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The Helena independent., 1891-11-24

TIME SCHEDULE.
In effect on and after Sunday, November 1, 1881.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT HELENA
No. !. Pacific Mail. west bound ........ 2:0i n. IN
No. 4. Atlantic mail. east bound ..... 7:.0 y. T,r
No. 6, Missoula and Butte Express. :. 1920 D. IN
No. 8, Narysville passenger, ......... 11:2O A. m
No. 10, Marysville accommodation. $50 .. m
No. 1la Rimini mixed, Mondays. We'd
nesdays and Fridays. 800 p. m
No. Z, Wiokes, Boulder and Elkhorn
passenger ......................11: 11:55a M
TRAINS DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. / Iscitie Mail, vest bound ........ 2:2O p. m
No. I, Atlantic Mail. east bound. ..... 1856 D. m
No. 5, Missoula and Butte and Wallace
Express ....................... 7:30 4. nj
No. 4 Mnrysvtlle passenger. ......... 7:45 a. m
No. q, Marysyille accommodations. 800 y. IN
No. l0l, RiMini mixed, Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays. .....,.. 8:15 a. m
No. 8, Wickes, Boulder and Elkhorn
Passenger ............,.. I:lo D. m
For rates. maps, tinlo tables or special iA,or.
nation, apply to any agent of the Northern IA.
ci6c II. H., or to
CNAS. 3. FEE,
A. d. EDGAR. Gen'TPasa. & II. Agt,
General Agent. ST. PAUL, MINI
Cor. Main 4 Grand sts Helena. Mont.
The Helena independent., 1891-11-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF

NOTICE 10 CREDITORS ESTATE OF
~ James n, Roger, dscsasea,
Notice is horeby given BY the undersigned adj
ninistrAtrix et the estate Of James IT. Rcgcr,
dSeeAssd, TO the creditors Of, aud all persons
having c,aims against the said dsoeaaOd, to OK
hibit them with the necessary vouchers, within
fonr nonths after the frat publication Of this
nsto., 70 tho said sdmini,trAtrix at tho law o.iice
boing the place Tor tho transsct,on III tho bust
neAs Of said estate In the county otLowis and
Clarke. KATE ROGER
deceased.
pAssa March "A. laQl.
The Helena independent., 1891-11-24
NEW.
Sioux City Route
EAST.

Passengers for the East from Helena and
other western points will find the NEW
ROUTE via SIOUX CITY and the ILL
NOIS CENTRAL Il. n. not only desirable
40 to time and equipment but one Of the
most attractive, passing through Sioux City,
the only Corr Palace City of the world;
Dubuque, the handsome Key City OF Iowa;
Rockford, Illinois, q new manufacturing
city, that has become world within It,
self" and Chicago whose growth and en-
terpriss il the wonder of the world. With
elegant free Chair Cars. and Pullman Pal.
ace Sleeping Cars on every train between
Sioux City and Chicago, and with a close
connection with the UNION PACIFIC
trains at Sioux City, the
The Helena independent., 1891-11-24
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
CRUTCHEH Il GARLAND,
IT. X. Crutchsr, H. g. Garland) 3

nining, corporation and real estate law special
ies VIII practice In all tho state courts, In tho
Vnited States supreme court and before all tho
apartment. IN Washington city. In connection
With Hon. A. II. Garland. lats attorney genersl.
The Helena independent., 1891-11-24

TN THE DISTRICT COUNT OF THE FIRST
and for the County OF Lswis and Clarke
In tao matter Of tn, estate OF Mary A. Reed,
dsoossed. - otics to creditors.
Office ie hereby given by the undersigned Ad-
minietrntor OF the estats of Mary A, heed. de-
ceased. to the orsdttors of and all psrsons hsv-
them, with tho necessary vouchers, within ton
n,opths aftor tho frat publication OF this notice,
70 the said administrators, at hin law office room
l.owis and Clarke, etats of Montana, the place
for trnnsacting tho business Of said estate In said
county.
MASSENA RULLARD,
Administrators OF the estate " Mary A. Reed.
daceAsed.
Dated October 70. 1891
The Helena independent., 1891-11-24
r l.. SMITH,
i. Freight and Transfer i Nc
HELENA. MONTANA.

All kinds of merchandise and other freishts.
lncludin. ores, promptly transferred from the
kspot. Orders will receive prompt attention.
pyCIoE-At j. Evldbsrg's Store and at the pspos'
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
VOL. xxx.
To cur Friends and Patrons.

