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Preaching at the Presbyterian Church
tomorrow at ii o'clock A. M, by
Rev. #. w. Lewis.
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List of Letters

Corn, Oats, Bran and Hay at the Star
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Hardware, Tinware, Crockeryware
Glassware, Lamps, Wicks, ETC., at the
Star Grocery.
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Fine vegetables are abundant and
cheap now.
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EXCLUSION. About forty one persons
went down on the excursion train from
this place on last Monday to take in the
Worlds Fair. altogether quite num-
ber Of our citizens have visited the Ex-
position, and all Of them have returned
delighted with their trips and the Won
ilers they beheld there.
The citizens of New Orleans are sub
scribing literally for continuance Of
the Exposition for several mouths more,
and there is no doubt but what it will
BIZ done, if the United States Govern
ment will allow its collection Of exhi-
bits To remain over. Individual exhi-
bitOrs are anxious for it's continuance,
and doubtless foreign governments
will, generally, allow their collections
70 remain longer period.
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Al the Star Grocery Meas Stand

IL the Sta, Grocery Ne'cs Stand
N. Y Family Story Paper,
N. Y Fireside Companion,
st. Nicholas, Chatterbox,
Puck. Street & Smiths N. Y. Weekly,
Seaside, Brookside s.. Family Libraries,
Moving Pictures, Picture Books,
Books of Travel, Adventure, Poetry, Fictlo
School Books, Blank Book, States, Pens, &
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sToRM CASUALTIES. On Wednesday
Of last week violent wind, rain, and
hall storm visited portions of our par
ish, doing much damage to crops, fenc-
ing, and buildings. In the neighbor-
b00d of Prud'Iomme City the hail rnin
ID tbs crops to such an extent that the
farmers had 10 replant them. On bayou
Queue TOrtue the crops we're also des-
tered BY hail, and many buildings
Ners blown down. Mr. Johnson's resi-
deuce was blown down, covering two of
hls children in the ruins, and when
iinally Fescued from the debris they
were found 10 bs badly bruised up By
tho falling timbers. His third child, an
infant, had been blown sbme diatance
by the wind, and was found drowned iii
gnlly. Doubtless there are other cas-
ualtiee not yot reported to us, but we
hope fuller accounts will make the de,
tails nc worsa.
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Buy your candies at the Star Grocery
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OF all the prominent politicians who
have been promoted out of the country,
Hon. IS. IS. Cox ii the only ono who has
been implored BY his constituents not
to leave them They appear 20 be sim
cereIy attached to him, and look upon
I,is going away as the loss of true
friend. If the people Of his Congress
ional District happened to be in want
of q substitute for their popular repre-
sentative, Louisiana can offer fifty can
ilidates oil of whom can BE- as well
SPARED as not and better too. n @.
City Item.
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(>1 J.J. THOMPSON, y
SEAL w. G.. BELL, >Com.
~S ROB. CHACHERE,
JAMES o. CHAcHERE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
hereby certify that the foregoing list of
Jurors was duly recorded in Book No. | Of
Jury Record, at pages Il and ~, this 3lst
day of March, A. D. 1855.
B. MARTEL, Dy Clerk
A true copy
(@~ b It. MEGINLEY,
SEAL Deputy Clerk,
{S~~ 18th judi. Dist. of La.
April II, 1885.
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VOL. XXXII.
Opelpusas (ourifr,
(fticiaI Journal Of the Parish Of St. Landry.
nsgc;aI Journal OF the Parish School Board.
PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY BY
LTONCE & Z. A. SANDOZ.
OPELOUsAs:.

SATURDAY, :::: MAY is, 1885.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
THE DAKOTA CENSUS.

