St. Landry democrat., 1892-05-14
General Notes.


ton was dedicated last Sunday.
The sale of peWs at the Abbevllle
Catholic church amounted to S2l6O'
The new bank building in Franklin
is completed and ready for occupancy.
The pants factory in the State penl-
Tertiary at Baton Rouge, is running IN
full blast.
The total enrolment of the Lake
Charles public school for the past SEES
sion was 239.
It will be in order for candidates for
congressional honOrs to bob up serenely
in the near future.
The latest definition of love is, two
heads with but a single thought, two
fools that act like one.
The locked wire bottom letter boxes
for the Alexandria post Office have ar
rived and will soon be put in operation.
The X. C. w, g. G.. railroad round
house at Lake Charles has been COM
pleted and the cars will also be finished
shortly.
The Houston Central Arkansas and
Northern railroad will begin running
through trains to Alexandria on Sunday
the 18th instant.
The police jury of st. Mary parish has
contracted with Jules Mequet for work.
ing the public roads Of that parish for
three years for $4,000.
A special to the N. O. Picayune, May
10 says: There is no crevase at Nor
CANA, nor is there from appearances,
any probability Of a break, etc.
State Treasurer Pipes has announced
that on presentation at the Office pro
rata of so per cent will be paid on all
general fund warrants OF 1884.
For the first time since the war, our
council will be composed entirely Of
white men, all good citizens, who have
the welfare and advancement of the
town at heart.
We obtain patents for protection, not
for ornament. Send for our valuable
pamphlet. Dubois and Dubois, Inven-
tive Age Building, Washington D. C..
Mention this paper.
Plaquemine Home journal: The cleo
ton yesterday for Mayor and Selectmen
of the town Of Plaauemine, to serve for
two years, resulted in victory for
whits supremacy.
The Morganza levee in Pointe Coupee
parish is the largest in the world. Its
base is 220 feet-ten feet more than an
acre 10 width. lis crown is 10 feet wide
and its heighth is 80 feet.
1t is estimated that 10000 Americans
will cross the Atlantic this season for
travel in Europe, and it is figured that
these people will spend at least $780,
100000 in getting there and in going
about.
Welsh gave big celebration on April
90 in honor of the election of Mr.. G. D.
court. Mr.. Welsh enjoys the distinction
of being the fist man outside of the
limits of Lake Charles to get parish
office.
The commencement exercises of the
State Normal School at Natchitoches
began May 8. This excellent insti-
tuition under the able supervision of
President Thomas d. Boyd, has just
passed through most successful session
and is an honor to Louisiana.
In every section of the country farm
ers who handle fine stock are the pro-
gressive and prosperous ones. Also, the
prosperous and progressive farmers in
almost every case handle fine stock
Scrub stock and scrub farmers make a
slow team.-Texas Farm and Ranch
Let the farmers wives and daughters
study the science of poultry raising if
the farmer himself has not the time or
inclination to attend to it. We know
l,,f no. IN ny, f,nr nF l.,
farmers wife does not need this sug-
gestion, for she has learned the value
to the household Of the poultry yard.
The way to get good public schools is
to pay for them like other folks. Many
poorer communities than Louisiana
maintain good schools. Good schools
are a good invcstmcnt-even for the
tax payer. They are worth several
times the cost. Such being the case, no
country can afford to be without them
much less a community which is trying
to get to the front.-Floyd Weekly
News.
Capt. Chas. A. Brusle, Of Iberville
parish, has again brought himself into
prominence as successful tax col
lector. Last week he turned over to
Auditor Steele $17,SG6.51, of which
amount $10,053 was for licenses for 1899,
and the remainder was for State taxes
of 1891. In that payment was included
the last dime due the State on the tax
roll Of 1891 of Iberville parish.-Farm-
erville Gazette.
Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" and
Longfellow's Evangeline," profusey
and finely illustrated, both for only 10
cents, postpaid, printed from large
(brevier) type, on fine super calendered
book paper, and specimen pages free to
any one, is the latest announcement of
John B. Alden, Publisher, 81 Rose St.,
New York. One would suppose they
would sell by the million, each work
being famous authors most famous
production.
Farmerville Gazette: 1t is a good
idea to "staDd in " with the powers
that be. Even the New Delta shows its
recognition of this fact. Before the re-
cent election it could not denounce
Mayor-elect John Fitzpatrick in terms
too severe, and now it compliments him
after the following manner:
The tone of Mayor Fitzpatrick's spe-
cial message to the City Council is ex-
cellent, and if he holds to the line of
policy laid down in it he will give tile
city frst-cass administration.
Good Country Roads.