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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

Road aaa Equipment 1000
riss & 5s.d %$s E3 7s5 "a: Is
Passenger, ma.
4 ;39 AS 5sy; ::. 4: @ a 8: g #
49, '''' Traffic Operations
Pa. mileage Sad asC.o 25 s555 1853
ST. % 81 e
i1 @ie per ce .Sa Pc. 11o 115 1os
Yet notwithstanding the large increase in vol
ume OF traffic. the cutting OF freight rates by
other lines principally by the Burlington and
Quincy reduced the gross earnings from freight
S210 $50, while the larger movement increased
the operating expenses 81 .60O457 or HOO per
cent against increased freight movement Of
1907 and passenger movement oil los. Never
theess the net earnings remaining after payment
Of all charges are 81, 1913. G03-cqual 10 S.S5 per
cent Oh both classes OF stocks After deducting
mon stock-the surplus for the year carried for
ward is 81, 800 900 The following compares
the financial results of three years:
Years ended May 81 1856 1887. 1883
From psssengers..... e5,o4s15o s5s9o1s1 SO 97se91
From From mall, express &c 10000 ii7i,6SO T259iO
270, COO e2C, 82i 8l5 s2O CO.. SIS
o S1l expenses 1ss5e2ao 15O7Os42 1oc7O7ao
Ne. earnlnr......siO 12o87i ell a5Oosa .iooac $50
Interest and rentals. $3.50 sss s51se19s s52lS 80
Sinking funds.---..'..-- ooOOo ooOOo oooVO
rotsl............. o. 594,aos s5,Io4,ios s527si5o
Balanc. g. s26Ol1 eeO56.775 s4753Gos
In addition to the foregoing the companys
profits from the operations OF trans-Mlssourl
fines were 81 90 and the net receipts from
land sales were si0l,6l4. SO the net results
10 the company OF the years operations were as
follows -,ooo
Net r. tnfsns MI: T line. ioSi99
Net fiom land sales S9I,oI4
Total =. .s5.s5La1o
EQUAL to o! per cent ton, on the total outstanding
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEETS
Assets. .
RS May ,ad equpmlcs
s sanaIy nVsin, l1ise9is 1s5ss 2s tii
Material hand. 2o0o54 5,OOU9's 2a55 299
Aayan ,ecclyobIe.... 800 81 1925 o. io5
fs Ss q hs aa: ss is s a s5SS5s
rotal.....s1ss7 80, 5ss e17O,ois.o45 sIsss2e, s2s
Common Stock ssl.sg5 $50 ssl ss545o s9l, sg5. 800
Prcferrcd stock.... % 32317o 29s29i7o % s23l7O
Total amount. $50, $50 $40 s5S.69oG2O $50 600 500
Common 2mnsa Sock $4,000 10 s1oOoaIe $4,000 go
Preferred stock. -1-of 80 -'-oi
Total stock s6s ZOO 800 s6S,7oos2O 500 ZOO, 800
pSS5, 5 y ss sss fss ss5
sinking funds 42ss i5S 4'S Ia d l5S 44SS doS
l
Paw rolls accrued
interest and diyi. -o,oo = noe eo- oc, o,o
| deUd4
Railroad surplus. H. i4f.zo -'5,y'voo %
Land income..-.-.- SlcfV'i 'i1'i"" i'loo'"'D
ro,sl ...efss 75o. SOS si7G O4s as sis3 SO, 800
AN ACTIVE OPENING N THE MARKET
The stock market to-day opened active, with
| sbarp advances for Union Pacific and Philadelphia
and Reading The general list was Arm with
smaller advances The advances OF the last two
aavs in the stoclts named accustomed some reali =
IND Of recently accrued PROFITS on them and while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

strt Good Ordinary Mldiing 10 81
The contract list not particularly active but
firm undertone developed August sending prices
up II points sales OF II 200 bales Remote deliveries
sympathzcd 70 fair degree leaving on 40 points aDo'e
the figures OF wednesday. Total sales $1,000 bales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

SPIRITS OF TURPEN line.
CHARLESTON. Aug s.-Turpepti tine hrm OF ysfa
GAvkSEAH Ace. a.-Turpsnttno quiet Al $3.50
MU-alx01ox. Anx n-TpSes1tiue I'm ~ 90 w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

SALES AT THE STOCK ExCHANGE-AUG. 0.
THE GENERAL LIST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

