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The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31
Bayou Chicot.

BAYOU CHICoT, La, March, %, 1900.
Editor COURIER
The heaviest rain Of the season fell
last Friday evening continuing all Fri
day night and up to late Saturday.
DIR. j. S. Branch, of Mamou, was
water bound here last Saturday. $780,,
Miss Nettie Littell, our popular little
school teacher. spent last Saturday ana
Sunday with Mrs. Robert Helmer.
The latest addition to the Thriving
little town of Bunkie in Avoyelle par
ish, will be a bank and compress. Inc
hustlers Capt. Sam Haas, of Chlcot, ana
his nephew. DR.. w. ID. Haas, Of Bnnkle,
being ut the head OF both institutions,
will no doubt push same to u rapid
finish.
MIR. Willis Whatley hsaa opened up an
A | blacksmith shop at this place.
Murray reports having found Il lone
ripe peach in his orchard.
Major Frank Wharton, deputy-a asses
sor, is busy taking the assessment OF
this ward.
l.. j. Derbes took a tripto Vile Plate
| Monday on business.
Miss Lou Dejean, after spending
| or three weeks here with her sister, re-
turned home on Sunday.
Col. r. 3. Walker, Capt. Sam Haas
and his estimable lady visited Opelou-
sas on Thursday to hear Gen. Gordon's
lecture. ,
The Chicotites will have a grand
Democratic rally on Friday, April 9th
at 3 D. m. at whicf: time Hon. Marion
Swords, Judge E. 7. Lewis, Hon. r.
Lee Garland, H. Z. Estorge Esq and Col
D. w. Bass will speak on the issues OF
the day. The band will be in attend
| ance. Refreshments will be served.
There is some kind of a worm that
has made it's appearance in this section
hy the thousand which is destroying
the bud of all the fruit trees and
| causing great damage to them.
CHICOT.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31
Accuracy in Prescriptions.

A broader term than many suppose
Some people imagine it relates only TO
chemicals or preparations bearing the
same name as that appearing on the
prescription. This is one step only.
To complete the sense of the term each
ingredient must be pure-must be ca
pablo of exerting the highest medical
effect. We believe in accuracy of thin
kind. 1t has given the esteem of the
physicians and the confidence of the
public. Will take good care OF your
prescription. We don't charge extra for
this carefulness. Accuracy is here.
Opera House Drug Store, A. s. Braud
g. Co, P~roprietors.
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Les &v6nemeats dams lie sud de
pAfrique commenceHt d s~'eccentner
dune faeon nette ct decisive. Depuis
que lie mar6hal de camp Roberts a pris
IL commandment des troupes anglais,
celles-ci ont faites de Favances ct ont
6s6 plus on moins victorieHses. Les
dsrDi4res nouvelles qui arrivent do Ia
bas aunoneent la capitnlation de Bloom
fonteiu, la capitale de retat de fOrauge
Libre. Cette alerniere vile a etc prise
SAM coup f6rir, lie president de la re-
publique s'6tant enfui vers lie Nord.
II ne Ieste plus maintenant qu'un corps
d'arme6 yictorienx dc lnarcher sur
Pretoria, la capital& de la r6publique
da Trahsgaal: De Pretoria Went la
nauvelle qu'up corps militaire dc 1000
fsmmea s'est foFm6e Files sont con
aues seus 10 rubiQke d'amazones ct
SOM arns6ss tons cofhme les hommes.
Lon dit que Prdaoria est une vile
bien fortiG6e entoKf6e dane ceintare
de forts militairesA construction des-
queis q c6ut6e 5000, 900 ct qse dix
AanSes ont AtAss2mploy6es 4 les con
~saruire. De plus des redoutes ct des
Batteries masqu6es en- gardent les ap-
proehes. Lon dit. aussi que plusienr;
mines souterraines sont places auS
abord de la place relies entr'elles pal
M cOurant 6lectrique ct gui an besoin
dun corp diarm6e d~'invasion ponraieni
g6tre Sclat6es ct feraient sauter officers
homtAes, chevaux ct canoDs dams l'e-
ternitEi nconnae.
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Atar HI 4hn clianll Rrink sai.

