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u. 8. Deputy and Parish Surveyor,
Etat dc La Louisiana.
FOR ST. LANDRY.
Office at Opelousas. [Jan 26-sm

Etat dc La Louisiana.
CoUR DE PARoIssE, ST.. LANDRY, No. 1924.
Succession de Therence Sicily.
DRIGTTTE MECHE, de la paroisse St.
ID Landry, Tutrice. ayant enrtgistre un Ia
bleau final de distribution des fonds de la
dite succession, accompagn6 dune petition
demandant phomologation d'icelui;
Et attendu quill a etc fait droit a la de-
mande de la ditc petition par un ordre de la
Cour en- date du q Mai 1871;
En- consequence, avis est par lie present
dcnnG aux intGresses dams cette succession,
d'avoir a faire opposition, 81 aucune lis ont,
par Gcrit, IA mon bureau dams la vile des Ope-
~lousas, dams les delais presents par la lol,
pourquoi ledit Tableau ne serait pas approuve
ct homologu6.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Grefier
3 iuin 1871.
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Vente par lie sheriff.
Fremont Dupre Cour de District,
VS.. Paroisse St. Landry,

vs.. ParOisse st. Landry.
Etienne Bramme. No. 1o752.
LIN vertu dun writ de feri facias, lance
IL par rHon. la Cour du Huitieme District
Judiciaire, dams ct pour la Paroisse St. Lam
dry, dams lie process ci-dessus i%ntitule, ct d
moi adresse, je vendrai en- vente publiaue. au
plus offrant eneherisseur, a la Maison de Cour
de la dite Paroisse, en- la vile d'Opelousas.
le sAMEDI, Ter JULIET 1871, a ONE
heures du matin, Ia propriGte ci-apres de.
critic, saisie pour satisfaire lie dit writ, SAVIOR:
Une habitation situee dams la paroisse st.
Landry, dams la Prairie Plaisance, CONSTANT
en- une maison de residence, avee teates les
batlsses ct ameliorations et soixante-dix ar
pents de terre ct boia, horace. au nord eli 4
louest par CHARLES Delfour, au sna ct a Test
par 10 aarp!as de la meme terre vendue; le
dit moroccan mesure douze arpents ct demi de
profondeur sur six arpents de face. a7a
Conditions-Comptant,
j. O. HAYES. Sheriff.
~ Mai 1871. ar
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TRVHE law partnership formerly existing be.
u tween Messrs. Moore & Morgan having
been dissolved, or the 31st of March, 1871.
by mutual consent, Mr.. John j. Morgan has
established himself, for the practice of his pro-
fession, at the office lately occupied by Judge
James NJ. Porter, Opelousas. By prompt and
diligent attention to business, be hopes to OBJ
tain a fair share of patronage from his friends
and the public. April 1tf
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Succession V'akaaeOsat FOMtenOt

Courde Paroisse, St. Lamdry-No. 1856.
TOsEPH z. FONTENOT, de la Paroisse
~ st. Landry, ayant p~resente une petition a
leffet d'6tre nomm6 administrator de la sue
cession de Valmont Fontenot, decide, der
Increment de la dite paroisse;
En- consequence, avis est par lie present dom
ne aux iAteresses dams cette succession d'avoir
Il deduire, par ecrit, IA mon Bureau, dams les
dix jours qui s%uivront la date du present avis,
les %raisons, 81 aucune lis ont, pour lesquelles
il he serait pas fait droit a laditt petition.
JOS D. RICHARD, Grefier.
0@ M;
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The Cheapest

TVAMILY GROCERY STORE in Opelou-
H. sas, where will always be found a con-
slant supply of Fresh Groceries of every des-
%cription, Tinware, Fine Liquors, etc. etc, is
kept on Main street, just above the old Union
Hotel, by II, DESESSARTS.
April stf
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E9R SALE Or RENT-A beautiful
and well located property situated in the
OWL of Opelousas. buildings new and com
modions. For particulars, apply at this office.
octStf ~ a
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PaTAPsco FEMALE INSTITUTE.

