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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-09-05

NOTICE.-Land Office at New Orleans,
August 3D.. 1S9l-Notiee is hereby given
that the following-nam settled has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
Clerk of District Court at Opelousas on
Monday, September 2lst, 1891, viz. An
drew LubiT, who made homestead entry
No: Olga, for the So of Sc Ia and 81 of
SW1I4 sec. 3S, Tp4S RI w La mer. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton OF, said land, viz: Olevriel Guillory,
Octave Pitre, Onezime Victorien. Olin r.
Fontenot, all of Vile Platte, st. Landry
parish, La. CHARLES c. PALFREY,
aug SIT Register
, 1891-05-24

Echoes Of suffering still come from the
regions of long enduring winter and far
belatet spring. Up in Manitoba a few
days " Joseph Contour, Of La~broquerie,
while hunting ran across a shauty in front
of which he saw "A human foot. Entering
he found a man named McKinnon lying
on a bundle of rags, almost furnished and
nearly insane from privation. A month
before both his feet became frozen and
modification developed in one of them.
He cut 1t off with a butcher knife and
threw it outside. This crippled him com
pletely. and he lay in his hut dying OF
starvation, thirst and pain, until Provi-
dence sent the wandering hunter to his
door. Giving the wounde man some
thing to eat, Contour set out to secure as
sistance. He obtained "A team and two
men, and returned to the hut only to find
that in his absence the wounded man had
hacked OIL his other foot, modification
having also attacked it. He was placed
on n Wagon and a start made for Wiuni-
peg, but the condition OF the sufferer pre-
cluded rapid travelling, and it was some
days before the destination was reached.
Mckinnon, despite his terrible trials, has
II fair chance for life.
, 1891-05-24

Here are some interesting condeusations
OF items set HfioHt by Georgia papers: A
goose that walks about with a wooden leg
n from a piece Of bamboo is one Of the
sights Of AlphAretta. For fifteen Years a
farmer Of Henry county has lived entirely
on buttermilk. At COrdelo the other day
n citizen caught a rabbit with a gold
whtchchain about its neck, IL at Colum-
bus, according to an exaggerated report,
moccitsin snakes art so numerous at night
that there Is little use for police, since the
evil disposed are afraid to venture out
after dark. At Savannah the social clubs
have been notified that in order to con
tinue selling liquor to member they must
take out saloon licenses which cost 500.
Since the Sunday law has been enforced
the tavern keepers have felt the falling off
in receipts. and IL is thought that they are
responsible for the movement against the
clubs. The latter. il they take out a Ii
ceuse, will have to close up on SUNDAYS,
and will be subject to the same laws as
the saloons"
From Worthwhile comes a seasonable
story. 1t IA about u fish which was caught
In a net, and which is a trout or trouts,
with two heads perfectly formed Each
head is supplied with the usual number Of
eyes and the proper amount OF gill. The
heads unite just back Of the gills, aud each
head works independently Of the other. the
two mouths taking God at the same time.
The fish seems to be perfectly healthy,
and As lively as any OF his single headed
brethren"
The excitement caused by the reported
plowing up of an eartheu Jar containing
several thousand dollars in gold and silver
IN the Raytowu district Of T~aliaferro
county has extended to Warren county
and a number Of people have departed to
engage in blowing in that district. The
report was to the effect that Gus Reese.
while blowing near the old Presbyterian
ch~urchyard, was startled by his pillow
breaking aud turning up a jar Of china
ware filled with money. Mr.. Reese has
admitted the jar, but his denial Of the
money has only confirmed people in the
belief that he really found n fortune. The
negroes especially are convinced that gold
and silver grow wild there, and farmer. in
that locality can get farm labor for a song. "
, 1891-05-24

He Indignantly r~epudiated connection with
the crime, and said IL would have been fool
lsh for him 70 make away with so good and
generous "A patient. In clearing himself,
however, the doctor cast reflections upon
the character OF Mrs. Baruaby; he more
than limited that she was guilty Of i'm
morality, and he coupled her name un-
PLEASANTLY with that of an Adirondack
guide named Bennett. These charges an.
gered the friends OF the deceased, who were
prompt in defense OF her character. Ben
nett also denied the Doctors accusations
which at one time included the startling
opinion that the Adirondack guide was
the friend In the woods" who mailed the
poisoned liquor.
Meanwhile DIR. Graves has been under
the surveillance Of several detectives. A
man was found who identified the doctor
as a mysterious stranger" who deposited
a parcel ut the Boston postonice. The pack
received by Mrs. BarnAby at Denver
bore the Boston postmark. By the advice
OF his lawyers Graves has stopped talking
10 reporters, but promises to prepare a full
statement for the public.
To cOmplicate matters, the Denver cor
oner refuses TO change the death certificate,
which renders criminal proceedings in
Colorado impossible, Notwithstanding the
apparently conclusive evidence that the
woman wa murdered.
, 1891-05-24
MeEeY oUT,euA New BODY.

