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The Opelousas courier., 1883-03-10

JEAN MEDHCHS,
u n d E r It A K f r.,
Corner Union and North Streets, Opeloasas.
METALLIC and Rosewood Collins always
IA on hand. Tomhs built on short notice.
Bricks for sale. V A neat Eiearse for use OF
patrons. u Ready-made collins cheaper
than can be made to order. Aug 8"
T., d, ESTILETTE g. L. DUPRE
E~RTHLETTE & I'D q III nc Ne,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Office in the Old Bank Building.
Opelousas, La. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16
THE LYNcnrxG AZ oscEoLA.

a messenger reached here from 0sceola
Friday night about 9 o'clock. bringing
the startling intelligence that at half-past
one O'Clock yesterday morning mob of
nine masked men broke into the room
where 0'Neil and his sons were being
kept as prisoners, pending an examina-
ton before the Justice of the Peace at
Osceola, on the charge of recently way
laying and shooting Mr.. Bassett, and
commenced firing into them as they lay
in their beds. The old man was shot
square through the head and killed in.
stantly. The two boys were shot in sew
earl places. one i'll the head, the other
through the small of the back and thigh.
The messenger informed us that there
was little hope for the elder Of the boys
though the younger may recover. The
prisoners at the time they were shot
down were in charge of the officers of the
law, and our informant states one of the
O'Neil boys says they (the officers) led
the mob and took part in the shooting
also. Constable Matson had left the
prisoners in charge of Deputy Sheriff AL.
Nuckols, and had gone after the balance
of the O'Neil family to have their evil
dence at the examination. During the
afternoon previous to the tragedy Mr..
Cleveland happened in town and Nuckols
accompanied him to Gregory's, turning
his prisoners over to two deputies, whose
names we could not learn. The messen
ger stated to us that the citizens of Osce
ola were Mortified next morning at finding
the body of O'Neil out in the street with
his clothes on fire.
After being wounded the younger of
the boys escaped from the mob, took to
the sagebrush and ran about two miles,
decorating his bare feet in fearful man
| ner.
The general feeling here in regard to
the affair is, that the O Neils have for
years been terror to their neighbors,
and that the people of Spring Valley
were justified in Kidding the community
of them, though the manner of doing so
is deemed harsh and unlawful. Further
intelligence may change public sentiment
materially regarding the tragic affair.
DIR. Tutford left here at | o'clock last
night for the scene of the tragedy to at
tend the wounded boys White Pine
| News of June 8.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16
STATE ITEMS.

Reno has a population OF 9l2 children
under q years OF age.
There are now l39 patients in the Ne
vada Insane Asylum.
The Elko FIGURING Mill is now run
ming to its fullest capacity.
Cheerful news comes from many of the
mining localities in the State.
During the year 1882, the bullion
product of the Comstock mines was ST.
066, ll6
The bullion tax in Elko county for the
quarter ending March 81, amounted to
So, $751; 90.
The citizens of Virginia city met Sat.
urday evening and resolved to celebrate
the coming Fourth in grand style.
State Surveyor General Preble says
that the State has sold $500 acres of
land last month, aggregating $4,000.
The Stafford Express says the Onondaga
ledge has been exposed distance OF 500
feet, with an average width of 25 feet on
the surface.
Considerable ore is being taken out of
the Comstock mines this summer 1t
looks as though the old lode was going to
boom again.
We understand, says the Genoa Cour-
Ter, that there will be eight divorce cases
brought up before the Court III Douglas
coun.y before long.
Lyon County Times: The grasshoppers
are appearing at the SOUTH or upper end
OF Mason Valley, at a lively rate, and
are causing some uneasiness.
10 Ghirardelli has taken contract to
deliver 800 cords of wood at the Martin
White mill, in Ward, for parties who
think the Company will have use for it
some time this year.
The Reno Journal says: Leet's six
teen acres of forest or shade trees bring
him IN Sl60 per year from the county.
If he had planted 100 acres he would
draw down $1,000.
A seven-foot body of ore, assaying as
high as $1,000 to the ton, says The
Ward Reflex, was encountered in the
Monitor mine in Taylor District, last
week. Some estimate that it will aver
aye 81 800, while others put it at 81, 600.
Rich enough.
V Ward Reflex: Dave bennett had the
fingers of his left hand badly crushed
Monday last by having them caught in
the cogs that raise and lower the gate al
the bottom of the ore chute in the Martin
White tunnel. All the fingers will
doubtless be saved, but he is in big luck
to have finger in condition to be saved
The Virginia Enterprise says: The
Montgomery Guard, of this city, dis
banded last Thursday evening, and de
clared dividend. They had left in tn,
treasury SS47.50 after paving all debts
This gave dividend of $50 each to tn,
twenty-eight members, and $3.50 over
which was voted to James Feeny, marke
for the company. Besides, they leviec
an as essment Of 81 each for the benef
Of the marker.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

