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The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

At Liverpool. on the 9Th, a
new White Star steamer, the
Oceanic, began her first voyage
across the Atlantic. The Oceanic
is 70i feet long, over an eighth of
a mile, and has carrying capaci-
ty of 1900 tons. She is a greater
vessel than the Great Eastern.
an1; carries Oh this trip 1.444 pas
senrerS.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Ladis' trimmed hats, bennets
and Tn Boys and; all millinery
goods / cost and below cost, at
store { the late Mrs. L. Des-
marais.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
AUGUST S, BRAUp & co.
a CARD.

Having sold BIau1 desire
the liberal accorded Opeousa, and
Aug. will charge business graduate
Pharmacy the Tulane
fully competent the public.
Very Rept,
G. NJ. TAYLOR.
Sept.1
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
NOTICE Ge ADlsgNss's-Es RATION.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM CARPENrER.
PROBATE DOCKET. DISTRICT COURT
y PARISH OF Sc. L'lNDET
NJ. $500.

WI areas, samuel Haas ~ tao PARISH
OF . < Landry, has applied by : petition To- be
appointed administrator OF Ike estate of
William Carpenter, deceased Y,
Therefore. any PERSON ntenii, 4 10 make op-
position to said appointment wifl!e the saue
III writing, III my office, IN he tnSs Gtatneiou
sas within ten days from HE pgtser.?-r -rs,iicc.
ALFRED i'.VS,
Srpr Is. 1899. Clerk.
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For District .Su,sge,

OPELOUsAs, l1th Aug. 1899.
20 My Friends and the Public of st. Landry:
am a candidate for Judge of this District,
subject to the nomination OF the Democratic
party through primaries or otherwise as tho
Executive Committee may deem advisable.
Holm \ OGDEN
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

The largest and cheapest line
Of ready-made clothing in town
at j. & L. Landau's, under the
COURIER office.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

People who are suffering from
the heat should reflect that the
coal trust will make it easy to
keep cool next winter.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Adjutant General Corbin has
put at rest the silly charge made
BY enemies of the South 10 the
effect that the young men OF the
South We're not responding to the
call for volunteers to go to the
Philippines. He says that ga
larger percentage Of recruits, ac-
cording to population. have been
received from the South than
from any other section. The
South is the most thoroughly
American part of the Union, but
her enemies will not concede the
fact.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Conelius Vandebilt, manager Of
the Vanderbilt railway system,
died suddenly in New York last
week.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

A pound Of raw cotton is worth
5 cents. When made into fab
RIGS that pount. is worth from 25
cents to 81. Massachusetts, has
100000 spindles and spins l.
259,O00 bales of Southern, cotton
to sell back to the South. The
South hevs the wood and draws
the water; it does the drudgery
of producing the raw material for
the north to manufacture and
get rich upon.-Textile Excelsior.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
Fer Coroner.

We are authorized TO announce DR.. i. NJ
LlTTELL as a candidate for Coroner of the
Paris OF St Landry, subject 10 the nomira-
taon OF the Democratic party.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

WTASTTD-sEyER BRIGHT AND HON
Wv est persons to represent lis as Managers
N tA1S and close by counties. Salary 5000
year aud expenses. Straight, ncna-h;e no
li'2Tt, liG les8 salary. Position rermanent Our
rtteTef ces. any bank in any town. 1t is mainly
office w"rli conducted at home. reference.
Enclose selt-a'i,treased stamped envelope. TIE
DOMINION CcHPASE, Dept 3, Chicago
Sent, 1923
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

e. M. Tabr has sold his drug
business to ng. S. Braud & Co.,
who will ass me charge at once
and make ssnsive additions to
the stock Of rugs and chemicals,
etc. The ne firm has secured
the services I that we'll known
ana popular duggist, w. A. San
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
For Clerk,

We are authorized to announce j J. BARRY
rs a candidate for the office of Clerk Of Court,
subject to nomination l,y the Democratic
party.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
The Release OF DreyfuS.

On Wednesday last, the goth
inst, through al order of the
Minister Of War. Capt. Dreyfus
was released from Rennes prison
before daylight and took the train
for Nantes. He was afterward
seen at Bordeaux and will pro-
ceed to Nice. Droyfus said in the
(Paris) Aurora of the 21st inst:
The government of the repub
lie has given me my liberty, but
liberty is nothing to me without
honor. From to-day ] shall con-
tinue to seek reparation for the
frightful judicial error of which |
am victin.
Il wish all France to know by
detiuitiye Judgment that | am
innocent. Ny heart will e.nly he
at rest when there remains not a
single Frenchman who imputes TO
me the ahominablc CRIME perpe-
trated ty another.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Men s. Boys and Children's
clothing at astonishingly cheap
rates at Landau Bros, under
COURIER Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS. "A
For Sheriff.

