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The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Crowley Signal: The state press is
~agitating a reform in our jury system,
providing for yerdicts to be rendered
by three fourths of the jurors in crimi-
nal cases, the same as now allowed IN
civil suits. This is no doubt a move IN
the right direction and will prove a
great improvement over the present
system in bringing criminals to justice,
provided however, that a brake a be
applied to the Governor and the board
of pardons against the present whole
sale pardoning of criminals, otherwise
the Signal believes it would be a mat
ter of policy as well as justice to impe,
cunious offenders to abolish courts and
iuries entirely to save expense. There
is a broad field for "reform" all along
the line.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
A Few Plain Questions.

Do you want to get rid of that headache
that bothers you SO mueh9 Do you want to to
Ting in your head Do you want to change
that saIiow and blotchy complexion for a skin
that is bright and cleara Then Pe-ru-na is the
thing you need. Now is the time of the year
when yeu need something that will make your
blood pure and keep you free from those many
Spring complaints to which all are so subject.
If yo1r catarrh has become chronic, or the
impurities in your blood have developed into
a disease, then La-cu-pia should be taken, and
taken at once. Otherwise Pc ru-na is all that
you need, supplemented always, however, BY
Man-a-lin, to keep the bowels in good condl'
ton. These three medicines no household can
afford to be without. 81 a bottle For sale by
T.. E. Bailey, druggist.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
The Louisiana Central.
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.

West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
Reports regarding the possible extern
sion of the Louisiana Central to Lafa-
yette, SO miles distant, are again in cir
culation. Among the latest is n to
the effect that the Illinois Central Rail
road will build a branch from the main
line of it's road to Baton Rouge, and that
that company will purchase the Lonisi-
ana Central, extending the line to La
fayette, and using it and the road to
Baton Rouge as feeders to the main line
of the Illinois Central, which passes
some fifty miles east of Baton Rouge.
The extension of the Louisiana Central
as above outlined would prove a mag
~nificent feeder to the /. C. and be of in
estimable benefit to Baton Rouge and
Port Allen.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming sowelI
known and SO popular as to need nc
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song Of
praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum
and other affections caused by impure
blood.-Will drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as we'll as cur all
Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache.
Constipation and Indigestion try Elec'
trio Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price so cts
and $1.00 per bottle at F. e. Bailey's
Drug Store. 5
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
Bucklen,s Arnica salve

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers salt rleum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
c%hilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price IS cents per box. For sale by
f. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
0arenne.
RSyeiI de 81. Martin.

R6veiI de st. Martin.
L. Careme, appel9 dams le ritnel ca.
tholique Q~uadragesime, ma pas de rail-
son pr6cis6ment d6termin6e. En- ge-
neral, On dit quill a 0re institute en- me-
MORE dn ieAna dn Christ dams le de-
saEt. Dependant bien des th6ologistes
aOnt d'Opinion quill est MI hommage
reMdu a la m6moire de la Passion.
Saint jerome du moins est de cette
opinion. Qnelques savants pr6ten-
dent ousil ii &t6 atabli en- souvenir des
40 i0nFn accord6s aux Ninivites pour
faiEe p6nitence.
T~cni0urs estsil que p~rimitivement
aucune lOi niordonnait lie carGme. Vers
IL troihieme siAcle de l'ere chr6tienne
ii pfit naiesance ct devint obligatoires
Avant cette 6poque le jeune n'6tait
point pratiqu6.
Les catholiques FOmains 0bserVent
I'm seal careme, mails il men est pas dc
rnenaA des membres ae l'Eglise Gree
que. Ceux-gi commencent a a'abstenir
as viande aprAs le dimaHche de Ia Sex
ag6sime. Le lundi Qni suit 10 Qnin-
Quan6Aime est pour eax lie premier jour
du eaFAzne. lis doivent asahsteniF al0rs
non settlement AZ ID viando mails encore
das cuts. din laitage, do phuile at dn
poisson. lis observent en- outFe Quatre
aufre carennes de 40 j0nrs chacun: ce-
lni as Noel, celni dea Ap6tres, celEi do
h TRANSPORTATION, OF celui de pAs-
aompti0n. Ce qui revient \ dire one
d 365 jours. les fersonts disciples do
III religion GrecQne iennent I60 jours,
MI pins ni moins, et dime facon fort
pan AGREEABLE.
Les Jacebitea enx obserYent en plus
un c~inqniAnae, celnl 90 III p6nitenee III
Naive al lAs Maronitcs, M slxienae,
eelmI ds l'exalsation 10 ii Sainle Cr0ix.
on pnnk dire one ces derniers jeanent
Gopfs iaannEo ct font maigre habituelie
msal p~uiaQu'ii ne leur eat permits dc.
manger de Ia piasde Que pendant Is
aafa d0nt q fant retirer trois yendra
dia At trails sanaedias
petto extreme lassituae n'on resent
iaaiane ~ESmpnsak6 did sang. IA Salse
assille dsAyek II pnsiie St foftjfe
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Le testament de feu John Jacob AS
tor fait de son fills William Waldorf
Astor Phomme le plus richie dc fame
riaue, simon du monde enter, ses pos
sessions Giant 4valu6es a $200,OO0 ,O0O.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

