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__, XXXVI. , OPELOUSAS, PARISH OF' . LANDRY, LA., OCTOBER 20, 1888. NO. 4.

Souritr.ojI of the Parish of St. Landry.

rpDI•I D ON SATURDAY BY

il L. A. SANDOZ

OPELOUSAS:

j i OCTOBER 20th, 1888.

ti L DEMOCRATIC TICKT.

For President:OBOVER CLEVELAND,

Of New York.

For Vice-Prisident :

ALLEN G. THURMAN,Of Ohio.

fegrcss-Sixth District :EIL M. ROBERTSON,Of East Baton Rouge.

:, wave telegraphed by the

5srice for last 'Tuesday morn1,$et come.

?bhgretary of the Shreveport Fair,Nov. 5 has favored us with

j:p,•. e tary ticket.

. A0 fine week for harvesting, : se still pouring into our mar-

; g. +d.on receipts increasing.

' District Court holds day andmoi ions to clear up the heavy

-~1ide•ket of the present term.

giajgiC. C. Doson's broken arm isaproving. He is able to be

ja ar streets and will son be him-

4' i wer fever is still declining atgdiuld points in Florida and Ala-

Jaksodn, Miss., is now clear of

& r J. B. Magruder, of the Ba-as S tate Fair, will accept our

-- tem a complimentaiy ticket of

•Ihgs is improving and renovatings tablishment opposite the

preparatoly to openingir.s-leotl for ladies, which will

dr business in a few Oreeks.

gS Moorman was nominatedt ih e , on last MoImay, to

tbalsbhip for the East-L f *(Louisiana, anade vacanutof Col. Pleasants An ex-

ppoitmncent.

aib L Miller, one of•1le Celiamer-of Louisiana, died at his

im New Orleans, at 7 o'clockiit Tuesday, aged 63 years.

a•sriving wife was Miss, of St. Landry parish.

of the State vs. Lo•s andcharged with being ac-

the fact in the ashIt-':bad-cuffed prisoners, w1lt

ed to jail, some weeks ago,rnaed a verdict of acquittal

sday eveaing.

Philharmunie, Liter-Associstion will give

Gracd Concert and Ball, onthe 31st of Oct., at Bailey's

rnob are food of exquisiteexhilarating dance shouldo~ Ihand. It will be onemusical events of the sea-

.50 cents.

e•as by the call pahliehed•enlsit, a -meeting of the

ic zeenutive Commit-beld here anet Thrsaday forqitaping step. to bring oat

o a.6th. Better latere is but little tim(Jobu ot at fall vote we

Presbytery met in thisiThrsday with quite a

mIeat elergymeo pies-portions of the tstate.

with -e important delib-is body religious serviees

P. m. oTbraday, at 1d 71 p. ms; on Friday,

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District Court.

Borce Peterson, tried by jury for mur-der and found guilty.

Adrien Deville, tried by jury for rapeand acquitted.

Charles Ellis, tried by jury for latre-ny and found guilty.

Ben Eagland, tried by jury and foundguilty of assault and sentenced to 15days in jail.

Christine Simon, tried by jury for vi-olating Act 31 of 1886 and found guiltyand recommended to the extreme mercy

of the Court, and sentenced to pay a

fine of $1 and costs or 10 days in jail.Laurent Washington, Alc6e David,

Prince Jordan, Theodore Serf alias Ser-vis and Stephen Quarterman pleadguilty of carrying concealed weapons,

and each was sentenced to pay a fine of$50 end costs or be imprisoned 10 daysin jail.

Edward Balquet, tried by jury forhorse-stealing and found guilty.

Albert Taylor tried by jury for as-sault with intent to kill, and foundguilty.

Following up its pet hobby of tryingto show that previous administrationsare responsible for present disorder,the Democrat has an article last weekin which it asks:

"When before was a white man con-victed of murder here, by a white jury.or a jury of any complexion, for killinga negro?"-St. Landry Democrat, Oc-tober 13th.

A sufficient answer to this questionwould be the propounding of another,viz.: When before, in the history ofthis parish, or any other civilized coun-try, were two manacled and helplessprisoners, in the custody of a deputysheriff, riddled with bullets-one killedand the other desperately wounded-and nobody hung for the deed t

But we can give the Democrat a cat-egorical answer and say that we canname at least one instance in this par-ish where a white man was not onlyconvicted of murder but sentenced tobe hanged, for killing a negro,-andthe victim wasn't assassinated whilehandcuffed avid tied, neither.

