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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1888-03-10
PERSONAL.

Miss Coy Meginley, after stay of several
months in New Orleans, returned home q few
days age.
Hon. PauliE Stage of Bayou B@af was in
town last Thursday And favored us with a
call.
A State lmmigr&Iion Association has been
formed, of which Col. George Moorman is
President.
The report that ex-senator Fontenot was
out as a&andidate for Sheriff caused g con-
siderable ripple of excitement in political cir
cles here this week.
Hon. c. G. Memminger, formerly SecretarS
of the Treasury of the Confederate States
died at Charleston, S. c., last Wednesday
night, March 9TH.
Mr.. A. H. Generes and family are here on u
visit. Their many friends will be pleased to
learnOthat they may conclude to resume their
residence among us.
Among the delegates from st. landry in at
tendance at the Immigration Convention held
in New Orleans on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday last were Messrs H. S. Havard
c. c. Duson, Joseph Bloch, j. P. Smith and
both the editors of this papes. Mr.. w. w.
Duson represented Acadia. 1t was large,
representative and in telligent assemblage
and much good will doubtless result from its
deliberations -
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The immigration Convention.
n. o. Times-Democrat.

n. ". tulGS- DtiuUCEdt
The Immigration Convention which has
lust adjourned has, we feel confident, sue
ceeded in laying the foundation for large
and wealth bripg ging immigration t. this State.
The convention was successful in all its essen
representative body-tLe largest of the kind
ever held in Louisiana, and including dele
gates from every section of the State. =
The executive committee appointed by tbe
convention met Immediately after the adj
iaurnment oj that body and took several i'm
portant~ ~~teps in the matter of organization
and action. An appeal was made to thE
police iuries Of the State TO aid in this immi-
grafton project by AS liberal appropriations as
they could afford by the appointment or Or
ganizalion oe sub-mmigration committees In
each parish, by preparing maps and furnish
ing statistics that would enable the associa-
ton to lay the advantages ofLouisana before
Sue country. The City of New Orleans, all
financial and other companies and corpora
tionS, railroads, bH9iness firms and others
we're requested to co operate III the movement
8y subscriptions to an immigration fund, anu
ks furnishing facts that could be used to in
vite settlers here. Such steps as these will
bring forth early fruit By the prompt and
united action of all Louisiana will see this fall
tide of immigration pouring in that will I'LL
up all its waste places, giyG~alue to It's lands,
and add TO its wealth and prosperity. The
convention has done all it might, all that
could be expected of it. 1t has left behind an
immigration association and executive conn.,
mittee fr9l of energy and activity and with
the confidence Of the people, to carry on and
complete its work. 1t should have the warm
est and strongest popular support. the only
other essential required for an active immi
grafton.
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Democratic Parrish Committee.

OPELousAs, Feb. 90, 1858.
4 quorum present. On motion of Jones p.
Smith, duly seconded, primaries for q Demo-
cratic convention are to be Geld on Saturday
March f7th, 1888, to select delegates 70 assem-
BILE at a Democratic nominating convention to
be held at Opelousas on Tuesday, the Goth of
March, 1888, the said convention to assemble
for the purpose of recognizing the Executive
Committee aud for the purpose OF doing any
and all things which they may deem 10 the
interest of the parish of st. Landry,
On motiod of Willis Prescott, duly second.
ed, the polls are to open on March 18th at 8
O'clock 4. Ill. aud close at O'Clock p. N.
On motion of Willis Prescott, duly second
ed, ALI known Democrats being citizens of the
parish of St. Landry, will have the right t @
vote at the primaries also all male residents
who will have attained the age of twenty-One
years at the next general election, provided
they pledge themselves to support the nomi-
nees Ot the Democratic Convention.
On motion of Eugene McG9e, duly second
ed, the commissioners ct election or any two
Of them, shall be the judge of the right Of a
party to vote at the said primaries.
On motion of Louis Childs the following
polling places we're selected aud Che follow
ing apportiouAent made as follows:
Opeiousas, at Courthouse, eight delegates.
Bellevue, at schoolhouse, two delegates.
Prairie Laurent, at Carrlere's, one delegate.
Plaisance, at BlacksIears, five delegates
Wa&E4, at ScnoulnOlse, Two delegates.
Negrofoot, at Meyers, one delegate,
Lower B. Bout at Fishers, one delegate.
Big Cane, at Havard's store, 3 delegates.
|. Upper B. Bout, at Savant's three delegates.
Grand Coteau, at AT. Paws, delegates
Coulee Croche, at Richards, niue delegates.
Little Teche, at JohnsonS, two delegates.
dAeonyille, at Carriere's store, delegates.
| Washington, vt Town Hall, delegates.
; Bayou Chicot, at Haas, e:&ht delegates.
| Bayou Chicot, ut Dossman's, delegates,
Grand Prairie, at p. Stages, delegates,
Malet, at Sullice's six delegates.
! Plaquemine Point at Brasseurs, 5 delegates
| Vile Plate, at T. Tates, eight delegates.
Chataig1ier at Lafeur's, nine delegates.
| Upper Mamou and Point Grand Louis, at j
| j. Landreneau's, nine delegates.
| Faquetaique, at d. Couryille's, Delegates
| Lower Mamou, at Vidrine's, five delegates
| Atchafaaya, at G.. Richards, delegates.
| Beaver Creek, at Thos. Morris delegates
II. III. LITTELL,
| Attest Pres. Dem Ex. Com.
| ALFRED PAvY, Secretary
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Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin of the Lou
isiana Weather Service.
compiled from the reports made by the
State 0bserver.l
New ORLEANS, March 3, 1888.


