The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
General Notes.

There are about thirty cases of small
pox at Atchison, Kansas.
The California Mid Winter Fair is
said to be a complete financial success.a
The HOUSE Committee on Naval At
fairs has Recommended the construction
Of twelve torpedo boats.
It is announced that the Worlds Fair
buildings have finally been disposed OF
to the Chicago House Wrecking Com
pany for $4,000.
DIR. Sam Houston, the son OF tho IA
NOUS Texan, died on Thursday at In.
dependence, Texas, in the fifty first
year of his age.
The commonweal troubles in the
Northwest are costing the Federal Gov
eminent a large amount in the item of
nav for United States marshals.
A party from the Philadelphia Geo
graphical Club, headed by Henry u.
Bryant, will leave New York, on June
"a, to bring Lieut.. Peary back from the
Aretics.
Tn the House of Commons, May 4,
Right Hon. Fl. Campbell Bannerman,
Secretary of State for War, denied that
the government had ordered 500 tons,
or any other quantity, OF compressed
fodder from Chicago for army purposes.
A despatch from Bremen says that
the German steamship companies, IN
pursuance of the terms of a compro-
mise with the British companies, have
| ordered a reduction Of steerage passage
u.s. fro" Italian ports TO No" '''A 20
Reports from all parts of the West
| tell of the closing up Of Industries oW-
ing to the lack Of fuel caused oy tne
great coal miners strike. 1t ls sald a. tn oa6
in the vicinity of Bellaire, o., 2O,ooo
men are idle because of the coal famine.
The constitutional commission is now
engaged in furnishing a lot more patch
| es to the organic foundation OF the State.
After the ole thing receives all the
amendments that have been prepared
the original document will be covered
out of sight.-Attakapas indicator.
Last week, while men were busy
counting the vast piles OF silver dollars
in the Philadelphia mint, an avalanche
Of the coins burst from the rotton bags
in which they were stored and fell with
a roar. The clerks fled for their lives,
and had a very narrow escape from be-
ing buried under tons of silver.
According to the census Of 1890, the
total Chinese population of this country
was 1864 The report of the Internal
Revenue Bureau just made public shows
that 1O5, 1919 Celestials have registered.
Louisiana and Mississippi furnish but
6e6 of this number. The contribution OF
California and Nevada is 67,977.- There
the Monaghan is found in abundance.
The biennial report Of the Direct Tax
Commission will show the amount re-
ceived from the United States govern
ment for account of the benefciaries OF
this fund in the State to have been
1914, 5O0.6 Of which about $167,8O9.45
has been paid out, leaving a balance on
hand for which checks have not been
presented Of $780, 91 SO.
The official report of the Board of
Control of the State Penitentiary for
the past month shows: Number of
prisoners on hand at the beginning OF
April, Ills, received during the month
70, r%ecaptured 8; total, 1890. Discharg-
ed. during April 20 died IL recaptured
1. pardOned /, committed s.; total 40.
Total on hand May /, 1850.
Inc annual report OIL tHo COtlnliSsiou
or of Labor, relating to building and
loan associations, was sent to Congress
on Wednesday. The total number OF
such associations in the United States is
6,8S8. Pennsylvania has the largest
number, 1,O79, and Ohio is second, with
721. The net assets of the building So
cieties all over the country exceed $780,
600, 600. Their profits are estimated at
$780, O0, 900, and it is claimed that they
have helped to build over 100000 hou-
HeS.