He was not hanged, for Kellogg coum-muted his sentence to imprisonment forlife, and he died in the penitentiary.

But again we say we fail to see whatgood would be accomplished by theDemocrat even if it proved its theoryto be correct Some good might be ef-fected, however, were it to direct itsefforts to the suppressing of preselntlawlessness instead of indulging in idlespeculations as to its cause.

'~'Praise from Sir Rupert is plaise indeed." Among the congratula.tory par-agraplhs which 'we copy from our ex-changes ir anotlier columi is one fromthe N. 0. City Item, uuadoubtedly fromte pea of our talented hbt too partialfriend, Mr. J. B. Wilkinson, Jr., whom

many of our citizens will pleasantlyrememlwr as one of the most eloquents eakers at the late meeting of the Pres.A ociatimt in Opelousas. Another,from the St. Martin Reveille, wais in-dited by a friend of our childhood(though majpy years our senior), Hon C.i. Mouton, avho as Lieutenant-Gover-or, District. Judge, District Attorney,.

&c., has left the impress. of his strongindividuality on the history of ourState and section, and" was for manyyears a resident of our town and parish.We aesmem them that we highly appre-ciate their kind words, and while reluc-.tantly giving them publicity here ,only

reypet that they are not fully deserved.

M t Eugene J. Olivier was married to,Mia>use woise Dachamp, last Wednesday.

The groom is a son of our friend, Dr.P. D. Olivier, and the lovely bride. is

the daughter of that progressive plan-ter, Mr. LLNis C. Duchamp. After theceremonuy at the Catholic Church, a

host of friends were invited to thebeautiful plantation home of the bride'sfather, to partake of a b~mntiful feastprepared for the event. The happy-:ouple have the best wishes of a largecircle of friends for a long and plroper -ona voyage tlhrongh iEfe.-St. MartinReveille.

To98ese good wislhes we bwg to add

our owl' and tih espression, o u oar re-

gret at ano liag able to accept the

kind invitati m of our friend Du-champ to witessethi e nuptial ceremonSy.

PHEASANT HutT.-Messrs. Edmotnd,

Edward sad Gabriel Ddjean, EugeneLaverge, and the venerable Felti D1-Jean, hare, we believe, made tie firast

pbeasaMn hunt of the season. The ac-tual time spent In hunting was about

one day, last Monday evening andTh•esd• moering, in which they baggedfifteen f the delicious birds. Consid-ering that Mr. F. Djean who is almostfCer-sa•r years old bad bet two shtts,

sad hiRe brll heasants, the highestadnsss o t;e u nt. wt ave to

; awsre4 toi: tiip J frqus hisl• n{ ase atvity he isAyorng as many-n Laare amtr ct S y, Sad bids fair to ive

htber ttalty ye•as ad go en several: e pheesatbU: tbia . ___ ' _

We leara t asayo Bob- by the,w o t - o-Gaatbeie, " it qg on

Ma .was r~y* .yland abed at,

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Personal.

Mr. W. HI. Haw of Morrow called atour office last week.

Mr. A. P. Rublee of Washington wasin town last week, and -paid us a pleas-ant visit.

Masters Garland Dupr6, AndersonJackson and Edgar Bloch left severaldays ago to attend Tulane Universityat New Orleans.

Miss Etta Moran of the City of Mex-ico, foinierly a pupil at the Convent inGrand Lteau, is on a short stay amongfriends in Opelousas.

Mrs. J. Frankel of Crowley. is visit-ing her relatives here.

Dr. Randolph H. Anderson, formerlyof Natchitoches, has located in our par-ish and gave us a pleasant call thisweek.

Mr. Henry L. Garland, Jr., departedon Monday for Noew Orleans where hewill practice his profession.

Messrs. A. J. Bloch and Walter Du-son left on Wednesday morning for theCrescent City where they will enter theTulane Medical College.

Miss Pamela Moore, after a prolongedvisit North, returned home some dayssince.

