The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-08
Htezas of Interest.

/ A one arm man and a small boy in Calcasieu
parish raised eropof rice that sold for $500
The cornerstone of the new courthouse at
Lake Charles was laid last week with appro.
priate ceremonies
A large Catholic Church and several new
isstores and residences are under contract and
will soon be built at Cade Station.
The Caffery central sugar refinery began
Operations last week and the vast machinery
worked smoothly and satisfactorily III every
respect
New iberia Democrat: We learn that the
FqGestiOn OF creating new parish with joan
eiettes as the parish scat ia being agitated in
our sister t5Wn.
/ A $3.50 900 fire occurred in Mobile on the
26 ult. Three cotton congresses aud $3.50 bales
of cotton were destroyed and a space of three
by seven squares was entirely burnt over.
Paper and pulp making stands thirteenth
| among the sixty three industries of Wisconsin,
aud new plants to file value of $243,775 were
erected last year.
George M Pallmaal. of Pullman palace car
fame, will build 81 900 900 hotel in Chicago
and hayo it completed In time for tho worlds
/ far
Mr. Gladstone, although q very rich man, is
not fond Of extrayasant expenditure Both
he and Mrs, Gladstone are economical almost.
to penurlonsness IN nnrsonal matters
+ The work on Morganza levee has been re-
tardea to some extent by water accumulated
in the muck bitches, but these have been
drained and work Is again progressing satise
faetorily
Donaldsonyille Chief The Southern Pacific
railroad is building an extension from FHiho-
daux eight miles further up Bayou Lafourehe
| to Labadieyille. where the f.afonrehe sugar re-.
fhery has lately been completed.
| THIBoDAUx. La. December ed, 1889.
cannot but cheerfiliiy recommend the use
of Gouauxs Asthnatic Remedies having had
many opportunities of witnessing their salu-
tary effects. ii. DANsEREAut Ill. D.1l
Baton Rouge Advocate, Nov. 2 Another
ship load, OF Italian immigrants has been land,
ed in New Orleans, making Il total of nearly
two thousand of these people brought to this
State within ten days. 1t is stated that all,
or nearly all of them, have been sent to plan.
tations in the alluyial parishes. where they
will be employed in agricultural labor
NO. Picsyune, Nov. Louisiana will once
| more send to Congress asoiid Democratic del.
egation General Meyer has swept the First
District aud Mr.. Lagan has carried the Sec
ond by an overwhelming majority. Price is
reelected in the Third Blanchard in the
Fourth, Boatner ii the Fifth and Robertson
| in the Sixth
New Iberia Democrat Rev. Father Jouan
of Washington, La, has been appointed the
rector of ST. Peters church here by the Bishop.
He was the successor of the late Rev. G. Jac-
quet at Washington, and will be his successor
here. He has faithfully miniRtered to the peo
pie of Washington for twelve years, and takes
| charge here on spext Wednesday. He is high
| ~ recommended
| ARsAuDvILLE, la, June 18th, 1890, :
Mr.. f. Gonanx, Haalna, La,
Dear Sir: For many years my wife is suffer
| inp from that dreadful disease, Asthma, and
nf, I hn sszjt mn
! proved to ralieve her | tried your remedy,
| and tho frat 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.
YoHrs truIg. b. REseERoN.
A telegram dated jackson, Miss, Nov. 9,
saws: The pew State Constitution was signed
last night by the members of the convention,
the body convening at 8 p. m. for that purpose.
Yesterday afternoon, when the motion was
mt npon tho adoption OF the constitution as
8 whole, only nine members voted against it,
| The new constitution goes into effect without
| being ratified by the franchise of the people.
Baton Rouge Advocate; A cotton picking
machine, probably tho same that has been
tested IN the fields of Texas, was on eghibi
! tion at the New Orleans Cotton Exchange a
| few days ago and attracted much. attention. "A
sample of cotton picked by tho machine was
also shown, and it was stated that in q trial
near Memphis the machine picked Il bale of
/ cotton In two hours The exhibitor ought TO
/ keep his machine In the South a few weeks
| longer and try its capacity in field of cotton
after the frost has killed the leaves and OPEN
! ed all the matured bolls. s@s
/ Pointe Eoupee De,aocrat: The low price of
cotton seed may intimately prove blessing to
the planter. This low price may eanse him
| to believe that it is more profitable TO Apply
/ ii to his laud as a fertilizer than to sell ut
present prices to the oil mills. Indeed. it il a
home manure upon which no freight or com.
missions. are paid and If applied TO the laud
will bring Il retnrn Of ton fold. We knew.
planters who make large crops every year
without failure, p aBters who say that it is
necessary TO restore some of the same ehemi-
cal elements to the land cultivated in cotton
that you take from it if you fail TO do this,
exhaustion will impoverish your cotton fields.
This is rational aud must strike every man
who gives the subject q moment's thought
We commend this subject to all those who
cultivate cotton and ask them to look to the
preservation OF the fertility of their lands.