Purge away the old, diseased and worn
out body. said DR.. Branreth. Replace
the discharged matter of the system with
good. simple food and thus build up a new
aud sound body in place of one feeble and
diseased. Every man should know that
he must be renewed at least once in two
or three years. else he would soon break
down completely. This renewing process
Is easily brought about by ~purRing with
BRANDRETH Pills. They put new life
into old bodies.
BRASDRETH's Pills are purely veRets-
tie. absolutely harmless and safe TO take
at any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar coated.
, 1891-05-24

where 1t occurred with Shakespeare" the
victim. He was about with her and other
low women on the day Of the crime. He
was in the bar Of the lodging house when
Shakespeare" and her unknown male
companion went up stairs to the fatal room
81. Some time afterward Frenchy was as
signed to room 33, which is diagoually op-
posite 81. Inspector Byrnes believes that
"Shakespeare's" companion remained only
a short time, and that Frenchy subse-
quently went to her room and killed the
woman in "A fit OF frenzy for refusing to
give him money.
when Frenchy was arrested" the in
spector has explained, "he had on no un-
derclothing He wore a coarse shirt. a
pair Of trousers and a pair of socks. The
lower part of his shirt was covered with
blood in front. It was just where the
blood would strike had he stood over the
woman beside the bed. There was n blood
mark on the back Of the neck of the shirt,
just such a mark As would be made by the
woman II she had thrown up her hand and
seized him while she was struggling in a
death grasp. There was a splash of blood
on the wrist Of his shirt and bloodstains
on one Of his socks. There were blood
stains on the jamb Of the door of 80,
spots OF blood on the room floor, and 9TH
ers In the hall. There were other clots on
the blanket OF the bed. After all this
blood had been found. Frenchy's finger
nails were scraped, and the ~scrapings con
tanned traces Of human blood"
Frenchy lied AS to his movement on the
night Of the murder. The knife used In
m%utilating Carrie Brooks has not yet been
traced TO him, and there are many links in
the chain of evidence still to be forged in
order to prove him guilty Of the hideou5
crime.
, 1891-05-24

persecution Edward Martin received her
with unit and -insinuations.
"Where did you get that fine dressf" he
asked.
II sswed and made the money for il"
was her reply.
"Pshawr' sRid he, contemptuously turn
ing away. VIRTUE and work don't 20 10.
gether."
Stung to madness the woman drew a
pistol and shoL him dead.
All those facts came out on the trial,
which lasted over a week. Public sympathy
was decidedly on the prisoners side. 1t
became plain as the testimony unfolded
that the woman had been wrOuged beyond
all endurance. She was acquitted amid a
scene Of great excitement. Clarence Mar
tin. her husband, did not put in an appear
ance at court.
The attempted suicide Of Leopold Ian
dauer. a New York commission broker,
was the unfortunate climax Of another
kind Of domestic infelioity His wife Cora
secured an absolute divorce from him on
the statutory ground. The evidence showed
that LAndaurr had been over friendly with
two servant girls ia his employ. When
those frail creatures testified the defendant
, 1891-05-24

arms - though Intending TO catch her. but
As she jumped he stepped aside and she fell
twelve feet He then got carriage suT
o her 10 a house, where she gave birth
70 a dead child
She lay sick at this plnSaIeveu mouth,
Upon recovering she iouF To EuGtIla
but Martin rcpudizted heFS'Clarruce Mar
tin, a brother Of Edward, fell IN love with
her, and she went to Galveston and lived
with him two years As his wife. Duriug
this period she mingled 10 good society
nursed sick ueigbbOrs and otherwise CON
Quoted herself we'll To prove his affection
and 10 avert anything like scaudAl in the
future Clarence took her 10 Austin and
they were married In au Episcopal church
A short time after the they
moved TO Dallas, Tex
Meantime Ed Martin, the betrayer, went
to Birmingham, Ala, and grew suddenly
rich. In May, 1889, he visited Dallas anh
called upon his brothers wife. Mrs. Mar
tin indignantly rejected his advances, aud
he departed vowfng vengeance. II was not
long before overtures were made 70 Clnr
ence Martin, her husband, TO leave Julia
Clarence, who seemed devoted to the WON
an his brother had wronged, resisted for a
time, but deserted her one day after pro
testing undying affection. Mrs. Martin
learned he was in Birmingham and sought
him there. She was not allowed to see
him, and an arrangement was made for
her to receive twenty-five dollars per
mouth on condition Of living 10 Dallas
She accepted and returned.
But Edward Martin WIS not satisfied
with their mere separation. He was de
termined his brother should be divorced,
aud engaged a private detective to watch
the abandoned wife. While at Eureka,
Ark. for her health, Mrs, Martin was an
n0yed by the attentions Of II man said to
have been in the employ Of this detective
Finding rat he could not accomplish any
thing himself, the fellow is alleged 10 have
offered a porter at the hotel fifty dollars 70
secrets himself in Mrs, Martins room aud
create a scandal The porter refused Mrs
Martin WAS told Of the plot, and visited
Birmingham again to protest against the
, 1891-05-24
ALE OF 4 WEALTHY WIDOW.