We wish to call the attention of the friends
and patrons of the COURIER to the necessity
of their being on the alert, in the matter of
judicial publications. (sheritf's sales especial
iyl, as a neglect on their part to give positive
instructions as to where they desire such
advertisement published, is apt to result in
our being deprived of the patronage that
would otherwise be given to MS. The sheriff
of this parish has been making himself es-
pecially Jealous in the matter Of securing
sheriffs sales for the paper of which be is
director aud stakeholder, and several pubica-
tions of that nature have appeared in that
paper which the parties interested would
have selected to be done in the COURIER, had
they been consulted and others have been
diverted from us at the special solicitation of
the sheriff or his deputies serving the papers
in the matter of seizures.
To those who prefer to patronize any other
paper in this parish we have no desire to in
terfere with their preferences, but our friends
who wish to favor with their patronage
are earnestly requested to see that the proper
officers are Instructed to have the publication
done in the CoURIER-and they are especially
warned against allowing themselves to he in-
duced to consent that the advertisement
should be done in some other paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Ut. SKIPPER, Cashier
Final Report of tGle Grand Jury

The grand jurors of the parish OF st. Ian
dry duly empannelled aud sworn according
to law, beg leave to make this their final re-
port at the November term Of the district
court in and for the parish OF st. Landry,
State of Louisiana.
We find the court house i'll good order as
could be expected, and the prisoners we'll
treated. We recommend the building of at
least two additional privies on the court
house square.
Public roads-No complaints have been
made about public roads.
The grand jurors find that there is an ur-
gent necessity to change the criminal laws OF
our State, and they take occasion to request
the members of the legislature from tins, as
we'll as other parishes, to endeaVor either by
@ legislative enactment, or by an amendment
to the constitution, to so alter and change
our criminal laws so as to deal out justice in
n sneedier manner, than can be done under
the existing laws. They find that large
class of insignificant cases are brought before
the grand jury which takes up the time that
they should devote to cases OF more serious
importance. This course is unavoidable as
the law now is, because the district attorney
yery properly does not like to file intorma-
tion in cases, unless he is satisfied OF the
guilt of the accused parties, and that he is
compelled to bring those cases before the
grand jury, in order to nave the witnesses @
examined and ascertain whether or not they
should be indicted. While this jury has not
had the time to give this matter sufficient
consideration to enable them to suggest the
proper change to meet the emergency, they
would suggest that it would be greatly to the
interest Of public Justice if criminal courts
could be kept constantly opened so as to ena'
BILE the prosecuting officer to prosecute cases
while the case is fresh in the minds of the
witnesses, and before sufficient time has
elapsed to enable the accused parties to com
promise their difficulties and in that way
cheat the law out of it's intended victim.
This might be accomplished by giving the
justices Of the peace greater jurisdiction, or
by creating an office especially for the purpose
Of having judge to be called the criminal
Judge, to hold court during the year as often
as may be necessary for the purpose of giving
speedy trial to all offenders Of the law.
The grand jury now beg to be discharged
Signed, PATRICK DoNAHqE,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
| November 80, 1891.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
District Co,Wt, 81. Landry Parish, State of
Louisiana.

BY virtue Of judgment ofthe Hon. the Dis
trict Court in and for the parish of st. Landry
rendered in the above entitled cause, there
will be sold at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder by the undersigned administra-
tor, the Sheriff of the parish of st. Landry. or
any other duty qualified auctiOneer, at
Joseph Saieau's, in Prairie Mamou in the
parish OF st. Landry, on
Wednesday,, January 9th, 1892,
the following described property, in order to
effect partition thereof, towit;
Seventeen Lots OF one hundred arpents
each, being ots Nos. Is, I6 IA, II, II 10, 4, 3,
>, l, Is, A. 46, 10, A, IS, according to a plat
of survey and subdivision of the whole tract
made by Leonce E. Littell Parish Surveyor,
and to be exhibited on the day of sale. Said
lands are adapted to the culture of rice and
are traversed by Bayou Nez-Plqu6, which
affords an unfailing supply of water for
irrigating and other purposes.
Terms and conditiOns-One-fourth cash
one.fourth in one year, one-fourth in two
years, and one-fourth in three years from the
day of sale. All purchasers other than heirs
to execute their notes, payable to the order
of Joseph Ii. Fontenot, administrator, with
s per cent. per annum interest from maturity
til paid, with special mortgage and ven doris
privilege reserved. The heirs to be allo wed
to purchase to the amount of portion co ming
to them from the succession, and not to be
obliged to pay the surplus of their purchase
money over their portion coming to them un-
til this portion has been Il etinitely fixed by
partition.
JOSEPH II, FONTENOT.
Dec. s. 1891, Administrator.
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p. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court for the
Western District of Louisiana.
Commissioner U. S. Court Of Claims
throughout the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish OF ST.
Landry.
Office, with Hon. John N. Ogden, opelousas
Particular attention given to Land eases
aud TO final proofs
Collections in the Parishes of st. Landry
aud Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, etc, procured without delay. Y,
July Is, 1891.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
SHERIF"
District etoiTl, Parish ofSt Taaf,g. No. i49i&
HENRY l., GARLAND for self and for Celeste
Garland, widow,
VS..
ANDRE v LAsTRAPEs ET AIS.

