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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-12-13

thrust his hand in his pocket and
tossed ring dowH before his oppo.
nent.
There! it is worth ten thousand
francs. Now cover my stakes" he
cried.
81 instantly recognized The beau
tiful diamond as the one his wife had
worn in the cars, and The converse.
tion | had heard that morning came
back to my memory, and l knew my
fellow-travelers were the man and
woman HAD heard disPnting in the
early merning hours. But he had
succeeded in overcoming her deter
mination, for he had the ring, and
my heart ached for the poor wife as
| wondered how he had obtained it.
"Redl l bet on the redl" again
shouted the young man; and in a
moment the croupier called "Black
winsl' aud the RING was no longer
his. - -
"With a wild cry the wretched
loser fled from the house; and, com
pletely unnamed by what | had
seen, | returned to my hotel, hoping
the young man would soon follow me.
II found them all-travelers, pro.
prietor and servants-wild with ex.
citement over the murder Of the
beautiful Russian lady. An hour be-
fore her maid had gone to her room,
and found her deluged in blood from
a wound in her head, and dead. The
husband had been in, and left some
few moments before. | went up TO
her apartment, aud to the bed where
she lay. Her exquisite face was fair.
er than in life, for it had lost the un.
happy look, and seemed at peace. As
| turned to leave the room | saw this
picture among a heap Of things turn.
ed out Of o mans travelling case, and
appropriated it. Probably the hus.
band had tossed it there in his search
for some yaluables to risk at the
gambling table.
"The miserable man took his life
before he was apprehended for his
crime, and the old gambler who, first
in one disguise, then in another, had
followed the easily. y.duped victim from
city TO city and won many thous
ands from him, left Paris before the
husband and wife were carried to their
last resting-place in the beautiful
burying.ground where his forefath-
ers slept.
Louie, this is why / refused to
play, even with Howard, last even
ing. l have never touched cards
since, and l never can again"
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Took Tumble.


A farmer and his wife came riding
into town the other dayi a big tw,-
horse wagon, and the womaU carried
in her arms baby wrapped up in
an old bed outfit. AS there was a
good deal more bed quilt than baby
the little one slipped out and tum.
bled unhurt into soft place in the
street, and the couple logged on Sc.
renely unconscious that anything
was wrong until a bevy Of small boys
chased after them yelling:
Say, mister, you have lost some.
thiti'."
Don't look round" said the wo.
man, hudging her husband. Wits
them city boys, and they allus act
jest So"
Say missis, be this yolrsS"
shouted the boys in chorus,
hal NJ you dropped -nothin SueH"
inquired the farmer, anxiously.
"No, i haven't" }" answered his wife.
"This amt the fust Of Aprile, is it2"
It's jest them city younguns up to
their tricks" she continued, shifting
the bedquilt little, then as she felt
its emptiness-"Lord a inassy, where's,
the baby gone to?"
They both looked back and then
saw crowd Of boys swarming at the
end of the wagon, and in their midst
happy, dusty baby delighted with
the situation. 1t didn't take them
long-to recover the youngster, and
wrapping it more securely in its
patchwork, they logged on again
Detroit Post.
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The Best He Could DO.
[our Continent.l

1t was a Michigan man riding
through West Virginia on horseback,
and one afternoon as he CAME along
to settlers cabin on the mountain
road he asked a man leaning over
the gate:
"Can you tell me how far it is to
the town ahead2"
81 reckon 1 kin, stranger. You'll
have to peg along for about nine
miles yet"
"Bu. it is nearly dark. Is there
no tavern on the road?"
"Never heard ofany, and I've back
ed my corn meal over this road risin'
twenty years"
"Bht perhaps I could put up some
where?"
"P'raps ye could. There's Steve
Taylor's down about four miles, but
he'd beat ye blind on old sledge.-
There's Nose Smith, a mile higher,
but Nose would feel offended if ye
didn't trade him that boss for stub.
tailed mule. Might put up at Green's,
but there's lots Of rattlesnakes around
his place. Kurnel johnson is down
about six miles, but the Kurnel
would turn ye out doors at midnight
if he found that ye didn't vote his
way"
"But what am I 10 do2"
"Waal, I'm squar' man, stranger,
and the best kin do is to ak ye to
stop here with me, an to tell ye be,
forehand that if ye ar awakened in
the night by shingles being ripped
of and logs pulled down it won't be
an avalanche or cyclone, but only
me an the old *GHan a trying for
the Two hundredth time since the
war to see who handles the money
when l sell two coon skins for dol
lar!n
"1-I guess I'll go on, faltercd the
rider.
"Ke-rect, stranger The last man
who stopped here said he wished he'd
have run the chances with the
Green's, an gin him my hand when
he rode off. I'm squar' up aud down.
as | told ye, and Green's is the third
cabin on this side arter ye cross the
creek"
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THE WEST WIND.

