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We understand the popular i^
Helen D'Este combination theatri»'
company will be here in a day or t °
and perform at the Varieties Hall, u*t
Tuesday night. I
Deorael Durio, was in own TueBdy*
He says the D emocrat is all righpu
Plaisance. We hope he will havein
«ye to our interest in that part of he
pariah a nd send us in a club.
S omebodys H orse .—Sheriff D usoj is
informed by Mi. Charles Richarjlof
Grand Cotean, that he has taken urçpn
the 16th u!t., a large Creole horse, fey
color, brand not visible. The ofei
can get him by calling on Mr. ßiclrd
and pro ving property. '
P arish C ourt .—The Parish C'ju't.
Judge J. B. A. Fouteuot, is in seaiMi.
This is the regular term of the P |sh
Court, devoted to the ordinary «vil
docket. Next month there will & a
probate tenu. Not much busines is
being done, a» a number of our prtfi
neut attorney's are in New Orlèis,
amongst theui Senator Garland, JeK't*
B. A. Martel, J. M. Moore and ET.
Court, is also in the city
left on the Bertha Wednesday.
Lewis, James O. Chachere, Clerbot
city ; Jno. N. 0#u
Our friend J. Massie Martin, f>m
Waxia, was iu town Tuesday. He irpts
an abundance of game in that sectn ;
nays the deer are more plentiful ten
he has seen them for years ; also w#d
cock and partridges. He reports kifjg
a tremendous old buck a few days (H'**
and Beeing'aud shooting at two ottrs.
We should be pleased occasionally!
<our friend would send us iu comniii
catious from Waxia. It is aboutW
most fertile and productive part of m
parish and he is one of the lea#g
Democrats in that section.
C.spt. H. H. Broad of the ste
Berth.«» reached Washington Moi
having the largest up freight of
season, and a goodly number of
Beugers. Capt. Broad is a thon
going steamboat-man generally amis
diservedly popular in our trade. Çp
tain Broad was in command of she
Sandy No. 2, when she struck a log Id
sunk at 12 o'clock at night in the Js
sissippi, last year. His coolness id
self-possession, on that occasion JB
Bented a great catastrophe. There
over one hundred persons on board,
not a life was lost. Capt. Theo. Jol
so justly popular in our tradeis at p:
ent with Capt. Broad, as chief clerk |
the Bert ha.
T hï M owit R egister .—fr. Wil
Democrat from Orleans, has fatrodu<
iuto the legislature a bill to adopt t]
Moffit Register system of tli State
Virgioia, as applied todrinkihg salooi
Its object is to levy a dirtct tax
liquor to bepaid fot by considers. Tl
system has workedlike a clai m in Vil
ginia, the first Site to introduce il
where it produced ârevenuf of $500,
to the State in tweljft months. Here
is computed on the aiue basis it wil
produce $750,000 aiually, We hoi
the system may be toptedj It will re^
lieve our planting «um unity of (!ne
half their presen irthen, aud will
effectually c ose up, certain class^of>p
••juicenes," whereby death is vended
to the ignorant and »meeting.
O ur T own .— -MajlRay is pushing
»head energetically lis work of im
provingand beautif|| our towu. He
is ably supported byl town council,
and the most beautiftart of the ad
ministration, is this : »n a man does
a day's work, if he i^ts his pay at
eight he goes to l'Ivre, the town
treasurer and gets § cash. Five
years ago, the town bankrupt ; the
bridges broken; the 4« impassable,
the sidewalks in utterlidation. To
day the town is out o|t ; money in
the treasury, streets ke condition,
side walks iu good ri. That's the
way to do business, worthy mayor
and town couucilme»%e the thanks
of e?«wy property holend taxpayer
m town. That they k|how to run
the corporation is a sejdent fact.
Monday evening t^itor of the
D emocrat having bu| w j t |, Wash
ington Fire Company fi, called at
their hall in Washingtjjj was agree
ably surprised by thegd of ladies
voices. Ou entering | Deî . temple
he was confronted notlf^re Com
pany, but by a lot of elf^QQg ladies
and gentlemen, memb«j, e society
of the united friends ofperance of
Washington, who wer«|. 8ins c j 1R _
rades, &c., for their (pumeut to
take place early next u| Amongst
prominent members of jgnanizatiou
we mention the naine|| r8{ Lucy
Elliott and Mr. B. F. HÏ both of
whom arc known in thift ag zeft j.
eus advocates of the tefce move
ment The proposed enfc eBfc will
no doubt prove a succeK Je tem
perance cause is making^^jjy j u
this Parish. We hope
friends will not neglect
entertainment. The obj
9Q9 and should be mi ;
Snd this
! a good
:
VOLUME 1.
