The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-04-30
General Notes.

The street car line at Lake Charles
is said TO be a paying concern.
| The McEnery parish ticket was sue.
cesstul in st. Mary, electing the clerk,
sheriff and coroner.
Some of the country parishes out
voted themselves Tuesday -Ruston
Caligraph.
| The Electoral College of 1892 con.
tains 444 votes. of these 223 are abso-
lutely necessary to a choice.
Now that Foster is elected all we
have to do - to fold our arms and
watch the immigrants pour in.--Rus-
ton Calisraph.
If you cannot say anything good
about your town, you can hold your
tongue with becoming grace. Don't
be ctoaker.-Alexandria Times.
/ The lottery amendment seems to
have been entirely lost sight of in the
shuttle, and yet the Foster leaders told
Us to the very last that it was living
issae.--Baton Rouge Advocate.
Was Mr.. Foster more successful in
trading with the Chief Justiceship
than he proved to be with Fitzpatrick
! regarding the tax offices and harbor-
masterships IN O. City Item.
The orange crop of Braddish john
sons orange farm sold for $4,000 the
last season, while it was in bud The
| expenses of the place are about $4,000
year, which leaves neat profit of
$35, 900 Morgan City Review.
Two car loads of Cinnamon passed
over the Southern Pacific Wednesday
| morning for New Orleans. They were
in charge of United States officials,
and will be shipped back to China,
having entered this country in viola
tion of the Chinese exclusion law.-La-
fayette Advertiser
Now and then supporter of
the Herald ntters the complaint that
we are too liberal in mentioning the
wares of our advertisers. Bless you,
those are the people, above all others,
who deserve editorial notice; their
support goes long way in making onr
living, and that's what we are here for
Lake Arthur Herald.
During the electric storm last Thurs
day, Mr.. Aristide Langlanias, living
10 miles North least of Abbeville, while
feeding his two mules, was struck by
Tightening and instantly killed. Both
mules were also killed.
During the same storm Miss Clemen-
tine Lapoint, living few miles South
west of Abbeville, was also killed by
being struck by tightening .-Vermilion
Star.
Several days ago Frank Gibson
caught 75-lb. turtle from the lake,
and the animal proved to be regular
museum. In his stomach was found
fonr large fish hooks, bent in all
shapes, an algator's foot and an under
jaw of the same creature Ii the tnr-
tie had been engaged in fight with
the alligator, which the evidence indi.
Gates, he seems to have come off VIC
tofious. Lake Arthur Herald.
Many newspapers have sprung up
during The last two years, for the sole
purpose of mixing in with the cam
paigners; many on the other hand have
died in their infancy something like
The Louisiana Farmers Alliance, which
could have led very fruitful life had
It MOI jumped from IFS cradle into the
r arms Of politics, which will either
build up OF crush uuder any concern,
Just as the notion strikes. --Attakapas
Vindicator.
On the 22nd inst tile Supreme
Court reversed the decision Of Judge
Taylor Of Terrahause, by which Geo.
III. Allen and w O. Fishback, proprie-
tor and editor respectively of tile Terre
Haute Express, were committed to Jail
for thirty days each for contempt OF
court.
The Express published articles criti-
cizing the grand jury and Judge Tay-
| lor III connection with an investigation
of alleged municipal alerookedness. The
Supreme Court holds that journals
have the right to eriticise public off !
ciaIs, but there is limit beyond
which they mnst not go. 1t is held
| that In this instance the criticism did
not 90 beyond the bounds.
Every farm should be self sustaining
- makes farm pay and a