[Candtdates for public office :ciU be dAnoui,c-
Ell under this head at s. each, cash in 0drance.l
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

S We are authorized to announce MARION l..
SWORDS as candidate for Sheriff Of ST.
Landry. subject to the termination of the Dem
ecratic nnrtY.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
. sc =

The plan of employing con-
victs IN road-building in Success
ful operation in many Southern
States. is being slowly adopted
in Pennsylvania by al enactment
Of the recent legislature. The
law operates by counties. each
county to use its own prisoners and
not to work them longer than
eight hours per day. Preference
in the road making must be gi.>11-
to the roads connecting directly
with the county seat, and all must
conform in width and grade to
the provisions of the general road
law of the State. Werk is to be
done in sections Of five miles, and
no more than that distance may be
completed on enc road until a like
miIage has been improved on all
the main lines connecting with
the county seat.-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Over in Mississippi they have
adopted & new methed Of making
full poll tax collections. In some
counties he names of the poll
tax de?inquents are published in
the local papers.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
Far yus,ice Of .i,e Pence,

We arc authorized TO announce DR. T.. g.
TAYLOR as candidate for the office Of Justice
OF the Peace 1st Ward. subject T., nomination
by the Democratic party through its primary
election or by convei ton
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Tils repsrts are to the effect
that the cotton crop will be small
er than was thought even q few
weeks since and yet the price
does not advance. Other agrl
cultural products arc advancing
in price and he trusts are advanc-
ing the price Of manufactured
goods.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Cething-all kinds and grades
at rock-bottom prices at Landau's,
Main ST., under COURIER Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

When in need Of q nice Stylish
Hat or Shoes call on T. L. Sandoz.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

of Justice Of the Peace Ist Ward subject to
nomination by tho Democratic Party through
Its primary election or by convention. 1 res
pectfully solicit the assistance OF the waters Of
the ward. ARTHUR SIMON.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
NOTICE..
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS. La,
September, I, 1899.

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS. LA, I
September, l, 1899. )
I, sun1'l WI. Peters, OF Bay OH Chicot =. O.,
Ia, who made Homestead Application No.
1855 for the 81 OF =. " and 81 of n + / See.
IL, TIP. ;, s. of K. l ". La. lfeT., 90 here
by give notice of ny intention make final
proof to establish my ciai;ii to the iai,t above
described. and that expect to prove Ny resi-
dence aud cultivation before frank WAar1uI,
L. :, Commissioner at Bayou Chiont, LA on
Oct. 18th, 1899. by two Of the following wiz
rcaees:
Iohn Henry. of Bayou Chicot, la.
Patr OK Dfnyhu, OF = -
David II. Peters, OF "
Landry Henry. OF =" -
5AMCEL NJ PETERS.
mark
LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, La,
september l, 1899. 5
Notice Of tie above application will he pab-
lshe6 in the Courier, printed at Opeonsas. La.
which | hereby designate as lhe newspaper
published nearest the laad described in said
application.
WALTER I. COHEN,
Sept. g. 1899. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Thus far we have announced
% candidates. This lis only the be-
ginning. We expect to make it a
round so in less than three weeks,
and just imagine the possib ilities
Of the future. .-Avoyelles Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
sv0TsCE oa AEs,EsNa asTEsaTsoN
ESTATE OF PREvAr FRUTEA.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF 81. LANDRY.
No. 559i

Whereas, Samuel Haas of 81 LaWfy
parish, has applied by his l:ctltiu:i IT, hI IE;-
pointed administrator Of the estate rf I"t i fat
srutei late of the parish Of ii. Land; Vi
Now therefore notice IS here:E gwen JoihU
parties interested to make olpo., tion 20 gt.,!
appointment, TO file the same in wiring il by
otfce in the town os Opeousas. IL ten d Us
from the present notice. Il
Sept. l6 1880 (lcIlI
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
Drugs Aug. S. Braud &Co. Drugs
@fseTe.a5Y:ss
(.>>-S 80 NssS& S-l9