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1878.
NU3IBER
2.
i
State Politics.
That Louisiana has had her last Re
publican Governor, is patent to every ob
serverof the facts daily occuriug around
him. That once powerful organization
both State and National is now in the
throes of dissolution.
The lower house of the national leg
islature is thoroughly Democratic. The
Democratic party will soon coutrol the
Senate. The President himself though
nominally Republican is really Demo
cratic, so far as the Southern States are
concerned. The most stuuning blow
the Republican party has received since
it came into power, was the prescription
Dr. R. B. Hayes administered, when he
withdrew the II. S. troops from the
South ; fell back on the constitution
Iiis country .and declared himself the
President not of " the jacabin faction
of his own party but of the whole peo
ple.- This was equi volent to signiug
the death warrant of the party in the
South. It was dissolved as if by en
chantment. The rank and file were
demoralized and the leaders lately so
arrogant, with their ill-gotten plunder,
the result of ten years of spoil, com
pelled either to become supplicants at
Washiugtou for crumbs of official pa
tronage or to go to work to make au
honest living. They had mercilessly
duped the negro; îliey had represented
that the white people of the South were
Iiis natural born enemy and only wanted
an opportunity to hang, draw and quar
ter him ; yet when the negro looks
round aud surveys the field what did he
obtain for furnishing the votes to foist
these men into power. He got merel}
the leavings of these greedy croinorants.
He got nothing substantial. Scarcely
an office worth having. Pinch back tin
ablest man of his race was elected to
the Senate, but when he went to Wash
j n g tou he was unceremoniously snubbed
;in j gent t, a ck, though Kellogg, whose
c-asu was not half so good as his was
immediately seated and made Senator
to misrepresent the State in that august
body the U. S. Senate. We all recollect
the "apprehension aud misgivings of
luauy of the colored people when Ni
cholls finally forced Packard to step
down and out " last spring." They were
naturally alarmed. They remembered
what the carpet-baggers had told them
of the enmity of Southern men against
their race. But actual experience was
soon to briug demonstration to them,
that they had been duped and mad«
fools of by desigping men. , Nicholls
has been in possession of the govern
ment nearly a year. The negro has
gotten as much official patrouage as
ever he got from the carpet-bagger
when he had no claim to any. He has
seen the laws mercilessly inforced
against all offenders, white and black.
He has found his life, liberty and prop
erty far better protected than in the
palmiest days of carpet-baggery. He
finds peace and law and order prevail
ing everywhere, and fewer murders
committed than in any previous year
since the war. Instead of the Southern
man beiug his unrelenting enemy he
has found him his friend, ready to give
him employment, and if need be to
protect him in his rights, and liberties.
The consequence of this has been, that
the hold of the carpet-bagger, on these
people has been brokeu and forever.
They will not again be made the dupe
of designing rascals, who excited their
fears and raised their autipathies against
the people with whom they had grown
up, in order to fill their pockets with
ill-gotten plunder.
ill-gotten plunder.
The effects of this breaking the spell
«if the " caipet-bagger " over the negro
in Louisiana has been to destroy the
Republican party, for nine-tenths of
its strength was iucluded in the colored
vote. The cohesive power, not of pub
^
*|i c plunder, bat of fear and distrust of the
Southern people, which welded these
e€ ,p| e together, under the teachiugs
| aHd8laBdt(r8of Uje carpt , t _ brtgger ha8
been dissolved. It has left the leaders
of that ouce powerful organization
without a following. They may call
when the time comes upon the rank aud
file of the party to rally to their sup
port, but it will be " like calling spirits
from the vasty deep ; " they won't come.
This disruption and breaking up of the
Republican party leaves but oue rec
ognized organized political party in
til» State and that is the Democratic
Conservative party represented in the
administration of the State by Nicholls
aud Wiltz. On what future basis a
party cau be organized to oppose tht.tr
which is now in power and which has
already given such patent proof of its
ability to control the future destinies
of the State, time alone must determine.
