St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-02-25
General Notes.

! .Algernon SaItolis, the British hus-
, band of Nellie Grant, is dead.
There are $4,000 Free Masons in the
, United States, and 647,471 Odd Fellows.
! Paris gardeners buy toads, vi ch they
, use as insect dcslroyels. They cost -
dozen.
There is said to be more iliteracy in
Portugal than in any other country OF
Europe.
More tobacco is used 10y the Austrians
in propotion to population than by any
other nation.
President Harrison has sent Il message
to tho Senate recommending the annex
alton OF Hawaii.
The Cotton Growers Association met
at Memphis last Wednesday, Feb. -, to
devise plans for decreasing the cotton
acreage.
There are said to he $4,000 muscles in
an elephants trunk and the Tennessee
Twinklings says that it must have been
packed by woman.
1t is expected that the receipts of su
gar this year at New Orleans will reach
1000, 900 bbls., which will be Is per cent
more than the receipts last year.
The Supreme Court of the State. in
the case of the Boston Club in New Or
leans, has justly decided that all private
clubs must pay full liquor licencc.
4 number of New Orleans society la
dies have united and resolved not to
wear criuolinc. They won't under any
circumstances wear the hoop skirt
should it become fashionable.
The German empire has Just become
a member of the group of nations en-
joying the international copyright sys
ten. The other countries are the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, France, Bel
gium and Switzerland.
1t is announced that the opening and
closing prayers will be dispensed with
at the Worlds Fair inaugural celemo-
MES, because no minister of the gospel
could be found who would give salts
faction to all the churches.
The government of the United States
is among the oldest of civilized govern
ments now existing in the world, since
most European countries have been lev
authorized since the first election Of
George Washington to the Presidency.
Only six Southern States, Texas. Lou
isiana, Mississippi. Alabama, North and
South CaroliDa, Rll be represented il
the general exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
The total exhibitors humber nineteen,
aud Louisiana will furnish seven OF
these.
France. Switzerland. Belgium, aud
Germany are to wage Joint war OF eX-
k,, Il Nm
tie past year $50 were killed iii a half
dozen departments of France, aud theil
scalps were paid for by the French gov
eruDicnt.
. The Development Of tie beet sugar
industry has been pushed with great
energy. Under The present bounty sys-
tem, says the Criterion. there has been
all enormous Increase III sugar prOduC-
ton in the United States. In Utah, Ne
braska and California the output in the
past year was over 25,O00,O00 pounds,
nearly double the amount produced the
previous year
Tho fact that Judge Gresham has
been till recently Il Republican, does
rot mean that he has not become good
Democrat for, some of the ablrst men
III the Democratic party, to-day, have
boeu Republicans, Among such, are no
lesser lights than Governor Boies, Of
Iowa, Gray, OF Indleua, Campbell of
Ohio, Senator Palmer, of illinois. aud
many others whose names We do not
now recall.-Louisiana Review.
Mgr. Satolli has received the Pa
pal document establishing the pcrma-
ncnt Apostolic legation in the nted
States, and will make tour Of the
country in the Spring, to get acquainted
with the church IN this country. Mgr.
Satolli has decided against bishop Wig
ger in the Newark case. The principle
is laiC down for the guidance of bishops
that pastors and congregations speak :
ng foreign tongue ale expected to as
simulate as quickly as is consistent with ,
he Euglish-speaking congregations. .
Bishop Wigger wished rather TO pre-
;ent such assimi' ton.