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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
Communicated.
GUMMY PoINT, Pine Prairie,
January 18th, 1885.

Dear DEMOCRAT
Farmers about here are beginning to
pillow and from appearances more acres
in this vicinity will be planted this year
than last.
While the excitement growing out OF
the late presidential election is dying
out at the South the political pot seems
to be boiling briskly at the North. A
writer over the signature Of silva has
addressed several open letters to the
president elect, Cleveland, filed with
Republican venom and hate for the
Democratic party. Letter No. 4 pub
lished in the Chicago Daily lnter-Ocean
is particularly scurrillous and is such a
letter as only badly disappointed po-
litical sorehead could or would write.
silva, by his letters, seems to have for
gotten what bad men once declared
about the damnable democratic doc
trine of States rights. "The mainte-
nance of the principles promulgated in
the Declaration of independence and
embodied IN the Federal Constitution,
is essential to the preservation of our
republican institutions, and that the
Constitution, the Union and the rights
of the States must and shall be pre-
served, and that the maintenance invio-
late of the rights of the States and
especially of the right of each State to
order and control its own domestic in
stitutions according to its own judg-
ment exclusively, is essential to that
balance of power on which the perfeC-
ton and endurance of our political
fabric depends What detestable reb-
ell doctrine, who dared to utter such
reasonable sentiments ? 1t is a plank
from the platform of the Republican
National Convention which met at
Chicago in 1860 and nominated A bFdhdn,
Lincoln. silva seems to be anxious
fearing President Cleveland may find a
part of this 1860 Republican plank and
float it during his administration as
sound doctrine for the whole country.
Theodore Parker defined democracy
pure and simple, to be "a government
of the people, by the people and for the
people' and this is the kind of govern
ment the people of this Union will live
under during the four years following
the 18th of March next, and the writer
hopes eternally thereafter. In Grover
Cleveland the people will certainly find
an approacliable President, one not
troubled with attacks of political big.
head, a seeming disease so damaging to
some of his predecessors at the White
House. John Tyler had violent at
tack of this affliction, Willard Fillmore
was very seriously indisposed from the
same cause, Andrew johnson was en-
tirely swallowed up by it, and it would
probably have proved fatal to Ruther,
ford B. Hays, but he hadn't head enough
for the disease to fasten to.
WEST RANSOM.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
SALE.
WAITER PUGH vs.. MARY E. TAYLOR, Wild.
No. 1885
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH ST. LANDRY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, 80

BY virtue of an order of seizure and sale is
sued ont of the Hon. District Court in ana for
the parish of st. Landry, i'll the above entitled
and numbered suit, and to me directed, I will
proceed to sell, at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, at'the principal front door
of the courthouse, i'll the town of ODelOusas,
parish of st. Landry, on SATURDAY, Febrlia-
~ 7th, 1855, the following described property,
t0-wit:
A certain plantation situated in the parish
of st. Landry, on Bayou Waxia and Courta-
bIeau, having eighteen hundred arpents more
or less III superfieies and being bounded on the
north side by lands of DIR. Vincent Boagni, on
the east side by lands of 34hn Fahey, ON the
south side by Bayou (to'-- Ssablean, and on the
west size by Bayou GnftableSa, together with
all the buildings aIh3 improvements theron
and all other tIlingst hereunto belonging.
Twenty-Five work lEePles, two AmeFtaRn WoDll
horses, six cane caFtsEaXo wagons, tYehNS
plOws, a lot of hoes, and tN2S stubble dig4EE
Terms and COnditions.-&lle supa~sc y Eree
thousand dollars with eightS her Gnsgf. u n an
mum interest from 1st of JanIfaryS7 1885 ~ meet
a note for that amount, due Jan. 1stSNS85 and
six hundred dollars for attorneys It's payable
cash, and such additional sums as Ssnay be re-
quired to meet two additional motifs each for
the same sum with like interest frdab maturity
and due respectively, 18th of JanuESy 1885, and
LIST of February, 1885, and upon te1ns of credit
corresponding with the amount IF the last OF
the series of notes for like amount and interest
C. C. DUsON,
Jan. SGT sherln st. Landry Parish,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
JUDICIAL ADVERTISER !. WIS.
0HERrFF,s SALE.
!. ". JACKSON. Admir-, Us. ELIZA FoNTE-
NOT, Wife.
No 1885
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH oFsT. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Nv yirtue Of an oFderof seizure and sale is
sned ont of the honorable District Court in and
for fle parish of st. Landry, in the above emit
tied suit and to me directed, viii proceed to
sell At public sale TO the highest bidder,
III fhe principal front door of the
Farmhouse in the town of OpelOusas, parish OF
At. Landry, on SATURDAY. the 18th day of
February, 1885, at II O'clock A. NJ, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
The southwest half OF north east quarter, and
northwest quarter of south east quarter of Sec
tion twenty-four, township four south range
two east. Containing eighty and thirty-two
bn1dredths acres, bounded north by land of
AIexandre Lazarro, east by land of Nolle Pitre,
south y lands of Henry Spencer, of Levy
GuiIIOry and of Hypolite Spencer and west by
land Of Olin FontenOt fills being part of the
same property purchased from Nolle Pitre.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash.
dec2o-et Sheriff st, Landry Parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
Tire National surgical ypsti.

