The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

oapieLio COURT OF S0utl Carolina
mas declared the %dispensary lionor law
unconstitutional.
i~le!scheli Smith, of Brookvil!e, Ind.
VINO IS not yet quite sixteen years old,
IS SIX feet four and three quarter inches
in height. &
The Hartford City, Indiana, Window
Glass Company began blowing glass
again on Monday night. and now have
ooo men employed.
The District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals has affirmed the right of the Fed
efai government to tax national banks
under the act of 1854,
A two hundred acre peach orchard in
Georgia returned its owner a clear profit
of $125,000 in five years, and one season
the crop was a failure.
In England there are a53, 900 persons
named Smith. Next in number come
the Joneses, 242 900 in number, while
the Browns foot mp a little more than
$4,000.
The suez canal, the greatest work of
marine engineering, is eighty eight
miles long, and reduces the distance
from England to India from 1879 TO
1895 miles.
We hope the new council will pass an
ordinance to cause the determination of
the English sparrows. These pests are
becoming an lntoieyable nuisance.-B.
Z. Capital Item.
The State Coal Mine Inspector OF Col
GRADE says that every coal mine in the
STATE will close Oh May /, as the miners
VIII refuse to work after that date at
the present rate of wages.
The reports Of the State Auditor and
treasurer how that the receipts aud
expenditures for the quarter ending
March S1st were: Receipts 81, 700, 143;
expenditures 81, 1856, ZOE.
1t is said that the business men Of
Crowley have subscribed the sum of
$1,000 for the purpose of entertaining
the press convention of this state which
meets IN that place next month.
A small consignment of most cxtraor-
binary tea, from Cey!on, was recently
sold at auction at MinciDg Lane, Lon
don, and brought $42.50 per pound. 1t
is said to be the finest tea ever grown.
During the last Paraguayan war it
was noticed that the men who had been
without salt for three months invariably
died of the wounds they received, 10
matter how slight such wounds might
be.
The State Convention of the Wo.
mems Christian Temperance Union
was in annual session last week in
Shreveport. The report of the years
labors shows ID healthy growth, for the
temperance cause.
New charges of arm0r-plate frauds
have been made against the Carnegie
Company by a number Of the company's
employees. The new cfNrges will prob
ably be thoroughly Investigated by the
Navy Department.
Theoda Independent; The Bayou
Bguf is falling fast. With locks on
the bayou we could have boating all
year. 1t is one OF the finest natural
canals in the world. Why not make
it serviceable all the yearP
Twenty new eases of small-po were
reported i'll Chicago on Sunday aud
Monday of this week and 1875 last week.
The pest-house is 0~vercrowdea, aud the
facilities for combating the spread of
the disease are entirely inadequate.
The steamer Farady. with a part OF
the Commercial Cable Company's pew
cable, sailed from London, April 10.
The cable is to be laid from Wateryille,
Ireland, to Nova Scotia. The entire
cable will be about 1900 miles long.
Thenda independents: Last week Mr..
P. NJ. Lopez, living in Avnyeties parish,
subscribed for the Independent. On
Saturday it was mailed to him, and OH
opening it he saw the advertisement of
''lost horse, $40 reward if delivered to
George Bpny." Mr. Lnper had seen the
horse near ..is farm aud Weiti on the
HINT. found the horse, and the next dnY
brought him np and got the money.
Who say il DOES not pay to ADVERTISED
Major f. A. Burke is still in exile IN
San Salvador with his friend ftsqne2,
cidevant President Of Honduras, and. 1t
is said, the two will remain there until
recollection nf The sad event has van
isfed, as it were. Major Burke is in
bad condition, physically and financial
~. Not long since it was said IN be the
dream of his life to return to Louisiana
aud balance his accounts. That dream
has now melted into thin air, No mep-
tion is made of Mr.. A. w. Cockrrton.-
N. 0. City Item.