There are we know some disaffected
elements in the " Democratic Conser
vative party; " some who condemn and
appose Gov. Nicholls for his* wise, pa
triotic, manly and conciliatory course
since he assumed the reins of govern
ment. They are as yet few in number
and insigoiflcant iu influence. Would
it not lie well for these few to pause and
reflect before they undertake a crusade
against the Governor. Has he deviated
an inch from the principles of the plat
form on which he was nominated and
elected Î Will not his policy if pursued
without interruption for the next few
years, fuse the voting population of
Louisiana into one grand conservative
mass, whose aim aud object will be not
the euacess of party, but the good of
the State ; the restoration of her pros
perity and the development of her vast
resources? We think this will be the
final result and for once we shall use
our utmost efforts to bring it about, aud
will support and sustain the Governor
iai»» policy.
"
On the 10th inst., Sentor Stubbs of
Ouachita, introduced the following bill
into the Senate :
senate b ll NO. 11.
An act relative to crimes and offenses, author
izing judges in certain cases to sentence con
victs to work on the public works and roads,
and delegating powers to municipal and paro
chial authorities to enforce the same.
Section l. Be it enacted, etc., That in all
criminal prosecutions, when any person is con
victed in any of the courts of the State of any
crime or offence not necessarily punishable
under the law with imprisonment at hard labor,
the judge before whom snch conviction was
had may sentence the person so convicted to
work at hard labor on the public works, roads
or streets of the palish or city in which the
crime or offence was committed, and which
may be eventually chargeable with the costs of
the prosecution, for à time not exeeediug
the term now specified under existing laws.
That in default of the payment o costs of pros
secutiou, the judge may enforce the liquidation
thereof by sentence to additional labor at a
rate not exc< ediug one dollar per diem.
Sec . 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That in all
cases where convictions are had for crimes or
offences puuishable under the law by tines, the
judge before whom such conviction is had is
empowered, in default of payment of the line
imposed and the costs, to sentence the party
convicted to work upon the public works, roads
and streets of the parish or city in which the
crime or offence was committed, f ir a time
sufficient to reimburse or liquidate the fine and
costs at a rate not exceeding oue dollar per
diem.
Sec . 8. Be it fnrther enacted, etc.. That in the
city of New Orleans the City Council, and m
the several parishes the police juries, are hereby
delegated full authority to pass all ordinances
aud laws which they may deem necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this aet for
the discipline, working aud employment of
such convicts. Provided, That such convicts
shall not be employed out of the parish having
venue of the crime or offence, or on any other
labor than upon the public works, bridges,
roads and streets of the parish or city.
Sec . 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That .all
laws in conflict herewith be and the same are
uereby repealed.
It was referred to the appropriate
committee by a majority of whom il
was reported upon favorably, but was
afterwards recommitted. We think the
provisions of this-bill excellent and
hope before the legislature adjourns t<>
■see it amonest our statntes. Were this
law in force three-fourths of the partie.
■onvicted before our District Couii
would come under its provisions ami
: he parish which pays t he expenses of
conviction would then be remunerate«!
by the labor of the convict. H=<d such
i law been in force here since 1870, the
parish would have saved tens of thou
sands of dollars; our public roads, and
bridges would have now been iu repair,
and petit larceny have been effectually
squelched and every planter iu the couu
try able to raise his owu meat at home,
instead of paying the enormous price he
now does for it.
As the law now stands, a thief steals
a pig worth $5.00. He is arrested and
brought to court for trial. It cost 011
an average of from $30.00 to $40.00 to
try and convict him. The honest tax
payer has to pay this. The thief is sent
iff to the pennitentiary ; he is soon for
gotten ; lie remains away a year or two,
serves out his time aud returns to his
old home and his old ways again. Long
before he retnrus the example of his
punishment is forgotten by the society
in which he committed the theft. But
suppose he were kept in the parish and
kept at work on the public roads, streets,
bridges, &c. The parish would be re
imbursed, the expenses of convicting
him, whether great or small ; he would
be a living ever present example to evil
doers, a constant reminder of their final
fate to others similarly disposed; the
effect would bean hundred times greater
than sending him oft to Baton Rouge,
where he is of no particular beuefit to
any oue, hut the lessees of thepenuiten
tiary. Some there are who say the
punishment is too degrading. The
answer to this is that it is not so much
the punishment as the commission of the
crime that degrades the individual.