The National Surgical YnstI-
tute will open a Branch at 166 St.
Charles st. New Orleans, December LIST,
1884, where they will be prepared to
treat Surgical cases, Club Feet, Paraly-
sis, and all deformities of the face,
spine, limbs, and diseases of the joints,
eye and ear also catarrh, piles, fstula,
female diseases, private diseases, etc,
The proprietors of the Institute open
this office in New Orleans in accord
ance with the request of scores of their
patrons in Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas who desire to avail themselves
Of the reduced rates Of travel offered
during the Worlds Exposition" thus
enabling them to visit us and the Ex-
position rs well. For full particulars
address K. Fl. BoLAND, Sec'y. Atlanta
Ga. OF 1865 St. Charles ST., New Orleans,
La. adv 3m
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

France sometime since tackled China
in warfare. From the dispatches, the
French manage to whip the Chinese,
when they meet; but the trouble is,
China is SO. large and has so many
troops, the French will wear themselves
"out to a frazzle," running about over
the unlimited territory trying to whip
an unlimited number of troops. It is
like fighting the wind. The French
will probably get sick Of the job.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
Butter.

No article is more universally used
than butter, hence every family is in
terested in its production, manipulation
and sale-yet there are comparatively
few persons who are competent judges
Of good butter.
But / write more especially to call
public attention to a man travelling
through the Parish, by the name of
Dawson, and Mailing from Texas, who
is selling a receipt for making butter
and which he proposes to demonstrate
to any one wishing to learn and to pay
for the knowledge.
But his demonstration as he calls it is
made mostly alone, the doors and win
dows closed to keep out anxious eyes.
He proposes to produce eleven pounds
of butter from one gallon of milk
when the butter is first made, the pro-
cess seems a success, but when all the
whey, milk and water is worked thor
oughly out of it, you discern the failure
in short yon spoil four pounds of good
butter to make six pounds of Indifferent
butter. No chemicals or foreign sub
stances are used, nothing but what the
COW produces, the secret lies in the
manner of manipulating the milk.
When made and sold at second class
price there is nothing morally wrong in
it, but financially it is a failure. Daw-
son charges S95 for the secret. paid
him FIVE dollars, pronounce it failure,
and am willing for others to profit by
my experience. TT. HoUGH.
| Jersey Farm, Jan. 81, 1885.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

The police jury has levied a tax OF
S36, 800 on the parrish to meet the ex-
penses of the present year, and the IL
censes are the same as State licenses.
The jury has resolved that the parish
will pay no more bills of magistrates
and constables in road suits; but that
they must collect their costs, if at all,
out of the defendants. 1t is safe to say
there will be no more road suits.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

