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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20
IN NJ Eva ORHAM.
CASTLE HALL. JEFF. DAVIS LoDGE,

CASTLE HALL. JEFF. DAVIS. LODGE,
X. OF +. No. IS.
opelousas. october 9Th, 1884.
WHEREAS, It has pleased the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe to take from or
midst our beloved brother, ErIENNE La
TREYTE.
BE it resolved, That we deeply deplore
his loss, not only as q member OF our order,
but as friend and q useful member to tie
community III which he lived
Be it resolved. Tfsat=sye recognize in him
all those sterling qualities that constitute
the good citizen, affectionate father, kind
husband and faithful friend. ana while we
bow in meek submission to the will OF Goo. .
we also tender to the befeaVed family our
heartfelt sympathies.
BE 1t further resolved, That a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the Opelousas
papers for publication, to the family of de-
ceased, and that the badge Of mourning be
worn during a period of thirty days.
j. J. THOMPSON, Chf ir.nan,
Jos. FIRNBERG,
O. II. TERwTLLTGER.
j. j.. PERRODIN,
4. j. BERCIER,
Committee
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, |

hGpL. IU, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof in support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore Il. North CulIom q. S. Commissioner at
Opelousas, La, on Monday, Oct. 29th, 1884,
viz:
LOUIS p. j. FONTEN0T,
who made Homestead Entry No. 1892, for
the Lots and or n Il IA of N w "A and s w
"a of n w "a Sec 81 tip S r. g La Meridian.
Henames the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiya-
ton of, said land, viz:
Henry Aucoin, Theophile RoZat, Louis Fu-
dry parish, La. -
sept I5-6t. Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20
NOTICE.

Feb. rs. 1877, before L. Darby, Notary Pub
lie. recorded Feb. 2s. 1877. Mr.. n. Robin do
mated to New Hope Church for affection and
love, Henry Amen accepting for members
of said church, one house containing zone
acre of land starting from said bayou.
The above property belongs to New Hope
Church as per act of donation.
ETIENNE CHARLES,
EDWARD TYLER,
CHARLES ROSS
L. W. HEATY, Pastor,
oct20.1t Committee.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
i ESTATE OF ULYSSES MANUEL, DECD.
No. 523s, Probate Docket District Court Par
ish of st. Landry, La.

Whereas, Homer Frugee, of the
parish of st. Landry, administrator of the
above estate, has filed his nnaI taBleau of
the funds of said estate, accompanied by his
petition praying for the homologation of
same. And, whereas, prayer of said petit,
tion has been granted by an order of court
bearing date Oct. 18th, 1851.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
to all persons interested to make opposition
to said tableau, to file same in writing
within the time required by law, why the
said tableau should not be homoIogated and
confirmed. G. NJ. THOMPSON,
Oct 132t Clerk of Court.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers.

Take notice, that the assessment roll for
the year 1884 has been placed In my hands
for collection. The taxes on movable prop
erty became delinquent ON the 1st Of Octo-
will become delinquent on Jan. 1st, 1885, at
which time interest Will accrue at the rate
OF two per cent. per month until paid, and
costs. Prompt settlement VIII be appreci-
afed and will save costs and unnecessary
annoyance.
Il. s.. F0NTEN0T,
oct 13-5t Sheriff and ex- -OffIcio Tax Col
Iectors st. Landry parish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-20

I ESHERIFFs SALE.
F. HoLLANDER s co. VS.. BERNARD
MARTIN.
No. 1876,
llth Judicial District Court, Parish of
st. Landry, La.
LooHTE & CoRDEs VS.. BERNARD MAR
TIN EFT AL.
No. 1852
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of st.
Landry, La.
ZUBERBIER & BEHAN VS.. BERNARD
MARTIN.
No. 1854.
11th judicial District Court, Parish of st
Landry, La.
BY virtue of Writs of fieri facias is
sued out OF the Hon. 11th Judicial District
Court In and for the parish of st. Landry, In
the above entitled and numbered suits and
ceed to sell at public outcry, to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door of the
courthouse at opelousas, on
Saturday, Oct. 27tn, 1894,
at Il Q o'elock a. M, the following described
property, to-Wit.
a certain lot OF ground situated In the
La. with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, consisting mainly OF house
used as coffee house and one residence,
bounded as follows: on the east by Market
street, on the south by property supposed
to belong tos Skinner, on the west by the
Bayou TeSSSn and on the North by property
OF Estilette s. Dupre.
Terms-Cash. T. s. FONTENoT.
sep 22-6t Sheriff, Parish of ST. Landry.
5s
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-12

