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Willie Kingsley, wIlohas been very
sick for week Or ten days. was 81
Inv WHEN we went to press last even
in@ that there were no hopes of his
surv wing over few hours
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Marrieds

GRAY-GRAY-At Boise City, at the
residence of ex-U. s. Marshal Joseph
Pinkham. on January %, 1879, by Rev.
A. j. Joslyn, Pastor Of the M. b. Church,
John S. Gray, Esq, and Miss L. Alice
GRAY, all of Boise City.
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WoSDaRsUL ctr !, have been, ard are
being effected b. PHE's Certain Cure for
uemorrhoids or FILES. For sale at The
DRUG Store in this city.
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Notice.

IN THE MpTTER or THE ESTATE or ROB
ert W. Tom pkns. deceased.
III TIE Piobat Court Of EoIse county. Idaho Ter
ritDry.
Estate If Robert " Tompkins decreased
Notice iSbeseby giyel b> tle undersigned. Al.
minis rafar ~ II estate ~ Il W Tntnpsiiis, de-
ceased Il, - creditors Of aud all persons having
slaitns ag inst deceased. exhibis tht M with
tlte necessary vouchers. Within mouths after
fs Publication 81 tliis uoee, the said Adj
mjiisrat,r the ofiee Of James HaAlty iii Idaho
/ Ci y. Boise county L. /.
GEO. FRANPFON.
Administrator Of Estate Of Il. ". Tsmpkins, de
cease
JAMES II. HAwLEr, Attorney for Administrators
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MONEY oRDEH BUSINESS.

Tic Money Order Office will not be
n,encd at all on sundays; and no Money
nrler business will be transacted on Sat
,r,lays after four o'clock Z. NJ
$. G. SIl4SBY,
IDAHO City, Dec 3, 1875. Postmaster
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The Weather.

On Tuesday morning the thermome-
TOR at the Post,llicc stood 9, on
Wednesday morning 10, and yester
div morning A degrees below zero
THE weather is clear and bright. Tie
rail, few days ago settled TIC s'sow'
and ii is now only eight or nine inches
deep.
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No. C3ai Oh al retail at Coffin 8
Kennaly's
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MATT Zapr, vino has been very sex
far sometime, is getting better.
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a CHEEKY PRopasrrIlsv.

~
Ne are IL receipt # Tie Iplluw NJ.
proposition ier 4 monthly jotitral:
To THE PuBIsHER we shall ~
pleased to place ynam publication upoaI
our excia Sc list if yeu viii rub isl, the
accompanying notice aid give Andrews
American Queen the iisilll monthly no
'icss hereafter Ii you accept. please
SEND y your publication with notice
marked Address, $500
w. r. ANDREWS.
Tribune" Building, New York.
The lianf.al above n,red Is i.
monthly and furnished IL snlscr4l,..f-
at 81 % per year, and tbs .ssce.,l,t.la
l'yln4s notice. would take up at ls.as,
SIX er seven inches Of SPACE ii ibis
paper. AZ the subscription price u
the AeRiD IL S. per Year, ,e srsl
make Mr.. Andrews this proposition
4 ne viii spmI is $3.50 III cash aiis
allow rs the same space il his jenrns,
that he wants ~ oIirs, once il n,nlitl,
we will place il upon eur cxcian@,
Hist. His proposition is cxcettli4gl,
cheeky, Int nnfs is fair. and, wc al
confident, will not bc accepted.
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Hon. w. G, THOMPSON, OF Cedar
s,nids. Iowa, has been appointed
m IF Justice Of this Territory.
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gosaomce Hours.

During week uys until further notice.
he Postoilicc viii oc kept open from seven
NJ. until nine 7. "
sundays from llalt-past twelve to one,
Nd from four until six +. M.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
The English Cat.

