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St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
The Waste Of Brave Lives.
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF wAR-yIEw
OF GREAT COMMANDERS.

Apart fr0li arguments as to the alb
stract right, or wrong, of war, under its
varying circumstances of defense OF
aggression, it is matter for surprise that
there is not a more general horror Of it
manifested by the upper and middle
classes OF society, on account of the
cruel injuries which railways iDfiicts ON
SO many of the brayest relatives and
friends. The poor of the community,
who, furnish the mass of the "fooi tor
powder" in every conflict, arc becoming
increasingly awakened to the unfair
pressure which the military system in
hicts upon their own class. They have
to undergo the maximum of these
dreadful calamities and slau2l.teis
with but minimum of pay and honor.
But even the more favored Glasses of
society, whose members and rspresen-
tatives win nearly all the prizes in the
lottery of war, have to pay SO very dear
ly for their privilege that they might
well be expected to take deep and
general interest in efforts to prevent. AZ
far as possible, the recurrence ct inter-
national strife. 1t they are not prepar-
ed to condemn war in the abstract, or
even sometimes, in the particular, they
ought, at any rate, from considerations
of wise self interest, to evince some
ptuStSdt Oul uCetucHH III Tue pItf00Iiun
of arbitration as Il substitute TO, the or
deal of battle. Yet how few and how
rare are instances in which TIE relatives
of officers, in the army or navy. eyince
any earnestness OH behalf of ,eace. or
against the system which has so often
involved themselves i'm bereavement
and grief, and inflicted d guniziuy dentfs
npOn their personal friends.
They might be expected also to nav
more Difference to the emphatic terms
in which some Of their nsOst admired !
heroes have expressed detestatipn III I
the miseries insepaahle from warfare.
The Duke OF Wellington. for exampl4.
iii ;,nsn.r to The II alaIk nf n fa.li,.h-
able lady hat "a victory .nnst l,t eu.h
u splendid sight," replied. "Madam.
there is nothing inore horrible, except
a defeat We have already had to
gnafe. recently, the words of the Amer
ican General Sherman to some yauny
enthusiasts longing for a military ca
reer, You think that war il all glary,
bnt ] can tell You. boys, flat it in all
hell Sleinail's misunderstanding,
Cen Grant, twice President of the Unit
ed States, repeatedly gave ntteiance Ia
similar expressions. When, on IL visit
20 England the military authorities pro- /
D0sfd 10 appoint grand review If L.
fOops, is his honor and for his amuse- /
nent, lE decidedly refused the court {
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
Deserved Hickory.
Arkansaw Traveller.


While the professor of West Brancl,
Academy was busy working sums" for
one of the Peterson boys, Il red ''hided''
man from Halle!ujah Spring entered
the schoolhOuse, approached the profess
sor and said:
"Air you the man that runs this here
erfair g.
The professor put down his slate and
pencil. studied the features of the vi
sitor and then replied:
That's what | came here for"
All hah, my names JOwersOn."
Glad to meet you, Mr.. JOwerSOn"
"Wall, you mOnt not be so glad agin.
I'm dun with you. My son has been
going to school to you. Little Teller
names Tom"
"Oh, yes said The professor, Il be-
lieve remember him"
es, reckon you do. Tuther day YOU
whaled him with an oak split. come
to maui You"
''My dear sir,'' said the professor, 81
did whip your son with oak splits, but
he deserved it. During recitation of
arithmetic, asked him this question !:
1t you were to go out with a jug to fill
1t and there was a still-house Il half mile
away and a sprlnga quarter Il mile away
what would you bring back He stud
led II moment and said water Then
| took up white oak split and whipped
him"
WALL said the visitor, 81 must be
gnln'. In the transaction that we was
jes' talkin' about, agree with you all
but one thing. A boy that didn't have
no more sense than my chap has de-
serves hickory instead of white oak
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
A Hint TO Pastors.