TyHE Twenty.Eighth Annual Session of
u this School begins 2lst September next.
Pupils may enter at any time. Commence
ment Exercises for present Term to be held
ON 2lst June. For Prospectus of Terms, &c,
apply to RoBT. II. ARCHER, Pres,
apl51 Ellicott City, Nd, P. o.
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A SEWING MACHINE for sale. Apply
n at this Office 5tf
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Low WATER ARRANGEMENT,
The light draft steamer
JENNIE HOWELL, asgsiifH ]!

has been chartered by Capt. G. G. PICKETT
to run between New Orleans and Washing
ton, in place Of the Steamer SELMA, during
the low water season.
In case of low water, therefore, this sun
mer and fall, there will be no interruption OF
delays in the regular trips of Capt. Pickett's
boat. April Eff.
TANYAH SEED for sale at John Posey's
o. and c.. Mayo's Drug Stores, Opelousas,
by the gallon, bushel, or barrel. 5tf
EVINE .Blooded Cattle for sale by
IL d. II. PROSER,
MAY 20tfI Prairie Basse.
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Gordy B.. A.. Chapter, No. 81.
u OCULAR convocations Of this Chapter
No. 10, the First Tuesday after the
full moon of every month. at 2 o'clock, P. M.
BY order of
JAMES RAY, H. p.
X. FL BoDEMULLER, Secretary.
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Vente par lie Sheriff.
Alphonse Desmare Cour de District,

Alphonse Desmare Cour de District,
VS.. }Paroisse St. Landry.
Raphael J. Smith. No. 11ol7.
I'm vertu dun writ de feri facias lance
IL par lHon. la Huitieme Cour de Dis
trict de fEtat de la Louisiana, dams ct pour la
Paroisse st. Landry, dams lie process ci-dessus
intitule, ct a moi adresse. je vendrai en- vente
publique, an plus offrant encherisseur, a la
Maison de Conr de la dite Paroisse, en- la vile
d'Opelousas, lie SAMEDI, 5 JUN 1871, IA
onze heures du matin, la propriete ci-apres
decrite, saisie pour satisfaire le dit writ, sa
yoir:
LIE quart indivis du iiugement No. 105T DIES
rGgistres de la Cour de District, st. Landry,
intitule R. j. Smith ct ais. VS.. John Il. Smith,
Admr.s f. ~ ~
Conditions-Comptant.
E. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
90 Mai 1871.
sHERIFF'S SALE.
Joseph Capped. Admir-, VS.. Susan M. Sloan,
Widow, ct ais. District Court, st. Landry
No. 1925.
ID 7 virtue of a writ Of feri facias, issued
Ii out of the Eighth District Court of the
State of Louisiana, in and tor the Parish of
st. Landry, in the above entitled suit, and to
me directed, / will proceed to sell at public
auction, at the Court House of said Parish,
in the town of 0pelousas, on
Saturday, June Sd, 1871,
at ii o'clock A. NJ. the following described
property, seized to satisfy said writ, to wit.
The plantation on which the deceased, (Su.
san nj. Rollins, last resided, situated on Ba-
you Rouge, in the Parish of ST. Landry, con-
tanning sixty-four acres, more or less, with all
the buildings aud improvements thereon,
bounded north by lands Of Mrs. John Woods
and w. "A. GodWin, south by Bayou Rouge,
east by lands Of w. D. Goodwin, and west by
lands of VIM. ID. Goodwin.
Terms-Cash.
T.. 0. HAYES, Sheriff,
April 20, 1871.
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F0a. Resf.

Al DESIRABLE BUSINESS LOCATION
IN ON Main Street, in the center of Opelou.
sas- Apply to CHAS. N. EALER.
Opeiousas, April j, 1S7I-tf.
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~ Mai 1871.
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VENTE PAR LIE SHERIFF.

80 Ayril 1871.
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Insurgents must now die or sl1rren.
der.
Versailles, Sunday Evening, May
2S.-The insurrection is completely
suppressed. Not one band of insur.
gents are left. a great number are
prisoners.
Outside Paris, Sunday Evening,
May 2S.rAH is quiet within the
city. Not q shot has been fired
since ten this morning. The fire.
men have the flames under control,
but, there Id still much smoke.
The PrHssians at Romainville
made one thousand prisoners, in
clndingsevefal armed women. Sat
urday evening all the insurgents
who came within their lines were
fdisarmed and placed under guard.
There are runners of awful cruel
ties peFpetrated by the Versaillists,
who are reported to have shot the
men, women and children found
with armsin their hands.
Provision trains are entering the
city.
There il great rejoicing within
the city over the termination of
the struggle.
Versailles, Sunday, May2S-The
remaining insurgents surrendered
Internationally at nine this morn
lng. u
The slaughter Saturday night
was awful. !.
Altogether the suppression of the
Commune has cost over sixty thou
sand lives and the destruction OF
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MONITION

