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St. Landry Clarion Co., Lim., Props. H. RODI)I o'LLEf, FPubliher. Cfficial Journal of tho Parish of. St. Landry, Town of Opelousas, and School Board. / uIb..eriplion: lI Per Year. Eantered at thl 1'ost-Offlee at Opelousas, La., as secoutd class matter. OPlELOSAI;., LA., SATURDAY, FEL. 10, 1594. The Wilson tariff bill has passed the house by a large majority. Its fate in the senate is not certain. The Mississippi river is begin ning its annual rise and the uspal amount of levee news will be forth comilng soon. - - - -ý ý ºf--- - - St. Martinsville celebrated Mardi gras this year by a grand proces sion of floats representing mythol ogy and trade. Mr. James Simon was king, and Miss Coralie Rous seau, a charming belle of the At takapas, the queen. -- '----- --- There are fifteen or more va cancies in the State Legislature, and Governor Foster will probably t(rder an election some time in March or early in April to fill the vacancies. This (the twelfth) dis trict will have to elect a senator to succeed the Hlon. D. B. Hayes, re signed. Richard Croker, the great Tam many chief, visited New Orleans the past week, coining south in his special car accompanied by his fam ily and a party of friends. He ex I)ressed himself as greatly delighted with what he he had seen of the C'rescent City, and particularly the southern climate; but on matters political he refused to speak. --- . t*~-- - ..... Every one knows what an abom inable nuisance coco grass is, and that it lhi heretofore been con sidered an impossibility to get rid of it. A correspondent of a south ern agricultural journal has dis covered that the okra plant will kill it out. lie says that he had a piece of vacant land which he had tried to clear of coco for three years but without success. lie planted okra on the land and in two years it was clear of the pest, although it was growing abundantly on the outside. The parish of St. Landry has con tracted with the Washington State Bank to cash all parish warrants for the ensuing fiscal year. This means cash for its officials, cash for its contracts, cash for its material; it means the parish is moving right • head--Hammond News. Yes, it means that the parish is going to get one hundred cents of valuo' for every dollar it pays out, and that the speculators in parish gaper- will have to look to ýofe ilciency in their business which this progressive act of the police jury will occasion. The people are awaking to their interests. George W. Childs, the well known millionaire p)ublisher and philan thropist, died at his home a few days ago and was laid to rest beside his life-long friend and boon com panion, the late Anthony J. Drexel, who died last June. Of the great mass who have enjoyed his philan thropy none will miss him more or remember himn more warmly than the printers of the United States. The (hilds-Drexel home for invalid printers in Colorado will stand as a lasting memorial to the generosity of thesa two. men, who, almost inseparable in life, now rest together in death. It is said of Mr. (!hilds that when his employes worklid themselves out in his ser vice lie always pensioned them. His charities in a single moith: have amounted to as much as $28,000. Polico J uror ~.lah, of the fifth ward of Acadial 'parish; at the last mneethig of''tlie police jury intro duced an ordinance bearing upon the working of the public roads. Its pirovision are as follows: The road overseers to be paid ten cents per day for each person called out for duty under their supervision, in accordance Witli existing state laws; to furnish the police jury once every three months with a list of the namne. of the handswho have done road duty, same to be verified by the signatures of the hands; to be comlpensated out of the general improvement fund, by warrant is sued by the president, or, in his absence, the juror of the ward in which the labor has been per formed, subject to approval of the jury; a premium of $15 to the hands < having the best mile in their re- I spective wards on the 20th of De comber of each year, to be awarded i once only for the same nile of road, i and payable as above, the awarding E committee to consist of the juror, c the magistrate and. constable of the respective wards, who are to care- c fully inspect every mile of road between the 1st and 20th of De comberotf each year, the juror to e point out the mile where his hands e shall compete; but in no case shall d premiums be paid for work on a roads already in condition, ri ST. LA EDI . We reproduce below an editorial taken from the Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, a weekly newspaper devoted to sugar, rice, andl other agricultural industries of