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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-19
The Russians Make an Assault
upon RatOum-And are Div"
EN- Back with Heavy Loss.

LONDON, May 14.-Bucharest Journals
state that the Turks have crossed the
Danube at ClochaneSch, stolen l20O
sheep, and killed a shepherd Ind some
cattle.
The Daily TeIegrapll's special from
Batoum, Friday midnight, says: About
i've O'Clock this morning tue Russian
forces, which had been largely aug
meBted for the purpose, advanced WITH
batteries of tield artillery and made u
furious attack upon the heights defend
ing BatOum, on the land side, which
were, occupied hy Bashi BazOuks. :,
The Ottoman troops were enJrenched
in the usual etfectual manner, upon the
slopes and lodges OF these hills, ana
upon the advance OF the enemy they
opened upon his column a terrible and
well sustained fire OF cannCp and mus
kerry which literally moved the Rus
slams down in sWathS they fell by scores
and hundreds on the plain below. Du-
ring their attempts to make away against
this fire, a body Of Turkish horse and
foot, taking advantage of a thick forest,
broke forth upon the flank OF the Rus
sian column and effected great slaughter,
the Muscovltes being upon ground per
fectly open and having no choice but
to fight OF t1y.
In Il short time the spot which was
the scene of this flank movement De-
came covered with dead and dying RuS-
slams, but the enemy quickly brought up
reinforcement and the battle was re-
newed with much determination. For
many hours the efforts OF the assailants
were desperately maintained, but to-
wards midday their artillery fire grad
ually slackened, and they at length
withdrew.
A correspondent of the Telegraph,
describing the battle near BatOum,
says: 81, myself, was an eye witness OF
this important engagement from the
first to the last, and can testify that the
Ottoman soldiers behaved with Il gal
lantry which was most admirable. They
had, however, during great part OF
the action the advantage OF entrench-
ments on high grounds, and it is due tC
this fact, no doubt, that their losses
compared to those inflicted upon the
enemy, were insignificant.
The same correspondent, under Sat
urday's date, says: The victory was
won bv the extraordinary courage OF
the Bashi Bazouks. The dead anc
wounded on the Russian side will ex'
ceed four thousand. The engagement
lasted over eight hours of actual fight
| ing. The last of the Russians did no.
withdraw until near midnight. The
Russians lost many guns. The only
| Turkish officer of note killed Is hhalln
Bey, major of irregulars.
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Am Act
No. 11O.l

To prohibit the keepers of bar rooms, drinking
saloons, groggeries and cofee-houses froIn
selling or giving Intoxicating liquors to min
ors, and to prescribe penalties for q violation
of the provisions of this act
SECTION |fBe it enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives of the State of Lou
isiana inGeneral Assembly convened, That no
keeper of a drinking saloon, bar-room, grog-
gerry coffee-house, or other place where liquor
is sold by the gss, bottle gallon, shall sell or
give Intoxicating liquor to any person under
twenty-One years of age, unless the person pur-
chasing or receiving the said Intoxicating IL
drors has been emancipated, according to the
laws of this State, unless he presents to the
person selling, an order signed by his father,
mother or tutor, directing the sale to be made
to the said minor Any person keeping a bar
room, grOggery, drinking saloon, c0ffee-house,
or other place where liquor is sold by the glass,
bottle or gallon, who shall willfully and know
iDgly give or sell any intoxicating liquors to
any person under the age OF tWenty-one years,
contrtfy to the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty OF misdemeanor, and on con-
vieti0n thereof, shall he punished by fine of
not less than twenty five dollars, nor more than
fifty dollars, for each seperate offense.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc. That this
act shall take effect from and after its passage
and al laws in conflict with Its provisions be
and they are hereby repealed.
(SIgned) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
(Signedl LOUIS A. WILTa,
Leut-GovernOr and President of the Senate
Approved April so, 1877.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
WILL A. STRONG, Secretary of State.
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.4NoAER MURDER,-A letter dated
18th iIt., from Bayou Chicot, states
that thklay before the body of a dead
white mn was found behind log about
forty vads from the old jackson road
six milel north of that place. 1t seems
the n,nrts ed man was a foot traveller,
and had an ped by the road side. Signs
indicated thal he had been dragged feet
foremosffrom his camp by the read,
to where the body was corRealed. Two
bullet holes were throu& the skull.
The buzzaras had torn of all OF the
scalp, n early all the flesh from his left
arm. and eaten out his lungs. 1t IS sup
posed he had been dead several days.
He had very dark hair, was about nVe
and half feet high, and had on dark
Dants with very smGll stripes, pair OF
drawers and ogershirt and vest COM
bined, the,shig part being,brownandVest
gray. His hatand other clothes, carpet
sack, etc, had dbeen burned. The pock
aets Of Ais paas we're turned Wrong slt9e t5
ont. A knife eravat, two new clay
pipes, pencil. some buttons, and a TIN
Gun with coffee grounds in it, were
found on the ground. 1t is supposed nc
was killed while asleep. This is all
j hat il known Of thematter, just learned
ls we go to press. 9
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-19