lie steamer anglais Qaetta, quittant
l'Australie pour Londres, s'est heurte
contre nm 6cueil dams lie detroit lie
Torres, ct a sombr6 en- trois minutes.
On croft qu'au moins deux cents per
aonnes ont peri.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Dom Pedro, bien quill soft complete,
ment reconcile avec sa condition de
monarque d6tr6ne, declare toutefois
que 81 les Br6siliens SO fatiguaient de
ieur r6publique ct lie r%appelaient II
trait reprendre son tr6ne.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Chicago Inter Ocean:-Senator Sher-
mans anti trust bill should be prompt
ly acted upon. Trusts are among the
hydra-headed institutions that need to
be taken by the throat without much
ceremony.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
FNR SALE.

q FARM, on P~Iaquemine Ridge, containing
- rs arpents, fifteen woodland and balance
arabic land some improvements. Can be
had at d bargain for cash. Apply to "a Ma
made, New Orleans, or til the sn~ndersiened,at
Dpeioasas. Ell. ESTILEpIE,
Feb. 1 1896. SIN Agent.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Y a-t.il une chose one personne ne
vondrait avoir ct que dependant per
some n'aimerait d perdre? Oui saps
doute. Et cette chose, c'est un process.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Entire collegiens:
-Donne-moi du tabae, que 'en fasse
une cigarette ; j'en manque.
-Voici. Tu ne sails pas &C que je
fails, moi, qnand je mai pas de tabac9
Non. Que fais-tu9
Mon vieux, c'est bien simple.
Quand je mai pas do tabac, je fails rh6-
roine de Beauvais.
Helm ~. Quot III.
-Je fails rh6roine de Beauyais
Jeanne Hachette,
Petite definition:
La femme, a dit IN moraliste, est
une pendule qui retarde q partir de
rs ans.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

La Nouvelle Orleans manqne d'hui,
tres ct bien solvent il arrive que les
orands salons on Giles 80 d6bitent men
ont pas une senle a offrir 4 lenrs eli
ents. On reproche aux hautes eaux la
raret6 du dGlicieux bivalve.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

La milice canadienne comptait lie 3o
iuin dernier 8 1896 hommes, ct ellie
cohte par an 81 ,424, ISL SO.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

La Salsepareille d'Ayer est justement
ce quill vous faut CONNIE medicine DE
printemps. Superieure d tout antre.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

N. Y. Times:-The great need of the
time is a higher standard of political
conduct among the mass of the voters
of the country. The government will
be what they make it or what they per-
NIT it to be made.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
Now or Never!
Feb. IS.

