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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-09-27
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
HON. WARREW SMITH.

We are authorized to announce Hon. War
rem Smith as candidate for Representative
in the Forty ninth General Assembly, as the
regular nominee Of the Republican party,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-09-27

Gov. Flower, of New York, de-
clined to stand for reelection.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-09-27
Cotton Belt Route

Ask your nearest Ticket Agent for maps, time a-
bes, etc, and write to any Of the following for all
information you may desire concerning trip to the
Great Southwest or for a copy Of the pamphlets,
"Texas Lands" "Homes in the Southwest" or
Through Texas"
c. p RECTOR HOWARD JoLtr,
General Agent, City Pass. and Tkt. AT.
so3 Main Street, Memphis Tenn.
A. s, DODGE, +. w. LaBEAunI,
G;en'l Traffic Niger, Gen'l Pass. and Tkt. Agt.,
ST. Louis, Mo.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-09-27

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Can b. procured on REASONABLE. and .dv.nt.g.su. rn.

The Cotton Belt will sell round trip tickets
from Memphis to all points in Texas, LOUISE
trip, good for going Feb. 18th, March 18th,
April 10th, and May Sth, 1894, and good re-
turning 80 days from date ofsalc. Stop overs
will be allowed on the goieg trip at any point
in Texas, louisiana and Arkansas within
the limit of the ticket.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
State Finances.
N. O. Times. Democrat, April IT.

n. 0. Democrat, April II.
The State Board of Liquidation made
another big purchase yesterday OF State
bonds and old coupons and warrants
long past due, but which have never
been settled for. Bonds were purchas-
ed to the amount of 5000, 900 at 1886
cents on the dollar; coupons, Nos. 1 to
II, at 1915, and warrants at 60. The
total amount paid out by the State was
$494,S332.9O. 1t is unnecessary to review
this matter, because the whole story
has been told in full of late. The Board
of Liquidation retired a large block of
bonds some weeks ago. The litigation
over the purchase disclosed the fact
that there were still outstanding against
the State a considerable amount of
coupons from 1875 to 1880 which had
not been paid, as we'll as some old var
rants, which constituted a portion of
the floating debt. Although the hold
ers of these coupons and warrants had
no claim against the State, and could
not sue it, still the fact that there was a
moral obligation to pay them induced
the Board Of Liquidation to enter into
negotiation and an understanding was
reached a few days ago. 1t was under
this agreement that the purchases were
made by the Board yesterday. 1t is an
other step forward in settling on a solid
basis the debt Of Louisiana. By the
purchase and retirement of bonds and
past-due coupons and old warrants
Louisiana has reduced it's Indebtedness,
bonded and floating, over 81. ZOO, 900 al
ready this year.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Don't Send Him Back.

The Theoda Independent, edited by
Linn Tanner, a leading advocate of the
farmers interests, says:
If the Legislature of Louisiana when
it assemblies should elect Senator Don
Caffery to succeed himself 10 the Unit-
ed States Senate, it would, we believe,
commit a very grave error. There is no
doubt that the Senator stands cheek by
jowl with the President, and no one be-
lieves that the latter has any sympathy
for either the people or the politics Of
the Southern people. 1t may suit a Ger
tain class of political wire pnllers to
have Mr.. Gallery sent back but it is a
safe thing to assert that the people do
not want him. The people want some
one who will try to represent their opin-
ions, interests and demands. indie
pendence in individual actions is IA vir-
tue which should command the respect
of enlightened humanity, but such in
in an agent or servant of
the people as causes him to set at
naught their wishes, and commands of
the party through which he gets his
position as an agent or representative,
is sadly out of place, and not deserving
of future trust.
The words Of the. old Quaker to the
one who had disappointed him should
be remembered: IF you cheat me
it is your fault if you cheat me
twice it is my fault"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Louisiana Sugar Crop.

New Orleans, La, April 5.-The Su-
gar Bureau of the Treasury has finally
heard from all the plantations and now
gives the sugar crop Of Louisiana for
$685. "a at 6O3,353,087 pounds. This is
less than the estimate of the State Ag-
riculture Bureau, which estimated the
crop at 626,250,0OO pounds. The Nc
Kinley bill gives a bounty of 2 cents on
sugar over 80 per cent strong, on sac
charine II cents between 80 and 80 per
cent, and nothing below that figure.
The crop is above 80 per cent saccha-
rine, SIS, ,3O1 pounds; between so
and 80 per cent, "a, 191,6 72 pounds; be-
glow S0per cent, and receiving no bounty,
Eonly $4,000 pounds, or less than one
tenth Of one per cent of the total pro-
[duct. Planters producing 40,26O, 1853
spounds have not as yet presented any
fclaim for it, but will undoubtedly do so,
lmaking the total amount due Louisiana
in bounties $11, 634,461.
Mr.. Leon Godchaux, the largest
planter in Louisiana, will receive $685.
900 in bounties General w. Porcher
Miles, $392,2O0; three other planters
will receive in excess of 100000, seven
between $4,000 0 and 100000, and 43
between $4,000 and 100000. Only a
small portion of the bounty, however,
has yet been paid.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
His Return Home Eloquently Pictured
by the Late Henry We Grady.

