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St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

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St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

The weather has been horrible this
week, cold and very vet. All outdoor
werk was suspended. On account of the
mild weather up to Christmas, there
was little demand fol- wood, and the
cold, vet weather since has made the
wood piles il town grow small, and the
miserable condition of the roads makes
it almost impossible for wood to be
hauled.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
.WOTFCE.

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans Ia.
January 18th 1884
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Judge or Clerk of District Court at OpeIoasas
La, on February 23d, 1884. viz: Ulgare vi
dfine Homestead No. 5405 for the ScTth half of
North half of Sec. 20 Z. s. 3. Q w. Louisiana.
Meridian.
cDHe names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, aud cultivation
of, said land, viz: Nepolan Dauget, Theodule
Dauget, Melton Racherson, Levi Hardesty,
@. B. DARRALL,
Jan 19-5t Register.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

Friday night last week, colored
man was shot and killed at Rayne in
this parish, By Mr.. D. N. Bull, who
came to Opelousas, surrendered him-
self to the authorities, and was let to
bail. We have been unable to learn
the particulars.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

Everybody should vote against the
first proposed amendment to the
Constitution.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

We heartily concur in the view of our
contemporary OF the Claiborne Guar
dian, that the next Legislature should
lose no time in repeating, or at least,
greatly simplifying the provisions of
The present State election law. That pre-
vision of this law which requires that
all the ballots cast at a State election
shall be printed on certain kind of
Daper, to be furnished by the Secretary
of State, who is to be paid for the same,
is a stipulation which is as odious as it
is senseless and useless. 1t has already
given, and Will continue
to give rise TO serious and just
complaints until it is stricken out. The
Secretary of State has had conferred
upon him a monopoly for furnishing
every ticket to be used in every parish
in the State at the general election, for,
the law provides that unless the ballots
deposited by the voters be printed on
paper approved by His Royal Highness,
the Secretary, the same are to be thrown
ont and not be counted. we are told that
this favored official reaps a rich harvest
which goes down in his private vest
nocket, by furnishing the paper upon
which election tickets must be printed.
BEFORE any candidate can have his
tickets printed he must send to the Sec
rotary, and Baton Rouge, for the regu-
lation paper, pay for the same at an
ontrageously exhorbitant rate, and, in
addition, pay postage or express
charges. The paper previously fur
nished from Head Quarters for election
purposes in this parish could have been
furnished by either OF the printing Of
fices in this city at less than one-fOurth
the cost charged by the Secretary. This
besides many other schemes of a more
serious character by which the people
are robbed, under color of law, should
receive the serious attention of the
General Assembly at its next session.
Shreveport Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
Not So Very Crazy.

Nose Schaumburg had loaned Sam
Bingtom seven hundred dollars. As
Nose had not seen Sam on the streets OF
Austin for several days, it occurred to
him to call at Sans house and find out
how lie was coming on. He did not see
Sam, but Mrs. Bingtom was at home.
She looked very sad, and had black
rings around her ewes.
Il am in great distress Mr.. Schaum-
burg.n
swat wash de matter ~
"Mr. Bingtom has lost his mind, and
has been taken ont into the country,D
"Did he leave dot money NIT you to
pay dot note what comes due next
week ~
20, no, Mr.. Schaumburg, he is not
crazy enough to do that. He has not
lost his reasoning faculties entirely."-
Texas Siftings.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

We understand that Mr.. John Gel
win, returning from Grand Coteau last
Wednesday night, horseback, got one
of his legs broken, about two miles
from town. He was taken into cabin
near by, and his family di6 not hear of
his misfortune till next morning.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
NOTICE.
Jan19-5t

New Orleans, Jan. 10th, 1884.
The power of Attorney granted by me to my
wife, Mrs. Sarah Johnston (bOTn Rafferty, by
public act before Mr.. Rowe, q notary in Calea-
sieu Parish, dated Dec. 27th 1888, is hereby re-.
vOked and the public duly notified Of such re-
vocation.
jan l9-5t JOHN JOHNSTON.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

