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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12
Published Every Saturday by the
st. LAdry Printing and Publishing Co.
(LIMITED.)
Official journal Of the Farmers Union
-oF THE
tyARIsH OF ST. LANDRY.
oflciasb journal Of the Town Of Opelousas
ofleial journal Of st. Landry Parish.
Resolutions Adopted by the Parish
FARMERS Union, January 5, 1891.

Resolved, that this convention strongly
endorses the ST.. LANDRY CLARION ana re-
commend it to the public as reliable, un-
subsidized, honest local newspaper, devot
ed to the interests of the people and hostiie
to all monopolies;
Resolved further, that this convention
recommend and advise all the subordlnate
Unions in this parish, to officially alo ana m
support the CLARION, and use their lnhu-
ence to increase its circulation and patron
age.
the Official Organ Of our Order in this par
ish.
Whereas, the La. State Lottery, is trying
at the present time to subvert the Wlshes
of the people of this State, by mandamus
and papers sent out by the Progressive
League, and also by a subsidized press
owned by men acting for or in the interest
of said lottery therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Farmers Union OF tne
parish of ST. Landry, at Turkey Creek as
sembled. do most solemnly reiterate tnelf
opposition to this hydra-headed monster,
and affirm most positively that we viii not
support any papers in orput OF this STATE,
in favor of the Louisiana or any other lot
terry, and that we will oppose with all our
manhood and energy the election or any
man to office in this State, or parish, VINO
is in favor of lotteries.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12
IS THE BEST

bought six bottles of Bulls Sarsaparilla,
and before / had used it all i felt like
another man. Ny strength and health
improved, pimples and sores disappeared
from my person, aches and stiff joints left
me, and ! consider myself well person."
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12
District Acreage and LsYee Tax Sales.
OF
ENJOYABLE PROPERTY.
The State Of Louisiana
vERsUs
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS OF THE
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

By virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and laws of the State
OF Louisiana, will sell at the principal
front door of the Court House, at Opelou-
sas, parish of st. Landry, within the legal
hours for judicial sales, beginning at IL
O'Clock a. M, on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12
Saturday, january I'd, 1892,

and continuing on Monday, and each sue
ceeding day, until said sales are eomplet-
ed, all property on which taxes are now due
to the Red River Atchafalaya and Bayou
Bnuf Levee Board in the parish Of st. Lam
taxes assessed in said parish for year 1880. to-
gether with interest thereon at the rate OF
two per cent per month till paid, and all
costs.
The names of said delinquent tax-pay-
ers, the amount of taxes due by each on
the assessment of said year, and the prop
erty assessed to each, to be offered for sale,
are as follows to-wit:
ACRE. LEvEE.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12

~ There is ono chill remedy whose eff
feet is Q certainty. It has been tested in
many thousands severe cases and never
known to tail. It is called Smiths Tonic
Syrup. Take no other.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12
b. BLooNfFIELD,i

Commissioner United States Court Of
Claims, throughout the United States.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12

JOHN D. PARK & Sous, Wholesale dgents,
l7a III and 10 Sycamore St, Cincinnati, O
Ill
7. Z. Posey Agent for the above med.
cines.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-12-12

~ There is no other remedy SO pleasant
10 take and SO sure in its effect as DR.. BulIr
Worm Destroyers. Price Is cents.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

