St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-10-09

Vile, with perhaps few slight
changes.
Some of the guards report that
some people try to play "smart" by
passing the posts at a fast gait and
disregarding the guards command
to halt. There is no excuse for
such tomfoolery, and ifnot stopped
will some day result seriously, as
the guards have expressed the de-
termination to shoot them, and
one has already done SO. Guards
were not stationed on the outskirts
of town for show; this is aserious
matter, and the fool who trifles
with it ought to be shot.
The people in the yicenity of
No. 2 Catholic church) were start
led by the report of a pistol shot
last Saturday night, and it turned
out to be an extra inducement
offered by guard st. 0yr TO stop a
fleeing negro, who obstinately re-
fused to heed his command to stop
and began to run. Guard st. Cyr,
thinking to scare him, fired i'm the
air, which brought the fleeing coon
to a stop. The negro was brought
to town and turned over to the
town officers.
The negro claims to be from
Plaquemine, and was returning
home. He says he did not know
there was quarantine post, but
he can't explain why he was going
"full tilt" He probably wanted to
play "smart."
A trial was in progress in the
courthouse here one day last week.
The accused and nearly all of the.
witnesses were from the Mallet
country, about twelve miles from
Opelousas. One of the defendants
had turned States evidence, and
was on the witness stand testifying.
On cross-examination the, defense
attorney thought to crush him at
the start by calling to his mind
the treachery OF Judas Iscariot.
"Have you ever heard of Judas
Iscariot 2" thundered the lawyer.
"Kee ?" asked the puzzled wit
ness, who knew very little of the
English language, and much less
of Christ's betrayer.
"Judas Iscariot ~ repeated the
lawyer.
esWell, eff him leeve in Mallet,
mebb InoWs him; ef him don't
leeve in Mallet, me don't know dat
man."
A joint meeting of the Boards of
Health of Lafayette, Acadia and
Calcasieu parishes took place yes
terday for the purpose of consider
ing the advisability of modifying
the quarantine regulations in those
parishes. Z.
The result was that the Southern
Pacific railroad was asked to- run
trains through there in order to
take off the crop. 1t is believed
that about two trains a week will
be run through.
There will be health officer
representing each of the. three par
ishes above mentioned stationed
at the division line Of the parishes
of Lafayette and Iberia, whose duty
it will be to see that the entire
train is disinfected and fumigated
before entering the parishes An
acclimated crew will then take
charge of the train and run it to
Lake Charles. On the return trip
the crew will again. be changed,
and the trainload of produce. will
continue to New Orleans.
It was suggested on the streets
of Opelousas yesterday that st.
Landry and Rapides make ar
rangements for this train to run on
the tap line as far as Alexandria.
This could bring in our ST. Louis
freight as well as carry out the
crop.
The Opelousas Board of Health
had suspicious casen to investi-
gate Saturday night, and though
as a rule we don't take much stock
in sensations, we must admit that
there was really some cause for
alarm In this instance. u
1t appears that the Board got
wind of the fact that a gentleman
from New Orleans had surrepti-
tiously slipped i'm and was with his
family here, though constantly
keeping himself from the public's
view. A negro playing in the yard
had seen him, and when the auth
critics got we'll into the investiga-
tion it was found that a negro who
had worked In the yard was down
with q high fever, attended with
suspicious symtoms of yellow fever.
DIR. Fred. J. Mayer was immediate
" summoned as an expert to dia-
gnose the case. He visited the
negro's home and his examination
developed a we'll defined case OF
malarial fever. Further investiga-
ton proved that their informant
had taken gentleman very much
alike in appearance orthe refugee,
and the consequence was that the
sensation was exploded, and the
Board of Health breathed free
once more.
Credit Id due the Board for the
prompt manner in which they pro-
ceeded with the investigation, and
the public can rest assured that
their welfare is i'm good hands.
TAKE WARNING!
0PELoUsAs, LA, Sept. 9, 1887.
All parties owning or occupying
property within the limits OF the