She Drank Poisoned whisky, Sent Her
by Mail, and soon Died.
One OF the most peculiar cases OF poison
ing on record Is being investigated by the
police. Mrs.. Josephine h. A. Barnaby, the
widow Of a millionaire clothing merchant
OF Providence, X. l., was visiting Denver.
Colo, with Ms. WOrrelL Of Chester Pa.
A small package reached her through the
mails which contained what ~purported "
be a flask Of whisky On the label WAS
written, with best wishes accept this fine
old whisky from your friends In the
woods" A few days later, having returned
from a visit TO a ranch near Denver. Mn.
Barnaby felt fatigued, and thought a little
Of the spirits would revive her. She poured
some into two glasses. Mrs. Worrell swal
lowed hers, and at once said, 1T tastes
worse than poison Mrs. Barnaby slipped
her portion slowly, and before she had fin
ished IL Mrs, Worrell was taken violently
i'll. When a doctor arrived both ladies
were in commissions.
Mrs. Worrell recovered slowly, but Mrs.
Barnaby expired the fifth day after taking
the draught. No inquest was held, and
the coroner issued a certificate, giving con
Restion Of the lungs rs the cause Of death.
An autopsy revealed traces OF arsenic, and
further investigation showed that the flask
from friends in the woods" contained
Fowlers solution, Hn ordinary dose Of
which Is from two to five drops. This dis
covery caused great excitement, and the
police were set to work to find who sent
the poison.
DIR. Il. Thatcher Graves, OF Providence,
acted rs Mrs. B~arunby's business agent
and medical adviser. He was one Of the
few persons who was kept Informed of the
wealthy widows movements. He had
charge Of her funds, and he was remem-
bered in one OF her wills for a large sum.
DR.. Graves went 70 Denver and arranged
To bring the body. east. He made "A mum
Der Of 10 interyiewers who piled
him with questions relative 70 the murder.
, 1891-05-24
IN HE RANKS.

With steady steps he passes down the street
Wearing a gown whose folds cannot conceal
massive strength and grace Of every limb;
And, looking in the clear cut face, you feel
The power Of mind. The lips are set by fate,
Deep eyes are steely gray, and wild and free.
You think OF him, swathed in the battles mist,
Setting the stars Of brute-won victory.
In sacred onlces no sign he makes
That in his veins the fires Of passion glow;
That love or hate or leadership of men
Have any place beneath his stole Of snow.
Down quiet aisles Of the cathedral vast,
Yelled in the light OF sacred censerS dim,
He slowly leads the clear voiced choristers.
Chanting, in ringing tones, the evening
hymn
And then. when silence falls, his voice alone
Lifts up, as II some long Lost day TO greet.
Did sorrow, sin. or love, with careless eyes,
Teach him to sing with voice so true and
sweet7
Who knows the heart of man The passing
day
Flashes a CLEAN OF glory ere it dies;
Above the singer Is a golden ray
That seems TO bear his voice beyond the skies.
With banners and with lights he passes on;
The pageant fades, another voice is there,
Calling for peace and grace on all the world;
In echoes sweet you miss the earnest prayer.
Filled with the mystery OF passing life.
The song still fingers with you, soft and low.
Sitting the strife that mars the tAttered heart,
With dissolution from Its deepest woe.
He bears no burden here, says that one song,
Yet Unborn fame all time and place dehes;
You see upon his head the crown Of bays,
The leader lives within his piercing eyes.
Perchance he long ago laid down the sword.
Content 10 leave the path ambition trod,
And in the army Of the holy cross,
To strive In peace TO lead lost souls to God.
Samuel Williams Cooper in Philadelphia
Press.
, 1891-05-24