As the season is fan. advanced and ourStocl< Is larger
4h,n we wish to carry over to the next season, we
will offer Special Inducements ior the Holidays
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Deux jennes garcons, VIM. Robins
ct James Moore, avaient etc arr6tes
sous l'accusation d'incendiaire ct en-
ferm6s dams la ge8le de Lebanon, Mo.
lie soir, leurs fanc9es, Swan Lathrom
ct Belle Smith, sont entrees dams Ia
prison, ont tenu les deux gardens pen
dant que leurs amants prenaient la
faite. Aujourd'hui, ces deux h6roines
Occnpent les cellules: sband0nnses par
leurs amoureux.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

j. Meyers s. Co. have just received a
car load of Gigs which they are selling
at @10 IN
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

I'm policeman de Boston, voulant
payer a boire a des amis alors gull ma
Wait pas un sou, q donne an b%arkeeper
en- Placement nm coupon de la Loterie
de 10 Louisiana, lequel u gagn6 qnel'
que tours plus tard $4,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

We are constantly adding new style;
to our glassware and crockery lines.
G.. DIETLEIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
9PNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTIONS,
- Over Il Million DigtrihSt.
Ia. S. 4.
Louisiana State Lottery n.

Incorporated by the Legislatn,s
Educational and Charitable purposes =. lF
franchise made a part of the present STAT has = y
stitution, in 1879, by an OVERWHFTS,SS MOI
POPULAR VOTE. Its ad
GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAw1pc,
Take place semi. annually (June and na w
ber), and its GRAND SINGLE NTWppsaas
DRAWINGS take place in each of tha =,
ten months of the year, and are all draw U.a !
public, at the Academy Of Music, New o.
La. M1
I'VE do hereby certify that we suno,..
the arrangements for all the MONTH"; " "
Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana s ~
Lottery Company, and in person MANAGE s ~
control the Drawings themselves, and tist ~ ~
same are conducted with honesty, fairness =. !
in good faith toward all parties, and we auiS ~
izc the Company to use this certificate. Mi
| fac.similes of our signatures attached, in a. $
yertisements." CT. BEAUREGARD
j. A. EARLY,
Commissioners
We the undersigned Banks and BanEe,.
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiss,
State Lotteries which may be presented Al n,
counters.
r. M. WALMSLEY, Pres. La. Nat. RAM
P. LANAUX. Pres. State Nat. Bank.
A. BALDWIN,, Pres. N. o. Nat. Dank
CARL KOHN. Pre-. Union Nat. Bank
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

La veille du jour fix6 pour leur ma
rage, la trop confiante miss Anna Al
len await remis a son amant Ross Car,
ter, 4 Cincinnati, $7966 pour quill en-
prit soin, ct Carter await mis- le magot
dams le fond de 90 valise ct await dis.
parn le meme soir, en- novembre der
nier. On Went de lie retrouver d Buffa-
10 en- train d'apprendre la topographic
et co qui est cnrieux c'est que pargent
de miss Allen 6tait pressure tout encore
dams le fond de la valise.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
A ceux Que Celia concerne.

Nous, les soussignes citoyens de Ro-
beline, Inc, constatons avec regret le
depart des messieurs quf representent
les poGles .justement renommees dites
"Steel and Malleable Iron Ranges" ia
briquees par la Wrought Iron Range
Co." dc ST. Lonis, qui nou quittent
pour I'm nouveau. champ d'operations
apres avoir vendu leurs marchandises
dams tons les QUARTERS dc cette parols-
Sc ct de celles avoisinantes. lie surin-
tendant Massengill ct ses assistants
sont rest6s parmi nous depuls trols
mois ct pendant ce temps ont vendu d
nos meilleurs citoyens au-dessus de
trois engagements de char des poeles
sus- mentionnees, ct nous enten-
du un nombre considerable de ces ache
teurs Qni SO sont servi de ces poeles
s'exprimer dams les termes les plus
| hatteurs %concernant leurs merites
Nous c%onstatons avec plaisir que ces
| messieurs sont sobres, industrieuz O.
prompts a remplir tons leurs engage,
| ments ct nous les r~ecommandon!
chaudement i tout yenant.
NINE. A. v. Cox,
Maftresse de Pension.
f. BUvENs,
Commits chez Buvens & Gle.
f. C. GAY, Marchand.
L.. DANIEL, Marchand.
c.. E. LUET,
Commits chez l.. Daniel.
w. b. STILLE, Marchaad.
A. DOVER, Marehand.
RICHARD MAHER,
Acheteur de Cotton,
III. MANNHEIM, Marchand.
#. C.. BLAcKsHER, Fermier.
Cox 81 THOMAS, Marchands.
CD. SMITH, Marchand.
L. B. GAY, Marchand.
JAS. McCooK,
Maftre de Poste ct Marehand.
J.B. w. MCCooK,
Assistant Maitre de Poste.
L. A. CARTER, Pharmacien.
F. CROCKETT,
Agent T. & P. Railway.
j, Il. KEEGAN,
Maire de Robeline.
l.. o. DANIEL,
Marchand ct Av0cat.
PONDER S. CARTER,
Gerant du journal lie News"
S. e. Russ.
II. f. FOSTER.
w. w. PAGE, Marchand.
w. A. PONDER,
Membre de la Chambre de la Line.
JOHN N. BURKETT,
JUICE de PAX.
ISAAC f. CARTER, Avocat.
A. V. CARTER,
Redacteur q Robeline News
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
lie 1Eais.