Mr. Julius Meyers and Mrs. Meyers'are again at home after an absence ofseveral months, during which they vi-sited relatives in the "old country."

Messrs. Phillip Jacobs and John O.Trainor of Washington, were in townon last Tuesday.

Hou. Chas. J. Boatuer of Ouachitawas nominated for Congress at theFifth District Democratic Conventionin Monroe on the 15th inst.

Page M. Baker, manager and editor-in-chief of the Times-Democrat, afteran absence in Europe and elsewhere forthe past two months, has returned andresunmed his duties.

Rev. R. H. Patterson, of BatonRouge, is here in atteedance on themeeting of the Louisiana Presbytery.

Mr. C. Brand returned home severaldays ago much improved in health.

Mr. E. E. Gordon of St. Landry andMiss S. Hi. Irvine of West Felicianawere married in New Orleans on the10th inst.

JIIUg. ti. Isley,dr., wuo is caunmma-ing the State in the interest of thatstaunch, fearless and thoroughly Demo-cralic umjspmlpr, the New OrleansStates, gave us a pleasant call last

Le•ek. '` Vo cannot too highly recom-mend the .States to our readers andrnust Ithat the Judge's visit to our par-ish may p,.ve, 1i'.n pleasant and profitable.

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We haveo received several copies of"Once A Week," a very interestingliterary weekly, publishod by P. F.Collier, New York, at $3.00 per annum.The serial and short stories are con-

tributed by the leading famous authorsof the day and cannot fail to interestthe most critical taste. The centraland conspicuous theme now being pub-lished and graphically illustrated, is" Asmodeus," a tragi poem, by AmblieRives, author of the popular novel "TheQuick and Dead." In the interpreta-tion of the character of this Prince ofDemons, who, in the Talmud was re-corded to have destroyed the seven hus-bands of Sara, daughter of Raguel, atRages, the author hins given a vividlypoetic conception of tihe "destroyingangel" in visiting earth to destroy ma-rital happiness. Every emotion of evilor of satanic passion is pmesented withstartling poetic imagery, and thiough-outt the entire plot of her dramaticadaptation of the characters representedin this Egyptian myth, a distiinclive in-dividuality is maintained, and a strik-ing unity of action kept up in the de-velopment of its tragic and sensuousevents. "Asmodeus" was begun in No.23 of "Once A Week" and will runthrough several consecutive numbers.Address P. F. Collier, 104 Attorney St.,New York.

Henry L. Gatland, Jr., left on lastMonday's train for Noew Orleans, wherehe will locate to practice law. Ouryoung friend and parishioner starts outin his profession under bright auspicesfor future success and distinction, hehaving graduated with the highest hon-ors at Manhattan College, New York,and subsequently received his diplomain the Law Depqrtment of the TalaneUnirersity a few months ago. Daringthe present term of our District Courthe •-as engaged in two criminal cases,and in his "maident speech" gave brightpromise of the fame he may gain in fu-ture years of practice, study, and expe-rience.

In pursuance of a reaolVtion adoptedby the State Board of Education,on the16th of August, 1888, the State Super-intendent of Education has prepared adigest of the public school laws andpublished it iunpamphlet form for dis-tribution. We return our thanks to theauthor for a copy of the same, and inthe future will make extracts from itshowing the important changes made inthe school laws by the late legislature.

The How Will YTo Have 'Em OysterSaloon and Restaurant has reopened atthe corner of Market and Bellevue als.,oppetoai the Market House. It will al-

ways be supplied with the best thecoastry affords. Oysters, Ash, crabsand abrimps will be kept throughoutthe season. Peace makers a specialtyM. Vilaseca, proprietor and manager.

See athe liberal obeet of that Andy il-luatrteda weekly, the N5 Y. r raphic,on oer NiaOa pape, and eotribute

daslgt to the astional c aspaiginfund sad see aitrat-olass illastrated

emocratic paper atthesame time.

. l&drsdea r ]hae a large.ec f of e *as. udeis, ies,**

>g iate, which-hey tserseing at the.wst I g priCes. GCall aud inspe

SdS": .*w on band.

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Congratulatory.

