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The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
The st. Louis Mutual.

The st. Louis Dispatch, of January
%, says that the liberality of the courts
to such officers as receivers and refer
ees has never been better illustrated
than in the matter of the receivers and
attorneys of the st. Lbuis Mutual Life
Insurance Company. This concern
went into the hands of three receivers
in 1877, two Of whom were discharged
in 1879. Since then Capt. Silas Bent
has been the sole receiver.
Up to the present time the amount
of money collected is $81, 826,90 and Of
this sum $69,57l 43 was paid out tc
receivers, attorneys and for expenses
etc. The receivers obtained $20,966 IS
attorneys $28,53O.
Said Il prominent exjudge: 1.-The
allowances are certainly exorbitant
1t cannot be possible that any man o.
set of mel can have justly earned up
ward of 500, 900 in collecting $8i 600
1t is this kind of thing which bring
courts into contempt"
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
Press Association of Louisiana.
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION.

SECOND NNCA AL
MONROE, La, January 80, 1882.
The Second Annual Session of the
Press Association of Louisiana will be
held at Alexandria on Monday, the goth
day of March. next, TO which place and
time the Association adjourned at Ba-
ton Rouge in September of last year.
Appointments for the approaching
session are announced as follows
ORAToR-Ex-Chief Justice T. G.
Manning, of Rapides !; Alternae-Geo.
W. Gable, ESQ, of New Orleans.
The ANNUAL POEM is assigned to
Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis, of New Or
leans, who was prevented by i'll health
from favoring the association with a
poem at its September session.
The President renews his request to
local historians. who have not forward
ed their manuscripts to iona c. White
ESQ, General Historian, to proceed
without delay to comply with the du-
ties which they have assumed.
The attention of the Executive Com,
mittee is called to the necessity for &C,
ton upon the subjects given to the
committee for deliberation at the meet
ing held in New Orleans, and upor
which no report has been made. The
Committee is composed of the follow
inc members: L. Jastremski, chair
man; T. J. Vaughan, Mrs. M. A
Fields. E. A. Burke and Samuel Lam
bert. The business of the Association
will be greatly facilitated and its ad
vancement more speedily attained by
thorough interchange of views among
members of the Executive Committee
and the careful preparation of sucl
measures as may be submitted for fina
action.
Officers for the Association are re
quested to forward, by the first o
March, prox., a synopsis of their re
ports, to the President at Monroe.
A full attendance of the members o
the Association is desired at the ap
preaching session, at which, it is pro
vided, there will be the annual election
of officers for the twelve months en-
suing, or until their successors ar
elected and installed.
Alexandria, besides being centrall,
located, is easy of access either by rail
or by river from all parts of the State
and its citizens, the President is assn.
ed, will extend to the editorial frater
nifty a cordial and homs-like welcome
, G. w. McCRANIE,
Pres. La, Press Association.
:, L. E. BENTLEY. Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
Hay Farming.
Estate Central Express.l


The following correspondence bear
ing upon hay farming, an industry that
promises to large proportions
within a few years, win be read with
iterest by those interested in this sub
fiect. Tho success which those engaged
in it have met, clearly indicates what
may be accomplished in the yet untried
feldssbf industry.
EoDNEY, MISS, Jan. 18th, 1882.
Mr.. j.. M. Ball, Alexandria, La.
DEAR SIR-Soon after the war !
tried the experiment of making hay of
bermuda grass, and have continued it
only for home use until now. regard
it as good as any hay, and prefer it fol
nv own use, bat at that time | found
in New Orleans that there was a slow
demand for it, parties preferring the
long hay.
/ see BY the " State Central Express
that you sold your hay at $l7. 90.
Please inform me where you sold it
What freight did you pay per ton ?
What moving machines you used and
rakes.
And the general mode of saving it,
number of hands, etc ; how often did
yon cut and when !?
Would You recommend a party hav-
ing a place well set in Bermuda on the
Miss. River, to engage in hay making,
and what machinery etc, would you
suggest
Any Information you can give would
be highly appreciated by
Yours respectfully,
DUNBAR HUNT.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
The Times-D Democrat.
The New Orleans Democrat and Neu
Orleans Times, Consolidated
Dec. |, 1881. o

