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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
Crop Report.
LANSING, Sept. s, 1894.

LANSING, oept. 3, 1874.
The average rainfall in the state in Au-
gust did not exceed three-fourths of an inch,
or two inches less that the usual amount in
this month. In July there vas deficiency
of one and three-fourths inches. There
was very light rain throughout the state,
general July 90, but none from that date to
the 1st of September. With drouth thus
practically unbroken during the two principal
crop growing months Of July and August,
il is not difficult to estimate the condition of
crops. They are dried up. Corn, potatoes
and garden truck are damaged beyond re-
covery; the yield will be but a small per
cent of an average, and pastures afford
little or no feed for stock. The fact that in
a few localities rain has been slightly more
abundant and crops are consequently some
what better, does not disprOve the general
statement.
There is little doubt that wheat will be
largely fed to stock the coming winter. We
hope to have estimates soon of the proper
ton of the crop. One country miller writes
us that he has already ground fifteen hun
dred bushels for feed.
Threshers returns of more than 6S,000
acres of wheat threshed, secured by cor
respondents, show that the average yield
per acre in the state is 1896 bushels. The
average in the southern counties is 1918
bushels, in the central 1920 bushels, and in
the northern 1895 bushels.
The total number of bushels Of wheat re-
ported marketed by farmers since the Au-
gust report was published is 952,S OF
this amount 304, $50 bushels were marketed
before August /, but not reported until late
in August, and GAS, 1913 bushels were
marketed in August. The total amount re-
ported marketed in the twelve months end
ing with July, which is the wheat year for
Michigan, is $3.50, 95s bushels.
The amount of wheat reported marketed
since the August report was pub.
lshed, 952, ,s03 bushels, is 100000 bushels
less than reported for the same time in 1898.
WASHINGTON GARDNER,
Secretary of State.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
Morrice.

B. f. Ram left Yesterday for New York
state to inspect some property for which he
contemplates exchanging his mill-Miss
Allie Waters left for Charlevoix to-day
where she teaches in primary gradesv-
Lightning struck in several places about
here during the severe storm Sunday night
The greatest loss was sustained by B. L.
Shellman, farmer living four miles south,
hay, and produce was destroyed. The in
surance in the Ingham County Mutual was
$500. In town lightning struck the hen
coop of Tom Stanley and elec trocuted three
hens-The business men Of Morrice and
Perry played the second game Wednesday,
at Perry, and this time Perry won 22 to Is.
The visitors protested against Wilt Sim
mons, the ''lttle phenomenon" pitching
for Perry on the grounds that he could in
no wise come under the head of business
man. They yielded, however, and he was
allowed to pitch-John Robinson, for
mer merchant here, was shaking hands in
town this week. He is now in the insurance
buslness-H. II. Turner has rented the
rooms over Rams store for printing Office
and will get out his first issue next week
The local Sunday schools held very pleas
ant picnic last Saturday in Colby's woods.
M. l.. Stevens gave an address N.
Parshall, manager of the Perry ball team,
has arranged TO play game with Laings-
burg at Corunna for Sl0O side.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14

Brown George by Louis Napoleon recently
made record of 2:32si at Triton, Iowa.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ability. If l were still a member of the
board and Mr.. Simmons should be reelected,
Mr.. White himself could not strive harder
than l would do to make Mr.. Simmons
position pleasant and useful. Any other
representation of my attitude toward Mr..
Simmons is one of Kirk Whites mistakes.
4. never have expressed myself as the
Press has said in regard to being "dead
politically" My first election came from a
democratic board of supervisors and was
over democratic competitor. In the same
hour, the same board gave Mr.. Kirk White
several fewer votes for q similar position.
My nomination for the second term came
without effort on my part. 1t is undOubt-
edly true that 1 have made mistakes in
office; but l can say with pride that the
only enemies l made were made because /
preferred to do my duty. My work has
been that of a teacher rather than that of
'an officeholder.
Finally, when l was in Office, sought
the appreciation Of my own sense of what
was right. Now that l have resigned pub
lie position, have pursued the same course
and shall continue to mind my own busi-
ness do not wish to enter upon a news
paper fight and shall not again reply to Mr..
White through the press Ii he con-
tinues to heap falsehoods, inuendos, and
malicious libels upon me, L may be COM
PEELED to use the remedy the law provides
for such cases. HUDSON SHELDON.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
Col. Clark.