ANAter in the Slidell Brick. said to
have Seen written by Bob Ingersoll
frezi tle hot place. says that lie met
Horace Greeley. VoItaire and other
prominent men that went before he
did. Ben. Franklin. it states, il wear-
ing his hair short and has stepped in
venting stoves. He is now, the letter
alleges. trying to form a stock company
to manufacture ice. Among other
things the letter says: "The politicians
are organizing to defeat the present ad-
ministration and elect q, new devil.
They want me to make the nominating
speech. You know | nominated.B Blaine
for President once and did it up in
shape. Don't know who will be the
nominee. Jay Gould is running we'll
on account of his money, and Judas Is
CARROT and Ananias are quite popular
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31
New ORLEANS, March %, 1900.
OpELOUsAS COURIER,

Editor
Dear Sir Tho Louisiana State Fair
Association las asked the Local Coun-
ell of the Women of New Orleans to
take charge of its Woman's Depart
ment.
As Chairman of the Literary and His
tolical Committee, l ask you to urge
the women of your city to contribute to
this department.
W. make a speciality of the Literary
work of the women of our State and
are anxious that they be well repre-
scented.
We solicit loans of antiquities and his
torical relics and guarantee the safe re-
turn of same. We will esteem 1T a
great favor if you will give this a place
in your valuable paper as we are anz-
ious to show how important a part the
women of Louisiana have in it's history.
Thanking you for your courtesy,
Sincerely,
SOPHIE B. WRIGHT,
Chairman of Literary and Historical
Committee.
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MISC contra 1900

M~essifaurs Wooten g. Co, Prong
CaroliHssdn Nord, dit: I'm de nos pa
irons, nj homie prominent dams notre
communicate, souffrait de 10 maladie
dss 6Aie6 II await consult6 plusieurs
mSdeciN sans b6nifice. On le persua-
da d'ess&&yer les Pilules ct Pellettes de
Ramss. Bient0t il en- acheta d'autres
et est m~aintenant taut d fat gu6ri.
ii dit que los piluIes lui ont sauv6 Ia
vie ct les six boites ne lui ont cont6
QHe $50, tandis que ses visites a
New Yerk pour consulter les m6de-
Gins, lui ont cout6 $4,000.
A yendre par Jos. Lassalle.
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$50 VS.. $l5o.o 90.

Messrs. Wooben g. Co., Prong, North
Carolina, say One of our customers, a
prominent man in this community. snf-
fered with liver complaint. He con
suited several physicians but they
failed to benefit him. We prevailed
upon him to try,the Ramon Pills and
Pellets. He soon bought more and is
now a we'll and hearty man, and has
gained in flesh. He says the pills saved
his life and the six boxes cost him only
$3.50, while his trip to New York to con-
suit the doctors, cost him $4,000.
For sale by JOS. Lassalle.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31
Scholarship Free.

You may, by doing little writing at
your home, secure scholarship free in
either Draghon's Practical Business
Colleges-Nashviile. ST. Louis. Little
Rock, Fort Worth, Galveston, Shreve-
port or Savannah, Best ~patFonized
Business Colleges in the South. For
particulars, address The Youth and
Age, Nashville, Tenn.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

An exchange gets off this note: "If
are the salt Of the earth, women
are undoubtedly sugar. Salt is u ne
cessity-sugar a luxury. Vicious men
are saitpeter, stern men are rock
salt, nice men are table salt. Old maids
are brown sugar, good matrnns are
loaf sugar and pretty girls are fine pull
verified sugar. Pass the pulverized
sugar, please.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND HON
v estpersons to represent US asM aragefs
in this and eiase by counties salary 5000 q
year and expenses. Straight, bona-f1e,
no more, no less salary. Position pernia-
nent. Oar references. any bank in any town.
lit ii mainly siIiee work conducted ut lltinie.
Regerence. Enclose self.addressed stamped en-
yelope. THE DOMINION COMPANY. Dept 5,
Chicago Sept. %, 1899.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

II est mort a Russiaville, comte de
Howard, Ind, u femme jeune encore
ellie. n'avait que treAse deux ans
qui 6tait certainement la plus crosse de
fstat, simon du pays. Nine Ida Grey.
craft pessait $50 livree ellie jonalt
ACKNOWLEDGMENT au domines avec sou
mari quand tout dun coup ellie a roule
sous Ia table, morte.
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GRATIS AUX HOMMES.