By virtue Of writ of seizure and sale
issued out of the District Court, in and
for the parish of st. Landry, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed, will pro-
eeed to sell at public auction, to the high
est bidder, at tho front door of the Court
House, in the town of Opelousas, parish of
St. Landry, on SATURDAY., the I'd day
of January, 1892, at IL o'clock q. M, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
The north half Of land which Napoleon and
Andre v. Lastrapes had bought of II. l.: Gar
land on the 9TH May, 1887, and which is boun-
ed Thus: South by the part taken by said
Andre V. Lastrapes in partition with
Napoleon Lastrapes tnow. property OF H.
l.. Garlandl; east by small conlee dividing
this land from that of Joachim Joubert north
by another tract which belongs to tho estate
Of Napoleon Lastrapes; west by lands of
estate of Alphonse Lastrapes.
Terms--Cash.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
T. S. FONTENOT,
Nov. %, 1891. Sheriff.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Geo. chachere, Architect,

Haeing completed his duties as super
intendent of the United States Govern
ment building here, will now devote
his entire attention to any work en-
trusted to him as architect. He will
guarantee accurate estimates on all
buildings designed by bin, and has
for sale a fine assortment of drafting
Notwithstanding paper, tracing cloth
and paper, Instruments, inks, pens and
pencils, e squares and triangles, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The steam engine to operate the
printing presses in tile COURIER office
had the misfortune to get considerably
battered en- route from the factory. but
thanks to the skill of Mr. Armas Durio,
the machinist, the damage has been re.
paired, and We expect the next issue of
our paper will be turned ont by steam.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The holidays will soon be here, and
our mercantile friends, who are pros
vided with holiday goods, should make
the fact known through the columns of
the COURIER without further delay if
they wish to secure fair share Of the
Christmas and New Year trade.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Queer Democracy.

Among the phenomenal features Of
the opening campaign politics Is the
attitude those calling themselves an
tis. EvFy one recognizes the fact that
they belong to an organization outside
the Democratic party That being a
Democrat alone gives 10 one access to
their meetings That having taken no
oath, no Democrat can havs voice III
their deliberations.
These persons have conducted their
deliberations in secrecy and henceiorth
propose to nominate cans Iiatasf for pub
lie offices without the % operate II
such Democratsas have not zen proper
to Join them After fofmiog their or
ganization outside the patty, they have
the effrontery to tell outsiders, WHO
have never changed their political at
titudes, that they, the antis, are the
Democrats, and therefore have the
right to prescribe measures and noml-
nate candidates for all the Offices nf the
parish, district and State.
If they are now Democrats, what
were they before they became members
of secret association? Certainly not
democrats, according to their mode of
argument, for they were then what
others are now.
If they be right, then, to be Demo
crat it is necessary to belong TO such
an association, to take secret 0aths,
meet in secret. and to keep all outsiders
ignorant Of what is said Or done in
! their meetings But it is unnecessary
to argue such an absurdity. We wish
to say to all Democrats, stand youl
ground, attach no importance to what
the Ants have done or may do, which
is intended to place you under political
obligations. They will no doubt en-
deavor to make you believe they repre-
sent you. They no more represent you
than they are willing you should repre-
sent aud bind them Their game Is tc
make you believe they bind you, but
cannot be bound by you. The Demo
cyGts are free to vote rs they please II
the coming election They have not
held any meetings, have not voted It
EJECT delegates, and therefore have nc
representatives invested with plenary
power and authority to bind them tt
support the nominees of the ants
They owe it TO themselves as indivldu
ais, and to the party of arthodox Dem
ocrats, to go to the polls and teach th'
antis that if they dssiie 10 be respected
in party matters tAey mast stay III t!t
party.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The juveniles are happy.-Didier g.
Shockey's Egg Bend Riding gallery is
in full operation, on Mr. Theodore
Chachere's lot, affording amusement to
old and young at nickle a head.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The District Attorney has made II
good showing this week !; no aequittals
have yet been secured, all parties tried
have been convicted, except in one
case which was mistrial. The case
of the State VS.. Numa McCarty is
now on trial and verdict of canvic-
tion is confidently expected.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The COURIER Office has had a tele-
phone put up this week, communicat-
ing with the Democrat Office This is
the first phone erected il, Opelousas,
and it works to peIfection.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

