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The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14
Stephen Naartel.

NOTICE u. S. Land Office, New Orleans,
IN La, February IL, lSSS.-Notice is hereby
given that the following-named %settlef hfs fill
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 III his absence, the
Clerk of the District Court, at Opelousas, La,
on Saturday, April l4th, 1888, viz
Cyprien Fringe, lits.
who made Homestead Entry No. 1888 for the
S W ! Of S Z ! and Lot No. ) OF Sec. 90 and N
w ! of N L / ami Lot No. l of Sec 80 TIP 6 S
R. 2 w Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence up on, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Ernest Fringe, Ernest
Langley, Onezime Rider, Cleophas Guilfory,
all of st. Landry parish, Louisiana.
THOMAS j. BUTLER,
Feb. %, 1886. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14

The New Orleans Progress, edited by
colored men, or negroes as they very
properly prefer to be called, butssDemo-
cratic in politics, has this to say of the
Republican candidate for Governor:
Warmoth by himself has done more
injury to the negro race than all the po-
litical adventurers who infested THIS
State fifteen and twenty years ago.
Nominated for Governor by fraud in
1868, it is he who first developed the
vicious ~propensities of the negro leadd,-
ers, who first introduced the corrupt
methods SO prevalent now in the Re-
publican politics of Louisiana. This
corruptiea has become widespread, has
well nigh contaminated the whole body
of colored voters. 1t will take ganera-
tons for the race to recover from this
baneful influence.
The negro is almost as credulous
now, and as easily becomes the victim
of designing men, as twenty years ago,
and Warmoth's reelection would be
another calamity to him as great as his
first election. The negro did not come
here voluntarily, and the white people
of the South W him protection, even
against his viii, as so well said by our
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
Hon. James Jeffries !; they shouldsbe
guardians of his morality, as we'll as
they shonld protect his GeIson and pro-
perty. They must protect him against
the influences and designs of these un-
scrupulous and ~uDprincipled whites,
who array him against his best inter
ests and the best interests of the State.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14
Rivers and Rarbors.

The following are the appropriations
in the Rivers and Harbors bill in which
Louisiana is directly interested i'm
proyements of the Mississippi River
from Cairo to the Gulf $2O0O,000: Red
River from Fulton, Ark. to the Atcha-
falaya, 100000. Red river at its
mouth, including the rectification ofthe
head of the Atchafalaya, and for turn.
ing the waters of the Red river around
the upper side of Turnbull's island,
$500, 600; bayou Plaquemines, for com
mencing the work Of connection with
the Mississippi river, 100000; harbol
at New Orleans, 5000 900 bayou La
fourche, $4,000; Ouachita river, S25,-
900; Calcasieu river, continuing work
at the pass and at its mouth, $4,000
Tensas river and bayou Macon, $4,000;
bayou Courtableau, $4,000; bayou Bar
tholomew, $4,000; Beuf river, $4,000
Amite river and bayou Manehac, $4,000;
bayou Terrebonne, to complete, S3OoO;;
bayou D'Arbonne, $4,000; Dorchea'
bayou and lake Bistineau, $4,000; Tick
faw river, 1000 dollars; Little river:
$500 dollars; bayo9 Roundaway and
Vidal. 1000 dollars.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14

NOTICE.-U. S. Land Office, New Orleans,
~ La, March Is, ISSS.-Notice is hereby
given that the following named settler has
filed 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 alb
seuce, the Clerk of the District Court. at Opel
ousas, La, TN Tuesday, May Is, 1885. viz:
SsrGere Fruse,
who made Homestead Entry No. oslo for the
w ] of N w !, and N " ! OF S w ! of Sec %,
and N E ! of 5 E i! of Sec % TIP 6 S II ! West
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and c%uItiya-
tion of, said land, viz: Rodolph Savoie, Fran
co.'s Johnson, Joseph F. Richard Theodore Sa-
vote, all of st. Landry Pa, La.
THOMAS j. BUTLER,
March "a, '8S, ct. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14