Louisiana. This paper is pub lished in New Orleans, and has a wide circulation. The benefit of such advertising as our parish re ceives by such editorials can not be over estimated, and is the direct result of the little money spent, and the civility extended to our guests, the members of the Louis iana State Agricultural Society, in reunion here on the 24th, 25th and 26th of January. Following is the article: FAIR OPELOUSAS. Beautiful is the land, with its prairies and forests of fruit trees; Under the feet a garden of flowers, and the bluest of heavens Bending above, and resting its dome on the walls of the forest. They who dwell there, have named it the Eden of Louisiana. -Evangeline. The meeting of the State Agri cultural Society at Opelousas last week was one of the most delight ful that the members of that society have yet experienced. The plains and prairies of Opelousas are tamed for healthfulness, beauty and fer tility, and wherever the English language is spoken the poems of Longfellow are read. To those eli gaged in the sugar industry the fertile lands about Opelousas, and in fact throughout the entire par ish of "St. Landry, revealed the wonderful possibilities of our State for sugar cane production and su gar manufacture. As was truly said at one of the meetings, there is scarcely a square acre of land in the parish of St. Landry that is not arable and of high fertility. The rich alluvial lands of the parish have thus 'far had precedence in the common es timation, owing to the fact that larger crops of cane are ordinarily produced thereon. This last sea son, however, the cane fields of St. Landry have produced larger crops than the river lands, thus indicat ing what may be done in St. Lan dry with favorable meteorological conditions and what can be done very probably every season if great care lie taken in regard to drainage and cultivation, as is done with the river lands. The practical immunity of the lands of St. Landry from overflow renders them extremely desirable, for while our levee system along the river has been vastly improved, and affords us comparative freedom from danger of inundation, still we know that the river lies adjacent to us with its surface far above the level of the cultivated fields and tb -t accidents may befall us despite our best efforts, while in the parish of St. Landry, and especially. in the bluff land about Opelousas, an overflow is unknown. ,r During the meeting of the Agri cultural Society some wonderful t statenients .were made as to the amount of sugar cane produced on s given areas of land during the last season, and as to the cheapness in f the cost of cultivation. The mat , ter of cheapness of the cost of cul h tivation is probably dao.-- - ý that the cane go ft hearge amounts of money required for h drainage on our river lands, and e which, we believe, would be well e expended if done also in St. Lan dry. Such expenditure would pro bably give them every year the 1 large crops that they have obtained this season from the exceptionally favorablb meteorological condi tions. Yields of sugar cane of from 25 to 35 tons per acre seem to have been common, and the whole sugar cane industry, has received an im petus there that must have won derfully beneficial results for the parish of St. Landry, unless unex pected reverses come to the cane growers there from less favorable conditions during the coming sea son. The great Ferris central factory I at Barbreck in St. Landry has been the chief buyer of the sugar cane produced there, although Messrs. Oxnard & Sprague, of the Adeline factory, and Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the Huron factory, have also been large cane buyers. The lands of St. Lan dry seem to produce sugar of a higher sugar content than the cane that is produced on the alluvial lands of the river and Bayou La fourche. Such canes are, therefore, much sought by the central fac torie, and the results seem to be favorable alike to the cane grower and the sugar producer. The parish of St. Landry has been largely devoted to cotton culture. in the past, but during recent years the rice crop has received much attention. The low prices prevail ing for rice, however, are now in terfering very seriously in the de velopment of that industry there, and the equal suffering of the cot ton planters also is leading to the concentration of attention to the cane crop as being now the most profitable. This is only rendered possible by the advent of the great central factories that we have re ferred to, as nearly all of the old fashioned sugar houses in the par ish that were formerly able to make a moderate profit in the old fashioned way have since failed to be profitable and have generally been discontinued. At