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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31
NEWSPAPER NOTES.

| Quay, Mckinley and Wheele
! will make Pennsylvania. Ohio an,
Iowa democratic in 90. Chicago Globe
The Ohio republicans are still in
sensible TO the humor Of running Nc
kinley for governor on the strength o
bill they want altered right away
St Louis Republic.
The democratic party believe,
that all people should be treated alike
The republican party Is party O.
favoritism which assists its numerou.
favorites with bonuses. subsidies ant
protection. Peoria Herald.
The democratic movement IN the
west IS steady and permanent II il
the result of earnest conviction and il
Is crumbling down republican wrong.
holds long considered impregna lie.
The full results Of the Mckinley tariff
have not yet come home to the rcck-
less party responsible for that out
rage on American industries. ALBANY
Argus.
The republicans in Iowa are bolt
ing their ticket by the hundreds. They
never take any water in theirs and
they cant stand the prohibition plank
OF their platform. IL is sad to see such
. state OF depravity among members OF
party which has produced such shin
ing examples Of picty as Wanamakcr,
Lucas, Marsh and Bardsley. Chicago
Herald.
McKinlcy's robber tariff keeps
right along getting in its work on the
business interests Of the country.
There were two hundred and thirty
seven business failures in this country
in one week. which, compared with
one hundred and ninety nine for the
week last wear, shows
an increase of thirty-eight- Illinois
State Register.
The democrats of Ohio are going
to placard the state, from the lake to
the river and from the Pennsylvania 70
the Indiana line. with Mr.. Blaipc's
famous statement that the Mckinley
law did not open market for another
bushel Of wheat nor another barrel OF
pork. This and the failure OF wool to
advance will keep Mckinley very busy
trying to explain things to the farmers
centlncl
1t will not do for the public Il
accept the statement Of the treasury
officials that q large reduction Of the
force Of that department Is 70 be made
on grounds Of economy. That is not a
word embraced in the republican 70
cabulary. II must be remembered
that there are in the department mary
democrats holding positions under the
SWIVEL service rules. When they shall
have been removed under prctense
81 retrenchmcnt their places will be
Allied with republicans under pretcnse
Of reform. This is republican policy
and will he worked for all Il Is worth
Chicago Times.
Honest John Bardsley." the de.
republican treasurer OF Philn-
ielphia. attributes his ruin 20 Howe.
he bank examiner. III Howe had done
his duty and closed the bank when he
discovered its insolvency. Barislcy SAYS
ne would not have deposited the city
md state money in the concern. and
would have come out ali right Mr..
Harrison's bank examiner Ut Philadcl-
phia Is evidently either = fool or
xnave; Il Is pretty hard at this dis
'ance TO tell which. lie was probably
appointed by Quays orders, and with.
Put regard to his fitness or character. :.
Sentinel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31
A DELUSION.

The Plea That Tarsn Increases the Prices
OF American Wool = Delusion and =
snare
Domestic wool prices have continued
70 decline in most melancholy way to
the politicians who hoped 70 make cap
ital among the growers out Of McKin-
ley's increased wool duties Here is a
comparison Of prices in the Boston
market after lapse Of eleven months:
Auf :. 80 III IIv = al.
Ceuta fr.-.%.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31

A London market report says that !
sale Of American sugar has just been
made there At from 3 to rs cents :
pound for refined white. This is about
one cent below the wholesale price Of
similar sugar in New York. The sale
Of American sugar in London is now =
thing Of frequent occurrence, and the
prices over there are always consider
ably below our home market wholesale
prices
Does not this mean chat our rcfiners
make special discount for export.
Those republican organs which waxed
wroth last year and denounced the
export discount" charge as false
ought to turn their attention 10 this
matter Let them explain. too. why
we need duty on refined sugar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31

Our barb wire manufacturer whc
recently formed . trust and advanced
prices, do not confinc themselves to the
home market In . single week re.
Gently about fifty tons Of barb wirs
went on from New York for Australia
The trust Is protected STA 90 ton on
wire. What h that duty for. consider.
ing that the trust can export wire? Il
y 20 make prices higher u the home
market than abroad7
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31

