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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Al BRANCH RAILRoAD.-Tlie present iinpass-
able condition of our public roads suggests the
rensAgai of an enterprise which we urged
through our columns a year or two ago name
ly-the building of a narrow gauge railroad
from Opelousas westward to the splendid luin-
bcr region OH the Darbonne river in Caleasien
parish. Tlse contamination of such an impor
tant event would be beneficial in more ways
than one. In the first place, it would open TO
our market the inexhaustibie pineries OF that
section, build up a number of saw-mills there
and giYeus much cheaper lumber and shingles
than are sold here now. IN the second place,
the road would pass the main rice bolt Of this
parish ard give the rice planters better iacili-
ties for getting their products TO market. As
it is, they have difficult time in getting their
rice to u shipping point, and with the build
ing of d road ten times the iaiilunnt OF rice
wonlr be planted. III time the road gould he
extenGed Oh through u fine section of farming
lands into Texas, where no competing line uf
railroad existla paying the stockholders well,
and proving a great convenicnce to the set
tiers in its vicinity
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28
safe from efae Blizzard
lII,itnes-I Democrat.

Times Democrat.
The total loss of life by iIle late blizzard is
now fixed at 235 for the Northwest that ls,
for the region tributary TO Sc. Paul, including
Nebraska, Dakota and Minnea0ta. while pro-
badly twenty-five will be about correct esti-
mate for the remainder of the country, max
ing 8 total loss of lie By the cold wave 260.
Ihe experience of the storm has proved very
clearly that Louisiana is beyond the reach Of
the blizzard, or OF any of its effects. Perhaps
81, severBr cold wave has eTerstrnek the coun-
frv flan this last enc; ID seemed TO make
straight ii this direction, bs,t i broke Al u
n;anes before 1t got here, and the only expert
l,ssa fhnt lie people Dit this section had of il
Il ;ss tlaat they were compelled N wear their
] opercoats fUr 4 couple of day
Tss,Ts week II weafIlef has showf liaalla igra1lts
.s.s.s hare iIl Iyouisiana they Gun find home
safe from tlle cold storms that pour down
from the Rocky Mountains safe from ice,
snou and hyperboEean oaasss, enc WIN g a..'sa an
abundance 81 fuel at their reTs doors. should
uB0Ieasan1lY cool weather como down on
] / hem from tho Northwest
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28
MIR. JOSEPH A.. BREAUx,
-. r. Barmum's own GIFT.

Mr. PIT Barnum the famous Snowman,
from the fact that his great story "My Plucky
Boy Tom" has proved such an immense sue
cess in the New York Family Story Paper, has
determined to present to all subscribers to
that paper, while h is story lasts, a beautiful
souvenir in the shape of Portfolio. This
Portfolio contains illustrations of all the wild
animals that wiElappearin in his show the conf
ing season. The tNew York Family Story Pa
per for four mon hs and "Barnums Portfolio"
as this beautifn souvenir is called, will be
sent to any ado Tess for the small sum of 81,
the regular pris of the paper. This is GER
tainIy an OPP jrtunity which our readers
should take advantage of. Address, Munro's
Publishing House, "a & 26 Vandewater street,
New York.
High licen; 8 has cut off, according to actual
knoCledse, the very worst form of drinking
st pani pionear presa Ran
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Having purchased the entire interest ol
Nicholas Burke, Id the late wholesale gro
sagf Arm of Burke &E Thompson, ourOid friend
md former townsman, Philip Thompson, Esq,
announces that he will continue the business
end8r his own mamie, at the old stand. Nos.
50 TO 66 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans.
Our merchants and families could not do
better than to send their orders to this : OPP
eieasas boy who has proved himself to be q
sgstclass business man in every respect
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28