State Obseryer.l
New ORLEANS, March 3, 1888
The seasonal rainfall has been considerably
in excess of the average. and farming opera
tious have in consequence been greatly re-
tarded. The greatest excesses O. rainfall are
reported from the southern parishes. Re
ports from the northern parishes state that
the planting of cotton and corn will gener-
ally be delayed until April 1st, owing to the
present wet condition of the soil.
In the north-centra parishes of tho State
plowing is progressing and planting generally
will begin about March 10th, although corn
planting is reported as we'll advanced in Ra-
pides parish The conditions during the past
week have been favorable, and corn, cane and
potatoes are being planted in the southern
parishes. Low ,lands are still inaccessible
owing to the heavy rains of ten days ago.
The temperature of the past week has been
below the average for the corresponding week
oxrgormer years, but the percentage of sun.
shine has been considerably above, drying up
The superfiuous moisture in the soil.
Fall plant cane and the ea-ly winter plant
is reported thriving and very promising. The
killing frost of the 28-29th injured peach
blooms in the southern parishes but no other
injuries are reported.
r. E. KERKAaf, Sig. Corps Director.
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WEATHER AND FARM--The storm of wind
and heavy rain, on last Sunday, did more or
less damage in several parts of the parish by
blowing down fences and, in many instances
washed up corn that had been planted recent
". Although the ground was heavy, plowing
was generally resumed on last Tuesday: and
Wednesday, Our planters lost SO much time
from the wet season of January and part OF
February that the plows have to be kept. go
ing now to retrieve past delays. But little
corn has yet been planted, and every one is
pushing to get land ready and planted at the
earliest possible moment. 1t March should
be dry and favorable in its seasons much Will
be done to overcome the drawbacks OF the
past mouth Our farme RS aie working with
determined energy, aud We doubt not that
good crops will be made, although later than
last year.
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The Result of Energy.
Shreveport Times.