railroad wreck occurred in the tunnel near
Tamanend, Pa, Thursday night Engineer
Fisher was slightly injured.
The Bank OF wartrace. at Wartrace, Tenn,
was robbed Thursday night Of $4,000 worth Of
diamonds belonging to depositors.
The remains OF bOmb-thrOwer Norcross have
been placed in O vaus In Boston cemetery
Mrs Norcross fears the head will be stolen.
GeorgeV V. Hecker & Co., OF New York city,
have donated seventy-thOusand pounds of flour
to the Northwestern miller3' cargo for Russian
peasants.
ley mines, near Wikesbarre, Pa. yesterday I,
whereby Bryan Cafferty was killed and John
Monahan and Hugh Ferguson fatally injured.
The citizens of HARRISBURG Pa, thought they
had been shaken by an earthquake yesterday.
Investigation showed that $50 pounds of dyna-
mite had exploded Mt Steelton. No one was in
juTed.
+. Rosewater. editor OF the Omaha Bee, was
placed on trial in the Omaha Police Court yes
terday IN charge OF criminal libel, preferred
by q. NJ. Hitchcock, editor of the Omaha World
Herald.
which at the frontier is nearly $26. 600. are on
their way from Canada 10 Boston. The duties on
this freight amounted 10 $500. This IL the
annual Christmas poultry train for the Ameri-
can market.
Prof r. NJ. Ramsay. few years ago principal
water, committed suicide at Chattanooga, Tenn,
yesterday by jumping from the middle span OF
the county bridge into the Tennessee river.
Dependency was the cause OF the act.
The steamer Elmonte, which arrived at New
Orleans, from New York. yesterday. reports that
on Dec. 13, at $50 r. n, she saw a foreign
steamer ashore near Beacon NJ. Ajax reef, on the
Florida coast. She was square rugged forward,
and appeared to be very low In the water, as IL
bilged Two or three small wreckers were an
chOred near her.
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Martin. one of the guests missed
mnch-prized diamond ornament Who
the guilty person was no one
could tell. There were two extra wait
srs engaged TO attend at the dinner. and
there were also a gumber of caterers and
walters TO care for tie wants of the guests
90 the reception. One of these may have
found the diamonds and retained them.
at any rate 10 suspicion attached to the
unfortunate butler. and IL is still unknown
who the guilty person Is.
Thompson had come into Mr.. Lincoln's
employ In March last. He brought letters
testifying to his good character. He per-
formed his work we'll until August. when
he showed indications of tipping. He
was cautioned. and amended his con-
duct. Until the time Mr.. Lincoln
started on his trip to Italy in November the
butler had not been suspected of any con-
nection with the missing Jewell About a
fortnight afterwards Thompson, who
had resumed drinking and was sup
posed TO be labOring under q
mt of delIrIum tremens. surrendered
TO the police. stating that he was tired of
being Swallowed for the theft of the dia-
monds. but at the same time persistIng
that he was not guilty. The disclos-
ure or his condition and misconduct
during the minister's absence caused his
Immediate dismissal by Mr.. Lincoln on
Nov. 10. HIS accounts were found to be
correct. Since ThompsOn's death it has
been reported that he had been gam bling
beyo nd his resources.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
Cable Notes.


well-dressed man committed suicide with a
revolver in st. Stephens Cathedral. Vienna, yes
to-day, during service.
NJ. Hirsch. United state Minister to Turkey,
is at the savoy Hotel. London. He win proceed
on sunday TO Paris. and on Wednesday viii take
the Oriental express for the continent
Queen Victoria, her youngest daughter. Princess
Beatrice, wife OF Prince Henry OF Battenberg,
Windsor castle to-day and went 10 Osborne
House. on the Isle OF Wight, where the Christ
mas holidays will be spent.
An officer OF a cossack regiment, NOV ing in
fashionable society. learning that his wife was
unfalthful TO him. returned home suddenly from
the thea,er at st. Petersburg last night, and
finding his wife In her lovers arms. drew re-
yolver and shot her dead. He then made his
escape.
The polling in the election TO fill the seat for
Waterford In the British House of Commons.
made vacant By the death OF Mr.. Richard Power,
will take place on "Wednesday, Dec. %. MI
John Redmond Is the candidate OF the ParLell-
ites and Mr.. Michael Dayitt Is the nominee Of
the McCarthyites.
Hon. Jno. G. New United States CO nsul-ge n
eral in London. presided at the annual banqn ct
of the Association of Foreign Consuls in IN g
White Hall rooms Friday evening The mem =
bers OF the London corporation and other pr oni-
mont persons were among the guests. Mr.. New
proposed toasts 10 queen Victoria anu to the
sovereigns and presidents OF the nations OF the
world.
The London Chronicle says it learns on the best
authority that the Judgment OF the judicial COM
nlttet IN the case OF IT. hlDS tIle Bishop OF Lin
coin. who was tried for maintaining certain OBJ
jectionable ritualistic forms in public worship,
will shortly be delivered. This judgment, the
Chronicle AYERS, will practically uphold the de-
cision which the Archbishop of Canterbury made
In the case.
At Lewes, England, yesterday. Frederick
George Barton. having several aliases, was
sentenced to twelve years penal seryitnde for
burglary. Barton Is an ex-couvict. After his
last term of imprisonment he went TO America,
married a respectable woman, and under the
name OF Lieutenant Barton returned to England
and lived in style at Burgess Hill, Sussex.
There ne robbed the house Of a next door neigh
bor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
QUEER STORY FROM POLAND.

