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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28
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E--H .Esa nv SSl& E0Rs -.
Mr. EDITOR PLEASE announce thar, mt the
solicitation OF many Democrats and Conserya.
tIyes of the parish of ST. Landry. DIR. W.. IT
of the parish of CaleaSieu. has con.
Sented to become Il candidate for the State Sen.
att.. at the election of November next.
IN connecting To our sister parish fIs., right nj
presenting a candidate for the said office, we
cheerfully recommend DIR. Kifkfnnn to the fa.
yofable consideration OF the Democrats and
conservatives of st. Landry. E
MANY VOTERS OF ST. LANDRY.
| respectfully announce myself II candidate
Tor the Office of State Senator Of the Tenth SEN
4t0rlal District, Comprising the parishes of 81,
Landry, Lafayette, Cameron and CtllcasieTI.
GEORGE III. WELLS.
Oh. WM. A. ROBERTSON is Il candidate for
The state Senate mt the next election, from this
District, composed of the parishes of Lafayette,
Cameron, !Cafcasietl and st. Landry.
Fer sheriff.
JAMES O. GLACIERS is u candidate for
sheIfH at the next election. &
EGBERT Q. HAYES is a candidate for Sheriff
at the next election, }s
am O candidate for the office of Sheriff of the
parish OF st. Landry, at the election in Noyeni,
"ef next G. G, DUSOE.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

Persons wishing to invest should order prompt-
lY. either OF the home office or our local Agents,
Liberal commissions will be allowed to salts
factory agents.
Oh application.
THO. i. BRAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager.
Public Library Building, Louisville. XIV.
IIIp ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

AN a FORTUNE .

\ post poucmrmt Of the Fifth Concert of the
Public Library OF Kentucky has been So rrnrr-
ally anticipated, and is so mmlitrStly for the in
tclCSt of all concerned, that il must meet the.
approval of all. The day is now absolutely fixed
ard there will he no Variation from the pro
grannmc now announced. \ sufficient number
of tickets had been sold 10 have enabled lis to
have had 4 larg" drawing on the 3iSt July hut
d short pnStponClhcnt was considered preferable
to Il partial drawing. Let it he borne in. mind
that
THE FIFTH GGFT CONCERT
Is ne last lfhich wiN crcr be- girrn undcl. ms
ch0Ttci' GHd BY Tie present management.
That it will positively and nnequivocalIy take
place as announced on
Monday, a November,
that the music will he the best the country ;f-
fOrdS, and that
10000 CASHE GIFTS.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

Grateful Thousands proclaim VIM
EGAR BITTERS the most wonderful III
vigorant that ever sustained the sinking
system.
No Person can take these BitterS
according to directions, and remain long
unwell. provided their bones are not de-
stroyed by mineral poison OF other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
reDair,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28
List Of

Remaining in the Post Office ut Opelousas.
August lst,, 1874, and if not taken out before
the LIST of September. 1874, will be sent to the
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

iIil O candidate for the office of Sheriff of the
parish OF st. Landry, ut the election in Noyems
'ef next G. G, DUSOE.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

Fer sheriff.
JAMES Q. sCHACHERE is u candidate for
Sheriff at the next election.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

.AGGREGATING

y ; o, q 300
will he distributed by lot among the ticket
holders.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

july 31-tf
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

EGBERT Q. HAYES is a candidate for Sheriff
ut the next election.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
TOTAL 40 GIFTS.
ALL CASH.
ONLY 1000 TICKETS TO BE SOLD.

1t Is confidently believed thnt-as the price
ola ticket isso moderator sj--every ticket
will be sold be!or the day fixed for the con-
cert and drawing but whether all are sold OF
not the drawing will positively take place
Should there be any unsold tickets they will
be destroyed, and all the Offered gifts, 40 In
plumber, will be drawn, br, diminished In
sold tickets.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20

Woman's Medical Adviser, a neat little
book, containing causes, symptoms and treat
ment Of oil ordinary affections affiicting the
female sex, can be had by enclosing rs cents.
Address as above.
Sold wholesale and retail at Dallas, Texas,
by t.-..s II. G. HOSKINS.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20

THE citizens of Austin, Texas, gave
grand party on the 9Th inst. in honor
of the Inauguration of Governor Coke
When such men are elected to office
the people have right to rejoice, and
when none but such men are elected
the country will be so prosperous that
people will not he able to keep from
rejoicing. We feel so good over the
election of Coke, and the great Demo-
cratic victory dating from his elevation
to office, that we could dance for joy
every day, even as David danced before
the Lord. While Democrats are dane
ing up and down the center in Texas,
we would like to see Davis, Honey, and
a few other thieves Swinging on the
corners" if to swing would be in order
: POmeroy's Democrat.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
MODE OF DRAWING.