NOTICE.-U. $. Land Office. New Orleans,
y La, March -. iSSS-Noticc is hereby
givcn that the lollowing-namrd settler Els
flied notice of his intention To At! T. final proof
in support "f his claim aud thai said pl"nf
will 10 made before the Judge or in his ali
Sencr tie Clerk OF The District Court at Opel
nnsaa. La. or TnnslnN. MnE lAtll. ISIS. w:
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14
mr.. Newton's Bill to Refund the
q Cotton Tax.
Special TO the Times Democrat,

| Special to the Times Democrat,
Washington, March 26th.--Mr. New
ton of Louisiana, to-day introduced a
bill to refund and pay to each State a
sum equal to the amounts collected
therein, respectively, as a tax on raw
cotton during the years 1868 to 1868, in
elusive. q
The bill provides that amounts paid
shall be held by the Stata in trust fol
the producers who paid said tax, OIL
their legal representatives, and that the
tax shall be refunded and paid to the
parties who produced the cotton and
paid said tax, OF their legal representa-
tives, through such agencies as the leg
islatures of the several StaIes may es-
tablish or empower, upon the claimants
showing by competent and sufficient
testimony that he raised the amount o.
cotton:ppon which he claims to have
paid the tax, and that he, through hia'
self or@others, paid taxes on said amo0ht
to the United States government; anc
in case the claim is made through the
legal representatives, that the person
whom he represents paid the tax ant
the amounts thereof. Claif'qants shall
have five years within whicss o file theil
claims after the Legislature shall have
established a tribunal or clothed exist
ing tribunals with power toy adjudicat'
said claims; and that any portion O
the tax remaining in custody of tht
St>tes after paying all established
claims shall be devoted to the public
school fund.
1t is understood that of the sixty-fivt
or seventy million dollars thus collect
ed ten millions or more came from Lou
isiana.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14
70 N. H. r K E


ISL Canal st, next door to Holmes
New Orleans.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14
6~soHoiiesb sayoie.

who made Homestead Entry No. GG5l for thr
5 W ] of S W / Sec % and W OF S L / and
) Il ! OF y + ! sec 26. Up 6SE W Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous gesidcnCe upon, and c~uItiya-
ton of. said Land, viz: OrtorG Ffuge, Fran.
co.'s Johnson. Joseph +. Richard, Theodore.
Savu;e. all Gt St. Landry parish, La.
THGMASJ BUTLER.
March -, SO ct Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14

NOTICE.-U. $. Land Office, New Orleans
lV La, Mich 10, lSSS.-Notice is hereby given
that the fol~lowing-named settler has filed no.
tico of his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the Judge or, in his absence, the
Clerk ofthe District Court, at Opelousas, La,
on Wednesday, April 25th, 1888, viz:
stephen MaRtel,
who made Homestead Entry No. S15Fb for the
for lots 2, 3 and a, Secs, Up Z, S Re, Lou
isiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon, and %cnltiva-
ton of, said land, viz: Pierre Savoie, of Aca-
dia Parish, La, Victor Sittig, Edgar Aguillarl
and Martin Carron, all of ST. Landry parisl2,
La.
THOMAS J. BUTLER,
March II, 'S9. ct. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-14

Estate OF Deshoteis, VHglle; Big MamOu
one hundred and twenty acres of land, being
south west quarter of section 90, township A
south range / east. Taxes 80 40 and costs
Estate of Dorman, Charles Cocodrie; an
undivided one half i0terest in and to ninety
acres Of land situated near Chicot, bounded
north by heirs of Walker, south by Phil@Ja-
cobs, east by heirs of Walker ct ais, west by
unknown. Taxes 80 cents and costs
Eaate of Sales, ] B; two lots of ground in
the town of Opelousas, bounded north by es-
tate of Sandoz, south by Joseph Bloch, east by
continuation of Grelee street, west by Union
street. Ta1es $5 so and costs.
Estate of Teal, John seventy-eight acres of
land situated at Little Mamou, bounded north
by G f Lntz, south by GuilIory, east by pub
lie land, west by unknown. Ta1es $$3. 6S and
costs
evans Howard; Big Cane; stock. 81 50
and costs a
Evans, John Chicot; stock. Tazes 81 80
and costs
Ewes, John Caney Creek improvements
on public land. Tares $2 IL and costs.
Ewell, James; Chicot; stock. Ta1es $1.32
and costs
Ferguson, Louis ; eleven acres of land near
Chicot. with improvements, being part of old
Tempe Manning tract, boundaries unknown,
Improvements on public land. Tares So "a
and costs
Field, James, P~laquemine stock. Tanes
| dollar and 32 cents and costs
Fisher, jules Plaquemine; stock. Taxes
$1 48 and costs
Fontenot, Am6dee; Mamouth improve
ments and stock. Taxes 81 80 and costs
Fontenot, Art6mont; Faiquetaique stock.
Taxes ST. 48 and costs
Fontenot, Basile Chataignier stock. Tax
OIL 80 and costs.
Fontenot, Ernie Big Mamouth seventy
seven acres of land, with improvements,
bounded north by 49,, south by T.. Landre,
neau, east by p. Guillory, west by Jos. a.
Landreneal, stock. Taxes 50 40 and costs
Fontenot, Louis Big Mamouth improve.
inenfs on railroad land and stock. Taxes 50 A
and costs
F~ontenot, Onezime Louis jacques; Mamou;
improvements and stock. Taxes 81 So and
costs
Fontsnot, ozsne Anse aux Pailles; stock.
Taxes 81 ga and costs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
FIGHTING A MIRROR
A valiant Old Cock Makes q Vigorous At
tack ON Mysterious Rival.

