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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

J. Meyers & Co.'s new stock of spling
and summer goods las been coming in
at q rapid rate all the week, and inclu-
des some of SrtIhe loveliest designs of
white goods, ieeawns, challies, cham
hrays, ginghams, laces fine dress goods,
and Il complete line of trimmings, ETC.,
which must be seen to be appreciated
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Mr.. Laurent Meaux, one of Sheriff
Eontenot's deputies, WAS accidentally
shot and killed while ont hunting near
Palmetto on the 23d. Deceased was
Al years Of age and came to this parish
several years ago from Abbeville
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Rev. j. R. Cason wishes us to recall
bis appointment at the Baptist Church
for next Sabbath, but to announce ser
vices for the following Sunday.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

SIR. p. D. D. Delacroix, Cypro.tbrt P. o.,
sgent representing Dr. Davis Qihpound Sc
rnp Of Wild Cherry and Tar 5uyne ints cor
store. Being busy was unaKnqto giat stlim
any time. Before leaving h unrsasora sam
pie bottle of Davis Wild 8 ask yc>and Tar,
asking me to sate it to 3Jtrust ins fering with
caught heavy cold. .aist1nemberiug the sam
pie, thought ] would Try it, Six teaspoousful
cured me-. Ordered supply at once, and
have sold it with satisfaction to all. 1t acts
like magic on all my family, aud l would not
be without it, / take pleasure in recommend
ing it at all times" One dollar bottles hold
two and ahalf times as much as soc. bottles 2
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29
Saturday, May I'D, 1890,
4 gUBLIC SALE.
II
Probate Court, Parish Of 81! Landry No 5O03.
ESTATE OF RoDA HENRY.

ESTATE OF RoDA HENRY.
BY virtue Of an order Of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for tho parish of Saint
Landry, there will ha sold at public auction,
TO the last and highest bidder, by the
undersigned administrator or any duly quail,
hett auctioneer, at the last residence OF de.
ceased, in Old Grand Prairie, in the parish of
ST. landry, on WEDNESDA 7, April 80,
1890, the following described property. be.
longing tn the estate Of Roda Henry, deceas,
ed, late Of the parish CT St Landry, towt
/. A certain tract Of prairie and wood land,
situated ct Old Grand Prairie. in said parish.
containing twenty-five arpents more or less.
bounded north by Joseph McCoyd south by
Oscar Miles, cast by land Of Thomas Fanright
aud June Debaii0p, aud west by land OF Ste
pheu Vanrighe together with all the build
ings and Improvements thereon
Terms-Casl.
EDMOND JOUBERT,
March %. 1890. administrator.
pUBLIc SALE
ProJats Co,:rs Perish of ST. Lanarg, No 5o0a
ESTATE oE VALERY MAYER, SR.
BIZ virtue of al order OF the Honorable the
Probate GCG;lt i'll and for tie parish Of Saint
Landry, there will be sold at public auction,
t" the tast and highest bidder, by tho under
>lgped administration or Il duly qualified auc
tioneer, on tho plantation hereinafter desUrih-
ed, in Prairie Gros Cbevreuil, in st. Landry
parish. Oh FED4NE5DA =. april l6, 1890,
shs 'oliuwipg dsaeribGd property, belonging to
the estate of yuIsgy Mayer, 81, deceased.
late "t The parish ri 81. Luu'iry, to.wit
/, 4 re!fut; .iac5 Of Ii situated in Prai.ie
'i.o4 f!s"yfyn3 h -the parish os St Landry,
,,'ifatbut.s tuI;S.drc atprHts, more or i,ss,
with buildings and improvements thereon,
bounded On tise naFiA By Il d. Mayer, cast by
i.urien Mes.iic south hy Laus Lalonde, and
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

