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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1882-12-16

Gen. Leon Jastremski, of Baton
Ronge, candidate for Congress from this
district, reached Opelousas last satur-
day evening and left on Monday even
ing for Avoyelles, on bis preliminary
canvass for tile Democratic nomination
The general made quite d number Of &C.
qnaintances among Us, and left very
! favorable impression. While here hs
fought overn some of the bloodiest
Virginia battles with his old coaspagaoa
dsfnses, Capt. Aug. Perrodin, attended
high mass at the Catholic Church, did
some "pretty tall electioneering,n and
"a 0a aaas dire, called at the CouuRIRB
Office.
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10 EPH CORB E II
Undertaken

HOFFINS OF all descriptions on hand aud
Y made to order, ut moderate prices.
Shop on North street, near Union, IN fear OF
C. Deitlsin's grecsry. dscstI
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ee other column

DIED-At the residence of her son, in
Vile Plate, Dec. 10, 1882, Mrs. HENRI
ETTE LAcHAPELLE, aged about s3 years.
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Dec. 2, 1882
NDUBLIC SALE.

"UBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of ST. Landry, No. 4a7T
Estate OF SAMUEL Hooks.
By virtue Of an order of the Hon. the Pro
bate Court in and for the parish Of st. Landry,
there will be sold at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned nat
ural tutrix, or duly qualified auctioneer, at
the Court House in Opelousas, parish afore-
said, on THURSDAY, December 81. 1852,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of Samuel Hooks, deceaaed, to-
wit:
l. Fifteen acres of land, more or less, with
all the buildings and improvements thereon,
| situated ON Bayou Courtableau, vt. Landry
parish, bounded on one side BY Bayou Courta-
bleau. on the other by land Of 3. Can't, and
on another side by land of F. w. Hooks.
9 One lot of household furniture.
l. Terms-Cash.
LAURA CUMMINGS,
Natural TutriK.
Nov 1S 1882
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Not much business of interest dispos'
ed of In our District Court this. week.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1882-12-16

Mr. Camille RoOs comes out in anoth-
er of his yearly holiday advertisements.
He says it is pleasure for him to cater
to the wants and demands of little chill
dren during the Christmas and New
Years festival He has been to the
icy home" of good old Santa Claus.
and brought back the haGdsomest selec-
ton of his toys, bonhons, guns, pistols.
torpedos, horses, buggies, animals, &C.,
that could he foand also an endless
variety of the other good things of life.
Call around at his.handsome store, cor
ner of Court and Landry streets, and
see what pageant of beautiful things
he has for the holidays. Read his ad-
| yertisement in another column. Mr.
| Theodore Lastrapes will be found ut his
store, where he will be pleased at all
times to greet his friends and acQnain-
| tances.
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Buy your jewelry from r. Mornhin-
veg-stock we'll assorted, styles fash
ionable and prices reasonable.
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GHERfFE'S SALE.

District Court, Parish St. Landry, No. lssO7
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Spirited Field Trials.

Our town has been unusually animat
ed this week by the presence of large
number of representative sportsmen,
from half dozen States in the Union,
with their fine blooded and well trained
dogs, who have participated in the unu-
sually interesting field trials given un-
der the auspices of the New Orleans
Gun Club during the past week. A
more active, soeiable, and generous set
of Nimrods never congregated together
for friendly contests in field sports, and
such marshalling and such splendid
action of critically trained bird dogs
have seldom been witnessed in any To-
cality before. Including spectators
with members of different gun clubs,
there were at least one hundred visitors
present in our town. There were repre-
sentatives from Illinois, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Massachusetts, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
There were about fifty fine dogs Of the
noted setter and pointer strains brought
from distance to compete for the
prizes in this contest, the particulars of
which will be found in kilograms report
ed from the field, to the New Orleans
Times Democrat, which we copy else
where. The details of each days events
were also telegraphed by special report
ers to Chicago, Memphis, New York.
/ Boston and Atlanta. We are glad that
these field trials occurred in st. Landry.
1t brought great many gentlemen to
our section of country who otherwise
might not have visited US; and we un-
derstand that they were very much
pleased with what they saw Of our fer
tile and beautiful domain. We hope
they will come again, and that many OF
them will conclude to make this their
| home.
Since the above was put in type, we
find that the kilograms to the N. o.
Times Democrat concerning the trials are
too lengthy for our space, and We there
fore give the following resume of the
proceedings, kindly furnished by AN ae-
tive participant:
l3 entries in the members stake, 10
in the puppy stake, and % in the all
aged stake, making 45 entries in all.
Mr.. j. X. Renaud's setter Flossy won
first in members stake, the prize being
silver goblet valned nj $50, and Mr..
M. s. Humphreys pointer Tyler won
second prize, game bag. In the pup
by stake Mr. w. B. Mallofy's setter
Pink B. won first, $50: Mr.. D. C. San
born's setter Countess Magnet won
second, 800; and Mr.. setter
Nelly Bly, won third, $50. When We
went to presssit hadanot been decided
what dogsrwere winners in the all-aged
stake.
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Fresh crab and oyster gumbo at Villa
seca's tonight.
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NOTICE OF TABLEAU.

