The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-02-15
HtenlS Of Interest.

Rome on the Sth inst.
1t is estimated that the central sugar facto-
ry near Franklin will cost $500, 900.
Colonel |. w. Patton, a prominent citizen
of New Orleans and tax collector for the
Fourth district of the parish of Orleans, died
on the 9th inst
Miss Bisland's time around the world was
IS days, hours and as minutes. Miss Nellie
Bly's time was y days, hours and IL min
utes.
Veni, Vidi. Wei! This is true of Halls
Hair Remover, for it is the great conqueror
of gray or faded hair, making it look the same
even color of youth.
Ex-congressman Joseph II. Acklen has re-
Gently married, and will reside in New York.
The bride, Miss Jennie Tillotson, Kansas City,
is worth $685.
The West Virginia gubernatorial contest
has ended at last. The senate who sat as a
high court decided in favor of Fleming, the
/ Democrat, and against Goff, Republican
/ hoe handle factory has been established
recently at Shreveport and is doing thriving
! business They make a superior handle and
their goods are coming rapidly into demand.
! Immigrants and returning voyagers find in
Ayers Sarsapriila cure for eruptons. boils,
| pimples, eczema, etc, whether resulting from
| sea-diet and life on ship board, or from any
other cause. Its value a tonic and salterna
| tive medicine cannot be overestimated.
Members of President Harrison's cabinet
have been extremely unfortunate Within
| two weeks Secretary Blaine has lost son and
daughter, and Secretary Tracy his wife and
daughter
FARMERyiLLE, LA, May, 1887
Having severe attack of Flux some two
years ago, applied to DR. Tichenor, of Baton
Rouge, for treatment. He gave me his cele-
brated Antiseptic, and in a few days was re-
lieyed and cured. JAMES RABUN.
The late Adam Forepaugh, the great show
| man, never smoked, chewed or drank In
stead of investing his money in these expen-
slve occupations, he put it into real estate,
and when he died he owned zoo houses in
Brooklyn and 100 in Philadelphia:
REDwINE, jackson parish La, }
..-.. December |, 1886.
Z. III. Sherrouse, Ag't.-I can say for DR..
Tichenors Antiseptic that it is a sure cure for
fistuIo on horses and mules. l have tested it
on bad case, and effected cure in a re-
markably short time
Resp'y-, O. IT. SPENCER.
Alexand1lS Democrat: building associa
tion has ret19tly been started at becompte,
with Mr. John A. Stevens, as president, and
j. j. Scott, secretary and treasurer. One
hundred and fifty shares. representing $780,
900, have already been taken.
Baton Rouge Truth The total number of
convicts entered at the penitentiary since its
reorganization, February 18th, 1866, to De-
eember 3lst, 1882 was 9073. The number on
hand Dec. 81, 1889, was as follows: white
males. 100; white females, |; colored males
725; colored females 30; total S76
A gentleman i'll Union county, NO, who is
| too modest man to have his name mention
ell IN the newspapers, was cured of rheuma-
tism by Chamberlain's Pain Balm, after try
ing other medicines and treatments for thr-
teen years. SO cent bottles for sale by j. Las
sale and all merchants.
Lake Charles Echo: The Iberia Electric
Light Company uses the Edison incandeseent
lights The street lights furnished at $l.90
each per month are the incandescent lights,
and New Iberia gets forty lights for $3.50 per
year.
HOMER, La, june 3, 1887
Mr.. Editor-My buggy mare, Nellie was
very sick with coic yesterday evening when
my Ruston friend, Mr.. Sherrouse, called to
see me He Immediately gave her dose of
DR.. TiGhenor's Antiseptic which seemed to
Civ j. def in few minutes; and n second
dose, about 20 minutes later, entirely cured
her. | wish to say this to your readers in
justice to the medicine and for the benefit of
Others. Respectfully, L. b. WHITE.
The Alexandria Town Talk states that Sen
Senator Gibson has asked the promotion of
u. S. Naval Cadet Leroy A. Stafford. of Ra-
pdes, for gallant conduct during the great
storm at Apa Stafford is with the U. s. man.
ofwar Adams. He is son of the gallant
Gen. Stafford, who fell at tly| head of his Lou
isiana Brigade, at the batAQe of the Wi3Sler-
ness. ier ~
A Coon RrooRD.-"I Gtfv We seo,aaakgslamber. lake
ans Cough Remedy :lS silWated rs, says drug
gist f. b. Legg, of VI Jaa,n,. s,s9 Il and have al
ways wasssnted s. e.e pam, naaa had bottle re-
turned i, ,ssn shs ss's Dssp sss 5svs sold
faction isaIe IrpnTnstance." 1t does not dry
up a top but loosens and relieves it. 1t
VII ts severe cold in less time than any
i1f treatment. so cent and 81 bottles for
,otle by J, Lassalie and all merchants.
Morgan City Review: The Mississippi river
is at food stage all the way down from Cairo,
but it is falling aoove Helena, Ark. Phe lev
ees are reported good, but it will require con
stant watchfuness on them for the next two
weeks. We notice drift wood in the bay here,
and the swamps viii soon be filled. If the
legees hold we are all right If they give way
We may expect an overflow but nothing like
'S2
The senior proprietor of this paper has been
subject TO frequent colds for some years,
which were sure to lay him up if not doctor
ed at once. lie finds that Chamberlain's Is |
Cough Remedy is reliable. 1t opens the Sc
cretons, reliever-ahe lungs and restores the |
system to a healthy esqndition If freely used
as soon as TIN cold hals been contracted, and
before it haSsesscnmee Attled in the system. it
greatly lessons EHe attack and often cures in
single day what would otherwise have been
a severe cold.-Northwestern Hotel Reporter,
Des Moines, Iowa so cent bottles for sale by
j. Lassalle and all merchants.
The police jury of Calcasieu parish award
ed the printing for the present year to a pa-
per published In remote portion of the par
ish from the parish site. One of the Jurors
gave as his reason for doing so that he was
a subscriber OF the paper selected to do the |
printing, but not a subscriber to either of the |
Lake Charles papers; and that he voted for
the paper he was taking because he did not
want to have to take another paper to get the /
official proceedings. The logic of such reas- /
oning is unanswerable.-Rus Caligraph
Crowley Signal: Last Saturday evening
qnite large party arrived from Dalton CITY +
ILL.,. who will settle on lands bought last fall t
in Prairie Hayes. The party consists of John +
Roller, VIM. Mattel, Wilber Gibson M Mar I
shall and JOS. Roller, each with their fami- I
lies. and Thomas and Chas. Freeland. AIon- /
20 Shelton is on the road with stock There |
are twenty-five in the party. We understand /
that this is only the g advance guard of /
those who expect to come later.
The cars of stock, etc.. belonging to the +
party from Dalton City, ILL.,, arrived on /
Thursday. There were five cars, and had on I
board % head of fine large mules, splendid
mare and lot of blooded hogs, chickens, etc.. I
threshing machine and traction engine, wa
gons, plows and furniture, in fact they have I
complete outfit of everything necessary for /
commencing farming.
Protect YOur H4uamgs.
Winter is harder on the lungs than on any I
other part of the body. Ets chilling breath
comes dangerously close TO their warm and /