It is now apparent that the purpose
of the Lafayette Combine on the part
of the ants was to use Adams for a
dummy candidate behind whom the
ants might carry on the campaign an-
til the time came for them to disclose
their real candidate This plan was
partially frustrated by the early date
ordered for the convention which
forced the antis into a position where
they either had to abandon Adams or
support him. Thus they were com
PEELED to drop their danny before
they were through with him. The Ar
cadia Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

There are three steamboats, NOW run
ming 10 the Washington and New Or
leans trade, and all getting full loads.
They are the Warren, the Trudeau and
the Cherry
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

ESTATE OF OLrN FoNTENoT, JR., Decd.
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,
to the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator or q duly qualified auc
tioneer, at the last residence of deceased in
Vile Plate Prairie, st. Landry parish, La, on
Thursday, Dec. E5tIR, 1881,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of Olin Fontenot, Jr., deceased,
of the parish of St. Landry, to-wit:
One tract of land situated in Chicot Swamp,
which is recorded in name Of Mark Lazarro,
to secure advanced money; bounded north by
public land, south by land of NJ. Coreil
lform~rllyl, east by land of Francois Brgnae
formerly and west by lands of widow John
Reed formerly.
3 beds, bedsteads and bedding 2 old clothes
presses; washstand; lot quilts and blankts;
| lot sheets 2 beds and bedding; | trunk;
clocks table lot glassware l sewing ma
chine; | double barrel shot gun eleven chairs;
| rocking chair old satg; l table ; | old safe;
lotkQots; | lot crockery; | lot tinware; l
pair smoothing irons; cows and calves; lot,
about hogs | lot cOrn-about 100 barrels i'll
shueks; buggy and harness; | cultivator;
lot of about 100 bundles fodder; | lot of plows
and gears; l roam American mare /; l roam
American horse / roam American colt; /
black horse; bay horses; / old saddle; 3
hoes; | axe; the undivided two-thirds of q lot
of cotton in the seed | washb0ard; brand
ing iron.
Terms-Cash
OLIN FONTENOT, SR.,
Nov. Ia, 1881. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

FoR SALE At a BARGAIN ~ Buck
eye Reaper aud Binder, G. Aultman
& Co Thresher, 8 inch Rotary Pump.
Apply to Jos. Bloch.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

