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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-06-22
Estate of E%Ieocadie L. Pitre, deceased,

II VI L ItVrI -F0INrItVIEVly
CTATE OF LOUISIANA.-PARISH COURT,
~ st. Landry.-Whereas, FRANCOIS L. Pitre. of
the Parish of St. Landry, Administrator of the
estate of Elcocadie L. Pitre, deceased, wife of
Paul NOrnand, having filed a tableau of distri-
button of the funds of said estate, accompanied
by his petition praying for the h~OmOlOgatiOn OF
the same;
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by III order Of court, bearing date
June both, 1872.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given 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,
why the said tableau should not be hOmologated
and confirmed.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
Time % 1870.
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For District Judge.

District, is a candidate, for another term, for
the office he now holds. For what may be ex-
peeted Of him in his judicial capacity in the
future, he refers to his past services ON the
Bench. 0HE e. ING
Please announce me rs q candidate for the
office of Judge of the Eighth Judicial District.
mo IN
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Vincent BOagni VS.. EuphrOsine Nez8t ~
Snn 1nn1i

NOURDEPAROIssE, ST. LANDRY.-Eo. 1oo
En- Tertu dun writ de tieri facias. lance par
memorable Ia COur de ParOisse, dams ct pour In
Par0lsse, st, Landry. dams lie process ci-dessus in
THULE, ct q moi .adresse, JIG vendrai en- ventc pH-
Dilqne, a Ia Malson de COur de In dite DaroiSsc.
dams ia vile FOpeI0usas, lie SAMEDI, 8 Juliet,
1872, a on%e heureS du matin, Ia prOprietG ci-
aprea decFitc, saVOir-
UN CERTAIN MORCEAU DE TERRE. sitnG
dams In Paroisse st. Landry, pres du Port Barre.
contenant cent acres, borne an nOrtl par les
terIes dEupr0sine NGzat. d Pest par les terres de-
Baldw1n, au sud par les terres d'Alexfs Neat ct
a foilest par les te1Tes dEuphrOsine Nezat.
saisie par Ordre de Ia COur,
Cond1tiOns-COmptant.
Z. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
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We were shown m onion, this week,
grown at Dr.. Millard's, Grand Coteau,
which was just fifteen inches in circum-
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Fer Recorder,

We are authorized to announce YVES DtAVY
rs q candidate for Recorder of the Parish of st.
Landry, at the ensuing election.
DIR JAMES N. THOMPSON, has consented, at
the solicitation Of Ills friends, tobecome o eandi-
date for the Office of Recorder, at the election
to be held in November next.
YVES EIDRINE authorizes MS to announce
him ais 81 candidate for Recorder of the Parish of
ST. LandrE. at the next ~elaction.
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ANDEDAT


we are authorized to announce THOMAS G,
ANDERSON as a candidate for State Senator
from the Tenth Senatorial District composed OF
the parishes of Galeasieu, Cameron, Lafayette
and st. Landry.
EYAl the papers published in the District
nlease eonY and send bills to this office.
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Je s1is candidat pour Ia place d'AvOcat de
District, pour lie Huitieme District Judiciaire, Il
P6lection qui aura lieu an mOis de NOvemhre
1872. G. W.. HUDSPETu
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THE BAYoU.-The Bayou (COuFta-
bleau) has still plenty of waterini it, and
probably viii have for some time. 1t is
thought that the bar at the mouth will
not interfere with navigation this sum-
mer so soon OR to the same extent that it
did last
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EANDWDATS.
Ponr lie Senat dc PEtat

4 UNI " SVMUa Nv a|L4IUGs
Nous sOmmes autOris6 4 announcer THOMAS G
ANDERSON CONNIE candidat pour lie Senat dc
rEtat, pour le DiNieme District Senatorial
compose DIES parOisses de Calcasicu, Cameron,
Lafayette ct St. Landry.
~ TOus les %iouTnaUX puhliGs dams &C District
s0nt prizes de rcprOduire. ct d'adresser leurs
rOmufcS an hureaT dc ce journal,
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ANNONCEs

Nous somlnes autOrise Il announcer P. LEONCI
HEBRARD CONNIE candidat pour la place d.
JUICE dc PaiX, Ter Ward.
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Ter JUN, 1872.
lselin VS.. Alexander FE. Chalrncr.

