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The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

ESTATE OF BENJAMIN F. MCKINLEY.
No. $3.50.
Whereas, Lena Fontenot, Of the parish of st
Landry, has applied by her petition to be ap-
pointed administratrix OF the estate of Ben
st. Landry;
Now therefore notice is hereby gwen to all
parties interested to make opposition to said
appointment, to lille tho same in writing in my
ONCE IN the town OF Opelousas, in ten days
from the present notice.
CHARLES NJ. THOMPSON,
NOV. ~, 1894. Clerk.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

A grand bazaar will be given to-mor-
row (Sunday) at Port Barre for the pur-
pose of raising funds to give tue Catbo-
lie church at that place a much needed
coat of paint and to repair the cemetery
fence. Everybody is invited to assist
in the good work. The ladies have
made extensive arrangements for the
entertainment of a large crowd and a
all who attend.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
DUBLIC SALE.
ESTATE OF HENRY Ebert, sR.
No. 1894.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF 81 LANDRY.

By virtue of an order of the Honorable Elev.
enth Judicial District Court of the State OF
Louisiana, in and for the parish of st. Landry.
there will be sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned arc-
%ti0neer, at the plantation hereinafter descril-
ed, in said parish, on
Wednesday, December JiIs, 1894,
the following described property, belonging to
the estate OF Henry Ebert, ST., deceased, late OF
the parish of st. Landry, to-wit:
One plantation containing one hundred and
twenty-five acres. more or less, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, situated
on Bayou Petit Prairie, and bounded north by
lands or l.. GOudchaux, east by lands OF J.. 8.
Hazard, south by Mixer and Hazard, and west
by L. Gondchaux.
Ten head Of horned cattle four mules; five
head of creole horses farming utensils, house
hold furniture, etc.
Terms and Conditions All movables cash.
The lands to be sold on % credit of one, two and
three years from day of sale, payable in three
equal installments. Purchasers to furnish good
and solvent security for the payment of princl-
pal and interest ten per cent attorneys fees
to be added in case of suit to enforce payment,
and vendors privilege to be retained on the
property until full and final payment.
ALFRED PAVY,
Aueti0neer.
Nov. 8. 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

A Republican organ points out that
" the Republican party has won the
most sweeping triumph since 1872
This is true. But it is also trne that
two years after 1872 the Republicans
lost the House of Representatives for
the first time since 1856, and were
beaten in all their strongholds, a Demo-
crat being elected Governor of Mas
%sachusetts while four years later
TIlden carried every doubtful State in
the North, and would have become
President but for the Republican Re-
turning Boards in the South.-New
York Post, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Il 1sse yol tried Plantation Liver
~ lol habitual constipation They
~. ~pesfectly spleneAd and a sure cure.
f,aJs g cents. Soldpby Shnte e. Duson,
RR~ik1ns0usas, G.. r. N-ason, Melville, and
-s'sAe q burke, Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Printers in need of a good newspaper
press q get M at u bargain by APP
plying at this Office soon. r. Hoe g.
Co. make ; will print an 8-column folio /;
lie in fine condition |; can be seen in oper-
alton; and will be sold at half original
coat.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
JUDGMENT.
AGLAE DOUCET VS.. DOMINIQUE vID-
RINE.
COURT, PARISH OF I. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


No. 15442.
This is a suit by plaintiff wife against deten-
Iendant husband for a judgment Of separation
OF property and o dissolution OF the community
OF acquets and gains, and plaintiff further prays
1or 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 ia positiye
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
ana 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, 1t 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 paraphernal property,
ana 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. G. PERRAULT.
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. of La.
Filed October, 9th, 1894.
H. T. EsToRGE, Dry elk.
A true copy.
Q. B. THoMPsoN, d., elk.
Nov. 10, 1894.
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The annual report of the American
Cotton Oil Company, for the year end
ing Aug. 81, 1894, has just been made
public and shows that, although the
company did a larger business than in
the preceding year, its net profits suf-
fered a large decrease. The price of
cotton seed during the year took a big
tumble, but. owing to outside competi-
t'on, the price OF cotton seed oil also
suffered a heavy decline. Out of seven
ty-two crude oil mills owned by the
company, furty-niue are in operation,
five are idle and eighteen are disman-
tied. Ten out of the colnpany's fifteen
refneries and eight of its nine soap
factories are in operation.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

