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;pt :s· ssIh59A4aw n "Here shall the press the people's rights rnaintain na e by influence and unbribed by; in.'"M v o L I N o 31. O P E O U , A-. t· E D g :t g R I THE CLARION. Published Every aturrday by the t.: Inbu frttlg ad Pfblishlg Co. (LIMITED.) ---or THi PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. Otcial Journal of the Town of Opelousas Official Journal of St. Landry Parish. Harmony Union No. 664 meets at Big Cane the first and third Saturdays of each month, J. A. Boyd president, W. C. Flesh man secretary. Opelonsas Union No. 451 meets every other Saturday at 4 p. m., in Chachere s Hall. J.J. Thompson, president; S. M. Pe ters, secretary. Fairview Farmers Union No. 689 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, meets at Belle vue church, first Saturday in each month. f. R. Wilson president, J. P. Smith vice resident, H. C: Peckham secretary, Jules Boutte treasurer, A. J. Morgan chaplain, 3. 8. Haselwood lecturer, J. E. Daily door keeper. Caledonia Union No. 688 meets the 1st and 3d Saturdays of every month, at the secretary's home. Rene Carriere president, G. T. St. Cyr vice-president, A. Valin secre tary, Mrs. A. Valin trrasurer, John Jen nings chaplain, Walter St. Cyr lecturer, Ar mand Carriere assistant lecturer, Gilmer Sonnier doorkeeper, Albert Rider assistant doorkeeper, Albert Whatley sergeant-at arms. OP$LOUSAS, LA. MAY 9, 1891. Subscribe to the CLARION. Pittsburgh coal at E. H. Vordenbau men's lumber yard. * Work on the artesian well will prob ably begin next Monday. Caroline Beliocq, an old colored wo man, inierdicted for insanity, was sent to the asylum last Thursday. E. H. Vordenbatunen sells pine lum her at $12 per M ft. At a ball in I'anse Bourbeuse, last Tuesday evening, Theodose Courville stabbed Armand Fusilier in the arm and back, inflcting a dangerous wound. Courville was arrested and put in jail. The A-tak-a-pa Family and Plant' tion Remedies for sale by all Druggists. The people of this parish are much dissatisfied with the special levee tax. It is so burdensome and unequal that it should be abolished. Mr. Dave Newhauser, the able repre sentative of the Equitable Life Assu ran. Society of the United States, is now.wlre, stopping at Lacombe's hotd He is always a welcome visitor to o parish. When the anti-lottery members of the legislature wanted to investigate bribery, the lottery people voted it down. Why? Because, according to their moral code, bribery, like lottery gambling, is not wrong. The Weekly New Delta, one of the best weeklies in the State, will be fur nished with this paper at the low price of $2,75 per year. Now is the time to subscribe. Under the proposed new dispensa tion of the Lottery, all officials will be elected and commissioned by the grace of John A. Morris & Co. All the anti Lotteryites will be on the black list and there will be no hope for them. "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and ,bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." The medical profession of London recently gave a reception to William Salmon, the oldest member of that profession in England. He is over one hundred and one years old; and at the age of nineteen his name appeared on the list of members of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons of England in 1890. He yet attends to his practice with regularity and vigor. Dr. L. Daly, of Jewell Farm, Belle vue, recently bought in Kentucky, the Standard bred trotting stallion Bohon, registered. Sire, Belmont; dam, Ruth. Belmont by Abdallah sire of Goldsmith Maid.2:14. Ruth by aold sire of Maud 8. 2:8. Harold by Rysdyk' H*mbletonian, sire of Dexter, and the gVest pr"geaiti of trottems. iAn is d. adigpes will aon appear in M·:ab~` ! b m ýi illD 5 it lgat I .. `~1'aB~ 4W0 WILL HE PAY THE ' MYJENI' The Picayune of a recent date con tains an editorial hin eltion to the lottery amendment ice which it uses the following ani) age: '"if it succeeds h the people the nanof the at th guarantee t t t e obligations as sumed will be fulfilled, even at his own cost." The New Delta has a comment rid iculing the large promises which the Picayune volunteers to make in behalf of John A. Morris, calling attention to the fact that in 1887 he promised not k to apply for a rechasee f his com pany, and to his promi o