The Western Rural tells of man
who plants. two or three weeks after
the corn is planted, new hill of corn
every fifteenth row each way. And
this is the reason: If the weather be-
comes dry after tilling-time, the silk
and the tassel both become dry and
dead In this condition, if it become
seasonable, the silk revives, and renews
its growth, but the tasseIs do not re-
cover. Then, for want of pollen, the
new silk is unable to fill the office for
which it was designed. The pollen
from the replanted corn is then ready
to supply the silk, and the filling is
then completed. He says nearly all
the abortive ears, SO common in all cQEn
crops, are caused by the want of polled,
and he had known ears to double their
size in this second filling.
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A schoolboy was asked by his teacher
to give an example of earnestness.
He looked bothered for moment, but
his face frightened like the dewdrops
glistening on the leaves of the rose in
early morning, as he delivered himself
of the following happy thought: ::
" When you see boy engaged on a
inince pie till his nose touches the mid
die plum, and his ears droop on the
outer crusts, you may know he has got
itn
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The New Egyptian Cotton
Plant,
New Orleans Times.l


Much interest is manifested i'll regard
to a new and prolific cotton plant lately
discovered in Egypt. 1t appears to
have been discovered in the following
manner:
In the autumn of 1873, Capt. living
ip, the upper part of the Delta, at a
place called Berketel-Sab a station OF
the Cairo railway, in the Province OF
Menuf, noticed plant IN cOttQnbeld
wholly different from the rest. He col
lected the pods, separated the seed, anu
planted it in Secret in an Isolated
blot of ground. For three years he
has carried on the cultivation, and
now there are said to be from 800 to 1000
pOunds in the country, and the seed IS
sold in the public market. This seed
is sold at Il pi!cc twenty or thlrty
times higher tila(I the common KIND.
The new cotton, | am assured on the
best authority, is OF good appearance,
commercially speaking, and quite equal
in quality to the ordinary Egyptidn cot
ton. The plant grows III a different
manner from the ordinary cotton plant.
1t grows to about the height of ten feet,
has a straight, vertical stem, without
branches, with very few leaves, and Is
tEickly studded with pods. Seventy are
said to have been gathered from the first
plant discovered The ordinary cotton
is found Oh a shrub some four to five
feet high, with spreading branches.
Nearly yard must be left for air, light,
and grOwing-roOm between each shrub,
| whereas the new plant, from the alb
scDce of branches, requires only half
| the space.
1t is reported that in Egypt the yield
per acre is 800 pounds of lint, or nearly
three times the average amount made
there in the ordinary crop. If this be
true, its production on the low lands OF
Louisiana and Mississippi would be
something marvellous. 1t would be well
for some of our congressman to make an
effort to obtain this new seed for trial.
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Hogs For Sale.