Tout homme Qui 6crira au State Medical ms
titfto, ell Elektr0n Building, Fort Wayne, Ind,
recavrA gratis, D reasai, an paqRet dun remar-
gNable KeEnode qnl q gn6ri des milliefs d'hom-
mes nfat86s pendant deB ann6es, dss cffets de
faSDlessA sexrelle, nr0voGu6e par des errenrs
#e tennessee de Ia perte ur6mafur6e de rener-
~ ek leila Az6mulre, de Ia faibIeBsa dies reilss,
sAse iA waEze0cAle at de fatr0phie Hes Organes.
ENyoye aanH unc enyel0ppe Blanche. Ecrivez
N~A5aNENsANAs Sany 27-y
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A Clinton druggist got a note the
other day asking for enuf eppy cack to
throw mp a baby four months old"
Another customer wrote for "some-
thing for a sore baby's eyes, and an
other one asked for something for a
swelled woman's foot.n-Clinton DEM
ocraf.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

A chaser lie Filipino Oh court lie
lisque d'6tre mis- d Ia broche. Des
lsttres arrivaut de File de Luzon
nous apprennent qu'un des soldats qui
peureuivaient l'agile Againaldo dams
les montagnes, etant rest6 en arrlere
du regiment, a etc prs, tue, cult ct
mango par une tribu do canniba'es
0ai s'appellent les Egnstes.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

Tie number of the CoURIER's Phone
il 20. Ii ron want any advertising or
jab printing, N have any news To COM
mlanicatc. ring MP 20 and yen will have
prOanpi attention.. After office hours
The publisher can fB reached ut AM
time BY ringing up No. Sc.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

DR.. r. MI. Littell has returned to
Opelousas, and resumed practice. His
Offices ise0n Main street, adjoining st.
Landry State Bank.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

La Standard Oil Company contr6le
Ia vente ct le prix du petr6le dams lie
pays ct quand 10 fantaisie lui Went
d'ajouter un cent an prix du gallen
rien ne l'emp6che de le faire. En- ce
moment lhuiEe SO vend tres cher-an-
wren tsois cents do plus quill y a denx
ans. Trois cents, c'est peu de chose,
ct lie consemmateur les pale sans
greguer. Mails pour la compagnie qDi
exerce lie monopole de fhuite c'est
autrO chose. La compagnie retire
chaque aimee de la terre environ j.
700, DOC, 900 gallons d'huile doDtla moi
tie est vendue aux Etats. Unis. Cette
augmentation de trois cents fat done a
Ia compagnie an beaifice annuel de
SOS, SOC, 600. Ellie en- fait probable
nlent antant sur la NOTE qu'elle envoIa
letraDger. finest pas 6tonnan5 que
cette compagnie ait r6cemmept declare
IN dividende trimestriel de 90 pour
ceRt. COS b6Rsfices s'6lavant d $50 ,0O0,-
600 pour les trois mois, soft $50, 600
par an. Et dire que CO sont lee pauvres
diables qui ne gagnent que de SO a IS
cents par jour, qui ont solvent lie
vantre creux, Qui rentrent extenues de
fatigues 10 soir, qui patent teus ces gros
millions a Rockefeller OF cempagnie
pour ayoir un peu de lumie,e.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

Lou raconteS que Ia confession dn
ssrgent Golden qui 6videmment con-
naiesait tous les details de la conspira-
ton sui so termina paf l'assassiuat
da S6nateur VIM. Gebsl, do Kentucky
sera Fun des moyens qui permettra aux
detectives qui %s'occupent de l'affaire q
arreter tous les conspirateurs qui sont
les republicans les plus haut places
dams l'6tat. IL est d desirer que ceux
aui ION coupables seront s6verement
pupis.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31
LIE COURIER DEs oPELoUsAs

La robe de sole dune femme est
flee par un Yer, mais 81 lie YER veniat a
SO trouver sur la robe la femme pous-
serait des cris d'effr0i.
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FOR SALE CHEAP.
Very Desirable Home For Sale

One block from Catholic Church at Grand
Coteau, Louisiana. Fine house, out-offices and
grounds, well watered and fenced. Apply by
letter to ]. Bagnal. Lafayette, La, or to Mayor
G, }. Thompson, Opel0usas, La.
October S. 1898.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

Place your valuable papers ina safety
deposit box in the ST. Landry State
Bank.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

Une annonce dams LIE COURIER
coAte pen OF rapporte beaucoup.
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Enyoyez vol prescriptions D In phar.
EaaCie de rOpera, A. S. Braud & Co..
prcrFi6taires.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

Un statiscien ~franeais affirmc que lie
nombre total d'hommes Qui sont sous
lee armes d'uneSmaniere permanente
SLEEVE d 4,25O, 600. 81 une gnerre uni
versslls venait d. 6clater il y aurait
tout de suite S50 900 hommes pref
a prendre les arms Place snre nne
iigne les soldats ttu monde ponrralent
couvrir r6quateu1SsSour oSf1fterre.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-31

sSssssss Proceedings of political meet
asS4k iHgss culinary notices, cards Of
$1,000 thanks, etc. will he published as
advertisements, aud must be paid for. Parties
viii please bear this in mind
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05
The Hollister.