We publish this week the minutes OF
the proceedings of the late parish
Democratic convention.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

The u. S. Court adjourned last We'd
nesday. Only four bills of Indictment
were found by the grand jury, She most
serious case being that of the party we
mentioned last week. accused Of rob
hing the mail in Natchitoches parish.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

The Louisiana Conference recently
held in New Orleans, made the follow
ing appointments for this parish: :
Christian Keener, presiding elder;
Opelousas, j. E. Bradley and T. J..
Hough; Washington, j. Bleker; Pla-
nuemine Brulee, III. G. Marley Big
Cane, S. H. Whatley. Rev. T. ]. Hough
was placed on the superannuated list.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

Preaching at the Presbyterian church
tomorrow at II o'clock a. M, and at =
D, M, by Rev. T, w. Lewis.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19


Last Saturday tkere was an excursion
on the railroad Cor colored people. One
of our ladies of the upper-ten class in
the country, who no doubt has an Afri-
can king in her pedigree, had decided
to go. She had never gone on an excRr-
sion, for there was a struggle within her
between the human weakness that made
her banker to go, and the pride that
would keep her from putting herself on
a level with the vulgar herd /; but final
ly the weakness of the flesh oVercame
the pride of birth, and she made prepa-
rations to 20, She armed herself with
the Indispensable ticket, was dressed
inst too sweet for anything, and bright
and early so there would be no possibil-
ity of being left, she sailed into town,
in a buggy drawn by one Of the most
beautiful animals OF the horse kind,
dappled grey, in the parish. As she sat
back in that buggy, with her feet
braced against the dashboard, her chin
cutting the empyrean at an angie OF
ninety degrees, and her eyes gaz-
ing into the zenith, she seemed in q
trance, and that she had cut loose from
the thugs Of earth. She needed not
the salutations of acQuantances along
the streets, she heard them not; her
soul seemed to be where her eyes were
set. But the arrival at the depot and
the necessity of getting out OF the bag
gy recalled her partially from her en-
pyrean heights. She struck dignified
attitude on the depot gallery, and stuck
So it while the crowd were surging
about her when the train arrived and
the rabble were rushing pell-mell to
get aboard, she would not desert her
post-she seemed to be waiting for
some plumed knight or committee of
notables to escort her. Finally, the
tram moved away, and left 81 heeEE aslleessse
in her glory, Then. OF my country
man, what a fall was there. Those
eyes, fixed on heaven, were dropped to
mother earth her soul, that revelled in
the far.away regions of the zenith
where the festive turkey buzzard is
wont to spend the long summer days,
suddenly kerfummuxed the smile of
heavenly beatitudes that played about
her brow like d glorious vision, was
swept away bya satanic frown and she
broke loose she snorted and cavOrted,
she stamped the ground and paved the
air, and she made music with her sweet
imprecations. Some charitable sinner
thought she might explode, and essayed
TO soothe her by suggesting that anoth-
or train would be along in a few min
ntes to take up those that were left.
This cooled her down but when the
train did not come, she boiled over, and
lit out for hone.
WASHINGTON LIVING. The writings
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

