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The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-16
Decisions judicaires concer-
nant les Journaux.

Toute personne qui retire re-
gulierement un journal du bureau
de poste, Qu'elle ait souserit on
non, que CO journal soft adress6
| a son nom on a ce1ui dun autre,
est responsible du Placement.
Toute personne qui renvoie un
journal est tenu de payer tous
les Averages qu'elle doit sur Pa
bonnement; autrement lediteur
peut continuer q le lui envoyer
iusqu'a ce qu'elle ait pay6. Dams
ce cas-, l'abonn6 est tenu de dom
ner, en- outre, le prix de l'abon-
nement jusqu'au moment, quill
ait retire on non le journal du
bureau de poste.
Tout abonn6 peut 6tre pour
suivi pour abonnen1ent dams le
district on lie journal Sc public,
lors m6me quill demeurait a des
|centaines de lieues de Get en-
droit.
Les tribunaux ont decide que
10 fait de refuser de retirer un
journal du bureau de poste our
de changer de residence ct de
laisser accumuler les numeros
d pancienne adresse, constitute
nne prescription ct une preuve
prine0 .facie d'intention de frau
de.
Duel dams pEtat dss Mississip-
pi. Ces jours derniers, I'M duel
an revolver ct sea vue q Gu lieu
dams une rue de Paulding, Mis-
The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-16
Dpe|ousas Steam Fire Company No. |,
At Perrodin's Hall, opelousas,
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 4TH, 1888.
LIST OF PRT&E5s

A Fine Ne0 Buggy uaud ooo
Splendid Seung Machine eatued $500
PrieA Magnificent Gold Watch UaIued at S7oW
ualued $4,000
Large Steel Engavng raIued $2OW
gilt pa"d $l5OO
Pre-4 Tin Bath Tub palued Sl2W
$5 $ooW
% $2ONO
100 Prizes $500 90
The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-16
LOUIS PUCHEU.

(Ancien empIacement de Julien Claude'l
MARCHAND DE-
Groceries, Provisions,
Quincaillerie, Faieace, Verrerie, Eerbtn"-
terie, Ustensiles dts " Granite
,vare," Fruits, Etc.
Huiles, Couleurs, Vernis,
pogles de Salon. ct les celebres Poeles de Cui-
sine "Charter Oak" ct autres.
BUVETTE joignant le magasin, ou f"n
trouvera les meilleures BLOSSOMS; aussl,
B5ere Bqtd2Ueiser Gt0cee.
Les plus hauts prix du marchs seront payes
pour 10 mousse, laine, peaux, ct toute espece
de produits du pays.
2ija
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morris; en- r6alit6 il ny en- a ell
que douze, CO qui est d6ja fort
regrettable; quaint au nombre
des bless6es, il est beaucoup
plus considerable. On ne sex
pliaue pas comment la police,
qui aurait df dependant s'atten-
Dire d CO qu'un grand nombre dc
personnes preftassent de CO jour
de fete pour visiter le pont, matt
pris aucune mesure extraordl-
naire ct ne Sc soft pas pr6occu-
pee des accidents qui devaient
in6vitablement Sc produire en-
laissant passer tant de monde a
Ia fOis. On estime en effet quill
V await plus de $1,000 visiteurs
sur le pont au moment de la ca
tastrophe. Plusieurs versions
ont etc misses en- circulation sur
la maniere don't l'accident est
arrive. La plus accr6ditee ct
en- meme temps la plus vraisem-
blable est celle d'aprss laquelle
une bande de malfaiteurs qui,
plus pr6voyante que la police,
await choisi Get endroit pour
theatre de ses operations, a etc
la cause premiere du d6sordre ct
de la panique qui sen est suivie.
Quoi quill en- soft, il faut esp6rer
que Pom va prendre Immediate
ment des mesures energiques
pour pr6venir le retour dune pa
reille catastrophe. Le nombre
de passagers a diminu6 le lende-
main de rs pour cent sur la
moyenne des jours pr6c6dents ;
les bateaux-ferries, au contraire,
Gtaient encombres; c'est tout
naturel.
LIE professeur Samuel W,
Johnson, qui dirige penseigne-
ment agricole au Yale College,
Massachusetts, Went d'essayer,
pendant trente jours, dams son
laboratoire, avec le plus grand
success, une invention appellee q
rendre de grands services al
public.
LIE professeur Humiston cher
chait, depuis longtemps, un
substitut au sci, au borax, e1
autres agents, pour la conserva
tion des viandes, des poissons
mis- en- boites, ainsi que du beur
re. II Went de le trouver; i
Pappelle Re9 Magnus. LIE DIR
Johnson en- a fait papplicatior
au poison, au beuf, an pore,
la volatile, au gibier, a la creme
aux huftres, au lait, ct pexpe
rience a reussi dams tous les cas-
LIE matelot ne sera plus obi
g6 do manger une viande horri
Element sal6e qui lui dome Il
scorbut; il emploiera la Wan
dine, c'est le nom de la marqu'
du Rec Magnss, applique q Il
, conservation des viandes. El
tout temps la viande, ainsi trai
tee, peut 6tre servie bien long
!, temps apres que l'animal ct
abattu, aussi fraiche que le pre-
mier jour.
Cette d6couverte va produir
une v6ritable revolution dan
le commerce dss huftres, du ho
mard, grace a pOce0n Ware
; (c'est le nom de la marque d.
! Res Magnts) applique au tes
!, taces ct aux crustac6s. Ills 8
conseryent dams un 6tat partial
/ de fraicheur, des semaines en-
there's, sans que Pom ait besoil
de recourir a la glace, meme al
milieu des plus grandes chaleurs
The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-16
4 V O G A T
KENNETH RAIIIIO.