Work was suspended at this
property last fall because of the
excessive costs necessitated by
the cold weather but u diamond
drill was placed thereon the first
Of the month and hole is now
down about 40 feet. Nothing
OF promise has been met with
yet but they are hardly deep
enough, Judging from the holes
driven last fall, to strike any
thing yet.
This hole will probably decide
what is TO be the future OF this
property as far us Ogleby, Nor.
ton are concerned. The first
hole driven last spring, showed
much ore, one Tense being III
feet in width. There were other
lenses met within the same hole
that brought the total ore width
up 70 about seventy feet and the
grade of ore was Il fair one. A
second hole was put down u little
TO the south and east and the re-
suits were not SO encouraging.
For fear that they had moved
away FROM the vein this third
hole is being sunk and If il
shows up nothing it is quite
certain that no more work will
be done there although we have
no official confirmation Of this
statement.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05

at the Negaunee mine the
task Of sinking the new shaft is
being rendered difficult by a
great flow Of water. The miners
are about % feet in the ledge
and have hole in the bottom
through which water shoots out
to height of twenty feet when
ever the plug is removed. They
dare not blast out the bottom for
fear OF too great q rush of water,
and will wait until another pump
is placed i'm the shaft before
sinking further. Four pumps
are now working here, and an
order for q larger one has been
given. 1t is likely that the water
comes from the east, following
the ore formation Of the Barasa
mine. At this season of the
year there is also the overflow
from the creek to be cared for,
the water backing up over the
level ground in this vicinity.
Mr.. Jos. Sellwood was in town
a few days since and made
arrangements for the resumption
of work at the Consolidated
mine, recently purchased by his
company. 1t is located on the
Cascade range, and produces a
silicious ore giving about 40 pei
cent iron and being low in phos-
phorus. Mr. Lawton will have
local charge. While there is
considerable talk censuring Mr.,
Gates, manager of the big steel
company. Mr.. Sellwood thinks
the future will show he is not sc
greatly at fault rs his enemies
are trying to make it appear L
is unquestioned that Chicago
politicians were badly stricken
but there appears TO be littl,
mourning over that fact. -Irol
! Ore.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05

Was this Objectionable feature
eliminated, even though the iron
should be low, the ore could be
mined at such a minimum OF cost
as 10 insure it large sales and
good profits but we are informed
that, even in this boom year.
there is but q limited demand for
the ore. Mr.. DAWSON is hoping
that. as depth is attained. the
quality of the ore will grow bet,
ter but up TO the present time he
has nothing but hopes to cheer
him. However, the operators
are going right ahead and get
ting the property in tip-top
shape.
Arvid Bjork is superintendent
of the property. Mr.. Bjork is
an old and trusted employee of
Ogleby, Norton & Co. and when
they took the Bristol year ago
they showed their appreciation
of his work by elevating him TO
the superintendency and he has
made an enviable record at the
property.
The underground work is un.
der the able management of
Captain August Frangquist and
he is demonstrating his ability
TO handle the property in excel.
lent manner. H. II. Miller, n
brother of Mr.. Miller of the firm
of Ogleby, Norton q Co., looks
after the Office work. Rob
Webb is clerk.
No ore has gone forward
from this property yet
ON account of the immense
amount OF work at the new shaft
but Supt. Bjork informs us that
he expects to be able TO forward
some next week. Two grades
are shipped "Manganate" ore
which carries all the way from
five TO twelve per cent. mangan-
csc and a Bristol grade that runs
about two per cent manganese.
The pay roll at present carries
l25 men and more will be added
later,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05
Explorations.

About two hundred feet TO the
north west OF the old Bristol
engine house. Ogleby, Norton ~
Co. are exploring, hoping to
strike q continuation Of the
Bristol north vein. The shaft is
in the ore formation and now
rests at a depth of seventy feet.
At thirty.fve feet n drift was
driven south that encountered
ore and it was thought that il
the shaft was lowered another
thirty five feet, better results
would be met with. II is the
intention to drive the drift clear
across the formation in hopes of
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05
> 81 70 W - ~ W % %
FROM THE MINES
The Bristol.


