The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-21
General Notes.

The Alexan7aria Fair Association pro-
poses to give exhibits next Oct.
A paper is to be started in Iberville
parish in the interest of the colored
people.
The reunion of the Confederate
Veterans of North Louisiana will be
held at Homer next July.
The Illinois Central Railroad will
probably build branch from it's main
line due west to Baton Rouge.
The Patriot Democrat of Clinton, La,
was destroyed by fire last week. It
was insured for nearly its full value.
The Avoyeiles police jury has con-
tracted with Pittsburg compfty for
the construction of two iron bridges in
that parish at a cost of $l9, 400.
Mr.. E. Bass brought 733 coon skins
in one lot this week. Who says the
.'coons' are not decreasing in Louisi-
ana Morgan City Review.
Mr.. w. F. Weeks has sold his magni-
fcent Grand Cote plantation, on Cote
Blanche bay, to Mr.. Frank G.. Viguerie,
of st. brahy for the sum of $500, 900.
President Harrison and party will
soon visit the Pacific coast, stopping at
several places in the south, New Or
leans being among the number.
Twenty cases of the violation of the
Sunday law, in New iberia, was
brought up before the town court. All
plead guilty and were fined.
The city of New Orleans has just
won big case before the supreme court
of the United States, involving 81 ,O00,-
OO0
New IbeEa Democrat: This is the
second weess Of Court and it will pro-
badly be in session two weeks longer.
Thus far % parties have been fined for
violating the Sunday Law-the fines
aggregate $3.50.
w. S. McAllister, assistant state lee
turer of the Mississippi farmers alli
anee, is out in letter taking issue with
State Lecturer Frank Burkitt, advecat-
ing the election of Senators George and
Walthall, and squarely opposing the
sub treasury scheme.
! A monument to Jefferson Davis will
be unveiled at jackson, Miss, on June
8, the anniversary of Mr.. Davis birth.
day. Miss Winnie Davis, the "Daugh-
I ter of the Confederacy.n will be present
TO assist 10 the cerem onies and pay a
tribute to the memory Of her illustrious
father
News comes frof9 Berlin that Prince
Bismarck will re-enter public life soon,
having determined>to stand for election
to the Reichstag. The man of iron
wants to show, tue youthful and callow
Kaiser Wilhelm thing or two. Rumol
has it that the German ministry are al,
ready scared out of their boots at the
prospect.
Using round Numbers, the appropria
tions by the fifty congress aggre.
gate one thousand millions of dollars
They exceed the appropriations of the
fiftieth congress, democratic, by two
hundred millions At the close of tht
| last democratic congress there was {
surplus in the treasury of one hundred
millions To-day there is an estimated
deficit of some seventy millions. Ant
so goes the peoples money.
Thibodaux Sentinel: The Farmer
II Alliance starts off pleasantly and will
much dignity. In Kansas where the.
were largely 10 the majority in tn
legislature, in which they proposed t
enact good laws, they failed to com
to the mark, but they enjoyed them
selves in good old fashioned Western
row the other day, calling one anothe
pet names and having q regular low
faast IN which the love was left out.
ST. Louis Post-D Dispatch: Of the Is
republicans who gave the strictly par
tisan vote of thanks to Speaker Reed
j only eighty-seyen represent district
that remained republican in the No
yember election. The republican ma
iority in the house thanked and cheere
|, Reed. and Reed thanked and praise
the republican majority in the house
and then they went out OF power tc
rether. The country in November ha
!. condemned them together By majorit
of COZ. 900 votes, and elected 237 den
ocrats and eight farmers alliance me
to run the next congress-