THE London Times of July says =
i On Saturday the members of Par
lament who attended the daily sittings
in the House of Commons were engaged
for some time in viewing the instru-
ments used in the inflicting of eoporeal
punishment in the army and navy and
Her Majesty's prisons. The eat' ex-
hibited by order OF the Home Secretary
and Sec'y of State for men of War were
four in number, and were exposed to in
speetion in the alcove adjoining the
"cloak room" The alcove was guarded
by two policemen, who had received
strict orders to admit no person not
member of Parliament. The most for
midable weapon of the four exhibited
was undoubtedly the "marine cat"
which bore descriptive label in the fol-
lowing terms:
"Sealed pattern of cat-o'nine-tails,
approved by the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, 7th of December, 1877. Signed,
G. w. Rodney, Deputy Adjutant Cen
eral."
The handle of the instrument is nine
teen inches in length, and from the end
depends thick cord, which at 4 inches
distance from the handle is divided into
three separate cords, and these again are
divided each into three tails IA inches in
length. Each of these tails, which are
fine, hard whipcord, is knotted nine
times. The Navy cat'' came next in
interest. 1t was endorsed, "Navy cat,
brought from the Duke of Wellington,
25th of July, 1879, III. M. Dockyard,
Portsmouth. The instrument is formed
of handle, covered in green baize, q
inches in length, from which depends
nine lashes of thick cord, each 2S inches
in length. A label at one end of the
handle was indorsed, " Never used. p
Another "navy cat," called the zap
proved cat," was also in view, and like
the marine" instrument, the handle
is 10 inches in length, with thick lashes,
nine in number, and each 28 inches long.
1t bore the inscription, "cat approved
for use on board her Majesty's ships, for
seamen and Marines" The fourth in
strument exhibited is that used in her
Majesty's prisons, and is composed of a
black handle 10 inches in length, made
of whipcord, and each bearing three
hard knots.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
NO.

the floor, the cat, on entering, was con-
fronted with its own reflection, and
naturally concluded that he saw before
him real intruder ON his domain.
Hostile demonstrations were the result,
followed by rush to the mirror, and,
then meeting an obstacle to his ven--
geance, a fruitless cut round to the rear.
This maneuvre was more than once.
repeated with, of course, equal lack Of
success. Finally, the cat was seen to
deliberately walk up to the looking
glass, keeping its eyes on the image,
and then, when near enough to the
edge, to feel carefully with one paw
behind, for the supposed intruder, while
with its head twisted round to the front
it assured itself of the persistence of the
reflection. The result of this expert
ment fully satisfied the cat that he had
been the victim of delusion, and never
afterward would he condescend to notice
mere reflections, though the trap was
more than once laid for him.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
Select Poetry.
THE OLD STORY CONTINUED.

She read until she could not see
Did "Ivanhoe" ere weary?
Then dropped the book upon her knee,
And said her life was dreary.
''From day to day still must tread
The same dull round of duty
of darning socks and baking bread,
Without one glimpse of beauty.
From week to week my landmarks are;
A sermon dull on Sunday;
On Friday night the Plumville Star;
The weekly wash on Monday.
And, oh there's never a line of grace,
And never CLINT of glory"
She sighed and heightened her pretty face
It's always the same old story!'
She dried her eyes and curled her hair,
And went to the conference meeting
From the garden gate to the vestry stair
The self-same words repeating.
Atlast the final hymn was sung,
And all the prayers were ended,
When one from the doorway crowd among
Her homeward steps attended.
They left at length the village street,
And sprang the low wall over,
To cross through Captain Peasely's wheat
And Deacon Eascombe's clover.
The moon seemed shining overhead
To flood the path with glory
They whispered low, but what they said
Was-Only the same old story
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
A Jury Story.

One of the best jury stories have
heard for long time, says London
correspondent, is about case that was
tried at Westminster lately. The ac-
ton was brought to decide dispute be-
tween water company and some of its
consumers, and the evidence in favor of
the defendants seemed so irresistible that
the Judge expressed his wonder that the
jury should want to retire in order to
consider their verdict. After being alb
sent some time they came back and an
nounced that they were all agreed with
the exception of one, and the Judge, in
dignant at single person refusing to ac-
cept the overwhelming testimony offer
ed in favor of the defendants, made some
remarks not fiattering to the intellectual
powers of the solitary recalcitrant,
though, of course, no one out of the
jury box knew which of the twelve the
man was. However, the jury had to be
discharged, and it afterwards turned out
that it was the twelfth who had taken
the same view of the evidence as the
Judge himself, and the other eleven who
had refused to adopt what his lordship,
and, indeed, everybody else in court,
thought the only reasonable conclusion
to be drawn from the fact.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
How Mrs. Flint Managed a
Husband.

