The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10
General T. otes.

3O9, 1881.
The population of Oklahoma, accord
ing to the annual report of the Cover
nor, is 212,635.
The warehouse of the William Deer
ing Harvester Works, in Chicago, was
partially destroyed by fire last Friday !;
loss 100000.
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General says that on Jan. 1, a reduction
will be made in the price of stamped
envelopes. =
Geo. B. Mcclellan was unveiled IN
Philadelphia last Wednesday with an
imposing civic and military display.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota
handed down a decision last week Civ
ing to bicyclists all the rights of the
general thoroughfare granted to other
vehicles.
The steamship Lucania, OF the Gun
ard Line, has again lowered the time
record for the westward passage, Iav-
ing made in it 5 days, 7 hours and 23
minutes.
The strike commission authorized to
be appointed by Congress has COM
pleted its labors. and will o send IT'S
report to the President. Tho action
taken is unanimous.
Emperor William has ordered all the
Protestant churches in Prussia to cele-
brate on December 8, the 300th ami
versary of the birth of Gustavus
Adolphus.
1t is said that dew will not form on
certain colors, and that while a yellow
board will be covered with dew, IA red
or a black n beside it will be perfectly
dry.
Capt. VIM. S. johnson, U. S. Army,
retired, has been dismissed from the
service for conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman in not paying
his debts.
The annual meeting of the Louisiana
Conference of the Methodist church,
South, will December 5th, in
New Orleans. Bishop Cranberry, of
Virginia, will preside.
j. S. johnson, the famous bicyclist,
rode Il mile at Buffalo, n. Y, in the
unparalleled time of 1885 2-5. This is
Ito Of a second faster than the worlds
IcCOLu lOL IuuuluS lUIS6S.
Governor Stone of Missouri has ad-
| dressed a letter to the governors of cot
ton and grain growing States to appoint
delegates to the Vicksburg convention
Of anti-optionists on Nov. 90.
Edward May, a young stock clerk in
a wholesale house in New York city,
fired a revolver at a mark on the brick
wall in the upper floor of the store and
was killed by the rebound of the bullet.
When the Farmers Alliance has
been purged of all elements which
seek to make it a political machine, it
will once more WELD q powerful in
fnence in public affairs.-Shreveport
Progress.
The present low price of cotton seed
is clearly the result of the action of the
cotton seed trust and the people are
| only playing into the hands of these
conspirators by selling seed at such fig
ures as are now offered.
Died Nov. 3-John Walter, chief pro-
prietor Of the London Times. Mr..
Walter was born in 1918, and has been
a member Of parliament. His grand
father published the first number of
the Times on Jan. 1, 1888.
Great quantities of musk were mixed
with the mortar which was used in
building the church of St. Sophia, at
the lapse of d thousand years, still
clings to the walls.
Mrs. Cleveland will "christen" the
new American Line Steamer St. Louis,
which is to be launched from Cramps
%shipyard, Philadelphia. Oh Nov. ~.
The St. Louis is the largest steamer
ever built in this country.
A. W. Ballew, a prominent lawyer Of
Atlanta, Ga, has been convicted of
cheating a colored woman for whom he
collected a pension. Out of the first
payment of $3,74 he took SISSY for
collecting evidence.
Gov. Stone, Of Mississippi, has re-
quested the Governors OF the cotton and
grain growing States to appoint dele
gates to represent such States in the
Anti Option Convention to be held in
Vicksburg on Nov. 90.
The war in Asia continues. The JAP
anese seem to be getting the better of
their foes. Several bloody engagements
have taken place. There is some talk
of European Intervention, and it APP
pears that is the only way the war a
be ended.
The most destructive prairie fires in
the history of Nebraska ragged last
week. Several lives were lost and
thousands of cattle persisted. Many
cattle had been driven into the fame
swept district from the drought-stricken
counties in the southern portion of the
State.
Two citizens Of Noble County, Indi-
ana, have concluded al agreement to
exchange wives, each wife to take with
her her two youngest children. The
women have already exchanged homes
and two actions in divorce will be
brought in order that the parties may
re-marry.
An original sentence was given lately
by a magistrate in Missouri. A man
who did not know how to read and
write, convicted Of a slight ofense, was
learned to read. Another offender,
who had a good education, was SEN
fenced to keep him company until he
had taught him to read. After a short
time they were discharged. as they had
fulfilled their task to the full satisfac-
ton of the magistrate.
We heard an old cotton raiser declare
the other day that he will not plant a
seed OF cotton next year. His entire
will be converted into a grain, hay
and stock plantation, and while he may
not get a great sight of cash out of his
farm he will reap from his labor an
of good grub and he will be
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