The Natchitoches enterprise., 1899-03-23
State News Items.

nicnce of the public.
The level headed editor Of the West
lake Herald says:
"A town is Just wha: people make it
nothing more, nothing less Every
person IN 4 town Is Il faCtrr and power
be II little or much. Individual IntlH-
pnce and interest are bound together as
one. Therefore, little effort on the
part Of all is what pushes town INTO
prominence and prosperity"
The Hotel Royal IN New Orleans is 10
be- sold at auction on the 4th of April.
This Is one Of the most magnificent
buildings IN the South anil IS the prop
ertv of the State Of LOUISIANA. 1t was
used rs hos )Ital by the FederalS du
ring the war and was the State capitol
before the seat of government WAS
moved TO Baton kOuSe.
Those who said that The stubble crop
would prove Il failure are not far from
correct. Last week there were signs of
life and the eyes BEGAN to Sprout, but
the ewes that showed life last week have
wited and died aud now little hope Is
entertained for even a poor stand Of
stub The condition Of seed cane is
not known. but the next two weeks VIII
tell :he tale of the results of the extra
ordinary February freeze
Sunday night about u O'clock Mr.. w.
GUYS residence on Turkey Greek was
destroyed by fire, together
with all its contents and his two little
children. aged respectively and 8
veaIs, were burned up with the honse.
The painful hrwS Of this occurrence
has csst gloom over OU entire COM
The cause Of the fire we learn
from neighbor is that six children
were sleeping upstairs and when tue
fire was first discovered the roof YVES
falling in. The oldest children-two
gir'S-succeeded in saving two Of tue
children. and when returning for The
other two could not reach them. tie
flames having already enyel0ped them.
Fire was caused by the Capsizing of
lighted Iamp.-Opeiousas Courier.
The members of the State Pension
Board, composed Of Mes$rs Chalaron.
Moncure and PIerSOn, AMI Auditor
Heard and Adjutant General Julnel met
IN regular session Yesterday to receive
the applications which have come in
since their last meeting which took
place IN December. When the Board
adjourned last December its awards had
reached the limit placed
upon the appropriation for this purpose
bv the constitution. but since tInA time
the secretary of the Board has been
flooded with new applications. thus
placing the Board Ia very unpleasant
dilema. 1t is quite apparent that many
of these applications come from persons
who are not entitled under the Jaw to
pensions, and vet either misapprehen-
SION OF desire to get something to
which they are not entitled toe appliCa-
lions are sent on and the pension claim
ed. 1t is a great pity that the benevo-
lent intention of the State to relieve its
needy veterans should be so grossly
abused and il Is still greater pity that it
should come from men claiming TO be,
If they are not Confederate veterans.
but the humilIating situation confroniS
rs and the facts speaks for themselves
in the embarrassment now confronting
the Pension Commissioners IN their
Efforts to make the specified $4,000 90
round.-BatOn Rouge Advocate.
On Friday afternoon cyclone struck
and besides doing minor IN
uries completely demolished the Cath
bic Church.
New iberia has road machine which
: doing excellent work on the streets OF
he town.
Louisiana will get a very good slice
IF the appropriations for this congress
There IS the AlgIers dock upon which
$4,000 Is TO be expended. In the
'ivers and harbors bill Louisiana gets
Sl.S46,715 and $4,0O0.O00 for Bayou
in the sundry civil bill max |
ng IN all $6,9297l5
Under the head of local improve
nents the New Orleans States of the
18th inst says:
A number of capitalists, among whom |
ire several home people have interested |
themselves In the organization OF
with a capital of something |
over S.. 000.000 the purpose of which is
o establish here shipyard and large
teel dry dock for the building and re-
)air of ocean going vessels. The I'M
together with the naval |
Try dock to be built at Alglers will fur
fish employment for quite number OF |
mechanics and laborers and 1t follows
hat the volume of money in circulation |
lere will he considerably increased.
Wednesday night at about nine o'clock |
be Inhabitants of Opelousas were startled |
" terrific explosion which was dis
lnctlY felt for several blocks and which
mt out the lights IN houses adjacent.
Fho Gre bells began ringing and the fire
'Ovs rushed TO the truck house, but as
.obody seemed to know the locality OF
be fire, If fire it was, it was some time
efore a start was made. When the
Gene was reached it was found that the
title grocery store run BY ccloled DoY
AIMED LemeIle, situated near the Cath
Iie-Ghurch had been completely de-
polished bv the explosion of key OF
owder. The charTed floor and wall
lainIv told that fire had preceded the
xpIosion and Was doubtless the cause
( 1t. 1t seems that the keg Of powder
,as on a shelf and of course when the
ames reached the keg the explosion
ccurred The explosion put the fire
".
Two walls left the building entirely,
bile the others were badly twisted and
Everything in the little
lore was elter-skelttr; potatoes. sugar
offee. SOAP. ginger cakes-all formed
ne conglomerate mases
The contents were insured for $500 in
ne Laeombe agency, but 1t is not GER
lin that the damages will be paid for
ne reason that the COMPANY disclaim
fer Observation-Disclosures.