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biood-curdling shrieks, they fell upon
the tenderfeet and killed them
without resistance. The men were
SO completely overcome by the
awful shrieks of the savages
that they died like sheep. One of the
party escaped, as he was some distance
from the camp and was not discovered
by the Indians. We returned and
buried our late companions in one
grave, which is marked unto this day
by pile Of rocks"
The yell of sayages when they made
an attack upon body of emigrants is
described as the most horrifying sound
that could be imagined. Persons who
had never heardSi \efore were often
literally paralyzed by ar andunable to
raise their hands in self>2efense 1t is
said that more than one TN woman
or child was actually scared to death by
the unearthly shrieks. Old plainsmen
felt their hair stsnd on end and their
nerves grow unsteady in the hearing of
that indefnable sound.-Denver News.
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sherif's Sale.
W. C. JOHNSON VS.. GIBBON S. cHEYIs
No 145O6 DIsTRIcT CouRr PARISH OF
ST., Landry


By virtue of writ of fieri facias issued
out of the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court OF the State of Louisiana, in and for
the parish Of st. Landry, in the above enti-
tied and numbered suit, and to me direct
ed, will proceed to sell at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House in the town of
Opelousas, parish Of St Landry. La, on
Saturday, August LIST, 1891,
at II o'clock a. m., the following described
property, to-wit g
The undivided half of a certain tract of
land situated in the parish of 81. Landry,
near Bayou Courtableau's left descending
bank, being the NJ of sW4, NWL Of
SEA, 81 of sEL, NEA of SEA. section
No. III; SWL of SWI, NW14 of SN4, of
section No. gall in township No 5 south
of range No. 6 east of Louisiana meridian,
containing three hundred and twenty-five
and sixty-six hundredths acres, 1922 GI1U. J
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash.
T. $. FONTESOT,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry.
inner Ct
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11
wooden shoes in the West.

The sale of wooden shoes-the real
kind, such as are worn by German peas
ants-is quite lively in some of the
Western States. An Indianapolis paper
says that the chief sale is in winter.
The purchasers are dairymen, garden
ers and farmers. Chicken-cleaners in
the poultry houses, who stand in feath-
ers and steam, wear them to save shoe
leather. Gardeners wives and daugh-
ters wear them in the market In the
cold weather of three winters ago, In
indianapolis, number of street-car
drivers caught on to the fact that while
the shoes do not look well, and are
cum bersome. though not as much so as
they look. they are warmer than other
footwear. The drivers covered them
with black cloth and tackled old boot
legs to the top and found they had .
protection for the foot that the cold
could not Chicago Evening
Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11

NOTICE.-Land office ii New Orleans,
June 18th, 1s91.-Notice i'd hereby given
that the following-named settier has filed
notice Of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and tiiat said proof
will be made before the JudEe or Clerk Of
day, August sth, 1891, ~ BENJAMIN
Guiliory who made pre-emption deeiara-
tory statement No. I9l for the NWL sec
IL TIP SIS, r 2 w La. mer He names the
following witnesses to prove his continu-
GUS residence upon and cultivation OF, said
land, viz: Hilaire Bordelon, Cesar Wilma,
Joseph Chapman, Auguste Saucier, all of
st. Landry parish, La.
CHARLES C. PALFREY,
juneN ct Register.
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II. ID. LEWIS. j. p. SAIZAN.
LEWIS & SATAN,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
OPELOUsAs, LA.
- Office on Main street. oct II

13 WEEKS.

15 w WEEKS
The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, Sc
eurely wrapped, to any address in the
United States 13 weeks on receipt of OSE
DOLLAR Liberal discount allowed to post
masters, agents and clubs. Sample copies
mailed free Addres all orders to
RICHARD X. FOX,
Franklin Square, N. y
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The Oldest Land.

How many people know where the
oldest place in America is situatede Not
the oldest town in the country or ON the
continent, but the oldest land? Well, it
is Mount Marcy, in the Adirondack
mountains. Ages and ages ago, perhaps
a million years, this entire continent
was covered with ice and water; in fact,
there was no continent. Then the
waters subsidized, and a point os land
made its appearance, and that poirtt was
Mount Marcy. 1t would take too long
to explain how this interesting factwaS
discovered, but it is vouched for by
Agassiz and other famous geolog5sts,
and so it may be believed without ques-
ton. Mount Marcy is 5,3s7 feet high.
the tallest peak of the Adirondacks, and,
IN fact, the highest mountain in New
York. 1t was named after Governor
William L. Marcy.-N. Y. Examiner.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11
She Hit the Mark.