The advent of the pushing Yankee into
Mexico has wrought great change in
the State of Chihuahua and other sections.
Land has more than doubled in value.
Tracts that year ago could be bought
for $500 are to-day held for 81, 500.
Wages have increased two.fold Stone
n.asons, who, six months ago, were not
in demand at 81 a day, now are scarce at
S2.25. Common laborers who were
easily obtainable in the city at seventy.
five cents and in the country at fifty
cents, now readily get 81 to 81. % day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

WHERE THE PRoFTs WENT.-A fruit
grower of Dover, Del, DR.. Ridgely, last
fall consigned a lot of extra pears to a
Philadelphia commission merchant. He
followed the fruit to Philadelphia, and,
unknown to the agent, asked him the
price per basket. Give dollars" was
the reply. At hotel the doctor ate one
of his pears at dinner and was charged
fifty cents for it. When the account was
settled the doctor received fifty cents a
basket for his pears. He is now endeav.
oring to establish fruit exchange at
Dover.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

Bishop Old Style tells us that last Fri
day a wagon loaded with women, going
to the Beaver Conference from Miners
vile, upset about two miles above the
last named place. Mrs. Grundy became
frightened and seized the reins and upset
the wagon, breaking Mrs, Campbell's
hip and Mrs. Burke's wrist. Mrs. Ze-
brisca received internal injuries, and the
others We're considerably bruised and
scratched, Il Frisco Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

West Oakland has produced monde.
script, which is apparently a combination
of cat and rabbit. The forelegs are those
of rabbit; it has a rabbits tail, con.
spicuous for its brevity and business; it
squats down like rabbit, jumps like a
rabbit, but news like cat. 1t is of
black and white color, and very playful,
and is inclined to scratch. The half cat
and half rabbit is about three months old.
The mother of this lily behaved little
cross.grsined animal is of the regular
feline species, Is. II. Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

A writer in an exchange says: Il dis
covered that wood could be made to last
longer than iron in the ground, but
thought the process so simple that it was
not well to make stir about it. I would
as soon have poplar, Eastwood or ash as
any other kind of timber for fence posts
| have taken ont Eastwood posts after
having been set seven years that were as
sound when taken out as when first put
in the ground. Time and weather
seemed to have no effect OIL them. The
posts can be prepared for less than two
cents apiece. This is the recipe: Take
boiled linseed oil and stir in pulverized
coal to the consistency of paint. Put a
coat of this over the timber, and there
is not man that will live to see it rot.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

In London, says society critic, the
"best people are the worst dancers
Further still, good dancing is actually
condemned as ~ bad form The Ameri-
can practice of reversing in the waltz
was crushed because, "Oh, the best peo-
pie don't reverse Such are the friyoli-
ties Of society in London.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

