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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-04-29

PARISH COURT, PARISH ST. LANDRY-No. 3477
TLEOPHAS COMEAU, of the Parish of
~ st Landry, having applied by his petit
ton. to be appointed Liquidator of the late
partnership styled Comeau & Richard;
Therefore, any person intending to make
opposition to said appointment, will file the
same in writing, at my Office in the towu of
Opelousas, within ten days from the present
notice. JOS. D. RICHARD, ClerE.
Opelousas, April %, 1871.
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SheriT,S Sale.

Victor Daniel District Court.
vs.. }Parish of St. Landry.
Samuel A Dardenne. No. 1862.
DY VIRTUE of a writ of fieri facias issued
Id out of the Eighth District Court of the
State of Louisiana, in and for the Parish Of
St. Landry, in the above entitled suit, and to
me directed I will proceed to sell at publ C
auction, at the Courthouse of said parish. in
the town of Opelousas, on SATURDAY,
MAY 9th, 1871, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, the
following described property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to-wit: - 4
A tract of land, situated in the Parish of st
Landry, containing eighty 47II0o acres, and
designated in. the Land Office as south hall
Of southeast quarter of section twenty in
township No. 5, south of range No. & east, in
South Western Land District of Louisiana.
Terms-Cash -
E. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
April list, 1871. /.
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The observant Josh Billings says
s Men seem to be now q days divid-
I'll into slow Christians and wide.
awake sinners
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-04-29
DR.. j.. Al. Mcmillan

HAE located ut C0ulee Croche. in the Par.
IL ish. of Sc. Landry, and offers his profes.
sionaI services to the c;tizsrs Of that section.
July "a. 1870.
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Succession de VsaEiere .4rs2anH,

jus. u. hICHARU, UFttler.
90 avriI 1871
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Vente par fe Sherit.

Ter Avril 1871.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-04-29

EVENUD@sIhsfpe RI all dencmina
H. taeas TOT ssla as she Post Office.
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last few days. The avenues are
filed with wagons containing the
wounded.
, Madrid, April 23.-Deputy Caste.
Ior viii introduce O motion in the
Cortes demanding the reinforcement
of the King.
London, April 24-A night at
tack by the Communists upon As
nieres was repnlsed with great
slaughter.
Toulouse has been declared in a
state of siege.
Count Moltke has given notice
that he will make a line of fortifica-
tons to guarantee against all at
tacks ofthe occupied provinces OF
France until the indemnity is fully
paid, and a regular government
firmly established.
While the Chapter of the Munich
University accuses DIR. Dollinger
with being the head and guiding
spirit Of all opposition manifested
I'd the dogma Of infallibility, forty
four out Of sixty-two professors and
lecturers have signed addresses to
Dollinser encouraging him to perse-
we're In his opposition TO napal de
cree, and constitute himself champ.
ion DC liberalism in the Catholic
Church.
Versailles, April 24.--Thiers re-
ceived q deputation of the Masonic
Lodges from Paris, who asked, in
behalf DC the people of Paris, an
armistice.
Theirs, replying, said. General
IAdmiranlt had power To grant 4
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Vente par le Sheriff.

Ter avril 1871.
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Vente mar lie Sheriff

IS Avril 1871.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

\ PLEASANT LITTLE STcRY.-IWo
months ar0 an aged widow in Mas
sachusptts received Il telegram that
her only son was diving atLawrcnce,
Kansas. Notwithstanding her eX-
treme are and feeble health she must
see her son. She undertook the
Journey. The train was delayed.
When She arrived at Utica she was
taken violently i'll. 1 young physi-
clan assisted her to a hotel, and did
everything he could for her comfort.
Her detention by sickness and mod
crate means would not have allowed
her to pursue her journey, but for
the kindness OF the attending
stranger. He paid her bills, assist
ell her to the cars, and accompanied
her to Buffalo At parting she re-
Quested his address. The other day
this stranger was sitting in his office
at Albany. \ stranger entered, and
after some conversation presented
the doctor with a Government bond
for $500, as reward fer his kindness
to the old lady, saying: 'She was
my mother. She died few days
after reaching me, and 1 recovered.
Had it not been for your kindness
she would have died on the road. I
am her son, who was sick. I am a
banker: but money can never repay
the debt I owe to you for the gener-
Gus kindness to my dear, good moth
er. God bless you.'
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

