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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
JURY LIST.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH or st. LANDRY. 5
Re if known that we the undGfSlghet mells
hers of the Jury Commissioners dio on tlls ne tle
9TH day of July, A. u. 1884, meet ~ tne
Clerks office in the town of Opelousas, Farlsn
Of ST. Landry, for the purpose OF dtaWlhS Il
Tury for the regular term OF the )lsCFlcI Court
OF the 18th Judicial District, undef sectlon 2;
Act No. A of the regular session OF 1871 anu itl
the members being present, one OF sa1d mem
hers D. Durio, drew from the GenefaI Ncl!lre
hoX one at n time the names OF tlle ioiIoHi n
fftV nersons to compose the Grand ana fetlt
Turnrs f,T the 1st week of the said Court com
mencinc Monday, September IS, 1884, q list OF
whom was then and there kept by the CLERK OF
said Court James o. Chachere, ana III our Jag
mcnt a Jury being required for the second anu
third weeks OF the term, we then anu tnete
nrocepded as in drawing the first 1lfty Jurors 70
draw thirty additional names to serve as peGit
inrors for the second week, and thirty ADJ
fionai names to servo as petit jurors TOT the
| third week of the term OF said COURT anu we;
| The clerk aud commissioners, did tnen ana
| there place the names drawn as aforesaid loI
| each separate weel, in separate envelopes, ana
sealed and endorsed the same with the weeks
| for which they were respectively Drawn
which said envelopes containing salt uames'
were then and there placed in jury box pro
yided for the purpose, which atter dep0slIlnS
said names therein, as aforesaid, was locked
and sealed by us, and placed in the custody OF
the clerk OF the court, for use at the shd term
i,Fc IfpJ7 pT
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
proceedings of the Police Jury.
OPELoUsAs, La, July 18th, 1884.

OPELOUSAS, Lit, July lttH' Acof'
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present A. Perrodin, i. Dubuisson,
S. Haas, L. Young. T. c. Chachere and E. E.
Clark. Mr.. Perrodin in the chair.
The Police Jury set as board OF reviewers,
to adjust assessments, and proceeded with that
work.
The Police Jury adjourned to meet on Tues
day the 18th inst. at 10 a. IN.
Tuesday, July 18th, 1884
The Police Jury met pursuant TO adjonrns
ment, present: A. Guidry, president, A. Per
rOnin, E. DubuissOn, s. Haas, l.. Young, I. G.
Chachere, and B. E. Clark.
On motion of Mr.. Young, Resolved, Whereas
the Exposition Association of this Parish have
failed to carry out its purpose, that the appro-
priatiOn made in April last to assist said asso-
station be revoked.
Mr., Haas moves that the resolution Of MI:
Young be laid over until the next meeting of
the Police Jury. Carried, Messrs. Perrodin
and Young voting no.
On motion of MI Chachere, Resolved that
the Police Jury do now adjourn st1e die.
Attest: ALBERT GClDRH,
P. j.. LEEEByRE, Clerk. President.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

On the night Of August Goth, fire
broke out in the oil room of store in
New Iberia, and destroyed II. Gogen-
helms dining room and kitchen, two
ware-rooms, A. Lehman g. Co.'s three
story brick store and small ware-room,
the iberia Journal office and residence,
Mrs. Boseques' residence, and fences,
all estimated at $4,000 for buildings
and $4,000 for merchandise; insured
for $4,000. Fire supposed to be acct
dental.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

George M. Robertson and Alpine Fon-
telieu brother of the Judge of that
name, had shooting match, growing
ont of the political quarrel in New Ibe-
ria, on August 95th. Robertson fred
four shots, and Fontelieu two, with pis-
S;ols; no one hit.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Mr.. F. E. Bell, of Big Cane, on An
gust goth, wrote to us as follows:
/ cut from my field of broom corn to-
day. a stalk for the New Orleans Exhi-
bition. The stalk, although but 8 feet
long. had nine separate and distinct
heads. and measured 3 inches in cir
cumference 3 feet from the ground. I
have the head drying and purpose max
ing a broom from the product OF this
one stalk of broom corn to be sent With
the St. Landry collection to the EXPOSE
ton next winter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Ii the survivors of the Greedy party
eat their dead comrades to save their
own lives, they did what had often been
done before, and what will be done
again, under the same circumstances;
and we see 10 use in making fuss
about it. If their stomachs could stand
if ours need not be disturbed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Mr.. Sam Hing, a wealthy Chinese
merchant of Ell Paso, Texas, and a beau
tiful young lady, named Miss Vogue, OF
New Orleans, were married last Mon
day. A father once advised his son to
marry for love, but to be certain to love
some one that was rich.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Two boats, the wharf boat and steam
.er Shields, both valued at $4,000 and
insured for $1,000, were burned as
Shreveport, August 25th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
"Wednesday Oil

