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Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17

The Several Silver Party County Gem
tr,l Committees.
viii call prmary electon Of the people on
Saturday, the 28th ay Of July. 4. D.
1900.
For the purpose Of electing delegates to the said
convention In ascor' aucs with the above basis OF
representation the primary election to be carried
t in compliance with the laws Of this state,
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17
Romance.

He was walking with school
ma'am.
He is poet, dreamer.
She is a practical miss, given to
mathematics.
The night was serene.
The leafy silences we're still as a
star.
The night was jewl of July.
Suddenly he halted benea tn the
AMBIENT ray of a street light, and
asked:
"What is a kiss ? !"
"Nothing, divided by two, re-
piled the mealy, mathematical mai
den.
And then in little while nothing
was divided between them.
-
Cool weather.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17

Word has been received in Wash
ington that the Japanese govern
ment has prohibited for the present
the emigration of all japanese lab
orers to the United States and Can
ada.a
King Humbert's life was insured
for 100000.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17
THE TAX
OF THE
Proceeds of the Mines.

Notice is hereby given that the Taxes Of tn
Proceeds of the mines for the Quarter ending June
SOth. 1900 are now due aud payable tire Office OF
the County Assessor, at the Court House.
The law in regard to their collection will be
strictly en- forced.
II. E. FREODENrHAL, County Assessor
Dated Phoebe August 10th, 1900.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17

Also Tor the appointment Of a state Central Com.
mttee on the transaction Of such other business
as may properly come before said Convention.
The basis of representation of tho respective
counties, in the said convention shall be ONE DEL
gate for each FORTY votes cast for the Silver
party nominee for Governor, and ONE DELE
GAZE ior each fraction exceeding TWENTY at the
State Election held in 1898 Storey county being
granted one additional Delegate and washoe count
three, aggregatin % Delegates as follows.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17
The 9th Day ofSeptember
A. ID. 1900.

The 9th Day fSeptember
A. ID. 1900.
At u o'clock NJ. of that day
We further report that the date for the holding
of Primaries for the election Of delegates to the
said Silver party State Convention be, and the
same is hereby fixed for
Saturday, the 28th Day of July A.. D. 1900
The polls to be open between the hours Of l2 NJ
and P. NJ Of said day.
kEINHoLD SADLER, w. e. SHARON,
BENZ. CURLER BENZ, RosENTHAL.
}. b. FITZGERALD, "a, LIVINGSTON proxy
said Silver party State Convention shall be held
for the purpose Of nominating State Ticket to be
voted for at the next general election, viz
Three Presidential Electors,
One Member of Congress,
One Judge OF the Supreme
Court,
Two members of the Board
Regents of the State Uni
versity.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-17

The Elko county Jail is to be made
escape-proof. In its present condi-
ton criminals are in the habit of
taking their departure whenever
they tire of Jail bill of fare.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-07-28
Col. =. NJ. Robertson.

We announce in to-day's
COURIER the candidacy of Col.
S. M. Robertson for reelection
to Congress.
The Colonel has SO long rep
resented this district in the Lower
House at Washington that he
needs no introduction to the peo-
pie at our hands. He is now
serving his fourteenth year in this
capacity. This long experience
alone would commend him as the
most suitable and capable man to
represent this district.
He has thus won the posifR6fh
second only to representative
Richardson of Tennesseeg the
Democratic nominee for Speaker,
on the Committee on e'Ways and
Means of the HouseAs a
member of the minority ofS that
committee he helped make the
plank in the Democratic platform
known as the Paramount Issue"
in the present campaign. This is
the anti-imperial plank OF the
platform. Having been a MEM
ber of the committee that drew
up and presented the Chicago
platform, that he now stands
squarely on it, goes without say
ing. He has ably and consclen-
tiously represented this district
and has conserved and protected
its general interests as we'll as
any other man could have done.
But there are special reasons why
his candidacy commends itself to
| the people of this parish, at thus
time. At another corner OF this
block stands monument to his
zeal and effectiveness as the rep
resentatiye of this district. III
secured for us this handsome
public building which is the prid'
i of our little city. He secured TO
this city and parish water com
munication with the outsid
world and the accompanying ben
efts of freight rates in competl
!. ton with the railroad, it bein
Through his efforts that an apprc
, priation of twenty thousand do
fiars was made for cleaning an
preparing Bayou Courtableau fe
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That Auditors Circular