~@V1N N"NGHEA ~ VHIadIW IT NGEEaANNBV1EN
NOUR DE DISTRICT, PAROISSE ST. Ian
dry.-NO. 12225.-En vcrtu dun writ de ticri
tacias, lance par Honorable Ia Huitieme COur
de District, dams ct pour la ParOiEse st. Landry,
dams lie process citlcssus i%ntitul6, ct il moi
adrcsst. ,ie yendrai en- yente publique, au plus
0ttrant ench6risSelr, Il In MaiSOn dc COur dc la
dite paroisse, EN- Ia VILE d'OpelOusas, lie SA-
MEDI, & Juliet, 1872, il Onze heuTes du matin,
la prOpTiGt6 ci-apres dfCrite, SAVIOR
UNE CERTAINE HABITATION SUCRIERE,
situec dams In Paroissc st. Landry, sur lie cote
dr0it en- descendant lie Bayou COUrtahleau, me
surant neuf cent sOiXant arpents superficiels
borne en- haut par les terTPs appartenant Il Felix
GuihertCau ct en- bias par les teTTes appartenant
aux hGritfers d'Isaac Baldwin ct de Charles CLAY,
cn arriere par les tcrres suppOsGes appartenir Il
G.. Duel, ct en- face par lie dit Bayou C0Irtableau.
avcc toutes les bhtisscs, ameliOratiOns ct MA
chimes qui sly trOuvent.
Satsie par 0rdre de III COur.
CondittOnS-COmptant.
o. HAYES. ShGrif
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L0enA Items.

Th@veather has been very favorable
this week for the crops-not too much
rain. and no want of rain.
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STEAMBOAT CHANGE.-Capt. Pickett,
Of the steamer Selma, has chartered the
Bertha, 4 new light-draft stern-wheel
boat Ya9inp pace of the former boat,
dug the dull and low water season.
We are informed that Capt. Pickett viii
keep a boat in this trade permanently.
REwARD.-The Police Jury, of this
parish, at its regular monthly meeting
this week, passed a resolution offering a
reward of two hundred dollars each for
the arrest of the parties implicated in
the murder and attempts at murder in
the neighborlioods of Grand Coteau and
Coulee Croche.
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BROKEN ARM.-Last Saturday after
noon, Henry Larcade, aged about thir-
teen, o step-son of Mr.. W. M. Johnston,
of this place, broke both bones of his
right arm just below the elbow, from a
fall in playing leap-frog. About two
years ago, he broke his left arm just
above the wrist.
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Estate of William Henderson.

pY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
ID orablc Probate Court of the Parish of St.
Landry, there will be sold at public auction, to
mentary executor, or by a public auetioneer, on
the premises, in Opelonsas, on WEDNESDAY,
July oath, 1872, the following described property,
belonging to the Estate of William Henderson,
A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND. with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, situated
in the town of OpelOusas, measuring seventy
feet front on Main street, by tifty-siX feet in
depth on Bellevue street, it being ttie same on
which deceased last resided.
Terms and COnditiOns-One-half cash and the
other half in twelve months from day of sale,
purchaser furnishing note, bearing eight per
cent per annum interest from maturity ven
doris privilege and special mortgage being re-
tanned on the property to secure payment for the
same. JOSEPH GIBBS,
June %. 1872. TestamentarY Executor.
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The Supreme Court at this place adj
~jour1ediast "Wednesday morning, and all
the judges left that day, on the steamer
Peerless, for.New Orleans or Monroe.
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Pour Bnge dc District.
Pour Avocat dc District

Je suis cOndidat pour la place de Juge DIR
Huitieme District Judiciaire.
JNO. j. MORGAN.
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Mr.. Charles Thompson has our thanks
for portraits of Greeley and Brown, ac-
companied with sketches of their lives,
the Cincinnati platform, a table show
ing the different ballottings in the Gin
cinnati convention, and also a table
showing the votes east for Presidential
candidates in 1860, 1864 and t868-all on
the same canvass.
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New York Democrat (Rep.}
Milwaukee Banner (Dem.(
mEED