Hogs found running at large in the corpora
ton Of OpelOusas and vicinity, in violation Of
law, will be taken up and impOunded in the
stable lot of A. p. Williams, in said town, where
they will he sold to the highest bidder, If not
previously redeemed, every SATURDAY, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ. beginning to-day, May 18th, 1877.
BENZ. A. GBIDRY,
VICTORTN LASTRAPES,
May 19~tf Constables.
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Sometime since, we are reliably IN
armed. commissions for the members
8of the school board of this parish were
sent to one Of The appointees, with the
expectation that he would call the
others together, deliver the commits
sions and have Them to organize. but
tile commissions, it seems, were sup
| pressed, and most of the members
though their commissions were mere,
knew nothing Of their appointment
except from report In the meantime
ID petition was circulated quietly for
gnatures, asking for the removal OF.
fiFtain oues OF the appointees on the
il Sard. one Of the appointees was
,eI Nd to sign it, not knowing at the
Doaa that he was such; he declined
askes vver. The petition went down to
time Pate board, and was returned, we
howe 4, for more slsnafures' IS. to-|is; ~
the St rne two Senators OF this DIS
are tofess ding here. They were not OBJ
those ossh he matter was dropped, and the
trict resfs sganized last Saturday.
tanned, tIIppointmeet of this board, 81
board ob the appointments in the other
Tines, was in pursuance OF the policy
naila4oy. Nichols; the same policy that
par already accomplished 80 much.
Of go back ON it now, after the
has has been won. would be Violating
70 sdged course Of action on thss part
prize State government, which would
pEoth dishonorable and impolitic.
Of il opposition here TO this policy,
be & IS a minority opposition. The
Thlity are in favor Of that policy
buh il Just, and brings prosperity and
Mtical peace, without regard 70 the
iudiees of the chronic discontentea'
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Four head of COWS, about eighteen months
ago, from the undersigned in Old Grand Prairie,
branded somewhat thus P3 the lower part OF
the being an inverted figure fac-simile of
brand at tie JOURNAL office. liberal reward
will be paid for their recovery. .---.
May Pat OCIANh foNIENOI-
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Still Lower!
GREAT REDUCTION
I!
=
! BARGAINS y
BARGAINS

Wishing to reduce my enormous stock Of dry
goods, dreJs and fancy goods, notions, clothing,
shoes, Boots, hats, &c, and considering tho
scarcity Of money, and wishing to realize Cash,
have concluded and take this method to make
it known to the public that will, for THIRTY
DAYS from this date, offer great inducements
to Cash purchasers.
Goods will be sold during that time at a great
sacrifice, but strictly for Cash only.
have too much stock on hand, and as times
are hard and business slow, and being unwilling
to keep the goods on hand, 1 am determined
to let the public have the benefit of the sacriti-
ces which am willing to malfaz%Simiea thus save
you from 20 to 40 per cent. on your purchases.
Fast color eniicOes, Best American
Prints ID yds. fOr. fOr.----..--.-........$1.O = 4 90
Al Prints worth 1J Gents 10 Gents
Brown Cotton TO sold from TO 40 Gents
BleRched '' '' Z" q TO H2 Cents
Bed Ticking ITO 20 Gents
Cotton Checks worth so cents to be
sold Gents
Cotton Checks worth 15 cents TO be
sold at':- Cents
Linen Checks worth 35 cents TO be
sold Cents
Linen Checks worth so cents 10 be
sold -...-..4O Cents
Stripes worth 49, TO be sold at % Cents
/" Is " " " "..lIB Cents
COatOnade, drills, tweeds, jeans from )
cents TO 40 cents per yard cheaper.
swiss mWslins, worth from 2J TO so
cents, go be sold at 1 5 to 30 cents.
BisS}OP and Victoria lawns, NamsoOk,
worth from 25 to so cents, TO be sold
at 15 TO 20 cents.
Lawns, JacOnetS, LINEN Lawns, Hand
kerchiefs, Hosiery, COrsets, 30 per
cent OF.
Ribbons, Laces, Embroidery, RuGfOns,
frOms 25 TO 40 per cent off.
A vast assortment of clothing, of which
prices are reduced TO such "a low figure
ahat IL will RstOnish the closest buyer.
&uitS worth x ~ dhO pssmwn ha sopp d a9 nm
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-19

