The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-06
Ktenas Of Interest.

The third series Of the Lafayette Loan and
Building Association has just been opeued
The Cotton Palace, in New Orleans, has
closed and the building will be sold t" tue
highest bidder.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the renowned
authoress of Uncle Toms Cabin has almost
completely lost her mind.
The jute cotton bagging trust. which was
announced some time since broke up, comes
to the surface again more solid than ever.
The total Indian population Of the United
States in 1886 was 247 ,76l, aud the indians
had 2l2, ,466 square miles of territory reserved
for their use.
The last report Of the war department puts
try, obtainable for the emergency of war, at
8,02l Cos mon.
The present annual revenues OF Alaska are
$9,000,000, yet the Territory is practically un-
developed. Camel coal has been discovered
there in large quantities, and all the mineral
resources are said to be enormous.
Natchitoches Review: The competition
among the steamboatmen on Red River is re-
bounding to the benefit of the. farmers.
Freight rates are cheap and cotton seed ie
worth $40 per ton
State of Pennsylvania, whose shares represeut
Il cash value of $50 600 Illinois has over
800 building and loan associations with So"
10000 in active Investment.
There was great talk about high wages for
labor when the Republican party got into
power: but there is no prospect Of an in
crease except in the wages or Congress nen.
Philadelphia Record, Dsm.
The Albuquerque Democrat says. New
Mexico covers q yast lake, and as wells are
being sunk iu different parts Of the territory
this fact is being assured, A we'll sunk Bt
Gallup has penetrated body OF water sixty
feet in depth, and wherever a hole is sunk TO
the water it is found to exist io inexhaustl'
BILE quantities
All movements in aid of exContederates
should begin 10 the South, and we do not be.
lieve. if they were intelligeutly carried on,
that it would be necessary to extend the field
Of operations to any other section. There is
no Southern State where fund ample for the
care of all the old soldiers could not be raised.
Memphis Avalanche, Dem.
The negroes are not getting much under
this administrator They have been omitted
in the distribution Of the Offices, and M!q.
Harrison has just dismissed the c0lorad s+F.
wants at the White House and put white hep
iu their places. Culess the negro lives in the
South he is not an obfHct OF very deep sympa'
thetic interest to Northern Republicans
Chicago Herald, Dem.
New Iberia Enterprise: The Louisiana
State Press Association is called TO meet in
Thibodaux on the 18th of May, and the good
people of that proverbially hoapitable town
are preparing to give the fraternity royal
welcome. The Town Councilha appropriated
$3.50 as it's share to defray expenses and the
Police Jury has done as we'll, besides private
subscriptions.
The Pope's income for 1923 ameuLsed to
$2,520 900, of which 81 $50 900 came tron thu
st. Peters pence and $500, goo from ths inrsr-
est of moneys invested out Of Italy. The cut.
lay of the Vatican amounted to Sl,7OO,O00
This is a highly satisfactory balance sheet,
and it does not take nro account the sum ot
81 lac, 900 which his Holiness received in mo.
ney and presents during bis jubllee.
The New York Stan bf recsut date reoorda
the birth Of child in that city, entirely
without eyes, or even rudimentary indica.
tion for eyes. Besides this, it has no collar
bones and is deformed in the arms; yet, 9th.
erwise it is said to be stout, healthy child
This freak Of nature was born of strong
healthy mother and father, WHO have tour
other children perfect in development.
New York man has invented and patent
ed simple device for keeping oysters alive
and fresh. He says that the oyster opening
its SHE'LL and coming in contact with air, is
what causes it to die and spoil. The device is
only small wire run through the shell to
keep it from opening. The inventor claims
that In this way the bivalve will keep alive
and be nourished by it's own juices for 80 days
A syndicate has already bought the right fol-
the Pacific slope. What next!