advance $2,000,000 to the levees in e the legislature submitted his proposition to vote of the people-both of which promises he violated. But we propose to discuss this sub ject from another stand point. Will Morris, in case he obtains a majority of the votes of the people, execute in favor of the State a five million dol lar bond to guarantee the payment to the State of twelve hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum for twen ty-five years? No, no; he will do no such thing. First, because there would be no busi ness sense an his doing so. When Morris made his proposition he I]d the whole United States for a marfiet for the sale of his lottery tickets, and but a small portion of his profits were derived from the business done in this State. Since that date the passage of the act of Congress prohibiting the use of the mails to the lottery com pany and the refusal of the express companies to transport lottery matter eee so limited the business of the Iot tery that it is simply impossible for it to pay this enormous annual license. Secondly, the lottery company will not accept the amendment and comply with the conditions it imposes, because there is nothing in the amendment compelling Morris and his associates to do so. Should the amendment pass by vote of the people and become in corporated into our state constitution, there is absolutely no guarantee what- i ever that Morris will accept it, nor is there any redress nor any recourse of I any kind whatever given the State in case he should after all, decline the 1 proffered franchise, and the State of I Louisiana in such case will not even I have the poor privilege given every I suitor of going into court with an ac- I tion of damages for breach of contract, I because there is no contract. Here is our law upon the point : C. C. Art. 1798. As there must *be two parties at least to every contract so there must be something proposed by one and accepted and agreed to by another, to form the matter of such contract, the will of both parties must unite on the same point. C. C. Art. 1799. It is a presump tion of law that in every contract each party has agreed to confer on the other the right of judicially enforcing the performance of the agreement unless the contrary be expressed or may be implied. C. C. Art. 1800. The contract con sisting of a proposition and the con sent to it the agreement is incomplete until the acceptance of the person to whom it is proposed. If he who pro posed should before that assent is given, change his intention on the subject, the concurrence of the two wills is wanting, and there is no con tract. The Picayune is evidently under a painful sense of all this, and in anti cipation of this turn of the discussion assures the people of the State that "the name of the gentleman who is at the head of the lottery company is a guar antee that all the obligations assumed will be fulfilled, even at his own cost." But we have not even got the poor guarantee of a promise from John A. Morris. When the proposition was first submitted to the legislature Mor ris undoubtedly had the intention of czmplying with its terms, but he is no longer before the people with any proposition. The situation is now en tirely changed. It is the 'State of Louisiana that is to make the pj-posi tion to him, and when it submits the proposition should itdo so, it =wlitbe in much worse situation than, one i its own citizens onte atin$ 00 tracting, because the laWter f he his intention taftear ai ,ng h - poslitio a efo itse withdraw it, while the Statl 'w8 fh& lohs 4o Iorispmtin 6 h whl ,&wtsI+ sions in this matter. He Iepti ifi the politics'of this Sbtate up td""i in the app.rociang campaign,. .to put thrrg his amendpent:. n our view :thet is a false pretense, a blind to deceive the people. Two con siderations, are keeping him s;t the the governorship and legislature to obtain an extension of his existing charter from 1893 to 1895. Secondly, he must comply with his obligation to assist those who assisted him in put ting his amendment through the legis lature, an obligation and promise as we believe, to help them get possession of the State government. To our mind the strenuous effort made to get the amendment submitted to vote is perfectly consistent with this view; indeed it is quite necessary to the suc cess of the real programme. What