The New Orleans City Item, having made a
complete publication of the results achieved
ut tho Diffusion Experiment Station, proposes
to eclipse former efforts in this line by issu-
ing c1 February IL an eight page sugar edi-
tion Of l00,00 copies. Among the contents
will be-:
a short and readable history Of the Louis.
lana sugar industry.
A record Of plantation work for o year. de-
scribing the planting, cultivation and grind
ing of cane.
A statement of the expenses of plantation.
giving amounts spent for labor, meat, grain,
groceries, mules, coal, machinery, etc., and
showing from what sections these supplies
are drawn.
An article considering the enormous devel-
0pment of the sugar industry of Louisiana
that would follow stable tariff.
Arguments in favor of protecting the sugar
industry.
n A paper by Prot w. II. Wiley on & a Ma
tional Sugar Industry and such other infor-
nation and statistics as can be given.
it Is the intention Of the Item management
10 place copy Of this issue in the hands OF
every prominent public man or official IN the
country.
Those who are in sympathy with the cause
can aid the enterprise by ordering such num-
Der of papers in wrappers as may be desired
or leaving the distribution of them to the
Item. where the numerous and necessary ad-
dresses will be collated. Besides, this paper
should be iii the hands of every planter, as
+ the diffusion data contained therein can DC
had from no other source.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

The following il the freight movement from
epelOusas for the month ending dec. 81,
AH7 Bales Of cotton shipped, 1888; h0gsheads
afsugar, I59: barrels of molasses, 243; sacks
" rice, 1888; cS4ton seed, Is car loads. Light
shipments for January, owing to inclement
Weather and bad roads.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

We hear IL rulnored that some of our enter
pfising citizens contemplate building mar
FoW.gange railroad west from Opelousas to
The great rice belt of our prrish. We think
aach M enterprise would pay it's projectors
handsomely, besides benefttfng the people Of
that isolated section 1oatefialIy.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

and That to secure that amount, tax OF IU
(ten) mills on the dollar is hereby levied on
all property borne on the assessment roll of the
parish and not i, cluded on property on the
assessment roll situated within the incorpo
rated towns of Opelousas, Washington, Grand
Coteau, Vile Plate and Arnaudville and
that ON the property situated within those in
corpurated towns, to defray their proportion
of the expenses Of the criminal proceedings,
there be levied in accordance with Sec. 95 of
the General Assembly of Louisiana, regular
session of 1878, approved March 4, 1878, tax
of tfive) mills on the dollar. It was further
ordained, that the licenses of the parish, for
the current year Of 1888, ON all trades, profess
sions, &c, shall be the same as those imposed
by the State for the same current year of 1888.
Attest: ALBERT GUIDRY,
p. j. LEFEByRE, Cfk. President.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Our citizens will doubtless con this over
with much interest, for they do not often
have an opportunity of learning anything
about the administration of their municipal
affairs. Possibly they may be informed, in
the course of eighteen months more-if the
present regime and its methods are perpetu-
ated-What became of the money. But they
need never hope to see those " delinquent
taxes collected
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Nothing but mud, mud, mud ! Whehkwill
We have good weather again to allow the
streets and roads TO dry, so that travel and
trade may be resumed once more.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28
Items . Of Interest.

The Mississippi river is to be bridged at
Memphis.
Electricity is a very serious matter, and yet
Edison makes light of it.
The Legislature of Mississippi passed bill
ordering constitutional convention, but
Gov. Lowry vetoed it.
The State of Louisiana, through it's agent,
John McEnery. has brought suit against the
United States for $40, ,57271, arising from the
swamp land fund and the five per cent fund.
New Iberia Enterprise: Rev. Father JAG
quet has contracted with Mr.. John Emmer for
SOC, 600 well burnt brick for the construction
of the new Catholic church.
New Iberia Enterprise: At the last regular
meeting of the City Council an ordinance was
submitted granting to Mr.. Louis ID. Etie the
right of way through certain streets of this
place to construct and operate o street rail
road.
The war cloud iu Europe is drifting away in
snowflakes. The extreme cold weather is
freezing the ardor OF all the would be belli-
gerents, and sickness is demobilizing the
ranks of the Russian army. A clash of arms
becomes more doubtful every day.
Farmerville Gazette: Hon. q. B. Steele. of
Uuion, is the onIg0ne of the old State ticket
who will retain his position for the next four
years. Even foe as we'll as friend was forced
to admit that Capt. Steele has made one of
tlieF abest aud most efficient officers that the
State has ever had.
The famous Dupard land case has been
decided by the Secretary of tho Interior, who
reversed the decision of the General Land
Office. The contest was between the State of
Louisiana and the citizens gf Baltimore and
New Orleans,as iegatees of the late John Nc
Donogh OF the 100000 acres in dispute,
two-thirds go to the State and the remainder
to the two cities. Ex-Gov. John McEnery
and Van II. Manning were the counsel for the
State,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