Sometimes single homely phrase has
in it so much truth that it sums up the
entire situation. Mrs It's cook is, in
outward appearance. rather stupid
girl, but she is by no means without a
homely wit and goodly share of COM
mon sense.
Net long since Mrs. 7. had occasion
to talk with the girl in relation to the
grocer, man of remarkably-plaus
manners, but concerning the honesty
of whose dealings grave doubts had
arisen.
''He is certainly not honest in his
weight, Mrs T. said, ssbut he is very
polite. There is at least that to be said
in his favor"
"Oh. yesm,'' the girl answered. readi-
ly, Il always thought he was too sweet
to be wholesome. '-Y Youths Compan-
ion.
--Brown-s'That was curious blum
der you made in your note to Miss
Smith. You dated it 1880 instead of
1890" Fogg-''That wasn't blunder
at all, old fellow. It was a fine touch
of gallantry on my part. She told me
the other day she was only thirtyfve,
and when / wrote to her I thought I
couldn' t do less than make the year cor
respond with her statement. Boston
Transcript.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11

| DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS OF THE
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11
FUN FOR SAILORS.
How Crews Were Made Up by "Shang
E haied. Recruits.

How Crews Were Made Up by '.shang-
haied. Recruits.
The practice of kidnapping or s'shang-
haieing" seamen appears to have fallen
into innocuous desuetude. Sailors are
too common in these days of steam
craft to oblige master mariners to man
their forecastles through the treachery
OF land-sharks. In the days of the Cali
fornia gold craze every vessel sailing
into the Golden Gate was almost sure
to lose ie crew to a man through de-
sertion. 1t was the same in Australian
ports when fortune hunters froo all
parts of the globe swarmed to the Bal
larat and other diggings.
Woe betide the poor devils frequent
ing resorts along shore in those days
if they drank too much or found them
selves alone with the harpies who dealt
in human flesh and blood Nobody
cared whether the victim, hoisted over
the fall like bag of meal, was drunk,
drugged or beaten to insensibility.
When he came to himself he would be
miles and miles from land, with three
or six months voyage ahead, and
nothing left for him to do but make the
best of his situation and obey orders.
An old Cape Cod sea captain was talk
ing on this subject recently and related
little circumstance that came under
his own observation. His ship had
been loaded and lying in San Francisco
harbor. for a month, waiting for
crew. An offer of liberal wages failed
induce a single foremast hand to ship
for a voyage to Liverpool, and as last
resort he offered a shipping agent
bounty of S100 head for any man he
put aboard That evening his crew
was completed, and with the assist
ance of clearinghouse runners and
longshoremen the ship was got un-
der way and put to sea, the cap
tain, mates and steward running her
short-handed until morning. When
day broke the captain thought it well
to look his men over. Most of them
had slept off the potations, and five of
them staggered to the deck, when
called, in very shaky condition. Four
of them proved sailors, and the fifth
was a grocer's clerk. Hearing moth
ing from the other four. he went
below to investigate. The first one
he looked at was Chinaman. Bucket
after bucket of water was dashed
in his face without avail, and, when at
last he was dragged on deck, it was dis.
covered that he had been dead several
days. The other t4ree were aroused by
the racket and came creeping up the
narrow companionway. Imagine the
captains surprise at three fu1l-fedged |
cowboys. He says he shall never for
get the astonishment and dismay with
which they gazed aloft and at the
dreary waste of water. stretching away
on every hand. Luckily their kidnap-
pers had deprived them of their weap-
ons, or there would have been mutiny
then and there. Before they saw land
again all three had become fair sailors.
They had one weakness that made life
a burden to the cook, an old darky.
They had fashion of conveting the
halyards into lariat and lassoing the
professor, whenever he stuck his
head beyond the galley door.-Boston
Traveller
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11

FOR SALES acres Of land in prairie
Basse woods, 81 miles from Opeiousas.
Apply at this office.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-11

Little catch-alls for small trinkets
sfe devised, as broken egg-shells N
bronze, with gay-plumed chicks ranged
on each side '.r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17
ENGLAND's POLITICAL PRISONERS.
The Death of Nationalist NalIy to BE Inves-
tigated In Parliament.


