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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05
JUDICIAL. ADVERTIsENIEN
HER1FF'S SALE.
ST. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND LOAN AssoCIA
TioN VS.. JosEPt8LoCH.
No. 1866 ~

By virtue of writ of seizure and sale issued
out of the Hon. the Eleventh Judicial District
Court of the State of Louisiana, Ill and for the
Parish of ST. Landry, in the above entitled and
numbered suit, and to me directed, ! have seiz-
ed and will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, at the front door
of the Court House. in the town OF Opelousas,
in st. Landry parish, on
Saturday, September 10th, 1896,
at IL o'clock a. M, the following described prop
erty, tO-wlt:
A lot of ground with the buildings and n-
provements thereon III the town of Opelousas,
ty-three) feet on North street. bounded north
by property formerly belonging C. Dctlcin,
now to Geo. PulfOrd, Jr. east by LOulbardy
street, south by North street, and west by
property of Henry l.. Garland. formerly prop
erty OF HelOise Chenier wife of Henry GlrOn;
and also 5 (tlve) shares Of stock in the Home
stead and Loan Association Ill Series 3D."
yerms-Cash. II. II, DEsHOTET.s,
ailS8-Gt Sheriff.
NOTICE. = Land Office at New Orleans.
~ July 26. 1S95.-Notlcc is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that sad proof will be made he
fore B. Bloomfield U. s. Commissioner, ut Opel
ousas, La, on Monday, Sept. Is, 1895, viz:
MAJ .HEW NUGENT, JR.,
who made Hd Entry No. 1854 for the 81 OF
S Ell and 81 Of S WI Sec. Sc, TIP. l., r west.
He namestPhe following witnesses to prove
his cOntinsules residence upon. and cultivation
of, said land, 'aiz.: George A. Fontenot. Steve
Hazleton, The 4lule Fontenot, Adoph Johnson
G. Med BRUMBY.
Aug. 3. 1895 Register
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05

Acolored free silver club was organiz-
ed in Monroe, La, last week
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05
JUDICIAL. ADvERTEsEN'EN
NHUBLHC SALE.
JOSEPH BLOCH vs.. HIS CREDITORS.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

Ry virtue of an order of the Honorable Elev-
cnth Judicial District Court of the State OF
Louisiana, in and for the parish of St. Landry.
there will he sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned
Syndic, or any duly qualified auctionccr,
at the main front door of the Court House,
in the town of Opelousas, at IL o'clock Il. M.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05

CAMPBELL PROPERTY.
THAT certain tract or parcel of land sltua-
ted i'll the town of OpelnuSls, La, and known
as the Campbell tract of land bound-nor,h by
property of J. H. Sandoz. South by Mrs r. ii.
Iittell, east by IOmbariy street, and west by
Union street, saving the following portions OF
said land sold by Jos. Bloch TO The following
parties VII. T: Lonallier 3 lots containing
an area of SS feet front on Walnut street by ll6
feet deep, Mrs. G. Prudhomme lots having an
area OF So feet front on Walnut street by l69 feet
deep. g. Dclean lot having an are; of ss feet
front on Walnut street by 1863 feet deep, Aleck
Grlm>tead lot having S5 feet front on Walnut
street by 1G3 feet deep-tosetEer with all the
buildings and improvements thereon Said
land is trdverSed by Cheney street rnnng east
and west. and by Walnut street running north
and south,
JAMES NJ. HIGGINS PROPERTY.
2-lst, north half of south west quarter of
situated IN the parish af ST. Landry, La, in
Bellevue nclShhorhood containing So aud
26ll00 acres.
2nd 10 74lOO acres being part of the
salt north west quarter of section II,
township 7, south of range east, and bounded
south by land first described. north hy land
of S. Harrington, east by land OF Elisha An
drus and west by the tract hereinheIow des-
crlbed together with all the buildings and i'm
prOvementS thereon
Sd. tract of land adjoining the above two
tracts containing IL and 1lIlO0 acres being part
OF northwest quarter of section IA. township
T. south OF range east bounded north by
| Bloch, east by land first described south by
same and west by L. A. Beauchamp.
PRUDHOMME PROPERTY
"A certain tract of land situated in the par
ish of st. Landry, near the town OF Opelousas,
on the north thereof containing 53 and l6l1OO
acres of land AS per plat filed in notarial act
of sale No 190l5 made by H. Hayes. surveyor,
said land being bounded north by old road
leading formerly from OpelOusas to Willie Plate,
south by land of E. A. Bennett, Lily Brooks,
Gabriel Nero and others, east by public road
leading to Washington La, west by Vile Plate
road, together with the improvements thereon
said land heretofore sold to p. Del BuOnO.
STORE PROPERTY.
IA certain lot of ground situated in the
town of OpeOuSas, La, at the corner Of Main
and Bellevue streets, bounded north hy prop
crty of Prevot, south by Bellevue street, east
by Main street and west by property OF Mrs.
Leonce L. Littcll, formerly belongin to Gibbs,
together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
5.-That certain lot OF ground in the town Of
OpeOusas, La, with the residence thereon.
bounded north and west by M. Vllaseca, south
by Samuel Peters and east by Walnut street.
G-About ten arpents of land situated in
Pasance in Big Woods adjoining land Of Terre-
bonne DuprG, bounded north by Alcide Her
| trand, east by Henry Lastrapes, west by A
Bertrand and south by land of IF. L. Garland.
7.-Twcnty arpents of woodland bounded
north by ID. Durio, south by Pitre west Ivy NJ
Andrepont and south hy c. Cnmeal, pu, chased
| of Diomel Durio.
Terms Cash subject to arprasemcnt.
V. BOAGNI, Syndic,
August s. 1896.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05
Saturday, September I2th. 1896,
CAMPBELL PROPERTY