Colonel Yerger, meeting the Rev.
handoodie Baxter on Austin Avenue,
asked him
How is your congregation coming
on 81
We am goin' right ahead, sab. Since
we had quit passing de hat we has TAX
ell III lois ob money. De kprlecshuns
has increased wonderfully, sab. WON
derfnlly.'
Il don't understand how you can take
up collections it you don't pass the
hat"
1--WE pass de plate now"
well that's the same thing as pass
ing the hat, isn't i I"
No, sab, hit mint the same thing.
Deacon Webster passed de hat for m0a h
dan year, and de keriecsl,uns WAS
mighty small bur now | passes de
plate myself. and de n,uney just rolls
IN. De plate am much more reiia Bile
dan tie hat.
How is that g.
Deacon Webster put tar in the TOD
OF his haf.'-Tcxas Sifiiugs.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
Rooms of the Democratic En-
ecutive Com mittee of the
Parish of 81. Landry.

| Pursuant TO a call of the President of
said Executive Committee Il meeting of
said Executive Committee was held,
ON this 18TH day of February, 1886,
and there being Il quorum present, upon
motion OF f. F. Perrodin, the:
| following resolutions were adopted
Whereas, the Hon. T. S. Fontenot
has resigned his position as one OF the
| Senators representing this District, and
Whereas, it Is necessary that the Dem
ocratic party OF the parish Of St Lam
dry, should nominate u candidate for
election to fill the uueXpiied term of
Senator FOntenot, therefore;
BE 1t Res0lred, That Il convention of
| the Democratic Party OF the Parish of
st. Lanury is hereby ordered to be
called, to be held ut the Courthouse at
UpeIousi,s and that ward elections to
choose delegates il SAID cunNtA,iun, il.
held at the different polling places of
the parish.
kcsolred Further, That as the Return
Ing officer has not yet fixed the day fni
The election of ii Senator to succeed the
Hon. L. s. ruutenot, the President OF
this Committee is hereby authorized
and empowered to fix the date foi hold
ing said ward elections and said con
ventiUn.
The follow ing resolution was offered
by John n. Ogden and adopted.
Res0lred, That the basis of represent
alton shall be the vote cast for Cover
nor, at the last gubernatorial election,
one delegate being allowed for every
twenty five votes and fractional votes
of fifteen or more cast for Cover nor al
said election, aud upon said basis OF
the wards of the parish
shall be entitled to the following dele |
Oh IFS in the convention
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
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We have learned by experience to
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Yours truly, WILSON a. Co,
Druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13

All kinds of Literary and Newspa-
pers. Detective and Seaside Libraries,
for sale, or will be ordered for you by
John Jacobs, News dealer, Main Street.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13

FOR SALE. ,h Ftse dh 1nsaasa
all heart at S. % per thousand also ak hun
dred ninefOot pieux st 80 per hundred. APP
ply TO OWEN MAHON, near Barry's Landing,
Louisiana. feb Ctr
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
TUESDAY MARCH Is. 1855

the following described property belonging to
the estates of Simeon e. Freshman and Fran
els i. Be;,sley his wife both deceased to-wit
LIST one hundred anu twenty acres of lana,
known az spring Buff pIautatiOn, situated one
mile north of Big Cane, bounded north by lands
of the estate OF 4. G. Ward east by spr ing Ba-
you, south by lands OF the estate of S. G.
Fn shnan, and west by lands OF Like Fields
and JEFF Ford, with the buildings and improve
uealts thereon.
I'd. Thry-three acres of swamp land situa-
ted on spring Bayou adjoining Spring Bluff
Plantation, bonnded north by lands Of the es-
tate Off G. Ward. east by lands of the estate
0i s. &. freshman.
81. one hundred and ten acres of land con-
sisting of forty-threc acles of open land with
the buildings and improvements thereon
wenty acr of woodland; forty seven acres
of swamp land bounded north by land . s. z.
Fle>hrnan east by l.. GodcliaIIx, south by l.. q.
sloane and west by +. Morrow.
Four mules, five COWS and calves, three year
iingS, two cutivators. six pl0ws, two hundred
and fifty barrels corn, one wagon.
Terms-CASH. AUGUST REFER.
feb l3-5t Administrator.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13

BY virtue Of an order of the Honorable Dis
tIict Court, in and Tor the parish of St. Landry,
there will be sold al public auction. to the
hignrst bidder, Oh the premises, near Big Cane.
st. Landry parish, La, on
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13