WtUIItSIIdNs Jul,
The Police jury met pursuant to adjourn
menf, present A PerrOdin. E. Dubuiss0n, s.
Haas. i. Young and 7. c. Chachere.
The Police Jury continued the revision Of
the assessment the whole day and adjourned
until Monday the 14th inst.
Attest: AUG. FEkFODlN,
p, T. LEFEBvRE, Clerk. President Pro Tenn.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
parisl, bacl taxes. 1888 S 100 s;
Parish Licenses 1884, 2'o "
Iass taxes refunded $500 1870 81
Less commission II 66 "A "
S4142n
Net raid to treasurer

haen aI1noinfed a committee TO examine the
youcheTs in the hands OF the treasurer, report
ed through their chairman, Mr.. Clark, that
they examined and counted the vouchers pre-
Sine Hundred aud Thirty five and 12-1eo dol
lars as Ier his statement filed that the amount
correspondeu with items in the cash book,
whom ON motion it was resolved that the
yollel,ers be cancelled and that the treasurer
have credit on the books of the parish for said
amo1lft and the yonchllSs we're cancelled ac-
Nessrs ChaS3Sre, Young and Dubuisson
having been sppg Ated committee to examine
the claims on fEel Sainst the parish, reported
through Stheir CHI rman Mr.. Chachere, that
they exafEsEhed andfP found correct the following
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

On the morning of August s5th, there
was heavy frost, and little ice, in
some parts Of New York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Tuesday the Sth at 10 A. NJ.

IUVNtLtty, otII
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. present Auguste Perrodin, S.
Haas. T.. Young, Z. Dubuisson and Il. c. Cha
chere. e.7a
assessment the whole day and adjourned until
Wednesday the 9th, at 10 A. NJ.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Hon. Lewis Texada, of Rapides, died
on Aug. a3d, of heart disease, aged 81
years.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

MY RESIDENCE in Opelousas, two-stories
W. with five rooms and hall, brick kitchen AND
pantry attached, servants house. cistern, well,
stable, crib. ETC., and half square of ground
with tenement house, subdivlded into yard,
garden and 1ots-buildings all new, and OF cy-
press
PRICE. $35OO-$15oo cash, balanc
~ nav GsSI" l2. Il SUI p''i ''. c. G. DUsoN,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
FOR SALE.
MUSIC LESSONS.
w. s. FRAZEE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
OFFICE WITH LEWIS d BRO,
oPELoUSAS, LA.

win practiceth profession in the Courts Of
Southwest Louisiana and the Supreme Court
~ ~ ! T0farial Deeds of all kinds executed
here and in all parts of the parish.efs<I
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

TAX COLLECTORS STATEMENT,
For nh parish taxes collected during the
months OF April and May, 1884.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

The Police Jury Gnen gEUCttOtU 20 aC5JAIIsI
such contested assessments as submitted py
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

CE&f41lS
TIC ChaeRere, luaI
81 Humble, repair |
j o Trainer, repair
J Movers x Co sI I
H Garland, 1aI
L. n. Chaehere, III |
Jack Sandoz, tixiye
Henry Gable, plf3rS
James Arnaud, y;
Jos Lavergne, lama
U G Miller, lumber
Opelousas Courier, {
Geo w Dupre, @. s.
Jos Bloch. suIdries
J o Chacllere, static
DR. " NJ Thompson,
J Meyers d Co, ,jurol
DR. J f Morris, do
DR. W N Thompson
Jos Bloch,
j o Chachere
The Police Jury
such contested asst
tie assaSsnr.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

perish Pack Taxes issos5 81 70
Parish Licenses, 1884, 800 W
s1o77 10
Less taxes refunded S35 20
Less collectors commission 80 10 81 80
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22