B. it. Capital Item : The OpelousasCOURIER has entered its 6tlh volumle.Success to yon, old friend.

Lake Charles Comiimercial : The Op-elousas COURInR has entered into itsthirty-sixth valiine. May the CouRInERandli its editors long continue to flourish,is the sincere wish of the Commercial.

N. 0. City Item : The Opelousas Coc-liIER has recently entered its thirty-sixth year, and is deservedly receivingcongratulations from its contempora-ries, who hold it in high esteem. Mes-srs. Leonce & L. A. Sandoz are amongthe most popular and brilliant journal-ists in the State, and the COURIER isalways a welcome visitor at this office.The Item trusts that a long career ofprosperity is still in store for it and itsenterprising editors.

Baton Rouge Truth : The OpelousasCOURIER, the able representative of thebeautiful parish of St. Landry and thekindhearted people of Opelousas, hasreached its thirty-sixth birthday. Notmany papers have floated so success-fully over the journalistic sea and wea-thered its #torms and political tidal,waves that engulf so many journalisticenterprises, but through the ebbing andflowing of the tide the name of SandozheI, floated from the pinnacle of theCOURIER. Another thirty-six years toyou, multiplied by ten.

St. Martin Reveille: Last week, theOpelousas COURIER formerly ownedand edited by our old friend, Joel H.Sandoz, and now edited by two of hissons, Leonce & L. A. Sandoz, enteredin its thirty-sixth year. During thatlong period of time the COURIER hasalways been a staunch Democratic pa-

per, as true to the honor and interest ofLouisiana, as the needle to the pole;its old editor, a child of that land of lib-erty, Switzerland, fearless in the de-fense of both, in the midst of an invad-ing foe preferred to see his paper seizedand himself taken prisoner than to bendthe knee before the conqueror. MayLouisiana and the people of St. Landrynever forget the devotion of the Cou-RIEkt•o the honor and interest of Lou-isiana.

The following is a pretty healthyutterance for a lifelong Republican tomake. The speaker is the head of alarge firm of railroad and public build-ing contractors in New York, and hisname is Bullock. '"There isn't a manin the country p sessed of commonsense that doesn't Aalize the necessityof reducing the tariff'," lie said. "Thequestion is as to the method. It isfoolish to say that to relance the tariffmeans to shut up our mills and factoriesIf manufacturers can buy their rawmaterials cheaper they are going to Iloit and keep their mills running. Theydidn't shut down when there was a lowtariff before, and they won't do it now.Rather, with access to cheaper materialsthey will compete for foreign markets.I regard the re-election of Mr. Cleve-land as a foregone conclusion, and thatis the feeling in New York among thebusiness men."

The bridge in Garland's lane and thebridge over the canal in the lane westof Veazie's pasture are in a very dan-gerous condition, and should be repair-ed without delay. Many of the planksare broken, and with heavily laden ricewagons passing over them daily, it is amatter of wonder that teams and wag-ons do not fall through them.

Since the above was set in type thetwo bridges have been thoroughly re-

paired. However, wh are inforamenthat there are several other bridges,further out, that need repairs and it isto be hoped that..hey will meet withthe same prompt attention, so as to as-sure safe travel over all our publichighways.

THE BEST AND CHEAPEST COLLEGE.-Nearly 1000 young men from 30 Statesentered the Commercial College of Ken-tacky University, Lexington, Ky., thepast year. This College received theHighest Honor and Gold Medal at theWorld's Exposition over all other Col-leges for System of Book keeping andBusiness Education. It is situated inthe beautiful, Ihealthy, and renownedcity of Lexington, Ky., accessible bythe leading railroads. Arrange now toenter this College during the summer o0fall months, as students can begin atally time.

Read advertiisnment of this Collegein another column, and write for par.ticulars to its President,

WILaUR R. SMITH, Lexington, Ky

From the iloggere.l slecimehis of po-etry thatr we haIve rad now and thenin some of our country newspapers, itwould aret that tile authors had notsoared to the heights of Parnatteus to!reach the inspiration of the muses. Few Ipersons possess that ' divine afflatuswhich gives'the sentiment, imagery,and rythm to construct legitimate verse.A jingle of rhymes is no more r-etrythan a goose's quack is a harmoniousnote to music. Such prosy trash shouldnot applear in the columns of any dig-nifed journal.