We take pleasure in Informing the public that we
have purchased the G. NJ Taylor Drug Store, and made
tenve additions the already we'll assorted stock Of Drugs
and Chemicals Patent and Proprietary Medicines and in fact
everything usually kept in tcass Pharmacy We have
secured the services OF Mr. W A. sandoz, the we'll known
druggist who has had experience Of 36 years III the bus
who will assist in the prescription department. where all
orders will be promy and accurately filled all hours OF the
day night Our may rest assured that will spare
pains entire satisfaction regards service quality OF
goods and prices and respectfully solicit share of the
patronage Of the public.
AUGUST S. BRAUD & co.
P. S.-On the 1st Of October 1889 will REMOTE TO
THE OPERf HOUSE BUILDING, Main Street, where
will be pleased friends and patrons With any
thing in our line. Call and
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Whereas, John Landry, of the parish
OF IT. landry, has applied by his petl-
ton to be appointed administrator of the
estate Of Ambrose Landry, deceased late oftha
parish of st. Laudry;
Now therefore notice is hcreby given to all
parties interested to make opposition TO said
appointment. to file the SAME Il. writing in u.y
atlice in the town ~ HIt iuus4s. III tGn dars
from tie present ilotiGc.
ALTGi1.D i.AEE,
sept. 20, 1859. tIerE.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

See notice Of State and Parish
tax collector in another column.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Parish of St. Landry.

The ROY of 1899 is on fia in my Office and
al taxes are now due. Taxes on nova Dies
and polls become delinquent Oct. l, and upon
immOvables Dec. ST. 1899. To avoid interest t
and costs, Fartias should pay previous to SAID
dates. W. S. FRAZEE,
Sept. Q, 1899. Sheriff and ax-COllector.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

The american press is almost
a unit in its condemnation Of the
conviction Of Dreyfus as al out
ral upon Justice, humanity and
civilization. In every section the
belie3in the innocence Of the ull-
fortuna, aarisener is as lrrevo-
cable as it Is slE.nfre.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
AAown Tbs, path q life they love.
IS happy rs can 'Brt-
one in tha love OF his MattEr.
lie other, OF her Ohm L.

Most of the fighting in Cuba
and the Philippines, during our
two recent wars, has been done at
long range-from three to FIVE
miles for the navy. and from one
to ona mile and a half for the ar
my. III many Of the skirmishes
(calIed battles by Il liberal con-
struction Of literary llcense) the
hostile armies were invisible to
each other. except by the aid OF
powerful field glasses. Our army
is ordered fora ard; yidettes with
long range field glasses. locate the
enemy in the distance: the men
are formed into line and the or
der given to fire. After few
volleyS. an advance is ordered;
then d charge. In the course Of
Il few hours the former position
of the enemy is reached, but the
ensny himself is out Of range Of
the best field glass. Then & cable
informs lie adjutant Genera! that
the enemy was. driven from his
position with fearful loss. Our
loss is one killed (by sunslreke>
and three wounded: and that the
situation = we'll in hand. This
whole business seems too frivolous
FOR tragedy an too serious for
farce. Name it aud take il.-SU-
gar Planter.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
-kEErT UP As5 AN ES-
TEA

4 rct-1uana creole horse about IS years Old,
considerably Nind-5rohen aud braGIed thus
g. This animal .ias been ranging ii the
eigtihol hood about ulte year. The owner "a
requested to cone forward, prove property
and pay charges, or else he viii be disposed OF
according to Ia WAEIUS AUCOlN.
Ponte aux Pain, Big Mamou.
Sept. 9, 1899. z. o. Address, Vile Plate.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Main St. under Courier Office, Opelousas
Our stock is large and well assorted. and
selected with special reference to the needs "i
this community. while our prices are low /
than ever. Mems Suits from $3.50 up; Youths
Suits from s.. 80 up; Chidren's Suits from 75c S
up to s. 50-everyone worth double tie prize.
Also a large stock Of
Nackintoches, Overcoats, Boots, Shoes,
Etc.
Call and examine our stock and prices-no
trouble to snow goods.
Sept. Is, 1890, 8 mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

If the civilized world gives the
Parish exposition the go-hy, it
will serve as an object lesson to
other countries who are inclined
to pollute the Temple of Justice
as the French government has
done in the Dreyfus case.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

Ex-senator James B. Eustis, OF
this State, enc Of the oldest law
yers, and most distinguished
statesmen of the nation, died at
eaewport, r. l., on the Sd inst.
At the beginning of the civil wal ;,
be was q young attorney in New
Orleans, but promptly abandoned
the pursuit Of professional hon
ors. entered the army, served with
distinguished gallantry on the
staff Of Gen Joseph Z. Johnston.
After the downfall Of the Con-
federacy he returned to Louisiana,
and has since that time been a
prominent figure in the politics of
the State. and has distinguished
himself in the Legislature. in the
United States Senate, and as Min
ister TO France. The State and
Nation has lost al able and con-
sclentlous servant.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
NOTICE..