A representative newspaper must find its
way into every business establishment and to
every tireside around which clusters even the
most ordinary intelligence. Is there any ques-
tiou in the minds of the people living in the
southwestern and Gulf States that the TINES
DEMOCRAT is that paper; that it embOdies all
of the elements and possesses all the qualities
that they can reasonably expect to find in II
favorite journals
The enterprise, push and progress of the New
Orleans Democrat during the past eighteen
months have become proverbial. No journal
published in the South has made such progress
in the same period of time. The New Orleans
Times has been for many years recognized as
one of the leading journals in the country.
The consolidated issue. the TIMEs-DEMO
GRAFT, will embody the best elements, the high
est virtues, of both. 1t will simply be, with
out question, the ideal paper ofothe business
man, the mechanic, planter, farmer, the fam
lily, the people of all classes and conditions. 1t
is waste of time to enumerate the cXcelieneies
Of it's issues. 1t is the embodiment of the mod
ern newspaper. Every department in it has
been raised to the highest standard. The
Daily or the Weekly TINES DEMOCRAT should
reach every place of business and every home
in the Southwestern and Gulf States.
The subscription rates for the Daily are as
follows, payable in advance:
One year tevery dayl.-$l2 Six months----$t
Three months---.-.-.. 3 One month"; /
Postage prepaid.
The rates for the Weekly are as follows:
One year (Saturdays).- $3.50 Six mths----75c
Three muuths-.-.-.-- so Postage prepaid,
The Weekly is never less than twelve pages
in size, and is really the best and
Cheapest Weekly Published.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

MACAULAY's LIFE OF FREDERICK THE
GREAT.-This is a remarkable book,
for several reasons It is the story OF
one of the greatest military heroes and
statesmen of the world. 1t is written
by an author almost unrivaled in lit
erary power and brilliancy. 1t is sold
at a price that win certainly amaze al
most any ~one,-only 20 cts, or if to be
sent by mail, 25 cts. It is the first book
published by The Useful knowledge
Publishing Company. which attempts
by its Literary Rebellion" to take
the place of the American Book Ex-
change, and the Literary Revoln-
ton" 1t claims to be an example
showing the quality and price of nu-
merous standard works which they
propose to issue with great rapidity.
It is certainly a very beautiful and
we'll made book, as the copy on our
table will testify. RIP Van Wrinkle,
and other Sketches. by Washington
Irving, is promised to follow this i'm.
mediately, uniform in style and price.
Other announcements, with specimen
pages of these and other works, inclnd-
ing the Cyclepedias of Science. Histo
~, Biography, Poetry, Fiction, etc, in
process of publication will be sent on
application to the publishers. The Use.
full Knowledge. Publishing Company
l62 William ST., New York City.
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Newspaper Laws and Regsaa~t'
tiOMS.

I. Subscribers who do BOT give express no.
t,ce to the contrary are considered wishing TO
continue their subscriptions.
3. If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their periodicals, the publisher may CONT
nue. to send them until all arrearages are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible until
they have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to another place
without informing the publishers and the pa
pers are sent to the former direction. they are
held responsible.
S. The courts nave decided that refusing
to take the periodicals from the office, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, is pri.
ma facie evidence of intentional fraud
6. ANY person who receives a newspaper
and makes use of it, whether he has ordered
IL or not. is held in law to be a subscriber.
r.. If subscribers pay in advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
end of their time, if they do not wish to con
tinue taking it otherwise the publisher is
authorized to continue sending it on, and the
subscribers will be responsible until an ex
press notice, with payment Of all arrears, II
sent to the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

iona G. White. the venerable and
much esteemed associate editor of the
Gretna Courier, has of late been sorely
afflicted. In less than five months
three sons have been taken from him
forever.-all lipened into manhood
The last died suddenly from a rupture
of a blood vessel on the 9th ult., in
West FeIiciana parish, aged 20 years.
IT'S nat often in ordinary times that
q is called upon to bear such great
bereavement, and we are sure that ia
this evere trial, our brother has the
earnest heartfelt sympathy Of his con
frerss throughout the State; for truly
he is able TO aay, (" mr. harp is also
turned to mourning and my organ into
the voice Of them that weep.n-Lafay.
cite Advertiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