TheI "corner in wheat" hats checkedthe exports to foreign countries, and, asEuropean crops are short this year, astimulus will be given to planta muchlarger area in wheat hereafter, whichmay seetioney impair the prices of fu-tore crops. Speculators may yet findthat they are "killing the goose to getthe golden egg," besides injuring theagricultural prospects of a large sectionof our country. In the long ran legiti-mate profts are better for the merchantas Oll as the consumer.

Let all Democrats remember that onTuesday, Nov.6, a most important elee-tion will take place and that they must

St failto vote. Let none of your neigh-bor forget it..

-Do yaur owe buggy paintiang. Cost- *sm yAll ceera at

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Local Legislation.

L.aws Relating to Louisiana tossed by Con-'gress.

Special to The Times-Democrat.

Washington, Oct. 9.-Although Cou-gress still remains with us, the work ofIhe session is practically completed,as no quorum is present, and it lies in thepower of any member, therefore, to.:revent legislation by simply callingattention to the fact. It may be in or-der, therefore, to give a resum6 of thelegislation that has reached the stageof laws which is of local importance toLouisiana. Before giving the statementit can be said that during the presentsession Louisiana measures have faredexcellently, and the results attest thevalue of her representatives.

In the way of public buildings, theState has secured such favors for twocities. The first is Monroe, where pro-vision is made for a $75,000 buildingto accommodate courts and other pub-lic officers, and the other is Opelousas,where $50,000 is provided for a likepurpose.

Then comes the act to extend thelimits of the port of New Orleans, whichneed only be mentioned.

Appropriations are made for the con-structi(cr of roads to two national ceme-teries, the first of $15,000 for a roadleading to the cemetery at Baton Rouge,and the other is that at Pineville, where$11,000 is to be expended.

An act of some importance is that tocancel certain reservations of lands, onaccount of live oak, in the southwest-ern land districtof Louisiana. All per-sons who have in good faith settledupon these lands on Pecan Island areallowed to enter 160 acres under thehomestead laws.

The Louisiana national judicial sys-tem has been turned upside down bythe division of the former districts.From this time courts will be held atBaton Rouge, of the eastern district,in November and April, the term ofcourt at New Orleans remaining as atpresent.

In the west district courts are to heheld at four places--Opelousas, Alexan-dria, Shreveport and Monroe-but thenew law does not mention the monthsin which the courts shall be held ineach city. It only makes provision forthe subdivision of the western judicialdistrict.

Provision is made for higher andmore powerful lights at the outer endsof the jetties at South Pass; for hot airfog signal at the end of the east jetty;a higher and more powerful light onone of the jetties at the head of thePasses, and a fog signal at Cubit's Gap.The cost of these aids to navigationwill be $•f/,500.

An act of considerable importance isthat providis q that in Louisiana, Mis-sissippi, Arlansas, Alabama and Floridathe M;nbl4c lands of the United Statesnow subject to private sale as offeredlands, shall be disposed of according tothe provisions of the homestead laws,the act to remain in force until pendinglegislation affecting such lands shall bedisposed of or the present Congresscloses. And isolated or disconnectedt',cts of the public lands, less than 160acres, may be ordered sold at privateor public sale for not less than $1.25per acre by the Commissioner of theLand Office.

An appropriation of $45,000 was al-lowed for the removal of the NationalQuarantine Station at Ship Island tosome other ir'and, and this has beenrsupplemented by an appropriation of$15,000 to cover- the expenses of thestati.mn for the present fiscal year.

In the matter of bridges the LittleRock and Alexandria Railway Com-pany are authorized to erect a bridgeover Bayou D'Arbonne, near the townof Farmerville, in Union parish, andthe Houston, Central Arkansas andNorthern Railway Company are per-mitted to bridge Bayou Bartholomew,and Ounachita, Red, Little and Sabinerivers at such points as may be selected.

The Postmaster General was author-ized to terminatetthe mail contract ofCharles P. Trouslow for carrying themails on the lower Mississippi river.

In addition to the bridges noticed theMississippi and Louisiana Bridge andRailroad Company are allowed to con-struct a bridge over the Mississippiriver at Natchez.

This completes the statement of thelegislation local to Louisiana, which hasreached the stage of laws during thepresent session.

