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The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
General Notes.


Nobody can object to the Australian
fair chance.
Mardi Gras comes on February 2f
and New Orleans will have the custO-
mary show, balls. parades, etc.
The grandest gift @. the old -sar to
the new, says the r-IllauelphIa Rehord.
is antitoxin, mankind's triumphant wea-
pom against that dread foe, diphtheria
Mrs. Vanderbilt has refused the
100000 settlement offered her by her
husband and will bring a suit for d.
vorce coupled with a demand for Il
larger sum.
The published account of the foot
ball game between the Yale and
Harvard teams shows quite clearly that
1T was nothing more than a genteel riot,
III which SIX or seven met were so bad
ly Injured that they had to be taken
from the field and placed in the hands
of physicians.
Suit has been filed in New Orleans
against the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany for the sum of $99, GOO, license
alleged to be due the State for the last
six years. 1t is claimed that the retail
liquor business has been conducted on
SO sleepers and that the receipts from
each sleeper was over $4,000, hence
said defendants should pay "a separate
license for each of said establishments
within the State of Louisiana and par
ish of Orleans.
A meeting Of the joint committee of
the Columbia Post, G.. A. R., and Camp
No. 8 of the United Confederate Vet
Grams was held at the fremont House,
Chicago, Wednesday evening to COM
plete the arrangements for the lecture
to be delivered by Gen. John B. Cor
don on the Last Days of the Confed-
eracy' at the Auditorium Feb. IS. 1t
was also to make arrangements for q
national banquet and reunion of the
Blue and the Gray at the Auditorium,
in that city, Feb. IA. 1t is the intention
of the committee to have Gov. McKin-
ley, Gen. Horace Porter, and ex-Gov.
Richard j. Oglesby to speak for the
Northern soldiers, and Senator John Y.
Daniel, Gen. Wade Hampton and Gen.
John B. Gordon for the Southern
soldiers.
Capt. James Oliver, of the clipper
Louisiana, which arrived at Philadel-
phia Tuesday, tells this story: When
the Louisiana was lying at Dublin, the
Prince of Wales was the guest of the
Lord Mayor of the Irish capital. The
mayor suggested to Wales that it would
be interesting foT him to visit the Lou
%isiana, and see just what an old-time
American clipper ship looked like.
Capt. Oliver was notified that the
prince would like to come aboard. Tie
captains son, hearing of this, declared
that he would compel the prince to tip
his hat to him. This the prince never
does, by the way. When the party
came aboard, the boy appeared on deck
waving the American flag. The prince,
noticing the national %colors, raised his
hat, and the others in the party follow
ed suit, to the great delight of the
captains son, who in this way made
good his boast.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
The Secret Societies.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2S.-The Papal
decree a%dmonishing Catholics to avoid
membership in the three societies. the
Odd Fellows, Sons Of Temperance, and
the Knights of Pythias, will be read in
the Catholic churches next Sunday.
Every one of the orders has many
Roman Catholics on its membership
lists. There is IA choice of either course
to give up the church or sever their
connection with the societies. The
subject of placing these three societies
under the ban has been under discus
sion in this country for several years
until now because the societies had
among their defenders Archbishops
who, 10y their efforts at tue annual
meeting held in 1892, effected a com
promise, and decided to examine their
constitution and rituals before deciding
whether these societies should be con
demned.
At the meeting in Chicago of Arch
bishops in 1893, the objects and
endeavors of the societies we're dis
cussed and the verdict in favor of
their condemnation was unanimous.
1t was subsequently decided that they
be placed under the ban with tie
Masons for following the same meth
DDS, and as such they were inimical to
the Roman Catholic church. This de-
cision was forwarded to the college at
Rome, where a committee was appoint
ed to act on it. After a long and
exhaustive discussion this committee
ratified the decision of the rchbishops
and the Pope has now given the edict
his official sanction. This decision was
sen by Cardinal Rampolli, secretary of
the college Of Cardinals, to Mgr. Sa-
TOLL. with Instructions to promulgate it
to the priests of the United States.
The clergymen throughout the
country will not discuss the pro-
liabilities of the effects of the decree
against these societies, because, as a
high ecclesiastical authority in this
city states, it is a delicate subject to
discuss and there are special reasons
why there should be nothing said more
than that the societies were condemn
ed by the Archbishops, who evidently
held that they were antagonistic to
the church.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
Dual Ofice-Holding.