There will be upon the stage two glass
wheels, the contents OF which can be seen
by the audience. A committee, consisting
of three eminent citizens in no way connect
ed with the management, having first made
am accurate count and examination, will
place in the larger wheel 1000 leather tags,
cut by the same die, exactly alike, and hay
ing numbers on them, from to 1900. CORE
spending TO the number of all the tickets
sold. A similar, commlttee-having first
examined, counted, folded and sealed up in
no square boxes, precisely alike, as many
slips of paper, on which are printed the lI0
gifts Denominations from $40 to 81 ,0O0-will
then place these 40 sealed boxes containing
the gifts in the smaller wheel. Both wheels
win then be turned until their contents are
thoroughly mixed. A blindfolded boy,
under Is years of age, will then draw from
the larger wheel one of the tags, and, hold
ing it up in full view Of the audience, its
number will be called loud enough for all to
hear by the crier appointed for this purpose;
the tag will then be passed to committee OF
three distinguished ciIizens, who win say
whether the number has been rightly called.
1t will then be passed to n registrar, who will
file 1t upon copper wire prepared for the
purpose.
The number Of the tag thus drawn, cried,
proven and filed will be recorded by three
clerks, in separate books, prepared for the
purpose.
A blindfOlded girl of similar age will then
draw from the smaller wheel one of the
seated boxes, which will be opened and the
gift taken out, unfolded and held up TO the
view of the audience. .. HItr
The amount of the gift thus drawn will
then be cried, recorded by the three clerks,
and the paper filed by the registrar with its
tag upon the wire. r nr
The gilt thus drawn will belong 10 the tick
ct bearing the same number as the tag
drawn Immediately before it. Thus this pro-
cess will continue until 40 numbers are
drawn from the larger wheel, and all the
boxes from the small wheel. And the li0
gifts thus drawn, ranging from $40 to slOC0,
will be paid to the parties who present the
tickets having numbers thus determined by
lot to be entitled them. .r -'..
After the drawing Is over, the large wheel
containing the tags will be placed in the
hands of committee chosen by the. audi
ence, who can examine for themselves and
see whether all the tickets sold were repre-
septed 10y tags with corresponding numbers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
THE DAILY HERALD,

0lliee la Third stoTy ~ CLARK ~ nry'
ans New building, Corner Of Lamar
ami Main streets, business OGiee-
Front Room ia Second story,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
/, w. swludeiiS q Co., Publishers.
THE WEEKLY Herald

THE WEEKLY HERALD WIN be- pub
lshpd every Saturday morning, tiuhsorip-
Ion, t2,j0 per annum sl,jO for six months,
payable IN advance, No subscription taken
for u less period than six months,
Advertisements inserted az the rnte of 81 10
per square tlr the first insertion, aud 20 cents
Tor ench subsequent insertion,
Obituary notices, marriages, deaths public
meetings, cards Of thanks, etc, 10 he paid lOr
~ hall advertisement rates,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
FOR SALE.
u A CHOICE FARM FOR SALE. :
2 IL Miles South of Dallas
100 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION.

Soil varied and very Itch, well suited for
agarden, q vineyard, an orchard and farm.
Ten or fifteen ncres may be Irrigated az q
very small expense, p aigls - fafl a1iuilIl5
uated rs TO water stock nom every part of the
farm with great convenience, ana IL not
more than. thirty or forty yards from the res
idencee.. An abundance OF good. timber; COM
buildings, feneings and. gates. Good dwell
ing, out-buildings, two tenant houses and an
excellent barn. Willseli All or part D n ~
2s0d3m raa.i1 JOHN NJ. CROCKETT.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
SMALL FRY.