Mr.. Stage stated to the convention the
names of Messrs. e. T. Lewis p. Stagg, Zenon
Fontenot and DupreVille Meehe had been
withdrawn prior to the election for delegates
The first eighteen OH the list, having received
the hi5hest number OF votes were declared
duly accredited delegates from the Parish of
st. Landry to the State convention.
On motion of Mr.. LOn1s Stagg IL = the dele
gates from each Police Jury ward, choose two
gentlemen from their respective wards to COM
pose the Parish Executive Committee, aad that
the member OF large be selected by the cOnven-
ton, adopted.
First Police Jury Ward recommended F. F..
Second Ward, DR.. +. Guilbeau, DR.. W. w.
Leslie.
Third Ward, F. Richard, ]. E. Quihdeau.
Fourth Ward, Jn0 M. Martin, 4. A. Hicks.
Fifth Ward, E. DubuissDn, w. Prescott.
Sixth Ward, Sam Haas. L. III. Thompson. -
Seventh Ward, J. 2. Landreneau, DIR. EFT.
Young. ~
Ninth Ward, SaFinia Cart, Il. T. Clark.
The nominatiokSssf member for the r1rish
was next in order. The name OF I'll. l.. CO Esnd
was proposed, but hg asked to be excusedn The
name of Hon. E. g. -Estillette was thenF lug
gested and unanimonSy accepted by E"a. son-
Tention as member at large, as was alsag the
names of the eighteen afOrep zsentl1 hen.
Resolution by 7. s. FG~eenoT una2 hously
adopted: CO
amendment changing the Statistics OF the State
debt, and leyying an additional annual tax Of
the people Of about $4,000 for fifteen years for
the bondh0ldeEs, ought to be voted down by
the people and the Democratic Executive
Committee appointedlby this body are hereby
instructed to have the Parish Democratic tick
OF printed against amendment,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
HE ROSY SUNSETS.
Objections to Professor loekyer's Theory Of
Volcanic ORIGIN Answered.

Objections to Professor loekyer's Theory Of
Volcanic Origin Answered.
From Popular Science Monthly for March.
Numerous suggestions have been
made that the phenomena are the result
of the diffusion through the whole at
mosphere of the entire earth of ashes
and cinders from the eruption of the
volcano of Krakatoa, in the Straits of
Sunda, which took place on the Goth of
August last. This theory has the sup
port of Professor Lockyer and other emf
nent men of science, and there is much
to be said in favor of 1t. The principal
objections to it are summarized by re-
mark by Mr.. Proctor, "that we should
have to explain two homogeneous cir
oumstances: first, how the exceedingly
fine matter elected from krakatoa could
have so quickly reached the enormous
height at which the matter producing
the after-glow certainly was: and,
secondly, how. having been able TO
traverse the still air so readily one way,
that matter failed to return ~ readily
earthward under the attraction OF
gravity" II will not do to limit our
lowed the eruption OF krakatoa by our
knowledge of what has followed any
other volcanic eruption, for the out
burst at krakatoa far exceeded in vio-
lence any event of the kind that IL re-
membered in the history of man. Mr.
w. j. Stillman. formerly United States
Consul In Crete, who witnessed the ex-
plosions of two eruptions of the sub
marine volcano of Santorin, and has
seen masses of rock weighing many tons
thrown from a half mile to a mile, and
escaping gases expanding, after two
seconds, into huge masses of cloud, ut an
elevation of from 5000 to 10000 feet, and
then drifting away with the winds and
dropping volcanic dust in its course, be-
lieves that on the enormously greater
scale of the Krakatoa explosions the
dust could have been thrown to the top
of the atmosphere, there to drift over
the whole earth; and he suggests that at
such height the distribution might be
effected In - hours by single revolu-
tion of the eartn. Mr.. Proctor's second
difficulty Is met by Messrs. Preece and
William Crookes, who suggest that very
finely divided particles of dust having
an electrical charge of the same sign as
that of the earth, may be kept suspended
in the upper airfor an indefinite period
by electrical repulsion, and DR.. Crookes
adduces experiments showing how SINH
lar things have been done with
electrical gold-leaf. Professor S. =.
Langley contributes some interesting
testimony on this point, which is based
upon observations on Mount Whitney,
in 1881.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03

A full line OF summer gingham dress pat
terms Just received by j. Joske & Sons. 2l6t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
A. w. BILLIARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. IL SOledad Street,
Room s. San Antonio Texas. VIII practice in
all the courts Of Texas. 1913 II
City Property For Sale