The intent is Of the essence of
the offense. The parish printer
having confessed that he has
oyercharged for public printing,
pleads ignorance, "a misconstrac-
tion of the law, in pallia-
ton. Having proved that he
oyercharged. we will nos7 show
that hesdid SO deliberately and
knowingly. To do this we have
only to use his own w5rds and the
Auditors circular issued in May,
1897, be il remenabered), which
he pretends to rely upon to excul-
pate himself, but which is really
the document which condemns
him. The reader may ask, If such
Els the case, why does he refer toit
at all The answer is very sim
Eple. He has nething else in the
world 70 rely upon, He pretends
now that he did not understand
lit, it being so very ambiguous and
abstruse, and he probably hoped
THAT no one would attempt to deci-
Ipher it.
Iii an article published in the
last issue of the Clarion ane
which begins The Opelousas
| IGA1rier, like maddened skunk,
Ietc., he sets up his defense as tt
1.-THE intent to defraud. Here j
lis
s.Eive years ago we assumed management Q
/ the Clarion, aud the same month Wer
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navigation. His long experience
will the better enable him to rep
represent our interests at Wash
ingten. st. Landry has no candi-
date of it's own. Col. Robertson S
nomination seems foregone con-
clusion, and with the present con-
servative temper of our people,
it seems to us the pelicy of wis
dom on the part Of our people to
strengthen his hands and more
firmly cement his friendship by
rendering him the aid and support
of the parish.
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By virtue of Judgment Of the Hon. Disl1
trict Court in and for tile Parish of 81. Landry,
there will be sold at public auction, tn the last
and highest bidder. by the undersigned ami
tioneer, at the last residence OF Julien Sicily,
deceased, near Port Barre, st. Landry, La,
on
Wednesday. Aug. 22, 1900,
at IL O'Clock D. H., the following described prop
erty, to-Wit:
A certain tract ..s and situated on Bayou
Teche with all the "a iiprS and improvements
thereon, lneasuriE six and thirty cue hun
dredths arpents fro 1t on said bayou by Il depth
of ten and one-fOur h arpents, making an area
of sixty-four and 1ne-half arpents, more or
less. Bounded on the north by lands formerly
belonging to P. A. Eezat, now property Of Mrs.
Placide Robin, on the south by lands Ut Mrs
Louis MeaneOn, east by lands of the estate OF
Owen Mahon, west by the Bayou Goche,
A certain tract of land near the tract
above described, together with the buildings
aud improvements thereon measuring seyeil
and one-fourth arpents front by Il orpNh OF
six arpcnts, bounded Oh the north hy lands Of
Mrs. Placide Robin, south by lands OF MIS-
Louis M6ianeon. east by lands Of MIS-. Pierre
Titara and Frank Bordclon, west ny lands OF
the estate Of Owen MahosG
A tract of wood lnd consisting of MY aud
sixty eight one hundredthS acres, acquired by
the deceased, Julien Stcl'y, at the succsaonat
sale OF Jos. NJ. Moore, and described 10 fol-
lows AS lot No. of Plat Of survey made by
Ira W. Sylvester and filed in the process verbal
OF the successiOnal sale Of said Moore ami par
aphed me Tiriatur' and marked "B' by LII
cius G.. DuprG Auctioneer; bounded an ono
side by land formerly belonging 10 ChiGtien
Nornhinyeg, now REM MUrhhiuvcr, OH an
other side by Bayou Tcche, fronting on said
bayou, and on the other side by lot No, of
said plat.
tract of wood land two arpents wide by
a depth OF thirty-threo ana one-hHIf arpeutS.
bounded north by land formerly Belonging TO
T. A: Nezat. now Mrs. Piacide Rohn, on the u,
south by land formerly belonging 10 Mrs. FL.
r. TaylOr, on the east by land formerly belong
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Tried. Convicted and Sentenced.