stones. how, tell me by what law o
justice you compel man to shut tn,
1oor OF his store while you keep oper
the door of your worldly establishment
May it please your honors. judges o
the supreme court. if you give TO secu
Tar places the right to open on the Sab
bath day, you have to give, at the sam'
time. the right to all commercial
establishments to be open. and to at
mechanical establishments to be open
If it is right in the one case it is right
in all the cases.
But we are told that they must gel
money on Sabbath nights in order to
pay the deficits of the other nights OF
the week. Now, in answer to that.
say that if men cannot manage their
amusements without breaking the
Lords day they had better all go into
bankruptcy together. We will never
surrender our Christian Sabbath for
the purpose of helping these violators
TO pay their expenses Above all my
confidence is in the good hand of God
that has been over our cities since their
foundation. But | call this day upon
all those who befriend Christian prin-
ciple, and those who love our political
freedom, who stand in solid phalanx in
this Thermopyle of our American his
tory; for ! believe as certainly as
stand here that the triumph or over
throw Of American institutions depends
upon this Sabbatic contest
Bring your voices, your pens, your
printing presses and your pulpits into
the Lords artillery corps for the de-
Tense of our holy day To-day in your
families and in your Sabbath-schools
recite: Remember the Sabbath day
20 keep il holy" Decree before high
heaven that this war on your religious
rights and cradles of your children
shall bring ignominious defeat to the
enemies of God and the public veal.
For those who die in the contest bat
ting for the right we shall chisel the
epitaph: These are they who came
out of great tribulation, and had
their robes washed and made white in
the blood of the lamb" But for that
one who shall prove in this moral crisis
recreant to God and the church there
shall be no honorable epitaph lie shall
not be worthy of burial place in all
this free land; but the appropriate in
terment for such a one would be to
carry ont his remains and drop them
into the sea. where the lawless winds !
which keep no sabbath may gallop over
the grave Of him who lived and died q |
traitor to God the church and the free
institutions of America, Long live the |
Christian sabbath Perish forever all I
attempts to overthrow it.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-12
HISTORY IN TREES.
They Are said to Retain "A Record of
weather Conditions.

! They Are said to Retain Record OF
Weather Conditions.
II has been found that the rings OF
growth visible in the trunks Of trees
have far more interesting story Il
tell than has usually been supposed
Everybody knows that they indicate
the number OF years that the tree has
iived but Mr. j. keuchler, of Texas,
has recently made experiments and OBJ
servations which seem 10 show that
trees carry in their trunks record of
the weather conditions that have pre-
vailed during the successive years OF
their growth.
Several trees. each more than one
hundred and thirty years old We're
felled, and the order and relative width
of the rings Of growth in their trunks
were founi 20 agree exactly.
This fact showed that all the trees
had experienced the same stimulation
in certain years and the same retarda-
tion in other years. Assuming that
the most rapid growth had occurred in
wet years, and the least rapid in dry
years, il was concluded that out of the
one hundred and thirty-four years COW
cred by the life Of the trees, sixty had
been very wet, six extremely wet.
eighteen wet, seventeen average as to
the supply of moisture, nineteen dry,
eight very dry and six extremely dry
But when the records of rainfall run
ming back as far as 1910 were consulted,
it was found that they did not all agree
with the record of the trees. Still it
could not be denied that the rings in
the trunks told true story of the
weather influences which had affected
the trees in successive years
fheconclusion was therefore reached
that the record Of the rings contained
more than mere index of the annual
rainfall: that il showed what the char
acter Of the seasons had been as to sun
shine, temperature, evaporation, regu-
Iarity or irregularity of the supply of
moisture, and the like; in short, that
the trees contained. indelibly imprinted
in their trunks. more than one hun
dred years of natures history. his
tory which we might completely de-
cipher if we could but look upon the
face Of nature from a trees point of |
COMPANION.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-12

-Liszt was tall. angular and thin.
His hands were very large and his
fingers so long as to enable him to
cover an octave and half His side
face bore a striking resemblance to
that Of Calhoun. His marvellous dex-
terity at the piano was the result of
native talent. aided by almost incredi-
Bile labor. As child he practiced ten
hours a day. and increased this time as
he approached l1ankood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
MONDAY EVENING. JAN. 10, 1894.