The weather was extremely warm
last week, till Friday morning when it
turned cold; Friday and Saturday
night we had hard freezes, which con-
tinued in the day time. 1t was SO cold
on Saturday that Bourdin's steam grist
mill would not run; steam mills in this
climate are not accustomed to such cold
weather.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

st. John, the .anti-Whisky candidate.
for President of the United States at
last election, is in hot water. He is ac-
cused of selling out the Prohibition
party which nominated him, to the Re-
publicans and it takes a column and a
half Of small type in the Times Demo-
crat, for him to deny it.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
SHERIFF's SALE.
j. MEYERS & Co., VS.. ALPHONsE PRUD
H0NIME EFT AL.
No. 1887,
DISTRICT COTTRT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

BY yirue of an order of seizure aud sale is
sued out of the Hon. District Court i'll and for
the parish Of St. Landry, i'll the above entitled
and numbered suit, and to me directed, I VIII
proceed to sell at public auction. to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front door of
the Courthouse, III the town of Opelousas, par
ish of st. Landry on SATURDAY, the 21st day
of February, 1885, the following described prop
ePty, tO-wit:
A certain plantation situated in st. Landry
parish containing seventy-tiye and 16-10O super
fetal arpents, being in section IS ~and So T. 5
S. Il. f. i. and partly in section AZ, T. 4. S. r. 4
E. bounded north by j. B. Roy and widow OF
P. Lacombe. south by Elisha Andrus, and east
ard west by J. Jameau, with all the buildings
and Improvements thereon.
One acre square of land situated on the pub
lic road leading from OpelOusas to Vile Plate
near Garligues bridge, having one acre front
on said road, together with an acre front on a
certain gully or creek which forms the eastern
boundary of said land, bounded north by said
gulley or creek, south by land OF vendors, east
by said public road and west by vendors, said
acre of land being i'll the extreme north eastern
portion of vendors land. and situated In st.
Landry parish, La.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Terms-Cash.
C. c.. DTSON.
Jan 17-6t Sheriff, st. Landry Parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
GHER1FF,s SALE.
GHERaFF,s SALE.
LOUIS D. YOUNG, VS.. THOMAS NASH, ct al
Eo12844.
DISTRICT COURT. PARSIH OFsT. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA

BY virtue of an order OF seizure and sale is
sued out Of the honorable Distri ct Court. in and
Jor the parish of St. Landry.in the above emit
tied suits, and to me directed. viii proceed to
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, at
the principal front door of the
Courthouse OF said parish, in the town
OF 0pelOusas, on SATURDAY, the 18th Oh Y Of
February. 1885, at IL o'clock A. NJ, the follow
ing described property to-Bit:
A certain plantation situated in FAnse-aux-
Pailles III the parish containing, forty-six ar
provements thereon bounded north by ZeIien
Aueoin, east by Treyille Fontenot, south by
Treville Fontenot aud west by public lands.
ada tract of wood land situated contiguous to
said Anse containing forty-six arpents bonded
north by lands formerly owned by Alex Deyille
Jr., east by Pierre Frugee, south by public
lands and west by TreVile FOntenOt.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-CASH.
C. C. DUsON,
dec 27-6t Sheriff, ST. Landry Parish
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

a man in Grand Rapids, Mich, got a
verdict of $4,000 damages for being
kicked down stairs eight years ago
States.
If the individual that kicked that
man down stairs, has $4,000 more that
be wants to invest that way, he may
call round here
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

Dio Lewis declares that a Journey
through Iowa has convinced him of the
failure Of the prohibitory liquor law in
that State. He found no difficulty in
getting into bar-rooms, and there
seemed to be no less drunkenness than
in other parts of the conntry.-[ Times
Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

Frank Kelly, aged seyenty-six, living
at Pineville, near Alexandria, attempt
ed suicide last Thursday by cutting his
throat twice with razor. He is the
father Of Senator Kelly, of Winn
parish. City Item.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

