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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-09-28

MURDER IN 0PELoUsAs.-SpeciaI OFF,
cerJ j. Dumas, who arrived yesterday
morning from the country, states that a
difficulty took place on Saturday last
near Washington, inst. Landry parish,
between an aged man, named F. Mill
paugh, and ]. Franier, in which the lat
was shot and killed. 1t appears
that the two parties had already had a
difficulty on Friday last, but their
friends lnterferred and prevented a
fight. On Sunday morning, meeting
with the young mans father, Franier
used insulting language andat the same
time drew q pistol. Mr.. Millpaugh
also drew his pistol, and after exchang-
ing several shots, Mr.. Franier was shot
through the breast, killing him instant
IL. The cause of the original quarrel
IS said 10 have been q political discus
sion.
We take the above from the New Or
leans National Republican of August
s5th. f it were not for the names of
the places, no one here could gain any
information from this report as to the
names OF the parties. The killing was
not done in 0pelOusas, but in Washing
ton and Mr.. Abraham Millspaugh
killed Mr.. William D. Trainor. We
never heard of MI. 81. F~ranier.n
This papers published information
about st. Landry parish, is generally
about as eo~rgectasa bindbaby's knowl.
edgeo eolors.
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Valuable HinGs.-A regular habit of body
is absolutely essential to physical health and
clearness of intellect. Nor is this all. Beauty
of person cannot eo-exist with an unnatural
condition of the bowels. 4 free passage of the
refuse matter of the system through these
natural waste pipes, isasnecessary to the purity
OF the body as the free passage of the offal of a
a city through its sewers is necessary to the
health of its inhabitants.
Indigestion is the primary cause of most of the
diseases OF the d~ischarging organs, and one of
its most common results is constipation. This
complaint, besides being dangerous in itself,
has many disagreeable concomitants-such as
an unpleasant breath, q sallOw skin, contami-
mating blood and bile, hemorrhOids, headache,
loss of memory and general debility.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters remove all these
evils by removing their immediate cause in the
digestive organs, and regulating the action of
the lntestlnes. The combination of properties in
this celebrated preparation is one of its chief
merits. 1t is not merely q stimulant or a tonic,
or an antibiliOus agent, or a n~ervinc, or a blood
depurent, or a cathartic, but all these curative
elements judiciOusly blended in one powerful
restorative. 1t lends activity and vigor to the
inert and enervated stomach, relieves the ali
mentary canal of its distractions, and gives
tone to the membrane which lines it, gently
stimulates the liver, braces the nerves, and
cheers the animal spirits. No other remedy
possesses such a variety of hygienic virtues. 1t
is to these characteristic virtues that it owes its
prestige as u household medicine. Experience
has proved that it is as harmless as it Is efiea-
ciOus, and hence it is as popular with the weaker
sex as with the stronger.
HostetteFs'sS Stomach Bitters are sold in bottles
only, and the trademark blown in the glass and
engraved on the label is the test of g~enuineuess
Beware of couterfeits.
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BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OP THE HON
0rable Probate Court of the Parish of g.
landry, there will he sold at public aurtinn 70
the highest bidder, by the undersigned, aJmim'
l~strator, or by a public auctioneer, ut the Inst
residence OF deceased i'll this parish, on WEE
N MI; October 3othl. 1872. the following dcs-
GEine4 property belonging to the estate of Made
Lelne DcyIlllerS, deceased. tO-wit:
Ia r TRACT OR PARCEL, OF
lanu, with all the buildings and Improvement.
6ncreoI, situated and lying in said parish and and
state, bounded as follows. to-wit: on the NORTH ,TttI,
ny lahds OF Frederic Brand and VillcncUye Ron
delol' on the east by lands of ThGOdOrr Cba-
rheTe and Chretiem Mornhinveg, on the west hv
lahdS OF tFederi Brand and Caldwell SwayzS
on the south by lands of Bellevue Claim =" Con-
tanning three hundred arpcnts. more or less
:. TWELVE HEAD GENTLE CATTLE ONE
yoke oxen, one pair mules, two horses nnn
mare and colt, one buggy and harness, one oT
cart one lot cypress lumber, one lot gum lum-
Der, one lot shingles, thirty urpcntJ OF cottnn IN
th9 field tunpicked,) fifty drpents Of corn in the
nel9 pnngatnered0 two arpents Of cane Stand
ing III the tield,) one lot of fodder, piTLt hun.
ur%i bricks, plantation and farming utensils,
TCrnS-Cash.
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sept. %, 1872.
Vincent BORgni, Agent vs. Andrew y,
Rarlnu

DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF SIT. LAM
dry.-NO. 1226O.-By virtue Of an order Of
seizure and sale, issued out of the honorable 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, / will proceed
to sell, at public auction. to the highest bidder.
at the Courthouse of said parish, in the town OF
OpelOusas, on SATURDAY. the End day of Nov
ember, 1872, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, the follow
ing described property. tO-wit-
A certain plantation with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated OH BavOn
BRuf, in the Parish Of st. Landry, on the west
side OF said bayou, containing about eight hun
dred and seventy,three 10T10O acres, more or
less, bounded north and east by the said BayOn
Bmuf, south by land formerly belonging TO
James Morgan, west by widow BrIleigh and
lands supposed to be public.
TIL above tract of land IL Composed of the
the following tracts, tO-wit:
l. Half of section thirty-seVen, in township
three, south of range five east, containing four
hundred and six acres, more or less.
2. Lots numbers seven, twelve and thirteen of
same township and range as above, and being
in section 81, containing eighty=nine I0QlO0 acres,
more or less.
8. Sections numbered 80 and %, in townsbip
four, south of range four east, containing three
hundred and seyenty-eight mcres, more or less.
Seized In the above suit.
TermS-CashO on the spot.
L. 0. HAYES, Sheriff.
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The Canvass.

DON STATE CENTRAL EXECUTIE COMMIT
TEE REPUBLICAN, PARTY OF LCNISIANA. )
Srptembd' 81, 1872. }
Hon. Vim. P. Kellogg and other distinguished
speakers will address the people of Louisiana on
the political issues of the day, both State and
national, at the following time and places, viz
Tuesday, October 1-Opclousas, st. Landry.
Wednesday, Octobcr2-Vcrmillion, Lafayette
Thursday, October J-St. Martinsville, st
Martin.
Friday, October New Iberia, Iberia.
Saturday, October 5-Franklin, st. Mary.
S. B. PACKARD, President.
T. W. DEKLYNE, Secretary.
Sept. 28-1t.
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There is a class 0 people, and a very
large class, who like to give jokes and
see others give them, but they do not
like to take any themselves. The same
or q similar class of people like to put
articles and see articles in the papers
about others, but they take It to heart
and get angry if anything of the most
trivial nature, except laudatory puff,
appears about them or their own dear
friends. III some things. they want to
take all and give nothing; but in this,
they prefer giving all and taking moth
ing. They should consider, and adopt
the rule to give as Wellas take, andtake
as well as give.
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Tss1otc of Wwpb w. R~obine1t-Ne, 1851.

Estate of HugR w. R~obinelt-Ne. 5355.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-PARIsH COuRI,
y Parish OF St. IAndry-Whereas, Oglesby $.
Smith, of the Parish of st. Landry, AdnfptstFa-
tor of the estate Of Hugh W. Robinett, deceased,
having filed a tabieaH OF classification ot the
debts of said estate, accompanied by his petition
praying for the hOmelOgatiOn Of the same;
And whereas, the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order Of court, bearing date
September cath, 1872. :,
Sow, therefore, notice is hereby given to al
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau in writing ut my office in the town OF
Opelorlsas, witfip the time required by law, why
said tahleau should not be holnol0gated ana con-
tirnled, Jos. ID. Ciefk'
sept. %, 1sT2-fn&h.
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Rsfnee ZeIiman ROrdefon,-No,

