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The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Their Business Booming.

Probably one thing has caused
such a general revival of trade at Ham
ilton g. Bailey's drug store as their Civ,
ing away to their customers of free trial
bottles of DR.. Kings New Dicovery for
Consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. Coughs, colds, asth,
ma, bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly caed. You can
test it before buying by getting a
trial bottle free, large size 81. Every
bottle warranted. 3
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Platesorme Democra tique.

Les representants du parti democratic
pour retat de la Louisiana r6unis en-
convention a Baton Rouge, deciarent
ct affirment:
/. Leur respect ct leur devouement
pour les principles du parti democratic
tells qu'ils furent %proclames par son fon-
dateur Thomas Jefferson ct croient cue
de leur observance depend la prospe.
rite du pays ct lie maintien de nos libres
institutions ct du gouyernement par
lie peuple.
2. Nous endossons, dissent. lis, Pad
ministration de Grover Cleveland ct
croyons que les int6r6ts de PUnion
gagneraient ~beaucoup a sa reelection.
Nous afirmons que depuis onze ans
apres avoir etc d6livr6 de l'anarchie,
administration des affaires %publiques
en- Louisiana a developp6 la richesse
ct la prosp6rite ct mis- notre etat de
pair avec les plus %favorises, ct nous
nous engageons a maintenir Get etat de
chooses dams la mesure de nos moyens.
Nous endossons administration du
Gouyerneur Samuel Douglas McEnery
aui q rendu d'6minents services en- SER
viteur loyal ct fdele.
3. Nous nous engageons a soutenir
une administration econome des at
fairies %publiques, ct a maintenir le Gre
dit de rEtat par des appropriations
en- rapport avec les %revenus, nous de-
mandons la liquidation de la dette de
rEtat ct lie prompt Placement DIES inte.
rets de cette dette tells qu'ils ont etc
fixes par la loi.
4. LIE systeme des levees de PEtat
est une necessite pour la protection des
vies ct des propri6tes de nos citoyens.
S. Nous nous engageons a develop
per, maintenir ct proteger lie dit sys-
teme autant que les resources imam
cieres de rEtat lie permettront, parce-
que nous lie croyons absolument essen
tiel au bonheur ct a la p%rosperite de
notre peuple. O
LIE parti democratic s'engage a faire
tous ses efforts pour placer les ecoles
publiques de PEtat sur une base salts
faisante ct substantielle ct la L6gisla-
ture est requise d'approprier une som
me suffisante tree des revenns de Re
tat, pour aider~a pTGpager n 6duca-
lion favorable pour les enfants de Get
Etat.
6. II est du devoir de rEtat dame
liorer nos ipterets agricoles par une
legislation appropriate a leur develop.
pement ct surtout en- encourageant ct
en- soutenantl lie s'College d'Agriculture'
ct autres Pesures en- yue de f%extension
de ces memes int6rets.
z. Nous sommes opposes a Pemploi
des prisonniers du penitencier pour
DIES ravaux qui les mettraient en- com
petition avec lie travail libre.
s. Nous invitons les emigrants dc
toutes nations a venir habiter les ter
res fertiles de la Louisiana ct les assn
rons qu'ils seront les bienvenus parm
nous ct %trouveront lei une nouvell,
patrie ct DIES iours prosperes.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your appe-
tite is poor, you are bothered with head
ache, you are fdgety, nervous and gem
orally out of sorts, and want to brace up.
Brace up, but not with stimulants spring
medicines, or bitters which have for
their basis very cheap, bad whisky, and
which stimulate you for an hour, and
then leave you in a worse condition than
before. What you want is an Alternative
that willpufify your blood, start healthy
action of liver and kidneys, restore your
vitality, and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you will find
in Electric Bitters, and only so cents a
bottle at Hamilton g. Bailey's. 3
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
ne ao Eevrier.

