The Opelousas courier., 1898-11-19

and that ''all orders left there or
at the Eagle Hotel, opposite the
Court House, will receive prompt
attention. The Rev. Mr.. Rand,
who subsequently taught school in
the old FrankliR College buildings
and in the building now occupied
by the Sisters of the Convent of
the Immaculate Conception, adj
vertlsed his boarding school for
boys ut Bayou Chicot, giving the
term for board and tuition for
one quarter, or twelve weeks, at
$25. and declaring that payment
is required at the end of each
quarter
P. Collins, merchant doing
business on Maine Street, ''begs
leave to inform his friends and
the public that he is now receiv-
ing his winter supply of clothing,
boots, shoes, hats. dry goods,
hardware and saddlery;'' and un-
der the heading ''Low Water Ar
rangement'' it was stated that the
steamboat Correo, O. Hinkley,
master, "leaves Washington We'd
nesday at 8 O'Clock a. m. for In
dian Village, and on Thursdays
leaves the Village for st. Martins
vile, returning from St. Martins
vile on Saturday at 6 o'clock Il.
M. and leaves the Village for
Opelousas on Monday at 8 O'Clock
a. m.
Harrison Rogers, sheriff, makes
. last call for the taxes Of 1916
and 1S47, and A. .Garrigues, clerk
gives notice that Evariste Jou-
bert, administrator of the estate
Of Louis Joubert, and Lucius J..
Dupre, administrator of the es-
tate of Joseph E. Andrus, had
filed tableaux of distribution of
funds of these estates.
John Posey and A. r. Hawkins.
druggists, have liberal ADVERTISE
ment; so also have anumber of
New Orleans business men,
among them the following: Jas.
NJ. Poole, commission merchant
and cotton factor, No. 80 Maga-
zine street: T. W. Arthur & Co, g,
commission, provision and grocery
merchant, Nos. 81 and So
Tchoupitouias street; A. Brous-
seau & Co., dealers in carpets,
mating, &C., No. % Chartres
street; Scovil & Mead, druggist,
No. so Chartres street; and Priest
ly & Bein, dealers in hardware,
No. 19 New Levee street.
This number of the Whig con-
tanned 15 columns of reading mat
ter-no plate and no stereotyped
ads. ''run in to fill up-and al
though there are no local items
the matter is squite interesting and
the paper has prosperous ap-
pearance. The editor makes an
elaborate condensed statement of
the result Of the election in each
of the 90 States then composing
the Union, cleaned from the New
Orleans papers of the 10th, 18th
and 18th, prefacing it by remar ks
such as these: ''The defeat
which has just been sustained by
the administration is like that of
the hordes of Santa Anna at the
pass Of Angostura. The indomit-
able hero Of Buena Vista, after
having routed the enemy from
the Rio Grand to the Sierra
Madre. has achieved the still
greater victory of triumphing
over his prosecutors and villifers,
driving Iocofocoism from it's
strongest intrenchments and
planting the glorious banner of
the Constitution on the battle
ments of the capitol!' Sounds
pretty much like similar explosions
nowadays, don't it?
An interesting synopsis of
European news, taken from the
Picayune, having been telegraph
ed to that paper from New York,
is also given. the announcement
was made with apparent gusto
that the steamer America had ar
rived in New York after "a pas
sage of twelve days or less," and
that cher advices were in New
Orleans in thirteen days from
Liverpool!', the exclamation
point denoting the admiration OF
the Picayune editor at the won
derful achievement. One of the
items sounds strangely familiar.
It says: "Although cotton is yet
further depressed, it appears to
have reached the turning point. y
Other items are.
The new cabinet of Gen
Cavaignac has sustained q
defeat in the National Assembly
A decree has been issued for the
election Of Il President of France
by the people on the 10th day OF
December next. The contest fol
the presidency has become very
exciting. Lamartine decline:
being candidate.
ssThe. cholera makes slow pro
gress in England.
"Smith O'Brien, McManus ane
O'Donohue are to be transported
fnrthwith for life.