The people of Dakota have chosen to bear the
expense of careful census. which has been
taken under official authorization, and large
force of clerks are now engaged in compiling
heresults. The enumeration in both parts of
the Territory is completed, aud it is known,
dispatches say, that the census of North
Dakota shows a population OF ~abont
100000 There has been no doubt that the
population of South Dakota was larger than this
and though the compilation has not yet been
completed there seems no good reason to doubt
the telegraphed statement that the population
will probably be found about 100000.
Whether these statements are strictly correct
or not, there is the strongest reason to believe
that each part OF the Territory has sufficient
population to entite it to admission as State.
As to South Dakota there can be no question,
aud as TO North Dakota, even IL there were
doubts whether the population at this time Is
quite enough to entitle the community to one
Representative in Congress, the wonderfully
rapid settlement in that part OF the Territory
makes it certain that population more than
sufficient in numbers and OF the most perma-
nent and thrifty character will be found within
that part OF the Territory before an act of Con-
gress granting admission could be passed and
could 90 into effect.
There has been just objection to the adms-
sion of Territories with a population both
inadequate and of uncertain character.
Nevada, for instance would not now be en-
titled to two S eats in the Senate of the United
States, and to enc Representative in Congress,
If it had been supposed when that Territory
was admitted hat its population would decline
as it has. The settlement which depends upon
prosperity in mining can never be reckoned
certain to endure. The mines may fail alto.
gether, or may cease to be profitable in COM
parison with others elsewhere discovered.
Then it may come to pass that few indvid-
uas, by reason of large property rights in such
mining region, and by the control of many
laborers may come to own as their private
estate two seats in the Senate. III the popula-
ton of South Dakota were to large extent in
the mining region in the western part of the
Territory, objection to its admission would have
more force. AS it is, the refusal to admit a new
State will be simply an act OF partisan
ipiu
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
PERSONAL.

Tho young Irish Americans OF Providence will tender
q complimentary banquet TO theic comrade Mr.. James
C. Monaghan, time before August on which date
he starts for his post as Consul at Mannheim.
Tho positively last" man from Khartoun says that
after the betrayal Gordon and four friends killed at least
200 Arabs from tho palace. Then their am
muniton gave out moment later the door thrown
open Gordon appeared the threshold. He was
caln and He smoking cigarette and had
sword In his right hand. There was moments pause
then Arab raised his rifle aud shot the hero dead
himself with literary work during his vacation In Now
England
Mr. Herbert Spencer. overburtened with the demands
OF has adopted the plan OF mailing th
ographed circulars explaining why he does not answer
the letters received by him.
1t is widely believed in Paris that the stories Of
Olivier Pains death are all wilful fabrications,
designed advertise him and herald bis return home
tive statesman has lately taken into his service
secretary One day the statesman Informed the secre-
tary that at certain hour he expected an individual
named Jones call upon him TO whom he had assigned
an interview. Al hour appointed visitor did make
his appearance In tho statesmans antechamber The
visitor was short, dark haired, quick eyed, and
spicuous for large mustache dehantly curled. The
secretary was determined be equal to the OCCASION
him a valuable assistant He rushed forward to meet
the newcomer with beaming sn.ie, and said IN
accents OF the genial tone Mr.. Jones, believe
ana then drawing himself up ana facing the
bewidered secretary he asked him. Sir do look Ike
man with OF Jones r. Thsn before the seq
had time 10 apologize or explain, the stranger
handed him card which the horrined recipient read
tho name OF Lord Randolph Churchill.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
nFvoCR1TIC PEACEMAKING.

II appears that Mr.. Mcpherson does not care
to wait for the rest of the rejoinders to his pup
lished statement. While publicly demanding q
full and unequivOcal retractOn, he appears TO
be negotiating, in the private manner for when
he Ia famous. to secure a sort of bottling up vi
the whole business. 1t is whispered that dis
tinpuished Democrats, who are supposed to
have his interest at heart since they owe him
much, have been taking the matter in hand |;
that they have so contrived things that the chief
assailants of Senator Mcpherson will presently
find it convenient to journey in Europe Tor
health and recreation for some months, and that
meanwhile the newspaper through which the
assaults have been made upon him will grad
ually turn its attention to other topics OF
interest. Then in due time it is hoped that Mr.
Watson will sufficiently recover to be able 10
say YES or no about the famous memorandum
said to have been prepared by him. Ii ne mas
il wise to say no, it Is supposed that most
eligible opportunity for n general hand shaking
and polite apology. and brotherly reconciliation
among tho Democrats of New-Jersey, will then
be presented.
All this Is very fine, but unhappily 1t does not
remove the effect upon the public mind OF the
disclosures which have already been made.
The worst of 1t for Mr. Mcpherson is that the
charges against him furnish the only consistent
or reasonable explanation of difficult passages
in his own history, and in the political history
of his State. One cannot understand how GER
tain things have come to pass in that State on
any other theory. This reason, which was pre-
sented with remarkable force by Mr.. Kelsey in
his broadside against the Senator, mas found
lodgment in the minds of men. He urged,
Also and other people now observe with
peculiar interest, that Mr.. Watson is not known
to be so completely paralyzed that he could not,
il he chose, communicate to the outside world
o denial of his authorship OF the memorandum
attributed to him. A man must be very far
gone indeed, who can neither write nor speak,
nor wink, a yes or no, and there are many reasons
for supposing that Mr.. Watson is not in that
melancholy condition. If his name had been
used to support false and cruel accusation
against worthy gentleman, it is difficult to be-
lieve that he " ould not have been able to deny
his alleged part in the matter. Besides, there
il Mr.. Hewitt. The memorandum was sub
mitted to him, it is stated. He Is not paralyzed,
so far as the public knows. If the Charge is
false why does he say nothingf
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
RQGN9 OIL EELL0