The republicans Of Ohio are Just
1ow busily engaged In an attempt TO
catch TIE Knights Of Labor for McKin-
ley. The organization contains too
many lcvcl-hcaded men, who know
whic'. party Is the friend OF the man
who labors for living 70 be caught by
sssch stun . the republican orators and
ssSchnen dsh out N. q. New Delta
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31

CUMBERLAND. Md. July 30 ~ A
strange fatality prrsues the WEIGH
family Of this city. Yesterday VIM
WEIGH. who was employed as yard
brakeman on the burlington a Quincy
railroad, was caught under the wheels
Of shifting engine and instantly
killed. being literally ground 70 pieces.
He numbers the fifth member 81 the
family that has met with violent death
within the last few months -Four OF his
brothers were killed in various way1
his father and sister also died recently
Of grief lie was unmarried the sole
support Of an aged mother
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31

The wife Of Lieut.. jameson In Africa In
ve~tigafing the stories Related by stan
ley About Her Husband will pub
Iish . Book that Will Create . Sens.-
tica.
LONDON. July % The last has not
been heard Of the Stanley Jameson
Barttelot row. which figured 50 promi-
ncntiy in all the papers toward the
End Of the last year For some weeks
past Mrs Jameson has been in the
heart Of Africa engaged in making care
full inquiries to test the accuracy 81 tho
cannibalism story in which her hus-
band was implicated as having bought
the child who was killed and
eaten Nv the natives Mrs. jameson
has visited her husband grave and has
had personal interviews not only with
the chiefs and warriors. hut also with
the carriers with whom her husband
was brought into contact II il said
that she will return 10 England. when
she will publish reply 10 the story
which was told by Mr. stanley as having
been told II him. II is also said that
when Mrs Jam - book l. published
II will create a sensation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31
A FOUL MURDER.

\ Thirteen-Year-Oid Girrs Throat Cut
From Ear to Ear by = Robber la Order
to Conceal Ills Identity and the savings
81 Years Carried on.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
NO. So.
JUDICIAL NOTICES
PUBLIC SALE
18TH SCHOOL SECTION.

By virtue of the power in me vested by
law, and in pursuance to an order emanatlng
from the Hon. U b. Steele, Auditor of Public
Accounts for the State of Louisiana, will
proceed, at the Court House door i'll the town
of Opeousas, La, on
Saturday, June 25tll, 1S01s
at IL o'clock a. m., to sell at public auction,
through duly qualified auctioneer, the fol-
lowing described property, to-Wit:
The southwest quarter OF section 10, town
ship five t5l south range two III east, in the
parish of St. Landry, La.
Said property will be sold on the following
terms and conditions, to-wit: One.tenth
u-l0) thereof to be paid cash on the day
of sale. The balance in nine equal annual in
staIlments from the day of sale, represented
by notes of alike amount bearing each eight
per cent yearly interest from date of sale till
paid, to be executed bv purchasers, with per.
souaI security in sodo; said notes made pay
able to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and
shall be secured by special mortgage on the
land sold. In the event of the purchaser
neglecting or refusing to pay any of these in
stallmeuts. or interest at maturity, the mort
gage shall be fort hwlth closed and the land re
sold. The interest on the whole of the
notes to be paid annually.
The above property will be sold in lots &C
cording to plat which will he exhibited on
day of sale j, j. THOMPSON.
May 23-5t. Parish Treasurer.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
Jury Reform.

