The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-01
PUBLIC SALE.
Estate OF Eugene P. Pitre, deceased, in commun
tv with Adam Tate, her surviving husband.

ty with Adam Tate, her surviving husband.
pY VIRTUE Of an order of the Hon. the
- Sth Judicial District Court of the State
of Louisiana, in. and for the Parish OF st.
Landry, Their, will be sold at public aGc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder, by the
undersigned Administrator, or Il duly com
mi>sioned Auc!lolcer, at the Residence Of
Adam Tate, her Surviving husband, i'll this
parish, on
Thursday, February 20, 1868,
the following described property belonging
to the Estate Of Eugenie p. Pt,re, deceased,
in community with her surviving husband,
late Of said parish, to-wit:
A certain Lot or Tract of Land,
situated on the Confines Of Bayou Chicot
Woods, having three arpcnts front by s'v-
enty-iive in depth, bounded North by the
public domain, East by the land Of .Adam
-, So"th by a tract of land belonging to
said Estate, described hereafter as Lot No..
!, and on the West by land of Mrs. John
G'lllorv, and is the same acquired by the
said community 10y purchase OF Pierre Sa-
want of said parish, about seventeen wears
ago, with the BUILDINGS and IMPROVE
MENTS thereon.
Another Lot or Tract of Land
situated in the same vicinity and described
As Lot No .. measuring about eight hun
dred superficial arpentS. bounded North bv
land of Mrs. Pierre Reed, land of Adam
Tate, by land described as Lot No. | above,
by land belonging to the Estate of Christie
val Tate, ard by land of Joseph {. L. Fon-
tenot; on the South by land of Joseph c.
l.. Fontenot; on the Northwest by the
Chicot Lake, and Southeast by Onezime j.
Pitre and Louis L. Fontenot, being the same
acquired from the Estate of Maize Louise
Fontenot, widow of Adam Tate, about the
year 1850, together with the fencing there
on.
About seven hundred head of
stock cattle, ranging p i~ncipally in the par
ISL Of Calcasieu, and brand d F I.
About five hundred and fifty
head of stick cattle in Calcasicu Parish,
and branded IT.
Five horses, eight mares, two
wild horses, a pair of work oXc', an OK,
seventy-tive head Of gentle cattle. one buggy
horse, a black horse, one horse (Dlck), one
horse cart, one buggy, shaft, and pole, seven
thousand shingles, four hundred and twen-
ty barrels of corn, six thousand four hun
dred and fifty bundles Of fodder, a lot If
corn, twenty hoes, a lot Of plowS, a lot of
spades, nine axes, two cross cut saws, a
whip saw, seven iron wed eS, a lot of car
p%enter'S too's, a lot Of salt, a bathing tub. a
cooking stove, four large pots, seven pots,
a pair Of dog irorS and shovel. two grub
hoes, two Jars, a lot Of barrels, a lot ofsoap.
three thousand r@ils on Reeds land, three
thousand five hundr ed rails on Guillorv aud
c. Tate's land, a saddle, a loom, a lot OF
brides, a trunk, a lot Of bottles, a rocking
chair, two trunks, four dcmijohnS, a LIT Of
cottonade, one hundred head Of hogs, two
safes, lot Of crockery ware. two tables, a
bed, a clothes press, a table and wash
stand, two spinning wheels, sixteen count,
er-pins, a lot of blankets, two beds and bed
ding, a table and washStand, an %ar.noir,
twelve counter-pins, twelve sheets, a side
board, a bed and bedding, an %ar,no;r, two
wash-standS, a bed and bedding, a table
and looking glass, a clothes press, a lot of
crockery ware, a trundle bed, an iron chest,
a cradle, twelve becves, four wild horses,
and twelve chairs.
Conditiohs ::-The entire property will he
sold in block, for cash, to be paid positively
PHILIP stage, Jx,
janlS'6S. Administrator