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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH ST. LANDRY.


BY virtue OF an order OF the honorable Pro
bate Court OF the parish OF St. Landry, there
will he sold ut pubic auction. to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned curator, or
any duly qualified auctioneer at the court
house door i'll the town of OpeOusGs
parish OF st. Landry, on WEDNESDAY, Sep
tcmber goth, 1882, the following described prop
erty, belonging to the estate OF Patsy Lemelle,
juteldict tO-Wit:
-Four lots of ground situated III the town Of
OpelOuS;,s, bounded north by Madison street
south by Franklin street. east by Walnut street
and west by Union street, containing two az
penis ;Hld fraction more or less, being the
same property bought by Patsy Lemele from
Joseph A. Castan OH October Sd, 1874.
Terms and Conditions-Onc-half cash and the
balance payable i'll twelve months from day of
sale. with eight per cent per annum interest
after maturity till paid. with special mortgage
and vendors privilege reserved i'll favor OF the
curator Of said interdlct until full and entire
payment Of said deferred payment, principal
interest and costs.
aug 10 HENRY EMERSON, Curator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
O'BRIEN ELMER,
sADDI,ER nA SADDLER
AND EM M AND
Harness Maker. < Harness Maker

Burleigh Street, Grand Cotean, La.
Jobs and repairing a specially ready made
u Saddles. Harness and Brides constantly on
hand, at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Orders
will be filed from this and neighborlnS parish
es, G. 0. D. Satisfaction guaranteed. aug 10y
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26

Whereas, Louisa Antoine, admins tratrlx OF
the estate OF Noel Tate, deceased, having filed
a tableau OF classification of debts and distri-
button OF funds of sail 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
August 10, 1882,
Now therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tabeau, in writing in my office in the town of
Opelousas. within the time required by law,
why the said tableau should not be home 'oga-
ted and confirmed.
JAMES O. CHACHERE,
AuS12 Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION
ESTATE OF RAYMOND FONTENOT.

NO. 1880.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Whereas, Melanie Fontenot OF the parish OF
ST. Landry, surviving wife of Raymond Fonte-
not and now wife Of Theophile Veillon,
has applied by her petition to be ap..
pointed Administrative of the estate OF
OF st. Landry.
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment, Will tile the same
in writing in my Office IN the town or Opelou-
sas, within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. CHACHERE,
Aug 26 Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
NOTICE OF ADMINEsTRATEO
ESTATE OF DESIRE GODET, DECD.
No 42S9.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST LANDRY.

Whereas, Joseph U. Roy, of the parish
to be appointed administrator of the estate OF
Desire Godet, deceased, late OF the parish
OF st. Landry,
Therefore, any person intending to MAKE ol'~
in writing in my office in the town OF Opelo0~
sas, within ten days from the present n0tlce.
JAMES O. CuACHERE,
aug 10 Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
ESTATE OF NOEL TATE.

No. 1922, PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRI4l
COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
JUDICIAL ADVEEsTEsENH

EBUBEEC SALE.
ESTATE OF PATSY IEMELLE, INTER
DICT.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26

MHTBEEG SALE.

ESTATE or WILLIAM WRIGHT.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
cHERIFF'S SALE.
SUSAN WEBB, WIFE, VS.. AMELIA T. KEEL
LER, WIDOW GALLIGAR.

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
No, 1851.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
tLe NUMEROUS
GRAND BASE BALL MATCH GAME

cen the Alexandria Nine and the "PRAIRIE NINE" o
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26

be Special Cars this Train assigned Opelousas Libert
No. and their friends
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
Water for Babies.