Une particularite rann6e 1888, qui
est b~issextile. "
Les enfants qni naftront le 20 feyrier
proclaim n'auront jana is nj un an, nj
deux ans, nj trois exactement Ee-
yolus. Leur anniyersaire de naissance
ne reviendra que tous les quatre ans.
De meme il sera impossible de faire
d date fxe, le bout de Tan ponr les
morris da 20 f6yrier.
Enhn, on Sc trouvera fort enp6ch6
pour fater lie retour des solennites de
famille qni auront Gu lieu ce jour-h,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Nos chemins sont devenus 81 impra-

Nos chemins sont devenus 81 impra-
ticables, que nous croyons devoir re,
venir a un projet don't nous von deJa
parl6 il y a deux ms: la construction
dun chemin de fer a vote etroite, al
liant d'Opelousas a rOuest, yers Ia
splendide region de Ia riviere Dar9on-
ne. dams la paroisse Calcasieu. Mons
' trouyerions d'immenses avantages !:
/, il ' aurait la un march6 ouvert u
pinieres presqu'in6puisables de cette
region on pourrait y 6tablir un Ger
tain nombre de s~cieries OH Pom fabrl-
querait DIES bois de charpente ct des
merrains 2, lie chemin traverserait les
rizieres de- notre p~aroisse ct donneralt
a nos planteurs un moyen aehsoSea
leurs produits au march6. CONNIE on
t~rtuyerait IN placement f%acile, on cul-
tivorait dix fois plus de riz. Nous au-
rions, des Tors aussi, II vote qul nous
d maintenant.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

Une assurance dun nouveau genre
Went de Sc fonder en- Danemark: une
assurance contrele c6libat. Les jeunes
files qui, seules, ont le droit de s'assn-
rer, patent nne somme minnie q paftlf
de Iage de treize ans. 81 Giles sc ma
RENT, Giles perdent leurs droits; 81 elles
rs De- marient pas, Giles touchent une
petite rente a partir de quarante n $
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
B~ucllen,s Arniea saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns and all skin erupti0ns, and posi-
lively cures piles, o II no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price Csc
per box. For sale by Hamilton&Bailey
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

MI. A. d. Smith 6tait mort la semaine
derniere a Ste. Augustine, Floride,
mais an moment Oh on allait le depo-
ser en- terre il est revenu a Ia vie. II a
racont6 que pendant so mort il etait
allie au paradis on il await w DIES chooses
merveilleuses. &c n'6tait guere la
peine dependant quill Sc d6rangeat
pour venir nous confer celia, car le sur
lendemain de so resurrection Hest re-
mort soudainement ct pour de bon.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
In troupeau de 800 moutons sppar

I'm tronpeau de 800 moutons sppar-
ten ant an colonel Charles Covlngton,
du comt6 de Coryell, Tex, q peri de
froid dans une seule mutt: les pauvfes
b8tes s'6taient couchees pres de 10
maison le soir ct il brouillassait lie
frofd eta nit venu soDdainement Ia gtsace
a,egt form6e ct les moutons don't la
laine etait prise dams cette glace mont
m &c lever ct ont peri sur la plaCG
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

LIE Farmer, Covington, %paroisse st.
Tammany, du 81 janvier:
Nous avons Gu du pore trals en- abon-
dance, cette semaine; il sc vendait de
6 cents la livre.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

and that to secure that amount, a tax of 10
ften) mills on the dollar is hereby levied on
all property borne On the assessment roll of the
parish and not included on property on the
assessment roll situated within the incorpo-
rated towns Of Opelousas, Washington, Grand
Coteaa, Vile Plate and Arnaudyille; and
that on the property situated within those in
corporated 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, ajax
of S ffye@ 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 1883.
Attest: ALBERT GUIDRY,
P.J. EEFEBVRE, CIk. President.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

@-FoR CLUB RATES or any"further nlsf
nation apply to the undersigned. isas
handwriting must be distinct asa ssg34ss, I.
plain. More rapid return mail delivery s.
be assured by your enclosing AN sns'es
bearing your full address.
Send Postal Notes, Express Mdaey oas
or New York Exchange in Ordinary ~
Currency by Express lat eur expense
dressed TO
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, e
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

NJ. Rousseau, envoye d Panama en-
1886 par lie gouvernement franGals pour
examiner les travaux du percement dc
fisthme, a fait un rapport qul at que
pentreprise ne s'achevera que 81 le tfa-
vail est simplifie.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Catastrophe RGiniere.