CARTER-On Monday, Tune 10, 1872, near
Sour Lake, Texas, Mrs. Elizabeth AlliS Carter,
aged So years, formerly a resident of st. Landry
parish, La. .- ... "
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NSTRAK OR STOLEN.-Froln the sub
II scriber OH Bayou T6che, about 7 miles from
ed NJ on the left shoulder, both eyes blind. A
liberal reward will be given for the recovery OF
said mule, or for any information that will lead
thereto. MOTLEY G.. D~EVILLIERS.
Two ~ r.
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CelimBR Simon, femme, VS.. Gmstaye Ma.
rousseau, son mari,

CeliHBa Simon, femme, VS.. GmstRye HTg-
rousseau, son mari.
G0UR DE PAROIssE, ST. LANDRY.-No.
- 15Q3:-Dansc &C process, TN Judgement regulier
par default ayant etc Obtenu cOntre lie defen-
deur, ct aucune motion n'ayant etc fate nourl lie
METRE de cote, III aucune repOnae niayant etc
enregistree dams lie d6lai vOulu par la iOi, ct "a
qemanderesse ayant sutfisamment pPOuy6 ses
dfOlt, ct Ia l0l ct E6YidenCe 6tant en- Sa favour ct
.cOntre lie d6fendeur; il est ordOnn6, adiup6 ct
deerete par la C0ur, que In demanderesse ait Uni
Jugement final contre le dit defendeur, ct Qu'elle
rec0uyre. Gig lpt la sDmlne de six cent quatre-
vlngt-huit piastres, avec int6r6t a elmo pour cent
par an, depuis Ia demande Judiciaire jusqu'au
parfatt Placement, Ia dite SOmme Giant Sujette il
I'm credit de cinq cent guaranteeing piastres,
payee au defendeur par une dalton en- Placement,
pafdeVant Yves D'AEy, Recorder dc ST. Landry,
10 "a Fevrier, 1872, ct enr6gistr6e lie meme jour,
dams les ActeS Miscellanees No. 5, mage liz,
office du Recorder, st. Landry.
. IL est de Plus 0Fdpnne, adjug6 ct dGcr6tG par
la G0ur, que Ia communicate d'aeQuis ct gains
qli eXistait entire Ia demanderesse ct le d6feIl-
deur soft d1ssoute, qu'ils sOient separes de biens,
que la deInanderesse ait administrator exeluz
slye ct sans control de sa pEopriete~ paraphernale.
Rle IhYpOthe1ue tactic ct lie nrigilAge d6cIa-
res par Ia demanderesse s5ienb reconn1s ct mis-
en- force, ct quits ennen effet contre toutes
les prophecies apparte1lant au dit DurOugseau GU
qul ont pu Il appartenird epuis lie Slime jonr de
mars, 1864, et que les dites prOpriet6s soient sal
sizes ct VendueS pour satisfaire la dite hypO-
theGlle ct privilege, lie principal, Iint6ret ct les
1rals deVallt etre taxes aussl lOngtemps que celia
durera,
Dome, III ct sign6 en- cour ouverte, ce some
jour de Mars, 1879.
A, GARRTGUEss,
Jugetd de Paroisse, st. Landry.
Copie eonfOrme du jugement original err6gis-
tire dams P0ffice du Gretier,
Dome sous ma signature ct sous lie sGeau de
FOItce, aux Opelonsas, ee lime jour de JUN,
1872. IL. ?. VEAzTE.
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w DE sUCCEssT0Na..