What II robus? A kiss repeated.
Everything by turns-the gymnast,
Bloggs calls his boarding house II ha-
ciendn,
The child who cried for an hour, did
not get IL, ...........
MacMahon's last bali cost forty thou
sand dollars,
Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati, Is
taking quinine, I.. .
Lost political pleiades--Jim Ashley
aud Long John Wentworth.
Maud Banks is the girl Ex-Governor
Warmoth is engaged to,
If Butler feared conscience as much
as he does reporters, he would he safe
"Are you looking for any one in
parIIcuIar"' MS the mite said to the
microscope.
The Pittsburg Gazette mentions that
Miss Boutwell, Is us much of politi-
clan MS her father
Lone is thing in four letters, yet
sometimes, in breach of promise
case, hundreds are produced.
There are six young ladies in Wash.
lngton that have not been called the
reigning bellies Of the season.
A ieweler labelled some diamonds
in his window us being as sparkling ~
the tears of Il young widow.
y Milwaukee dry goods clerk wears
a shingle under his shirt front to keep
the wrinkles in subsection.
"Nlay Heaven bless and keep you
rom your own true love, Benjamin
Herrick," was the way the letter ended.
"rm particularly uneasy on this
point" said the fly to theyoung gentle
man who stuck him OH the end Of u
needle
"Never put off until tomorrow what
can be done to-day.n Then let's eat
the remainder of the pudding tonight.
An Oswego woman advertises that
she has purchased II shotgun and will
shoot any man who gives her husband
liquor
George Washington could not tell n
lie, and the Boston papers propose TO
follow his example by not issuing
paper on his birthday.
Boston is hungrier than ever since
she swallowed the last batch of sub
urban towns, and her mouth now fair
ly waters for Cambridge.
Somebody has written an essay on
Swelling as Il Fine Artn and lcgisla-
tive committees are in fever Of excite
ment to know what it means.
Elder Knapp, the Baptist revivalist,
Is III with pulmonary consumption at
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20

A BEAVER county, Pennsylvania,
man threatens to bring suit against q
young farmer who persists in sitting
up with his daughter Sunday nights
until four O'Clock in the morning. The
stern parent claims, firstly, that the
following day being wash day, his gal
amt of no account; secondly, that, il
they would only use two chairs, the
one they do use wouldn't cost 80 much
for repairs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
NOTICE FARMERS.

The undersigned wanting5lo acres Of broom
corn raised Will furnish seed. free OF charge,
at Williams Bros., Elm street, Dallas, and
will pay the highest market price for straw
delivered at our broom factory in BAL rs, or
the nearest railroad depot to the raiser. II
viii pay the raiser from so 10 go per ncre.i
febGi2m22w2t .
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20

GAIN the confidence of II child if you
would mould its character. You can
not with blows and harsh language cor.
rect faults or cultivate a love fora beau.
tiful. Kindness and sympathy will
lead the most unruly boy or girl and
soften the hardest heart, but stern,
unrelenting oppression and tyranny
brushes young lives and plants poison
Gus weeds in gardens where only sweet
flowers might be made to blossm. =
Elm Orlu.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
BOARD OF DALLAS LIBRARY:

q. ". SWINK. President. ~. p p =. e..
0Lif WRlLBCRN, lire.president.
JACOB WILLIAMS Tresnrer. O.
A. j. R0SENPlRLp, Secretary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
SAFE KEEPING OF THE MONEY

All moneys arising from the sale of tickets
will be placed in Adams Il Ieonard's Bank,
there 10 remain us n special deposit until the
concert is over and all the gifts fully pro-
vidcd for, and then subject only to the joint
check of the business manager and agent Of
the concert and the committee who supcrin-
tends the drawing.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
Medical Association of Texas.

The State Medical association meets
in Dallas on the first Tuesday in April,
of which the doctors throughout the
State should take note. DR.. ID. +.
Stuart, Of this city, is president; Doe
tors Morrison, of Hearne, and Brown,
Of Waco, vlce-presldents; DIR. Young,
of Houston, secretary, aud DR.. j. La
rendon, treasurer.-Houston Age.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
a,..s. FOR SALE. NV ~, =, a,iis ,.' 10y
~----'~N~S>>,
LAND. FOR SALE. !. y ~.

Several improved traetsof land, three miles
timber convenient, and the land X rich as =
any in Dallas. Also, prairie and timbered
tracts uDimproved, which will, be sold IN q
quantities to suit purchasers and at reasotia- =
Bile prices. For further informatioh npplyt0
2S9dtf. JAS. o. CRUTCHFIEbD. Dallas. u
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20
MANAGEMENT.