NJ. G. Wilkins offered the fuiiowins
resolutions which were also adopted.
BE 1t Resolred, That the election at
said polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock.
a. NJ, and close at 5 o'clock Y. ~, and
shall he held by three commissioners to
be selected by the Democrats present ut
the hour for the opening of the polls,
said commissioners to certify to the
convention the credentials of the dele
gates elect.
Resolced Further, That at said ward
elections, all Democrats, including for
eigners who have declared their inten-
ton OF becoming citizens, shall be enti-
lied to vote, the test in case of cl,ai-
lenge. being the vote cast 10y the party
ut the last Presidential election.
On motion of Homer Barousse, w. r.
Cochran was elected secretary of the
committee. There being no further
business the committee adjourned sub
ject to a call of the President.
K. II. LlTTELL. President.
w. X. COCHRAN, Secretary.
OrELoUsAs, Feb. 18th, 1885.
Since the session of the Committee
on the 18th instant, / have been in
formed by the Returning Officer. that
1t Is his intention to order the election
for Senator, for Saturday the Gath day
af April 1886.
by virtue of authority vested in me
by the Democratic Executive Commit
tee OF the parish. hereby fix the day
for the ward meeting as the 18th day of
March 1886 wednesday, and the day
for the assembling of the Convention
as the goth day of March 1886 Saturday.
K. H. LITTELL,
PRESIDENT OF the Democratic Executive
Committee Of the parish of St.
Landry.
Attest: W, r. C0curaN
Secretary.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
DUBLEC SALE.
ESTATE OF SIMEON G. FLESHMAN AND
FRANCIS Z. BEASLEY, HIS WIFE.
PROBATE DOCKET. DISTRICT COURT PAR
iSH or ST. LANDRY.

No. 1850.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
OPEN SESSIONS.

The Proposition to Hold Open Executive
Sessions of the Senate Gaining Favor.
WASHINGTON. April 5.-The propo-!s
tioa to hold open executive sessions of
the Senate appears to be gaining friends
daily, and it is not improbable that some
thing will be done to remove this unpop-
Ilar feature of the proceedings of the
Upper House. There are two resolutions
in support of an open executive session
now before the Senate, the one intro
duced by Mr.. Platt allowing secret exec
utive sessions when the Senate shall deem
it advisable, and the other, by Mr.. Lo-
gan, providing for open sessions for the
consideration of nominations. Mr.. Platt
intends to bring up his resolution and
speak upon it at an early date, probably
during this week.
Should Mr.. Edmunds decide to support
resolution in favor Of opening the doors
or of making public the journal at the end
of each executive session there is no
loubt about it's adoption. The Vermont
Senator fully realizes the Importance of
gratifying the public IN this regard, but
loes not yet see how the matter
can be adjusted without injury to
the public service. During the re-
cent discussion upon the Edmunds reso-
luton several Democratic Senators
committed themselves in favor of
open executive sessions, among them
Messrs. George, Maxey, Butler and Coke
Messrs. Voorhees, and Beck are and
always have been friends Of the proposed
change, while Mr.. Harris had pronounced
himself as bitterly opposed to it. On the
Republican side, Messrs. Van Wyck, Lo-
gan, Platt, Dolph, Allison, Sherman,
Pike, FRYE, Mitchell of Oregon, Cullom,
Hall, Harrison, Riddleberger Morrill,,
Teller, Plumb and Edmunds have either
expressed themselves openly or in con-
versation with other Senators in favor OF
some change.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
XLIxTH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 3lst Mr.. Logan's 8 army
bill was taken up and discussed by Senators
Logan and Plumb. Senator Vance made a
speech in favor OF his bill to repeal the
Civil service law.........In the House Mr..
ONeil reported his Arbitration bill which
was Immediately taken up in committee of
the whole, and Mr. O'Nell explained the
necessity for prompt action Others also
made speeches. The River and Harbor bill
was reported The majority report ON the
Hurd- RomeiS contest was submitted
In the Senate on the 1st the bill for the
erection of monument to Abraham Lin :
coin was favorably reported. The Wash
ington Territory bill was debated and sew
eral amendments adopted and others re-
J. cted. Adjourned till Monday......I In the
House, in committee of the whole, the
Arbitration bill was taken up and discussed
during the entire SESSION.
THERE was no session of the Senate on
the 2d......In the House Knight of La
Dor protest against the Free Ship bill
was presented. The Agricultural Appro-
priaton bill was reported. Private bust
ness was dispensed with and the Arbitra
tton bill was taken up in committee of til e
whole. During the course of debate Mr.
Glover (Mo.) denounced the bill AS
fraud and constitutional abortion"
Four sections of the bill were considered.
THE Senate was not in session on the Sd.
In the House communication from the
cessity of appropriation of 81 200, 600 to pay
pensions allowed by act of March 10 was sub
mitted. The Labor Arbitration bill was then
taken up, and. after discussion, passed. The
Silver bill was debated during the remainder
of the session.
In the Senate on the 5th a bill to enable
the Northwest Trading Company to pur-
chase lands in Alaska was placed on the cal
endar, After some unimportant business
the Army bill was taken up and Senators
PIumb, Frye, COckrell AMI Logan maize
speeches on tt...... In the House, under the
call of States, bill for a bridge across the
Mississippi at st. Louis was introduced; ;
also to re luce letter post
age and the price OF postal cards; also to
legaiiZe the incorporation OF NatiOna
trades unions. 1he Mexican pension bill
was passed: aso bill tor relief of certain
settlers aud purchasers of land in Nebraska
and Kansas; also for a public building at
Duluth also the Congressional Library bill ,
also for public LuiidiLg at San Antonio
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
AFFAIRS AT FORT WORTH.