Mr.. EDITOR Il made some sugges-
tions in your last issue, touching our
system of Jury trial, which, / have not
been told by one learned gentleman,
was not sufficiently explicit, and / now
venture again to speak on the subject
for the sole pnrpose of better explana"
ton
In that, l stated that the verdict of
the majority of the jury should author
ize the judgment of the Court. That
the dissenting minority should be re.
quired, to report to the Court the reas"
ons for their dissent, in order that the
Judge might consider them, before
signing judgment in accordance with
the finding Of the majority.
wished to convey the idea that the
only judgment which the Court should
be authorized to award should be in
strict accordance with such finding, but
that the Judge might or should duly
consider the reasons of the dissenting
minority, and if he found them to be
sound and of sufficient gravity, might,
! in his judicial discretion, grant new
/ trial-and not sign the Judgment, called
for by the verdict of the majority.
He should not be empowered to dis
regard the finding of the majority, SO
far as to adopt that Of the minority and
award Judgment thereon. The judgment
should be based on the verdict of the
majority if awarded at all, and never
on that of the minority whose reasons
for dissent might be sufficient in the
opinion of the presiding judge to au'
thorize the granting of new trial
| Thus far he should be authorized to g
and no further.
4 As to the number of the jury, it il
evident that it could be changed, only
by Constitutional provision. There il
no reason out of the constitution, why
J the number should be twelve, it coult
Just as we'll be nine, seven, five, o
three. If fixed at nine let seven
render the verdict, if at seven, let five
and at five let three and it at three le
two render it. The last resort is to tn
Judges of the Appellate Court, and
; were immaterial, through what jur,
the question finally reaches them.
Under our present system, jurors ar
emphatically quasi judges, for thei
! duties are no longer limited to hndin
the facts Of case, although they ma
60 no further, but are extended to th
. high prerogative of judging the law
it under the exposition of the presidln
Judge. Whenever they see proper I
9 disregard the law as given them by th
Judge, they may do SO with impunity
r and all the Court can do in such case'
Q is to set aside their verdict, and awar
t a rehearing. The power and authorit
$ of the judges would not be extende
g by the plan ] suggest, whilst the arb
/ trary power of single juror under tt
t present system of jury trials would
: avoided, Ex-JUDGE'
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

Rehearing Refused.

New Orleans Times. Democrat, May l9.
Yesterday the Supreme Court of the
State refused to the "Antis' rehear-
ing to the Revenue Amendment case /;
and nothing remains, therefore, for
Secretary of State Mason to do but to
promulgate the amendment, regularly
and duly passed by the Legislature OF
Louisiana last year.
The "Antisn have now reached the
end of their tether in the matter OF OBJ
structng the amendment, so fas as OBJ.
structing can be compassed by frivolous
and perpetual appeals to the courts
over legal technicalities; and at last
they will be compelled to face the
ordeal, which they have striven by
every shift and subterfuge to avoid
the ordeal of au appeal to the people.
No other recourse is now left to them !;
they have exhausted every legal quibble,
they have run the gamut of every pro-
team devise that ingenuity could sug-
gest, to save the submission of the
amendment to the people, and at every
turn they have been baf1ed and foiled.
We can we'll imagine the dismay with
which they look forward to the fate
that is in store for them next April
when the case that they have fought
with such bitter rancor goes to the
great final tribunal Of the people for
decision, in spite of their efforts to
smother it ere it could reach there.
For not only have they thought tit to
pelt with vile and opprobrious epithets
every person having any connection
with the lottery or the lottery amend
ment; not only have they insinuated
monstrous charges against the majority
of the justices on the supreme bench,
bat never once have they ceased, at
| every turn they have made, to slight,
/ belittle and deride the sovereign people
themselves.
i 1t has been in vain till now for the
people to assert by an overwhelming
majority that they wished to have the
question of the revenue amendment
/ submitted to themselves at an election.
! They did not know either what they
wished or what was good for them, re-
sponded the "Antis;" and only if they
(the "Antis'O could not help it should
the amendment ever be submitted to a
popular vote.
But, in yesterdays decision all the
obstacles have been cleared from the
pathway, and the people will be per-
mitted in spite of the s. Antis to have
q voice, and that the sole voice, in the
kaecision of the matter. It is no longer
in the power of the "Antis" to kill the
amendment by indirection; and, vapo'
as they may, the people themselves
whom they have feared and insulted
will be the supreme arbiters of the
question.
The last, tottering prop has gone
from under the "Antis'" feet. To The
people is given a fair field to discuss
the question intelIigently, and to form
final judgment whether the amend
ment is to be or is not to be.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
An Anti Wins 1000 in the
Louisiana Lottery.
Special to the Alexandria Daily Times,

Special to the Alexandria Daily Times,
NEW ORLEANS, April % THE whole
city is laughing over the fact that W,
L. Southron, the district attorney, O
leading anti-lotteryite and a great
friend of Senator Murphy Foster, is
now In possession of $4,000 Of the
money of the lottery company, he haV-
ing won that sum at the last drawing
on ene-third ticket.
It appears that while Southron has
been pronounced opponent of the lot
terry as O great evil to the morals of the
people, he has been playing it quite
freely for long time. There is every
reason to believe the majority of the
saints like Southron play the lottery
and when they win never fail to go to
the Office of the great monster, as they
call the company, and get their tickets
cashed.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
DURLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of ST, Landry, No. 5l02.
ESTATE OF MATHILDE SITTIG.