The following extract from the ia
nous address delivered by the late
Henry w. Grady before the New Eng
land society of New York, or the Occa-
sion of its annual dinner in 1886, derives
special interest and appropriateness
from the associations of Memorial day =:
CDR. Talmage has drawn for you,
with a master hand, the picture OF your
returning armies. He has told you how,
in pomp and circumstance of war, they
and victorious tread, reading their glo-
~ in nations eyes. Will you bear
with me while I tell you of another
army that sought its home at the close
Of tho war-an army that marched
home in defeat and not in victory-ln
pathos and not in splendor, but in glory
that equaled yours and to hearts that
we're as loving as ever welcomed heroes
home.
"Let me picture to you the tootsore
confederate soldier, as, buttoning up IN
his faded gray jacket the parole which
was to bear testimony to his children OF
his fidelity and faith, he turned his face
southwark from Appomattox in 1865.
Think of him, as ragged, half starved,
heavy hearted, enfeebled by want and
wounds, having fought to exhaustion,
he %surIenders his gun, wings the hands
of his comrades in silence, and, lifting
his tear-stained and pallid face for the
last time to the graves that dot old
Nlrglnia's hills, pulls his gray cap over
his brow and begins the slow and pam
full journey. =,
What does he tindg Let me ask
you, who went to your homes eager to
find, in a wlcome You had justly earn
ed, full payment for four years sacrl-
fice-what does he find when, having
followed the blood stained cross against
overwhelming odds, dreading death not
half so much as surrender, he reaches
beautiful He finds his house in ruins,
his farm devastated, his slaves free, his
stock killed, his barns empty, his trade
destroyed, his money worthless, his So
cial system-fendal in its magnificence
swept away, his people without law
or legal status, his comrades slain, and
the burdens of others heavy IN his
shoulders. Without money ,lcredit, en-
ployment, material or training, and be-
sides all this, confronted with the
| gravest problem that ever met human
intelligence-the establishing of a status
for the vast body of his liberated slaves.
"What does he do, this hero is gray,
with the heart of goldq Does he sit
down in sullenness and despair9 Not
for a day. Surely God, who stripped
him of his property, inspired him in his
adversely. AS ruin was never before SO
overwhelming, never was restoration
swifter. The soldier stepped from his
trenches into the furrow; horses that
had charged federal guns marched be-
fore the pillow, and fields that ran red
with human blood in April were green
with the harvest in June; women rear
ed in luxury cut up their dresses and
made breaches for their husbands
with a patience and a heroism that fiji
women as a garment they gave their
hands to work. There was little bitter.
ness in all this. Cbeerfulness and
%frankness prevailed. Bill Arp struck
the keynote when he said: Well, ]
killed as many of them as they did OF
me, and I'm going home to work."
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
The Ring In the Board Of Health.
o. States.

N. O. States.
The proceedings of the Board of
Health Thursday night, furnished ad-
diti0nal evidence Of the combination be-
tween the State Administration and the
City Ring. At that meeting DIR. Har-
nan, q of the pets of the Ring, was
elected to succeed DR.. Solomon as secre-
tary and treasurer Of the Board. = n
10 the second place, DR.. j. F. Finney,
a well known and influential Ring man,
was elected Chief Sanitary Inspector
over DR.. PaIkham, who has long held
the position, and SO discharged its du-
ties as to secure the perfect confidence
Of the community.
The Board of Health is a body that
ought above all others to be free of the
contamination of politicians and politi-
cal bargains and juggling I; yet, perio-
ideally, there is an effort OF the bosses
to get control of it and they do not ap-
pear to have failed this time.
The changes yesterday constitute5an-
other link in the chain Of ~evidenceSgo-
ing to prove that a coalition has been
formed between the State Administra-
ton and the City Ring.
We are among those who sincerely
regret to be forced to this conclusion.
The State Administration could rot pos
sibly. take a step more odious to the
people of our city or more inimical in
ito tendencies to the public good, and
40 certain as it proves to be a fact that
it has been made it will ruin the future
usefulness and destroy the credit of
Governor Fosters Administration. We.
therefore, again say that if the Govern
or III deny and denonnce the story, he
owes IL to himself, az he certainly owes
u to the people of New Orleans, whose
best interests it threatens to promptly
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Overwhelmingly for Free Silver,