ARIzoNA.-A friend who has re-
Gently returned from visit to Ari-
zona writes Us a private letter, de-
scriptive Of that country. The fol-
lowing is an extract:
[ have been all through the Terri
tory. and I must say it is a very rich
country in minerals. In fact [
think it is the richest country in the
United States, but it has its set
backs. It is the driest country in
the world. YCu can travel hundreds
of miles without crossing stream
of water. You have to depend al
together on mud holes and wells,
and they are scarce. That Bradshaw
country completely dried up.
l am Just from the new district
called Sacramento. It will be de-
veloped soon. as San Francisco capi-
talists are taking hold Of it. Tran
sportation is very high at present,
but must come down soon as 1t viii
attract competition. 1t is very rich
and easy of access. 1t IS about forty
miles from the Colorado river at a
place called Fort Nohaye.
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70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN !

HAVE IN MY CHARGE A LIMITED NUM-
ber of the 1861 Statutes Of the Territory OF
Nevada, which l will sell On reasonable terms:
j. J. LINN.
Carson City. May 10, ISL. Vy2o tt
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The young ladies all affirm that
hey do not intend to go to any we'd
dings or parties this Winter, but are
resolved to spend all their spare
time in working for the poor people
OF Chicago.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

\ Janesyille lawyer attending
court at Racine. had his mind con-
siderably relieved by telegram from
home which read: All right; it IS
a girl.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

The streets in the burnt district of
Chicago are lined with children, who
have for sale relics Of the great fire.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

Boston school marin instructed
her pupils that "a hundred elbs
make a cute" She meant that 100
pounds make l cwt, III
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

A young lady translates c. O. D.
on express packages into Call on
Dad.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02
Massachusetts Heirs Ginning a Slave
Trade Fortune.
From the North Br1dgewater (Mass.) Gazette.

From the North Br1dgewater (Mass.) Gazette.
Some fifty or sixty years ago a man
named Isaac Phillips went from North
Bridgewater to the Southern States,
and engaged in the business of buying
and selling slaves. He amassed for
tune in this nefarious business 1t is
said that he deposited $40, 600 in some
bank in New York city, where it has
been on interest ever since, and for
which the bank officers are now trying
to find an owner. There is, of course,
considerable scrabbling for that large
amount of property 1t is presumed
that he left no children. There are
great many nephews and nieces of the
above named Isaac Phillips in Easton,
Stoughton, the Bridgewaters, and in
the region round about these towns.
The point now to be proved is, whether
the Isaac Phillips aforesaid is the one
that deposited that money in New
York. If these heirs can prove that he
really was the man, then the money is
theirs.
There once lived in small cottage
on cross road leading from DECKER
mans corner in the. town of North
Bridgewater, ali old lady by the name
of Susie Phillips. She obtained her
livelihood by braiding straw and fitting
boots. She guarded her huckleberry
pasture with vigilance, and woe betide
the children that dared to fill their bas-
kets from its bushes The old lady
died five or six years ago, at an adj
vanced age, and at her request, the
large family Bible, containing the rec
ord of the Phillips family, was placed
under her head, and buried with her in
the grave. 1t was thought that this
Bible would be of service in looking up
tie pedigree of the Phillips family, and
last week the grave was opened and the
Bible taken from beneath the head of
the deceased 1t has not yet been
opened, for after lying so long under
ground it was in very bad condition.
When they shall be enabled to examine
it, some light may be thrown upon
the subject of the early history OF the
family.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02
Rapid Balloon Voyage.