Cash quoauons were a. tollowsZyo sDsl1s w os
No . Corn 457. o4glsc. No. oats at % sc No AYE
4sa9ivc No Barley at 5Jc. No Flax seed az
81 III Prime Timothy Seed at - 90. Mess Pork at
si3 9oa Is % per Dbl Lari 81 ZOOS 72l9 peg 100 D.
Sho-t Pins side. 1878 20 Drv sated Should
boxed 81 1907 So Clear ses boxed IS 90 ~ %
Wniskey dislers hnshel goods 81 20 per gal SUGARS
Cut Loaf Ss.c. Granulatel 77s9sc STANDARD "A" 7sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10
A STUBBORN MARKET.
ONLY A DECLINE OF Fra CIIONS.

STOCKS FREELY SOLD FOR REALIZATION
CLOSING STRONG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

AN ACTIVE OPENING N THE MARKET
The stock market to-day opened active, with
sbarp advances for Union Pacific and Philadelphia
and Reading. The general list was arm with
smaller advances The advances OF the last two
DAYS In the stocu named accustomed some reals-
ing Of recently accrued PROFITS on them. and while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10

August g August .. Differences
No. COLI on hand s!G5 43s 37G s195 CT Inc $500 go
Net silver on hid o. I9o,o-o o-''o0-V' NV --0f
Net legal tenders 49, oo ,o., c,o r., - IN
on hand 3o,ofH 10 o. o'-foio Inv 80
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08

COON, Madras ana Calcutr9.
Around him was o solitude awful and
oppressive. Elephants, tigers, Desrs and
leopsrds abouuded, he knew, in the wild
pisces of Burmah; but none, as yet, dis
rurbed him, and stretched among soft
moss and the dry dead leaves OF the past
season he took his repose, and in the
morning swoke to And thst he had slept
actually s.ept--long and soundly, and
fels, though 8 little stiff, ready to face
ANYTHING.
Extremes OF heat and cold are seldom
felt in Burmah, and the seasons are gen.
orally regular.
The light OF the uprisen sun failed to
penetrate the screen of interwo rem fol-
iage that spread above him so far from
the earth. Here and there he could see
blue patch of sky no more; but far
as the eye could penetrate, on every side,
spread the mighty stems of the teak trees,
rising in long, long rows like stipend
Gus cathedral eisles, al seen by species
CT subdued yet clear and steady twilight,
Save an occasional ichneumon, or rat
of Pharaoh, gliding about among the
dead leaves scudding as rabbits do at
home, no living thing was visible.
Which way was he to turn his steps!
The morning sun he knew was shining,
but under that roof of horizontal green
cry it was impossible to know east from
west, as there was no shadow below II,
the subdued light was so uniform; but
after long and careful consideration he
found more of it in one particular direc-
ton, and conceiving that the forest must
grow thinner and be more open he pro-
ceeded to wards it, aud found his COME
ure correct. He reached the skirt Of the
teak wilderness, where the pepper, the
capsicun, turmeric and ginger shrubs
grew wild, and saw before him an open
and fertile country, on the woody veEfss
sud abandoned rice fields Of whicl o4he
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08

leg tQem.
Now the barrow path, on reaching q
point On the face Of these precipices, be-
gan to descend at steep angle, down
which Lonsdale by one swift backward
glance, saw the tattooed Dacoit and two
others, without taking time to fire, come
rushing with aH their speed, assured Of
overtaking him at last.
Just at point where Lonsdale ne.rly
lost his life by the path taking an acute
Angle or turn to the left, he shrunk close
to wal Of rock unseen, and with q gasp
in his throat and sigh OF prayer on his
lips, at his own narrow escape-bebeld,
q moment after, to his intense satisfac-
ton, these three lekc ing Dacoiis, unable
to arrest the fierce impetus with which
they came blindiy rushing down the slope,
fly headlong over the precipice in quick
succession, TO be dashed out of ali shapes
among the boulders, or drowned in tn
water cuts some hundred feet below.
They vanished through the air and
from sight, without cry or sound In
falling.
Without having to fire one of his pre-
cious shots, he had thus got rid OF three;
but the others seeing their fste, came on
more warily. One, who was in advances
Of the rest, now came to the acute angle
of the path, but paused, rife ~ hand, md
Lonsdale by one deadly thiast of fhel
raisor-edged Gah laid him at his feet, and
sped on, haunted, oitentimes, Hs the glare.
Of the dying mans eyes anS 1Ais fallipE
= -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08
:essiOn REPRESENTING oval SIngIe-StrA
2-point barbs, inches apart.
EGALVANlZEo OR PAINTED.