Rroaued and kept up a pitiful refrain OF
"For Gods sakel For Gods sakul' The
same evening that the decision was rem
dered Landauer took a room IN a New York
hotel. He drank three Manhattan cock
tails in rapid succession and ate n hearty
supper. Then he again drank freely. Shots
were heard In his apartment shortly after
he had retired, and on the door being
broken in he was found leaning against the
bed. bleeding from his breast and mouth.
A five chAmbered revolver lay empty on
the floor. The mirror over the bureau. had
been shattered by one bullet, the mark OF
another stray missile WAS In the wall Of
the chamber. One shot had taken effect
near his heart; two Others had lplgeI In
the roof Of his mouth. When asked why
he had attempted suicide the wounded
man calmly replied!
Because / am unhappy. Today my wife
was granted a divorce, aud I do not care TO
live longer. blame Judge McAdam. aud
| blame my wife and mother-iu law. My
wife, however, would have been all right
II it had not been for her mother"
Landauer was taken to Bellevue hos
pital, where his Wounds were discovered to
be critical He was anxious to sec his
child, but Mrs. Landauer refused to allow
the boy to leave home. Several friends
gathered around his couch, and Landauer
requested them to repeat the last prayer
Of the Jewish church for the dying. As
this mournful service WAS chanted the
would-be suicide cried out at intervals;
MY boyI my child To see him is my
last wish. Surely that heartless woman
cannot refuse me a last sight of his facet"
Landauer, who is a native Of Munich,
where he met with business troubles. mar
ried Miss Cora Rosenthal in June, 1855
At that time he was employed by Henry
Clews & Co. at 5000 n year. Mrs. Ian
dauer claims that he began to abuse her
soon after marriage. On his part he at
tributed all his domestic troubles to lis
mother-iu-law, who threatened to expose
his unfortunate career in Munich.
CApyT a. nunwNu
, 1891-05-24

The Wabash Line is now running its
Canon Ball train from Kansas City to
Toledo, v%estibuled, leaving Kansas City
at go p. M, making direct connections
with all trains from the West at that
point
Free reclining chair cars and Pullman
buffet sleeping cars from Kansas CITY to
Toledo, at which point as well as ut Fort
Wayne and Defiance, direct connection is
made with all the limited trains for the
East, Southeast. aud Northwestern points.
This is a star route. Ask for your
tickets via the Wabash line.
@. Nj. Hampson, commercial agent
1927 Seventeenth street, Denver, Colo.
G. Ia. Allen, travelling agent.
DENVER, March IS.
, 1891-05-24

Tha it paws to be virtuous is evidenced
by the long experience of William f.
Story, of Buffalo, Twenty years z Will
Jams uncle promised that il he would
neither smoke, chew, drink nor gamble I'M
til he became Of age he would give the
young man 5000. The conditions We're
accepted, and on Jan. 81, 1875, William
claimed the money. His uncle admitted
the obligation, but said he desired to hold
the cash on interest till some, future dey
When the old gentleman died his eAecu-
tor refused to pay. William brought suit
for S,5s5.s9, principal and interest, aud re-
covered Judgment
, 1891-05-24

Although any one may extend an
overhead wire across or along a street, it
does not seem generally known that no
wire may pass over "A house without the
permission of the proprietor, even though
the wire be in no way connected with
the house. The owner may, if he p~leases,
take them all down, for his freehold ex-
tends from the center of the earth up to
the sky. This is a principle that is not
generally understood, but occasionally a
householder is found who knows his
rights and will not allow them to be in
fringed. Such a person was the land
lord of a large boarding house on Bea-
con Hill, who made the electric light
company provide bulbs for the lighting
of his dining room in return for the
privilege of stringing wires upon his
roof. Few persons are so well posted in
the law as to know what their rights
are, and it is an object with large corpo-
rations to keep them in ignorance
Boston Courier.
, 1891-05-24

a large cut across her forehead. Her spine
was also badly affected, and it was thought
she was hurt internally. Miss Moore was
badly cut about the head.
News OF the accident reached President
Harrison late at night in San Francisco.
He-was almost Frustrated, but soon recov-
cred his calmness, and set about estab-
fishing telegruphic communication with
Cleves. He wired.
We were greatly shocked to hear Of your ac-
cident, and wait with great anxiety further
news. My love, and may God grant news more
reassuring.
Mrs. Eaton rallied, and was soon pro-
nounced out Of danger. Mex day she tel
egrnphed to the president, and urged that
her accident should not interfere with his
arrangements. The trip was therefore con.
tinued according to programme.
, 1891-05-24

