The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1894-01-06
General Notes.
The Theoda Menora has changed its
anne to the Theoda Independent.

both sections are dlsgusted at the fall.
-Farmerville Gazette.
Our people should not send else
where for goods that they can get at
home. Read the advertisements Of our
local merchants and call around at
their establishments. Build up your
town by patronizing home industry
Let our brethren of the press, one
aud all, keep rapping at the Fire In-
surance combine of this State, and rest
assured at the next meeting of the
Legislature the pool will be met with
good, straight, fair. insurance law
Alexandria Town Talk.
The greatest drawback to the ad
vancement of this God dfavored country
is the ease with which our agriculturists
m AXE living. Had they to hustle only
onethird as much as their Western broth
er they would become too prosperous
for their own peace Of mind.-Lafa-
yette Gazette.
The physicians of Lafayette and
Breaux Brigde contract with families
in the town and country to treat them
the whole year for the small sum OF
fifteen dollars year. whether they
have any sickness or not. ln New
Iberia the rate for visit in the town
is one dollar if paid cash. Here the
rate still holds good at two dollars a
visit.-St. Martinville Messenger.
The Supreme Court has afirmedc'he
decision of the District Court in the
case of the State Board of Liquidation
against Treasurer Pickett, and declar-
ed that the board was right in it's de-
cision to use the surplus interest fund
lying idle in the treasury in the re-
demption and retirement of State
bonds, as the acts of 1874 and 1877 re-
quire.
The Bowling case, involving the loss
of $25, 1000 and an explanation of
mysterious fire in an air-tight vault in
the U. S. Mint of this city, is attracting
widespread attention. There are sew
eral unusual things in connection with
the case. The jury, for instance, that
heretofore was allowed to disperse in
this case is closely held and has been
cautioned not to discuss the law or the
evidence. City Item
Mr.. Ernest Arbnnr has shown The
Item some specimens of rocks taken
from the bottom of the artesian we'll
being dug by the Hart Well Company,
of Plaquemine La, on the premises of
St. Joseph's Steam Laundry This
we'll is now l142 feet deep, and Mr.. Ar
bour informs US The manager. Mr..
John Stotts, expects to dig it abont
40 feet deeper, and that the flow will
be fully 80 feet-B. R. Capital Item.
The Shreveport Times has turned
its attention to medical science. 1t
says that the best authorities recon-
mend as preventative of La Grippe
the free and unstinted use of onions,
cooked in any manner or eaten raw.
Also the liberal use Of oranges. Lem
ons are always to be desired. Onions
are considered to possess wonderful
health giving properties and can be
used at any and al! times with great
benefit to ward off diseases, epidemic
or endemic. ic.-Democrat- Journal.
What has become of the mass-meet
ing to which the Jefferson Club refer
red the matter of" restricted suffrage ~
This question is of too much import
ance to be shelved We fail to see
how the people of Louisiana can ever
hope to enjoy the blessings of good
government until something is done to
guarantee honest and fair elections.
Under existing conditions our politics
are rotten to the core. The conditions
cannot be changed Except by restrict
ing suffrage. Are the people ready for
the question ?-Loulsiana Review.
The Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress, in which every merchant in
the country is directly or indirectly in
| terested, will meet in San Francisco on
the 18th to the 10Th of February, in
elusive. The basis of representation is
as follows: Governors of States or
Territories, 10 delegates; county com
missioners or judges, / delegate to
each county Mayors of towns or cities,
l delegate for each 5000 inhabitants ;
all commercial bodies have the right
to appoint, collectively, the same num-
Der of delegates as the Mayor of the
city in which they exist. The I'M
provement of the Mississippi river is
favored by this body.-City Item.
The Legislature at it's next meeting
must remember that something should
be done for the Charity Hospital.
The cry of ''no money! cannot go /; the
institution must continue. The adj
dition of $4,000 per annum that was
paid by the Louisiana State Lottery,
together with what the State of Louisl-
ana appropriated, was barely sufficient
to run it, and the present outlook for
it now with $4,000 less every year,
seems to be pretty gloomy, indeed
Those patriots (f) who were instrumen
tai in crying down the Louisiana
State Lottery now have chance To
supplement- the deficit, as it were, OF
$4,000 per year. AS for the fntnre oI
the Charity Hospital, we shall see what
we shall see.-City Item.
The attention of Justices of the
!, Peace and Notaries is called to The
fact that we keep large assortment
of blanks in stock, and will print t
order on short notice any style of blant
required. Give us call.
For fresh and first-class groceries
dry goods. shoes, ETC., go to Clement
g. Healey's. They have everything II
the line of general merchandise y"'
may need; cheap.
1t will pay you to examine our stoc
, ; and prices before purchasing elsewhere
as we are Offering special low figure
during the Holidays.