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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-10-17

a WIS Az PUBLHC.-BUREAU DU RE
"A cordeur, Paroisse St, ~Landry:-Les soussi-
gnGs, James M. Thompson, RecOrtcur, ct John
NJ. Ogden, aFoeat, ont lho~nneur0d'aveEtir Ie
public Gu'ils sont prepares a sc charger detOutes
affaires legaies, notarielIes eft dencanteurs.
TOutesl les ~atfaires transigees Il cette bureau re-
Observation-Disclosures fOmpte Il IN pr1x mhdere.
r~aisunnables, les soussign6s pouvant payer at
teution aux affaires ltgales, notarielles ct den
canteursi qui sly lient.-On dressera ct passera
les aetes n~otariels apportGs a &c bureau auXprix
DIES autres notaires, ct Penregistrement Sc fera
sans charges.
JAMES NJ. THOMPSON, RecOrdour.
JOHN n. OGDEN, AvOcat.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

~
~ persons are hereby forbid from cutting
wood, or in any manner trespassing. on that
part OF the Petit Bots community tract OF land
belonging to me. I will prosecute such tres
passers both criminaIly and ctvilly.
oct 17-tf4 JACOB WAITER.
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GoLp-A London dispatch of the
18Th inst, says over G3,000,000, about
$i5,o0o,O 900 in our currency, were drawn
from the bank of ENGLAND to-day, all
for America. Large sums were shipped
from other ports.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLEC.-RE-
~ corder's Office, Parish of st. Landry.-Fhe
undersigned, James NJ. Thompson, Recorder,
and john N. Ogden. Attorney. at Law, would
respectfully notify the public that they are pre-
pared to take charge Of any Law business, No
tary business and auctioneerb business. That all
business brought to this office will be attended
to promptly and at a reasonable charge, All
succession business will be attended to OIL reas-
enable terms, as the undersigned can attend TO
the Law. Notary and AlCtiOneer work connected
with the same. Notarial acts brought to this
office will be drawn and passeda the same price
with other N0taries, and the recording Will be
free of charge.
JAS. NJ. THOMPSON, Recorder.
JOHN n. OGDEN, Atty at Law.
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succesaion d,Andre N. Robfn.-No. 27ON

COUR DE PAROIssE, 9 LANDRY.-AT-
~ tendu que Albert Robin, de Ia ParOisse st.
Landry. ayant prGsentG uue petition a Hetfet
d'Gtrc n0lnmG eXecuteur datif t"estamentairC de
la succession de Andre N. Robin, decide, der
increment de Ii dite pAroisse
En- consequence, avis est par lie present dome
aux intGressGs dams cette succession d'aVOir a
dGduirc par Gerit 4 mon bureau, dams les dix
jours qui s%uiyr0nt Ia date du present avis, les
scrait pas fait dr0it 4 Ia deInande dc la dite pGti.
ton. w. A. ROBERTSON. Grcttitr.
l u nuf
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No 04-proprte1e Assesse an nom de
Hy1nn / pan4.rasA 74

No 6~4-RRoprSefe Assesse aEa momh de
Mime. a. Desbrest. f4i
I'm yERTU DIES P0UvOIRs DON'T JE SUITS
- reyetH par Ia loi, ie ~procederai q vendre q
rencan public, pour du complaint sans le beId-
fec de destination, d mon bureau dam la Mai
son de C0ur de Ia parOisse st. Landry, dams Ia
vile DIES 0pgiousas. le sAMEDT, 8 de Noyem-
hre, 1878, commemorate d alze heures 9t matin
Ia uroprifte sniyante. safsi par moi, pour salts
faire DIES leEtesdAes Af'Etatdela Louisiana, par
des Representatives, aeli1aaants d~ur6leGetaxes
de 1871 ct 1872, ayec toHs Iss frais Ell penalties,
saFoIr:
Tn certain lot de terre, assess6 an nom de
Mime. A..Desbresf. stt1e dams Ia vile des Ope.
lotisas, borne Mi n0rd par la rue Grol6e, au sud
nap To- npopri6t6 de H LatBnF,s eta Pest par Ia
pr0priet6 Dc 4. BERNARD, ct quest par Ia rue du
Main. ensemble aNee tantes les bAtIsses et anne
TorafIails qui ssy trolIyenf.
Menfant DIES taxesasEtat aaes, $40 d.
!. ii MORRIS. Collector.
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Death OF Trasilaoad Landry.
prom the n. o. Pieayune.l