ESTATE Zelimaa ROPdeEons-N0s
STATE OF LOUISLAEA.-PARIsH COURT:
ST. Landry. Whereas, Onezime Carriere, Of
the Parish of ut. Landry, tes~tgmentary executor
of the estate Of Zelfmla Bordelon, deceased, hay
ing fled a tahleau of classification OF the debts
Of said estate, accompanied by his petition
praying for the hOmolOgatlOn Of the same
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
September oath, 1872. ,
Now. therefore notice is hereby Giyep to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau in writing at my office in the town of
Opelousas, within the time required by law,
whv the said tableau should not be hOnOlOgated
and confirmed.
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CaMti2n EVERY genuine box of DR.. Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS bears the signature Of
Fleming Brothers, Pittsburgh, Pa, and their
private U. 8. Stamp, Take no other; the market
is full of limitations. 49,
1t is the popular verdict that people who have
been accustomed to the Use of Bitters or COrdials,
are obliged, eventually, to resort to MCLANEs
LIVER PILLS for permanent relief.
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-. = 1sH+F - 5&z-
To BE REMEMBERBD.-Three things
to loye-eOurage, g~entleness, and affGec-
ton.
Three things to Observation-Disclosures
power, dignity, and gracefulness.
Three things to delight in-beauty,
frankness, and freedom.
Three things to wish for-health,
friends, and o cheerful spirit.
Three things to like-cordiality, good
humor, and mirthfulness.
Three things to ayoid-idleness, 10
quacity, and aippant TESTING.
Three things to eultiyate-good books,
good friends, and good humnr.
Three things to contend for-honor,
country, and friends.
Three things to gOvern-temper,
tongue and conduct.
Three things to think about-life
death, and eternity.
Why viii Horace Greeley act the part
of d tinker Because he viii straighten
out the Dents in November.
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sent, 9S, 1872,


FhlCOuEl 6uLLlOFys
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LAM
- dry+-NO. 1223e.-By virtue of Il writ of fierf
faeias issued out of the honorable the Eighth
District Court. of the State Of Louisiana, in
and for the Parish of st. Landry, In tho
above entitled suit, and to me directed, 1
will proceed to sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, on the premises, in Old Grand
Prairie, in this parish, on SATURDAY, the 2nd
day of November, 1872, at eleven o'clock A. NJ,
the following described property, tO-wit-
1. A certain plantation situated in Old Grand
Prairie, in the Parish of st. Landry, bounded
north by Joseph L. FontenOt and by landowners
which are unknown, south by Bayou de In Pc
tite Passe, west by lands Of Cyprien Louise Ma
nette, and east by and of John Speiner, i'm
proved az a plantation, containing about one
hundred and t~wenty-eight aFpents.
2. AnOthertraGt of land in the woods surround
ing the ChicOt Lake, having q triangular shape
and bounded on the southeast by lands Of jean
Louis Philippe FOntenOt, west by lands of Phi
Iippe SavaRt, and north by public lands, having
an area of thirty-One 7GII00 acres, being same
acquired from Victor Dancl, OH 12th August,
1860. -... s..
Seized in the above suit.
Terms and COnditi0ns-ThehaH OF the purchase
price payable on the 1st January, 1874, and the
other half on the LIST January, 1875, with mort
gage and good security.
co,4 nj 1870
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4 Card.

Having heard that a report was III circulation
that, in the event Of my election TO the Legisla-
ture / would be in favor of the passage of a law
to confine in pastures all stock, I take this OPP
rortunity to contradict it and would assure the
stock raisers L will oppose any such law.
7, F. LIPTELL.
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COFFeRpOMdenee.

OrELoEsAs, La, September 10th, 1872.
Mr.. Isaac Litten, Bayou Beuf, La.
My DEAR SRI take pleasure in informing
you that W were selected on the 18th inst. by
the Dcmot c- Reform Convention, acandidatc
to represeng Landry in the Lower House Of
the Legislature.
Please signifs*i il writing your acceptance or
rejection Of saIn& Yours truly,
ALBERT LASTRAPES.
Secretary of Democratic Reform Convention,
Parish OF st. Landry.
BAYOU BGUF, La, September 171b. 1872.
"A. Lastrapes, .Esqr., Secretary Democratic
Reform Convention.
DEAR SR-YOur favor OF the 10th inst. re-
ceived to-day notifying me of my nomination by
the Democratic Reform Convention. Thankful
for the honor, 1 decline the acceptance of the
nomination as l have always claimed to he an
independent voter and cannot support the Par
ish ticket throughout.
Respectfully your most obedient,
I. f. LITTELL.
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In the fusion of the two wings Of the
Republican party in this State, Hon. G.
B. DarraIl has been dropped as candi-
date for Congress in this District, and
Hon. Thos. HI. holland, of Iberville, put
in his Mace, LII ~. 49,
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In st. Mary, the Liberals and Demo
Gratis have fused in parish as well as in
State politics /; here, the Democrats de-
clared against fusion.
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We have now only two future Govern
ors of this State. Not long since we had
four. Little more than a month hence
we will have only one of that species.
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he Editor of the Opelousas JOURNAL

