The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
OPELOUsAs, PARISH OF ST. APRIL
Personal.

Jas. j. Lewis went to Whiteville ~
Wednesday. '''' VI
Mrs. II. Jagou, OF New Orleans, is o,
a visit to friends here.
DR.. r. c. Webb, of Rayne. visited tn
Prairie City on Thursday.
Sd Gosseliu, of Mallet, was a pleas
ant caller at our office last Friday.
7 Miss Mollie Clifford returned from
visit to ola on Friday of last week.
C. w. Havard, of Rosa, was an appre
clated CALLER at our office OH Wednesday
| cap& 7. G. GibbeDs and Julie,
CLAUDE, of Washington, visited US thi!
week
Cliffs. P. White came up from Able
yllletron Monday and returned or
Tuesday.
": j. Richard, of Richard P. o., and
;: y. Andrus, of Rosa, were in town or
Thursday.
Our clever typographical friend
George Bourd!er, left on Sunday t.
visit his parents at Rayne.
Miss Mary Casse, of New Orleans
spent several days here this week, the
guest of the Misses Labyche.
Frareois Savoy. of Church Point. ex-
President of the Police Jury of St. Lam
dry, was in town Oh Monday.
j. X. and P. Alexis Sandvz, the pop
alar Main street merchants, left for
New Orleans on Sunday.
A: W. Dejean, the popular magistrate
OF the Plaquemine ward, was in town
on Saturday and again on Monday.
L. j. Dossman, the clever magistrate
Of the Vile Plate ward, was here on
Tuesday.
Jos Dubourdieu, of Port Barre, Quot
Porte Barrel, and DR.. D. w. Foster, of
Plalsance, were on our streets on We'd
nesday.
j. D. B. Greig, OF Abbevile, a regis
tered pharmacist, has accepted situa-
tion with Mr.. Houston, at Posey's old
stand.
Miss Lula May, the bright and amia-
bic daughter of Rev. F.. I. benson, left
on Wednesday to attend a convention
of the W. c. T. U. at Alexandria.
Mrs. P. A. Gray, Mrs. r. r. Settoon
and Miss Birdie Harmanson left during
the week to be present at IA convention
Of the W. C. 7. U. ut Alexandria, which
opened on Thursday.
President Levy, of the St. Landry
State Bauk, returned from New York,
last week. He made extensive pur-
chases in the great metropolis for the
firm Of j. Meyers & Co.. Of which he is
IA leading member
Miss Matte Curtis, of Columbus,
Miss, has taken the place of Miss
Fannie Brown in tho Western Union
telegraph Office at this place, and Miss
Brown, to the regret of the many
friends she has made here. will return
to her home in Columbus, Miss
Mrs. NJ. R. Field ("CatLarine Cole'D
and her daughter, Miss Flo Field, were
booked to sail from Liverpool for home
on Saturday last. April 13, via the West
Indies, on the steamship LouisianiaD.
It will interest the many friends and
admirers of Mrs. Field to know that
her health of late has been gradually
g.-Times-Democrat.
Yes, Southern man should be placed
upon the Democratic presidential ticket
next year. One should have been placed
on that ticket years ago, but our politi-
clans and newspapers have been too
cowardly, rather-to say
80, for fear of injuring the party" or
'.jeopardizing it's success" 1t is true that,
Judging from the present outlook. the
chances for Democratic success are not
brilliant, but if we nomi-
nate a Southern man this time the coun-
fry will have n chance tn fami}iarizo IL
self with the idea of having Southern
President before another generation
passes away and we may land one be-
fore the middle Of the next century
but il we are too modest to even wlis-
per the hope We never will.
THO yearly statement Of the treasurer