LIE mails dc meme que ~l'avoine est
une plante du genre cereal de la ia
mile des gramin6es. ii peut 6tre cul-
tive pour deux usages; pour la produc-
ton du fourrage, ct pour la production
du grain. Dams lie premier cas-, il est
plant6 tres.epais ct il est r6colt6 quand
il atteint trois on quatre pieds de hau-
teur. C'est I'm bon fourrage, richie ED
amidon ct en- sucre, ct c%onyenant fort
bien CONNIE nourriture pour les ami
maux d cette 6poque de Pannee on lie
fourrage recolte en- automne est la plGl
part dn temps 6puis6. Nous ne a
rions trop r~ecommander d o fermiers
la culture du mails a ce point de yue.
Dependant en- Louisiana lie mails est
gen6ralement cultiv6 pour son grain.
Lie grain de mails est remar-
qnable par sa richesse en- matieres azo-
tees ct en- matieres hydrocarbon6es.
Cette richesse de ces deux produits lie
font servir dams lie monde civilis6 a
denx usages, la fabrication de l'alcool
ct la nourriture de phomme ct des ami,
maux.
An point de vue du pouvoir nutritif
lie. mails est SUPERIOR d tous les autres
produits.
Pour conclure, nous dirons que Ia
culture du mails est chose capitale pour
les habitants +; ills doivent toujours avoir
II large provision de mails pour gar.
der leurs animaux en- bon etat. Nous
croyons dn reste que par leur travail
les betes de trait ct de labour r6mune-
rent leur proprietaire de la peine que
ce dernier aurait pu prendre. Du res
to 81, CONNIE nous aimons d le repeter,
lie cultivateur prend soin de recueillir
le fumier de ses animaux, le fumier OBJ
tenn compensera lie co1t de la nourri-
ture absOrbee par eux.-AGRIC0LA,
dams lie Reveil de st. Martin.
Quatre mile Cadaures p~6trifes.-U Tn
voyagear AMERICAN Went de faire dams
nm journal Ia description du champ de
bataille dc Tarapace, sur lequel quatre
mile cadavres de soldats p6ruviens
sont restes p6trifies depuis dix ans, par
I'M sol satur6 de nitrate de soude.
II dit que rien ne peut donner une
id6e dun tel spectacle au clair de lune.
Lors dc la retraite de Russie, les de.
bris de l'arm6e FRANCHISE de 1872 pre-.
senterent plus dune fois &c tableau
fantastique.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

lie point le plus important pour lie
cnltivateur, c'est la conservation OF
augmentation des fnmiers. II fau,
bien admettre quill y a n grande
negligence dams le traitement des en-
grais dams cette province, negligence
0ui fait perdre des millions de piastret
chaQne ann6e, c'est principalement CT
point qui est de la plus haute impor.
tance ct qni dot 6tre sp6cialemenl
trait6 par le conseil d~'agricnlture. il
suls decide dc faire tout en- mon pou.
v0ir pour indnire les c%nltivateurs
mienx appr6cier In valenr des famierf
ct 4 les trailer mieux. Je sails par moi,
meme que le fnmier c'est le nerf dr
iardinisr ct du c~ultivateur.
G. N. PELOoUIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Un cyclone a traverse lie centre du
Mississippi la semaine derniere, repair
dant To- terreur II son parcours de
huit miles dams lie comt6 d'Attala.
Plusieurs maisons ont etc demolies ct
plusieurs personnes blessees.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15
Catarrh