1 Many and important have
poem the changes and improve
hents at this property since the
Hose of navigation December LIST
last year. So many in fact that
Utmost all the old landmarks
have disappeared Even the
huge open pit has assumed n
pew appearance due to the ex-
|ensive stripping done DUNG the
Einter.
The most noticeable change
|bout the property is the con
Eersion Of No. 3 shaft from q
mere exploratory one to the
main hosting avenue OF the
nine and the placing in It's vicin-
ty Of u new hosting plant. This
blant consists Of q two SIT drum
.idgerwood hoist and q battery
bf three medium sized boilers.
rhe engine house is located
lbout 200 feet directly south of
he shaft and presents u neat
lnd attractive appearance with
is galvanized iron covering.
rhe large Norwalk compressor
has been removed TO this engine
hot from its former resting
place in the old power house at
he west end Of the property.
There was but a small shaft.
house frame over the shaft when
he present operators took hold
pf the mine and SO a new shaft
house had TO be built and peck
kt erected. On account of the
trusher. which is being installed
here, the shaft house is a high
pne and solidly built. The
rusher stands on top of the
pocket and the ore as il comes
from the mine is dumped into it.
3rhe jaws Of this mammoth masti'
''c3 then take the dirt and
ngfmd IL to the fineness of mar
bles when it is passed on into
the pocket below. The crushel
S q Gates make and an exact
counter part OF the one in use al
the Traders mine at Iron Nom
tain. It's capssity is about 1000
tons per day and from present
appearances Captain Frangquis'
Twill be able 10 keep dirt in hel
Jail the time If the men can be
had han lie IL.
Ine .oli engine house Il
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05
chancery Sale.

First publication April %; last June 2, tsDO
In pursuance and by virtue of an ordr md
decree ~ the Circuit court for the Cou,dN 81
Iron IN Chancery I'm the State OF NJ higHn.
made and dated on the twenty first day q
March. A. D., 1900, Ia certain cause thrr ~
pending, wherein Luke WEIGH Is complainant
aud Moritz Hrschfeld Is defendant, lice ~
hereby given that shall sell az public auction
10 the highest bidder, at the front door of he
court house. ia the city Of Crystal Fails.
County Of Iron and State of Michigan. said
court house being the place for holding the
Circuit court for said county. ON the thirteenth
day OF June, A. d.. 1900, nc 10 O'Clock Ia the
forenoon. all, or 80 much thereof as may b,
necessary. 20 raise the amount due To the sal
complainant for principal, In crest aud costs Nv
this caus'. OF the certain pieces or parcels Of
lands, situated IN the city OF crystal Falls
aforesaid and known aud described as lots
numbered twenty seven (27l and twenty eight
t2Sl OF the recorded plat al the village Of
Crystal Falls. Michigan.
Dated ut Crystal Falls, Michigan, April
twenty seventh 1000.
CHAs. N WATSON.
Circuit Court Commissioners IN and Tor Iron
County. Michigan.
FRED II. ABBOTT,
Solicitor for Complainant
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-05
THE JOHN TUFTS CO.

now used principally as a
machine shop. A fine lathe and
a large new drill press consti
tute the most prominent parts OF
the equipment but there are sew
eral other machines there, so
that any work that is called for
about the mine can be done right
in the company's shop. Nels
Peterson, formerly of Iron
Mountain, presides over this
branch Of the company's work.
Underground they have just
finished sinking the shaft a lift
of 100 #. which carries il down
to total depth Of go #. from
the surface. A seventy foot lift
was added last summer but con.
siderable of that was worked out
during the latter part OF the year.
From the shaft at this depth u
drift will be driven east under
the open pit and raise put up
TO tap the bottom of the pit.
This will give the operators one
Of the handsomost pieces of
STOPPING ground to be found any
where in the Lake Superior re-
gion.
A slice of surface about TWEEN.
! ty feet in width was stripped
along the entire north side of the
pit during the winter and block
of ore is standing there uncover
ed 200 IT. long, Is IT, high and
twenty feet thick. 1t is Il juicy
lunch TO u hungry miners eye
and some cheap mining will be
recorded there. We learn that
the east end of the orc deposit
will be stripped back q distance
| of sixty feet this spring. The
edge of the pit is now that dis.
lance from the Youngstown line
and it is proposed TO carry it
back TO the line This will give
another fine piece OF ground.
The stripping is about sixteen
feet and the dirt is loaded in tram
cars, trammed TO the west end
of the pit where a temporary
hosting plant is erected. Here
it is dumped into skip which in
turn dumps IL into n tram car ON
n trestle above. IL is n very
handy arrangement and the dirt
can be handled rapidly
\ The Bristol is undoubtedly q
big mine but it has not attained
depth enough yet TO determine
positively its worth. The ore is
low grade and the manganese
hurts it for smelling purposes