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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Read Col Moorman's circular in re-
gard to the immigration Convention to
be held next month at Ruston, La, and
do what yoa can to have st. Landry
properly represented. This is a very
important matter and deserves the CO.
operation of all intelligent citizens.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

y UpeIoasas ever expects to be
s1paght within the 6 circuit = of first
4!'sss theatrical troupes, d large Opera
seIiss Z will have to be erected to draw
znsFn here. MI. Julien Claude of Wash
'aetaa has . large, centrally Iocated lot
" Maii street, suitable for the erection
IA II sRelA building, which can be bought
w reasonable terms, and he will form
s..s g g 2 Joint stock company to inangu-
Asse Abe enterprise and pnsh it TO sue
xEs. The lower part Of the building
as'asa ~ made into a large store, or two
.1s more stores, for mercantile purposes.
zaa me rental should pay handsome.
R9s esnt on the money invested. We
" no reason Why the scheme should
.sse II pay, when ether towns, no larger
s'A'Aa peloasas, have succeeded Id such
aEs1Kess besides securing artistic and
IL Iaf amusements for the lovers of
~ drama @
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26
SHERIFF's SALE.
District Co,rt, Parish ofst Landry, No. 144S7
J. Meyers & Co. VS.. E. Sumter Taylor.


BY virtue of an order of seizure and sale is-
sued out OF the Honorable the Thirteenth
Judicial District Court in and for the par
ish of St. Landry, in the above entitled and
numbered suit, l will proceed to sell at pub
lie auction to the last and highest bid
ousas, parish of st. Landry, on SATURDAY,
the 9Th day of February, A. d. 1889, at ii O.
6l., the following described property, to-wit
A certain tract or parcel of wood land, sit.
uated partly within the corporate limits of
the town of Opelousas, bounded on the north
by lands of Miss Mary Burr, on the south by
lands of DIR. Vincent Boagni on the east by
Morgans La. & Texas Railroad, and on the
west by lands of aIiss Mary Burr.
The property sold to include a dwelling
house, outhouses and fencing.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
Terms-Cash. t. 8. FONTENOT,
Sheriff of the parish of st. Landry.
Opeiousas Jan. 5, 1889.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

In another column we publish cir
cnlar issued by the State immigration
Association, in reference to the con
yention of former citizens of the South
erh states new residing in Louisiana,
TO be held at Ruston on Feb. Is, for the
purpose of giving a new impetus to the
immigration movement. We trust that
onT parish will be well represented on
this important occasion and that her
superior claims will beably presented to
that body, so as to be laid in proper
shape before the world.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

a watch for only two dollars and fifty
cents, warranted to keep good time, at
n Mornhinveg's ieWelry store.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

No family in the South however poor can
afford to be without that modern necessity, a
newspaper. Subscribe for the Times Demo
erat-Daily aud Weekly II has The largest
circulation.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Eastern and Northern Stock of Plant
ing Potatoes, such as Early Rose, Peer
less, Russets and Burbanks, at Bottom
Figures, at c. Dietlein's, Union street.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

The artesian we'll at Alexandria struck wa
ter at depth of 635 feet. with flow of
1000 gallons in "a hours. The water is soft,
Clear, and slightly impregnated with sulphur
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Genuine Texas Red Rust Proof Oats
at New Orleans prices, and best Wheat
Bran. at G. Dietlein's.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Tbeo. Posey win sell you d bottle of DR..
Tiehenor's Anfiseptic for SO cents, aud tell you
what il Is good fer. fres of charge
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Bnist's Selected Stock of Planting Po-
tatoes and Vegetable Seeds at Dietlein's.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

This day 20 years ago Louisiana
seeded from the Union She hasn't
got comfortably back yet.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

B. sandos 81 Bro. have 4 large
stock Of Carriages, Hacks, Raggies,
Gigs. ETC.. which they are selling At the
owest living prices. Cali and inspect
the fine assortment now on hand
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Prepare for the accidents and diseases of
the New Year. Buy bottle of DR.. Tiehenor s
Antiseptic=> Sold By Druggists.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26
6 HERIFF'S SALE.
District Court, Parish of st. Landry, No. 1888
Lucien Dupre VS.. Perseverance Hall Stock
Company.

