St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-25
General Notes.
Tic people want to got the news,
And want it crisp and neat;

Tic people want to got the e'neWS.
And want it crisp and neat;
TIE DEMOCRAT fully.mccts their views
They say it cant be beat.
! Secretary Carlisle is said to Iiav,
changed his plans and will not coin th'
! silver in the Treasury.
\ woman, living near Milwaukee,, dice
/ of tliclIinosls few days ago and hel
+ husband and children are dying of tht
| same disease.
About $4,000 gold coin recently turn.
cd out by tho New Orleans mint, was
discovered to be defective, and had tl
be lcCOlnCu.
The Swiss government is thinking OF
introducing a tobacco monopoly, to RAISE
, money for the Insurance. OF working
men against illness and accidents.
The site selected for the Paris world :
fair of 1900 includes, in addition to that
occupied by tho last Paris exposition,
The Palals dc rlndustlic and the Couls
la Refine.
The Health commissioners ui Niunc-
sofa have prohibited the cAclauSr Of
lead pencils among the school children.
They claim that dlphthcrla III and other
diseases arc often transmitted by put
ting the pencil i'll the mouth.
The General Missionary Committee Of
TIE NJ. +. Church, in session at Mime
apnliS, decided upon the sum OF l,l3O,
0OU aS the total to DC appropriated Tor
tlir work of domestic and foreign mis-
sioDs for TIE coming fiscal year.
Judge Allen delivered a severe rcbulc
to The parties who cntiruvolcd to "run
out " of Franklin tic four Jewish mrr-
chants. The Judge became very cIu-
gucnt, and earnestly stated that such
proceedings would be punished to full
est extent OF the law.
Dispatches from Yokohama say that
more than five hundred persons are
known to have pcriahcd in the recent
floods in Japan. Many more are Miss
ing and thousands arc so destitute that
they must be fed by the government.
Hundreds are said to be starving.
n. O. States: Cheerful information
comes from Washington to the effect
that the administration intends to carry
out its tariff reform policy to the letter,
and that there will not bc the slightest
hesitation. The tariff bill, it is stated,
will be completed and submitted to the
country on the gath of this month,
The government of Honduras, upon
the receipt of a formal protest from our
Minister to Honduras, has diSavoWed
the conduct of its officers aud expressed
sincere regret for the firing upon the
Pacific mail steamer Costa RiCa, at Anna
pala, On Nov. Z, because her captain re-
fused to deliver I'D ROnilla, a Dasseu-
ger,
Louisiana Review: Our esteemed
friend g. Cleveland, president, ably as
sisted 10y Secretary Gresham, is now en-
ployed in the III gger trade. lie is try
ing to swap a white government i'll Ha-
waii for a niggcr monarchy. Should he
decorate him with the or
der Of the ancient Tar Baby.
The report of the fourth assistant
postmaster general shows that during
the last iiscai year Is post offices were
established in Louisiana and 20 discon-
tinued, Ill fourth class postmasters re-
signed, 81 removed and T. died. There
were at the end Of the year go post Of
fees in the State. There were in Ala
bama 21GG post Offices, in Arkansas 1907,
ir Mississippi 1864.
In the report made to the President by
Secretary Gresham concerning the Ha-
waiian revolution, the Secretary says
the evidence all tends to prove that the
present government of the islands was
established by united States
He also adds that this is
4 new lole for the United States to
play, and asks whether it would not be
simple justice to restore the deposed
queen.