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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24
THE COINAGE COMMITTEE.


Inquiry into the records of members of
the House Committee on Coinage.
W elghts and Measures, shows by their
past utteranceS or votes that eight out of
thirteen OF the members of the commit
tee declared in favor of free coinage. one
Is IN doubt, while three other members
are outSpoken against free coinage. and
the lourth is said TO be unquestionably
against free coinage. The members in
FAVOR OF free coinage are Bland of Mis-
souri,, Williams of Illinois, Kilgore of
i eXaS, robertson of Louisiana, Pierce of
tennessee, Epse of Virginia, McKeighan
OF y Nebraska, Bartine of Nevada.
Those opposed are: Tracy of New
YORK, Williams OF Massachusetts, TAYLOR
OF LIMOS and Stone of Pennsylvania.
Johnston of North Dakota was not in
the last Congress, but is thought by some
to favor free coinage
Inc silver men are very well pleased
with the constitution of the Coinage
committee and regard it significant Of
the speakers purpose TO afford an OPP
portunlty for the passage of a free coinage
measure. Chairman Bland is the most
pronounced Democratic advocate Of silver
IN the House. The silver men regard
The TACT that Bartine heads the list OF Re-
publican members as another indication
OF the Speakers friendliness toward a
liberal silver policy.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
OF the ten Democratic members of the
Ways and Means Committee all except
Stevens of Massachusetts and BRYAN of
Nebraska, who are in their first term in
Congress, were members of the f1ftieth
congress, and Of these, all except Whit
ing of Michigan were recorded as voting
for the Mills bill on it's final passage.
w hitting made several speeches uphold
ing the tariff message OF President Cleve-
land, and was probably paired in favor of
the bill. Springer chairman always
voted for tariff re.orm measures, but has.
by published interviews, recorded him
self in favor of passing specific bills to
put few articles on the free list, and
against general revision of the tariff bv
the House at this session. The majority
OF his Democratic colleagues have Stated
IN public that they We're in favor of this
line of policy at the present time.
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Death OF a Nana Citizen.

NAPA, Dec. 23.-Abram W. Norton died
at his home here at noon to-day of pneu-
monia. He was native of New York,
aged 66 years, and came to Napa in 1852.
when there were but three white families
living here. He had acquired fortune,
and had ever been one of Napa's foremost
citizens. He leaves wife and six
children
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24
The Worlds Fair.

MARYsvILLE, Dec. 23.-At meeting of
the Suffer County Horticultural Society,
held at Yuba City to-day, resolutions
We're adopted requesting the Supervisors
of ali counties III the State north of San
Francisco to appoint five delegates to
meet with the society at their regular
meeting on February 18th, TO consider
the propriety OF organizing a Worlds
Fair Association for Northern California
Active committees were appointed, and
will begin ut once the work of securing a
large attendance in February
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GALE AT SEA.

The Steamer Prebla Has a Rough
Passage From Victoria.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 23.-The steamer
Puebla arrived in port this morning, sew
enty-two hours from Victoria, and if ever
passengers on vessel were glad to get on
shore, it was those who took passage on
the steamer to this city.
The Puebla left Victoria on Sunday
morning at II o'clock. Early Monday
morning, off Cape Flattery, the steamer
was struck by a heavy sea on the port
side causing her to keel over to such an
extent that it was feared she would 90
completely over.
Passengers were thrown out of their
beds, and excitement was at fever heat.
To make matters worse, the cargo shifted
ana the fires on the port side were extin-
guished. The cabin was filled with water
and every movable article was afioat.
The steam went down at a rush from 100
to 40 pounds and the situation was a
thrilling one. Through the GOODNESS of
Captain Debney and his efficient corps OF
officers the steamer was kept out of the
trough OF the sea, otherwise she would
have been lost. She carried eighty-seven
| cabin and ninety-One Steerage passengers.
beside crew of eighty-six. Some of
| the boats were badly used up and consid-
cradle other damage done.
W hen the sea struck the steamer it
came so suddenly that the danger was
passed before the passengers were fully
alive to the dreadful state of affairs.
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Boisterous Weather.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-The weather
outside the heads was boisterous to-day,
the sea running high and there being a
forty-mile breeze from the northwest.
Several coasting vessels felt the force of
the rough weather and determined to re-
turn to port. The barkentine j NJ Crit
fifth, which left yesterday for Port Had
lock, had bad time of it. Early this
morning the wind shifted to the south
southwest, swelling into gale and carry
ing away the lore royal mast, topgallant
mast, flying jibboom and several sails.
She returned to the harbor this afternoon.
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Condition of Cyrus w. Field.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The condition of
Cyrus w. Field is more hopeful to-day
than tor some time. He was able to sit
up and take nourishment. The family
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Fatal Tank Explosion.

