St. Landry democrat., 1893-04-08
General Notes.

his intention to call an extra session OF
congress to convene in September. or
October.
The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad has arranged to reduce
the time between New York and Chi
cago to nineteen hours.
Carter Harrison was elected on Tues
day mayor of Chicago by 10000 plurality
over S. B. Alle1ton, the candidate of the
allied Republican and citizens ticket.
A hotel of Hamburg is built entirely
of compressed wood, which is as hard as
iron, and by chemical treatment has
been made proof against fire aud in
sects.
In 1894 the first turnpike road was
made, slxty-tWo miles long, between
Lancaster and Philadelphia, so called
because it was required to be SO hard
that pike could mot be driven through
it.
Iherviile South: 4 company from
each of the Congressional Districts is to
be selected by competition drill, to go
to the Col1mb ian Exposition the CIe-
ole Guards of our city are hard at work
preparing themselves for the test.
Its believed that mammoth wild ami
mails, now extinct, formerly made their
homes in the Okefinokee swamp in
Florida. The work of draining and
dredging this swamp is now progress
ing, and some interesting remains may
be disclosed.
The death in Naples of Christian Joa-
chin Mohn deprives the world of its
greatest linguist since the days Of Mez-
zofanti. Mohn had an acquaintance
with more than sixty languages, most
of them Oriental. He was of Norwegian
birth, and was IS years old.
Health authorities in Germany, find
ing that the refuse left after extracting
the oil from peanuts contains four times
the nutritive matter Of wheat and rye
f1ours, have used mixtures of peanuts
and of peanut refuse with rye flour for
making a very nutritious bread.
Sioux Falls, S. D., April 9.-Reports
from fifty towns in South Dakota give
details of the immigration just now
pouring into the state. Every village
reports from one to ten families from
Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois or Wisconsin
as having arrived during the week and
settled on farms.
Macon, Ga, April "A large amount
of land contiguous to Macon is being
sold to English capitalists and western
people who wish it for investment and
for settlement by colonies. Within the
past five days 1000 acres have been sold
Florida Railroad at from $40 to S12 per
acre to parties from Ohio who intend to
raise fruit.
The anomalous situation of the Vicks-
burg post Office is exciting general re-
mark. The Democratic administration
is now over a month old, and yet an ill.,
cumbent, appointed in the face of the
most vigorous protests of the citizens,
and so distasteful to Republicans that
the senate twice refused to confirm him,
continues to hold lucrative office, in
the face OF the fact that numerous
worthy Democrats have applied for it.
The fact that President Cleveland has
appointed Editor Morse, of the Indian
apolis Sentinel, consul general to Paris;
Editor Baker, of the st. Paul Globe,
minister to Nicaragua, Costa RIGA and
San Salvador, and Meeker, of the GIN
cinnati Enquirer, consul to Bradford,
Eng, puts the everlasting kibosh on
the story that he intended to turn his
back on newspaper men. President
Cleveland has the same amount of re-
spect for the press that it has for him.
n. o. States.
New Orleans capitalists ale organic
ing land company for the purpose of
buying large bodies of lands above over
flow in parishes like East Baton Rouge,
West FeliciaDa, Lincoln, Bienville,
Claiborne, etc, and to bring immigrants
into the state to make homes on them.
This is rational scheme of immigra-
ton, and the only scheme that has ever
had, or ever will have any success in
Louisiana. Conventions and windy
resolutions are vain and empty fulfill |
ties.-Monroe Telegraph Bulletin.
A farm on poor road is not worth as
much as farm on a good road. The |
farm on the poor road may have lust as |
good soil, capable of producing Just as |
good crops, and the improvements may |
)e equally as good in every way as those |
IT the farm Oh the good road, yet no
nan OF sense will pay as much for it.
low true 1t is then, that no class of peo-
Die is so deeply and vitality interested in
he improvement of highways as the
armers themselves.-Ex.
The younger Dumas, according to Mr..
Box, has given up smoking. For the
asst five years he has confined himself
o cigarettes, but even these, he thinks,
etard instead of stimulating his men
al processes. at is my firm beliefn
Ie is credited with saying, that a we
er does himself an injury by smoking
t the desk. Of course the effects are
iiferent upon people, but it is simple
ygienic calculation with me. 1t stands
0 reason that mind cannot he clear
Which is befogged by smoke. At least,
hat is my experience.'
Col. Sambola Jones report shows that
here is considerable distress and suf-
ering in the late overflowed districts of
'atahouIa and Concordia and to that
xtent gives, without desiring to do so,
Endorsement to Mr.. Watson's beggingl
our. The state could have rendered I
IL the assistance necessary but did not
0 so-hence the going abroad. The
utferers wanted bread and they were
OF particular where it came from. Gov,
oster should now see to it that the
ecessary aid is given without dclay.-l
lonroe Telegraph Bulletin.
Bastrop Appeal: The city of Monroe
attracting the attention of people
'om Maine to Mexico, and her progress
noted by the press of the country
lthout regard to section. At the pres
ut rate of speed with which she is
ushng forward it will be but short
me until Monroe will be the second
ty in the state. That her people are
and full of grit and "gitr
0 ono can deny and it is these elements |
her population that have given the
,wn such marvellous uphill impetus