By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in aud for the parish of Saint
Landry, there will be sold at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator or o duly qualified auc.
tiOneer, on the premises hereinafter described,
near Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, on
Wednesday, May 27th, 15O1,
the following described properly, belonging
to the estate of Mistress Mathilde Sittig, of
the parish Of st. Landry, to-wit:
|. Four arpents of land, being one arpent
front by four arpents deep, fronting on the
public road leading from Opelousas to Belle
vue, and near the southern corporation line
of said town, bounded north by A. Going,
south by Madame Baptiste Richard, widow,
east by said public road, and west by Jules
l.. Chachere, with dwelling house, carriage
house and all other improvements thereon,
saving and excepting one barn built by and
belonging to Oscar Fux. On said place is
fine orchard, consisting of apple, pear, peach,
plum, fig and other fruit trees; also q fish
pond.
g One lot of ground situated just south of
the corporation line of the town of Opei"usas,
contaning an area of 81 [dfty-twol feet front
| by 80 leighty) fest deep, fronting ON thr pub.
| lie road leading from said town 10 Bellevue,
| bounded north by SAID corporation line south
| by j. l.. Chachere, with Que store house there.
on, formerly occupied by Etienne FelLin as q
| store. ARTHUR VELIIN,
Terms-Cash.
| April 25, 1891. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
Personal.

Mr.. Jonas Jacobs visited Lafayette
last Sunday.
Mr.. J. L. Cain has returned from
New Orleans.
Col. VIM. Lauther of Barbreck was
here Tuesday.
t. S. Isacks left last Sunday for
trip to Shreveport.
Miss Rosa Firnberg has gone to
Waco, Tex, on visit.
Miss Nellie Bourge of Houma, is
visiting her uncle c. w. DuRoy, Esq
Mr.. j. A. Metayer of New Iberia,
was on visit to our town this week.
Messrs. Henry Irion and Geo. /.
Dodez have removed to Eloa, La, to
reside.
Mrs. Jos. Bloch and daughter, Miss
Julie, departed for New Orleans last
Sunday.
Mrs. F. L, Sandez, Miss Nina Sandoz
and Mrs. Rosa Sandoz, visited Lafayette
last Thursday.
j. t. Skipper, Esq, attended the
annual session of the K of p at
Shreveport this week. !.
Miss Katie Screen visited friends at
Lafayette last Sunday
Mr.. N. w. Goodale, the wide-awake
correspondent of the sprightly New
Iberia Enterprise, passed through town
last Tuesday on n tour through the
parish.
| Contractor Van Horn has returned
after a short absence, during which he
took measures to accelerate the delivery
of material for finishing the United
States building here.
The many friends and numerous
clients of DR.. R. NJ Littell will regret
to learn that he is still confined to his
room by illness, and join us in wishing
him speedy recovery.
Our neighbor Chas. N. Ealer, Esq
left for the Darbonne last Thursday.
Miss Eunice Pharr and her brother,
Gall, have returned from Soule's Col
lege at New Orleans. Miss Eunice will
take charge of the Office of the firm OF
Gall and Pharr aud Gall will be placed
in charge of another branch of the
business New Iberia Democrat.
The following ladies and gentlemen
from our town attended the ball in
! Washington last Tuesday night: Misses
Aline Williams, Olympic Laas, Ada
Sandoz, Alice Deitlein, Jennie jackson
Malou Lastrapes, Fannie Firnberg
Annie Andrus, Eva Williams, Lydia St
Gandin, and Messrs. Lucas Fontenot
Laurent Lacombe, Morton Duson, Jack
Perrodin, s. L. Hebrard, Jos. Firnberg
IF. Voorhies, Nathan Roos, B. F. Megln.
ley, j. j. Thompson, Alf. Lastrapes
4 r.. Lee Garland, Jno. M. Ware, l.
! Salmonson, j. Stokes, L. G. Dupre
Eug. Bloch, Henry Roos.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

