St. Landry democrat., 1890-08-02
The Old Story, Prohibition Destroys
Business" Conclusively Disproven.

The IoUG State REGISTER, published at
Des MONIES. reports the result of the
special inquiry into the result of the Pro-
hibi5ion law as it'has affected the premises
formerly used as drinking saloons in that
city. In q two column report it gives par
ticulars of all such places traceable, with
the present uses to which they are put,
with the result that it is shown that OF
sixty saloon buildings only one is empty,
while all the rest are occupied by persons
carrying on other businesses Several are
hotels, in which, however, no drink Is
sold about dozen are restaurants, to
which the same Limitation is applied. and
among the remainder figure fruit, furni-
ture, hardware, confectionery, butcher,
bookseller. tailor, pruning, boot and shoe
and dry goods stores REAL estate and in
surance offices, BARRIERS shops, laundries
aud private houses OF the men who kept
the SALONS, list of sc persons is givenS
and of these the rep)rter disc versd that
Is nave left the City for good, 5 are dead, OF
Ii nothing could be- learned, aud the re-
naming 80 are still in the city, nearly all
OF them in some business, the best of them
worthy and prosperous citizens The
Register thinks thai these fact: answer the
arguments OF opponents Of prohibition
that the law has lett the saloon buildings
empty, ana driven men from the State, 10
the 10 S OF tie community.
A Year of Storms.
The year 1890, little more than half goae
bids fair to show up terrible record or
disaster from tornadoes and storms in the
Northwest and North. 1t must be- remem-
bered that the receut disas rous floods in
l., a
direct result of excessive rainfall in the
vale, s of the OHIO and Tennessee riversS
The death score from such sources 1or
the wear thus far has been figured up by
the Chicago Tribune as follows: Jan. IL,
II lives were lost by a cyclone in het-
lucky Feb %, IS by the flood at Prescott,
Arz March 81, 440 by the Louisville
cyclone April 6, 10 by foods in the South;
April 90, Is by cyclone in Arkansas;
June 5. Is by cyclone in Nebraska; June
10, 10 by cloud burst in Kentucky June
90, - by cyclone in Northern Limos
and to these now must De- added propao4y
200 more victims by the Minnesota cyclone.
The TO, al list OF deaths BY cyclones, i'Bh'-
ming and wind storms alone since Jan
will figure up over 100, as compared WIN
only 1853 deaths by the same cause al last
year -Ppayune
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main.