BY virtue of a writ OF fieri facias issued out
of the District Court, i'll the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, will proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
at the principal front door of the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Ope-
lousas, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of February
1885, at II o'clock A. NJ. the following described
property, tO-wit:
A tract of land situated the parish of st.
Landry, in prairie Laurent, measuring thirty
superficial arpents, bounded north by land of
Alphonse Wable. south by 81 mon Wable, east
being the same property ad Indicated to Al
phonse Wable and Alexis Wab lie, at SUGGEST on
al sale OF the Estate OF Andre Simon Wable, on
March S1st, 1877 together with the buildings
and Improvements thereon.
Seized III the about suit.
Terms-CaSh. c. C. DTSOE.
dec-27-6t Sheriff, st. Landry parish
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
O.
DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

BY virtue of writ of feri facias is
sued out of the Hon. the District Court in and
for the parith of st. Landry, in the above en-
titled and numbered suit, and to me directed, I
will proceed to sell at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, at the principal front door
parish OF st. Landry, on SATURDAY, the olst
day of February, 1885, the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain tract of lana, containing forty ar
penis, situated at Porte Barre, parish Of st.
Landry, bounded north by Bayou Courtableau.
south by property Of Eugene Petetin, above and
below by lands OF D. p. Saizan.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash. C. C. DUsON,
jan loot Sheriff. st. Landry parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

After several days of freezing wealth
er, we had rain here last Tuesday
morning that froze as it fell, and formed
icicles on the trees.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

Prickly Ash Bitters is an nnfailing
specific for all complaints arising from
a arrangement of the functions of the
Liver. It purifes the blood and infuses
new life into the invalid. Pains in the
side, general uneasiness, loss of appe-
lite, headache, bilious attacks, &c, &c,
are sure indications that a corrective is
needed. Prickly Ash Bitters is espe-
cially adapted for these complaints. 1t
arouses a torpid liver to action and re-
stores it to healthy condition.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
OF ADmnNIsrRATnON.
ESTATE OF PIERRE coURv1LLE, Fills.

No. 1891
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Whereas Tneophile P. S. Fontenot of the parish
of St. Landry has applied by his petition to be
appointed administrator of the estate OF
Pierre C0uryllle. fills, deceased, late of the
parish of st. Landry,
Therefore any person intending to make on.
position to said appointment viii file the SAME
i'll writing in my office in the town of Opelou-
sas, in ten days from the present notice.
JAMES 0. CHACHERE,
jan 17-2t Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

BY virtue of an order of seizure an sale issued
out OF the Hon District Court in and for the
parish OF st. Landry in the above entitled ana
numbered case, will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder
at the principal front door OF the
Courthouse in the town OF OpelOusas on SATUR~
DAY, the 18th day of February, 1885, at II
O'Clock AN, the following described property,
to-wif:
A certain tract of prairie land containing
one hundred arpents. situated in the parish Of
St Landry, bounded north by land of Alexan
Dire Lazaro, south by land of II. Spencer, east
by land OF Nol1e Pitre and west by land Of
Francois P3gnac. being the same land pnF-
chased fr6Bl N0ile Pitre
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash
C. G. DUsON,
dec 2O-et- ssEeflf Of the Parish of st. Landry,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

There will be divine Services at the
church of the Epiphany, at Opelousas'
tomorrow, the 25th inst, at II o'clock
am,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

The protracted wet and cold weather
viii make farming operations back
ward.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

AN OFFER.-We will send the St.
Landry Democrat and either of the
papers named below, at the price mem
tiOnd:
Demorest's Monthly Magazine $3.50
Southern Cultivator. .-----9---. 800
Home and Farm ..----..----.2.25
Or the st. Landry Democrat and the
two tirst-named publications for $3.50 +;
or with the last two for $3.50; or with
the three for $500.
This is a golden opportunity to secure
your reading for the new year. Sub
scribe at once, before you forget it, and
show that you appreciate good thing
when you see it.
Sweet potatoes. for sale at twenty five
cents per bucket.Y j. w. JACKSON.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

