St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-09
General Notes.

III" people Want to Ett the nCW:,
And want it crisp and neat;
TIL DLMoCEAT tullysmeotG THAR >Iy~7
They say il ca,l h,. beat.
Meat is OH he decline.
Flour Was ncycg known tu l,s ~ rhta
as il is ut present,
he average heat crop nt lhIs CuU1,
try yields abunt 5u0,000,O ,OtW bushels.
In the Fourteenth Century suits U
! urmor often weighed III pounds aut
! over.
! The total annual output Of matcl,t
! throughout the would Is valued at Slu5.
| 000,0O0
- On Friday tbs tclnpvluturU ut fa1sc
Noltb Dakota, Nac twenty five defreu.
belcy zero.
\ Chicago plumber Ias bought fu.
! 500 tho Vermont State HulldiuS, y hick
cost sl5,00D.
III Knox County, ILL.,, during the past
t'n Years, the mum Der of divorces laye
averaged one tu every rtycu nlarrjus.a,
\ B!ltio IA ,udEc and ;ury have recent. .
~ decided that Il tclnae. claiming 10 be
Il lady, lr not lileiled by being called
"WOIlAu,
LA krune, ut Snyder Hollow, 10 the
tatskllle, died fOW days ago, the re.
en'L ul faotluE to make ilnsclf likIlt
enough to walk on Natcl.
Under the PROVISIONS ut the law SIX.
tending the t,cary act, i'll Chinese Ia
bolers IA tbs United Statcs must he reg.
i,.i I'm. T.. l.
10 drportalioU.
iht points Ut the conluass NAV hr
told from trees. tic tnoas growing thick,
est on tic north side, and where expOs.
cd to the sun the limbs are largest GU
tho south side.
Last week the infant child of Il rcsj-
dent Of Passaic, n. j., fell from third
story window to the ground and an cx-
ANIMATION 10y Il physician showed that
the Child was absolutely uniniurcd.
~ Roman newspaper corrvspopdcD,
says That the pOpc'o health causes the
gtcatcsl fears at the Vatican, His holi-
ness, he says, is gradually wustiug away,
and the END may come at any moment,
During the recent gales t3S lives were
lost along the British aud Irish COASTS.
This statement was made in the House
ot Commons, Nov. %, by Hon. \. J,
tAlnndelIa, president of the Board of
Trade,
At Beaver Fails, Pa, last Saturday,
a man fell into AL open grave, which he
had lust dug for his stepdaughter. The
tail broke Ills Dcck. lis body was not
discovered until tho funeral procession
was utaling the cemetery.
More thun 1850 babies were cared for
by Miss Halls nurses in the Chldre,l's
Iulldlns at the Worlds Fair during the
SIX months the Exposition was open,
md Of that number only ono WAS desert
"a ~ its DatUra! protector
The profits OF tu,ci4n exhibitors at
,lc World = Fair in Chicago surpass
-liUsU obtalueu at any previous inter
latlouai exposition. Tbe eight nations
Jest represented at the Fair sold So !
100000 worth of goods; tho Italians !
eadins with s2,5o0,0o0 Of sales.
It is quite probable that within tie /
leIt two or three nontLe tho three ter |
New Mexico and Utah !
will be admitted to statehood, and ae !.
hey arc Democratic the majority OF the !
democrats Ill the senate will be increag. |;
ID by tue addition ot six new members.
The South Park comm lsslouet.. Of i
chicago, have decided TO accept tho |
Worlds Fair buildings and i sufficient |
'um OF money TO keep theu in repair for ;
ome time. Tie park will bo im proved !
!nu next season there will be electric ;
displays, hroHorhs, etc. All tbs build !
ngs will be open,
lie yellow teyCr epidemic ut Bruus- |
yick, ia, i!as apparently run It's course. |
lho last bulletin issued by the Board of !
Health comprised the followine: New |
asee, mono; dlsclIarged-w white /, color |
ID !; under treatment white / color
ID 8; discharged whites 40, oolored
So deaths whites 42, colored II, Mon-
,ollan | !; total cases 1902 !; ratio Of NOR
1871, cOlored 10.
j. Il. Capital Item: During the silver
eDato the advocates Of the Presidents
.olicy sald the repeal bill did not affect
he coinage OF silver. This IL not aus
aimed by Secretary Carlisle Who SAWS
e has no power to coin the bullion pil-
q up III the treasury vaults. 1t will
exc an act Ut congress- to make money
I IT. Ihat Ii just what tie silver men
from the start.
y hen the Treasury Depai tnlent vas
1oking around for ueW Mint site in
some Of the property.own.
rs, whose land was considered suitable,
laced very fancy valuations on tueir
oldings, Now those same owners ars
aid to be not Qt all lleased to lind that
he city assessors have been guided in
taking up the tax-rOll by tie Valuations
hey put Oh their propcrtiee.