Company.
By virtue of writ of feri facias 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
bidder, at Perseverance, Hall in the town of
Washington, parish of st. Landry, on SAT-
URDA Y, the 23d day of February, A. D. 1889,
at Ii A. =. the following described prop
erty to-wit:
A certain lot of ground in the town of
Washington, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, known as the
Perseverance Hail. bounded as follows fronts
on Moundville street, west by st. John street,
on the rear by property of N. D. Kavsnagh,
east by property OF r. Boudreau.
Terms-Cash.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
T. s. FOETENOT,
Sheriff of the parish of ST. Landry.
Opelousas, Jan. 10, 1889.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

The Texas Farm aud Ranch, a splendid
agricultural semimonthly paper, published
at Dallas at 81 per annum, dubbed with the
COURIER at 50 for the two papers. Call and
get sample copy.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

. We have received No | of Vol. of
the Jennings Reporter, published at
Jennings, La, by Wm. Cary & Sons.
Ii is page, 7-ealamn paper, of neat
typographical appearance, and contains
much interesting leeal matter of Jen
nings and vicinity III very modest
salntatory, the editor submits his joar
nalistic venture to the public, announc-
ing the paper to be .ssnoap partisan and
neutral III nothing and designed to
giys all general news Of interest from
Southwest Louisiana, i'll agriculture,
horticulture and locals OF interest to
Jennings ard its surroundings ! The
fact that In the first issue appear seven
columns of advertisements from eae
business men of the place shows that i
has solid encouragement from its home
people. We congratulate our eonfrere.
upon his auspicieus beginning, alnd
trust that the Reporter may report The
steady advancement of its section and
its own journalistic success fer many
years to come
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Iae Senate has finally passed its tar
" hill which makes cnt Of SO per
sasla % sugar Tt was adopted by a
stfles party vote of 80 Republicans to
9 Democrats. The present House,
l.aysag q majority of Democrats, will
aeabsless refuse to adopt IT, When the
ssE Congress meets, however, with its
Aapabllean majority in both houses,
sei'sa such measure may become a law.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

B. Il. Advocate: Donaldson vile wants
electric lights. 1t is estimated that the plant
for that town will cost $4,000 and if the citi-
gems will subscribe half that amount in stock,
the success of the enterprise is assured.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

We have received the circular letter
of W. w. Duson & Bro, bearing date
Jan. Is announcing their partnership
in the Real Estate business and Collect
ing agency at Crowley. La. Mr.. w. w.
Duson has been in the real estate bust
ness ford num1af of years, and is well
known 70 the'public in the purchase
and sale of lands in Southwest Lonisi-
ana. His brother, Senator C. G. Du-
son, ex Sheriff of st. Landry, from his
wide knowledge of lands and real estate
matters, will add new strength to the
firm, and the public can rely upon both
of these gentlemen fulfilling all their
promises in their extended line of bns-
mess. Abstracts of titles and land cas-
es attended to in Acadia, st. Landry,
Lafayette, Vermilion and Calcasieu
parishes.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

