The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-24
PARISH JANUARY "a, 1891
General Notes.
4 sawmill on steamboat is operat-
ing in Ouachita river.

A sawmill on steamboat is operat
ing in Ouachita river.
Hon George Bancroft, the eminent
historian, died in Washington City last
Sunday.
King Kaiakau, of the Hawaiian Is
lands, died in San Francisco, Cal, last
Tuesday.
Gen. R. E. Lees birth day, January
10Th, was generally celebrated in many
of the Southern States. Virginia,
Georgia and Mary yland in particular.
A cock fight between New Orleans
and Salt Mine chickens will take place
at New Iberia tomorrow, 25th five
matches, $50 side ON each fight, and
800 on the odd fight.
Judge Buckner has refused to grant a
writ of mandamus upon the Secretary
of State to promulgate the Revenue
| Amendment, and the case will be ap-
pealed at once to the Supreme Court.
The pointe Coupee Democrat: "The
anti lottery men say that they could
not accept a gratuity from a Lottery
Company which is a gambling institu
tion.' These antis set up new stand
ard of morality, and one not recogn-
nized by our fathers" The Democrat
might also have truthfully added and
standard not recognized by them
selves when it is adverse to their per-
sonal aggrandizement.
N. O. City Item Gov. Nichols has
evidently got his police juries we'll in
hand. An 'tantin organ was recently
started iu Sabine parish, and following
the example set in Lincoln, the police
jury awarded it the parish printing at
a round figure, ignoring the offer of the
old established competing paper to pay
bonus for the privilege to do the tax
sales advertising free to the people also.
| How is that for sample of plundering
the public treasury to maintain fac
tion fight?
| The ''anti" nude in art crank who
destroyed the SIS, 900 picture in Omaha,
naively explained the shock given to
his ''moraln feelings by remarking that
he had 'sneyer before seen such a pic
tnre outside of house of ill fame"
The Grand Rapides Independent thinks
these ''antisn will shortly be appealing
| for constitutional amendment re-
curing babies to be born with clothes
on. That would be moving along
toward, ,paternal government at a pace
that might satisfy some of our local
cranks. City Item.
| The Carroll Democrat notices the
| various alliances, unions and combiDa-
| tions of farmers and other toilers to
better their condition, and says these
are all commendable enough in their
origin, '.but when demagogues who
| creep into the several brotherhoods for
purpose are permitted to exercise the
power possessed by these numerous
organizations, and through them reach
out their political tentacles to grasp
place and power. wrong is being done
they depart from their original purpose
and become nothing more nor less than
political riffraff.n This hits the nail
square on the head
| The Alexandria Town Talk has been
/ importuned by advisers as vast as those
who beset the patriarch job in his per-
plexities to publish a daily paper and
reap the "rich harvest that awaits the
venture. But Town Talk has evident
| " heard of the man who printed a
nonpareil paper in small plea town.
aud is not to be cajoled into doing a
rash thing 1t says it "Cannot see
much of a harvest in spending $500 a
week and getting in return for sub
scriptions and advertising not over $50
| a week" Besides, Town Talk has
beenn there. 1t was for two years an
excellent little daily, and got glory
galore, but little gold or greenbacks,