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In the above entitled suit a Judgment by dc.
Ialllt haying been regularly taken, and no mo
tloT made to set the same aside nor answer filed
within the legal delays, and by reason Of the iaW
ana evidence being in favor of plaintiff and
aSalist INC defendant, Pierre Baudoin:
IT ~ ordered, adiudged and decreed that the
plaintiff. Hermina Fontenot, have Judgment
against the defendant, Pierre BaudOin, for the
sum OF seven hundred and twenty-five dollars,
with legal interest from the 29th October, 1863
ana mat her legal mortgage in all the immOya
bleS OF defendant be recognized and enforced.
to date as follows, to-wit: from the 30th of De,
And it is further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that plaintiff he separated in prOnertv
Trom Ler said husband, and that the community
OF acquetsand gains heretofore existing between
them be dissolved, and that plaintiff have the
ehtlfe ana Tree control and administration of
her property, and that defendant paw the costs
of this suit. '"'0
Thus done, read and signed in open Court this
9th day of February, 1874.
tSlSnedl JNO. J. MORGAN,
Judge 8th Judicial District, La.
A true copy:
ONEz1ME \. GUIDRY, Dep. Clerk.
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Mr.. EDET0R.--I enclose you herewith
twO simple recipes which may be Uf
some benefit tu suffering humanity, mud
Iii 81 will amply repay both you md
myself for tile trouble De giving them
0sthe public
H persons affected with hacking
coughs viii procure one pint III tile
best bourbon whisky aud add Cd ii q
quarter pound of rock candy and bali
pint of glvccrine, and rake q teaspoon
fuI OccasioMly when troubled, they will
receive great relief.
Font AsTrfMA-0ne quart Ut honey,
one pint of casterOil, mixed and taken
iii small doses three or four times d day,
viii n many eases effect u complete
crre.-I0ld QUack
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ZINE y. GUIDRr, Dep. Clerk.


OPELoUsAS, La, March 3Ist, 1874.
hereby certify that the within was this day
recorded in Mtqtsage Book No. Is, page 572. In
testimony whereof | hereto sign my name and
atfi& the seal OF my office. - -
JAS. NJ. THOMPSON, Recorder,
april 3
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NOTICE
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
S p + & IAL IA X f S.
May /, 1874, to April 30, 1875,

The law Of December "a, 1872. requires every
person engaged in any business, avocatiOn, or
employment which renders him liable to a Spe-
his establishment or place Of business a Stamp
denoting the payment of said Special Tax for
the Special Tax year beginning May /, 1874, be-
fore commencing or continuing business after
April 80, 1874.
THE TAXES EMBRACED WITHIN THE PROvIs.
IONS OF THE LAW ABOVE QUOTED ARE
TIJr EnT nEFEn WV
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List of Letters

Raa1aining in the Post Office at Washington, La.
April Ist, 1874, and if not tafen out before
the LIST OF May 1874. vii besent 10 the Dead
Letter Once 90 WASHINGTON, U c.
Auauste, mrs ReiaRse Hopper, William
Ferre Halton, Martha
Francois Long, John
Berry, MARY Taieur,M
Collins, CIV Morgan, Charles
Collins, Charles Z Mcdaniel, Daniel
Center, Fred O'Reilly, Thomas
nnken Harriet Rowe, Robert
EppersOn, Ida Miss Robertson, WE
EnOchs, TT Roberts, 8
Gros, Mary Syverson, John
Gros, Oscar, Strobe, Taylor
GoOdin, MA Mrs : Williams, William
HuckaIy, W RI - 4 Wink1ey, Mary
Hoop, FM Walls, Samuel
ED.eP. GOODWIN, P. NJ.
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II. u. Bailey vs.. Mrs. .. ID. Whittington