The drawing of gifts and payment OF the
same will be under the supervision and con
troll of the following gentemcn
MAJOR 5. }, ADAMS. OF Adams & Leon.
ard.
CAPTAIN W. II, CASTOR, of CASTOR &
Thomas.
MAJOR II. v. TONfPKlNs, of Tomp-
kinS IL Litttefied.
CAPTAIN WI MURPHY, of Prather 4
Murphy.
COLONEL JOHN KERR, President of Dal
las County Bank.
CAPTAIN JOHN w. SWlNDELLS, HER
AID Office.
GENERAL JOHN j. GOOD, Attorney al
Law.
II. p. AUNSPAUGH, Cashier of City Bank
BEN. LONG, Mayor of Dallas.
y. SANGER. Esq, of Sanger 4 Bros.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16
THE uoqUIs INDIANS OF ARIZONA

DR.. Oscar Leew, uhehiistt TO Wheeler's
Surveying Expedition, furnishes the
Popular Science Monthly with an inter-
esting account of the AoFu;s Indians
Of Arisenn. Who number about $500
souls and live in six villages that stand
on high sandstone rocks in an ocean
desert. The ascent to the citadel is by
so narrow a path that only ole person
can pass at time and by sentinels, 50
that few braves may defend the place
against almost any army without artil-
lery.
In appearance the Moquis resent
bles the Caucasian rather than the
Monaghan race, Their complexion is
4 light red brown, teeth snow white,
hair Jet black, coarse and long. They
are well clad, especially the females,
and particularly the daughters of the
chief, whom DR.. Loew pronounces Eek
ceedingIy interesting young ladies'"
Dogs, donkeys, sheep, goats, and
chickens are found with this tribe. but
no cats, cows, horses or hogs. Their
wood is brought a long distance on
donkeys, and, in the absence of wood,
sheep droppings are dried and burnt for
fuel. Very little grass is fOundnear the
villages, and sheep and goats are driven
some distance to Craze, returning at
night. The chief article OF subsistence
is Indian corn; they have no meat ex-
cept occasionally mutton. With no
stream of water large enough for irri-
CATION, by a peculiar system of corn
culture, these people have contrived to
live in the heart of a desert for nm
known centuries. Themethod employ
ed is as follows:
The seed is planted between one and
two ieet deep beneath the sand, and
very wide apart. AT this depth, they
have found by experience that there is
sufficient moisture to develop and sus-
tain the plant. DR.. L., being an analy-
teal chemist, states the interesting
fact that the earth at the depth of one
foot contains two and -tenths per
cent of moisture to one-tenth at the
surface, from which it may be inferred
with reason that at no great depth
there must be . stratum of water"
Government could not do a better
thing for its soil and sterile plains
in the West than to sink a well
and test the value of this suggestion.
Our readers need not be told the i'm
pOrtance of water TO make crops of
corn, oats, grass. hay, potatoes and
other vegetables, where there is seri-
Gus deficiency. The full resources of
the earth in this matter should be in
vestigated and determined. Planting
corn over foot deep without blowing
TO find moisture is a new fact in Amer
can agriculture, which may have a
wide application. Deeper tillage will
give all farmers and planters n much
larger supply of water in the subsoil
to assist in the production of good
crops.
As to the age of this settlement, our
authority says:
Taking into consideration the fact
that the space between the several viii
lagos on one Of the mesas is solid rock,
and that across this space Il path has
been worn by human feet TO the depth
of several inches, and remembering
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16
THE STATE BURDEN.

We publish elsewhere a full state
ment of the part and present condition
OF the State debt, obtained from official
sources. The total liabilities of the
State to-day are, in exact figures, s27,-
920, 3S6.45. OF this there is Sc, 437, 54S.-
IS, on which solv mt railroads are
promptly paying their own interest, so
that the amount on which the State
is called to payis S21, 49,, $3.50. This
represents the total burden resulting
from State aid to turnpikes, banks,
railroads, etc. To this must be added
our voluntary contribution to the cause
of education, in the shape of the school
fund, amounting to S2,5l2,500, and
making the total liabilities on which
interest is called for S23, 1896, 337 80.
The amount Of interest to be paid an
nually is about Sl.4OO,OO0. With the
needed reform reducing current ex-
penses, and with the accession of rail
road property to the taxables of the
State, the next Legislature are likely to
find, when they take the matter in
hand. that they can do justice to the
people as well as the State and its
credit.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

ONE day last week no less than
twenty-five bridal couples sat down to
dinner at the Clifton House, Niagara
Falls, Opposite to one Of the happy
groups sat an elderly spinster from the
rural districts" of MASSACHUSETTS,
After Ubseftirg foF some time, with
Il-coneealed disgust, the pretty atten-
tons Of the doting bridegrOOms, she
turned to her companion and said:
DO you know, Mary, that J cften
thank the lord I all not a man."
Indeed, Jane" responded Mary.
But l do not see that you have much
reason to thank Him that you are a
woman"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16
BOSS SHEPHERDS GAG LAW.
Cinci' natl Commercial.


