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Notice.

FHyO PARENTs.-MRs. RUDOLPH NAV.
IL er begs to announce that sIB purposesop 3 =
ing a school at her residence. Union and Yam
streets, Opel0usas, on Monday the 9th inst. Tia
course OF instruction will be in Englip;, ond
French, and pupils committed to her care s a
receive sound, practical instEWe'' ,on Il; in tbe @a
languages. Special arraRgeme- ats NAV he ma5e
Terms for tuitiea n = = gi TlRg and Frenon =.
per month. Small o. ,Idren at lower rates %
nov 6-tf ~
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ARTHUR TATE.
OYerSeer of Public Road.

VILE PLATE, March Sd. 1877.
To the Honorable President and members OF
the Police Jury:
Gentlemets-T would ask your honorable body
to grant me tae privilege of changing the ROAD
leading from Eille Plate to Bayou, B1ut, for
said road runs Mght a cross my land, causing a
good deal of expense toenclose it. Ito make the
said change. Respectfully submitted,
JAMES STEVENS.
| above petitions be published, and action on the
same be deferred until sae next meeting of the
Jury. -.
feet of lumber be and is hGtPby appropriated to
repair the bridges on the puDlic road from the
west end of TaylOrs lane to Boudreaus gully,
under the supervision of tIOmer BOugeQis,
Road Overseer.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
1000 feet of lumber lie and is hereby appr0pri&-
ted to repair the bridges on the public road
from TaylOrs ferry to Boards upper line, under
the supervision OF Robert Dunbar, Road Over
seer.
On motion of Mr.. Guillory, Resolved, that
1000feet of lumber. in addition to the ;stlnnllt
appropriated to Aurelllen David and H. Nc
Caulley for the public road from E. DebaiEnns
to Point all Pin, be and is hereby appropriated
for said road, under the supervision OF H0n0Gs
Fuseller, Road Overseer. =
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
the committees appointed by the Police Jury
and Town Council tohave the fence built around
the Court House square. he and are hereby re-
quested to make an estimate of the probable
cost of having the said fence painted, ana re-
port at the next meeting of the jury.
The Police Jury made the following changes
and appointments of Road. Overseers:
TheO. Rosat vice Parfait Lafleur.
Louis Sibille, from CoulOns bridge to the cor
ner of Littells pasture,
VIM. Mcbride, from Mrs. Giles Higginb0tham
to Church Point.
]. vanoy, froW Catholic Church on Bayou.
Bmu to Pig CAM.
T. G, Rutler, fI5m Buffers to parish line, via
Dry Bayou.
E. Mixer, from Foglemans to Casons lower
line.
DIR. Lester, from Casons lower line to Niger
Foot.
J. f. Ramare, from Henrys store to Faulk-
ners ferry.
W. c. Gordon, from parish line on Atchafa-
laya to Churchville, and thence to Faulkners
ferry.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
to-mmOrr0W at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
TUESDAY, March 9Th, 1877.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present r.. FL. LiTtell, President; A. Guidry,
G.. 7. Hawkins, H. J. GuillOry and F. Savoy.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, Resolved, that there
be a special Tax assessed and levied on the tax
roll of the present year, to be designated as q
Judgment tax, to satisfy the Judgements against
the parish of st. Landry in the suits Of DOssman
&MeDavitt vs. parish of st. Landry and VIM.
M. Thompson VS.. parish of st. Landry, amount
ing to the sum of fifteen hundred and thirty
dollars.
The Police Jury in committee of the whole
proceeded to examine claims unpaid and on
file against the Parish, whereupOn motion of
Hr. Savoy the following claims were allowed
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MISCELLANEOUS
VicE's Floral Guide

a beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely illustrated,
and containing an elegant cOlOaed HGwcr Plate
with the first number. Price only 25 cents for
the year. The first No. for 1877 just issued in
German and English.
Nick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, in paper
so cents; with elegant cloth covers s LOG.
NiCk's Catalogut-3OO Illustrations, only cents
Address, WICK,
ian d Rnrhnstrr n Y
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To the PsED7sC.

The undersigned have this day FORMED a
partnership for the practice of law. They Will
remove from their present office to the one
formerly occupied by the late Judge Jas. M
Porter, on Bellevue street.
N l.. GARLAND,
dec 22-tf LAURENT DUPRE.
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TIN SHOP,
LOS or .RESsE06d.