the following described property, belonging to
sad nSOlVent, tO-wlt:
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05

Our young friend Jimmie Shute left
last week to visit friends iu Ohio and
Kentucky, thence to Louisville to take
a course in Mechanical and Engineer
ing College. Jimmie is among our
brightest and well behaved young men,
and we wish him all success, and are
confident that he will render good ac
count of himself
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-09-05

On last Tuesday Mr. Joseph Bloch's
family left for New Orleans, where they
will take up their permanent residence.
The COURIER extends to Mr.. B. and
family it's very best wishes for their sue
cess and happiness. The departure of
this family will create II void in our
community that will not he easily filled
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
Tough Job For Small Men.

The occupation Of boiler inspecto,
is one in which man cannot grow fat
without losing his job, and perhaps is
funny business in that respect. Each
boiler inspected is drained of it's con.
tents, and then the inspector rigs him.
self for a dirty job and wriggles himself
into the inside of it through the man.
hole. This aperture cannot we'll be
made large enough to admit large
man, hence the smallest sized fellows
have the monopoly Of the business But
though that fact may be funny, the
business itself, getting into dirty and
sitting places and wriggling like .hu.
man worm into every hole and corner
to know its real condition, is anything
but fun. The most scrupulous Gaze is re.
quired in these examinations. and as
everything is out Of sight, the insurance
company have to depend wholly upon
the trust Worthiness Of theirslnen Hence
these get pay that makes amends for all
they have to undergo. sufficient, indeed.
to keep them from getting too big fol
their businessl lie wiston Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
Vocabulary of One Word.

II shall never forget my first visit to
Madrid," said a woman to the New
York Sun man. II was the only men,
Der Of our party who knew any Spanish,
and I knew but one word, that being
leche'-milk. But by means of gestures
we managed to get along until break
fast was served. Then, as luck would
have it, the maid brought my coffee
without any milk, and also, as luck
would have it, promptly forgot the one
word Of Spanish that knew, and which
Of all words was the one most wanted
at that moment. This time neither
gesture nor yelling was Of any avail i;
SO, at last, in desperation, seized a
piece of paper and a pencil and drew a
picture of a COW. Whereupon the maid
tripped off ana came back with three
tickets to the bull fight =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
A Novel Advertising Scheme.

An ingenious German bicycle manu-
facturer has invented the following de-
vice as an advertising scheme :, He has
published uotice in the daily press.
according to which he promises to give
high grade machine and bicycling
suit to any one who pays 1 cent spot
cash; but, according to the agreement,
the purchaser must pay for two weeks
the double of the amount that had beer
paid the preceding day. It is but SIM
pie problem in arithmetic to discover
that at the end Of two weeks the bicycle
and suit will have cost something over
$3.50. Il.
Ingenious advertisements, as will be
seen, are not confined exclusively to tho
United States. Exchange.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
Lightning Reduced to Figures.

Modern scientific discovery is fast un-
raveling the greatest mysteries of ma
tnre, and it now appears that there are
but few things that are hidden from
the gaze Of him who looks for them in
the proper way. lightning was former
~ one Of the greatest enigmas among
natural phenomena. Today we know
that the average electromotive force Of
bolt Of lightning is about $500, 900
volts; that the current is IA, OOO, 900
amperes, and that the time Of discharge
is about one twenty -thousandth Of a
second. In such a bolt there is energy
equal to 2, $50, 900 volts, or 8, 2s4, 1872
horsepower. st. Louis Republic.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
COSTLY BELGIAN GUN BARREts.