aoy. Nichs5lIs has offered rewardsof
Sssa foE the arrest aud conviction of any
g lae na6nbers of what he calls e bands
~ laapssss persons,'' who have for the
pesE two OF three weeks been visiting
sAe Iarms Of some of the citizens Of East
Dason Rouge and Livingston and driv-
,eg 1heFafrom the. colored laborers. The
Se8sFfof adds tIlsE he is !" determined
g net stop to such acts Of ldrlessness
aaa punish the evil doers.n So itseems
silas iaWlessness is the proper word
lsf &, after all--in East Baton Rouge
naa ElngstoD, at least however in !
sppfopFiate il may be deemed lii Saint
aaaFy
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26
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Now the weight of these planks Is so great,
aud the force of the wind against them is so
strong, that every 3 or A years, or or at
most, the posts have, to be renewed; and in
or years the mosffof the planks have to be
renewed also. So ed the first cost Of hog
proof fence Is to 90 Irsr cent annually has to
be added in tho way of repair and renewal.
So in the course of say eight years the poor
man has to pay out about between $500 and
$1,000 to fence few wortlr1ess hogs out of his
little ifty-arpent farm. But in square mile
there are sixteen such little farms. So in one
mile square OF fifty -arpent farms, where there
is no hog law to protect the poor telling farm
ers, they have to pay out in about eight years
$l2, 900 to SIS, 600! Is it any wonder the
farmers are kept poorf But what wonder
they have submitted to the ruinous burden so
long, And what is received in return for
such an enormous outlay of money-Sl2,0 600
to $4,000, in one mile square-to say moth
in g OF the immense amount of labor and time
also lost upon such mistaken policy? How
many skinny hogs would be fair estimate
for the one mile square Twelve or sixteen Z
If so that would make each such so-cafled
hog cost $l2, ,00e or $4,000, less what it would
cost to make wire fence to keep out cattle
instead of plank fence to keep out those
burlesques upon hogs
To make wire fence to keep out cattle and
horses requires:
For so arpents say 300 posts at &c., 90
g 8 :. l6 spools wire. $3.50 72.00
s . 10 lbs. staples at &C., go
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26
Secret Sessions.

For some time past the press of New
Orleans have made loud and persistent
demands upon the City Counci! to abol-
ish or do away with the rather frequent
secret sessions of that body. Referring
to this subject the N. O. Picayune in a
recent issue says:
Secret scheming was one of The offences
charged against the last Council, Whe tier de
seryedly or not matters little, and on that
score the people Ousted it from power, hence
1t Is not likely that the same system of star
chamber practices will be tolerated in the
present body, which was the peoples choice
and elected by them for the specific purpose
OF sup2ressing such methods.
The evil complained of is, we fear,
becoming too prevalent here. Both the
Town Council and the Police Jury fire.
quentiy exclude spectators from their
deliberative chambers in order, it is
said, to go into executive session"
There is no good reason why this should
be SO. The people have right to know
how and by what means the actions of
their servants are determined and
brought about, and when these servants
are screened from their view by secret
or executive" sessions they are de-
prlVed OF that right. Besides9 by thus
shutting out the light from the outside,
public interests are sometimes made to
sntfer. Now, for instance, if the Police
jury had held one Executive" session
less on last Monday, it is veryalikely
that the public interests would have
been promoted to considerably greater
extent than they were on that day.
And SO it is, no doubt, very frequently.
Abolish the vicious practice, gentle
men. 1t has many drawbacks and very
few advantages. You have OF ought to
have nothing to hide from your people.
Let in the broad light of day upon your
deliberations, manfully face the people,
and take, each one>of you, your share
of responsibility That is the proper,
just and equitable way Public senti-
ment against the practice has set in
strongly throughout the country. On
all sides are heard demands for the
abolition of the secret sessions of the
Uuited States Senate, a body which
holds in its hands the weightiest inter-
ests of the nation, and it is only ques-
ton of time when even they will be
abolished, for enlightened public opin-
ion has so decreed. The star chamber
is relic of harbarism. 1t must go.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

Opelousas has all the natural environ
ments to make it permanent place of
prosperity and advancement, if its bust
ness men viii only give it the sinews to
hold these surroundings as subsidiary
members of trade and commerce in the
futnre. Now, there is no seeming peril
TO the traffic and shipments at this
point, in rice and cotton, but let Il line
of railway he bnilt westward from us.
then what results will necessarily fol
low tho opening of new highway ?
Why, new towns will spring up along
the route. and competing buyers of cot
Ton and rice will take in great deal of
the trade now centered here and ship
from more western depots. Sueh road
will be h2iit at no distant day, and OPP
elonsas must not let our western terri
tory be diverted to other marts without
struggle. We see but one way TO
grasp the situation and avert the loss
of trade Build a rice cleaning mill and
a cotton compress or cettnn mill, and
make this d sort of commercial centre
and distributing point, and the, adjacent
commerce will gravitate irresistihly to
Hese great factors IN bnsiness strensssll b
and prosperity. Unless s5mething If
the kind is done, Opelonsrs will retro
grade in an inverse ratio before mauy
years have elapsed.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

