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POSTAGE ON PAPERs.-We call at
tention to the following item:

7'7'' ~ 7''o 'o''0"1nS 1ccn1,
Newspaper publishers are beginning
to prepare for the changes which the
recently enacted law of Congress has
made concerning exchanges and post
age. The law says that "an laws and
parts OF laws permitting the transmits
sion by mail of any free matter what
ever be and the same is hereby repealed
from and after June 80, 1873" After
that time postage on weekly newspapers
viii be five cents per quarter, and on
daily newspapers thirty cents per quar-
ter. The postage may be paid quarter
ly in advance, either at the office where
mailed, OF at the office where delivered.
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List of Lesaers

Remaining at the P0st-Ohice at Opelousas. on
June LIST, 1873, which if not taken out before
July LIST, 1873, will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, at Washington, DC.
Aldson, NJ. Daniel Landry, Ambrose
Arnold, John G o. Lee, Miss Emma Carrie
Andrews, D H LemelIe. T.
Beaumont, Pierre Mechey, Miss Amanda
Best. Sylyes McNeal, Rev James
Bailey, j James MarsOn, Mrs Jennie 2
BlrdlOu, LOucy Mcbride II D
Butler, Green Mcmillan. Dr. A
Bailey, j J MuTry, Richard
Briant, louisa Mickens, Willis
Benoist, Numa Morris, Mrs Emily
DaymOn, Miss ri Medeeis, MA
Demalher, Col NIL Morris, Mrs Jane
Davenport, Rev Joseph Me fiery, MissMargarct
Donate, Jos d Miles, Oscar
Daniels, Miss Sallie A Odin, John L
F0urt, Rev Z B 2 Phillips, Mrs Helen
Frazier, Booker Patton, John
FOwary, A Phillips. $ NJ
Poland, Mrs AL Pannels, Alet
Foster, Dick Phillips, Mrs
GauthrGauX, Albert Roy, Mrs H
Grimmcr Nicholas Robertson, Miles
Green, Moses Richard, Gerasin
Herbert, F Right, Miss Liza
Hart, William Smith, John f
Harper, ALEX Sibile, Joseph
Hampton, Miss Mary L Smith, Mrs Eliza
Inglard, Osburn Skinner, Joseph
Ingram, MI Shufard, Franklin J
Jones, Frank Smith Miss Angelina
Joug. RndOlphe 4 Thompson, Miss AntOni
JOOts, Mrs Catharine S Thomas, Mrs Eliza
Levy, Miss Tennic E Thompson, john
Leblanc, Samuel Wilson, r.
LedOuX, VD Wilkins, Gust
p. j. LEFEBVRE, Post Master.
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A Chicago Irishman, who was recent
ly'fined and put under bonds to keep
the peace for shading the optics of an
esteemed neighbor, remarked, as he
left the court; " Az coorse I'll keep the
pace, but I'll have the ould woman bate
he head off ov him.,
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERa.-ALL
II persons owing Taxes to the Town of 0pc-
lOrsas for the year 1872, are hereby notified to
of this advertisement, to the Treasurer of the
town, at his office, in compliance with the or
dinance of the Beard of Town Council, dated
May ), 1873, under penalty Of costs, etc.
JOHN POSEY, Treasurer.
ODplOuSaS. ,June 7, 1873.
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Medicinal P0isOns ON tho Wame,-The
patriarchs took no mercury, no bismutlf, no 10
dine, no bromide of potassium, no strychoria, no
quinine. Happy old gentlemen they did not
even know Of the existence of these I" specifies. ;,
and yet they lived until it seemed as if Death
had forgotten them. Their medicines were
herbs and roots. They have left this fact on
record, andfhe world seems to be now taking
note Of it and returning to the first principles of
medication. HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, the
purest and most efficacious vegetable rcstora-
tive of the day, is also most popular. Thous-
ands Of persons who only a few years ago be-
4eved implicitly in all the poisons which figure
IN the pharmacopia, now pronounce this palata-
bic tonic and Alternative an all7sufficient remedy
for dyspepsia, nervous debility, constipation,
bilious complaints, headache, intermittent fe-
Vers, and all the ordinary disturbances of the
stomach, the liver, the discharging organs and
the brain. The time is not far distant when
most Of the powerful and venomous drugs now
50 reeKfessly administered ny practitioners of
the : heroic school, III cases that might easily
pc controlled by mildert treatment will be utter
y discarded by all philosophical physicians.
ASH ~, the thinking public, who are generally
a0f the professionals, have alreadYpat the
dangerous preparation aside and adopted Hos
letters Bitters in their stead as d safe and ex-
eeliellb household medicine, adapted to almost
every aIIn1ent except the organic and deadly
contagious diseases. For more than twenty
years THIS famous restorative and preventive
mas been annually Strengthening its hold upon
Q! every advertised medicine manufactured in
his country, 80
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We understand that occasional eases
of Cholera prevail in the vicinity of
Raeeland and Lockport, some of which
prove fatal.
We think that about &c. deaths have
occurred with this disease in Lafourche.
[TIibodauX Sentinel. June 9Th.
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Marie Louise Lernelle, wife, VS.. Wash