QUEER ORE "A knowledge of mineral
ogy obtained from the books is very good
as far as it goes, but practically it does
not go very far. More than this, in this
country of ours thousand and one sin
gular formations, the miner, experienced
in every day work, stumbles frequently
upon rock, the character of which he can
tell no more about than if he had never
mined a day in his life. A case in point
happened the other day at the Eureka
Con. reduction works, at which tribute
ores and sample lots are received from
all over Southeastern Nevada. Some
ores had come in from Reveille District,
Nye county, some 60 miles southeast of
Typo, and from Morey, which no miner
in this district would stop on the hills to
look at for moment. The rock at Rev.
ellie especially seems wanting in every
aspect of what is called ore i'll these
parts. To use Bob Zeils expression, it
looks like a mixture of lime and brick
bat. But this very stuff, some six tons,
was tested and found to average over
$1,000 per ton in silver and gold, chiefly
the former. Some experts came down to
the works and Uncle Zeil showed them
the pile from which an assay had been
made with the remark: "What do you
think of this sort of stuff? don't think
there is anything i'll it." They all agreed
with him, of course, and went away with
the impression still strong in their minds
that what they don't know about ore is
not worth knowing. i Eureka Sentinel.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

Mrs. Sarah Sales, Of kimbolton, Ohio,
asks for a divorce under the extreme
cruelty statute, because her husband
prays at her
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

REPORTS now say, says the Beaver
Record, that it is not Badly Sackett who
is about to sub the Southwestern
Stage Line from Glmer & Salisbury, but
man named Judd, who is the present
contractor on the Osceola, Nevada, mail
route.
AND now the ranchers are bringing to
town new potatoes. The first Of the sea-
son appeared on Wednesday.
Of Tuesday evening, at about ten
O'Clock, a beautiful lunar rainbow ap.
psarsd in the eastern heaYeas.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16
In WINES & LIQUORS

will not be exceed for Quality and in General Groceries
shall continue to keep FirsCass Fresh Stock, You
may say that alk is Cheap but the thousands of people
who have bought less from will verify my
words.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

McCLELLAN's Foolish SPEECH. -
Everything passed off well with the re.
union except Little Macs" speech.
That, unfortunately, stirred up bad blood.
Magnnis did well as an orator, and
Townsend's glorifcation of Lincoln was
well liked. Sheridan talked well on
both evenings. Rear Admiral Rodgers
made capital speech about the navy.
Then came Mcclellan with his deprecia-
ton Of Lincoln and the navy, offending
the Admiral and all the naval office and
many OF the army men, too He was u
failure, and cannot he anything else any
where. The i'll feeling which his speech
engendered came near breaking out on
the spot. Washington Capital.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16


Mrs. i. d. TURNER, who has been in
poor health for some time, left for Salt
Lake on saturday last, where she will
place herself under the care Of physicians
THE weather clerk, to let the public
know that he was still in existence, dish
ed us up a little windy weather during
the week.
Mas. L. +. MORTON, accompanied by
her children, will leave on Monday on
visit to friends in Maine.
A oHLoRIDER working in the Meadow
Valley mine has encountered a good de-
post Of high grade ore.
The auction sale Of the household fur
nature Of H. +. Gears has heen indcf-
nitely postponed.
GOODS sold at auction in Phoebe bring
excellent prices, and in many cases more
than first cost.
A FOX is dangerous animal to have
about the premises,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

In saving large pine log, at Homer,
Mono county, Cal, the other day, the
saw cut in two large flint arrowh head,
which had been so deeply imbedded in
the tree that no trace Of its entry was
left
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16

In lots of from H. to lton and to the Trade will give
Prices Large Lots which will defy competition from San
Francisco or Eastern jobbng houses
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10
The Pension Bill.
Detroit, March 1. 1883.

The pension bill which passed the Sen
ate Wednesday Of last week is in the
following language:
That from and after the passage of
this bill all persons on the pension roll
and all persons hereafter granted a
pension, who while in the military or
naval service of the United States and
in the line Of duty shall have lost one
hand, or one foot, or been so totally or
permanently disabled as to render their
incapacity to perform manual labor
equivalent to the loss of hand or foot
shall receive pension of $24 per month;
that all persons now on the pension
rolls, and all persons hereafter granted
pensions, who in like manner, shall have
lost either an arm at or above the elbow,
or leg at or above the knee, or shall
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

The bill adjusting the salaries of post
masters retains the present classified
tons. AS to the first class, the bill car
ried $4,000 additional compensation.
The salaries of the POstmasters at st.
Louis, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia
were increased from $4,000 to $4,000,
and at Cincinnati, Baltimore, San Fran
cisco, and Washington from $4,000 to
$1,000. The compensation to second and
THIRD class Postmasters remains as at
present. The rate of commission grant,
ed fourth-class pOstmasters has been
changed, so they would receive about
the same compensation under the 2-cent
law as they did under the Scent law.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