In the democratic primaries in the
fourth congressional district of this
state to nominate a successor TO Mr.. N.
c. Blanchard, a vote was taken on the
leading questions of the day.
The result was as follows:
For income tax 3,446.
Against ISL.
For tariff for revenue. $3.50.
Against 161.
For anti-options bill, $3.50.
Against 1873.
For repeal Of the 10 per cent tax on
state banks, 1850.
Against 239.
For free coinage of silver, 1870.
Against 226.
For nomination by primaries, 3,107.
Against $50.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Imortant to Farmers

The following are the rules and regu-
lations of the New Orleans Produce Ex-
change with suggestions and instruc-
tions to growers and shippers of pota-
toes and onions, for the season of 1884 :
A bushel Of potatoes shall be 60 lbs.
A barrel of potatoes +" -four Dbl. full.
A bushel of onions shall be So lbs.
A barrel of onions i" -four Dbl. full.
Potatoes and onions in bulk, sacks,
and other than standard packages, 10
be bought and sold per 100 lbs.
Potatoes and onions shall be of mer-
charitable size, and all culls must be
eliminated, to grade such.
Culls are, any potato or onion Of size
less than a hen egg, or .deformed or
knotty stock, and should be packed
separate from the f%irst-class stock and
sold on it's merits.
Culls, mixed with frst-class stock,
hurts their sale.
For a potato to stand shipment, the
vegetable heat should be out of il. The
present practice of digging, sacking
and immediate shipment, without some
cooling process. should be avoided.
Cotton seed meal and fertilizing sacks
should only be used for packing after
q thorough cleaning.
Fill your sacks thereby save freight,
and insist on your merchant selling by
weight, and demand that a public
weigher's certificate accompany each
account sale.
Unless new and honest methods Of
harvesting. transporting and measuring
be ad0pted-which other markets are
demanding of us, we cannot success
fully compete with California 10 these
products, even if our lands do make a
better article. California has become a
very successful rival, because she sends
an even sized potato and onion, filled
into bags full, and sells by weight.
When q Western house buys in Califor-
mia, they know exactly what they are
to get. 1t has been NOT so here. A
change is necessary, and will be Of
benefit to the grower, the receiver and
the shipper.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Double or Binary Stars.

All stars appear single to the naked
eye, but the use Of the telescope has
proven that many consist of two or
more distinct o1bs. When the astrono-
mel Herschel first began to make a spe-
cial observation of double stars, only
four were known. He increased the
number to 500, and now about 1000 are
c%atalogued by astronomers. Some have
argued that these only appear to be
line Of vision, but Herschel, after many
that in hundreds Of cases they actually
revolve around each other, thus proving
beyond a doubt that there is an actual
relationship between such pairs Of orbs
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
R O o F I N G.
Gum Elastic Roofing Felt
S SMALL FARMS
For Sale Mt a Bargain.

Lot /. Section A., TBS. r. / f, 124 65Ilo0 acres.
Lot .. See. As, same I and f, 2N4 7aI100 acres.
Lot 3. Sec. A.. same t and r, 78 96Iloo acres.
Situated in B,ynH thic"i settlement, ana
partly improved. ,:.
These lands have been patented by til" Unit
ed States, January Is, 1854. under a reslrvcy
executed by Geo. K. Bradford, ESD, L. $. Dep
uty Surveyor, and are choice uplands.
viii sell for part cash, balance on time
Also W ! of NV / See 81, + 5 r l E. State pat
to j. D.. Hasscrty. Sw / of sc / Sec % )
r W, L. S. patent No. 4245, containing AZ acres
T. ! of Sc ! Sec II and W ! of sw /, Sec -, II ,
", containing 161 7allGo acres. This is nne
timber land, and adioins Marius Landreneau on
the west. Will sci! eaci! lot separately, or the
j. ID. HAGERTI,
dott93 Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
The Date of Easter.