hrTRUE, Major Flint is a wealthy
i man, and good-looking, withal,
but if you marry him he will make you
his slave-take my word for it, Miss
Atherton."
Do you think so ?" said the lady ad-
dressed, quietly, looking up from her
embroidery.
"Think so? know it. You cannot
have forgotten how his first wife Jared.
So gentle and lovely, too, she was, yet
the poor woman never dared to say her
soul was her own-never! If she had
had different husband, she would un-
doubtedly have been alive to-day.o
Very likely, Mrs. May"
"And yet, knowing all this, you are
going to take her place"
Major Flint will find me very diff
ferent person from his first wife," said
Miss Atherton, composedly. "Howev-
er, as do not wish to anticipate trouble,
we will, if you please, dismiss the sub
ject."
This was not the first remonstrance
Miss Atherton had received on the sub
ject of her approaching marriage, but
she had made up her mind, it appeared,
and was now occupied in making prep
arations for the wedding.
What had been said respecting Major
Flint and his first wife was unquestion-
ably true. He was domestic tyrant,
and holding the female understanding
in very slight esteem, considered that
the wife ought, in all respects, to be
subservient to the husbands will.
His reason for marrying again was
principally from the fact that he found
no housekeeper who would be sufficient
ly subservient to his whims and ca
prices. Having lost one after another,
he came to the conclusion that he
needed a wife, and soon resolved to ten
der his hand to Grace Atherton, who
had been warm personal friend of his
wife. We will not analyze her motives
for accepting his proposal, though prob
ably regard for Mr.. Flint's two help
less little children, who resembled their
mother rather than their father, infiu-
enced her quite as much as any other
motive. However that might be, the
marriage soon took place, and after a
brief journey Miss Atherton returned
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-14
Cat and Looking Glass.

Many years ago, at Carne farm house,
where relatives of mine were then living,
the household cat was observed to enter
q bedroom in course of being spring
cleaned. The looking glass being on
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26
Proceedings Of the Board OF Police OF
the Town Of Opclousas.

TUESDAY, April ED, 1879.
The Board met pursuant to a call of the
President.
Present: DR.. James Ray, President; AIessrs.
c. Mayo, E; Donate, P. j. LcfebVre, W. G. Bell
The Minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
On motion, Be it resolved by the Board of
Police of the town OF Opelousas, That, whereas
Frederick Combe has made fence across the
street or alley running from GrolGc street i'll
the direction OF the residence OF Mrs. Eliza
Hudspetii, and nehry opposlte to the same :;
and Whereas said street 81 alley is public prop
erty and under the coiitrol, jurisdiction and
supervision of the town Of Opelousas /; and
whereas the said Combe has trespassed upon
said property; the President OF the Beard of
stepstto have said fence or other Instructions
removed and to keep said street or alley open
for public use against all trespasscrs.
=, Be II rurlist 1ssitTeH; that IN the event OF
town, the President Of the Board is hereby eni-
powered to proceed Immediately against said
trespasser and to cause said distractions to be
immediately removed.
On motion, Resolved, that ARTICLE Cd of the
ordinance relative to balls, dancing parties,
fairs or public entertainments, passed October
3d. 1876. be so amended so rs to read rs follows:
The party or parties applying for the giving of
balls, parties or public entertainments, be re-
quired to pay the sum OF two dollars and half
for each and every special police officer which
the President OF the Board may deem necessary
to keep good order and decorum at said public
entertainment; lby public entertainment is
meant, where All entrance fee is charged or
where refreshments are s0id.l
Beitfurther Resolved, that the party or parties
applying for the giving of any of the above
entertainments, shali make said application to
the President of the Board, tWcnty=folr hours
previous to the giving of said entertainment.
On motion the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: O. VOORHEES,, Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

The State constitutional convention
met last Monday, with only three dele
gates absent, 131 answering at roll call.
1t has organized with Lieut.. Gov. Wilt,
president W. H. Harris, of Point Cou-
pee, secretary; Ben. Prescott, assistant
secretary; E. W. Halsey, minute clerk !;
Thomas Mcintyre, rgeant-at-ar r.
W. Barrow, assistant sergeant-at-arms I;
j. H. Jelaley, doorkeeper; A. Vedreme,
assistant doorkeeper. The printer had
not been elected, at last accounts, but
J. H. Cosgrove, Of Natchitoches, will
probably he the man. Regular work
will hardly be begun before next week.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26
Carrying Concealed Weapons

