St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-10-30
oPELoUsAs, La, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80. 1897.
The greatest disappointment was

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superiority of st. Patrick.
] Another disappointment was the
defeat of the little dun yesterday.
The race was a beautiful one, and
it looked for time that she would
win, but Tip Tyler forged ahead
on the home stretch of the last heat
and won by few lengths. At the
completion of this race arose q dis
pute. Tip Tyler had broken his
gait five times and it was held that
the rules gave the race to the little
dun. A book of rules was sent for,
but the judges couldn't see it that
way, so accordingly gave the race
to Tip Tyler.
From Thursdays Daily.
Geese were heard flying over
last night. -
Some local weather prophets
predict frost after this rain.
Several New Orleans papers of
October 23d were received here yes
terday.
All the sick with the prevailing
fever in town are reported doing
we'll. It is OF a light malarial type
and yields readily to medical treat
ment.
Shreveport says she's waiting
quietly for frost" There are lots
of other towns in the same buSi-
ness.
Councilman Helmann, of New
Orleans, was fined $25 for not clean
ing his premises when requested
by the Board of Health.
The ladies held their weekly
meeting at Mrs. Z. j. Thompson's
on Tuesday, Goth. They will meet
at Mr.. Gilbert Baillio's at 7.S0 p. m.
ON Monday, Nov. 1st.
There are tWenty-seven prisoners
In the Jail here who are ready to
be transported to the pen, but who
can not be brought on account of
fever at Baton Rouge.
The top roller of the Carencro
sugar refinery broke yesterday,
which will necessitate stop OF
several weeks. Many of our mer-
chants get their sugar from there.
Frank Fowler, a race course man,
paid $500 for a special train to
bring him from Cincinnati to Mo-
bile to see his sister, who was
stricken with yellow fever. The
run was the fastest ever made in
that country.
At a special meeting of the Or
leans Levee Board recently, the
movent to give the Texas Pacific
and the Illinois Central railroads
right-of-way over the leveese from
the stuyvesant Dock to the upper
protection levee, was killed for the
| present. It was proposed to make
roadbed OF the levees on the city
| front. a
Mr.. Henry E. Ratcliffe left for
Alexandria this evening, where he
was summoned by telegram an
nouncing that his brother George
had been thrown out of his buggy
while ON his way from Lecompte
to Alexandria, breaking bis leg
and fracturing his skull, causing
conclusion of the brain.
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;a., ans - Lon. aanaarad @ II yasterdav,s
fna,;an , I,fsa q a Fonrnet the
chairman said: aAfter spending
$4,000 of the peoples money to keeI
yellow fever out OF this parish, tne
police jury now appropriates $50U
to let the dread disease come in."
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nort ~ M othar western cities. solic
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