St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-04-21
.JUDIcIAL ADyERTIsEmENTs.
: Z tI.A OF ROBERT A, NEWELL.
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PROBATE 8 DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST LANDRY.

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BY virtue Of an order OF the honorable Dis
trict Court, for the parish OF st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
any duly qualified auctloneer, on the premises,
ON WEDNESDAY, April 25tl, 1883, the
following described property. belonging TO
the estate OF Robert A. Newell, deceased,
z Jo-wit:
i. /. 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 bounded as Iol-
lows; commencing at the south west corner OF
= the north west quarter of section tWenty-three
in township one south OF range two east OF the
basis meridian, and runs due north TO tine banks
of the little Elm Bayou, thence up the SAD
: bayou to the fork coming in from Bayou Boeuf,
from the said fork OF Elm Bayou o 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 thrty-twO, and thence to
the commencing corner, containing three hum
dred and forty-nine acres
s 2. All OF a certain tractor land, except item
I Mol which is included In same, to-wit: a GER
f tain tract or parcel of land situated and lying
III the parishes OF Rapides, Ay0yelles and ST.
. Landry. principally in the parish OF ST. Landry,
aopnded northby lands supposed, to belong to
south by lands figuring as Il Spanish. grant on
the map to C. Adams and J. Thompson or
entered in the name OF G. Adams and y.
Thompson, east by lands of Samuel Compton
. and A. NJ. Haas. and west by lands of Mrs.
Jane CaIcote, e. q. Griffin and q. w. Spears,
containing one thousand and seventy acres
more or less, with all the buildings and I'M
uroyements thereon and being the last resi-
dence of the deceased. .szx
s. The north cast quarter of the south west
quarter OF section thirty,three ana lot NO. OF
range two east, southwestern district OF Louis
lana, containing one hundred and seventy
seven acres and ffty-two hundredths OF an
acre 177 52I1OO of an acre: also the west half of
the northeast quarter OF section thlrty-three,
same township and range aud containing sew.
enty-nine acres and sixty-three huadredths OF
an acre t79 631G0l also the east half OF the
north west quarter OF section sthirty-three in
township one south OF range two east, contain
ing seyenty-nine acres and sixty three nun
dredtls of an acre t79 63I1003 =
A. A certain tract of land lying either in the
i parish of Avoyelles OF St. Landry, described as
follows commencing at the corner common to
sections twenty-three, twenty four. Ihirty-one
az hthirty-twoin tow nsmp nine south Of range
two east, and running north 16, west Al chains
10 an ash tree in slough, marked x, thence
Chains and eighty links to a post, thence south
seventy-nine chains and seventy links TO g
post, thence east, twenty-eight chains and
seventy links to post. thence south seventeen
links to an IRON Wood tree marked NA and a
blaze, thence north sixteen, west forty-tEo
chains to commencement post; whence TO
north ten, east seven links to oak marked
8 ri
a. and north forty-fve, east seyenteeo links
to large gum marked by original survey ON
township One range two east "a. containing
one hundred and thirty -four acres and twenty
nine hundredths of an acre.. I'D III
Saving and excepting the four hundred acres
of land occupied by the widow and family as a
homestead, including the residence, gin house,
outhouses, and fences thereon.
The said property to be sold In lots of fifty
acres or thereabouts, and according to plat of
survey to be exhibited on day ofsale.
Terms-Cash
SARAH Al. NEWELL,
mch 24-5t Administrator.