St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-08-27
General Notes.

Serious caves have occurred this wee
at Gretua and near Plaqucmine, on th
Missippi river.
Hon. Edward Bcrmudez, the distin
guishcd cx-Chief Justice of our Su
preme Court, died in New Orleans las
Monday, aged so years.
Bunch, the noted train robber, wa
run to earth and killed on the 2lst, il
Tangipahoa parish, 10y a posse hcade'
by New Orleans detectives. IIOpgo0d
the only member of his gang who wa
with him, was captured.
The official returns show that las
Tuesday, the 23i, there were reported
| throughout Russia 550J new cases O
cholera and 1868 deaths from the dis
case-and this iSa decrease of 1901 new
cases and no deaths compared with thu
official figures of the day before.
Harrison will be in the Goth year o
hts age next month. Cleveland is in biz
56th year. Weaver is in his 60th Year
Bidwell will be in his Gath year mex
month. All of the four candidates are
gray haired. Two of them are full
! bearded, and tue other two wear mus
taches only.
The Confederate veterans reunion
at Monroe, on the 18th, came up to ex-
peCtati0ns. The town was gaily and
profusely decorated. Six hundred vet
Grams were in line and fully 5000 people
| participated in the spread at the court
house grounds. Colonel J. W. Nichol-
| son was the orator of the day.
\. 0. States: The Chicago Inter
Ocean expresses the opinion that the
| solid South is going to crack in Novem-
! Der. Our esteemed contemporary is
right. The solid South is going to help
! crack the head of the Republican party
and lay it to rest under the hat of Ben
jamiu's grandfather. That, however: is
the only Kind of cracking it is going to
do.
The mace of the House of Represcn-
tatives consists of q bundle of thirteen
ebony rods, ,entWned and bound together
with silver bands. The thirteen ebony
sticks represent the thin teen original
States of the Union. They are sur
mounted by globe of silver, upon
which the hemlspheres are traced, while
a silver eagle, with Outstretched wings,
is perched upon the summit of the
globe. 1t was made in 1884 and weighs
twenty pounds,
The Worlds Fair buildings will be
dedicated on the 31st of October fnstead
of the 18th, Congress having passed a
bill to that effect. October 21st is the
exact anniversary Of Columbus land
ing, allowance beng made for the cor
rectlon in the calendar made by Pope
Gregory. The change OF date of dedi-
biological accuracy, aud also to obliSe
New J ork City, which vii! have a Co.
lumblan celebration Oh October 18th.
Congress has passed bill appropriate
ing two and half millions OF dollars to
mortal half dollars, OF Columbian half
dollars" The reverse of the coins will
show the main building of the eXposi-
ton, and the diverse the head of Co.
lumbus. The bill also provides for the
striking of $4,000 bronze medals, with
appropriate devices and emblcms, at
cost OF 100000, and $4,000 yellum i'm
pressi0ns for diplomas at a cost Of
$4,000. But the Fair must close on
Sunday.
Our list Of pensioners exceeds by over
325, 900 the great standing army of 50O,-
600 in Germany. We support wholly
or partially from the Treasury one in
twelve Of the entire voting population
North and South.
We added to the pension list in ten
mouths of last year--twentysev years
after the close of the war-255, ,44S names,
which is 10000 more than the total
Union loss in killed, wounded and miss
ing in the twelve great battles of the
war.
The cost of pensions alone is now
more than double the entire expenses of
the Government in the year before the
war. Peace in the United States is
more expensive than the front of war
abroad. York World.