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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-12
P0iss ting.
CHEAP, DURABLE AND ORNAMENTAL.

9he undersigned, practical painter of mich
experience, who has given general satisfaction
10 all who have employed him, both as TO the
price and quality of his work. has recently
located i'll .OpelOusas; and solicts work in his
line OF buSiness-house painting, white
washing, kal omininE, etc. He will work for
twenty-five per cent less than the prices
than have been usually paid here and guar
antee satisfaction. Estimates furnished without
charge. He will furnish all materials If de-
sired, thereby enabling parties to know at the
outset the full cost Of the work. He has facil-
ltles for obtaining painting materials much
cheaper than persons generally, which makes
his work so much the cheaper. A specimen of
ms painting can he seen ut the Methodist church
IN 4pelousas, which he has just painted inside
his price, many will no doubt feel ableFO have
painting done who now think the cost ito great
See him and talk the Afatter over, which will
cost nothing. The cheapness and qualitTr0f his
painting, are an inducement to have Uniting
done. VIM. HILLSMAN,
Practical Painter.
Opelousas, May 5-tf
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Proceedings of the Police gury.
OPELOusAs. March eth 1s

OFELoUsAs, March 5th, 1877.
the FoliGe Jury met pursuant to Adjournment
resent: X. FL. Littell, President; l. Guidry,
"a; ;rI, !. Gulllofy, F. Savoy and G. T. HawkiLs.
The minutes of the last meefinr were read
and approved
~ o4 ~ Lnolon OF Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
M, relative 10 the collection of taxes,
elhaed, aud that the Parish Tax Collector be
aud ana l. mere instructed to collect all dues to the
parish IN United States Currency, or such claims
state laws.
1le committee appointed Jan. 10th, 1877, to
examine and report the probable cost Of repair
ing Aazennes Bridge, reported that the said
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Resolntions Of the Grand Hurry.

At the close of the session of the Grand jury
OF the Parish of st. Landry, 81, ,.Stehed on the
23d day OF April, 1877, the fofTOwing resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Be it Resolved. That the thanks of this body
are due and hereby rendered to Mr. +. F. Per
rodln, District Attorney for the able and efficient
manner Ill which he assisted the Grand Jury in
the discharge of their duty
Be 1t further Resolved, That copy of this
resolution be furnished TO the Official Journal
for publication, --''-
PHILLIP JACOBS, Foreman.
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ESeTOyS.

HsTaken up hyr by the undersigned, at Pfadue-
mf1y2 Brulec in st. Landry Parish, April 27th,
ls77,t5aur Creole hOrses-One OF dun color with
black Etane and tail one brown one bay and
the otheSsa " tiea-bitten gray, wearing bell.
V and G GSter. it. The other brands can be
learned at thaI0URNAL Office The owner can
have them on >1,Eoying property, and paying
costs OF thIt advtsii siiseInent.
May sat J. G. LYONS,
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INsINCERITY IN ASKING ADVICE
Nothing is less sincere than our manner
of asking and of giving advice. He
who asks advice would seem to have a
respectful Difference for the opinion of
his friend; whilst yet he only aims at
getting BIZ own approved of, and his
friend LIsponsible for his conduct. On
the other hand, he who gives it, repays
the confidence supposed to be placed in
him, by seemingly disinterested zeal,
whilst he seldom means anything hv
the advice he gives but his own interest
obreputation.-[ [Rochefoucault.
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Read Gov. Hampton's speech, which
we publish, It contains noble utter
ances and the true doctrine. It should
make thrill the fbres of every ones
heart. How does it compare with. some
we have heard here-as much difference
as there is between the upper and lower
depths. Gov. Hampton's heart would
never have allowed his lips to have ut
tered the cruel and nncllristian senti-
ments that have deflsd the mouths of
some political professors of christianity.
Hearts are born, not manufactured.
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oln addition to the seven whose names
we published last week, as composing
the school board Of this parish, we are
informed that Messrs. r. S. Wilkins
and Alex McGatfey aLsOt2elOGg to it.
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Mr.. Adoiphe Stagg has been appointed
assessor Of this parish-a good ap-
pointment. He is competent, steady
and industrious, and will discharge the
duties of his office faithfully,
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Gov. Hampton of South Carolina re-
Gently stated in a public speech at
Charleston, that he was the first man
in. Anierica--eertainly the first in the
South-Wbo advocated the granting of
the right to vote to the colored man,
and that he stands pow precisely
where he stood twelve Years ago. in
this respect.
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Wttpaid a visit last Wednesday to
Mrs. Dunbar's apiary, above Washing
ton. She has twenty colonies, all
Italians or hybrids. She allows no
swarming, clipping the wings of all
the queens to preve1F4t. Some of her
colonies are therefore very strong,
occupying large three-story hives.
She has already this season extracted
about ninety pounds of honey from
one hive. She does MI the work of
handling her bees herself. One ener-
getie, enterpfising woman is worth a
legion of lazy drones of the genus
homo.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
SfrMgPG.