The other day the parish printer
was brought up tor trial before the
police jury. The charges made
against him had been hanging over
his head for more than a year, and
had been freely banded about in
both parish and town official circles
ever since. He was accused of
overcharging both the town and
the parish for public printing. A
committee was at last appointed, a
few weeks ago, by the police jury to
investigate his alleged overcharges
for the parish printing. The editor
of this paper, having formally and
reluctantly made the grave charge,
submitted some of the evidence up
on which it was based. The accns-
ed made the best defense he could.
The proof was so clear and strong,
however, that the committee report
ed to the police jury that the charge
had been sustained. Then the ac-
cused confessed. The damning
charge, the inevitable conviction,
the humiliating confession had
swiftly followed each other like the
ineXorable march of fate. Now
must come the stern and awful SEN
tence of outraged law and morality
by his august (and austere y judges.
At last, with the directness OF the
pitiless tbunderbolt, that sentence
came: The accused is hereby con-
demned to serve one year-as par
ish printer, making his term six
years in all !"
Gentlemen of the police jury, DO
YOU not realize the gravity of the
mistake you have made ? Here is a
man who, for five years, has been
sending in to your predecessors lille
gal bills for public work, taking ad,
vantage of their ignorance of what
constituted proper charges for do.
ing this work, and abusing and I'M
posing Systematically upon their
good faith. 1t is true that they
should have scrutiniZed these bills,
as they should have scrutinized all
bills submitted to them for APPROX
al. But they did not. No charges
were formally brought before them
You then took their places. Serious
charges we're then made against this
man, and they were proven. liz
confessed. Instead of spurning this
unfalthful servant, you have further
rewarded him. This is inexcusable
You are the trusted and honored
agents of the proud old Democrats
party; you are the duly accredited
representatives of the intelligence
and the virtue of this great parish
J and it behooves you-and, 1T is thu
only amends that you can make-t'
reconsider your actiop and dismiss
this unfaithful offcisG
The burning question of the hou
is: Is the Democratic party OF st
: Landry big enough, strong enough
) wise enough and honest enough t.
J do at least. as we'll as "corrnpt
Tammany'tid-get rid OF its Bos
+ TweedsT
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JUDICIAL ADvE REFRESHMENTS.
WDURLAC SALE.
EsTATE OF MARIE OCTAVE PROVOST.
NO. 1854. DISTRICT COURT, ST. LANDRY
PARISH LA

By virtue of an order Of the Honorable the
18th judicial District Court, in ana Tor
the parish of st. Landry, there will be
sold at public auction. TO the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned or amy
div qualified auctioneer, at the last resi-
dence of the deceased in the town of Ope-
lousas parish OF st Landry, La, ON
Wednesday, August Il 1900,
at II o'clock a. m, the following described
nroperty belonging To the estate Of Marie Oc-
fayfe Provost. late of the parish of st. Landry,
tO-wit:
The undivided one third interest of the de-
ceased in and to q certain lGt OF, ground in the
f0Sv,l of Opelottsas with all the buildings and
imnroyenents thereon, bounded north by prop
ertv of estate OF Solomon Isaac. south by
nrnnerty of Z. M Boagni, east ny Main street.
and west by property of Mrs. L. E. Littell and
Mrs. Pierre Titard.
one piano aud stool one walnut bedroom
sef !: one dining room safe, glassware, crock
eryware knives, forks. etc, one lot OF miscef
laneons household fixtures and furniture, etc
One-half interest in lot OF household gooqs
! narlor set, etc one-third interest III q lot 0i
TmovabIe effects one lot OF dry goo'ts. mtilt
| merry goods notions ribbons, ladies' hats. laces
/ and dress gOotls.
| 1oih' OCTAVE BODEMUL.ER,
Tame an 1000. Administrator.
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Although an old bachelor Of
almost as long standing as the
average man has been known to
be the ardent admirer of the fair
sex! eur foreman still considers
himself in the ring" and "sWim,
IN that on Thursday last he was
the recipient Of q plateful of de-
eiehs cookies, known as "kisses.
from one of the prettiest, sweet
est and most accomplished young
ladies' in Opelousas. This treat,
We learn, was sent him in recog-
nition Of the merits of his last
poetic effusien on the all-abs0rb-
lag theme OF love which appeared
II last weeks COURIER. It Is
aage to say that from this time
Dn there III BE no end Of rhyme In
oue Office.
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/, Jno. N. Ogden, Esq. and fam
ily have removed to Shreveport.
ICE. Ogden has been a resident OF
Opelousas. for more than thirty
years, where he has reared large
family. During his long residence
here, he has been q prominent
member of the bar Of Opelousas.
and filed two terms as District
Attorney for this District with
ability. While regretting his de-
parture, we hope he may meet
with abundant success in his new
field Of labor.
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direct, necessary to establish the
larcenous intent?
Later we will give some facts
and figures as to the actual over
charges. In some cases they
amount to fully so per cent, and
will doubtless average throughout
the five years fully 40 per cent.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-07-28