Nov. 1s, 1882
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TASTY FANCY GOODS,
.TofIet Articles,

PERFUMERY, LEATHER GOODS,
-asD----
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The attention of all lover. of handsome aud
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.

Opelousas, Dee. l6, 1882.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
They Were Poor.

An exchange recalls the following
historical facts, which should encourage
young men sruggling under discourage
ment and poverty:
John Adams, second President, was
the son Of farmer of very moderate
means. The only start be had was his
education.
Andrew jackson was born in a log
hut in the piny woods, for which that
State is so famous.
james X Polk spent the earlier years
Of his life helping to dig bis living
out Of new farm in North Carolina.
He was afterwards clerk in a country
store.
Millard Fillmore was the son Of q
New York farmer, and his house was a
very humble one he learned the
business Of clOthier.
James Buchanan was born in a small
town among The Allegheny Mountains
His father cut the logs and built his
own house 10 what was then wilder
ness.
abraham lincoln was The son of
very poor Kentucky fdrmef, and lived
in log cabin until be was 81 years Of
age.
Andrew johnson was apprenticed to
q tailor at the age Of 10 years by bis
widowed mother He was never able to
attend school, and picked up all the ed
ucaticn he ever got.
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,startinr . young Nan.

From the Wall Street News
It is related of wealthy Philadel-
phian who has been dead these many
YEAR,, that young man came to him
one day and asked for help to start bim
in business.
DO you drink y asked the million
aire.
Occasionally"
''siop il step i for year, and then
come and see me.
The young man broke off the habit at
once. and at the end Of year again
presented himself.
"Do you smokei' asked the great
man.
Eyes, now and then.
s.Stopit! Stopit for a year, and then
come and see me.
The young man went away End cut
loose from the habit, and after worrying
through another twelve months once
more faced the philanthropisl-
Do you chew
..Yes,
stop itl Stop Il for year and then
come and see me-
But the young man never called
aaain. When some one asked why he
didi.'t make one more effort BE replied
Didn't / know what he Yves driving
af2 He'd have told mo Thar as bee
tonned theuin0. drinking Nna emeE'
ne. 7 must have sawed erQn1h mQref
% start myeeif
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Words in Season.
Meridian Mercury.]

Meridian Mercury.]
We indulge the hope, that the Democrats
in the Senate and in Congress, will come
out squarely and plainly against all sorts Of
monopolies, and agree upon some bill to
check the exorbitant charges of railroads.
If the bill of Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, be La
bic to any constitutional objections, let it
be freed from it, and then receive the sup
port of every Democrat. The people de-
mand this remedial, or protective legisla-
tion-it is both just and necessary, and
there is no doubt but that it will render the
Democratic party invincibie in 1884. The
people must be protected against the COM
binations of corporations to rob them, and
We wish to see the Democratic party carry
through this. measure of relief and protec-
tion in Congress and in the State Legisla-
lures under their control. The Mercury
has never changed front on this question,
aud never expects to desert the people on
this life and death issue, and it will not be
its fault, if the Democrats OF Mississippi
continue to disappoint the wishes of the
people and to falsity their pledges, in regard
TO legislative supervision oyet railroads.
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The South and The Tariff.