was one day called upon to visit a
sick little one in family residing near
my Office. The babe l found in appar,
ent good health, but crying and strug-
Cling in its mothers arms as though
suffering excruciating pains.
The mother informed me that the
child seemed DESTROYS of nursing con-
tinually; and that, to quit it, she had
given it the breast as soon as the crying
commenced. When this did not soothe
the little one a dose of Mother Some
body's cordial had been administered
MY good woman" | enquired,
"when did you last give your babe a
drink of water p
81 don't remember" replied the lady:
II seldom let him drink water. Does
he need it?"
"Need it? Why should he not need it
as much as you? This child is suffering
from thirst-nothing more"
/ called for cold water, and gave the
infant a few teaspoonfuls, and it was
relieved of all his troubles, stopped cry
ing and sank peacefully to sleep in s
mothers arms.
Let this be reminder to mothers and
nurses. Infants VINO nurse at the
breast may often suffer as much from
want of water as adults who eat more
solid food. Often when child cries,
it is only thirst which causes it.
Do not, then, dose it with poisonous
soothing syrups' or nursing cordial or
press it to the breast, which it will
eagerly grasp, expecting to satiate its
burning thirst; but filled to the brim
with its natural food. it cries OH harder
than ever.
Use little discretion. The poor little
one cannot tell its wants; if it could, il
would often cry: "Water water y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
And what did the symptoms indi.

cate ?" 49, 'A>''
"A serious disease of The kidneysn
did Won think Mr.. Warner coula -.
cover"
NO, sir; I did no, think it possible
1t was seldom, indeed. that so pronounced
case had, up to that time ever been
cured.
DO YOU know anything about the rem
eiy which cured h;m?s
Yes; ! have chemically analyzei it
ard upon critical examination find it en-
tirely free from any poisonous or dele
terious substances
We publish the foregoing statements IL
view OF the connection which the publici.
~ of DIR. Henion's article has caused and
to meet the pro.eststions which have
been made. TIE standing of DR.. Henioa,
Mr.. Warner and Dr. baltimore in the
community is beyond question, and the
statements they make cannot for mo-
ment be doubted. They conclusiyely show
that Brights disease of the kidneys is one
of the most deceptive and dangerous of All
diseases, that it is exceedingly common
alarmiugly increasing. and that il can 5.
| CuraJ
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24


a negro, had his hands badly frozen,
and begged the boss to let him go to
the fire and warm them. The boss said
he was playing of; but in order to con-
vince him that he was not, Dowell
struck his fingers on the eart-wheel
and they ratified ike sticks, but he was
not allowed to warm them. His fingers
dropped of shortly afterward, and he
was not able to work any more. We
were locked up in the log shanty on
Saturday night and not even allowed to
go after water until Monday morning,
and, unless the bosses wanted us to do
something for them, the door was not
opened In the meantime. Before the
State Inspector of Convicts would ar
rive to look after US we were quietly
informed that if we gave him any infor-
nation we would pay dearly for it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
"Siberian Cruelty Discounted"

Under the above caption the Louis
vile Coltrier-Journdl relates tale which
EXHIBITS the barbarity of the Southern
system of letting the labor of prisoners
to railroad contractors and other out
side parties. The story is that of re-
Gently discharged convict, and shows
such an amount of inhumanity on the
part of his tormentors as to induce the
belief that they were fends rather than
man. The man was convicted In Owen
County, Kentucky, of crime COM
mitted by Others, that crime being grand
lacrency. He was a stranger, and was
assured that, by consenting to plea of
guilty, his punishment would be but q
light one. He was sentenced to SER
vitude of two years, and his labor, with
that of forty-seven others, white and
black, was contracted to firm known as
Warner, Tabler & Co. to work on rail-
roads. They were afterward suh-let to
Irwin & Long, and put to work in Bath
County on the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road. These men, according to the
convict's story, were quartered in q
miserable cabin twenty feet long by
twelve feet vide, and compelled to la
Dor fourteen hours day. They were
allowed no pay for extra work, although
the law made different provision. Dur
ing the rigorous weather of last winter
they were constantly kept out, work
ing on the railroad each secular day
and cutting wood for their taskmakers
on Sunday. Their own fires were in
sufficient to keep them warm, and the
convict says: often and often have
gone in from work late at night with
my clothing frozen stiff and would have
to go to bed without being allowed to
make fire 10 thaw and dry myself. !"
He was good draughtsmen by occu-
patton unused to hard work, but was
placed between two negre men and
compelled to perform as much labor as
they did. Failing to always keep up
he was ordered to be whipped, and the
negro convict appointed to infiict the
flashing, not performing the duty in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the fiend
in charge, was savagely beaten with an
, ax-handie, and died two days afterward
from the effect of the blows In con-
tinuation of his stors the convict says:
81 belonged to gang of seven-six
negro conyicts and myself-and before
spring came the six negroes were dead,
but stood 1t through John DoweH,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
Initials on Fruit