A sad and distressing affair occurred
at Bagdad last Saturday night. On
that night DeBonnair's travelling exhi-
bition of acrobats, circus riders, etc.,
which had just closed its performances
at Lake Charles, gave an exhibition at
Bagdad. During the performance a
difficulty occurred between some mem
bers of the troupe and James Collins
and isaac Gilley of this parish. I'm
mediately after the performance the diff
iculty was renewed, and it is said that
Isaac Gilley stabbed one of the com
pany's men, named Holmes, who there
upon drew a very short double DARRELL
ed gnn, loaded with No. 4 shot, from
nnder his coat, and with one barrel
shot Mr.. Collins In the back, and with
the other barrel shot Mr.. Isaac Gilley
in the arm. Holmes then dubbed the
gun and broke it upon Mr.. Gilley's
head, fracturing the skull so that on
Tuesday, to relieve the pressure on the
brain, the operation of %trepaDning the
skull was performed by Drs. Kirkman
and Moss, of our town, several shat
tered fragments of the skull bone be-
ing removed by the operation, ove
ing a space of about two inches square.
The large mascles and the small bone
of MIR. Gilley's left arm were shattered
by the shot fred at him. Holmes left
Immediately, and has not been een
since. As we go to press we hear that
Gilley is better and that Collins is
werse.-Lake Charles Commercial, II.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

We learn that the gentlemen from
Michigan, investing SO heavily in tim
bered lands in u parish, propose GO
ing into the log business with q vim.
They say they will show our log men
something about logging that they
never dreamed of. It is said that one
Of them will bring 900 lumbermen from
Michigan into our pine woods next
spring, and that he intends to run one
hundred log teams. Lake Charles
Commercial, Feb. IL.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
THE DEMOCRATS
illustrated Almanac
FOR 1882, AND

Hand Book Of General Information.
An elegant work of 100 pages, 84x6I inches
in size, printed on finely tinted book paper, H.
Illustrated throughout with most beautiful en-.
cravings; and containing. besides all the in
formation pertaining to the calendar, ~statisti.
cal and general information on various sub.
jects, and especially upon the political and
civil divisions, population, names of officials,
State and municipal records of past elections,
productions, railroads, geological formations,
ETC., of the States of Louisiana. Texas, Arkan'
sas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Flo.
rida, will be mailed free, postage prepaid, to
every subscriber of the Daily or Weekly
TIMES-DEMOCRAT.
Send remittanses in registered letter. postal
order or draft, at our risk. Address all CON-
munications and letters to
THE TIMES DEMOCRAT,
NeW Orleans, La.
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Cmred.

Baltimore, Nd, Feb. IA, 1881.
4 tried your valuable medicine. Browns Iron
Bitters, for dyspepsia, Indigestion, &c, and
was cured by its use after three leading ply,
sicians of this city failed by their prescriptions
to give me relief. After eating before taking
the iron Bitters, | suffered with q full feeling
about the breast, with headache all the time.
bowels very irregular. and generally used mp.
At night, when | got home from work, j
thought I could not last until the next morn
Ing. / now feel like d new man.
J.V. HOWSER.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

CLUBBING.-We will club our paper
with the New Orleans Times Dgmocrat
90 the same terms as VIC did last year
with the Democrat, viz. $3.50 per
amman for the two papers. Send ia
your subscriptions without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
CHAs. ~FUZEaLEER.

TIME we'll known teacher, informs the pub
n lie that he will teach school, at his resi-
dence, every evening from 5 to z o'clock. The
following branches viii be taught mathemat-
les, physics, mechanics, chemistry, beok-keep-
ing, and French and American law. Terms
50 per month in advance. L. Wanted-a sit
uation as book keeper. Good references will
be given. Opelousas, Jan %. 1882. 3m
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
NOTICE.

To Tax Payers of st. Landry.
WILL proceed from this date to the as
IL sessment of taxable property in the Parish
of st. Landry, and would earnestly request
taxpayers to come forward at their earliest
convenience and give in their assessments, al
my Office in the Court House.
OCTAVE FONTENOT,
opelousas, Jan'y. %, 1921 Assessor.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
eeRa. Nssa,k she d Beauty

Sine ii the lsefsoniiicasion 0f al that's lovely.
Her disposition II arniable Der mind enltnr-
ed her heart kind and pnre-all because her
health wae restofed from using Browns Iron
BitteFs-Comments Of d leading physician on
n patient he prescribed Brown's Iron Bitters
fpr. All ladies should use it.-Jouraal.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
Ell
UPRIGHT PIANOS,

In this particular, are made with a thick iron
plate drilled to receive wooden bushings nj
which the tuning pins are placed; thus the
iron pins are held directly in the tuning plate
and cannot move by any change in the wood.
work.
From the tuning pin the string passes
through a strong brass agraffe screwed into
the iron plate, thence across the seanding
board bridge, and is fastened to a pin at the
other end of the iron plate, thus producing the
MOST SOLID and STRONGEST PIANO
EVER MADE.
In tone, touch, workmanship and general
finish, the Mathushek Upright cannot be ex.
celled, and is now rapidly coming into use,
and it's popularity constantly increases. We
will be very much obliged if you will call and
examine these pianos. We also take old pianos
in exchange at fair value.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
NOTICE.