Z&|
Trasinond Iandryis no more. a vet
nrar1 sf the DAYS Of LouisianaB earlier
hJsaory. he has been Il link connecting
fhe tn-day with the romantic and ehiV-
aIrie times of jackson, johnson, CIal-
horne and 4 galaxy OF hO1lOred 1laEaesO OF
The past. After filing many offices %
higlf trust, lie was elected Lieutenant
Governor in 1916, on the same ticket
with Isaac johnson, OF East FelIcIana.
Throughout his term OF service he M
creased the popnlarity which had carried
him into Office andWDn over 10 him even
noli6seal enemies. lie served as ppesI-
DENTAL eleetor on the Polk, Pierce,
Rcuhanan and Breckenridge tickets and
i Ii candidate for the Convention
which PASSED the secession ordinance.
al lever De his State and her people he
freely poured ont his money for the
cause. and. when hostillties opened
equipped and took command OF q com
anv Notwithstanding his years The
antiques of the moTe ardnOfls duties
~sonaneIled linn To retire into the quar-
terrnasters department before the sur
render. AL his health would not PERM.
Tim u retain his first position. Born u
Ascension parish III 1891, The has been z
calm observer OF che rise md progress
of his State. His life ii the length ct.
most Of her history, Courteous, genial
aud noble in manners, strangers we
m~ananeeptibly drawn towards him, and
without the slightest blemish on Ak
character m ID man on politician, he WA
beloved by all AYerY extensive family
connection throughout the State, AMI
III algnnshevsrY parish, remain to- soT
row for the dead. Ill these days af bar
fer md sale of honor, the daath Of MAJ
lie prasimond Landry iaapublie blow
f0r his example ii worth much % tloe
lust entering their career. DubydOne,l
life veil spenk, and the world his deb
tors, no has fallen asleep, resting fror
1sfasn 8nsls
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Thirty-fve to fifty yellow fever
deaths occur in Memphis daily.
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The fever has not abated much at
Shreveport, except for want Of mate
rial.
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10 A-Propersy Assessed ia dc Name

W. We AWNHEsy Nss~@EW~ Y aNW ANNA4N
Mrs. 4. Desbrest.
by VIRTUE OF THE POWER IN NE VEST
p ed by law will proceed TO sell at public
auction, for cash, and without the benefit of APP
the parish Of st. Landry, In the town Of Opelou-
sas, on SATURDAY the sth day of Noven-
Der, 1873, commencing at II O'clock a. NJ, and
continuing from day to day, If necessary, the
following property, seized by me to satisfy debts
due to the State of Louisiana, by delinquent
taxpayers of the tax rolls of 1871 and 1879, with
all costs and penalties, t0-wit
One lot of ground situated in the town OF
Opelousas, assessed In the name of Mrs. 4. Des-
brest, bounded north by Grolee street. south by
property OF H. LatOtr, east by property of G.
Bernard, and Kesf oT Nam street, togetneI
on. 5
Amount of state taxes due, $40 49,.
i'll. MORRIS, Collector:
act. 1T4f.
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FAMILY MISUNDERSTANDING, Oct.
13.-R. Nj. Richards, proprietor of the
AeademYof Music, a digreputable place
of amusement, was shot and instantly
killed ID the street, near the door of his
establishment, at noon to-day by Jos.
Hogan. Richards had sedueed Hogan's
sister and refused to marry her. Hogan,
after shooting, stood yer Richards,
watched to see that he was dead, and
then walking across the street, sarrend-
cred himself,
ST. Louis Oct. IA special from
Carrollton, Mo-, gives an account OF 2
terrible tragedy enacted near there.
Robert Austin, q young farmer, residing
about eight miles from CarFollton, slsr
Deeted his wife Of inhdelity, and on
| Friday last left home, saying he was
going to the st. Louis fai9, and would
Be absent several days. He went to
the depot, but returned home after
aapk. seereted himself In o closet IN his
wifess bedroom. armed with Q double
barrel shotgun. The wife retired, and
soon after, Elijah Haley entered the
room, ~undressed, and rs he was getting
into the bed, Austin sprang out and
fined, but missed Haley. The shot en-.
tered Lis Wife's abdomen. Austin tired
again at HALEY, killing him instantly
Mrs. Austin died Saturday afternoon
Austin surrendered himself to the an
mar5ties, All the parties are highly
connected.
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IorIazANApREss Recommendations
hers of tle Louisiana Press Association
ing called d Thursday, October 2Sd
inst, If Baton Rouge
All editors md publ hers. who have
knkss inined the Association. are invited
m IN 7srnseat ar send iii their names.
M order DE the President,
WM. C, ASNrs.
Exchanges copy Secretary.
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MEDICAL NOTHCE.-A REGULAR
WI Meeting of the st. Landry Medical and
Surgical Association will be held at OpelOusas
the first Monday of every mouth, at 10 O'Clock
AM. VINCENT BOAGNI, NJ. D.,
. .~ President
JAMES RAY, NJ. D., Secretary.
July %, 1871-1y.
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IT O. o. Est. LANDRY LODGE, NO, 25
O Meets at Masonic Hall, O~pelousas, every
Monday night at s o'clock. Louis Desmarais,
n. G.; +. Perrodin, V. G.; Chas. n. Ealer, Treas
snrer; SanlI. p. Clark, Secretary Joseph Bloch,
D, d. G., NJ. may Oily
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MURDERS II GRAN9.-We understand
that two men named Lewis we're shot
and killed Iii Grant. last Tuesday, by
d mn Mccall. Various ~exaggerated
ranlOrs have been prevalent, but We
cannot hear Anything reliable, exeept
that Ii Nas 4 pirate auarreI.-LRapldes
Gazette. SEE. IftI8.
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pEJTARIE


