The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-20
oPELoUsAs, PARISH SEPTEMBER TO- 1890
Hte1lls of Interest.

Clerks of registration, except in New
Orleans, are entitled to three dollars day
for their services, which shall not exceed
thirty days.
Bob Burdette says: 'tGod wasted mud
when he made O man mean enough to return
bis paper marked refused after taking it
three or four years without paying for it,
THIRoDAUx, LA, December 22d, 1889.
/ cannot but cheerfully recommend the use
of Gouaux's Asthmatic Remedies, having had
many opportunities of witnessing their salu
tary effects. I'll. DANsEREAU, nj. ID.
Louisiana Democrat, Sept 17th: Work on
the Houston, Central Arkansas Il Northern
Railroad has commenced here on this end
About 800 men and $50 teams started in on
Monday, near the upper Falls, whore, in all
likelihood, the bridge crossing the river is to
be located.
Pointe G0upee Democrat: The members of
the American Legion of Honor of this place,
are about to contract for the erection of a
large and commodius hall, which will be used
in the interest of the organization. and also
as Town Hall for the benefit of the public.
A country editor in New York tunes his
Tyre and bursts into song with the following
result. 'sOh the clothes press is a swell af-
fair for garments nice and neat; the hay press
is a grand machine and does its work COM
plete; the cider press is lovely with its juices
red and sweet; but the printing press con-
trolls the world and gets there with both
feet r
ARNAUDvILLE, La, June 18th, 1890.
Mr.. F. Go..aux, Honma. La.
Dear Sir: For'inany years my wife is scc::iioF-
ing from that dreadful disease, Asthma, and
although have called on many doctors none
proved to relieve her l tried your remedy,
and the first dose she took she rested all
night. She could not live without this pre-
cious powder and mixture. This is the best
certificate that you can wish.
Yours trniy, j. b. RERGERoN.
NJ O. Picayune: We believe that the move
ment towards centralizing the power of the
Federal Government is the greatest danger
that the American people have to meet, and
they should resist it at every cost. But there
pass the lottery bill. 1t is directly in the
line of their policy of Capitalization, and
when hereafter the people shall cry out
against the outrages prepetrated by the Re
publican censorship of the mails, they will
have the poor eonsolotion of knowing that
the evil was fixed upon them by the willing
help of the Democrats of the Fifty first Con-
gress.
The lottery bill having passed both branches
of Congress- now goes to the President for his
sionatiIra. The question of its
constitntionality will doubtless be tested in
the Supreme Court but however that court
NAV decide the bill will not have the effect
The bill will prove thoroughly Intellectual ex
cept in injurng our mail service. 1t will not
seriously interfere with the business of the
Lottery Company, which has made arrange
ments to meet it and it will not affect, in the
slightest degree, the contest now going on IN
Louisiana over the lottery revenue PROPOSE
tion, which will be carried on until the day in
1899 when the people of Louisiana will decide
to accept the aid offered to their leyees,
schools, public institutions, drainage, etc.
m. @. Times Democrat,
s. N. o. City Item; Senator Hampton and
REPRESENTATIVE Shattuek, of Calcasieu, did
not receive much of a rebuke at the recent
parish conventions All along the Ants have
said much about retiring from public life those
members of the Legislature who voted for
lottery revenue. The Calcasleu parish con-
yention, which met on Thursday, was COM
posed OF seyenty-seven delegates. OF this
number only twenty-three were of the Anti
faith. Not only did the Pros have their way
| i'm selecting Congressional delegation, but
| as the parish executive committee was CON
! trolled By the Antis, reorganization was de-
/ cided upon and carried. Senator Hampton
| was one of the delgates selected to the con-
/ gressional convention, and Mr.. Shattuck WAS
selected to represent the country at large on
the executive committee. DIR. D, s. Perkins,
/ a pronounced Pro- was elected chairman OF
the committee. This is the kind of censure
lottery revenue has received in st. Mary, Iberia
and Galcasieu, three parishes that Nichols
carried against McEnery.
n. %. States: Tie people of the honrishing
1 little town of Alexandria are determined to
make it the second largest city in the State
and with that end in view they are now nego
tiating with the agent of the Thomson
i Houston Electric Light Company for the es
Itabiishment of plant to furnish lights fol
/ the streets and stores A number OF citizens
already aignified their willingness to patron
ize the new company, and there is good rea
j son to believe that if the city coancil of Alex
andria will grant the franchise the plant vii
J be IN operation in the next sixty days. 4
company has also been organized to erec'
i water works; the street car limo is now beint
i constructed, aud in the course of the mex
two years, when the five railroads now build
ling are completed, Alexandria will be one Q
i The most attractive little cities in tho South
8 and the distributing point for the trade o
i middle Louisiana. The town by the eonstruc
i ton of railways has been infused with new
i life. and It's citizens are jnbilant over tb
4 prosperity they are soon to enjoy.
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