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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
ESTATE OF JAMES j. HICKS, IN CON1MU-
NIFTY WITH HIS SURVIVING Wild
OW EUGENE TATE.

Whereas, Eugene Tate, Administrative OF
the estate of James j. Hicks deceased, having
filed a tableau of distribution of the funds and
settlement of said estate, acc0mpanied;by her
petition praying for the homologaton Of same,
And, whereas, the prayer OF said petition has
February I'd, 1882,
Now. therefore notice is hereby given TO all
persons interested to make opposition to said
Opeousas, within the time required by law,
why the said tableau should not be homologa-
ted and confirmed.
JAMES O. CHACHERE.
Feb Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
Communicated |
Tiger BEND, La, Jan. 9th, 1882.

IiIhR DEND, La, Jan. SICn, 1907.
For the ST.. LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
This is a rainy day like all the rest OF
the days have been for the greater part
OF the past three weeks. No doubt it is
best, the rain that falls now will not
have to come when the planting season
sets In. How is it that our mails are all
out OF fix WeYet no papers. l re-
celved note to-day from postmaster
living on the stage line running from
Washington to Alexandria,. He writes:
that this line is a regular tirst-class
humbug. The teams are too poor and
weak to pull the stage. The mails al
ways come in bad condition. Now we
want to know who is to blame for this
trlf1ing way of carrying the mails. Most
Of the mail for this office and Cheney
vile comes up by this same route from
Washington to Chicot. When it reach
es this last named Office from Washing
ton, it is found to be in bad condition.
Addresses on papers can't be read, they
are mass OF pulp. There is negll-
gence somewhere. Let the mail agents
Look the matter up.
LOCAL DOTS sIFTED.
The Morgan r. R. Co. have set their
mechanics to work on the station house
at this place. The name as we under
stand will be changed from Tiger Bend
to Haas station.
Capt. A. M. Haas is building an addi-
tion to his already large store house
Bayou Beuf is Bank full. Barges are
passing up and down every day heavily
yous are kept open for navigation
thereby to keep down Rail Road monop-
0lles. Let this suffice for to-day.
JOHN O'SHANE.
LATER.
January 2sth.
This day was cloudy, rain commenced
TO fall about one o'clock p. NJ. and con-
tinued in heavy showers till late hour
IN the night.
NOTES FOR THE PEOPLE.
We wonder how the taxpayers of
this State feel over the salary grab and
the late extraordinary sessions OF the
last legislature, it cost only the neat
sum of $4,000 and the people are not
satisfied with what the salary grabbers
did as law makers. tell you this old
Bourbonism begins to stink. There is
but one way for it to live, that is to
keep the masses as ignorant as possible,
no school, no churches, no nothing, but
ignorance supreme, and the old Bour-
bons can hold on to Office and salary
grabs.
AvOYELLES SIFTINGS.
The Hon. Police Jurors of this parish
are the most noble hearted fellows in
the world. They believe in Bolstering
up monopolies. To give your readers
sample, will tell you that our noble
P. is remitted $500 in taxes to the
Morgan r. r. Co., besides making them
d donation OF $500 more, and what fol
all this charity? Why to build bridge
across Bayou Beuf. The taxpayers OF
this parish ask for reform. There is
too much Bourbon they can't stand it, a
few more (strikes) gifts like the above
we will have to repudiate our parish
debts, there is no way to throw dirt at
Malone, look at our own home affairs
and growing State debt, how will you
ever pay itq Answer that will you
We that hung on to Louisiana ideas
(Bourbonism) before the war.
Yours, JOHN O'SHANE.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH ST. LANDRY.
No. 2607.
ESTATE OF SIMEON ]. WELDON.

Whereas, Selma s. Lambert, administrators
of the estate OF Simeon j. Weldon, deceased,
having filed tableau of classification of debts.
distribution of funds, and account of receipts
and expenditures of said estate, accompanied
by her petition praying for the homologation of
same
And, whereas, the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of Court bearing date
February 1st, 1882,
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to ALI
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau, i'll writing in my office in the town of
Opelousas, within the time required by law
why the said tableau should not be hOmolOga-
ted and confirmed.
JAMES O. CHACHEBE,
Feb4 Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.

PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY
No 1882
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11

Two ORGANs.-Regulate first the
stomach, second, the liver; especially
the first, SO as to perform their func.-
tions perfectly and you will remove at
least nineteen -twentieths of all the ills
that mankind is heir to, in this or any
other climate. Hop Bitters is the only
thing that will give perfectly healthy
natural action to these two organs
Maine Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
FOR S.4LE.

A NO 1. EXCELSIOR COAL HEATING
astove, at cost price. Apply at this office.
Dec. lott.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
DUBLIC SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY,
No. 1909
ESTATE OF LUCINDA PLYMOUTH.

BY virtue of an order of the honorable Dis
trct Court. of the parish Of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder. by the undersigned at the Courthouse
1882, at II O'Clock A. NJ, the following described
property belonging to the estate OF Lucinda
Plymouth, deceased, tO-Wit:
The undivided one half Of certain lot Of
ground situated in the town of Opclousas, be
ing that portion of said lot which fronts on
Kin" street, bounded on the south by Madison
street. in the rear by the remainder of said
certain lot being same property acquired by
deed from Caroline Delarue, wife, by act
passed before A. P. Williams notary public or
the 9th day of August, 1876.
Terms-Cash.
&C. DUSON.
Sheriff and ex-Offico auctoneer
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
EDeBi4IG SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH ST. LANDRY.
NO. 2607.



ESTATE OF SIMEON J. WELDON.
BY virtue OF order of the honorable Pro
bate Court of the parish of st. Landry, there
will he sold at public auction, To the highest
bidder. by the undersigned admins1rlIrlX
any duly qualified aucrioneer at the resi-
dence Of Selma S. Lambert at Big Cane village
parish of St Landry, on TUESDAY. March
7th. 1882, the following described property
belonging to the estate of Simeon j. Weldon
deceased, tO-wt:
l. Twelve acres of land, more or less. witt
the buildings and Improvements thereon, sitlIH-
red i'll the village OF Big Cane i'll the parish OF
St. Landry, bounded north by lands of l.. God
chauN. east by lands of the estate of Joseph
Pender. south by lands of l.. s. Hazard and
west by public road.
Flfty-tive acres OF swamp land situated in
Big Cane neighbOrhOOd, bounded north by land
of the estate of Joseph Pender, east, south and
west by lands of L. S. Havard.
Terns-CaSh.
SELMA s. LAMBERT,
Feb Administrators.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11

Lost.
Saturday, Dec. 31st, between Opelousas and
Washington, a black overcoat. A liberal re-
ward will be paid for it. -
Jan. 7-tf OCTAVE FONTENOT.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
OF TARLEAU.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
No. 43O1.
ESTATE OF JOHN Z. KING

Whereas. Cornelius c. DusOn, administrator
of the estate of John f. King, deceased, having
filed tahleau of classification of debts Of
said estate, accompanied by hispetltion praying
for the homologation of same.
And. whereas, the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court bearing date
January 26th, 1882,
Now therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tablcau in writing i'll my Office i'll the town OF
Opelousas within the time required by law.
why the said tableau should not be homolog;t-
ted and confirmed.
JAMES O, CHACHERE,
Jan 2S Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11

in Europe. They have been charged
with drunkenness. Statistics show that
they are vastly the most temperate peo-
pie in the British Islands. The Irish
are denounced as lawless. No other
part of the home Empire is so free from
crime. The government statistics
prove this statement We see PLAIN,
and so does every reader of Irish hlstO-
~, that Mr.. bennett is as blind to real
facts about the Irish as a HOttentot.
| forgot English gold may have some
influence over Mr.. D. and the Picayune.
England gains all battles with gold, not
true valor. Yours,
JOHN O'SHANE.
HAAS STATION, La. Jan. 30th, 1882.
Monday morning, raining and cold,
the wind has vered around to the north
east, everything has a winter look,
sleet fell just before daylight. Dr.
Hawkins arrived late last night from
Chicot. The DR.. reports all quiet IN his
vicinity, but the roads nearly lmpassa-
BILE. Since commenced to write TINS
morning the Democrat of Jan. 21st has
reached me, just think of it will yOu, 10
days on the road from Opelousas to this
office. am delighted to see your old
correspondent Epsilon Mu back again
| guess he will never try Texas again.
Texas is bad place to go to unless a
fellow takes something before he goes.
Y ou see when fellow goes to Texas
they never ask him his name for the
reason that everybody that goes there
changes his name. Dear Epsilon Mu
do not mean to say that you had to GO
to Texas or that you changed youl
name So pardon me and Texas Slft-
ings.'
Yours, JOHN O'SHANE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
A Draft on the Imagination.