Une terrible explosion a Gu lieu aux
mines de Wellington, dams la Colombo
britannique, le "a. Lair a etc soudain
rempli d'uHe epaisse fumee, ct lie sol
s'est convert dun depot noir CONNIE
de l'encre. Quand lie premier tumulte
a cesse une partie de la maison de ven
tilation s'est ecroul6e, ainsi que toute
la charpente du puts. I'm courant
@air a etc immediatement r6tabli, des
poulies ct DIES cordes ont etc prepares
pour proceder. au sauvetage.
LIE premier homme qui est sort du
puts await grimpe a l'aide du cable en-
I'll de fer de la cage, au milieu des de.
bris de bois, a une hauteur de LOG
pieds. I'm second mineur q essay6,
sans Y r6ussir, de sortir par ce moyer
| daugereux. Un troisi6me, arrive d sc
pieds de la surface, a perdu l'equilibrt
ct est retomb6 au fond de rabime. /
q etc tn6 sur lie coup. On a ensuitt
| fait descendre deux hommes d la re-
cherche des malheureux qui 6taient
rest6s dams la mine; mais ills sont re-
monies sans avoir rien entendu.
On a fabrique instantan6ment unt
cage p~rovisoire, que Ton a ensuite des
cendue a une profondeur considerable
Les mineurs ont pu l'atteindre au moy.
en- d'echelles. 103 hommes sur les l6(
lui Sc trouvaient dams la mine etaiepl
sauves. Mails vingt-cinq blancs ct pfu
sieurs Chinois qui avaient etc empri
sionnes dams une galerie mferieure on
etc ramen6s a la surface sans vie.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

On croft que 10 convention rationale
democratioue aura lieu d New YORK ;
ce nest que le % feyrier que lie comlte
d6cidera cette question.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

D'apres des rapports parvenus au
bureau des ~affaires etrangeres d Wash
ington, la famine existe sur dlfterenes
ssints de la Turquie orisntale etttIt de
d 1eseuses y5sfimes.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

ESnsqration Allemande.-L n9mbfe
des Allemands qui ont emlgre penaanI
les ONE premiers mois de 1857 s'eieVe
Il 81, 249. Pour la meme periodic, en-
1887. il await etc de 76,9Sl.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

La conr supreme f6d6rale n'ayant
m trouyer par on lie condamne d mort
Maxvell-lfanteur du meurtre de Prel-
Ter i ST. Louis-avait etc prive des
droits, privileges ct immunit6s que lal
earantit la constitution DIES Etats-UnIs
4 afirm6la sentence de mort pronounce
par la cour d'6tat. La date de lexecu-
fion sera prochainement fx6e.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

LIE Mississippi est pleiu de glaeons a
ST. Louis. Les bateaux dams lie port
ont souffert de fortes avaries.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
"A. /

OPELoUsAs, LA, Jan. 9th, 1888.
Onamotion of Mr.. Haas, it was ordained,
that the sum of $34, 10000 tthirty-four thous-
and one hundred doilars) be and the salne is
hereby assessed and levied as the amount of
taxes to be collected for the services and ex-
penses for the current year 1883, and that the
same he aDDroDriated as follows;
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

Pendant que Louise Michel haran-
onait une reunion d'anarchistes an
Hayre dimanche soir, IN nomme Lusas
nj 4 tire deux coups de pistoiet ct iui
4 fait deux l6geres bless@res. On au-
rait lynch6 ce Lucas sans Intervention
das Candarmes.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
NEW SHAVING i

WTAVING recently built and re-furnished
nrepared. with increased facilities, to serve
the public in frst-class style in my new quar-
ters between Brand and Moriarty's. Shaving.
hair cutting, shampooing, etc., done IN the
highest style of the art. Give me q cal.
E.A. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
ORSALE-

1.-TWO small Plantations situated about 81
Il miles from Opelousas, with buildings and
improvements thereon, one containing 81
acres and the other 70 acres. The public road
leading from Opelousas to Prairie Laurent
runs between them. Will be sold together, or
separately, as desired.
Also, four acres of land fronting &C. Sway
ze's place, near Callihan bridge. A suitable
location for a country store. Will be sold
very cheap.
A small plantation situated on Bayou Cour-
tableau, about a miles from Port Barry, with
buildings and improvements, containing 6o
acres.
Another tract of land adjoining the above
plantation, containing 800 acres, unimproyed,
about As or so acres cleared, has $50 deaden-
ed cypress trees; one of the best ranges for
hogs in the parish.
For further particulars, apply at Thee. Cha
cher6s store, corner of Main and Landry
streets, Opelousas, decl7-3m
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04