1hsy Arc llads ~ aa.d a.d I lysa c.
pltsaAsd
The United States consul ii Liegede-
seribes, il . recent report, the maniac
tnIe Of and trade in Damascus gun bar
rels wholly handmade, in the valley of
the Vesdre, in Liege province. These
barrels are for porting gums, and the
industry is many years old, the work
men in the villages in the valley being
almost all gun barrel makers and the
trade descending from father to son
The best barrels are comb Of
the best primary substances, welded
and forged by the martelage a fdoid
process. The steel comes from West.
phalia; the iron is manufactured at
Couyin, in Belgium the coal, which lis
specially suited for the work, from the
Herve highlands, in Belgium, while the
motive power Of the factories is obtain
ed from the river Vesdre. The industry
has increased greatly in recent years.
These armies de luxe, as they are called,
are made by men working in pairs, each
pair in its own little factory, quite In
dependent Of all others They are paid
by the piece, the wages being good, and
about 2, 900 men are engaged on the
work in the valley Medium quality
barrels are made of coke iron and steel,
while the superior quality, which are
produced in the Vesdre valley, are made
of charcoal iron and steel. ]. An Ingenious
marriage" Of these metals gives COM
position which, when manufactured,
guarantees the required solidity and re-
sistance. @
The improvement in these damascus
barrels dates from the introduction Of
PERCUSSION caps in place Of the old flint
lick. Formerly iron barrels alone were
produced Now. to manufacture the
curled damascus, the ingot is composed
of 80 sheets Of iron and steel, each hav-
ing a thickness of four millimeters,
which are envelopeq in sheet iron box,
placed IN an oven and welded together
at the lowest possible temperature. Each
barrel receives $50 welding beats while
being forged, and if single one Of these
is unsuccessful the barrel may be a fail
ure, either by alteration Of the damas-
cened work or an imperfection in the
welding.
There is no official test of these armes
de luxe, but they are thoroughly tested
by the manufacturers before delivery.
The annual production of damascus bar.
rels in the Vesdre valley is about $780,
600 pairs, Of value Of about $500, 900
francs; Of this the wages alone-for all
the guns are handmade amount to
about 2, 100000 francs. The principal
markets are, Great Britain and the
United States. About half the barrels
made in the Vesdre valley are sold to
manufacturers Of arms in Liege to be
mounted. New York Times. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
MRS. STUART'S MODELS.
She Says She Does Not Have to Live
Among Them to Write of. Them

She Says She Does Not Have to Live
Among Them to Write of Them.
Ruth McEnery Stuart, the clever
short story writer, in talking Of her field
from which she has drawn her charac-
tiers, says: ''You know Mr.. Stuart own
ed two sugar plantations down in Ar
kansas then, and my models were right
around me, for Of course all his hans
felt they owned us.
tations, but in the little town near by,
and can see all those darkies now, rid
ing in on their mules, hitching them to
the mulberry trees in our yard, sitting
in rows upon our front steps, 'restin'
and 'foolin roun generally.
"Some old saunty' would surely come
walking in every morning with bat
tered tin pail Oh her arm, filled with
perfectly worthless berries, gathered by
the wayside, not to sell, but ter swap
fur jes' leetle flour, please, ma am,
an a pincher butter, honey, an couple
er Jumps er sugar, please, ma'am, Mis-
Stuart.
'Then there was an old uncle who
ased to sit silently fishing all day long
in a shallow pool, with his underlip
stuck out phenomenally far, even for a
negro, who, when any one asked him,
Say, uncle, what's that you've got in
your MOUTH would reply laconically,
'Wuns, and shut his tongue down upon
his imprisoned bait again. ....
"Do I miss such material up herei
Not at all. I find that in looking bacl,
upon these old friends Of mine theil
dusky figures stand out more and more
clearly against the glow of tender re.
miniscence beside what types we have
here at our door in Gotham. New
York Correspondent -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
A Pumice Stone Barrier.