Col. s. M. Robertson, present
incumbent and a candidate for
renemination to Congress, gave us
i pleasant call on Thursday. He
wss accompanied by Col. Z. Sam
bola Jones, of Baton Rouge, an
old newspaper man and q friend
of ours Of long standing, who is
making tour Of the district with
our excellent Congressman. -
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Jas. o. Chachere, Esq, left
Wednesday for New Orleans to
meet Mrs. Chachere who has been
under treatment in that city for
several weeks, but we are pleased
ii learn is on fair way towards
recovery. They will spend some
time ON the gulf before returning
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One of the neatest campaign
buttons that will be worn during
this eyentful campaign is manu-
factured by the st. Louis Button
CO., $40 N. Broadway, st. Louis,
Mo-. who have favored US with a
beautiful sample of the Demo-
cratic campaign button. They
will fill all orders promptly and
at the lowest prices.
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Woodland 12 year cid whisky,
adopted by the U. S. Govern
ment for medicinal purpqfes,
four full quarts 1886, all exLDess
charges paid. Write fer p2Hicu-
lars. Craigler 6 Cra1gler, Dis
tillers, Covington, Ky.
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3. F. Perley, the popular yete-
ran ginwright will be in St. Lam
dry during June, July and Au-
aust, ready to do any job in his
iiue. Orders through the Ope-
Iollsas Postofice will receive
prompt attention.
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Mr.. BTeauX, PnUHsllef af the SI. Lau-
dry Clarion and parish printer, and Mr.
Sandoz both appeared before the COM
mittee. MIR. Breauy admitted his biiis
against the parish for ofiiclai printing
had been regularly made ont on the ba-
ais of one inch mininn type as a square.
His measurement he said was based Ivy
him uDnn a circular issue.i by the State
Auditors office of date May, 1897. and
hereto annexed for references. his
measurement was arrived at on the as
sumption that ten l10) lines of nonpareil
WAS a legal square. On Tint assumption
ltis measurement would he
The parish printer. the editor
and publisher of the Clarion, hav-
ing been charged, tried and con-
victed before a committee ap-
pointed by his friends of the Po-
lice Jury of using d fraudulent
measurement In making out
his bills against the parish,
and having admitted, as
stated in the report made to that
body. that his charges SHOULD
have been based on square OF
one hundred words instead of a
square. of fen linesgof nonpareil, "
we might let this branch OF the
subject rest here for the present.
But. as he has promised to refund
the amount OF his oyercharges,
and as another committee has
been appointed blythe police jury
to ascertain what that amount is,
to settle with him, and to report
at the next regular meeting, we
might as we'll, here and now, give
that committee o few pointers on
other branches of the subject Of
their investigations.
We may preface what we have
now To say BY renaarking that the
definition Of a square long age
given in the law. viz. ssthe space
| of 100 words solid matter
as it's put in the law Of 1894, tht
sssquare of 100 words, which il
distinction without q differ
enceis the best and most pre-
else that the ingenuity Of mar
has been able to devise and con
cisely frame, in that it is suscep
ltible Of but enc reasonable inter
probation (which we have illus
ltratod aboye) while il doe
net hamper the printer II hl
4 choice NJ TYNE fa lsse-does no
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nDURB.RC SALE.

By virtue of an ol der of the Hones,ble the
dry. there win he sdSd at public ancti0u, to the
last and Inquest bia1er by j he undersigned
Administrator any8duIy Qualified inction-
eer, at the last residtHee OF the deceasedin
pine woods, Parish of st,EoIpary La. on
"Wednesday, AugHsa f5ah, 1900.
at II O'Clock A. NJ, the following described
property belonging to said estate. to-wit:
The undivided ore-half interest 10 and to the
following described tract of land 10 wit: The
south half of the north hall dissection 20 in l.
of 8 r. East La, meridian. ana IRE norih half
of the northwest quarter, and the north west
quarter OF the northeast quarter Gf Sec. % in
To- s of r East La, meridian, containing ia
the aggregate two hundred and eiglGSN and
a2I1O0 acres more or less togetheF with the
buildings and improvements thgf f"n
Ierns-''sn' sAMXsL HAAS.
July il, 1900. HaMtBisttatef.
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MIR. L. G. Gladu, one of La
fayette's prominent young men,
left for his home Monday after
spanding a few days with friends
III town.
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NBURB.EC SIAs.E.
DTSTRTCrT COURT, PARISH Or Sr l.AE:,Ry
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
ESTATE Or JOSEPH HOLLIE3 and AHE-
LINE GONOR, DECEASED.
No. 1928.