WEATHER AND FARM.-Since the cold wave,
aleet and freezing weather Of last week, it has
sained almost daily, making it impossible to
40 any kind of farm work.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Attention is called to the advertisement on
bur second page headed s'Town Property for
Sale.v 1t is fine location for residence or
BIZ business, and will be sold cheap. Address
Hrs. Edmond G. Dupr6, 0pelousas.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

There viii be divine services held in the
thureh of the Epiphany in this place on Sun.
lay.next, the 18th, at Ii a. M, on which occa-
son the, Holy Communion will be administer
REV! C. G. Kramer officiating.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

a Jury term of the District Court begins
here next Monday and will continue several
weeks.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Yon can obtain one Of the best agricultural
papers published, free, by paving one years
subscription to this paper. This is splendid
opportunity to get farm journal that Is now
read by nearly 200, 600 farmers. Come IN and
take advantage Of it. Mention it to your
neighbors.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28
Proceedings of the Police Jury
OPELoUsAs, La, Jan. 9th, 1888.

OPELoUsAs, La, Jan. 9Th, 1883.
On motion of MIR. Haas. it was ordained,
that the sum of $34, 10000 thirty -four thous-
and one hundred dollars) be and the same is
hereby assessed and levied as the amount of
I l.axes to be collected for the services and ex-
penses for the current year 1888, and that the
same be appropriated as follows:
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

dered by Gen. Breckenridge, in person. TO re-
port to Cobbs Battery for service, all the Off
GERS except one being wounded. From that
time until the battle of Missionary Ridge, he
was acting adiutant of artillery Of the divis-
ion and so remained until the Atlanta cam
paign, before the close of which he attached
himself to Gen. Forests command, where he
was promoted to captain, but was shortly
taken prisoner with two of his command but
he with six other prisoners, when near West
ern Kentucky, by surprise captured the boat,
taking prisoners eight men and one lieutenant
and killing two and wounding two others of
the enemy, he and the other Confederates es-
Gaping without a scratch.
In civic times he represented his parish III
the upper house of the State Legislature. Mr..
Steele was placed ON the McEnery ticket in
1888 and his denomination is alike testimo
nial to his personal worth and to the eff
cheney with which he has administered the
Office of auditor.
MIR. JOSEPH A. BREAUX,
the nominee for Superintendent of Public Ed
ucation, is u man of about fifty. He was born
and reared in the Attakapas section of the
State and is @ prominent lawyer of Iberia
parish, whence he halls. Mr.. Breaux is a man
of education and of no inconsiderable cutu re
and has been liberal patron of the public
Schools having been prominently interested
in the organization of d first class high school
in his parish. He is gentlemen of means,
devoted to the cause of education and accept
ed the position it is believed more to advance
the educational interests of the State than
through desire for the emolum ents and fl
nancial attributes of the office.-N. o. States.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

The proposed amendments to the State
Constitution to be voted upon next april are
published in full in another column.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

