St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
JUDICIAL yERTHsEMENTS.
EpUBLEC SALE.
ESTATE OF ROBERT A. NEWELL.
No. 1888. --1-3
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. 18th Judi
cial District Court, in and for the parish OF ST.
Landry. there will be sold at public auction TO
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admin
istratOr or any duly qualified auctiOneer, at
the last residence of the deceased in this parish
on THURSDAY, July 10Th, 1855, the following
described property belonging TO the estate OF
Robert A. Newell, deceased tO-wit
/. A certain tract or parcel of land with all
the improvements thereto pertaining, situated
as is supposed in the parish of st. Landry, ON
the waters OF Elm Bayou, and boundded as fol-
lows commencing at the southwest corner OF
tie north west quarter OF section tWenty-tnfee
in township one south OF range two east OF the
basis meridian. and runs due north to the banks
OF the little Elm Bayou, thence up the SAID.
bayou to the fork coming in from Bayou Boeuf9
from the said fork of Elm Bayou a due north.
course to the upper or north line OF the south
quarter of section twenty-three, thence due
east to a point on said line from thence line
runs due south to the south line OF the north
east quarter section thirty-two, and thence to-
the commencing corner, containing three mum
dred and forty-nne acres.
2. All OF a certain tract of land, except item
No. which is included i'll same, to-wit !: a Ger
tain tract or parcel of land situated and lying
in the parishes OF Rapides, Ayoyelles, and St
Landry, principally in the parish of st. Landry.
bounded north by lands supposed to belong 10
John I. Rhodes, Ralph Smith, Cheney ct ais,
south by lands figuring as Spanish grant on.
the map to c.. Adams and j. Thompson or EN-
tered i'll the name of C. Adams and j. Thomp-
son, east by lands OF Samuel Compton and A.
NJ Haas, and west by lands of Mrs. Jane Cal
cote, E. H. Griffin and G. W. Spears. containing
one thousand and seventy acres more or less
with all the buildings and improvements there
on being the last residence OF the deceased.
3. The north east quarter of the south west
quarter of section thirty three and lot No. Q of
section thirty-six, all i'll township one south OF
range TWO east, southwestern district of Louis
lana, containing one hundred and seventy-sev-
en- acres and tifty-two hundredths of an acre
Q77 52-l00 OF an acre. also the west half OF the,
northeast quarter OF section thirty-three, same
township and range and containing SEVENTH
nine acres and sixty three hundredths OF an
(79 $4,000 also the east half of the north west
quarter of section thirtr-three i'll township one
south OF range two east containing seventy
nine and siXty-three hundredths OF an acre
90 63-100 OF an acre..
4. A certain tract of land lying either in the
parish OF Avoyelles or ST. Landry, described as
Follows: commencing at the corner common to
sections twenty-three. twenty-fonr, thirty-one
and thirty-two i'll township nine south OF range
two east, and running north 16, west II chains
to an ash tree in a slough, marked X, thence
north eighty-seyen and one half, west four
chains and eighty links to a post, thence south
seventy chains snd seventy links to a post
thence east, twenty-eight chains and seventy
links to post, thence south seventeen links to
an Iron-Wood tree marked M and a blaze,
thence north sixteen, west forty two chains to
commencement post \; whence to north
ten, east seven links to oak marked
q, and north forty five, east seventeen links to
d large gum marked by original survey on.
township one, range two east d, containing
one hundred and thirty -four acres aud twenty
nine huntredts of an acre.
Saving and excepting the four hundred acres
of land occupied by the widow and family as a
homestead, including the residence. gin house,
outnouses, nd,fences thereon.
The said property to be sold in lots of fifty
acres or thereabouts, and according to plat of
survey to he exhibited on day of sale.
TerIns-The above property to be sold on q
credit of IL months from day of sale and the
price OF adjudication to bear eight per cent per
annum interest from maturity till paid, and a
special vendors privilege and mortgage to be
retained on the whole of the property to secure
the payment of the price of the adjudication
and all accrued interests
SARAH A. NEWELL,
june 16 Administrators