It is not »0 much, because a man is
huûg that he is made infamous in the
eyes of the world, but because lie has
with malice aforethought, murdered his
fellow man. It is not so much the send
ing of a man to the pennitentiary that
makes him infamous. It is the fact
that he has stolen something that renders
him repulsive and hateful to honest
men. If this law is " rather rough " on
r«»gues, that should only commend it t«>
honest men. In this country there is
no uecessity for any man's stealing aud
every one wliodoes steal should be made
an example of, Every man able to work
can fiud employment aud can live aud
live honestly. If he is unable to work,
charity will see that he don't starve.
Those about the city and towns, who
are out of employment, can easily get
employment if they want and will go
to the country in quest of it. Oue
great stride towards restoring prosperity
to the country is to rid it of the rogues
who now infest it. It is not half as hard
for them to work on the public roads
as a punishment tor theft, as it is for
the farmer and planter and laboring
man to work hard a day and theu watch
these " light fingered gentry " all night
to keep tliera out" of his corn crib, or
hog pen or chicken house.
Iu this parish there is another class
who would be struck dead by this sta
tute. They are as pestiferous as the
petty larceny thieves, and more dan
gerous. W r e allude to the professional
bullies, loaded down with concealed
weapons and filled with mean whiskey,
who go to peaceable assemblings of the
people, balls, weddings, parties and
sometimes to the house of God when
congregations are at divine worship for
the purpose of disturbing and breaking
them up, Arrest one of these rowdies,
try him and convict him at a heavy ex
pense to the tax payers and what is the
result? The maximum of punishment,
is a fine of $100 aud ten days imprison
ment. He can't pay the fine. He goes
to jail and the tax payer pays his board
bill. He gets out makes a laugh of it,
goes back, repeats it and keeps on re
peating until some body kills him. Such
fellows would soon succumb, if when
tljey were convicted they were marched
to the nearest public road and made to
work out the cost and fine at fifty cents
work out the cost and fine at fifty cents
or a dollar a day.
Such characters, whether thieves or
raSiaBB; w Ut» «t black bars nose el
our sympaihies, and we think the sooner
they could be made profitable to the
people amoDgst whom they reside and
to whom they are an ever present pest,
the better.
All they will have to do to keep from
feeling the penalty of the law is to be
have themselves. If they don't steal
and don't aet the rowdy they won't be
hurt. Therefore we say gentlemen give
us this law. It meaus reform, sound
practical reform. It means that thieves
and rogues and rowdies, and not the
honest citizen shall pay the cost of crimi
nal prosecutions. Our police jury has
requested our Senators and Represen
tatives to vote for it and we hope they
will do so, all seven of them. It would
act like a cnarm in this parish.
The New Orleans and Pacific
Rail Koad.
Gentlemen from the Eastern part of
the parish inform us that work is rap
idly progressing on this line of railroad.
The road enters the parish nearChurch
ville, on the Atchafalaya, and will leave
it in the neighborhood of Holmesville,
on Bayou Bœuf, running diagonally
from east to north-west. It will peue
trate one of the richest, most fertile and
most <le8i rable portions of the parish.
The lauds in this rejrion are of the most
'productive character, capable of yield
ing inuueuse «-rops of corn, rice, sugar
and cotton, and well adopted to stock
raising. Much of it is as yet in a state
of nature, but let this road be com
pleted, (ami we have now 110 doubt that
it soon will be) and a few years hence it
will nearly all be in cultivation, and
immensely valnable. No better field is
now presented for the investment of
capital, than along the line of this road.
Lands now worth from $2 to $5 an acre
and easily purchasable at that price, a
few years hence will be of quadruple
value. There are now several hundred
convicts at work on the road and the
force-will no doubt be largely increased
within the next six mouths. We regard
this road as a fixed fact. Its comple
tion will no doubt lead to the building
of others. Louisiana is jiow far behind
lier sister States in these great works ol
internal improvements, which have,
been mainly the cause of filling up the
young States of the uorthwest, with al
most a superabundant population ol
hardy and thrifty yeomen. W r e want
this kind of a population ia Louisiaua
and nothing will tend more to bring it
here, than intersecting our State with
lines of railroads, making access to us
easy, and facilitating the shipment of
crops to market. We have taken one
step to bring about this state of things.