The officials and stockholders of the
largest cotton manufacturing establish
ments in Georgia and South Carolina,
having been interviewed by the n. Y
Herald, have said that so far from being
injured by a modification Of the trriff on
the goods they manufacture, they
would be in favor of an absolute aboli-
ton Of the entire system if that were
possible" Such was the emphatic tes-
timony of the company owning the
mills at Vanc.u use and Graniteyille and
of Mr.. Phimzy, President of the Augusta
mills, and the Georgia r. R. Company,
Mr. Charles Bates. Mr.. Charles Estes
is president Of the Board of Trustees of
the Augusta Water Power, Canal AMI is
president Of the company which is now
building a cotton mill in that city to
have a capacity Of some p, 900 spindles.
This is the john P. King Mill" with
a capital of 81 900, 000. "The abolition
of all duties on cotton goods, he said,
"wouId not injure US at all but if we
had been able to buy our machinery with
out the additional cost entaiIed by the
tariff we could have saved 500, 900 and
could have put that amount into addi-
tional looms or have added it to our
working capital. The tariff is a positive
clog upon the development of our cotton
manufacturing industries. 1t is in no
way of advantage to these interests"
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cHRIsTMAs-TIDE.

We are tired OF tho weary warfarai
Thedaily cares that annoy;
But the QUO true thing that is left US
Is the dear oil CHRISTMAS joy.
So we lay aside all our tro ible.
Tue cares thar we cannot name;
And rest us awhile, in the gladness
That ever has been the same.
The same oid remembrance ami giving,
Always SO sweet ia the end
Ever since the great Master-giver
Came down 10 be King and Friend.
The same fragrant odor Of cedar.
OF hemlock, holly and pines
Which only grows tresher and sweeter
With mem rics that years entwine.
Tie same Merry Christmas rosounding,
The same old story agaip,
As sweet as when lold 20 hs shepherds,
OF "peacc AMI good will TO men,"
The same glalsoms chime Of the church
bells,
The same old carols end cheer;
The samesweaiy wor Il that is smiling
As the .CuIistmas tide draws near.
And VIC turn asi le from our tro lble,
From all the cares thar annoy;
To rest us, awhile, in the brightness
OF the dear old Christmas JOY
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Two Glasses Of Statesmen.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON The action Of Mr.. Man
ming of Mississippi in refusing to yacre pt
sion of votes intended for his opponent for
technical reasons, draws attention to a some
what similar condition of affairs in the close
districts of Ohio. In this connection Rep
resentatives Shuitz and Dawes of Ohio, be-
lieving that the interest Of voters in the
Ohio districts is more clearly manifest than
in the Chalmers case, say they would not
accept certificates issued ID violation of such
intent. 1t is the subject of much unfavar-
able comment that Mr. Campbell should
actually seek to disfranchise !, 800 Republi-
can votes in Clermont county on the hjmsy
technicality that their votes are returned for
II. L. Morey instead of Henry L. Morey.
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CHRISTMAS!
CHRISTMAS SONG
--e.


Ger fhs hiiix n s.hf shadows stsai;
Scsrcs ligat hxeeze stirs
See he Virgin mid
Clasps her few born ghila
Round shs manger sltephe is kneel--
laus5ls wor=ni 8pers,
ttArk aug IS siag
Reani their arnn9y Etngl
Fis Tor man. aAi no. fur thsm,
Sleeps 1hs Babs ia Bethlehem.
Thou whose heal to eatt4 IS iowly
Bowed in wee and sham
AAea 10 help seems ri gh
~ thy piEgous err,
Think il vas ant fgr The holy
Tho Redeefner came,
HArk ! angels sing
R9hnd taeIr he tyeuly kingl
For earthts $ sinfsll aud iefile1
Cones 10 nj ght the Savsoar Chill
He who to the cr4dae brings
Oae pure. generous shaaght,
10 the infant he
Bings u gifE more rare
Thaa The gal | and my ri the kings
Or the utienL brought.
Hank ANGELS siag
Round their heavenly kingi
iT;s FOR man, and n u for them,
S.eeps tls BA5e in Bethlehem.
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Christmas.