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, la, ),
Sept. /. 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the followlng
named settler has tiled notice OF his intention
o lnaAc final proof in support OF his claim md
that said proof VIII bc made before Frank
Wharton, Y. s. Commissioner, at Bayou Chicot,
a, on oct. 17th, 1892 viz.
John Henry,
WHO made Homestead Entry No. 1896. for the
NJ OF n. III and NJ of N. W. Section II, Tp. 3,
i. Of X. w. La. Meridian.
He names tie following witnesses 10 prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, 81 ID land. viz:
Patrick DonaiIu. sanlI II. Peters, David q.
Peters, landry Henry, all OF Bayou Chicot.
La.
WALTER /. COHEN,
Sept. 9, lS99-6t REGISTER.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

a 1 l.
No. 1898.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OFST LANDRY
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23

OPELoUsAs, La, Sept. 10, 1893.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-25
SOME PosTsCRIPTs.

King Menelik OF Abyssnla has sent two
zebras as a present to Queen Victoria
This country consumed 81, 100000 pounds of
ten In 1897, valued ut sI2 100000.
General Boulanger's famous black horse,
Turns, Is dead 1t had been cared for by al
h6mirer OF the general.
During a recent Sunday shower in Manila
7.as inches OF rain were recorded. The July
rainfall for fifteen days 90 inches.
]. H. kibbey. n telegraph operator on the
Terre Hautc Express. has worked eleven
years, seven nights week, without vacation.
Belgium exports 2.20O0 900 dressed rabbits
yearly to England. They weigh from six to
eight pounds apiece, and the rabbit crop sells
for 81, no 900 on the average.
1he British government has agreed to con-
trbute se25,O0O to the proposed Antarctic ex-
petition under the auspices of the Royal So
cioty. which must raise an equal sum for the
project,
Old Age pensions have been established in
Corea. but are not large item in the Ma
toral expenditure. Old age pensions to men
over 60 years OF age swallow up total OF
more than $3.50
london's General Omnibus company runs
li0O omnbuses which carry l90OOO,Oo0 passen-
gers year and run 29,CoOOoO miles. 1t owns
li,35l horses md employs 5000 men, The an
rual receipts are about s6O0OQO0.
Eighty four per cent of the entire State OF
Idaho is still public land. amounting TO more
than 1900 600 acres. or this area 1t has been
estimated by the government geological sur
YeN that 100000 acres can be irrigated sue
Ccssfully.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-25
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Lady sybn yrimrosc. Lord Rosebery's elder
daughter. who is engaged to Lord Granville
is said to be ono OF the best posted women In
the world on foreign affairs.
Dr. Amos Williams Patten OF ths Hyde Park
Episcopal Methodist church in Chicago, has
been chosen professor OF the now chair Oh
Biblical instruction at Northwestern univer-
rity.
Governor Mount OF Indiana spent his vaca-
ton on his model farm. putting his time In IN
personal inspection OF his property, spending
whole DAYS In the fields and not infrequontly
lending n hand to the laborers.
Before Frederick S. Church began to study
art he was a soldier in the civil war and an
express messenger. He recently declared that
he would be perfectly happy could he paint
but one picture a year and destroy that H.
when finished. he did not approve OF IT.
Robert E. NJ Cooper, who was formerly a
prominent newspaper editor and politician OF
s.. Louis, but who Of late has been In strait
ened circumstances. has received legacy OF
$500, 900 from John c. Gregg, miser hermit
who recently died at Cripple Creek. Years ago
Cooper saved Gregg from drowning. but had
since then lost all track Of him.
The Paris correspondent of London Truth
says that General Galifet had Hebrew an
cestry and adds: 1.-THE last Hebrew Of his
line was baptized In the reign of Louis KILL
He was chrstened Louis Gaifeotus. or Louis
made-a- Frenohman. This was corrupted into
Gallifet. The descendants of the convert pur'
chased high financial and judicial posts in
Provence dare say they married Christian
wives. But the older race the greater its
pertinacity."
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt and his brother
in-law. Harry Payne Whitney. who alrendy
refuse TO speak as they pass by, have now
rather intensified the feeling existing between
them They were foolish enough to enter their
yachts for the same race at Newport, and
during the run home before the wind the sails
OF the two boats In some way tangled up. !.
lasted only moment, but long enough for
each to claim foul against the other, so re-
lations are still further strained.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-25