Posi- OFFICE, Opelousas, Dec. l, 1880. .
AN and after this date, the Post Office at
" this place will open at 8 a. m. and. will
close at Z p. m. every day. On Sunday it
will be closed all day.
Money orders issued, and letters registered,
from 10 a. IN. till 4 p. m. Positively, no orders
issued, nor letters registered, except Within those
hours.
ARRIVALS OF MAIL.
New Orleans and way mail at 600 p. m. daily
Alexandria $3.50 a.. IN. F."
All mail matter must be deposited in the
Office before 8 p. m. every day, otherwise it
will lay over one day.
do Louis DESMARAIs, P. NJ.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
THE
Mathushek Upright.
The only Upright Piano which will remain
permanently in tune.

During the past five years makers of Piano
Fortes have been making great efforts to pro-
duce an Upright which will stand our severe
climate. They have used several devices, and
have even tried tbut have given it upl double
iron plates. They have made their cases
strong with immense bookings of wood, and
still most of the Upright Pianos have not
proved satisfactory for this reason: That the
Tuning Pins in all of them are placed into a
wooden plank which is wedged up to the iron
plate, and which, at every change of weather,
will shrink or swell, thus causing the piano to
get out of order and out of tune.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

Kate Southern, the woman who shot
another woman in Georgia II few years
ago of whom she was jealous, is still a
convict, but is allowed great liberty,
her husband being one of her guards.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
EXPERIMENT Plantation, NEAl

50
ALEXANDRIA, La, Jan. 18th, 1882.
Dunbar Hunt, Esq, Rodney, Miss.
DEAR SIR-Your favor Of the 18th,
inst, to hand. My experience demon
strates the fact that Bermuda Grass
hay is quite as profitable, and fully
equal in all respects to the hay made
from any grass that | know of. 1t can
be made q proft9ble crop wherever the
soil il snited to its growth, and the
facilities for marketing are fave
rable. The hay raised on the Expe-
rIment plantation has been sold al 81
per ton delivered in Alexandria. The
cost of transportation to Alexandria il
so cts per ton.
W. have disposed of the entire crop
in Alexandria, Shreveport, New Or
leans and other points along the Red
river and the Mississippi. The de-
mand is greater than we a supply.
The spring crop is cut from the 18th
of May to July lst. The fall crop
should be finished before frost.
I use the Buckeye mower, and the
Taylor rake, both work well.
On a farm of 300 acres | use l6 hands,
while saving hay and ! run two NOW
era and rakes. Our rule ia to put the
hay in small shocks two days affer cut
ting-say one ton per shock. IF we
have bad weather we wait longer or
put up ia shorter time, as it will cure
in the shock when not put up damp
from rain. The hay should remain in
shocks is days, it is then hauled to the
hay house when IL should remain 10
days longer. Il is then ready for the
press.
1 will be pleased to give you any
further information desired as regards
hay farming.
Very Respectfully.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
RAILROAD HOTEL

EMILE LAYSSARD, PROPRIETOR.
TJHIS new hostelry is now fitted up in every
III department for the comfort of boarders
and the travelling public, and the cuisine will
embrace all the substantial eatables that the
market affords. Charges moderate. jal4*
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18

THE public is hereby notified that l have
appointed DR.. Il. S. BARRY, of Grand
Coteau, as my deputy for Grand Coteau and
surrounding country.
WIN. M. THOMPSON,
Jan. Ia, 1882 Coroner.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
NEW BAKERY.
ALBERT D~ELAHOUSSAYE,
Main Sfraaf

Opposite Z. Pucheu's Grocery.
DEST Bread and Cakes at the most reason
Id able prices. Dealers and families sup
piled at the lowest rates. Cakes and Confec-
tionery for Weddings, Suppers, &c., a special
ty. Jan 81
The Opelousas courier., 1882-02-18
THE OPELOUSAS COURIER
AND THE
WEEKLY
For $3.50

