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ASSESSORS NOTICE
TO-
u a N p A " E H -
OFFICE OF ASSESSOR,

OTIICE ASsESSOR,
OPELoUsAs, La, June 7th 1890
All persons liable to taxation upon any des-
movables, are hereby notified that in confor-
NIFTY to Section 81, of Act So, 1885, Reyenue
AeD a tlat the enlisting of the property, and the
e~stlInatea ~ valuation made therein by the said
said lists will be exposed in the office of the
sad Assessor for inspection and correction for
a term OF twenty days, beginning next after
tne ten days required for notice as herein pro
yided shall have expired All taxpayers are
earnestly invited to avail themselves Of the OPP
portllnlty afforded to make known their oh
Jectlons to any assessments, and to test their
corrections in the matter provided by law
f. SUMPTER TAYLOR,
June 7-5t. Assessor
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Latest styles Of invitation cards and
envelopes, ball programmes, wedding
cards. &c, just received All orders
filled at bottom prices with neatness
afIdidispatcIr.
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The excursion from Lake Charles to
Washington goes by here tomorrow
morning. We learn that quite a num-
Der of the excursionists will stop over
here.
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ICE E! ICE !! ICE !
At wholesale and retail
Liberal Discounts on Large Quantities.
A. LAC0MBB,
Main Street, between Bellevue and Landry
NOTICE

rs hereby given that bill viii be introduc.
Ill ed in the General Assembly at present ses.
sion to pay to the publishers of the Opelousas
Courier the balance due them for ADVERTISING
tax sales in 1883. May 81, 1890.
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Your house may be the next one to
take fire. GetJ. L. Morris to write you
an insurance policy to. day. Rates as
low as any in this country.
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Your property may be destroyed by
fire at any time, and cyclones come
when yon least expect it-J. L. Morris
insnres property against such losses.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Bill will be i'll
troduced during the present session of the
Legislature for the creation of a new parish
according to law, to be composed of territory
lying in north ST Landry and south Avoyelles
NJ. R. PEARCE,
t. B. KIMBRO,
T. P. FIRTH
June Z, 1890. st
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TDUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of 81, Landry, No. 4s7l


ESTATE OF THEODORE CLEMENT BATAILLE.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for the parish of Saint
Landry, there will be sold at public auction,
signed Testamentary Executor or any duly
qualified auctioneer, at the last residence Of
the deceased in Plaisance in the parish of st.
Landry, on THURSDAY, July 10th, 1890,
the following described property, belonging
late of the parish of ST. Landry, to-wit:
Forty arpents of land to be taken from the
extreme northeastern portion of section 81
township five, south of range three east,
bounded north by Emile Yidrine, east BY
Jean Baptiste Rideau Jr., south By Samuel
Haas, and west by land belonging to the es.
tate of T. G. Bataille
Terms-Cash.
EMILE POIRET,
June 1.90.-5t. Test. Executor.
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The Watkin Tower, which will beer
ected in Eeadon and overtop the Eiffei
Tower by s35 feet, is TO have SIX legs
instead of fonr. It will cost about 81 i
nn00. 600
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A large. juicy and tender beet
Weighing 6a lbs, raised by Raymond
Wallior, was brought to our Office last
Tuesday.
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Baton Rouge Truth: There is a rapid
" growing sentiment In favor of annual
sessions and ofholding general elections
in the fall, and of the meeting of the
legislature during the months ofJanua
~ and February.
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The South would be more prosperous and
much more comfortable if it had good roads
and safe bridges.
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Is. seslged, b large lot of gentle
lsarasr SILK ncarfs. bonght sc d
ss q Aaae. which We offer aE Id and
Worth 40 and so cents
]. MEYE1ss - co.
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Have your job printing executed at
the CouRIER Office. Keep y0nF money
at home and patronize home institu-
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] make specially Of aod and fancy
crackers. NY stock lei always fresh.
G. DIETLEIE.
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0peIpasas Courier.
OPELOUSAS,

