The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-03
General Notes.


without deriving any personal htneti
theretrom. For instance, the pull
that Prendegrast will h"vc on tha
rope.-N o. Herald.
The Farmers Alliance all ovel the
State is endorsing the course of Hon
n. G. Blanchard, and ne will be strong.
~ supported Ivy them ior L. $. S@na-
tor, L. Il. Item
Ihe constitutional commission in as
many days as required months revised
our constitutions and adjourned, having
made many recommendations that vii
rot meet with either Legislative ol
popular approval. Telegraph Bulletin
If the South desires immigration she
must put forth an effort II secure il
A much more liberal policy is needed
for the future than hat which has pre-
vailed in the past If any greater good
is to be accomplished il this direction
Crowley Signal.
The Democratic caucus iii Washing
ton brought out the fact that HE wild
est possible difference exist as to the
provisions of the Wilson bill IL the
party. The Indications are that long
debate will ensue, ana changes in the
bill, as reported, are expected. City
lem
A little daily lottery is allowed by
oar great and only antilotterS Cover
nor, to gun its business in the city of
New Orleans and snap its fingers in
his face with the impertinencc of a
saucy boy. ''For the sake of the man
hood etc of Louisiana, Governor,
please act
Thomy Lafon, Il wealthy coIo"ed
man who recently died in New Orleans,
bequeathed to various charitable insti-
tutions in that city &S7 900. He was
the founder of the Asylum of The Holy
Family, "A nome for aged colored peo-
pie. He gave to this institution &I5 =
600 hy his last will
The Police Jury of AyoyelIes parish
will snbmit to the people of that parish
a proposition to vote ten mills tax
for ten years to encourage the con-
struction of Il railroad from Bunkie on
the Texas and Pacific through Avoy-
elles to point in Catalonia parish to
connect with the Houston, Arkansas and
Northern road
There has not been a tent of bounty
money paid to the planters in this par
ish on last years crop. This time last
year nearly every planter in The parish
had received the greater portion of his
bounty. The reason of this is, so q
To tn 1,o H-to
from Washington states, on account Of
the bad condition of the government
finances Houma Courier.
Dave johnson and Mansfield Wash
ington, the two negroes who SO fonlly
murdered Levee Contractor Mike
Kane in East Baton Roug on Nov. 3,
1893, were tried iii the District Court
at Baton Rouge last Tuesday and found
guilty rs charged The two men
confessed the crime and We'd with each
other in relating all the details of the
horrible murder, for which they will
hang at such time ae the Governor NAV
appoint.
When the Lottery proposition was
submitted to the people, the high Ii
cense argument was brought to bear
with unusual force
The people could not see how thew
could afford to license the lottery at
any price.
And yet the lottery stole no mans
brains, beat no women and children,
committed no murders, and did not
violate the Sabbath dav--Lo nisiana
Prohibitionist.
Last week telegram was sent out
from New Orleans to one of the East
ern papers to the effect that Senator
Caffery had secured IS votes for the
Senatorial contest which begins when
the Legislature meets next May, and
that he would be elected on the first
ballot. 1t is possible that the friends
of Senator Caffery have secured suf-
ficient number of votes to land him as
stated; but we question the accuracy
of the estimate which gives him such
a large vote as that claimed for him
Sugar Planter.
An eminent French financier. while
discussing the deficit IN the United
States treasury, suggested the issuance
of bonds of small denominations, say
ten and twenty dollars, which would
be as eagerly sought after as the bonds
issned by France to pay the war in
demnity Of that country to Germany.
The idea is an exceeding good one. but
wonld scarcely snit the millionaire
bankers of New York who are evident
ly trying to force the government into
issuing gold interest bearing bonds of
large denominations. So far as gener-
al prosperity is concerned they are lie
ready to exclaim damn
The people.'-B. r. Truth
By the decision of the Court of Ap-
peals at Opelousas last week in the
famous police jury case, the Governor
has had quietus placed on his pro-
pensity for removing police jurors at
will The Governor here took the law
in his own hands and attempted to re-
move two members of the jury, but one
of them appealed to the courts, which
handed down a decision that police
jurors are ward officers and while the
Governor has the legal right to ap-
point he has no right to remove. The
decision of the court is an interesting
document and did space permit we
would like to publish it in full. It is
quite gratifying to know that a check
has been put upon the Governors
powers to remove officers at will
Crowley Signal
j. T. Stewart wants two thousand
bushels of corn carries full stock of