Without II disposition toaisparage any por-
ton of the State we desire to invite the peo-
pie of North Louisiana to the splendid results
that have been accomplished in a section
which few years ago was considered poor in
soil and, aside from genial climate, by no
means attractive. We refer to Calcasieu par
ish There is no parish in Louisiana into
which there has been SO large a flow of immi-
grafton. And this is almost entirely the re-
suit of active and intelligent work on the part
of !, few enterprising men with Mr.. Watkins
of Lake Charles at their head. The immi-
grants are, too, exactly of the class best cal
: cuiated to develop the resources of country
queuce is that parish which was for long years
regarded as peculiarly uninviting-p possibly be-
cause its advantages were unknewn-is now
advancing in all the elements IS prosperity
aud tS1ll soon take rank with the first in the
State. What has been done fonC Calcasieu can
assurett,y be done for all of North louisa ma
Only the energy, intelligence aud public spirit
are lacking. That these potent factors OF sur
cess will soon be brought into play we fee
justified in believing.
These remarks have been specially suggest
ed by paragraph in the Houston Post which
refers to the passing through that city OF Mr
james Hewitt, of Abilene, Kansas, en- route
for Calcasieu. He was accompanied by his
wife aud eleven children, andSsaid he was
coming to Louisiana to stay-one woul Id sup
pose So in view of the eleven children. Ht
was well fixed with carloads 6f fine stock
consisting OF thirty-five head OF castle, hfteeI
Thoroughbred horses and o lot of fine sheel
which lie says will yield twelve pounds .
wool to the clip. Mr., Hewitt remarked to tht
reporter that If the climate and natural al
yanfages of this country were properly un
derstood at the Northwest, he thought th
population OF that blizzard stricken section
would soon grow painfully sparse.
On the subject of immigration he said
.Ahrouah the cxertions of Mr. Watkins col
ony OF Kansas farmers is being established a
Evangeline. twenty EIGHT miles east OF Lax
Charles, and will soon be followed byaothe
families Hundreds would like to come, bu
many OF them are SO tied up there they can
leave.
Those Of our subscribers who are IN arreaf
, an their subscription accounts, will find
notice at the head of our local columns ina
ID Of special interest to them. Read Il.
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Predicting a Hsig Explosion.

