The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-02-23


plant vegetables aud get up petitions for of
flee.
Morgan City Review: The ball Marai-G G ras
night Of the American Legion ut Honor prom
ises TO be grand.
ST. Martinsviie Messenger: Our city Fa.
Tiers are putting our streets in repair and are
taking steps to build sidewalks in st. Mar
tinsyille.
Twenty bodies have been taken from the
ruins ef the Park Central Hotel at Hartford
Conn. which was burned down ou the night
Of the 18th Inst.
At IL recent meeting of the Police Jury OF
East Baton Rouge, the sum of $500 was ap-
propriated to advertise the advantages of the
parish in the interest of immigration.
w. b. r. Sugar Planter 1t is strange fact
that the Republican majority in the next
House of Representatives is not as yet defn
itely known, but it will probably he between
four and seven
ST. Martinsvile Messenger: Every body
seems to realize the fact that st. Martinsville
is awakening from its long slumber and that
her people are going to make her what she
once was-ffe Parisof Louisiana.
SU Martinsvile Messenger: The Town
Council Of Jeannerette has purchased a car
load of sewer pipes for street eulVerts. in
place of wooden bridges. We believe this to
be wise idea, and should be initiated by our
counciimen.
At the end of President Cleveand's terra
the Democrats will have held the presidency
just fifty. two years, beginning with jefferson;
and at the end of Harrisons term in 1892 the
various parties opposed to the Democrats will
b-Ie had the presidency ffty-two years also
Exchange.
The Iowa colonists around Jennings are
giving the culture of Louisiana cane and soc-
ghum their undividedthought for the present.
E hum aud
will be planted this spring, and plaut for
making syrup will be built to work up the
crops.
w. B. r. Sugar Planter On last Tuesday
tue people Of Clinton unanimously voted in
favor of a 5-nili tax for ten years TO the Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad, which. corporation
promises in return to give them daily commu'
nication with New Orleans, and TO place it's
depot in the center of the town Of Clinton.
LAFAYETTE Advertiser At the sale Of town
lots in Mermentau, last Saturday, quite
| number of speculators were present More
than forty lots were sold at prices ranging
from S25 TO Sis, the aggregate sales amount
ing to $l,760. Mermentau will shortly devei-
op into q booming little town.
Always speak we'll for your town and coun-
| try, and do not oppose what you know will be
| OIL srest for the whole community because
you are not personally and directly interested,
Have no jealous feelings towards your neigh
Dor; do not think that if any enterprise is
started it is only for the benefit of the party
engaged in it; you will get your benefit from
| it, it not directly, indirectly.-Ex,
| Lake Charles American: In 1886. july 4,
| the prohibition law in Iowa went into opera
ton. Several months elapsed before 1t was
| applied in many ioeaiiles. It Is claimed that
| the number of eonyicte in the State peniten-
| tiary was 3i6, in 1886, In the following year
it had sunk to 2s6, ant I'm 1888 it had fallen to
| 227. Thus we see prohibition pays i'll Iowa:
| If it pays 10 one State. why will it not in all
| Let us be up and doing.
| Alexandria Democrat: Ide Fair for the
| benefit of the white Public Sehools OF Alexan.
dria. was q grand success, financially and
| otherwise, thanks to the indomitable energy
| of Mrs Netfie Calvit and her assistantsl. The
| amount cleared is oyer $500, which is suf6
cient to buy the necessary desks, benches,
| charts, maps, globes, etc. We are glad to
chronicle the success OF an affair OF this klnd
| for it shows the warm interest felta and taken
| by our people in a matter so Important.
/ Common politeness is very simple, very
| eaey, very cheap. 1t costs nothing i'll effort
| it is no tax upon either the physical or men
| tai powers it is always gratefully received
/ by polite people, and it gratites giver as vel
as receiver. Tt makes all within range of its
| influence happier and better. and 1t smooths
many of the rougher paths OF hse Many In
I
civi! for want of thoughtfulness, and they
sometimes give good reason for otense, OF fol
j the assumption that they are uncIvll, When
| thew do not mean to be guilty of such an OF
/ fenoe.
/ In it's last issue, che st. Martin Reyeille thus
! chronicles the demise OF QUE OF 81 Martins
/ yille's most worthy veterans
The painfnl tidings OF the death OF Mr.. r u
/ Burbank, at Battle Creek, Michigan, was re-
ceiyed d few days ago. Although of NorthaTI
1 the first to enlist in Capt. DeBlancs g company
/ subsequently, transferred to theocommand o.
| the old hero, Capt, Inlier, where he distin
quished himself for bravery. He was also j.
Che battle Of Elkhorn, where lie was badly
wounded After The war. returning to IN.
town of lis adoption, friend Burbank proved
| himself good citizen and al auncompromislnt
Democrat. Peace be to his ashes.
i NO. Times. Democrat; The Baton Rouge
Capital Item notices editorially the cure O
two we'll defined cases of ftyphoid fever by DR.
/ Il. H. Day of that city, by the use OF saioi
which it is said is composed ,'of about &C. pc
cent Of saiicylic acid aud 40 per cent OF pheno
or carbolie acid" In the first case he Wa
/ called seven days after the fever had devei
oped and prescribed five grains of salol. form
ing an emulsion and two and a half grains Q
4 dover's powders given every three hours, AM
also eight grains of anti-febrin every thre
hours until the fever was reduced. Thre
| days afterward the patient was discharged
The second case was treated only with salo
| with equally successful results. Dr. Day ha
written pamphlet describing the two case
and their treatments