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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1894-02-10
agemeni

The fancy dress and masquerade
ball given by the o. s. c. on Mardi
Gras night at the Opera House was a
success. True the attendance was not
very large, but, considering the fact
that quite number of our people had
gone to New Orleans, the attendance
at the ball was very good. The char
acters assumed by the different mask
ers were unique and pretty; some were
little utter" it is true; but in a
large gathering of this kind it is not
reasonable to suppose that everybody
will appreciate the laws of harmony in
selection of colors and shapes. TAX
ing it all in all the o. s. c. can con-
gratulate themselves that their ball
was an enjoyable affair.
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The cold weather we have had has
left it's traces in the sickly appearance
of Oleanders. Japan Plnms and other
delicate shrubs.
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We have heard it stated that Mr..
Jules Qu6bedean will, in all likelihood,
succeed the late j. B. Bergeron as Police
Juror
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Latest designs in fancy cards, envel-
opes, etc., just received at this Office
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We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of our new Bank
the st. Landry State Bank
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CoAL.-Pittsburg coal delivered any
where withiH the corporation limits
in any quantities By j. B. Sandoz.
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with the said ALPHoNsE LEVY as President,
ANTOINE DIETLEIN as rice- President and j L.
SKIPPER as Cashier, to serve as such until
the second Tuesday in January eighteen
hundred and ninety-tive or until their sue
cessors shall hayr been duly elected and
qualified.
ARTICLE XII.
The names of the share holders. their
places of residence and the number of shares
held by each of them is as follows, to-wlt
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Jos. Bloch will astonish you in low
prices. He carries a full line of dry
goods, groceries, boots, shoes, ETC., and
is selling them to suit the hard times.
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Wild ducks were plentiful in town
the past week, French ducks selling
as low as 25 cts. per pair and Teals at
for 25 cts
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Drugs, medicines, chemicals, patent
medicines, fine cigars, tooth brushes,
combs, &c, at Bailey's drugstore.
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See Charter of St. Landry State Bank
in our advertising columns.
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Fancy paper and envelopes, albums,
toilet articles, soaps, perfumeries, ETC.,
at Bailey's drugstore.
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Now comes in the popular dish
Cod fish and Irish potatoes.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

Office 81. Landry Homestead and Loan)
Associati0n,
Opelousas, Sept 18th 1898.
The undersigned is authorized by the Board
of Directors Of the st, Landry Home stead and
Loan Association to offer to its members loans
at eight per eentum. For particulars ap-
ply to E. d. ESTILETTE,
: President St. Landry II. & l.. Assn.
Sept. 90, 1928.
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Beer on draught, fresh from the re-
frigerator at five cents glass at Firm
berg's saloon.
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La Grippe still holds its victims in
our parish Deaths from it occur here
and there, 10 the shape of pneumonia.
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The entertainment given on Satnr
day evening last, by the Sisters of the
Opelonsas convent was a success
The object was for the purpose Of
raising funds for repairs on the build
ings, and we learn that upwards Of
$4,000 was realized. Much praise is
due the Sisters for the elegant ideas of
the pragram and training of the little
ladies who acquitted themselves so
we'll. It was also source of great
pleasure to the parents, who wore
smiling and beaming countenances and
upon which could be read-well done.
Supper, gumbo, coffee, &c. were served
by the ladies. who by the way. are also
entitled to credit for their good mau-
agement.
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The hard times are completely Offset
by the low prices at JOS. Bloch's.
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Read 10 this paper how to get Fifty
Worlds Fair Views free.
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Do not fail to see Jos. Bloch's winte
goods before buying.
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Prescriptions filled at all hours at
Bailey's drugstore.
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The clerk of the weather was on his
good behavior Mardi Gras day.
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Jos. Bloch's is the place to leave your
small change and get some of his great
bargains.
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Shelled corn at 5 cents gal, at j
&. Sandoz g. Bros Branch Store.
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About 300 of these Churns Sold
in and Around Opelousas.

