St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-05

By virtue of an order of the honorable Pre-
bate Court, of the parish of ST. Landry. tHef"
will be sold at public auction. to the hlSlit''
bidder by the undersigned auctionter; at tno
last residence OF the deceased iii Nllle Pla't
prairie, parish Of st. Landry, on IL ESDA1,
November 22d. 1881, the following described
property belonging to the estate OF james
Jackson Hicks, deceased, to-wit
l. The plantation situated in Vile Plate
Prairie, parish Of st. Landry, containing Ole
hundred arpcnts of prairie land, together ana
including all the buildings and improvements
thereon, bounded north by public land, east by
land OF widow Pierre NidIinr, south by lane
belonging to the Estate, and west by other lane
of the Estate.
, one tract Of prairie land lying south and
Joining the above described plantation, to
ycther with the buildings and Improvements
thereon. bounded north by the aforesaid plan
tation. east by widow Pierre \ldilne, Sonth ~
Mrs. Annie Thompson. Z. Daire and HonOlt
Miller and west by William Tate. containl-
about nlnety-eight alpents, measuring scfeG
arpeutS by fourteen
Sd A tract OF prairie land lying west of ana
adjoining the plantation, containing abouJ
forty-seven 53l100 arpents. bounded east by
the plantation, west by FRANCOIS bri2g. mort
by public land, and south by William Tate
together with the buildings and improvements
thereon.
4tl. The undivided half of "a tract of one
thousand and seventy five acres and S0ll00 OF
an acre of land. purchased by deceased Jointly
with A. E. Arnold at tax collectors sale.
December 10th, 1874, bounded north by Bayou
Cane, east by itnu OF hlcHdru o"dlll, west ps
land of Peter Marcy, and south by unknown.
situated at Point Don Manuel, parish OF st.
Landry. (The other undivided half will be
sold at the same time and place and on the
! same terms)
s. A certain tract of woodland situated on
the confines of Vile Plate Prairie, parish OF st.
| Landry, containing one hundred and seven
superficial arpents, mole or less. bounded north
| by Joseph Z. FontenOt, formerly and now
| Azee GuillOry, east by Charles Lebas. MIS-
| j. J. Hicks and others. south by HOnore Miller,
| !, -, T, al Il ,fh
| g. A tract of land situated at Bayou ChlcOt.
measuring two hundred arpents. bounded
| north and east by public land, south by lands
| of A. Lazaro and west by the ChicOt swamp.
being the same purchased by deceased at tax
collectors sale, November Sth 1878.
| 18th. 8th &c. Three yoke of work oxen, fit
! teen head of horned cattle, one sorrel horse
| one bay mare one bay mare and colt, one gray
| mare, one dun mare. an old wagon; one lot
| bull-tonyue and four old plows; one saddle and
bride. an old broken carriage; four OK chains,
four old yokes and one yoke staple; one Old
spade and two ShOvc1s, one oats cutter, one
| old cOrn-sleer, one lot of about thirty head OF
hogs, one %rnd-stOne, one pair old steelyards
and two cane knives; one lot OF pillow harness
and single trees; three seytheS and cradles ana
one ordinary pillow; one lot old carpenters
tools, two iron wedges aud one fro; seven
desk one lot books, four pictures and one
demijohn one lot of lint cotton baled, Sss
pounds one lot of lint cotton baled weighing
14o5 pounds. picked with the shells. stained
one gold watch, one revolver, one trunk.
TcrmS-CaSh.
! GILBERT L. DUPRE.
Oct. odd. 19S1-5t Auctioneer.