|. Three and one half acres on Nacogdoches
street, running N San Pedro creek, with im-
proyements. Fine fruit orchard on ground.
2. Lots and 4, block .. San Pedro avenue.
8. Lot 0, block l. San Pedro avenue.
1. Two lots on Garden street, running
through to Presa street.
den street. with improvements
o. Lots No. IL and 10, block As, corner Live
Oak and Dawson stress with o
street, between Avenues ID and K. iiil II
8. Five lots, corner Austin and Grayson
streets, Immediately east turn OF street
.. Fifty-two acres, with improvements. i'm
mediately below Mission Conception, 800 yards
10. Lots with improvements on CARA street,
near San Pedro springs. House two story;
beautifully located.
II. Twenty-four acres, lot 20, west Of San
Pedro creek, at crossing of International and
il. House and lot corner North Conoho and
Hidalgo streets, on franklin square
13. Entire block No. 80, and lots in block
No 81 on Par Avenue
Il. Four lots in block No. Is, above Upper
is. Ten lots in block No. 8, above Upper
Ia. Fifteen lots on Grand avenue, near Lone
IL. Three and enc half lots in Post home
stead, corner Commerce, Rusk and North
streets.
10. 125 lots in lot No. 72, near Prospect hill
street railway, at prices ranging from 800 to
25 lot, on easy terms, lying west OF Interna-
tlOnal depot and east OF AlaZan creek.
10 Five acres running from Camden street
TO upper Labor ditch.
90 Three lots on Elmira street, corner Tren-
ton avenue.
81. Seven lots on Jackson street
%. Sixty-five and one half acres under fence,
with improvements, known as race and fair
grounds"
20. Seventy-five lots on east side of Austin
street, above Sunset round house.
"a. Twenty five lots on Burleson, Lamar,
Hays and Burnett street.
rs. Twenty-one acres on South Flores street,
running back to river.
20. All property belonging to Messrs. Adams
q Wickes, comprising building lots near Inter
national, Sunset and Government depots, San
which W offer at liberal prices, and on easy
terms; also, all their irrigable lands In and
about the city.
We will examine titles, write conveyances
attend to the renting of houses, negotiate
loans on reasonable terms. Notary public at
office. j. II. FRENCH 4 CO.,
2I3 Commerce street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
REPTILES.

Small and Dying Race--Their Rapid Dis
appearance.
From Popular Science Monthly for March.
Reptiles are mt present a small and
dying race. They have seen their best
days. But in the great secondary age, as
Tennyson graphically puts it, " A mon
strous eft was of old the lord and master
Of earth" AT the beginning of that time
the mammals had not been developed at
all; and even at its close they were but a
feeble folk, represented only by weak
creatures like the smaller pouched ami
mails of Australia and Tasmania. Ac-
cordingly, during the secondary period
the reptiles had things everywhere pref
ty much their own way, ruling over the
earth as absolutely as man and the man.
mails do now. Like all dominant types
for the time being, they split up into
many and various forms. In the sea,
rians; on the dry land, they became great
dinosaurians; in the air, they became
terrible flying pterodactyls. For vast
epoch they inherited the earth; and then
at last they began to fail, In competition
with their own more developed descend
ants, the birds and mammals. One by
one they died out before the face Of the
younger fauna, until at last only . few
crocodiles and alligators, few great
snakes, and few big turtles remain
among the wee skulking lizards and
geckOs to remind us of the enormous
reptilian types that crowded the surface
of the liassic oceans.
Long before the actual arrival of teue
birds upon the scene, however, sundry
branches of the reptilian class had been
gradually approximating to and fore
shadowing the future flying things. In
deed, one may say that at an early period
the central reptilian stock, consisting Of
the long, 1.-the, four-legged forms like the
lizards, still closely allied in shape to
their primitive newt-like and eel-like an
oestors, began to divide laterally into
sundry important branches. Some of
them lost their limbs and became SER
penis; others acquired bony body cover
ings and became turtles; but the vast
majority went off in one or two direc-
tions, either az fish-like sea-saurians, or
as bird-like land-saurians. 1t is with
this last division alone that we shall
have largely to deal in tracing out the
pedigree Of our existing birds.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
He Didn't Believe II.