Did you ever see a name printed on
growing apple, pear or peach? No?
Well, If you want to have that pleas
ure, this Is the way to obtain it. While
the fruit yet hangs green upon the tree,
make up your mind which is the big
gest and most promising specimen OF
all. \ 1t, cut out from thin, tough
paper tue initials of the name of your
little brother or sister or chief crony,
with round specks for the dots after the
letters, and the letters themselves plain
and thick. Then paste these letters
and dots on that side of the apple which
IS not turned to the sun, taking care
not to loosen the fruits hold upon the
stem.
As soon as the apple IS ripe, take off
the paper cuttings, which, having shut
out the reddening rays of the sun, have
kept the fruit green just beneath them,
so that the name or initials now show
plainly Alter that, bring the owner
of the initials to play near the tree,
and say presently, why, what are
those queer marks on that apple up
theregr
You viii find this quite pleasant
way TO surprise the very little one, and
OF course you can print short pet
name as easily as you can lnItials--Sk
Nicholas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
How Nutmegs Grow.

Nutmegs grow on little trees which
look like pear trees, and are generally
not over twenty feet high. The flower:
are very much like the lily of the val
ley. They are pale and very fragrant
The nutmeg is the seed Of the fruit, and
mace is the thin covering over the seed
The fruit is about as large as peach
When ripe it breaks open and shows q
little white nut inside. The trees grow
on the islands of Asia and tropical
America. They bear fruit for seventy
or eighty years, having ripe fruit upon
them all the seasons. A fine tree IN
JamaicI has over ZOO nutmegs on il
every year. The Dutch used to have al
this nutmeg trade, as they owned the
Banda islands, and conquered all the
other traders and destroyed the trees.
To keep the price up they once burned
three piles of nutmess each of which
was as big as a church. Nature did not
sympathize with such meanness. The
nutmeg pigeon, found In all the Indian
islands, did for the world what the
Dutch had determined should not be
doBe-carried those nuts, which are
their food, into the surrounding C I'M
tries, and trees grew again and the
world had the benefit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
Scenes ut the Ring Theatre Fire.

A motherless girl came with her gov
erness to look Tor her father. After
she had looked into the faces of two or
three of the bodies she swooned and
had to be carried out of the room. As
soon as she had recovered she set to her
task again, and, not finding her father
amid the smothered, she was taken to
the burned bodies. There she fell upon
blackened, withered mass which none
but daughter could have recognized.
Another gentleman failed to recognize
his wife and hurried home for his
daughter, who, amid heartrending sobs,
pointed out the CHASTITY remains of her
mother. There was among the bodies
that of little girl, graceful and slen-
der, and clad with such exquisite care
that she must have belonged to some
distinguished family. she had dia-
monds in her ears and her wavy hair
hung in ringlets. As no one claimed
her it is supposed that her parents per-
ished also. Sometimes loving father,
shown Il burned and mutilated body,
shook his head, deemlng it impossible
that the cinder could be all that re-
manned OF his son. Then the warders
produced either ring found upon the
finger or card from the pocket, and
the identity was established. 1t was
plain from the marks on some of the
bodies that the victims had fought with
each other like savages in their efforts
to escape. l saw a man whose left
cheek was bitten out. Another had
marks on his throat of fingers that had
clutched It. A young music teacher
babe farewell to his father on Thurs
day night, as he intended starting for
Berlin on Friday morning, and did not
expect TO find his father out of bed
when he returned from the Ring the
atre As he did not return home that
night, his father believed that he had
persisted, and, with broken heart,
went to claim the body among the dead
at the hospital He thought he could
identify it by the dress, and had body
brought home. Late at night tele-
gram arrived from Berlin announcing
that the son was safe, and that he left
Vienna IL the evening to please afriend
whom he had accidentally met In the
street. 4 widow whose twin sons went
to the theatre to celebrate their fir
teenth birthday, had to examine the
bodies for hours before she could find
their charred remains. A girl of Is
lost her father, mether, sister, brother
in.law and her betrothed In the fire.
She returned to the burning house
twice in search of them, and at last
jumped from the front balcony into the
street and was killed. A man who
was inside for ten minutes tells me that
the smoke which rolled In clouds
through the theatre was something
very different from ordinary smoke.
He could feel it with his hands and it
filed his mouth and nostrils like hot
Vienna Letter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
Scientific Notes.