11VhER, Ia, UHb
Mr. ELitor-My buggy mare, Nellie, was
very sick With eoIic yesterday evening when
my Ruston friend. N1r Sherrouse, called to
sesiae. He Immediately gave her dose of
DR.. Ticheuor's Antseptic, which seemed to
give relief in few miuutcs aud second
dose, about20 minutes later, entirely cured
her. W grfo say this to your readers in
justice to the medicine and for the benefit of
others. Respectfully, T. B WHITE
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Ros6ole--a kind of measels-is epi.
demic in town and in portions of the
country.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Spring time. Paint your houses and
buy your paints at Dietlein's. He car
ries full stock.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Several more crevasses have occurred since
our last report, and there are now five above
New Orleans and three below, pouring their
devasl ating floods over all the adjacent cour.
try. The river has u downward tendency,
however
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Welearn thai some Of our best eolnred
citizens have been solicited to run as
candidates fol Board of Police, at theai,-
preaching election, and. to their credit
be it said, declined to allow the use Of
their names, remarking that they were
perfectly willing 10 eptrust their inter
ests and those Of theAtnwn TO a board
composed Of representative white cit
zens. And they arr right. As a gen
eral thing they have nothing to gain by
being used las they have been too often
lin tho past) as mere cats paws by d..
signing men, who usuals lug them in
the Board 10 be used IN FL. thering their
selfish schemes, and where. as ne knew
from experience, they are generally of
no more useful service than bump
on a log" We say they show their
good sense--and good intentions, by
declining to be made use of in that
manner, and we appland their action.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29
Obituary.

Died, in New Orleans, March IS, 1890, VII.
LIE ASDRUs, aged q years, months and IL
DAYS.
lis sad at all times to chronicle The death
of any one, but when called upon to announce
the death of one so young, the pride of his
family, the fayorite of his associates, the be-
loved of all who knew him, just budding into
manhood, with prospects so brilliant. this in
deed Is heart. rendiug.
All Willie, could we break through Fate's
severe decree, thy friend would not now
mourn tiiy loss thy voice would not be hush
ed in death, thy smile once SO bright would
not be withholden from us. And yet, while /
feel that my heart must break with grief so
poignant
voice seems to whisper, thy friend is not
dead
There ia no death for one so pure, SO true.
It's The voice Of Faith and Hope, telling Of
q better land, of land where there Is no sor-
row, where there is no mourning land OF
happiness and lore; and it assures me there
thou art gone, An angel came with silent
tread
He saw smile too bright,
A heart too pure for taint and vice;
He bore ie 90 that world of light,
10 dwell in Paradise.
Aud we call this death No, It's not death
Ills life eternal True. our hearts are all
desolate for ne miss thee, Willie, and we
ningle our tears with tho tears of your affiict-
ed family; but we know thou art not dead,
hut dwell in heavenly bowers above. 3.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29
DARTITION SALE.
Dish7c: Coens, Parish of 81. Landry No, l454s
Or. Vncen! Boagni vs.. CIeOphas comeau.

o'' F'HSSh' GSSgW vs.. LisUPHaS k0IHeaA.
By virtue of ii judgment rendered in the
above entitIed suit, ordering me to sell at
PUBLIC auction, the property hereinbelow
described, to effect partition of said pro-
perty, and in virtue of commission issued
to tnc III the premises from the Hon 18th
Judicial District Court in and for the parish
Of 81, Landry, I will proceed to sell at public
auction ut he Court House In the town of
GpeIousla, III this parish, on
Saturday, May Sd, 1890,
10 the last and highest bidder, the following
described property to.wit:
The undivided one.half of certain tract of
wood land situated in Grand Bois," and be,
ing described as lot No. Of section seventy
1--WE and lot 30. Of section sixty-four, Town
snip five sonth range three east containing
one hundred aid twenty ulne 62Il00 acres,
more OF less-all Of which will more fully ap-
pear by reference to said act of sale passed
before Gilbert l.. Dupre. notary public, and
duly recorded in conveyance Book x No. 2,
p. III Of Recorders otfit of above parish.
Terms Cash
I. 5. FONTENOT,
Sheriff Of the parish of st Landry.
March 29-6t.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

We are constantly adding new styles
TO onr glassware and crockeTy lines.
C. DEETLEIE.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Tops, marbles and fishing tackle At
Ben Meginley 8.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Sugar and rice planters are referred
10 the card of VIM. B. Bloomfield.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Yellow fever is epidemic at Rio lie Janeiro
Brazil
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