Attention toute spectacle donnee q la collee
tion des r6clamations. mylltf
The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-16

Al VOCAT, Opelousas, bureau pres de celn
IN de Joseph MI. Moore. Exsrcera dams les
Cours du huitieme district judiciaire etdevant
la Cour Supreme a Opelousas. Des affaires
importantes seront prises des paroissea avoi
sinantes. lsept. 1876. 46tf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER.

In the Senate March LIST after falling o
secure members on the Tariff Conference
Committee because of refusal of members to
serve in the place of Bayard and Beck, the
Sundry Civil bill was taken up aud considered
The House in committee took up the River
and Harbor bill, which after a protracted de-
bate was passed by vote of 112 to so.
After balloting for United States Senator
during the entire session, during which
eighty-one ballots were taken, the Michigan
Legislature finally elected Thomas w. Palmer,
of Detroit. Upon the eighty-first ballot there
was a stampede to Palmer and he received,75
votes. y
Public debt statement for February: Total
without interest, $5l3,e43, 4O4; total debt
(priRelpaD, Sl,sSS 45l, 099; total interest S1l,-
OBJ, 563; cash in treasury. sos, 26G, AS: debt
less cash in treasury, sl,5S6, 256, IA; decrease
during February, $9,630,61S.
A proposition has passed both Houses or
the Massachusetts, Legislature for biennial
elections of State officers and sessions of the
Legislature. 1TFl ggM -
Ii is stated that although an extra session
OF the Senate is improbable, there are posi-
bilites likely to arise which may make it i'm
perative.
TIE mint coinage at Philadelphia for Feb
ruary was 6, sec, 40 pieces, valued at 81, lOO,-
$50. 49, N4s[s
The Western Nail Association, of Pittsburg,
met recently and decided to close their fac
tories Tor two weeks more.
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany
has been gazetted q knight of the Grand
Cross of the Order of Bath. h
I Edward Daley, living near Columbia, No,
the father Of large family, was shot and
killed by Mrs. Sarah Person., one night re-
Gently, 1T The residence Of the latter in Column
on. Daley had formerly been a visitor at
| the house, and damage suit for 5000 was
a Few months. ago Instituted against him
by Mrs. Pierson for alleged \ assault
Committed during one OF his visits
SiOceI that time the parties have been
on unfriendly terms. On the night OF the
shooting he visited the house again, Mrs
Piefson being alone with her children, her
husband being absent in the country. He
sought admittance to the house and got into
! the hah near the door of her room. when she
6red upon him twice, with fatal eject. The
deceased was relative Of Judge Daley, OF st.
Louis, and prominent citizen Of Boone
| County. ~
The Finance Committee of the Board Of
Supervisors OF San. Francisco lately, in a
spasm of economy, decided to dispense with
all street lamps, recommended two months
vacations Of courts, and that expenses in the
offices of Clerk and Sheriff be reduced until
the next fiscal year. The pay of the police
! force was also largely reduced -
I A prospeetor recently treturDed toVictoria
reports rich silver discoveries in British Co
lunbia. e.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