~. niy poor back! No sxcuse for it
WI seHIallcn Anti-Pain Porous Plasters
80 capslcum will cure it. Sold and
- ss9steed satisfactory by Shute & Du-
m. v~peiolsas, DR. g. r. Tolson, Mel
Hs'"es ana Blake g. burke, Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
Nov. 8,
DUBLIC SALE.
ESTATE OF JEAN P. ORTEGO.
No. 1924.
DOCKET, DISTRICT Court
PAPTaIy m cr -rr

No. 1924.
PROBATE DOCKET. DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
By virtue OF an order of the Hon, the District
Court IN and for the parish of st. Landry. there
lllbes sold at public auction, to the last and high.
est bidder by the undersigned administratrix
or any duly qualified auctioneer. at the last
residence OF the deceased, in Old Grand Prairie,
IN the parish OF st. Landry, on
Wednesday, December 9Th, 1894.
ne folloWing described property, belonging to
the parish OF st. Landry, to-wit:
A certain tract Of land situated at Old Grand
Bayou Crocodile, south by land Of AIfr eS
stagg, east BY land of .Arthemon Lafieur and
west by and of Cleophas soileau, containing
and improvements thereon.
One black mare about sixty head of hogs :
one om;, old wagon; one old ,bugsy;a lot Of agrl.
kitcnen utensils; one old gun about four bales
or cotton about fifty barrels OF corn.
TefmS-Cash.
PAULINE JEANSONNE,
Administrators
o 8. 1894.
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everything at a sacrifice at BlOch's-
Ky goods. clothing, boots and shoes,
.ssuItlre, groceries saddlery, wagons,
skI%icnltnral implements, etc. Bring
~. cash and take the goods at your
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Oct. 90, 1s94
DuRLEC SALE.
DUBLHC SALE.
ESTATE OF THERESE MALLETTE.
No. 446S.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST, LANDRY.

"
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
BY virtue OF an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court, in and for the parish of st, Ian.
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 principal door of the Courthouse in one.
lousas, In the parish of ST. Landry, on
Thursday, November %, 1894,
the following described property belonging to
the estate OF Theresee Mallette, deceased widow
OF Gaspard Fiolle, late of the parish OF st. Ian
dry, tO-wit:
The undivided interest or share of one.
nalf IN and to q certain tract OF parcel of land
containing two thousand acres, being the same
land reported by the old Board of Commission
ers at Opelousas under the number Is and
letter B on the 4th May, 1916, and confirmed hy
the act OF congress of April 20, 1916.
Also the undivided interest of one-half in
and to the land in sections IL and 10, &c, in
township Is north in Range IL west in the
state or Louisiana, on which sections said
claim for two thousand acres was located by
the United States, the location having beef
rejected by the Surveyor General. Said claim
10 for 1000 acres appearing on page 80, vol. s
Edition"
Terms-Cash.
j. L.. CHACHERE,
OCT. 70, 1884. Administrator
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

blsne 6.ackskin Breeches are made to
|f,;rs..Mc WE men who wear them. The
foss y lngs are better, thread and but
4sr.n pstter, pockets better, and work
Tssnip e better than other brands.
III rss ale cut fuller and moro shapely.
~ I've. They are made honestly and
;CAeTed 70 the Wearer on their
sssts only. Insist on seeing them.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

". W. M. Thompson has removed his
eLngstOre to the building lately occu-
p'sa by Shute g. Dnson, on Landry
ssleet, adjoining Mrs. Clara Perrault's,
Ana nearly opposite LacOMbe's stable.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

]. 3. Sandoz sells the celebrated Stu
ds6aker wagons and dump carts, also
fns line of carriages. buggies. speed
iDE carts and harness of all kinds.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

lae attention of rice planters is called
y me fact that j. Meyers e. Co. have
s 4. on hand a full supply of Irri-
3 sssang Pumps. They make a speciality
v we celebrated Irwin Van VII Pumps
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
y Your life worth so cents

y yoqr life worth 80 centsf
.eMD Chill; Congestive Chill
ssks;,sa This is the evolution of your
my I'M sensation. Plantation Chill Cure
Nh " aGafe yon. or Il ariH cost You nothing.
9'I, nv shute & DusoD, OpSelousas, Dr..
~. 1oison, Melville, and Blake &
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Y, Meyers g. Co. have just received
lwC carloads of the celebrated OWENS
DvhU Wagons, comprising all sizes,
snicb they are offering at unusually low
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

fresh stock of groceries, also dry
goods just received at Clements & Hea-
ieys-shoes a specialty-all at prices to
anti the hard times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

