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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

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FOOLED BY A BEAR.
An Ex-Cowboy Given Surprise by q Beaat
He Had Lassoed.

an LA>SO"DOy UlVeh u by d DeuSS
He Had Lassoed.
Once year a party OF crack shots
start from Hiawatha for hunt in the
wilds of Colorado. One of the party at
one time was George Greene, an expert
with a lariat, and although a rich. mid
dle-aged stock-buyer at Lincoln, he has
never lost a chance to test his skill with
his favorite weapon. He was quick
with rifle, but when he began an at
tack with lariat he disdained to take
advantage of his foe with powder and
ball. Mr.. Greene developed his wonder
full skill by long service on ranches as a
cowboy. =
The hunting party was mounted one
morning early for day in the saddle,
when Mr.. Greene saw large bear
making tracks across clearing for
the woods He was master horseman,
and his horse was not unlike him,
being well bred and fearless. With a
cowboy yell he clapped his spurs to his
partner and away they went like mad
to head bruin off. and succeeded in doing
SO. Swish-sh went the lariat through
the air. The horse snorted, set back,
and the astonished bear was roughly
jerked into standing position, with a
taut lasso about his neck and in under
the fore paw. Then there was wild
scuff1e, and, though the brute pulled
held him tight. After few seconds the
bear quit trying to get away, and
thoughtfuily looked matters over. He
glanced along the rope, and saw Mr..
Greene grinning in the saddle on the
horse at the end of it. His rage at it all
was terrible. Mr.. Greenes nerve was
beyond any thing he had ever thought
Of Growing fiercely he proved
himself equal to the emergency.
other, as sailor would, he rap
idly pulled horse and man toward
him. His great strength made the task
easy for him and they were his "meat,"
instead of him being theirs. The horse
was struggling now, and the change in
the programme was any thing but sat
isfactory to Mr.. Greene. Quickly he
made up his mind that he must cut the
lariat. Out came the knife from the
sheath at his side, the throng was in
two, over fell the bear, and, before he
could attend to business again at the
old stand, Mr.. Greene's gallant horse
got both out of his reach.
Bruin trotted on to his death, every
hunter in the party who had seen the
fun pouring bullet into his body. To
Mr.. Green's credit he told them he
should have liked to have seen the
bar go free; it deserved only to die,
if need be, with an equal chance for
life with its assailant. City
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
Brasseur and Joseph Bellair, Thomas Twee-
del and Eelicien Reilair be and is hereby

Brasseur and Joseph Bellair, Thomas Twee-
del and Felicien Bellair, be and is hereby
decalred public road
Mr.. Haas in the chair.
Mr.. Boagni, chairman of committee APP
pointed to have Kings bridge rebuilt, re-
ported that the contract had been given to
Mr. Charles Buckhardt for the sum of 500,
that the work had been completed accord
ing to contract; whereupon, on motion of
Mr.. Dossman, the report was accepted,
committee discharged and Mr. Charles
Buckhardt ordered credited with the sum
of 500 out of the internal improvement
funds of 1891, 1st ward.
On motion of Mr.. Durio, be it resolved,
that the sum of $10O, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, be and is hereby appro-
priated out of funds not otherwise appro-
priated, to meet expenses incurred in quar-
antining and caring for smallpox patients.
Mr.. Boagni in the chair
On motion of Mr. Dossman, the police
jury adjourned until the first Monday in
July, 1891, it being the sixth day of said
month, at 10 o'clock a. m.
T. NJ BOAGNI,
Attest: President
H. E. EsToRGE, Clerk
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

NOTICE.-Land Office at New Orleans,
May %, 1s91--N office is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in sup
port Of his claim. and that said proof will
be made before the Judge or Clerk of Dis
trict Court at Opelousas on Monday, July
9th, 1891, viz: John SkimmerhOrn who
made homestead entry No. 9156 for the n.
Il. Fractional Quarter Section "a, Tp2S, X
+ La med He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of, said land, viz:
Charles Dossman, Sam Walden, J Ohm Doyle
and Alouis Dossman, all of st. Landry par
ish La. CHARLES G. PALFREY,
may3O Ct Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
BODY Servants Of supreme Justices.