A stable, strong government like we
now have ; one that cau preserve law
and «»ruer 5 one that is honestly and
economically administered presents the
greatest of all inducements to capital
ists to invest, and where there is the
necessary capital, the building of rail
nmdsina country liko this is only a
question of a few years. By the time
of the expiration of the present ad
ministration we look for a changed state
of affairs indeed in Louisiana. Every
thing is now quiet and peaceful. W r e
have time to turn our attention to the
material development of the State ; to
look after our broken levees ; to reclaim
our rich alluvial lauds ; to build railroads,
and bring to our midst an immigration
of hardy thrifty farmers, who will make
Louisiana bloom like a garden onee
more. We say to all in quest of homes,
aud who wish to find them in a salu
brious climate, where the soil is of in
exhaustible fertility ; where the cost of
living is as cheap, as cau be desired,
where all the substantial of life can be
produced, with the least labor; where
horses and cattle and hogs and sheep
can be raised iu superabundances, that
Louisiana is the place to come to, and
that no part of the State combines all
these advantages to greater perfection
than this, the empire parish of St. Lan
dry aud especially that portiou of it in
tersepte d by tuislwad.
As oue of the main objects of the
D emocrat will be to enlighten the out
side world as to the resources agricul
tural and otherwise of our parish, we
earnestly request all those possessing
data and facts to furnish them to us.
We would like particularly to have
from the warehousemen of our sister
town of Washiugtou and Barry's Land*
ing a statement showing the number of
bales of cotton, hogsheads of sugar, bar
pels of molasses, bales of moss aud hay,
the numbers of thousands of hides,
chickens, eggs, cattle and other prodnce
shipped by them during the years 1876,
1877 aud to date in 1878.
Communications relating to crop sta
tistics, character of crop, productive
capacity of soil, &c., will be thankfully
received from farmers and planters of
our parish. We hope our plauters will
make a note of this. We have embai ked
on our editorial career, not only to dis
siminate sound doctrine politically, but
ale«» to develope as far us in our power
the resources of our great parish. The
tide of immigration will soou begin to
set towards Louisiana, aud it stands St.
Landry to be wide awake to reap her
share.
Thou S halt not S teal .—Joseph
Figurant was lodged in jail this week
by Deputy Sheriff Garland Peck ac
cused of cow stealing in Coulée Croche.
Ben Beuchamp alias Jones, indicted
by the graud jury last October, was ar
rested this week and given quarters in
our parish jail accused of heef stealing.
Guy Jean, Ales. Prud'homme and
Jim Wright were lodged in jail this
week for violating our town ordinance.
The beef furnished them in jail did not
suit their taste. They paid fine and
cost and wer® told to go and sin no
tutu*.
Ercrj Year.
GEN. ALBERT PIKE.
The Spring has less of brightness
Every year;
And the snow a ghastlier whiteness
Every year ;
Nor do Summer flowers quieken.
Nor Autumn's fruitage thicken
As they once did, for they sicken
Every year.
It is growing darker, colder,
Every year ;
And the heart and soul grow older,
Every year;
I care not now for dancing,
Or for eyes with passion glancing,
Love is less and less entrancing,
Every year.
Of the loves and sorrows blended
Every year ; »
Of the channs of friendship ended
Every year ;
Of the ties that still might bind rap
Until Time to Death resigned me.
My infli îuaties remind me
Every year.
Ah ! how sad to look before ng
Every year ;
While the cloud grows darker o'er us
Every year ;
When we see the blossoms faded.
That to bloom we might have aided
And immortal garlands braided,
Every year.
To the past go more dead faces
Every year ;
As the loved leave vacant plaoes
Every year ;
Everywhere the sad eyes meet us,
In the evening's dusk they greet us,
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year.
"You are growing old," they tell us,
" Every year ;
You are more alone," they tell us,
" Every year :
Yon can win no new affection,
You have only recollection.
Deeper sorrow and dejection,
Every year."
Ye61 the shores of life are shifting
Every year ;
And we are seaward drifting
Every year ;
Old pleasures, changing, fret us,
The living more forget us.
There are fewer to regret ua
Every year.
But the truer life draws nlgher
Every year ;
And its morning star climbs higher
Every ,\ ear ;
Earth's hold on us grows slighter.
And the heavy burden lighter,
And the Dawn Immortal brighter
E very yea r.
» M4BHIED,
DODEZ—MORRIS—At the Methodist Church
in Opelousas, on the 93d inst., by Rev. C. A
Frazee, Mr. Geo. V. Dodez and Miss Carrie L.
Morris.
£p*New Orleans and Philadelphia papers,
and Ciucinnati Enquirer, please copy.