-Four head of cows, about eighteen months
ago, fr0m the undersigned in Old Grand Prairie
branded somewhat thus P3 the lower part OF
me Ine nelng an inverted figure 4-iacsimile of
brand at the Journal office A liberal reward
VIII be paid for their recovery.
May l2-4t OCTAVE FONTENOr
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A young lady out on North hill has
Nseen trying for three weeks to get a
Photograph of her pet poodle, but the
tidgtty little animal wouldn't be taken.
So stFn just had the artist take photo
graph eat her incest young man, whiten
the mou&ache and Burnsides and paint
the ears una little, and the resemblance
is so perfecs that the innocent young
man himself admired it, and begged
for copy as, "a soovneer of the
Spacious an'mal.*r-f Burlington Hawk
eve.
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Report of the Grand Jury ON the Parish
Jail.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
pnri Il Of & l ON nHnN-

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of St. Landry.
The Grand Jurors of the State of Louisiana,
| duly impannelIed and sworn and charged to
inquire into the present condition of the jail
of the parish of st. Landry, beg leave to submit
the following report: That having carefully
examined said Jail. and feeling that the sug-
gcstions and recommendations contained in
the report Of the Grand Jury impannelled for
the last term of the District Court, held in Octo-
her, 1877, had not been complied with this present
Grand jury as their present report adopt the
report made by the last Grand Jury, which re-
port is hereto attached, and made part hereof.
PHILLIP JACOBS,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
F. PERRODIN, District Attorney.
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY ON THE
PARISH JAIL.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Ot St. Landry.
The Grand Jurors of the state of IHuisIana.
duly ilnpancIrd and sworn to induirr within
and for the body OF the parish of St Landry.
ana Instructed and charged to examine the
present condition of the jail of the parish of
-. Landry, beg leave To submit the following
port That they have visited and carefully
'Naminrd the Jail OF the parish of st. Landry,
ana have found it to be entirely unsafe and
amt for the Keeping Of prisoners therein. and
would recommend the building of Il new Jail as
>ofn lis the finances Of the parish will allow
lie erection of the building without imposing
It new or an additional tax upon the people of
the parish of ST. Landry, and they would
turlher report, that said jail i'll its present con-
'utl"n, requires lmmedicte repairs specially
the following: That heavy wooden shutters
De ATTACHED: to the windows Of said Jail, and to
ht fastened thereto from the outside. that the
old ceiling he taken down. and a new one made
ont ni good heavy timber, and that the roof of
said jail be immediately repaired
And the Grand Jurors would further submit
that they have found said jail to he kept with
cleanliness and the prisoners confined therein
properly attended to by the officer in charge OF
said jail. that their daily rat0ns are entirely
and that no complaint is made by
che parties incarcerated in said Jail.
Respectfully submitted,
l. F.. CLARK,
Foreman of Grand Jury,
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Thursday, thanksgiving day, appoint
ed by Gov. Nichols, was pretty gener-
ally observed at Opelousas-some went
to church, and some to picnic.
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1t is NONSENSE to supppse that rusher
is fast workman. The quiet, steady
man acc0mplishes much KaOre, and is
happier and more acceptable to his com
panions. 1t is nonsense, the idea that
time is gained ny throwing >things
around anyhow so that they are. out
of the way, whilst we get something
off hand which excites our anxiefs,
cheap because it is low-priced. Good
men yield most profit.
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Two bay American mares, A.yith collar mark
but no visible brand, have beeiAtaken up on nv
place near Grand COteau. The OSkNer viii please
come forward prove property. paytaharges. and
take them away. LUCIENs Marry
April 2Ist-6t
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District Court.