The times have been growing hard
er and harder ever since the war, is the
general belief. During this time pro-
auctions of all kinds have increased
amazingly, till, it is said, the country
can not consume what it produces either
of food or manufactured goods. Yet
thousands of people are out OF employ
ment and starving. During this time
the country has been run under a high
protective tariff; and with all the Gov
-ernment's extravaganza and waste,
there are millions of surplus revenue
in the treasury to be thrown away or
ased as political corruption fund.
This unnecessary revenue has come
by high protective. tariff taxation on
the necessities of the people. AS q
result of this taxation we have hard
times everywhere, except among the
monopolists who have been favored by
fhe high tariff, and in the manufactur-
ING localities thousands of starving
people. It is high time that the doc
frine of those who favor tariff for
revenue only should have a trial; it
certainly could not make matters worse.
The Times-Democrat says some
of the Northern journals are surprised
and shocked at the large number OF
Mormon converts being obtained in the
South, and see great danger to the
country unless this proselytism can be
stopped They did try to stop it in
Tennessee by killing the Mormon ell
ders, but there are twenty-five elders
al work there now where there were
only three or four: tile blood of the
MARTYRS is the seed of the church, Is
not Mormonism Northern institution,
which with other Northern isms is find
ing its way into the South Is not the
Government Of MorInonism situated in
TTtafr.- III the North !? Has not the
North had control of the Federal
Government for twenty -four years, and
during this time have not Mormon rep
Tesentatives from the territory of Utah
sat III the Federal House Of Represen-
fatives If the North with twenty
four years to do it, failed to stop the
illegal overt acts of Mormonism, is it to
DE expected that the South can pre-
vent a few Mormon converts from emf
grating TO Utah
al New York letter of Jan. 10th, in the
Picaydne, says:
j. i. Morris has secured large mum
her Of English cartridges for stocking
purposes in Louisiana. The pheasants
and partridges loose on Pierre Lori
Iard's game preserve at Jobstown, Nd,
two years ago have become acclimated
and are breeding SO well in wild state
that they promise to increase rapidly in
number. There was, indeed. very line
shooting in the preserve during Novem-
Der ana December, and Mr.. Lorillard is
now. awaiting an additional consign-
ment of 100 pair of English cartridges,
SO pair Of pheasants, 2J pair OF hares
and 10 roe deer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
CHERRIES SALE.
CLINTON B. ANDRUs, Admr., vs.. ALEXIS
WABLE ct ais.

No 1887.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
cHERHFF,s SALE.
No. 1886.

JAMES W. JACKSON, Admir-. VS., OLIN FoN.
TENOT, Fills.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24

No. 1856.
DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-24
SmERHFF,s SALE.

ADAM GUIDRY ct al VS.. zELIA NEAT,
Widow
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-14
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
The Supreme Court Decides the
Hamilton County Cases in Favor
of the Democrats.
The Republican Majority Will be
Three on Joint Ballot.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia special from Column
bus, o., says: The judges of the Supreme Court
were in consultation all yesterday on the man
danus case regarding the elections In Hamilton
county. Deputy Clerk Slocum of the court said:
"The court has agreed on decision in all the
mandamus cases from Cincinnati In the man
damus case brought blythe Governort to compel the
Clerk to make his returns at once the court agree
unanimously to grant the writ, and l have tele-
graphed him the mandate In the mandamuS
cases brought to compel Clerk Dalton to issue the
certificates of election to the candidates shown to
have majoritieS by the returns presented to him.
the court also grants the writ, but not unanimous
ly. Judge Johnson the only Republican judge on
the bench since Judge McIlvaine is too sick to be
present, dissenting This reverses the decision of
the Circuit Court of Hamilton county, which or
dered the clerk to issue the certificates to the
Republican candidates for Senators and Repre-
SentatiVes from Hamilton county, and gives the
certificates to the four Democratic Senators and
ten Democratic Representatives. According to
this the Legislature of Ohio will stand three DEM
ocratic majority in the Senate and six Republican
majority in the House, or Republican majority
on joint ballot of three.
COLUMBUS, o., Dec 12-The Supreme Court
this morning announced its decision in the Ham
ilton county contested election cases, reversing
the decision of the Circuit Court of that county,
and giving certificates of election to the Demo-
cratic candidates for Senators and Representa-
tives. No decision was announced in the man
damus proceedings brought by the Governor and
Secretary of State to compel Clerk Dalton to
make return of the election abstract from Ham
ilton county to the Secretary OF State.