had difficulty in finding steamboat agencies.
banks, and mercantile houses with which j
had business, because there were no adequate
signs displayed. Many of the most important
places would have no sign-board at all, and
others would have only small bronze tablet
perhaps, hung out from the building in some
fugitive place. All information had to be
CLEANED by repeated inquiries. I have now
found out why this is The tony clubs in
these cities generally have IS one of their
rules that no merchant can become mem-
Der Of them who has his sign on his house
over the door. This rule is evaded by means
of small swinging signs in obscure places, if
it is evaded at all. Such exclusiveness car
ries with it its own penalty. and instead of
impressing tourists with the rare good breed
ing of the residents, subjects the latter to the
contempt of every traveller whose opinion is
worth anything.
The Chinese are quite as numerous here as
the Annamese. Six miles away there Is the
regular Chinese town of Cho-lon, which is
connected by rail with Saigon. The little
railroad, or ''steam tramvay' as it is called
here, is quite goodly sight after about eight
weeks without any such mode of conveyance.
The road is being extended now and ultimate
ly suppose there will be quite little sys-
tenn of railway in Cochin China, since the
experiment already made has been extraordi-
narily remunerative, and the French have
full authority to develop the immediate ter
ritory as they please.
The severity of the heat here is illustrated
by the statement that the trying coIors in
many of the hag-ships that coast hereabouts
have been changed, thus making it very diff
icult sometimes to read the nationality of
passing boat
Although having seen but small portion
of the sights afforded by the journey around
the world, am beginning to marvel at the
breadth and variety of life on this wonderful
footstool. I often stop and wonder to myself
il there can be any new thing left to see. 1t
seems as if there could be nothing left for
human Ingenuity to devise. :
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
tSonrnsI snb Courier.
Saturday, March ~, 1854.
REPUBLICAN STATE CoNvENTIoN
H.rtsora. Aurt, ssd. 1ss4.

The Republican electors of the several towns OF
this Stats and al other V-ters. without regard to
past political differences who in favor of eleyat
ing American labor, protecting and extend ng hons
masses Of the people, securing free suffrage and
honest counting Of ballots eectually protecting ali
human rights in every section of our common coun-
try and who desire to promote friendly feeling and
permanent harmony throughout the. land by main
taining national government pledged to these OBJ
jects and princlpes hereby notified to send the
usual number of delerRtes to the Republican State
convention to be held in Allyn Hail. in Hartford, on
Wednesday April %, 1884, It 10 O'Clock in the fore
aoon for The purpee II choosing four delegates at
large and two delegates from each congressional dis
trict to represent this State at the Republican ma
tional convention to be held at Chicago, ILL., Tues
day, June 8, 1884, at II o'clock noon.
In accordance with the rules adopted by the Repub-
Hcan State convention in 1876, and in further
plance with the notice Of the Republican National
committee the following additional notices are
given:
l. An caucuses in the several towns the appoint
nent of delegates to the State convention shall bs
held at least five days before the meeting Of the state
convention.
2. The chairman Of each town committee shall
eend q copy of the credentials of the delegates
from hts town to the chairman of the Republican
State committee at least four days before the conven
ton.
s. of the delegates to the State convention
will be held In Allyn Hall hartford, Tuesday,
April ~, 1884, at O'Clock
On WedL esday, April Is, 1884 at IL O'Clock in the
forenoon, the State convention will subdivide itself
into district conventions and at that hour district
conventions viii be held in said Allyn Hall for the
purpose Of choosing two delegates from esch con-
gressionR district to represent the State Aforesaid
at the Republican national convention to be held in
Chicago.
s. Each town is entitled to two gates for each
Representative in the General Assembly.
By ordsr Republican State committee.
HARTEoRD March 10 1894
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
New Spring Bonnets.
Flowers Giving Way to Vegetables and
the Poke to n Pogoda.
From the New York World.1

Flowers Giving Way to Vegetables and
the Poke to Pogoda.
From the New York World.l
The new spring hats look as queer and
unshspsly now as they always do when they
appear at the beginning of each season. All
sorts of dreadful rumors are rife, too, about
the trimming of these summer hats, and
some fashionable pilliners declare that veg
etables are to take the place of the fruits
which were SO popular last season, and that
instead of seeing an appetizing bunch of
grapeg, curraRts or plums On the ladies,
head-gear. will be clustered turnips, carrots
and even onions most srtistioally made and
the green heads left on. It is thought, how
ever, that very few women of taste will be
found willing to appear on the streets look
ing like foreign market women. carrying on
their heads the products of their gardens
To be sure the hats will be somewhat smaller
than the enormous baskets SO skilIfully bal.
sneed by the French marchande de lsgumes,
but they are not SO very small either,
Perhaps the most strising feature of the
summer hats is that they all have high
crowns The high, square crowned walking
hat of this winter is being reproduced 10
straw with very slight differences. There
are these with the rolling brim, those with
the fat and those with but little brim Of any
kind. Some have the straw edgs SO arranged
as to form kind ofseeond story at the back,
to be covered, of course, by the trimming
Another noticeable fact is that all the straw
goods displayed as yet are very hne, much
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22