Each of the Justices OF the United
States Supreme Court is allotted body
servant, who is paid out of the contin-
gent fund of the court. These servants
report promptly every morning at nine
at the residences of the Justices, whom
they attend constantly during the day.
They shave the Justices, do their err
rands, and occasionally act as coachman
for them. Each Justice is also furnished
with a private secretary.-Chicago
Times. at
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
HIs First Lesson.

Plumbers Boy tout Of breath from
running Here's the solder found it
on-the bench-'n'-ra-ra-ra back
all the way!
Boss Plumber( (Biff -biff f-biff.) .)-Tale
that! Th' idee Of a plumbers 'prentics
running! Do you want to set an exam
ple that will ruin the trade? Go on back
to the shop n fetch me some rosin; n
il We git here in less an an hour and .
half. I'll discharge ye.-Puck.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
SWISS UNIVERSITIES.
They Are Run Upon q Co-Educationa
Basis,

b. Basis.
The Swiss universities are broad and
liberal in the highest degree. Statutes
are passed in their senates with simple
reference to elevation of character and
usefulness, and with no apparent
thought of the sexes as separate. These
statutes, when presented in council, are
treated in the same spirit, and the
question as to the advisability of CO.
education came first in every university
after women had already entered and
studied. The original statutes exclud-
ed no one, and consequently when
after generally a remarkably long time
women applied for admission, their
names were taken exactly as those of
their brothers were taken; they
took their places among these and
worked there undisturbed until
some other consideration brought
the question forward. 1t is diff
cult to see why it should have been
SO long after the establishment OF the
universities before women asked to
work in them. In Zurich it was thirty
one years, in Berne thirty-eight, while
Basle was disturbed first last year by
the question. Lausanne, however,
which just begins its career as uni
versity, begins with women students.
In Zurich and Berne it may have been
the development of the universities
from schools originally founded for the
aid of callings as yet unthought of for
women which caused the indifference
ON the part of women toward them.
However that may be, when in the
sixties women applied for admission in
Zurich-the first one was foreigner
no question was raised; she entered and
took her degree. Ten years later, when
so many, chiefly Russians, came with
insufficient preparation, new law was
passed. regulating the admission of
s.students" into the university, and
formally recognizing women.--Flora
Bridges, in Popular Science Monthly.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
[OFFICIAL.l
Proceedings of the Board of Police
of the Town of Opelousas.

June 1st, 1891.
All the members present except F. f.
Bailey, with Robert Chaehere, president,
presiding. Minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted as such. On
motion of J. B. Sandoz, duly seconded and
carried, committee of three was appoint
ed to assist and show the contractor of the
Sun Vapor Street Light Co. where to locate
our lamps, and to see that they are proper
ly distributed to the satisfaction Of said
committee. Chair appointed on said COM
mittee J. b. SandoZ, George Pulford and j.
T. Stewart On motion the board adjourn
ed subject to call.
ROBERT CHACHERE, President.
w. II. CocHRAN, Clerk.
NOTiCE.-Land Office at New Orleans,
May s, 1s91.-Notice is hereby given that
the following-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Judge or Clerk Of Dis
trict Court at Opelousas, on Friday, June
26th, 1891, viz: Louis Veiilon who made
homestead entry No. 9O63 for the SEA of
NWH NEA of SWA and VIZ of SEA sec.
Is TIP 6 S. r. W. La. med. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation OF, said
land, viz: Dalicourt Duplechain, Dali
court Duplechain Jr., Benoit Johnson, NJ.
Rosas, all of ST. Landry parish, Louisiana.
CHAS. c. PALFREY,
may 16-6t Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

