St. Landry democrat., 1892-10-01
General Notes.


organized in Shreveport last week.
Ladies have been appointed members
OF school boards in SOME OF the parishes
Maj. Gen. John Pope, L. S. A, he Of
" headquarters in tic saddle fame,
died on Sept. p.
\ branch OF the Society tor the Pre-
ventiOn of Cruelty to Children has been
organized in Lake Charles.
The cotton crop is turning out short
all over the State, aud it is claimed the
estimates made thus far nave been too
high.
Sheriff Ried, OF Calcasieu, was hon
olably acquitted last week OF the charge
of disappointing moneys collected
by him.
Egypts cotton crop this year is the
largest ever made in the delta Of the
Nile, Numbering near one million Of
$50 pound bales.
For some time the United States gov
eminent has been considering the ad-
visibility OF adding bicycle corps to
the regular army.
The Star says that cotton is fast TAX
ing a back seat in Nermllion, as cane
ard rice have proved to be much more
profitable, and more easily handled and
disposed Of.
A mouse started! across the roUm in Il
North Atchison house and a girl scream
ed so loudly the mouse fell over. On
picking it up it was found to have died
of fright.
T. T. Allan has been appointed
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector for
the district composed OF the parishes OF
1berville, st. Landry, AvOyelIes, Pointe
Coupeo and Rapides.
According to the report Of the chief
State engineer the sum OF =, 3D., 800, in
Guiding SG29, 592 from the United States
government. was spent on the lcvees in
Louisiana during 1890 and 1891.
Fifteen Revolutionary widows are
still alive and regularly draw pensions.
Seven Of them reside in one pension
district of Tennessee, and four OF these
seven are proud of the name of Nancy,
Crowley Signal: Twenty families
from Texas vii! settle in this parish
during this fail and winter. About one
hundred more families are expected
from the different western States within
the next few months.
The average duration Of lives in the
United States is Ais years for ,t0rcNecp-
els, 1876 years for tcanlSters, 44.G years
for seamen, Alb years for mechanics,
4S4 years for merchants, 80 6 years for
lawyers, and G4.2 years for farmers.
OF the 4 o.. millonaircs in the United
States only 1876 are eoutl of Mason and
Dixon's line, and Texas has - Of these.
The real estate III New York City alone
is worth more than all the land between
the Potomac and the Rio Grande.
Mr.. Herbert Barbee, the sculptor. of
Luray, Va, has raised $1,000 of the So
900 needed for the erection of a bronze
statue to the Confederate soldiers at
that place. Mr.. Barbee has completed
the model of a colossal statue, and it Is
ready to be put i'll bronze.
Baton Rouge Capital Item: i New
York daily dlsntects the paper on which
1t Is prlnted.-SOClety would be very
greatly benefited if much OF the matter
inserted i'll the columns of many Of the
great daiiles was fumigated before it
reached their readers.
4 man died Of cholera OF cholera NOR
bus in San Antonio last Sunday night, |
after d debauch on canned lobster aud
beer, and his body was cremated in the
government garbage Crematory at the
military post, and ali his clothing and
bedding were destroyed.
Mr.. David Bruce, the pioneer type
founder, Of New York, is ninety years ,
old, and until recently was very active /
in business and social life, only few /
days ago showing signs of weakness. |
He was the inventor of many improve |
ments in the methods of type making.
Of all countries Mexico presents the |
most contrasts. While the women still |
grind corn in the ancient way and the ,
men carry water as in the days OF AhTa- |
ham, the government has telephones. |
telegraphs aud electric lights, and has .
contracted for the phonograph in the .
postotfice department.
II. A. Cronin, of Chicago, Column
bian Fair stakeholder, says $1,000 have
been offered for the first 100 of the SOU
venir half-doliars coined aud 1000 for
the last one. Fancy prices will be ask
ed for the coins, and Chicago hopes to
get $1O,O00O00 out of the $500. 900
given in these souvenirs by the govern
nent.
Tie health authorities rule that per
tectIy fresh oysters are q safe diet even
u cholera times. In fact all sea food,
t fresh, is wholesome. The great eau
ion needed is to keep the stomach in q
good condition and the body clean: to
look all that is eaten or drank after ex-
)osure to any possibility of germ alb
'orptlOn.
It cities and towns find it profitable
o invest money in better streets, GER
ainly the country districts will find it
10 less profitable. The fact that on
mooth roadway a farmers load need be
United only by what he can pile on his
wagon ought to be proof enough of the
'alue of good roadways without q sim
lie witness being called.
n. O. Picayune, Sept. 90: There has
,een a very considerable advance in
he price of cotton during the past week
r ten days, which Improvement has
greater activity in cotton cir
les than has been experienced in the
rade for several months past. The
ocal quotations show that spot cotton !
as advanced Of a cent in a week, and
December deliveries have gained 4G !
oints, or not far short of half cent.
The proposed pyrotechnical iIlumina- ,
ion of the Brooklyn bridge will be one t
f the great features Of the Columbian
in New York City. The
Ian is now to have two tons of colored !
re burned Oh each of the bridge tow |
RS, changing from red, green aud am +
er to blue. There will be flashes of
rimson fire, attording a series of fifteen !,
giving spectacle that :
ill last at least an hour and a half. !
'uring the illumination a message of
re will be signaled b. the Morse code q
ON each tower of the bridge. The +
owning glory of the night will be y
rand cascade of silver fire surrounding +
lch tower and falling distance of 200 q
,et =
There will be 35G Representatives in a
Ongress after March 4, 1898. The o,i-