DUBLIN, Nov. 1.-THE death OF p W Nally.
the noted Irish nationalist, who died Monday
week in Mount Joy prison and whose remains
have just been inferred in Glasneven cemetery,
near this city, will undoubtedly prove one of
the sensational features of the battle to be
fought in parliament Immediately after the re-
assembling of the houses. For once it 10 ex-
pected that the sympathies Of even some Of the
more rabid tories will be enlisted in the ap-
proaching inquiry, for it is claimed that Nallys
death was directly due to most hard and
Infamous treatment received at the hands Of
the keepers OF Miibahk prison, London. where
Nally was detained previous TO being trans
ferred TO Mount Joy prison.
Mr.. VIM. U Brien. John Dillon ana Justin
Mccarthy have had their attention called 70 this
matter. ana they already arming themselves
with facts gathered from the coroner inquest
and elsewhere In order TO be prepared 20 make
the death Of Nally a battering ram with which
TO make powerful onslaught upon the con-
seryative government Mr. uladstone's stten-
tion has also been called to the matter and it
is expected that he will not let such a chance OF
pummeling the tories escape him easily.
The Irish members intend 10 make the death
of Nally the basis for asking for q full and pub
lie inquiry into the treatment Of Irish pris-
oners.
An Irish member of parliament who has
taken a great interest in Naiiys fate, referring
TO the facts given above, said today: "You have
very little idea Of the cruelty with which Irish
political prisoners are treated. There 10 an
idea in some quarters that anything an Irish
man may say against the British government
against the police or constabulary or against
British prisons must, beyond any doubt, he
grossly exaggerated and highly ridiculous.
As a fact. however, not one-half of the real
truth lie known in connection with British abuss
of power when lrishmen concerned. II We
succeed in obtaining the appointment Of .
commission to inquire into the treatment Irish
political prisoners receive there will be some
facts unearthed which will cause Siberian
methods TO be thrown into the shade"
p. w. Nally, it may be recalled, was SEN
fenced at the Cork assizes in 1883 to ten years'
penal seryitude for completely in the Cross
DIR. Nally OF Mayo and Q cousin Of the we'll
known ''Scrab" Nally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

PERsoNAL.-Theo. W. Woodland Of Newark.
N. j., A. H. Fische of New York. B. A. Eliratt of
Pittsburg and Jos. W. Loughlin of Bos-
ton are at Willard's, E. Kennedy
Of New York. j. S. Drake of Pitts
burg, George F. Stetch OF Chicago and
J. o. W. Duffy of Brooklyn are at the Randall
john Billings Of Hamilton. Conn. Edward
Lauterbach of New York, w. Murray Crane of
Dalton and NJ. L. Abbott OF Pittsburg
are at the Arlington.-E. S. Yerga-
son of Hartford, T. W. Mckinley of
New York, Frank C. Price Of Springfield. Mass,
and w. A. Wheeler of Norfolk, Va, are at the
Shoreham.-Benjamin H. Cramp of Phila-
delphia John Matthew and Walter Matthew Of
England and H. s. Thomas of New York
are at the Riggs.--Louis Scott of
Paramount In6., ]. W. Kaufman Of New York.
H. p. Nichols of New Haven and Chas. T. Town
send of Brooklyn are at the Ebbitt.--W. L.
bold of New York and ]. W. Reed of Philadel-
phia are at the johnson. @. Dodge of
Boston, Chas. NJ. Hemingway Of Philadelphia
and G. E. Hyde of the United States geological
survey are at the Arno.-L. s. Waller of
Laurel, Del, is at the Fredonia. ] Josiah
Patterson Of Tennessee, E. K. Davis of Kansas
City. Lemuel W. Serrell and Joseph NJ. Vose Of
New York are at the Metropolitan. H.
Harrison and William r. Spencer of New York,
John c. Burrows Of Chicago and W.
Wheeler of st. Louis are at the National.-
Col. F. E. Stark Of Texas, H. d. King of Lynn
Mass, and G. N. Colmss Of Norwalk, Conn.
are at the st. James.-Mr. Samuel Bruck-
heimer has left the census Office to become
private secretary to Hon. Thos l. johnson Of
Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17
NO FEAR OF THE INDIANS.
What Gen. schofeld Says About the Breal
Of Big F0ot's Band.