The attention of onr readers is directed to
sne rev advertisement Of Messrs Clements q
lNileon, Id another column. Their stock Of
gocAs will be found fully up to the reqiire-
meats III the season and sold at prices to suit
s1e times Planters viii please make y note
of their hne assortment OF agricultural impie.
Aents, Including the fest and most approved
make Of plows. cultiyators, etc; also Of the
lsgt that they are sole agents for the celebrat-
sg DfandB of -four from the reliable Anchor
4. Nils Of st. Louis, which they sell at prices
shst cant be beat Give them q call and you
VIII ind them both liberal and accommodating.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Travel has about stopped, so produce com.
iHg into market, and businessJat stand-still.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28
N1oTIcE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Probate Costrt, Parish of 81. Landry, No. 4S66

ESTATE OF JAMES GALEs2AND WIFE.
Whereas, Edgar S. Barry of the parish OF
st. Landry, has applied by his petition to be
appointed administrator of the estate Of
James Gales and wife, deceased, late Of st.
Landry parish
Therefore, any person intending. to make
opposition to said appointnent will ME the
same in writing, in my office. in the town o.
Opelousas, within ten days from the present
notice. JAMES V. CdAonEImnlJ,
Jan. %. 1888, CLERK.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Those of our subscribers who are In arrears
on their subscription accounts, Will hnd q
notice at The head Of our local columns THAT
is of special interest TO them. Read it.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-01-28

Our streets are nothing but mud and slllsh
now and the street crossings are almost as
boggy
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Total Amount Market Dues, Taxes and
L HGalio tod 20 Lon

Total Amount Market Dues, Taxes and
Licenses Collected up to Jan. I'd,
1850 -SAU4O ~
Less five per cent. commission - 2O2 81
Balance paid to Treasurer rer.$ 1854 Sc
To Amount Special Tax Collected -. .s5762 90
Less two and half per cent commits
sion Observation-Disclosures. IA 05
Balance paid to Treasurer. .$5617 95
Amount Delinquent Taxes for the years
1885 1886 and 1887 S1346 40
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The following, which purports to be a
Statement of money collected by Town Col
lector from July 10, 1885, to jan. I'd, 1883, !"
dry DemoHat:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
THE PRESIDENTS GIFT.

The gift of the president to the pope
on the occasion of the latter's jubilee
is exciting good deal of comment, and
it is pleasing to observe that the COM
ment is nearly all of favorable nature
1t will be remembered that, while the
heads of other governments sent costly
jewels, the president, with SIM
plicity most becoming in the chief
officer of government whose admin
istration is freer from osteptation than
any other, sent imply beautifully en-
crossed copy Of the constitution. The
delicacy and tact shown in the gift were
unqueStionable. 1t was fitting that the
president should not refrain from join
ing in the general expression of good
wishes to the pope, who numbers some
100000 faithful followers in this
country, and it was equally becoming
that his gift should not be of nature
to offend the 54,00O,000 other citizens
who see in the pope merely the head of
church with which they are not in
sympathy.
No one can take exception to the
gift sent, and there is no one,
Catholic or Protestant, in this
country, who will not unite in saying that
of all the gifts, rare and costly, which
LEO XIII. received, not one can COM
pare in value to that sent by the presi-
dent of the United States, always pro-
vided that it be intelligently studied.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
ANOTHER PROMISE.

Again the lOng-suffering people of st.
Paul are met with another promise from
the cable line managers. 1t is now
stated that we shall have the road in
operation by the time the carnival
openS-Jan. 25-at the latest, and as
much sooner as practicable. Let us
again take heart of grace, and hope that
this may be true, but let us not be I'M
duly confident, for have we not be-
lieved before, only to be basely de-
ceived?
Nevertheless, the fact remains that
there is no. no material obstacle in the
way of operating the line. The test of
the cable has been satisfactory. 1t only
remains to remove the snow yet encum-
bering the tracks, and, if necessary,
LOCO men could be secured ON two
hours notice who could complete that
portion of the work in day.
In the words of an eloquent Roman,
''How long will you abuse our pa
tience," o cable managers? FOrbear-
ance is fast ceasing to be virtue, for to
the public eye there is 10 longer cause
for exercising it. You have not
found the people of st. Paul
captions or carping in the past. They
have made every possible allowance.
Now repay their good nature by re-
deeming your record for dilatoriness.
and make no mistake about the fulfill
ment of this your latest promise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
THE CHAMBER CELEBRATION.

