The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-12-03
General Notes.

The saloon Keepers in Crowley have
held a meeting and resolved to respect
the State Sunday law.
The Chicago Inter Ocean has good
deal to say about Mr.. Cleveland's res
possibility, but it need not worry it
self. He will shoulder the responsible
ity and tote it like the big strong mar
that he is.-N. O. States.
Mrs. Stanilaus Boudreaux, aged 10(
years, died last Saturday in Terre
bonne parish. Her baptismal papers
dated in the year 1876 are in tho pos
session of the family. She was proba
bly, the oldest person in the State.
Caesar G. Antoine, the negro who wal
lieut. governor during Kellog's admin
istration, has been convicted of en-
bezzlement in the Criminal Court a
New Orleans. The Jury recommend
ed Antoine to the mercy of the Court
''How the mighty hath fallen"
Judge Ferguson has rendered de-
csion in the case of the State vs.
Homer A Plessy declaring the separ
ate car law constitutional. The CASE
was brought as test, and the decision
is rminently proper and satisfactory
La Review.
The Farmer IS Unions. of Bossier par
isll, in Louisiana, and South Lafayette
county, Ark, are organizing an agti
cultural fair association. There ii
more solid good sense in that than ir
the active participation in scrambles
for political Office that the Unions have
been led into by aspiring members -
B. R. Capital Item.
The recent election shows that Cleve
land, on the popular vote, received {
duality of more than a half million
WHICH is the largest ever cast for {
Presidential candidate since the foun
dation of the government. 1t is quite
plain that tine people are heartily il
fagor of tariff reform, and are deter
mtaed to have it.-N. 0. States.
The loss which has been caused By
the Homestead strike can be easily
imagined when it is stated that th'
strikers have lost in wages during thu
past five months over two millions o.
dollars, while it is estimated that the
Carueges' loss is double that sum
Strikes do moi pay and they very rarely
ever accomplish anything.-N. O
States.
MIS-. Leasr has yielded to the ap
psi.s of ii few cranks in Kansas, ant
announces that she is candidate 70
the United STATES Senate. Should the
ola girl, through u combination of cir
enmstances, succeed in breaking int
that grave and dignified body it is t.
lie hoped she will not persist in wear
ing a wide hat and placing her feet ol
the desk N. o. States.
Gov. Flower declares that the fnan
cial affairs of the government are il
such wretched shape that it is impossi
J BILE for any Democrat, no matter hoy
well posted he may be, to tell th
amount of the deficit in the treasury
and the conntry will not know unit
Mr.. Cleveland takes his seat as Presi
dent and the books are examined.
is safe to say that the Democrats wi
| make very thorough examinatio
J after March 4th, and all the juggler
r aud tricks of Secretary Foster will b
: exposed.-N. o States.
, A bill has been introduced in th
Alabama legislature which is likely
: wipe out the negro vote in that Stat
or at least the greater portion of i
: The bill provides that persons who's
9 State and county taxes do not amoun
to more than SIS will not be required
: pay them if they failed to vote at til
August and November elections. Tll
: genrtal impression is that the negroes
in order to save the SIS, will gladl
stay away from the polls and spen
the money for sardines and circus ticl
ets.-N O. States.
, Twenty per cent of the gro'
! receipts is all that the restaurants at Il
. :. fair grounds are to pay che expositiG
I for the privileges. The ways an
means committee has granted the cor
eession of running the restaurant
Q within principal buildings to the Gag
Hotel Company of Chicago. The re-
tanrants are to be twenty IN numbe
the largest one to have accommod'
D tions for II 900 persons at one tim
Q The restaurants altogether will be alb
to seat $4,000 at one time. The hote
t are to be of two classes, The prices
o one class are to he moderate, viii
o those nf the other will be high.
- Publishers of big newspapers in Oh
= cago have been discussing for son
: time plans of an exh ibit they will NAL
J at the fair 1t is as good as settled no
. that both morning and evening pap
:. will be. issued in Machinery Hall evel
q day. The paper will be printed
presses sent to the fair as exhibits, al
it is possible that they will be printt
: on paper made on the Exhibitit
grounds. This exhibit would enab
: persons who have not witnessed d
:, interesting process of producing gle
e daily newspaper t" see every featu
= Of the work, from the manufacture
" paper to the delivery of the events of
day to subscribers.
J. The Welsh, La, correspondent Of t
e Lake Arthur Herald, under the date
h Nov, 18th, says:
IS Great excitement prevails In t