In the case of the State of Louisiana
I'd. Boree Peterson, charged with and
convicted Of murder and sentenced TO
he hanged, on appeal from st. Landry,
the Judgment az the District Court has
been affirmed b, the Supreme Court at
New Orleans. Peterson will therefore
suffer tlls penalty be death for his crime
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26

The corn crop OF The United States
for 1883 was worth thirty one million
dollars more than that of the preylons
year, and The wheat crop seventy four
millions more. A good showing IN fa-
vor of our Northern and Western farm
ers, particularly The oat crop was far
below the average.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
In n SocinI Way.

THE Clubhouse lecture course will be
opened at Guild Hall, 70 Eighteenth street,
Southside, Thursday, October II. by Rev. Geo.
Hodges, whose subject will be ''The Crusaders.n -
Following that, on November IA "The Process
of Steel Making' will be discussed by Mr..
William Metcalf. ''The Locomotive" Illus
trated by lantern slides, will be given on
Thursday, December Il, by Mr.. P. Barnes.
A HANDSOME piece of 1ithographic work
representing the new church in which the
Evangelical Lutherans are holding their con-
ference, is presented to the members as
souvenir. 1t is printed upon white satin, direct
from stone, in a steam power press. The work
was done by Messrs Mackenzie, Davis & Co.
and is considered very fine effort in that line.
A VIRGINIA tea party and instrumental con-
cert will be given in the hall corner of Butler
and Forty-third streets, on Thursday evening.
October II, for the benefit of the Aged Mems
Home. The menu will include everything eat
able, and will have the advantage Of being
home cooked.
THE uniformed Knights of St George gave
an entertainment in the Sixth ward, Allegheny.
Wednesday evening. Misses Annie, Minnie and
Barbara Itzel sang very nicely, and Captain
Bollin made speech.
THE oyster supper held last evening in st.
Marks Clubhouse, Eighteenth street, South
side, by the Young mems Guild and ladies con-
nected with the church was largely attended
and enjoyed by all.
Mr.. THEODORE SALMON, assisted by Mr..
Carl Retter, John Gernert and number of
Pittsburg's musicals, will give soiree this eyen
ing in the Pittsburg Female College.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
NOT A FUNNY FARCE.

The exquisite variations upon justice that
city Aldermen play from time to time were
excellently illustrated in case which came
before Judge Ewing for revision yesterday.
The injustice done to young woman was
partially rectifed and sound rebuke was
administered to the Alderman. Judge
Ewing's habit of plain speech was never
brought into better use.
In this case a young woman was sued be-
fore an Alderman for a debt that she was ap-
parently willing to pay. For simple reasons
she failed to put in an answer to the suit,
and without any further notice she was ar
rested on Tuesday last on warrant issued
by the Alderman. She was committed to
Jail by the Alderman and stayed there till
Judge Ewing ordered her release yesterday.
The whole proceeding from beginning to
end before the Alderman was an illegal
farce. Such travesties of justice are not un-
common in the aldermanic courts, though
the purse rather than the person of the de-
fendant is made to suffer. The frequency of
such exhibitions of incompetency and worse
is leading surely, though rather slowly, to-
ward much-needed reform, that is, the
substitution of stipendary magistracy for
the aldermanic system.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
TICKET RATES DEMORALIzED.
New York Scaipers Well Supplied With
knights TempInr's Unused Coupons.