By virtue OF an order Of the Honorable the
Sixteenth Judicial District Court ni L6niSiai3s
holding sessions in and for the PARISH al 81
Landry, there will be sold ut public aiictina t9
the last and bighest bidder by the undersigned
Joint administrators or ~ duly qualified auction
eer, at the principal front door OF Court House
Opelousas, Parish Of St. Landry, La, en
Wednesday, August A, 1900
commencing at the hour of II 4. In., tie I'll
lowing described property, to-wit:
A certain lot of ground situahad Ia the town
OF Opelousas, st. Landry parish, Isa.,N ,Nwi!h all
the buildings and improvements thereon. meas
uring one hundred and sixty-nine feel ana six
inches, more or less, an Union street,bS depth
of ninety-four feet nine inches, more or less,
bounded north by property OF l.. 4 fohndoZ,
west by property of Mrs. Landry Heiitet, south
by Madison street and east hy Union street,
being the same property acquired by Joseph
Holiier Nov. %, 1858, from Joseph ROY, i'y act
of sale before j. III. Sandozs notary pulaic re-
corded in Conveyance Book D No i, page III,
as also at a Sheriff's sale mace Jaufhry 3D. 1881
under execution issued out OF the suit entitted
the State of Louisiana w. Jnsepn homer no.
S3T, recorded in Conveyance Book Z NJ. !, page
472, Recorders office, St Landry
Terms-Cash. - ,-,
LOUISA HOAhtEK.
HENRY MARTIN,
Joint Administrations.
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Drop in at the Opera House
Drugstore and try some of Braud's
dalicious soda water.
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July il, 1900.
PARTITION sAEE.
DISTRICT COURT. PARIM OF -sr. Ian
DRY. STATE OF IoalstAsA
RE1IcIE PROVOST EFT fsM9ys. LOUIS
DEsMABAts. TUToRJ No. 1866.

Rv virsne Of a Judgment of the Hon. ilRtii .ct
f,onrt in and for fhe Pa6ish OF ST i,;.3afy.
there win bo sold at public anetlnn. 70 ai,e l.,st
tioneeg. t1,m on the premises in the town Of ot-
lonsas, La. ON
- Thursday, Aug, 23, 1900,
at II o'clock a. M. the following described
property, t-wif:
lot Of ground IN the town ot oneifasas .hasa
~ n"u1,1r a front on Bellevue street CT tufty
Sn feet n hy depth of seventy -four feet, bounded
north Reeyae street sans ey rsosMsrs r. Mrs =.
SGnnS cast nv nronerty of Ran1i MGGhinvec.
Teerlnns~Two-thi1ds Of the purchase prlee
cash, remaining third payable u one year
from day of sale special ao1a s1n-
aoi pit't'> O. JNO. w. LEWIS,
/ July q, 1900. Auc'ioneei'
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f,ool and delicious soda water
II the Opera House Drugstore. /.
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The next paragraph Is set in
minion type. There are 13 lines
in it, those 13 lines contain 100
words but. they occupy IA inches
of space, the type being larger and
thicker. The basis of measure
ment for matter set in this lean
minion is therefore the space oc-
cupied by 13 lines of this solid min
ion, or 1A inches. These same Is
lines which we copy from the Cla-
rien, although set in minlon in
that paper occupy Is lines or | x
inches; for the simple reason that
its minion is "fat' while ours is
"lean."
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A Legal Square.

1t must seem really strange to
an experienced printer to see how
much misappre e hension exists
among intelligent people as to
what constitutes under the laws
of Louisiana a legal square. AS
far back as we can remember, the
law, in fixing the rates to be charg-
ed for judicial advertisements and
for advertising ordered by the po-
lice juries, &C., has defined a
square to be 'the space of one
hundred words solid matter, i. e.,
the space occupied by 100 words
set solid (without blanks) in any
size of type the printer chooses to
use. Let the reader just fix this
one fact in his mind, and the
whole thing is clear. However, as
object lessons are usually most ef-
fective, we will assist the reader
by giving the following illustra-
tions:
The paragraph following this is
set in the size of type called nom
pareil. It is what printers call
fat. There are IL lines in it, those
II lines contain 100 words. Cor
thereabout) and they occupy one
inch of space. The basis of meas
urement for matter set in nonpa-
reil is therefore the space occupied
by twelve lines of solid nonpareil,
or one inch.
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JUDICIAL ADVERTEsEEaE
PARTITION SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH or ST. LAN
DRY, STATE OF LOUISIANA.

DIR. ]. p SATAN VS., LOUISA WILLIAMS
EFT AIS. No. 1855.