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i splendid bridge has been erected
aessss bayou lesson on Bellevue street.
Ths DID one had become dangerous.
0ur streets and crossings generally arc
baing improved.
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sood brick-burner wanted-see ad-
satisement.
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nam Isacks s. Co. report the junk
S.. .nytl,ing but failure.
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WANTED.

A GOOD BRICK BURNER. Address i'm
N mediately, giving references,
SAM'L. M. PETERS,,
March 3. 1888 Opelousas, La.
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$500 REWARD.

n WILL pay the above reward for informa-
4 tion that will convict the party or parties
who tore down my sign on the night OF the
Goth Feb. 1888 REM MORNHINVEG.
OpeIousas Feb "a, 1888.
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SIZE attended, ball-t2anced to late
hour-beeame overheated-Went home
thinly clad, in cold, damp night air and
caught cold. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of appetite--slight fever-dry skin
pains and aches-chilly sensations-in-
disposition to get up. Remedy-one bottle
Drongoole's English Ienacle BstteTs.
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TSOR SALE.--A good young improved Gre
piy to W. 4. ;andoz, as Littelfs drugstore.
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Serious and loud complains made
against the Police Jurors and, over
seers about the miserable ess OH of
our roads and bridges. Tlst al,am
bridge was swept away weeEv 20, and
the planters of Bellevue ant sae nbor-
hood have been practically t,t off in
transportation to and from d. lousas
ever since. Some of our M fss}. nts as
sert'that by reason of this Oh toa .as has
lost hundreds of dollars il tr de and
cotton, as the people conf no reach
our maj iket. The Police Jur fel ly ap-
propriated $500 for the builc sg Of this
bridge, and no mechanic VIC id accept
it. This is large bridge an 1ho price
offered is considered entirely made
quate. We hear of some NO assert
that they will not pay taxes usless they
are provided with passable rods.
There are some very badbog holes
in the main roads leading ito town,
notably in Garland's lane, opnoite Yea
zie's; in Taylor's lane, jut beyond
Beauehamp's store; and. Hrr's lane,
opposite the Greenwood aantation.
We might inquire, just here, ,what has
become of the committee appointed by
the Police Jury several monthsago to lay
out road leading to town inthis vici-
nifty. The building of ne, road on
the edge of the woods woulscost less
than the constant repairs rquired on
the present road, which is stuated on
low ground, and has been rom time
immemorial perfect bog holdn every
wet season, and would, besitss, prove
a shorter aud better highwayfor most
persons who are now compelle1o travel
the present one.
We make these illusions u special
request of parties who are the mferers
thereby, and who speak seriousg OF re-
porting the road overseers for tbs grave
dereliction of duty. The weathsr is fine
now, and the roads should be slaced in
travelling condition. Itcannogbe done
Mt hetter time than now, because it il
the business season of the yeae and
great deal of hauling has to be- spne 10y
the people.
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PARTITION SALE.
District Court, Parish st. Landry, No. i3,4O7
DUCOUDRAI D'AVY VS.. CLARA LAM0-
RAINIER TTTTRIX


RANDIER, TUTRIX.
By virtue of an order of sale to effect par
tition issued out of the Thirteenth judicial
District Court in and for the parish Of st.
Landry, in the above entitled and numbered
case, there will be sold at public sale TO the
last and highest bidder, by the undersigned
or any duly qualified auctioneer, on the prem
ises hereinafter described, in the town of Opel.
ousas, on WEDNESDA 7, the 7th day OF
March, 1883, at IL o'clock a. M, the follow
ing described property, to.wit:
A certain lot of ground, situated in the town
of Opelousas, with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon, bounded north by r
Raymond and Henriette Lachapelle, east BY
by Mrs jean Medicis, being lot No. 2 of the
inventory of the estate of Yves DAvy, de-
ceased, aud which is now held in indlvlsaoh
by plaintiff and his sister, Clara DAyy.
Terms-Cash.
GILBERT L. DUPRE.
Feb II, 1888 Auctioneef
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! a indebted to Hon. E. W. Rob-
..., r 81 valuable public documents.
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Proceedings of the Board Of Police oi
the Town of opslousas
OpELousAs, FEB. g, 1882

