The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-12-17
General Notes.

The police jury of Lafayette has ap
propriated $3.50 for the Louisiana OK
hibit at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
The Alabama Legislature has voted
a life pension of $500 per annum to
Mrs, Jefferson Davis, widow of the e1
President of the Confederacy.
The will-of Jay Gould, which was
probated few days ago, divides his
vast fortune equally between his five
children-three sons, and two daugb
ters. They will have nearly 100000,
600 each.
The lawyers of Avoyelles have re
solved not to take the case of a white
cap" to defend him against prosecution
for unlawful acts for less than $500
cash. This makes the whipping and
shooting of people up that way an ex-
pensive luxury.
Last Friday and Saturday eleven
white caps from Point Maigre were ar
rested and lodged in jail charged with
conspiracy. Since their incarceration
only two or three of them gave bond.
Judge Coco has increased the bond to
SO, $50, 81 900 peace bond and $2,5OO
appearance bond.-Marksyille Bulletin.
We understand that practical expert
ments have shown that Iice straw
makes an excellent article of paper.
What an opening for a paper mill in
Crowley, if this be true. Thousands of
tons now burned or left to rot, could
be utilized for paper making and add
to the revenue of the farmers.
ley Signal.
The stand pipe of the water works
will be l6 feet in diameter and 100 feet
high, there will be eight miles of mains
and 20 hydrants; there will be twenty
five lights of 2, 900 candle power each
distributed throughout the city, and the
whole will be in operation within
ninety days. Who says we are not on
the march ?-Telegraph- Bulletin.
The New York World, of the 1lth
inst, gives the following as the vote
cast at the late election, the Prohibition
vote not being considered: Cleveland,
796, 900; Harrison, $4,000; Weaver,
81 600. Cleveland over Harrison, $685.
600; Cleveland over Harrison and
Weaven,s $4,000. Cleveland7s plural
ity in 1884 was 62,653; in 1888 it was
98,0l7. An increase, since 1888, of 49,
963.
En- France it takes about 4 per cent
of the annual revenue to pay pensions.
In this country it takes 40 per cent.
We pay more to our pensioners than
Germany pays to keep her army OF
| I,O00, 900 men on war footing. The
honorable obligation of this country to
it's disabled veterans has been made
the excuse for the most unparalleled
iobbery of which the history Of civlllz-
ed government furnishes any example.
Philadelphia Record.
The Farmers Alliance of Fulton
county, Ga. has made sensible move
in trying to take the Alliance out of
politics. Every organization of this
kind which attempts to vote its MEM
bers en- masse is Immediately made the
tool of schemiDg politicians. The AL.
liauce can do good work in educating
it's members and promoting their social
and industrial advancement, leaving
such education and advancement to
produce their natural action on indi-
viduals. philadelphia Ledger.
After the people will have been
taught that sugar cane is the most
profitable product for the South, OF
rather that part of it which has so long
been endeavoring to adopt it as staple
Louisiana will be the greatest State In
the Union. We are far in advance OF
any sugar producing State in the South
now, having land especially adapted to
that pursuit, and machinery for cult,
vation and manufacture of the very
latest improvement This is truly the
home of the sugar cane.-Attakapas
Vindicator.
Robeine must be a nice place in
which to publish newspaper if we
NAV form an opinion by the treatment
received by two within year. During
the late State canvass a Mr.. Presley
was publisher of the Reporter, publish
ed at Robeline, but differing on politl'
cal issues with majority of the people
he was rather harshly treated, and now
the order has gone forth that the Battle
Flag, Third party paper, must be
boycotted. In fact, meeting was re-
Gently held, resolutions passed, the pa.
per denounced, and the editor served
with notice of boycot. All this in ar
enlightened age and free country
Shame !-B. r. Truth.
No better plan for Kidding town o
tramps has ever been discovered thar
the one extant 10 this eity-that of put
ting them at work on the streets. Ii
this way very considerable amount o
necessary labor is applied to our thor.
oughfares at no greater cost than tb'
matter of feeding them. and this i
really no expense, as they would have
to be fed if locked up. AS soon as ;
tramp is released from his enforced
labor he loses no time in taking his dc
; parture to some point where he will no
. be compelled to call his physical enef
gies into action. 1t is not necessar,
that his Honor should order him t
leave. for he goes, and stands not upo'
the order of his going.-B. r. Truth.
The Republican managers are nov
blaming each other for the terrlbl
waIloping that their presidential candi
date received at the recent election
Thomas c. Platt attributes the defea
of the Republicans in New York t
Chauncev Depew but the latter denie
!. the soft impeachment. He declare
f that he took no part in the campa1g
], further than to make speeches and a
e the management of the machine was
the hands of Mr.. Platt he ran it int
the Democratic landslide and smashe
!. up the entire outfit. 1t is well know
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