A balloon which left Paris recently
with two passengers and great bulk of
correspondence, WAS seen the same day
to pass over Brussels The persons
in charge had been told by the chief of
the Aeronautical Department in Paris
that with the force of wind then blow
ing their progress would be about five
leagues per hour. Two hours after
their departure they were over Brussels.
but, relieving upon the information
they received, they believed they were
not more than ten leagues from Paris,
and therefore feared to descend, lest
they should fall into the hands of the
German. They continued their course,
but in less than an hour they came
within sight of the sea. The balloon
was then 1000 metres from the earth,
but the travellers perceiving the per-
lous nature of their position, immedi-
ately cut open the silk in various places.
The decent was made with fearful vel
ocity. and when the car dashed upon
the earth the two travellers were thrown
out, but although they tainted, they
were not seriously hurt. One packet OF
dispatches was also thrown out, but
the balloon, with the remainder, after
being relieved from their weight, i'm
mediatelv rose. 1t was ultimately seen
to fall in the sea.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02
The Death Of Alice Cary.
From the N. Y. Post, 18th.

The announcement of the death OF
Alice Gary will be read everywhere
with regret. This gifted woman was q
native OF OHIO, but came with her
younger sister Phmbe, many years ago,
to this city, where the two have ever
since had thor abode. Their first APP
pearance in AUTHORSHIP was made con
Jointly in book Of poems, which was
well received, and was followed by
series of prose sketches by Alice, en-
titled "The Clover-nook Papers
which established for her an individual
reputation. Since that time her con
tributions to current literature have
been frequent and various. Novels,
sketches, poems and essays have attest
ed the versatility Of her genius and the
hold she had upon the public favor.
All that she wrote wac graceful and
pure, and it might be said of hex with
strict regard to truth, IN the hackneyed
line of Lord Lyttleton, that she left
behind her
mo line which, dying, she might wish 10 blot"
For many years the two sisters have
been the centre of literary circle
which gathered informally at their Sun
day evening tea parties, where the books
and topics of the day We're pleasantly
discussed Alice Cary's health had
long been failing, and the last summer
was spent by her in Vermont in the hope
that she might regain her strength, but
at the beginning of the winter it be
came apparent to her friends that she
could not long survive. She bore her
long and painful illness with perfect
submission. Miss Cary died in the
fiftieth year of her age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02
CARLYLE and Gari5aldi.

Abiding to CaIlyle's recent letter to
Il Saxon soldier, the London Spectator
says:
Mr. Carlyle intimates that he could
wish to be Il German and still young,
in order to fight before Paris on the
German side; and Gen. Garibaldi, in a
published letter of the Both of Decem,
Der last, wishes that he was still young
that he might fight better on behalf of
theFrench epublic-making no condi-
ton at all as to his nationality. 1t is
rather sad world this, in which two
men, both of noble, and even, in
some sense, grand type of character,
can feel such Numerically opposite
enthusiasms, that they wish for youth
and strength only for the opportunity
of more atfectually thwarting each
others dearest ends, and rs it were,
neut1alizing each others existence.
Yet, perhaps, rs General Garibaldi does
risk his life, and makes no difficulty
about his nationality, for the French
cause, while Mr. Carlyle only signs
for a power of conditionally sacrificing
himself for the German cause, the
passionate yearning of the latter is
more superficial and less really rooted
ia his heart than it seems.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

NJ. ERcKMASS replied to an interview
er who asked as to their profits on the
Erckmann-C hatrian novels Eve get
only one-tenth of apenny per tiordison
profit, and yet we have already receiv-
ed $50, 900 francs, and this although
we had beef prescribed by the late
government. The Aonite,T had been
ordered to refuse our advertisements ;
the railway book-stalls of France have
been prohibited exposing our books. ,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

AN Amsterdam journal says that New
York is so defiant of law, and so full of
r,ufians, that clergymen carry muakets
to church, and that persons who bear
around the contribution box arm them
selves with revolvers. Our Dutch co
tempory has anticipated the fact by
few years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

MONTREAL 1T is stated that there
are three steamer per week from Liver
pool, two from Glasgow and two from
London which make Montreal their
terminus. There are also several lines
of clippers sailing from Liverpool and
other principal ports of Great Britain
to Montreal. Az to tire advantages of
proceeding to the West, it Is stated
that Chicago can be reached by steam
from Montreal in ten days, and that
after May 1st there will be daily line
of propellers running between the two
ports Montreal claims that the charges
there for trans-shipping are one third of
those demanded at New York, being
for wharfage sixty-seven cents per one
hundred dollars value of goods, and
twenty-five cents per ton on metals.
Carts ge is fifty cents ton on goods,
and twenty-five cents a crate On crock
cry. The charge for customs entry and
bond is five dollars at New York and
one dollar at Montreal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

