St. Landry democrat., 1893-08-26
General Notes.
$4,000 per day ia tie zHm necessary
q run the \|0riI'S Fair

y
IL in St. Louis ana the hospitals ale crow,
j. ed with patients.
W. Is. Riugr0sr, Of New Orleans, I'll
&c we'll known furniture dealer, died la,
?, Saturday night, aged A..
. Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, il; going a
{ the white caps iii = way that Will 500
J exteiminat" them in that State.
! On Sunday last the paid admission
+ to the Worlds Fair Were 1906, Will
! On Saturday they numbered 14S,421.
The election held in France la
, Sunday resulted in favor Of the
| Republicans and the present ministry.
The Annual Fair OF the Florida Par
iShes Fair Association Will open a
Amite City on the 1G;h Of October next
Tie paid admissions to the World.
Fair were 02,81S on Tuesday Of last
week, 10G $50 on "Wednesday aud 11G,1
on Thursday.
Lafayette Advertiser: Mrs. Horace
Martin, daughter OF our lamentcd and
noble general Alfred NOuton, died on
Saturday last.
The fist Chinaman drN0rted under
the Geary act left San Francisco on
August TO- 1t cost the Cnittt States
@35 to send him back.
Live stock breeding has been the key
to agricultural prosperity in all cOun-
tries the world over. The better the
stock the greater the prosperity.
People are now h"cint1g t. realize
that the great hnlk OF the failures Of
| banks in the West were due solely to a
SanSpIfGS ~ ,l,,n
! The annual coat Of cducating a pupil
| ia the public schools of New York
ranges from S1j 60 in the primary
grades to $50 in the grammar grades.
| The steamer El Rio made the trip
from New Orleans to New York in
4 days, 3 hours and 10 minutes-the fast
est time on record between those
points.
There are hundreds of thousands of
idle woIkmen in this country, and we
could get along very well without any
more foreign immigration for about ten
years.
Recorder Whitaker, Of New Orleans,
has been indicted by the grand jury,
together with two Of his clerks, charged
with the embezzIement of fines paid
into bis CONT.
Earthquake shocks we've frlt in differ
ent carts of California early on We'd
ncsday morning Of last week. In some
parts Of the State they were the
severest felt since 1868.
One hundred and fifty SWedcs have
left Rock ford, H., for their old home
across the water. Fifteen hundred
others are to follow. Hard times in this
country the cause.
\ canning company At thcnO2, ILL.,,
Will pay a rain making company $50
for having successfully filled contract
to produce, within five days, half an
inch of rainfall over 800 square miles.
Farmers in the Northwest complain
that they can't get help enough in spite
of all the tramps and unemployed peO-
pie who are over running the country.
The latter refuse to work on farms, say
ing that the wages are too low.
The \. 0. PicayGne makes mention of
a machine for cleaning and preparing
the rame plant for market, which is i
said to be a success. Should this report /
prove to be correct ramie will soon be-
come one of the important crops of Lou
isiana.
The death Of Major William NJ. Rob- |
insOn, for many years city editor Of the ,
\. 0. Picayune, occurred on the 18th. /
Major Robinson was a native Of New |
England and served in the Union army
but lived in New Orleans since the close !
of the war.
The Department of Agriculture, in !
its August report Of the corn crop esti- !
mates the average at 81 per cent. instead !
of 50 per cent. as estimated in July. !
The estimate of the yield Of Spring !
wheat has also been reduced from a to !
81 per cent.
Charcoal has always been regarded as
an excellent disinfectant, but, as mat |
ter of fact, SCOT is superior to it, from |
containing some of the unOXidized !
hydrocarbons contained in the smoke !
from the fuel, and, among those hydro !
carhoDs is creOsOte, germ killer of |
wonderful power.
Pointe Coupee Messenger: The Fos- |
ter party seem to be pulling to pieces. !
They are raising terrible family fuss |
in his banner parish of st. Landry, and |
likewise in his native parish. " "Remov- |
ing for cause,' seems to be again in Or
der. Let them have all the rope they
wish.
Monroe Telegraph bulletin Messrs.
BOatner, Blanchard and Robertson be-
leve in sticking to the democratic plat
form and therefore advocate the free
coinage of both gold and silver without
discrimination against any metal. The
other representatives and the senators
are lined up with the gold bugs and
have repudiated the platform.
Congressman Wilson, of West Eir-
ginia, who was selected to Introduce the
repeal bill in the house, has grown gray
since his last appearance in Washing
ton. His halr. in fact, is almost white
and in marked contrast to his youthful
face. Not the least OF the good things
that even bis enemies find to say about
Mr.. Wilson is that he is as modest as he
is brilliant.
1t is highly improbable that the leg
islature will at its next session pass
law empowering the Governor to ap-
point police jurors to succeed the pres
ent incumbents, and it is almost certain,
therefore, that the next police Jurors
will be chosen by the people, and thus
one of the most fruitful causes of dis
sention and factional troubles removed
from Louisiana politics. - Tersas Ga
Zette.
It is reported on good authority that
the Southern Pacific Co., will soon in
augurate between New Orleans and San
Francisco, one of the fastest train
services in the country, a schedule run
ming time of fifty miles an hour, the
effect of which will be a reduction in
time between those two points Of near