St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1902-04-19
DIR. H. Chachere, Of Crowley,
spent several days in Opelousas
this week.

Hon. f. B. Dubuisson spent th
week in New Orleans, ON profes
sional business.
Bicycle riding is coming ii
vogue again. We noticed severa
couples moonlight riding on bikes
this week.
The notice to stockholders o
the Opelousas Compress Co., of /
meeting to be held on Monday
May 5, appears In this issue of the
Clarion.
Money to loan on good security
ut reasonable rates. Address un
dersigned, lock box. 679, New Or
leans, or Kenneth Baillio, Opelou.
sas, La. mh30 ". w. BoAGNI.
The road contractors are busy
at work throughout the parish, and
some OF the mud holes of the past
have been transformed into verita-
BILE turnpikes. Let the good work
go on.
IF troubled by a weak diges-
tion, loss OF appetite, or constipa-
tion, try few doses Of Cham ber-
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Every box warranted. For sale by
Mason's drug store.
'Tis said that the prairies and
pastures are resondant with the
whistle of the papabotts and the
exciting cry OF the snipe. Several
Of our local sportsmen were out
this week, and came back with good
bags.
Miss Alice Bass and Mr.. Chas.
Dorman, both of Lone Pine, were
married on Wednesday last, Rev.
Roberts officiating. The bride is
the daughter Of Representative
Bass, and cultured and accom-
plished young lady. The groom is
a promising young man OF that
section.
Fishing is all the go now. Sew
eral very large catches were made
the past week, a local Nimrod
catching eighteen 2-pound trouts at
Colon's lake. We have splendid
streams In this parish, and were it
not for the ffsh-hog eve mean the
seiners and dynamiters) there
would be great sport.
--Tue pasUyu uvR rvt.'s s'tao f'a o.a. .s's
able for heavy winds. Slight dam
age was done in several portions OF
the parish. In Opelousas large
trees were blown down. Sunday
morning a large oak tree fell on
the building owned by Auditor W.
S. Frazoe, and occupied by Mr..
Leopold Dejean, crushing in the
roof and knocking down both chim-
neys.
Col. Dick Harrison, an old vet
eran newspaper man, but now IN
the equally venturesome business
of horse racing, spent several days
in Opelousas this week, booming
the race meet to take place in Lake
Charles shortly. Col. Dick Is a
daisy in every sense of the word
and he promises our boys gooo
time over at the Lake City, ana he
will fulfill his promise, and dom
you forget it.
The sidewalk Injunction cas-
was submitted without argumen
last Monday, and taken under ad
yisement by Judge Lewis. In
case has stirred up considerable In
terest. not only locally, bu
throughout the State. Opelousa
and ST. Landry parish can rails
more hell to the square inch ina
any place on the face Of the eartl
and we'll back this proposltio
with odds-on bets, too.
We have been shown som
samples of marble found in .
Landry parish thatought to recelN
marked attention. 1t Is OF III
texture and Of chocolate color an
susceptible of finest polish. AS
building material and for finishing
and monuments and ornament
work we should think it very y
u luableslThere is an effort 60 sy
dicate the property and devei'
this quarry, which seems to be
inexhaustible quantities.--New II
ria Enterprise.
A host OF bootblacks and oth
pamins could be seen on lastThu
day striving with might and ma
clods and brickbats, to capt.
young flying squirrels 10 the tr'
on the court house square, and tn
did succeed in getting one or I
of them. This vandalism we
,ieye the authorities should p