My father" said Gilhooly, soiemnly,
WAS more sensitive to colds than any,
body l ever knew. The slightest ex-
poSure gave him a cold"
That must have been very disagree
able
..Indeed, it was. He never could sit
near a draft for a minute without catch
ing cold. l remember on one occasion
be was sitting in the Office of friend.
when all at once my father began to
sneeze. He insisted that there was y
draft in the room. Every effort was
made TO discover wilere the draft was,
but in vain. The doors and windows
were closed, and there was no fireplace,
bat my father kept on sneezing, and in
sisting there must be a draft in the
room, and so there was"
Where was it?''
In an envelope on the table, and it
was only little draft for three dollars
and forty cents. "-7eras Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
War Of MuStacheS.

A mustache war is now waging in
the great city of Berlin. For some in
applicable reason the hotel-keepers of
that city took it into their heads to re-
quire their walters TO have shaven up
per lips. No rebellion followed, and
then the order was extended to house
servants. Still no rebellion. Embold-
ened by success in these two orders,
mine host had the temerity to order the
cooks to dispense with their mustaches.
That was going too far. The sleeping
lion was aroused. At Last accounts the
momentous question at issue between
landlords and cooks was undetermined.
with some prospect of retirement of all
male kings Of the kitchen in favor of
those who would be sure to comply with
the regulation, notwithstanding any and
all hirsute predictions. 1t is obvious
that Alexander Humboldt did not live in
vain. The home of that greatest OF
modern philosophers has risen to dignity
never dreamed of in his philosophy
London Echo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
The Age OF The Cat.

A member Of the Hartford County bar,
relating some "reminiscences of the court
in times gone by, told of case wherein
one of the famous advocates of that time
had badgered and crowded a witness I'M
til he lost his temper. The witness in
cidentally said something about cat.
and the crafty lawyer seized upon this
as means OF still further worrying the
witness.
How old was the cat?' askedthe at
torney.
II don't know" was the answer.
How old do you think she was?'
1T was Tom-cat."
Il didn't ask about the sex Of the cat,
l asked how old it was
You asked how old she was"
s.Well. how old was that cat?"
Il told You didn't know
well. how old do you Think"
20, can tell
..You can tell how old you think she
was.'' :. rr.. a. .
Il tell you. 1 don't know"
'.Now,' said the attorney, Il want
plain answer to a plain question. How
old do you think that cat wasp
The witness looked straight at the at
torney, whose shining bald head was
the most prominent feature of his figure.
and calmly said, 20, 1 can't guess how
old the cat was. but she was old enough
to be bald-headed.
The lawyers rudy face assumed a
deeper hue, the spectators and members
of the bar Uttered, and even the stern
features of the court relaxed into smile
at the answer which ended that line OF
cross-questioning. -Har!ford Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
The Story Of the Generous Jew.

Moses Pimburger runs large clothing
store on Broadway, and Moses Limbur-
ger has been passing his vacation at Cape
MAY. Moses is much attached to the
sport of fishing, and was wont to set sail
every day in small boat under the
guidance of a certain fisherman known
as 'TOm." Tom was excessively atten-
tive, and as all payments for boat-hire,
bait, ETC., were made through the hotel
authorities, he hoped against hope for a
remembrance" from Moses before the
latter returned 10 New York. Much to
his surprise, the day before the worthy
Hebrew left he came down to the beach
arrayed in pair of much stained laven-
der unmentionables, rather ragged sack
coat and vest, and sunburnt straw-hat,
and thus addressed the honest fisherman:
Tom, you hat been kervite useful to me,
und as | shall der negst year return here,
| wish to reward you." Thank We, sir"
said Tom. "You see dish goat und vest!
Dat goat und vest COST you eight dollra
and ker-vater in my sRtore! You see
dose bants! Dose bants you gould not
puy for less than n ten-doilar node!
Yousee dat hat. Dat hat COST me from my
goot frient Levi Levison dree dollar und
halef. Well, dells you. You hat to me
peen of gread shervish, ind l make you
reward: 1 gif you der whole shut"
I'm much obliged, I'm sure, sir" said
Tom. II gift You dem dings / tell YOU"
went on Moses, igJ dem to you"
A pause, and then sinking his voice, he
added, "For seven doldars und kerr
vaterl !'-7he Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
Stray Freight.