D. S. Army writes: For the last two years
my health has been excellent; this, / think,
Is due TO my using Sulphur Bitters, as for
merly my health was miserable owing to the
frequent changes of climate ETC., so incident
to a soldiers life.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
Grand Excursion to Put-in-Bay.

Sunday Sept 10th, tho 7. A. A & N. M.
Ry. will run an excursion to Put-in-Bay,
leaving Owosso at $50 a. m. Fare for
round trip only $1.50, giving ride of 80
miles OH Lake Erie and three hours on the
island. See excursion bills or call on agents
for particulars.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
of Estey Carriage Co., will be held at its
Office in the city of Owosso, October /, 1894,
at 7.30 p. m. local time for the election of
directors etc. James E. Clark, Sec. Sept.
ID 1894
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14

Don't forget T. o. Christians Il off
special sale, from Sept. 18th to Oct. LIST.
1s47 Rogers Bros and VIM. Rogers anchor
brand knives and forks to run at S2.75 per
dozen
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
Southern Pacific Time Tables.

The Southern Pacific Co. will issue in
a few weeks, the first number of their
new publication entitled official time
tables of the Southern Pacific, Atlantic
System This work will embrace the
local time tables of each division Of the
road and all connecting lines and will
be of value to the traveller and to the
settler. A bird's-eye view of the city
with a descriptive w~rite-up of the ad-
vantages of the place with a description
of the agricultural and commercial ad-
vantages Of the city will be incorporat-
ed and a classified business directory of
the merchants doing business in each
town on the line. AS an advertising
medium of each place the work will es-
pecially commend itself and will show
to the outside world the advantages we
have in our city and the progress we
have made. Mr.. j. E. Mcdonald who
has the work in charge for the Southern
Pacific Co. is an experienced newspaper
man and a business man who knows the
requirements of this section of the State.
He will be here during the week and
we trust that our merchants will give
him the encouragement that the work
merits.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
The Toledo Weekly Blade.

OF the now nearly twenty thousand
regular publications in the United
States, there are but two or three week.
ly newspapers published for general
circulation in every state and territory,
and of these the Toledo Weekly Blade
is the best and most popular of them
all. 1t is the oldest, best known, and
has the largest circulation. For more
than twenty-five years it has been a
regular visitor to every portion of the
Union, and it is we'll known at every
one of the sixty thousand odd post
offices of the country. 1t is made
especially for family reading. 1t gives
the entire news of the world each week,
in such condensed form as will save
reading scores of pages of daily papers
to get less information. Republican in
politics, Temperance in principle, al
ways on the side of justice and right,
it is just the paper for the rising gen.
GRAFTON, and a great educator for the
whole family. Serial stories, wit and
humor, short stories, Household de-
partment, Question Bureau, Farm
department, Camp Fire, Sunday School
and Young Folks are a few of the
many other prominent features of this
great paper. A specimen copy will be
mailed free to any address on applica-
ton, and the publishers invite any per-
son to send in a long list of addresses to
whom they will mail sample copies.
They would be glad to mail a couple of
hundred specimens to readers of this
county. The Weekly Blade is a very
large paper, and the price is only one
dollar a year.
Address The BLADE, Toledo, Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
JUDICIAL ADVE KTISEMENTs
DUBLlC SALE.
ESTATE OF LAsTIE F. MANUEL.
PROBATE COURT-PARIsH OF ST. Lam.
DRY, IA.

BY virtue of an order of the Honorable the
probate Court in and for the parish of st. Lam
dry, there will be sold at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, by the undersigned
administrator or any duly qualified auctioneer,
at the last residence of the deceased, in Fauue-
talque, IN the parish of st. Landry, on
Wednesday, December 9Th, 1894,
the following described property belonging to
the estate of Lastie F. Manuel, deceased.
iate OF The parish OF st. Landry, to-wit:
The plantation, last residence of deceased.
composed OF a tract of land measuring sixty
superficial arpents, more or less. with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, bounded
norGh by Lucius Young, South by Theodore
- >: FOntenot and TheOphile GuillOry, east by
Luclus Young and west by Arcade Guillory.
One sorrel horse; one grey horse one mare;
one wagon; one buggy; one lot of about nine
mead or hogs; one branding iron one saddle
ana bride kitchen utensils, etc. one armOir;
one bed and bedding; one feather bed; one
sewing machine; one clock; blankets, chairs,
harness, ETC.. one crOss-cut saw.
Terms and Conditions THE real estate,
three hundred and fifty dollars of the purchase
price cash, and balance on a credit of one and
two years. The movables will be sold one
third cash and the balance in one and two
years all adjudications under five dollars to
be paid cash. On all credit payments the pur-
chaser to furnish two good and solvent seeuri-
ties to the satisfaction of the administrator
said notes to bear eight per cent per annum in
terest from day of sale.
LUNA MANUEL,
Administrator
Nov. 3, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