20 Mai 1871.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-09
A Last Talk

Come out in the garden. and walk with me
While the dancers whirl to that dreamy tune.
See! the moonlight silvers the sleeping sea-
And the world is fair n night IN lune.
Let me hold your hand as L used to DO:
:, This is the last, last time. you KNOW
For tomorrow wooGr comes TO woo
And to win you. though love you so.
You are pale--or is it the moonlights CLEAN
That gives to your face that Sorrowiul look?
We must wake at last from our summer dream,
We have come to the end of our tender book.
Love. the poet, has written well:
He has won our hearts by his poem sweet:
And now, at the end, must say farewell
All. but the Summer was fair and fleet
Do you remember the night we met?
You wore rose in your yellow hair.
Closing my eyes. | can you yet
Just as you stood on the topmost stair
A flutter of white from head to feet
a cluster of buds on your breast. All me
But the vision was never half so sweet
As it is o-night in memory.
Hear the viols cry; and the deep basoon
Seems sobbing out in its undertone
Some sorro wfu memory. The tune
Is the saddest one | have ever known.
Or is it because we must part tonight
That the music seems so sad ? a h me!
You are weeping. Love, and your lips are white
The ways Of life are mystery.
I love you, Love. with love so true
That in coming years | shall not forget
The beautiful face and the dream knew,
And memory always will hold regret.
shall stand by the sea, as we stand tonight,
And think Of the Summer whose blossoms died
When the frosts of fate fell chill and white
On the fairest flower of the summer-tidc.
They are calling you. Must / let you go?
Must say good bye, and go my way?
If we must part, it is better so
Good -bye's such sorrowful word to say!
Give me. my darling, one last sweet kiss.
So we kiss our dear ones, and see them dle
But death holds no parting so sad as this:
God bless you. and keep you-and so-good bye.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-09
English Newspappr ENTERPRISE,

English enterprise is well illustrated
by the circumstance that the latest
number of the Graphic--the leading il
lustrated paper of Europe-comes to
hand with a picture of Chicago about
fifteen years old, showing the old Sher-
man House of wood, handful Of shan
ties in a district that had been built up
with magnificent blocks, and view of
a prairie that is now thickly settled.
The letter-press also comments that the
extent of the fire was owing to the fact
that "many Of the houses were con-
structed OF the well known oleiferous
limestone whence petroleum is OBJ
tained," adding that "there ale i'm
mense deposits of this stone in the
neighborhood of the city, The people
of Europe will begin to confuse Chicago
as it was with Chinese villages. Yet
their ideas III this respect will not be
much more errneous than many others
which they CLEAN from their conceited
but stupid newspapers.
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NUMBER IL.
The Golden Side.


BY MRS. NJ. A. KIDDER.
There is many "A rest in the road of life,
If we only would stop to take it;
And many tone from the better land.
If the querulous heart would wake 1t!
To the sunny soul that is full of hope.
And whose beautiful trust ne'er taileth.
The grass is green and the flowers are bright.
Though the wintry storm prevailcth.
Better to hope though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted.
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never night without day.
Nor an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes.
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life.
Which VIC pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure:
1t may be the love of a little child,
Or a mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
bright and golden filling.
And to do Gods will with ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing.
Than to anap the delicate, minute threads
OF our curious lives asunder:
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends
And sit and greve and wonder.
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The Famine In Persia.