Easter cannot fall earlier than March
% nor later than April %. and it only
falls oil either of these two extremes
after a lapse of a very long period of
Eight years ago 1885, it fell on
the latest possible date, and this year
only lacked three days of falling on the
other extreme. Easter will not come 10
March again during this century, nor
will it again come as late as it did in
1886, until the year 1913.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21

According to recent French statistics
about half the populatian Of France live
by agriculture; a tenth by trade !; a
twenty-fifth by the liberal professions,
and three fftieths on private incomes.
Of the agriculturists 9,176, 900 are owners
who farm their own land.
The others are tenant farmers, grazers,
laborers, or small proprietors, who in
their spare time work for others. The
mines, quarries and manufactures en-
ploy 100000 persons, while $685. 900 are
engaged in various petty industries.
Among traders there are 700, 600 bank
ers, commission agents and Wholesale
merchants ; 1,895,000 shopkeepers and
1,164,00O keepers of hotels, cafes and
public houses.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
H\RTICTS, ,OJ1,

BLOOD BAY STALLION.
l5A Hands high, Standard and Registered. foaiea
june II. 1890. Sired h. captain Mae 122'.
lDAM GLENN MARY, by Belmont GA. sire of
Nutwood 2:lS4, Wedge"ood 2l9, Clara ID pa
and 40 others i'll $50 list.
, DAM lUCY GRAHAM. by SwI&trt 600, ali"
Of Moody 2:lSh. ST. Cloud 2:2fi, Jessie Fly
2;l73, and 40 otLer, iii $50 list.
, DAM MINNIE, by McGregor's Warrior, s'i''
of dam Of CoEnhc; 4 year olo recof" 2.-"a'
Fer breeding of Captain Mae, 1225. Record 2.''
at 4 wears old. Full brother 10 Lock
heart 2:l3, and E"chhI:dge 2:2'.
sire by Nutwood COO.
| DAM RAPIDAN. 10y Dictator ll3. dail OF
Iockheart 2:l3.
. DAM MADAM Iil.ADIEi, by >ti'ili"rr~
Edwin Forrest, dam OF Expert Prince ~,
a:l34. alal,rl {, years. 1:1l, winner of leSinS-
ton Stakes in 1881
; DAN hy MamhriMu thlet 1t, sine at nlN
Thorn 2:lS4. =,
H., is second cousin to DiItrttln and ~rc"lt
cousin to Nancy links,
viii stand the present season at NY stdll" III
ing on the I-t of February and closing July lsi.
at $1,000 for the season, with return priVilrg" If
the mare fnit, To get IN inll and the i!"tat l..
mains i'll my possession.
have a good pasture Where mares VIII 'r
kept free OF charge. Mat"7 from IA distance
vii. l. fed at 81 per month, hlt ! Wall ii"i l'|
responsible for accidents and escapes. l VIII
personally attend IT, all mares sent me anu
promise good care: and attention.
IEANDRE l.. L~A|ERGAE
L. O. ~ui!lrsa, Shutfston, la. no II
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
Stick A Pin Here.
1

Atlanta Constitution.
According to all accounts at least so
per cent Of the e. jwing oat crop was
destroyed by the frecent freeze. This
means that not Oily oats. but other
food for stock, will command high
prices, and right here the farmers OF the
South should stick a pin.
1t is too late to plant oats, but the
farmers car do better. They can cut
down their cotton acreage and plant
largely of German millet. We trust
they will not be too particular about
their cotton. Unless some unforeseen
event occurs between now and next
year an average crop will not command
a profitable price. The way to prevent
this is for the farmers to raise IA short
crop. They will get more profit out OF
a short crop than out of a large one.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol.
lowing described property, viz:
/. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenan5 house and outhuildings.
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
,. a plantation situated OH the Courtableau,
containing !our hundred and forty-two and
42I10O arpents, about sixty arpelits under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two
good tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear
of this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts of wood land on the bayou
Teche. situated between Couin'.'s bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The 1st and I'd tracts are rented advan-
tageously for the year 1894. and if sold I will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
ia1Gtf ". {. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
ELECTION FOR STATE SENATOR

Chas. f. Burr, returning officer for st. Laii-
dry, has issued a notice appointing coiliiis-
siOners to hold an election on April p, 1894. f"r
a State Senator in place of ID. B. Hayes, re
signed, and fixing the following polling places,
viz.
Opelousas, at Court House.
Washington. at Town Hall.
Waxia, at Boagni & Pnjo's store.
Old Grand Prairie, at A. Nidrlne's.
Chicot, at 9. Haas store.
Grand Prairie, at Deshoteis'.
Mallet, at Jos. Sullice's.
Coulee Croche, at q. Leger's.
Vile Plate, at Social Hall.
Leonville, at T.. CORNERS store.
Fa1uetaIque, at V. Savoie's.
Chataignier, at Laf1eur's store.
Notleyville, at Devilliers' store,
Melville, at ROsenberg's store.
Big Cane, at l.. 8. Hazards store.
Lower Mamou, at L. Vidrine's.
Mamou, at Landreneau's.
POinte Grand Louis, at Lahaye's.
Plaquemline Point, at P. Brasseuf'..
Atchafalaya, at Richards.
Grand Coteau, at Justice OF the Peace office,
Piaisance, at Joubert's.
PlaiSance, at Evans.
Plaisance, at Nidrine's.
Morrow, at LOwry's store.
BOSNIAN, at school house.
Lower Bayou BGuf. at Bernstrin'a store
Palmetto, at W. Budden's store.
Beaver Creek, at W. T. Morris.
Bellevue, at school house.
COcodrie, at Johnson school house.
Whiteville, at Stage & Lat1eur's store.
Pine Prairie, at Pine Prairie Hall.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
CONFEDERATE VETERANS RE
UNION.