The officers and crew of the new
cruiser Montgomery have been having
a great froIic at Mobile this week, the
occasion being the presentation OF a
silver service set to that vessel by the
citizens Of Montgomery, Ala. (tLe first
capital of the ill-starred confederacy),
she having been named in honor OF
that city. Our young friend Naval
Cadet Fritz l.. Sandoz missed all the
fun, he having been recently detached
from the Montgomery and assigned to
the receiving ship Richmond. now lying
off League Island, near Philadelphia.
Cadet Sandoz expects to be transferred
at an early day to the new and fleet
Minneapolis, one of the largest and
fastest of Uncle Sans warships, when
he will glide through the domains of
Old Neptune at the rate of % miles an
hOur.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
Memories of Jefferson. Davis.
New York World, Nov. Is.

New York World, Nov. IS.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis wrote the mem
oirs of Mr.. Davis after his death, and
the Belford Publishing Company, of
New York, published tho book and
sold about 5000 copies just before the
failure OF that company. She lost by
the failure a large amount due her for
royalty on the copies sold. Some Of
the creditors of the company got pos
session OF the plates, cuts and the stock
on hand unsOld. She brought suit
against them and the company to re-
cover the book. That suit, which has
been pending about three years, has
Just been compromised, and Mrs. Davis
is now the sole owner of the plates,
cuts and about 5000 copies on hand.
She proposes selling the balance of the
edition on hand and then publishing a
new edition. AS yet she has not select
ed a publisher.
"A Short History of the Confederacy,"
which was Mr.. Davis last work, was
also published by the Bedford Publish
ing Company just before its failure.
and Mrs. Jefferson Davis is now trying
to recover that book.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

"Dearer than Ever" is the heading
the New York Sun gives to a tribute to
Senator Hill for his contest to save the
Democratic party in the Empire State
in the late election. The Sun says:
".Dearer than eve is David B. Hill to
the unterriied, weariless, indomitable
Democracy Of New York! He has
made the greatest political fight wit
messed in this land since Andrew jack
son encountered and defeated the
United States bank and the money
power, more than half a century ago.
He has made it disinterestedly, heroic
ally, uncompromisingly. He has prov
ed himself the bravest, ablest and
steadiest cbampion of Democratic ideas
and policies. He has established him
self as the true chief of the national
Democratic party. The situation ia not
ajoyful one for the Democracy or for
Hill, but the future has ample opportu-
mites Of recovery and development,
and the glory of consistency and fidelity
will be theirs who remain true to the
principles of Jefferson, jackson and
TiI0en.D
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
Nov. 3. 1894.
JUDGMENT.
AGLAE DOUCET VS.. DOMINIQUE vID-
RINE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 15442.

This is a suit by plaintiff wife against deten-
PENDANT husband for a judgment of separation
OF property and a dissolution of the community
of acquets and gains, and plaintiff further prays
for the full and free administration of her par
aphernal property as well as the custody Of
her minor children.
The petition alleges and the proof is positive
that the defendent husband by his manage
ment has caused such a disorder OF his own az
fairs as to imperil and endanger the interests OF
the wife.
The allegations of the petition being ample
and complete and fully sustained by the evil
dence, and q regular judgment by default hav-
ing been previously taken and the same having
been proven up by good and competent testi-
mony, it is by reason thereof, and because the
law and the evidence Is in favor of plaintiff and
against the defendant, ordered adjudged and
decreed that the plaintiff do have Judgment
against the defendant, separating them in prop
erty. That she have the custody OF her minor
children named in petition as well as the free
administration Of her paraphernai property,
and that the community of acquets and gains
be dissolved and that defendant pay all cost.
Done, read and signed in open Court this
9th day Of October, 1894
W. C. PERRAULT.
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. of La.
Filed October, 9th, 1894.
Fl. E. EsToRGE. D'y elk.
A true copy.
o. B. THOMPSON, Dry elk.
Nov. 10, 1894
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

OPELOUsAS, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, La. NOVEMBER "A, 1894.
Personal.