8uccessiOrE die Charles PisFe.-N0. 1881.
RfTAF DE LA LOUISIANA. COUR DE PA
rnisse, st. Landry.-Attendn que Francois
y: Pitre, administrator de la succession do
Charles Pttre, decide, ayant enregistr6 I'm ia
bleau de reglement de communicate ct de distgi-
button DIES f0nds de la dite succession, aecOInpa-
dieelui;
EFT attendu quill a etc faft droit u Ia demandc
de Ia dite petition par TN Ordre lie La Cour, en-
date du % Mai, 1872.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present donn6
aux mberesses dams eette succession davOir n
faire opposition, 81 alIcune lis ont, par 6erit, IL
trente jours qui %suivrOnt Ia date dn present
avis, pourquoi le dit tableau ne serait pas an
prOuv6 ct hOmOlOgue.
JOS. D.. RTCAHRD, G%refiier.
Ter JUN, 1872.
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-. Gtonnmer.

JACOB EHRHARDT. of Washington. aafhOr-
sizes us to announce him as o. candidate for
Coroner OF the Parish OF ST. Landry, at the next
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A VAPEUR,
RTOUVEAU

lie Bateau il Vapeur
PEERLESS,
H H. BROAD, Maitre; ]. SCHMIDT, Commits;
Part de la N0nveIe-Orleans tOus les Samedis
Mercredis d 10 heures du matin.
6 Janvier, I8T2-tf,
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1Pam"BapdRStc D0hn Key VS.. John Roy.
NOUR DE DISTRICT. PAROISSE ST. Ian
~ dry.-NO. 1223I-En vertu dun Or1re lance
par lhOnOrahle la COur du Huitieme District
Judiciaire, dams ct pour In ParOisse st. Landry.
darsle process ci-dessus intitul6, ct a moi adresSt,
je yendrai Ell ventc publique, au plus Offrant en-
cherisscur, d Ia MaisOn dc Cour de In dite III.
rOissG, TN Ia willie d'OpelOusas, le SAMEDf, 6
Juliet, 1872, Il ONE du matin, la prOpriet6 ci-
aprGs dGCrite, SAVIOR
UN CERTAIN MORCEAU DE TERRE, avcc
toutes les hatisses ct am6lioratiOns qui sly trOu-
vent, ayant unc Gtcnduc dc dcuX arpentS, situG
a I%Onville, borne au nOrd ct a Pest par la pro
priete de la succession de Jean-Baptiste DGiean.
a Pouest par lie chemin public. au sud par IL
Bayou TGchc.
Saisie par Orlre lie Ia COur.
C0nditions-Quatre cent Vingt-deuX ONE cent
vingt 422Ill2O) di priX payable compliant, ct ID
balance dams I'm an a partir du jour de la vente,
avec huit pour cent dlnterGt par aimee, Tache-
teur fOu1nissant s6curitG in sOlidO, ct la DrOpri6t6
restant hypOthtqu6e tusQu'au Placement. L'ache-
teur ne pOuvant dispOser de Ia prOpriGt6 avant
lie Placement du priX d'achat, ct dix pour cent de-
penalite a payer sur lie mOntant du billet dams To-
cas- dun process pour lie Placement du dit billet,
L. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
Ter JUN, 1872,
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Succession dc JeRn-BapEiste COurViEle.
FTAT DE La LOUISIANE.-COUR DE PA
- rOisse, st. Landry.-Attendu que Louise Tay-
de La succession de Jean-Bapfiste Courviiie, de-
oed6, ayant e~nPegistre un tableau de distFibu-
ton des fOnas de Ia dite succession accompagnG
dune petition demandant PhomOlOgatiOn dice
lui;
Et attendu qnin a etc fait drOit d In demande
de Ia dite petition par I'M ordre de la Cour en-
date du 30 Mai, 1872.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present donnG
aux mteresses dans cette succession, d'ay0iF d
faire opposition, 81 aucUne lis ont, par Gcrit, Il
mon bureau, dams la vile dOpelOHgas, dams les
delais aecOrdes parlalOi- pOurquOi lie dit tableau
ne sePait pas appFouye ct hOmOlogue. ...
JOS. ID. RICHARD, GFefier.
Ter JUN, 1872.
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10 anatfca "a fEne Pcace,

We are authorized to announce P. LEONCE
HEBRARD as a candidate for Justice OF the
Peace. LIST Ward.
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sHccessiOn de .Iean-Raptisre Dejenn.