MAGISTRATES COURT, 18TH WARD, ST.
~ Landry.-So. 49.-By virtue of a writ of
tleri facias, issued out of said court, of the. 18th
Ward, of the parish of st. Landry, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed, 7 will proceed
to sell Mt public auction to the highest bidder,
at the office of thefsaidJ Justice, in this parish on
WEDNESDAY,, April oath, 1874, ut IL o'clock, NJ,
the following described property, to-wit:
A certain promissory note drawn by J. NJ.
sherrouse; and made payable to the order of
Delaware P. Dangerfield.
Seized in the above suit. 5-5Fl fttt E+f.
Terms-Cash ON the spot.
IA. @. SIMS, Constable.
a,1 IN ar "
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Rectifiers 5000 90
Dealers, retail liquor. ....! ............... % 90
Dealers, wholesale liquor ....-........ 100 90
Dealers In malt liquors, wh0lesale...... so 90
Dealers i'll malt liquors, retail...-....... 20 90
Dealers in leaf 20 90
Retail dealers in Leaf tohaeco...--.. 500 90
And on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents 81 :
for every dollar in. EXCESS of s. 1900. &s
Dealers in manufactured tobacco....t 90
Manufacturers of stills so 90
And for each still manufactured. $500. 30 90
And for each worm manufactured. -. 20 90
Manufacturers of tobacco. .....--..... 10 90
Manufacturers of Observation-Disclosures. 10 90
Peddlers of tobacco, first class tnore
than two hOrses1 so 90
Peddlers of tobacco, second class two
horses 25 90
Peddlers of tobacco, third class tone
horseJ 10 90
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class ton
foot or public conveyanceJ.-.......... 10 90
Brewers OF less than 500 barrels e.-...... so 90
Brewers of 500 barrels or mOre...... 100 90
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Estate of ElOriam SonnIer.-NO. 3724.
DARTSH COURT, ST. LANDRY.-WHEREAs
l. Octave sonnier. of the Parish of st. Landry,
has applied by his petition to be appointed
administrator of the Estate of Florian Sonnier.
deceased rlate of said parish:
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment, will file the same
in writing in my office, in the town of Opelousas,
within ten days from the present notice.
- ". Nj ROBERTSON. Clerk.
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GENERAL McLAws.-The Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel lis delighted att
= the gratifying intelligence that the
President has nominated General Ea+
fayette McLaws to be collector of ia
tefnal revenue for the first collection
district of Georgia. General McLaws
III d good mali--one who has the respect
and esteem Of all who know him, and
the President could not have made d
more popular appointment. The posi-
ton IS q lucrative one, but, for General
McIawg sake, we wish ii were twice us
lucrative as already Isl
We are not wide of the mark iii say
ing that the boys who compromised the
Barksdale-Hnmphries brigade will re-
ioice at this good fortune 0f their old
division commander. Whatever else
President Grant may have done to
merit their i'll viii, they will set down
u lis credit His recognition Of the
merits of that gallant soldier OF the
EOnfedcracy, General Lafayette Me-
Laws-[JacksOn Clarion.
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LouIsIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY.-The
two papers published at Nagchitoehes,
flle News and the Republican, iii their
edition of the 28th ult., devote their
aleaderp to congratulations on the al
most certain prospects of the early
commencement of the above enterprise.
The fact of the recent organization of
the company, by the election Of diree-
tors and officers, was announced by us
not long since and this statement, show
ing that Col. Tom Scott, of Philadel-
Min, and Hon i. ID, Ward, of Detroit,
The we'll known capitalists and railroad
men, are lib the directory, Is naturally
the cause of great pleasure to the citi-
zens of Natchitoehes parish. The
News SAYS:
Aletter has also been received by one
of 0ufcitizens from Col. r. w. Kellogg,
one of the directors, which weiare per-
mieted TO copy, us follows:
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 20, 1874.
DEAR SIR-As you know, we obtained
a charter for the Louisiana Central
Railway In january last, and ! ain
happy To inform youthat We have or
gaflfzed the counpaTy, with Hon. 4. b.
Ward IA President, and are preparing
I'd commence work ut an early day.
Hon. Thomas y. Scott is d of our
directors, and you can assure the people
De tile Red River Valley that we mean
tO build this road hi the shortest time
possible.
TIE financial affairs Of the country
are i'll such d condition that we shall
need all the help along the line WI can
set to insure it's speedy completion.
THOSE WHO are to share with us lin the
benefits which will follow the construc-
ton of this great highway Of commerce,
can afford TO help us. We shall be
down along the line sn time to call on
the people oil y8ur city and parish ais
soon lis we can get ready 70 do SO.
Very truly yours,
II. w. KEIIDGGJ
Tile chartef 6k this road provides
that the parrish and city of Natehitoclles
may, by q vote Of the people; make the
GclmpAny II donation 0f bonds, in such.
arEloiints and ON such terms as may be
agreed on and ii is So this point that
Col. KellOggis letter alludes-[N. o.
Times.
GENERAL McLAws.-The Augusta
f FfSmA&Sm3n and Gnn@5wn4 &c HaIsrzLFnd AT
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III man VT Canuelton, In1., llls been
vranted ii divorce from his vic because.
She WASH ais plump ~ she made her
self appear.
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GANDHDATES

