The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-08-30

The commander al tse Grand Army of the
Republic says the ranks Of that organization
arc swiftly growing thinner while the
pfopertioAs Of II alensspn list arc increasing
daily. We would like TO know Why this is
thusly.
During The year Of 1890 there will sbe paid
out to Northern soldiers and dependents the
enormous sum Of $l90, 900 600 being "a to
every man, woman and child III the 40, 900 600
Of people in the Northern States, or $23 to
each Of the 8000,9e0 families in those States.
These facts are commended to sur
Anti friends who parade with great
gusto the slanderons and abusive arti-5
clea clipped from Northern journals con-.
ceriing our people and their State Lot.
terry Louisiana and the South arc
forced to pay their foil share for these
pensions, bnt tleTlo not get even the
promise of drawing u fair proportion Of.
tho prizes they nearly all go TO The
North. Yet these highly viitaons jour
mails which our friends are fnna nfq quot
ifsg never have i word 70 say III con
dsmnaiisn uf this gigantic system Of
slasreEaeesl robbery, witilr Trey never
tise slcnsuneing tIfis faiify centlnct9d
SSnihesf.s inAtifntian Nliirli meme aSe
fSeesl Ia fyitfoilizc which distributes
its pajzes with inpafiiality, bnt which
and ,illereis where the sIiee Isiiielibs
derives 93 per cents ef lis aavenaes
outside tile State, and principally IN
the North, East and West The same
may be said with greater fetee Of the
existing tariff 81 stem for, Us tire N %.
States remarked the other day, where
lie lottery fakes from thepeopie lhous-
per rent Of its ale ssssl ashinl amongst
its Victims, slles NfaseefTS arobber'
seileane, silich most ofailtrsa journals
snppnit, ssfiiclsrssf,nlns tile people mil
Inns upon millions fssssIls ssallieiimelt
If d l.sN thousand npeteetesl spiuta,crats,
nei rsin cent af Nllichsis ven returned /
III amy tangible shape festle plnlaaeied
ssilers oftlie lis4lsl. Y
The following sy llallni cases decided
Is tile Supfef1e Court IL its late ses-
sion here, will prove IF interest 20 many
sefsonf renders
No. 1883. Mrs III Dupt4 IS, Board
81 Police, Opelousas, In, et A tax
payer nllo petitions fesl tIle passage of
81, or.linance legying 81 special tax; !;
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VIII, has 50 acted in advancement Of his
own interests, and wlio has secured ad-
vantage from fha passage of the ordi-
nance, tipon which other parties hive
acted, is estoppei1 from setting UP tIle
illegality Of tie tax asa defense against
her paying It. Judgment reversed.
No. 1857 Lonis Desmarais vs.. Board
liz Police, Opelousas, RI, et ali On
proper showing IN appellant viii be al
lowed to perfect 4 transcript Of appeal.
even after the argument Of The case
las been gone into. The case presents
the same issues as those determined IN
4I Al. 6sl7. Motion totIisnliss orerrnled,
and uslgniellt rev ersea with Judgment
in favor of defendant
Jos 1855 Laurent DnpT6 IS. Board
sa Police of Opelousas. In Fl; Il. The
case presents tic lssae issues as those
sleterInineds In II w., COZ Motion 70
DISMISS orexfaslal and judgment reverr
sea with tile Judgment u favor Of de-
fendant:
9n atid after september Ists atl boys under
1 ig years Of age eaugh III slAuking cigarettes 81
slsiup t0baeco III any ether form ID public 10
tn city of New FORK wii be arrested
peace has been declased between Guats
naala and Salvador