Sunset, La, Jan. %, 1894.
Having seen the Dairy Swing Churn tested
with three distinct churnings, milk in three
temperatures, we unhesitatingly pronounce it
a success and far superior to any churn we
have ever seen. Butter is turned out in
beautiful style, only requiring from 5 to l8
minutes to complete churning.
F. E. STOKES.
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METHODIST CHURCH,-At Opelousas, lst, Sd
and 4th Sabbaths III o'clock q. m. and p. m
Bellevue. I'd Sabbath, IL o'clock q. m; Sd
Sabbath $3.50 p. m.
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night at 7
Sabbath School 10 O'Clock every Sabbath.
ET. DENSON, p. C..
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FOR RENT.

nNE HUNDRED arpents Of land, with
~ buildings and impros ements, known as
the Franklin College Property. For terms
apply to either of the undersigned
(THos. H. LEWIS,
Trustees J. j. THOMPSON,
". X. IRION.
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Done and passed at my office in the town
of Opelousas, La, on the day, month and
year aforesaid in presence of Jonas Jacobs
and Pierre j: Pavy, competent witnesses who
have signed with the appearers and me
notary after reading tho whole
[Original signed]
ALPhONSE LEVY,
1T. SKIPPER,
JULIUS MEYERS,
Witnesses: E. LATREYTE,
Jonas JACOBS, ANT. DIETLEIN,
P. j. PAvY. Z. c. DUSON,
t~ O. H. TERWILLIGER,
SEAL. Notary Public
Having examined the above and foregoing
act of incorporation of the est. Landry State
Bank" am of the opinion that the objects
and purposes of the said corpo ration as there
in set forth are legal and that mono of it's
provisions are contrary to law or good morals
(Signed) E. b. DUBUISSON,
District Attorney llth judicial
District of Louisiana.
Filed February 5th 1894.
ALFRED PAVY,
Deputy Clerk.
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The st. Landry State Bank.

| The Board of Directors of the First
National Bank of Opefousas, after con
dncting its affairs for nearly four years,
arrived at the conclusion that whilst
the national banking system may be
very suitable for large cities where
stocks, bonds, and good personal Sc
curities are ample to warrant the bank
to do a large business without taking
real estate as security. that in country
towns the restrictions placed upon ma
tional banks by the national banking
system prevent such banks from being
as useful to the community as they
could be without these restrictions,
and in order to do business safely they
have frequently to svade the laws and
take papers, which when brought to
the notice of the authorities. always
cause some objections Besides, the
carrying of United States bonds to Sc
cure circulation instead of proving a
benefit to the banks as is the popular
impression, it really causes to the
banks yearly loss of several hundred
dollars, besides taking from the active
capital of the bank several thousand
dollars which are tied up in bonds and
therefore not available for the purposes
Of general business.
They have therefore concluded to
bring the matter to the attention Of
the stockholders of the bank, who
promptly voted almost unanimously to
convert the affairs of the First Nation
al Bank into that of State Bank.
The change was effected on Saturday,
Feb. 3rd, when the First National Bank
liquidated its affairs, and on Monday,
Feb. 5th, the st. Landry State Bank
opened its doors for business. The af-
fairs of the new bank are to be man
aged by the same officers and directors
who having acquired considerable ex-
perience in the management of the
bank under the laws regulating the
national bankingf system, find that
many of the laws regulating such banks
are wise, and propose TO strictly carry
the affairs of the new bank under the
same restrictions, excepting in the
matters of taking Mortgage securities
1t may be said, to the credit of the
officers of the First National bank as
we'll as to it's stockholders and custom
ers, that during its existance not dol
lar has been charged off from the pro
fits for losses made by the bank through
loans made to any of its customers,
and also that during the crisis of 1893
the bank paid it's depositors 10 full for
checks as they we're presented, and re-
fused to join in with other bankers to
limit the amount to be daily drawn.
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Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-Services at Ope-
lousas every Sd Sunday Of the month at II a.
m, and 7:30 p. m. At Bellevue, the first Sun.
day of each month at III q. m. and 7:3O p. m.
REV GEO. FRAZER, Pastor.
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Sunsat. La. Jan. %, 1898.