/ a
in Persia is taken from statement
made at public meeting recently held
| in London to raise money for the relief
of the sufferers:
"The lamentable famine now raginc
in Persia, and threatening to carry off
hundreds of thousands ~ tho scontv
population of that extensive kingdom,
has been caused bv the unparalleled
drought which has prevailed through.
out the country during the last three
wears. In an area far exceeding that of
Great Britain and France together no
river of any Importance exists. and the
quantity of rain in the spring and sum
mer Is insignificant. In ordinary wears,
however. the fall of snow between No,
vember and March is considerable. 1t
thickly covers the huge mountain ran
ges which intersect Persia, and as it
melts in the spring and summer it fills
the water courses and small canals from
which tllc peasants irrigate their crops
The soil in the valleys is naturally fer.
tile, and little labor insures a large
harvest if only the winter snowfall has
been abundant. This, unhappily, for
the last two or three years has been sin
gularly wanting; the springs, water
courses and rivulets have been com
pletely dried up, the corn sown over
and over again has been blasted, the
supplies in the country have been ex-
hausted, and famine, with disease in its
train, is now rapidly doing its deadly
work.
1.-The whole population of Persia has
recently been estimated at about
4,O0O,OO0, large proportion of whom
are Eelyauts, wandering tribes who cor
respond to the Bedouins of Arabia and
Mesopotamia. These Eelyauts princi
pally inhabit the southern and eastern
parts of the empire, where the drought
has been most severe. Their means of
subsistence depend mainly upon their
fiocks and herds. which have now in
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Fashions FOibles.

LACE is very fashionable on black
cashmeres.
THE latest fashionable color for UNI
brellas as bright green.
BLACK VELVET wristlets are in vogue
among wealthy matrons.
BLACK lace mittens and low heeled
shoes are coming into fashion.
BLACK is the prevailing color for
dresses in Paris; dark blue for the
| fastidious.
BLACK cashmere is more used for
travelling dresses than any other mate
| rial.
For very young misses and children
there are .jaunty jackets, sailor fashion,
cut and made by a regular tailor.
THE French neckties are of exquisite
tinted pale blue, delicate rose-color fac
ing, and trimmed with fine lace.
AMONG French importations we find
epinge-lnes, handsome all,wool mate
rial, with dashes of silk in tiny bars.
HAND-MADE trimmings of silk for
wraps, such as pleatings, marquise pufts
and ruches, have gone out of fashion.
BLUE or olive green cloth habits are
more fashionable this year than black,
and high hat is en- regle, and no other.
THE Alexis neckte is of satin or vel
vet, made into a large bow, with pointed
ends, and trimmed with a narrow fringe
of fur.
SACKS of cloth, made without sleeves,
with deep cape, lined with crimson
silk, are very stylish garments for young
ladies.
CRIMSON silk underskirts and blouse
waists, with black silk overskirts, are
considered the correct toilet for morn
ing at home.
THE latest style of photographs are
called the microscopic photographs" )"
and take the largest head in the small
est possible compass.
The new style of opera cloaks are of
white cashmere, with two capes, and
trimmed with swansdown. They are
very pretty and stylish.
THE latest wrinkle at fashic nable we'd
dings is for black page, in livery, to
to walk into church before the bride
and groom, carrying small white satin
cushion, on which is embroidered
monogram in gilt letters, which he
places in front of the altar for the cou-
pie to kneel on, and carries it out again
at the close of the ceremony. What
next?
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The Government Buildings in Chicago.

Supervising Architect Mullett, of the
Treasury Department, mas returned to
Washington from Chicago. He sub
mitted his report on Wednesday for the
information of the Secretary and the
President. The report takes the
strongest ground in favor of retaining
the federal offices in the South Division,
very near to, if not upon, the spot
where they lately stood. Mr.. Mullett,
from personal observation, believes the
site to be as convenient as any the Gov
ernment can select in any other part of
the city, and that its removal would in
consequence be a gratuitous injury to
the property interests i'll the burned
out section. In this there is concur
renee of opinion between the President,
Secretary Boutwell,, the Senators and
Representatives from Illinois, and
Speaker Blaine, who, as the official
representative of the lower House of
Congress, has been asked to use his
good offices in securing indirect but
substantial aid to the city through an
appropl iation large enough to set the
United States Custom House, Post
office, etc, on their feet. A special bill
will be introduced in the coming spring,
and, under the influence of general
sympathy and admiration for Chicago,
will undoubtedly pass with a show OF
liberality unusual in the Committee on
Appropriations. Assurances have been
given that the new buildings shall be
excelled by none owned by the Govern
ment in any part of the country in the
point of convenience, style, finish, and
durability, and that by complete iso-
lation from surrounding structures,
and other approved devices, they shall
be perfect ctadels against the assaults
of fire.
RUSSIA presents an idea to the civil
lied world. She teaches her soldiers to
build railways as we'll as to destroy them
making railway construction a specific
branch of her regular military educa-
ton. In 1869 a number Of troops were
sent to the different railroads for in.
struction, with view to the ulterior
formation of companies capable of
building. destroying, or managing rail
roads in time of war. During the COM
ing evolutions these men will lay down
rails to connect the Peterhoff and War
saw line. The distance is little over
five miles, and the work must be COM
pleted in ten days, SO that the line can
be made use of for the transportation OF
troops during the last four or five days
of the maneuvres.
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A Cheap Ice.hOuse.