present, to the cane grower desiring to buy lands whereon to produce any farm crop, and parti cularly well adapted to sugar cane culture, or to the sugar manufac turer who desires a location where the possibilities of cane culture are extremely gueat and of cane of high saccharine content, the' parish of St.. Landry, and especially the country about the city of Opelousas, oilers great attractions. Miss Minnie Pulfordb our deserv edly popular.postmistress, is in re ceipt of a letter from the 'posteofice department allowing her to employ a clerk. This privileg.e has hereto fore been denied to ourpostmasters. g When Doctors Disagree. About as amusing an instance of conflict of authority as could well be devised, is the recent decision of the court of appeals sitting in Ope lousas in the case of the removal of a police juror by the governor; for while this court says police jurors are ward officers, the supreme court of the state, through Mr. Justice McEnery, has already enunciated a contrary opinion and pronounced them state officials. It would seem to be clear that the judgment of the supreme court should hold, though the inferior court, hating rendered its decree at a subsequent date, would appear to be of a contrary opinion concern ing its powers. That this useless branch of the judiciary has more than once made itself ridiculous, in thatthe same points have been de cided in contrary manner by the judges of different circuits, is a well known fact; but we confess to not knowing another instance where any branch of it had 'ndertaken to override the rulings of the su preme court. Our readers will doubtless re member that in the parish of St. Landry the governor removed one of the police jury and appointed some one else to the vacan.cy thus created. The old member refused to give up the office and thB new appointee brought suit; there w.s much feeling in the matter, cth~i| factional lines being plainlyt~disc cernible, and the jury in the lpwp$r court gave a verdict for the -:~. Tendant. On appeal the circuit carbt held that as police jurors had poi' merly been elected by the.residents of their respective wards, they were. merely ward officers, and hence not subject to removal by the governor. But the supreme court say: " Since then, in recent years, po lice jurors have been made state officials by legislative enactment. They are appointed by the govern or, and our decrees have recognized them as such." And there the matter for the time rests. But we would rather pin our faith to a diagnosis of the case made by the ranking surgeons, and hence think police jurors can be removed by the goverhor.--Hammond News. Abolish this useless appendage to the judiciary of the state and this ridiculous conflict of authority will cease. The people demand it and the Legislature will honor itself by fulfilling the demand. The state has about as much need for a circuit court as a dog has for two tails. The grand old parish of St. Land ry, long known as the "Empire par ish of the state," has incorporated in her annual budgetfor the present year an item appropriating $2200 for the support of the public schools. This is the first time since the war that any appropriation for this pur pose has been made by the parish, and it is gratifying to the friends pf education to note the increased interest which our St. Landry friends manifest in the cause. Iri addition to this the citizens of Ope lousas have, during the past twelve months, erected a magnificent high school building - said to be the finest public school building in the ful operation on the first of the present year. Verily the, cause of education is a live issue in the State. -Baton Rouge Advocate. St. Landry is in the van with the other progressive Louisiana par ishes and not a great way behind the band wagon in the procession of modern progressiveness, intelli gence and industrial energy. A NoPr fchool. When it comes to be thoroughly understood, as it ought soon to be, that the real success or failure of our schools depends more upon teachers than anything else, and that nor mal schools are especially for the training of teachers and fitting them for their responsible duties, less difficulty will be experienced and less opposition will be set up against this kind of school. We may build fine school-houses, raise plenty of money by taxation and afford every facility for the educa tion of the youth, and yet if a mis take is"made in the employment of teachers and poor ones are secured, poor schools must inevitably fol low. The very best teachers 'ought to be engaged in the primary depart nent, for there is nothihg more im portant in the education of a child bhan to have him start right. Nor aal schools make a specialty of preparihg