The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-07-29
General N otes.

! DeaCn. Mlss.3 laSt MOnuay a1teF an
illness of many months.
Captain George d. Hito one of the
best known steamboatmen on Western
and Southern waters, died at his late
residence No. IA University Place,
New Orleans last Sunday.
The bank failures in the South dur
ing the severe strain in money circles
have been few and far between. 1t is
big advertisement for the South and
she is sure to reap a big reward
Telegraph Bulletin.
The general improvement tax, to
be used for the erection of water works
and electric light plants for our town,
was voted by our citizens on Monday
almost unanimously, there being only
two votes against the measure
Crowley Signal.
Caleb Swayze, editor of the Wiscon
sin Pinery, died July 8. He was born
in New Jersey in 1888 and came oto
Stevens Point in 1856. He had been
the proprietor Of the Pinery since 1857.
He was never married and leaves an
estate of about $4,000 to eastern
relatives.
1t is said that a movement in favor
of woman suffrage in this State has
been inaugurated by some prominent
ladies in New Orleans, and that the
constitutional commissio1 will be
pressed to recommend an amendment
providing for the change.
A disastrous fire occurred Oh Canal
street last Saturday evening in which
the wholesale Boot and Shoe house of
Keiffer Brothers was totally destroyed.
Charles Med maid of American Truck
No. 2, who lad entered the building
lost his life, while the other fremen
who accompanied him barely escaped
with their lives.
James DoFliDg, late cashier of the
mint at New Orleans, was arrested
Thursday charged with embezzling
$25, ,OOO Several weeks ago mysteli-
ous fire occurred in the mint vault aud
large sum of money was said to have
been destroyed Bowling accounts for
the shortage in that way. 1t was new
er shown, however, how the fire origi
mated.
Rather an unusual thing happened
to Mr.. Jno. L. Lacroix about July lst
While boring we'll with an ordinary
auger at Balls mill, ON the Ell. C. A. &
N. railroad he developed IL frat class al
tesian we'll spout which began to flow
after he had gone to depth of only ii
little more than twenty feet. This we
believe is the only we'll of the kind in
Grant parish. Chronicle.
Thousands and thousands of dollars
of the peoples money heretofore
thrown away on fraudulent pensions
and otherwise is being saved under the
wise and economic administration of
President Cleveland. The saving is
particularly noticeable in the interior
department under Secretary Hoke
Smith and in the agricultural depart
ment under Secretary Morton.-Tele
graph Bulletin.
Following are the salaries paid to
presidential pOstmasters outside of
Che city of New Orleans:
Bayou Sara, $ll00; Houma, $1,000;
Natchitoches, 1880; Opelousas, ST.
400; Thibodaux, $l4OO; Donaldson
vile, $500; franklin, $500; Alex
andria, $1,000; New Iberia, $l7OO;
Lake Charles, $500; Baton Rouge,
$1,000, Shreveport $24O0.
Messrs. Dupr6 and Gnidry, Police
Jurymen of st. Landry parish. have
been removed. The Opelousas Courier
says that they were removed by Gov
ernor Foster because they were menu
bers of the Farmers Alliance. The
Courier must be mistaken in the mat
ter, because if ever man owed an or
ganization thanks, for duty well per-
formed, Governor Foster is that man,
and the Farmers Alliance the organ
ization.-Town Talk.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is
selling round trip sickets from Mobile
to Chicago for $22.5O. This ticket per-
mits the purchaser to remain fifteen
days in Chicago and to stop over ff-
teen days in st. Louis. The railroads
running into New Orleans might leafn
lesson from this and our merchants
ALSO 1t is significant that the only
two roads in this section of the country
giving anything like reasonable rates
to Chicago, the Texas and Pacific aud
Mobile and Ohio, both run to st. Louis.
The business men of that town recent
ly subscribed large sum of money to
advertise their city and have doubtless
urged the railroads to reduce rates that
travellers might see st. Louis When
the merchants of New Orleans have as
much influence overthe railroads and
put that influence to as good use, then
| will new era of prosperity begin for
New OrIeans.-N. 0 TimesD Democrat.