To prevent the carrying of concealed
weapons on tho person seems to be a
question of absorbing interest at this
time, not only in Louisiana, but in all
her sister States of the South.
That our present statutes against it,
is dead letter, no one will deny. 1t
should at the very earliest practical
moment be erased and another, more
efficient and effective, substituted. Let
the next Legislature pass an act. au-
thorlzng every man to carry Just such
weapons as he desires concealed on lis
person; provided he pay an annual
license therefor of say $500 for q der
ringer, $4,000 for a revolver of or moro
cylinders, $1,000 for bowie knife, dagger
or dirk or brass knucklc or sword cane
or slung shot, $4,000 for gimlet knife,
clasp knife, &c. Make it the duty Of
the collector, WHEN he issues the licenses,
to keep an accurate list to be published
weekly in a newspaper, and posted be-
sides on the door of the Courthouse.
In addition let it be made the duty of
every peace officer in the State, wl!cn-
ever he has reason to suspect that a
person is carrying concealed weapons,
to arrest him, take him to the nearest
magistrate, have him examined, and in
case such weapon or weapons be found
on his person, then let the magistrate
put him under bond of $3.50 to keep the
peace and besides put him under bond
to appear and stand his trial before a
court of competent jurisdiction, and in
case OF conviction let the fine be not less
than $50 and costs, three fourths the fine
when collected to be paid over to the
parish treasurer for the benefit of the
public school fund, the balance to the
officer making the arrest, and in default
of payment of fine and costs, let the
party convicted be condemned to work
on the public roads, bridges or other
public works Of the parish for not less
than thirty days.
The very fact of posting and publish
ing such lists, would, in few months,
bring "these walking arsenals" into
utter contempt; everybody would know
them, and everybody could avoid them.
Good citizens would regard them with
suspicion, and every peace officer would
have his eye on them, and be ready to
arrest them on the first attempted breach
of the peace. The convention can and
no doubt will provide for the summary
trials of all cases Of mis.lemeanor and
other minor offenses, and hence such
parties when arrested could be disposed
of with little orno expense.
Such q law would put an end to this
dangerous and pernicious practice in
one year, and thus stop the "homicidal
mania "now sweeping over the land.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

Our old friend and favorite grocery
merchant F. Munzesheimer on Main
street, has no political aspirations he
don't belong to the Sunday School he
don't wear a little hatchet,n and
don't play poker, &C., &C., but in place of
those little virtues, he has the bad habit
of always keeping On hand the best Sc
lected and freshest groceries. His cash
prices are as low as man can possibly
sell and keep from starving. He don't
care if an extra pound falls in the scales
on his customers side. Is always smiling
and affablc, and worse than all he never
loses customer who has once traded
with him on the cash basis. Call Oh
our old friend, and see how truthfully
we have Dicturel him.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26
JUDICIAL ADvERTssEMENT
GEsEgEFF's SALE.
PARISH COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
No. 2l95.
JOHN T. COLIIGAN vs.. HENRY D. Nc
BRIDE.

EE virtue of a writ OF fitri faras. issued out
OF the honorable Parish Court, in and for the
Parish Of st. Landry, in the above entitled suit
public sale. to the highest bidder, at the Court
house Of said parish, in the town ui Opelousas.
on SATURDAY. the eth day OF June. 1879. at
II O'Clock \. NJ, the folown" described prop
cry, to-Wlt:
\ house and lot OF ground on which it stands
at Church Point IN parish of st. Landry,
bounded north by 1Iofnrrc Barron4, and south
hy church land, east and west by lIomcrc
BarrouSc.
Conditions of S;tlc.Iwo hundred and Wculy
dollars with per cent interest from August
lst. 1876. cash, subject to a credit OF twenty
eight dollars paid No. enber 1st 1876, and fifty
fonr dollars paid May 18TH 1877. and on terms
ii credit corresponding with the maturity OF
tie last note for one hundred and ten dollars
with per cent interest from August LIST, 1876
md falling due on lst OF August, 1879
{. G. DESON,
Hpl % Sheriff uf the Parish OF ST. Landry
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