EXTRA OLIVE SO-AhS.
= f : n."I a0id nj price Of ordinary Soap, bayib
IN will Ise no other. Grocers have it.
'"' New orleans JObhers Wholesale Agents
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The Tldbodanx Sentinel of the nth
nsta aysof The yellow fevert
We are informed that IL Inns broken
ont mthB GoIlegein ST. James Par1shc
aeAe eigAsnr TEN deaths have occurred
md the pupils hare all been dispersed
Id their homes
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OPELOUsAs, La, October sd, 1879.
Having carefully examined the within and
foregoing act of Incorporation Of the st. Landry
Agricultural and Industrial Fair Association,
and finding therein nothing contrary to the a
ri fine state, | hereby approve the same.
Il. W. HUDSPEFH,
Dist. Atty sth Dist. Of La.
oct, lost.
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Observation-Disclosures

THE FINEST CYPREs n PINE LUMBER - III
A Es.G -.
STATE.
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Ths 1lsetiea sf PsDss

1T was only in A. d. 1272," says the
Hour, THAT Gregory K, u the second Coun.
Gil Of Lyons obliged the Cardinals to sign
and seal statute which was to regulate ir>
revocab'y the proceedings of conclave on
the death of the Pope. This statute cnacts
that on the tenth day after the death Of the
Pope, the Cardinals are to be shut up with.
out waiting for absent members of the Col.
lege IN single chamber of the dead POpe'a
palace, where they are 10 live In common.
All access to them 10 strie.ly prohibited, .
well - any writing or message. Each il TO
have only one domestic, and their meals are
to be received through . window too mar.
row 70 admit man. II they do not agree
in three days their repass 10 70 i,s limited for
Ave days u single dish; after ihas tl,ey
are only to have bread and wine Such
was the arrangement set,led by Gregory x,
70 prevent the scaadals which preceded his
election. Whether or no the Cardinals will
Be at tho next election starved into unanim-
ity, or rather 70 tho proper majosisy sequis.
ed Of two-ihirds Ut the whole numbsr. il 10
OF very little importance What b really
important the question sf Who may bs the
successor Of Pius TX, sppears to bs . mere
matter Of conjecture. We may still trust,
however, that better news from Rome will
tend to confirm the hope that Plus TX, has
strength enough to overcome the severity
OF diseasc - he has sustained the vicissiludc
Of f,stunc," itgHYJ g3a.9ifma
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A WIFE At AUCTION.
AP1easa,t Iittae Deheit l,ejleat