Blow, freely blow
Over the snow, o wind;
As merrily blow o'et the hills Of snow
Asi never man bad sihhed,
As il never d woman had wept,
Or delicate child grown pale,
Or maideh's warm tears crept
To hallow faithless tale.
Blow, stoutly blow,
Strong in thy feathenjoy;
Sorrow thou surely canst not know,
For thine Is the heartof boy
For thine is the freedom and strength
OF rover careless and gay,
Over the fair lands length,
Joyfully wandering away.
Blow, bravely blow
Ont OF the fields OF air,
Till We see thy garments airy flow
And the CLEAN OF thy flying hair
Till the light Of thy broad bright wing
And thy glad eyes set us free,
And we feel in our hearts the spring
OF d Joy that was wont 10 be.
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Postage stamps, autographs, etc,
do not satisfy the collectors of singa-
pore, China, some Of whom Ia
mania for collecting human head. -
One enthusiast was so interested in
the cranial developments Of the ex-
ploret Witt, in the service of tie
British North Borneo Company, that
he recently killed the scientist and
added his head to his interesting
collection.
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stopped His Paper.

Nowadays, when a subscriber gets
so mad because an editor differs with
him on some trivial question that he
dfscontinues his subscription and
"stops his paper" we remind him Of
a good anecdote of the late Horace
Greedy, the well-known editor Of the
New York Tribune. Passing down
Newspaper Row, in New York City,
one morning, he met one Of his read.
ers, who exclaimed:
"Mr. Greely, after the article You
published this morning, intend to
stop my paper"
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Greely, "dou't
do that"
eyes, sir, my mind is made up.
shall stop the paper"
But the angry subscriber was not
to be appeased, and they separated.
Late in the afternoon the two met
again, when Mr.. Greedy rem arked:
"Mr. Thompson, | am very glad
you did not carry out your threat
this morning"
"What do you mean?"
"Why, you said you were going 10
stop my paper"
"And so l did; l went to the office
and had my paper stopped"
"You are surely mistaken. l have
just come from there, and the press
was running and business was boom
ing"
"sir," said Thompson, very pomp.
ously, II meant | intended to stop
my subscription to your paper"
Oh! thuHderl" rejoined Greely; II
thought you we're going to stop the
running Of my paper, and knock
me out of living My friend, let
me tell you something: One man is
just one drop Of water in the ocean.
You didn't set the machinery Of this
world in motion, and you can't stop
it; and when you are underneath the
ground things upon the surface will
wag on the same as ever"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-12-13

An Illinois woman recently dis:
covered that her husband proposed
to elope with the housemaid. Did
she weep and shed tears and kick up
fuss? Not bit of it. She just
wrote letter purporting to arrange
for her elopement with a neighbor;
and let it fall into his hands. And
it about drove him wild. He fred
the servant girl out Of the house, and
sat up all night with shotgun ID
shoot the villain who was after his
wife, and has been since then the
most devoted husband in Illinois. L.
Boston Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-12-13

How natural it is for us to find
fault with Others! But instead of
this we should keep a strict watch
upon ourselves, lest our inward re.
pining lead is to outward sin.
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It is fact not generally known
that stamped envelopes, when spoil
ed through misdirection or other
causes, can be exchanged for a post
age stamp Of the same denomination
al the nearest postvtlice.
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chas, H. Reed, who defended
Gui:eau, wants Congress to give him
5000 for Ms services
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28
ELECTION NOTICE.