AFTER tho Senate sent the Tariff bill
TO the House, Il was discovered that by
the omission of n punctua.ion-mark the
duty on iron and steel was increased
$500 per ton over what the Senate in
tended to make it, and also, by an eccen-
tricity of punctuation the rate on fence
wire was increased one-quarter Of a cent
above what the Senate intended to place
II at This mistake as to the comma re-
calls similar mistake made some ten
years ago, when, by the misplacing of a
comma in the bill relative to the duty
on tin plates, the law was so changed
that the Government was compelled to
expcnd 81 ,000,000 in refunding duties.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

BEFoKE the Senate Tariff bill, lately
passed by that body, had been reported
10 the House it is said nearly the entire
delegation from Pennsylvania found in
their mail remonstrances from all parts
Of the State against agreeing TO the SEN
ate measure. Later in the day kilograms
poured IN upon the members from the
business men Of Pennsylvania, protesting
against the bill. 1t was thought possible
that Pennsylvania votes would defeat the
Senate bill if it should be brought up in
The House on motion to suspend the
rules. -a-.. --, l-.r exc
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

THE Department of State has received
an application Of the British Government
for the extradition of Z. j. Sheridan, n
writer on the Irish World, who is sus-
Pccted of completely in the Phoenix Park
murders The Secretary of State issued
a,warrant for the arrest of Sheridan, and
it was placed in the hands Of West, the
British Minister. A United States Com
missioner will decide whether he is sub
Jet 10 extradition under the warrant.
Sheridan expresses willingness to meet
the charge, and nys if he is taken to ire
land he will show up in the true light
the condition of affairs in that distracted
portion of the Queens dominions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
Expiring Bank Charters.
WASHINGTON nc Febrr,

WASHINGTON, d. c., February o.
Tomorrow the charters of more than s@
National Banks in various parts of the coun.
try expire. Nearly all the banks first estab
lished went into operation on February 81
1863, and their charter peyiod of twenty YEAR,
has terminated Al but five have been ex,
emined by special agents and will go on with
out delay, under new charters, but with the
same organization. The others will do thu
same as soon as the examiners report upor
them. Not one has given notice that it pre-
ferred to close up business. From this time
bank charters VIII be constantly expirins
but on no day so many as to morrow.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

IT is estimated that over 100000
worth Of property was destroyed or dam
aged by the late floods in the State Of
Indiana alone. Every city, village and
town ON the Ohio river and other streams
suffered to a greater or less extent. Such
a general food disaster has never been
known before in the Ohio valley as that
caused by the late freshet. 1t is also
feared by the health authorities that an
epidemic Of some character may follow
the track Of the overflow during the ap-
preaching hot season, and Congress was
asked to make acontingent appropriation
Of 800, 900, to he used, in case of neces-
Iity, to prevent such a calamity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
Floating Aroiuna Like corK...
CAsErv1LLE, Ky, February |,

CASEYVILLE, NJ, FEBRUARY 20.
The town of CaseyviIIe, KY, containing 1000
Inhabitants, is completely inundated, except
a fe~ residences on the high bluff to the
south. Houses are floating around like corks,
and the Ohio has not Yet begun to fan. AL
and every stock Of goods in town ruined
Many people are in want of food, and there is
urgent need for outside aid.
Every foot of Uniontown is under water,
and forty houses have fioated off People are
living rim the CHURCHES. school houses and ho-
tells, and twenty families are on board the
whaIfboat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

TN; resignation Of Lieutenant Com
mander Gorringe, Of the Navy, has
been rendered by that officer to the
President owing to the receipt of letter
from Secretary Chandler which the lat.
ter says was ''grossly insulting to me as
an officer and man, and determined
10 have redress" which redress, he as
serted, he could not have while he re-
manned an officer subject 10 the Secre-
Iary's control. ......
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

TEXAS is troubled at the large amount
of surplus cash in her treasury at present
.., Such elephants" are not often COM
~ planned Of, either by States or individ-
uAls, but nevertheless this commercial
elephant bids fair 70 become trouble
some The cash in the treasury is about
: 80 $2,OO0,00O, while the bond Of the Treas
urer Is only $4,000, and the Legislature
80 took under consideration the propriety
Of making the Treasurer's bond 100000
OF 100000. Il was urged that the
.-5 present faithful and honest old Treasurer,
TB. Lubbock, who has held Offices in the
State since 1899, will not always be
Treasurer, aud that Treasurers Of the Polk
OrVincent turn Of mind could easily give
.oer the $40, 900 bond now required and steal
million or 80 dollars, literally pay their
suretics back with interest and skip. The
.as Treasurer says no viii resign If such a
g... bopd IS required, and thus the Legisla-
Ao. turo and Treasurer stand showing their
teeth at each other over two millions of
surplus eash. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

