The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-01-31
General Notes.

years lease.
The Carencro Sporting Club has had
handsome steamer constructed for
pleasure cruises on the gulf and bayous.
Ex- Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court John T. Ludeling, died at his
plantation in Onachita parish, on the
21st.
The Supreme Court has decided in
favor of the eonstitutionality of the
district Ievee and produce tax.
Detective D. S. Caster has been made
Chief of Police of New Orleans in place
of D. C. Hepnessy.
The sugar bounty which goes into
effect with the coming crop is likely to
amount to S9,OOO,OOO, and Louisiana
will probably get $8,000,O00 of that
amount.
There is an active movement on foot
to organize joint stock company at
New Iberia for the purpose of building
central sugar refinery there.
The brick work on the Lake Charles
courthouse is about completed, and the
building will soon be turned over to the
carpenters.
Mrs. Marie Louise de st. Claire, Widow
of the late Gen. Alexander DeClouet
died at the family residence, in Lafay
ette parish on the 18th inst. aged ~
years
The largest cotton planter in the
world is James S. Richardson of New
Orleans. who owns 40, 900 acres of cot
ton land and employs 5000 negroes.
He has refused an English syndicate's
offer of So, 500, 900 for his plantation,
The trouble with the Indians out in
the North West which threatened to
terminate in bloody war, has, happily
been settled without further bloodshed,
by the Indians coming in and sur
rendering their arms.
Prof. Jos. Jones, of the Medical De
partment of the Tulane University,
New Orleans, has received a vial Of
Koch's lymph from President Harrison.
It is to be used in the Charity hospital
as soon as proper cases present them
selves.
Philadelphians who have such pleas
ure in obituary notices IN their tavorite
! papers are surprised and chagrined to
learn that at the settling of an estate
the undertaken got $2I7, 81, the monu
ment man received $3.50 aud news
paper man was allowed only $40 for
an obituary notice. Montreal Herald.
| st. Martinville Messenger: The small
boats make trips to Arnaudville now
! that the bayou is high and are bring
ing here the large crops which could
not be shipped up to this time on ac-
count of the low water in the bayou,
| but the heavy rains of the past few
/ days will be a great relief to that part
| of the country.
Lafourche Comet: Our office has now
got another girl on the staff and conse-
quently is getting more heavenly, as
/ the girls claim, instead of being
| g DEVILS to be angels. Our devil says
he does not like it bit that we secured
another girl for he will have to sport a
white shirt and neck tie now.
Catahoula contains various quail
ties of rocks, it has the soft white
chalk rocks, the sand stone, the gray
/ grit for grind stones, the limestones
near the Bald hill and Bushley creek
the gray and blue granite for building
with abundance of the negro head
aSoulders for paving stones. Nearly all
the sandstenes are fire proof.
New Iberia Enterprise: One of Ibe
ria's fair daughters has been captured
1 by one of the gallant knights of Opel
ousas, Miss Marie Boatte, a niece o
Mr.. Jos. D. Boutte, being welded OIL
Wednesday last to Mr. p D. Tatman
young merchant of 0peIousas. Tht
happy couple departed the same dat
for their new home, carrying with then
many good wishes Of future JOY ant
prosperity.
If the Democratic Senators are tru'
to the republic; if they believe tha
this is a government of the people b.
and for the people, and not govern
men of the people for and by thos
whom the people have repudiated, the.
will resist to the last extremity thi
reasonable oligarchy and its infamou
/ plot. Kill the bayonet force bill a
whatever cost II Boston Globe, Dem.
N. o. City Item In announcing
partial suspension of it's "dead head
list. the Shreveport Times says: w
expect to deliver limited number {
free papers to certain Institutions. sue
as Cotton Exchanges. Boards of Trade
etc, but none to private individuals.
Does not this seem iIlogicala The eS
changes are aggregations of individual
and the wealthier classes; therefor
better able to pay than individual
singly. The free list is an impositio
J. which no well regulated Office shoal
( permit.
!, The only settlement that remain
= : now of ali q Indian questions exeel
! ! the settlement reached on the Wounf
1 ed Knee, is to pay these Indians evei
Z cent of the money that is due them
g give it to them in actual cash !; to gi'
!; them each a hou estead, and leave the
i TO adapt themselves to their envirol
]: ment as best they can. Unsatisfactoi
: as this is, it is better than petting the
4 one day, massacreing them the mes
a and robbing them all the year round
# carrying out the present District
= Columbia Race Policy y.-St. Louis 4
Il public, Dem.
e aWhy don't You run a paper u
i I, that r. said merchant to a publish
ii throwing down blanket sheet g
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