Washington Post.
Hon. r. L. Henry. congressman from the
Waco (Tex) district, and his law partner,
Mr. Stribling, are guests of the Riggs.
"Outside of the nood-swept regions of
our Statep said Mr.. Henry, Texas is in
good condition, and finer crops Of cotton
and grain were never seen. In the Brazos
bottoms a great many of the farmers are
replanting cotton, and in so doing are
taking the chance that frost may be late in
coming this year. II 1t should turn out
that way they may yet produce fair
crop of cotton, for with late season the
plant will keep on growing and maturing
as in early summer We feel under deep
obligations to the generous people from
all parts OF the country who have con-
tributed 10 the food sufferers"
Mr.. Stribling, though quite a young
man, has achieved notable success at the
bar of his adopted State. In Mississippi,
his former home he was the partner of
Hon. John Allen of Tupelo. MIR. Strib-
ling says that the news of Mr. Aliens de-
feat for the senatorship must not be &c
cepted as certain thing, and that the
statesman humorist has still strong
fighting chance for the honor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-25
HOUSTON, TUESDAY, JULY %, Isoo
TEN PAGES TODAY.
THE STRIKES IN THE EAST.

There has been one feature about the
street car strikes during the past few
days in Eastern cities that has not been
made sufficiently prominent but which
should be pontedly called to public at
tention, both as an important factor in
the continuance of the troubles and as n
matter OF common right and justice to
the striking laborers.
In the beginning OF the strikes, efforts
were made to have the disputed questions
submitted TO arbitration. To this PROPOSE
ton the labor leaders cheerfully and
promptly agreed and guaranteed that the
men would abide by the decision Of the
arbitrators. The company magnates, on
the other hand, purse-proud and naughty.
and possibly confident of their ability to
compel the State to give them force
sufficient to beat down the strike, con-
temptuously answered that there was
nothing to arbitrate!"
That refusal on the part of the compa-
MES TO arbitrate has resulted in riot, in
loss of life and property, and these intol-
Grant Moneybags are chiefly responsible.
II is almost impossible to recall an in
stance where the labor side OF ono OF
these controversies has refused to sub
NIT Its cause to fair arbitration, 1t is
so easy and so common when strikes oc-
cur to denounce the strikers as AN
archists" and Communists" and "vio-
lstors OF the peace" that 1t is but Justice
TO organized labor to call specific atten-
ton to tho fact OF labor's almost unfaillng
willingness to put Its cause for the time
being and on all occasions in tho hands
If fair arhi,rators.
And 1t is time that the public were APP
preclating the fact that the most stub
born intolerance. he most frequent re-
fusal to arbitrate. the blind opposition
of brute force through police squads or
military companies. to possibly. the Just
demands of labor, are to be found among
the inflated magnates who are confident
either of starving or coereng their en-
ployes back into service
1t Is these men, who sit complacently In
their elegant Offices during strike and
put the State to thousands of dollars ex-
f""'S a. 80 ht'h4nh NhNHp hi4i''"'s piS-
lection. who are the big tax-dodgers OF the
time while the poor underpaid and hun
cry striker who is overawed by the mill
itary and condemned by his former EN-
ployer, could not escape his tax on his
little all IL he were disposed.
Justice is justice. and the public should
stop and reflect while when they read
OF such troubles and their developments
as have been occurring IN the East. 1t
was as little as the magnates could have
done to consent to an arbitration of the
difficulties as soon as they developed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-25
Sacrificed to Save Mckinley.

Chicago Journal.
AT last Russell a. Alger has answered
the demand of the people OF the country
by resigning the office Of secretary of war
in President McKinley's cabinet. Ills
resignation is to take effect at the pleas
ure of the president"
1t has seldom occurred in this country
before that member OF the cabinet was
driven from office by the force of public
opinion. In this case 1t is not improbable
that the unfortunate secretary Of war is
more sinned against than SHINING All
the war scandals of the administration
have been laid to his charge-the rotten
ratlons for the soldiers. the fever ships
and camps, the favoritism by which unit
commanders were appointed and kept in
office after they had become demonstrated
failures the persecution of General Miles,
and other features of the management oil
the war which have excited the indigna-
tion OF the country.
The sacrifice of General Alger has been
made for the purpose of saving President
Mckinley from the blame, il possible. Of
the maadministration of war affairs. to
shield others probably less culpable than
he, to call back the forfeited confidence
of the people. 1t is many chances to one
that the movement comes too late and
that the future history of the war Will
show where the faults Of misconduct rest.
Now. as changes have begun, why does
not Otis go?