Freights Moving Steadily--State Rangers
On the Cround--The Strikers Ominously
Quiet = Arrest Of Master Workman Lor-
ing.
FORT WORTH, Tex, April 6.-Freight
has been moving all day. The detach-
ment of State rangers under Captain
Smith have arrived. Probably no more
troops will be ordered here unless an
other outbreak is made.
As placards yesterday warned fremen
and engineers to keep away from the
Gould property, the inference is drawn
by many that an explosion was planQed
bv the strikers. The strikers do not dis
play themselves on the streets, but keep
Thoroughly acquainted with what goes on,
and the feeling Is bitter between them
and the workers or those opposing the
strike. AS nothing has been seen OF the
many strikers known to have left other
towns for this place, 1t is surmfsed that
they are camping somewhere outside the
city. Officers Fulford and Sneed are i'm
nroying. Mace, the wounded fireman. Is
also better. He is in jail, and bail viii
not be accepted.
Master Workman Loring of District
lol. Knights of Labor, has been arrested
on charge Of completely In ths murder
Of Dick Townsend, ons q those shot
SATURDAY Other aEfasts ~ eemerss,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

AT Pittsburg, Pa, on the Sd, Thomas
Bolan and Harvey McMurray had quar-
rel, when McMurray, who is only eight
years of age, drew a knife and stabbed
Bolan in the abdomen, causing almost in
slant death.
THE planters along the Mississippi river
in the neighborhood of Helena, Ark, are
very much agitated over the rapid rise
and fears are entertained that the river
will reach higher point than it did in 1884
THE river at Selma, Ala, is seven miles
wide, and doing great damage to property.
No doubt number of lives have been LOST
in plantation quarters.
A CONFLICT between officers and striker
occurred at Fort Worth, Texas. on the Sd
in which three officers and the same mum
ber of strikers were killed.
THE ways and means committee on the 30
took up the Hewitt customs bi and adde
to it the free list of the Morrison bill, SO fal
as it applies to lumber, fish, salt, flax and
hemp. Wool was also added to the 1ret
list.
THE gross earnings of the st. Paul rail
road for the month of March were s, ,034 ,0OO,
decrease as compared with the sam
month last year of $i7,oT0.
IMMENSE quantities of corn along the
banks of the Cumberland river awaiting
shipment have been swept away. infictins
serious loss to the farmers of that section
THE House on the 9TH passed the Mexical
pension bill. The bill contains provision
that its provisions shall not extend to per-
sons under political disabilities.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ending April I
was 1895, 1921. The issue during the cor
responding period Of last year was S173,
49S.
WIN. E. FORSTER, Chief Secretary for
Ireland under the previous Gladstone min
istry, is dead.
SECRETARY MANNING is still improving,
and will, it is thought, be able to sit up i'll
short time.
THE House Committee on Territories on
the 7th reported favorabiy bill providing
for the organization of the Territory O.
Oklahoma.
THE destruction along the upper Cum
bariand river is reported 70 Dc luily GIL
600 000.
Rrv. SAM JONES dedicated e new tenn
parance hall and reading room at Nash
Vile, Tenn, on the 6th
Col. n. A. FLoURNoY, superintendent OF
education of Colbert county, Ala, cisap'
peared on tie 7th, leaving shortage II
his accounts of 5000.
! Ir is reported that Hon. S. j. Randall
vii be seIect ed to succeed Mr.. Manning a
Secretary ct the Treasury.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
A NEW DANGER.
The Missouri Pacific Road-Bed Suffering
From Neglect Incident to the Strike--En-
gineers Growing Cautious.