-''Chews your weapon" might be .
proper form Of invitation to one of the
old fashioned melo-dramatic duels in
which poison pills are used. Washing
ton Post.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

From and after this date, the general in
surance agency lately conducted by Glenn
ents Il Stagg, will be continued by the un-
dersigned, under the firm name of Glenn
ents Brothers A continuation of the pa
tronage of the public is respectfully solicit
ed. ]. b. CLEMENTS,
E. s. CLEMENTS.
Opelousas, March 1st, 1891. lnch7 tt
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

AT the Dressmakers-''So So you say
you want seven buttons on this waist,
Miss Susy. Must I put another on?'
ssWell, yes, think So You see, with
six, it never comes right when / say
He loves me-he doesn't love me- l
think must have one more button."-
Fliegende Blatter.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
Notice Of .Administration.-Estate-

Notice Of Administration.-E Estate Of
ss.ddeIaide NJ. Leigh.--No 5O0l Probate Docket,
District Court, Parish Of 81. Landfy.-W Where
as, Lewis ID. Prescott has petitioned the
court to he appointed administrator Of the
estate Of Adelaide III Leigh deceased, there
fore notice Is hereby given to all whom it
may concern to show cause within ten days
why the prayer Of the said petitioner should
not be granted BY order of the court.
c. NJ. THOMPSON,
iunef 2t Clerk
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
81.
-13 WEEKS-

15 w W-EJEkS-
The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, se-
curely wrapped, TO any address in the
United States L. weeks on receipt OF ONE
DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to post
masters. agents and clubs. Sample copies
mailed free. Addres all orders to
RICHARD X. FOX,
Franklin Square, n, !.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

EOR SALE AT So PER ACRE.
IL Large Tracts of Land TRAV VERSED
BY THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD, in the parish of st. Landry, between
Melville and Palmetto stations. These
lands have been recently surveyed and are
heavily timbered with valuable cypress
and ash timber. Apply to the undersigned
at Opelousas, La. THOS. II. LEWIS. 7
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
ne was a Suitor.

Miss Eunice-I like camels.
Mr. Bawnso-Yes?
Eunice-Yes; they're so sort OF COM
Portable, you know. Can ride on your
back.
Mr.. Bawnso-Well-er now!
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
may 16-6t

NOTICE.-The copartnership heretofore
existing under the firm name of Clements
Il Stagg, as general insurance agents, was
this day dissolved
Opelousas, March LIST, 1891.
j. b. CLEMENTS,
A. T.. STAGG.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20
Public Sale.
ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN
AND WIFE, AMELIA BANKS.

No. $3.50 PROBATE DocKET, DIsTRIcT CoURr,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable
18th Judicial District Court of the State of
Louisiana, in and for the parish Of st. Lam
dry, there will be sold at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator or by some duly quail
flied public auctioneer, at the last residence
of the deceased near Port Barre in said
parish, on
Tuesday, June 3Oth, 1891,
the following described property belonging
to the estate of Christopher Austin and
wife, Amelia Banks, to-wit:
One acre of land, more or less, situated
on the public road leading from Opelousas
to Port Barre, with all the buildings and
Improvements thereon, bounded on the
west by said public road, east, north and
south by land of ID. P. Saizan.
One creole horse, an old plow, an old
harrow, three hoes, horse. cart, a lot OF
cotton in the seed.
Terms-Cash.
VALSIN DUPRE,
may3O st Administrator.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

Eunice-I heard papa say last night
that you'd got to hump yourself, and l
thought I'd speak for first ride.-Judge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

Srayed or Stolen
From the undersigned, near Calleham's 8
bridge, Bellevue, Sunday night, May nth,
1891, sorrel horse with white spot in the
forehead, one hind foot white, one ear split
and branded WI on the hip. A liberal re-
ward will be paid for his recovery.
may23 WILSON LEMON.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