ingtOn Gale.
DARISH COURT, ST. LANDRY.-NO. 1473.-
i BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued out
of the honorable Parish Court of st. Landry, in
the above entitled suit, and to me directed, I
will proceed to sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the CourthOuseOf said parish,
in the OWL of OpclOusas, on SATURDAY, the
5th day of July, 1873, at II O'Clock, a. ~, the
following described property, to-wit-
A certain tracto ground, situated i'll the town
of Opelopsas, parish of st. Landry, being lot
NO. 49, nineteen, of the Church addition to the
town of OpeloIIsas, bounded north by street,
name unknown, south by Church street, east by
lot No. 1G, and west by lot No. %.
Seized in the above suit,
Terms-On a credit of twelvcmonths, purcha-
ser furnishing bond and security according to
law.
T. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
june IA, 1873.
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ATEW SCHOOL.

On Monday. Jun I'd, 1873, I win open a school
on Court street. near the Catholic church, in
Opelousas. Instruction in all branches of an
English education French taught also if desired.
Tuition 50 per month, payable monthly.
may 3l-tt i. B0GGuADa
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They have arrested Mar. Apologize
out in Nebraska merely for having
three wives, stealing q horse, forging a
note and setting fire to a barn! If Ne
braska is going to allow a man abso-
lutely no liberties at all, how does she
expect to attract immigration to her
5shores2
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Mr.. r.. Moore, of English Bayou. re-
quests ms to say that his Ferry will be
discontinued afterthe 18th in t.-TLake
Charles Echo. June It'll.
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Thadeus Stevens left, in his will, The
sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be
paid, in instalments, every five years,
TO a nephew, provided he abstained
from Intoxicating drinks.
That nephew viii not get a dollar.
He had rather be afool than be rich.
Thibodanx Sentinel.
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iuin. 1873
JOhn 4. Adams & Co., VS.. Abraham
MillSnnmgh.

UUTTT0FUINW.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. Lam
- dry-NO. 12195.-By virtue of an writ of
n ia: 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 en-
TITLED suit, and to me directed, 1 will proceed to
the store of said Abraham MillspaugG, in +6e
town of Washington, in said parish, on SAT-
CRDAY, the 9TH day of July, 1879, at eleven
O'Clock a. NJ, the following described property,
tO-Wit- J'
-Four lots of ground, in the town of Washing
ton, with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, bounded north by Main street. and west
by Bayou CarrOn.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-On a credit of twelve months, nurcba-
ser furnishing bono and secnrity according TO
law. ~
F.. 0. HAYES, Sheriff.
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E. Moore, eu mis-, W.. Abraham
NTin,p,rol

Samuel n. Moore, ca mis-, W.. Abraham
Millspaugh.
GOUR DE PAROISSE, ST. LANDRY-No. 1914
En- vertu dun writ de irri -facias, lance par
honorable la Cour de Par0isSe, dams ct pour In
rAr9iSse st. Landry, dams lie process ci-dcSsns in
titlls, ct n moi adrcSSe, jG vendrai Ell ventc MI
n1llqne, M plus Ottrant cnCh6rissenr, II In MaisOn
Sas, lie SAMEDI, ) Juliet, 1873, ii ONE helres din
matin, Ia prOpri6tC ci-aprts dGcrites, SAVIOR
Quatr" t%errains, dams In willie de Washington,
aNec toutGS les hatlsscs ct amtliOratiOns qui s'y
trOuvent, borne an nord par In rue di Main. ct
a FOncSt par IL. Bayou CaTron.
Saisie dams le process ci-dcssus.
C0nditi0nS-A I'm credit de dOuze mOis. Par-
quereur fournissant un caution aYec DIES s6Curi-
ties scion la lOi.
+. 0. HAYES, Sheriff.
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An Iowa merchant won't advertise in
the papers. but paints on Che fences,
60 two Aliens for yer dri goods.n
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The latest appellation for ladies' bus
ties and panniersis is, e tuckupbehindWig-
Observation-Disclosures
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At a small town on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, the other day, four
able-bodied white men were seen In a
field playing croquet. 1T was the sub
FINEST spectacle that an impoverished
country ever beheld.-[Courier-Journ
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.R0CTOR =, CANDLES

~ b BLE'S
EXTRA OLIVE SOAP.
is made from the best materials and nicely per-
fumed. Sold at price of ordinary Soap, buy it,
Won will use no other. GrOceTS have it.
New Orleans JObbers Wholesale Agents.
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iune Il, 1879
L. Adams & Co., VS.. Abraham
Millspaugh.