The town constable has declared war
on the dogs. See notice in another col
nmn.
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BLACKs& NORRIS

is this day dissolved
The undersigned will continue the business
at the old stand and respectfully solicits a
continuance of the patronage so literally ex-
tended to the late firm in the past.
Parties having claims against the firm will
present them to the undersigned for settle
quested to come forward and settle without
delay. j, y, MORRIS
ODelousas Nav 81 1870 St
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TIE Confederate Veterans Associa-
tion meets to-day at the Court House to
perfect its organization,
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A woman, Miss Jessie Carson, drives
the atage between Usage and Park Rap
ids, MINI. She has done it for years
making three trips a week summer
and winter, and often with the ther-
mometer down to 40 degrees below ze-
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Fry Popular Sentiment bv a Vote.

Our low water governor and a. few O.
our Legislators, who form the little fol
lowing left.of all the hosts who elected
him, much to their present sorrow. q
little more than two years ago, make
and persistently repeat the statement
that popular sentiment in the State is
opposed to rechartering the lottery com,
pany after 1894.
The above remarkable people make
the. very remarkable statement that
neither the State nor the people wan,
Mr.. Morris's money that the State
does not stand in need of any money
to rebuild its broken levees and take
care of its neglected wards, and that
the people do not want or would not
accept twenty-five million dollars to
save their property from overflow, and
their homes from destruction, and to
pay more than half their expenses of
government.
These statements are utterly false
and unsupported by any facts what
| ever. The State, confessng its own
! inability to keep up its levee system, is
now appealing to the national govern
ment to do the work. It is not in a
position to refuse $3.50, 900 for levees.
Its insane asylum and charity insti-
tutions are officially reported as being
in wretched and horribly neglected
condition for tho want of public appro-
priations.
Its public school system amounts to
just about libel on public education,
with starvation pay for the teachers
and starvation pabuIum for the pupils
outside the city of New Orleans
Popular sentiment is not opposed to
the acceptance of Mr. Morris's propo-
sition. 1t is voiced in its favor by a
practically unanimous press and by
great number of mass meetings.
Next to popular vote these form
the very truest indications to popular
sentiment, These indications have all
pointed one way; that is to show that
popular sentiment is largely in favor of
extending the lottery charter for twen-
ty-tive years and accepting the twenty
five millions of dollars offered for this
extension by Mr.. John A. Morris.
Ii the anti-lottery people feel con-
vlnced that what they proclaim is not
absolutely false, if they are assured
that public sentiment is against this
proposition they should show enough
faith IN their own ntterances and their
own information to allow public senti-
ment to be submitted to the certain
test OF a popular vote. Are they too
nndemocratic to place any faith in the
people that they refuse to do this; or
do they know that they speak falsely
when they say that majority OF the
people are in favor of the rejection of
this vitally important proposition
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j. Il. Morris win write an insurance
policy against wind-storms, tornados,
cyclones, fire and lightning Rates just
as low as any responsible companies.
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Blank forms Tor uso OF merchants,
notaries, Justices of flle Peace, etc, for
sale al this office.
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OPELOUsAS, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY LA JUNE7 1890

coincidence in their distress as a faint testimo
NAL OF our appreciation of his honorable bear
ing as man and public officer; and be it further
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
of this Board; that they be published together
with its proceedings, and copy thereof be
transmitted to the family of our regretted de-
ceased brother member.
+ +. +: + + f,TFA%RS ,STfH%RSirs, SfHSRSi Committee.
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Always price Bioch7s goods before.
yon buy elsewhere.
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DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERsHIp.