KANSAS CITY, Dec 23.-An ammonia
tank in the Armour packing establish
ment exploded this morning. Four men
were killed
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House COMMITTEES.
List of Members as Announced
By Speaker Crisp.
SPRINGER CHAIRMAN OF WAYS
AND MEANS

Eight of the Committee on Coinage.
age Advocates-The Majority of the
Democratic Members of the Ways
and Means Committee Not Favora-
bic to a General Revision of the
Tariff at This Session of the House.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24

citation. has received advices from twenty
two counties OF tie State, each of which
viii be fully represented in the State
Miners Convention at San Francisco on
January 10th.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24
VATIERSON Walls.
he Does Not Like Cfisp's Selec-
ton of Committees.
SPRINGER HAS NOT THE CAPACITY
TO LEAD THE HOUSE.

A Fire at st. Joseph Nearly Results in
a Wholesale Loss of Iife-Dvnan,ite
Bombs Placed Between the Parti-
lions of 81 Tenement House and tho
Building Fired-young Field ADJ
Judged Lunatic.
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Walt whitman

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-Walt Whit
man tonight was reported growing
steadily weaker.
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EX-Editor Osgoodby.

CARSON New, Dec. 23.--Osgoodby, the
ex-San Jose editor, who was indicted by
the Santa Clara County Grand Jury for
extortion, started for that point tonight
in company with Deputy Sheriff circuit.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24
Mining Interests

AUBURN, Dec. 23.-T. B. Everett, Secre-
tary of the Placer County Miners Asso-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-John Chattellon
d Sons scale factory was burned this
morning. Loss, Sill, 600; fully insured.
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A Lady Seriously Tniu,.e1.

MARYsvILLE, Dec. %. Mrs. Douglass.
who lives near Bangor, was thrown from
runaway buggy while nearing Tim
buctoo yesterday, and sustained injuries
which may possibly prove fatal.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-24

Department. w. C. Oates; Expenditures
on Interior Office Department, j. w.
ovens; Expenditures in Department of
Justice, j. n. Allen; Expendituressin
Department of Agriculture, p. C. Ed
ilunds; Expenditures ON Public Build
IQps Fl NJ VOup,o,e
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01
VOL. X.XXVIII.
10 our 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 publica-
tions, (aheriff's sales especially, as a
neglect on their part to give positive
instructions as to where they desire
sncb advertisement published, is apt to
result in our being deprived of the pa
tronage that would otherwise be given
to us. The sheriff of this parish has
been making himself especially Jealous
Id tho matter of securing sheriff's sales
for the paper of which he is director
and stockholder, and several publica-
ti0ns 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
OF 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 interfere with their prefer
ances, bat our friends who wish to
favor rs 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 be induced to
consent that the advertisement should
be done in some other paper.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Daily States: There has been a
good deal of talk to the effect that if
the Anti Lotteryites discover that they
can not have everything their own way
in the State campaign that they will
bolt. and the Alexandria Times. com
menting on the matter, says:
Since the antis claim that they have an
overwhelming majority of the Democratic
white voters of the State, who alone elect
delegates to the nominating convention, it is
passing strange that there should be whis-
per of a bolt in case they fail to land their
man Why is this thing thus
On the other side of the house the con.
servatism and answering Democracy of the
pros leave no room to doubt that they will
stand by the action of the convention, even
should our present executive be the nominee
and this is putting the case as strong as it
possibly could be put.
The Times is right. The ProLot-
teryites will vote for the regular Dem
ocratic nominee, no matter who he is.
The Pro- Lotteryites are, first of all,
Democrats, and they will abide by the
decision of the Democratic convention,
whether it's action is disappointing to
them or not.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