A valiant Old Cock Makes Vigorous At
tack ON q Mysterious Rival.
An amusing test of the difference OF
disposition in barn-yard fowls may be
made by placing a piece of looking
glass against the trunk OF large tree,
and laying a train OF corn in front OF it.
Some hens will discover what they all
take for a new arrival with mild curl
osity and merely look at it intently,
perhaps peering around behind the
tree, and then walk quietly away.
Others peck the glass angrily and in
sist upon fighting. while few nervous
females show much the same noisy
excitement that seizes upon most hens
when they spy a snake. We tried the
valiant old autocrat of the farm-yard
with this trick, and he was at
once reused to fury. Dropping
his head when some ten feet in front
of the glass, he began the cautious adj
vance By. parallels. which every one
familiar with poultry has seen before
FIGHT. But, of course, he soon lost his
enemy by moving too far. to one side.
After growing fiercely and looking
around uneasily for few moments. ne
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
PREFERRED CREDITORS.
Uncle Pete Explains the Intricacies of q
Profitable Assignment.

Uncle Pete Explains the Intricacies Of q
Profitable Assignment.
.aGood mawnin', Uncle Pete" said
old Mose," hopes you am prosperin
and kin pay me dat sebenty-five cents
fourf oh july"
Else sorry ter say dat de finanshal
sitewashun am more complercated den
eber Didn't yer hear dat had gone
inter hquidashun9"
sWhar did yer get de 1ickerp"
Huh! hit pears ter me dat you am
kinder off the queshun. / means dat
OWN to de pressure of creditors Use
done made a sinement.
whats dat gotter do wild payin' me
that sebenty-five eents?"
ssYou is de most ignorant niger
eber / seed. Hit means dat de prop
erty hab done gone inter de hands OBJ
receiber for de benefit OBJ de pre-
terred creditors, and / don't pay no
noah old debts"
..Whar's my sebenty-fve centsp''
Oar, you has done left de queshun
agin. 1 see dat I'll hab ter splain.
Lierabilities am what yer don't pay de
creditors, and assets am what yer dom
hab. ! pints receiber. dat's my wife,
and makes her a preferred creditor,
and she takes de cabin. Den makes
my darter Susan a preferred creditor,
and she takes do cow. Den makes
my darter Sally preferred creditor /,
rand she takes de pig. Den my son
Sam he am a preferred creditor, and
he takes de yaller dog. Den / amt
got muffin left but dollar and a half,
and had ter sine dat"
..Meb be you sine dat ter me-"
mot dis trip. You see has de rheu-
matiz, SO I jess made myself pre-
ferred creditor. and sines myself dem
funds to propishiate de rheumatic
! .Da,s kinder Gurus. When am you
gwfnter pay me dat sebenty five
| centspn
| "Dat am one OBJ de herbilities what
| goes wild der liquidashun.
Am dat SOP Den you kin count on
me being down ter yore house ter night
wild a club. I'll jine dat meetin' OBJ de
preferred creditors and git some oh de
assets. or I'll bust de jug. - lezdl
SHsia0s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
AN ALASKA VENDETTA.
Stofcal Bravery OF Condemned Indians and
Their Friends.

