The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-18
General Notes.

The price of corn advanced four
cents a bushel in Chicago last week.
In Russia, people are not allowed to
marry a fourth time, or after they are
eighty years old.
Durant Da Ponte. one of the oldest
Orleans, dice last week in Alameda,
Col.
The Item advises the people of the
State to keep thair eyes on the bear.
He is getting ready to waltz.-Baton
Rouge Capital Item.
Sam Jones says that Congress has
been in session nearly a whole year and
the only member who accomplished
anything is Col. Breckenridge.
DR.. Albert B. Miles, house surgeon
of the Charity Hospital at New Or
leans and one Of the most distinguished
physicians in the South, died Aug. 5.
Monroe Bulletin: The man who
would brag about his party succeeding
through fraud ought to have thief
stamped on one cheek and perjurer on
the other.
The Knapp railroad that is to connect
Breaux Bridge with the Southern Paci-
tic railroad at Carencro is completed
within a half mile of Breaux Bridge
Lafayette Advertiser.
We hope that all the candidates for
congress will declare themselves in IA
vOr of ballot reform and honest cleo
lions. They cannot afford to do other
wise.-Monroe Bulletin.
A good man who has seen much of
the world and is not tired of it. says:
The grand essentials to happiness are
something to do, something to love and
something to hope for"
The construction of the sugar re-
fnery and paper mill is progressing
nicely, and there is every reason to
believe everything will be in order to
begin operations this fall. - Baton
Rouge Capital Item.
The papers have ceased to charge
Foster with combining with Fitzpatrick
since the latter got into SO much hot
water in New Orleans. The grand jury
and the States have taken all power and
value out of any combination with Fitz.
Monroe Bulletin.
In his speech at Ruston Gov. Foster
boldly threw down the gauntlet to the
advocates of ballot reform and told
count in his successor. Now, what are
the boys going to do about it 9-Baton
Rouge Capital Item.
To avail much; p%oliteness must be a
habit, not an occasional mood. Like
full dress it really shows to disadvant-
age if not worn with the air of having
been born in it. We must wear it at
home, or we shall not find it fitting US
we'll in the house of our neighbor.
Gov. Foster attended the Chautauqua
on Legislators day and made a speech
in the course of which he endeavored
to make an excuse for having opposed
an honest ballot law, but it was unsatis-
factory to the people, and Mr.. Foster
will hear their protest in thunder tones
at the next State election.-Ruston Pro-
gressive Age.
"Half a loaf is better than no bread"
says the Echo, and it behooves us to be
thankful for the 100000 appropriation
for the Improvement of the Calcasieu
river. AS a matter of fact, $780, 600 will
go a long ways just at present, and
there is no doubt that we shall eventu-
ally have deep water if the apprOpria-
tons are continued from year to year.
Charles Echo.
The telegram recently sent from
and published in the Times
giving the startling infor-
nation that an organization existed in
the parishes of VIM and Grant, having
for its object the determination of
Roman Catholics, has turned out to be
fabrication pure and simple of an
idle and dangerous mind, and for the
good name of Louisiana, it is we'll that
the lie has been promptly nailed
Iberville South.
A perfect town, says a level exchange,
is that in which you see the farmers
patronize the home merchants, the
advertise in the local news
the laborers spend the money
and all animated by a spirit that they
will purchase at home. The spirit of
between business men and
laborers, farmers and manufacturers,
every time in making the town
q satisfactory one to dc business in.
Baton Rouge. Capital Item We hear
there are three or four or perhaps
half a dozen gentlemen in the sixth
district who want to represent it in
congress.-As they have failed to drop
10 with their announcement and pay
the usual fee in cash We are unable to |
whether they are in earnest or not.
There is this that can be said though,
40 candidate ought to receive the sup
port of the people unless be announces
MS platform publicly, and not then
that platform suits them.
The legislature passed an excellent
bill to protect the press from annoying
suits in which there is 10 justification,
out the measure was vetoed by the
The friends of the bill were
ID the alert and called attention to the
fact that the bill had passed more than
i've days before the veto message had
been handed in, and under the constitu- !
tional requirement. the bill had become
/ law and the executive veto had come |
too late to have effect~ The matter
referred to the judiciary committee
IL the house in which the bill originated
md after careful consideration this
reported that the bill had
a law and the report was sus-
tained.-Baton Rouge Capital Item.
The versatile and irrepressible Sam
Jones in his unique lecture entitled
9 Politics and Politicians" at Ruston
handled his subject, as usual, without
cutting right and left, sparing
hone. After scoring the Democrats,
Prohibitionists and others,
he at last tackled the pOpulists. He
said of all the parties eve started the
Peoples party had the poorest excuse
For attempting to be alive. He was
Ln1d that there Waa a grass called /