The loudest howlers about SUBJ
sidized press are the Anti organs of
mushroom growth which are sustained
by unlawful awards of parish printing,
at prices above the bids of their old
established competitors, or are other
wise kept in existence by official pap.
The Alexandria Times gives this class
OF ''moralists' a dig in the ribs ais
follows:
Those Anti papers who accepted Doodle
from men on their side of the question are
''hirelings, in short, who cannot understand
how press can be SO far influenced by an
unseifish interest in the veal of the COM
monwealth as to advocate the licensing of a
lottery for the munifeent sum of million
and quarter dollars a year without being
paid for such advocacy. This sort of patriot
ism rises above their conception.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01
Sheriff Fontenot and The Tax
Sales.

An examination of the delinquen
tax list OF movable property advertised
to be sold by the Sheriff, will show tha,
q very large majority of those tax
payers are poor people who own yery
little more than COW or horse which
has been seized for taxes-the amount
OF State and Parish taxes combined, on
which the seizure is made seldom
reaches one dollar, and in many cases
does not amount to taoenfg cents. But
the interest and cost y is where the
Sheriff gets in his little work for his
paper at the expense of the poor tax
payer. For instance here is sample,
tand there are many others just like it).
Pierre Gustin, Bayou Courtableau, stock
ten dollars, state six cents, parish ten cents,
poll one dollar, total one dollar and sixteen
cents with interest and cost"
Where the delinquent is a woman
and therefore does'not pay poll tax, the
amount for which the seizure is made
would be sixteen cents auth interest
and cost, to-wit
"Mrs. Mary Jason, Chicot one cabin in
Chicot ten dollars, state six cents, parish ten
cents. total sixteen cents, with interest aud
cost"
We will take this last case, for in
stance, to illustrate the difference be-
tween what Sheriff Fontenot breaches
and what he practices in the matter of
his distressing solicitude for the in
terests of the poor taxpayers wide
parish printing episode for instance. J
This poor woman owns little cabin
assessed at $40, which, in all probabi-
lity, constitutes the bulk of her earthly
possessions; her state and parish taxes
combined amount to sixteen cents; her
cabin is seized and advertised ia the
Clarion and interest and cost added on
to the sixteen cents. We don't know
what the interest and cost will foot up,
but we do know that the advertisement
alone will cost her one dollar, and we
do know that Sheriff Fontenot could
have saved this poor woman, and hun
dreds of other delinquent tax payers,
ninety-fUe cents each, amounting in the
aggregate to several hundred dollars, If
he had accepted the proposition that
had been made to him by both tho
COURIER and Democrat to publish these
tax sales at fUe cents each 1t is true if
we had the delinquent tax list at five
cents each, the st. Landry Clarion
would not have come 10 for several
hundred dollars on this little job, but
it is equally true, also, that the tax
payers would have been saved that
much. and Mr.. Fontenot would not now
stand ID the very unenviable attitude
of preaching one thing and nracticing
the reverse at the expense of the tax
payer and for the special benefit of the
newspaper for which he lis stockhold-
er and director.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