Stofcal Bravery of Condemned Indians and
Their Friends.
ga terrible trait of the Alaskan In
dians is the vindictiveness and deter
mination with which the various tribes
avenge the death of single warrior"
continued Mr.. Hamilton. 1.-The slayer
must either be killed or the blood of
some member of his family be shed in
his stead. Although Sitka George was
motally wounded he knew he would
be killed by the rival tribe. So he
went home and painted his face to meet
his doom. When dozen Chilchat
warriors approached with their rifles,
trader tsied to save George, but the
latter would not allow him, tell
ing him to see how Sitka
could die. Then he arose, drew his
knife, and singing his death song, stag
gered-weak from the loss of blood
toward his enemies. They fred and
he fell, pierced with many bullets.
The Indians then went away and ira
ders carried the wounded man into
shack. Strangely enough, he was yet
alive. Later in the day the Chilchats,
learning he was alive, came back and
dispatched him with knives.
Another Indian pretended to be
dead, but, at an opportune moment,
ran away He knew he was doomed
by the Chilchats- His mother offered
her life to save him. She came rum
ming toward the enemy. her arms aloft,
crying: See how Sitka woman can
die for her son. She was shot dead.
Then the towards sister stood erect
over her mothers body. See how a
Sitka girl can dier she called to the
bloodthirsty rabble. A dozen bullets
ended her life
another Indian, Tum-Tum by name,
who was a victim to the avengers, was
encouraged by his wife to keep strong
until his death, which they knew was
sure to come. She painted his face for
him. because he was too weak from
loss of blood. Then she sat him up
against tree ready to be shot She
piled all his good clothes upon him be-
fore this Then she helped him to sing
his death song and staid by him until
he was killed
81 accompanied the bearer of this
news to the residence of the brother
in-law of Sftka George. When we
told him of his relatives death he
never moved a muscle He was so
stolid in receiving the news of the
massacre that it was hard to believe
him human. He motioned for US to
tell his wife. She was no more af-
fected by the news than he had been.
The barbarism and superstition of the
Indian are pitifuL "-Pittsburgh Dis
patch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
returned to the train Of corn, and al |

returned to the train of corn, and al
most instantly saw the strange cock
nearer than before. More stealthy APP
proach, another failure to keep sight
OF the foe. and greater excitement, and
a third time he began to eat, only to be
startled by the hostile presence nearer
than ever. At last he walked right up
to the glass and braced himself for the
shock of combat, the counterfeit. of
course, following his every movement
with ominous celebrity. There was one
fierce peck at the angry head in the
glass, and then a crash, as our in
furiated champion hurled himself
against his likeness, breaking
the glass in hundred frag-
menta The mingling of astonish-
ment, rage and triumph In the birds
appearance, as he whirled about,
startled at the cracking noise and be-
wildered by the total disappearance of
his enemy, was comical to behold.
Then he rushed around behind the big
pear tree, evidently thinking that the
cowardly stranger might be hidden
there. Not finding him, the victor
strutted about, too excited to eat. and
crowed long and loud over his un-
precedented triumph. The other cock
was entirely whipped out of existence,
and our old fighter, who would crow
deiantly in our arms whenever he
found himself being carried off the
premises. knowing from experience
that q set-to was coming. could scarce
ly credit his senses. -Benjami Kari.
in Popular Science Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
FOR BUTTER-MAKERS.
When Milk or Cream Is Ready for Sue
cessful Churnfng.

When Milk or Cream Is Ready for Sue
cessful Churning.
The idea still prevails to q consider
able extent that milk should sour be-
fore butter can be made. This is an
error. Numberless trials have shown
that sweet milk and sweet cream yield
butter as much and as easily as sour
cream, provided these have stood for
some time at medium temperature. 1t
is difficult if not impossible to bring
butter from fresh milk or from thin
cream that gathers upon milk kept cold
for twenty-four hours. Readiness for
churning, afirms as good an authority
as Prof. S. w. johnson, depends chief
ly upon the time that has elapsed since
milking, and the temperature to which
1t has been exposed in the pans.
The colder it is the longer it must
be kept. At medium temperature
sixty degrees to seventy degrees F..
it becomes suitable for the churn in
twenty -four hours, or before the cream
has entirely risen. Access of air APP
pears to hasten the process. The sour
ing of the milk or cream has directly
little to do with preparing them for
the churn. Its influence is, however,
otherwise felt, as it causes the caseine
to pass beyond that gelatinous condi-
ton in which the latter is inclined to
foam strongly at low temperature, and
by enveloping the fat globules hinders
their joining together. On churning
cream that is very sour the caseine
separates in fine, granular state that
does not interfere. with the gather
ing" of the butter.
Churning cream when slightly sour,
as is the custom in the Holstein dairies.
yields butter of peculiar and fine
aroma. Butter made from sour cream
is destitute Of /. this aroma, and has the
taste which the Holstein butter ac-
quires after keeping some time.
Stirring of cream does not promote
souring but rather binders it by in
creasing access of air; it may be adj
vantageous in making the souring uni
form.
1t has been claimed, with some
reason, that churning the whole milk
makes more butter than to set the milk
and churn the cream. Very good but
ter may be made from churning whole
milk, but it is more difficult to make
than from the cream. Willard advises,
for q choice article of fine color, full
of aroma and Of bookkeeping qualities,
setting the milk and churnfng the
cream. A temperature of about sixty.
i've degrees or a little above appears
to be the best for churning whole milk
sweet, but the usual temperature is
from sixty to sixty-ive degrees. ~
7. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
SPEED OF LOCOMOTIVES.

