The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-30
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be the fastest ship af1oat.
The losses by the Wisconsin forest
fires are estimated at over 100000, 600.
Governor Foster has appointed DR..
G. B. Lawrason coroner of tho parish
of Orleans.
Jefferson parish would be good
place to go to just now for plantation
acknowledgement Bulletin.
The Georgia State Farmers Alliance
met in Griffin, Ga, recently and de-
cided to let politics alone in future,
c. V. Lafarge, who shot barber in
Marksville last winter was tried last
week for the crime and aquitted.
The 1st of October will witness the
disruption of the combination of fire
underwriters of Philadelphia, organic
ed in September, 1891, for the main
tainance of rates and rules.
The attention of the North Louisiana
members of the Constitutional Commis-
sion is especially called to the strides
anarchy is making in Louisiana
Mansfield Democrat Journal.
st. Mary produced over 79,00O,00O
Ok y CNI, uAu '" i'
nearly double the amount this season.
The growing crop throughout the su-
gar belt of ten parishes is estimated
this year at $50, 100000 pounds which
is very conservative estimate.-Atta-
kapas Vindicator.
The price of cotton seed has been
put down to eleven dollars in New Or
leans. 1t is not believed by its pro
ducers that this is Its commercial value,
and many will hold back their cotton
seed until q better price is Offered.
There are two sides in bargaining, and
one should not have all the power in
fixing prices.-B. R. Truth.
Col. Jerome Bonaparte died at his
summer home, near Beverly, Mass,
last week. He was born in Baltimore
Nov. 18th 1880 and was grand
nephew of the "Great Napoleon" His
father was the only son of Prince
Jerome, King of Wurtembnrg and his
wife, the beautiful and wealthy Eliza
beth Patterson, Of Baltimore.
The late overflow was a benefit to
this section of the State. 1t enabled
the swampers to get out millions of
feet of timber for the sawmils along
the Teche, enough in fact to supply
them for the whole year. The same
overflow ruined large portion of
North Louisiana. What it one mans
bone is anothers meat.-Attakapas
Vindicator.
In certain sections of North Lonisi-
ana gin owners have been duly warned
not to gin any cotton until the price
reaches 10 cents per pound. In case
this order is not obeyed then the gin
houses are to be burnad. This foolish
threat shows that North Louisiana has
some dangerous cranks for citizens who
should be in the penitentiary y.-Alex-
andria Town Talk.
B. R. Capital Item: II it is true the
jails throughout the State contain a
large number of insane persons because
of insufficient accommodations at the
Jackson Insane Asylum, why not
promptly put to use for additional room
the $4,000 which it is said the Insane
Board have on hand "idle," and which
has been heralded until just now as
surplus" = Let the governor act
promptly and relieve the poor distress
ed insane said to be in the filthy jails.
In 1870 Louisiana's public debt was
forty million dollars Now it is about
eleven million dollars. She has been
Kidding herself rapidly of the Infamous
legacy entailed upon her by the liberal
and jocuned gang of carpet baggers
who infected this State after the war
as long as they considered their pres
ence here conducive to wealth and
health. 1t was an enormous debt but
it will all be paid by and by.-Bastrop
Appeal.
Down in the eastern portions of the
State, the people are saying: If your
property was assessed last year at $1OC
/ and the government got along on eix
mill tax, and this year that same piece
of property, worth not a cent more to
yon is assessed at 5000, don't you sort
of feel as though you were paying a
twelve mill tax ?-Lake Charles Echo.
The person who didn't sort of feel that
way ought to be interdicted and sent to
Jail where interdicts are now being sent
for want of room in the Jackson Asy-
lum.-B. r. Capital Item.
Let the anti-lotteryite once more
come out of his shell and turn his big
guns on the Louisiana State Trust and
Loan Company. That company con
tinues to do business in defiance o
law. The Item again exposed the
fraudulent scheme yesterday. Now
throw off the mantle of sloth and ge
after the swindler with hot stick
The mails are being used by the rob
bers and the country is being flooded
with their circulars. Prompt action il
needed in cases of this character City
Item.
A State should exhibit feelings o
gratitude as we'll as individuals; and t.
this end it is to be hoped that our con
stitution will be so amended as t.
allow the State to do something for it
crippled defenders-the INDECENT
f manned ex-Confederates within he
borders. Some of these men are il
want, and cannot 60 to the Soldier
Home. They need care and attention
, and it is only just that the State sh"nl'
look after them. We trust this matte
, will not be overlooked by the constitu
! tional commission.-Man Demo
D crat. Journal. .....
D The Washington correspondent {
&. the Chicago Herald makes the predit
tion that when the report of Mr.. Blour
3 regarding Hawaiian affairs is sent
' the Senate the country will be furnish
b ed with some very interesting reading
T His forecast of the report is to the e