The Firen,ans Herald predicts a terrible
disaster in the United States, if the tapping
of gas wells is allowed to go on at its present
rate without check or supervision of any sort.
fearful explosion of natural gas took place
in China some two hundred years ago. it ap-
pears, tearing up and destroying district
and leaving o large inland sea-that now
known on the maps as lake Chang. Should
such an accident occur in the United States.
there will be such an upheaval, the Herald
believes, as will dwarf the most terrible earth,
quake ever known The country along the
gas belt from Toledo, through Ohio, Indians
and Kentucky will be ripped up to the depth
of from 1900 feet to 400 feet, leaving chasm
through which the waters of Lake Ere vii
como howling down, filling the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys and blotting them out for
aver
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The street lamps which the Monitor has ad.
yocated for the past two months, have at last
arrived and been put up. The town council
should receive the thanks of the whole COM
munity, as the lamps afford an excellent light,
and give the town an eDterprisIng and live
look.
The above is from paper published in the
small town of Minden, La. Opelousas has but
few, and they were put up by private citizens
We are pleased to see that a few more have
been put up recently, aud We trust that our
town Solons will promptly have others plac
ed where they will do most good, SO that We
may be on par, in that respect, at least, with
Minden.
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A subscription list to the capital stock of a
Building Association was circulated this week
among our citizens aud several hundred
shares were placed. no individual being q
lowed to take more than ten shares. A meet
Ing of the shareholders will be heltSin the
Council room at the Court House, next Tues
day evening at 7:30 O'Clock for the purpose OF
organizing and making preparations to go to
work at once. Besides the general dement's
to the community at large, these associations
provide their members with q safe and profit
able investment for even the smallest savings
and furnish them with the means of borrow.
ing money to purchase and improve houses
and lots. Opelousas should have had one long
since
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SToRM.-The severest storm that was ever
felt in this section passed over the southern
limits of this parish, near Church Point and
through Coulee Croche, about o'clock p. NJ ;,
ON last Sunday. About dozen dwellings and
as many more outbuildings were entirely de-
molished and their contents scattered for
miles over the prairie. Full details have not
been received but it is now estimated that
over thirty yqSersons were more or less serious
" injured and one child killed by the flying
timbers. Chap Gnidry and son-near Church
Point-each had an arm broken; Marcott,
Provost, Bourque aud LavergBe's families all
received injuries, the latter's child being kill
ed, and many others whose names we could
not learn. The cyclone was about 300 yards
in width, rising and dipping 70 the ground,
leaving some places untouched, lasting but a
few minutes, but spreading general destruc'
tion wherever it struck. The rain fell in tor.
rents about an hour and inundated the whole
country. a
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NOTICE u. S. Land Office, New Orleans,
~ La. February II, 1SSS.-Notice is hereby
given that the following named settler has 6l-
ed notice Of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim and that said proof will
be made before the Judge or in his absence, the
Clerk of the District Court, at Opelousas, LA. q,
on Saturday, April 14th, 1888, viz:
Cyprfen Frunge, AIs,
who made Homestead Entry No. 6353 for the
wv of s E ! and Lot No. S of Sec. 20 and N
w of E and Lot No. l of Sec 90 TIP 6 9
r. 2 w Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Ernest Frug6, Ernest
Langley, Onezime Rider, Cleophas Guillory,
all of st. Landry parish, Louisiana
THOMAS J. BUTLER,
Feb. 25, lS98-6t. Register.
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FIRE.-About 2:30 O'Clock a. M, on last We'd
nesday, a fire broke ont in small outhouse
in the rear of Ione Schuble's residence, on
Market street, and was burned to the ground,
the building being enveloped in flames before
the fire companies could reach the premises.
The building was used by an itinerant show
company for storing their tent, baggage, and
flying horse apparatus. all of which was des:,
troyed b7 the rapid flames. The remains OF
the fire were extinguished BY the tire conpa'
nies without communicating to any other
buildings. There was an unfortunate delay
in starting the steamer. but by o'clock 1t
had finished its work. The eolored company,
as usual, did excellent service
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~ La, January 81, Isss.--Notice is hereby
given that the following named settler has
fled notice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Judge, or in his abb
sence, the Clerk of the District Court, at Opel
Ghsas La, on Tuesday, March 90, 1888, Wig:
DiemegOtt Schultz,
who made Homestead Entry No. 602O for the
SW !, Sec 2, TIP S r West Louisiana Meri-
dian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
tion Of, said land, Viz. Andrew Wiefert, Christ
Rupert, Porter Klein, Jr., of Acadia Pa, La,
and Otto Odlong, of st. Landry Pa, La.
B THOMAS j. BUTLER, {
Feb. A, '8S, Ct. Register,
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at p. M.
Voters present at the hAur of opening the
polls have right to elect three copmission-
ers of election, one of whom should act as
clerk and keep list of every person votfng.
Every Republican who is over u years of
age is entitled to vote provided he is a resi-
dent of the ward where he offers to vote.
Voters in every voting precinct are advised
to select suitable and convenient place to
hold the election
The Republican Parish Executive Commit
tee, in ordering primaries and in thus accord
ing to every Republican voter the sacred right
to chose his representatives, has acted wisely.
Every good aud houest Republican should
bend all his efforts and energies to secure a
full fair and free election. tnchl0lt.
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AoM1cIDE. On last Saturday evening diff
aeulty occurred at Church Point between A.
i O'Pry and aeolored man by the name of
Sa1rlere, In which the latter was fatally shot
shFcngh the abdomen by UPry. We have not
been able to gather the full particulars Of this
anaiFs but were informed that Carriere was adj
Sanging on 0'Pry with an uplifted stick TO
stfike him, when O'Pry drew bis pistol and
Aged with the above result
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EoTTcE.-The public is hereby warned not
I'd negotiate d note given by me to the order
Of joseph Figurant, for one hundred dollars,
dated Feb. 9th, 1883, payable ten days after
date and witnessed by Honor6 Meehe and Gar
land Peck. The said note having been OBJ
tained under duress and fraud and II having
no consideration JOSEPH THIBoDEAU.
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Lightning struck the rod on Mr.. B. +. Me.
.ginleys house, on the outskirts of town, du.
ring The storm on last Sunday evening, and
descending, the electric fluid followed the
wire fencing around the premises. No dam
age was done, but the inmates OF the house
were considerably shocked by the close prox-
unity Of the current.
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Accidentally KILLED.-A most distressing
accident occurred at I, e. Chacher6's saw mill
situated on the bayouEourtableau, on Friday
evening, the Cd inst, in which Mrs. Rose Mott
nee Andrus, lost her life. The circumstances
as narrated to us were about as fallows: Mr.
Martin Taylor, an uncle of the deceased was
shooting at a target with his Winchester rifle
which he was in habit of doing op previous
occasions. 1t seems that the target go this
ill-fated occasion was on an outbulding Of 9he
premises. He had fired one or two shots,
when Mott, the husband of the victim, told
Taylor that he ought not to shoot at Chat
buildingcas some one nEght be in there. They
then walked down to the building and opened
the door. A sight met their eyes which con,
vulsed them with horror and made Taylor al
most insane from grief. There lay poor Rose
Mott. the wife and niece, weltering in hel
life blood with Winchester bullet through
her brain. She lived but few minutes. She
was aged aboutI6 years and had been mar
ried only two months. What tragic ending
to young welded life, and what dreadful
blow to the uncle who uneonsciously took his
niece's life He is said to be frantic over the
deed, and the unfortunate man is to be pitied
in his terrible distress.
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The installation of officers of Hope II. & L.
Co will take place to.morrow tSundayl eve
ming at 8 o'clock, sharp, when other business
OF Importance will be transacted. This crack
oFganization is burdened with more money
than it has use for, and they propose at this
meeting to make some disposition of it, Ev-
cry member should therefore attend.
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The Executive Committee of the Louisiana
Press Association has issued invitations to
number OF prominest gentlemen and ladies
connected with the newspaper profession IN
and out Of the State to deliver addresses at
tbs meeting of that body at Opelousas on May
lst. Several have already accepted.
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HDUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Psrish of Landry, No, 4s4l