John I. Adams & Co., vs.. Abraham
Millspaugh.
YOUR DE DISTRICT, PAROISSE ST. Ian
- dry.-NO. 12195.-En vertu dun writ de fcri
de district de FEtat de Ia Louisiana, dams ct
pour Ia ParOisse st. Landry, dams le process Ci-
dessus %intitule, ct a moi adressG, .je vendraf en-
vente publique, au plus Offrant enChGrisseur, au
vile de Washington, dans Ia dite p~arofssc. lie
SAMEDI, Juliet, 1873, a ONE hcures du matfn,
les prophecies eli apres dGcrites, SAVIOR
Quatre terrains, dams Ii Vile de Washington.
ayec tOutes les batisses ct deliberations quf Sy
trOuvent, borne an nOrd par la rue du Main, ct
a rOuest par lie Bayou CaTrnn.
Saisie dams lie process ci-dcssus.
COnditiOns-A III credit dc dOuze mOis, Fac
qufreur fOurnissant I'm caution aveC DIES sGcuri-
ties scion la loi.
E.O c. HAYES, Sheriff.
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Supreme Court in said suit..... 90 90
A petition of Valery Roy asking that the street
opposite his property on Market street, he re-
paired. Resolved, that the prayer of the petit
t1oIler be granted, and the constable is author
lied to have said repairs made.
On motion OF Mr.. Leieune, resolved, that the
constable be instructed to assess the property of
this town Immediately, and that he receive a
compensation of $50 for said wOrk-the furnish
ing of the tax roll.
The Clerk of the Board files his statement No,
2, h0W1ng the amount Of town warrants issund
since 5th of May last to be $50 81.
The treasurer files his monthly statement
showing that he had received in Warrants the
sum of SO for taxes, etc,
The President appoints Mr.. r. Leoncn Hehrard
as q committee to eXaminethe titles of the town
to q certain grant of land made to the inhabit-
ants OF the town of Opelousas, and confirmed by
the government of the United States. as per
commissioners certificate B.. No. 117I,
The clerk Is requested to inform Mr.. H. K.
B~odelnu1icr that the members present at this
meetllg DO recommend him as n proper person
TO be appointed a member Of this Board. to fiji
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
received the highest number of votes at the last
election for members of this Board, after the
elected members.
Mr., Iejeune is appointed a committee to have
D%anisters placed on the upper bridge on BAYOU
lesson.
On motion, it is resolved that the bridges on
Union street, near the convent, and on Landry
street be repaired, and that hUleon said Union
street be properly filled up, under the supervis-
ion OF the constable.
On notion, the Board adjourned until the
next regular meeting.
Approved III. LATOUR, President.
AJteSE: L, EON Clerk.
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The following couplet is from the
Natclez Demoerat-Courier:
Young man spare that hustle.
Touch not a single pape,
It eostthat woman an awful tHssle
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Remaining at the Post-Offce at Opelousas, on
June LIST, 1873, which if not taken out before
July list, 1878, will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, ut WASHINGTON. d q
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WATCHES AND JEWELLERY

Is II Al X T. ID
At the New Establishment, opposite Joseph
Bloch's Residence,
Main Street, Opclousas,
BY r. MORNHTNVEG.
june lily
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I0be gwen at dose, or may be divided
and one-half given at a dose; in fifteen
minutes give the balance. 1.-THE stomach
does not retain it, repeat the half doses
every fifteen minutes until it does.
North La. Journal.
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A purely Vegetable Cathartic and Tonic. for
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick Head
ache, Bilious attacks, and all arrangements of
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist
for it. Bearnle Of MitnLioMs
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THE CHOLERA.-As this dreadful di-
sease is gradually approaching our I'M
mediate locality, we have thought
proper to publish the recipes below:
very ,efficacious in many.cases:
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B AND SKILL.

