St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

The coffee crop of Brazil is said to be short
yelloW fever ie raging at Vera Cruz, Mexico
Fred Douglas, minister to Huyti, has resign
ed.
A state Bank has been organized at Lafa
yette with il capital stock OF $4,000
Russia's Oldest inlabitant is ia. His name
is Nitchnorenko, and ho liy, 5 at Bcisorod.
Prof. Foster predicts dreadful hurricanes du
ring September. october and November, OF the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The old nlonarcha families of France are
gradually drifting into tie receptions of Nine
CarnOt, WHICH means the acceptance OF the re
public.
The United States has more miles OF railroad
than all European countries combined. The
mileage in this country is 1G6,Si7 miles, and III
Europe 154,7l3 miles.
The japanese government intends to spend
100000 in connection with the Columbian Tx
nibition, Of which SUN Sl50,Ot0 is to be used
purely for government exhibits.
BY the death Of Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Grant and
Mis-. Garfield BECOME the only surviving Wild
ows of Presidents. Mrs Iy.cr the second wife
Of President Tyler, did III Richmond IL July,
1889.
A Chicago man has come forward with !,
novel suggestion for the Worlds Fair. III
stead OF trying TO build lofty structure, he
says, the thing to do is to dig the deepest hole
III the ground on record, ana take people i'll an
elevator to the bottom.
This was an 0if-year for crevasses, still the
loss sustained by farmers through the breaking
OF the AlneS leVce amounts to SS00O,000. And
yet there are men i'll this State who. for the
selfish purpose of holding some fat office, will
get Up before the leople and oppose the re-
venue amendment Oh moral gr0unds.-Houma
Courier.
The National Association Of Democratic
Climbs reports excellent progress of organizing
work throughout the South. Believing that
the Alliance movement has reached the period
of esb tide, these Clubs Will have an excellent
effect in reinculcatlnS correct Democratic doc
trines, reunltlng the party ana maintaining
solid Democratic supremacy i'll the South
Crowley Signal: Tho work OF erecting the
new Acadia College is going bravely on under
the admirable supervision OF Architect George
Pulford and his force OF skilled mechanics.
Soon this magnificent editice will rear its CO.
Iossal proportions TO the Sky aud III its archi-
tecturill beauty will justly proclaim the pride,
liberality and interest of the citizens OF Acadia
in making higher education the kcyet0ne OF
their progress and development i'll the future.
The latest Louisiana phase of piety has not
reached even the CHURCHES OF some sections OF
the union. In the town OF F:tirmcnt, Marion
county, West Virginia, the Methodist church
evidently thought it no sin, for the result was
published in the local paper. We tind the fol
lowing in the West Virsnian, relating to the
affair. 1t says" Miss Belle Christy drew the
ladies' gold watch which was sold on the ticket
plan, 10y the NJ. f. Church South. All the tick
cts were not sold but enough were sold to pay
for the watch and yield profit to the chnrch
of $1S."'
Miss Callie MCGEE, school teacher of
America, a mountain town of Kentucky, while
returning home the other Gay with o little girl
pupil, encountered a bear. Bruin was quite q
distance behind Miss McGee, but he Started
after her. Picking up her charge she ran at
1uli speed, taking of articles OF clothing and
dropping them from time to time in order to
divert bruins attention from her, thereby gain
ing that much On HIM. She finally reached
farm house i'll safety, and, procuring rifle,
opened fire Oh the BEAR which then had reach
ed the pig pen, killing him. lie weighed 2s7
pounds
Crowley Signal: 1t has long been conceded
that TIE Nichols administration has been the
most intensely personal government ever i'm
posed upon the people OF Louisiana, but the
manner in which the citizens of Rayne are be,
Ing treated, by Withholding the commissions
OF Their duly elected councilmen, is without
precedent i'll the way of spteful and petty
abuse of executive power. RumOr says that
two of the governors "close friends" and ia
vorites who more or less run the late munich
pal government, are powers behind the Exc
cutive throne that are keeping the commits
sions back. AS they had no chance of further
debating matters to the people, it is presumed
that the governor, now, will not recognize the
election.