The following criminal cases wefS
tried on Friday and Saturday of last
week:
Nicholas Richard, resisting an officer,
etc, guilty; Ulger Chevis, hogstealing,
guilty; Ben Colston, horsestealing, not
guilty; Dorsin Joseph ct ais, assault
with intent to kill, guilty of assault
aud battery.
This concluded the trial of criminal
eases for the term, and the jury was
discharged.
This week the following convicts
were sentenced:
Caroline Peters, larceny, fifteen days
in parish Jail; r. H. Gardiner, assault
and battery, S25 fine and in default
thereof fifteen days in parish Jail; Louis
Mayer, assault and battery, $25 fine and
in default thereof one month in parish
Jail; Rose johnson and Marie Augustin.
larceny, three months in pcrish jail {;
James Donavan. larceny, three months
in penitentiary ULCER Chevis, hogsteal-
ing, one year in penitent tiary Nicholas
Richard, resisting an officer, 800 fine
and in default thereof six months in
parish jail; syphron Henry, Prosper
johnson, Louis Morris, Jean Bite.
Zachary, Thomas Thompson, Louis
Zachary, Gus Bowman, Joseph Monroe,
Alphonse Paul, Prince Windsor Jean
Bite. Hollier, all for refusing to work on
public roads, one month in parish Jail;
Dorsin Joseph, Eloi Edwards, Edward
Edwards, Baptiste Edwards, John Ed
wards. and Adolphe JOSEPH, all for as
sault and battery, each fined s5 and
three days in parish Jail, and in default
of payment, thirty days "a parish Jail.
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TUESDAY, May 9Th, 1877.
Present: r. Fl. Littell, President Albert Guidry,
u. I. Hawkins, II. J. GuillOry and F, Savoy.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, Resolved, that the
Parish TREASURER be required to make a state
ment every month of the amount of Funds IN
the parish treasury.
On motion Of Mr. Hawkins, Resolved, that
there be added to the special tax assessed and
levied on the tax roll of the present wear. and
designated as the Judgment Tax, the sum of
fourteen hundred and sixty dollars, to satisfy
the Judgment against the parish of st. Landry
in the suit of F. MunZcshemer VS.. Parish of ST
Landry
= The Police Jury In committee of the whole
fEoGeeded to examine claims unpaid and on
me- against the Parish, whereupOI motion of
Mr;;Gfuillory the following claims were allowed
and approved;
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Colored men have been appointed on
the school boards of all the parishes,
except one, in this State.
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The extra session of Congress will
not take place till October.
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4 horse will do at least third more
ploWlng IN hot weather it fed on oats
than he will II fed on corn.
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FIRST JUSTICES COURT, PARISH OF ST
LANDRY.

"""7- q TT" VI y VoNIhII IAIkIoH UF' ST.
LANDRY.
LEWIS Sc BRO. VS.. JOS. D. GONOR,
BY virtue Of writ of fieri facias issued by
the Hon. f. p Veazie Justice Of the Peace for
seized and will proceed to sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse in One.
lousas, on SATURDAY, the 10Th day of Nav
1877, at eleven o'clock A. M, the following prop
erty, seized to satisfy said writ, tO-wit:
One dun creole horse.
TermS-Gash.
BENZ. A. GUIDRY,
may 9-5t Constable First Ward.
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The present session of our District
Court is the shortest on record, in our
time, that has passed regularly through
The docket, Il will adjourn to-day, after
trying defnitiveiy in addition to the
criminal cases, some thirty civil ones,
continuing sixteen, and dismissing sew
eral others. The session lasts only
three weeks.
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Judge Hudspeth and District Attor

Judge Hudspeth and District Attor-
ney Perrodin have made a good record
for themselves this Court, if pushing
business through so as to make . short
term, thereby making Court less ex-
pensive and relieving farmers from at
tendance at this busy season, and meas
uring out justice to criminals so as to
win respect for tile law, can constitute a
good record.
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On motion the Police Jury adiourned tIntI
Monday, June nth. 1877 y
Attest: G. MAYO. Clerk. = ! ls'''''eiit'
The daily gazette., 1877-07-05