primary teachers for this ispecilal work, and in this are of the very greatest benefit to the school system of any state. Money paid out in support of a ýrimary school taught by a poor :eacher is money Worse than thrown sway, for the wrong impression and )ad habits inculcated in the young )eople will cling to them with such enacity that it takes months and sometimes years to eradicate them. 3ut school managers cannot always rnow, when they employ a teacher, vhether that teacher will be a good ine or not, and if it turns out bad here is no help for the error com nitted, the harm has been done efore it can be known that the eacher is a failure. With normal raining the chances of mistake on he part of school officers is ma erially lessened. Thus is the im iortance of normal schools appa ent, whatever view may be taken 1 f any state school system and I heir early adoption in suficient lumbers Qught to be one of the first l o be attended to by the Legisla. . ure.-Iammond Graphic; Since the creation of the RedRiver Ltchafalaya and Bayou BIauf levee Istrict up to Jan. 1,1894, St. Landry t as paid levee taxes amounting to 24,192.2k; Avoyelles, $2,614.18; t apide~, $1,09461. We will publish the reports of the a rand jury next week. t OI LYi A RIME. ITS VALUE IN PROCURING A PRACT ICAL EDUCATION WORTH THOU SANDS OF DOLLARS. The enormous cost of a great en cyclopedia can hardly be conceived by an ordinary reader who is un familiar with such subjects, even publishers stand amazed when the cost of such a work as the Ency clopedia Britannica is under con sideration. In its preparation $3, 000,000 were expended, as much as $10,000 having been paid for a single article, some of the world's greatest and most profound scholars being engaged in the preparation of the articles, among whom were more than 600 American authors, engaged upon American subjects and institutions, thereby giving to this great work a distinctive Ame rican character, and fitting it for American use as .no other encyclo pedia is equipped. Ten- cents is an insignificant sum, barely the cost of a cigar or so, or a couple of papers of pins, yet for this small sum laid away each day, any person may become the owner of the, entire Leet of 28 volumes of thiE ncyclopedia Brit annica, and: thus have an ever present help' t the accumulation of knowledge, aiicY an invaluable re forence souri' Any reader of this paper may 'hltne thownerof thlis 'wonderful qtr throdig~h th nr ality of the I.iI knowi and reliable old, Texa. ] gm and. Bans~e·.of Dallas, Texa . . ""A postal cai:' asking for inform ation will bring you,.hby .return mail, full instructions .how to get the entire set of 28 volumes while their introdutctory offer lasts, as it is offered on the ten cent plan for only a limiteh time. BEAVER CREEK, La, Feb. 4th, 1894. Editor ST. LANDRY CLARION: As I have seen nothing from this vicinity for some time in your val uable paper, I thought some of the many readers might like to know what was going on in and around here. The weather has been very un favorable fot two weeks past. Had a very hard fieeze, which killed everything in the line of vegetation. Farmers, though, are beginning to prepare for crops. Some are rolling logs, and I notice several farms where they have been plough inr. s Great many people have suffered t severely with that terrible disease, lagrippe, in this section, and some few cases yet exist. The people of this place seem to be terribly cohfused about the d school question. Beaver Creek was t the only school house in the ward o that had no public school granted. *. The patrons, however, were not to r be out-done by this; so they held an election as the law required to , see what should. be done with the s Interest Fund qf the 16th Section I In township 3, and voted unani y mously for it to be paid over to the n three trustees qf the said ward for the purpose o, paying a teacher. e Having. complied with the law, h they employed a teacher, expecting e to get the money mentioned above, e which amounts to near one 'hun Sauý ,uv. . IawZW ar+.cT tZt' Un auaI e tor's statement. lihe trustees wrote f to the parish' -tiasurer, demand ing the money, iiin his reply was to come down' th A)5ril, as the mat ter would have to come before the school board. . Now our chimney-corner lawyers I don't understand why it will have a to come before the school board, _ When they have done what the law required. Now, we are not complaining about not having a public school granted here; we only want what 7 justly belongs to us, and we do be lieve the above named fund belongs to this School. There are a great number of chil dren in reach of the place men - tioned above who need an educa tion, as much so as the children of