Sunset, La, Jan. %, 1893.
On three occasions / have witnessed the
Dairy Swinging Churn in operation, with
different qualities of milk, and a beautiful
article of butter was made in from five to
eighteen minutes with great ease. 1t ls far
ahead Of any churn have ever seen.
e. BoUDREAU.
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AXE KUG7 GOHNW EV ID H.
anything that needs to have its color fresh
ened and frightened up9 If SO, we have ex-
actly what you require also drugs, medicines
books, notions, &c SHUTE & DUSON.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, ]

STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
|, Alfred Pavy, Deputy Clerk of the llth
Judicial District Court. in and for the State
and parish above written, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true and cor
of record in my office Feb'y. 5th 1894.
,~~ In testimony whereof |
sea- { have hereunto set my hand
wv and affixed the seal of my
Office at Opelousas, La, this 5th day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1894.
ALFRED PAVY,
Deputy Clerk.
Eoh IN 1904
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EPISCOPAL CHURcH-Thers will be divine
service in the "Church OF the Epiphany" on
the I'd Sunday in the month at Ii o'clock a.
m. and on the 4th Sunday at $50 p. m, the
Rev A. r. Price officiating.
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ARTICLE TX.

This act Of incorporation may he changed,
modified or altered or said corporation may
be dissolved with the consent OF three-f"urihs
(al of the entire capital stock of the sail cor
poration at general meeting of the stock
holders convened for that purpose. after
thirty (30) days prier notice of such meeting
shall have been given by four successive pub
lieations in one of the weekly newspapers
published in the town Of Opelousas, La, and
by mailing q written notice to the last known
address of each stakeholder.
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ARTICLE x

Whenever this corporation is dissolved
it's affairs shall be lquidated under the su-
perintendence of three stockholders appoint
ed for that purpose by the Board Of Direc-
tors. The said commissioners shall remain
in Office until the affairs of the said corpora
tion shall have been fully settled and llqui-
dated. And in case of the death, resignation
or inability to act of one or more of said
commissioners. the Board of Directors shall
appoint . successor or successors from among
the stockholders of said corporation.
ARTICLE XI.
The following named persons shall consti-
tute the first Board of directors
aALPHONsE LEVY, ANTOINE DIETLEiN, ). /.
SKRPER, HENRY KAHN, JULIUs MEYERS,
ETIEHNE LATREYrE and /. NJ. LIcHTENsTEIN,
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BAPTIST CHURCH.-Opelousas. on the lst
and 2nd Sundays of every month.
REV. PHILLIPS, Pastor.
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ARTICLE VII.

Said Board of Directors shall have full
power and authority to make and establish
as we'll as change, alter or amend, such by
laws, rules and regulations for the manage
ment of the business and affairs of the sai'
corporation as may be necessarF and proper
to make and use corporate seal and th'
same to break and alter al pleasure.
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No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts or faults Of
said corporation in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due on the shares of stock
owned by him; nor shall any mere informal
ity in organic alton have the effect of render
ing this charter null or of exposing IL stock
holder to any further liability than the nn-
paid balance due on his stock.
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The said Board of Directors at it's first
number President, vice President and
Cashier, and appoint from its number a dis
count committee of three (3). The said
Board of Directors shall also appoint from
time to time, an assistant cashier and such
other officers, clerks or agents as may be
deemed necessary for the business and pur
poses Of the said corporation.
The Cashier, assistant Cashier and such
other officers and clerks as shall be deemed
necessary shall be required to furnish bonds,
in sums to be fixed by the said Board Of
Directors, in some good and solvent guaran-
tee company to be approved by the said
Board
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NOVELTY IRON WORKS.