VI, Dluson, specialist, Eye. Ear, Nose
s0d Throat. Hours from 10 II. m. to 10
=. Ofice with DR.. I. E. Shute, Landry
sleet. between Court and Main, Opel
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Plantation Arnica Liniment is snre
cure for rheumatism and all pains.
cold by Shute & Dusun, O~pelousas, CIR.
FOLSOM. Melville. and Blake e. burke.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Whether you like the ordinary pref
eel or not you can't help relisIinR the
kind to be served at Opera House We'd
nesday and Thursday nights.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Clements & Healey have just receiv-
ed q new line OF seasonable dry goods
which they are Offering cheap.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

The finest line of cold weather goods,
such as Heaters, Cook Stoves and
Crates, &c, at the Hardware Store.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

jos. Bloch will astonish You in low
prices. He carries a full line of dry
goods, groceries. boots, shoes, ETC., and
q selling them to snit the hard times.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Il look for an immediate improve
ment in business j%ubilantiy remarked
Congressman Morse, when informed of
the Republican victory. That's pre-
cisely what the statesman of Canton
should look for. He'll find it, too. If
he chooses to attribute the revival ia
trade - gained under a Democratic
tariff, by the way-to the flop" of
Tuesday, that is his Naturalization
Globe, Dem.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Don't fail to give Clements & Healey
acail when yon need anything in the
line OF dry goods, groceries or shoes.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

lfyou want to make application for
entry of land, call on Maj. Ben. Bloom
Held. the old Confederate soldier and
U1ited States Commissioner.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

The signal service forecast issued on
Thursday indicated warmer weather
with local rains for yesterday.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Fancy paper and envelopes, albums,
toilet articles, soaps, perfumeries, ETC.,
at Bailey's drugstore.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Best quality of Pittsburg and Alaba-
ma coal delivered at any point in the
corporation at lowest rates by j. B. San
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Gents and Children's clothing at
prices to suit the times at Firnberg
Bros,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

If you have to make final proof for
your homestead, call on Maj. B. Bloom
field, United States Commissioner.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Have you seen Firnberg Bros La
dles' stylislly trimmed hats. They are
elegant and cheap.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

There is one consolation in the re-
turns. Tom Reed will not have to
count Democrats to make a Republican
quorum in the next House.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Drugs, medicines, chemicals, patent
medicines. fine cigars, tooth brushes,
combs, &C., at Bailey's drugstore.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

DR.. IRONS Office hours are from 10 a.
N. to / p. M. and from 3 .. m. to 6 o. N.
On Saturdays, from 8 a. m. to 6 D. m.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Good singing and dancing ut Opera
House Wednesday and Thursday
nights.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Sboes-all styles, grades and prices at
Clements e. Healey.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

a NEW sewing machine can be had
CHEAP by applying at once at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Secretary Carlisle has issued a call for
bids for $50.000,ON of 5 per cent ten
year bonds, interest to be paid in coin.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Wanted-A smart boy from 10 to Is
years OF age to attend to stock and do
yard work. Apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Jos. Bloch's ia the place to leave your
small change and get some of his great
bargains.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Market price paid for cotton seed Il,
Crawford e. Hopkins lumber yard.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

The Hardware Store
Has no other but Pittsburg Coal.
Give us a call.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Buy your Horse and Mule Jewelry at
Hackl's Hardware Store.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

If you need a %cistern, give your order
to Crawford e. Hopkins, Opelousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Prescriptions filled at all hours at
Bailey's drugstore.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
Personal,

