The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-01-09
District Cousrt Report,
II WEEK..

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meht on Dec 24th, 1873.
No. 1339G--Mayie Louise Lanclos, wife,
VS.. jacques Aadibert, husband, answer
filed, and fixed for Jan. 9th. '
No. 12345-1ORlesby S, Smith VS.. Del
aware =. Dangeffeld, reixed for Jan.
Goth. p >. ss,UJrA tra '.s sf*.- .n
No. 1856 William Ofutt' rs.f Amelia.
Galligar, refxed for Jan. 18th. t'.,
No. tSs57-Susan Webb, wife, VS..
Amelia f. Galligar, widow, interven-
ton of J. y. Payne allowed. .s..s
No. ,12357-Susan Webb wife, VS..
Amelia E. Galligar, widow, interven-
ton of Thomas C. Anderson allowed.
No. 12364-Kenneth Baltic VS.. w. r.
Hughes, answer filed, and fixed for Jan.
Goth.
No. 123634Ghas. Z. g. Jas. NJ. Will
liams ct ais, VS.. Donat Leblanc ct ais,
default. - s..- a..st ..t~~s
No. 123G9-Louisa Prud'homme, wife,
vs.. William Curley, husband, fixed for
Jan. 9Th. .r- ..r....
No. 120O-E. Cooper VS.. Thomas c.
Gibbons. attachment ordered ferB. Ter
mott returnable on the 9Th January, and
case fixed for that day.
No. 1599~EgheFt0. HagesysheriR vs.
john, Roy, President of Police Jury,
fixed for Jan. 9th.
No. 1880. A. Fraz5tBe, test. ebxr., Va.
Thomas C. Anderson, admir-, trial be-
gun and before its conclusion, it was re-
fixed For Jan. 9th. '.@'5
Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 1874.
No. 1211-W, r. Hughes VS.. Thomas
G. Anderson ct ais, prayer for oyer
granted, requiring documents tobe pro-
duced by defendants on or before the
10th January, or show cause for non
production. 's.5
No. 12290-Marie Julie Daiglc VS.. John
Posey, admir-. amended answer filed
subject to objection of plaintiff, and
asefixed for Jan. 18th. .@i
No. 1200-E. Cooper VS.. T G. Glib
bcns, fixed for Jan. 7th. .5sa a. q
No. 10s21-Jonathan Col" vs. Mrs.
M. A. jackson, refixed for Jan. Esd.
No. 12362-1Louisa PrHdfomme, wife,
VS.. William Curley, husbandy judgment
for plaintiff.
No. 1239e-Calyip A. Frazees test,
exr., VS.. Thomas C. Anderson. admir-,
tried and taken under advisement.
No. 15e8-E!.- O. Hayes, sheriff, vs..
John Roy, President of Police Jury,
tried and taken under advisemesut. a
Wednesday, Jan. 7th, 1874:
No. 19S73-Alexander Landry ct ais,
VS.. Edgar Vanhille, commission al
lowed to take testimony return able on
or before Jan. 22d. '..
No. 1337O-J. U. Payne VS.. Robt. II.
LitteH, commission allowed to take tes-
timonygeturnable on or before jar, Goth.
No. fss57-Susan Webb, wife, Us.
Amelia r. Gallegar, widow. fixed for
Jan. sQyhse without prejudice to legal
rights Of i~nteryenors. aas5.
No. tsOsC. Fl. Mouton & Co. VS..
David NJ. Lyle, fixed for Jan 9th.
No. f2ooABdmaud G~oepeFsNs. 4TIugs
c. Gibbens.tried and taken under ad-
visement. 4 a*vag ss.-gfgi,r
Court adjourned till Friday Jan. 9th,
Thursday being a legal holiday.
This %eek's~session OF court is the
ninth week that court was actually
held, the week shat 1T was adjourned
we not being counted.
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Our ON PEoPLE-Duting Che year
just past larger number than usual of
our oldest citizens have gone to the
undiscovered country from whose bourn
no traveller returns Robert Benguerel
was the only one less than seventy, of
this nHmber. b.. r. CAN'T was seventy
two or three; ID. C. Sittig, b. r. White
and Mrs. Bullard were each about sew
enty-four /; DIR. Geo. Hill was eighty-fve;
John Smith eighty-nine the day Of his
deRtlE md near1Kiae Plate, wetare in
formed, an old gentleman named Paul
Jacques Fontenot died during the year
at the age of over one hundred years.
Robert Benguerel was q Widower, mar
ried but once, left no children. fB. r.
CAN'T was bachelor. d. G. Sittig was
married once, left a widow and nuT1er-
ous children and grand children. B. R.
White was married but once, celebrated
his golden wedding abouttwo yeaTsag0
left a widow anda large number of chill
dren, grandchildren and great grand
children. Mrs. Bullard was married but
once; left children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren. DIR. Hill was
married but once, and left no widSw,
but children and grand children. John
Smith, a.yeaf before hissdeath. celebra-
tod flleisixtieth anniversary of his mar
riage. He was married In this town, on
June 3Oth, 1912, by Judge George King.
His widow still survives him, and is
very old. His descendants are numer-
GUS. We know nothing ,ahoBt.the do
mlessstic history OF Mr. Fontenot. but the
name of Fontenot in this parish is Ie-
gion.
Notwithstanding these reductions of
the list of our old people, there are in
tlIagtywRgvesiding i'm sigataofeaC 9TH
er, three sisteRAnd one brother, whose
ages arc respectively about seventy, sew
eHt three, eighty three and efghtyx,
the hrOtlier being rext to the youngest.
There is an old coI0red man here, said
~ hal aetMaeHrninaty and 0pn hundred.