To the Editor Of the OpeloIsas
In your issue of the 2lst inst, You saw that
r. CAN'T, one of the candidates placed ON the
Democratic and Reform ticket, nominated last
Saturday, estimated the strength Of the com
bined parties at eight hundred votes, we under
stand that tOncan that the organization cannot
control only that number Of votes in favor of
the ticket.
You nave put an erroneous construction, to
say the least of it, OH what you heard Inc say.
Aour publication is made either TO injure me in
the party, or injuret the party itself. When called
upon by me to know by what authority YOU
made that assertion, yOn say it was q convcrsa-
ton that took place on the street. The CONVEX
satlOn you refer to does not justify you i'll draw
ing the erroneous conclusion that Won have come
to. I will state it. some one in the compauv
said / would lose a large number of votes bv he
ing placed on that ticket. l asked how MANY he
supposed I would lose? He said three or four
hundred votes. My answer was, that I would
get eight hundred Democratic votes by being
so placed. Now, how you could distOrt, having
so heard, that conversation, so as to make me
estimate the combined strength of the two par
ties, at eight hundred votes, is beyond my com
prehension2 How could my name, by being
placed on that ticket, give me tina number OF
votes, when it is Il well known fact that / would
get large number of Democratic votes, whether
my name was Or the ticket or not.
You heard me frequently boast that l would
get one thousand Democratic votes in any event.
Now that number, and the eight hundred that !
will get by being placed on the ticket, is my es
innate of the strength of the party, making
eighteen hundred. That may be too low an es
innate. have not been out of OpelOusas, MOI
have 1 interfered in any election but my own,
therefore my means Of information is limited.
Let the publication in your last issue, be the
first and last publication. do not want to get
into any controversy, I want to live i'll peace
therefor, publish my name no more in your pa
per. 3, r. CAN'T.
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MARRIED.

