The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-15
General Votes.
Honduras is just now in the midst of
another bloody revolution.

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another bloody revolution.
Capt. T. L. Morse has been appointed
Inspector of Hulls and Steam Boilers
for the 10th District
Telephoning is now successfully car
ried on between Boston and Chicago,
distance of 1850 miles.
The annual meeting of the Louisiana
Press Association will be held at Nat
chitoches on Monday the 8, of May
next.
A syndicate of New Orleans busines s
men has been organized for the pur
pose of buying up vacant lands in
Louisiana and re- selling them on long
time.
The Item thinks that DIR. Kelley,
judging from the number of patients
he has treated by his gold cure, bids
fair to become the richest man in the
world.
Peabody institutes will be held in
Louisiana this summer at Thibodanx,
Crowley, Bastrop, Opelousas, Plaque
mine, Minden. Baton Rouge, Mansfield,
Ruston and Montgomery.
The land that is uncultivated in the
State of Louisiana amounts to fully ST.
100000 acres, 100000 of which be-
long to the United States and the bal
ance, $4,000 900, to Louisiana, mostly
swamp lands.
The gallant Washington Artillery
has resolved to remain in the State
service, and will be a strong accession
to the Louisiana National Guard. The
command will attend the Worlds Fair,
if arrangements can be made to that
effect. La. Review.
The City Council of Franklin has
started the movement for the erection
of public high school building in that
town by an appropriation of $500 out
of this years funds, to be followed by
another appropriation out of next
years revenues.
If Col. It. Sambola Jones fails to get
that Federal appointment he shouA
lay it to the charge of the New Orleans
Picayune. The cut produced in the
Pic. last weS6 purporting to be Jones
is enough to scare almost anything off
the track. Lake Charles American.
1t is to be regretted that a full ex
preston cannot be had from the coun-
try press ON the question of relieving
the governor of the large patronage
which attaches to his Office. Where is
the use of reticence in the matter q
Democrat Journal.
Some capitalists of Waco, Texas, are
making an effort to connect their city
by rail with New Orleans. 1t is their
object to build the road due east from
Waco to Cheneyville La, and there
connect with the Texas & Pacific rail-
road.-Farmerville Gazette.
The person who sits down and waits
for his local newspaper to build np his
town and never contributes anything
towards the support of that paper
may get to heaven but, our opinion 10
that he will never occupy prominent
position in the choir.-Baton Rouge
Adv ocate.
Mr.. E. w. Philips has contracted to
put fence around the Jail. The fence
will be l2 feet high and topped eff
with broken bottles, to prevent persons
from Ginning the fence, and further, to
keep the neighborhood cats from con-
gregating on the new fence for their
serenades.- Daily Iberian.
Arnaudville is small village of per-
haps, $50 souls, with few business
houses and large cotton gin ; but as
small as the place is, the people are
enterprising. They paid bonus of
5000 to be 10 the telephone circuit and
now they are in communication with
all points.-Lafayette Gazette.
The Item would like to inquire,
what has become of that constitutional
amendment commission ?-It begins
to look like ".onc man power" was
too soft snap to give it up without
struggle hence the amount of wrig.
Cling and "dodging around" as Bill
Arp would say.-B. r. Item.
A very pretty pagoda for Louisiana's
rice exhibit has been designed by Mr..
L. H. Lambert. 1t is airy and graceful,
will be surmonnled by the State peli-
can, and Appropriately decorated with
rice. 1t will be located in the great
Agricultural Building, and if the fund
permits, cooked rice will be served to
visitors 10 addition to the raw samples
La. Review.
The Police Jury passed an ordinance
at it's April meeting making provisions
for working parish prisoners on public
works Ruston, we understand, will
work them for their hoard. This is a
good move, and we gness most of the
jail bird class will hereafter prefer pay
ing small fine to wearing the ball and
chain on the streets of Rnstnn.-Pro-
gressive Age.
When man is Though his days
work and sitting d"Hs resting in his
home, he cannot ,,a,t the advertise
ments on the fenr, =. aud the hand bills
that were left u.' his door steps have
blown away or been destroyed. He
calls for the paper, and there he finds
the merchants announcements, and
with nothing to bother his mind he
reads it carefully and calls bis wife'a
attention to it, and they decide to see
the merchants and examine what is
advertised Hamilton News.
Another lailroad for Acadia parish is
among the probabilities If the near fu
ture. Under the direction of Messrs.
C. C. and W. w. Dnson, surveyors
have the past week been making a pre-
liminary north and south survey in the
western portion of the parish. The
start was made at the crossing OF the
Southern Pacific railroad, three miles
vast of EatherwoAd running thence