a powerful inducement in favor of the lottery is the promise of an annual revenue to the State of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. Such. largesse is blinding, ab solutely overwhelming in its propor tions. It is but a bait set to entrap the unwary, the credulous voter. The objective point is the executive office and the legislature, we repeat. The extension of the existing charter from 1893 to 1895 is within the power of the legislature, and such an exten sion is worth to the lottery company the expenditure of a great deal of money, because it will only cost a li cense of forty thousand dollars per an num, and the business done within this State alone yields much more than twenty times that amount annually. It has been said often publicly in the press, and not denied that we know of that the lottery company has for several years past been setting aside a large sum to use in securing a new lease of its exclusive franchise. It is said that this fund is not yet ex hausted. If for no better purpose its expenditure will be permitted to help carry out in a practical way the poli tical pledges made by the lottery. We have the word of the Picayune that 'all the obligations assumed will be fulfilled." We said last week that argument was exhausted. We meant that lot tery arguments were exhausted. The points made against this lottery pro position make food for thought even for that class of voters who have no moral or political scruples against li censeing lottery companies for revenue. Here is an objection against the adop tion into the constitution of the Mor ris lottery scheme that addresses itself to the intelligence of every disinterest ed person be he for or against lotteries on general principles. Let the ad vocates of the Morris scheme answer it. No where except in the guarded words of the Picayune quoted above have we seen it broached as yet in any lottery newspaper or progressive league pamphlet. We suggest to our con freres of the anti-lottery press through out the State to unite with us in de manding an answer to this question how will it be possible for Morris and his associates to pay the State this enormous annual stipend, in view of the fact that the lottery business will hereafter be confined almost entirely to the State of Louisiana ? BRELA TI YE INCREASE OFRACES There has been considerable discus sion in recent times as to the relative increase of the white and black races in this country. The censuses of 1810, 1820 and 1830, showed a greater per centage of increase of the blacks, caused by accessions from the slave trade. Since then the whites have increased relatively faster, owing to immigration from Europe. lUnder timilar. conditions we doubt if there is any practical difference in the percentage of increase of the two races... Wethl with theease or lack ol physical-exrdwse and the Lrationus or uhet *hb ay of fiin &ausd 'lby p~ w by h usually uuntal l ,th 4e **-. 'a limits. They have .left Afr in nuiners, except k force. The negro population of the nited States will not leave the count y, except by force; persecution, or tli) hope of bet tering theif'conditioq, Mpay cause them to.go from one section tf the country to another, but not Zntie it would probably causeextinction. In this country their migrations from the Southern States have been sporadic and geneialty caused by de ception. The ~ondency is for them to crowd ddwnv into the gulf States, where the land is rich and the climate mild. As a people they have not the land-hunger of the whites, and have no anxiety to be rich. They will al ways be here and be to a more or less extent the wards of the whites. While they were the occasion of our civil war, they were not responsible for it; and their freedom that resulted was the free gift of the Federal gov ernment, as was also their enfranchise ment which has proved more a curse than a blessing. THE LOTTERY AND THE BIBLE Some of our lottery contemporarie have been proving to their own satis faction, that gambling, especially' lot tery gambling, is not a, vice. The mode of proof is very simple. Ther is nothing in the Bible condemning it therefore it is no vice. The Bible makes no mention of lottery gambling. because John A. Morris and his pals did not live then. If he had lived then, with his lottery wheel swindle, they would have been denounced as the "abomination of abominations," and the city that harbored them would have been given over to the sword of the Philistines, or treated as were Sodom and Gomorrah. 