A young man fresh from the "ould
sod" was recently given employment on
a ianche in Truckee, California. He was
set to driving a yoke of cattle, and at
noon, when he wanted to feed the cattle,
was observe«! trying t«» unscrew their
hoins in order to get the yoke oft from
the animals.
Better
CLEARING OUT SALE
OF
Wi
fir#®
,C3
I take this method of informing 1 my Cash customers, and
all those who buy for Cash, that I have still on hand ai
LARGE STOCK OF WINTER G00É,
which I am determined to sell at COST PRICE, rather than
carry them over until next season.
That Stock comprises a large assortment of CljOTU"
ING, CASSIMERES, CLOTHS, FLAN
NELS, all kinds of DRESS GOODS, JÈANS,
BLANKETS, BOOTS & SHOES? AND
HATS, all of which will be sold in order to makfj room for
the Spring Stock.
These goods having been bought for cash, at Extremely
low figures, will prove to purchasers the best bargains ever
given them before. My stock is the largest, my assortment the
best, and my prices the lowest you can find in this parish.
The price of FURNITURE ™ put down to the
lowest figure. I have also on hand the 44 STONE
WALL STOVE," which I will sell cheaper that any
other stove in the market, and POT WARE received
direct from the factory, is sold much lower than ever before.
I have also reduced the price of the BEST SiPOOTi
COTTON to 57* cents per dozen. f
Grive me a call soon and convince yourself of t|ie correct
ness of the above announcement.
A WORD TO THE LADIES.
I have a few NICE SHAWLS left, a jpretty good
stock Of CLOAKS, SACKS, WINTEÏt HATS
NUBIAS, and a quantity of setts of CUF If S AND
COLLARS, which must be sold at REDUCED RATES
I will continue to sell all my other goods at! the lowest
possible figures. ij
Thanking you for your past patronage, an^ soliciting
continuance of the same, I am
Yours Faithfully, I
SOLOMON ISAAC,
Corner Main and Bellevue Streets, Opeftausas, La.
Opelousas, Jan. 19, 1878—tf
L.
Fearful Risk for Girl«.
[Exchange.]
The pastor of a church in one of
large cities said to me, not long ago:
"I have officiated at forty weddings
since I came here, and iu every case,
save one, 1 felt that the bride was run
ning an awful risk. Young men of
habits and fast tendencies nev«;r marry
fil ls of their own sort, but -demand
wife above suspicion. So, pure, sweet
women, kept from the touch of evil
rhrongh the years of their girlhood,
give themselves, with all their costly
dower of womanhood, into the keeping
of'meu who, in base association, have
learned to under-value all that .belongs
to them, and then find 110 repentance
in the sad after years. There is but
one way out of this that I can see, and
that is for you—the young women
the country—to require in associations
and marriage, purity for purify, sobri
ety, and honor for honor. There is
reason why the young men of this
Christian land should not be just
virtuous as its women, and if the loss
of society and love be the price they
are for« ed to pay for vice, î 11 «-y will
not pay it. I admit with sadness that
not all our young women are capable
of this high standard for themselves
others, luit 1 believe there are enough
earnest, thoughtful girls in the society
of our country to work wonders if faith
fully aroused. Dear girls, will yon
help lis, in the name of Christ ? YVill
you, first of all, be true to yourselves
and G01I ; so pure in your inuer ami
outer life that you shall hav»* a right
to ask that the young man with whom
von marry shall be the same ? The aw
ful gulf of dishonor is clos«* béside youi
feet, and in it, fathers, brothers, l<»vei>
ami sons are going down ? Will yon
help us in our great work 1
A party of hunters from Clarke
j county, Mississippi, recently mane
Irani upon the «leer and turkeys
Wayne county, killing about twenty ol
the former in a few days. Whereupon
the board of supervisors «>f Wayne
county have piohibited persons from
any other county or State killing deer
jor tui keys running and being raiseil
that county, under a penalty of $50 for
each offense.
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H iWifflAAéîllïiOMAGFMG fffiiGàèéBê
Buy the book, und Jearn this soisg by heart,
then you can appreciate the entri lg.
(—:ir v-ff ry <—
simqN slade.
gent went in a can
A life insurance
! can show at Peoria, oue day last week,
and was shocked to death. Men whose
natural timidity and bashfulness has
been still further developed by their
business pursuits, should avoid coino
' to such places.— [N. Y. Independent.