HEADQUARTERS UNITED CONFEDERATE }
VETERANS, ),
New Orleans. La, March Is. 1894 y
To Editor COURIER, Opelousas, La:
Dear Gen. ]. B. Gordon, Commanding
quests the press, both daily and weekly, of the
whole country to aid the patriotic and benevo-
lent objects of the United Confederate Veterans
by publishing date Reunion Is to take place at
Birmingham, Ala, IN Wednesday and Thurs
day, April 25th and Goth, 1894, with editorial
notice of the organization, or publish this
letter. Also to urge Ex-Confederate soldiers
and sailors elsewhere to form themselves into
local associations, and send applications to
these Headquarters for papers to organize in
time to participate in the great Reunion, and
thus unite with their comrades i'll carrying ont
the laudable and philanthropic objects of the
Business of the greatest Importance will de
mand careful consideration curing the Fourth
Annual Convention-such as the best methods
of securing Impartial history, and to enlist
each State IN the compilation and preservation
of the history of her citizen soldiery the be
n%evolent care through State aid or otherwise
of disabled or aged Veterans and the widows
and orphans OF our fallen hrotherS-in-a arms;
the care of the graves of our known and I'M
rem, Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas, Oakland
Cemetery at Chicago, Johnson's Island, Cairo
and at all other points, to see that they are an,
nually decorated, the headstones preserved
of our dead heroes with the location of their
last resting places furnished to their friends
and relatives through the medium of our
camps, thus r%escuiDg their names from OBJ
livion and handing them down in history the
consideration of the different movements, plans
and means to erect a monument to the memory
of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confedel-
ate States of America, also to aid in building
monuments to other great leaders, soldiers
and sailors of the South to aid in securing. a
pension from the States lately composing the
Confederate States for Mrs. Jefferson Davis;
to make such changes in the constitution and
bylaws as experience may suggest, and other
matters Of general interest. Very respectfully,
Zee MOORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of staff.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
NOTICE.

OFFICE ]. LANDRY HoMEsT'D Il LOAN Assn,
Opelousas, March Is, 1894.
This Association has opened a new Series
81" The great advantages. already reaped by
the shareholders and the public should induce
many to avail themselves of the present oppor-
tunity TO become members The laying aside
of an insignificant sum weekly will secure you
IL 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.
j.. u. E.STILETTE,
March "a, 1894. President.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
FOR RENT.

A plantation at Prud'homme City containing
200 arpents under fence, $50 fit for cultivation,
with good dwelling, gin, store house, good crib
and other onthouses. Also a plantation in Prai
RE Hayes containing 500 arpents, With 2 dwell
ings, barn and other Onthouscs, about one mile
from the new railroad. Will be rented on shares
or for cash. Apply to T. {. CHACHEnE,
.ian27 Prud'homme City, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
New Railroad for Shreveport

Special to the Times Democrat.
Washington, April 11.-The last OF il
series of five bills authorizing the Tex
arkana and Fort Smith Railway Com
pany to build bridges across streams IN
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, passed
the Senate to-day. On motion OF n
tor Blanchard all of these bills rave
passed the House. This means a new
railroad for Shreveport and through the
Fourth Congressional District. The
route will be from Fort Smith via Tex
arkana and Shreveport, to Calcasleu or
Sabine pass. Part of the road III Az
kansas has already been completed.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
MONEY TO LOAN.

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HOMESTEAD N LOAN)
ASSOCIATION, ;
O~PELOUsAS, Sept. 10th, 1893. }
The undersigned is authorized by the Board
of Directors of the st. Landry Homestead and
Loan Association to offer to it's members loans
at eight per centum. For particulars APP,
ply to q. D. ESTILETTE,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-21
y. NORTH CUIIOM.


Will practice in all the Courts, State and
Federal, held i'll OpeIousas and Crowley.
Also Commissioner Ut q ). Circuit Court, in
and for the Western District of Louisiana.
AS such will attend to any business contem-
plated hy the office.
Office III [. :. Courthouse, Opelousas, LA.