NOTICE is hereby given that owing to the
l death of Capt H. A. Black the insurance
firm of
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-06-07

Kinest lot of fancy candies, always
fEasls, st G. Distlsin's !. s..
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The committee appointed to receive the books,
monies, etc, from the old Board report as fol-
lows:
We, the undersigned committee appointed
to receive the books, monies, etc, from the old
Board, beg leave to submit the following re-
port, VIZ:
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Don't be q clam Advertise,
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u ISCtlNt tiit monies, etc, 1H0m the Old
Board. beg leave to submit the following re-
port, viz:
Cash received from the Treasurer:
General Funds s.----.......--..$ 2B
Market 90 -.. I2I ~
Special Tax aX.....-...........I $50 Is
We also find, after careful exa1l-
nation of the books, the follow
ing Indebtedness, viz:
On Market House, original con
tract for building ..........s 5000 90
payable in six yearly iustaIlments
of S833.331, with8 per cent inter
est from maturity till paid
Extra work on Market House not
included III original contract. 6O4 rs
MatKet peli. ..-.-.....-...... 230 0O
Outstanding general warrants is
SMcu ny the OLD Board d...---...-. 165 80
The above warrants does not i'll
clude outstanding bills and ac-
counts that have not been acted
upon by the old Board and likely
to be presented to your honorable
body
We also find receipt OF " Boagni
on first market installments for 459 Is
leaving balance due on same 374 ns4
We also find receipt of " Boagni
f0r.- ---...--.-..--............ 1873 90
on market bell, leaving a balance
uue on same OF. .......... 8. 90
We also find warrants for market
gates for. or.--....-.....-.........- 200 90
paid out OF general funds.
Likewise frei ght on bell .. 90
which should have been paid out
the market funds.
E. j. CLEMENTS, Chairman
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JUDICIAL NOTICES.


DUBLIC SALE.
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OH motion OF J. T. Stewart the report was
accepted aid the committee discharged.
Open proposals from the Opelousas Courier
were read, and on motion of J. T. Stewart duly
seconded, the printing was given to both pa
pers at 40 cents per legal square for the first in
sertion and 20 cents per square for each subse-
quent Insertion
MI. E. j. Clements offered the following Tax
Ordinance for 1890, and moved that the same
be twice read and adopted, and the said motion
been twice read the same was adopted as fol-
lows, viz:
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ESTATE OF EsTELLE GAUBERr.

Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry, No. i. II
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

The Baltimore Sun has discovered the
whereabouts Of Laurel. Md, settlement
whose location has puzzled tbs general
reader almost Rs much as the identity of
the late Ahkound Of Swat. II was at
Laurel that experimental electric railway
was put down last year, on which speed
Of nearly 200 miles an hour was reaehed.
The press, daily and scientific, wrote up
these experiments, with illustrations Of
oars and road, but did not say where
Laurel is, willie aliases and gazettseFs
seemed lesgned in . conspiracy of silence
on the subjsct. Other things have hap
pened to stimulate public curiosity and
10 make the SGns discovery welcome
one. Laurel is located IN the north. east
ern corner of Prince George county, OF
its junction with Howard and Anne
Arundel, on the line OF tine Baltimore &
Ohio railroad and nearly half way be-
tween Baltimore and Washington. 1t is
locally famous sor its cotton mill and
building lots and Gspires to offering
eligible sites for country seats to wealthy
inhabitants of both cities.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03
THE HEsDaI0Ks MONUMENT.

A General OuIpOuring OF People TO
Honor n ssreRL Nlau,s Memory.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 1.-The day
for the nnyeiling Of the Hendricks mon
umtnt dawned clear and hot with grand
breeze blowing and the earliest trains
began to pour crowds into the city and
it was early apparent the crowd would be
the largest ever assem- bled in indianapolis.
Gov. Campbell of Ohio and party and
Gov. Hill and party OF New York arrived
yesterday and among the earliest arrivals
to-day WAS Gov. Francis of Missouri.
EARLY this morning delegation Of the
Cook county Democracy, 800 strong, &C.
companieI by the famous Second Regi-
ment Band came in by special train from
Chicago, followed little later by big
delegation from the Iroquis Club. Five
hundred members Of the Duckworth Club
from Cincinnati put in an appearance.
About every civil and military organiza-
ton in Indiana and many from Ohio,
Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri was rep
resented.
The movement which eliminated the
day In unwilling by. Mrs. Hendricks of q
monument to her dead I'm band was a
non partisan one which had its inception
December 9TH, 1850, IN q meeting or rep
resentRtiyes of Indianapolis OF all parties.
At mass-meeting December 18th of that
year, which the Hendricks Monument
Association was organized.
The monument itself is the work of
Richard II. Parks celebrated sculptor
Of Florence, Italy. The design of the
pedestal ia Of the dorio order ornamental
tion being judioiously but sparingly used.
The general dimensions nre: Base 81 foot
square, with q projection of feet on the
right and left side, 6 feet high forming
attached pedestals for allegorical seated
statues of heroic size representing jus
tice end history. The entire height
is about 40 feet including the
portrait statue of Hendricks IA feet In
height. The statue OF Hendricks II
treated in bold and vigorous style, but
III free from crude or hasty work. Tht
pose Ia easy and the expression life like
The fingers of the right hand rest nat
urelly in the vest and the left hand hold
scroll. Many intimate friends of tn,
late Vice president pronounce the like
ness perfect and this verdict Is accepted
without question by those best qualified
to judge.
The monument stands on the south
west corner of the Capitol grounds.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