$50 ] took these little mementoes," he
says, waving his hand at the shelf. it is
a grim and sordid fate for a landlady that
she should be peculadted by her own
ledger and retailed at I'd, Cd. and Is is a
slice, according to the choiceness of the
parts. But there are those who suspect
our microtomist of having OBJ
tanned his human material in q legiti-
mate way from the dissecting room, and
having created his Mrs. Webster for lit
erary effect.
Still, the tumble of matters in the cor
pulent little bottles upon his shelves re
main odd enough picked organisms from
the deep sea are side by side with scraps
of plant, root and stem, and the mortal
remains of pet puppy; while a fruit that
grew and ripened in a jungle in Borneo
shares bottle with some cubic inch of
substance that was once part of the YES
tture of a human soul in a London hos
pital. Sooner or later they will come to
the knife edge and the glass slip. Our
microtomist is indeed on the level of
Shakespeare. All being pays its tribute
to his art; he makes it clear and brilliant
for US, using his stains and media not TO
hide but to display, making truth truer
and the visible plain. His work is We
rita BILE microcosm-a summary of the
world.
The ordinary micretomis is who cut sec
tions for the medical Students, as a rule,
do little in the direction of cutting rocks
This has special technique, and is prac-
ticed chiefly at the greater geological
schools-at the Royal School of Mines,
for instance 1t is almost impossible to
convey an idea of the appearance of sec
tions of some granite rocks when seen in
polarized light. Let the reader think Of
the tints of film of gas refuse floating
on water, of the spectrum thrown by a
glass prism, of fire opal of the mother-of-
pearl, Of old stained glass windows, Of
Burne-JOnes at his best. All these, and
more also, will he see in such a rock as
picrite or dunite. A day will come when
artists will seek these things and learn a
thousand delights of coloring from their
study. For microscopic sections may be
collected for their beauty, for their tech
nical excellence, thinness, and so forth,
for their historical interest, and Tor their
scientific Importance.
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An Art Club suReeated.

Savannah, Ga, April Editor Morn
ing News: Why should not city of
this size have an Amateur Art Club? 1
see we have a good number of enthusiast
tic workers in art. 1t would be both in
structive and profitable to us as well as
the general public We could meet once
each month, or as often as we saw fit;
then have exhibitions annually, semi-an-
nual or quarterly. There is nothing of
the kind in this city, except the Telfair
academy, and do not think an amateur
club would be an infringement on that.
VIII those interested give their ideas as
to possibility of success ARTIST.
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FAST wHIRLs ON THE WHEEL.
Connerat and Wilson Each Scoops in
Two First Prizes.


Charleston, S. c., April 4.-The follow
ing is the score of the second days racing
at the April meet of the Charleston
Wheelmen's Track Association:
First Race-One mile handicap. Entries.
W Purse and l.. W. Rivers, of Charleston.
Purse Won, with Rivers second Time .: a SIS.
second Race-One mile, visitors only En-
Lrles; X. V. Connerat and NJ. Ed Wilson Of
savannah, Ga. and Fitzsimmons. of Greens.
boro. n. c. Connorat won, with F'itzsimrnons
second. Time. 2:t7 50.
Third Race-FOr boys of II years and under.
Entries; >. G. Lindstedt, Dannie Mcclure
Ernest A. Starr Of Charleston. Lindstedt
won, with Mcclure second. No time taken.
Fourth Race-One mile 2:30 class Entries:
M. Ed wilson OF savannah. :. L. Welsh of
charleston. Wilson won with Welsh second
Time 2.46
Fifth Race-One mile 2:5O class Entries
NJ. Ed Wilson. of Savannah. and W Purse
ana l.. w. Rivers. of Charleston. Wilson
won with Purse second. Time BOG.
sixth Racc-Two-milc handicap Entries:
h. V. Connerat of Savannah, $. L. Welsh Of
Charleston, M. Ed Wilson Of Savannah and
j. i. johnson of Charleston. Connerat won,
with Welsh second and johnson third. Time
5:34
Seventh Race-One mile. handicap for
Charleston riders, Entries: l. Baird. S. L.
Welsh L. w Rivers and w. Purse Baird
Won. with Welsh second and Rivers third.
Time , A.
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ORGANIZED FOR coon WORK.
Other Matters Of Interest in Emng,
ham County.