3The people of the Bible age were not up to such ini quities as the lottery swindle, and therefore the Bible could not condemn it. There are diseases and vices now, that did not exist then ; the Bible con demns the vices of that age, and men tions leprosy and other diseases. Cholera, small-pox, yellow fever, and Morris & Co's lottery have come since, and the Bible could not mention or Cod4ewUiem; arpYv thIess,, they are evils and vice. But it may be possi ble that, if the Apocalypse of John is an inspired writing, and it is part of the canon, this Lottery was meant when was "opened the fourth seal; and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him." ,a But the Mormons, whose practice of polygamy is condemned and outlawed by the rest of christendom and also by the Jews, have much better Biblical ground to stand upon than the Lot teryites; the latter can only plead ne gation, that their swindling game is not condemned in the Bible--as it could not be since it did not then exist; but the Mormons, in the prae tice of polygamy, are 'also not con demned by the Bible, and it was gen erally practiced by the principal He brews from Abraham to Christ. How ever, notwithstanding Bible authority, and the celebrated preoedents of Abra ham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, and legions of others who were pillars in the theocratic government of Israel, modern civilization has set the seal of condemnation on polygamy, and sup pressed it by legislative enactment. The Lottery has been condemned and banished from all other civilized coun tries, and prohibited in all the States of this country, except the State of Louisiana. The people of Louisiana have what no other people will have- this moral outcast and leper, that cor rupts public officials, church officials, and would corrupt a majority of the voters; the people of Louisiana are looked upon by the other States, as harborers ofa fraudulant concern that swindles their citizens; sad the people ofLLouisiana are themselvesu.nderthe eels of the *lottery tyrnt.- When eR~il - i 'oth b 4 Sw=.. 'A:'',, <. ..art-, ý:=st ý." ..YaF".,ýýi "t ,ar . ci ,ý a m t " r xýýý4 -The eot$teai iay crow o ver their~ eioty Ihp ~ftpreme O*ei; bit the opinidn ? e $it `u j. are convincing ahatthedeeisiea should have been unanimous against the,, it~r tery. The'lottery cirried the: house of reprsetatives also, and the senate and emehi tf-vquisite:numher a$A one more than the necessary number, in some of these victories, just for the sake of appearace. But the final vic tory is the one to be considered most. Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, gained victory after victory over the Romans, and each victory brought him just that much nearer to the inevitable final defeat. The people of Louisiana do not intend to be defeated in this matter, and be enslaved by the lottery gamblers. They will make a determ ined effort to defeat the lottery and its minions, by the ballot; and if they should be swindled by bribery, they may declare the lottery to be a poli tical and moral Mafia, and treat it ac cordingly. In so doing, they would have the support of the moral senti ment of the United States. S allroad Laads --Iademuity Limits. B The following is my answer to the appeal taken by the N. P. Railway Co. to the Secretary of the Interior from the decision of the Commissioner of the General LandQffice in favor of Eloi Bushnell : BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF THE IATERIOR In re Eloi Bushnell vs. N. O. Pacific Railway Co. Involving NJ SW4 and S1 NWI Sec. 35Tp5 R1W. Opelousas, La., March 19, 1891. Honorable Secretary :-The New Or leans Pacific Railway Co. appeals to you from the decision of the Commis sioner of the General Land Office, holding for cancellation the selection by the Railway Co., of this land, on the following assignment of errors, viz : "Holding that title to the tract in controversy was in the State of Louisiana at date of selection by virtue of the outstanding certification for the benefit of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad Com pany," and the following "Argument :" "The land in controversy was restored to