From the Wall Street News.
A private banker in town in Wiscon-
sin received call few days ago from
stranger, who deposited $40, and then
turned around and asked the banker for
loan of $50.
"Why, sir, i can't lend you any
money" replied the banker.
81 think you can. Please take time
for reflection"
81 don't want to reflect upon the sub
ject, SIR"
''Would a run on this bank damage
you $50 worth"
''There will be no run here"
"Suppose there was?"
sit is too absurd to suppose. Good
day, STRIP
The stranger walked outdoors, and the
bank closed for the day. He entered a
grocery and stated that he was a deposit
tor, and asked If the bank was sound.
He entered dry goods store and in
quired If the hard times might not pinch
the bank. He entered a drug store and
offered his certificate for So. He met q
lawyer and inquired If receiver had
been appointed to look out for the inter
ests of the depositors. Next morning he
was at the door of the bank, gesticulat-
ing and lamenting, and behind him were
75 or so citizens. Before noon the bank
was closed, and an ex-private banker
was, skipping out to avoid being
lynched.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03
ARE Y0UAFFLICTED2
Brief Description of the Diseases othe Eye Ear and Throat With
a tew References of Remarkable Cures. BY d..
NJ s. Bmnhdm

San Antonio long felt the need OF socialist treating diseases OF @ Eye Ear and
wcrccomped distant Kansas City
hL. OouLs. Laryngst
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-03

In Chicago, so says the Society Gazette,
the late-stayers at the clubs leave their
watches at home and carry revolvers in
stead.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-04
SOLID FOR BLAINE.
Portland's Representation at the
Great Boston Demonstration.
LIST OF BUSINESS MEN WHO
ATTENDED.

The announcement of Boston's grand Rspub-
@. Blaine last evening, was the signal for re-
newed political interest among the business
circles of this city, and several of,our represen-
tative merchants agreed upon committee of
five. consisting Of Collector f. N. Dow, and
Messrs. G. P. Wescott, N. e. Redlon, j. A.
King and e. P. Chase to make special trans
portation arrangements for all desirious Of par
ticipating in the parade.
The proposition received hearty approval
and was responded to by the Republican mel-
chants with becoming enthusiasm, SO that be-
fore three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, our
prominent citizens appeared at the Eastern
depot in large numbers in readiness to embark
on special train for the great city. Every
man OF the party was attired in the adopted
uniform. including a military crush hat
and cane, and many gentlemen who were un-
the departure Of the train.
A Transparency was carried bearing on one
side, "The Home of Blaine-We give Linn to
the nation tomorrow. Maine solid for Blaine
Portland Business Mems Republican Club
Maine Solid for Blaine" The Yarmouth
band, which accompanied the party struck up
the Unique March" prior to the starting of
the train, and at precisely 3 o'clock foar full
cars and baggage car under the supervision
CINE Ill, Engineer Clarence Dodge, moved out
of the depot amid the explosion OF torpedoes
The following were among the excursion
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-04
Y. mi. @. A, I'M onts,ly vroctiug.

The regular monthly meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association was held at the
rooms Of the organization last evening. Presi-
dent A. G. Dewey occupied the chair. The
names of 21S persons were presented and elected
as members. This is the largest number ever
presented at single meeting in the history of
the association. Some of these are sustaining
members, paying SIS per year. The following
were elected as delegates to the eighteenth
annual convention Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Maine, to be held at Bidde-
ford, November 1916:
A, G. Dewey, Geo. r. French, Rev. Fl. P.
Winter Fl. W. Shaylor, r. D. Winslow, Rev.
J. w. Bashford, PHI. D., w. K. Neal, B. r.
Kinds, A. B. Merrill, Rev. &. I. Bayley, W.
S. Corey, ]. F. Jefferds, Granville Staples,
Rev. G. 81. Daniels, T. G. Lewis g. M.
Bailey, I. II. Farnhsm, J. f. Liscomb, Rev.
A. x. 2. Small, D. D., G. A. Woodbury., DIR.
Carlton Kimball, +. A. Smith, Rev. j. M.
Lowden, Frank Il. Jones, A. A. Allan, f. W.
Mckinney, V. R. Foss, A. F. Minott
The Eastern railroad will issue excursion
tickets from Portland to Biddeford and return
at greatly reduced rates.