Part of Murdered Mans Body Mistaken
for Game and Eaten By q Peasant
Special the Indianapolis Journal
VIENNA, Dec. 1S.-A frightful story of
murder and cannibalism comes from ME-
chow. small town in Russian Poland. in
the province of Kielce. Three peasants
snticed shoemaker named Levan-
ofsky into the forest under the pre-
tense of showing him where some money
Was concealed. When they had reached q
secluded place in the woods they turned
upon the man and beat him to death. He
sum of money with him. and to
get this was the object of the
murder. Being anxious to conceal the
crime they stripped the body and cut it to
pieces. Then they gathered quantity of
wood and heaped 1t about the remains and
started q fire. AS soon as the fire was under
Roadway the murderers loft the spot. The
ire went out without having consumed all
of the body.
Later on workman from the same
vicinity was passing near the scene of the
murder. and saw piece of half-roasted
flesh In the ashes of what had been q fire. He
supposed that some one had been cooking
game. and had left part of il there. He
took the flesh home, and told some of his
luck IN finding it, and invited them to join
In eating it. As meat was rare luxury,
they readily complied. While devourlng
the horrible food. some ono accused the
Under of having stolen the meat. To
prove that he was not thief he
invited them TO accompany him to the
forest There q closer search uncovered
and hOrrified the men with the evidence of
whatthey had been eating. 1t was ascer-
tanned that Levanoffsky was missing, and
the murderers were arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
MISTO0K HIM FOR A "SCAB."
Carbolic Acid Thrown in the Faces of Young
Man aud His Female Companion.

DENVER. Dec. 1S.-A young man named
Pillings. haillng from Chicago. who came
West several weeks ago for his health.
through his Eastern friends secured pass
from Denver to FL Paso. Tex, thinking
that climate would be more beneficial to
him. Unfortunately, Nix. Pillings started on
the same train with several Western u ion
Operators who were en- route to Ell Paso to
take the place of those let out there for re-
fusing to handle Southern Pacific business.
The train men, whose sympathy was with
the striking operators. spotted him as q
'scab." When the train reached the snow
blockade at Trinidad he. in company
with o young lady en- route TO California,
went ont on the car platform to watch
the snow-plows on adjoining track.
As the train that was being pulled by the
engine that was showing the snow-plow
passed Mr.. PillIng and the young lady.
some wretch threw carbolic acid In their
faces. Both Mr.. Pilling and the young
lady are disfigured for life. but fortunately
none of the acid reached their eyes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
A CHANGE OF BASE.
For Half An Hour He Made Strangers Believe
He Was q Stickler for Truth.


Detroit Free Press.
There were seven OF us-all men-dumped
out on the platform of the station at 10
O'Clock at night to wait an hour and half.
However. as some sort OF Offset, there was
q fairly comfortable walting-room and @
good fire. We had all found seats. when
an oldish man, who afterward admitted
that he was q butter-and-egg buyer in In
dianapolis, took out a notebook and pencil
and said:
together. 1t is only natural that we should
talk favor that, and will do my full
share, but what object to Is lying. Iwant
to give you all fair notice that If there is o
story told here Pun going to demand dates.
names. places and all other particulars.
Pm going to pin the man who tells 1t right
down to facts. and if l find he's lying I'll
expose him. Now, then. some one lead
Not word was said in reply. but every
body assumed the most comfortable posi-
ton possible and prepared to kill time.
Everything was very quiet for half an
hour. and l was almost asleep, when the
old man arose. yawned. and. kicking the
stove to make as much noise as he could,
he exclaimed:
Here. now, let everybody wake up! Cen
tlemen. want to beg your pardon. For
forty years have been q great stickler for
truth and hated a liar. but events have oc-
Cured this evening to cause me to change
my mind. Get up here. somebody, and start
a story, and the bigger the lie 1t IS the
quicker will hand out this flask for him
to wet his whistle"
We all reused mp, and beginning with
the man nearest the stove. we oil told q
story with q dozen whopplng big lies in 10,
and when the last man had finished the
butter and egg-buyer clapped hi hands,
Stamped his feet and said:
How could have ever made such mis-
takef Gentlemen. from this time on Pm
the champion old liar of Indianapolis, and
don't you forget itw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
Barren Results.