New Orleans States: Mr.. Corte, the
Italian Consul, who was forced to tear
himself away from US, made a state
ment the other day that is not sitting
we'll on the American stomach, and
that was that he held the secrets of a
number of criminals who had threaten
ed to assassinate Mayor Shakespeare.
The New York Sun thinks the United
States government should demand an
explanation of Mr.. Corte before he is
allowed to depart for Rome, and the
Chicago Inter-Ocean is also exercised
over the threat of Italians to kill an
American official. Both of these pa
pers saw fit to criticize the lynching OF
the Italians here, but the statements Of
the Cheyalier Corte has opened their
ewes to the fact that this city 10 pretty
we'll stocked with escaped brigands
and thieves from Italy, and that the
lynching of the Malta was in the in'
terest OF public safety, and that i
would not have been bad thing j
more of the same class of Italians has
gone up the spout at the same time.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23
SEALED PROPOSALS.

wxTILL be received By the undersigned
wv until 10 o'clock q. m. on May 80, 1881,
for the erection and completion of residence
for w. C. Perrault. Esq, In the town OF Ope'
lousas. La, according to plans and specif1ea-
lions. COPIES Of which may be had on appll-
cation to -
May l6th.--3t. opelousas' La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

Baton Rouge Advocate The St.
Landry Clarion makes the very illogical
point for the anti lottery side that even
if the revenue amendment is adopted
by vote of the people, its conditions
will not be accepted by the Lottery
Company. If this is true, we fail to
see why the antis might not at once give
up the fight as the quickest way to
victory. IF there is no revenue there
will be no lottery. and the people Of
Louisiana will unanimously agree to
annul the constitutional amendment
The only reason for recharterlng is the
immense revenue that it will give the
State, and if this is withheld there viii
be no lottery. The Clarion may rest
assured of this fact, and if it's prediction
is likely to be verified there is no nse
in opposing the amendment.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

II one-haIf the published rumors be
true, New Orleans has q mountain OF
fottenness III her midst. Added 20 the
jury bribing, blackmailiDg and other
criminal practices In the Hennessey
case, now comes q charge OF bribery
and other cr0ckedness in the City
Council and Board of Health, 10 the
new Slaughter house case, duplicating
several prominent members Of those
bodies. II is to be hoped that the mat
aer will be sifted to the bottom, and
that no guilty man should escape.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

A pamphlet has been issued by the
postoface department at Washington,
presenting facts and arguments in favor
of the establishment of postal savings
banks under control and management
of the government. The system has
been adopted by all the leading
countries of Europe with wonderful
success, as it encourages habits of thrift
among the people that lead to accumu-
lations of money out of small savings
and promote general prosperity among
the mass of the people.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

NO. City Item: A gentleman who
witnessed the Atlanta experiments with
the new cotton bale covering, which the
Georgia Alliance favors so much, IN
forms the Item that it believes 1T is des-
tined to supplant all baling stuffs now
in use. Made of paper stock contain
ing fine steel wire warp, and cheml'
cally treated SO as to render it both
fire and water proof, it may be easily
applied without changing the present
presses. on any size package, and at
maximum cost of sixty cents per bale.
Such fire proof covering should con'
/ siderably reduce the rates of insurance
on cotton, presses and storehouses.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

A special meeting of r. E. Lee Camp
No. is, U. C. v. of st. Landry, was
held last Saturday, for the purpose Of
selecting seven delegates to attend the
Confederate Veterans Convention at
New Orleans on the 30th inst, and the
convention at jackson, Miss, on the
I'd and Sd of June. The following de-
legation was selected: Leonce Sandoz,
John N. Ogden, L. D. Prescott, A. E
Arnold, E. It. Lewis. B. Bloomfield and
C. w. DuRoy; they are instructed te
cast their votes for w. j. Behan fol
Major General, Louisiana Division; j.
B. Gordon for General, and G. Kirby
Smith for lieutenant General.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-23

The Morgan City Review gives the
following broad hint, which we COM
mend also to the citizens of Opelousas
Nothing pleases the firemen better
than TO see the citizens rush by the
engine house, when an alarm OF lire
has been sounded, and leave them
even if there is only two Or three, g
draw tie engine to the scene OF tile
fire. The machine does not Weign
much and it is not every day they have
an opportunity to lug it to fire ovel
tle shelly streets, and they would no.
have any of our people who do moi
belong TO the company, deprive then
of liz pleasure Of breaking their backs
getting her out. Oh no, always run 3,
fha m engine house and never stop e
assist the boys in their work.