A large, intelligent aud interested
audience filed Perrodin's Hall last Fri
day night, April 2ist, on the occasion
Of the graduation of three young lady
pupils Of the 0peloUsas Female Inati-
tute-Misses Eunice aud Berta Pharr,
of New Iberia and Miss Addie Humble,
Of Washington. The interesting pro-
gramme was carried out in most cred
liable manner by the pupils-the essays
of the graduating class being interpers-
ed with vocal and Instrumental music,
drill and recitations-and everything
passed off to the complete edifcation of
the audience and the we'll earned salts
faction of the worthy principal and
teachers of this excellent institution.
The classes suffered no interruption by
these exercises but will continue to the
end of tho regular session Tin Junel
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-29

Mr.. s. e. Loeb has removed his gro
Gerry store 10 the building on the corner
of Main and Bellevue streets, which
has been recently repaired and repaint-
ed. Hhgstocls will be largely reinforced
by fresh arrivals from New Orleans,
aud lie will be better prepared than
ever To- serve his numerous patrons
He invites all to give him a call and
inspect his stesk
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
A NEWSPAPER SOLD.
Smith & Harrison Get the Daily
Hotel News.

The Daily Railway and Hotel News
was sold at it's Office in the Endicott
building at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon by l. V. D. Heard, attorney for
Mrs. D. e. Roselle. the administrative.
A number of business men from theTwin
Cities were present. among them E. v.
Smalley. H. P. Hall. L. N. Scott, G. Fl,
Murphy, W. E. Magraw, Dick Bell,
John A. Davis and the representative
of Smith & Harrison, the Minneapolis
printers. Mr.. Heard placed the upset
price at $500, and Smith & HARRISON
bid $500. After long wait l.: n.
Scott offered $500. Smith & HARRISON
went to $500, which Scott raised to
$500. Then the Minneapolis firm Of
fered $4,000, and the property was
knocked down to them. The paper is
now printed by the firm which has
bought it. The purchasers get merely
the advertising contracts and contracts
with the Milwaukee and Great North
ern roads, giving exclusive permission
to circulate the paper on the short lines
of the two roads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
FEATS OF AGILITY.
Catholic Abstinence Picnic at
Minnehaha.

A very fair number turned out to the
G. T. A. U. picnic and field day at
Minnehaha park. A committee from
the Cathedral Ladies' L. A. society at
tended at the tables, and to them much
of the credit for the successful termina-
ton of the affair is due. The ball game
between the temperance men of Mime
apolis and those of st. Paul was
quite holly contested. and resulted
in victory for the latter city,
The following are the other successful
competitors: 15O-yard race, Ed Muir
name, Minneapolis; 1OO-yard profess
sional race, Byrnes, Minneapolis; egg
race for ladies, Miss M. Mccarthy, ST.
Paul; boys race, Lee first, Quirk sec
ond, both of Minneapolis; 50-yard race
for ladies, Miss E. Tittemore, Minneap-
oils; standing jump, 2. NJ. Moroney,
st. Paul; high jump. Ed Murnane, Min
neapolis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
THE STATE FINANCES.
A Credit Balance Exhibited for
Every Fund.

Col. Bobleter, the state treasurer, yes
terday issued the monthly statement of
finances, showing the amount of money
in the state treasury, and the various
sources from which it is derived. The
items of revenue and the banks in
which it is deposited are as follows:
Balance in treasury at the close of busi-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
CARPETS.

Wiltons, Moquettes, Body Brussels,
Tapestries and Ingrains. Frank S.
Weidenborner, 2O5 East Seventh st.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31

The 500 train from the East Saturday
morning had eight carloads OF people and
was two hours late.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29
Nin.e,-nrne Years for Nothing.