"How does your company keep track
Of, trace up and find. and restore lost
freight" asked representative of the
Free Press yesterday of man employed
in the lost freight department Of one of
the railroads in this city.
IL shonld like much to give you an
item. but it would be as much as my
situation is worth to tell of our methods.
They are very strict in their orders
against giving reporters items"
1.-The work must be very intricate and
difficult
aft is, remarkably So"
How far away from the shipping or
receiving point has lost freight at last
been recovered?"
Thousands of miles. For instance, hast
September package was shipped from
Grand Rapids to Detroit, and was lost en-
route. Yesterday we received notice
that it had been found at Boston and
would be sent here Immediately"
.'How can such errors occur?
MANY ways. The marking may be
indistinct and incomplete, shipping bills
are often incorrect: and now, for in
stance. / spent nearly four weeks last
August looking for case of shoes to at
last learn they had never been shipped
from the factory" aa. st.E
Don't You ever find mistakes the
other way? That is. don't you find
freight on hand not down on the shipping
iills?"
..Yes. Ihave Just such case before
me. A barrel of goods has been re-
ceived at Adrian. the address of the con-
signee being all right, but nothing to
indicate who sent it. We must find out
who sent it, and the letters &C. X. b..
Detroit" being on the barrel we have
inquired of C. X. Burnham & Co.. but
they know nothing of it,
How do you trace all these facts so
accurately?'
BY our receipts, our shipping bills
and all of our carriage and warehouse
records. Each station agent and ware
house man must be ready to at once give
an account of every article which he has
received or sent away"
g Suppose thing is stolen en- route.
how do you locate the scene of the rob-
bery?n
There are great many ways in
WHICH we learn the truth. As LOT eAsttl-
pie, notice was received at this office the
other day from firm in Peoria. ILL.,.
stating that they had received a case of
shoes which had been broken open and
four pairs of shoes taken out. Each
railroad company has leaden seal which
must be broken before apackage can be
opened. and by tracing the seals we
found that the breaking open of the box
took place either before it reached the
depot in this city or after it was taken
away from the depot at Peoria. BY
further tracing it was at last learned that
the shoes were stolen by truckman at
Peoria
:. But supposing freight-loaded car,
standing on side track, is broken into
at night?'
We'll, that is the easiest kind of short
age to trace. We have just succeeded.
in conjunction with all the other roads in
this city. in discovering a large leakage
in the vicinity of the Detroit II Milwau-
kee & Grand Trunk Railroad Junction,
and while we know that the thieves live
in the northeastern part of the city we
have not yet located them personally"
s. Perhaps if your employers were a
little less secret about this kind of work
there would be less of it to do"
Z" Perhaps so. ''-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
An Historic Bird.

The cock is an important bird. He is
historical. A cock assured Themistocles
of his victory over Xerxes. Aristophanes
tells US that he reigned supreme over
Persia before the time of Darius and
Megabazus. Numa Pompilius was in
spired by a cock, and Romulus was in
fuenced by the same bird in his decision
as to the site of Rome. He was sacred
to Mars, Apollo, Mercury, and Escu-
lapius. Mohammed found cock in the
first heaven, SO huge bird that his crest
touched the second heaven. The Moslem
doctors say that Allah lends a willing
ear to him who reads the Koran, to him
who prays for pardon, and to the cock,
whose chant is divine melody. When this
cock ceases to crow the day of judgment
will be at hand. The cock on church
spires is to remind men not to deny their
Lord as Peter did. Peter lie Neve says
that the cock was the warlike ensign of
the Cloths, as it is to the present day of
the Malays, and that therefore it was pu,
up in Gothic churches for ornament. The
Growing of the cock has always exercised
an indefnable influence on mankind; it
covered the shutting Peter with shame;
has furnished innumerable poets with
stocks of phrases; it has even become
means for the expression of Parliamen-
tary opinion. In some places, it is true,
the cock is regarded with not altogether
unmalevolent sentiments. An African
tribe complains bitterly that it was all
through the cock that they remained
black, and different from the rest of
mankind. The great creating Spirit, it
is said, set himself during the daytime to
model the human race. By shutdown he
had fashioned about fifty different fig
ures out of clay, but they were all more
or less brown, and some of them were
quite black. He set them up in a row
and inspected them before it got quite
dark, and then it appeared that they
would look better if they were white.
So he mixed great pot of whitewasb,
and set about daubing them by the light
of the moon. But it was troublesome
work, and he did not get on very fast.
At last, when he had still score or more
to whiten, day dawned. and the cock
crew, and he came to the conclusion that
the rest must remain as they were. And
so it has come to pass that some Of the
races of mankind are red and brown,
while the poor negro has remained quite
black-and all through troublesome
cock, who would crow when he was not
wanted.-London Graphic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