All Is not gold that gitters neither is all honest
oil that flows from some of the Pennsylvania oil
wells. A correspondent Of The Ttusrile Herald
writing FROM Willlamsport, devotes considerable
space to exposing the ways that are dark and the
tricks that arc vain of the oil sharp The oil sharp
is an entorprising person who goes up and down
Pennsylvania along what may besupposed to be the
oil line, armed with derrick and drill, and SEEK
ing whom he may bamboozle. Having selected
field lie proceeds to form a company and dispose Of
shares 10 the men of great and small means in the
noighborhood. He is voluble, insinuatlng talker,
aud generally manages to sell largo quantity Of
stock. His next move is to drill and bore and to
" salt " the we'll while he is doing So In Wayne
County. near Honesdale, wo are told, one of
the gentry doomed a bogus we'll by sur
repttiously pouring beautiful crude oil into 1t.
Tho same scheme was successfully employed In
Wyoming County. In Bradford County twelve
barrels Of crude OIL carried across the country by
night from Elmra. were poured into well, aud
then" says the correspondent. "the drill was
passed down and into and through and out OF the
splendid evidences Of wealth in the presence OF ex-
cited stockholders, who were kept so blissfuily ig
norant that they Immediately subscribe enough
money TO pay this same unprinciped swindler
outrageous money for drilling another well In the
vicinity to ertcnd the supposed belt"
The Tituaille Herald has done well In exposing
TINS fraud but it would have done still better il it
had given the name Of the scoundrel who is at tho
head of the gang that practising it. His name
isevidently known TO The Heralfs correspondent
for he states that d" nothing but the shame OF the
credulous victims of this successful organizer OF
Home OIL Company swindlers deters them from
giving his namo and gcncalogy to the American oil
trade, and asking for the use Of his body for
suckcr-rod" Tho silence Of these victims"
may be excused. but certainly our contemporary.
to the oud that the number Of such victims may
not be increased, ought 10 speak out.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
HERCULES COMING.