Jos. l.. Cain, of Ennice. paid orr towr
q visit this week.
VIC. pevilIiers, Of %NotleyyiIle. was in
town on Tuesday.
DR.. r. j. Pulford, in company with
his brother, Mr.. Geo. Pulford, visited
Arnaudville on Sunday last.
Mr.. F. X. Hopkins spent several DAYS
with relatives in Lafayette and return
ed home the first of tie week.
Louis II. Andrus, Of the progressive
little town of Eunice, visited relatives
and friends here this week.
Miss Beulah Young, of Dubuisson.
was enrolled as a pupil at the Opelousas
Female Institute this week.
Dave Newhauser, the popular agent
OF the New York Equitable Life Insur-
ance Association, arrived here Thurs
day evening to remain Il couple of days
Mr.. b. r. Sherrouse, the wide-awake
and popular representative of the cele-
DRAFTED Iichenor's Antlseptic, was i'm
town Wednesday, and gave our Office
an appreciated visit.
Cards are out announcing the coming
wedding Of our sweet young friend.
Miss Fannie Jacobs, of O~pelousas, to
Mr.. Fred. A. Hart, Of Woodyiile, Miss.
The ceremony will take place at the
Presbyterian church next Tuesday at
z p. m. The couple will reside ia Wood
vile, and Miss Fannie will be sadly
missed by hosts of friends here. We
tender Opr congratulations and good
wishes.
President Cleveland has just made a
wholesale extension Of the o rnpetitive
system. The law allows the Executive
a very wide discretion in this matter,
and Mr.. Cleveland .uses this power to
bring within its operation all of the
minor Offices in the departments now
omitted, all Of the employees in custom
houses where they number as many as
twenty. 1900 of the 1900 places now
excepted in the postal service, and a
number OF places in other bureaus;
while a fagrant abuse is abolished by
revolving the permission to transfer
from excepted places to places in
the classified service after they have
held the former positions u year-under
the spoilsmen have managed to
smuggle in a good many worthless poll
teal workers." This is undoubtedly
most important step in this matter
has been taken by any President
since the civil-seryice act was passed in
1888, and it will be n of the land |
of the present Administrations
n. 7. Evening Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Chickens always on hand at Branch
Store of J.. X. Sandoz g. Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

The hard times are completely Offset
by the low prices at Jos. BlOch's.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Thos. j. Keogh at Opera House We'd
nesday and Thursday nights.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
Get our prices for job work.

DIED:
CARRIERE-In Washington, Nov. 9, 1894, at
1926 2: M, Eliza Lamorandier, wife of G6rand
Carriere, aged "a years, Z months and 20 days.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Get your machinery fittings at J.
Meyers g. Co. u
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

Mail ORDER promptly attended 60 by
Firnberg Broc.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17
TW0 DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Sl.OO for Six Months.

sATeyzz1AY. .: NOVEMBER II, 1894
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Optlousas G,onritr.

PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY BY
IEONCE & l.. A. SANDOZ.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-17

.y virtue or an order of the Honorable Eley-
f : oui Judicial District Court of the State OF
t%ama IN and for the parish of st. Landry,
ana highest bidder. by the undersigned admin.
istIalof, or any duly qualified auctioneer.a the
r ria residence or deceased in Old Grand Prni-
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OF ADMINISTRATION.

o. B. THOMPSON, D'yClk.
Nov. 10, 1894.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
NEWSY NOTES.

The law requires that returns shall be
made of all marriage ceremonies within
80 days after being performed, and apen-
atty of $50 for failure to do so.
A pest-house for diptheria patients
seems to be needed in jamestown. Ac-
cording to the Buffalo Courier their were
nine new cases in jamestown last week
and two deaths, making over 200 deaths
from this fatal disease in the past eight
months.
A resident of Sharon ordered stove at
the foundry in that place last week. The
pig iron was melted and cast, the frame
put together, polished, set up in the pur-
chaser's house and fire started in it in
less than three hours from the time he
gave the order.
Postmssters in the larger cities are al
lowed from IS to $40 a year for "eat
meat" to be fed to the official pussies
whose business it is to catch the rats and
mice that would otherwise destroy the
mail sacks stored in the basement of the
large post offices each night.
w. r. Bole, a former well known MEM
ber Of the Crawford county bar and a
Democrat of prominence in the county,
whose career will be well remembered
by the older residents ofthis section, died
Wednesday in San Francisco, at the age
of SIS years.-Titusville World.
Hon. Benjamin l.. Hewitt, ex-Speaker
of the House of Representatives, died in
Philadelphia on the 10th inst, where he
had been under treatment by DIR. Pepper
for rheumatic troubles. For many years
he had been prominent in the State as a
lawyer and member of the legislature.
Lieut.. d. F. Wheelock, chief engineer
of the Franklin Electric Railroad. went
to Franklin to-day to arrange for the
building of the road.-Warren Mirror.
He expects to let the contracts soon and
to have the road completed by July LIST.
Mar. Wheelock believes work on the elec-
trio road between Franklin and Oil City
will be commenced early in the summer.
Franklin News.
Four prisoners escaped from the Law
renee county Jail Tuesday night by cut
ting through double barred windows
They were William Hart, charged with
several burglaries; Sam Schell, burglary
and VIM. Il. Ashton and Perry Henry
larceny. Prof Hartshorne, charged witt
child murder and abortion, was at liberty
in tho corridor, but refused to accompany
the others in the escspe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
A FREIGHT TRAIN wRECRED.
Fireman John Martin Missing, and IA
Cars Burned.