Detroit Free Press.
He walked into a Chicago newspaper Of
fee confidently and took q seat.
Are you the managerp he asked, briskly.
what can do for youi" replied the
newspaper man In q non-cOmmittal tone.
Pm a patent medicine manufacturer.
Your paper has pretty wide circulation,
hasn't itf"
wider The newspaper man swung
round in his chair. wide! should say So
We have circulation greater by two to
one than any other paper in the State-a
sworn circulation, sir. of 100000 copies
daily, and it's paid circulation. too. and
we reach the families. sir. Our paper is
read by 100000 people every day. and when
yOu consider this orr advertising rates
are-well. they're so low that we are COINS
to advance 'em 80 per cent. right after the
LIST. i don't exag1erate In the least. sir.
when say that we offer positively the best
advertising medium in the United States.
Why. you can see for yourself what the re-
sults must be from an ad placed before g..
100000 people every week and-where are
you goingi"
20. round town a little" replied the
stranger, putting on his nat 1.-The article
make is a nerve medicine and i came in
to cell you bottle. but i see you don't need
itv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
EDWARD N. FIELD INDICTED.

Forgery Added to His Other Wrong Doings
100000 Secured by Crooked Acts.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-As the investIgation
by District Attorney Nicoll into the failure
of Messrs. Field, Lindley, Wiechers 81
Co. progresses the horizon darkens for the
unhappy Edward NJ. Field, who is now oc-
cupying a cell in the Ludlow-street Jail on
TWO charges which may send him to prison
for a lifetime. So far Mr.. Nicoll has dis
covered that the crooked transactions of
the defunct firm foot up to nearly 100000.
This involves many wellknOwn creditors
of the partnership headed by Mr.. Field.
When the grand jury began TO labor in the
general sessions to-day the district attor-
ney and two assistants went before that
body and enlightened them on the late
failure of Fie Id, Lindley. Wlechers IL Co.
David n. Carval the expert on questioned
hand writing. Arthur +. Elliott and Max
Hessburg also went to the grand jury room
and gave evidence against Field.
When the jury filed into the courtroom
an Indictment was handed up charging
Field with forgery in the second degree.
The indictment of forgery Is based on q
certain bill of lading transaction, the
charge being made by the bank ers Knauth.
Naibt d * Kuehne. Following is the latter's
statement: 1T seems that Mr.. Renter. of
Hamburg, an urcle of Wiechers, one OF the
partners OF the deiunct firm. had inherited
about S10s.C0) from the Wiechers estate,
and that this money bad been lett in
Wiecherss hands. The latter used it for
specializing on behalf of the firm, and giee-
fully reported to h o uncle that inside
Of sixty days the money had real
lied a profit of $4,000. aside from inter
est. The uncle. however, pressed WiecIers
for the money, and the latter thereupon on
behalf of the firm made out a one days
sight draft for 1880 marks on o firm in
Mannheim. Germany, by the name of Dit
tenhoeffer IL Glazer, with which they had
had various transactions, but where Field
Il Co. at the time had no balance nor did
course of trade. They counted upon COW
ering this draft by means of cable trans
fer. and to obtain the latter. there being no
funds. forgery was resorted to. On Nov.
p Field ~ Co. arranged that we should
make a cable transfer of 49S,0O0 marks,
equal to sis. coo, to the firm in Mannheim.
and at the same time we should buy their
thirty days sight bill of SIS. 900 marks.
equal TO $4,000. the same firm
in Mannheim. such bill beng ac-
cOmpanied by shipping documents for
Triumph. Some days previously they had
already sold to us a similar bill of 10000
marks, equal to $4,000. on the same firm,
likewise accompanied by shipping docu-
ments for $4,000 bushels of wheat per
steamship Dolcouth. All these shipping
documents have since turned out to be
forgerIes. There were no such steamships
III port ut the time. and no such wheat.
Fortunately we discovered the forgery be-
side and were able to stop payment and
thus save our money. 1t was for the above
transaction that Field was to-day in
dicted."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
Beaten and Robbed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Dee. 1S.-In broad daylight,
about T.. NJ. four masked men committed n re-
markably bold robbery, seriously beat John
Blank and made their escape. At The hour named
the men entered the outer office of the Central
distillery, and fndIng there Mr.. Blank, counting
his cash-drawer receipts. covered him with re-
volVer and demanded tho money. Blank
made some show of resistance, and was
Immediately assaulted by two OF the
men, who beat him over the head
with revolver, stunning him. They then took
the money, about 500, ana escaped. Blank
was found shortly after and taken to his home
where "a ply stefan found that his skull was
fractured, though not fatally. Not twenty feet
away in an adjoining room, the main office of
the concern. were the chief officers OF the com
pany. none OF whom, however, learned or the
struggle until tt was all over. There Is no clew
to the thieves, as Blank can give no good de-
scription.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-A cable dispatch from
the Roman correspondent Of the Catholic News
announces the appointment OF the Very Rev.
Ignatius Il. Horstman, ID. d., OF the cathedral,
Philadelphia. bishop of Cleveland, o., the Rev.
Sebastian Messmer ID. D., professor OF canon
law In the Catholic University at Washington. as
bishop or reen Bay, Wis, and Very Rev. James
Sohwebach, yicar-general OF Lacrosse, Wis,
promoted To that vacant seat
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, Dec. 18.-The Rev. Sebas-
tan Messmcr has announced his intention of
notifying the papal authorities at Rome that he
will not accept the position of bishop at Green
Bay to which he has been appointed. His reasons
that he likes his present position rs pro-
lessor OF dogmatic and canon law in the Catholic
University near Was hingtOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
A to Personal Popularity.