Why 1t Is Necessarily Limited by the
Weight of the Wheels.
The speed of locomotives has not In
creased with their weight and size.
There is natural law which stands in
the way of this. If we double the
weight on the driving-wheels the adj
drawing loads, is also doubled. Req
soning in On analogous way, it might be
said that if we double the circumfer-
ence of the wheels the distance that
they will travel in one revolution, and
consequently the speed of the engine,
will be in like proportion. But, if this
be done, it will require twice as much
power to turn the large wheels as was
needed for the small ones; and we then
encounter the natural law that the re-
sistance increases as the square of
the speed, and probably at even
greater ratio at very high velocities.
At sixty miles an hour the resistance
of a train is four times as great as it is
at thirty miles. That is the pull on
the draw-bar of the engine must be
four times as great in the one case as
it is in the other. But at sixty miles
an hour this pull must be exerted for q
given distance in half the time that
it is at thirty miles, SO that the amount
of power exerted and steam generated
in given period of time must be eight
times as great in the one case as in the
other. This means that the capacity
of the boiler, cylinders and the other
parts must be greater, with cerre-
spondin G addition to the weight of the
machine. Obviously, if the weight
per wheel is limited, we soon reach a
point at which the size of the driving
wheels and other parts can not be en-
larged, which means that there is a
certain proportion of wheels, cylinders
and boiler which give a maximum
speed. -iSeribaer's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
Their Only Medicine Chest.
DEERLoDGE, MONTANA. Dec. 1e,

DEERLODGE, MONTANA. Dec. 10, 1885.
have been using BRANDRETH's PILLS
for the last thirteen years, and though l
have had nine children, I have never had a
doctor in the house. except three times,
when we had an epidemic of scarlet fever,
which we soon banished by a vigorous use
of BRANDRETH's PILLS. I have used them
for myself, two or three night for a
month, for liver complaint, dyspepsia and
constipation In diarrhea, cramps, wind
collie, indigestion, one or two BRANDRETH's
PILLS hxed the children at once. A box OF
Pills is all the medicine chest we require
in the house. We use them for rheumatism,
colds, catarrh, biliousness and impure
blood. They never have failed to cure all the
above complaints in a very few days.
WILLIAM w. B. MILLER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

"A young lady of Chatham, Ont,
refused to marry Russian nobleman
whom she met in Germany two years
ago. He was Count Hoffenburg, on
the staff of the Gear. A correspond
ence ensued, and three weeks ago the
Count came to Cleveland to meet the
young lady by appointment Dinners
were given at the Counts hotel, and he
was in turn entertained by her friends,
but all his professions of love we're in
vain. and the Count departed sorrow
fully for Russia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

Is PRIcKLY ASH Buffers good for any
thinga Read what Frank Griggsby, of
Dodge City, Kas., says: g For three years
suffered from disease that my physicians
pronounced incurable. My friends had
given me up to die, when was induced to
try your remedy. I took it for three months
and have gained 80 pounds in weight. Am
my life. l am under lifelong obligations to
this medicine, and will never cease to rec
ommend ito
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
CLEANED FROM ABROAD.

COSTA RIGA elects her Presidents for FIVE
years.
RoYALTY can enjoy extensive and expen-
sive playthings. Tho Emperor of China has
toy railroad in his grounds three miles
long.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

THE boy who is drought up by hand''
considers the path of early life slippery
one.-Drake's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

THERE is more mischief wrought by over
worked i.ws than overworked brains
Western Pl0aCnld7A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

Z. p. RoE's autobiography and last story,
Queen of Spades. = complete in Lippfncott's
Mdgazsne for Oct, ready Sept ~ For sale ev-
of Is cents. LIPPINcoTT'S MAGAZINE, Phita-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

If you want to be cured of a cough, use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
AQUATIC sports--the temperance base
ball nine.-Bost0rs Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

A KITCHEN preverb-things rubbed
against crater become less
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20

FrIr boots-the sold mans who SUM
nnarilv disposes of his would be son-in. law.