St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
General Notes.
The rDop!c want TO get The news.
And want II crisp and neat:


THE DEMOCRAT fully meets their v.rws-
Ihey say 1t can't ho beat.
The United Statea Snprru1e Court has
adjourned until Monday, March 5.
The project Of central sugar factory
at New Iberia is rapid y acquiring form
and substance.
The 81. Louis cAr shops, which have
, been closed for some month";, have Tc-
sumed operations and are running night
and day.
Ont Of iieorsil~ total annual rxDen-
diturc Of >;3,404, ,92JS7. she pays S428, 800
for pensions to Confederate veterans
and widows, and 1864 1905 for schools.
All Of the furniture factories in Grand
Rapids, Mich, are now working or citiI-
TT full or palt time and have orders
enough to keep them lunniDg until nest
july.
The proposition to levy Il tivr.miil tax
toi tn" purpose of building htancil
railloaA through Avnyclrs is meeting
with considerable opposition from Ccl
tain quarters Of the parish.
The town of st. Maltin1yilc had lit
tie carnival of its own, which wna highly
crcdltabie I" its promoters. The KING
and queen were Mr., james simon and
Miss COiatie Rousseau.
The Ionsrn! balloon yuyAtgc on rec
ord was made by John Wise, from ST.
Louis to Henderson, n. Y, in July, 1859
ii distance of $50 miles, which WIS
Di;l,tt III u.nutctn hours, OF at The rate
Of tortysiX miles an hour.
Russia pays 10 satA,y to the rzur, nor
is it necessary that it should as he oWns
about il million square miles of farms,
mines and other property, which yield
him an income. it is said, of million
dollars il mouth
The gold balance in Tie United States
Treasury on Wednesday last had fallen
to 500, 100000. In round Figures tie
Governments expenditures for the first
seven months OF the current tisca! year
exceeded the receipts by &4G,O00O00.
An anarchist named Breton threw a
bonh into II cafe at Paris last Monday,
Woundlng some twenty persons. He
was captured but in the chase aud stlug
gle with the police he wounded five
more persons with his pistol.
The habit OF wearing the p;gtuil has
been universal iD China since 1644 " hen
the present dynasty, which is Tartar,
came into power by conquest and de-
cla,ed that all men of whatever rank
should wear the pigtail as sign of their
loyalty.
\ cycIon" in Mississippi destroyed
considerable property last week and "A
number OF lives were lost, while biz
Zard Of unusual severity which swept
over the North and West has caused
great suffering and distress 10 man and
beast. a fierce storm has also prevailed
10 England this week.
In Switzerland, in Scotland, in Itllr.
III France, and recently in England, No-
men are admitted to the profession of
medicine. Germany will not permit
women TO study in her universities, and
Russia denies them admission on the
ground that the study of medicine leads
10 Nihiiisnl.
\ bill has passed hotl, houses ui Con-
gress abollsllug tia. postal note system
and substituting for the postal notes
money order system by which money
oldeis can be secured at the same rates
rs are nnW charged by express compa-
nics. The pusta! note svattm has prov
cn faiinlt.
The PLEnix Iron Company, at phu-- |
Pa, has received u contract
from the Southern Pacific Co. to con-
struct an iron bridge over the Mississippi
pi river at New Orleans. The bridge |
will be over two miles long, will take |
$4,000, 600 pounds of iron, and will keep
the works busy for two years.
A bomb viii, a lighted fuse attached !
was found on the first floor of tl!t. clty |
hall at Versailles Feb, 2. The burning
fuse was eXtinguisheh, and the bomb |!
was turned over to the police, who caus- !
ed an examination of its contents to be !
made. 1t was found to he filled with I
chlolate powder, nails, bullets and I
pieces of glass. !
The Dali as + mes Herald says Plesi- /
lent CleEeinnd is not much of humor-
st, but there is just shadow of para |
ioXIcai satire about the minister to Bo- |
ivla business. He nominated a Kansas |
negro named Taylor as minister, but the
Bolivians became indignant and refused |
o receive bim because of his color. The |
president then nominated a white Kan
san named Moonlight. If the Bolrians
object to darkness they can get some
hing brighter. You pays your money
md you takes your choice"
The Baltimore Maui iIICrraf- iIC II -ers' Record
mentions that one of the most notice.
'ble features of trade is the heavy
alling off in demand for Western
'orn and bacon, due to the raising of
lome supplies. In some parts of
he South there is a surplus of
logs, aud shipments have lately
,een made from Georgia to Chicago.
)ne small town in Georgia which two
ears ago handled 100000 worth of
oodstutfs, will this season have full
upply raised at home.