There are indications that pleasant farce is
being prepared for the delectation of the public.
1t is thought necessary for President Cleveland
to exhibit himself once more In his great part
as the Uncomfortable Hercules of Reform. at
the same time, if he can quietly put MIR. Hen
dricks's nose out of joint, politically speaking
while claiming and getting great glory tor him-
.self as simon pure RefOrmer, he will Kill two
birds with one stone.
The antagonism between the President and
Mr.. Hendricks has not been as well-concealed
as it might have been. The public know how
Mr. Hendricks waited upon and attempted to
tutor the inexperienced President at the outset
before he had left Albany. The declaration of
Mr.. Hendricks about Civil Service reform, and
his cOntemptuOus hostility to the course OF the
Administration, have nevertheless offended the
President less than his peculiar reference to
certain personal scandal in speech in Iowa
during the campaign. But when MIR. Hen
dricks demanded the appointment OF his man
for Postmaster at indianapolis, though there
was long hesitation, he was finally successful.
1t may be question whether some vndictive
purpose did not even then underlie the Presl-
dents apparent yielding.
Now. it seems. there are formal charges
against Mr.. Hendricks's man, Jones by name.
He has been in the Office for some time, and his
conduct is the basis of a formal appeal to the
President He is declared to be an offensive
partisan of the worst sort. The President is
told that he removes men for that crime; how
then can he retain this man Jones, whose guilt
is of the backest7 Besides Jones has violated
law, even the Civil Service law. He has dis
charged men with no cause whatever, excepting
that they were Republicans. He has avowed
his intention to appoint Democrats without any
regard for tho Civil Service examinations.
Clearly he is a bad man, and much worse than
many of the Republicans whom President
Cleveland has removed. Hence it is probable
that the curtain will soon rise upon Mr.. Cleve-
land as the Hercules of Reform. smashing with
his club this monster of partisanship in Indiana.
Afterward he will go away and in private
memoranda score of his debt against Hendricks
as 9paid in full" and then consult with Mr.
Daniel Manning, the eminent reformer Of New
York, about the best mode of setting mp the
pins to carry that State. If Treasury money
can be so used, or appointments so made, as TO
promote that end without incOnvenient or dis
advantageous suspicion, who doubts Mr.. Man
ning's willingness or ablity7
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRErGN.-Tennyson published poem to the
Princess Beatrice. The Russian Government
removed the proposition to England Tor ]o,n'
commission on the Zulfkar question. - Inc
Emperor William was fatigued by short Walk
- Lord Salisbury commended Earl spencer.
g. The British rifemen won the Kolapore Cup at
Wimbledon.
DouxsrIc-The heat in different States marked
above 1902. - National Temperance Society
began its meeting at Ocean Greve. - Twelve
carloads of Fresh Air children distributed by IHE
TRIBUNE 10 New-York State. - Powder mill
exploded at York, Penn. - Indians IN tne
Northwest destroyed Government building.
CITY AND DSUBUaBAN.-Much sympathy expressed
for General Grant. - The Rev. DR.. Prime
buried - Several deaths and many prostra-
tions from the heat. - Testimony by Ferdinand
Ward. - Suit for alimony and counsel lee Dy
Mrs. Martin. lin" McCarthy's case post
poned. - Detroits beaten by New-Yorks. =
Gold value of the egal-tender silver dollar l4l2ia
Qrains), e2.43 cents Stocks generally dull al
higher figures closing strong.
THE WEATHER.-TRIBuNE local observations In
dicate stationary or slightly lower temperature
and fair weather. Temperature yesterday: High
est, 92o; lowest. 7So: average. $50.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
mr.. RUTTERS SON DENIES RUNORG
TO the Editor Of The Trfbune.
LIP KETTE

DIX: MAY space Uc dSkcu III your L0S
emphatic denial Of the which continue ts
be cruelty circulated in Of the papers that the ats
James H. Rutter "short Of the stock Of the New
York Central road before his death The following n.
Gently appeared in The Boston AdUert,ser:
All denials to the contrary Is stated high authorH
that MT Rutter the late president OF New York Central
shore when he died and this ft beee nne known 70 Ne
fair inference that he had heart IN tas
welfare Of the NewYork Ceatral Railroad while speculatng
for breakdown In the stock.
Such statements not only outrage his family
they pain to his nearest friends careful ex
animation OF all his papers shows that Mr. Rutter never
bought sold share Of the stock of the company of
which he president and the formal action Of the
directors Of the Central the day Of the funeral gives The
lie to the assertion that Mr. Rutter had aught but tue
best interests Of tho property he was servag at his
heart Respectfully, NAT. t. RUTTER.
Chicago July 90 1885.
fThe testimony of Mr.. Rutter. which IS borne
out by his fathers intimate friends ought to set st
rest the unwarranted ISLANDERS which the ghous Of
the press have pointed at defenceless dead man.
--Ed1
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23

to deprive it Of that property an act Of dis
honesty and crimef
Obviously, there is something to be said on
both sides. There is right, both under the
law and in the nature of things, to institute an
honorable competition, and to offer better
service to the public if one can. That right is
distinctly recognized by the laws of the State,
which authorize the building of new railroads
without restriction except for the purpose OF
protecting the public from fraud. Moreover,
that policy, which is embodied in the general
railroad laws of many States, was deliberately
adopted as necessary to the public interest,
after long experience of the opposite policy OF
restriction, under which most burdensome
monOp0lieH had come into existence. Hence the
right of competition, especially If any part OF
the public wants competing route, cannot be
denied. Yet 1t Is also true that the building OF
new railroads purely for the purpose of break
ing down other and older roads has been the
characteristic feature of the railway extension
which has ended in the present disaster. The
line of truth and justice lies somewhere between
these two opinions. 1t Is not true that no COM
petition by the building of new railroads Is
honest or proper. Mr.. Vanderbilts feelings
betrayed him into the use of languages which he
would see at another time Is not warranted.
He would not think 1t right that he should be
called thief" for his South Pennsylvania
performance. But it Is also true that there
have been many railroads built for which there
was no public need. no prospect OF adequate
support. and which, therefore, the projectors
had no right to build. Wherever the projectors
have relied for their success, not upon pros
pect Of public support, but upon their ability to
injure the property Of other established corpo-
rations. it must be held that the building OF q
new railroad was without justification.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23

