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The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

CGrnavGI.-Le carnayal sera ceiebre,
cette ann6e-ci, d Washington par une
erande procession dams les principales
Tues de la vile. suivie dun grand bal
masqa6 dome dams la Palais du Roi,
Perseverance Hall) sous les auspices
des plus hdeles sujets de Sa Toute
Puisante Majestic. Pour dc plus am
plies renseignements, nous referons nos
hdAles lectehrs ct nos charmantes lee
trices D la proclamation que nous pu:
blions en- englais dams ee num6ro.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
Land mt q Bargain.

TINE east half of section / township 8 south
i of range 3 east, containing 800 and 20ll0O
acres, situated on Bayou Bout, St. Landry,
2A miles from the Z. & P. Railroad.
Lots Nos 1.2, 8, 4. 5 and 6, and south halt
of the northwest quarter, and the northwest
quarter of.the northwest quarter of section 81,
Township 3 Range 3 east, situated in the par,
ish of Avoyelles, near McCoy's ferry.
Will be sold cheap for cash, or one third
cash and balance in one and two years.
A. J. PERRAULT.
Opelou sas, July 25. Agent.
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Political.
ROOMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC ExEcUIIAE Con-
MrTTEE OF THE PARISH oF ST. LANDRY.

Pursuant to a call of the President OF said
Executive Committee, a meeting OF SAID Com
mittee was held, and there being a quorum
present, the following resolutions were
adopted:
E. F. Perrodin, Esq, offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, T. S. Fontenot has resigned his
position as one of the Senators representing
this District, and Whereas, it is necessary
that the Democratic Party of the parish of
st. Landry, should nominate a candidate for
election to fill the %unexpired term of Senator
Fontenot, therefore, Be it resolved, That a
convention of the Democratic Party OF the
of st. Landry, is hereby ordered to be
held at the Courthouse in Opelousas, and
that Ward elections to choose delegates to
said convention, be held at the different poll
ing places Of the parish.
Resolved further, That as the Returning
Officer has not yet fixed the day for the cleo.
ton of a Senator to succeed the Hon. 1. 5.
Fontenot, the President of this Committee is
hereby authorized and empowered to fix the
date for holding said Ward elections, and said
Convention.
John N. Ogden offered the following reso-
luton:
Resolved further, That the basis of repre-
| sentation shall be the vote cast for Governor
at the last g~ubernatorial election; one dele
| gate being allowed for every twenty-five
votes, and fractional votes of fifteen or more,
cast for Governor at said election, and upon
said basis of representation, the Wards of the
parish shall be entitled to the following dele
gates in the Convention
Opelousas 8. Prairie Laurent /, Bellevue 2,
| Plaisance 5, Grand Coteau z, Coulee Croehe
9. Barry's Landing 2, Leonville 8, Waxia 2
| Niggerfoot |, West Melville 8. Washington Z
Big Cane 8, Lower Bayou Beuf |, Upper
BAYOU Bout 8, Grand Prairie 5, Bayou Chicot
8. Dossman 8, Beaver Creek z, Mallet 6
lChurch Point IL, Plaquemine 6, Rayne Is
Pointe-aux.Loups 5, Mermentau ), Vile Plate
8, Chataignier 9, Mamou 9, Lower Mamou 8
Prud,homme City 8, German Settlsment 2
| M. G. wilkins offered the following resolu
| ton:
Be it further resolved, That the election al
said polls shall be opened at 9 o'clock a. N.
and closed at S o'clock p. m, and shall be held
by three commissioners to be selected by the
| Democrats present at the hour for the opening
of the polls. Said commissioners to certify tt
the Convention the credentials of the dele
gates elect. Resolved further, That at saiC
| Ward electious all Democrats including for
eirners who nave declared their intention o.
becoming citizens, shall be entitled to vote
/ The test in case of challenge, being the vott
| cast by the party at the last Presidents
election.
On motion of Mr.. Homer Barrousse, w. R
Cochran was elected Secretary of the Com
mittee. There being no further bueines thu
Committee adjourned subject to q call Of thu
President. Il. ID. LlITELL,
w. &. COCHRAN, President.
Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

