St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-21
News Items,

~ ''tshA Ao OSluS SLUlAt
in Donaldsonville.
as Johnstown, Pa, has suffered anothe
disastrous overflow.
as An $4,000 ice factory will soon be es
tabished in Houma.
20 New Iberia is to have another ic
factory, with refrigerator beer depot.
IS A State teachers institute will be hel,
at Shreveport toward the end of March
le The st. Martin Jail contains an insan,
woman, who ought to be at the asylum
J, A New York company will establish E
$4,000 ice factory and refrigeratine
- plant at Baton Rouge.
!. A site for colored collage in Baton
:, Rouge has been purchased by Bishop
u Grant, OF the A. NJ. E. Church.
Col J. O. Nixon, an old and eminent
Journalist, died in New Orleans on the
: Sth.
A number of planters in the Red
river section have sent to North Caro-
] lima for laborcrs.
Lafayette Eindicator The town is
oelng supplied with quantity of street
lamps. One goes on every corner
: 1t is claimed that the mysterious Lon
don murderer known as Jack the Ripper
is IN the hands of the police.
The Knights of Pytlas will erect a
modern brick opera house at Natchi-
toches during the summer.
The citizens of Alexandria have or
ganlZed fair association and raised a
fund Of $500 at their first meeting.
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begin soon from the Alexandria end.
Only twenty-four miles remain to con-
meet with Lake Charles.
The shipments of rice from Jennings
during the season did not come up to
expectation, but amounted to 255 car
loads Of 10000 pounds each.
| The parties accused of the assassina-
ton Of Chief of Police Hennessey are
now on trial in New Orleans. The case
may consume several weeks.
Alexandria Democrat: Report has it
| that the Morgan and Watkins Railroads |
| are to use the same track in future. |
entering Alexandria by the Watkins |
line.
Forest Park, st. Louis, is one of the !
finest parks in the world. 1t contains
two square miles, or 1880 acres, of for
est, glade, lake, and river, with twenty
miles of roads and walks.
Houma Courier: How can New Or
leans prosper when hotel keepers de-
mand from $3.50 to S. for a room ?
SSncll exorbltant prices during the Mar
dl-Gras festivities is gross outrage on
visitors.
Miss Ella Ewing is an American giant
WHn will hih;S hnr
Europe. She is eight feet tall and
weighs 240 pounds. Miss Ewing is a
native of Missouri, and is young and
healthy.
The movement to establish a central
sugar factory at New Iberia is still nro.
gresslng and promises success Fifty
acres of land have been offered as a
site by Mr.. Camille Bayard, near the
town.
The President has proclaimed the
conclusion OF reciprocity treaty with
Brazil, under which its sugar, molasses.
coffee, tea and hides, are to be admitted
tree ln consideration of an open market
for the productions of this country.
The man who observes that the largest q
rivers generally happened to run close
70 the large cities has now discovered
hat the firms that do the largest
amount OF business generally happen to
lave the largest advertisements in the
Mrs. Davis, in the memoirs of her bus
'and, makes seathing mention of the
OF zen. Miles who was in com
naDd OF Fortress Monroe at the time of
he ex- Presidents imprisonment.
lilies denies the charge in language
worthy of black guard. g
A party of farmers from Lower New
liver, who lost heavily by the last over
ow, visited the Nita levee some three
7eeks ago to ascertain if it would be
rudent to plant a crop this year. st
hey came to the conclusion that it was an
OF safe to do SO, and that they would W.
rove, away from the country.-Iber- CO
lille South. or
Crowley Signal: We understand that ev
30 pupils have matriculated at Acadia ge
ollege during the present session, and pr
lat accessiOns are being made to its ~
Ills every week. There is an able "
rps of teachers in every department., II
e discipline is firm without undue ri !, I
,r, and the curriculum will compare lie
vorably with other similar institu- era
ons Of learning in the South. no no
Lafayette Advertiser: We learn from is
e Lake Arthur Herald that all the co,
aterial is on the ground for a new tin
stholic Church at Grand Cheniere. It mai
II be commodlous structure, 40x75 Re
ct, ceiling Is feet, and Of tasty modern IA,
chitecture. Mr.. Geo. Gibbs, of Lake illu
thur, is contractor. Mr.. Gibbs is also fire.
ttipg cut material to build a school pul
use at Grand Cheniere the coming
MINER. ....
Fhe strongest argument yet advanc- r.
in favor of teaching young men Rrr
ne trade or ayocation in which they rar
4 earn living is that out of every hia
D paid to the man who commands and or"
,h wages 81 is for the work he does o;rl a,u
4 80 for what he knows. It is know ~; ~;
!, how that costs and and is therefore 90 oes., "a
liable. The number of hours man io,, io
rks is of minor importance where ICY
aries go into the five figures. Learn n
rade.-ExchaDge. ~, ~
alexandria Town Talk, About "a gen
es of the Kansas City, Watkins and Ind
Ii railroad yet remains to be graded The
ween Alexandria and Lake Charles. viii
Q distance from Alexandria to Lake r
arles by this line is 9e miles. Ten new
es Of this distance has been ironed. gart
IS are being made very rapidly, q ask
,e quantity OF rails are in New Or behi
rs and are expected to arrive daily. he |
here is no delay about the bridge at vert
point, the road will be completed to relic
xandrla by June 1st the !
then
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