St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18
News Items.

y A ointe Coupee pig, preserved in O
- - cohol, has two bodies and eight legs.
u, The Monroe cotton compress h
"a squeezed 41,0O0 bales during tie seaso
The Natchitoches ice factory is
N work, and turns out three tons of il
a per day.
e The Concord crevasse has paralyze
q all Kinds OF business in East Caro-
g parish.
. Wednesday, April 8, was the twenty
u seventh anniversary of the battle O
Mansfeld
: The Webster police jury has levied al
e additional tax OF 81 mills for the publ
schools.
!, Rapides parish has now four incorpo
rated towns, viz: Alexandria, Pineville
Boyce and Lecomte.
The Watkins Railroad will be very
| solidly built, with heavy steel rails
, a firm roadbed and substantial iron
bridges.
The ladies of Ruston will give a
complimentary concert to the visiting
editors during the coming press con.
ventiOn.
A camp of ex-Confederate veterans
has been organized at Baton Rouge, and
| Capt. John McGrath was elected COM
mandcr.
The total sales of the State Land Of
tice for the first quarter of 1891 reached
%, $50 acres, and the fees amounted to
$12, 2,352 .0S.
The mansard roof is now being put on
the new Calcasieu courthouse. 1t will
| be one OF the handsomest public build
ings in the State.
The ice factory at Houma is loom
ing up, and will soon be completed.
The water used is to be supplied by
an artesian we'll 300 fest deep.
The price of pine lands on the
new railroads leading out to Alex
andra continues to advance. They |
are now worth from S. to $40 per
acre.
The old St. Francis Church in Pointe
Coupee parish is now in three feet of
water, and will probably cave into the
river before the water recedes.
The new ice factory at Plaquemine
has commenced operations. Its capac-
lty is twenty tons, and produces ice
equal to the best winter-frozen article.
The new Catholic church at Cade
Station will he Of gothic architecture,
40 by 100 feet, with steeple rs feet
high.
The sale of pews in St. Peters
Church, in New Iberia, brought $685.
%. Many old families failed to get
their former peWs, being Outbid by new
cOmers.
The trains on tile Grand Isle Railroad
have stopped running on account of the
track being overtlowed in many places
by water from the Ames crevasse.
Crowley Signal: We learn that it is 4
almost definitely settled that branch
abroad will be built to Church Point
rom Grand COteau in time to move the
next crop.
A venerable resident of Vermilion
parish, Mr.. Zephirin Trahan, died re-
emily at the age Of ninety-fve years.
1e was a veteran of the war of
S12, and served in Gen. Jackson's
rmy.
At the municipal election held at Le-
omte on April I'd, the following gen.
lemen were elected: Mayor, Otis Col \
ms; Counci!meD, j. w. Hardy, c. C. -
wayze, B. Pressburg, w. A. Adam,
nd N. S. Smart.
Alexandria Times: Dr.. Davis Ses- 7
ams, who was recently married to the L
aughter of Bishop Galleher, has been
oSSbog0HU CaSuUp VI tulS EDlSCO-
al diocese. The youthful divine ia
ow rector of Christ Church. -,
Washington, April 13.-The President /
nd Mrs. Harrison, with the party who
company them on their trip to the far
est, left here at midnight on the spe-
al train especially provided for their
Sc. Secretary Rusk will accompany
e party only as far as Galveston. II
Four States propose to elect their
residential electors next time by con-
essional districts. 1t is a good plan.
all the States did the same there
ould be less likelihood of the elector- ,
college reversing the will Of the peo-
e, and New York would cease to be
votal State.-Boston Globe, Dem.
N. O. States, April IA: The italian
implication has become very tame
air and that there is nothing likely
grow out Of the hostile reports re-
wed from Rome few days ago ia
idenced by the fact that the Presi-
nt started on his junketing tour last 80
!, ut, and will be absent from Wash
,ton for several weeks. Had the
uation been at all serious 1t is safe to =,
7. that the President would have re- 1
lined at the White House where be the
u" oonsal' oai'y Win LIS caolneC' esp
The Democrats have carried Rhode itie
and and the Republicans have got IRA
offices. That is the result of the Ell,
ction of Wednesday in nutshell. Edl ~,
Q 1900 Democratic plurality is nulli- ven,
because Rhode Island, in common first
h Connecticut and New Hampshire, try
,gs to the antiQuated rule that no terr tapr
,tion follows if no candidate or set visie
receive a majority of all NEE
votes. A 1900 Democratic plurality pose pose
nts in Rhode Island as we'll as else aiIv pTtn
ere when it is cast for presidential the
tOrs.-Philadelphia Times. Ind. the
culia
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