The announcement comes from ST.
Petersburg that no amnesty 10 political
prisoners will be extended on the occasion
of the Cars coronation and no constitu-
tion proclaimed. Alexander and his adj
yisers seem determined to defy the dyna-
mite brigade and make no concessions
whatever.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

1T is stated that Secretary Folger has
directed United States Treasurer Gill
:illan not TO order any more Of the five
cent nickels from the minis until their
legality can be established. 1t is claimed
that the new nickels do not come within
a strict construction Of the law creating
them because they do not indicate pre-
ciscly what amount they represent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
JonN W FogrtRyof Indiona. who !,

JONI w, FosTER, of Indiana, who has
been Minister to Mexico and Minister to
Russia, was recently nominated Minister
10 Spain. Since his retirement from our
diplomatic service Mr.. Foster is under
stood to have been the attorney of the
Mexican and Spanish Governments in
Washington City. The selection by Pres
ident Arthur was without his knowledge
or solicitation. lie retired from the
diplomatic service of his own will and
against the desires of the Department. of
State. He has extensive business engage
ments in connection with the affairs Of
the Mexican Government. The Presi-
dent made personal request that Mr..
Foster should consent to 80 to Spain, if
only for year, or until some pending
questions which are perplexing can be
untangled and settled. 1t was with much
reluctance that Mr.. Foster finally agreed
10 accept the mission FVrYF
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

Bermuda group contains 365 isl
ands with total of about IL. 600 acres.
the four largest being connected with
bridges which afford a driveway over
the smoothest and hardest of roads.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

fore under Ingalls, resolution the Senate con-
ferees must, withdraw. Representatives Ram
dali, Morrison and Tucker each successfully
declined TO serve on. the committee on the part
OF the HoueA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

BoTH Houses of the Montana Legisla-
ture passed, unanimously, vote Of
thanks 10 Governor Crosby, General
Sheridan and Senator Vest for the in
lerest manifested by them in protecting
Yellowstone Park.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

The near-sighted college professor.
who once stumbled upon cow and said
politely: al beg your pardon, madam,
and again collided with a lady and ex-
claimed; "Getfou OF the way you
brute" has been out-done by the Bos-
ton lady who. while carrying her dog
in her arms, fell violently upon the ice
and was heard apologizing to the
canine for her carelessness.-BoSton
f0St. .fa r-s aaya4r-r. i4t.s ~ e
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

:. Charles Gillespie, driverof COKE
wagon in Pittsburgh, went TO Stock
ton, Cal, three years ago. and paid
visit to bachelor uncle. The latter's
death now gives Charles and his sister
a fortune of $500, OO0.-Pi1SGttrgh Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

Now that quinine has been placed
on the free list there will probably be no
more reports of earthquakes from New
Jersey. Y. Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

The alleged swindIing in diamonds
by means of painted gems is de Jared
10 be an impossibility by dealers in
precious stones.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
The Wabash Falling.

NINCENNEs, IND., February y.
The Wabash River has gradually fallen. un.
til it's now but twenty feet in the channel
This Is still high, and great amount of water
is yet covering the lands bordering MP IN the
river The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad was
repaired sufficiently for trains to pass over
the track last night. and trains are now run.
ming regularly. The Wabash Railroad IS torn
70 pieces in several places, but W II be re-
paired on short order. A b ridye at Pale tine
was badly damaged and only saved from,
drif, ing away By ropes holding it into posi-
ton. -
Two hundred miners at the Washington
Coal Mines are out OF work because of con-
siderable water in the mines If work is not
resumed soon we NAV experience a miniature
coal famine. The relief association organized
here Friday night for the purpose OF render,
ing aid to home sufferers, raised about $500
yesterday in this city. They are still en-
Dloyed in the noble and charitable occupa-
ton. The special committee, consisting of
Hon. T. T. Reilly, Hon. II. q. Evans and Mayor
Starlight, who went to indianapolis to secure
money from the legislative relief fund. re.
turned last night with $1,000. An additional
amounts expected and promised. our poor
and destitute are now in good prospect of Sc
reuring the help they absolutely need. and the
work o! distributing food and clothing will
be3in at once. 81 M M
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
A Big River ut Cairo.