Dams plusieurs endroits du Massa-
chusetts un soulevement soudain des
rivieres. accasionne par des pluies tor
r~entielles, ont inondes une grande par
tie du territoire. On signale des de-
cats immensas.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

lie Bureau d'education d'Etat s'est
rGuni i Baton Rouge lundi dernier ct,
entr'autres resolutions, il adecide QUEEN
vne DIES plaintes qui sont formulees
contre les directeurs dams differences
paroisses pour negligence de Sc rendre
aux reunions il serait procede au mois
d'avriLa la Reorganization des bufeaux
dams l,Etat, la paroisse d'Orleans ex-
cept6e.
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His ea L~ibert6.-Winnipeg, Man., 6
fevriet-Baptiste ct Pierre Valdale,
denx des prisonniers condamnes a z
ans de travanx forces pour participa-
ton d piDsurrection Riel, sont mainte-
nant en- cette vile. ayant etc mis- en-
libsFt6 bier par ordre. du gonverneur
general.
L'action de c~elui-ci est, croit-on, lie
pr6carseurd'une amnistie general a tous
les p~risonniers.
II y q vingt-cinq autres half breed"
an p6nitencier. Ceux qni ont etc en-
libert6, partent demain pour Batouche
Oh sont leurs families.
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On estime que lie cholera q detrult
so pour cent des pores dams lie Kansas
ct dams pOhio. Aussi, beaucoup de
fermiers ont, pour cette %ralson, aban-
donn6 r&levage de Ia race porcine.
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NOTICE.

A LII persons holding claims against the
IA estate of Eugene Fournera, deceased,
will please present them to me at my office
in Opelousas, within thirty days from date of
this publication. L. 1. TANSEY, Atty.
Feb. ID. 1886. for administrators.
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de Lesseps lors de o passage a South
ampton.
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NOTICE.

A SPECIAL meeting of the Central st.
"A Landry Protective Livestock Assoeia-
ton will be held in Opelousas On the LIST
Thursday of March, it being tho 18th day of
that mouth. The meeting will be called to or
der at 10 O'Clock a. m. A fine of one dollar
will be imposed for non-attendance. The de-
struction of fences will be among the ~offenses
prosecuted by the Association.
JOHN NJ. WARE,
Feb. 90, 1886. Secretary.
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FEBRUARY 18th, 1886.
Since the session of the Committee on the
18th, inst, I have been informed by the Re-
turning Officer, that it is his intention to or.
der the election for Senator on Saturday, the
oath day of April, 1886.
By virtue ofauthority vested in,me by the
Democratic Executive Committee of the par.
ish, l hereby fix the dayfor the Ward meeting
as the 18th of March, 1886, wednesday, and
the day for the assembling of the Convention
as the both day of March, 1886, saturday..
R. III. LITTELL, Chairman
Dem. Elk. Com. parish of st. Landry.
ATTEST
W. r. COCHRAN, Sec.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

L'ex-gouverneur St. John, lie grand
apotre de la temperance, apfes D
tourDee dams lie sud, a declare dams y
conference a New York. dimanche der
nier, quill await constat6 avec surprise
que Ton faisait moins abus des liqueurs
spiritneuses au Sud qu'au Notd, ct que
les habitants de cette derDiere zone ne
pourraient que gagner a etudier les
mBnrs dams lie Kentucky. lie Tennes-
see, IL Mississippi ct pAlabama.
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Par ordonnance en- date du IL jan
vier, l'empereur d'Allemagne a nomme
p6veque de Fulda, Mgr. Kopp, membre
de la chambre des seigneurB. C'est la
premiere fois qu'un eveque c%atholiqne
est appel6 a siege a la ChamhRIEe DIES
s~eigueurs. Cette nomination est
vivement commentee; OF y volt n
prenve du d6sir de la Prusse d'entrete-
mir de BONES relations avec la Saint
Siege.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

FWNHE copartnership heretofore existing be-
Il tween the undersigned under the name
and style of Louis Pueheu was dissolved on
Feb. LIST. Mr.. III. Jagou will pay the debts of
the firm and will collect all claims due the
same. LOUIS PUCHEU,
Feb. 6. I'm Fl. JAGOU.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

A Horoth Station, pres de Hemp
stead, Texas, I'm voleur de pore Went
de recev DIR une terrible pnnition de
Sea m6faits. Get homme, III Negro
Morris johnson, a mango avec sa ia
mile ct des amis la chair dun animal
r6cemment yol6. Tous sont %anjourd'-
hui morris on mourants. La chair etait
empoisonnee avec de la strychnine.
C'etait IN piege redoutable tendn aux
voleurs par IL proprietatre de Fanimal.
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La. $. Z.

We do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State
Lottery Company, and in person manage and
control the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty fairness, and
in good faith toward all parties, and we author
ize the Company to use this certificate, with
fac.similes of our signatures attached, in its adj
vertisements."
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
]. A. EARLY,
Commissioners
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On rapporte un tremblement de terre
dams le centre de Alabama la semaine
Nderniere.
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We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-23
Train wrecked on the Eat Tennes-
see. virginia ami GeOrgta.