PITTsBURG manufacturers who were in
terviewed, express themselves as being
glad the tariff battle is ended, although
the bill as passed is not satisfactory to
all. Those engaged in the manufacture
of hoop iron and wire rods say their
business is killed. Pig iron, sheet iron,
and steel manufacturers also claim to be
greatly crippled. All agree that wages
will have to be reduced, and some claim
a general REIMBURSEMENT of value will be
necessary.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10
Annual Meeting Of the Michigan
Press Association.

The 10th annual meeting of the Mich
igan Press Association will be held in
the city of Detroit (place to be hereafter
designated), on March Goth and 30th
inst. The session will be called to or
der on Thursday evening, March 10th, at
8 o'clock, when, after appropriate OPEN
ing exercises, the annual address will
be delivered by Melville 4. Stone, Editor
of the Chicago Daily News and one of
the leading Journalists of the west of
younger and nose modern school.
On Friday morning the association
will reassembled at 8 O'clock, and hear
reports of officers and committees, select
the next place of meeting, elect officers
to serve for the ensuing year, and trans
act any other assOciatiOnal business
that may be brought up.
The remainder of the forenoon and
afternoon of Friday will will be devoted
to the discussion of practical topics in
connection with journalism. There will
be several brief five-minute papers, each
followed by a free discussion. 1t Is also
suggested that question box be pro-
vided, in which any member may de-
post written question upon which he
may want the opinions and experience
of the association, and it is thought the
reading and discussion of the questions
will prove an interesting and profitable
feature of the meeting.
On Friday eJening the members will
join in banquet, which will close the
session.
Every editor and publisher in the
state is cordially invited to attend, as it
is hoped to make this the most interest
ing and satisfactory meeting in the his
tory of the association thus far. ID is
also particularly desired that each one
will come prepared to contribute to the
interest of the meeting, either by brief
pertinent addresses or papers on practi-
cal topic, or by prOpOunding such qnes-
lions as shall draw out valuable Opin-
ions from others.
Please mention in your paper the date
and desirability of large attendance,
that the press of the state may be thor
Oughly we'll notified of the meeting.
Further particulars concerning it will
be published from time to time in the
Detroit daily papers.
Respectfully Yours,
j. K. SCRIPTS,
E. S. HOSKINS,
f. +. GRABILL,
Detroit. March /, 1883.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

SATURDAY the Senate passed the House
bill modifying the postal money order
system so as to authorize pOstmasters
of money-order offices under authority
of the Postmaster General to issue postal
notes in denominations of So and under.
This is an important bill, and will great
ly facilitate the transmission of small
sums through the mails. 1t authorizes
the issue Of money orders, without cor
responding advices, of SIS and less, to be
on engraved paper, and known as postal
notes, payable to bearer, such notes to be
invalid after three months, but the hold
er can after that time get the par value
of the note by applying to the PostOflice
Department at Washington. For issuing
a postal note fee of 3 cents shall be
charged. This bill authorizes the issue
of money orders in denominations Of
800 and less, but none for more than
800 can be issued. The following fees
are fixed to be charged for money orders;
For orders not exceeding $40, 8 cents;
from $40 to SIS, 10 cents; SIS to $50, 10
cents; $50 to $40. 20 cents; $40 to $50, 25
cents; $50 to $50, 80 cents; $50 to $40, 35
cents; $40 to $50, 40 cents, $50 to 800.
As cents,
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

A PROMINENT Grsenbacker of Indiana
has been throwing some light upon the
result of the last election in that state.
He claims to know and offers to prove
that 1900 Greenback votes were offered
to the Republican State Committee for
81 each, and, being declined, were offer
to the Democrats, who eagerly accepted
them and paid the price. Let us have
the proof.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