We have now reached the zenith of
our Christmas season, a time when all
hearts should kindle anew the fires of
love, good viii. and mirth, and cause
them to cheer 4 larger circle by their
warmth and light than they have
hitherto done. A beautiful idea was
that which instigated the Romans of
old to select as a day on which TO com
memorate the nativity of our Saviour
the same which the pagans celebrated
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

CoURIER- JOURNAL: "a tariff for revenue
only" means that when the Government
gets it taxes the tax shall stop. l. means,
aud all the lying on earth can not make il
mean otherwise, that the revenue and ali
the revenues levied by Government belongs
exclusively to the Government, as distin-
guished from "a tariff for protection, !"
which is only a sneak-thief process of pay
ing bounties to private enterprise by an
indirect tax levied upon the many to subsi-
die the few.
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hriatmag Time.

As communities grew and lands were
peopled and cultivated. mingled emotions
of fear and reverence spTang Up IN The hearts
of those tolleg and workers When they
hsd much ID bs thankful luE when their
crops veFe bonntifuls they had somethi ng
to fear from adverse elements These latter
we're pers0niied fx them and pfqpillars
sacrifices we're made 70 eseh d tie hope
81 eaining their favorable esau enanre, and
alefIl f. eiae. WsfA mada wien tlss pro-
dace ~ ssiI proved baaane Il
af1ss lI.a Isssis and festivals ghitI Be-
s hnnsns 81 the da7 e aRriens
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a shame and an outra age.

Texas Siftings
John, what is that peculiar SMELL p
asked an Austin mans wife when be
came home very late She expected Be
would say that It was the incense they
used il the lodgerooni, or that he would
tell some other lie, but she was mis-
taken
Its Whiskey thal's what i Is, be
replied defantly.
miserable creature retortsd his
wife, yon have At last got down 50 low
that you have not got decency enough
left % trY and lie out of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
To Leonard Rhone, Esq, Harrisburg, Pa.
A New Interstate Commeroe BIN

representative MeCoids bill to provide
for the regulation of commerce by railroads
among the States, and for the protection of
the people from extortion and oppression,
and for the protection of capital invested in
railways from maladministration and rail-
way wars, says that each railway shall on the
lst of March Of each year, publish schedule
of rates. Fifty per cent. of the schedule of
rates shall be the minimum of rates, and 80
per cent. above the maximum, allowed to be
charged in any case. These rates are to be
charge for loading, mileage rate for
hauling, and are to be fixed upon the prin-
ciple of impartial seryice for fair corporate
profit from honest public service. Gonsoli-
dating, discriminating, pooling, etc, are
prohibited and punished; committee of
nine members, one from each iu'lieial cir
cult of the United States stall be appointed
by each Congress 70 supervise, inyesti-
gate and report 70 Congress as to the man
agement and control of railways under the
law, aud recommend amendments thereto.
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The Bill of Senator Brown Of Georgia to
Abolish the Internal Revenue Abomina-
ton.

The first bill Of the session in the Senate
looking to the abolition of the internal Rev.
enue system was introduced by Mr..
Brown, of Georgia. It was the intention Of
Mr.. Brown to force his measure to an
issue at the earliest practicable time:
The text of the bill is as follows:-
WHEREAS, the policy of the government
Of the United States from the earliest
period of its existence, except in case of the
emergencies of war, has been to collect
the revenue necessary to support the gov
erument by tax upon imports and where
as the exigencies of war made it necessary
% vary from this rule, practiced BY both
political parties during the late unfortunate
civil war; and whereas a period of about
eighteen years has passed since the war
closed and the country Is now enjoying pro-
iound peace and pro sperity, rendering excep-
ton to tue general rule OF policy aud prae-
tlca on this beet na longer necessary and
whereas the raising of the revenue ofehe
United States 70 support the government
economically administered bY tax on i'm.
ports affords legitimate incidental prntec.
ton to American industry and American
produetidns; and whereas rs il is unneces-
ary and improper 10 have two large corps
Of collectors, one 1t the ports and the other
70 collect the internal revenues, the latter
beng used in great measure as an immense
Political machine to aid tie dominant party
10 carrying elections, while said duplicate
l!stem is very expensive and demoFalizing
therefore be it
kaacted-First, that the act entitled az
act to provide internal revenue to support
the government, to pay the interest on the
pubic debt and for other purposes, passed
lhe Both Of June, 1864, and all acts adding
%, charging or amending the same. and al
avs authorizing the collection of internal
revenue be and the same are hareby re
Pealed.
sseTIoN 2-This act shall be in force from
-'a afess the 1st day Of July, 1888.
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Grain GambIIng.
spseial to eourieFslesrnal.l