We publish two acts of the legislature,
now laws, one affecting fees in criminals,
and the other forbdding the selling OF
Intoxicating liquor to persons under
twentY-one wears of age.
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Pants reduced from 2J TO 40 per est.
Shoes and Boots, Hats, Cutlery, IHrd-
ware, CrOclkery, &C., all of which will
be sold aG much reduced rates.
1 would like to give detailed list of prices
Rf all my goods; but my stock being too large
flim1 myself to the few items mentioned above,
promising that all other goods will be sold at
prices corresponding with the same.
Furniture will be sold at extremely low prices.
Call soon and secure Bargains, or you might
miss your chancG
Bring along your Cash. No goods will be de-
Iivcrcd without being paid for.
New Orleans prices, less expenses to put to
that market, will be paid for Hides, Wool and
Cotton, and all other marketable products.
II SOLOMON ISAAC.
Nov x
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Notice is hereby given to all parties owing
taxes and licenses to the town of OpelOusas, to
conc forward within ten days from this date
and pay the same, at the expiration of which
time will proceed to collect said taxes and
licenses according to law.
Office at W. o. Posey's drug store.
]. T. HEALEY,
May 19-2t Town Tax Collector.
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Read the Last Call" " of the town
tax collector.
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Notice {!

The tax payers of the town of OpelOusas are
hereby notified that the assessment roll for tho
town are now ready for examination and COR
rectOn, for twenty t20l days from date. The
rolls are to be found at the Post Office.
p. j. LEFEBVRE,
May 19-2t Town Assessor.
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We call attention to the notice of the
Gown assessor.
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The Supreme Court will sit here, as
in times past, beginning on Monday,
June 18th, 1877.
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In the battles thus far between Rus
sia and Turkey, the Turks seem to have
beaten their adversaries. With equal
numbas and means, there is but little
doubt that the Turks would wage a
successful defensive war. AS they are
acting purely on the defensive, they
tnertaialy have Justice on their side.
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If you want cheap suit of mems
clothes, go to Isaac's.
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A North Carolina negro got up colo
nization scheme, made $500 out OF It.,
and then got up a tree to avoid the rush.
When the coroner found him he wasn't
in good health.
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Now is the time for ladies to buy
cheap goods-at Solomon Isaac's.
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Very cheap goods can not be bought
every day-but they can now, for thirty
days, at Solomon Isaac's.
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The Free Masons of England sup
port three charities, one of which pays
annuities To aged Masons and widows,
while the other two are schools Tor
scInldren of Masons, one for boys ana
one for girls. The sum contributed
last year for their support was over
S195, ,0OO.-[N. O. Pieaynne,
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A short time ago the Picayune men
toned him as Returning. Board Iam
Anderson Since it is understood that
he designated the Collector it speaks OF
him as !. General T. G. Anderson OF st.
Landry Estate Register.
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condition, and receive the same. -
DAMON DEVILLE, Road Overseer:
On motion the Police Jury adjourned unUll
TO morrow at 10 o'clock a. NJ.
TrEsnAY. MAY 9Th. 1877.