The race between Philadelphia and
Chicago for second place is growing de-
cidedly interesting. Ga the face of the
returns, with l,040, 449 people in Phlla-
delphia to l,0s5, 900 in Chicago the lat
ter clearly has the call by comfortable
majority. But the Phiisdslphis figures
are given with an exaotnesa that indi-
oatas but very little margin for conjeo-
ture, while the Chicago population is
confessedly to large extent an estimate
based upon the completed returns from
two.thirds or so of the districts. Still,
the Philadelphia papers are not doing
any growing lust now, and it is paipsbly
certain that Chicago will very soon pass
Philadelphia, even if il has not already
done so. Indeed, with the impetus of
the worlds fair added 10 lis normal go.
aheaditiveness, the metropolis OF the
west may overhaul New York before
1890, unless the latter should in tbs
meantime annex Brooklyn, Jersey City
Hoboken, Newark and other suburbs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

One day last week professional swim
mer propelled himself soross the East
River at New York with his srms Rnd
legs bound and two-pound dumbbell in
each hand. This was an exhibition OF
the foolhsrdy order and Of course under
taken for advertising and money ilsking
purposes, but like the long flsts Of
Tanner and Secchi, it teaches a practical
lesson. II used to be generally believed
that fast of nine or ten days would i'm
peril life, but the experimenterE named
have demonstrated that strong and
healthy man can maintain successful
fight against starvation for much longer
period; and knowledge OF this may
prove of great value to victims of ship
wreck or of suon disaster IS that at the
Dunbar coal mines. In like manner the
sensational performance Of this East
River swimmer may prove seryicaahls to
timid and inexperienced swimmers by the
force with which it illustrates the posi-
bility OF keeping saoat in and making
headway through the water under il ost
unfRvorable conditions. Every one who
has surmounied the rudimgnts OF nata.
tion knows for himself that more than
half the battle consists in confidence in
the power OF the water to sustain him Il
he only gives it fair chanot, and that
even in fresh water the average human
body will float, if so placed as to take the
greatest advantage OF its buoyancy, with
out the slightest motion OF hand or foot.
II the unskilled swimmer, or one who
knows nothing Of swimming for thai
matter, could only be brought to com
pxehend how exceedingly easy it is Il
keep ahoat-tbat is to say that the watel
will do nearly or quite tho whole work 1
the man will turn on his back, throw hi
head well back and avoid struggling
there would bs Tower accidental drown
ings; and the New York swimmers tsa
may be Of some use in directing publ
attention to this.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