OPELoUsAs, FEB q, 1852
The Board of Police of the Town of Opel
ousas met pursuant to call Of tue President
Present: James Ray, President; "A: B: Cha
eher6. l.. Birotte, L. A. Sandoz, Felix Lesas-
sier. B. Martin, aud Emile Pefferkorn.
Mr.. Sandoz submitted an ordinance entitled
An Ordinance to provide for the more etfse
tual police of the town, etc, etc." when. on
motion OF Mr. Martin, the ordinance was laid
on the table.
On motion Of Mr. Martin, Resolved that
Section / of az ordinance adopted by this
Board May eth. 1874, be amended SO as to
read as follows, and that the entire ordinance
be republished:
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Tie following are the official returns
of tile Congressional election held in the
sirth District on February IS:
literary Curiosities.


The poet, Richard Henry Stoddard's
brilliant narrative ofti,e " Life OF Wash
ingtan Irving forms No. in the eie-
ecas.t little Eteerir Library, and y sold
for slie price of only 6 cents! After all,
eheas, and handsome books al not lin
tied TO theso-called apiratical reprints"
.as this. illustrates: the publishers paid
Mr.. stoddard $500 for the manuscript
of this sketch which il tax OF only q
l,alf-cent each, when charged over TO
one hundred thousand of their custom
ers. Number of the Library, also just
issued, contains Andrew Wilson's : me
Sea. .serpents Of Science price 2 cents
and Number 6, Tennyson's famous
4 Enoch Arden,n price 2 cents-in for
mer wears sold inlarge editions for Si.oo'
or more, per copy. And yet, these num.
bers are in beautiful type, handsom g
printed on excellent paper. Sold ny az
dealers. John B. Alden, Publisher, u
vesey street, New York.
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Tough on CssiI!s,"
Cures 5 cases for rs cts. 10 cash or stamps.
Mailed by John Parhara, atlanta, Ga.

BArLEY's SALINE ApERIENT is now
recognized as the best and cheapest, and
most pleasant cathartic in use, for the
special cure of headache, constipation
heartburn, acid stomach, dyspepsia, etc.
Itcools and quiets, while as o sparkling
summer beverage, it is delightful.
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SohGHuM.-Within the past year Or
two machinery has been perfected for
making a lne article Of sugar out IT.. q
Amber Cane, or Sorghum. lt gives 9
bountiful yield to the acre, makes flne
article Of syrup, natures in August, ana
ID i'd easily cultivated as corn. The sec
ond clop ID the fall, from the stnbble,
makes excellent forage for horses and
cattle. Tie amber variety il the best
of Ill others. The seed also makes ex-
cellent feed for stock. Plant some Of i.
Major A. Simon has tried it and speaks
ID high terms of It's prolific nature and
great value, for both man and beast.
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SMALL Pox.-This obnoxious disease
made it's appearance in the vichity of
Whiteville, on Upper Bayou Bmt5 some
two weeks ago, and on Monday list had
increased to eighteen cases, With one
death. On Monday, DR.. w. NJ. homp.
son and Prof. Eli Mcdaniel wensto the
infected district to render medicaSaid to
the nnfortunates and to ascertain he tx
tent of the disease. Up to Wednesday,
Dir. Thompson lad vaeciuated abont
400 persons, and represents the disease
to be of mild type. So far it IL con
fined to the colored population, ansfrom
the precautions inaugurated weEhope
the disease will be confined to itspres-
ent limits, if not entirely arrested p its
spread.
LATER. = On Friday morning here
we're % cases reported on Bayou lae'lf,
two of which proved fatal. Two iases
are also reported at DR.. Debaillonss, in
Old Grand. Prairie, l2 miles from OPEL
ousas.
The Parish Board Of Health llse Sc
cured a quantity of vaccine virus which
will be furnished physicians frP o1
charge, on application. provided ahes
make no charge for yaccinating.
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@ O M M I T r e E
P.J. HUBER, Chairman;
j. PiEjole, Pm. Held,
w B. Fleming, B. Il. Belcher.
81. B. Verret.
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The Town Council, at its meetips %
Wednesday, refused to pass .sInove
on !, ordinance, and right upon thdheels
Of this action unanimously adopted the
principal section thereof eerbatifa, and
incorporated it into an already exiting
ordinance. The COURIER consratnlates
the Council upon its :" sober second
thougllt,n and is gratifed to refer the
reader to another column wherein is
published the amended ordinance IN
the FIRST section of which is embodied
!. the mouiag spirit of the rejected for.
dinance. "A rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
Now that the means have heen placed
at his disposal, the people will expect at
the hands of the town constable a
prompt abatement of what had become
an intolerable nuisance.
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~, Ionrnal Of Parish School Board
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...,.T .Tournal OF Town of opelousas
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Real Estate Transrers.