The Missouri Pacific Road-Bed Suffering
From Neglect Incident to the Strike--En-
gineers Growing Cautious.
ST LOUIS, April 5.-The engineers of
the Missouri Pacific this morning lodged
a general protest with Master Mechanic
Bartlett against the decidedly bad condi-
ton of the road bed between this city and
Chamois, one hundred miles out. As it
is well known, to keep road bed in good
condition requires the constant tamp-
ing of the ties, and to perform this labor,
men, known as trackmen, daily 60 over the
road. examine it and keep it in a safe
condition. When it is known that the
road bed of the Missouri Pacific has not
been repaired since the 8th of March
nearly four weeks-ata a season of the year
when the frost is coming out of the
ground and there are frequent rains, its
generally unsafe condition can be under
stood.
Before this strike it was customary to
send out freight trains on the Missouri
Pacific consisting of as high as seventy
cars. Latterly, owing to the condition OF
the track, freight engineers have refused
to haul more than seventeen cars. But
the severest blow came this morning.
when the engineers of the two incoming
passenger trains reported the track
so bad that they would not take out
hereafter over four coaches each, and
that between here and Chamois
they would not run at speed OF over
twelve miles an hour. All engi-
neers from this time forward will refuse
to run trains after night. The track at
number of points is said to be spreading,
and train, unless run very slowly, is
liable to be deraied at any moment. The
late SHOWS have rendered all culverts un-
safe, and at many points the road-bed,
which is mostly made of clay, has been
badly washed out.
The No. express from Kansas City.
this morning, was two hours late, and
from present prospects, it will come in
still later every day until competent track
men are engaged to keep the road in
serviceable condition. The engineers are
iisgusted at affairs, and if something is
not soon done to protect them and their
human freight from too great risk Of
loss of life and limb, they are liable to
90 out
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
FRAUDULENT LAND ENTRIES.

A Number of Prominent Citizens of San
Francisco Indicted--A Lot of Scotch Cap
ftal Liable to Go GIimmering.
SAN Francisco, April 4.-The United
States grand jury yesterday found indict-
ments against eight prominent citizens of
this State for subornaton of perjury in the
case of fraudulent entries of redwood
timber land in Humboldt County, Cal.
The names of three are Joseph Russ,
David Evans and Charles H. King, who
collectively represent $5,000,0 900 capital
The names of the other FIVE are not yet
known, but they are said to be all wealthy
men. The Land Department. at Washing
ton had reason to suspect irregularities
in the entry of these lands, and sent out
Special Agent B. F. Bergen, of the In
terror Department, to investigate the
matter. The result of Mr.. Bergen's in
vestigation shows that the parties indict-
ed were all members of the California
Redwood Company, the capital for which
was mainly subscribed in Scotland. The
indicted parties procured about six hun
dred American citizens to take up l6O
acres of land each, for which each re-
ceived fifty dollars. The entries in all
cases were Immediately conveyed to
David Evans, one of the indicted parties.
The California Redwood Company after
ward sent an agent to Scotland
10 form a syndicate to sell
the lands. The syndicate paid the Cali
fornia Redwood Company twenty dollars
an acre for the land, which, as shown, the
latter had frauduiently purchased from
the Government for 50 so an acre. Mr..
Bergen has passed three. months in Hum
boldt County working up the case. and,
notwithstanding numerous difficulties
thrown in his way, has secured testimony
from over hundred persons who accept
ed the brides. Suit win be instituted by
the Government to set aside all these en-
tries as well as the patents, which have
already been issued. The land embraces
&C, COO acres OF the best timber land Oh
the coast,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-10
EFFORTS at negotiation with the Mis-.

EFFORTS at negotiation with the Mis-.
souri, Pacific officials having failed at st.
Louis. the members of the National execu-
tive board of the Knights of Labor have
apparently abandoned the field, leaving
the outcome in the hands of the joint dis
trict committees, and up to the 9Th no set
tlement had been effected, and the strike
was still "on," with indications of spread. .
ing to district No. 78.
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
April was 395,627. The issue during the
corresponding period Of last year was 49,
1913.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria de-
clines to accept the advice of the special
Turkish Minister that he acquiesce in the
decision of the powers on the question of
his title.
MRS. EMMA A. COOLIDGE, who recently
pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder
young Mrs. Mellen at Boston, was sem
fenced on the 9th to three years. imprison-
ment.
THE general order of the Knights of La
Dor is said to have at present surplus
fund on hand of $22O,OOO, deposited in five
Eastern banks, with monthly receipts ag.
gregating $4,000.