The circus season has opened, and it is a
good time for stories about that wonderful
and sometimes sacred animal the elephant
Two young elephants which we're recently
provided with a home at the st. Petersburg
Geological Gardens were fed with cakes and
other good things to such an extent by visi-
tors to the gardens that their health greatly
suffered and 1t became necessary to interfere.
The public were requested to be less gener-
Gus in their offerings and the request being
not generally attended to, a notice to the
same effect was painted on a metal plate
fastened above the entrance of their house.
This failing to attain the object in view, and
visitors continuing to feed the elephants with
pastry, an official was stationed at the en-
trance to call attention to the notice The
animals observing that whenever the latter
raised his hand to point to the sign, buns
and cakes about to be given were withheld,
drew their own conclusions and acted in
their own interests. When their keeper
looked in upon them one morning he found
the sign on the ground in such damaged
condition that new plate had to be pro-
cured and placed out of the aaimals' reach.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
BENT

Our tenth assistant bookkeeper says that as
the ruler is bent the lede or is ink-hned.-N
Y. News.
new paper in New York is called The
Man. It is presumably late evening paper.
-Courier-Journal.
The trouble with most baritone singers
who try to soar into the tenor register ia thai
they fly to parts unknown.-Burlingto Free
Press.
Eyes" said Foeg. I've met many success
es in life That's the trouble you know.
Things fellow meets are always going the
other way. ."-Pittsburg Telegraph.
There is q woman in Detroit who has not
allowed herself to be seen by men for tEen-
ty years. We guess it will be perfectly safe
for her to come out now.-BurIingto Free
Press.
1t is said that Mr.. Howelrs first poem was
rejected But he needn't let that worry
him Our first poem was also rejected. And
so, by the way, was our lRst.-Norrist0Wn
Herald.
A coIored barber in Idaho has drawn the
color line he refuses to shave Indians. He
evidently thinks himself better than the
American government.-Drake's Travellers
Magazine.
fire broke out in Louisville church
during services last Sunday. It was with
great difficulty that several of the congregs-
lives New York Graphic.
at recent dance in Texas only two men
were shot dead. This marked Improvement
has so encouraged the citizens Of the town
that weekly dances will take place during the
winters social season.-Free Press.
EYES, said the dealer in creckeryware,
''send one of our circulars to Mr.. Jones' He
is getting up a little in the world, and has
Just hired q servant. Wen have his patron
age Immediately. y."-Somerville Journal.
''Can you steer the mainmast down the
forecastle stair g'' asked sea captain of q
new hand. eyes, sir, can. If you will
stand below and coil il up" Captain didn't
catechise that man any more.-New Orleans
Item.
1t is fortunate thing for the male sex
that malaria is prevalent about the time that
spring housa-clesning arrives. Il enables
man to pretend that he is very sick, to
escape the torture of putting down the car
pets.-Philadelphia Chronicle Herald
A London inventor has filed q iong-felt
want Il is an electric alarm bell by which
the head of the house, by pressing knob
over his bed, can wake the servant girl up in
the morning When he desires to be vsked
up himself to catch an early train, all he has
to do is to press the knob little before the
time This wakes up the servant gIri and
she comes down and calls him. This ID
great age.-Philadelphia Call
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
Price Two Cents


more so than has been the case for several
years past. Some OF them, too. are shaded,
showing the light and dark tints. Grey is to
be fashionable and much-used color.
A hat that 10 entirely new is the helmet,
the high crown Of which ia exactly the shape
OF the brim, but not very wide one, and It is
to be particularly bsceminR. The bonnets
show some slight changes in the little capote
shape 30 long popular. The crown is slightly
higher and many of them have Hattened
Eidss. Some of them are ornamented by a
row of sized straws which makes an edging
Others have scaIloped pieces going around
the crown and forming q neat and pretty fin
ish. The long popular poke-bonn is no
longer seen.
Feathers will be very little used this year.
One of the only children's hats shown yet
is truly extraordinary, being more like the
roof Of Chinese pagoda than anything
else. However, they will probably look very
differently when trimmed.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22