Opelousas, Waihlngton, Ville ' Platte and other splaces, where the schools are- kept; up several months I in the year. Now we do not wish to offend anyone; we believe our parish has as good men in office as any in the I State. We would like for some one who is better posted than we are to inform' us whether we are right or wrong .but this matter. Hoping this retter will not reach the waste basket,,and wishing the paper and itn nianiy readers success, I am, Respectfmly, P. T. We publish ;below .the law au thorizing the Governor to appoint police Jurors throughout the State. Our readers will observe that un der Section 2 of .his Act, the Gov ernor was a ha.ized to fill any vacancy that y occur ; from death resignatjii or an/I . othe.r .ause. Now ih.iis case a cause.of removal may i' ve exia ed, and did exist as we ha~ye reapon to know and yet the Cirus, (Circuit) Court saw fit to disregard the plain letter of the law as therein expressed. AN ACT . To provide for the appointment by the Governor of police Jurors through out the State. SECTION 1.-Be it enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That it shall be the duty of the Governa I or, at the expiration of the term of office of police jurors appointed under the provisions of Act No.20 of the General Assembly of this State approved June 29d 1886, to appoint their. successors by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. SECTION 2.--Be. iti fxther enacted, etc., That the police Jurors appointed under the provisions of this act shall hold their offices until the next General elec tion to be held in the year 1896. In case , any plice juror shall remove from the s ward from which he may have been ap pointed his office shall e ."pso facto" vacant and the Governor. shall be, and I he is hereby authorized to fill any va cancy that'may occur from death, re signation, or any othen cause. Two deaths occurred suddenly at the Louislana StateUniverstty last week of spinal meningiti.-, and the board of trustees have i rdered a temporary suspension tt allow the of adoption of proper sani&.ry.precau tions. FOR RENT. NE IIUNDRED- ARPENTS OF SLand, with buildings and improve ments, known as the "Franklin College Property." For particulars, apply to either of the undersigned. T. H. LEWIS, Trustees J. J. TnoxrsPsoN, f10 tf ( V. K. IRION. CUM-ELASTIC ROOFING costs only i2.00 per 100 square feet. Makes a good roof for years, and anyone can put it on. Gum-Elastic Pnint costs only 60 cents per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50 for 5 gal. tubs. Color dark red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron roofs, and will last for years. TRY IT. Send stamp for samples and full par ticulars. GUM ELASTIC ROOFING CO., 39 & 41 West Broadway, Now York. Local Agents Wanted, BEN. BLOOMFIELD, U. S. Commissioner -AND..--. NOTARY PUBLIC. Special attention given to making Land Entries and Final Proof Homesteads. ~EJ1,. BLOOBMFI.E~.LD, U. s. coMMISSIxONIEIR, -AND- OPELOUSAS, LA. FOR SALE . ...AT A... * * BARGAIN I THREE HIGH-II.ED TROTTING Stallions, good size and colors, one with a four-year-old trial o 2:33; has since trotted with three weeks' work in 2:34, last half In 1:13, last quarter in 36 Seconds. One of the others has trotted in 2:41; the other is coming two-year-old, extra large, remarkable bone and muscle; they all have the best of legs and feet. Also FOUR I.UNDRED SIEEP, and A LOT OF WELL-BRED IIOGS, Some thorough-bred Poland Chinas, elligi ble to registration. Two Jacks, one lot cattle; lot of mares in foal, or supposed to be in foal, by two of the above horses; one lot of colts-weanlings. For particulars apply to this office. fi0ti Notice to License Payers. I have received from the Auditor the Licenses for 1894, and am now prepared to issue same. The License. levied by law upon all business, professions or callings, is now due, and will become delinquent on and after March 1, 1894, and will bear two per cent. per month interest from that date, and will be turn ed over to an attorney for collection with costs at that time. Every one is earnest ly requested to come forward and settle promptly all State and parish licenses they may owe, and thereby avoid inter est: and costs, as the law must be. en forced. T. S. FONTENOT, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector. febl0 5t Final Tableau. IESTATE OF DESBREST DUPLECHAIN. No. Probate Docket District Court Parish of St. Landry, La. - -ucvrun i .Ta1umrt r. PnIRIDTeRr abl`f ths parish of St. Landry, administrator of the above estate,has filed his final tableau of said estate, accompanied by his petition praying for the homologationof same. And, where as, prayer of said petition has been granted by an order of court bearing date Feb. 9, 1594. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to all persons interested to make opposition to said tableau, to file same in writing within the time required by law, why the said tableau should not be homologated and confirmed. C. M. THOMPSON, Febl0 2t Clerk of Court. ESTATE OF ALEXANDRE TAYLOR, DEC'D. No. 5269, PROBATE DOCKET, DISTICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. By virtue of an order of the Hon. 11th Ju dicial District Court in and for the parish of St. Landry, there will be sold at public auction, to thelast and highest bidder, by the undersigned administrator, or by a public auctioneer, at the last residence of. the deceased, in prairie Faquetaique, St. Landry parish, on Wednesday, Miarch 14, 1804, the following described property belonging to tie estt te of Alexandre Taylor, dec'd, to-wit: 1. A certain tract of prairie and wood land in Faquetaique prairie and Bayou Mallet woods, bounded north by lands of the estate and of Adrien Courville, south by the lands of Paul Fontenot and Martin Leger, east by lands of Edgar Amy, containing seventy-five superficial arpents. 2. A tract of wood land situated at same place in Bayou Mallet woods, bounded north by lands of Adrien Courville, south by lands of the estate next described, east by. said Bayou Mallet and west by lands Of the es tate, containing twenty-five superficial arpents. 8. Another tractor wood land situated at same place in Bayou Mallet woods, bounded north by the tract above described, south by lands of Martin Leger,-or others, east by said bayou and west by lands of the estate, coitaining twenty-five superficial arpents, more or less. About thirteen head of gentle horned cat tle; one pair gentle work oxen; one 'brown gentle mare; one roan gentle mare and colt; one brown filly; about eight head of hogs; one two-horse wagon; a lot of farm ing utensils; one gig and harness; a lot of carpenter's tools; shoenmaker's tools - ox yoke and chain; spade; shovel; hay fork; saddle and bridle; grind stone; double -bar rel shot gun; seventy-five barrels of corn in the shuck; silver watch and chain; one branding iron; ilndvlded interest in a rice thresher. Terms and Conditions.-~-Al adjudications of immovable property payable in three installments: one-third payable January 1st, 1895, one-third January 1st, 1896, and the re maining third January 1st, 1197. All adju cations of movables of five dollars and un der payable cash on the day of sale; and all adjudications of over five dollars payable one-half January 1st, 1895, and the balance January 1st, 1896. All credit purchasers will be required to furnish their promissory notes payable to the order of the under signed administrator, with two good sure ties and bearing eight per cent. per annum Interest from day of sale until paid, with ten per cent. additional for attorney's fees in case incurred for collection. A special mortgage and vendor's lien on the lands sold will be retained by the estate to secure the purchase price and said attorney's fees. EDGAR AMY, feb10 It Administrator. Wes. D UNNE, Trainer of Trotters for over 20 years, will be located at Sunset Stock Farm this Winter and Spring, Will handle horses reasonably: ItXU. Gaited orses Iatd to go Sqiars A Splcialty. HE HAS T.E GAME AND FAST RACE $TALLQN ' Doughty. Doughty has started in 57 races and Iner I was behind the money but three times and oinly distanced once; trotted almost all of his races without shoes. He will make the I season and a short spring season for $30 cash at tiseoof service. d2-tf. St. Landry State Bank, OPELOUSA.S, LA. ZCT.E.1"'I.2 $ 7 5,000. :0 : DIRECTORS: Alphonse Levy, Prest., Ant. Dietlein, Vice-Prest, E. Latreyte, Julius Meyers, J. T. Skipper, Cashier, I. M. Lichtenstein, Henry Kahn. Money to loan on approved socurity in amounts to. suit borrower. Collections on all points in St. Landry and adjacent parishes promptly made. Deposits received subject to check. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and solti, and all matters pertaining to legitimate banking given careful attention. YOUR B USINESS SOLICITED. Board and Lodging. W. I. HARGRODER, Proprietor. Cor. Main and South Sts., OPELOUSAS, LA. Board by the Day, Week or Month at ReasonableRates. CLOSING OUTl BRIDBEVIE STORP o"t f theRailroad Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods,Shoesand . Plows and other Farming Implements. CHEAP POR qSH. Wishing to discontinue my Branch. tore, west of the Morgan railroad, I will sell from t , all the goods con tained therein at very low figures. I want to sell them all out by the 29d inst. Whatever remains on hand on that date will be offered at public sale by Lucius G. Dupre, Esq., Auctionee. Said sale to begin at 10 A. M., and