A floating barrier of pumice stone 10
miles long, over 1000 yards wide and
Is feet deep, closing a seaport to all
vessels as effectually as boom could
do, is not the sort of thing one is likely
to forget, and yet that was one Of the
results Of the Krakatoa eruption, the
port being Telok RetCung, in Sunda
straits.> Formed in a few hours, it would
almost seem to be the supreme effort of
nature in the pumice making line were
it not that such immense quantities are
found at the bottom of the sea-a queer
place for pumice stone. But pumice,
when produced, is really heavy. It is
only the air cavities in it that make it
light, and as it floats it becomes water
logged and down it goes. Most of the
pumice we use in Europe comes from
the Lipari islands, north of Sicily, "the
home of Vulcan, - whence Vulcano as
the name Of one of them, and our 'tvol-
cano'' as descriptive of the natural fea-
ture of which it is the type. Here are
the pumice quarries-at Monte Chirica
and it's craters Monte Pelata and Forgia
Vecchia-where over 1000 men are at
work in the narrow tunnels and CALLER
les, lighted by clay lamps of antique
form. The whole hillside is perforated
with groups Of these tunnels, which
number between 200 and 800 and are so
narrow that the men can hardly pass
each other in them. And just as coal is
found in beds alternated with sandstone
and shale, so the pumice is in layers be-
tween harder lavas and ashes.-Leisure
Hour
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
HuaAllNG BIRDS.


II % Popularly supposed that hunk
ming birds are too delicate to endure
captivity, but this is . mistake, Is !
personally know, says 9 writer in the
I New York Home journal, and can give
account Of several that have been tanned.
Living specimens Of these tiny members
Of the feathered tribe were owned BY q
friend Ct mime awhile since and exhib.
tied in the window Of the late proprietor
of Taylor's saloon, Broadway, New
York In fact, instances are numerous
in which they have been kept for
months, and even for a year, incaged,
in England as well as in this country,
and / believe that q large collection has
for some time existed IN the Geological
gardens, Regents park, London. a
young lady Of New York has for some
time amused herself with these delicate
creatures. as pets. They build their nests
in the lace curtains and have raised
little families in the parlQr. There are
plants for them to fly about in, ana 5ev-
cry day the florist sends a basket of
flowers for them to extract honey FROM
They are like little rainbows flying
about the room, and they light on the
head Of their dainty mistress with per-
feet freedom.
The humming birds shown in Broad
way were caught by a German, who
succeeded in tanning them very easily.
They subsist, when Gagged, upon honey
or sugar and water. He had them placed
in little crystal cages, with pretty spray
perches and punches Of glass flowers, in
whose cups their food was placed. After
being Gagged two months they became SO
tame that they readily learned to thrust
their long, slender, threadlike tongues
between the lips Of their keeper for the
sweets on which they subsisted. In their
natural state they also feed upon the
minute insects which infest flowers, and
no doubt, if this sort of food were sup
piled to them, together with honey, by
those who held them in confinement,
they might be kept alive for as long a
time as some of the more hardy pets of
the aviary.
The birds at Taylor's attracted a
crowd of people from morning till night,
who seemed to never grow weary of
watching them. They were evidently at
that time ''new sensation to the
habitues of Broadway. Nor is this to
be wondered at. for, what, with the
flashing iridescence of their plumage,
changing with every motion, from en-
erald to ruby and gold, their marvellous
delicacy of form, their extreme rapidity
Of fight, now lowering over the honey
laden calyx, now darting from spray to
spray or perching upon twig, coquet-
tishly pluming themselves with their
long, slender beaks, they are really OBJ
jects of grace and beauty, worthy the
admiration of every beholder.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11

on can't afford to be without Bus
mess Education such as is lmparted at
the Mankato Commercial College. Write
for full particulars and specimen of fine
penwork.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
False Repnrf.

Rose Do you see that man who has
just come, Lulu? They say he's cashier
of the Tenth National bank.
Lulu-W What! He? I've met him al
ready and he's o. y it's president!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11

The Nederland Life ms. Co., makes a
guaranteed contract. You know exact
" what you pay and yon know exactly
Whist you get.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
70 - ~ 3 ? = Ia
Naryliknd.

MARYLAND long ago was known as the
Old Line State, the reference being
to the line drawn By Mason and Dixon
along the northern boundary Of Mary
land and the southern limit Of Pennsyl-
.vania, an effort having been made to
consider this line the northern boundary
of the slave territory.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11

OK. stablejn, district manager of the
Nederland Life ms. Co.,is at the Dakota
House. It will pay anyone in need of
sound, low-rate protection to look over
the Nederland proposition.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-11-11
None ! Zoo Cordi.,.