u
Of Big FOot's Band.
A telegram has been received at army head
quarters from Gen. John B. Brooke. command
ing the department of Dakota, in response to
one sent out by Gen. Schofield asking the truth
about the rumor that Big Foot's band had left
the reservation and started for Pine Ridge.
Gen. brooke stated that he had been unable to
learn anything definite about the movement,
but would find out its scope and significance at
once.
There Is no apprehension felt here that this
movement will be followed by anything like
last winters outbreak. Gen. Schofield said
this morning to STAR reporter: "The state Of
things in the Indian country is today far better
than o year ago. The lessons learned by both
sides ut Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee may not
be lasting. but they have wholesome effect
for the time being. There lie more content
among the Sioux this winter than last and
this Is mainly due to the fact that the
affairs Of the government as far as they
affect the Indians are, I believe, being
better administered. OF course there will
always be some discomfort among that class Of
people and an undercurrent of trouble, but
there seems to be less and less Of 1t as we find
out how to handle the situation. I do not
think that there arc any signs to be discerned
now of trouble this winter for - far as can
see the tribes are quiet"
In reply to further question he added:
s1fhere will be no general changes of troops
this winter unless some emergency should arise.
The LIST Of October 10 taken a. the general
limit beyond which il has been found insd-
visable to change stations until spring.
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Six Lives Lost in a Burning Brook
lyn Tenement
PRISON METHODS In ENGLAND.
Minister Grants Efforts in Behalf
Of Pork.
LATE TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.
BARRIERS OF FLAME.
Sin Persons Burned to Death In . Brooklyn
Tenement


Tenement
BRooKLyS. y. Y, Nov. I7.-At an early hour
this morning IA fire occurred in the fo1r-story
tenement house at l2O Nosirand syenue. The
building was sconstructed mostly Of wood and the
flames spread to all portions OF il with marvel
ous rapidity, cutting otf the escape Of those
who lived in the upper hoors. Six persons are
known 20 have perlshed. while many others
were badly burned or had narrow escapes from
death.
SIX LIVES LOST.
The dead as far a. known. are Mrs. Schnaebls.
her two children, aud Mrs. stellenberger aud
her two children.
The ire spread from No. I20 to adjoining
buildings and destroyed twenty OF them. At
least iity families were burned out. and IL is
probable that other persons besides those
given above have lost their lives
There were scenes OF wild excitement and
panic during the progress Of the flames. The
Inmates aroused from their siumbers by the
police and Others who happened to be IN sile
vicinity, rushed Wildly from their homes in
scanty attire. Mothers would remember that
some OF their children were forgotten IN the
hAstN exit and could only be prevented from
rushing back into their burning homes by
force.
WORKING LINE HfRoEs
The police and firemen worked like heroes
and many daring rescues by them are recorded.
Mrs. Annie Bowers. aged twenty-six. wns car
ried IN an unconscious condition from her
apartments by a brave fireman. who risked has
lIie 10 save hers. The family living the top
toor OF this building were unaccounted for and
an effort was made 10 reach them. but the smoke
and flames drove the rescuers back.
The flames were first discovered at 2.30 this
morning aud al o clock were not vet under
control although the whole of the fire delart-
ment was on the scene. Ii was impossible at
that hour to get correct list OF the dead and
missing, owing 20 the excitement that pre- vailed
and the fact that :he inmates OF the burned
dwellings had IN many instances been taken in
anu cared for by nelghbors.
HEMMED IN By FLAMES.
Probably the greatest fatalities occurred In
the building No. l2O. where the fire originated.
There were six families living there, and all
were rescued alive but some members OF the
Schnaeble and Stellenberger families. Mrs.
Schnaeble and Mr.. Stellenberger and one child
were rescued with great difficulty. but the re-
naming members of the two families were
burned TO death. The family of Mr.. Ashworth.
consisting of himself. wife and two children.
who lived on the first floor OF this building. III
narrow escapes. As II the two chlidStn
were badly burned and we're Unconscious when
rescued. They and others who were injured
we're removed TO hospitals in ambulanoes.
Ex-Consul Ropes Dead
LONDON. Nov. l7.-Mr. Henry Ropes, for
merly United States consul at st. Petersburg,
and head of the firm Of W. H. Ropes A Co. "a
Wall street. New York. died yesterday at Tenby,
near Pembroke, Wales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

NAVAL ORDERs-Pay Inspector J. A. Smith
and Ensign d. P. Menefre, ordered to exam
ination for promotion. Passed Assistant En-
gineer J. s. Ogden, ordered to duty in the bu-
reau of steam engineering. Medical Inspector
Theoron Woolyerton. placed on the retired list
from the 18th November, 1891.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