the public domain by the Act of July 14, 1870, aiin the outstanding certification thereby nullified." Is this position taken seriously, or for the purpose of delay and prelimina y.to a ltai ndewrAbeActpf Feb. 8, 1873? For the purpose of ascertaining the rights of the parties it seems to me to make little or no difference whether the land was actually restored to the Public Domain by the Act of July 14, 1870. At that date, or only after the Governor of Louisiana had in 1888 re troceded to the United States the title until then (Feb. 1888) vested in the State. Say for example that the restoration contemplated by the Act of July 14, 1870 was to be immediate, and that the land, if the railroad had been built, would have passed by the grant of March 3,1871, to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg R. R. Co. Can the New Orleans Pa cific Railway Company have a just claim to this land? No, they cannot. Because: First--No land was earned; the grant was entirely conditional on the road being completed by the 3d of March, 1876. Not a foot of railroad was built. Secondly.-They are not the assignees of said N. 0., B. R. and V. R. R. Co. Said company was ex tinct and its charter forfeited previous to the organization of the N. O. Pacific Co. Thirdly.--This land, now the home of Eloi Bushnell was (and is) outside of the granted limits; and no law has been passed giving either of these companies the right to take lands outside. It is true that after the loss in the granted limits had been ascer tained, that the N.e. B. R.& V.,B. . was to have had the right of selection. This loss has never been ascertained. Thus the N. 0O. Pacific got nothing from the obsolete N. O. B. R. & V. R. B. -Still less can they claim any right in this land by the Act of Feb. 8, 1887. Because : First.-They have never ac cepted its provisions. We assert that the N. 0. Pacific Co., has not had a legal existence since previous to Feb. 8, 1887, and we defy them to prove that a meeting of its stockholders has been had since that date, (See See. 3 of said act providing a manner of ac eeptaiee,) and Secondly.-Even were they otherwise entitled, they cannot 4 take this lidn because it is within the indemnity limits of the grant, and their selection of this land was not mine under this Act until long after W hei adsettled. 4 in our land system is more 1 tled thano the rule: that a ete.er aygoon any land e the ,s adverscaVim, and it (tothetstert of 160 1 ofyhis tee tl hing l Id thebp auail oinig on safi lai; `l' e in settling there ` `ed li good faithi the inrvitatf 5ftine states conreyed tli o fli ettlers by ther follbwi n atxof: " NITEID >TA L f D S t New Orleana,:a.. Oct "z.. "' ader authority snd: directio the Gepa Land Ofc, by letter dated Oct. 13, 188, notice ,i here given tlhatv t 11 typurposes tiri""th gnt `e ow Oreans Pacific ,Railway Coa, as signee of the New (rleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company, under the act of March 3d, 1871, are restored to the public domain and open, t settlement under the general land laws EXCEPT SUCH AS MAY BE COVERED BY AP PROVED SELECTIONS-i. e. APPROV ED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND' OFFICE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Ap plications tp make filing and entries on such unapproved selections will be receiv ed at this office on and after the 1st day of December, 1887. No application or filngs for the land in question can be entertain ed previous to said date. THOS. J. BUTLER, Regisr. J. MASSIE MARTIN, Receiver. The above Proclamation was pub lished by authority of the Government for thirty (30) days, in the New Or leans Picayune, then ,and now.: the most extensively circulated of any newspaper in the State. - The restora tion then made and*the invitation to settle have never yet been cancelled. I am satisfied that you 'cannot And in the law any way to dqtrive Bush nell of his land. Respectfully Submitted, GEORGIE O. EaLMs, 'Fon BUssaLLt. BIG C'AN, May 4th, 1891... To Secretary of Farmers' Union of St. Landry :-In over the pro ceedings of the nion- held at Bellevue April 2d, 1891; I find that some of the motions as published are at variance with those passed by the Union. For instance, on motion iof Swords, That the managers of Farmers Vidette be requested to return all mon ies, etc., should have read: That the managers of Vidette be :requested to return with thanks all monies reeeiv by them for stock in said paper from gentlemen in this parish, who are not in sympathy with Union principles. I note furthermore that the motion I made to reconsider the resolution of Maj. M. R. Wilson on the postmaster ship of Opelousas, and my demand that my vote be recorded for that reconsid eration, are omitted altogether. I note still further that the motion of Dr. J. H. Parker to select the St. Landry Democrat, first, and then when that was opposed so bitterly, to make the Washington Advocate the' co-offi cial journal of the Union, which mo tion was overwhelmingly defeated, is omitted altogether. Now I cannot thin th;t~ tbyi p been done to intentioiially wrong any oie, and I only write this to our offi cial journa4 the CLz.Aos , as an act of justice to all concerned. Very truly, M. L. Swouss. Prononnced Hopeless, Yet Saved. 4 From a letter written by Mrs. Ada E. Hurd of Groton, $. )., we quote: "Was taken with a bad cold, which settled on my Lungs, cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Saviour, determined if I could not stay. with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to. get Dr. King's riew Discovery for Con sumption, Couglig and Colds. I gave it a trial, took i all. eight bottles; it has cured me and thank God I am now a well and hearty woman." : Trial bot t.es free at F. E. Bailey's drugstore, regular size, 50/ and $1.00. Chas. B. Williams, surveyor general of Louisiana, sends the following very complimentary note to our old friend, Maj. Geo. O. Elms, of Opelousas: "I take pleasure to notify you, in consid eration of my recommendation in the case, the survey executed by you of. Pecan Island has been accepted by the Department without the usual field examination, and that triplicate maps of the same were filed yesterday in the Register's office." These rich and de sirable lands are now subject to entry. Lafayette Advertiser. Mr. Editor-Please let these few lines appear in the columns of your paper, that the readers may know that the C. MI. E, C. is in the town of Opelou sas, to all friends of the cause of Christ. please help us to build. We have a lot. We have solicitors raising money in the town. Please donate to them liberally, and the Lord will bless those that give to his cause. Yours for the cause of Christ. " N. MooBs. Good looks. 4 Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon a'healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the Liver be inactive, you have a Billions Look, if your stomach be disordered you have a Dyspeptic Look and if your kidneys be affected you have a Pinched Look. Secure good health and you will have good looks. Electric Bitters is the great alterative and Tonic acts directly on these vital organs. Cures Pimples, Blotcehee, Bofls and gives a good com plesion. Sold at I. E. Bailey's drug at-re, 50p er bottle. It ias.t eolincidenes tiat the bill e e exactly enough vo .the;How. of ·eprwwentati res, just zal eong*h ,ots in the t te; se aar.: ly ienough votes t ýesz.a te strits point. A I "t..tt it will - - votes: * 1e.. "UNSPLAKABLB INPAIL" " A Hissing, at Byww a a Re. pr ae. " ,' : Dr. eakham re* ir hit Ma son to the lorWy aad Ijetqte e on. New .Delta, ,May 4.. In his discoure of . _esterd y, taken keeper?" Dr. Markham, reIfeirtn t the obedience to be rendered to "the powers that be," even when their de cisions were against our convictions and hurtfuto our highest interests, stated that in Louisiana last week a clear and impressive illustration was given of the application of this princi ple; when, by a bare majority of one -of three to two-all honor to that minority--the Supreme Court -of the State put upon the moral and religious sense of .its citizens an open and fla grant affront in deciding that they must vote upon the qunestion of their own self-degredation. For the first time in a ministry in this city, now in its thirty-fifth year, he had felt like taking the stump and ap pealing to the honor and manhood of his fellow-citizens, to save us from the domination of that evil power, which Dr. Palmer, the eminent and honoied pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans, in his open letter to Governor Nicholls, fitly styled the "lottery shame." Against this lordship of corruption all good men and. true