Facts and Figures-Glidden Wire! Not Only the
Best, bu the cheapest"
It requires only $50 pounds regular Glidden
Barb Wire for one wire or mile at, say 5s
cents per pound. wou'd cost Sl9 50 Other styles
weighing 377 pounds per mile, % cents per leo
pounds less, would COST the same; and $50
ounds, at 90 cents less, would also cost the
same. All other styles of Rires will weigh from
Is. to so pounds more per mile than the Glidden
VIII sage size main wires and number of bsrbs
Employed Therefore It is not always the
cheapest wire per pound that makes the cheap
est or the best fence.
1SEND FOR SAMPLE LOT-as
OF our new Single. Strand, pointed ba,b, firm.
at sched, uniformly inches apart, % cents
per 100 pounds less Than G idden, doubled and
twisted, making light. effective, good, st o. g
barb wire at low price. Weight only $40
Ipounds per mile. Tentilestrength. 1850 pounds.
SANBORM & WARNER, Houstoa, Tex
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08
Isnareth's Garden Seed.

Lanareth's Garden Seed.
tbs season We heveaA large supply Of
seeds 81 bulkzfom thSoM reliab5a kedse
of Da Land ia &sls. Whof461e or
resa e. WORT kccer 81 -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08

SS<Ers. Winfftw's So0fhehg Syrup for child49
}8ething, Dthes thu s4hild. softena the g9Nls,
6ilays pal& cures md collie, and Is the best
remedy r. disnhtBa. rs cents bcttle
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08

Andpurc sugar lie molasses at Turner
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
The Proposed Immigration
Convention.
Thibodaux Sentinel.

Gov. McEnery has decided to call an immi-
grafton convention to be held in Shreveport,
on a day to be designated by the Mayor of
said city and other prominent citizens OF the
adjoining parishes. This is a move in the
right direction and should be encouraged by
ali. Never was the time more opportune for
the0onvocation of such q convention. The
great northwest has been desolated by the
intense cold which has been there prevailing,
for some weeks, destroying lnnumerable lives
and inflicting untold sutferings upon the sur
vivors A vast quantity of live stock has
been swept away, and the sturdy farmers CT
those inhospitable regions are now casting
about for q more suitable cline wherein to
pitch their tents. -.
Let Louisiana invite them to her smiling
valleys aud fertile fields. There is room, plen-
ty Of room, for the sturdy yeoman OF the
northwest Our climate is salubrious; edu-
cational advantages are good; the soil is rich
and fertile the market fair the transporta-
ton daily improving; the boundless prairies
of the Attakapas offer unsurpassed grazing
for stock. He will find here more inducements
than his eyrie in the land of blizzards affords,
with none of its many disadvantages. Lands
are cheap in the prairie region OF the State,
and our social conditions surpass those Of the
wild West.
Bnt little will all these superior claims OF
ours avail to attract the would-be emigrant
| from the northwest, if we keep our light hid
den under O bushel. We must advertise our
resources and make known to the outside
world the advantages of our country and eli,
| mate An immigration convention will tend
| greatly to the accomplishment Of these desir..
able ends. Let the representative men OF
the State be delegated to such convention.
Let them confer and advise together as to
the best means of inducing immigrants to
| come and locate among us.
| wise plan would be for the convention to
organize permanent immigration Associa-
| ton, whose aim would be to spread broadcast
the knowled.se y of Louisiana's fertile resources
and of her sesd}ial, climatic, and other advan,
tages through the medium of the press and
other public 4tions; to furnish the would-be
immigrants With the desired information to
place them ln correspondence with our citi-
zens havinF4 lands for sale or to let (; in q
word, rendgr them all possible assistance to
secure HON ss in our midst. Such an associa-
tion, pursuing such a course, would accom-
plish woIoiers for the material welfare OF
| i4ouisianZ. The farmer of the northwest is q
| desirable acquisition; we should not lot the
opportunity slip by without an effort on our
| part to secure him.
Now is the time to be up and doing let US
not be found wanting. "
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
C. Coneau VS.. Baziiie Thomas, in her 0w
riqht and as Natural Tutrx.

