St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-11
General Notes.

The people W;tni to get tlcntN>,
And want it crisp and neat;
THE DEMOCRAT fuilysmeCtS their Views
They say it can't be beat.
Four hundred cases of diphthe,ia a
week are now reported in LOndOn.
Eighty of the towns in Great Britain
supply the names of 100 towns 10 Amer
| lea.
| At the present rate OF increase there
will be 19O,000,O00 people in the United
States in so years.
1t is reported at Paris that President
Carnot has finally decided to become a
candidate for reelection.
One hundred and fifty thousand Odd
Fellows have died since the olganiza-
ton of the order in 1880.
The Pope has changed uoticeably in
appearance lately. lie is much bowed
and has excited, nervous movements.
\ law of the State Of Texas requiring
tie closing OF oAlOous on Sunday has
been declared by the courts 10 hc un-
constitutional.
The Supreme Court of Mic!liy gan has
declared the Woman Suffrage law pass
ed by the last Legislature to be uncon-
stitutiouaI and void.
a film in Palestine Is engaged IN sup
plying water from the River JO!iiau to
churches. 1t is put up III seated bottles
and sold by the case.
The damage to tie urange crop in
Plaqucmlncs parish by the late storm
will DC fully 100000, while The trees
have also been severely i.'jnred,
Citizens Of Alexandria propose to az
ganize Il company for the purpose of
improving Bayou kapides and buIlGln.
Il central sugar factory near its mouth.
The coolest place in the world is the
region about the mouth Of the McKen-
zio River, in British America. The ther-
mometer there has been known to sink
to 70 degrees below zero.
Emile Zillman, a murdcrcsS, was cx-
ecuted by heheading in Berlin Oct ~.
This is the first woman who has suffer
ed q capital sentence IN the German
capital since 1916.
Capt. Chas. Carter, who has Just died
in Norfolk, Va, at the advanced age of
ninety three, was married eight times
and was the father OF thirty-ejSllt chill
dren, all of whom are living.
The adjntant general Of the aruy, in
his recent report, expresses himself
quite strongly against the Indian as a
soldier. He makes good scout, and
that is about the best that can be gotten
out OF him.
Thc}battIcship Oregon was success
fully launched last Thursday at the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco in
the presence Of $4,000 people. The YES
sci has displacement OF over 10000
tons and will cost u 900, 900.
The General Assembly of Georgia
met on Oct. 25. In his message to it
Governor NOrthen attributes the recent
monetary troubles to the system of pro-
lection, and cODgratulates the peOe4e
that Congress is pledged to reform the
tariff and repeal the tax on State bank
notes.
The Treasury Department, on Friday,
semi officially declared that the danger
of the introduction of cholera from Eu-
rope by immigration is over and decided
Marine Hospital service now stationed
at the principal European ports.
Cane this year, plant and stubble,
good, bad and indifferent will average
over twenty tons to the acre, and in
some places the yield has been double
that amount. A portion of Eagletield,
the property of Alpha & Sons, sent
thirty eight tons per acre to the mill
franklin Vindicator.
William Dean Howells and Henry
George are upon terms of pleasant
friendship, and Mr.. Howells is occasion
ally one of the little circle at Mr..
Georges informal Sunday nights. 1t
may surprise persons not familiar with
the several phases Of radical thought
upon political questions, to know that
Mr.. Howells has endeavored to make
Mr.. George convert to socialism.
1t is said Louisiana has an exhibit at
the Worlds Fair. How much of the
appropriation has been expended for
the grand aud attractive display of Lou
isiana's resources, and how much is
there left, il any? A report of the ex-
penditures attending the Louisiana dis
play at the Worlds Fair would be in
teresting to the citizens Of the State.
Can the Information desired be given
to the public ?-Shreveport Caucasian