GoNE TO CHIcAao.--Assistan. Secretary Net
tleton. Assistant Secretary Willetts and other
members Of the departmental executive COM
mittee left here this morning for Chicago on
business connected with the governments ex-
hibit at the worlds fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

BONDS REDEEMEp.-The amount of AZ pc,
cent bonds redeemed yesterday was S57, 200
making the total redeemed to date S2I, ,493, 600
and leaving outstanding S4,0l1, 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

SECRETARY FOSTER left here this morning for
New York to attend the annual banquet of the
chamber of commerce this evening. He will
return to Washington Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

APPOINTMENT OF kEEPERs.-The Secretary Of
the Treasury has appointed Eugene W. Clisby
keeper of the Surfside ife-saving station,
Mass, vice George A. veeder, resigned, and
Herbert Elwell keeper of the New Burnt Island
station, on the coast Of Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

Mr.. ALBERT HALsrEAp Of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gdzette arrived in this city last
evening. For over year past he has done the
local political work for the Commercial, Gazette
and will be connected with the Washington end
of the paper this winter. Mr.. Halstead is q
son of Mr.. Murat Halstead and graduate of
Princeton in the class of 1889.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

FouRTH-cLAss PosTMAsrERs APPOINTED
Fourth-class postmasters have been appointed
as follows: F. Shanabrook Carlton Heights,
Nd. Mary E. Averett, Averett. Va; T. ].
Kiser, Carterton, Va; W. d. Smith, Rock
ford, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17

The viii Of the late Thomas 0oss has been
filed with Register Wright To his wife Mar
garst he leaves his real estate, part lot 2,
square ssl, and psrSonsl property. and . nomi-
nal sum to saoh Of his fve children. aud names
ecutorh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17
DETECTIVES BUNGLING.
Chasing Wisconsin Train Robbers with
Hazy Notions OF Their Task.


Hazy Notions OF Their Task.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA dispatch from Milwau-
kee says: The force Of detectives which has
been chasing train robbers over Racine county
for several days did some very bungling work.
For the last three days they have been looking
for only two robbers, but yesterday an eye
witness was discovered who ssw the robbery
from outside and counted five men.
This witness is Mrs Fancher, wife Of the far
mer among whose evergreens horse and buggy
were found Thursday morning, which explodes
the idea that only two men were engaged in it,
Mrs. Fancher is positive that she saw two men
at the safes, one man jumping out of the
shattered express car and two others
marching the engineer and fireman up
the track. Mrs. Fsncher, called her husband,
who grabbed his musket and was rushing TO-
ward the front door. His wife, however, threw
herself in his path and appealed TO him 10 put
his gun away and stay in doora This story
was corroborated by farmer named Foster,
who lives near by. Last night sdetective came
in with two bottles containing dynamite mix
ture, which he found near the scene Of the rob
berry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

49, THE ORANGE AND BLACK UNFURLED
49, Princeton Students Pierson and Goldsbury
want 70 see 800 young men az the \. NJ G. A.: 14O0
choir Evanyeistic meeting for men every night this
week and tonight. Come. nolB-6t
F~SCoTTISH RITZ. MI1HRAS LODGE
- OF Perfection Stat "a m etinv at the Cathe-
oral on TUESDAY. November II. at : p. m sharp
Work. thirteenth and fourteenth degrees.
nolO-2t A. ". HOLT. BY. Secretary.
A~sCOTTIsH RITE, ROBERT DE BRUCE
- Council, X II. Special meeting at Catbe-
dral Of the Kite ON TUESDAY. November L., at 30
pm. business. election of candidates. BY order Of
the commander
no10-2t A. II. HOLT. 3oS. Recorder.
ESFOR RENT-DENTAL PARLOR, SECOND
Old stand. w C. DUVAIL
noli3t g2.j st.
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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.--Internsl rev.
enue, S16i ,465; customs, S7l,772
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LORING LORE.

"MERTZ's" TAILORING LORE
The making of Dress Suits has always
been q special feature of my tailoring.
claim the Dress Suit more than any other
proclams the tailor. The first tailor in
this city to introduce the shatot roll. and
am now the first with the ''Cowes" roll
The very latest. Pronounced by dressers
Of taste the correct idea. To introduce
our fine tailoring to You, name $50 as
special price for Dress Suits. the S15
grade ut eos.
w. c. MERTZS
Tailoring Shop.
no17 5l4 llth st. NV.