By virtue of an order of seizure and sale is,
sued out of the 18th Judicial District Court in
and for the parish of st. Landry, in the above
entitled and numbered suit, will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and highest
bidder, at the Court House in the town OF
Opeleusas, parish of st: Landry, on ~ SATUR' e
DA Y, the Sd day Of March, A. ID. 1888, at lC
A. NJ, the following described property, to-
wit:
A certain tract Of land situated in the par
ish of St. Landry, containing seventy-fve ar
pents situated south of bayou CarrOn, being
part of section 81, S, S r A E, bounded
north by Bayou Carron, south and east by
Powers, west by c. Comeau, as per parallel
lines run with q Subdivision made of the
claim of Francois Lemelle, made and present.
ed by Hagerty, surveyor.
Terms and Conditions.-For cash to pay
and satisfy the sums of:
LIST. Three hundred aiia fifteen dollars with
Goth December, 1883 tless thirty dollars paid
December TO- 1885, and forty three dollars
paid December 90, 1886;
I'd. Forty-one and 60IlOO dollars for attor-
ney's fees;
Sd. Four and s0llOO dollars cost incurred,
and to cover the costs that may be incurred
in executing this order;
And on q term of credit to satisfy the fol-
lowing sums, tO-wit
1st One hundred and five dollars, with
eight per cent yearly interest from Goth De
cember, 1888, payable on the Goth December,
1883
Cd. One hundred and five dollars, with like
interest payable on December 20, 1889;
! Sd. One hundred and five dollars, with like
/, interest payable on December 90, 1890;
4th. Like sums with like interest payable
respectively on Decembsr Goth, 1891, 1892 and
C. c. DUsON,
Jan. 2S 1888. Sheriff.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
NO. 19.
JUDICIAL NOTICES.
DUB-IC SALE
Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry
ESTATE OF JOSEPH P. BAY AND WIFE. DECD.
No. 1897.
ESTATE OF PAUL j. BAY, DECEASED.
No 4757

By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for the parish of Saint
Landry, there will be sold at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, by the under.
signed administrator or a duly qualified AUG
tioneer. at the last residence of the deceased,
in the town of Vile Plate, parish OF st. Lam
dry, on WEDNESDAY Y, February 20, 1888,
the following described property, belonging
to the estates of Joseph. p. Bay and wife de-
ceased and Paul j. Bay deceased, to-wit:
1st The last residence of said deceased par
ties, consisting of lot of ground situated in
the Town Of Vile Plate, parish of st. Landry,
La, containing about twenty superficial ar
pents, more or less, bounded north by land of
Theodore Coreil, east by c. Dossman, south
by public road leading to Bayou Chicot and
west by DR.. j. II. Parker, together with a
dwelling house and all other buildings and
improvements thereon.
I'd. One branding iron.
Sd. One cow and calf.
4th. Bed, bedding, blankets, sheets, quilts
and other small articles for household use.
chairs, l trunk, cooking stove, kit carpen-
ter's tools, armoir, bed and bedding,
home made cupboard, l suspension lamp,
wash stand, table, l lot dishes, clock and
other articles too numerous to mention.
Terms and Conditions.
l. The imm0vable property to be sold for
cash on the day of sale.
one third cash on the day Of sale, and the re-
manning two-thirds in two equal annual iu-
stallments.
Purchasers to give their notes with eight per
cent per annum interest thereon from matur-
ity till paid, to be secured by special mort
gage and vendors priyilsse on the property
sold until full and entire payment of principal
and interest of said notes, with 10 per cent
additional as attorneys fees in case of suit to
enforce collection.
JAMES WIGGINS,
Jan, %, 1888. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
READ This.

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arransements with that wide-awake, illus
lrated farm magazine, the AMERICAN FARM
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II treats the question of economy in agricul-
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body of citizens-American Farmers-whose
industry is the basis of all material and ma
tional prosperity. Its highest purpose is the
elevation and ennobling of agriculture, through
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see sample copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
A Two.Foot Railroad.