ATLANTA, GA, April % "A wrecker
placed croes-tie on the East Tonnes
see track near Silver Creek Tuesday
night, and then stepping back in the
dark watched en- approaching freight
train strike it and roll down ten .1oat
bank. One man was instantly killed
and another fatally wounded. The
man who was killed was Thomas She
han, who was firing for his transpor-
tation from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
He was crushed and cut to pieces.
Letters on his person show that he
was a citizen of England. Jack Wright,
the engineer, was so badly injured
that he will die. Mike Wrinkle, the
regular fireman, was asleep in the ten
der. He was not scratched. The
engineer saw the obstruction Just be.
fore he struck it, but was not able to
stop the train. The wrecker has not
hpan caupht
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The House.

The Senate electoral count bill, with
House amendments, was, on motion
Of MIR. Caldwell Tenn. made con-
tluuiug special order for May 9th.
Mr.. Wellborn Tex. from the Com.
mittee on Indian Affairs, reported
back the Indian appropriation bill,
with Senate amendments, with rec
ommendation that some Of the
amendments be agreed to and others
non-concurred in.
The recommendation was agreed to,
snd Messrs. Wellborn, Pell and Per
kins appointed as committee OF con-
ference.
Adverse reports were presented
from the Judiciary Committee by MI
Tucker Va on a joint resolution
proposing q constitutional amendment
giving the President power to veto
specific items in appropriation bile,
and on bill to prevent the adul'eIa'
ton OF food, and they were laid upon
the table,
Mr.. Symes ICol from the Commit
lee on Mines aud Mining, reported a
! bill to further define the duties OF the
! director Of geological survey. Com
/ mittee Of the whole.
In the morning hour the Judiciary
Committee took the floor.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Adams
IN, Y amending section 2S05 OF the
Revised Statutes was taken up and
passed. II amends the section so az
10 make il read 40 follows
SECTION 2S05 All oaths TO be taker
upon making any OF the reports Of
entries, on respecting any OF its act'
mentioned in this chapter, whether
by master Of any vessel or the own
sr or consiguee of any merchandise
his factor or agent, or by any Other
person, shall he administered by the
collector or officer 10 or with whom
the report or entry is made, or boy
any notary public, end shall be re
duced 10 writing and subscribed b.
the person taking and by the persoi
administering the oath,
Bills were also passed providing 10
terms OF court in dorado, and chang
ing the Erstern and Northern Judicia
. DIST lets Of TsXae.
Al the expiration Of the mornin
hour tbs House went into commute
: OF the whole mr.. Wellborn Tex 1
the chair on the river and harbor al
, preparation bill.
? The disputed Mouongahela rive
4 clause was SIN under discussion, an
8 Mr.. Boyle Pa replied 20 the strlc
ures made upOn Il yesterday by VI
j. Kelley PA. I and Mr.. Hewitt n. 4
He denied ne latter gentleman 8 star
ment hat Bungarians were empl3y'
n ia the c9a,.Geds OF the Monongahe
n river.
II Mr.. Hewitt replied that he had be-
h informed this morning by sever
n Pennsylvania gentlemen th''
statement had bBen correct.
Mr. BOYLE commented on Inc pi
y priety OF the gentleman mskihs
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Their Bodies Cannot he Recovered.

WmKEsBARRE, PA, April 22.-All
hope of recovering the bodies OF the
twenty-six miners entombed at No.
Slope at Nanticoke has now been
given up. A second bore-hole has
been driven from the tunnel to the
main gangway, and it was discovered
to-day that the latter was filed with
ouicksand and water. This at once
put stop to all future operations,
and Il is now regarded as certainty
that the men persisted on the first
day Of their imprisonment by being
caught in the mass of falling sand and
rocks, and that their bodies cannot
be recovered,
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The Result of Malpractice.

Brunswick, Mo, April 22.- The
mystery surrounding the death Of
Laura Stern, whose dead body was
found near the school-house in this
city Tuesday morning, hiss been
cleared away by the verdict OF the cor
oner's Jury, who decided that the
girls death resulted from criminal
malpractice by DR.. ]. L. Banning Of
Salisbury, Mo. DR.. Banning was ar
rested last night at Salisbury, but
waived preliminary examination
fearing mob violence should he return
10 Brunswick.
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pnhlIc AdminIstrator'g NOtiee.