"The 5icLottefyite faction in this
parish is in a complete state OF col
lapse" Clarion Adam site misrepre-
sentation of our state, truly, After
twelve months work, with the aid OF
three local newspapers, two senators
and two members Of the lower house
and the copious free circulation
throughout the patish Of the lottery
Journals of New Orleans strena
onsiv advocating the lottery, it did not
have sufficient vitality TO pat contest
at a single one of the thirtytwo polls
of this parish" Just vino the tlCo SEN
atars are who are said 10 have been 80
strenuonsy engaged for the last teet0e
months, we are not able to imagine.
The three local papees have made
their regular appearances, fieighted
with such inatters as wefe thought
worthy of rernsal set out in. our oon
humble way
We have carefully avoided the re
production of lies of Northern birth
calculated TO deceive oHr readers whose
respect we desire to retain The New
Orleans journals hsve pnfsued the even
tenor of their Iespectfss} and aignified
way,as well when speaking OF the lottery
aua eaament % npon oth topics Of in
terest. They ARE 50 oe ou4d in nearly
every HOUSE lis 8eteoa.s messengers.
There il uothing of eia Billingsgate
style in their editorials, for of the pole
cat smell Ia their prssenes.
The vitality Of fFieuds Of the revenue
amendment was not 10 be aroused by
the secret Vaccinations Of those who
have been playing the Black Crook fol
| the last twelve months, with few Har-
lequins on the stage. They have uny
derstood the character Of the play, and
| have cuntentGd themselves with 81 IN
ply looking on, we'll Knowing that the
| time is not far distant WhGn the ludi-
crousness Of the actors stage attire
must be taken off and tile hatleqains bt
compelled to doff their uasts.
When that time shall come We arr
confident their countenanees will be
come sobeTed into an expression 0
| melancholy, such as Don Qnixote ex
| hibitea after his adventure with III
/ wind mills
Collapsed Why, neighbof, you
/ faction WAS begotten OF impotence -0ofi
/ collapsed and has been kept alive b.
artificial respiration You have stim
i ulated it with whisky, fed it with bar
] becue meats and wagon loads of bread
/ Yoa have called to its bed side a regi
/ ment of your most heroic clinics. The.
came from all parts of the State to Wv
ify the double-headed noDstrosity. Yol
i kept it caged-no one could see it with
I ont the password TO its sanetum. Th'
Democrats were told it was a kind o
4 Briareus, which, instead of hundred
l had three thousand heads. You met i
secret, issued proclamations. appointe'
4 all the necessary Ithariels to sentine
the ballot boxes of the primaries and t
expose the moral deformities of an
/, one who it was feared might attemE
to place his cloyen foot within the hal
lowed precincts of the polling places
q And after all what did you accomplish
Not / 900 out of 1000 votes did 20
Epoll. Well might we say with Horace
sPartnriunt nontes et nasei tur rid
culus mus All honor to old st. Lar
dry.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Cakes, fresh bread, etc, always on
hand at the new bakery. Pefferkorn's
old stand.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Mr.. w. L. Gil, has opened lunch
stand at the market house, where hot
coffee, tea, chocolate and lunch may be
had at all hoars, at most moderate
prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Pittsburg coal at lowest market rates
delivered promptly at domici BY leav-
ing your orders with j. b. Sandoz
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

D1ED-In 0pelousas, November 2Sth, 1891 :;
RosE RICE, daughter of s. Jos. Wilson and
Rosa Lastrapes aged 90 months and Is days
At his residence in Prairie Laurent, in
this parish, Dec. 2nd, 1891, SIMON WABLE,
aged 81 years and IL months.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

1t is impossible to offer goods cheaper
than do the firm of j K. Sandoz & Bro
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Fresh oysters in every style at all
hours at NJ Firnbelg's oyster saloon,
opposite the Court House.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Would you like to learn something 5ou do moi
vet knows

Would you like to learn something sou do not
yet know?
Something new, you justly may call!
Go promptly, believing, don't tarry, but go
To the sage on the corner who, tits said,
knows it all.
If you want to know reasons for changes OF
season,
And be sure you're right i'll them all;
If you wish to know whether there'll be
changes in weather,
Just 20 to the sage who, you lsnow, knows
it all. ID
If the coming election has puzzs sea reflection,
And you cannot conceive wnsre an office
may fall, "a
Walk down the street whereg ghe prophet
you'll meet s
The sage of the village, you kinow, knows
it all.
He'll give you dicker than lightlF"ag quicker
Concerning the Offices both great and small
Stroke his beard like Mahomet as up he vii
sum it,
Will the sage on the corner, who, It's said
knows it all.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

A lot of fine fat turkeys for sale at
c. B. Andrus'. Call early and get the
pick
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Regular meals, and hot coffee at al
hours at Mrs. Perraults restaurant.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Headquarters for Frotscher's garden
seeds and onion sets at Meginley's.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The rush first come, first servedl
still continues for dry goods, clothing,
shoes and groceries At ]. X. Sandoz g
Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The criminal term of our district
court is under headWay. We notice
with appreciation the effort put forth by
the district attorney to dispose of his
docket There has been marked inn
provement in the expedition with
which business is dispatched Our
good man, the jailer, informs us he has
but eighteen inmates awaiting trial
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Sfuffing ballot boxes, changing vot-
ing places, voting minors, challenging
life long Democrats, refusing repre-
sentation to the opposing faction and
counting the votes in the back of a
room, with no one but their own men
present to witness it, were some of the
Adams tricks to prove that the people
from st. Mary had not repudiated
Murphy Foster. Ii they voted against
him before, they win have all the more
reason to vote against him now, that
he has perpetrated one of the grossest
ontrages on Democrats and encouraged
ballot box stuffing.-N. O. Times
Democrat.