The st. Paul chamber of commerce
celebrated the attainment of its majority
last night with reception and banquet.
The members INDUCED in reminiS-
cences, and enjoyed pleasant revival
of the old times when the chamber
was a weallling because st. Paul'S
commerce didn't amount to much.
That was only twenty-one years ago, to
be sure, but twenty-One years makes a
wondrouS difference in the career of a
Western town. However pleasant it
was for the members to recall the Incl
dents of the long ago, it was not alto
gether retrospective view they had
from the banquet board last night. The
veil of the future was uplifted, and a
vision of dazzling grandeur was pre-
scented. Twenty-one years ago the pio-
neerS saw with the eye of faith the ST..
Paul of to-day. They saw it looming
up in its present grandeur and some of
them have lived to see the splendid
realization of their early hopes.
Those who sat at the banquet
board last night did just as
the fathers had done. They looked
into the future and determined the pro-
portions of st. Paul twenty-one years
hence. Shall our work be done as we'll
and as wisely as the fathers did theirs?
The building cannot exceed the dimens-
sions of the foundation, and as we are
to-day the foundation stones upon which
the metropolis of the great Northwest is
to rest twenty-one years from now, we
shonld be inspired by the example the
old men of this generation have set us.
As was said by Gen. SANBoRN last night,
st. Paul was born for commerce.
Nature fixed the destiny of this city
when the springs first flowed which
started the Father of Wat. S on its
course to the sea. The God of Nature
has reserved for this generation the
honor of achieving that destiny. Let
us do it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
VACANT LANDS.

. That pestiferOus question of opening
the Oklahoma section to s ettlement is
going to be as much of worry to this
congress as it has been to it's predeces-
sors. 1t is one of those questions that
will not down, because it lies immedi-
ateiy in the pathway of an advancing
civilization, and the sooner congress
takes hold of it and makes some perma-
nent disposition of it, the better it will
be all around. The wisest thing to do
is to provide for the appointment of a
commission to negotiate treaty with
the Indians whereby this valuable terri
tory can be secured by the government
and opened up for settlement. With
the rapid increase of our population it
is impossible that the Oklahoma coun-
try shall remain much longer unoccu-
pied. II the government doesn't acquire
possession of it and open it to peaceable
settlement, it will be taken forcibly land
the bad record of our treatment of the
Indians will have an additional stain.
A sacred regard for the good name of
the government and the demands of
civilization combine in impresSing upon
congress the necessity for Immediately
procuring title to the vacant territory.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
COSTLY COURTING.

Forty-fve thousand dollars ought to
be balm for the worst lacerated heart.
That is the amount the jury in a New
York court awarded in the nature of
damages to Miss CAMPBELL. whose
affections had been tritied with by the
Itch Mr.. ARBUCKLE. The defendant is
amply able to pay the bill, but it will be
a good lesson to him in the future not to
be going around making love to pretty
girls whom he had no intention Of mar
rying. There are great many AR
BUCKLES these days, and if there were
more Miss CAMPBELLs the world would
be the better of it. AS rule Tilted
women prefer to hide their morti-
tication and bear the pain of wounded
heart in silence rather than to go into
open court to ask for damages. If it
were not so it would probably be better
for society. If man were mulcted in
damages every time he was faithleSs to
his VOWS men would very soon come to
regard matrimony in more sacred
light than it is now observed. Love
making would not be regarded as mere
pastime-a pleasant way of Willing
away idle hours.
1t has long been said that matrimony
was lottery with but few prizes. But
the courts are taking step in advance
of this. The principle established in
the CAMPBELL-ARBUCKL case is that
love is a thing of high commercial
value, and is subject to the same laws
which govern business affairs. 1t is not
beyond the range of possibilities that
the time will come when this principle
shall be so firmly established that love
stocks and engagement certificates will
be quoted in the markets.