Train No. 98 on the River division Of
the W. N. Y. p. was wrecked at wal
nut Bend, miles above Oil City at 1925
Friday morning last. The train left Oil
City at IL o'clock Thursday night, the
crew being conductor John Fitzgibbons,
flagman W. Woods, middle brakeman
Michael Harmon, head brakeman Harry
Carr, engineer VIM. Sitting, and fireman
John Martin. When a few rods above
Walnut Bend station the engine left the
track, having run into large oak log
which had slid down Off the side hill, and
become firmly fastened across the track,
and fourteen cars went over the embank-
ment, some - feet high. The engine
plunged into the river which at the time
point. Brakeman Carr was on the en-
gine with Engineer Sittig and Fireman
Martin; both of the former were thrown
into the river and, being good swimmers,
made their escape. 1t is thought beyond
doubt that Martin was also thrown into
the river, and being unable to swim, was
drowned; at any rate nothing has been
found of him except his hat, which would
bear out the theory OF drowning. The
rest OF the crew escaped serious injury,
but almost the entire train was consumed
by fire, the oil tanks catching from the
engine furnace.
The missing fireman is about % years
old, and the son of a widow and the
brother of Michael Martin, manager OF
the Wells, Fargo Express company's Of
fee in Oil City. He was noted among his
fellow workmen as young man of in
dustrious, stesdy habits and light-hearted
nature, and was fsvorite with all.
The prompt work of the wrecking crew
made it possible for all trains to be run
nIng on time by noon of Friday, but it
will be several days before the wreckage
is all cleared away, and the loss to the
railroad company will be several thous-
and dollars.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
KellettVilIe.

Rafting has commenced at the several
places around here and the lumbermen
have 2X4 smile on their countenances.
Several RATS from Fools Creek and
Foxes Mills, have passed here during the
latter part of last week. On last Tues
day evening at o'clock, Chss. Pope was
stricken with paralytic fit which rem
dered him unconcious for IL hours. He
was properly attended by DR.. Barber
who soon brought relief to his sufferings.
James Walters, who resides on the
Luther johnson farm, is soon to leave us
and join other friends at Tidioute. jim
and family will be greatly missed
Chas. S. Andrews came home on Thurs
day from Columbus, Ohio. where he has
been a medical student at the Columbus
Medical college.-The X. o. T. NJ. have
announced that they will give masquer-
ade ball in Kellettville on April 10Th, for
the benefit of the order. Good music
and the best Of order will insure a good
attendance-F. G. Proper, Leslie Cat
up to Porkey Hall, Friday evening, at
tending the Basket Social which was held
at the above place.-Mr. and Mrs. W..
II. Carter of the Brooklyn house visited
George Craig and family at Bslltown
over Sunday.-Several of the idle peo-
pie about town are spending their spare
moments fishing-George Arnold and
wife are both laid up with sickness.
Something new for George to be under
the weather.-Hon. Matthew Cox, OF
Newtown Mills, started to his former
home. Boston, on Saturday. Mr.. Cox
and wife have been residents of Newtown
Mills for the past two years, and during
their stay have made numerous friends
who will be sorry to learn of the depar-
ture of this estmable couple.-Well No.
IS, on the Cook lease, at Mayburg, was
drilled in one day last week, and after
shooting and tubing the same it started to
flow at 200-barrel rate. Kelly 6 Gran
din, the owners, expect to drill over con-
| considerable territory the coming sum-
| mer. WILL WALKS.