The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
General Notes,
Property on State street, Chicago, i:
valued at S15,G25 per front foot.

The union bricklayers in Jacksonville
ia, struck at.~ay ol last eek 70
S3 per day of nine hours.
The boys and girls of the farm Gngb
TO be allowed a plot of ground WHEREOF
they can grow something for themselves
President Lincoln appointed Genera
James A. Dumont general supervisins
inspector OF steam vessels and he hold
the Office still.
Keep your feet dry. An eminen,
throat specialist says that the bes
chest protector is worn on the sole Of
the foot"
Canada's seal catch for the season OF
1894, is given as 95,O4S skins. This is
the largest catch by Canadian vessels
IN the history OF the industry.
An Iowa farmer says that raising
use trolleys, the girls ride bicycles. and
the government is now run by iackasses
1t is rlmored iu Catholic circles that
the archbishop of Santiago is to be
made a cardinal. If so, he will be the
first created in South America.
Japan is a thickIy crowded country,
and if the United States we're M
heavily populated they would have
9OO,OOO.OO0 to bother with at election
and census times.
General Cassius Nj. CLAY, of Ken
lucky, is "a, and his ward, Miss Dora
Richardson, is Is, and might easily be-
MS Observation-Disclosures, but that
did not prevent their marrying.
Press dispatches from the Mohawk
valley. N. l., state that at Little Falls.
St. J9hnsyllle, Canajoharie, Amsterdam
ana Fort flaln, the carpet, wooden and
SILK mills are as busy as possible.
President Cleveland has developed a
wonderful incapacity for successful
leadership. and he has not lacked able
assistance in the Senate and House.
Philadelphia Record, Dem.
The report that the Chinese govern
ment has requested the powers having
Immediate commercial interests at
stake to Intervene for the purpose of
securing a settlement of the war with
Japan is confirmed.
Gov. Mckinley seems to have gotten
everything he went out for, except
Louisiana. It may be that it wonid
have been better for Democrats had he
spoken in Notwithstanding Ameli-
can, Dem.
The marriage of Emperor Nicholas II,
and Princess Alix of Hesse is expected
to take place o after the Cars finer
al, as the laws Of the Orthodox Greek
80 and Jan. IS.
With a large flock of chicks, abun-
dance of milk, q good sized patch of
straw berries and vegetable garden, the
health OF the family may virtually be
assured and the provision dealers bill
greatly reduced.
About $4,000 bales of cotton and a
large number of freight cars and other
railroad property were burn
at Westwego, opposite New Orleans,
on the 18th. The loss ia estimated AT |
about 100000.
The General Assembly of GEORGIA
Patrick Walsh to All the nm
expired term OF the late Senator Col
quit, and Augustus o. Bacon for the
long term. Both are advocates of free
silver coinage, and are looked upon as
ntl-Cleveland men.
DR.. P. E. Archinard. of New Orleans.
eft that city on Tuesday night for
Europe to obtain a supply of serum or
a~ntl-toxine, the new aud efficacious
remedy Tor diphtheria. and to learn the
method OF its preparation and manufac-
ture.
Mrs. Langtry, who landed ia New
I ork with her company on Saturday, ia
said to have preserved her good looks
Being asked how she
managed it she replied: PLENTY of
.9ap and water, plenty OF exercise and
plenty of Sleep"
Mandy" said Farmer Corntossel,
Who had been a patient auditor for
'!ome time, wisht ye'd go enter poll
lies l do, r'aIey." "Why o. "Because
'e're the only person l know of that
lin come anywhere near given the
opposition the talkin' to they need.n-
Washington Star.
AT different times on Monday even
nR fire was discovered in seven steam
re- which were lying at their wharves
1t Savannah. All were cotton carriers,
md in each case the fire was out ont
1efore very great damage was done.
here is no satisfactory explanation of
he origin of the fires.
~ oVuAu was CAUluuOu III Mlul1RUG.
lov. 5. in front of No. / Tilney street.
Vest London. The door was shattered
nd the windows were blown to powder.
The windows for a dozen numbers 10
street were smashed. Plaster was
Oosened from the ceilings, aud the oc-
upants fled panic-stricken to the street.
Nobody was wounded.
Two dynamite bombs filled with scrap
were exploded outside of two of
he police stations in Milan, Oct. 80.
he fronts OF the buildings we're wreck
d, but fortunately no one was hurt. IT.
) supposed that the outragesw were COM
nltted in consequence of the recent
of revolutionary societies.
police have arrested fifteen Anar-
hlsts suspected of having caused sthe
EXPLOSIONS.
Pension Commissioner Lochren. in
is annual report, referring to the Long
ension case, says that under honest
ut mistaken Interpretation of pension
I'VE this p%ensloner has obtained more
$1,000, which he was never lawful
entitled to, and should he take the
natter to the United States Supreme
its decision may impel him to
the propriety Of refunding this
honey to the Treasury" 4
We do not believe that true, inteIli-
ent and fearless Democrats will quail !
ven before this storm of hostile bal
ITS. Men who have fought honestly J
nder the banner of tariff reform, and
Tho have confidence in its beneficial :
lfects upon tho country, already ap-
aren't, will not give mp their belief I
efore the new policy has had it's COM !