THAT THE Presidents intentions are
good, nobody familiar with his character
has any doubt, but this world, as we'll
as that below; has such pavementS.
He lacks the moral courage to stand by
his convictions. Glaring examples OF
such delinquency were afforded by the
straddling tariff resolution he sent to
the St. Louis convention, by MS revoca-
ton of his gratuitous order to return
the Confederate flags, and by his repeal
of the rule suspending the payment OF
fraudulent pensions during the inyestl-
cation thereof. He said, and truely,
that 1.-THE subversion of the Hawaiian
government by an abuse Of the authorl-
ty of the United States was IN plain
violation Of the international law,
That being so, he should have punished
the offenders and have at once restored
the government they had deposed, and
then left the Hawaiians to settle their
own affairs in their own way. But, IN
stead ofthat, he imposed conditions upon
that government for undoing the out
rageou$wrong that had been done it,
and then, even when those conditions
had been agreed to, he failed to fulfill his
promise, and drowned the hopes and
expectations he had raised. Well may
the Hawaiians exclaim, "What were
our hopes begun for, if they were so
soon to be done for'l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Bage, Brazil, has been so long oesieg-
ed by the insurgents that the garrison
is driven to eating cats and other ami
mails.
II is reported in Rome that a relaXa-
ton of the tension between the Holy
See and the Italian government is about
to take place.
Private letters received in Washing
ton from American travellers in ASIA
tell of the destruction by fire OF the
great mosque of Damascus.
NJ. Waddington, the premier OF
France and eX-ambassador to England,
died in Paris on Saturday of albumi-
maria and diabetes, aged CT years.
The billiard match in Chicago be.
tween Schaefer, Ives and Slosson ended
on Saturday in tie between Schaefer
and Ives, Slosson not having won
game.
Mrs. Martha Hanson, i'll with grip,
in New York, her husband dying in an
adjoining room, cut her throat, and
then leaped from fifth story window
and was instantly killed.
The patent on the electric telegraph
er in the Bell telephone patents will e1-
pire January 80, and is one of the most
important patents that will reach an
Official death this year. 1t was involv-
ed in one of the famous telephone suits
decided by the United States Supreme
Court in 1857.
Mrs. John L. Livingstone, residing
near Angleton, Ind, threw off her sto-
mach full-grown mouse Saturday
evening. She had not been feeling
well. She took an emetic, and the
mouse made its appearance. How the
mouse gained access to the woman S
stomach is mystery She thinks that
while she was asleep the little animal
ran down her throat.
At Russell, Kan, yesterday morning
between / end O'Clock, a mob of about
twenty men entered the Jail, took out
j. G.. Burton, William Gay, and his
son, John Gay, and hanged the three
men to small railway bridge a short
distance east of the depot. The men
were held guilty of the murder of' Fred
Dining last July Dining lived with
Burton Oh a farm. He disappeared on
July g. Burton had his team and even
wore some of his clothes. but said he
had gone to Oklahoma with young
Cav
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15