"Can that be father2" whispered they
TO each other, as they heard steady
step and calm voice. The youngest boy
peeped out his head to see.
''Come here, my poor boy" said Thom-
as kindly ''you needn't be afraid am
not drunk"
"Oh, he isn't drunk he isn't drunkw
said Jenny, clapDing his hands, in great
joy. "He isn't drunk come out, father
won't hurt u.s."
Half-fathless, halfbelieving, the other
children left their hiding-place and came
around their father.
another hasn't sent you for any rum
to-day, has she, Mary ?"
emo, father hope shall Iever 60
to that shop again"
"You never shall, to buy rum, Mary,
l promise you. Do you believe me ?"
Mary looked as though she did not
quite believe, but she said nothing.
A year has passed by since the period
when our history commenced. 1t is as
fine morning in April as it then was.
The children of the village are pursuing
their way to school as they then were. But
where is the little girl with soiled face
tattered dress and bare feet, that then
attracted our attention Look for one
Of the happiest girls among that gay
laughing group, and you will find her
Her dirty and tattered garments are ex-
changed for neat and comely ones her
bare feet are covered with tidy shoes and
stockings; and III her hand she carries not
a tin pail, but basket containing hel
school-books and work. The scenes
through which this day will carry her are
so different from those through which she
passed year ago. A great and blessed
change has indeed come over this once
wretched family. They have left the
miserable habitation which was theirs
and are now living upon small but
excellent farm, the owner of which is
not afraid to rent it to so sober and indus
trious people as Thomas and his wife
have become. Within the year Thomas
has been able 10 purchase comfortable
clothing for his family, decent furniture
for his house, and has besides partly paid
for two yoke of oxen and four cows.
| Look at Thomas at work in his fields
and managing his little farm-thriving al
home and respected abroad-and say
what would tempt him to come again
under the influence of his former ruinous
habits Look at Nancy, too, supenn
tending her dairy, and supplying the wants
of her now happy family; does she wisl
for the return of those days when she
was the Incorporate mother of hungry
neglected children But live there no
hundreds of mothers who are at thi:
time what she formerly aoGs And car
they not, will they not be induced to be.
come what she nO1C is ?"
"Finish your work as early as you can
this afternoon, Thomas" said Nancy to
her husband, as he rose from the dinner
table, "Hannah and William Steven:
have promised to take tea with u.s."
eyes, that l will" he replied "fol
had it not been for the encouragement
they kindly gave us, we might have beer
as miserable as we once were, spending
this day either wretchedly intoxicated, or
in order to make ourselves so, at our ole
task in Cranberry Meadows"
The daily gazette., 1877-07-05
GENERAL MATA'S MISSION
DIAZ AND THE ANNEXATION SCHEME
"A SUBJECT FOR CABINET DIS

DIAZ AND THE ANNEXATION SCHEME
"A SUBJECT FOR CABINET DIS
CUSSIoN.
Special to the BALTIC. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Senor Mata,
the new minister from the Dlaz govern
ment of Mexico, has arrived, and made
a call to-day at the State Department.
He was informally received, as the State
Department cannot accept his credentials
until the cabinet has settled the question
as to whether Diaz is entitled to recogni-
ton at the hands of this government
Advices from the inside all go TO show
that Senior Mata comes empowered to
treat with our government for the cession
of the five northern states of Mexico, and
The thing has progressed so far that the
price of one hundred millions has been
steted as the amount TO be paid by the
United States for this territory.
The amount of our claims against
Mexico is to be deducted from this sum,
and the margin will be small, inasmuch
as that country now is in our debt about
two-thirds of that sum. DiaZ has been
more willing to consider this proposition
favorably because the support of Lerdo
is confined to that region entirely, and
Diaz has believed by this cession he can
both get rid of troublesome territory and
secure the fellowship Of the United States.
1t is furthermore learned that the mis-
sion of General John Frisbie to Mexico
is in the interest of Huntington, who
means to cut off, if possible, ali chances
for the Texas Pacific to reach the Pacific
coast. A body of spectators have matur-
ed plan for running railroad from
Austin, Texas, to Topolovampo, in Sina.
loa, on the Gulf of California. The
pools are now open, and stock is being
subscribed in Boston and New York.
Ben Butler heads the subscription list
and is committed to the scheme. So is
Senator Stewart, in spite of his recent de-
nial, for he has been prominent in enlist
ing the favorable consideration of Assist
ant Secretary Seward, who has entire
charge Of the Mexican portfolio. Mr.
Seward is heartily in favor of the pro,
posed annexation by purchase at the
price above stated, and will do all in his
power to have it effected by treaty.
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DRUG STORES.
r. WILLIAMS,
DRUGGIST,