A certain promiss""y note signed by Oglesby
$: Smith as W. NJ, ana Paul G.. Callahan as s.
Cane, La, for the sum &, three hundred dollars,
bearing interest from August 18th, 187G-giVen
for property purchased y, Orphans Friend
Lodge from l.. s. Hazard aud &. Simmons, being
the same purchased by thenrr from the Estate
Of Wm: A. Ularkson. All persons are hereby
warned not to negotiate or trade for said note.
JONATHAN l.. lIORRIS,
Administrator of Estate of VIM. 4. Clarkson.
meh 3-3t
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SUCCESSION NOTICES.
NOTICE OF TARLEAU.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH DIST. LANDRY,
No. 1897,

ETATE OF JOHN F. RICHARD.
Whereas, Eugene Sav0ic. Of the parrish of
of st. Landry, administrator Of the estate of
John f. Richard, deceased, having filed a tableau
of classification of debts of said estate, accom-
panied by his petition praying for the hOmolO-
CATION of the same.
And, whereas, the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
March I'd, 1877.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau i'll writing at my office in the town Of
Opo!0usaSaS, within the time required by law,
why the said tableau should not be hOmOlOgated
and confirmed.
JAf1Es 0. CHACHERE, Clerk.
mch 10-inO
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VIM. sHEMSO

Still continues the Undertaker's business in
Onelonsas, and will be thankful for patronage
In ms line. ..-- may 28-tf
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lnch 10-inO
NOTICE OF TABEEAU.
PROBATE COURT. PARISH OFST. LANDRY,
No. 3S74.
estate OF THOMAS N RIFT FP

Whereas, Thomas N. Butler of the parish of St.
Landry, administrator of the estate of Thomas
n. Butler, deceased, having file a tableau of
classification of debts OF the said estate, &C
g%"ompanied by his petition praying for the
&OmOlogation Of the same.
&nd whereas, the prayer of said etition has
hGA1 granted by an order of court, bearing date
Mai;,h I'd, 1877.
Nov, therefore notice is hereby given to all
pers0lit interested to max opposition to said
OpelOusa5, within the time required by law, why
the said ;Ableau should not hognOlogated and
confirmed. JAMES 0. CIACHERE, Clerk.
inch 10-in0-
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Joseph z. Houston,

ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office with Joseph N. Moore, ESQ.,, OpelOusas, La,
Will practice in the Courts of the Eighth
Judicial District. Prompt attention to ali bust
ness intrusted to him. jan 10-1y
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Nor Il CHIKEN.-At precisely two
o'clock by the bells the other morning
d policeman who was walking up Beau
bieu street caught sight of a negro who
was skulking along q fence, and he
called upon him to stop.
z ne HI Il big hurry to keteh de nav
ming train for Toledo called back the
African.
The officer threatened to shoot if he
did not stop and the skIlker halted.
Z Does he imagine that hez dun got
4 chicken head nm ieasked, as the officer
a~nnroaehed. Eyes, sir, that's exactly
what ] imagine
aAnI IL / hezen't got q chicken I kin
Do right down to de depot, kin III"
guess you can.H
swell, sab, den gaze on dis we're an
tell me IL de name is chicken y said the
man. as he pulled q big goose around
III front of him.
THE officer went back on his word,
and took the negro under arrest, and
fIe victim was yesterday explaining:
What's de use oh tryin' to get along
wild dem p'licemeng De best way is to
drop de goose an make fur dc woods"
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A PLEA FOR THE MoLE.-In some
narfs Of Belgium attempts have been
made to extirpate the moles from the
soil. Az one dc the most elegant cha
tank in that country, surrounded by q
narR adorned by magnificent lawns. men
were employed to catch and kill the
moles. After d time they were killed
off and disappeared entirely, n eonsee
nnence of which the yelyefy grass 0f
He lawns soon WitIlered. Tie canse Of
fHe mischief was d small white worm,
which had been kept down hg tie moles.
These little animals, thoueh, trouble
snme at times, are, as the above Incl
Ienf proved, very useful OF al estate.
The proprietor of the chateau, after ne
mad made the discovery. was obllgetd &c
stock, his place with q FRESH supply, OF
moles, after which the lawns foHrIsiled
as formly.-IFroM the Sportsman
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
MISCELLANEOUS