LAWYERS COME TO BLows.-A gen.
eral fight took place at the Augusta
county courthouse at Staunton Saturday
afternoon upon the adjournment of the
Hastings Court. Bad blood has been
stirred up by the repeated and contin-
uous efforts of the prohibitionsts to
have the Judge call local option cleo
ton. A second petition was under con-
sideration that afternoon, and A. c. Cor
don, of counsel for the liquor dealers, in
presenting the case, styled John A.
Noon and Fred billiard, the latter color
ed, for the petitioners, as members of
the bread-and-butter brigade. Noon
arose in his seat and calledGordon liar.
Gordon made at him, but they were
separated, and the case proceeded, the
Judge simply saying he would close the
court if there was further trouble.
When the court adjoined Noon and Cor
don got together and passed blows,
when generalfght ensued in the court
room. 1t was regular knock-down
affair, and several heads were badly
beaten and blood flowed freely. This
is but the beginning of trouble arising
from this question, and it is feared that
when the court meets Monday greater
trouble will be had, as both sides, doubt
less, go prepared for anything that
may turn up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
Foreign News.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The admiralty
has decided to abandon the use on the
new battleships of 67.ton guns. The
main armament of the new vessels will
be 50-ton guns mounted i'll barbettes.
PARIS, Jan. Eff the appeal of Au.
guste Valiant to the Court of CASA
ton from the death sentence imposed
on him shall be dismissed, it is expect
ed that he will be guillotined on Feb
ruary 9Th.
BERLIN, Jan. ia lunatic named
LANCE, who, after escaping from an
asylum in Illinois, came to this country.
where he held meetings and proclaimed
himself as the new Messiah, is under
arrest here. He will be sent back to
New York by the authorities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Dreadful Railroad Accidents.

HoBoKEN, n. j., Jan. 15.--The South
Orange accommodation on the Della
ware and Lackawanna Railroad ran
into the Dover express at $50 o'clock
this morning at the drawbridge, just
beyond Hackensack. Fifteen persons,
it is now said, were killed and twenty
FIVE injured. The engineer of the &C
commodation and the fireman jumped
from their engine. The engineer was
severly injured by being thrown
against an embankment and it is said
he will die; the fireman was SO badly
scalded that it is said he, too, will die.
AT the time of the accident the Dover
express was going at the rate of not
more than six miles an hour. The fog
was quite heavy and the South Orange
train, which was running on time at
the rate of about 90 miles an hour, ran
into the express, telescoping the two
rear cars, which, with the combination
smoking and baggage car, were entire
ly wrecked The scene of the accident
was frightful. In the forward cars of
the express the passengers were thrown
from their seats and a number were
bruised and otherwise injured. The
fireman of the accommodation train
said that the first intimation he had of
danger was when he saw the red lights
on the rear car of the express only
about 25 feet ahead. Before the engineer
had time to put on the air brakes the
collision occurred. He said that no
signals had been given by the express.
which was three minutes behind time.
The brakeman on the rear car of the
express was getting ready to signal the
rear train when he saw the headlight
of the engine looming up through the
fog and at once saw that he was too
late. He rushed in the cars and was
just giving the alarm when the crash
came.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
Sensational Shooting.

RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 15.-Novs
reaches here of sensational affair in
Greensboro, n. c. On Friday last a
prominent young married man OF
Greensboro, tobacconist, and son eff a
late Superior Court Judge of that city,
came to Raleigh, having left word at
home that he would be gone several
days. He. however, returned to
Greensboro the same night and shortly
before midnight went home, where it
is said he found Frank Holland of Dan
vile in compromising position with his
wife in the latter's room. He fired
three shots with a pistol, two of which
took effect. Holland managed to get
away, and has not since been found.
though it is believed he is secreted some
where in Greensboro and he is fatally
wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15

PRESBYTERIAN WORK.-The confer
ence of committees from the Northern
and Southern Presbyterian General
Assemblies adjourned in Birmingham,
Ala, Saturday, after a most harmoni-
Gus and successful meeting. Practical
results of far-reaching Importance to all
interests concerned were attained after
patient consideration. Resolutions were
adopted to the effect that the Northern
and Southern Presbyterian churches
in the United States of America have
agreed that they recognize the solemn
duty laid upon them by their common
Lord to work for the evangelization of
the negroes in this country; also that
they believe this work can be better
done if they work together, than as at
present, separated; also agreeing that
the entire work now done by both as
semblies shall hereafter be conducted
together, and to the work so conducted
they pledge their continued conference,
prayers, contributions and moral sup
port.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15

CHARGED WITH MURDER. The Hen
bricks sensation assumed new phase
at Lynchburg yesterday by the arrest
of Mrs. Cora V. Hendricks, the pretty
young wife of the murdered man, her
father J. H. White, and John H. Mac
Masters, at whose house, near Bocock,
Va, the scene ofthe tragedy, Mrs. Hen
dric ks first met her husband, last Oc-
tober. The warrant was sworn out by
Ezekial Hendricks, brother OF the man
who was killed. A detective has been
at work on the case for some weeks,
and convincing evidence as to the
guilt of the accused parties will
be forthcoming at the preliminary in
vestigation, which will take place at
Campbell Court House Tuesday. The
case has created sensation in Lynch
burg and vicinity and the outcome is
awaited with interest. Four negroes
arrested at the time Of the murder, char
ged with the crime, were released last
week, the grand jury of he county fail
ing to indict them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15