that he has no intention Of reconsidermg nis
determ nation to help foreign steamship lines
A. the expense of American companies. ne
will NOT award to the Pacific Mail, or any otne.
native company, part of the $4Oo,ooo voteo
nv Congress as compensation for carrying the
United States mails. Possibly the resolution
of the San Francisco Chamber OF Commerce,
asking Mr.. Villas to allow the Pacific Mall part
of this money, confirmed him In his resolution
The present Government in England H
plainly to be Government OF Inconsistencies.
ONLY last Friday its leaders in the House OF
Commons listened quietly to Mr.. Parneiis
attack on Earl Spencer for his administration
of Justice in Ireland. Sir E. M. Hicks beach,
had not word to say in his defence, aithough
the Conservatives have always been ioudest III
their demands for the stern repression OF lrish
crimes and Lord Randolph Churchill actually
complimented Mr.. Parnell on his moderation IN
denouncing the late Lord Lieutenant And yet
Tuesday night in the House Of Lords the Mar
ouis of Salisbury, the Conservative leader de-
liyered a speech praising highly Lord Spencer
for the performance of his duties In Ireland
The words of cOmmendation are Jrue enough;
but they are singularly inconsistent In view
of the fat that Lord Salisbury has just con-
sented to let Lord CarnarvOn begin an inquiry
into the justice of Earl Spencers administration.
Or did Lord Randolph Churchill announce the
inquiry on his own authority
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23

There is not dycd-in-the-wool Bourbon in the
country who will not be moved To tears of sympa-
thetio delight as he reads The Troy Pres's tribute
to Civil Service reform. The Press is Democratic
organ in good and regular standing and this IL
what 1t has TO say regard to tho great issue in
question A" We conscientonsly believe If the DEM
ocratic platform this state next fall should con-
sist solely of tho words To the vctors belong the
spoils We could carry tho state by larger major
ity than though our party had all the Republican
MISS Nancys in the State hanging TO Its skirts. and
voting its ticket" What truly noble sentiments
are these! What light they cast upon The Presss
conception of the unwasted and tremendous vigor
of the Democratic appetite!
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23


Mr.. Vanderbilt ia the remarks published a
few days ago, liLened the builders of the West
Shore Railroad to thief whose hand had got
caught in the money drawer and was held
there. In many terms of bitter denunciation
he assailed them for stealing" business which
not to be denied that, from his point of view,
the charge has this much foundation, that the
West Shore Railroad was built expressly to be
q rival of the New York Central. by the aid of
men who wanted to fight the influence of
the Central more effectively, and was intended
to secure plrt of tho business which the New
York Central had previously enjoyed. Bat Is
that theft"f Did that traffic belong" TO the
New York Central
If 80, it is replied, Mr.. Vanderbilt is himself
thief" He has beentrying to "steal traffic
which in the same sense "bclOngs" 10 the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Also, he has already
Istolen" a part OF the coal business which
belonged to the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany. In the same sense Mr.. Garrett, president
of the Baltimore and OniO is a thief. He has
cOntrived to got his road into Philadelphia In
order to asteal" a part of the business of that
city. He is trying to get rOute to New-York.
in order to steal part of the business of the
United Railroads of New-Jersey, and of the
Pennsylvania from tie West to this city. Is
this wel-founded or just accusatonf Does
the traffic which any railroad may originally
secure become its property, and is any attempt
New-York tribune., 1885-07-23

20 emphasize the ia It that by its action 1T Is
adding enormously to the expense OF naval con-
struction in the future By striking down John
Roach, who had tho largest facilities for build
ing iron ships, it loses the lowest bidder under
the first contracts for new navy. BY giving
great impulse to the free-shp agitation and
silencing the chief defender of American
shining, it deals the entire industry stagger-
ing blow. By reviving, as it will inevitably,
the old system of navy yard construction, 1t
will make itself responsible for inefficient
workmanship, extravagant expenditures and
political corruption.