From the Detroit Free Prees. Nay H.
About week ago widow woman named
Gathner living In the Sixth ward, met q
male acquaintance on Gratiot street and
complained I" him that she was out of -four
and wood, and almost discouraged. He
told her she ought to marry again, and she
told him she couldn't find husband. "I'il
cell you at auction" he continued, land
we'll put In proviso that the highest bid.
der shall court you for q week in order that
you may know him." The woman laugh.
ingly consented, and the man mounted q
box and began crying out A crowd -.
sembled and he stated the facts In the case.
saying that he had known her for years.
Knew her TO be industrious and Of good
character, and then opened the sale. Bid
ding was lively, and everybody in good
humor. In the crowd waean old bachelor
named Peter d. Joslyn. boarding on Maple
street, and he was the only one who took
the joke Us . real fact. He jumped the bid.
ding from 43 cents to $5, and then raised II
to %. The auctionccr cried ''last calr' on
that figure, and the widow was ''knocked
down." Joslyn handed her the money,
agreed to the psoviso. and then treated the
whole crowd, none of whom had thoughs
that y marriage would take place. One did,
however, take place yesterday morning af-
ter tho terms Ut the proviso had been faith
fully carried out. And while Il Is certain
that JosIyn has found good helpmcet. the
bridegrooms friends say that he 10 sober,
steady, good tempered and we'll oh.
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1.-TWO small, rocky islandsin the Behring
Sea, says the London 0loIe. twill soon
have paid back TO the United States Treas.
ury the whole sum expended upon the pur-
chase OF Alaska When the cession Of this
territory IVES granted BY Russia, people
smiled u The bargain made BY the Ameri-
cana Il was asserted that Yankee shrewd.
ness had deserted Ar. Seward In the matter.
He knew better. and did not buy with his
eyes shut.. 81. Paul and st. Geosgvs
lslands. belonging TO tho A'eutisni chain.
have since been leased to th@ Alaska Com.
mcrcial Com2sny. for sea fishing, ss year.
y rental u 81. .ooo. A AZ Of nearly three
dollass on each fur ssal skin tshen and
shipped from the island = also imposed. As
loo. .ooo skins are exported yearly nav 70
Can ytasciero md New YSrk, fsuttfel
souecs of gesssse isubsained ffom tlbess
svo bassss rocka Tits territorial eatss'
ue;es ssf ~ Usi1sl States l.. theteene, :
sts.e sseess "a Win psobsbly hslp = -
yossp ~ Sdessesaeidly srowls1t = Anrstea
ehae coloaial possessioas arc usefsl tssn
u,aay sasiosal possis = visw."
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CALIFORNIA RfpvDu .Aus on RAIL.
ROAD SUBSIDY.
From the sacramento Cnion, Mar q.

Fron the Sacsamento Cnion. Nay r.
Dorsan Nichols of HOwland Flat, Sierra
county, in obedience to the resolutions re.
Gently adopted BY the Republican party In
that couoty. IN announcing himself cand,>
date for the Assembly gives the following
pledges:
TO support Booth for United States Sen.
st0r.
Opposition to any further subsidy 10 rail>
way corporations.
To vote for reasonable reduction of the
rates Of transportation on the railways.
Opposition to free passes for members Of
the Legislature.
Opposition 10 oil legislation for partisan
purposes.
Thass 49, seod plsdess cad each isflaits
enough, with the exception of the third one,
which may easily be taken advantage Of
by any insincere member ON the ground that
what may seem reasonable" 10 one man
would be unreasonable to another. We
suggest ~ . proper substitute for this
pledge ono In favor of the adoption Of the
Illinois railway law. with notifications a.
lowing higher rates of transportation on
roads where the grade Is ~ steep - il is
on the Central Pacific from Colfax 70
Truckee. Something more definite 10 re~
quircd than 10 found In the words '.reason<
able reduction of freights and fares"
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N III b
Sam Long, velkkeowas eircas clown.
teils ~ following sangy,of Henry Clsy;r t
Inosmbsr oscs Ne entesed Lsxicsaoa
u proussiun and i juse hsppsosd tllae
Heasy Clay - driving y q The sans oms.
I broaghs ap ~ isae a ~ peeeeseien ~
ing : nsls A. - vss Aigscsly bsaind -,
] tssned ~ face = - aaGIs ~, a9d sssg
81, .'tless ws M. ssliax :cisissas. WIsdon
~ by Fo,ly.y n psss1s hauhsdi -
shosas6. - ~ Harry sssGs6 Gssaaly
|snAssd 1ts ssst ~ q ~ eifs4e meds
|hsaa = -, = slieA | alviesd Mn = =
pssaIassesf - Uallea 6aaaes, Asa laksns
10 ~ Cahoose ThAs pi6Al u: ssatae :
SsuDs = ~ 49, viss I ~ yAssd Nh
AlsPe ing .' ~ plaglpa!
- ~ - - GoUa = 9heu6ln1 0ln1oA1 :
shhvu1G 49, vooo no - - 49, q
n ss .s 81 4S%k sAssfs ~ S1sk \ IN ca ~ &
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ALargs Land oraat.
From, tho Portland Bulletip,