T. A. Matsdairs, the new CITY engineer of
Bradford, Pennsylvania, is native of Japan
and the first man of his nationality to be
chosen to a civil Office in the United States.
He is the son of a wealthy Japanese noble
man, and came to this country in 1870 to be
educated, not at the expense of his govern.
ment, but at the individual expense of his
father, who planned to have his SON return
home and be appointed to a high position
under the Japanese government. Upon be-
ing graduated he asked permission to remain
a few years longer to practise civil engineer
ing. His father replied that unless he came
home on the next steamer his allowance
would cease, and he need expect no more
from him. The son replied that he would
stop, and the father became angry and wrote
to his japanese friends to have nothing to do
with the young man. He stayed and prac-
tised his profession, acting for some time as
assistant engineer of the Manhattan Elevated
railroad company in New York city, and af-
forwards for three years as chief engineer of
the Union Pacific railroad in Wyoming, Idaho
and Montana.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
EDITORIAL NUTS.


Says the Hartford Telegram: New Haven
demands lunatic ASYLUM. 1t needs one. "
Hartford has had one for long time.
New York stockholders are vigorously op-
posing the efforts of their landlords to raise
their rents. They can't afford TO pay any
more than they are paying. and unless the
stock market wakes up there are many of
them who viii not bs able to afford to pay
anything.
It has been decided by the New York Su-
preme court that the money which widow
receives as insurance On her husbands life
cannot be taken to satisfy debts incurred bs-
fore the husbands death. The case in which
the decision was rendered was the attempt
by the owner of Judgment of thirteen years.
standing against deceased hotel man to en-
join the widow from Withdrawing the insur-
auce money from bank in which she had
deposited il, and the court held that the in
junction must be denied.
Things coms around II you can only wal
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22

Read what the people
say concerning the abil-
ity of Dr.. Thomas Eclec-
tric Oil to cure asthma,
catarrh, Group, colds,
etc. Mrs. Dora Koch
of Buffalo says: For
Group it Is decidedly
efdcacious" Mrs. Jacob Mellteor Of Marion, Ohio,
says the same thing.1 s. s. Graves, Akron, N. Y,
writes sHad asthma of the worst kind, took
one dose of Thomas Eclectric On and was relieved
in a few minutes. Would walk five miles for this
medicine and pay S. bottle for it." Druggist c. r.
Hall GRANVILLE, ILL.,, says: "Cured an liberated
throat for me in twentyfou hours" Sat up IN bed
and coughed till the clothing was wet with perspira
ton. Ny wife insisted
that use Thomas Ec-
lectr1c Oil. The first tea
spoonful relieved me.''
e. II. Perkins, Creek
Centre, N. Y. Thomas
Electric Oil is also a
TP-TOP external ap-
plication for rheuma-
tism, cuts. .Aealds, burns,
bites, bruises, etc.
When visiting the drug
Fist ask him what he
knows Of DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil ; If he haA
been long in the drag
trade, be sure he viii
speak highly OF it
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Hodern'SCience
md and SkePIiCiSM=

What has Skepticism done for the world?
Nothing but to suggest doubts. 1t has even
suggested that Rheumatism cannot be cured.
Skept1ciSm Is as bad as rheumatism
What has Science done for the world?
A good many things; for instance, it has
shown that rheumatism can be cured
1t has shown that Neuralgia can be got rid of.
Modern science cehasproved that Rheumatism is
blood disease and has provided AIHLOPHoRos
as the remedy which can completely cure it.
1t has proved that although the old doctors
failed to overcome Neuralgia, ATHLoPHoRos can
reach 1t, and eradicate it from the system.
1t has proved that though these torment1ng
diseases were SO slow and obstinate they can
be overcome In a little while by means of
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-22
SILKS AND VELVETs.

SILKS AND VELVETs.
The values oder In Colored Silks at $1.0o. $12s
. and S1.50, are az good be found in New York
or Boston.
We have only a few pieces remaining Of those a
inch Black Brocade Silks at $L39 per yard. We
would advice those who have not already bought of
this lot to do at once it will be impossible to get
of them to sell at the present prices Our stock
of Plain Velvets, Brocade Velvets, Plushes and Vel
veteens is very large, and prices attractive.
75 pieces BEST quality Of Plain and Figured
FRENCH SATEENS, all and elegant styles at
374c per yard.
so pieces best quality American Figured sateens at
Ito per yar5, sold elEewhere at 25c per yard.
The above but few of the many bargains to be
found in every department of store. An In
spection Of which will convince any lady that they
cannot be matched