New York ScaIpers Well Supplied With
knights TempIar's Unused Coupons.
.ePEcrAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.I
NEW YORK, October 1o.-The convention Of
the Knights Templar at Washington this week
has brought with it greater manipulation Of
tickets than usual by the railroads Of both
the Central Traffic and Trunk Line
Associations. The rates to Chicago and
the West will be demoralized for the
remainder of this month. This time the Penn
sylvania road is said to have started the ball
rolling. In view of the conclave the two asso-
Citations authorized one-fare round trip
ticket of sl7 80, from Chicago to Wash
ington, to Knights Templar, and the
tic kets were .to be "ironclad' that
is necessitating the signature of the passenger
at both ends OF the route. But this would give
most of the business to the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio. and of course the other
trunk lines had to have chance to carry pas
sengers from Chicago and Washington by way
of New York Many prefer this way, because
of an opportunity to do business here.
It was agreed that $40 might
be added to the Sl7 so rate for
passengers going from Chicago to Wash
ington by this latter route. The brokers' offices
here have been stocked with return parts Of
unused tickets, on the pretext that the nrst
half of them represents bona fde travellers who
came East. Blocks of these ironclad tickets
issued by several of the Chicago roads have
found their way to this city to be sold by
brokers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11

He has put that little affair off for another
day. At present he is devoting his gigantic
talents to the preparation of q work on
European military science, in comfortable
village near st. Heller in the pleasant isle
of Jersey. The sword is sheathed, and with
good goose quill the dashing soldier has
already written, no doubt, 'The pen is
mightier than the sword
1t was all very well for General Boulanger
or his sanguine boon companions to talk of
descending upon the coast of France, of
raising his flag and marching upon Paris,
but the care which the brave soldier has
shown for his own precious skin rendered
any such headlong move on his part very
improbable. In the papers the story looked
very pretty of General Boulanger embark
ing with his black charger, his military
overcoat and his fair companion, to conquer
his enemies in France But somehow or
other the glitter of the razor-like blade of
the guillotine seemed to simmer upon the
horizon, and we are not surprised that the
General perceived it and was satisfied to
pause while in jersey Those Republican
enemies of his in the Government of France
are dreadfully inconsiderate people; they
would like nothing better than to make
short work of him. Hence st. Heliers was
a good place for General Boulanger to
stop at
He has chosen rather odd subject for his
book. Rather than military science we
would have wished General Boulanger had
chosen some such matter as how to disturb
the peace of Europe and grow rich at the
same time, or why shsllow-brained ad-
venturer can stir the French nation when
wise men fail. But perhaps it is safest for
political agltator to write on some topic that
need not reveal his personality. Moreover,
ne may hope to learn something of the sub
ject he has chosen to write about, and it is
true that Boulanger has not shown a won
derful knowledge of military science, or he
would have known that it is very danger
GUS thing to get too far away from your base
of supplies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
NEW YORK AND ELECTRICITY.

The good people of New York are learn
ing at no small expense good deal about
electricity. Since September five persons
in New York City have been killed
accidently BY its means. On Tues
day it was decided by a lower court
that the electrical execution law is consti-
tutional. The murderer Kemmler, in whose
interest the attempt to prove the law uncon-
stitutional is being made, is so well assured
that electricity would kill him that his
counsel will take an appeal to higher
court. The people will have to pay good
deal more in lives and money before some of
the learned electricians will admit that elec-
tricity can kill a man.
Mayor Grant, of New York, has adopted
q very pretty test of the belief of some cleo
tricians, that electric light currents are not
dangerous He has noted the fact that no
less than five persons have lost their lives
within a month from contact with unin-
sulated electric light wires, and he has told
the light companies that they must put their
wires into underground conduits or vacate
the city. To this the sanguine officers of
these companies replied in chorus that the
wires were harmless. Mayor Grants reply
was: Gentlemen, if what you say is true,
you will have no objection to grasping live
wire in my presence"
But they all have found strong objections,
and Mayor Grant being city magistrate
who is really inclined to serve the citizens,
will see that the electric light wires are put
underground. PIttsburgers may cogitate
upon these events without injury to them
selves.