St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-28
General Notes.
General Notes.
The people want to get the newe,
And want it crisp and neat;
THE DEMOCRAT fully meets their views
They say it can't be beat.

Auu Ndut IL CGlSp anu neat
THE DEMOCRAT fully meets their views
They say it can't be beat.
Football is being played all over th
country now.
The price of coffee is rapidly advanc
ing on account of the revolution in Bra
zii.
A bill has been introduced to abollsl
custom houses that are not self-sustain
ing.
The gold reserve continues to be in
vaded, being now lower than ever be-
fore.
Work will soon commence on the bis
bridge across the Mississippi river al
New Orleans.
A girl died in Brooklyn last week as
the result of taking seidltz powders
separately instead of mixing them.
In the Brunswick yellow fever cpl.
| demic it has been shown that the dan
ger of death to white person is four
| times as great as to a negro.
Julien, the negro murderer of Judge
Estopinal is still at large. The Times
Democrat offers $500, and Jefferson
parish $500, for his arrest.
The governments of the triple alliance
are reported to be laying their plans to
secure the election Of a German Pope in
the event of the demise of Leo EI1l.
A hundred thousand dollar plant has
been completed in New Orleans for the
manufacture of alchohOl from mOlasses.
The present capacity is 5000 barrels per
month.
With a vessel actually chartered at
Philadelphia to carry coal to England,
the old sarcastic saying as to carrying
GOALS to Newcastle loses some of it's
point.
President Cleveland and the editors
OF sevcra! OF the country papers in this
State will not be able to visit the
Worlds Fair, because neither of them
can leave their business at this time.
The rector Of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church at West Chester, Pa, has
surprised bis congregation by announc-
ing that it is right to establish confes-
sionals and right for Episcopalians to
coDfess to their rector.
Between January l, 1876, and Decem-
Der 81, 1892, over $1,000 patents were
granted on inventions involving the in
dustrlal applications of electricity, and
the number is still increasing at the rate
of over 1000 per anuum.
It ia announced that the Worlds Fair
will be formally closed on the 31st of
this month, but will be Immediately re-
opened on the lat day of November and,
in the language of the Director General,
kept open as long as it pays"
The cypress lumber industry will
some day be the leading one in Louisi-
ana, but our citizens will not be in it to
any great extent, as the finest timber
lands are principally owned by North
per acre.
B. r. Capital Item: The papors gen.
orally are condemning in strong terms,
the brutal practice of prize fighting.
society demands the cessa-
ton of that kind of sport, and the Sc
vele punishment of any who violate the |
law prohibiting plizo fighting is de-
manded.
At Breaux Bridge last Thursday, the |
sites for the location of the central sugar |
factory, foundry and railroad depot of |
Prof. Knapp, were decided on and Sc
ected. The refinery will be one quar-
ter mile S. w. of the town, on Bayou |
Feche.-Lafayette Advertiser.
One day last week whole carload of |
sugar cane was dumped in the Louisi- |
Ana building at the Fair, for gratuitous
distribution and proved highly enjoy
able treat to several thousand people |
who became the recipients of it, a ma
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zane for the first time in their lives.
The latest agitation in Scotland is
against the Jewish mode of cattle
slaughter. The Cruelty to Animals So
,iety in Aberdeen began prosecution
against the rabbi and his assistants for
cutting hullock's throat without first
the animal. There was long
rial of the case October 13. The mag
strate finally dismissed the accused.
The aspirants for honors on the foot
oall field would do we'll to look over the
,ubjoined list of casualties that occurred
IN the field during the course of the
asst foot ball season in Great Britain.
During that period there were 26 deaths,
80 broken legs, 10 broken arms, 25 brok-
~ collar bones aud rs other injuries
'esultiDg from the game.
An exchange says: 1t is generally
that there is one editor in
leaven. How he got there it is not pos
lively known, but it is coDjectured that
le passed himself off as minister or
ode the blind baggage. When the
rick was discovered they searched the
ealms Of felicity in all their length and
,reath for lawyer to draw I'D the
:jectment papers but not one could be
ound, and so the editor held the fort
The Shreveport Times says, there is
'tate officer known as commissioner of
His labors, as far as the
:eneral public is aware, seem to be
onfned to the arduous task of drawing
is salary. If he is doing anything else,
he press and the people of the State are
ot informed of it. However let us not
e without hope. With Jefferson par
sh lynching, the gin burners of North
louisiana and a commissioner of immi-
ration who can draw his salary, and
ther like attractions, Louisiana may in
be course of a century, secure an i'm
ligrant or two. Let us not despair.
comes to blm who waits.
To which the Farmerville Gazette re-
orts:
You had better be careful how you