The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
General Notes.

much older.
The Louisiana Sun says that Z. w.
FELTON, of Tanglpahoa, has realized
500 from three acres Of straw berries
and is still shipping with fair returns.
Telegraph Bulletin Aexandria is to
have u barrel factory aud uegotia tious
are pending for pillow factory, foundry
and machine shops. These are the
kind of enterprises that make aud
maintain cities.
Louisiana Review: Mrs. Pemberton
Hiucks, an accomplished musician of
New Orleans, appeared in concert ut
the London residence of Lady Dudley
on May %. The princess of Wales
aud Duchess of Manchester were num-
bered among the distinguished guests
of the occasion.
Louisiana Review: Thirty Indians,
members of Geronimo's band, who have
enlisted in the United States Army for
FIVE years, passed through New Orleans
last Wednesday over the Southern Pa
cific, en- route to Vernon Barracks,
Alabama. They were in charge of
Lieut.. Dodge, of the Twenty fifth In
fantry, and presented q vigorous and
fine appearance.
The republicans will not dare defend
the Mckinley bill in the next PRESIDENT
al campaign. They will play the same
old game of promising to correct their
mistakes, but they will fnd that there
was great deal of wisdom in Presi-
dent Lincoln's observation: You can
fool all of the people sometimes and
You can fool some Of the people all the
time, but yon cannot fool all of the
people oil the time. Chicago Globe.
The Louisiana Planter and Sugar
Manufacturer says that the people in
Pointe Coupee parish are almost re-
duced to the verge Of despair by the
continuous drought. Work has almost
been discontinued in the cane fields,
the planters confidering it useless ex-
pense. Howevea, during the week
they have had appearances of rain al
most daily, withta few light local show
ers, which did no perceptible good.
But these showers hold out hopes of
general and abundant ram. 1t cannot
come too soon.
This is topsy-turvy world. One
man is struggling to get justice, another
is flying from it. One man is saving
up to build house, and another is try
ing to sell the building for less than it
cost. One man is spending all the
money he can make in taking girls to
balls and sending her flowers, in the
hope to eventually make her his wife,
while his neighbor, is spending all the
gold he has to get divorce. One man
escapes all the diseases that man is heir
to and gets killed on railroad another
goes through half dozen wars without
scratch aud dies with the whooping
coug!f.-Ex.
Baton Rouge Trnth: We learn
through reliable source that a party
Of engineerssoare now actively engaged
in making a survey of the proposed
continuation of the Louisiana Central
railroad, and that within the next eight
months trains will be- running regularly
brtween Baton Rouge and Lafayette,
making connection with the Southern
Paeific railroad for points west The
completion Of this road will prove of
great benefit to this city, opening up a
large portion of the most fertile lands
of Louisiana and affDfdlng rapid and
cheap transportation of freights. This
route will shorten the distance between
New Orleans and San Francisco $50
miles, in conseRuence of which we may
expect to see through trains between
these two points being transferred
across the river at Baton Rouge at no
very distant day.
Crowley Signal: Mr.. Alphonse Levy,
leading merchant of Opelousas, and
President of the Southwestern Louisi-
ana Land Company, paid Crowley a
visit on last Thursday and took q ride
over good part of the country around
Crowley while here. He expressed
amazement at the rapid development
of the country and the striking evil
dences of its prosperity. He is con-
vinced from the impetus Of progress
and improvement now going on in
Crowley and in the parish of Acadia.
that it's future growth will be still more
phenomenal in the future. Mr.. Levy
| is a man of keen obse syation and ma
ture foresight one quicI to preceive the
solid advantages and muniments Of
advancement in q country, and there
| fore his opinion should have much
weight in making up verdict upon
the merits Of our town and country. A
man of keen insight and thorough bu-
siness qualifications, he comes to no
hasty conclusions Therefore we May
accept bis declarations as not only sin.
cere but we'll considered.
N, o.. States: Senator Carlisle was
interviewed the other day at his home
by a correspondent of the Atlanta Con
/ stitution on the question of the free
coinage of silver, and he said, thai
while he was not in favor of it, it wat
] plain that the people wanted it and he
/ would like others take the dose anG
/ vote for it, feeling sure that if the peo
/ ple discovered that they had made {
mistake in the demand for free coinage
! thev would ask for the repeal of tht
i law. He expressed the opinion that a
the next session of Congress, a free sill
yer bill would 60 through the Hous,
and the Senate without q hitch, ant
i that President Harrison wonld be con
i fronted with dilemma. If he signet
i the bill he would bring down upon hi
3 head the wrath of the East and If b
4 vetoed il the West would array itself i
hostility to the Republican party
Senator Carlisle says that if the deman,
for free coinage provided for dollar
worth of silver in a dollar, it woul