St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-02
General Notes.


The bill providing for the Australian
ballot has been defeated in the Legls-
lature.
The oldest building in the world is
the Tower OF London. 1t antedates
CAESARS conquests.
Census returns show that there are in
New Zealand 1897 churches and chapels,
being an increase of 134 in five years.
Texas is making the most extensive
preparations Of all the Southern States
for representation at the Worlds Far.
Whitelaw Reid, Republican candidate
for Vice President, was at one time a
cotton planter in Concordia parish,
| Louisiana.
Mr.. J. d. Bernard, of Rayne. has a
"frog pond in which he has 1000 frogs.
The Sentinel says that Mr.. Bernard Will
soon ship a carload to New Orleans.
Queen Victoria's golden wedding
presents to the king and queen OF Den
mark were IL marble vase aud Cask
of Loclnagar whskey twenty years old.
Mr.. George w. Childs, of Phlladel.
phia, has undertaken the education OF
another bright girl. She is only 14years
of age but is already doing some very
creditable newspaper work.
Some Chicago spectators want to re-
move Jesse James house to Chicago to
he exhibited at the Worlds Fair, but the
citizens of st. Joseph, Mo, say they will
burn the house down before they Will al
low it to be moved.
A stock company has been formed
among the leading business men of AL
exandria, La, with a capital stock OF
$4,000 The object of the company is
to erect an immense hotel. Committees
ON subscription and building site were
appointed, and over twenty-five thous-
and dollars has been subscribed.
The Ex-Empress Eugene, when at
marlborough, goes daily to pray III the
mortuary chapel near. Every one else
is excluded while she is within. An
armchair is placed at the foot of each of
the two sarcophagi wherein lie the re-
mains of Napoleon Ill and tho prince
imperial first in one and then in the
other the empress sits alone in prayer.
Both tombs are decorated with floral
wreaths aud scattered flowers.
| NO. States: The New York World
has been Interviewing the Republican
business men of that city for the pur-
pose of obtaining their opinions of the
Democratic presidential ticket nomi-
mated at Chicago, with the result that
quite large number stated that they
would vote for it, because they regarded
the adoption of the Force bill plank in
the Republican platform as very serious
mistake which will cost President Har-
rison many thousands of votes in the
North and West, while it will make the
South more solid than it has ever been
since the war. These Independent Re-
publicans, nearly all OF whom are en-
gagged in trade, say that the passage Of
Force bill would accomplish nothing
except to unsettle the business Of the
whole country, and aside from this fact
there is no necessity for the passage of
such a bill, and even if the Republicans
had the power to pass it the enforce
of it in the Southern States would be
impossible.
Crowley Signal: This term Of the
District Court seems to be giving gen
eral satisfaction, The rulings of Judge
Perrault indicate thorough knowledge
of the criminal law. The lawyers rep
resenting the accused parties seem to
be doing their best to protect the inter
ests of their clients. Among them VIC
notice with great pleasure our old Dis
trict Attorney the Hon. John n. Ogden
who now appears in the role of defend
ing critninals. No doubt his long expe-
rlcnCe as q prosecuting Ot11cer Will serve
him well in his new undertaking, and
we bespeak for him a successful career
The term has been marked by the best
of feeling between the bench and the
bar, a thing so desirable i'll our cstlma-
ton. With a just and fair admlnstra.
ton of our criminal laws our parish will
continue to improve i'll every respect
and will be sou Sht for as an abiding
place by our citizens OF the North and
West. All sectionalism will soon pass
away and the people of this great coun
trys animated by purposes Of like ma
ture will struggle to excel one another
) in developing the resources OF this beau
tiful section, bringing it up higher aDd
higher to that grade of perfection which
it is destined sooner or later to attain.