St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-08-06
General Notes.

HISS W luUlC DAVIS Is writing II DOOt
Of personal recollectioDs of her father.
German medical experts express the
| opinion that America stands little dan
ger to get cholera.
Mr.. Cleveland has written Il letter Ell.
| cOuraging the formation of campaigt
clubs.
Mr.. Gladstone and his licutcnantt
have decided to attack the government
on the opening Of Parliament.
Tie Third District Democratic con-
Srcssional committee is called to meet
in New Iberia on August II.
No third party has secured the cleo
tOral vote of a single State since 1860
and no third party is likely to do so this
year.
St. Martin Reveillc: The planters are
hard at work in the interest of the pro-
| jected extention of the St. Maltinsyille
! branch to Arnaudvlllc.
The City of Paris, of the Iuman line,
beat the western record recently, by
crossing the Atlantic in ) days - hours
and IS minutes.
| Col. Robert H. Crockett, grandson
of the famous Davy Crockett, is the
democratic nominee for congress in the
9th Arkansas district.
Superintendent of Public Education
Lafargue has called a meeting of the
| State Board of Education, for Thurs
| day, August IS, at Baton Rouge.
The cholera has made its appearance
in Siberia and at Breslau, and grave
fears are entertained that it will spread
throughout Central Europe.
The jury in the case of Alice Mitchell,
the Memphis gill, who killed her friend
Freda Ward, for love of her, was ac-
quilted on the ground of insanity.
Work has begun on the knights of
Pythias building in Monroe. The build
ing, which will be one of the finest cas-
tie halls in the State, will cost $4,000.
Wednesday, August Sd, the four hun
dredth anniversary of the sailing of
Columbus on his voyage of discovery,
was celebrated with great cclat in
Spain.
The laying of the pipes through the
streets of Lake Charles for the water
supply is progressing rapidly and a COM
plete system of waterworks will soon
be finished.
In Mississippi every bar that rcnews
its license this year will have to pay
$1,000 for the privilege. The effects ol
the high license system IN our sister
State will be looked for with interest.
1t is claimed by the Lake Charles pa
pers that the Watkins railroad is to be
continued to Calcasieu Pass, on the
Gulf coast, where the government ap
preparations will endeavOr to secure
deep water,
The saloon " liceuse annually i'll
Alexandria, La, is $500, 500 each to
State, parish and city, In Biloxi, Miss,
every bar that renews its license this
year will baye to pay $1,000 for the priv
iegc. The effects of the high license
system in our sister State will he looked
fol with nterest.-N. 0. City Item.
The famous Gaines case against the
city Of New Orleans, which has been
pending for half a century, is virtually
at an end, the Indebtedness of SO22, ,1SS
having been liQuidated by the issuance
Of bonds. OF this amount S65S,000 has
been absorbed for lawyers fees, not in
cludlng costs of court.
Lafayette Advertiser: Judge Edward
Simon of st. Martin, is candidate for
Congress in the 81 district. The names
of Hon. Don Cattery, of st. Mary, and
Senator Mccall, of Ascension, have
been mentioned as probable candidates,
and it is also reported that Mr.. A. Z.
Pujo, of Calcasieu, has the " congressi-
onal bee buzziDg about his bonnet"
Thbodaux Sentinel: Hou. A. D. La
fargue, Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation, was during the last campaign
loud in his professions of loyalty to the
Democratic party, and yet, at the very
first opportunity he proves the hollow
ness of his ante election protcstations
by going out of his way to proclaim his
determination not to vote for Grover
Cleveland, the Democratic nominee for
president. A strange kind of Democ-
racy, indeed. Next.