A story is told of DIR. Crosby in The
Evangelist which that gentleman used
to relate himself. His house was once
entered by a burglar, whom the doctor
himself captured, and who was sentenced
to twelve years imprisonment. But for
three years the minister kept up a CORE
spondence with the convict, converted
him, secured his pardon. and later had
the satisfaction of seeing him become a
prominent and respected citizen in a
distant town and blessed with a wife
and child.
, 1891-05-24
o2ccl0MHSS

Shut the door
against disease. Danger comes oft
enest through impure blood. Keep
your blood in order, and you keep
in health. For this, nothing equals
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. 1t invigorates the liver, puri-
fes and enriches the blood, and
rouses every organ into healthy &C
ton. By this means it cures. Ev-
cry part of the system feels its
saving influence. Dyspepsia, Indi-
gestion, Biliousness, ~Scrofulous,
Skin and Scalp Diseases - W.
Consumption Tor Lung scrofula)
in its earlier stages, all yield to it.
It's the only Liver, Blood and Lung
Remedy that's guaranteed to bene-
fit or cure, or the money is re-
funded. Trying terms to sell on
but it's a medicine that can carry
them out.
"Golden Medical Discovery"
contains no alcohol to inebriate,
and no syrup OF sugar to derange
digestion.
It's a concentrated vegetable ex-
tract; put up in large bottles
pleasant to the taste, and equally
good for adults or children.
, 1891-05-24

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results. or in case of
failure u return Of purchase price. On
this safe plan you eau buy from our ad-
yertised druggist a bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Ii is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case.
when used tor any affection of throat,
lungs or chest, such as consumption, in
Illumination Of lungs. bronchitis, asthma,
w%hooping cough, croup. etc. etc. 1t is
pleasant and agreeable to taste. perfectly
safe, and can be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at a. u. Roeders drug stnre.
, 1891-05-24

Some Of the Grand Army boys may be
interested IN the following from Alex. h.
Pope, A. ID c., commander of the de.
partment Of Tennessee and Georgia. He
says; We had an epidemic of whoop.
ing cough here Stewart. Tenn, and
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been
the only medicine that has done any
good" There is no danger from whoop-
ing cough when this remedy is freely
given. IL completely controls the dis
case. 50 cent bottles for sale by A. T..
Roeiel.
, 1891-05-24

Five-year-old Rosamond, whose father
is very clever at making charades, was
seated at dinner one day when several
guests were present. They were all Civ
ing conundrums when the little girl
quietly said, Papa, l have one" ''Well,
my child, what is itP' "Why is the
bark of a tree like a dead KITTEN" The
answer; Because it can't new" was
greeted with roars of laughter.-New
York Tribune.
, 1891-05-24

ling" ending Yours in death. as l would
have been in life" and containing the
following remarkable passages
When you receive this 1 will DO past recall.
You think I AIN n child not to DO able Ia cut
curtRil and Kill my love To order OF will. That
may be; but when that love isso much stronger
than the will Oou arr the hrst one WHIT has told
mt that ! bad no win. how can l XIII it2 1
know myself we'll enough for that, and the
longer ! would live the stronger my love for
you would become. So there Is nothing for II
but to end my life. For u wero 70 live, l could
not live without seeing you, and ~ that Is
against your wish, 1 can only see one way out
oft May you live to sec tho folly Of raising n
passion In a man when you do not know What
the strength Of It Is
The letter seriously impressed It's re-
cipient, who. accompanied by a friend,
went TO the romantic ScOtchman's lodging
place and found him dead He had put -
bullet in his brain.
Tn trial of Mrs. Julia Martin for the
murder Of her brother-in-law at BirmiuR'
ham,, Ala, disclosed an awful story Of "A
woman's misfortunes through the perfdy
OF man Miss Julia Powers was n beautiful
Georgia girl, the daughter OF John r Pow
err, Judge Of the superior court she lost
, 1891-05-24
Street Car omolal, Want No Nlokel..

Street Car omciaIs Want No
1--WE have boycotted the nickel" says
a Chicago street railway official. I'VE
refuse to permit street car conductors to
turn in more than four uickels apiece at
the end of their days work. About
half of the passengers pay their fares in
nickels, and if these coins were turned
in to the company's Golfers we would be
hopelessly deluged with them, and a few
days would practically retire the nickel
from local circulation. And how could
we handle the bushels and bushels of
coin2 No bank would accept the money
except as a special deposit held for safe
keeping. In short, the only way we can
handle the nickel is to follow the
example of the Irishman with the hot
potato-drop it. So we refuse to accept
nickels from our employees, and it is
their duty to unload upon the passengers
all the nickels that are paid in for
fares. New York Tribune.