yNWNNH"NWaH NJ WUtHAHsNbUY IL8BB NDRHBnns
No. 2167.
ETAT DE LA LOUIsIANE.-COuR DE PA
roisse, st. Landry.-Attendu que CeIestine
Peytavin, de Ia Paroisse St. Landry, admins
~tratFlee. de In succession dc Jean-Baptiste De-
jean, decide, ayant enregistrG mn tableau de-
reglement de communicate ct de distribution DIES
fonds de la dite succession, accompagn6 dune
petition demandant PhOmOlOgati0n dicelui;
Eft attendu quill q etc fait drOit q Ia demIpde
De la dite petition par un ordre de la Cour Gu
date din Is Mai, 1872.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present donn6
aux inteTesses dams cette succession. d'ay0$r \,
fatre opposition, ST aucune lis ont, par eerit, d
mon bureau dams Ia vile d'Opel0usas, dams les
delais presents par la lOi, pOurquOi lie dit tableau
NJ serait pas approuv6 ct hOm0lOguG.
JOS. D, RICHARD, Grefier
Ter .Inin. 1870 i
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Rar Dfsfrica A1torneY.

i am b candidate for the office Of District
Attorney of the Eighth Judicial District, at the
election to be holden in November, 1872.
n W uTTnEpTTH
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AGoLoNELEss.AN New York ispatch
of the 14th inst Says:
Tennie @. Clafin was last night elect
ed Colonel OF fIae85th Col0red Regiment.
First vote, 1913 for Miss Clafin 80 scat
tering. Great excitement followed the
announcement of the result. bat the
election Was finally made unanimous.
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Lord Campbell / expressed the
great pleasure Il would give him to
sentence anY authorize BE hanged who
published d book without an index
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NEW ENVS.

ENOR SAEsE.-A FINE YOUNG JACK,
~ three years old next fall, well grown. Price
800. Apply at this office.
T1,n 10 -
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NSTRAK-TAKEN UP, A DARK BROWN
horse, star in the forehead, branded f 4 on
left thigh, about four years old.
A. L. BERTRAND,
June 22-5t, Pla0uemine Ridge.
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SMALL po8.-A few days ago d he.
gro mall got of d steamboat in the vi.
entity Oh Dr. Dungan's, and being taken
sick soon afterward, applied to DIR
Richardson for medical aid, Proving to
be 4 case of small pox, the Doctor inn
mediately placed him in the vacant
house OH the old Frank Richardson
plantation, west bank of the bayou,
midway between John Riehapasonis
and the g. o.. Henderson plantation.
We obtained our information from
MajorW. Al Simmons who has leased
the Henderson place, andis DESTROYS Oi
preventing Il spread of this fearful
disease.ISHgar-BeWl june 9th.
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TME COUNTRY INN
KEPT By
P. r. MoURET alias "LTTTLE JOE"
Adjoining Mayo's Drug Store,
Is the best in OpeI9usas. All kinds wine, fresh
game, oysters during the season, and the best
of everything that the market affords, always
On hand. Meals at all hours, day and night,
/ Jan. City.
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Old maids view old bachelors like
they would d dog in dog-days, though
they are not afraid of the hites
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Produce SHIPPED.-The Peerless az
rived at New Orleans, on the 14th inst,
with 8 bales cotton, 10 bales of moss,
2 sacks wool, 81 hides, | Dbl, hides, /
bale mats, 1873 sacks cotton seed, 80
beeves, So yearlings, 36 calves, and lot
sundries.
The Selma arrived there, on the 18th
inst, with 55 bales cotton, II sacks seed
cotton, 10 lhds. sugar, o bags wool, 70
hides, 20 rolls leather, 2 bales wool, and
2 lots sundries.
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MASS MEETING.