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JUDICIAL A»VERTlStli*l*l'<'
^HERIFF'8 SALE.
PARISH COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
NO. 1939.
JOHN M. GOUI.D VS. WM. S. LANE ET AL.
PARISH COURT, PARIbH OF ST. LANDRY,
No.—
HENRY L. GARLAND VS. WM. S. LANE
ET AL.
By virtue of two writ.sot alias fieri facias issued
out of the honorable Parish Court, in and for
the parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled
suits, and to me directed. I will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Ope
lousas, 011SATURDA Y, the 9thday of February,
1878, at 11 o'clock a. m ., the following described
property, to-wit :
The trading boat Jockey Boy and the stock
of merchandise therein, as per inventory on
tile In Sheriff's oftice.
Terms—Cash.
C. C. DUSON,
jail 28 Sheriff of the Parish of St. Landry.
jptISS.lt gAJ.E.
PKOBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
xo. 3981.
ESTATES OF AUGUSTE SCHWARTZ AND
WIFE.
By virtue of an order of tho honorable Pro
bate Court, of tbe Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned administrator or by
any duly qualified auctioneer, at the store of
the undersigned administrator, at Leonville in
the parish of St. Landry, on WEDNESDAY,
February 27th, 1878, the following described
property, to-wit:
1. A certain parcel of land situated near Port
Barré, on Bayou Courtableau, measuring
about two and a half arpents front, by a
depth of twenty arpents, containing about fifty
superficial arpents more or less, bounded north
by Bayou Courtableau, south by lauds belong
ing to Henry Garland. ea«t by lands of Antonio
Paret and west by lands belonging to said
i-states and described as lot No. 2, and ap
praised with the buildings and improvements
thereon.
2. Another lot of ground situated on Bayoti
Courtableau. near Port Barré, measuring about
two and a half arpents iront on said Bayou, by
a depth of twenty arpents, containing about
11 ty superficial arpents more or 1 ss. bounded
north by said Ba> ou. si.utli by lands of Henry
Garland, east by land* in !-nging to said estate*
und described as lot No ' and west l>v lands of
CleophaF Andrepont, tii tlit^ build ng« and
improvements situated hereon
Terms and Conditio! — TIk lmuiovab'es to be
*old one-third cash a » the ha anoe at one
and two years fr m (la - >f sale, with eight per
•eut interest from maturity, purchaser to lur
: sli his notes with two s.-om-ities in solidio to
the satisfaction of the Im nistrator and pav
ahle to the administrator oi „aid estates and to
obligate himself to PHV attorney's fees at ten
per cent and all costs of collection aid tIt
no es to be secured by special niovtgii^'.: and
• endor's privilege on said property, with the
right to executory proceedings and tbe pact of
ion aliendo.
JOSEPH CAMY.
Jan 26-5t-as Administrator.
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Jan 26-5t-as Administrator.
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HEKIFF'S 8AI.CC.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OFST. LANDRY,
No. 12652.
RICE BORN & CO. VS. EMANUEL PHILLIPS.
By virtue of an alias writ of fieri facias, issued
out of the honorable District Court, iu and for
the Parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and' to me directed, I will proceed to
sell at public sale, to the highest bidder, at
rhe Court House of said parish, in the town of
Opelousas, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of
February, 1878, at 11 o'clock a. m ., the following
described property, to-wit :
The following judgments obtained in the
Parish Court of said parish to-wit : Emanuel
Phiilips vs. Octave Davlu No. 1710, same vs.
Walter Scott No. 1711, same vs. J. L. Fisher No.
1712. a»me vs. Wm. R. Richardson No. 1713, same
vs. O. H. Scott No 1714, sa e vs. Win. O. Daly
No. 1715, same vs. Henry Cunningham No. 1717,
same vs. John Bailey No. 1718, same vs. W. H.
«anett No. 1796, same vs. John VVeatherhead
No. 1498, same vs. J. E. McFadden No. 1388»
s tme vs. John Roy No. 1394. same vs. Albert
alias Al'red Wable No. 1395, same vs. Moses
Hudson No. 1647$, also the following books and
accounts therein contained: One ledger and
one cash book.
Terms—Cash.
C. C. DUSON,
jan 26 Sheriff of the Parish of St. Landry.
N
«tick of admini8tbat10n.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
No. 3686.
ESTATES OF OCTAVE L. FONTENOT AND
WIFE, LEOCADIE LAFLEUR.