We will send the COURIER and the Week
ly TIMES-DEMOCRAT fnow recognized as
the best news. commercial and family paper
published south of the Ohio river), for one
year, for the sum OF $3.50. The Democrats
Illustrated Almanac for 1881, and Hand Book
of General Information, described above, will
be mailed to each club subscriber free of
charge, postage prepaid. The club rate APP
plies only to subscribers who pay in advance.
The National tribune., 1882-12-21
Ventilating Their Ignorance.
From The National Republican,

ITTUTTt UIo -flIttOIIut II sIt'ttCII't'I
Complaint from many quarters has been
evoked by the recommendations of Commits
siOner of Pensions Dudley concerning the re-
mOval of certain restrictions from the present
statutes relating to applicants for pension. 1t
is alleged that the Comm iSsioner desires tO.open
the vaults of the treasury to all the mendicants
in the land who can show the veriest shadow
of excuse for their applications. Perhaps if the
able critics who thus ventilate their crude ideas
of possible fraud were slightly familiar with
the manner of deciding claims by the Pension
Office their ebullitions might be curtailed in
expression, and, mayhap, withheld from publi-
cation. 1t is to be presumed that the Commits
siOner is fully as familiar with the workings of
his bureau as these editorial fault-tinders, who
know absolutely nothing of the matters of
which they write.
The National tribune., 1882-12-21
BY Charles ". GranHiss Co. 4, Tenth c. T., NelV
HdU6H, Connecticut


OfSeptember g. 1851 commencing at II o'clock, receipt
of news of the capture of Atlanta.
By Charles w. Granniss, Co. 4, Tenth c. =, NelO
Haren, Connecticut
Beyond the pines the solemn stars were cleaning
From bending walls of blue,
And jets of moonlight through the boughs were
On foreheads damp with dew.
The crystal drops on FURNISHED bayonets glstened,
Flashing jeweled light,
Where, pacing slow, the sentry unused and listened,
And watched the waning night.
Our dropping flag half veiled its starry glories-
Its Shot-torn, wasted FORM
Nor deigned to tell the night its matchless stories
OF scathing battle storm.
And so the amber moonlight showed them dimIy
BY field and dark pine wood
The thousands wrapt in sleep or guarding grimly
Where dumb the cannon stood.
Till with glare more fierce than torrid noontide
sudden glory streamed
On leagues of spreading plain and sloping hillside
BY earth-work Scared and scanned.
A crimson flood filled all the upland meadows
Along the batteries side;
A red light burned amid the forest shadows
By AppomattoX tide.
A hundred cannon shool, with crash of thunder
Tie sulen leaGuered town;
Their echoes burst the midnight spell asunder
That wrapt the earth works brown.
And reused battalions from the ground upsprinS-
ing
Answered each chong gun,
With cheers that far through trench and bVouac
ringing
Told of Atlanta won
Stilled is the storm, no more the blast of death
Thunders from iron throats;
There softly stirred by blOssom-seented breath
In calm our banner floats.
The ploughshare, guided by unfettered hand,
That field of carnage tils;
Peace guards the verdant valleys of that land,
And broods upon those hills.
A fire within time dims but never quenches
Makes all the pulses thrill,
As through the years those battle lighted trenches
We see in memory sti.l.
The National tribune., 1882-12-21

blossoms are sometimes done in arasene, but a
better method is the silk knot stitch, which is
afterwards clipped. The madeira blossoms,
vines and leaves, introduce an infinite variety
of tints and require the most careful shading.
The blossoms are made Of creamy-white silk
threads, which are led through to the outer
surface, cut off and left a quarter of an inch
long. The corn flower and clematis are novel
ties, to be done in silks, in fiat stitches. The
corn flower has its inner petals in shaded pur-
pies and is edged with yellow, like pansy.
A very beautiful effect is obtained by copying
begonia and coleus leaves and other foliage
that requires delicate shading in greens and
browns
The National tribune., 1882-12-21
APPLES FOR IOWA,

Suel Foster, of Muscatine Iowa, in the
Germantown Telegraph, recommends the follow
sng varieties of apples for that State: First, the
"Goff," a very large, fair, tart, cooking apple,
maturing in August Second, the Wealthy"
that celebrated apple for the Northwest, always
En. handsome. and best in quality; season,
The National tribune., 1882-12-21
4" Accent Our Gratitude"

DR.. r. V PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear SIR
Your Golden Medical Discovery" has cured
my boy of fever sore of two years standing.
Please accept our gratitude. Yours, truly,
HENRY WHITING, Boston, Mass