R1 VIRTUE OF TIE AUTHORITY VES
- tea III HE by the election law of the State OF
Louisiana, and in pursuance Of the proclana-
ton OF His ENceeney Samuel D. McEnely.
Governor OF Louisiana, do hereby give public:
notice that there will be an election held i'll the
parish OF st. Landry, State aforesaid. on
Tuesday, the 9TH Day of Novembcv,
1882, 1t being the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of the sald Month, commencing at
O'Clock. a. H., and closing at o'clock p. m of
tne sild day. for the purpose of cectin@ one
representative from the Sixth Congressional
District, of the State of louisiana to The Forty
eighth Congress OF the United States of Amer
lea.
The election will be held at the time above
Ssperltied, and at the pollingplaces, designated
by the Returning Officer
NJ D. kAVANAH
oct. 21. Returning Officer, parish St Landry.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28
JURY LIST.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

Be il known that we the undersigned MEM
heiS of the jury Commission did, on this It'll
day of October, \. ID. 1882, meet at the Clerk 5
Office i'll the town OF Opel0lesaS, parish of St
Landry, for the purpose of drawing II jury for
the regular term OF the District Court OF the
Thirteenth Judicial District unilpr section ),
act "A. of the regular session of 1877 and all the
members being present. d. Duro one of said
members. drew from the general Vrllire box
one at u time the names of the following fifty
persons, to compose the Grand and Petit .Ill
rolS for the 1st week of sald court. commencing
Tuesday, December 5th, 1882, IA list of whom
was hen and there kept by the clerk of said
Court. James O. Chacherc, and III our .Judg-
ment IL jury being required for the second and
third weeks of the term. we then and there
proceeded tts III drawing the first fifty Jurors to
draw thirty additional names to serve as petit
Jurors for the ID week, and thirty additional
names TO serve as petit jurors tor the Sd week
of the term of sad Court, and we the clerk and
commissioners did then and there place the
names drawn aS aforesaid for each separate
week i'll separate envelopes and sealed and
endorsed the same with the week tor winch
they were respectively drawn, which said ell
velopeS containing SAID names We're then and
there placed in a jury box provided for the
purpose which after depoSi1ing said names
therein as aforesaid. was sealed and locked by
lis and placed i'll the custody OF the clerk of the
court for use at the next term of Of said court
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

Al l.,+,
,'' "i ! ~ ~S',,'i,tn IN me town OF
nv II' Srr!..t M,,m h a ~ ri'"',' onor,t north
~ W ,;''tit 71l'ti, eaSl nS b ~ Mutrl, s"nth
,nn,,i,t ~ ',a TtS' nA ha>llr llprr
,-n.,,. Ics, H1 NV pau pau, i,'' t.'FeS if me
costs | ''S ''h'H ''i'I
Anderson Thomas G. No
1,f s.,o,, ,,,,,1n,,
I,nI ;ttnd n'' s'' tu '.nl'Fh arpeh'S of
l''ii' it'h.to on ioayo'i Marie r"uant. bonlld~
rar,.ji u ,,' ~ ',s, nn hi MEOW ny lands OF
soiI E,,.n,, ~ r 49,, " ,.Ii''''f fil"''S "is
,,,d n, x " - '1 '.'p.i,, 'i'rl o5 III !cSs'
.ii,nj ,'tr - l. :, D o l'e loffoW'nS ues-
n th I,1 .t"I, i -. Ia ltii :, tiaet ol la lyih@
uf ~ .N t" i,'3 'u le'lit III we parish
nl, " o.TSn ','"Ne nf i'ilIS OF Sic
nnl - n Lt e' l,l"" ~ iali'S "I D'Sluitftt
,,,I ~ i,T tile s:t'' i9,S containing one
.,,. ,,,n', ,,i,'. i,ItS l'' acres nclS me
;nI,rina - rlt'9e's ny "'!''tianl L {:
oji, a, tii3 SucctS>lo'lai sac OF Duhreu
- H '''to . -" il'' IN "' asi'il. $50. ny james
,, ,,i, i ii ~ .'iiu 'AI"cio ''tcti"ilcef ;t%
l.,;,} Ii | p i, , lii'' ~ u ID, III 'he rttof" o
nf anu .I1 rteo4'n7l Or , on PAGE 400 nook
I,,- ~ 'i' ''ooi' vi 'iiN pd'iSh ol ~. i-all-
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

and cont inling on Monday and each Sllrccatl-
ing day until the said sales are completed. all
lnmoVahc property on which take ;
are now due to the State Of Louisiana,
and parish of st. Landry. to enforce collection
OF all taxes assessed IN the year 1881.
together with the interest thereon Respectively
from the thirty-tirSt day of December. 1881. at
the rate OF eight per cent per annum and al!
costs. The names of said delinquent 1aXpay-
erS The amount OF the taxes due by each the
assessment of said year, the ilnnlovahle prop
crty assessed TO each are us follows to-wit ::
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28
Notice Of Election.

