St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-07-11
News Items.


the country.
' A tomato weighing twenty-sevt
ounces is Ole of the products of Car
Y Mossop's garden at Bayou Sara.
Acadia Sentinel: Mr.. Donat Puche
: shipped one box Of frogs and one ,
turtles to New Orleans last Thursday.
Baton Rouge calls attention to til
tact that Of twenty-five prisoners i
jail there, three are insane-no room
the Asylum.
Hannibal Hamlin, who was electe
vice president on the ticket with Lin
coin In 1860, died at Bangor, Me-, on til
tb inst.
-Four men were drowned near Calves
ton during the storm that swept owe
that city and ghborhood on tn,
n lght of the 5th.
-. Four murderers were eIectrocuted il
olhs sing prison, New York, on the
Ih ; that is, they were put to death by
eltctrlc'ty Instead OF 10y hanging.
-. Norbert Whittington, who lived ou
| Cou'ee lie des Comes, Lafayette par
! ish, was Killed last Sunday by his dwell
ing being blown down upon him.
The Central Statistical Society of st.
petersburg has published data, esti-
mating the population or Russia in De-
cember last at 110,00O,OOO, the annual
increase being 100000.
Girls who clerk in stores in America
arc pad but small wages, but think of
th1s: London has 100000 factory girls,
the majority of whom are only able to
make IA" bob "a day-@1 so a week.
Grasshoppers are destroying all yege-
tables III Calaveras county, Cal. liz a
region eight miles long they have des-
troyed fruit, corn, beans, melons and
gardens, and also the olive aud fruit
trees.
The cotton mill at WASHINGTON is On
tie high road to completion. All the
machinery, tWenty-one car loads, has
arrived, and the carpenters are rushing
things at such a rate that the end is fast
approaching.
Inc big armored cruiser New York |
Wiil be the next new vessel of the navy |
to be launched. In length she is over |
5o0 feet. The New York will carry a
crew of 475 men. The battle ship Texas /
should follow the New York.
Several boys who We're candidates
or naval cadetship from district in
michigan were rejected because the ex-
mining physician found that their
leart had been affected by smoking
o. Republican.
Three balloonists-two men and one
'oman-lost their lives in Ohio on July
the two former at New Lisbon, and
he woman at Elyria. In both cases
ne balloons went up ahead of time aud
iIled. '''>'
Welsh Crescent: Another big chali-
lble Institution has been founded in
eW Orleans, aud chartered as tue
omeopathic Hospital Association, of
hich John A. Morris is u charter mem
er and one OF the board of directors.
SO one or the biggest contributors.
y terrific cyclone struck Baton Rouge4
the morning of the 9th, demolishing
portion Of the peniten tiary, killing
n OF the convlcts and Wounding thir-
more, one Of whom has since died.
any houses in the city were injured .
III the damages may amount to $780,
0. ~''''
The unveiling of the statue to Gen.
oneWall Jackson, at Lexington, XIV. n
III take place on July 81. July 21st is
e thlrtieth anniversary of the first d
tile OF Manassas, where General d
cbsou, then colonel commanding a d
rgInla brigade, won bis first Iaurels in S
Confederate army, and received the B
brlquet" Stonewall.n tt
The War Department has issued the fe
lowing order: cs
The field or union of the national II
g IN use in the army will, on and af- III
Ju y 4th, 1891, consist of forty-four >.
rs III SIX rows, the upper and lower III
VS. to have ght stars, and the sec nt{
!, third, fourth and fifth rows seven q,
rs each in blue field" 81
The Cay of Russia has as members ~ ~
his court IA officials of the first grade ~
ITO of the second grade, 13 masters G. G.
ceremonies, acting" masters, 174 ~
mberlalns and 25S pages in waiting, w
ere are 25 physicians, 90 ecclesiastics, n,
imes OF state, 1 mistress of the court. ~;
aids OF the chambers and 1888 maids ;aa
lOnOr. ioe
rowley Signal: The committee on W
College building have received the Co
rs and specifications from Architect tin
'rge Pulford. The building will be R0
eet front by 80 feet in depth, three an,
les high, mansard roof, and wien II.
she'd will be one of the best appoint F.
ollege structures in Southwest Lou of
IA. Ihere will be ample accommo- the
ons for more than 800 pupils, and Cla
wiley will have reason to be 'pro1d
lch splendid institution of learn En-
which promises her such prosperity tial
he future. Dire
IT Anti" contemporary this morn Chi
coolly says: We have heretofore \,
rred to the unanimous verdict of ;.
most civilized nations of the earth tloi q
J this subject Elotteries1; how all hhl
em have tried them, and not only terry
ed them" The "Antis," then, psD ex- say
Q France, Germany, Austria, Mexi-
tally and Spain from the category d. e
most civilized nations" for in each we
hose e0untries the lottery is in les
alton, authorized by the govern ehu
!, and directly or Indirectly used *Wer
means of public revenue.-N. O. Tory
Item. duit
uisiana Democrat: The ants are Ger
ing desperate in this and other n .,
8 throughout the State. In their III n,
'ent arguments against the lottery of 7
lose their reasoning powers and tba
and howl considerably. Ia New tarv
ms at the opening of the anti-lot- raiSSi
the Rev. Palmer made cons, cons,
IVY t; snoNlng VI niLhse'f. instead The
e,nS III goou example ana trying far {
az a. ~ ~ iis h po"el W cuunsel peace back
luiea en n0 mas ras assumeu ele role OF ed O.
~. a tla al; II s;da sGoaui ~ hhq other as al
De better; no sensible, sane man ~,
'l,o" @ sa." az u'osa'os to be
y. otates: Governor Pattison fetal
10 nave good many warm ad test
3 tnfoughont tue country who are ton
lohlng MN roT the presidency, but ed W
SO husy attending to his duties as amid