IIESDAI, Ndy QUIZ 1uTF
The Police Jury met pursuantto adjournment
Present: r. Fl. Littell, President Albert Gllidry,
g r Hawkins. H. j. GuillOry and F, Savoy.
on motion of Mr.. Guidry, Resolved, that the
Parish Treasurer be required to make state
ment every month of the amount OF Funds III
the parish treasury.
On motion of Mr. Hawkins, Resolved, that
there be added to the special tax assessed ana
levied on the tax roll of the present year, ah9
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 +. MunZCsheimer VS.. Parish or ST.
Landry.
The Police Jury in committee of the whole
proceeded to examine claims unpaid and on
tiie against the Parish. whereup0n motion or
Mr. Guillory the following claims were allowed
,,,J Ir,I,rnypd
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Diseoursing on Senator Jones, OF
Florida, Marie LIE Baron says eloquent
ly: At the age of thirteen ne was
impatiently making buckets ~ New
Jersey. IN. @. pieayune'
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The Richmond Wing believes that
there will be less partizanship in the
next Congress than at any time ID the
history Of the country,
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Some Of the New Orleans Democracy
are g,,s greatly dissatisfied with the nomlr ID
nation s Of Judge John E. King as GoI- .1
Seetor Of the Port. They never did IKE
fhe appointment of an old WhIg 20 any
thing and abuse President Hayes 10
4nr,seanence. s,r AN they are indebted 90
.fI.e President for their present state
ssnvarnnent, common respect, # nog
sgragitnlie should requla them 20 holu
their peace for while at least.-~i sugar
Planter.
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The smallest church edifice in En-
gland IS located In Westdale: It has
but eight peWs. Salary Of the rector,
$306.
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Read advertisement of hogs for sale
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The [eamer Sandy No. 2 left Wash
ingt onIast Sunday, and d7ank near
Baton buge Monday night. She struck
a log abve that place, and went down
rapi'llY but the cotton seed aboard
buosdher up, and although the water
was ITo feet deep in the cabin she
f1oat( below Baton Rouge, and then
turrl@ over bottom upwards. Inc
WON. and children went ashore IN d
yavillhen the boat first began to SINK !;
all tkl others were saved by boats sent
out I'm Baton Rouge, except three Oh
the ew who were missihss: and prob
abEylst. All freight, including books
papd and money in the Office went
d0Wiyith the boat, except few head
of cale and bales of cotton. The boat
structhe log about five miles above
51Batomouge, and sunk about the same
distant below.
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1t iaardly necessary to more than
call atntion to the advertisement OF
Mr., SSmon Isaac-fCY the prices de-
tailed herein show how very cheap he
sells h goods. Having very large
stock 1T on hand, he is bound to sell
cheap In account of the stand-still i'll
bugipeI in order to re-invest in a fall
st,ock biye him a call and see for
yOursetas.
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On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, June nth, 1877,
r. II. LGTTELI4, President.
Attest: c. MAYO. Clerk.
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ThaPaTish School Board organized
list Saturday,, with the following off
: GERS al members:
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What sort of speech is most distaste-
5yfyll To LOVERS The third person.
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The New Orleans Louisianian, pa
per said to be owned and edited by
colored men, has this to say of Gov.
Nichols: s--sS--~
In accepting the noa,saatiOn for the
chief maoistracy of this c0mmOnWealth
Gov. Nichols expressed his determine
ton, if elected, to be Governor OF the
avhole people of Louisiana, and his sub
sequent acts.h have proved his sincerity
of purpose. In his appointments to
office he has given to colOred men far
share of recognition, and IN all OF MS
official acts he has shown, beyond
doubt, that he means to use his best
endeavors to bring about peace ana
prosperity to the State.
Richard King, of Texas, the largest
cattle owner in the world, IS New
Yorker. In i943 he was second cook on
steamboat on the Cattahoochee, river
In l846 he was a pilot on the Rio
Grande. His wealth is estimated at
| from two to seven million of dollars,
and his stock is counted by the hun
dreds of thousands Bossler Banner
If-every man and woman and child in
| the United States shouE9 em1grate TO
Texas, that State would then be less
| thickly populated per square mile than
| Massachusetts is at present. And yet
the chances are that all the men, Wo-
| men and children will not go there,
| even if there is room enough.
A sugar worm has appeared In st;
Tammany parish and is playing SAD
havoc with the cane saved for seea.
! Very little of it will escape their
ravages.--[ Thibodeau Sentinel
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SOLOMON ISAAC.
Last CNEE.

OpelOusas, May 18th, 1877-tf
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The New Orleans Times of the 18th
inst, says Of /" Mr.. T. G. Anderson
He could not carry his own parish
last election. even with u. s. deputy
marshals, the troops, and the Returning
Board to help him.
The Times OF the following day,
contained the following eommunica-
ton:
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To the Hon. the President and Members Of the

Police Jury: ,, --.
eoIiected at nresent term of Court from zines
imposed on parties convicted. I RESPECTFULLY
ask that the same, or so much thereof as may
be necessary be appropriated to purchase mat
ing or carpeting for the Courthouse and for
white-wasfing the inside of the Courthouse,
the same to be expended under direction of a
committee consisting of G G. DusOn, Sheriff, C..
MayO, Clerk Police Jury and myself.
Respectfully yours, G, W. HUDSPETH,
Judge 8th District, La.
On motion of Mr.. Guill0ry, Resolved, that the
above petition be granted.
VILE PPATE, April 20th, 1877.
To the President and Members OF the Police
Jury:
change in the public road, as made by DR.. d.
W. Foster, by permission of your Hon. Body
and find the same in a good and practicable