The following transfers of real estate in this
county have been recorded at the Registry of
Deeds:
Portland-Julia E. D. Carroll to Julia A.
Drinkwater, land, $274.40.
Diamond Island Association TO Mary B. M.
Clement land on Diamond Island 1924.
Harriet f. Jordan to Edward Hasty, land
and buildings, $500.
Isaac 81. Merrill ct ais to Lewis A. Goudy
land on Bramhall street, $2250.
Isaac 81. Merrill ct ais to Lewis A. Cloudy.
land on Western Promenade, $3.50.
Alice P. Anderson ct al to Bertha e. Cleye-
land, land, 81.
Deering- S. Smith to Martin W.
Best, land, $500.
Joel Murray to Martin W. Best, land. $500.
John Bedul to City of Portland, land,
$685.
Martin W. Best to City of Portland, land,
$1S4166.
Scarboro-Alvan B. Larrabee to Sarah s.
Larrabee, land and buildings $500.
First Parish of Scarboro to Alvan B. LARA
bse. land and buildings, $500.
/ Cumberland-Joseph B. Lang ct ais to Sarah
G. Dunn, land and buildings, $462.5O.
Hsrrison-Adaline w. Paine ct al to Mar
shall W. Brown, land, $500.
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The exhibition of engravings at the rooms
of the Art Society continues to be well patron
lied Notwithstanding the numerous other at
fractions in the way of amusements at the pre-
sent time. Through the courtesy of the
American Electric Light Company of this city
the rooms are now lighted by the electric light
which renders the critical examination of the
prints in the evening as easy as by day light
1t has been disputed point whether the
electric light would improve the appearance
of pictures or otherwise, but so far as its effect
upon engravings is concerned whoever visits
the rooms in the evening can have but one
opinion for it certainly is decided improve
ment over the gas light of the first two nights.
A large magnifying glass has been placed at
the desk for the use of those who wish to ex-
anime more closely the methods pursued by
the various artists in producing different
effects of texture and complexion
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The Name OF Maine.