On August 4th there will be held at
the town of Lafayette convention of
the Farmers Alliance, at which time
and place dads supposed there will be
delegates from each and every parish.
Rumor says that the anti-lottery poll
ticians, although cognizant of the fact
that this will be essentially meeting
of the Farmers Alliance, intend going
there with the avowed intention of,try-
ing to capture the convention and use
the farmers to suit their own selfish po-
litical purposes. 1t is said that they
(the antisl will go there With resolu-
tons already prepared, in the hopes of
being able to have their resolutions
adopted. This trick on the part of the
antis to try to get away with the Alli-
ance is indeeG amusing, and if the
Farmers Alliance will do as they have
been in the habit of doing, and perform
their work quietly among themselves,
with their doors closed to the sanity
ants, who will be on hand, it will in-
deed be an amusing spectacle to see
these saints returning to their homes
wiser if not better, men properly re-
bnked for their impndence in forcing
their presence where perhaps it is not
wanted.
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B. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissioner U. s. Circuit Court for the
Western District of Louisiana.
Commissioner U. S. Court of Claims,
throughout the United States.
Z Notary Public in and for the Parish of St.
Landry.
Office, with Hon. John N. Ogden, Opelousas.
Particular attention given to Land cases
and to final proofs.
Collections in the Parishes of ST. Landry
and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured Patents, Caveats Trade
Marks, ETC., procured without delay.
July I8 1891.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

1t is generally supposed and believed
that the Farmers Alliance at WhitevilIe
brought up the question Of the Belle
.yue resolution regarding the Post Office
matter, and that the effort to fepeal
the same was voted down BY an over
whelming majority.
Strange to say the Clfion in giving
q published afatemenf9of these pro-
ceedings makes no Hention of any
action whatever in regard to the Wilson
resolution.
sReliabie source''sin his recent letter
to the Clarion alludes to the fact that
such Q resolution did come up before
the Whiteville meeting. Why then
does the Clarion leave it out in the
published statement
Was the error Intentional or not Or
is 'sthe gag law being applied with
considerable effect on "the official
Journal of the Farmers Union of the
Parish of St Landry
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sTRAYED Or STOLEN.

Al blue MARE, saddle and bride, from f.
Richards fruit stand, Opelousas, last Sunday
uight; branded on left thigh abqnt thus Il 8,
cut BY wire on left shoulder and neck, and on
ribs on right side, also around front hoofs.
She is half American, stout and very fat. A
liberal reward will be paid for her return at
this Office or to the undersigned.
JOHN I,DALGO.
Aug. |, l8al-lm. Bellevue, La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

We direct attention to the advertise
ment of the Tulane University, of New
Orleans in another column. This splen-
did institution is undoubtedly one of
the best in the South, and is deserving,
in the highest degree, the patronage of
the people of our State.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01
July So, 1891.

IN June Is, 189l.-Notice is hereby given
that the following-uamed settler has filed no
tiee of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Judge, or Clerk Of the
District Court at Opelousas, La, on Monday,
August Sd. 1891, viz:
Louis Taylor,
who made Homestead Entry No 9057 for the
S. ! of N. w. and N. J of S. w. Sec 81,
TIP. 6, S. r. ! L. Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz: BAIL Rougeau, Onezime
Ledoux, Joseph Aguilliard, Damonville Sa-
vote, all of St Landry Parish, Louisiana.
CHAS. G. PALFREY,
June II, lS9l-6t Register.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

!. The Anti-Lottery Leagues bind no
man. except to oote against the Lottery" !"
st. Landry Carton.
Precisely so. Then it is settled that
they do bind them to do that.
Freemen Of St. Landry, are you
willing to have yourselves BOUND TO
vote for Or against anything1 Ifyou
are, we do not envy you. Let your
schemers place manacles on gou1.
aurists, but we prefer to remain free.
The Clarion continues g Upon
other questions the members are left
free to vote as they please
Then on this the member is not free.
IT is very kind in the Leagues to leave
the voter some freedom. Voters. do
you see itg The Leagues wish TO tic
you for only one thing. Do let them
tie Eon.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

In its enumeration of the list of at
fractions in Morgan City on the oc-
easion Of the excursion on the 9th of
August, the Lafayette Advertiser
throws ont the following tempting
bait--as a clineher:
Every excursionist is urgently re-
quested to bring along fishing line,
as the boys have gone to the trouble
and expense Of hiring whole school
of fish to loaf around the wharf on that
day and allow themselves to be caught.
It would be pity to disappoint the
boys likewise the fish.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