FOR SALES acres of land in prairie
Basse woods, 81 miles from Opelousas.
Apply at this office.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-20

Marceiin Courylile, serving notices
in road suits s...., :, ..-k 10 U
Felicien Doguet, lumber and build
ing bridge. 7th ward -, i. !. IS 00
On motion of Mr.. Durio, the report was
accepted and committee discharged
On motion of Mr.. Dossman, be it resoly-
ed, that the sum of $50, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of ths funds not
otherwise appropriated, to dig canal in
what is known as the Damon Deville lane
under the supervision of the road overseer
On motion of Mr.. Bihn1, be it resolved
that the resolution passed at the April
meeting. 1891, declaring the road from
Brooks gully to Felicien Bellair's public
road as laid out by the committee, be re.
considered-carried.
On motion of Mr.. Bihm, be it resolved
that the road commencing at Brooks gul
ly, between the land of A. w. Dejean and
Narcisse -. thence running north pass
ing between Landry and Valentin Carriere
pere, thence running east passing between
land of ". Dejean and Landry, thence
turning north passing between lands oi
Barry and Dejean. continuing between
lands of Dejean and Evans, A. Gnidry and
land enclosed by Tariell, thence between
Tarbell and William James, thence between
Tarbeil and Philemon Brassenr thence
north until it strikes the land of Joseph
BeIlair, passing between the lands of Bras
seur and the lands of Mcbride, thence easl
passing between the lands of Philemon
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-26
OIL AT REDONDO.
PETROLEUM WELLS TO BE BORED
AT ONCE.
Machinery Ordered in Prospect of Large
Developments-The Find Made to the
South of Redondo.

In little valley several miles to the
southwark of Redondo, but plainly visi-
BILE from there, has stood for some weeks
past tent which has excited some COM
ment among visitors and residents who
were curious to know who occupied it
and why it was there. A few days ago
the tent disappeared. The HERALD rep
resentative has known what the tent
meant tor some time, but said nothing,
awaiting developments.
AS matter of fact the tent merely in
dicated the site OF proposed oil well
which will be commenced in few days
by the Redondo company, the machin-.
cry for boring the well being daily ex-
pected to arrive from the east. This
we'll would not have been undertaken
without good prospects of success, and
the tent has been occupied by men who
were working to demonstrate the exist
ence of oil in sufficient quantities to JUS
tify boring forit.
The Redondo company has an ambi-
ton to make of Redondo something more
than mere landing for freight and pas
sengers for Los Angeles, or even a SUM-
mer and winter resort. 1t wants to see
a city here, and to this end the sur
rounding country has been ransacked to
discover its peculiar resources, that
might prove available to advance the in
terests OF the prospective city.
The bubbling up of OF short distance
out at sea, the gas well at Rosecrans and
the numerous deposits of asphaltum in
various little hollows and valleys, gave
good reason for supposing that consider
able deposits of oil existed. Experts
were brought, who pronounced the pros
poets good, and pointed out promising
places to hunt for oil. Experimental
excavations were made, and the prospect
of oil reached almost the stage of GER
tainty few weeks ago. In one excava-
ton that was made, after putting down
several blasts charge was fired, hich,
instead of sending quantity of earth
upward blew the bottom out apparently,
for it opened up a chamber filled with
liquid asphaltum.
More experts came, pronounced on the
prospects again, and the Redondo COM
pany at once arranged for acquiring
right to the land on fair terms, and sent
east for the best boring machinery,
which was shipped at a time which
should have landed it in Los Angeles on
Tuesday or Wednesday.
An incidental discovery was made
during the search for oil, the value of
which depends largely upon the result
of the oil wells, as it is question of
fuel This discovery was made when
sample of the curious white rock which
forms Arrowhead cliff was submitted to
the assayer. The assayer returned a
button of pure aluminium, and the state
ment that, by the new process, the
metal could be produced from the rock
submitted at cost of about 20 cents
per pound in San Francisco. OF course
the cost of transporting the rock would
make it much more expensive. The
discovery of fuel of any, kind in consid-
cradle quantities would render the man
ufacture of the metal at Redondo a
profitable industry, as the deposit is
immanRa
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-26
ramous HORSES of the Greeks.