To the Editor of the Press.
A correspondent asked, few days since, in
formation respecting the origin of the name of
our State Sullivan in his tHistory of the Dis
trict of Maine," writer who is notably incor-
which he has!treated says p. 307: The territory
was then called the Province of Mayne, by way
of compliment to the Queen of Charles l., who
was daughter of France, and owned as her
private estate, province there, called the
Province of Meyne, now called the Province
of Maine But since the general government
has made our territory district, it has lost one
Of its letters which formerly was used, and is
now called MAN, This explanation was
adopted by Hubbard Indian Wars, vol 1. D.
81 and other writers and the question for
years appeared 10 be settled, when it was re-
opened, and Sullivan declared to be wrong be-
cause the consort of Charles l. owned no lands
in the French Province of Maine. TIE reason
given was insufficient, and Sulivan's view has
been generally adopted as the true one, with
out proper examination of the subject. The
use of the word Main by old writers when
speaking of our coast is very common: thus
Smith says that the Indians wished him. when
at certain islands, to go to the "Meeyne" and
Hubbard speaks of the isl md near which Wey-
mouth anchored as appearing like the Mayne.
The patent to Mason Hazards State Papers,
vol. l, p. 1861 likewise mentions "a tract OF
land upon the Mdgne". Many other exam
pies of this use of the word might be given if
necessary, but the charter of Charles T. to
Gorges of the territory in question ought to
settle the matter. This may be found ia Haz-
ard, vol l, 442, Suliyan's Maine, 397, and the
original copy in York Records, vol. /, Is. In
this charter it will be seen that the King speaks
of it as the Maine or Maine land, and then
"ordeynes' that it shall be called the 1Prov-
ince or Couptie of Maine" These are the
words ofithe charter. "Wee have given, graunt-
ed and confrmed-unto the saide Sir Ferdi-
nando Georges, his heirs, &C., all that 5parte,
purparte and portion OF the maine land OF New
England here follows the description-ssas
also all the Islands and Illets lyenge within
five leagues of the Maine, all which parte
purparte or portion of the saide Maine land
and all and every the premises hereinbefore
named. Wee doe for us our heirs and success.
sors create and incorporate into one Province
or County and, Wee do name, ordeyne and
appointe that the portion of the maine land and
premises aforesaid, shall for ever hereafter be
called the Pf0Uince or Coatotie Of Maine, and
not by any other name or names whatsoever"
With this document before him, how could
Sullivan travel in imagination to France-for
he had no clue in fact TO lead him there lin or
der to find the origin fer the name OF our State
We might indeed wonder, were we not ac-
quainted with his methods of adjoining historic
cal subjects. j. B.
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s1s9,4s2.14
Commissioners, Notice.

NE undersigned, having been appointed by the
:. = honorable Judge of Probate, for the County
Oh cumberland on the third Tuesday of September.
a. u; 1858, commissioners to receive and examine
Jne claims OF creditors against the estate of Isabel
\. buIterneld, late of Baldwin in said county de-
ceased whose estate is represented insovent. here
3y give notice that six months from the eighteenth
gay OF September, A. d. 1883, are allowed to said
creators IN which to present and prove their claims:
ana mat they will be in session. at the office of D.
1. hlcnardson, in said Baldwin, for the purpose of
recelvins the same, upon the following days viz
9aaturday the seventeenth day of November, A, D..
1888; Saturday the fifteenth day of December. A,
NJ, 1850 and Tuesday the eighteenth day of
hye O'Clock, in the afternoon of each of said dsvs
Dated this fifth day of October, A. d !, 1888.
DANIEL i. RICHARDSON r..
JoSES II. MILIIKEN. Commissioners.
w3wA1
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and come back at 8. The o'clock boat does
not get down until after dark, and it is cold
and gloomy waiting for that. This informa-
kept close secret among the readers OF the
PRESS, SO that outsiders may not reach the
harvest first. We may shortly expect some
lovely Indian summer days, when balmy
breezes will tempt the lovers of nature hither-
ward, for one last day by the sea before the ice
and snow shuts it out for the long winter.
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City Hall Ventilation.

1t does seem as if something should be done
to ventilate City Hall properly. AS the mat
ter now stands there is virtually no ventila-
ton. With the so-called ventilaters open
enrrent of cold air sweeps down, in some mys-
FERROUS way, and attacks people whose seats
are on the aisle ends of settees, and especially
those In the rear, sides, and corners of the
hall, freezing their feet and legs, while, from
the knees upward, they are baking. The air,
too, that is taken into the lungs, is positively
vile. Saturday night, at the opera, the discom-
fort was very great, and notice was called to
the lack of ventilation when the side door was
opened for few moments and most grateful
breath of cool air was waited across the
hall. What is needed is some plan to change
the air of the hail. letting fresh, pure warm
air take the place Of the vitated air CONSTANT
ly. Half of many spectators enjoyment In a
play, or opera, is destroyed by the sensations OF
vertigo caused by the foul air.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-09
LYcEuM THEATRE.