In a difficulty at Palmetto last Tues
day between DIR. r.. Mayer and Simon
Isackson, clerk for w. Budden, Is
ackson fred two pistol shots at Mayer ;
neither shot took effect, but are re-
ported to have been uncomfortably
close. We did not learn the particu-
lars of the trouble.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

A few days ago a son Of Mr.. VIM.
Dejean. on Plaquemine Ridge, while
blowing in the field, found Spanish
sisver coin, about the value of 5 cents,
dated I706. Last year one of his sons
plowed up in the same field Spanish
coin about the size of our 25 cent piece
Qf about the same date as the one re-
Gently found. It ii surmised that
here Mr.. D6iean now resides was in
hahised by Spanish colony about lS5
Years AFRO.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Any one wishing to embark IN the
hotel business isaaIfs town will now
have good opportunity of doing SO as
the Generes Hotel is offered for sale
See notice in another column,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

By virtue of au 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 a duly qualified auc-
tioneer, on the premises hereinafter described,
near Opelousas, Parish of ST. Landry, on
Wednesday,, August 26th, 1901,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of Mistress Mathilde Sittig, of
the parish of st. Landry, towit
One lot of ground situated just south of the
corporation line of the town of Opelousas,
containing an area Of So fifty ytwol feet front
lie lie road leading IF FROM Fn said town to Bellevue,
bounded north by said corporation line south
by j. L. Chacher6, with one store house
thereon, formerly occupied by Etienne Veltin
as store.
Terms-On credit of twelve months.
ARTHUR VELTIN,
July So, 1891, Administrator.
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FOR SALE.

The Gemeres Hotel, on Landry street
opposite the Court House. For terms. ETC.,
address w. C. PERRAULT, Atty.
August |, l89l-l0t Opelousas, La.
Also, an Ethan Allen Stallion years old.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Mr.. j.. B. Donate sent tSaanifcent
sample of peaches to our Sogice last
Tuesday, raised by him near town,
which are as fine specimens of home
production as we have ever seen here,
and shows that with proper attention
this fruit can be brought to as near per-
faction III our parish as anywhere.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Wecontinue to receive, from every
section of onr parish, the me>t fatter
ing reports on the condit ~ of the
crops
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

g Reliable Source z (9) lntimates that
our report Of the Farmers Alliance
meeting at Whiteville was incomplete.
Perhaps it was, and his statement that
" the Union is an oath bound order is
sufficient apology for the incomplete
ness of our report. But he does not
deny that, as far as it went, our report
was correct he says:
"As to the hilarity exhibited by the editor
of the COURIER over the disappointment met
with by some OF the delegates who had itn-
agined that they exercised mighty influence
in the Alliance We will say that the Union
is an oath-bound order, and a member for
swears himself in advocating anything there
yancement of principles in accord with the
teachings of the Union, one of which is, that
it does not interfere with your religions or po-
litieal Vows
But we were particularly struck with
the correctness of the prophecy fore
Swallowed in the following quotation:
We suppose the editor will continue to be
inirthful when he hears the news from Demo-
cratic primaries
In view Of the contemplated trip mp
Salt River by Reliable Source and
his crew we will necessarily have to
drop into poetry again, and as Burns
does not appear to suit bis fastidious
taste, how would something like this
do:
Fare you well to my Mary Annei
o, Fare you well for while, etc. etc, etc
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Ifyou want any first class Job Print
Ing done, call at this Office and you
will be perfectly satisfied.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

FoR SALE AT a BARGAIN II Buck
eye Reaper and Binder, G. Aultman
Sc Co. Thresher, inch Rotary Pump.
Apply TO Jos. Bloch.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01

Get your meals at the Farmers Union
Lunch House, opposite the Post-of6ce
on Main street,