I The Hostess ] pose there is no use
OF asking you to stay to dinner?
The Caller-No OF IN that way CleYe-
land Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1896-01-07

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The Official closing quo
tati ms for stocks were as follows:
Atchison 10; Adams Express, l40: Alton
and Terre naute' ~; DO preierred ohiG Amer me
Canadian Pacific, D Canada Southern. AZ a;
Central Pacific, A. Ches d Ohio, AZ; Chi
Chic Gas, 62sl; Co solidated Gas la C., G, c
and st. Louis, A; Colorado Coal & Iron, %
Cotton Oil Certificates l6lg; Del; and Hud-
1op AL ri Lack w sna at 1o D.
Co., l4A, Erie. 1879; Err pfd., 23la; Fort
Wayne, i5l; Great N0rthe5n pid 10;
Theago Eai1e nn n9s pa 9' s. h9S1ng
Dulu h, rs: Kansas & Texa pfd.. %, Lake
Erie West ~; same pfdi IS Z. Lake Shore
1iie Leaq Lo aTus New &ibsy Nam
haitian Consolidated; go; Memphis and
Charleston. r.; Michigan ntrai SO; Ms
s ys Xxx aona a uordars sas
pfd.. 80; N. j. Central. . Norfolk and
West pfd. z; North American Co., q: North
srn an j. do pa RUBBER 25 g. p DO DSn pa
So; American SUGAR pid sl's; u. S Leather
pit SO; Commercial Cable G.. 100: u,
coroge Go Cd suasnteed 3d. Y0rthGss{e5r
pfd. 81; N Y & New England, 40; Ontario
4 Western, 1914; oregon impr ovement., "a ;
SfssRn nay Psso Hs Sns' Peoria Dec
Evans, ~; Pittsbu g, 60; Pullman Pal, 1850;
Reading "; Rio CRANE We fern. II; do pld.,
40; Rock Island. 6IA: st. Paul 90; do pfd.,
l25; st Paul a. Omaha, 81; do i'd II al;
Southern Pacific, 1891 Sugar Refinery. 9S}. /;
Tenn. Coal & iron "a; Texas Pacific ~; Iol.
y o. Cen. pfd., 65; Union Pacific, 37s; U. $. EN-
press, SO; Wabash, St. L. e. Psc,
6a6; do pfi,, Is; Wells Far o Ex.
press. 90; Western Unto s2 .; VIII cling &
l.. E., IL; do pfd.,. 50; Mimi. 4 St Louis,
II; Den. & K G.. ~; General ectric, {;
Natl Linseed, '9}q; Col Fuel & l. %; do
pfd.. 90; II, & Tex. Cen, IA .Tol. 4. A. &
North Mich, 4; Tol st: Louis 4 X: c 81:
RI pft n, n
American Tobacco rs do pid., LOO; American
Tel and Cable, %.
The herald., 1896-01-07
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices-0rain AMI Provision
Market

Market
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. -wheat-Easy; May,
$l.067s Barley steady; May, 7o9sc. Corn,
Middlings~$ls to $21 90; bran, $3.50 to
$l4.
Hay-whea', SO to $40 5O wheat and cat,
81 SO to Sll5 =; alfal a, 81 to So ba ley, 81 to
ST. stock, $5 to ST. So straw, SC to Cue.
Potatoes-Salinas Burbanks, 65d9 C: river
Burbanks, &c TO $50: oregon Rurbanks, 500
eoc weet pota oes. $3.50 to So Onions so
cream squash DC to asc Tomatoes, 25c to
soc. Green peas e &c" sc Green PEPPERS 2ac
varic 4lsc to SIC. Tried peppers, &c to LOG.
Apples-No. l grades, soc to S.; common
75c; lady appies, large boxes, 81 to SI,25,
cr,nberries, very few offering; persimmons
titru fruit Mexican lines, 8, to s. So;
go to choice. 81 80 to 49, do fancy. 81. SO to
49, Cali ornia oranges, Sc dlings. 81 rs to
sl.75. navels, S'.75 to s2.75; Jap nese man
darlns 2. to q; bananas, $L22 10 49,
Butter-Fency creamery, 24c to 2ec; seconds.
C to &c; fancy dairy. C to 23c sec 'nds
zoe to 2Ic; fancy mild new cheese. lie: fair to
good, 1Uc to q; eastern, IL to 121sc.
Eggs-store PC to 26c; ranch, 27e to 32c:
st IN, 19c to 21c; selected eastern 22c to
Poultry Turkey gobblers. 12c to 1870 do
hens. &c to Sc; ROSTERS. young, $4,sOd5 So;
roosiers old, 81 TO 81 50; broilers, small s so
to 81; hrollers lasge 81 to ~. hens. .$405;
ducks $4.5on6; geese. Sl.5o@1 Is: pigeons,
old. %1@i. %; pi cons, young, s. .50O1.75
tame Mallard ducks, S to So so; teal, 81
to 81. Is: srrig, 81 So to 81; widgeon 81 to
$s2255 qIsil 81 to sll9ls; gray geese, 81 g to
English snpe. z! eo mon snpe, 81; honkers
So to 81; brsnt, $l.25