltoches parish and ha
made application to enter 1900 more acres o
the same kind in Natchitoches and Winn pc
: ishes. 1t is passing strange that the timbe
: Industry of Louisiana, one of our creates
2 sources of wealth, was never developed by 10
r cal capitalists during all these years Ou
q nc ssle have paid little or no attention TO th
: wea til of timber in our sWamps, and the re
q sr't g that foreigners, taking advantage o
: our md iffet enc, IN the matter, have obtained
: control of the eater portion OF our t'mbe
. supply.
OF the progress of Baton Rouge the Advo
! cate says: The Mississippi Valley Railroad
u going to britd new depot, the electri" ligh
|. works are we'll rnder way the oil n'h5Wi
: be nut IN operation soon; the street raliWa
It is 81 assured fact of the nea1 futu e the WI
: terworks are i'ftsuccessful oDeration, and
:. tbous and other things are fes.;ng the spirit c
q progression without anv unhealthy Doom
e What this cit and paz:sh needs. now, Is
= let tlee outside world know what we have
u offer, and ut the end of another decade til
/ PARISH will have the th-ttiest set of planter
" and farmers in the State, and the Capital Cit
is 80, 600 inhabitants.
y The great want of this age is men men VIII
is are honest sound from center to eircumfe
l. enee true to the hearts core. Men who wi
D. condemn wrong n friend or foe, whose COZ
m sciences are as steady as the needle TO I'll
se pole. Men who will stand for the right if I'll
= heavens totter and the eerth reels Men WI
"a can tell the truth and look tue devil right
% the eve Mem that neither brag nor run. Me
III that peither flag nor finch. Men who ca
u have courage without shouting to it. Men
e. whom the en- rent of everlasting lite runs sti
deep and si-one. Men too large for section
bonds. Men wlo do not cry nor cause the
"a voices to be heard on tue streets. but vi
will not fa:l nor, be discouraged till judgme
It, be set in the earth Men who know the
~ message and tell it. Men who know the
he pieces and fill them. Men who mind tht
n own bust aess Men who will not lie. Nj
a. who are not teo law to work, nor too pro-
OF 70 ha ,,anr Man waa are y:lI:,e to eat VIII
Id tbev have IN ned. and wear what they ha
'e- pait for.--Ex.
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