St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-10-30


that State.
From Mondays Daily.
Those camel backs on Court street
are great inducements to fast dri-
vers.
Monroe quarantined against Al
exandria on account of the prevail
ance of dengue there.
The Opelousas sports are pecu-
liarly unfortunate when it comes
to racing. AS usual they put their
money ON the wrong horses.
The Public Schools throughout
the parish opened this morning.
We learn that the attendance at
the High School was very large.
How eagerly and anxious are the
people of this state waiting for the
"melancholy days" to come, for
with their advent comes a stamp
ing out of the dread disease.
Adelma Guidry, of Coulee Croche,
is in town. He informed US that
goods from New Orleans were be-
ing received at Carencro. The
trains run from Lafayette there.
The influx of cotton and other
staples into our town seems to be
some what increased. The town
was full of country people Satur-
day, and things really looked i've
| ly for the first time since the fever
scare.
The preliminary examination OF
Oscar DevilIe, for the killing of
Jules Doucet, In Grand Prairie, a
few weeks ago, was held before
Judge Dupre Saturday. The ac-
cused was placed under a $1,000
bond.
The large attendance at the races
Saturday and Sunday must have
afforded the track managers much
satisfaction. 1t demonstrates for
one thing that when good races are
on the tapis the public does not fail
to attend.
Dispatches say that Durrant, the
San Francisco murderer, is nabout
to break down again.
Wonder how trocha would
work in keeping out yellow fever:
Ii Hung Chang has appointed a
woman physician to practice in ms
family.
Miss Susan B. Anthony is about
to start on an extensive lecture
4 through the west.
/ Governor Wolcott, of Massachu
setts, will make but one speech
during the coming campaign n
4 that state.
4 A meeting of the Rail Road com
mittees of Opelousas and Wash
ington will take place this evening
at A o'clock. The purpose of thi'
meeting is to petition the Shreye
port, st. Louis & Kans City n1er
chants exchanges to assist in tn
building of the Palmetto and Gul
Rail Road.
Referring to the belief expresses
by the followers of Henry Georg
that recent utterances of VIM. J
Bryan indicated his support OF tn
George ticket in the greater New
York campaign, Mr.. Bryan wire'
1.-The following to the Associated
Press: ST have not expressed an.
opinion in regard to the New Yorl
: mayoralty campaign, and do no
care to express any opinion In re
gard to it,"
Placide August, Paul Albert
Buddie Sylveste and Adam Melan
, con four of the culprits who at tw
!, different times burglarized Mr.. {
Heberts store have confessed. On
of the robberies was committed i
February and the other some tW
weeks ago. &,
!. The Judge admitted them to bal
but they were unable to furnish i
Pie confession is In writing so til
officers will have but little troubl
to convict them.
E The fellow who stampeded th
) Board of Health i'm New Orlean
last Monday by walking in an
declaring that he had yellow feve
was named Robert Collitti, an
] was a musician by profession. H
: was stopping at Clarence w. Ch;
: chere's house, 1905 camp stree
:, opposite the Magazine Market, an
I was taken sick there.
= Clarence Chachere is a son of ]
B. Chachere of this town, and live
here until about two years ag
His parents here did not kno
there was yellow fever inthe hou
= until informed by o Clarion ma
u this morning.
The Races OF Saturday and SD
day at the Snnyside Race Trat
c were exceptionally good. Eve
race seemed to be honestly contes
ed for. and this Is what pleases Il
people. The attendance was lar
n and Notwithstanding the fact tn
!. ..1,y nn tho 0nnl0lgaa sfay0rif