blood disease. Until tue poison Is
expelled from the system, there can
IT, no cure for this loathsome and
dangerous malady. Therefore, the only
Aisalige treatment Is q thorough course
d Ayers SarsapariIia-tle best Of all
"a purifiers. The sooner you begin
"a; better delay is dangerous.
WINS troubled with cafarrh for over
laa years. j tried various remedies,
atgi was treated by a number Of physi-
tisiis, bat received ne benefit until 4
bsgan 10 Take Ayers Sarsaparilla. A
saW bottles of this medicine cured me OF
this Troublesome complaint and COM
htesy restored my health.'-Jesse NJ.
ss HolIaan's Mills, NC.
When Ayers ~Sarsaparilla was rec
p~iglnenaea 10 me for eatarrh, l was in
cainaaa d doubt it's efficacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little benz
Git, / had nc faith that anything would
care me- Ibecafne emaciated from loss
III annette and impaired digestion. i
Had NEARLY lost the sense Of smell, and
ssts sssfein was badly ~deranged. ! was
hSsesss discouraged, when q friend urged
MS Ia trg Ayers Sarsaparilias and re-
feTreas me to persons whom It had cured
0f tafarrIf. After taking half q dozen
bsstflns al thfs medicine, [ am convinced
18ssst sha only sure way 0f treating this
obstinate disease Is through the blood
Charles r.. Maloney. 113 River st,
LaweHs Mass.
ysF's SarsapafilIa,
rRarAaED n
q Aver 3 Co, Lowell Mass.
Fsies u; TX botslsss Worsk q ! bsstIe.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

GRAND MONTHLY DRAWTEn
WILL TAKE PLACE
At the Academy Of Music, New orlaan.
TUESDAY, APRIL is, 1890,
CAPITAL PRIZE, $500. Don
100000 Tickets AT Twenty Dol.
lars each. Halves $40: Ouap.
tiers So; TenaIns Sc; 1'Wenti
eaEnS 81.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

sAMEDI matin Is MARS, 1890.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

La nomination de Warmoth CONNIE
collector a enfin etc confirmee par le
s6nat, lnndi dernier. Plusieurs de-
mocratee ont vote EN- faveur de Ia con
irmation, tandis que DIES Republicans
Ia combattaient. C'est n nouyelle
defaite pour N, Coleman, qui Sc trouve
maintenant dams une position d6sagr6-
able enyers lie president.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Dams Ia mutt du A an 5, il est tombe
seize pouces do neige dams les rnes de
Leadville, Col. Mais CO nest rien, ce-
la d la Passe aux Moustiques, dams lie
meme 6tat, DIES individus envoyes mar
di pour y r6parer des fills tel6phoniques,
ont trouvait que la neige d6passait les
poteaux hauts de 90 pieds. II y await
"a pieds de neige!
The Opelousas courier., 1890-03-15

Nette extreme lassitude qnson resent
inaiQue rimpnsHk6 dn sang. IA Salse
taselale a'AXeEle pslsife st foFkile Ii
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-06-04
Ike Kneent ,EreasareriAaanr.

Vincent tie defaultiug state
treasurer, who Is now serving a
fifteen year sentence in thefPratt
coal mines, bids fair to- be again
known as Honest Ike" ii auiitlul
1t seems that many of the con
Yiicts eafp money BY, extra. worn.
of course they are, tempted to
spend it upwisely, and they also
run the risk of being robbed 97z2
The other Gay the conVictg held
meeting, elected Vincent treas
urer and deposited thair money
with him for snfe keeping! Some
thing over SO, 600 was placed in
hands, and he will be paid small
commission for taking care oft,
l. There must be some good 10
Vincent-ini fact there must be
not a little of the old fashioned
honesty in him-to thus win the
confidence Of his fellow convicts.
His fall was due to the speculative
fever and he has paid dearly for it.
Man y worse, men have escaped with
much lighter penalty.-Atlanta
Constitution. .sls j .C.t ,.i5b :,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-06-04

VOL. VINO. g.
WESTON NEWS.