OPELOUsAs, SATURDAY, JUNE "A, 1873.
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WHITE FOR A PRICE LIST TO
]. H. JOHNSTON,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
179 SmithReld Street. Pittshurph. Pa

Breech-LOading Shot Guns, $40 to $500. Double
Shot Guns, So to $50. Single Guns, So to $40.
Rifles, SO to $75. RevOlvers, S. to S25. Pistols.
81 to s.. Gun Material, Fishing Tackle, etc.
Large discounts to dealers or clubs. Army
Gums, Rcv0lvers, etc, bought or traded for.
before paid for.
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A KISS.

had met her at the ball, and our feet
Had twinkled together in the busy MAJ.
Or the waltz; had whirligigged around
Her airily In the Boston," and
Capered nimby Ia front Of her in the liz
of square dances, until was in love,
And, loving, longed 10 taste the ambro.iai
Sweets OF her lips--yes, as humming bird.
To there manipulate honey without
The shadow Of foul suspicion.
One eve,
In the dewy stiffness, spied her fair
Form leaning lAnguidly on her fathers
Gate approached, and tinidly slipped
My arm lovingly about her waist She sighed
Not-sweet girls!-but spssmodically dropped no,
Head, face upward, ON my shoulder.
went
For those lips, and touching with mine, she hove
sigh which blasted my love and knocked the
Kiss into non-forgetfulness. She had
Been eating onions!
-W'ashington Capital.
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ENGLISH COUNTRY LABORERS'
HOMES

An attempt is being made in England
to improve the character of the houses,
or rather huts, in which the agricultural
laborers live. In the discussion arising
in consequence, the Builder says /: Ger
tain public speakers, seeking to dis
credit and oppose the endeavors now
being made to improve the condition OF
our agricultural laborers, have spoken
of the admirable manner in which they
are lodged. To correct these misrepre-
sensations, it then proceeds to draw a
picture Of the facts of the case. and
among other instances gives the follow
ing illustration. Last week case OF
delirium tremens was reported to the
Wicanton Board of Guardians, and we
sent for some particulars to the home OF
of the patient. It is situated in lane
in the town has a living room about IL
by Q feet, and z feet high to the boards
of the upper floor: In this room gener-
ally sleep the man and his wife, three
the wife's mother, and young
woman. -Scribncr for March.
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UNDER THE KEEL.

keel-hauling, as ordinarily practicet
IN former days, was very simple pro
ceeding. The refractory sailor was tisJ
to the middle part of long rope, por.
ton of which had previously been car
RED under the bowsprit and gradually
drawn backward till it encircled the
waist OF the ship. The rope was then
drawn slowly under the bottom of the
ship, drag ying the helpless sailor with
it 1t was the severest of punishments,
but 1t is now seldom, perhaps never, re-
sorted to-at least on board American
merchantmen The victim always
emerged from the water half drowned,
; and often, indeed, he never recovered
from the injury. 1t was found that a
person who had accidentally fallen into
the water might stay under twice the
time of one that was keel-hauled. and
yet recover. In fact, it commonly re-
quires eight minutes or longer to drown
. person, but q man was seldom kept
under the bottom of ship more than
three, or at most, five minutes. 1t would
appear that the knowledge that he was
about to be immersed in water created
such an excitement and horror in the
victim that when the water entered his
lungs it found them in an unnatural con-
dition, and congestion was undoubtedly
quickly produced, which, if severe,
proved fatal of itself before the man
had time to die of suffocation or, if not
Sd severe, still resulted in more perma-
nent injury than tina. ordinarily suffered
by aperson who has been nearly drowned.
Fortunately. captains no longer conceive
themselves invested with that absolute
authority which led them to vent their
personal animosity upon those in their
power. Our laws and a public sentiment
awakened by successive horrible expo
sures have done much TO alleviate the
rigors of the entire system Of discipline
on shipboard.
About twenty-five years ago, however,
the Large coasting schooner belle of
the Wave" was lying becalmed off Pen
sscola Bay, in the Gulf. Her captain
was of the old-fashioned kind of large
hearted, indolent, storytelling South
emers, but with q swarthy complexion,
shifting black eyes. and thin lips that
Indicated relentless disposition if en-
RACED At Charleston he had shipped
as a common sailor an Englishman. The
latter was of pale complexion, with
very light hair and small features. His
was intellectual in it's ex-
preston, but showed, aloo, an indecision
Of character and q want of that quality
in the man that helps person to get on
in the world In every intellectual ac-
complement he was infinitely the cap
tain's superior, and with the strong
preiudices Of his type Of men. the latter
had conceived violent dislike for him.
He had proved to know nothing Of the
duties of sailor, and had signed his
papers because he had found himself in
utterly destitute circumstances, and had
been Obliged to do something to save
himself from starvation.
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jim H., out West, tells a good story
about Shell-bark lawyer" His client
was up on two small charges. frivo-
lous charges" as shell-bark designated
them-(forging note Of hand, and steal
ing horse). On running his eye over
the jury he didn't like their looks, so he
prepared an affidavit for continuance,
setting forth the absence of principal
witness. He read it in whisper to the
prisoner, who, shaking his head, said:
esquire, I can't swear to that doky-
ment." "Why?" "Kase hit hain't
true" Old Shell inflated and exploded
loud enough t.. be heard throughout the
room. "What! forge a note an steal
horse, an can't swear to q lie! Hang
such Internal FOOLS" And he immedi-
ately left the conscientious one to his
fate.
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WILLIAM LEQu1EN, noted Partisan
beggar, who has for years appealed for
charity in the streets by exhibiting the
stumps Of two amputated arms. was o
few days ago brought to the bar Of a
police station on a charge of picking
pockets. While eloquently declaiming
against the imputation he gesticulated
with two sound hands, long probably
concealed beneath loose coat.
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VARIETIES.