For sheriff.
EGBERT O.. HAYES is candidate for Sheriff
at the next election. ~
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list ef Jurors

Drawn for the April Term Of the District Court
in and for the Parish of ST. Landry, La, March
1Sflt 1874 fo-1pIf
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London has organized ail insurance
company fa insnre single men and
aaMien. The policy expires with mar
yiagr
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t&,at. MI PARISH OF 81. LANDRY,
ta1 April sd, 1874
WM. A. ROBERTSON, ESQ, 4g ,5.s'
NJ Dear Sir-Thei people Of this parish are inn
pressed with th6neGesaity of selecting for their
representatives in the. General Assembly men
who aresable ana willing to serve, them, irTes-
pective of parties or cliques. Il
We are of the opinion that youtcould do the
State and Parish good service in the halls of the
General Assembly. a ashs3 Ff
We request you, therefore, to present yourself
as a candidate for the Senate at the next general
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a. COLDER, Ills,
NJ. D. DAVE KY,
C. MILLS, n. C.,
H w r. IEWIs Ia,
AnAcf

Good seldom or never comes unmixed
with evil. n i tiauiii IA zf
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To enable planters, farmers, merchants, traders
and other agricultural products to merchants,
factors and others and to confer a pledge by
the transmission of a bill of lading or carriers
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10-5t,
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JAlhkS kAA H. RfeSfaent4f 1g5F re-
SIMON. .RICHARD, Vice President
J. FRANK KNOX, Secretary. at'5f
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-26
Never Backs Down.

Max Ad-ler says the Aryts, down at
our place, is scrupulously careful of the
honor Of journalism. When 1t makes
an assertion il never takes It back under
any circumstances. The other day II
announced that certain MIR. Stebbins
had been eaten in the woods by Squire
Hoover's pigs. The next day Stsb6ins
called to say that the story Was false;
such thing had never occurred. and he
wanted a contradiction published. The
reporter assumed solemn look. aud as
sured Stebbins that when the Ary'is said
a thing. that thing was so; and. besides,
that he had bosn over 10 see the pigs,
and they looked as IL they hal eaten q
man by the name Of Stsbbins, and that
there was no other person Of that name
around there. 80 he must have been
eaten; and all the circumstantial svi-
dence was no strong that not another
line on the subject would be Published.
Then s,ebbins threatened violence. and
subsequently the reporter agreed to put
in a paragraph to the effect that persons
who had any objections to eating any
member Of the Stebbins family need not
ON that account decline TO buy sausages
Of Hoover, ani that was as far ~ he
could conscisntiously 90. II Is perfectly
clear that IL men are to be permitted to
stultify free press with their foolery,
eur liberties are in danger.
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oBsTAoLEe no MARRIAoG.

uAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN iron
Il the effects Of Krrors and Abuses IN essly
riars removed. New msthSd Of trsAtnsnt.
New and remarkable remedies. Books and
Clrculars sent ne, IN sealcd suvelopss. Ad.
dress HOWARD AseOCIATioN, No. q ssath
Ninth strset. PhiladslpAis, Ps.-ss instifution
having high reputation tor honorabls eondss
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-26

OsE OF the pseuliarities OF the recent
races in Burlington was Iowa Chief.
horse totally blind, Who did finer work
than any animal ON the track and dis
tanced several OF them.
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GEORGE cRIssLE

ugsPRcTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMsELr
- % q candidate for tho oflicc Of Assessor for
Storey County. subject to the vote Of tho
people se2tus
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Two steamboats, for the Red River are
TO be built ut Morshsad, Minnesota, this
Winter.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-26

A MAGNIFICENT bust Of the Empress
Plotina. wife OF Trajan. in fine state
Of preservation. has been recently dug
up in Rome. II will be placed in the
Capitol Museum.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-26

A LARGE fat OK. belonging to c. Hes
sci Of Waterloo. Jefferson county Wis.
consin, killed himself last week by get
tin. his horns entangled in small vii
low bush.
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Uninrlnm mable Wood.

