The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
General Notes.

Charles has been resumed.
Secretary Blaine has his hands full
now. England, Italy and Chill keep
our Premier very busy.
An attempt is being made to secure
free delivery postal service for Thibo-
daux.
Bayou Rapides, will be made navlga-
tible by the use of system of locks,
for distance of thirty miles.
The construction Of the Monroe
government building is progressing
finely.
Philip Baker was convicted last week
in New Orleans for the murder of Mrs.
Laura Nelson. The verdict of the jury
was unqualified.
Capt. j. j. Mellon, a citizen loved
aud honored by all in New Orleans,
died at his residence in that city on the
9th inst.
Marksville Bulletin: The telephone
which will connect Mansura, Cotton
port, Evergreen, and Bunkie, with this
great, growing and flourishing metropo.
lis of Avoyelles will soon be completed.
Fire Company No. /, Of Abbeville,
last week contracted for new Silsby
No. S steam engine at q cost of $500.
The company is to pay $250O cash and
the balance in one, two and three years
time.
| The Monroe Telegraph Bulletin thus
| neatly puts it: "The anti-lotteryltes
demand a government of functionaries
the people insist upon, and will have
nothing short of government Of
law"
The sanguinary civil war in Chill
continues with unabated furAe Two
of the most powerful war ships of the
navy have been recently destroyed by
means of torpedoes, with great loss
of life
Madame A. Broussard died at her
home near Iacasine, last Thursday
night, at the Aeage of one hundred and
five years. Sye was born and reared
in Louisiana, and was the mother OF
eighteen children.
The Trinity Herald: The lottery
and its fanatics must be taken out oi
politics. The lottery will take no stock
! in politics only in defence of its own
/ legitimate acts The antics and Gov.
Nichols must also be taken out OF
politics. This is the Herald's last of,
fetal edict.
Thibodaux Sentinel: The other day
the editor was kindly presented with 9
100 page pamphlet on anti-lotterylsm
and the same evening the daily papers
arrived with six or seven columns o.
o-lottery literature. May the gooi
Lord be merciful to the people o.
Louisiana, if they have to read all that
is printed on that issue.
Baton Rouge Advocate: The st
Landry Clarion says that when tht
anti-lottery members of the legislature
wanted to investigate bribery, the lot
terry peonle voted it down. Th'
Clarion Is reminded that the court
have been open for the prosecution o
bribery ever since the legislature ad
Ijourned, and yet nobody has beef
prosecuted.
I ~ 0. City Item: The action of th,
tary of State Will A. Strong from th
imprisonment portion of his sentenc
will be generally approved Hi
offense was caused by loose busines
methods and too cenfiding disposition
not any criminal intent to defraud th
State.
Quite an nusual event occurred il
Dayton. O., theatre the other nigh
Mrs. Thomas Griffith, who was in til
Il Il
to a girl baby while the performanc
was going on. Only portion Of til
audience knew what was in progress
but quite an excitement ensued. eth
, city ambulance was called to tax
mother and child home,n says th
account, Are We to infer that the OF
man remained to see the play QUIT
Il They have a guarantee company
New Orleans whose business is to er
dorse bonds for persons whom necessit
requires to give bond for performanc
i of certain duties. Charles F. Buck
i President, such companies have bee
! in operation for many years in Ne
, York.
Persons who heldtiofices of prof
; would rather pay q small premium f
bondsman than to ask his friends
i endorse for him.
y A late freak of Germany's Is hot heade
/ Emperor has given great offense to tt
q orthodox community. He ordered I'll
q court chaplains to eurtail the length
j. their sermons, which, in future mu
b not exceed ten minutes, what ever ma
be the occasion The Emperor il
stanced several occasions upon whit
he had been detained in church fro
five to seven minutes beyond the tin
allotted for divine worship, and
!. adds: This is not to occur again.
e The Times Democrat is to be col
Q graduated upon its evidences of pro
i, perity. It is the first newspaper in Il
o South that has introduced the Me
. genthaler type-setters, and this at
b heavy cost. The Hoe press aow use
Q which prints 5000 eight page pape
+ per hour, will be supplemented
i August By one of the same make VIII,
It will print ten, twelve or sixteen pag
d af the rate of "a 900 copies per hour
], giving q combined capacity of 800
y copies.
z Baton Rouge Advocate The Ale
andria Town Talk, to use a wick
phrase, sssees'' Brother Reynolds a
: ssgoes him one better on the Christi
Z duty of killing men by mob la
y Brother Reynolds told the Sund
10 school convention that the New c