The. Lake Charles Echo quotes Art.
159 OF the Constitution of Louisiana
which provides that "no person shall
hold or exercise at the same time, more
than one office of trust or profit, except
that OF justice of the peace or notary
public" and then says that ex-Attor-
ney General Rogers, whom the Cover
nor appointed Inspector of Cattle at
New Orleans, Is also State Reporter of
the decisions of the Supreme Court by
appointment of the Judges of that court
made early last November. The Echo
thereupon asks: Is the occupant of the
executive chair at Baton Rouge aware
of this prohibited dual office holding?
Or does his peculiarly Cd invaluable
service in the McEnery and Foster con-
test exempt this favorite from restric-
tive constitutional provisions?
Is the press of the State acquainted
with the open violation of a plain law,
or does it accept it as "a part of the pre-
cious reform that was to be founded
upon the ruins of the Louisiana State
Lottery?
Are the Judges of the Supreme court,
those sworn conservators of the consti-
tuition par excellence, cognizant of this
unblushing breach OF its mandate, or do
they interpret the article as they did the
prize fight statute, that a glove contest
and a prize fight were not the same
though both killed.
Our pace OF reform is too rapid. 1t
makes ones head dizzy!
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
Circuit Court Decisions.

The following cases had been nassea
upon up to yesterday when we went To
press; A few more are to be decided
day. "'''"'n To-
VS.. Patterson VS.. T. s. Fontenot.
oneflH' t al, Judgment affirmed.
"a. Mc1lhenny VS.. j. S. Hazelwood
". V; Boagni, I%ntervenor, Judgment re-,
Versed, so far as intervenor is Concerted,
Mrs. Mary Quirk, Wife, VS.. Thomas
Q1irk, Admr., Judgment affirmed.
=. l.. Power ct al. VS.. George g. Swift
Judgment affirmed.
zoos, kaplan & Co. VS.. E. w. LYONS.
oherlH, ct al, Judgment affirmed.
ID. l.; Garland, Receiver, VS.. Geo. L.
aHavard and Geo. L. Hazard rs. Fl. T..
Garland, Receiver, Judgment amended.
Nathan Koch VS.. Leopold G%oudcbaux.
JUDGMENT affirmed.
firmed. =
Corinne Dupuis, Wife. ct al, VS. Henry
w; Anding ct al, Judgment amended.
l.. Hlgglnbotham VS.. r. S. F%ontenot.
sheriff, Judgment reversed.
Fontenot e. Toler VS.. Catholic Church.
Judgment reversed.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
Growth of Socialism.
Monroe Bulletin.

Monroe Bulletin.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United
States Commissioner of Labor, adj
dressed the American Association of
Political Economy the other day on
1.-THE Results of the Chicago Striker
and declared that its chief result would
be the enlargement of state socialism in
America. He said that the govern
ment had set an example Of socialism
by taking railroads under its protection,
and that the Interstate commerce act is
pure socialism. He said that the gov
eminent having assumed to protect the
employers must now, in all Justice,
assume the duty of protecting the en-
ployed and securing to them fair and
just wages and enforcing their rights
against corporations. This bill must
o be passed, as a counterpart of the
other act and this he said would rapidly
lead to the government taking entire
charge and control of the railroads.
This would be state socialism and
would lead to the Capitalization of
other functions in the government.
The commissioner did not condemn or
criticize this movement, but c%ontented
himself with pointing out the universal
growth of socialism and a desire on the
part of the people and corporations that
the government step in and assume
control of all great works.
Such an address must arrest the
attention of thoughtful students.
--sDAe-
The COUisIER and Constitution one
year $3.50. Constitution alone $1.00.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

Last Saturday night at about 1915
O'Clock the store OF l.. Stuart Sandoz,
near the southern limits of the corpora
!lon, was discovered to be on fire, and
III iess Una an hour was entirely des-
troyed with all its contents. The bnild-
ing belonged to Oscar Fux and was in
sured for $3.50. through Lewis g. La
combe. while the stock belonged to Mr..
Sandoz and was insured for $1,000.
through Thompson g. Mays. 1t seems
almost certain that the fire was the
work of an i%ncendiary, as no one slept
In the store, which had been closed for
nearly an hour when the fire was dis
covered: The building was valued at
$60O or $500 and the stock at more than
$1,000 ~
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

We publish in another column a pref
ty little poem entitled "The Life of a
Day." from the pen of Miss Ella Bent
ley, daughter of our esteemed friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Bentley, of Donald
sonyille, and a child who has scarcely
yet entered her teens. 1t was written
about two months ago and published in
the New Orleans Picaynne, and shows
that the little miss has inherited the
poetic grace and originality and facility
of expression that characterizes her
talented parents and which need only to
be cultivated to gain for her an envia-
BILE place in the world of letters. Well
done, little friend try again.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
DUBLEC SALE.
ESTATE OF AURELIA DAVID.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT.
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
M 5311
DUBLEC SALE.