STREET RAILWAYS IN LoNDoE.--Ihe
Metropolitan Board of Works, in Lon
don, in pursuance of the authority
granted by an act of Parliament, has
recently given its consent for the con
struction Of thirty-one lines of tram
way, serving full power to modify such
of the conditions OF the grant as may
be considered advisable for the inter
ests of the various districts and of the
public. By the act Of Parliament the
Board has the power at the end of
twenty one years, and of every seven
subsequent years, to purchase the
tramways of the companies that have
laid them down. In granting the
right today the tracks, the Board has
confined the routes to.thorough fares in
which omnibusses now run.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

An italian princess was recently ser
enaded at her palace in Rome. She
appeared on the balcony in dress Of
white lace worn over gold tissue and
holding in her hand an antiquated
cathedral lamp, from which dropped
perfumed water.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

Two pairs of sleeves, one flowing and
the other coat-shaped, are often sewed
in together in making up rich dresses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

A BAND of ostrich feathers trims a
velvet basque very styhshly,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02

Here has fallen splendid tear
From the passion flower ut the gate
She is coming, my dove, my dear
She " coming, my life, my fate
The red rose cries, She is near, she IL near ~
And the white rose weera, " She IL late -
The larkspur listens, " hear, | hear"
And the lily whispers, :" wait"
She is coming, my dear, my sweet
Were 1t ever so airy tread
Nv heart would hear her and beat
Were II earth In an earthly bed,
Nv dust would hear her and beat;
Had lain for = century dead
Would start and trembe under her feet
And blossom in purple and red. tFAScHoS.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23
THE hB0RIGINEES AND ELOPE.
NEETS

The Pottawotomie Indians used
to punish men who ran away with
the wives of other Indians by tying
the culprit to the ground and allow
ing the injured husband to bite off
the nose OF the destroyer of his do
mestic happiness. The law has
been abolished recently, in conse-
'quence of the scandalous conduct
of a Shawnee Indian named Shying
Mule. This brave had no nose, that
feature having been sliced off with a
scalping knife during a controversy
with d friend. SO when Shying
Mule eloped with the wife of Pot
tawotomie, and he was arrested, he
adorned himself with a wax nose
one of a gross provided for such an
emergency. He was tied to the
ground, and the injured husband
bit the nose off and swallowed it.
He smacked his lips once or twice,
as if it didn't taste exactly right,
but he had too much spirit to admit
that he was sold. Shying Mule i'm
mediately ran away with the wife of
another brave. When he was
brought back he had a fresh nose
on, looking as natural as life. The
Indians were surprised; but they
turned the husband on, and he bit
away and swallowed the wax with
out winking. This kind of thing
continued off and on for two years.
Shying Mule glided away with sixty
seven squaws at different periods,
and every time he returned with
one of these noses standing on his
face like the marker on a sun-dial.
The Pottawotomies considered that
this Kind of thing was getting to be
monotonous. and they were scared;
they regarded the miraculous success
Of this Shawnee as Il cultivator of
noses as a direct intimation from the
Great Spirit that their law was wrong,
and so they abolished it. Snying
Mule says he is gradually working
these savages onward to that perfect
Christian civilization which gives a
man right to kill the person who
ruLs away with his wife, provided
the forsaken one can prove that he
was insane.
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RaIes OF AavertisiH

One square 90 lines first insCrtion-..-S3 90
Each subsequent inSertion.....-.-...-...... L %
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23
.ORMSBY HOUSE,
Corner of Carson and Second Streets,
CARSON CITY, NEVADA
GEO D. FRYER. --- Proprietor