The couobterfeit five-dollar UnitedStates silver certificates, which madelheir. appearance not long since in the

Northern and Eastern cities, are grad-Qally working their way South, and ourreaders may as well be on the lookoutFor them. As described, the generalippearance of the bill is much like the

aenuine note, but a half glance at theast of Gen. Grant will show a badlysngraved face with broken lines and

White spaces. The counterfeit is en-raved entirely on wood, instead ofsteel. The lathe work, the figures andlettering are pretty well executed, buta close ejtunination shows every markof the w od-engraver's tooling. Thenote is of the issue with the small sealin lake ink, instead of the later issnewith a large red seal.. The bogus noteis one-quarter of an inch shorter in

length and an eighth of an inch nar-rower than the current issue. On theback of the note the shading at the popruns crosswise only on the genuine. -N. O. Times-Democrat.

B. R. Advocate, Oct. 9: The StateUniversity opened yesterday with thelargest number of students it has hadin many years. Seventy-three student:enrolled their names on the first day,and to-day the number will be swelledto a hundred. By the iret of January itis cohfidently expected that there wilbe 150 students in attendance. Thicountry parishes are largely represented, and the northern part of the Statein partieular.

Vatter ha. .itved his furniture resue, tw see, r seseund boel

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Press Association Appointments.

In accordance with a resolutiotladopted at the meeting of the Louisi-ana Press Association held at Opelon-sas in May last, I hereby appoint thefollowing delegates to represent thepress association at the meeting of the

National Editorial Association, to beheld at San Antonio, Tex., on Nov. 21,

1888, viz:A. J. Lafargue, Marksville Bulletin;

L. A. Sandoz, Opelousas Courier; L. E.Bentley, Donaldsonville Chief; WileyP. Mangham, Richland Beacon; S. D.Pearce, Ruston Caligraph; John Mc-Cormick, Lake Charles Commercial; J.B. Wilkinson, Jr., New Orleans CityItem; J. E. Hewitt, De Soto Democrat;Mrs. Julia Rule, Shreveport Times; T.Sambola Jones, Baton Rouge Advocate;Page M. Baker, New Orleans Times-Democrat; George Nicholson, Ne; Or-leans Picayune; A. R. Burkdoll, Crow-ley Signal; J. L. Rountree, VidaliaSentinel.

Miss Addie McGrath, of the BatonRouge Truth, secretary; Mr. J. T. Gil-more, Sugar Bowl, members of the exe-cutive committee, and the president ofthe association, are also delegates ex-officio.

The delegates are respectfully re-quested to notify me at once of .theiracceptance or non-acceptance of ap

pointment.LEON JASTREMISKI,

President Louisiana Press Association.

Wanted Zelp, Men and Women.

Wanted, one good man or lady ineach county-quick-to represent ourhouse and introduce our three great

new books and Bibles.' No cash or ex-perience necessary; 30 days' time al-lowed agents to deliver books. "NewPlans" and new books on salary orcommission, or we will c.nse a yearlycontract with good pushers and guaran-

tee salary. Large descriptive illustratedcircular and best terms free.

ACT QUICK and address, DAN. LINA-HAN PUBLISHING Co., 4th and Wash-ington Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

DIED.-At his residence in this city,Wednesday, October 9th, 1888, BRYATT

HUTCHINS. Aged 58 years.

The deceased was a native of St.Martinsville, Louisiana, but moved toOpelousas, in the parish of St. Landry,

when quite young.When about 13 years of age he be-

gan the printer's trade in the old Opel-ousas Gazette. He work.d as a printeron the St. Landry Whig, OpelqusasSentinel, St Landry Progress, PointeCoupee Echo and Opelousas COURIER.He then came to Lake Charles and is-sued the first number of the LakeCharles Echo. ' " He then we.t toGalveston, Texas, and was employedon the Galveston News, Standard,Flake's Bulletin, ChristianAdvocateand Mercury. Returning to Louisiana,since then he has spent, as an employe,the most of his time in the Echo office.He spent a short time in the office ofthe Caloasien Gazette, during its exist-ence, and has been employed from timeto time in the Commercial office. Forngarly a year past he was in ,e Ameri-ca, office, and did his 'ast work in thatof , e.