THERE NEVER was more grotesque-
ly humiliating following of the exam
pie set by the King of France than that
afforded by the Hawaiian case. And
then, too, the administration was right,
while the King who marched up the
hill and then marched down again was
wrong. The President instructed Min
ister Willis to undo wrong; the Min
lister requested the men who had profit
ed by that wrong to relinquish their
plumber, and when they, very natural
". declined to do so, the President, very
unnaturally, wipes his hands of the
whole matter, and tells the plundered
friendly nation that Congress will do
what is right But Secretary Gresham
still retains his office
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IA, 1894.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IT, 1871.
One of the most interesting fights
now on in the democratic caucus is the
battle for the judgeship of the eleventh
judicial circuit. OF course the Alex
andria people are deeply interested in
the contest on account of the fact that
the race is between Judge Norton OF
Alexandria and Delegate Nicol. There
has been strong lobby in Richmond
in the interest of Judge Norton and his
lieutenants are doing valuable work.
1t is expected that the gentlemen will
return here about Tuesday next as the
caucus adjourned last Friday until next
Wednesday night when the judgeship
will be made the special order of bus
mess. Judge Norton's friends feel en-
couraged at the outlook and say they
expect to win.
Delegate Nic,l besides being on the
scene and member of the Legislature,
which really gives him an advantage,
has very strong following out
side. He is one of the most popular
members of the House, and is an attor-
ney of much ability. Those in a posi-
ton to know claim that he is q sure
winner.
There is, however, feeling against
the election by the Legislature of men,
bers of that body to Offices given by the
body and this may possibly work
against Dir. Nicol, but his friends do
not admit any such thing. They say
the Legislature should elect the best
man whether he be member or not,
and of course they think that Mr.. Nicol
is the best man. Be that as it may the
battle is not yet over and not only res
idents of the eleventh circuit but many
others are watching it with great in
terest
Much interest is felt here in the
new court, that strong effort
is being made to establish. AS has be-
fore been stated the new tribunal will
be known as the Court of Law and
Equity. The papers are in the hands
of the finance committee who is to de-
eide whether the city or State shall
bear the expenses.
The friends of Ex-Governor McKin
ney are already at work in his behalf
for Judge of the new court and they are
very sanguine as to the result. The
Farmville gentleman would no doubt
make a good officer and if he admins
tiers justice like he did affairs of State
he will certainly give great satisfaction.
1t is thought the oyster convention
held here last week will rebound in
great good to that industry. 1t has
certainly put the people to thinking
and the matter, no doubt, will in the
future be given more consideration than
ever before.
Politicians here are willing to stake
their reputation as prophets that Hon.
Basil B. Gordon will succeed Governor
O'Ferrall as Congressman from the 9TH
district.
There is a rumor that Judge Keith,
recently elected to the Court of Appeals
will resign the Circuit Court judgeship
before the term, which expires Decem-
Der 3lst, 1894, is out In that event it
is more than likely that the nominee of
the caucus next Wednesday night will
also be elected to fill the uneXpired
term. Should it be delegate NicOl,
then the latter will have to resign his
seat in the House and some one else
be chosen to fill it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-15

THE Ex-CoNFEDERATEs of New Or
leans have determined not to invite eX-
Union soldiers to their proposed ban
ouet on General Lees birthday TINS
is perfectly right and proper, and shows
that gush is not synonyms with sense
among those survivors, OF the Army
of Northern Virginia who live in the
CITY referred to. The banquet is to
celebrate, not gained, but a lost cause,
and to have as guests those who effect
ed that result, would be to make tray
estv of the whole affair, and to make
fools of both hosts and guests. The
sons of man killed in duel might
forgive his slayer, but they would be
more than human if they would invite
him to their banquet to his memory ;
but if they were. he would be gorge
Gus monster if he should accept the in
Vitation.