should unite. Let it succeed, let it choose its govern or, and Legi.ure, and appoint its jud es, a d isi sna ~ woni stand a parah amng its siter 8tates, "a his sing, a by-word and repi.ch" '"Icha bod would be written on her door posts, for then her glory would indeed have departed." God grant that this "throne of iniquity which frameth mischief by law,'' may not be set up in our fair State. May God in his great compas sion and tender mercy, and by his overruling power, preserve Us from that unspeakable infamy. The Louisiana lottery swindle has accompilshed its purpose in the Legis lature and courts of Louisiana, and the question of its perpetuation goes to the people of the State. It remains to be seen whether the swindling concern can be suppressed by the people or not. St. Louis Post-Dispateh. STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE. Barox Roues, April 21, 181. Received of T. 8. Fontenot, Tax Collector, Parish of t. Landry, the sum of Twenty three Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine ty-seven 75j100 Dollars, collection for the years and funds hetein specifled: General fund, taxes of 18 .....$ 1770 72 Current school fund, taxes of 1890 18M 0 Inatrest fund taxes of 1890.: .20I79 fdtritleveet fnd, tx~te. ofr , 1 . 9 19 General fund, taxes ofB B.;.. 1 14 Current school fund, taxes of 189 8 08 Interest fund, taxes of 188s ...... 80 General engineer fund, taxes 1889 7 14 eneral fund;, taxes of 1888,....... 402 Ourrent school fund, taxes of 1888 4 52 Interest fund, taxes of ....... 11 eaneral engineer fund, taxes 1888 4 02 General fund. taxes of 1887....... 302 Current school fund, taxes of 1887 4 07 Interest fund; taxe of1887....... 10 41 General engineer fund;, taxes 1887 8 02 General fund, taxes of 188.... .. 8 02 Current school fund, taxes of 188 4 07 Interest fund, taxes of 1886....... 10 40 General engineer fund, taxes 1888 3 62 Ieenses of 18910.......... ...... 4 120)8 Licenses of 1890.......:... ....... s54 62 Interest on taxes of 1880.......... 15 87 Interest on taxes of 1889.......... 10 04 Interest on taxes of 1888.......... 5 98 Interest on taxes of 1887.......... 504 Interest on taxes of 1888.......... 5 98 Collection of acreage tax of 80.. 9 18 Treasurer 8tate of -, ,la. Parttloi Sa e.. THOS. H. LEWIS, JR., ET AL VS. JAS. M. DOWLING, TUTOR, ET AL No. 14,790 Draeor Couar, PAlSUe or Sr. LAND.r, LooUIWArA. Pursuant to a udgment renaered by the Honorable the lZth District Court in and for the parish of St Landry, in the above entitledand numbered suit, and in obedi ence to an order to me direted, I dnut of said eourt, I will sell at the Court House door at Opelousas, at 11 o'clock a m., on Saturday, June 18th, 1181, the following described tra4 of land viz: Eight hundred arpents of land, more or less, situated in prairie Mamouth, parish `of St. Landry, having a front on bayou SNe "spique of ten arpent by a dsth eirgh ty srpents, bounded north by the eads of the estate of Marcel Daire, oM the south by lands of Olibe Manuel, J. B. elotin., Appo. linaire Lafleur and Marius Manuel, on the east by land formerly publleand by Joseph Gui llory, and west by bayou Neapique 'Terms and Conditions-Cuh for four fifths of the purchase price, and for the re maining fifth of the purchase price, one third thereof payable cash, and the bal ance in two eqnual annual nstallments from day of sale, with eight er cent yearly interest from date until paid T. S. PONTENOT, mayO9 t Sheriff Parish of St. Landry. Taken Up as estray in prafrie Iamouth a four-year old pale brown cow and calf, by the undersigned. This cow the calf of a brown cow taken up by a negbor four years ago. The old eow is d and her brand was indistinct. The youag cow is marked like her mother, with an upper bit in one ear, and an under-slit in the other. The owner can have her on proof, by pay for this notice. may94 fr PAUL T4USIN. Th. Eqtable B As wSiiit -O-4P TIHE-- . UNITED ISkT RS. J~ANUAB I S1.61 RIEPL18 .... 4'.... " 0.0: c 118 I COME .f.... ......... ...... on" Q00 Raw Unsinos written in 1 111,75*100 eu e in force...,- Wvt ?, 00 TSlE 3QUITAR*WX ?LEZY hoMe.s fp~%ts, wda .13e , mal end s be a1rEN Adeeoet of .As Forese ta ai'other ooz~ey hi tea It. latest form of Policy is. Unrestricted alter one yearb.aIntesetable alter two "1c ný uxei bl fte the.. year DýNEWAUEA91Pe ~ ý , Is.e l17 Oars