St. Landry democrat., 1891-06-13
News Items.

Oh oOuu NdCuoudius IolulcI Ol Cdu
ada, is dead.
The electric lights of Lake Charlie
are now in operation.
Two Of the Hennessey jury briber
have been convicted.
O'Malley's trial was continued OF
Thursday until next Monday.
1t is estimated that the loss entaile,
by the Ames crevasse will reach $40,
100000.
Major E. w. Halscy, late privat
secretary to Governors Moore, Allen
Wiltz and S. D. McEnery, is dead.
Gen. John NJ. Schofeld, general il
chief of the U. S. army, is to be married
soon to Miss Georgia Kilburn, of Keo
kuk, Iowa.
Reuben C. Clark, of Lecompte, aget
20, son of DR.. B. Nj. Clark, confined il
the Alexandria Jail for Insanity, hanged
himself on the 9th.
The people of New Iberia have voted
a tax of five mills on the town assess
ment for ten years to the New Iberia
and AbbeviIle railroad.
grants landed in New Orleans in April
number were Sicilians.
Boston has inaugurated an outdoor
gymnasium for women. 1t is situated
on the Charles River embankment, and
surrounded by high board fence.
A black wolf that has been depredat-
ing on the sheep of Tangipahoa parish
for two years past, was killed last week
north of COvingtOn. 1t weighed seven
ty-fve pounds.
A new college is to be built at Crow
ley, the sum of $11 900 having already
been subscribed, and it is expected to
reach $4,000 before work will COM
mence on the building.
The Naval Academy will turn out
thirty-four graduates this season. As
there will be some twenty-six vacancies
in the naval service, tie members of
the class cherish solid expectations.
Archbishop Jassens is interested in a
movement to establish an asylum for
colored girls in New Orleans. The
building will be located at the corner of
Orleans and Bourbon streets, and will
cost about $4,000.
Holloway & Gardes, wholesale hard
ware merchants OF New Orleans, failed
on Thursday. The general impression
is that the connection of the senior
member of the firm with the slaughter
house scandal brought about the fail
ure.
N. O. Picayune All of the nurses re-
graduated from the training
school have been snapped up by physi-
clans who have been waiting for years
for such attendants upon their patients.
One of the nurses has gone to Birming-
ham to take charge of a hospital.
A monument fifty feet in height of
Bedford limestone was. erected on the
10th ult., with appropriate ceremonies,
marking the center of population, as
shown by the Census Bureau. 1t is on
a farm twenty miles east of Columbus
and ten miles west of Greensburg, In
diana.
The two anti-lottery members Of the
Board of Health who lately got in the
soup had no moral scruples against try
ing to strike the capital prize in the dis
tribution Of new slaughterhouse stock.
This kind of morality thanks God that
it is not like that of other men-and it
sn't.-Baton Rouge Advocate.
An official manifesto has been issued
by President Polk, of the National AL
lance, in which he declares that no
member of the order has right to as
sail Alliance principles publicly, and
whoever does so must be expelled.
This puts on the collar Of political SER
Baton Rouge Advocate.
"The designing politicians says the
Shreveport Times, twill endeavor in
the campaign, as they have in the past,
10 work upon the sentiment, and en-
1eavor. to warp the judgment of the
Alliance, for the furtherance of their
personal ends, goes without saying, but
that body is too sensible to allow the
OF such schemers to ulti-
nately influence them."
N. O. Picayune: A jury briber or,
more correctly, q person who attempted
10 bribe talesman who was summoned
for Jury duty in the celebrated Hen
Messy case, has been convicted. This
s an excellent stroke of business for the
Criminal Court. When members of
rial Jury in q criminal case can be
oribed and corrupted in the interest of
he persons on trial, or any other inter-
est, then is the entire fabric of Justice
wholly undermined.
Australia has adopted constitution
and name. Henceforth it will be
known as the commonwealth of Aus
.ralia and the colonies will be states
IF the commonwealth. A governor
general (appointed by the English gov
srnment) takes the place OF our, presi-
1ent. The other officers, are elective.
The congress will be much like ours, so
also, the supreme court. 10 all lntents
and purposes it's republic with some
what less power reserved to the people
han is reserved in the American re-
public.
The young mems Democratic asso-
,iation is a new political organization
IN this parish with headquarters in New
Iberia. It's principal object is to pro-
mote harmony within the party ranks,
prevent fraud in politics, and above all
Force the lottery issue outside the ranks
IF the party and leave every electOr to
vote according to his honest convictions
IN that question. It held it's first meet
ng on Wednesday evening last at its
Headquarters over Mestayer's drug store
md elected the following officers:
David Todd, president; q. F. Dqperier,
vice president, Frank Mestayer, ,secre-
New Iberia Enterprise.
The Baton Rouge Advocate has some
very suggestive statistics showing the
amount Of money expended on their
insane during the past census decade
~ the States of Louisiana, Arkansas,
West Virginia, South Caro-
ina, Nebraska, Maine, Maryland, Kan
las, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jer-
,ey and California, which exhibit is very
to this State. Though it's
population is above the average Louis
ana is lowest in the list for expendi-
ures. For instance, West Virginia
With a population of only 100000 has
IN expenditure Of 1927, 600; Maine with