The Pail Nail Gazette reports the results
of q trial at Davenport dock yard, England
of a method o. renderiny wool uninflammab BILE
by satarating it " h tungstate of soda. The
prpared wood is under all circumstances
much less readily iniammable than the orli
nary wood, and chips and shavipes of it, al
though they may be made to burn, will not
by then Ives set fire to substantial timbers
Of the prepared wood. The cost Ct prepar-
ing the wood, and its largely increased
weight, however, are agains, these advan,a.
ges. The patent.e desires large sum from
| the British Admiralty for the right to use
his patent, but his offer will not he accepted
until further tests are made Two small
vessels are to be built Of pr, p ,red and tbs
ether Of ordinary wood. These will be filled
with compustibles, and set on FIRE, and from
this experiment decision will be made on
the value of the invention In retarding th.
burning of ships. The.prepared wood car
be burned by great heat. In buildins oper
athens (apart from its cost aud increase:
weight it could prove of little value excep
al retariing the spread of FIRE in its earl
stages. and even then, With combustibles O.
of other kinds piled up near the woodwork
it woul.. be exposed to the heat which
cannot resist.
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| You may remember that lecture6 lately
! Cor The gentlemen of the Clayonlan Society
| During the afternoon Of that day, l was
talking to one of the young gentlemen
referred to, and be said he had an uncle
who, from some cause or other, seemed to
have grown permanently bereft of all emo
ton, and, \ it'll teats in his eyes, this young
man said: "Of, if | could OILY see him
laugh once more Oh, if | could only see
him weep!" WAS touched. | never
could withstand distress. / said: 'tBriDg
him to my lecture. III start him for you. "
"Oh, if you could but do it If you could
but do it, our family woull bless you for
evermore, for he is very dear to US. Oh,
my benefactSz, ear you make him laugh !?
Can you bring soothing tears to those
parched orbs
! was profoundly moved. said. MY
son, bring the old party around. have
got some good jokes in my lecture that viii
make him laugh, if there is any laugh in
him; and, if they miss FIRE, have got
some others that will make him cry or kill
him, one or the other"
Thee the young man wept on my neck,
and presently splead both hands on my
neck and looked up to heaven, mumbling
something reverentiy, and then went after
his uncle. He placed him iu full view, in
the second row of benches, that night, and
| gan on him. | tried him on mild jokes,
and then with severe one; I dosed him
with bad jokes. and ridiculed him with
good ones; fred CID stale jokes into him,
and peppered him fore and afr with red hot
new ones. l warmed up to my woIk and
assaulted him On the right and left, in front
and behind; l fumed and charged aad
ranted till was hoarse and sick.and fran
tic and furious; but never moved him
once--l never started smile or tear
Never ghost Of a smile, and never sus,
picion Of moisture! | Vas astonishs d.
closed the lecture at last with one de.pair-
ing shriek--with one wild burst of humor
and hurled d joke supernatural atrocity
full at him , Then | sat down bewilder
ed and exhausted.
The President of the society came up
and bathed my head with cold water, and
said: "What made you carry on SO to-
ward the last?'
said, was trying to make that con-
founded IDIOT laugh, in the second row."
And he said, well, you were wasting
) our time; because lie Is deaf and dumb, |
and blind as a badger
Now, was that any way for that old
mans nephew to impose on stranger, and |
an orphan Ike me ?--Nark Team,
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L SOFA BED
4 Party Who Tried One Does Not Ask
Any Extravagant Price TOR IL,
Max Adeler III Danoury New