\ accordance with section 5 of act lO1 of 1889.
approved on the 5th day of July. 1882. tho
following polling places are hereby designated.
and the following commissioners are hereby
appointed to conduct the election fora Member
OF Congress to represent the Sixth Congress
sional District OF the State OF Louisiana III the
4Sth Congress Of the United States due returllS
of said election to be made by said comlnis
slonerS to me, at my office in the town of Oplc-
ionsHs, in accordance with existing laws:
Opelousas-at Court House Gilbert l.. Dlt-
pre-. A. J. Perrault and Eli Mcdaniel.
Beevne-Scllool House; NJ. r. Wilson, Adj
son Dnmick and Victor Richard.
PlaiSancc-J. Vidrine'S Store: Edwin Nid-
rine, Uriah T. BlacEsllcar and Valsin d. In-
1ouX:
Grand Couteau--Dunbars store: Charles
Richard, O'Brien Elmer and John F. Smith.
Coulce CrOche-at p. ID. Richards: Leon
Thbodeau Pierre Woods and TrGville Itger.
L"onvie-School House Francois Robin.
F. G. Roger and Win. | Hargroder.
Barry's Landing-at d. p. saizan's: Louis f..
Mclancon, Joseph Soileau and Eugene David.
Churcliville-at J. l.. Morris: W. W. Burton,
w f. Davis and George v Dodez de ;r
Hawkins and John Bihm.
Washington-at Town Hall John O. Train
or. JOS. Elliott and VIM. Cnrley..
Lower Bayou BGuf-at School House: Col.
Henry Keller, ]. NJ. Edwards, John w Daniel.
Upper Bayou BPuf-at Louis Stages; Lau-
rent s1ogg, f. B. Milburn, Pierre Reid.
Big Cane-at Goudchaux: l.. S. Havarl, W.
F. Jackson and Gilbert Burleigh.
Negrofoot-at Jules GOdeaus T. A. Hicks,
d. ID. Hudspeth and S. D. Thomas.
Grand Pralrie-at Paul Stages j. J.. FOn-
tenet Jr., John FOntenot and Marius Robert.
Bayou Chicot-at Sam Haas, store; Bing-
ham Cnshman, 4. p. Carson and H. 0. Tubre.
Vile Platte-at Cabin Guillorys Edwin f.
Fidrine. Ben Latluer and Mark LazarO.
MammOth-at J. B. Saucer's: j. G. Sancer,
Augllste Lahay and H. J. Guillory.
MammOth-at j. B. LandreneauX's ]. j.
Landrenaux, and Lucius Landrenaux.
Malun0th-au ZenOn Vidrine's; Pierro
MOnillG, Emile Reid and HOmere DnriO.
Chataisnier-at d. P Lafeur's; Alexis ROu-
geaIl, AZGlien Manuel, Il. $. Fontenot.
Faquetaiuue-at Louis Courvlles, Sr.; Peter
SavOie. f. Magee and r. c. Sittig.
Prud'homme City-at Cilachere's store; Ray
mond Chacher6, Etienne Stagg and J. Il. Nc
Coy.
Church Point-at MeBrides store, Jules
David. Homere Barousse and Fl. ID. Mcbride
Point NOre-at Jos, f. Daigle's Arthur
Daicie, Francois sayoie, and JOS. Latoas.
Ntllnt-at Jos. Sullce's; Michel lPrut'homlne,
Ceestin Lavergne, and b. A. Guldry.
Plauuelnine Ridge-at l.. JOuberts Lucien
Plauuemine Brulee-Foreman & Duson's; d.
Rayne--at M. Arenas store; Henry Andng,
John s. Stevens and Adelin Leblanc
Pointe-au- Loups-at Carts store Matthew
Pousson, Louis Cart, Yves Senat.
Mermenteau-at Maignaud's store; Jos. y.
ROy AurGlien DuhOn. DR.. Louis ESpargelier.
M. d. kAVANAH,
Returning Officer, parish OF st. Landry.
Oplelorls:s, October 7, 1882.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

In Testimony whereof, we have hereunto
signed at Opelousas this, the 4th day OF Octo-
Der, 1882.
G. MAYO.
W. G. BELL, | Con,
P. j. LEFEBVRE. o'''''
ID. DURIO.
JAMES 0. CIIACHERE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. 5
do hereby certify that the within and fore
going has been duly recorded in my office IN
Book No. Of Jnry Record, pages 25, 26, 27, %,
and 20.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Opelou-
sas, this 9th day of October, A. D. 1882.
: SEAL B. T. MEGINLEY,
t~) Deputy Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. 5
I Benz, F. Meginley, Deputy Clerk of the
18th Judicial District Court in and for the par
ish of st. Landry, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true. correct ana
complete copy from the original ON file and of
record in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Ope-
lousas, this 18th day Of October, A. D. 1882.
<~~a B. F. NIEGINLEY,
SEAL Deputy Clerk of the 18th Judicial
t~~S District OF Louisiana.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28
Notice to Debtors :!