'INIIE ABOVE NAMED PROPRIETOR HAVING
leased the Orm-by House would inferm his
friends and the travelling public that this House
has been thoroughly retitted throughout and put
in complete order fos the comfort and pleasure of
all who may please to give him call.
The TABLE will, at all times, be supplied with
all the substantialS well the luXures that
the market affords. No pains will be spared to
please sI.'ts al .r,'v II InI wtil b. paid to
their respective wants at all times
The BAR is well stocked with Fine Liquors,
Wine', &c.
Attached to the House is a BILLIARD ROOM
containing Three Tables of the latest improved
styles, with good cues, balls and fine light.
Also, GEN NERAL STAGE OFFICE for the Stages
connecting with all the difernt lines Of Stages
and Railroads running through this state and
California, and any information in relation to the
same will be cheerfully given at all times
pn- Partcular attention paid to booking Pas
sengers calling them, &C. Nov. Soft
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23
DIMENSIONS OF THE SUN AND
NOON.

We are so accustomed to the near
equality of the sun and moon as re-
spects their apparent size. that We
are apt to overlook the facts that
this apparent equality must be re-
garded rather in the light of for
tunate accident thar a5 in any way an
essential attribute of the orbs which
rule the day and night. In the
whole range of The plar system
there is no other instancg of 50 re-
markable an association. In Mer-
curry, Vents and Mars, of course,
no eclipses of any sort can occur,
because these planets haveno moons.
But even in Jupiter, notwithstanding
the grandeur of his system Of statel-
lites, and though total solar eclipses
recur at intervals which must be
measured by hours rather than by
months, as with Us, yet such solar
eclipses as we see can never take
place. For not one of his moons Is
capable OF just hiding the suns disc
and a very narrow border all round.
while beyond that border the colored
prominences. and beyond tie prom
inences the glor- of the corona, are
left in view If We try to conceive
the circumstances of an eclipse OF
the sun by one OF Jupiter's nearest
moons, we have to imagine dark
disc capable of oblitarating a sun
more than thirty times larger thar
that which is actually Y seen from .tu-
piter; and even the furthest of Ju
piter's moons covers twice as great Il
space as the sun. It is easily seen
that total eclipse is just ending,
under these circumstances, only a
small part of the matter outside the
sun can be visible, and nothing re-
sembling that complete ring Of such
matter visible to ourselves when the
moon oblItera5es from view the
nearly eqnaI color disc. SO also in
Saturn-whe1ce the sun must appear
as a mere dot of bright light and
in Uranus and Neptune, whence he
appears vet smaller, there can be no
such eclipses as We inhabitants of
earth are favored with. Hence it
may not unreas0nablv be concluded |
that terrestrial astronomers alone |
have any knowledge of the colored |
solar prOminences and of the corona. !
It is worth mentioning. also, that
interesting as are the discoveries |
which have been recently made dur
ing solar eclipses, there are other
discoveries due also to the observa
tions of total eclipsos. though in |
very ancient times. which are SO full !
of interest. It sounds incredible. |
but is nevertheless strictly true, that
owing to comparatively rough Obser-
vations Of ancient eclipses, modern
astronomers have learned the moon
is gradually drawing nearer to the
earth, and further, that the rate OF
the earth rotation on her axis is
slowly but surely diminishing, inso
much that at some far distant epoch,
the day will last as long as lunar
month. Nor do the facts that the
approach of the moon will in time
be changed into recession, and that
the lengthening Of the day takes
place so slowly that millions of CEN
turies must elapse before it is com
pleted, diminish the interest which
attaches to these tokens of muta-
bility in relations which had once
been regarded as altogether un-
changeable.- Cornhill Magazine.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23

We heard Of Il boy the other day
vino accidently swallowed a silver
balf-dollar. They gave him warm
water and tartar emetic, and anti
monial wine, and poked their fingers
down his throat until the boy
thought he would throw up his toe
nails. After awhile a doctor came
along who understood such cases.
He administered a small dose Of pa
tent medicine, and in less than ten
minutes the boy threw up the half
dollar III five cent pieces.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23

In a north Missouri town lives a
gentleman who reioices in the name
Of Gander. A short time ago he
proposed marriage to a young lady,
who refused on the ground that if
she accepted him she might be con-
sidered a goose.