L'Echo, Lac Charles, paroisse Calca-
sieu, du ~ janvier:
M. Clement nou annonce que son
essai d'ensilage, Pete dernier a partial
tement reussi. III nourrit, m~aintenant,
SEES bestiaux avee le fourrage conserve,
ct il MA qua Sc Rficiter de leur etat.
M. Fl. A. Weaver, venu lei, du
Dakota, il y a IN mois, a amen6 avec
lui M. Grover Buell., qui, lui aussi, Sc
fixe parmi nous.
IN. j. T. Rogers, de Barckley, COM
t6 Usage, Kansas, qui etait deja venn
lei, il d deux ans ct etait, depuis abon-
ne d notre journal, s'est enfn decide q
venir s;etablir chez nous, fuyant le pays
DIES .~sblizzards.1
Nous en- dirons autant de M. Oh. I'll.
jackson ct de 50 femme, qui sont en-
clantG de leur nouvel Establishment.
IN. CHI. S. Wright, qui habite lei,
depuis le printemps dernier, venant du
comt6 de Marion, Missouri, a fait venir
son ami M. w. "A. Callohan, du meme
comt6, meme Etat.
-Autres nOuveaux arrives Nine.
Jacob Daniels ct son fills, qui viennent
retronver lei le chef de la famille. NAL
gre 10 mauVais temps, lis Sc sont trou-
YES CONNIE en- plein printemps. Z
faut dire aussi quilts ~arrivent de Den
yer, Colorado, on le pays etait tout cou-
vert dune neige epaisse, quand ills Font
| quite.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
On lit dams PAbeille du 81 ianvier

TN lit dams FA0eIIl6 du 81 JanVIer:
NJ. III. G. Minor, choisi par le parti
republican, pour 10 poste de lieutenant
g~ouverneur a refuse de SO porter candi-
dat, p~r6textant de nombreuses occupa-
tons Commercials. On parle pour lui
succ6der de nj. AZ. Hero, Jr.
LIE JUICE WILEY refuse anssi lie poste
d'avocat- general, don't les devoirs ne
peuvent % concilier avec ses int6rsts
de planteur.
lie gonVernenr Flanders, refuse pour
cause d'age le poste de surintendant des
6coles quidemande h grande actirit6.
On parle CONNIE tr6sorier de NM.
Flanders ct a. Baldwin, Ell CONNIE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, de MN. Wal
ton, do Tensas, ct Fontelieu. RIberie.
Le gonveTnenr Warnioth s'est decide
D accepter le poste dc gouverneur.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
Pouur. Sheriff

Nous sommes autorises a announcer 10 Gene
raj THOS. G. ANDERSON CONNIE candidat
q la place de Sheriff de Ia paroisse st. Landry
d relection prochaine.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

Mons sommes autorises a announcer nj. oC-
TAVE FONTENOT CONNIE %candidat a 10
place de Sheriff Ielection qui aura lieu en-
avriI uroebain,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

lie Pionnier, Napoleonville, ~pareisse
Assumption, du % ~janvier
Voici ce que nous lisons dams un
6change:
aDes capitalists de New York yien-
nent de fonder a Apopka, Flori1 ane
compagnie dams le but de faire du vim
d'orange. LIE capital est fxe a$l0o,-
Plantons DIES orangers.
-L7hiver ne rit pas cette aimee.
Nos voisins de rArkansas ont EN-,
| tout s6cemment, un froid 81 rigoureux
que leurs loups sc sont REFUGEES en-
| Louisiana.
On en- a tue Quatre dams la paroisse
Lafourche ct deux dams la paroisse As
somption.
lie R6veil, st. M~artinville, paroisse
| st. Martin, du 90 ianvier:
lie chemin de fer Morgan, qni mono.
polise. depuis quill a etc construct. la
contr6e du Teche, annonce me r6duc-
tion de SO pour cent sur le fret. Pour.
Iquoi Ii reduction 7 Parce que DIES ba-
teaux ont commence de voyager entire
la NHe-Orl9ans ct ST. nj. Ces mes
sieurs du chemin de fer veulent eta
blir nm prix assez bias pour arriver a
faire ~disparaftre la ligne des vapeurs,
puis s~urcharger de nouveau nos mar
chands Of nos habitants CONNIE par le
pass6.
Marchands ct habitant1 accordez nne
partie de- votre patronage aux bateaux
du Tache. meme quand lenrs prix se-
raient IN peu plus 6lev6a que ceux du
chemin do fer. s'il 10 fant simon vons
vous en- repentirez ra~ppelez-vous 10
passe.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-09
THE LAITY NEEDED.