A LII PERSONS Indebted to me are respect
a fully requested to come forward and pay
up without delay.
C.B. ANDRUS.
Opelousas, La, April %, 1882. tt
St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

Rf VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED
- i'll me by the Constitution and Laws Of the
state OF Louisiana. Will sell at the principal
1roRf door OF the Courthouse of the parish of
st. Landry. i'll the town of OpeouS;tS. in which
the slvli District Court OF said parish is held,
within the legal hours for judicial sales. bc-il-
lnM ii II q rlni.k 4 VI -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-25

The saints in Utah are a little puzzled in
their tactics now the Edmunds bill has
alarmed them into believing that, at last,
Congress really means to put stop to their
vile practices. 1t has hitherto been a part of
their policy to say that, after all, polygamy
did not amount to anything of consequence;
comparatively few awaited themselves of the
privilege of taking number of wives. Their
Delegate Cannon, their Bishop Sharp and
their Elder Staines, and other prominent
scamps among them, have strongly and re-
peatedly assured newspaper interviewers and
others that not more than a tenth of their
marriageable people were practical polyga-
mists. They wanted to produce the impress
sion that marrying an unlimited number Of
women was not so much matter of fact as
it was of a pious sentiment acknowledged by
the chosen people. They were like the girl
who, becoming a mother contrary to social
rules, pleaded that social ostracism ought
not to be ace 1rded TO her, for the baby was
but a very little one. Under present cir
cumstances this plea of smallness proves
to be inconvenient. The opponents are saying
if So few are practical polygamists, then few
can be materially Inconvenience by the Ell
munds bill. Feeling the fatal force of this
fact the Mormon paper, the Salt Lake Herald,
now says of the bill: "The harm and hard
ships are contained in those provisions which
aim at giving the Territory into the hands
of an. Insignificant minority" Now the
white horse is of another color, and the
polyg4mistic gentlemen have grown as
rapidly as Jonah's gourd, and they are tn
tremendously significant majority! The
GENTLE Tribune thinks the great point &C
quired is the ability, "under this bill, to retire
Abraham, Isaac and jacob from the politi-
cal stage This is where the shoe pinches
This is what hurts, as every Mormon tongue
bears witness. Their clamor betrays their
conviction that to disfranchise polygamists
will give polygamy its death stroke, and
therefore indicates precisely what Congress
should do with the utmost effectiveness, 80
far az the law is concerned, whatever is left
,,1lO,a
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-25

Mr.. Belmont offered a resolution directing
the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire
into and report to the House respecting the
abstraction from the files of the state de-
partment of certain letters and documents
referred 10 in the letter of the secretary of
state of February 18th, and respecting the
making OF any contract in Paris or else where
ny and between one corporation or company
and an American citizen concerning any
concession made by Peru to any French or
foreign company where an allusion was
made to the diplomatic action of the United
States.
Mr.. Kssson offered as a substitute the fol-
lowing resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t is alleged in connection with
the Chill Peruvian correspondence recently
and officially published on the call of the
two houses of Congress, that one or more min
i-ters plenipotentiary of the United States
were either personally interested or improp
erly connected with business transactions in
which the intervention of this government
was requested or expected; and whereas, it
is alleged that certain papers in relation to
the same subject have been improperly lost
or removed from the files of the state depart
meni; therefore, be it
Resolued, That the Committee on Foreign
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the
-aid allegations and ascertain the facts re-
lating thereto, and report the same with such
recommendations as may be deemed proper
Mr.. Belmont accepted the substitute, and
1t was adopted without objection.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on the private calendar.
At 4:30 pm. the committee rose.
The following bills were passed. For the
retirement of William P. Chambliss with the
rank of major; for the retirement of Carlisle
Boyd with the rank OF captain; granting
arrears of pension to Anne E. Hayes widow
of Major General Alexander Hayes.
At 40 u-na-1he- Hon=e- adjourned until
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