St. Landry democrat., 1891-01-24
News Items.

IN price.
The grip is disappearing rapidly from
New Orleans.
King Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Is
lands, died in San Francisco Oh th,
20th
The Lafayette Jail contains sevcra
lnnatics, but no criminals.-Abbevillt
Meridional.
Many of the hostile Indians have sur
rendered and the war in the Northwest
appears to be over.
The Pope has intimated that, con.
trary to expectation, he will create nc
cardinals at the next cOnsistOry.
1t will take S36, 100000 to run the CITY
government of New York City this year
an increase of 81 100000 over 1890.
George Bancroft, the historian, died
on the 18th and was buried at WOrces-
ter, Mass, on the 21st. He was in his
Dist year.
Jan. 10Th was General Lees birthday,
and in Atlanta, Richmond and Balti-
more commemorative exercises were
held on that day.
The largest yield of sugar reported
this season is 7175 pounds from one acre
of land on MIR. II. c. Minors Hollywood
plantation, in Terrebonno parish.
Geo. W. Peck, the humorist, was in
stalled as Governor Of Wisconsin on
| the 5th. He is the first Democratic
Governor Of the State since 1876.
| The price Of paint in small packages
Will be advanced next week Is per cent
as result of the increased duty on tin
plate put into effect by the Mckinley
bill.
In St. Paul, MINI, on Saturday,
youth OF seventeen was welded to a
mature maiden of thirty-four. The
boys parents have taken steps to have
the marriage annulled.
Heavy snowfall is reported in France
and traffic is suspended. The rivers are
frozen, and the wolves are ravaging
sheep pens. Deaths from cold are re-
ported in the Department of Cher.
A special meeting Of the board Of
trade was held at Denver Oh the 18th to
formulate the views of the commercial
interests regarding an adequate display
of Colorado products at the Worlds
Fair.
In the injunction suit against the At
chafalaya Basin Levee Board. the Su-
preme Court decided on the 10Th that
the heavy tax for levees levied by the
Board was constitutional and legal and
must be paid.
Mrs. Louise Outwaite, of Alton, Mo-.
seems to have broken the record with |
six children all at once. Mother and |
children doing we'll at last accounts. |
old man.-Ex.
Lake Charles Echo: Quite number
of northern families have recently ar
rived in Lake Charles. Some have
come to locate in the vicinity, others |
escape the cold of northern winter and
enjoy our beautiful weather.
Alexandria Times While la grippe
has run its course in the town of Match
itoches, the Enterprise reports great
in the neighborhood of
Campte and the Coast among the color
ed people. Eight Or ten deaths occur
daily.
Shreveport Times: Louisiana is not
a poor State. Her peoples revenue
from their agricultural productions is
immense. But Louisiana is ipiudi-
:iously governed. Her people are kept
divided, stirred up, antagoniZed by de-
signing politicians for purely selfish
purposes.
The building of the New World Office,
nto which it has just been removed, is
.15x130 feet and $40 feet high 1t con-
aims tweDty-six floors. Seventeen hun
ired people are IN its employ, and 313,-
'OO elght-page papers can be printed
)er hour.
Baton Rouge Truth, Jan. II: The bill ,
or the unlimited coinage of silver pass
ID the United States Senate on Wednes-
lay by a vote of AZ to 3O Three Dem
'crats voted in the negative, while six
cen Republicans voted for the meas
ire. Louisianas two Senators were
With the silver men.
The Census Bureau has issued bulle-
in giving the population and other in
of the various Indian tribes,
xclusive of Alaska. The bulletin
hows the total Indian population of
be United States to be 244,7O4. This
lakes the population of the country, in-
ludiDg Alaska ESTIMATED at $4,000, al
lost 63,00O,00O.
Alexandria Times: The British gov
rnment is given to sharp practices as
'ell as the Republican party of this
md Of the free. 1t is trying to have
he United States Supreme Court pass
Il the Behring Sea question, the decis-
m of which would be binding upon
lis country, but not at all so on Great
ritain.
Thibodaux Sentinel: Who will take
le initiative in having central sugar /
,ctory erected near Thibodaux? That
ne would be success goes without
lying.
And dozen of them could be put in
operation in Lafourche with success
waiting them. There is not one half
le sugar made in Lafourche that can
3 made.
New Iberia Enterprise, Jan. II: The
Artery Refinery closed the seasons
ork on last Tuesday, the 18th inst,
lving crushed betwee 81, 900, and 49,
% tons of cane and made therefrom
'out 100000 pounds of sugar in sixty
;tual working days. The cost of the
ant was $500, 1000, and the profit on the
vestment is between 5000 and $780,
Q. These Hgures are semi official and
u be relied upon.
The hostility between the white and
gro posts in the Department of Loui-
ana and Mississippi Of the Grand
rmy OF the Republic, has at last de-
ied the communicative chief to send
spector General Burst to New Orleans
endeavor to settle the difficulty. 1t
the opinion Of some that the on So
ton of the problem will be found in
q formation Of two separate depart
ents.
The surgeons of Chicago hospital
We lately performed a unique task by {
grating small PARTICLES OF skin from :
out hundred persons on patient of
3 institution in order to save his life.
le patient is a member Of the knights