The lay element in the Universalist
church has never been properly worked
in the past history of the church. The
tendency and practice has been to push
the clergy to the front on all occasions,
and to make them the opponents of our
needs and the advocates of our church
polity. Perhaps we could not expect
any different result in the days when
the work of organization was going for
ward; but now that the church has large
ly outgrown its controversial period, and
its organization in state and national
bodies is secured, and on basis that is
we'll understood among our people,
there is good reason for employing the
lay element in its behalf, and on all
proper occasions bringing our promi-
nent men to its platform and more gen.
orally into its councils, and thus identi-
flying them with the church and its in
terests in the eye of the public. We
are convinced that our conventions
especially would largely gain in efficien-
cy and popular regard, were the laity
encouraged to take more prominent
position at our annual meetings if they
were more generally assigned places on
the program and impelled to do duty in
representative capacity at our public
gatherings. We have identified with
our Western churches numbers of
prominent laymen, accustomed more or
less to public speaking and warmly
devoted to our cause, who would do
credit to our church if they were
brought prominently forward at con-
ventions, conferences and associations
to present the needs of the church and
to advocate its various interests. Some
of these men have large personal fol-
lowing in the communities where they
reside; and the local church, as we'll as
the church at large, would be greatly
benefited by their active participation
in our affairs.
What is true of our Church as an
organized body is also true of the local
church. We should make as constant
use of our laymen in the work of the
church as they will permit-even do
considerable special urging to secure
their help on important occasions. We
are reminded of this by the reports of
the meeting at our North Side church
on last Sunday evening, when Mr..
Charles L. Hutchinson, the young Sun
day-school superintendent of st. Pauls,
who is also the president of the Board
of Trade of Chicago, was one of the
speakers. Ga account of Mr.. Hutchin-
sons prominence in the business COM
munity the meeting attracted wide at
tention, the church was filled to the
doors, and generous reports appeared in
the next mornings papers. If this
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well known layman had not been
pressed into service for an address the
meeting would have taken place with
out any extended mention. We gained
considerable in several ways from the
introduction of the lay element into
that meeting; large congregation was
secured, non-church goers interested,
an important subject discussed intelli-
gently from the standpoint of a man of
business, and vital work spoken
which will benefit all churches, not
to mention the incidental but import
ant matter of advertising our young
North Side church.
Wherever it is possible we advise our
members to encourage the laity to
identify themselves with our church
services. 1t would be capital idea to
have Laymen's Meetings occasionally,
and to devote Sunday evening once in
few months to addresses from the
members of the congregation. The
minister is wise who does not insist on
intruding his own personality in an
official manner at every service held
in the church from year end to year end.
He can step politely into the back
ground occasionally, and allow the laity
to come to the front, in the way sug-
gested, with great advantage to the
general cause and the local church.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-09
which was done in that volume, Hosea
Ballou may be regarded as the father of
Unitarianism in America.

COMMENCEMENT WEEK at Lombard
University, Galesburg, promises to be
an occasion of great interest. The ex-
ercises commence Sunday, June II,
with the Baccalaureate sermon by
President White, at the Universalist
church, in the morning at 1920. Mon
day, June Is, afternoon and evening
will be devoted to class day exer-
cises, and the exhibition of the junior
and sophomore class. Tuesday occurs
the meeting of trustees, and business
meeting of the Association of Gradu-
ates, both held in the morning. In the
afternoon, the Social Reunion of the
Association of Graduates, followed in
the evening by the ladies' contest in dec
lamation for the Townsend prizes. Wed
nesday is Commencement Day; the exer-
cises of the graduating class begin at 10
A. NJ followed at P. NJ. by the Alum
nj dinner at the Union Hotel. In the
evening the presidents reception at his
home, No. I'll East Main street. The
week will be joyful and inspiring one
in Galesburg, while necessarily tinged
with sadness on account of the recent
death of that great friend and bene-
factor of the university, DR.. William
H. Ryder.