"LoNGand successful reign de.
luge.
MEN of mark-Mark Twain and Bis
marck.
An oyster leads placid life until it
gets into stew.
THE Burke controversy" Who Froude
that last brick ?"
The coffin Of Kamehameha w., with
X. V. in it, weighed over ton.
"a BACKWARD spring" is produced by
presenting a red-hot poker to a mans
nose.
THERE is purple half to the grape.
mellow half to the peach, a sunny half
to the globe, and a better half to the man
that is fortunate to have good wife.
A sHREwD old Yankee said he didn't
believe there was any downright cure for
laziness in a man "but," he added,
i've known second wife to hurry it
some."
THE latest in the way of self-praise is
an Indiana editor who played few tunes
on an old banjo, under his Office window,
and then thanked the serenader, in the
next issue, for delightful music.
AN old minister, the other day, asked
a woman what could be done to induce
her husband to attend church. II don't
know" she said, unless you were to
put pipe and jug of whisky in the
pew"
AN old lady visited travelling circus.
She was delighted in every respect but
one. Speaking of the proprietor, she
said, "He has everything in his show
that is on the bills but the hippodrome
I wonder where he keeps his hippo
drome? Is it dead?"
An Irish physician was called to ex-
anime the corpse of another Irishman,
who had been assassinated by some of
his countrymen. "This person. said
he, after inspecting the body, "was so
i'll that if he had not been murdered he
would have died half an hour before.
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POLITICAL PERSEC UTIO.NS IN
FRANCE.

The RcpuJlique Franchise bitterly
complains that the political prosecutions
still go on. eve could" the Repub-
H2uc remarks, name citizens who
were arrested last week and whose sole
crime consisted in having joined with
TO- others in the amnesty demonstra-
ton of the Free Masons under the Com
mune. Only last night the police ap-
peared in the Seventeenth Arrondisse-
ment to arrest man who had not even
been ever sub-officer in the National
Guard, and was SO little afraid of perse.
cution that he still resides in the same
place which he occupied during the days
of the Commune. Nearly all these
seizures are made in the night. We had
fancied that the police prefecture had
abandoned these disgraceful practices of
the Empire.
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INTEMPERANCE IN INDIANA.


Miss Laura Ream writes from In
dianapolis to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial:
Mr.. John w. Ray has compiled from
the official reports startling array Of
"facts and figures for the people," in
substance as follows:
Eighteen counties, with 81, 1861 voters,
support 1,179 saloons, and furnish our
prisons with Ats Of the 744 convicts in
the State.
Sixty-fve other counties support but
968 saloons, and, with a voting popula-
ton Of 154, 842, furnish but 238 of the
744 State Prison convicts.
Nine counties without q saloon in
their limits, having %, 1866 voters, furnish
only thirty-one convicts, an average Of
one to us.
Two hundred and eighty-six of the
convicts Of 1872 report themselves tenn
perate, 2O3 Incorporate, and log moder-
ate drinkers. Estimating the labor Of
the convicts at home at $500 year, il
would be worth 1923, 6O9.A more than
the 800. 59S.56, earnings Of convict labor
in prison. In the single county Of
Marion, with one convict to ninety-ive
voters, there are twice as many saloons
as convicts, and the criminal expenses
to liquor amount to $46,-
SO9.36.