About six weeks ago he laid downhis stick, left the case and yielded tothe disease which finally carried himaway. He was an humble, quiet andunassuming man. A man who attendedto his own affairs, and a good citizen.He was a kind husband and father andleaves a wife, three daughters and twosons, tog3ther with many friends tomourn his loss. The Echo extendssympathy to the bereaved family.-Lake Charles Echo.

0. P. L. & D. ASSOCIATION3D GRAND CONCERT AND BALI.

ON-

Wednesday,, Oct, 31st, 1888,- AT-

ADMISSION 50 CENTS.

POLITICAL NOTICE.THE Members of the Democratic rxecu*

. tire Committee are requested to meet atOpelousas on Thursday, October 25, 1888. forthe purpose of taking proper steps to secure afull Democratic vote at the Presidential andCongressional election.

THOS. H. LEWIS,President Dem. Ex. Com.

0. L. DUPRa, Sec'y.

ESTUAYED. *fIROM near Port Barrd, about one month-' ago, a good size Texas Horse, about 8

years old, gentle under saddle, bay color,branded on hip and on front shoulder r[fac-simile of brands at this offlce.] This animalis supposed to be on the bayou Teche. A lib-eral reward will be paid for his delivery here,or information that will lead to his recovery.

Oct. 20, '88.-Im Apply at this office.

MULESOR SALE: 48 fine American 2, 3 and 4

1' year old mules at reasonable prices. Canbe seen at Mr. Gilespie's plantation 2 milesfrom Opelousas, and every Saturday at Clem-ents & Wilson's store in town.

Oct. 20.-3t WILLIAMS & EDDY.

The How Will You Have 'EmOYSTER SALOON

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H AS reopened at the corner of Market and.1 Bellevue ats., opposite the Market House.Will always be supplied with the best thecountry affords.

eysters, Fish, Crabs bd Shriaspwill be kept throughout the season, Peace-Makers a specialty.

M. VILABECA,Proprietor and Manager.

Opeloumas Oct. 13,1888. 6m

REWARD.BY virtue of a resolution of the Police Ju•r. of the parish of 8ti Landry, of date Oc

tober 8th, 1888, a reward of Two Hundred aulfifty Dollars ($250.001 is hereby offered foiany information which will lead to the arresand conviction of njy or all persons who hayvbeen lately oommitting murders, and shootinjinto the hoauses of peopLe in the Parish of StLandry.

This proclamation to be and remain in fore,for the period of sixty das from this date.

E. M. BOAGNI,Presideat Police Jury Parish of St. Landry.

Op-eloas, Oct. 13, 1888,-ti

Notice to TaxpayersI lereby give notice to all persons concerned

that the Roll of 1888 has been delivered to me

andl that I am prepared to collect all State,P'arish, Corporation Criminal. Levee and PollTaxes for the year 1888.

Persons owing taxes on movables only wilbecome delinquents on and after October 4ilnext, and persons owning real estate will become delinquents unless the taxes on sameare paid prior to January let, 1889.

Comeo and pay your taxes in time, to avoidme the unpleasant duty of adding costs

thereto.

T. S. FONTENOT,Sheriff and ex-offcio Tax Collector,

septl5tf Parish of St. Landry.

GRAND

DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTAt Grand Coteau,

ON SUNDAY, OCT. 21, 1888,-BY THE-

Dramatic Society of Brean's Bridae.

GRAN9D BALLAfter the performance.

The Dramatic Society's Brass Band, eouposed of eighteen members, will furnish theMUSIC for the occasion. ool32t

AN ENTERTAIIMENT- Consisting of the play of

minrse ellas-- A\ D-

TAB L E ATUX,Will be given by the children of the 8uade3

School of the Church of the Epiphany at

Isu5;RL & UIsU U*IA sa,

On Wednesday, October 24th,For the Purpose of Buying an Organ.

TO CONOLUDE WITH A DANCO.Gumbo and Refreshments.

O I RDEIRELLA..CAs1 OF CUABACTIbs:

Queen ......................... Miss N. OgdeCinmderella...................Miss M. D4OLady Disdain..............Miss I. 3eiolICharlotte ................. Miss M. 0g4Annabelle................Miss A. IstrapesFantabiia....................Miss . MeetsKing ...................... Master A.JaeobsPrince Amour................ Master E. LoebLord Easygoing............. Mr. James LewisBully Tin..............Master Johls LwiCourtiers-Masters Ogden, Harmaneon, Veor-

hies, Halphen.Attendants - Misss Lewis, Taylor, Mayer,

Jackson.Admission 25 cents, Children 10 cents.