Motley and V. C. Devilliers, of Motley.
Vllle, were IN town this week.
Pleny ~Prud'homme. of Prud'homme
City, was in town on Thursday.
OBrien Elmer and wife, of Grand Co.
teau, were i'll town on Thursday.
DIR; A: d. Harmanson left yesterday
CD a business visit to Iberia parish.
IL: T. L. Reynolds, of Chicago, made
a brief visit to Washington Tuesday.
DIR. D. l.. Todd, of Washington, gave
us an appreciated visit on Tuesday.
,Habius Vidrine, of Chataignier, was a
Fpkasant caller at our office on Thursday.
n. T.. Chachere and wife. of White
hause, Acadia parish, were visitors here
tY's week.
'Dr. w. w. Duson will leave in a few
days for Ennice, where he will perma-
'nentIy reside.
Aaron Jacobs, Of Alexandria, came
down on Tuesday to attend the Hart
Jacobs wedding.
Miss Mollie Clifford left on TUESDAYS
noon train for Lafayette to visit her
sister, Mrs. E. A. Voneye.
Veilland Chacbere and wife and sister,
Miss Meche, of Grand Coteau, visited
relatives here on Thursday.
DR.. and Mrs. Theog. Chachere, of
P~laquemine, attended the G~il-Chachere
wedding here on Thursday.
A. H: Mouton, of Faquetaique, glad
dened his numerous friends here Thurs
day with his cordial handshakes.
Lee Garland, a rising young attorney
OF Opelousas, Was in Lafayette We'd
nesday.-Lafayette Gazette, Nov. II.
Mr.. Antonio Anglade and sister, Mrs.
visiting friends and attending to bust
ness.
Rev. Geo. Frazer, of Crowley, accom-
panied by his estimable wife, spent seys
eral days with friends in our town Thu
week.
Louis II. Bailey, of Oberlin, paid our
town a brief visit the latter part of last
week. His many friends here are al
ways glad to see him.
o Miss Lou Wartelle, of Opelousas,
arrived in town Tuesday and is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Felix Salles.-
Lafayette Gazette, Nov. II.
Cards are out announcing the we'd
ding, on Nov. %, of our worthy young
friend Albert Clary and Miss Corine,
the winsome daughter of MIR. Alphonse
Reed, both Of Opelousas. We tender in
advance our congratulations and good
wishes.
Mr.. E. T. La1eur, of P%laisance, gave
our office an appreciated call on Tues
day. We regret that we were out when
he called. For the past 16 years, with
one solitary exception, Mr.. La1eur has
called, "as regular as clock work." to
pay his subscription to this paper-not
for the year just ended or about to end,
but usually for the year not yet begun,
and on this occasion he paid up to Jan
uary 1st, 1896. That kind of subscriber
is dear to the heart of every publisher,
and we doubt il any of our contempt
raries can produce a subscriber with a
like record.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

Sister Elise Duchamp, of the Sacred
Heart Convent of St. James parish, died
on Wednesday, Nov. Z. She was the
daughter of the estimable President OF
the Police Jury of the parish or st. Mar
tin, E. A. Duchamp, and his wife, nee
Emile Sandoz, a relative of the editors
ed family our heartfelt sympathy.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
NOTICE.

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HoMEsT'D g. LOAN ASSN,
OpelOusas, Sept. 16, 1894. 5
This Association has opened a new Series
*" The great advantages already reaEssSS by
the shareholders and the public should Induce
many to avail themselves of the present oppor-
tunity to become members. TIL laying aside
of an insignificant sum weekly will secure you
a good home. Shares to be applied for at the
Office in Bank Building, up stairs. Weekly pay
ments are only twenty-five cents per share.
E. D. ESTILETTE,
Sept. %, 1894. President.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

Mr.. H. II. Deshotels, of Old Grand
Prairie. had the misfortune to lose his
barn and stable by fire last Saturday
night, together with about 900 barrels Of
corn and several loads of hay. Loss
about $4,000 o or $4,000. Mr.. Deshotels
cannot account for the fire except on
the theory of spontaneous combustion
Of the peavine hay stored in the loft of
the crib, where the fire originated.
Fortunately there was no wind at the
time as the residence, store and cotton
gin near by would have been burned
also.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
MARRIED:

,HART-JACoBs AT the Presbyterian
church, opelousas, Nov. 90, 1888, by Rev.
Mr. m Fred "a A; Hart; Of oWSodyllle, Miss,
A large number of friends and relatives of
the contracting parties witnessed the cere-
mony, which was performed with the solemn
rites OF the Jewish faith, after which a recep-
ton was held at the Opera House, where eie-
CANT refreshments were served with a lavish
hand and dancing was INDUCED in until a late
hour me happy couple, who were the recip-
tents OF numerous costly present, left for their
future home in WOodvllle on the noon train
next day, accompanied by the best wishes of
hosts OF friends. We acknowledge receipt of
the usual fee OF cake and wine, for which we
return thanks.
CLEMENTS-MENG-At the residence of Mr..
7. 81. Lewis. in Opelousas, Nov. 81, 1894, by
Rev. E.. 7. benson, Mr.. Z. j. Clements, Of
Eunice, and Mrs. Annie Meng, OF Opelousas.
"The world was sad, the garden was q wild,
And man, the hermit, sighedtiu woman smiled"
Thus the poet sings of the melancholy days
before the creation of Eve. So it was with our
handsome friend-until quite recently. Genial
and courteous, kind and afectionate, even, he
ever was; and in his intercourse with his fell
low-men naught but pleasant Impressions were
left behind. But there seemed to be something
lacking, a u, ne sais quot which cast a shadow
over him and initiated Against the full achieve
ments, the complete happiness of q perfectly
rounded life. But the mystery has been solved;
1t was all owing to the fact that, insensible to
the witcherles Of the best and fairest portion Of
desolate and dreary domain of bachelordom,
simply because the right woman had not smil-
ed: Now that she has, and the long vacant
place Ill his big heart has been filled by one of
the faIrest and most winsome daughters Of the
bewltching creature who made Of old father
Adams abode an earthly paradise, the shadow
joice with a joy only exceeded by his own,
though tempered with the %saddening thought
that they will hencef0rth be in some measure
deprived OF his gentle and genial companion
ship.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
Nov. 8, 1884.
DUBLIC SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
ESTATE OF OLIVE MARLBOROUGH.
No. 1927.

BY virtue of an order OF the Honorable Elev-
enth Judicial District Court OF The State of Lnll-
isiana, in and for the parish of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned testament
airy executor. or any duly gu lifted auctioneer.
at the last residence of deceased, in Old Grand
Prairie, in said parish, on
Wednesday,, December 10, 1894,
the following described property. belonging to
me estate OF OLIVE Marlborough, deceased, late
OF the parish OF st. Landry, to-wit:
A certain tract of wood land situated in Vile
Plate Prairie, in this parish. containing forty
arpents, bounded north by Samuel Haas, south
by same, east by Bay on CarrOn and west by
lands OF j. r. F0ntenot.
One sorrel horse. one surrel mare, one bay
mare, one bay tilly, one brown colt, one bay
horse, one yoke oxen, two cows and calves, one
wagon, one buggy, a lot of agricultural inlple-
ments, household furniture, one sewing ma
chine, kitchen utensils, one shot gun, two pis-
tolls, about twenty-five barrels of corn, one
branding iron.
Ierms-Cash. JESSE MARLBOROUGH,
NOV. II, 1894. Testamentary Executor.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

Judge Michael Ryan, Of Alexandria,
father of Mrs. W. M. Thompson, of Op-
elousas, and of John C. Ryan, a leading
lawyer of Alexandria, died on Nov. 81,
aged 50. Judge Ryan was a native of
Ireland, but came to Louisiana at an
early age, and was for a long time a
prominent figure ip public affairs in this
State, occupying several eminent posi-
tons of honor and trust. He was long
a resident Of Rapides and was highly
esteemed for his sterling integrity, bril-
liant mind and noble heart. We tender
our coincidence to the bereayed family.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT.
MARIE LOUAILLIER, WIFE, VS.. GABRIEL
DEJEAN, HUSBAND.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 1854.

This is a suit for separation of property.
Defendant fled his answer and the case was
submitted on the evidence in she record.
The law and the evidence being in favor of
the plaintiff and against the defendant, it is
for these reasons ordered, adjudged and decreed
that the plaintiff do have judgment in her IA
vor and against her said husband, Gabriel De
jean, dissolving the community of acquets and
gains heretofore existing between her and her
husband, separating them in property and
yesting her with exclusive control Of her sep
arate property which she now has or may here
after acquire, free from the control and inter-
ference of her husband.
1t Is further ordered that defendant pay all
the costs Of this suit.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court at
Opelousas, La, this 9th day OF October, A. J..
1894. W. c. PERRAULT,
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. OF La.
Filed Oct. 27th, 1894.
H. Z. EsTORGE, Dry. elk.
A true copy:
0. b. THOMPSON, Dry. elk.
Nov IT 1904