BY virtue of an order of the Honorable Elev-
ehtn 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
ana highest bidder, by the undersigned adj
mlnlstrator, Or any duly qualified auction
opelousas, i'll said parish of st. Landry, on
Thursday, January 81, 1895,
the following described property, belonging to
tne estate of Aurelia David, deceased, late of
the parish OF st. Landry, to-wit:
The west half of a certain tract or Marcel of
land situated in Prairie Mamou, near Point Du-
ralde, designated as the southwest quarter of
northwest quarter of section %, and the east
nan OF the northeast quarter of section 26, in
nall OF the homestead entry of AchiIle Fopte-
Terms-CaSh.
DALICOUR DUPLECHAIN,
Dee. %, 1894. Administrator
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
JUDGMENT.
GERTRUDE ELVINA BALQUET VS.. CAST
MER DUROUSSEAU.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OFS ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 15479.

In this case the plaintiff having proved up
her demands to the satisfaction of the Court,
and the law being in her favor and against the
defendant, it is for these reasons now ordered,
adjudged and decreed that plaintiff, Gertrude
Elvlna Balquet, against her husband the de
PENDANT, Casimer Durousseau, dissolving for
ever the community of acquets and gains now
and heretofore existing between him and her,
separating her IN property from him and vest
ing her with the exclusive administration and
control OF her separate property which she now
OWNS and such property as she may hereafter
acquire, free from the interference and control
of the said Cashier Durousseau. her husband.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court, at
0pelousas, La, this 2lst day of december, A..
d., 1894.
W. c. PERRAULT.
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. OF La.
Filed December, 2lst, 1894.
FL. E. EsToRGE, D'y elk.
A true copy.
c. NJ. THOMPSON, elk.
Dec. %. 1894
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
NOTICE.

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HoMEsT'D ASSN
Opelousas, Sept. 1G, 1894.
This Association has opened a new Series
*" The great advantages already reaped by
the shareholders and the public should induce
many to avail themselves OF the present oppor-
tuDity to become members The laying aside
of an Insignificant sum weekly Will secure You
a good home. Shares to be applied for at the
office in Bank Building, up stairs. Weekly pay
ments are only twenty-five cents peEShare:
E. d. ESTIEETTE,
Sept. %, 1884, President.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

At an election held last Tuesday for
directors of the St. Landry State Bank
the following gentlemen were elected:
A. Levy, A. Dietlein, |. NJ. ~Lichtenstein,
Henry Kahn, Julius Meyers, j. T. Skip
per and j. L. Stewart, being the same
who served last year, except MI. Stew
art, who was chosen in place of E. La
treyte, deceased. The same officers
were reelected, viz: A. Levy, presi-
dent, A. Dietlein, ice-president, and
J. IT. Skinner. cashier.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
THE LIFE OF A DAY.
BY LITTLE ELLA BENTLEY.

b LITTLE ELL BENTLEY.
One joyous note from the robins throat.
Then thousands OF the dancing beams
Slip to the earthin glittering mirth,
And fash i'll the sparkling streams.
The leaves vernal hue with their diamonds
of dew
Surround each blossoms fair breast;
The cocks matin crow, in the east a pale glow
As nature awakes from her rest; Z.
An echoing peal from the shepherds shrill
horn
Announces the morn.
Ais still as death, the blossoms weet breath
Is hushed in the silence that reigns;
Then a knocking bird sings with a futter Of
wings,
AS away from the ponds fly the cranes.
Tie SUMS burning glare heats the tremulous
air
With the warmth of his fiery rays;
The flowers bend down their sweet heads to
the ground,
And faint meath his ardent gaze.
Hank! faint in the distance a lullaby Groom
Murmurs of noon.
There's the lowing of herds, the twitter of
birds,
And the laugh Of elves in the dell,
The song of the thrush, a silence, a hush;
Then the chime of the Angelus bell.
New the skies are all bright with the stars
silver light,
And the wind breathes a gentle, low sigh,
Through the peace that pervades ere the
sweet twilight fades,
While the moons silver crescent floats high.
All nature seems resting, enthralled at the
sight
Which welcomes the night.
DonaldsOnville La, Nov. 8, 1894.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

See advertisement for rent of the well
known and old established business
stand and residence of the late D. P.
Saizan at Port Barre, in another col
umn. This is a splendid opening for
the establishment Of a mercantile bust
ness of any kind.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