Max Adeler III Danoury News,
| We have had a good deal If company at
our house this summer, and as we were
considerably crowded, bought one of the
patent sofa BEDS which are advertis
ed at the stores, and put it in the tin.
room, so that could hunk there nights
and give up my bed to some of my friends.
The new apparatus WAS intended to be
used as a sofa in the day time, and rs a
bed at night. The back worked IN hinges
and was. operated by a strong spring.
When it was turned down catch held it,
and the sofa made a very wide and com
Portable bed; while, II the piece Of furni-
ture was not needed at all, the back could
be turned over on the seat, and the whole
affair slowed away in the garnet. used
it fret ON the night of the Curious Fourth.
When the last tirecrucker had exploded,
aud the last rocket bad gone op, t-rncd
in. | always turn over once before going
to sleep. and just as was about to turn
the catch slipped, and the back few mp
with such fierce that it flung me clear
across the room against the bookcase. ]
was very calm. l did not swear or get
excited. spread the machine orca again
and laid myself on the seat instead of on
the back. 1 suppose, though, must have
rolled over again NJ on the back, for about
o'clock, | dreamed ! had fallen into
Vesuvius and was being thrown out by an
eruption, and when the shock woke me !
WAS laying up against the bookcase with
one foot through the glass door. That
catch had slipped again. ] still tried to
preserve mJ temper; and, after pushing
the concern open, went to bed again on
tue seat; but before could fix myself com
fortably, the machine gave a couple of
convulsive jerks, q rremonitory heave AID
a rattle, and the next moment the back bad
closed down over me, and that spring vas
| holding 1t there with what seemed to me
to be diabolical force. just made up my
mind that it would be impossible to extri
cate myself, and was getting ready to die
with suffocation, when Mrs. y. came over
to tell me that her aunt had neuralgia, and
to get me to 90 for the doctor. When, by
the light of the lamp, she saw what the
situation was, she screamed for help, and
her uncle Jones came down and released
me just as was about to take my farewell!
pasc. Since then | have silent on the floor.
Amy man who wants to buy a patent sofa
bed that il warranted to execute the most
wonderful manGuvres upon the slightest
sacrifice. The present owner has no fur
! Their use for it.
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From tie New Albany Standard

Mike Utz and his better half, from the
French settlement, below the city, came up
on horseback this morning, to transact some
business. The course of business didn't
run smooth, from some cause, and Mr.. U
concluded to take both the horses, and leave
his wife to walk home. When he had got
about one square, she discovered the trick
down Spring street after him she runwith in
credible speed. He whipped and slashei but
thehorse under the side saddle was not good
leader, aud he couldn't force them beyond Q
trot. After running about three squares
the feet footed wife overlook the tricky hus.
band and caught her horse by the rein. She
held en- with a tenaeity that was wonderful
till she was dragged from Lever First t.
Lower Second street. Here tie man lo.t
his grip on the hitehing-strap, and left The
woman master Of the situation At on.
bound she seated herself in the saddle, and
rode off toward home, with her husband Just
as though nothing out Of the usual order o
things had happened. The far wis wit
messed by quite a number of excited specta
| tors; and the feat Of the woman was heart.
| ly eheered
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A Relic of Antiquity,

A singular and highly interes ting fact
came to our knowledge during the present
week, and one which We take pleasure in
laying before our readers. In the town Of
Grant, Clark county, re sides an honest, il.
dustrious and well-to-do German farmer,
spected citizen and n member of the La.
theran Church.
"a his library rests huge bible, % by IA
inches in sise, and eight inches in thickness
with its covers fully half an inch thick, and
composed of wood covered with leather, and
these fastened together by ponderous brass
clasps This wonderful book was printed
with wood type, plea size, and on parchment
of yellowish hue, and some three times
the, thickness Of legal cap paper. 1t is in
the German iangus ge, and was printed abou,
the year l457, or within the first quarter of
the century after the discovery of the prin-
ting art. Its age antedates the discovery OF
America, and this strange relic Of the past
was read and re-read in the ancestral homes
VI eoS AsOiacH iaiuiisS iopS years peA'ie
Zwingle, Malancthon, aud Luther unfurled
the banner Of reformation, and more than
century before the Pilgrims landed upon
the sterile coast of New England. Sine
this venerable book was printed the Bibl'
has been revised, and the King James trans
lsticn given to the world. Strange and al
most bewiljering have been the change
that have taken place amid the cherishe
keep-sakes of the Reidell family, where
has b, 20 a han led down from generation t
| generation, until it has become book c
priceless value, and could not be bough
with the wealth of the Indias. We are in
debsed to Hon. G. W. King, of Humbird, TO
the material facts contained In this state
ment, who has examined the book, and pro
nounces il the most wonderful curiosity i
the line of books he has ever beheld.--Hoa
re County R.Pu5lsdaa.