April Is, 1886
NOTIcE is hereby give that VII p s. s9-
IN ministrator OF the estate OF II ~ 49,
of LUCY, on the c, Q. and 5; W. Bailroad'
ail OF The personal property oelonging 20 e g-
cedenfs estate, Including several vgl va y,
horses. Sale to commence AZ ~ % ciV'N - '''
on FRIDAY, Aprii q, 1872. r-.-..
IOHN LOAGOE. Public Admlnlstratot,
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/ have used Ayers
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lily, for ScrOfula, and
know, IL Il is taken
faithfully, it will
thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease. -
w. f. Fowler, NJ. D.,
Greenville, Tenn.
For forty years /
have suffered with Fry.
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all sorts of remediet
for my complaint, but
found no relief until i
enced using
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
After taking ten bot.
ties of this medicine
am completely cured.
Mary z. Amesbury,
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1 have suffered, for
years, from Catarrh,
which was so severe
that It destroyed my
appetite and weakened
my system. After try
ing other remedies,
and getting no relief, |
begun to take Ayers
Sarsaparilla, and, in q
few months, was cured
Susan l.. Cook, sos
Albany ST., Boston
/, Highlands, Mass.
) Ayers Sarsaparilla
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MR.. HOPKINS,

the vioe-president OF the Missouri Pa
cihc, was then sworn aud examined.
He corroborated Mr.. Gould's account
! OF The interviews with Mr., Powderly
a. which he was present He had al
ways believed in arbitration as a
means OF settlement, and be saw no
objection even TO compulsory arbitra-
ton, provided il was made compul-
sory on both sides, but such arbitra-
ton would have TO be between the
employees themselves actually al
work. and the company. That
was TIE point in this whole
matter. Railroad employees had no
better friends than the managers OF
the road. There were no antsgonittic
interests between them. The man
ayers wanted 10 accomplish the best
results, and in order to do so they
should have good men, and should be
in accord with their men and on
friendly relations with them. He
thought il should bs made criminal
nffenke to have a strike on a railroad. IL
before the days OF railroads, there
, WAS a strike OF steamboat hands
, on the Mississippi river, and the
strikers attempted 10 prevent the
passage of boats, surely that would be
such case Of interference with inter
!. ttAte commerce that the government
: woul dispense the strikers and say
10 that traffic must not be interiered
. with There was no objection to men
2 quitting work, and II in the present
oast Che strikers had confined them
nOlyas G. that the company would
% nevelhave stopped running trains,
4. He was asked rs 90 whether he had
a 0uy knowledge OF Wall street speculs'
nd tons in connection with the strike
NJ but al that he knew on that point
.p wss ho had been informed that per
70 sons connected with the Knights Of
,e Labor had been noticed in brokers
on Cfices. He. promised to give the
a. names Of guch persons as had beer
mentioned to him in that connection
al He closed low paying high Compi
ir meut to Mn. HoXjs for the manner IL
or which he had administered the affair
hal ct the company.
he The committee at $50 o'clock al
10 iouTued until II O'Clock tomorrow.
.ld Father Ryan In Critical Condition
lio I1ulsyuJE. Ky. Aprl % --Fathe
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T VlnsraI Directors,

g2q MAIN eT.. MEMPHIS.
A FULL and camp.stc stock Of " " oeo 80 So
erGd Caskets and Barial Robes always on
hand. ssr orders bY teleersud proepHy
flald. -----
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Palmer Ryan In a critical Condition

L1uByuLE, Ky, April 22.--Father
Ahram y. Ryan, the Poet Priest OF
the South is lying critically in with
brain fever, at st. Boniiacc church, in
this city.
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A Valuable Patent.

Dausy's tHOrse) Corn aud Pea Piali-
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The swifsest BIRD.

The New York Sun in answer to co.,
respondent, who wants to know the fast.
est time ever made by a flying bird aud
the name Of the bird, says: "Thomas
Alexander. in his Game Birds of the
United States, says that ~iM ducks.
unsi,led by the wind, fly from go t. 100
miles sn hour. and that the lue.winged
teal, going down the " ind at the top OF
his speed, will make fully $50 niles an
hour, possibly more. The swiftest hir J
on the wing is the frigste bird. q sort Of
nautical bird Of prey. Sailors believe
that it can start with the peep OF dawn
from tho coat Of Afries,saud fllowisg
the trade winds. land on the Ameri-
can coast before sunset. 1t can un
doi,htedly fly more than 900 miles an
hour, but we 10 not know of any trust
worthy record Ct the speed Of which 1t is
CAPABLE