Frosty nights remind us that the ice
crop for the warm weather of 1872 will
soon have to be gathered, and plans for
cehouses will soon be in demand. Any
builder or architect can design and put
up an elaborate ice house which may or
may not preserve the ice entrusted to
its keeping, but a cheap make-shift ice
house, which will serve temporary
purpose until better one can be erect
ed, is greatly to be desired. We know
by experenc that very simple struc-
ture will serve every purpose, and the
following directions, which we clip from
the Country Gentleman seem to meet the
required conditions as well as any which
we have seen:
"Throw down dozen or two of old
rails or poles upon a piece of ground
sufficiently inclined to throw off water,
fill the crevices between the holes with
sawdust, cover with old boards, slabs,
or barks-get from the saw-mill a few
loads Of slabs, take four--say twelve
feet long, notch the corners, like log
house, set them on the platform, and
you have a crib about ten and a half
feet long by the width of the slab deep;
fill this crib with sawdust and pack it
down hard. Cut your ice so that it will
pack close, and eight feet square; lay
it on the sawdust, put on another crib
Of slabs and fill up and pack hard with
sawddst all around, and so go on till
you get up six or eight feet, then put
foot and half of sawdust on top; over
this put shed roof of slabs-one end
of the slabs nearly to the ice, raising the
other nearly three feet. If ice is all
that is wanted, it will keep in this man
ner as. well as in vanished house.
Let farmer once get in the habit of
keeping ice, and he will soon find a way
to make something better than a CRIB
to keep it in--and | think this cheap
plan will be apt to get him started.
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AUSTRIAN WoMEN-Women in Austria
perform the duties of bricklayers' labor
ers, and may be seen carrying hods OF
mortar and baskets of bricks up high
ladders. More than this, they actually
supply the place of navvies, and dig
and wheel barrows of "ballast" almost
as nimbly as their lords. They chop
wood, they carry water, they offer to
black your boots in the street, and per-
form many other little offices, which,
according to our notions, hardly come
under the denomination of "woman's
work. Perhaps this state of things is
unavoidable in a country where it is
considered necessary to keep standing
army of 100000 men. The women
work inordinately hard, while hundreds
of idle men are constantly sauntering
about in various uniforms, doing moth
ing at all, except, perhaps, blowing a
cloud of tobacco smoke,
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EQUiiie Sagacity.

The Lafayette (Ind.) Courier gives the
following:
A well.known citizen hired a pair of
horses and buggy from Nick Hank S
livery stable and drove them the direct
road to the vicinity of Stockwell, dis
tance of twelve miles southeast of the
city. The horses were hitched to the
fence while the gentleman took supper
at the residence of friend After
supper, when ready to start home, it
was found that the horses had broken
their halters and disappeared. The
young man came to the city by the early
morning train from Stockwell, and, the
first thing, went to the sta e to report
the loss of the team. Imagine his sur
prise at learning that the horses had
come to the stable at three o'clock in
the morning without driver, and with
everything intact, the buggy not even
being scratched in the least. They had
come alone and undirected, except by
instinct, twenty-eight miles, that being
the distance from Stockwell by the
route they had taken. Between York
town and Jefferson there is bridge,
out Of the floor of which two or three
boards had been taken. The horses,
instead of trying to cross the bridge,
went down one side of the road, crossed
the stream and up the bank on the
other side, in a track nobody had ever
taken before. Mr.. Hanks informs us
that to his knowledge the horses had
never passed over the road but once,
and that several years since, as they
have been in his possession quite long