As was anticipated the Pennsylvania
Republicans nominated Quay's man, Del
amater. But it was not so easy to be-
lieVe that they would have further de-
graded themselves to the depth Of pass
Ing that resolution OF endorsement Of the
boss himself. IN sober earneatness, wha.
are we to think Of body Of men, chosen
to represent a great party in great state,
withdrawing with fuisome aattery q
leader who stands aelf-conyioted before
the American people of abstrac ing
$26O,O0O from the state treasury and
squandering the money in gamblinga
That is only one of the charges which
has been publicly made against Quay, by
men Of abundant responsibility, and
which he has been defisd to deny; which
he has not attempted to deny, and which
the convention OF yesterday dared not
attempt to deny. We commend his
silence under the SANDERS" &C., was as
fer as his followers ventured to go; they
knew shat the embezzlement charge and
others had besn conclusiyely proven to
the satisfaction of every man open to
conviction. They knew that men OF less
influence had gone to the penitentiary
for entertainments triflng in compari-
son; yet they deaiAFed that Quay ''has
won and retains our respect and conf
| dence."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

The Philadelphia Lsd9er, which speaks
for constituency more Republican than
Democratic, says this morning EVERY
body is getting to understand that very
little that is practical or stateBmanliksi is to
beexpected from this Congress. Otherwise
attention would be sharply directed 10
the gross inconsistency between the OBJ
jec.ion to undue representation in the
House from some Of the Southern States,
because of the suppression Of the negro
vote there, while proposing to increase
the already undsmocrRtic disproporiion
Of power in the Senate by packing that
body With senators from pocket borougha
manufactured into states by partisan acta
of Congress"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03


Another Southern Republican, Mr..
Coleman of Louisiana, Rpoke ont Mon
day against the Lodge National Election
bill, agreeing with MIR. Ewars OF North
Carolina that the measure was based on
false impressions and on ignorance Of the
true state OF affairs in the South and that
it would not only stir up trouble but
most assuTedly fail of its alleged pur-
pose. Mr.. Ewart said, on Saturday, that
the negroes were just as free to vote in
North Carolina as were the whites, and
that many of them voted the Democratic
ticket from choice. Personally familiar
with the situation, he did not hesitate to
tell his fellow Republicans that the Lodge
bill was "a damnable and vicious piece
Of legislation, against which he should
cast his vote in defiance Of party caucuHes.
MIR. Coleman, speaking for another south
ern state, in which negroes occupied seats
in the recent legislature, spoke very much
in the same strain, declaring emphatically
that he also would vote against the bill.
But the northern Republicans profess to
know great deal more about the South
than their political brethren who live
there, and, under the leadership of Reed,
will push the measure through if they
can, regardless OF consequences. There
are Indications, however, that they may
not be able to succeed in this ''damnable
and vicious" attempt.
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An Unoon..llullonal Bill.

The Hon. Richard Yaux Of Philsdel-
phia delivered his maiden speech in Con
gress Thursday; making an able and
foreIble argument against ths sectional
federal election bill fathered by Con-
gresham Lodge. Mr. Yaux devoted
most of his speech % showing up the
unconstitutionality Of the measure. The
constitution provides that "the time,
places and manner" OF electing represent
tatives in Congress shall be prescribed in
each state by the legislature thereof, but
the Congress may at any time, by law, make
OF alter such regulations, except as to the
place Of choosing senator's" The advo-
oates of this bill Affect to stand on this
last provision, assuming that, under the
words ''make or alter" Congress can do
almost anything. Mr.. vaux stated and
demonstrated that "a railroad engine
could not drag into that section the
meaning given it, by the men who are
seeking to perpetuate their party in
power by doing their own supervising,
counting and confirming He showed
that under the constitution the
election of congressman is q state
function and cannot be made national
function without going outside tho pro-
visions OF that instrument and imperil-
ing our form of government. Oonoede
the preposterous claim that 9 state cleo
ton may be lawfully conducted by fed
eraI agents, and "these supervisors, re-
sponsible to nobody" might go on to
unseat members of state legislatures on
the plea that there was not free and
fair vote in your county" But Mr..
Vaux warned the assailsnts of constitu.
tional government that, il they carry out
their programme to keep themselves in
power by prostituting the Judiciary to
partisanship and disregarding the rights
of the states, the Democrats of the north
will see that they get bellyful of thi'
law in their own homes, fThis bill,
said he, smade slaves of men to fedora
oflicsholdeEs," and Americans will not be
slaves.