Whereas. Onezime Lafleur of the parish
of St. Landry, lias applied by his petition to be
appointed administrator of the estates of
Octave L. Fontenot and wife, Leocadie Lafleur,
deceased, late of the parish of St. Landry.
Therefore, any person intending to make op
position to said appointment, will file the same
in writing in my office, iu the town of Opelousas,
within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. cr
jan 26-fp
3HACHERE, Clerk.
ptlBLIC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OFST. LANDRY.
NO. 3878.
ESTATE OF ONEZIA STELL Y.
By virtue of an order of the honorable Pro
bate Court, of the Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest bid
der by the undersigned administrator or some
public auctioneer, at the last residence of the
deceased, on Bayou Têche in the parish of St.
Landry on TUESDAY, February 12th, 1878,
the following described property belonging
to the estate of Onezia Stelly, deceased
to-wit:
1. A certain plantation, late residence of the
deceased, situated on Bayou Têche, in this
parish, measuring five arpents front on eald
Kayou. by ten arpents in depth, containing
fifty superficial arpents, with the buildings and
improvements thereon, bounded north by lands
belonging to Louis Kerlegaud, south by lands
belonging to said succession of Onezia 8telly,
deceased, east by Bayou TSche, and west by
lands of said succession.
2. Another tract of land measuring five ar
pents fr nt by ten hi d*«;»tii. hoiind-d north by
amis of Louts Kerlegiiüri, south by lands be
longing to Joseph V. ri'tji! -, east by tbe planta
tion belonging to said .. cession and described
as lot No. 1, mid west 1. ,■ lands of said succes
sion, described as lo o. 3, conta niiig fifty
superficial arpents.
3. A certain tract o ;,ind measuring five ar
pents front by ten nr,.ent« in dept.i, bounded
north by lands of A leide Kerlegaud, eolith by
lands of widow PlaeWe Thlhodean. east by
lands belonging to said estate, mid west by
lands of Aicide Keriegand, and containing fif
ty superficial arpents.
4. Another tract of land measuring five ar
pents front by ten arpents deep bounded north
by lands of the estate described as lot No 1
south by lands formerly belonging to Atheo
late Stelly, east by Bayou Têche, and west by
lands of Joseph V, Stelly, containing fifty su
perficial arpents.
5. Oue cow and calf, one pair Creole mules,
ono pair cart wheels, plantation and farming
im plements, cooking stove and kitehen utensils,
one armoir, two safes, three, tables, one clock,
three barrels lime, one whip saw, and other
movables.
Terms and Conditions.—The movables to be
sold for cash for all amounts on su us of twenty
dollars or below said sum ; and all sums above
said amount t<> be at one year's time with eight
per cent interest from maturity till paid. The
Immovables to be sold, one third cash, and the
balance at one, two and tree years' term re
serving special mortgage until final payments,
and purchasers to furnish their notes with good
solvent security, payable to the administrator,
bearing eight per cent interest per annum from
maturity of the notes until paid, said notes to
date from day of sale.
JOSEPH V. STELLY,
Jan. 12-Bt Administrator.
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^JVEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Taken Up:
An amcrlcan mare mule, brown color, with
saddle and harness marks, about fourteen
hands high, with no visible brand. Said mule
bas beentaken up by the undersigned on Bayoti
Bœuf. The owner is requested to come
ward prove property, pay costs and take
»way. JOS. M. ROBERTS.
Jan. 28-5t
Notice!
I am authorized to forbid the skinning
dead cattle belonging to the stocks that I have
in ray eare. Any person caught sklning
cattle without permission will be prosecuted
the full extent of the law,
Jan. l9-5t R. B. 8LOANE.
Oakland Saw JftUi,
OPPOSITE WASHINGTON, LA.
I have on band a choice lot of Atchafalaya
cypress lumber for sale, and am prepared
saw all orders for lumber at the lowest rates
and at short notiee, On bills over 500 feet
toilage paid by mill. S. R. WALKER,
Jan. 19-Sm ,
J\*otice to Gardeners.
Owing to the fact of the country being
flooded with garden seeds which are put up
sale on commission, D. Landreth & Sons nave
made a reduction on their needs of oue hundred
per cent to wholesale purchasers. We are now
selling Landreth's seed at a like reduction
retail S ctt. per paper or 50 cts. per dot en.
C. MAYO. Agt.,