The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-28
General Notes.

The new U. s. cruiser, Minneapolis, il
the fastest war ship af1oat.
Speaker Crisp has been renominatei
for Congress without a dissenting vote
Utah has been admitted to statehood
Arizona and New Mexico will come il
shortly.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has de.
clared for Vice-President Stevenson
for President in 1896.
The ballot box stnffcr viii fight |,
retain his power to the bitter end
What will the people do Monroe
Bulletin.
Collector Wilkinson, Judge Fenne1
and Gov. Foster are already spoken OF
as candidates at the next gubernatorial
election.
The worst legislation done by the
recent General Assembly was to elect
Mr.. Caffery to the Senate.-Alexandria
Town Talk.
There is no politics in the fight for a
pure election. 1t is an issue on which
honest men of all parties can stand
Monroe Bulletin.
The Legislature of 1894 has "gOne
where the wOOdbine twineth," but bal
lot reform still lives and will be the slo-
gan for 1s96.-Alexandria Democrat.
Itshould be the aim of every good
citizen to create an atmosphere of pure
and devoted patriotism in which cor
ruption cannot live.-Monroe Bulletin.
Alexandria Town Talk: If labor
would "strike" at the ballot box, and
refuse to vote for the corporation
server, there would be some sense
in that.
The Jackson-Hornsworth polar expe-
dition, on board the steamer Windward,
started from London, July II. They
will go by the Archangel route to Franz
Josef Land.
He who expects little shall not be
disappointed. We expected little from
closed last week, and we got it.-Crow-
ley Signal.
Under the law providing for the cleo
tioN of police juries only property tax
payers are eligible for that office. This
provision insures the election of repre-
sentative men.
The London Lancet calls attention to
the fact that the Lee-Metford rifle, with
which the British army is now armed
is capable of being sighted up to $500
yards, nearly two miles.
In the House of Commons, June 26,
Mr.. Arnold Morley, Postmaster Gen
eral, 10 reply to a request for informa-
ton, said that 49, 900 letters were
sent to the United States during 1898.
ST. Martinville Messenger: The Teche
Railroad will soOn be completed to
BYanx Bridge. to the great satisfac-
ton of The necp!e of that neig! bor-
hood who ha,.. large cane crops to
hnrvt.t.
Nome" Bulletin: TIE peuple of
ward eight IN Morchuuse, the ward
where. Cnllinsfon is Situated, have had
prohibition fm SIX yrHiS and propose To
continue u. This aattl is the most
;,eactailr and prosperous il the whole
i,afish.
The Governor has signed the bill re-
qniring the election nf pnsice jnrogs.
fhrrr "it! i'@ H.. II ,Hai krd improve
tu'tit ~, ~, ila,l-h officials t~h,nnsiluut
III Scat. Al :ra~t, il would not So im,s
>ts,.. t,i iii, %I,tni,t,. Ia make Nursn Sc
ttflanS liiau has the Gnvtrnor.-Lske
CilaItr- Commercial.
line Legislature refused to pass quite
! number Ut important bills that had
beer, i~nftndurrti, and fHr who's. .ldnp-
i,"n there lad been n general d.mand
"n iinr pat "f the .mnpse. viii you
r'btihut; to elect ssicil men I" 80 Ia
Baton Rouge rs law makers +? We
t.E tl - 4 fvInt- -, xi k.-
Tbs: riSli tnsI,trtis Of the Soaiiirin
Pacific r%atlira.i haze. cnmp!+t. Il the
surveys .,u lOti, sides .. the i,a,nu
i,ef this place and ArnauIviiIe.
The last survey ih.t.lt Il! this place
crossed the b.,n ju-i orpn~it.. the
depot. Rnm. has 1t th,LiI,e TOAD will
liz COMPLETED 10 Atnandv,tl. ty the
first Ut Decemt,rr.-S,. Mart!nviij- Mes
ssngtf.
Til. Ieup't residing on Bayou Bmai
are ~, ,t.,ul,t ;,iea>.. Il t:.al III Pliice
July has iisitic.i FORKS l.ui!t III liz. head
TT BayoH LastHnufie. 50 that more water
will flow down the BRuf. Before the
civil war tire Baynn Lamonrie was
locked. but the locks were destroyed.
The locks should have been placed in
position long ere This. = Alexandria
Town Talk.
Louisiana stood alone IN the only
State which had the nerve to arrest
and i.Dprison the emissaries of Chief
Debs, who betook upon themselves the
task OF raising sheol in New Orleans.
Had other States shown less timidity
and nipped the anarchistical movements
in the bud there would have been no
riOtina and no destruction of property.
Crowley Signal.
Speaking of the newspapers-the
press--" Hiram Hawkins" special cor
respondent Of the Shreveport Times,
says The press finds no halt,
takes no recess is not easily amend
ed Id seldom laid on the table, and
never sadjourns.'" When we add that
Hiram was discussing the Louisiana
Legislature, the points made can be
better appreciated.
The new cruiser, Minneapolis, was
given a trial trip July IA over the Gov
ernlnent course off the Massachusetts
coast, and ran the distance Of &c. 9
miles IN three hours and forty-nine min
utes. Or at the rate of 90 % knots an
hour, thus earning for her builders a
premiam OF $402, 500. A maximum
speed of over twenty-six knots was
reached. and all records were surpassed.
The police jury at its last session ap-
prOpriated $500 to aid in constructing
q school building in the city of Monroe
for a central high school TO which all
the children in the entire parish will be
admitted on the same terms. Our po-
lice jury is certainly the most enIight-
enei body IN North Louisiana. 1t has
been giving %one-fourth of its taxation
to public schools for two years, and it