When your merchant tells you he can
sell you other makes at less money than
you car buy the Bucksktn Brooches it
may be true, but when he says they are
just as good it is not true. He makes
more profit on inferior goods and that
is why he says they are just as good.
Insist on seeing the Buckskin Brooches
before you buy.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

Our young friend P. d. Tatman has
purchased the interest of Robt. Chachere
in the firm Of r. Chachele g. Bro, and
will carry on the same business at the
old stand with L.. B. Chachere, under
the firm name Of ChacIlere g. Tatman.
We wish the new firm success.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
NOTICE..
LAND OFFICE AT NEW On

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, LA
Dec. Goth, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof il, support of her claim, and
that said proof viii be made before c. NJ.
Thompson, Clerk Dist. Court. at Opelousas,
La, on February 9Th, 1895. viz:
FELONISE GODEAU,
widow. who made Homestead Entry No. I1486,
for the lots 5 and 6, Sec. Is, TIP. 6, s r Q east,
Louisiana Meridian.
She names the following witnesses TO prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
FlrmiD DerbOnne, Michel P~rudhomme, Chas.
Quinalty, G. D. Verrette, all OF Opelousas, La.
G. Med. BRUMBY,
Dec. 29-6t. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
)fELOUSAS,P PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, La, JANUARY IL, 1895
O

H.. l.. Garland, Jr., of New Orleans
was In town on Sunday.
L. Goudchanx, of Big Cane, was here
on business Thursday.
P. A. and j. X. Sandoz paid Lafayette
a hylng visit on Sunday last.
Editor Flynn, of the Washington
Post was in town Thursday.
Maj. Frank Wharton, of Bayou Chi
COT, was in town Thursday.
W. L. Gil, of Opelousas, has been an
pTnted a notary public for this parish.
lMrs. j. Frankel, of Crowley. paid a
VISIT to relatives in O%pelousas this week.
FMartin Carron, of Faquetaique. was
erecting old friends in town on Wed
nesday.
b DR.. B. Gnilbeau, Of Grand Coteau
made a brief visit to O%pelousas on We'd
nesday.
Judge NJ. Robert, of Old Grand Prai-
RE, was transacting business here We'd
nesday.
Jos. l.. Cain, Of Eunice, was greeting
MS numerous friends in town during
the week.
Our neighbor F. E. Bailey returned
from a short business trip to New Or
leans Sunday.
Miss Delphine Lafond. of Lafayette,
- visiting her cousin, Miss Adrienne
Guilbeau, of this city.
Albert GOsselin and family, of Marks
VILE, after a weeks visit to relatives
here, returned home on Sunday.
JOS. L. Fontenot, a prominent citizen
OF Washington, was in town on Tues
day and dropped in TO see us.
Mr.. Florian Corney. accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. C. A. Young, visited
friends in Opelousas this week.
Assessor Swords was brought home
from Evergreen quite i'll on Sunday. but
we are pleased to learn that he is much
better.
Miss Inez Broussard. a charming
st. MartinviIle belle, after spending a
pleasant week in Opelousas, returned
home on Wednesday.
Mr.. LeSassier, adjuster for the Cres-
cent Fire Insurance Co., of New
Orleans, was here on business in the
early part of the week.
Jesse Duson. of Eunice. who has late
iy returned from Soule's Commercial
College, was on a brief visit to his old
home the fore part of the week.
Miss Fannie, the amiable daughter
of DR.. ". NJ. Thompson, returned home
on Monday from a brief visit to her
grandmother, Mrs. NJ. Ryan, of Alex
andria.
Caldwell C. Swayze, formerly of Opel
ousas, was elected Comptroller of the
of Alexandria. last Monday, re-
ceiving 391 votes to 25s cast for his op-
pOnent.
Miss Mary Lou Lassalle, after an en-
joyable visit to relatives here, returned
to the Convent of the Sacred Heart. at
Grand Coteau, to her studies,
last Monday.
III. L. Erlich, of Bayou Chicot, drop
ped in to see us on Tuesday. He came
in on Monday and assisted in drawing
the jury for the next criminal term of
the District Court on that day. The
term begins Feb. 4.
Our young friend F. X. Hopkins
"a broad smile on his ~countenance
since last Sunday, produced by the ar
rival OF a wee bit of a son, who will per-
manently reside here. We hope the
fellow will live long and prosper.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
JOHN IL. STE WART,

NOTICE. Land Office at New Orleans,
IN Nov. 81, 1894. Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has flied notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore B. Bloomfield, U. s Commissioner, at Opel
Ousas, La, on January 18th, 1895, viz:
THEODORE ARDOUIN,
who made homestead entry No. 105s1, for the
south half of northeast quarter and north half
of southeast quarter of section "a, township 5,
south range / west, La. Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of. said land, viz:
Eugene l.. A. Fontenot, Azelien l.. A. Fonte-
not, OMAN Reed, and Francois MCGEE. all of
PearcevIlle, La. G. Med. BRUMBY,
Dec. /, 1894. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