Richmond Palladium.
The upright and able administration of Presi-
dent Harrison is Conceded. but like the able and
patriotic John Adams he lacks the elements OF
personal popularity Fort Wayne Gazette.
It lie rather amusing after the grand ova-
tions gwen the President in every part of
che country and the universal popularity
of his speeches. to hear him spoken of as
lacking in the elements of personal popu-
popular with the great body of people as
the present one. Does our friend Of the
Gazette believe that personal popularity is
moro important than an upright and able
Administrations And what is there that
can give greater personal popularity to a
President than an upright and able admi n
istTatiOn" Mr.. Blaine is the GaZette's
choice for President. presumably because
he is personally popular. Yet Mr.. Blaine
was defeated by Cleveland while Harrison
succeeded against the same opponent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
WILL THROW UP ITS CONTRACT.
The Electric Light Company of ST. Louis Says
Ii Is Losing Money at the Present Rate.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1s-The Municipal Elec-
trio Light and Power Company has decided
to throw up it's contract to light the city Of
st. Louis unless given Sl25.0OO per year
more than it Is now getting. 1t
claims to be losing money at
its present rate of payment Tho
city. under the company's charter. can buy
it out if it so desires. The demand of the
the city, as the contract has eight years to
run. The present contract calls for S7i.95
per arc light. and the city uses about 300.
These figures the company claims, show
why money cannot be made. The company
has e2.600,000 invested. but does some pri-
Yate lighting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-19
Read n Letter from CLEVELAND

NATRoNA, Pa, Dec. 19.-TEe district Grange
has to-day closed the most successful meeting
ever held In this section. while the most interest
ing topic OF discussion the Baker ballot bill.
The debate was opened by w. J. Hous-
ton, who cordially Endorsed the bill.
Mr.. Houston then read letter from Grover
Cleveland. which had been sent in response 10 a
query on the ex-President's position on the Sc
cret ballot Mr.. Cleveland stated that he
favored IL by all means, and believed 10 would
not be- long before its adoption would be general.
The letter concluded with wishing the Grange
oil progress in its honest endeavors fer a parer
ballot and for the advancement OF the farming
interests of the country