The famous case of Dell p. Wild, who
was sent to prison for a year for refusing
to do menial duty for Lieut.. Steele and
was summarily released by order of
President Harrison, is eclipsed by the
case of Lewis Carter, a private in the
Twenty-fifth infantry, who has already
served nearly five years of ninety-nine
year sentence in the Minnesota state
prison. The case is probably without
parallel in either civil or military his
tory, and is outlined as follows:
On the gath of November, 1884, Carter,
who, by the way, is a colored man, was
stationed with his regiment at Fort Shell
ing, MINI. Two or three days afterward
Carter was in St. Paul, and ran things
with high hand. His actions, however,
were not called to the attention of the
CITY police, and lie went back to Fort
Smelling unmolested. Arriving there he
was arrested on the charge of assault,
robbery and desertion. Brig. Gen. Terry,
then in charge of the department of Da-
kota, summoned u court martial, to as
semble at Fort Smelling, Jan. 27, 1850.
This court was composed of Capts. Ben
zonio. Lawson, Roche and Stivers, First
LiCuts. Tully and Glenn, and Second
Lieuts. Phillips, Ahern and Tear, all of
the Twenty fifth infantry, while First
Lieut.. Luden, of the Fourth artillery,
acted as judge advocate. The court, after
a very brief session and apparently with
out attempting to probe the truth of the
charges, found Carter guilty of all the
| four offenses and, with the usual army
severity of Furnishing criminals, SEN
fenced him to Saltwater prison for ninety
nine years.
Attorney Fred L. McGhee, of st. Paul,
has been giving this case searching at
tention since Wild's release, and what he
| has found out is astonishing. he dis
covered in West st. Paul the person ON
whom the assault was alleged to have
oeen made, and obtained an affidavit that
Carter had not assaulted her. Then Nc
Thee secured evidence that no robbery
had been committed, and sent the two
affidavits to Washington.
The action of the president was prompt
md decisive. He found that Carter was
guilty only of desertion, and has issued
a full and free pardon, which is to go
into effect May 25, just five years from
the date of Imprisonment. The president
also reprimanded the court martial
Washington Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29

Proof of the degree of dependence
of the public upon the slender wire
rope known as the bridge cable has
been more than once afforded. Per-
haps the sustaining power of rope
has never been more carefully watch
ed. Upon the faintest indication of
weakness in any part new piece is
put in, and when the rope has been
worn until it is generally reduced the
whole is removed and sold. A relief
cable is kept constantly in place ready
to be rugged at an hours notice, and a
brand new one, with its more than
two miles of length wound about an
enormous drum, is kept all the time on
the dock below the Brooklyn end of
the structure. One end of it is carried
up to the bridge and fastened there, SO
that the briefest possible time may be
required in an emergency in stretch
ing it. An interesting fact in connec-
ton with the use of new cables on the
bridge is that after fortnights use
their length increases from seventy
five to one hundred feet. The cause
of this is mainly the compression OF
the cable, which has hemp center,
by the grips, thus occasioning the
elongation When the cable gets too
long piece is cut out and the ends
spliced. A new cable costs $1,000
Brooklyn Eagle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29

Hundreds of interesting incidents are
related of the freaks of the storm.
block of iron casting, weighing over one
hundred and fifty pounds, was blown
into the second story of the Chesapeake,
Ohio and Southwestern Railway build
ing, near Union depot Nobody knows
where it came from, and the nearest
building from which it could have come
is nearly one hundred yards away.
Great sheets of tin roofing were dropped
upon DR.. Barry's farm, near Turner's
station, forty miles from the city, on the
Short line In the ruins of q house on
West Main street a large Office clock was
found clingng to the wall, but no one
knows where it came from. 1t was badly
broken, but the hands still pointed to
3:20 p. IN.
A large slab of marble found in a resi-
lence on West Madison street was never
there before. 1t will weigh over 100
pounds. At Baird's drug store, on Mar
ket above Ninth street, two bird cages
with the birds were blown in through
5he szyIight. The cages were not in
iured, and the birds are as full of song
IS ever.
When the building occupied by Brand
{ Bethel, the tobacco men, on Green
street, went to pieces, portion of the
framework dropped through the roof of
a little cottage just east of the factory.
1t consisted of heavy timber, to which
we're mortised four upright pieces of
timber. When this came through the
cottage the family were sitting around
the table in the dining room, and the
four uprights simply penned them in,
but did not hurt them in the least
Louisville Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29
THE PRINCE WAS LICKED.