The Baptist churches of Germany
lost LS97 members by emigration last
year
The Minutes of the Presbyterian
Church show that It has 1878 ministers
in this country that are not pastors.
Interior.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
proposes, during the ensuing year, to ex-
pend $4,000 on foreign missions,
which is S25, 600 more than last year.
"A lady teacher in one of the Am
sterdam IN. y. schools resigned re-
Gently because she was not allowed to
repeat the Lords prayer in.her school.
Mrs. Catharine Scales is known in
St Louis as the ..mother of the public
schools" She has taught steadily for
thirty-six years. and estimates that her
pupils have numbered about $4,000
81. Louis GLobe.
The Executive Committee of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
in session at Philadelphia recently, re-
ported, by its Treasurer, the total
amount raised in the last eighteen
months. 1896, 57S 30.
The Maryland Agricultural College
wants more students. and has sent out
word that the demand for graduates in
agriculture is much greater than the
supply, and that there are many paying
situations that can be filed only by
graduates OF agricultural colleges.
The Missionary Herald for Novem-
Der contains interesting narratives of
the celebration, during the past season.
OF the golden wedding of DR.. Elias
Riggs and his wife at Constantinople.
and of the close of the fitch year of
missionary service of Rev. Lorenzo
Lyons, of the Sandwich Islands mission.
I'm the sixteen Southern States and
the District of Columbia the white
school population is 3, S99, 96l and the
colored l.S03,257. There are 1868
colored public schools, Il normal
schools, 50 colored institutions of Sec
ondary instruction. ID coIored universe
ties and colleges, - co,ored schools of
theology. ; colored law schools, COL
ored medical schools and colored deaf
and dumb and blind Institutions
A Philadelphia school-boy failed to
put on the final ..g" while spelling the
word skating" For this heinous Of
Tense the teacher Ibid with force and
arms make violent assault upon him,
bruising him and beating him, and
called him lying whelp. The teacher
was put under 5000 bonds to appear for
trial. The bows of Philadelphia are to
be taught how to sDell if it fractures
every bone in their bodies. Detroit
Free Press
"A Rhode Island clergyman, not
having had time during the week to
write a new sermon, was compelled to
fall back upon an old one. which he
rigged up with new text and appI!ca-
ton and Knocked out part of ..iourthly"
and ''fifthly" On announcing his text
he remaI ked to his hearers: Il have
an old sermon for you to-day; but it
has new collar and wristbands. and /
don't believe YOU can tell where the
stitches are set in" The congregation
listened to the discourse as patiently rs
f it was new for them that week
Chicago ITIbatRe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08

Nine. Christine Nilsson travels from
place to place, to sing, in sumptuous
style, in the same excursion car that
has been used by Mary Anderson and
Sarah Bernhardt. The car is divided
into sleeping, eating, cooking, and draw
ing-room compartments. Nine. Wilson's
boudoir is the smallest. but most hand
some room, containing piano and many
choice books and pictures. Sometimes
the prima donna plays and sings, and
sometimes watches changing scenery
from the windows; but more often she
plunges deep into novel or studies
stereoscopic views, to while away the
tedious hours of travel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-08

If any invalid or sick person has the least
doubt OF the power and efficacy of Hop Bitters
to cure them, they can find cases exactly like
their own, in their own neighborhood, with
proof positive that they can be easily and per-
maneutly cured, at a trifiing cost-or ask
your druggist or physician.
GREENWICH, Feb. II, 1850.
Hop BiHers Co.-SIRs-I was given up by
the doctors TO die of scrofula consumption.
Two bottles of your Bitters cured me.
LEROY BREWER.