St. Landry democrat., 1891-10-17
News Items.

The Lake Charles College oIpurt
last week with large attendance.
ExPresideDt aud Mrs Cleveland az.
the rejoicing parents of girl baby.
The telephone line between Bunkit
and Marksville has been completed.
The Normal School at Natcl!itoc!es
opened last Tuesday with 1872 students.
| The public school Of Lake CHARLES
| opened last week with an attendance Of
2l0 pupils.
a revenue OF S144 An hour irom the
| lottery amendment! How does that
stll'ie the rejecting citizen
The Louisiana State University AID
y. q NJ. College at Baton Rouge open
cd last week with 140 students.
The Third Party advocates met in
Alexandria last week, and issued an
address to the people.
A monument to Henry Grady will be
unveiled at Atlanta, Ga, next week,
and Gov. Hill, Of New York, will deliver
the Grafton.
The city election 10 Indianapolis, lnds,
last Tuesday, resulted in the election OF
the entire Democratic ticket by major
tiles estimated at from 1900 to 5000.
The Mississippi river is twenty eight
feet deep at the jetties, its sllallowcst
point, and 450 feet deep at st. Gabriel,
1berville parish, its deepest point.
st. Louis is about to erect S2,OOO,00O
hotel on the site of Pope's Theatre.
New Orleans is to erect one, not so cost
ly, on the site Of the Avenue Theatre.
The Acadia College at Crowley is
making great strides towards success.
and in few years will he one of the
best educational institutions in Louisi-
ana.
At their last meeting the DeSoto po-
lice Jury made al appropriation of $500
to pay the expenses Of two beneficiary
cadets to the State University at Baton
Rouge.
The Catholic congregation of Welsh
intend putting beautiful fence around
their six acres on the north side of the
town which will be used for a Catholic
Cemetery.
A new post office has been establish
ed at Bourque Point, six miles south
west of Crowley, called "Red Top,n
and DR.. j. A. Mcmillan has been ap-
pointed postmaster.
1t is the impression at WASHINGTON
ttuI WV UtlDIc Tie
supreme court, including those pertain
ing to the lottery, will be postponed
until full bench is ready to hear them,
insNovember.
The State of Louisiana and her insti-
tutions will receive from the lottery
the sum of $3,456, for every day of its |
chartered existence! Will patriotic
and intelligent voters reject so princely |
an income through mere sentimental
ltyt
Alexandria Times: Why is it that |
those Ants who would reject the lot
terry revenue for the public schools be-
cause they are unwilling to "educate a
race of gamblers are not horriied at
the idea Of accepting a revenue from
grog shops and TINS educatt race of
lrunkards 2" Why is this thing thus j?
The New York Herald says of Par
lell: We have nothing to do with his
private life. That must be left to the
noralists. We judge him only as
statesman, the sturdy and courageous
eader of forlorn hope. lie carried
lis little army through strange yicissi-
udes of fortune for many years, and
when he was forced from the leader
'fip victory was in sight. If ever a
Parliament sits in Dublin Parnells por-
rait will hang on its walls rs that of
! thoroughgoing Irislman who believ-
ID in his native land and did what he
ould to make it great.