1t is now asserted thSt hStis known
Is The Poland gag law was prepared in
the Office of the Assistant Attorney for
the District of Columbia, and by Har-
rington. ot burglar-safe notoriety, him.
self. 1t is certain that disreputable
officer bss been acti-e II preparing the
Indictment of Dana for libel, and ma
nipulating the grand jury to make the
proper finding. He has madepo secret
of his part in TIE brsihess.- Inc more
falIy The matter is investigated, the more
plainly it Is made to appear that the
bill was devised and Struggled through
Congress IN the closing hours of the
session for the express purpose of al.
lowing Boss Shepherd to wreak his
vengeance upon the newspaper men
who have been unsparing in exposing
the frauds and rascalities that made
his proEigate administration an offence
in the eyes of all decent men and re-
proach to the good name of America in
all lands
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

OUR acquisition of the Dominion at
no distant day is among the possibih-
ties, and the prospect is causing con-
siderable uneasiness in England. In
regard to the Canadian Reciprocity
Treaty, the London Standard says:
Taken in connection with their poll
cy in regard to the Pacific Railway, it
Is hard TO resist the conviction that
the recent Canadian Ministry have
conceived the idea Of separating from
the Empire and Of attaching the Do
minion To the United States. The
money they have grudgod to the con-
struction of the Pacific Railway we
find them willing to contribute toward
the extension of the canals intendedfor
he convenience Of the American trade.
When it is an Imperial scheme they
are called upon to support we perceive
them to be cold and niggardly. When
it is a project for the immediate Hg-
crandizrmemt Of the provinces which
support their policy, involving pros
pectiye benefits to the State, we DIS
cover them to be liberal toprOdigality."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

THE London journals report that a
girl named Richards has successfully
concluded; at Stapletoh, near Bristol,
the feat of walking 1000 miles in 1000
consecutive hours. When she CON-
menced, an application was made to
the magistrates tg interfere, but it was
Unsuccessful. on the ground that the
young woman was free agent. Itwas
stated that she undertook the task in
order that her father should win a
wager of ESQ.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

WE have received an insolent note
from Joseph R. Dillin, Charm an of
the Black-and. Tan Executive Commit
tee, denying that he supports McClain
for Chancellor with a view to securing
the office Of Clerk and Master. 1t is a
matter of no consequence whatever to
us whom he supports, as the defeat of
the disreputable combination with
which he is so prominently identified
IS a matter of absolute certainty. We
remember when Dillin pretended
t. be very decent sort
of Conservative in one Of
Brownlow' Legislatures, and we also
have some faint recollection Of a little
affair be had with the Treasury officials
at Washington, but how he worked his
way over to the Radical camp, settled
into a fat office and became the special
champion of the Civil Rights infamy
in these parts, is not sufficiently clear
to us Just now and weshall hayetoOver-
haul the records before we give his
antecedents the ventilation their inter-
esting character demands.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS may have a
monument erected TO his memory yet,
A scheme is on foot by the friends OF
Chicago University TO have the two
acres of land on which the unfinished
monument now stands sold, a portion
of the proceeds devoted to the erection
of bronze statue Of Mr.. Douglas. and
the remainder given the College to pay
off its debt. 1t is proposed to have the
remains Of Mr. DouglRs removed to a
spot in front Of the University and the
statue erected there. OF course the
Legislature viii have to BE- petitioned
and its sanction given.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16

GIDEON" the Washington CORE
spondcnt of the Chicago Times, flares
up at Parton's twaddle in HdTpsr'a
Magazine on The "Falsehood IN the
Daliy Press" and advises him TO
cease his damnable iteration of cheap
magazine drivel, 60 West, and get
elected to Congress from a Granger
district" and thinks after he has been
hunted one ,essios by agents foF In
dian claims, patents for breaks and
hats, and steamboat, railway, and min
ing companies, he will find out if the
lobby is a gigantic myth"