The number of metals now known is
seyenty-seven.
Sulphurous acid acts, in certain eases.
as powerful oxidizing agent.
The form of hailstone is that of an
inverted umbrella, being cone shaped
and having ribbed sides and rounded
base.
Cotton fibre, when quite ripe. con-
sists of an almost pure cellulore, a COM
pound of carbon, oxygen, and hydro
gen.
Professor Forbes and DIR. Young
have determined by a number of ex-
periments that the speed of blue ray
of light exceeds that Of the red bv
about one per cent.
The telephone has been introduced
on board the screw steamer Gloucester
City, vessel of 2,150 tons gross regis
ter, which was launched a few weeks
ago at Stockton-on-Tees, England.
NM. Deherain and Maquenne. in a
paper read before the Academy of Sci
onces, Paris, show that certain electri-
cal discharges without sparks and a
comparatively weak tension will de-
compose water.
Late measurements of the carbonie
acid existing at considerable heights
above the earth's surface, appear to
show that the gas Is pretty evenly dis
tributed throughout our atmosphere.
Violent atmospheric disturbances are
always attended with electrical mani
To- tuf n
Rogers is disposed to c1nsider the pre-
valent theory of winds rs erroneous,
and believe the real causes of air cur
rents to be electricity.
In 1855 prize of q, 900 francs, offer
ed by the king of he Belgians. is to be
awarded for the best work of means
and measures for making the study of
geography general, and furtkering in
struction in that science in educational
institutions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
ADVICE To CoNs,tuPTIyFs

On the appearance of the first symptoms rs
general debility, loss Of appetite, pallor chilly
sensations, followed by night sweats and cough
prompt measures for relief should be taken. Con
sumption is Scrofulous disease Of the lungs
therefore use the great ant-scrofula, or blood
purifier and strength restorer-Dr. Pierco's
Golden Medical Discovery Superior to Coo
liver oil as = nutritive, and unsurpassed Is i
pectOral. For weak lungs, splitting Of blood. ana
kindred affections, it has no equal. Sold by drug
gists the world over. For DR.. Pierces pamphlcI
on Consumption, send two stamps to WoRLD's
DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo
Ny.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24

Comic tragedians: Two whimsical
blunders were once made in the cours,
of a performance of Macbeth" mt :
poor little country theatre. The Lady
Macbeth, (who had probably been !
laundressl, instead of saying merely q
little water clears Us of this deed
added "a little soap and water" etc 4
little later on the Thane observed To his
spouse, mysteriously, ave have
cotched snake and killed it," TO the
great admiration of all present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
A Juggler's Victim-HOw Boys Head
Was Blown OFF in an English Theatre.