list a. Jurors
FOR APRIL TERM DISTRICT COURT, 1877.
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TUESDAY, April Sd, 1877.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
G. Thu wilkins, HI. GuilloPy and F. Savoy.
gbe Treasurer submitted the following state
ment with the vouchers
STATEMENT A.
SHOWING TUE RECEIPTS IN THE PARIS, TREAS
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Total amount received III the parish
treasury during the year 1876. .... $751;, 1902 16
STATEMENT B.
SHOWING THEEXPENDITURESFO THE 1876.
For amount paid parish officers MAIN
tainaI1ce OF parish Jail, internal inl-
proponents, existing debt, jurors
For amount tax collectors commission 3,754.G5
" treasureis salary to April 1I77 G25.G0
tue treasurer last settlement 81.66
Total amount discussed .as7 ,saas. So
Total amount received as per state
For balance due treasurer .. 37.22
sa7, s39. ss
We Thos. C. Anderson, Parish Treasurer of
st. Landry, and Louis Desmarais, Assistant
Treasurer, do solennly swear that we have
paid the full amount of each voucher above
presented III money or have received the s:stme
in payment of parish dues and that We have
uOf sDccu1ated therein ourselves or Eeen directly
or indirectly interested in any speculation that
may have been made in their acquisItIon.
THOs. @. ANDERSON.
LOUIS DEsMARAIs.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sd
day of April. 1877. e. F. VEAZTE
Justice Peace.
Oh melton of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
whereas the Treasurer of the parish of ST. Lam
dry, has this day presented his annual state
maat of monies received and disburSea by him
during tile year lsT6, and whereas said state
rnent after q thorough and careful examination
of tile vouchers, has been faand correct Id every
particular, therefore he it resolved that the
said statement be received, and that the Rec0r-
der of the parish OF St. Landry be and is hereby
instructed TO cancel the boid OF Tlos. {. Ander-
son. as Perish Treasurer for the year 1876, and
that Thas. q. Anderson and his securities are
hereby relieved from al liability thereon for
the year 1915.
on motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, May 18th. 1877.
r. Fl. LITTELL, President.
Attest; G. MAYO, Clerk.
, 1877-09-22
a" ETEOEOLOGICAL REPORT
TOR AUGUST IS77.

This month has been very favourable
for the island, though no. quite as good
as the preceding enc.
The wind nus been pretty steady, with
the exception of some few days continual
ly having a $ light southerly direction and
several Zines due S. Only on the 1st,
10th, 23rl, and oath it has been northerly.
On the morning of the 10th 1t was due E.
veered during the day more and more
towards the N. E. where it was about
6 o'clock. On the I1th it vas due S.,
aud during the uight we hal o very heavy
fall Of rain, about so lines ia an average
for the who,e Island.
The average heat has been about the
same as last year, but, as last month, the
heat of The day has commenced earlier,
SO that the morning observations are high
er than last month.
The air has been considerably mOister
than last year, but about the same as the
year before or C. 1890.
The rainfall has ben very good, giving
an average of as lines while it for the
last IS years Is only IS lines and for lash
year III lines. The maps OF the rainfall
ale exhibited as usual
, 1877-09-22
$2s,5oo for Bureau advances for September
November 1877.

S2s,5oo for Bureau advances for September
November 1877.
No amendments had been proposed,
After a short remark from the 3rd Member
for Christiansted (Haosonh, recommending the
measure and approaching tbs Ftes'dency's
action in the matter;--
y The Money BIZ for $2S, 500 was adopted
unanimously win 9 yOtes.-
The Chairman before closing this meeting
would in behalf Of the Budget Committee mako
an explanation why the report on the draft CT
Budget for 1s77.7S had hot been forwarded
vet, although the Committee had exp ected TO
have beog ready with is rep TT not only ir
this m citing but for al extraordinary mtetIng
before this. The Blu lget vas lar from having
its final contents WHEN laid before the Cou"cl
owing not to any fault any whore but to changes
in different branches OF the Admin .~trati4n espe'
chilly be Polioe, the Military AVID tho Customs
D partment. which were to tax place IN the
course of the year, and whi.h he Presidency
wished to have considered under The Bldget.
Series Of amendn .nts were therefore commu-
nicated by ths Presidency to tEe Committee
from time to tina, the l,st series ally about a
week ago; according, then, as the Comm'ttee's
considerations had progressed, they had 70 a
Certain extent ~ DO renewed which, scattered
as The members were, vas connected wit SIN"
difficulty. The q ,estion with rag1rI to the
loan flom the Mothnr country would also
have considerable iudlence.- The Committee
hoped the Council and tae Irysidsucy would
accept this explanation.
Tue moe Ing was closed at p o'clock.
, 1877-09-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
n for Over.


