The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-05
General Notes.

The citizens of Lake Charles drove
all the tramps II of that town last
week.
The shooting of fire crackers and Ro.
man candles on the streets of New Or
leans has been prohibited.
season. s"saf By ei 'ns 4t oRsR f5 ha ftsSa r. yS ss,ck. t' i;
is said to be a first rate f%attener for hogs
cows and horses.-B. r. Capital Item.
At a recent wedding in Mokane, Mo-.
the groom's name was Abraham Lin
coin Strickland, and that of the ~otficidt-
ing clergyman was jefferson Davis
Greer.
South Carolina believes in bringing
the young men to the front. Gov,
Evans Is IL, Attorney-General Barker
is IS. and Adjutant General Waite is
also IS.
The corporation of Welsh, ten miles
west of Jennings, voted on the pro-
hlbltion question last week. In a total
OF seventy-thrcn votes cast, furty-three
were for prohibition.
A meeting of the Democratic exc
cutlve committee of the Sixth Congress
slOnal District will be held at Baton
Rouge on January 21st. A full attend
ance is desired for the purpose of
organization.
John Wanamaker SAYS a good adver-
tlsement in ~ paper is worth all the
dodgers that Al printing press car turn
out IN a day, and Wanamaker ought to
know, for he pays a man $4,000 a year
just to write advertisements for him.
Alaska, Which was bought for the
United States by Secretary Seward, is
the greater part Of it is unexplored. 1t
is valuable now chiefly for furs and sal
mon fishing, but some day il may be the
home OF many white people.
The ladies of Monroe, La, are labor
ing asslduously to raise funds with
which to erect a monument to the dead
soldiers of the Lost Cause. This is a
most p~raisewortby undertaking, for if
m0rtem honors the brave sons of Qua
chita surely did.-B. r. Truth.
An exchange gives the following
advice to its readers: eff you've n
patriotism about you and wish to dis
play it, speak of the excellent ad-
vantages offered by your town and
parish, in the way of unlimited re-
sources, delightful climate, and healthy
surroundings. Reveal these honest
facts to the public and you will profit
thereby"
Congressman Cooper, of Florida, has
introduced a bill in Congress which is
a reform in the present method of APP
pointing local Federal officers. Mr..
Cooper's bill will provide that these
officers, especially postmasters, shall be
chosen by the votes of the people of
lieve the Congressman of a great res
possibility.
At a meeting Of the police jury of East
Carroll a committee from tue Planters
Association presented a petition from
said association requesting a reduction
of assessments and rate OF taxation, in
view of the low prices of farm products
and the depressed condition of the cOun-
try. They also ask that all prisoners in
the parish prison be farmed out to save
the parish the expense OF keeping them.
Several papers in the State are calling
for ballot reform, and we surely join the
procession. Ballot reform has worked
we'll in every State where it has been
tried and we don't see why it would not
work we'll in Louisiana. Anyway we
are willing to give it a trial. W. should
also have a railroad commission. Our
railroad monopolies are grinding the
people too much and they should be
halted.-RayDe Tribune.
The telegraph has announced that the
authorities Of Georgetown College have
abolished football that the trustees of
the Northwestern University at Chica-
go have appointed a committee to on
slider similar action; and that a bill to
regulate the game or to prohibit its be-
ing played under the Rugby Jules will
probably be introduced in the Missouri
Legislature. The moral Of these con-
current movements does it's own point
ing. Football, says the Philadelphia
Record, will have to be humanized or it
will have to go.-N. 0. Times-Democrat.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has
%bicyclists. In a decision just handed
down they are given all the rights of
the general th%oroughfares granted to
other vehicles. Judge Buck, the organ
of the court, said: bicycles are We
hicles used extensively for con-
venience, recreation, pleasure and bust
ness, and the riding of them upon the
public highway in the ordinary manner
as is now Gone is neither unlawful nor
prohibited, as they cannot be banished
because they are not ancient vehicles
or used 10 the Garden of Eden by
Adam and Eve. Because the plaintiff
chooses to drive a horse hitched to a
carriage does not give to him the right
to dictate to others their mode of CON
veyance upon a public highway, where
the rights of each are %enualn