The Greeks were genuine lovers of
horses. 1t was claimed that Posideon
struck the earth and produced the horse
"a poetic way of saying that horses
were first imported into Greece from be-
yond the sea. Homers favorite appella-
ton for the Greek heroes is "tamer of
horses" And almost every page of the
niad shows that Homer's admiration for
the chieftains is almost matched by his
enthusiasm for the firm footed coursers,
the fiery steeds, the horses famed in war.
No common animals were these of the
Greeks and Trojans.
The horses of Aneas were of the stock
which Zeus the thunderer gave to Tros.
The horses of Rheus were as glorious as
the sun; the snow was not so white, the
wind not so swift as they. The horses
Of Dromed seemed to be in the air as
they flew along, but of all the horses
that proudly distinguished themselves
in that famous war, the wooden horse
took the lead for efficiency. 1t was the
wooden horse that gave Troy to the
Greeks. Caroline K. Sherman in Chi
cago Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-26
De referred to the street supsrintend-

be referred to the street superlnteno-
ent.
On petition No. 523, of Thomas YER
WORT ct al, requesting the city to re-
pair the proken portions of the Arroyo
de Los Reyes storm drain, and construct
the portions yet unbuilt between Eighth
and Ninth streets, we recommend that
the city pay one-half the expense, pro-
viding the property owners, or others
interested, bear the other half OF doing
the work petitioned for.
In the matter of the acceptance OF the
work of grading Breed street, we recon-
mend that w. r. Lewis and his bonds
men be notified that they must lay 200
feet of cobble gutter on each side OF
Breed street north of the north line OF
Michigan avenue, remove all rocks from
the roadway larger than will pass
through two-inch ring, fill all depres-
sions in said roadway, backfill the side
walks with three inches of good gravel,
leaving no rocks on said sidewalks larger
than one-inch cubes, and fix the inter
section of Michigan avenue and Breed
street so that storm water will run
south freely and not lie in pool at said
intersection.
The city engineer having reported
that the grade of Loomis street is estab-
lished from Orange street to point 200
feet north, we recommend that the grade
be established on the remainder of said
Loomis street in accordance with petit
ton No. 497, from ]. L. Peck ct al.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-26
ATTORNEY GOODRICH.
He Talks About Politics as He Sees
Them in New York.

He Talks About Politics as He Sees
Them in New York.
A HERALD reporter had short talk
yesterday with Hon. W. w. Goodrich,
of New York, who is here as representa-
tive OF the owners of the Itata in the
taking Of depositions in that interna-
tional case. Mr.. Goodrich, as will be
remembered, was the temporary chair
man of the recent Republican state con-
vention in New York, which nominated
Mr.. Fassett for governor. He is neat
looking gentleman, small in stature, but
very intelligent looking, and seemed to
enjoy passing around cigars to the
people with whom he came in contact,
prefacing the invitation to "have one
with him" by statement that he is
attorney for one of the largest importers
of tobacco in New York. With that
well-known bonhomie characteristic OF
the west Mr.. Fassett was invariably ac-
commodated.
Mr.. Goodrich stated that the Repub-
licans of New York are sure enough
harmonious this time. When asked If
Fassett would win, he replied, at first,
that he would undoubtedly.
"That may be too conceited an assur-
ance, however, he said, after vigorous
puff at one Of the Largest importers !"
cigars. L will qualify it, / think he
will.
"That convention, he said was a great
one. l was temporary chairman of 1t.
OF course you know-have you seen
much politics-that the temporary
chairman always sets the key note. l
was engaged in preparing my address.