Some time last week an alteration
took place between a colored man and
his wife in the ncighborhood Of Big
Cane, concerning the punishment of
their child, about three or four years
old. The man wished to whip it or was
whipping it when the mother interferred,
which so enraged the man that he
grasped the child by the feet and dashed
its brains out against the door. The
mother ran out to the woods where she
got lost and did not find her way out
until next day, when she gave the
alarm. He had already fled, and al
though every exertioR was made by
the constable of that ward, no trace
could be found of him. Sheriff Duson
has taken the search in hand, and we
are under the impression that it wont be
long before he will stand before a jury
of his peers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

There are now confined in Jail FIVE
lunatics, two of whom are men and the
other two women. Sheriff Duson has
tried severy effort to get the Lunatic
ASYLUM to receive them, but all to no
purpose. He still receives the same old
answer: No room for any neec eases.
One Of the lunatics is woman who was
sent to the ASYLUM two or three years
ago, and released by the surgeons in
charge as cured. We understand the
cure was only for o very sho.t period,
only few months elapsing before she
was in the same condition,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26
NHAR RTE IT'D .

POsEY- New. Orleans, on
Wednesday, April 18th, 1879, by the Very Bev.
G. A. Rouxel, V. G., at the residence of the
bride, Miss MARY E. TOUGHER and Dr.. J. L.
POSEY.
CARs-LARCADE-At the Church of the
Annuncation, on Wednesday, April 49, 1S79 by
the Rev. J. Fercival. ELLA F., daughter of Mrs,
A. NJ. Carr, to J. A. LARCADE.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

Al uEo organization OIL tHe InlliittI-
monic Society, Opelousas has taken one
step in the right direction. There is a
marked degree Of musical ability among
us, which will be both cultivated and
utilized by the purposes of the Associa-
tion. The discrimination shown in the
selection of officers assures not only
good management, but stability to the
society, and opens source of exquisite
enjoyment to the music lovers among
, lis. Whatever Prof. Mayer undertakes
to do in the musical line is certain to be
well done, and he has been the origina-
tor and leading spirit of this movement.
This is certainly one progressive step,
but there is another of marked con-
sequence which we wish to suggest to
our readers. For a place of its size,
Opelousas is sadly deficient in the means
of culture. We do not mean schools,
for we have excellent ones, but the after
culture, which is required by the EN-
1arged thought Of maturer age. Every
where throughout the South now. there
is a movement to establish libraries and
reading rooms, even in small villages.
The North and West have always had
them and after the building of church
and school room in a town, the library
and reading room followed in natural
consequence.
we have population large enough
to establish and support these necessi
ties OF culture, but have we taste and
inclination for it ? Now poor as the COM
munity may be, there are few of us, indi-
vidually, who cannot spare the money
to buy the pitiful dime novels, which
like the Egyptian lice are infesting the
land and nine out Of ten are exerting a
mostpernieious influence over ouryoung
people. 1t Individually, we can buy this
trash, collectively we can afford a higher
grade of literature for The mental pa
bulum OF ourselves and the community
Mt large. No matter how small the be-
ginning may be, to start the movement
Is the prime consideration.
Let the ladies take it in hand as did
tile ladies OF our sister town of Alexan-
drla. We hear they have the nucleus
oil good library already, reading room,
oil the best magazines and periodicals
and they have the satisfaction of know
ing that they are benefiting the commu-
nity IN which they live by their exer-
tlons. Culture is too universal and too
necessary these days for us harn i'm Ono |
iousas to be SO far distanced in the
march of mind.
we have great faith in the ladies of |
opelousas, and it they will take the
matter in hand we believe thew will
succeed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

ANY one would have supposed from
the very large docket of the Criminal
Court at the special term In January
last, and the very thorough manner in
which the docket was cleared of all cases
then before the Count, that our April
term would be short, there being but
few cases continued, but alas for human
expectations, we will have at least two
cases for murder and the minor cases
will give our court an unexpectedly
longer term than was dreamed of. We
understand that Sheriff Duson has al
ready summoned every member of the
jury for the different weeks; all the
witnesses in criminal cases that were
continued, and about $50 witnesses be-
fore the grand jury.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26

We call particular attention of anr
readers to the notice in another columu
of our Town Constable.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-04-26
I'D HE I'D /:

DTLTON-At Galveston, Texas. on Monday,
April l4th. 1879. JOHN DILLON of Lake Charles.
La, aged "a years born in the town of Jarbert,
Kerry county Ireland.