continue until all is sold. Call at once if You want to Secure Bargains. Don't delay. Store will be rented and delivered on March 1st. - ` ' JOSEPH _BLOCH. Partition Sale. ESTATE OF NORBERT LENCLOS. . PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRT, No-. .: By virtue of a judgment of the 11th Judi cial District Court, in and for the parish 01 St. Landry, and in pursuance to a commis 1ion addressed to the undersigned,: thers will be sold at public auctiok, to theliset and highest bidder, by the undersigned, on thE premises, on Thursday, March l, 1894, the following described property, to-wit: one hundred and eighteen ýrlpents of land, more or les,with all the buildlngs aitd im provetnents thefeob, situated qn $atyO Teche~ St. LAndry pash, boundqd on th4 north by ArmanndLenclos et als, on the south by land of Victortienoit, on the east by land of Gerard Lenclos, et als, on the west by land of Hypolite Mallet and the pubtic rqad leading from Bayou Teche-tdo rand Bois. Terms and Conditions.-One-hilrdQ f the purchase price paYrfbl Cath, and he Bau ance payable -i one and two years, nurrlaser to f unish his sete with good per sona. security bearing eight per cent an nualt interest from maturity until paid and to be furtner secured ny species m -tue and vendor's privilege. Purchaser wmil-so obligate himself to pay ten per cent addi tional for attorney's fees in case of suit for collection. ANTOINE LENCLOS, GERARD LENCLOS, j27 5t ° Dative Testementary Executors. Public Satle. ESTATE OF FREMONT DEVILLE, DEC'D. No. 5275, PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDDT. By virtue of an order of the Hon. 11th Ju dicial District Court In and for the parish of St. Landry, there will be sold at public auc tion, to the last and highest bidder, by the undersigned natural tutrix, or by a public auctioneer, at the last residence of the de ceased, on THURSDAr, FEBRUA#I 8, 18..4. the following described property belonging to the above entitled-estate, to-wit: 1. The plantation on which the deceased last resided, situated in Yille Platte prairie, in the aforesaid parish, containing twenty five arpents more or less, together with all the improvements situated thereon, And Dounded north-and west yy -Samuel RHaas, east by the public road leading from Ville Platte to Opelousas, and south by Cleophas Deville. 2. Two creole horses., 5. One old harrow and plow.2 - Terms aid Condlitons.- One-fourth of the plantatjon together with the immovablesto be sold or:cash. ;The r'emainderuof fi pur; chnse priceof the plh ation'tb be la k nid two equal annual installments from day of sale. Purchaser or purchasers to .urnlsh their promissory 7otEs mala -payable as aforesaid, and in case of don-payment at. the maturity thereof eight per cent per an num interest to be added, and en addition al interest of ten per cent to be added on all amounts for which suit is entered to enforce payment thereof. The lands to remain specially mortgaged In favor of said estate until final payment thereof. - . - AZELINE SOdIER, - .an6 5t - Natural Tutrix Notice for Bids. By virtue of a resolution of the Police Jury passed at its last meeting,I hereby give notice that I will receive bids to do the following work on the conditions specified: To copy book P No, 1 of the conveyance records of the pariqh of St. Landry and for making a reverse index sf said records from, book A No.1 to biok P No. 1, both inclusive; book P No. 1 to be copied into three booksof the ize, description and quality of book D No. 3 of the conveyance records of the parish, the paging of the old book to be inserted in the margin of the new ones in red ink; and the reverse index above uentioned to be made in one book of the size of the index to book D No.3 above mentioned; the work to be com leted within nine months from the signing of the contract, and the contrae or to pay a forfeit of one dollar a day or every day's delay in completing the york after said time and to furnish bond n the sum of one thousand dollars for he faithful performance of the work, hich is to be paid for in cash upon its ompletion and its ncetanee Iv. the Police Jury. J. B. BERGERON, President Police Jury. If6tlee. - LANL OrrrxIC A Naw OtBlaS, Feb. 1, 1894. Notice is hereby given that the following urmed settler-has fled notice of his Intea ion to make final proof in support of hi. -laim, and that said proof will be made be lre B. Bloomfield, .V.. . Cqmmissioner at pelousas, La., on Saturday, Mar. 24, 189, THOMAS McGEGE, rho made Homestead Entry No. 10097 for he St/ of NE4t and SER of NWR Sec. 86 Tp. S. R. 1 W. La. Meridian. He names the followingwitnesses to prove is continuous residence upop a.dq4altiva. ion of said land, vi -:. Osmain Reed, Sebastisn lintenot John eed;,Theoplile Vidrise, all of St. aendry f10 t - - . McDlii.RUMB T astacP' 1 CetOTTAG rS. C beta]. t 1oeed and quPt OTTAOES, igAi tr renta l 2!t f . . . _ OQ lousee Notlon. LAND OrFFIo AT N.w Qnasgs, i. Notice is hereby given that they following na.ed settler has fied noje of his inten tion to ,mag.ke final proof In support of his Mlaim, and that said proof will be made be fore B. Bloomfield, U. 8. Commissioner,: at Opelousas, on Tuesday, March 158, 1, viz: WILLIAM W. TU.