JUDICIAL NOTICUBS.

SHERIFF'S SALE.

District Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 19398

John Chafe & Sons vs. Chas. J. Thempsen.By virtue of an writ of Aeri faela is-

sued out of the 13th Judicial District Cort iand for the parish of St. Landry, in the aboveentitled and numbered suit, I will proceed tosell at public auction to the last and highestbidder, at the Court House In the tows ofOpelousas,parish of St. Landry, on UAT'VR-DA Y, the 24th day of November, A. D. ISM,at 11 A. a., the ,llowing described prop-erty, to-wit:

1st. The undivided one-sixth interest of'barles J. Thompson in and to the below des-cribed tract of land and improvementas boughtby said C. J. Thompson from Mrs. LucyHeath, wife of Bingham Cashman;

2d. The undiided one-sixth interest ofCharles J. Thotpjson in and to the below des-dribed tract o; land bought by mid C. J.Thompson from Mrs. Elizabeth P. Waller,widow, to-wit :

A tract of land situated in the perish of St.Landry and lying on Bayou Baaf, boaudednorth by St. Peters plantation, south byCumberland plantation, east by lands of Ja-cob U. Payne and west by bayou Bemf, withall the buildings and improvements theresa,being the plantation formerly owned by JoelT. T ucker, deceased, and inherited from himby his children.

Seized in the above entitled suit.Terms-Cash.

T. 8. FONTENOT,Sheriff of the parish of St. Landry.

Opelonsas, Oct. 20, 1888.

NOTICE OF TABLEAU.

Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 4799ESTATE OF CECILE E. BAILLIO.

Whereas, Gilbert Bailtio, of the perish ofSt. Landry, administrator of the above ee-titled estate, has filed a final tableau ofolasetf-cation and distribution of funds of said es-tate, accompanied by his petition praying forthe homologution of the same ;

And whereas, notice of fling of said peti-tion and tableau has been ordered by an or-der of court bearing date Oct. 12, 188.

Now. therefore, notice is hereby given to all -persons interested to make opposition to saidtableau, in writing, at my 5ffice in the townof Opelousas, within the time reqaired by law,why said tableau should not be homologatedand confirmed.

C. N. THOMPSON,Oct. 20, 1888. Clerk.

TOTICE.-U. S. Land Office, New OrleansLa., Sep. 28,1888.-Notice is hereby given

that the following-named settler has fled oe-tice of his intention to make final proof in anp-port of his claim, and that said proof will bemadebeforetheJudge or, in his abeanee, theClerk of the District Court, at Opelonsas, La.,on Tuesday, November 20th, 1888, viz.:

Alclde J. Feltemet,who made Homestead Entry No. 6838, for thefor the S E }, Sea. 8, Tp 5, 8 R 1 E, Lou-isiana Meridian.

He names the following witnesses to provehis continuous residence upon, and cultiva-tion of, said land, via.: Arth6inon Landre-.neaux, Louis Bacon, Lucien Bacon, Louis An-dereaur, all of St. Landry parish, La.

THOMAS J. BUTIBB,Oct. 6, '88. 6t. Beglter.

NOTICE.-U. 8. Land Office, New Orleans,L La., Oct. 6th, 1888.-Notice is' herebygiveu that the following-named settler hqfled notice of his intention to make nll proofin support of his claim and that sai proofwill be made before the Judge or In 4 s ab-sence the Clerk of the DistriCt Courtat Opel-ousas, La., on Saturday, Nov. Mlth, 1888, vi :

Coastaate Pirstte,who made Homestead Entry No. $6, fortheSiSE* N E}SE3tandS3* l-E-

Sec36, Tp 6 SRI W.He names the following witneses to preve

his continuous residenae upon sad lti-tion of, said land, vis: John T Mler, DSittig of St. Landry parish, La., Mar-tel, Victor C. 8ittiOMAS . BUTadi

Oct. 13, 88 6t 351$itM.