m IL for Over
Y tagolsen If Syge Forpleiniugen
we'd Diet offentiige Hospital i Freds-
riksted fra lste Januar 1878 at reg.e
Vile bIivc flenlagte, biIagte med en-
engeIske O~versRttelsc, til alminde-
list Ehe"syn i de KongeIige Bog
hCIoercontoirer p9a St. Croix Og
St, Thomas SAINT pau Ryfogctcon-
toiret i Frcderiksted.
SKRIFTLIGE TTLBUD
der maae omfaite dc i Conditioner
mes ) 8 op9iVne forJkjelIige Punkter,
bIive, under Forsegling OF med
M@rke Observation-Disclosures i
Frederiksted, at inscnde til Prasi-
d entskabet linden L0verdag den code
October d. A. midday Xxi. 70, :
PrRsidentxkabs Secretariatet, ST,
Croix den code September 1877.
S. w. Van BRAKLE.
, 1877-09-22
S. W. A Brake.

The letter was read no one requested the
cord, the Council consented unanimously wih
9 votes to give the desired CONSENT
;, A. 4 ~, ,ss ,a asa to vote Ss 's and r sdopssd Unanimously Sss5Ssf,
With 10 votes to proceed to-
and discussion on the Money Bill for
, 1877-09-22
for a contract

for a contract
iO concerning the maintenance of
Sick at the public Hospital, Frede.
rikste6 from lst January 1873, to-
gether with an English Translation
of said Conditions, may be seer in
the Royal Bookkeeper's Offices, St.
Croix and st. Thomas, and at the
Sheriff's Office, Frederiksted. ..
WRITTEN TENDERS
smbodying the points mentioned in
, 1877-09-22
Shipping - Intelligence.
e inferred.
Oh ST D.
SEPTEMBER 1877.

SEPIEMBER 1877.
IA Dan. Schooner " Petrol" van'erpool, Mas
tor. from St, Tbomas-Slndrirs,
Is Don, Schooner I'D Ipbin,' Warner, Mas
lar rom s.. Thomas-Slndries
D." DIN. Soh)on 'r"V liant" Simmons, Ms
ter. frOn s.. Thomas -SmlrI's.
IS 3 mast. Schooner "Nyborg," Hompel,
M'ater, from COpOnLagen-G)ods for
Central Factory,
10 Dan. Sohoo er "Viglant." Simn3ns, Ms.
ter, from 81 Tc9mp s-SlnIri5s.
20 Dan. Schooner "Potrel," Vlnterp)Ol,
Master, from St. T~homas-Sundtits.
, 1877-09-22
Gle n = e q .
SEPTEMBER 1877.

is Dan. Schooner "P,trel" Waterproof,
NJ ser, fot 81. Tnoms-B Hast.
IL DIN. Schooner " Visilan'," Simmons, Mas
ter, for ST. Tnoma>-B Hast
30. Dan. Schooner "Yigilant," Penthcny,
Master, for St. Thomas-Snudries.
" Dan. Sohooner "Potrel," WATERPROOF, Mas
ter. for S.. Th9mas.-BAIIast
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A war correspondent Of the Paris
Figaro tells q story which, II accepted
as true, demonstrates that All Sin has
successful rival In the fine art Of de-
ceit. hfA p"
According to the correspondent, the
Russian government ordered, some
time ago large quantity Of murderous
shells from an English ammunition
manufacturer and agreed to pay an
unusually stiff price for them provided
that they were so constructed that the
maker would warrant that they would
not burst under any circumstances.
The Englishman asked no questions,
agreed to the proposal and fulfilled the
order. In due time he notified the
Gar Of all the Russians that the shells
were ready for delivery, and that he
would stake his reputation as q manu-
facturer that they were absolutely
explosive. The Russian govern
ment in response begged leave to pre-
sent the shells to the manufacturer,
and added that 1t would pay for them
the stipulated price, provided he would
go on and sell them to the Turks with.
out mentioning the slight popularity.
connected with their construction.
The English manufacturer, with q
smile which we may well believe was
"child-like and bland, again put him
self in accord to the Russian war pol
icy, pocketed the Russian gold and as
soon as opportunity offered sold the
Quaker shells in question to Turkey.
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A
About night o. clock on Monday even
Ing Supervisor Egan, Of Franklin, bad
his attention attracted by q roaring
noise like th,> coming Of Q heavy rail-
way train. There being no railway
near franklin, he fhncied that IL must
be something in the nature Of Q tornado,
70 great We the noise. :, He called bis
son, who was equally pushed. While
they were specializing on its probable
cause, the sky Yves suddenly darkened
by vast swarm Of flying insects Far
q the eye could reach, the air was full
Of them. The swarm was moving In
. north-westerly direction, the main
portion at Q great height, but stragglen
lying within reach and occasionally
dropping to the earth. The width of
the swarm could not be estimated, 1t
being twilight. No place could be seen
above where they were not. Mr.. Egan
picked up several of the fatigued stray
glers of this great army. They are
beetles q little larger than the potato
beetle. Their color Ia dark brown,
with bright spots ON the ends Other
wings. He says that they are not the
Colorado beetle, having stronger re-
semblance to what's commonly known
~ the June bug. The swarm was about
twenty minutes In passing over the
village Of Franklin, and must have
contained untold millions Of insects.
Mr.. Egan Is Of the opinion that, unless
they changed their course, they must
have struck the lake shore somewhere
In the neighborhood Of Bay View
AiitVdukee Sentinel. ar
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Going to Germany FOR q Sweet.
heart.