u l1IIs
WAsHISeTox, Dec. f1--CSen. C,halmef,s
5as bill which he wants - have intro
aaeed, ItwiIl not be popular bill With
.se stock aud grain gamblers. The ebiecf
= me bill is to levy . tax on all c0htFac4s
z Iatafes. For a Ten days option, the tax
= g be two and a. half per cent. Of the
AMOUNT at stake, and the tax IS increased
s st decreased as the option is for q longer or
saorter period.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

F.W. HARREY, Statesupervisor ofelec
tion for Charlss.cn county, S. c., charg
ed with violation ofssetion 5527, Revised
Statutes of United States, the jury il
obedience to United States Judge Bond.
instructions, render ed a verdict of moi
guilty. The court neld that United
States deputy marshals have no author
ity to enter polling precincts unless call
ed upon by supervisors for the purpose
of preventing ftau1 or suppressing vio-
lence. Under this decision the. cases
pending against supervisors of other
counties in South Carolina have been
discontinued.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
caHltal and ImmIgratlon Coming soulE'

We mentioned IN our last the arrival
.sIs q several parties from Michigan. They
s IS represent tstifes Of numbers Of people in
= sseslon they calne from who are dezlfous
rating South Since they cAaa they
- .ssss peen engaged s. taking observation.
va eEerylhinz they have seen. our soil
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
A Solid and and Reliable paper.

C piahan.l
Eariy in January next Tue eLARIos viii
be enlarged aud otherwise improved. It's a
solisaad reliabls paper, anl the propristors
viii rsaece the subscription price 10 sl.50.
per annum, Ia advanse. We recommend this
excellent paper to our copiah people as
wo1thy Of a liberal pasronags.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

Gov Stephens Of Gsorgia, has pardoned
Capt Edward Cox, sentenced to lie inn
prisonment in the penitenliary for the mnr-
der Of Col. Robert A. Aston at Atlanta, in
1879. The murder and trial created pro-
found sensation, owing to the prominencs
OF the parties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

Nhefe 3 n Dltl I5lkIgII -
oxen Of fhe stable are represented in q
applicant position. on their knees and
doubtless this picture originated the
fabulous story.
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COOPERATION.


To have an influence upon government by
our petitions, we must cooperate and send
them by a united membership To be re-
gpectad as a class, we must act unitedly,
irrespective of party affiliations when our
interests are at stake. To free ourselves OF
iniquitous exaetions in the handling of our
products, We must co-operate in our bnsi-
ness relations. To save the immense per
centages Of profits which we now pay in
buying aud selling, we must cooperate on
the Rochdale plan. THIS plan has already
produced wonderful results whenever oper-
ated. There are a large nun15er in our State
worked on plans different in many features
from the one recommended by the National
Grange. I suggest that this body take some
steps to induce the different associations in
the State to 3end representatives to the
meetings Of the State Grange, that by con-
sultation they may be able to adopt some
uniform system.
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THE PRESS.

The surest and most effective means of
building up Grange, to keep live ones ac-
tive and intelligent, is to circulate grange
papers among members There is no better
evidenceof the Importance and progress of
the Order THAI the number and excellence
of the papers now published in its interest
We cannot afford to be Indifferent to the
press, its power t. build up or pull down is
too potent ~ every undeftaking--and if
We should spare no eff,rt TO circulate our
literature. There are several communities
in our State where the membership is strong
enough to establish papers, and / would
recommend to them to consider the proprie-
~ and practicab liry of doing 30.
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a. 6. FArRsrAs. ESQ Of this city. Ii

4. G. FATRsfAs. ESQ Of this city Las
been on a visit 10 the River counties ID
the interest of the II. & Y. 3. r., with q
view to inducing county boards ofsuper-
visors to reduce the valuation Of lands
belonging to the company. They we're
purchased alto cents per acre and the
Rosedale Leader says the , are assessed
at 81. The B1livsr county board de-
clined to change the ASSESSMENT.