A Story of Queen yictoria's Justice in the
Early =. - of Her Reign.
Osborne, Isle of Wight, is Queen
Victoria's seaside residence.
Many years ago, when the Prince
of Wales was lad, he was one day
PLAYING on the beach, when he spied a
basket of fish. Thirsting for fun, he
overturned the basket and sent the
fish sprawling into the water. The
young owner-a boy about the princes
age-soon returned, and, enraged at
the loss of the days tolls, attacked the
perpetrator, giving him a vigorous
beating; whereupon his royal high
ness flew angrily to the castle.
"Know ye, lad, who ye've been lay
ING hands on?' asked fisherman, ap-
preaching; ''it's name other than the
heir to the throne"
CONSERVATION filled the mind of the
boy and all his family-still more
when, in the evening, a summons
came from the queen to that youth to
present himself at Osborne castle.
The little fellow started with trem-
bling, thinking over all the freside
tales that his child ears had heard of
chains and dungeon keeps, " tortures
and the aX-cheerful musings to ac
company his slow, reluctant steps up
the avenue to the castle. His agltated
little brain was trying to frame a
speech in defense; but, when he was
ushered into the royal presence every
word deserted his lips, and he could
not lift his eyes from the floor.
Are you the boy that dared whip
my son, the Prince of Wales?" asked
the queen, sternly.
Il be, y'rmaj j'sty," he replied, trem-
bling in every limb; land beg y'r
pardon, y'r MAJESTY"
You don't even try to eyade the
truth" said the queen. ''What pro
voked you to do it?'
They - they'-the boy hesitated,
still trembling, they was my father
fish, y'r maj,sty. Didn't know twas
his royal highness.
'AR, begin to understand" Then
turning to the prince, she asked
"What did you do to his fish,"
WANTED to see if they'd swim, D
said the heir apparent, examining the
figures on the carpeti 80 tipped the
basket little"
The queen turned to the fisherboy,
and said:
You are brave lad for defending
your fathers possessions. OF such
metal may my army be made )! Here
is a guinea for your fish, and mex
time the prince, in his eagerness fol
knowledge, overturns your basket
give him another whipping, and yor
shall have two guineas from hi
purse"
A lighter hearted boy never Wen
out of castle gates, and light hearted
father was ever after loyal to Eng
lands queen.-Treasure Trove.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29

Pilot Magill, of the steamboat Annie
Roberts, had lively experience with tht
tail end of the Louisville cyclone. Tit
Friday night was just at Whitten's Tow
head, a small island five miles below
Wheeling. The river was so high that
at Cincinnati they had to take off their
smokestacks and whistle to get under
the bridges.
Notwithstanding the high water, the
boat was running smoothly. Pilot Ma
gill was below when the storm struck
the boat. The craft was sent up the
stream at a tremendous rate. He was
at once called to the wheel. The wind
was So strong that it was almost impOs-
sible to keep the boat from being swamp
ed, and it was only the fact that the tor
nado was coming up the stream that
saved them. In the darkness they got
clear out of the river channel and went
shooting between houses and barns. The
wind caught the spray from the wheel
and it was thrown on the deck until it
sounded like water being thrown by the
bucketful on a window. 1t even scooped
the water out of the river and threw it in
a sheet over the boat.
After considerable difficulty the boat
was gotten back to the channel, and be-
yond heavy soaking was not much
damaged -Pittsburg Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29

Capt. William A. Pinkerton, the noted
detective, having seen that two burglars
of his professional acquaintance were ad-
yertised to blow open safe on the stage
in five minutes, went to the theatre one
night in Chicago recently and told them
that they could not do it in five. They
declared they could. Thereupon he put
$500 in the safe; they did the same, and
he locked it with his own combination.
eff you get the safe open in five min
utes," he said, ''the money is yours. II
you don't, it's mine" He then stationed
himself at the wings, watch in hand, and
waited for the burglary scene. The cue
given, they jumped through the window
and set vigorously to work.
In two minutes the diamond drill had
bored through the steel door. Then a
powder blower was inserted, the bellows
set to going, the crevices around the door
puttied, and the crank drill was cutting
the hinges. The fuse was inserted; wet
blanket hung over the door, and the
match struck. As Pinkerton's watch
showed the passage of three minutes and
forty-eight seconds there was flash from
the safe, cloudlet of smoke, a heavy jar
and the massive door fell on the stage.
The detective remarked: "Ive been chas-
ing safe blowers around the country for
thirty years and l thought l knew some
thing about the business. But this is the
first time l ever heard of a safe being
blown open inside of four minutes. The
lesson is easily worth $500. 0."-EXchange