St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-01-14
General Notes.

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Boston had q million dollar fire on
the 10th,
Gen. VIM. Miller Owen, q distinguish
ed citizen of New Orleans, died on the
10Th, aged SO years.
U. S. Senator keuna, of West Virgil
MIA, died at Washington on tho It'll,
aged As years. He was the youngest
member Of the Senate.
Mrs. George Hearst, wife of The late
Seantor Hearst, of California is the
most heavily insured woman in the
| world. Iiel Dolicy is $500, 900.
The police jury Of East Baton Rouge
| has appropriated $500 for the purpose
| Of defraying tie expenses of a parish
exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
| The rice shipment for December from
! Crowley amounted to $3.50 sacks,
against p ,173 sacks for the correspond
| log month last year-Crowley Sigual.
| Calcasieu parish heads the list in i'll
| creased values this year, with .S592,S71.
| The total State assessment is 1894 3d.
1871. A fatliug off OF $s7S,796 50 from
last year.
| The French Ministry resigned on the
| 10th and new cabinet was immediately
formed with NJ Ribot at the head. Ca
simr-Perrler succeeds FloQuet as Pres
| idcnt Of the Chamber
| President Cleveland j. said to favor
! the rcmodullDg Of the civil service law
! so as to limit the tenure OF office to eight
years. \ longer period, he believes, un-
fits PEI sou for the real affairs OF life.
; The Board OF Control OF the Louisl-
ana State Penjlentialy, last week,
unanimously recommended the pardon
Of Judge i. J. Ford, The Board o!
! Faldous ana the t;uNtruur will, 10
| doubt, giant the pardon.
Mrs, Gladstone. wife OF the EDgiish
| Premier, Is Il property owner at niagara
| falls, Ont, aud consequently entitled to
vote Tor mayor, school tsustees, and
! councillors of the town. Her name ap-
pears on the voters list,
| Last week Coy. Foster WAS made the
recipient OF Il beautItu' tea set OF solid
| silver, five pieces, each appropriately
engraved with tho coat # arms Of tue
| State, and the Governors name, the
gift of the members OF bis staff as bis
New Years gift,
The police jury Of Kapidts dlscon-
tlnued the appropriation fer paupers,
because the list had grown SO large as
to become a public buydeR. Why not
| try pauper farm similar to the one we
have here I? II is splendid cure for the
| disease Natebitocles Democratic Re-
/ view, . ..~.
/ The Supreme toult las decided that
a planter, OF farmer, keeping Il store
ION his plantation and selling goods and
liquors to his employees exclusively, falls
under the terms of the law exacting a
licence from everyone doing business
OF selling at retail" Mr.. Justice Fen
nor dissented.
| Gen. Benz. T. Butler. lawyer, states
| man, soldier and millionaire manufac-
turor, died ut Washington on the 11th,
aged "a years. lie was a Democrat in
| 1860, and III tile Charleston convention
strongly favored the nomination of JEFF
ferson Davis for President Of the United
| States. His career as soldier Was not
very brilliant or successful,
! Says tho Alexandria Town Talk: 4
State Teachers Association was duly
organized ia Alexandria on Friday, Dec.
%, 1892. We understand that the or
gani2at!on started into life with some
thing like fifty mem ers. Such ali AS
ISOLATION can be Of great service TO
teachers and every one of that calling
should become member.
New Iberia Enterprise The subgcrip-
ton fund TOR the erection Of the pro-
posed $4,000 Central and Higl, School
two-story brick structure is growing
steadily and has reached upward Of
$4,000. The people of New
Iberia have entered heart and soul in
the movement for the erection of a
grand public school building aud its
success Is assured.
NJ o. States: Louisiana, impoytrjsh-
ed as she is by oVerf1ows which DESTROY
almost every year millions of dollars
worth OF property. has home for her
oid soldiers and a warm place i'll her
heart for them. Tue money which
Louisiana gives for the maintenance of
her Soldiers Home size gives freely and,
Lappily and only regrets sincerely that
she Is unable Is, give norc
Now 4Defia Enterprise Fer - .s--
'aiessrs, Gates & Veazey coats.n plated
moving their cotton seed oil iaill stu
ated at this place, to Washington, La,
trIct than this; but upon mature deli
oeratlon and in view of the outlook for
a return to cotton growing by some Of
our farmers Who had bandoned it, they
nave decided to remain and hope TO do
better than for the past seasons.
\. Q; States: The Chicago Inter-
Ocean, Is authority for the statement
that the farmers in Clinton county
iowa, are making more money by rais.
ing pole cats and selling their oil and
1nr than they realize from the sale Of
Ia tnell corn ana wheat: 1t is pretty rough
10 mink that the policy of the Republi-
Iowa to the necessity of raising mole.
cats ~ order to make living. and this
fact alone should make them vote tha
straight Democratic ticket,