The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-20
Vol. XX.XVU.

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0psIonsas (ou,itr.
0iiciaI Journal oi the Parish oi ST. Landry.
PUBLISHED on SATURDAY ar
LEONCE & 4. a. SANDOZ
OPELOUsAs:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1890
Fresh Oysters At Vilaseca's
Mr.. Phillip Knight, superintendent
of the Courtableau River Mills, was in
town Thursday.
Mayor Flynn, Of Washington. was
here Thursday, as delegate to the
parish convention.
The public schoolsin Rapides opened
On last Monday. Ours will open to-
wards the end of next month.
Rev. Mr.. Noise, of Washington,
preached nseloquent sermon In English
at the Catholic Church here last Sum
day.
A meeting of our School Board will
be held on Saturday, Oct 4th. Teach.
ers and others interested are referred
to the notice published elsewhere.
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The Town Council met in Wednes-
day night and adopted an ordinance
prohibiting under severe penalties the
playing of the game known as craps
within our corporate limits.
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Will not the Town Council have the
Public cemetery fence repaired, or vii
not somebody start subscription list
and have the matter attended to- Its con
litien is q aTeproach to the community.
The CoURIER is indebted to Hon. B
Z. Gibson for the annual report of the
Secretary of Agriculture for 1889
Aleo, for his speech on the revenue bill
delivered in the q. s. Senate on the
I'd inst.
Two of the prisoners confined in oul
parish, iail made their escape last Sat.
uri1ay night By removing enough bricks
from the wall under one of the windows
to admit of their squeezing through
Their names are Hazard Cochran and
-- Gnillory. The latter was recap
tnred q few days ago.
when the committee appointed hJ
the convention Thursday to attend e
having their proceedings published y
the OpeIousas papers reported thas m flt
publishers required pay for the service
d subscription was at once raised among
Tho Delegates to pay for having thf
work done elsewhere. Comment ls IN
necessary
F1x YoUR SIDEWALKS. Mayor Cha,
eher6 gives notice, in another colnmn
that aIl sidewalks within the corporate
limits OF Opelonsas, that are not II
good condition twenty days from thu
date. will be put Id good order by tlit
town authorities at the expense Of ths
owners 0f property on which SAID slae
walks are situated.
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ssoo,s ~ ssssssI, : ssantea # viii re-
a;ga anssasIg = ar, - over fire,
t;,,,ae a. :. s. ,,neh We eonla then rul
~; ,,;,S sss.s 5.s sg1 school al sI,onsea In Is year
e Tas,slvg sya,,ld receive over @27I .0Ol
for s ;s..sssI Is soIoaIs and school houses.
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Rev. ". q, Miles, Of New Orleans,
lenrned and eloquent Catholic clergy
man, died suddenly last Saturday 81
Was 4 native Of Jackaon, Miss, and ;
S son Of GEN. Miles, of the G. s. A., whs
commanded Miles Legion at Port Hnd
con when that place capituIased. HI
at one time filed The chair Of rhetori'
st Grand Gotean. and at the time of ali
as''sA 9 s =. z s Z, : 49, = g
TIE d. Delta stated some TIM
ago Is ~ article attempting TO sllog
IlssS "a T.an;siaI.a 4. did not need the reve
f,ss & a. IL derived from lottery licen
se. fiat the rate of taxation in st. Ian
iIrv WAS onIv aiuIIt mills. The rate, a
a swaIl known. IS Is mills-I0 for tn
81 ss1- - 3 q 80 5xl,< sAako The DaIf