HE simOn-pure Greenbackers in
inc have again been snubbed by the
called Fusionists. The latter
ave gone over body and breaches to the
democrats and mortgaged all their in
duence and belongings to that party for
1884. The Fusionists will straddle the
tariff question, will oppose the prohibit
ton amendment, aud sit down on Scion
Chase and his followers whenever oppor-
tunity offers.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

1T is thought now since the adjourn
ment of Congress President Arthur will
appoint Mr.. Speere, of Georgia, United
States District Attorney for that state,
His name was sent to the Senate recent
ly and withdrawn, being member of
Congress, he was ineligible. According
to one Interpretation of the law he will
be ineligible after as we'll as during his
service In Congress, but the Attorney
General takes view of the case more
favOrble to the aspirant.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

NC the sessions of the Forty
Congress the total number of
md joint resolutions introduced in
houses was 1O,650. The reports of
aes cover 1915 pages of the Con-
lonal Record, having a'total Of 49,
100 words.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, governor of
Georgia, died at midnight last Saturday
night. He was one of the remarkable
men Of the country. At the outbreak Of
the rebellion he opposed secession with
all his ability, but finally succumbed to
the pressure brought to bear upon him
and became Vice President Of the So
called Confederate States. He was
among the first to accept of the result
of the arbitration of arms, and had there
been more like!him in the South, matters
would have been in much better shape
to-day.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10
RN TRIBUNE.
z. MARCH 10. 1888.
TOR PALMER.

that the selection of
'almer as successor to
y, to represent Michigan
tie was a happy solution
: blem engaging the at
legislature for 30 long a
lis election was likely to
ed party. The Republic
state seem to be unan-
approval and the Demo-
pendent press all cOncede
he position and that he
orthy representative of
state in the Senate.
hat is well and favOrably
)ut the entire state and
from the eastern and
4 of the state, he belongs
ore than another, but
i'll receive his attention.
financial resources, yet
emily of the people, a
asses, genial, large heart
ed ability, a ready and
or, studiOus and well in
rs in INTELLECT, a practical
ID business man, he can
BON to do honor to himself
Q represents.
,tiOn he was the recipient
,ongratulatOry kilograms
he state, many coming
cal opponents, especially
ity, Detroit. and on his
after city, from Lansing,
h an ovation from his
regardless of party, as
le honor to the most dis
he land. and 1t was a
fair 0Ottan nm on the spur
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10

.. the land. and 1t was a
ls affair gotten up on the spur
nent, showing the estimation
r is held in by those who know
and who was associated with
nately in the everyday affairs
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

RECENT advices from Egypt are va
rious and conflicting. Some reports
aIIege that Ell Mand1 IS vigorously
preparing to pass Kkartoum and at
tick the Egyptian power some hun
dreds of miles further down the river
The probability of the truth of this is
increased by the reported statement
of the khedive that it will be easier to
strike the false prophet decisive
blow at the first or second cataract of
the Nile than to attempt to follow
! him into the recesses of the Soudan.
! The same report inconsequentially
adds that Egypt will ney,.r retire
from the Soudan. But if Egypt in
tends to wait till Ell Mahdi has swept
with his victorious army TO the lower
cataracts before taking decided action
it looks immensely as though she had
already practically retired not only
from the Soudan but also from Nubia.
Other reports, however, state that
Ell Mahdi, far from making ready for
descent upon lower Egypt, is almost
without followers, and that he has
found extreme difficulty in organic
ing certain expeditions of very minor
Importance. But the brilliant victory
at Ell Obeid and that more recently
near Suakim, are not likely to leave
the energetic leader without adher-
ents. He not only represents the pop
ular di,affection with the oppressive
methods of Egyptian colonial admin
istration, but is regarded at the same
time by devout Moslems as the prom
ised Messiah who should greatly ex-
alt the glory of Islam. He can ap-
peal therefore, to both the patriotism
and religious prejudices of his people
to fire their zeal and rouse them to &C
tivitY. So it is. altogether unlikely
that he will be left without resources
to follow upland attempt to secure the
fruits of his recent successes.
It is almost certain that Egypt has
an obstinate and costly war upon her
hands before the rebels can be dis
persed and the country permanently
paciied. There can be no doubt that
it will be so managed that English
interests" shall not suffer.