The Lyceum was crowded last evening at
the opening performance of the season. Long
before the hour for commencing every seat and
all the standing room were taken up, and many
were turned away. In the opening part there
were songs by Clara Wilbur, Annie Phillips
and Nellie Abbott, with Tom Martin and Billy
Kelly as end men. In the second part Johnnie
Mack appeared in negro songs, Kelly and
Martin in their song and dance act,
"Trif1ings," and Miss Nellie Abbott in new
songs. Vassall, "tbe wonder WORKER did not
appear as advertised, but in his place were the
comedians, Harry LIE Clair and W. J. Russell
IN their musical comedy, "A Practical joke .
IN which Mr. LIE Clair personates five different
female characters, Introducing new songs,
dances and duets The entertainment con-
cluded with the laughable farce, "Who Owns
the Baby" in which nearly the whole COM
pany appeared. The bill was one of the best
ever presented at the Lyceum.
The theatre has been repainted since last
season and improved in many respects. Prof.
Robert Richardson has charge of the orchestra.
The music last evening was very fine.
NOTES.
Prof. Kotzschmar will continue as musical
director of Oxford County Musical Associa-
ton convention, to be held at Bethel, October
1913. Harvey Murray will preside at the
piano, and Mrs. Alice Tewksbury at the organ.
The State street quartette will take the solos
OF the Messiah, which is the principal work for
practice
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-09
Suit Against the Grand Trunk.

The suit which was begun in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday afternoon, ex-
cited great deal of interest. The facts in the
case are, that on the night Of Aug. 81, 1882,
Capt. Nahum Fitzgerald was walking on the
railroad track on Browns wharf. A Grand
Trunk freight train ran over him and inflicted
injuries which proved fatal in short time. He
was found by some clerks a short time after the
accident, and this was the first that any one
knew of the occurrence. An inquest was held
in due form, and it appeared that no employe
of the railroad knew anything of the accident.
The family of the unfortunate man now sue
fol. $50, 600 damages. The jury yesterday af-
ternoon visited the scene of the accident.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-09
Accident on Washington Street.

we'll from Cumberland took fright on Wash
ton street and ran away. Mr.. Farewell was
thrown out and his leg was broken badly. DR..
Cammett was called and attended to the
wounded man. Afterwards Rch's ambulance
took him to the Maine General Hospital. Tue
gentleman's son was also In the wagon and
was thrown out, but striking on soft earth es-
caped serious injury.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-09
School Committee.

0SAOO4 op1lAlUt60s
An adjourned meeting of the school board
was held last evening, the mayor presiding at
the opening, and on his being called away DR..
Files was called to the chair. Present, Messrs.
Holden, Files, Merrill, Bradley and Brigge
Voted, That power be granted to Supervis-
ors to allow their teachers applying to attend
the meeting of the Pedagogical Society at Lew
ton on Friday next.
Miss Stetsons resignation of her position in
the High School was read and accepted
On the recommendation of Col. Merrill, it
was voted that Miss Annie P True be trans
ferred temporarily from the Butler School to
the High School.
On motion of Mr.. Bradley, it was voted that
Miss Mary G. Whitney be transferred tempo
rarily from the North school to the Butler
school.
Notice was given that Miss Margaret W
Langthorn has been transferred from the Prac-
tics class to the Primary department of the
North school. This action was approved.
Attention was called by DIR. Files to the op-
portunity of testing kindergarten teaching in
one room of the Center street school. This met
with general approval but no action was taken.
The requests OF several parents for their
children to be allowed to come regularly late to
school in consequence of late dinner hours,
were considered, and it was voted that it is
not exepedent to grant these requests.
Miss Van Lands request for the admission
of her children ip school outside their dis
trict was considered, and the subject was de-
ferred until after the report of the special
committee on district lines.
The subject of "Rules and Regulations" the
regular order of the meeting, was now taken
up. The repors of the committee on rules and
regulations was read by Mr.. Briggs, and, with
some notifications, the rules were adopted,
article by article, and finally ordered to be
printed as amended, under the direction of
Mr. Briggs, acting as chairman Of that COM
mittee, together with such of the State statutes
and city ordinances pertaining to schools as
seem desirable to be inserted