~ aud Marked Streets,
Keeps ull limo
|RUGs AND MEDIcINEs,' +
fresh, and carefully selected, for
k,e1NG PRESCRIPTIONS AND
mi ORDERS for FAMILY USE.
fHE BEST QUALITY 5oBFAINA-
! sacrificing quality for cheapness.
bsD-REAsoNABLE PRICES.
attention paid to compouniiug
IprloNs CAREFULLY AND 40
CURATELY, BY
h. E. WILLIAMS. Druggist.
rrner Ninth and Market streets.
Wilmington. Del, ,
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Thanks to the bitter and partisan &c

Thanks to The bitter and partisan econ
omy of Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives. The public debt has been
reduced about forty millions. Ii the
House had voted all the appropriations
asked for by the Cabinet, there would
have been a deficit and the debt would
have been increased. The interest ac-
count has been reduced during the year
more than two millions and half. The
change in the bond account has been un-
usually, great, forty million of SIX per
five millions of four and half per cents.
added to the account. About $500, 900 in
legal tenders and SS00,000 in fraction al
currency have been Cancelled. The Trea-
sury is in a much better condition now,
which offsets the actual increase of ten
millions in the principal of the debt. The
coin balance has increased about two
millions, and the currency balance three
and quarter.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-05
DOM PEDRO TOO QUICK FOR
ONCE.

From the New York Evening Mail.
Emperor Dom Pedro visited Pompei
recently. An excavation was made f'r
him; nothing was found, and after some
hours of fruitless shoveling, the Emperor
tired out, departed, and the workmen
stopped, leaving one little corner un-
touched. Afterward there were found in
that neglected corner three little silver
vaces, one covered with repoutse work,
representing combat of Amazons. And
if ne had waited five minutes longer he
. might have had them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11

In the evening the teachers gave a
literary entertainment for the purpose
of obtaining additional funds for the
building up of a teachers library. The
meeting opened with a prayer by Mr..
Dougherty. A defamation by Mr.. G.
M. Smith was then succeeded by anoth-
er by Mr.. James Petrie. The question,
SHOULD the County Superintendentbea
member of school boards, er offcio" was
then discussed by Mr.. G. M. Smith and
Nh. H. j. Brande.
MI. D. I'll. Flett then treated all to a
short lecture on "The Growth and Con-
dition of the Common School System
The lecture was q clear and fine express
|sion of deep and golden thought. The
growth Of the system was traced rapidly
from the foundation of the first public
schools in New England to the present
time. Benevolent institutions of learn
ing were spoken of, also some of the
defects of the system, after which
methods for eradieating these evils
were presented.
The exercises of the evening were
then closed with defamation by MI.
D. A. Mahoney.
This meeting was well attended, there
being between twenty and thirty pres
emit all of the time.
ADDIE LIEBER, Asst Sec'y.
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KEN07HA COUNTY TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEETING,

This meeting, held at the school
house near the Town Hall, Somers, Jan.
9th, opened q few minutes after one,
with an exercise on thesubject of Deci-
mails conducted by Mr.. Henry Flett.
This interesting exercise was closed
with q discussion regarding the best
time of teaching Decimals; it was de-
cided that whole numbers should be
taught first, then these two subjects to-
gether. ua mi
Then followed an exercise in Primary
Grammar (Addie Lieber, teacher) after
which some Of the methods of teachino
this subject were considered, II was
decided that che method presented. that
OF commencing the oral work with the
sentence as the unit of thought was
preferable. But it was particularly
urged that this study be introduced in
the lowest reading class teaching the
noun, etc.) and thence taken into every
class in school. @
Mir. c. NJ. Smith then took up the sub
lect OF the War of 1912. In this illus
tratlon OF Mr.. Smiths method of teach
ing History. the part taken by each
ofhoer, ETC., received less attention than
the general plan of action and the req
sons Tor these movements. Reports Of
schools by teachers,and reading Of notes
by the Superintendent followed. The
meeting then adjourned