(RN j. who made Homestead entryr Me. 184, for the 89 of SEi and Sit of SW4 sec, tTp. 4 - 1M. WL34.-Meridan. ,' He names the followingwitnesses to prove his coatlnuous residence u ipad:sultiva.+ ýoi ofs1id land, vis: W. H. glaty, N. + Wilans, .dr.- J_; Wnters. Joseph. einesgn, iJ df St. ndr if59 G. MCD. BRUMBY, Register, Notice. S Ltaw Ol'.ckR AT Nw Oa5Lts, i * settler n a'shd, notiel f hit i . ttf -make fnal proor in suppo ' his clli and that said proof will be made be ioreB Bloomfield U. 8. Commissioner at Opeloesas, on Monday, March 12, 1894, viz: JOSEPH LEBLANO, who made Homestead Entry NO. 9571, for the El of Nl' and E½i Of, SW1 seqI iS p • S ii 2 W La. Meridlan: He names the following withesses t prove his continuous residence, upon gd ultivatiqn of said land, vi: Napoleon Doguet, Ulger Vidrine, Je*n Bte Desberge, St. Landry parish, La., Denis Vidrine, Acadia aish, La. re 6t G. BUeD. BRMBY, Regsiter. Notice. LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANs. + S Jan. 29,18 4. Notice is hereby given that the following.. named settler has flled notice of his inten- tion to make final proof in support of his; claim, and that said proof will be made be fore B. lhloomufield, U. 8. Commissioner, at Opelousas, La., oi, Monday, March 1., - AR'VEIEN MANIUEL, who made homestead entry No. 10680 the NW1 sec. o Tp5 l8 R111 aIaeita He names the folowingwvldser his continuous residence upon an4.d.lt tion of, said land, viz: Theogene Reed, Francois Reed, qls, tie Granger, Ferdinand Tate, all of Landry parish, La. f36t G. McD. BRUMBY, Register. Notice. LA.&n OfcAy NsW OBLtai s Joanury o1, 9., fo SNotice Ishereby given that the .tlow/i named settler has filed notice of his Inten .tioi to make final proof in Jupport of his claim, and that said proof wllbe made be fore B, Bloomfield, UL S. Onmamissoner, at Opelousas, on Monday, March 12, -M; Vs: ; OZMA'" REED, who mtde Homestead Entry No. 9996, for the Nh of NWL and SWIAof NWi sec. 56 Tp 58 W La. Meridian. He names the followl Lgwt tseh top Drove his continuous residenc upon and. cultiva tion ofsaidland, viz: Thomasm McGee. Eugene Fontenot, Ade lien Fontenot, Adam Manuel, all of St, Landry parish. La., , B B l St G. Me.d BRUtBY. Register. NO1'Cfi L&wD OmncR* iT NSW OuDLAxs, thJan. 2i, 5L4, e Notice Is hereby given that the following'. named settler has flied notice of his itaten lion to make final proof unppraf i claim, and that said proof will be mtade be foroB. Bloomileld, ~.; S., nio~lis er, at: Opelousas, La., on .tesday, Marcl, 1884,, WILLIAM H. GATY, who made Ilomesteadl -itro N. 95an, for the NEs of Sec 12 Tp 58 R 1 W La. Meridian. He names the following witnesses to prove his contlnuous residence upon and .cutlva tionof, Msildl nd, .iz: W. W. Turner~ F. N/ WlIaipns, Dr. J:"3.' Waiters. Joseph 'elestln, air of St. Lcandry parish, La. fb3 it G. McD. BRUMBY, Register. NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL LAIDS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of St. Landry, Under and by virtue of an order issued 1" the Hon. W. W. Heard, Auditor of Public Accmo.ts of said State, dated Jan. 9th, 1594, I will sell according to law at public auction to the last and highest blddr, at the front door of the Court House at Opelonsas, said Parish and State, on Satarday, Marchk tIh'l$!4d, at 11 o'clock, a. m., the following described school lands, viz: Sectionr Sixteen Township two, Southt Range Two East n St. Landry. Parish, La., in quantities of not less than 40 acres nor more than 100 acres as per Plat of servey to be exhibited on day of seae after dace ap praislment aceording to law . . TERMS.--Ten per cent of the purbareh price cash and the balance in nie nnal installments, the interest to he ai on the whole amount annually, at the fate of eiglt per cent per annma; the notes to be made payable to the Auditor of Publlec Accounts, secured by special inorlgl .. a fold and peitsoanat ý io ., pli " Inal payment of'plnitl and Interest. In the event of the purchaser neglecting or refusin to pay any of these fanhtaiment trfr.rest atma luriry the mortsae halt e forwith cIOed and the land re sha. Given at Opelousas at said Parish and. State, this 0ith of January, 18. feba 6t rOBICRT . CHAHERR, tlsh Treasurer of St. Lnndrmy Parish, a.,