The Chinaman named All Ling Look
whose performance with cannon lead
to the death of boy named Smythe
in a Brighton music hall on Tuesday
night, was yesterday brought before the
magistrates and charged with causing
the boys death. The Town Clerk un-
dertook the prosecution, and explained
that the performance which brought
about the melancholy event consisted
in the prisoner balancing cannon on
a dagger which he put down his throat
with the end only projecting from his
mouth. Whilst balanced on this pro-
jecting point, the cannon. which was
loaded with powder was fired by pris-
oner's wife. Some attempt vas made
to clear the way in front of the cannon,
but when it was fred the charge took
effect on deceased, who was sitting in
the gallery, twenty-five feet off, Just in
the line of fire, and the result was that
the top of his head was completely
blown off. The magistrate asked
whether this was the first performance,
but 1t appeared that q similar trick was
performed on the previous night, whilst
solicitor who appeared on the prison
er's behalf, stated that it had been per-
formed in various towns at different
music halls in England and abroad
without accident, and no one more
deeply deplored the melancholy event
than did the prisoner. The cannon
was produced in court. 1t was made of
hard wood, cased in tin or zinc, covered
with black composition, and fastened
tnnpf hnr NTH r,o,l, To-, L
tween three and four feet, with bore
of about three inches in diameter The
dagger which prisoner partially swal-
lowed before balancing the cannon up
on 1t was about two feet in length, and
the hllt fitted hole in the under part
of the cannon. Evidence was given
that deceased was sitting in the front
row of the gallery, and that before the
cannon was fired prisoner waved his
arms as If to motion people away from
the line of fire. When the light was
applied to the cannon deceased fell
back and rolled on his side. The top
of his head was completely smashed,
and the brains were scattered over the
audience. A medical man who was
called IN found in the gallery pellet,
about the size of hens egg, made of
paper, but compressed SO tightly as to
be as hard as wool, and this, from its
appearance, had evidently been fred
from the cannon and mad pierced de-
ceased's brain, as it was blackened by
gunpowder smoke and covered With
blood. Prisoner was ultimately re
manded till Monday, the magistrates
refusing to accept bail. His solicitor
i 4 Il
gest that the occurrence was pure ac-
cidant
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
A DOG LET LOOSE.
The Joker who Lost a Bet but Had
All the Fun.

Some days since a saloon-keeper on
CRATIC avenue paid certain parties III
Chicago $25 for a stuffed lion to add to
the attractions of his saloon, and the
other morning as the place was being
scrubbed out the lion was placed at the
front door to keep him out of the wet.
Half block down the street a farmer
was having his wagon repaired and a
big bulldog was chained to the hind
axle-tree. He grew uneasy the minute
the lion was rolled out, and it needed
only few encouraging words from the
boys to render him half frantic. He
growled and plunged and tore around
and attracted quite a crowd, among
which was a man who remarked.
That's purity brave dog of yours,
stranger"
Gravel I'd like to see the man or
beast he wouldn't tack LEI" replied the
owner.
81 dunno about that. Never saw a
dog vet who'd stand before lion"
"Well, here's one who'd stand before
two lions. See how anxious he is to get
there?"
eyes; but he puts that on because
he's chained. If he was loose you
couldn't get him within a rod of that
specimen"
Couldn't Ell? Maybe you want to
hear yourself talk"
"Well, | dunno I'm opposed to bet
ting, card-playing, dancing and all that,
but seeing you are rather sassy about
this. I've got a half dollar here which
says that you can't get that dog to go
within six feet of that lion"
"Put up the money-put up the mo-
ney" shouted the farmer as he went
down his own pockets after the coin.
The money was put up, the crowd
fell back, and the farmers face wure a
smile of triumph as he still further ex-
cited the dog, and then slipped his col
lar With a yell of rage the canine
made Decline for the king of all
beasts, and in another moment there
was reason for a terrific yell of APP.
plause. Dog and lion filed the air, Sc
to say. The lion was rolled over and
over, grabbed by the throat and shaken
around, drawn across the street and
back by the ear, and when the dog final
ly let up the corpse the battle-ground
was covered with hair and hay and
sawdust and glass eyes. At that mo-
ment the saloon-keeper rushed out, q
policeman came up, and for five min.
utes the air was rent with shouts and
EXPLANATIONS and expostulations.
sit was all il fun" explained the
farmer.
''Dot lions cost me $25 in Shecago,'
protested the saloon man.
"Who put up this job?" demanded
the officer, as he CARED around ON the
crowd.
By and by deep silence fell upon
the crowd and in the voice which had
only kindness in it, the owner of the
lion said he must have his $25 or he
would start for the Police Court. The
policeman said it was certainly case
for the courts, and the crowd said the
farmer might have known what would
happen. He protested, but finally
came to time, and when he had passed
over ten.dollar bill and given his note
for the balance, he had only one sen.
tence to utter. That was:
"Now, then, I'll give any of you five
acres of land TO put me face to face
with the outlaw who put up this job on
a hardWorking Innocent mani"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-24
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