The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-27

The pews at the Catholic church were
sold on Easter day and brought the
handsome sum of $990.-Rayne Tribune.
Beef is now selling very high in the
cities of the North and West. The rise
in prices is accredited to the scarcity of
cattle.
The friends of Speaker Crisp are
booming him as Southern candidate
OF the Democratic paro, rthiu'.-ol=s ol=s,
dental nomination. '
Miss Winnie Davis, 1.-THE Daughter of
| the COnfederacy.' is to be the guest of
Lee Camp, of Richmond, Va, at the
grand reunion of Confederate veterans
to be held in Houston next month.
The St. Martin Oil Works at this
place will soon add a soap factory to
their large plant. This soap factory
will have a capacity of about 500 boxes
per week.-St. Martinville Messenger.
Nelly BLY,, the best known newspaper
woman in the country. because of her
remarkable trip around the world, was
married the other day to Mr.. Robert
Suman, of New York, who is a multi
millionaire and seventy years old.
Last week death claimed for it's vic
tim Mr.. w. Jennings Demorest, we'll
known as a Prohibtonist and the
originator of the Demorest Medal Con-
test method OF bringing the subject of
prohibition before the people.
At the great reunion of Confederate
veterans to be held at Houston, Tex,
next month a pressing invitation will
be extended to the old soldiers by the
citizens of Charleston, S. c., to hold
their annual reunion next year in the
capital of the Palmetto State.
Friends of Gen. Fitz Lee. of Virginia,
think the second place on the next
national Democratic ticket will be
given to a Southern man and are, there
fore, pressing the gallant Virginian's
claims. General Gordon would be
much better selection.-Mansfeld DEM
Ocrat-JOurDal
The agents of the Southern railroads
report that the number of applications
for transportation rates from the West
to points in the South is unprecedented.
Hard times as we'll as cold winters are
responsible for this beginning of what
is destined to become great move
ment from the Northwest to the South.
just beginning fairly. 1t will grow
J
Agricultural education in France has
progressed by leaps and bounds and the
French farmer tills his ground more
scientifically than any of his neighbors
Agriculture is taught in schools of all
grades. In 1893 instruction was given
to 2,700 pupils in French normal schools
and to more than 100000 persons who
attend their conferences. Model farms
or % Ion FIN Io
purpose of experiment and instruction.
The second place on the ticket may
be rendered to Southern man, and il
it is. it will be we'll received, especially
in the South. not because the South will
make demand for the honor, but
because our people feel that the war is
over and that our section is as much
part of the Union as any other. The
first place on the ticket will, probably,
go to the West, and we hope it may,
because the people of that section aud
the South have common interest and
are more in sympathy with each other
than are those of the South and East
Mansfield Democrat Journal.
The Democratic Baltimore Sun rises
to remark: A Democratic President,
true and tried; a Democratic House,
loyal and enthusiastic; Democratic
Senate. nominally and presumably.
These were the favorable and promis-
ing conditions under Mr.. Cleveland's
second administration began on the 4th
of March, 1898. What are the fruits 2
What the final and net results7 Fail
ure. written in characters of largest
type over the legislative record and
history of this, the first entire Demo-
cratic administration since the civil
war.
We urinf 1000 note heads for $1.5O. III