There viii be, on the I'D day OF June,
1879, at the Town Hall, in Alexandria, d
grand mass meeting held for the purs
pose Of fatifying fhe nomination of
Horace Greeley for the Presidency, and
B. Gratz Brown for the Vice-Presiden-
cy, and the adoption of the Cincinnati
platform as embodying the principles
best calculated to rescue our present
oppressed and down-trodden country
from the rtlinoIls misrule of the party in
pOwer-and 10 most heartily invite all
those who concur with Us IN opinion, ir-
respective of race, color on previous
condition and political differences to
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BY the following notice, which we
copy from the Louisiana Democrat, it
viii be seen that old Rapides ia prepar-
ing to wheel into line for the support of
the Cincinnati nominees
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Law AND ORDER MEETING.-We are
informed that some of the citizens of
CouIee GTocIle held a meeting there on
Tuesday or Wednesday of this week,
for the purpose Of organizing to put a
stop to the lawlessness that has recently
prevailed in their part of the parish.
This is a move in the right direction,
and aA act of self defence for 1t a stop
is not put to these outrages the good
citizens VIII be the sufferers from mar
tiaa law and the enforcement of the Ku-
klux law, while the Iawbreakers who
brought these troubles upon them will
keen ont Of fhe way. The good should
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ARREsTED.-Baptiste Clement, Emile
Prejean, Kleber Mouton, q young man
commonly known as "sisa,n one Jean,
and one George freedman, allresidents
of the parish of Lafayette, were arrested
iii that parish and brought to this place
and lodged in jail; on the 18th inst,
charged with numbering Willis johnson
or jackson at Goulee Croche in this par
ish, on or about the night of the 3oth
uH. Theirpreliminary examination viii
taxi place before Justice Knox, Of this
Mace.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

BUSINESS CARDS.
VICTOR DANIEL,
U. Deputy and Parish Surveyor, for st. Landry
Office ut Opel0usas. June "a, '71-tf.
TOHN N. OGDEN,
% Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
O~PELOUsAS, La,
June 8-tf,
VVES VIDRTNE,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Vile Plate, st. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
May 1S-tf.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

A CHILD MURDERED. AT Drift
wood, on Saturday last we had related
to us the particulars of the most horri-
BILE affair that was ever perpetrated in
the county. The day previous, d Mrs.
Sarah Myres, wife of Theodore Myres-
residing on Benefits Branch, six miles
| from the above named place-in what
is believed to have been fit of insanity
killed her son, an infant nine months of
age. The mother first took .he helpless
babe and placed it on the top of hot
stove and next put him into kettle of
boiling apples; thus literally roasting
and scalding the child, from the effects
of which it died within a few moments.
We learn that the mother was sub
icct to epileptic fits, and that when re-
covering from those fits she is is gen.
orally insane tor a brief time 1t is
supposed that she had fit (no one was
presently and while recovering, uncon-
sciously committed the awful deed She
was, when told of the affair, almost
frantic with grief, and Is now in cou-
dition that excites the earnest pity of all
her neighbors and acquaiutances'-
[Cameron County Press,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
SHERIFF'S SALES.

BY virtue of writ of Fieri Fdcias issued
cut of TIE Court of common Pleas, of Elk
county, and to me directed, will expose
to sale by public vendue or outcry, at the
Court House, in Ridgway on
MONDAY. APRIL 9Th, 1872,
at ore o'clock. p. IN the following describ-
ed property, to wit:
The undivided one-fourth interest of that
certain tract of land situate in the township
of Milestone, County of Elk (late Forsstl
Pennsylvania, bounded and described as
follows. On the north by tract No. Abs
warranted in the name of Samuel Wallace
on the east by tract No 2465 warranted in
the name of VIM. Willink & Co. On the
south by tract No. 2639, warranted in the
name of VIM. Wllink & Co., and on the
west by tract No. 2790 warranted in the
name of VIM. WillinK g. Co. Containing
nine hundred (900) acres aud allowance
Being tract No. 1867. warranted in the
name of VIM. Willink g. Co., being part of
the same .aud that was conveyed by Richard
hrthurs and wife to l.. C. Winecoop and
Joseph McGee and conveyed by L. G.,
Winecoop and Sarah r. his wife to j. W..
Coleman the first party hereto by deed
bearing date the fifth day of July A. D..
one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Seized and taken in execution and to be
sold by
D. C. OYSTER, Sheriff.
SHERIFF's OFFICE,
Ridgway, March 18th. 1871. ! n2ts.