They are now narrowing things down way
down East. The Bridgeton and Saco River
railroad is ono of five Maine roads that use q
two foot gauge, and it is said that the scheme
is so successful that there is a possibility that
similar roads will shortly be built in Central
and South America, the West Indies and, per-
haps in Louisiana or adjacent States. The
point urged in behalf of this narrowest of
gauges in cheapness of construction and
operation, the expenses of which are stated
to taNonly about half as great as where u
broad gauge is used. Believers in the two
foot gauge predict that it is the coming road
for sparsely settled regions
The inventor of the road is Mr. George T..
Mansfield, Of Boston, whose first experiments
were made a Hyde Park, Mass. and The first
road to use it the Bedford aud Billerica,
operating eighteen miles of track. The
Bridgton and Saco river is about sixteen
miles long and taps the Portland and Ogdens-
burg forty miles north of Portland. Though
built during a notable severe winter tfSS2-S3),
the cost of construction was only $l69y 1863 OF
equipment 500, Az. Steel rails were then 80
to 35 per cent higher than at present. aud
other materials have since declined in price.
The rails used are ofsteel, Cambridge pattern,
80 ft. long and weigh 80 pounds to the yard,
Two Thousand six hundred and forty ties
were used per mile. The engines, two in mum
ber, weigh 10000 pounds each, their drivers
are 80 inches in diameter, and their power is
salu 10 De SURPRISING. 1he Gwo EfSsoDSot
cars are each As 81 feet; each seats thirty
passengers, one to a seat, two rows of seats.
Between their floors mineral weod three
inches deep renders them freproof and dead
ems the noise. The cars run smoothly on
eighteen-inch wheels, have Miller platform
and vacuum brakes and arc cosy and COM
Portable. The freight cars numbered twenty
are 26x6a feet and have capacity of twelve
tons. A baggage car, combination car, three
push cars and snow plow complete the
equipment of the "babyn road. All trains are
"mixed" and usually run sixteen miles an
hour, though trains have accomplished that
distance in 30 minntes. Five hundred pounds
of coal arc required per round trip of thirty
two miles. The maximum grade Hs 200 feet
| to the mile and occurs on a haii-mile ~ de
gree curve. The operating Of the road had
been proven to be perfectly safe. On test
the above mentioned curve has been rounded
at speed of twenty-five miles an hour The
expense of operating the road for the first
year. including everything, was $l5, ,248.3l
passengers carried. 1885; freight carried,
6,962 tons.
A Central American road spoken ofas likely
to adopt this gauge will connect the port Of
| Truxillio with Puerto Cortez, Honduras, q
distance of lis miles. Mr.. S. B. MeConnico
| OF this city is the president of the company
which proposes to bnild this road, and is
/ known as the Honduras and North Coast
Railway and Improvement company. 1t will
be theApioneer railroad in that country.
]
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04
state Democratic Committee.

Under authority of the lato Democatic Con
yelltion the following appointment of mem
hers at large Of the State Central Committee
ii announced, viz:
{. nv. Patton. Orleans e. d. White, Or
leans: Gov. R. C. Wicklffe, West Feliciana ;
Il. 6. Dayey, Orleans; j. L. Brent, Ascen-
sion; JOS a. Shakespeare, Orleans; a. ".
Crandall. Madison John Fitzpatrick, Or
leans; 6. J.. Boatner, Ouachita; . S. Lanier,
East Feliciana; Thos Duffy, Orleans; j. M.
HolIingswortl, Caddo; Richard Sinnott, Or
leans; John M. Avery. Iberia; John Deian'
ey Orleans.
The committee will meet for organization,
anlI s,,eh business as may come before it, in
the dining room of the City Hotel, in New or
: leans. at I2 m., on Saturday, Feb. IL.
q. b. White is requested to call the com
.uaitfee TO order, and TO him will be forwarded
The roll Of members from the parishes and
wards. as furnished to me.
The committee is indebted TO the kindness O
Messrs. Moore, Hyams and Janney Tor the U.S.
of the above room.
Democratic papers throughout the State ar
requested to publish this call.
S S 7 '.se>sS,s JAMES JEFFRIEs,
Chairman LaIe Democratic Convention.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-04

A Two-FooT RAILRoAD.-As the question
of building narrow-gauge railroad, from
Opelousas west TO the great rice belt of our
parish is being agitated by some of our enter
prising citizens, we would call their especial
attention to an article in another column un-
der the caption of "A Two-Foot Railroad. 9
This very narrow gauge road, as will be seen,
was invented in 1882, and under careful tests
has proven success both in reasonable speed
and perfect safety The work to build road.
bed, purchase ties, rails, engines, and rolling
stock will only be about half of what a broad.
gauge road would cost. Now, gentlemen, il
you mean business and have the pluck, open
your subscription book for stock in this grand
enterprise. There is every reason to believe
that it will pay handsome dividends, increase
tenfold the production of rice in our western
limits, and add materially to the commerce
and shipments of our town. The people OF
that section would hail such an event with
joy. and immigration would flow into western
St. Landry as ii is now doing in Acadia and
Calcasieu.