ESTATE OF EMILY C. LONG.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
District Court in and for the parish Of Saint
Landry. there will be sold at public auction,
to She last and highest bidder. by the under.
signed or any duly qualified auctioneer,
at the Court House door. in Opelousas parish
of st. Landry, on WEDNESDAY 2, April
4, 1888, the following described property,
belonging to the estate of Emily C. Long,
to-wit:
l. Fifty-fve acres of land, situated on the
Atchafalaya river and bounded as follows ::
ON the north by lands of Mrs. Keitfer, east by
the Atchafalaya river, south and west by
lands of Fl. B. Hartman. s'
Terms-Cash.
ANDREW THOMASSON,
March 3, 1888. Administrator
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Farmer Brown - say. Jenkins, why are

Farmer Brown:-"I / say. Jenkins, why are
you laughing so heartily?a
Jenkins--sW Brown I've been to town,
paid two years arrearages and one year in adj
vance for my paper, the COURIER, and the
Editor felt so good he has given me one years
subscription free to that great farm paper
published at Fort Wayne, Ind, called the
AMERICAN FARMER."
Garner Brown. Is chat so! / owe him
some. Reckon he would do the same by me.
viii go i,l to-day and square up.7
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The condition of the Crown Prince of Ger
many has become so alarming that regency
early death. Emperor William is troubled
Nth his old maIady, and the warlike spirit OF
FRINGE William is dreaded by the Court and
people of the German empire. Russia conti-
nnes her preparations for war, and feeling
g apprehension rules the entire European
c0ntinene
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We do not profess to give expression to the
views and wishes Of any politician or office
seeker when we say that the Democratic Par
ish Convention should nominate full ticket
and thus present an united front to the en-
emy but we think that we thus voice the SEN
timents Of the Democratic masses of this par
ish, who are much more interested in the sue.
cess of the State ticket than in the election OF
any of their personal friends to local Office.
free-to-all race for local offices, as all pas:
experience clearly demonstrates, will seri-
ously imperil the success of the State ticket
and surely give st. Landry to Warmoth by a
large majority; wlnle a bold, squarep stand
up fight, uniting all Democrats
shoulder to shoulder in support
of a judiciously selected. straight
Democratic ticket, will result in a signal vic
tory all along the line. let there be no more
cowardly haIting and teinporizing, no more
demoralizing and degrading hobnobhing will
Republicans; aud LET us not lose sight of the
good old Democratic motto: Principles, not
men,"
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.

Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry, No. 1872
ESTATE OF JOHN Moss.
Whereas, Margaret A. Moss and VIM. j.
Smart, both OF the parish of st. Landry,
have applied by their petition to be appoint.
ed joint administrators of the estate Of John
Moss, deceased, late Of St. Landry parish;
Therefore, any person intending to make
same in writing, in my office, in the town Of
Opelousas, within ten days from the present
notice. JAMES D. CHACHERE,
March 10, 1888. Clerk.
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We heard rumor that lady was drowned
after the storm on last Sunday evening. The
information, however, could not be definitely
authenticated, and therefore may be q mis-