From tho Portland Bnlletip
We learn that y contract for building 100
miles of the Puget Sound branch Of the
Northern Pacific Railrosd will be placed in
the market IN few days, if II has not l,ecn
placed there already. This would take the
road several miles beyond Seattle; so that
city. cannot be the terminus. If this report
should prove true. and we believe from tho
facts that have come to our knowledge that
1t is, the programme Of the company must
be 10 run their road as far 40 the British line
In order To secure the immense area Of the
most magnificent timber land In the world
which SKIRTS the Sound. They are entitled
to q, 900 acres of this hnc land for every
mile Of railroad built, and IL they construct
line COO miles In length through that por.
ton of the Territory they will possess the
enormous quantity Of ., ,ooo, 900 acres of land,
and all thickly covered With forests which
cannot bs cxcelled BY any portion of the
globe. The value of this alone would more
than build the road from Puget Sound to
the Missouri river. Timber 10 becoming
scarcer every year. at least that adjacent to
bays and nsvigablc water courses; hence
this land must becop,s very valuable In q
few years at the far,hest. The timber land
owned by this company In the vicinity Of
Grand Rapids has increased within . few
years from two'dollars to one hundred dol
Lars per acre, and that on the Sound must
nrOV0 Of greater valnN ~ II 4. od3ar>rs -
many shipping ports. BY multiplying the
total number of scses which the company
will possess In Washington Territory by the
above sum, a fair idea Of the immense
wealth of the country will b obtained. II
the programme 10 at oil akin to tho state.
ments here made, it 10 probable that the ter.
minus will be established near Port Susan
or Whatcom. If our knowledge Of the geog>
raphy Of the region 10 correct in the mental
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cvE.AnoElicAl CORNER,

The Modoc switch is tho latest capillary
attraction.
Mrs. Helen n. Barnard has been appoint.
ed special Commissioner to the Vienna
Exposition.
Mme Meihua Scheller appeared as Fan.
chon" at tho American Atheneum, Milwau.
kee, on the 24,h.
Julius Converse. Governor Of Vermont,
was married the other day TO Miss Jennie
Martin, Of Woodstock. N. II.
A granddaughter Of Benjamin franklin
runs one Of the women committees on the
centennial matter, In Philadelphia.
In Paris the ladies have adopted the
Louis XIII vest, curious garment trimmed
with band of feathers Of every imaginable
color
There Is man Of our acquaintance who
10 90 economical that he has had . coffin
and tombstone for his wife made from her
marble top dressing bureau.
'1'm not in mourning" said young lady
frankly to young lady qucrist. "but As
widows are getting oil the offers nova.
days, VIC poor girls have to resort to arti.
ficc"
A bereaved husband, in an obituary no.
tice of his deceased wife, wrote, ''She has
gone to her eternal rest;" but to his horror
the newspaper printed It, ''She has gone to
her eternal roast"
Mrs. Carl Schurz, wife of tho distinguish.
cd Senator, has become heir to legacy uf
$50, 900 Prussian ,hslers. Or abou; $l7o, 900,
by the decease Of her uncle, lately resident
Of Hamburg. Germany. ..#
Amy Stone and her husband have bought
a handsome country place At Valley Stream.
Long Branch, fourteen miles from New
York. on tho Southside Railroad. and ten
minutes by rail from Rockaway Beach.
The Drusgiss Circular says-''For tho
benefit of young persons afflicted with
frcckles, We would inform them tina. pow
dercd nitrr, rnoistened with water, applied
to the face night and morning, will soon re.
move all traces Of Them"
A very young Emily recently received
this letter from her favored admirer: Deer
emily, cant meet yu too Day4 hav just
bin whipped and put in Bed, sm Riun
Tbs under the Bed Close and will send It
by John the tut man. So no more At Pres.
cut from yucrs till doth, JoNNv.
A Rochester man got into trouble the
other day, by being an Odd Fellow. He
met Mrs. 6cott In butchers shop. and
mistaking some motion she made for sign
used in tho Order of Rcbecca, . woman's
degree In Odd Fellowship, he went to her.
and offered his assistance II che needed It.
She didn't seem to need Il just then. for abe
grow red In tho face and told him to mind
his own business; yes, more. for she put an
svenging husband on his Trail, and for .
man who meant % we'll the poor Odd Fellow
Jared badly. .g
Over In Tebtown. Conn.,, recently, q girl
backed out Of her marriage engagement
when the minister got 10 tho house. Tho
bridegroom wasn't Of the broken heartoi
kind. He turned to the assembled ladies
and said: If there's another gal here
that'll occupy this vacant situation, I'm
her'n." Up jumped tho sister Of the lady
who had declined 10 be . bride. saving.
Count me In. PrUcecd old text singer.
with the performance. amt afeared,"
and the ceremony was performed to the de-
hghs OF tho groom and Company. '"E q