Leave your orders with Chas. D..
nleWart for the best Pittsburg coal and
lof fre-w00d of various kinds, saw
ea TO any length. The coal will cost
yOa only 90 cents per barrel, delivered,
and the wood is equally cheap.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

The Meschacebe, of St. John the
Baptist. entered its 41st year on the
5th inst, and still maintains the high
reputation it achieved under the able
management of Messrs. Ounce and
BELOW in the good old days of long
ago. Mr.. Lasseigne gets up an excel
lent paper, and may both it and he live
as long as the noble river for which it
was named continues to pour past it's
doors its mighty floods t the sea.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
CO-PARTNERsHaP NOTICE.

The undersigned have formed u co-partper-
ship for the purpose of carrying on A general
drug business, at the old stand of +. E. Bailey,
corner Main and Landry streets. and will keep
a complete assortment of Drugs, Medicines,
Chemicals, Pertumery, Fancy Articles, &c, con
share of the patronage of the public.
F. f. BAILEY,
J.H. HOUSTON, JR.
OpelOusas, Jan. 3, 1895. If
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

rflDters in need of q good newspaper
pIees can get q at a bargain by APP
lying at this Office soon. r. Hoe u
M. make will prfet an 8-column folio /;
.san me condition Van be seen in Oper-
s .e.on ; and will beSbd at half original
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

vn, my poor back! No excuse for it,
ss;.ntatlon Anti-Pain Porous Plasters
~asn capsicum will cure it. Sold and
ssna1anteed satisfactory by Shute g. Du-
III. Opelonsas, DR.. G. r. TOls0n, Mel
'i'ie' and Blake & burke, Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

The st. Landry Homestead and Loan
Association has opened a new series q
new shares may now be purchased pay
able at the rate of % cents per share per
week. See notice ia another column.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

The Alexandria Democrat began its
fftieth volume on Jan. 8. 1t is a few
years older than the COURIER and the
Oldest country newspaper in the State.
May it live long and prosper.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

Lave you tried Plantation Liver
llIis Tor habitual constipation They
1tc perfectly splendid and a sure uye
nllce 20 cents. Sold by Shute g. Duson,
ppeiousas, G. r. Tolson, Melville, and
.Olake q burke. WASHINGTON.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

]. Meyers e. Co. have just received
y carloads of the celebrated OWENS
ihORO Wagons, comprising all sizes,
Doth in Thimble Skein and Iron Axle,
sllch they are offering at unusually low
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

At Bloch's you IA get a fine latest
style suit of clothing at rock bottom
h~gnres-for men or boys-just received
and marked down low.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

For Sale-A half interest in the Opel
Ousas Courier newspaper and job print
ing establishment. Address COURIER
Office, Main street, Opelousas. La.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

The Christian Endeavor Society of
our town gives an entertainment at the
0. F. /. on Friday night, the 18th inst,
to which the public is cordially invited.
No admission will be charged.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

]. B. Sandoz sells the celebrated Stu
debaker wagons and dump carts, also
4 flne line of carriages, bnggies. speed
ing carts and harness of all kinds.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

Dr. w. M. Thompson has removed his
drugstore to the building lately occu-
pied by Shnte e. Duson, on Landry
street, adjoining Mrs. Clara Serrault's,
and nearly opposite Lacombe's stable.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

For Rent-A small residence convent
emit to ice factory, cotton compress, rail-
road depot and oil mill. Apply to Fred
Sand0z, or at the Courier Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12
LOST, sTRAYED Or STOLEN.

One black and tan terrier bitch about four
months old. A liberal reward will be pad for
the return of the above described and we'll
known little dog commonly known as and an
~weting.E" TIL. ualne uf = -porl-"
lar VI. FIRNsERG.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

e Louisiana Sunday Review. under
~ amusement of Chas. T. Logan, is
IN. Soo, ~ the best society journals in the
nGs ssall, and fills a long felt want in New
vsaeans.-Lake Charles Echo.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

The Scientific American is the best
educator you can place in the hands of
your boy. Only So per annum. We
will forward subscriptions without ex-
ira charge. Call and see sa mple copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-01-12

ii no attention of rice planters is called
y re W. TACT that j. Meyers g. Co. have
ssssastanfly on hand a full supply of Irri-
a effs N Pumps. They make q speciality
a. snS celebrated Irwin Van Vie Pumps