Mr. Dick Bill Is said to be a
candidate for the gislaturc 10 this
county. Hon. Dave Harrell viii
retire from politics and will som
assume the presidency of the Rieh-
land bank, ,l.,4a.Lif U49 8Ot2
ond day last week Major j. r.
Walker and Capt Tom Jones sold
80 bales of cotton in Weston at
lO3 and liz cents Since the
completion of the Columbus South4
ern Weston has sold and shipped
about 40 bales. 4l9wnz 1aJl
Mr.. 6. w. Perry, who lives
about hour miles below here, while
at work in his field, had a tree to
fall en- him. / never heard the
extent Ofthe injuries. They were
reported quite seriously by Mr.
Daniel, whocame for physician.
Its to be hoped they may not prove
as severe as at first believed. mG
Col. c. ". Hancock will begin
the publication of a paper here
soon. a 49,. ,..,,.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-06-04
Thiefs in the Hotel.

On last Tuesday night Mrs
Willie Carver, hearing noise in
the hotel, at or near the hour Of
three O'clock in the morning, had
the matter at once investigated,
when it was found that Bud Pat
terson, Riley Bowen and Cicero
Martiu, all colored, had entered the
hotel under suspicious, qircum,
stances. When noticed they were
near the meat box, and one Of them
was seen in The box with light in
his hand and a knife open. AS
soon as the negroes found . that
they were noticed they. left the
hotel at once. Upon an inyesti=
cation nothing wasifolnd abstract
ed and noarrests were made -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-06-04
a Ceorqin Cracker.

In locality near Dawson there
recently existed Furnishing
school, taught by a lady. The
teacher, wishing one of her pupils
to study grammar, told the child to
get one, %hereopon the mother
sent the following note to the
tie aeber: 81 do not desire Lula
shall ingqge'in grammar as j prefer
Der 10 ingage in more yUseful
studies and can learn her how to
spoke and write properly myself
| have went through two gpammars
and can't say as they did me nc
good. / prefer her to ingage in
german and drawing and vokal
Music on the piano.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-06-04
DAWSON, GEORGIA. JUNE A. 1890
A ROBBERS TREASURE.
t's'} b SD - -
Ten Thousand Dollars Buried BY a
Partner ef John A. Murreil.

A dispatch from Conehatta,
Miss, says; "i'3tt rs
From old citizens Of this county
it is learned that the $40 600 in
gold dug up on Conehatta creek
last week by Ezra Leech was bur.
led thera by the notorious John
Copeland, who was at one time
d partner Of john A Murrell.
There is said to have been quite
a romance connected with the mon
ley, IL (which former sweetheart
of the robber' chief played promi-
nent part. In fact, the story goes
thai. she has promised to marry
aud leave the: United States with
him when he had accumulated
sufficiencY OF this worlds good. 4,
Copeland soon had $4,000, but.
not yet satisfied with his career of
crime, buried the money where he
could always lay hands on it at a
moments notice. The lady, hows
ever, died shortly Iafterward, and
he soon grew reckless and dissipa-
ted to such an extent that his men
often rebelled against the daring
exploits planned BY his excited
brain, The man was a, wondery
however, and always managing to
make good bis escape soon rendered
his name one of terror to the en-
tire people Of the Southern States
After the death of his intended
bride, Copeland seems to have con
tracted amania for burying mon
ey, and is, said TO have hidden
enormous sums in different sections
of the state. His dissipated habits
now renderhim careless, ar d Is a
necessary precautiun he gave the
map containing full description OF
where all this money was buried
into the keeping 0fthe first lieu
tenant James Hpllit, n "A few
months later MULTI Loss The paper
while in swimming in the Tombig,
bee river, in making his escape
from asherif's posse. This seemed
to.demoralalize the band, as it was
broken up short time afterwards.
Copeland frequently allowed his
temper to get the best Of his judges
ment, and in q bar loom fghtliin
1873 Was so seriously wounded
that he was easily captured.
When the day on which he was to
hang arrived he told where. bis
horses and much other property 0,
including large number OF negro
slaves, could be found, and also
attempted to give the location Of
his buried gold. He is said to
have mentioned the $4,000 on
Cenchatta creek, and it is a well
known fact that different parties
have made Influential effort to dis
cover the money at divers time be-
fore and sincethe war. From the
most authentic report it seems that
MF. Leech's lucky fine was purely
accidental, as he was ditche
ing in aired break ia his field
near the creek at the time. ''.'