The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-09
Items of Interest.
The official count of the population of N
Orleans nlaces the figures at 24l 700

The official count of the population of New
| Orleans places the figures at 24l 200.
Good public roads are worth good deal
more to the rural population than they cost
Women are now admitted as students in all
| the Italian universities, and womans school
! of journalism has been established in London.
| Farmers have to make more trips to do
| their hauling in bad roads than in good ones.
| The parish of Rapides, through its Police
| Jury has voted ten thousand dollars for its
public schools,
! To overcome the marks OF age, all who have
grey boards should use Buckipghams Dye for
| Whiskers, the best and cleanest dye made for
| coloring brown or black.
The ice combine has been broken in New
| Orleans, as q result of which the price of ice
has been materially reduced.
| Crowley Signal w C. Chevis, whose res
| ignation as Assessor of this. parish was an
nouneed several weeks ago, has, according to
pre-arranged programme, been re-appointed
| by the Governor. The rumor that such would
be the case is therefore confirmed, even if the
appointment should never be.
Ayers Hair Vigor is cleanly, agreeable,
beneficial, and safe. 1t is the most elegant
and the most economical of toilet prepara-
tions. BY its use ladies can produce an
abundant growth of hair, causing it to become
natural in color, lustre, and texture.
The act compelling railroads to provide
separate cars for the races does not take eff
feet until October 10th, 1890.
Donaldsonville Chief Naval cadets Le-
JENNIE and Stafford of Louisiana, who recently
passed their NAL examination at the Naval
Academy, have been assigned to duty as sec
ond Lieutenants i'll the Marine Corps. The
former is from Pointe Coup6e parish and the
latter from RapIdes
As general linimen Mt for sprains and brui-
ses or for rheumatism, lame back, deep seated
or muscular pains, Chamberlains Pain Balm
is unrivaled. For sale by j. Lasalle and all
merchants.
correspondent of an exchange says, if
your horse has lock. jaw take strong tobacco
and put it on each side of the jaws while they
are locked and if bad case, battle all over
the body, and your horse will be we'll and eat
ing in a few nours.
The New York Herald continues to insist
that the Democrats should nominate a
Southern man as their next candidate for the
presidency. The Herald is just talking to
hear itself talk. How it would lecture the
Democrats if Southern man were nomina-
| ted
Senator Carlisle estimates that there will
be o treasury deficit of no less than $43000,-
900 for the current fiscal year.
Mr.. John Carpenter, of Goodland, Ind,
says: II tried Chamberlains Collie, Cholera
| and Diarrhea Remedy, for diarrhga and Sc
we're cramps, and pains in the stomach and
bowels with the best results. In the worst
cases | never had to give more than the third
| dose to effect cure. In most cases one dose
will do. Besides its other good qualities it
| is pleasant to take 25 and so cent bottles
for sale by j. Lasale and all merchants
A collector at Bombay has among his Curl
osities u Chinese god marked Heather Idol"
and next to it a gold piece marked Chris
tiaIl Idol"
plank has been sawed in Eureka, Cal,
for exhibition at the Worlds Fair. 1t is red
wood, twelve aaa a half feet long, sixteen
| feet wide and four inches thick.
Great fears prevail ali over England that
the harvest will be total failure, and he
archbishop of Canterbury has ordered prayers
| for fue weather to be offered in all the
churches.
! During the epidemic of ffux in this county v
last summer, had hard work to keep sup
| ply of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
| rhna Remedy on hand. People often came
| ten or twelve miles in the night to get bot
| tie Of the Remedy. | have been selling
| patent medicines for the last ten years and
| find that it has given better satisfaction in
cases of diarrhea and iux, than any other
| medicine have ever handled.-J. Fl. Benham,
Druggist, Goiconda, Pope Co., Ill Over five
1 hundred bottles of this remedy were sold in
| that county during the epidemic referred to.
| 1t was perfect success and was the only
/ remedy that did cure the worst cases. Doz-
ems of persons there will certify that it saved
| their lives. In four other epidemics OF bowel
complaint this remedy has been equally sue.
cessful. 25 and SO cent bottles for sale by
Jos. Lassalle and all merchants.
| In the course of his successful career Capt
McMickan, at present the commander of the
| Cunarder Umbria, has made 478 passages
across the Atlantic, carrying i62, $40 passen-
gers. and sailing on all voyages over a dis
1 tance of 2, $4,000 miles.
| The Memphis Scimitar says: The farmers
OF Tennessee are aroused now as they never
were before over politics. They do not see m
to know exactly what they want or how to get
| it, but blindly follow few office-seelzers who
are snre to reap the rewards That is the
case with good many Southern farmers
The safe plan for them to follow is to stand
by the Democratic party and be satisfied with
its principles
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