Guyton, Ga, April 4. Rev. o. F.
Cook has organized the young people into
an "Epwcrth League" \ large number
have Joined. The following are the Of.
hcers; w S. Simmons, president; Mrs.
n. N: Berrien, first vice president; Miss
Carrle Rogers. second vice president: and
a. +. Bird, third vice president: Miss
BESSIE l-anier. secretary and J. II. Law
renee, treasurer. The meetings will De
helo every Sunday afternoon at the
cEufch- Different committees will be ap-
pointed to look after various interests.
suca as visiting the sick. the poor. and
calling on strangers who come into the
community.
Mr. I'd Eoy, Jr bought the Dean prop
eFJy at the sale yesterday in Springfield.
Mr.. Toy had bargained Tor this property
privately some time ago. out it was dis
covered that proper titles could not then
oe given. The property was duly ad-
Vertlsed and sold yesterday This is a
valuable piece ofproperty, being near the
depot 1t brought a good price. The
purchaser expects to improve the property
very soon.
Miss Sallie Rain, daughter of Mr.. J. R.
Kahn, was married to Mr.. Clay Elkins
TINS evening at her fathers residence by
Rev. o. f. Cook.
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BURIED GOLD AND WHISKY.
No Hurry About Them, for the Whisky
Is Growing Better and thu Gold No
Worse.

Worse.
From the Morning Oregonian.
w. K. Smith of this city owns a farm
of some 800 acres on the west shore of
Souvie's Island, on which there is said to
be a treasure of 800, 900 buried, and along
side of it big trunk full Of bottles of
whisky The particulars in regard to the
matter were learned from Mr. Smith
himself, few days ago, on the steamer
Kellogg.
During the past winter, Mr.. Smith
stated some parties had been boring
holes all over his farm in search of a
treasure buried there The WORK had
been done at night, and the neigh boring
farmers had seen the lanterns fitting
around the place and mistaken them for
"ignes fatui" The treasure, which is by
some said to be in a trunk, and by others
in tin cans, was buried there back in the
SOS by stranger, who afterwards had
the misfortune to get into the state peni-
Tertiary, and the further misfortune to
drop dead of heart disease in hotel in
this city soon after getting out OF prison,
and before he had time to recover the
gold which is mostly in $50 slugs. While in
the penitentiary this unfortunate man re-
vealed the secret OF his treasure to his
cell-mate, and also furnished him with
rude map of the ground, intended to show
where the treasure is located, the bear
inVs Of certain trees, stumpS, etc, being
given as witness marks. This map does
not appear to be definite enough, as the
fellows have been boring all over the
place till it begins to LOOK like big pep
per box.
to recover this treasure himself MIR.
Smith ntimated that he had not been in
any need Of the money, and, as for the
trunkful of whisky, it was improving
with age and would keep best where il
is The holes bored, he said, are eight
inches in diameter ana twenty feet in
depth He has not decided whether ne
will Gil them with mould anG raise lot
of prize parsnips ana horse-radish Tor the
next exposition or whether he viii have
them pulled up and welded into one deep
artesian we'll He thinks the fellows
have bored enough holes TO thoroughly
ventilate his farm, and intends to get the
idea conveyed TO them that the treasure
is buried under a tree or stump. and eX-
meets thus to get all the timber cleared
or his place, which he intends soon to
have all under cultivation.
At Madras, some time ago, a valuable lion.
having incautlously allowed its tail to stray
into an adjoining cage the tail was seized by
an eyiEdis posed leopard, close TO the lion
BODY. WIAeL as me lLbil nlANlAa ktgN ~ N7SHE ~
almost the whole OF the skin Of his tail was
stripped of. This was followed by sueh an
amount of inflammation that the lions ne
was IN danger. surgeon Major Miller. brother
OF the late Prof. Miller, OF Edinburgh, the
surgeon TO the governor Of Madras. yolun-
tecred TO perform amputatlon. The lion was
seized In his cage ana his head covered with
a CAP containing a considerable quantity OF
Chloroform he was Then dragged 70 the edye
OF the cage and the tail passed through the
hars where Dr. Miller cleyeriy performed his
operation. The animal made good recovery.