.af t.. CAIRO, ILL.,, February ..
The situation here is unchanged, as far as
the general condition of things is concerned.
The waters appear to be swelling very little,
and night recorded on the gauge fifty two
feet one inch, an unprecedented stage, two
inches higher than the great flood OF Febru-
AIRY last. 1t is thought TO night the rise has
reached its utmost. We have no reports of
suffering from the surrounding country, and
it may he settled that people generally in the
bottom lands have been provided for, and
nothing remains to be damaged thorough
tour OF the levces this afternoon round them
in splendid condition, with no washes or
abrasions from the heavy winds which pre-.
Val ed last night. Dispatches from the Col
conda report n tall OF one inch, and about on
Il stand at Paducah. Tie Wabash is falling
an inch an hour ut GRANVILLE. The influence
OF the great Ohio hood is felt at Harrisburg
III, on the Wabash Railway, thtv miles in
the interior. where the waters of the Saline
backed bv the Ohio, is sixteen inches on the
rallroad 'acks, and the. town is almost an
Island rom The backwaters. Private advices
from Columbus, Ky, report the town sub
merged to the depth OF ten feet and stores on
highertrohnd have three feet of water on the
1noors., Monnd CITY holds out BRAY ely, and Is
" eatheIing the gale.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

A BROOKLYN boarding house keeper has
brought suit OF thirteen thousand dollars.
Tor forty-seyen years. board furnished an old
bachelor who died recently with fortune Of
s21o,ooO. He left her q legacy of five thou
sand dollars, and directions that She should
charge him eight dollarsa week for the time
ne had lived and roomed with her after de-
ducting eight dollars a mont b for the rent OF
the house which belonged to hirngISHe in
tended to marry her, but put It off, until he
died, concluding to pay FOR his own hoard i ,e
stead OF for s.--Brooklgn (N. VI Ea1le.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

The late Samuel Wfiletts; Of New York.
who left an estate valued at S., 900, 900, be-
qusathed $54o 600 for educational and chart.
table purposes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

Jack McCarty, the, notorious confidence
man, who was recently convicted at Dodge
City and escaped while awaiting sentence, was
SMALLPOX iis Hs -a ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

ovER-ExERcIsE on roller-skates has killed
FOUR ambitious Louisville girls.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
THE BUILDINGS BURNED
TIVE STATES LOSS

on this property is total, and will root up to
SSo,27l according to the inventory by the APP
praiserS and reported by the inspectors to the
Assembly on January Is last. OF this amount
shops ,, and represent respectively $l2,5)O
s950 and SlS01'. The machinery, boilers
and shaftin" stand for Sla.2IO, while the bal
ance covers the oil house, hose house. water
tanks, corn mills machine shops, WOODEN
factory, carpenter shops and furniture be-
longing to the state in the shops
The fire throws $50 prisoners and fifty suuare
men out of employment. 1t VIII probably
take the whole OF the building season to- re-
buiid ana reit the shops, but the Warden
thinks n large part of the men will be at VI DIRK
in three months. tftf -..f.. ttlf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
THE CONTRACTORS LOSSES.

tisimpossible to estimate accurately the
manufacturers losses at present. Mr.Giesecke
is insured for ss5.OO), and his loss will mo-,
equal this amount, as he'succeeded in saving
a portion of the stock. Mr.. Strauss saws he Is
insured for something like Ss2O00, but thinks
his actual loss on, stock is between 5000 and
100000, The Standard Shoe Company carry
an Insurance of $4,000. and this amount il
somewhat in excess of.their loss The Excel.
sior Broom Company's loss is 5000, and not
fr1sf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09

Johnson the ring reader of the revolt to-
day was sent up from shelby County for rob-
berry and grand larceny and was a terror to
that county. He put up at hotel in that
county and during the night he entered the
bedroom of the proprietor with cooked re-
.volveT. and, in the, presence, of his wife,
compelled the man to go ~ d lwn stairs
unlock the safe and deliver his
money-quite large sun. he was ar.
rested, it taking twenty-fo men to capture
him. During his trial at ShelbyyiIle he
jumped ont of the Court house window, car
rying out the sash, and in the fall broke his
lee. Johnsonma lie de sperate effort to escape
while on his way to Jefferson City by an at
TEN 2t to snatch a pistol from one of the
guards He was overpowered and brou. hi
mere IN irons. 49, - - --------- -