The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
General Notes.

Drfintng Sheriff Mays, of Bienvile
parish, struck his thirty two bondsmcn
for 5000, who will have to ante up
unde, IL judgement of court.
Those who bewail the alleged grow
ing corruption of American public life
should take squint at France just at
this time. Papama overShadows Credit
M"biler as an elephant overshadows
rat.-City Item
Nearly every white voter in Napo-
lronvile wants the postoffice. There
are twenty seven candidates, according
to the Pioneer, and that number must
embrace the greater. portion of the
voting population.
The Davis Monument Committee
met last week, with Gems. Glynn,
Harris aud Jastremski present. 1t was
decided to organize sub committees in
the parishes and to give u sham battle
and tournament here in the spring, for
the purpose of increasing the f4onu
ment fund.--La. Review.
Cholera has broken out afresh in
Hamburg, and it it feared that it may
re appear in New York ports At any
rate, precautlon should actnate con-
gress to at once take steps TO prevent
steerage passenger immigration from
infected districts of foreign countries
tor the next l2 months.
People along bayou nTeche say the
smell from the sugar-house refuse
When a steamboat stirs up the mud and
water the stencil is simply awful
Dead fish are numerous, and assist in
making the water putrid. This should
be reme{.}ed by our Police Jury. If
not, typrSid fever and other diseases
must become prevalent. Morgan City
Review
The refusal of Georgia to accept the
Home fur Confederate Soldiers and
Maintain it after it had been built, paid
for and presented to the State, is blot
on the escutcheon of that commonwealth.
1t has even been denounced as ADDS
graceful act by the bitterest Republic
can organs in the North, while the
feeling of disgust in the South is too
great for any one to attempt to des-
cribe States
Th" Bastrop Appeal expresses the
sentiments of fonr ont of five men in the
State, as follows: Circuit Court got
in here last week nn Monday and de
pai ted Wednesday evening. That
Court is just about as useful as the curl
in ii pigs tail 1t benefits greatly the
learned Judges who compose it and
only them. And it is entirely too kex-
pensive for the fun it gives tax payers.
Let the Circuit Court pass out drop
into" innocnous deseuitude''
The intelligent observer of Louisiana
politics will have been impressed with
the great popularity into which the saw
age Don Caffery. has bounded since
the death of the Iamented Gibson. 1t
is amusing to note that his support for
the successorship to the senate comes
from sources that few short months
ago were considered by cousin Don to
be TOO rotten for any purpose but
ribaId Observation-Disclosures Bull
| letin
1t appears some of the penny wise
and pound foolish store keepers at
Robeline attempted to boycott the Bat
tie Flag because it differed with them
in peiitics The farmers up in SABINE
heard of it and they sent their trade to
those who advertised in the Battle
Flag. Those who did not boycott are
just as patriotic as the others in politi-
cal way and will be better able here
after to contribute to the campaign
fund See!-B. R Capital Item.
| One Of the greatest draw backs to sue
cessful aiming in the South is the old
/ style of doing business on the credit
system. The practice still prevails to g
very large extent, of buying on credit
and settling up once year. AS long
as this system prevails, farming will bt
Improbable Iu the first place, wher
| the planter buys ON credit, he is apt L
buy more largely and use less economy
than when he puts his hand in hi
/ pocket aud pays cash for what he gets
and il the next place he pays from q
to so per cent. higher prices than cash
Lake Charles Echo.
Tie city of Lake Charles, through III
mayor, contracted this week will
Messrs E. B. Preston g. Co., of Chi
cage, for one thousand feet of fire hose
and tive No. hose carts, for the La
Hose Co. The carts aud hose are TO b.
delivered in Lake Chrales withins ixi,
days from date of contract. We ar.
proud to see the city assist this uew or
ganzatioh ia this way and sincerely
trust that the citizens of this city vii
Offer every encouragement possible tt
the assistance of this company Lake
| Charles Commercial
As further evidence that the war il
s over, THE famous State of Kansas wht
brought on the late conflict, has JUS
elected full fledged Confederate Colo
mel 10 Cungress as the colleague o
Hon. Jerry Simpson, who aso return
to Congress The Republicans tried t.
scare Jerry out of the field by threat
to kill him, bnt this failed. Then the,
tried tn, gag that he had learned ii
wear socks and had deserted the :;,,,n
efs Jerry SOON disabused the fa,mrr
mind 10y hauling the leg of his pantt
above his ankles. -B. r. Capital Item
The Baton Rouge Truth advocate
that the entire State organize for tls
purpose of securing immigration
Speaking of it's own parish, it says
IF few of our citizens who owl
large bodies of land, acres of which ar
] unremunerative through lack of cult
yation. would have the vacant tract
laid nff into farms of more moderate Iii
III, nsians and maps made of the same
!, tl.ngs wonld be getting into shape fo
!, the expected immigrant and the 81
anpIe most likely be followed by man