A San Francisco correspondent
writes: Aboutthree years ago remark
ably quiet and well to do young Ger
man returned to the old land for the
avowed purpose OF getting q wife.
"What is her name, how old is she,
what does she look like ?n somebody
asked him, with q teasing laugh, q day
or two before he started. II do not
know her yet, but have no fear it shall
be some one" he answered, without
being plagued at all. It was about as
men in California used to do; take q
trip East, look about New England,
and pick out what they Judged to be
the right article, just as they would
have gone to cattle yard and picked
out q COW. And the truth must be told,
they invariably came back with the
best kind Of q woman. And 90 it was
that the German. too. came back with
q young wife, fair skinned and light
eye-browed, with two plaits Of yellow
hair dangling to her waist, but with
clumsy shoes to her feet and no style
at all. II leave mother and father,
but / hef neffer feel sorryi My moth
Ell she cry and my father he cry, but
come with Henry. It IL q nice coun-
try to be In, Henry say, and sister
Katerina she would come, and sister
Gretchen she would come too, but
Henry look at me and say, Come
sweetheart and I come to California"
Thee years have made q wonderful
difference with her and she does up
her blonde hair In o French twist
now, with puffs every which way ut
the top, and wears buttoned kid boots
and very narrow gloves. She has one
boy 10 show for every year, and Henry
well In going 30 far for wife.
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Health and Goodness.

. The truth that man is half animal
has too often been ignored by divines
and moralists. The health which is
dependent upon q good digestion has
much more to do with q mans piety
than has generally been supposed.
Every minister of the Gospel has to
grapple with cases of conscience which
battle all ordinary spiritual treatment,
and which turn out at last to be simply
cases of physical disorder whose rem
edy Is In the pharmacopia, or more
frequently in the larder or cook book.
Constitutional, hereditary, and occa-
sional diseases are constantly at work,
modifying mep's opinions, feelings
and practices. DIR. Mason, of New
York, used to say that the grace that
would make John look like an angel
would only be just enough to keep
Peter from knocking q man down. If
the house of this tabernacle be shatter-
ed, and in constant need of props and
repairs, its sympathetic tenant is apt
to be like its crazy dwelling-place.
There are only two Dad things in this
world, said Hannah More-sin and
bile. Was she ignorant that q large
part of the sin springs from bile? The
doctrine that health has q great deal to
do with godliness may not be very
fiattering to our pride; but we must
accept our natures, as the transcendal-
list did 81 the universe" and, accepting
them, we must bow to the plain fact
that q ladder reaching to Heaven,
must, II we are to climb IL, have
its feet upon the ground, and
that to reach to the highest
degree of spiritual excellence we must
begin with physical and mental sound
ness. IL is an indubitable truth that
man not only reasons better, but he
loves more warmly, and gives more
generously, and prays more fervently,
BILE piety once said that he could not
worship God until he had his break
fast. It Is equally true that man
who is we'll fed, clothed and housed is
q more amiable being than one who
fore dinner may talk scandal or write
scathing criticism; may crawl like
horse fly over the character or the
has well eaten and drunken, the thing
Is an impossibility. There is some
thing in generous meal that exercises
umny, and substitutes therefor the
spirits of good-fellowship and philan-
thropy. 1t may be doubted whether
half OF the suicides, murders, heresies,
false PHILOSOPHERS and apostasies that
have stained the annals of our race
have not had their origin remotely In q
disordered stomach. Voltaire affirms
that the massacre Of st. Bartholomew
was primarily due to the incapacity
of the king to digest his food. Had
Josephine been q good cook, perhaps
history might have been spared one
Of its saddest scandals. It IL not the
"fat-headed man, but the clean and
hungry Cassius' that Is dangerous
Hours sCith Men and Books, Prof.
VIM. Matthews.