HAYARD-MORRIS-0n the 25th inst, at the
residence of the BRIDES father, Capt, ]. l.. Nor
ris, in Big Cane, by Rev, Josiah Scott, Mr.. Charl-
ton Hazard to Mics 8allle Morris, Ill of this par
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Mr.. LITTELL's DEcEINATIoN.-We
publish to-day the correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Isaac F. Litteu and the Sec
rotary Of the convention held here on
the 18th inst, in regard to Mr.. Littelrs
nomination as a candidate for the Leg
islature. It viii be seer that he was
called upon to accept or reject the nom
ination b Tritiag. We have not heard
that aay other nominee of this eonyen-
ton hes been called upon to do likewise;
and we think it an unfair test for Mr..
Litten to be subjected to, while the 9TH
ers, some of whom we have heard say
they will not support the ticket, are al
l0wedto without beingquestioned
and made to declare whether they are
III favor Of nominating conventions for
parish offices, Observation-Disclosures
and the free expression Of the choice of
the people.
It Isl well known that Mr.. LitteI an
noaneed himself long since as d candi-
date, independent and free; and that he
was running as such, and would run
whether he was nominated or not. He
did not seek the nomination. and did
not want IL. He could not consistently
and conscienciously support all the can
didates ON the ticket nominated by the
convention. To have accepted the nom
nation himself, would have been a
pledge On his part to support the entire
ticket. This he could not do, and when
lie was called upon, III writing, and off,
eially, By the proper officer of the con-
vention, % accept 81 reject the nomina-
ton, IN writing, he could give no other
reply chan the one he did. Mr. Littell
is no hypoerite lie wOuldnot accept the
nomination on a ticket which he could
not support. For that very reason, We
presume he would hare declined the
nomination. even il he had not been
called upon ii writlngto so. He will dc
what he believes to be right, without re.
gardtoselas policy. Hisindependence
ii this matter. coupled with his quaIih;
cations for the position, and bis antece,
aentsas an honest industrious, and hos,
nitable citizen, and true gentleman, will
acknowledgements al tle intensgant, fret
and independent voters of st. Landry,
Mr.. Littell il neither bourbon nor !
Jacobin d politician noranOhice-seeker
Heis not d0gmatic on dOminealing, bti
firm md determinedin whathe believe
b be right. Heisoneo Of the pfoperm mel
u represent hisparish III the next leg,
iakure; and IL requires ii prophet Il
tell tliat HE viii he returned by Az over,
wlleiming majority, If tie people are ~
lowed To giye free expression Of Then
choice.
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For CoNGREsS.-Col. VIM. Mouton
called on IFS this week and informed us
that he was no longer a candidate for
Congress from this District, having re-
signed i'm favor of Hon. Ebert CAN'T /.
the regular nominee of the Liberal par
ty. Col. Mouton is himself a Liberal,
and was a delegate in the Liberal con-
ventiOn which nominated MIR. CAN'T -;
and he further informed us that he chad
Mr.. CAN'T nominated" We were also
shown his writtenresignation, addressed
to the President of the Liberal State
committee. We have taken the liberty,
therefore, of r%einstating Mr.. Gantt's
name on the ticket.
Col. JOHN McENERY.-Many, and in
fact we may safely say all, the members
of the Liberal party who attended the
Barbecue on Monday last and heard the
principles advocated, and the promises
made by the standard-b bearer of the Flu
sion party Col. McEnery, came away
fully convinced that should the reins of
the State government fall into hishands
that justice will be alike melted out to
all, irrespective of party. We were fear
full, (and we were not alone in the fear,)
that like the party which first brought
his name before the people, he would be
thoroughly partisan in his inclinationto
cling only to the little plank called De-
mocracy on which he was first showed
from shore on political waters. His
speech, as well as his conversation in
private, while in our midst, did more to
heal the breach which has existed be-
tween the two parties since the begin
ming of our campaign, than the united
voice of all the conventions that ever
sat, or all the newspaper articles that
ever were written. He anne among us
a stranger, but we noticed that the grip
of his hand to a Liberal was as firm and
hearty as to the most thorough and mar
row minded old Bourbon that walks ouI
streets. He was surrounded by Liberals
during the whole of his short stay, each
anxious to learn, whether in November
next, his vote would be polled for some
old prejudiced political bigot, or to the
liberal, honest gentleman whose con.
science and knowledge of right was tt
be his sole monitor in his future course
Without a dissenting voice, each and
every one Of the Liberals left him will
smiling faces, and with more than con.
tent written in their hearts. To each
and every member of the Liberal party
who has grown cold in the great polit.
ical struggle whichis before them, think.
ing that the party at whoseh head he frs
appeared in the political arena, wouli
rule this State, and not the man, we say
rise up in all your strength and might
put your shoulder to the wheel, and il
God and justice is on your side, you vii
have at the helm OF the Ship OF State
one Of Gods noblest works. q true
honest, and good man.
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j. B. Schmit, clerk of the Steamer
Peerless, has our thanks for Cincinnati,
st. Louis, and New Orleans papers.
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+. o. HAYES,
l. Sheriff of st, Randry.
sept. 28-tf.


HSENEe Hc1Oise p. pitre.-N
STATE OF LOUIsIANA-PARII
~ st: Landry.-Whereas, Eloi a.,
Parish of st. Landry, Administrat Fmo
tate OF HeI0ISc p. Pitrp, deceased - III
an amended tableau of said estate, @zy M ni e
ny his petition praying for the hOIn0lo~otion -
the SANS; 3"''"h OF
Md whereas the prayer of said petition has
September 25th. 1873. my "''"
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to al,
persons interested to make opposition to said aid
tanieal IN writing at my office in the town Of
OpeloilSaS'. within the time required hy law
why the said tablcau should not be hOmolorat"j
and confirmed. "S"'e"
scptenlber %, l912-hlr. NeIN.
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FAIR :!

n = -
A Fair for the benefit Of the Col1red Methodist
Episcopal Chureha at 0pelausas, will be given in
the Church building, ON Tuesday, October lst,
1879, commencing at 6 o'clock, T. NJ.
Prjee Of admission, 25cents; Children, 1Ocents.
Ea HH MANAGERS:
Ford Summers, Napoleon Wilkinson,
| Henry Quay, Rev. +. Reeves.
cent 9s-Jf
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new ADVERTTgEmENTs

TOLD CUFF BUTTON LO9T.-A
U gold cuff button was lost in LacOmb's
coffee house, about six weeks ago, hy the under
signed, and found ny some gentleman residing
know the owner, and whose name the ownc
has not learned. He will be rewarded, on re-
turning the same to Mr.. LacOmb, O~pelOusas.
sent. asst. WIN. PRATHER.
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Sept. est, 1s72-lh