Ms" 'TAB[lSII•I) l852. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TIlE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. $2.50 PER ANNUM.

VOL. XXXVII. OPELOUSAS, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, LA., APRIL 5, 1890. NO. 28.

glornurn 4 oourier.

.oiali Joenal of the Parish of St. Landry.

PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY BY

ILEONCE & L. A. SANDOZOPELO USAS:

SAT AyRVAY.. . APRIL 5, 1890. i

lee, wholesale and retail, at A. La-. Bombe's. See notice.

Acivil term of the District Courtcommences here next Monday.•, ------ • Im,.-----

SSegar and rice planters are referred, the card of Wm. B. Bloomfield.

Have you got a Home Comfortanageo If not, get one and be happy.

In the municipal elections held inMilwaukee and Chicago last TuesdayStheDemocrats were successful.

The first communion will take placeat the Catholic church on Thursday,May 1st, and Archbishop Jaussens will

inister the rite of confirmation on3d.

rWhy don't our town and parish au-'ties unite in putting down an arte-well on the Court House square

Is a public necessity, and would belie money well invested.

:uar town charter should be amendedas to make the constable elective by

people, and we hope some stepsbe taken at once to bring the mat-

before the Legislature soon to as-ble.

rs. A. J. Perrault desires to let herand patrons know that she hased her ice-cream saloon next toChacherb's store, on Landry

where the best ice cream, cakes,S, will be sold at moderate prices

Attakapas Vindicator, Oscar L.editor, made its first appearanceyette last week. It is a neat7-column Democratic newspa-h announces as part of its creed

"4be white men of Louisiana shallthbe State." Subscription $1.50

am.

ape Cod Item says: "WoodenIs the board of directors will ac-

more toward wrecking a bankmies in the safe door."

us go to work and elect a"wooden heads" to the Town,and to clinch the matter andII taper off the job, let thenm

ones.

Saturday evening Mr. andK. Sandoz gave a party to the

the occasion being the se-ersary of the birth of theirinteresting little daughter,

t fifty of the little ones,not so small, attended andeost enjoyable evening. Thejins her many friends in

Mss Alma a great many happy

Landry Building and Loansold $1000 last Saturday

per cent premium. Mr. A.was the successful bidder.

this association is now opento soon see all its shares

re is no doubt but that thethis institution will redoundeven though indirectly, toty of the town as well as to

efit and advantage of its

station, in this parish, onevening, March 27th, John B.was struck on the head with

by C. A. Ransom, fromwhich he died on the 30th.arrested bat made his es-gh it is claimed by his

- he will deliver himself up,tenuating circumstances for

We have been unable toeulars of the sad tragedy,it is the result of an old

g the above, we learndelivered himself up last

sIeJOWuO, wbo will beU. S. Naval Academy

:by our young friend, FritzPolnte Coupe. Banner

friends of U. S. N. Cadet, f Ap fame, will be

be har rneturned fromthL Pacflio Ocean, and isundergoing tihe lastihlch will be required of

nation happily passed,wll blossom forth ~y a

U. S. Navy. Pointeto beproud of a eon,

ire bd bee; but a shortsvice, weo the enco.

edleera for hi•sSthe bhrdreane

destroyed our Pacife

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The Town llection.

Both tickets for councilmen, we areinformed, as finally made up and placedin the field, have colored men on them-one has two, the other has one. Thisaction on the part of those who formedthe respective tickets is a humiliatingreflection upon the substantial whitecitizens of the town, who are virtuallythereby notified that they cannot bedepended upon to see that proper menof their own race are elected to admin-ister affairs in which their interests,compared to those of the colored pen-ple, are as 20 to 1-to say nothing ofthe principle of white supremacy, whichobtains in both parish and State. \Weclaim that this retlectiohl is gratuitousand undeserved, and that the whitemen of Opelousas-like those of WVash-ington, where the preponderance ofcolored voters is greater than here, andlike those of every other town in theState-if appealed to in the propermanner, would demonstrate that theypossess enough manhood and pi ide ofrace to elect a ticket of zsuitale mienwithout any ornamentation in theshape of colored "trimmings." And wesay that it is high time that this despiccable, cowardly and lthumiliating l habitinto which we have thilen, of electingmen to positions of honor and trustsolely on account of their color and be-cause of the strength they ate supposedto give to a ticket, shouhl be doneaway with. We now have a more fa-vorable opportunity than we have hadin years to shut out such charactersand deal the pernicious custom a stag-gering blow; and while we would havepreferred to have seen the issue square-ly made, we indulge the hope thatenough white men who are not carriedaway by personal animosities and sel-fish considerations-who are not hide-bound supporters of either ticket as awhole-will be found at the polls onMonday morning to hold the balanceof the power between the two factionsand to elect a Board composed of thethe best white men on both tickets.

Of the ninety-three young physicianswho graduated from the Medical De-partment, of Tulane University lastTuesday, two were from St. Laudr-y,viz.: J. P. Saizan and W. R. Lastrapes.Last Sunday's Times-Democrat con-tains the following skotch of Dr. Sai-zan :

Joseph P. Saizan was born and raised in theparish of St. Landry, and is '2t years of age.His father Mr. D. P. Saizan, is a prominentcitizen and merchant of St. Landry. At at,early age the young doctor entered the St.Charles College, Grand Cotean, where he re-mained two years. He afterward entered theManhattan College, New York City, and i,1883 graduated in the eommercial departmentof that institution at the head of his class.In 1886 he received the degree of Bachelor ofArts, and then the degree of Master of Arts.He stood a successful competitive examinitionfor entrance in the Charity Hospital in thespring of 1888, where he has since served asan "interne" and ambulauce surgeon of thatinstitution. The young gentleman's future isvery promising.

Dr. Lastrapes is the son of Mr. leun-ry Lastlapes, a well known planter re-siding near Opelonsas. Ie, also, is agraduate of Manhattan College, andhas a bright. and promising fututre be-fore htim.

In another column will be found theadvertisement of the celeblated HomeComfort Range, manufaet•lred by theWrought Iron Range Co. of St. Louis,which was established in 1864, has apaid up capital of $500,000, and has soldover 197,500 of its ranges in this conn-try. If success is a test of merit, the Iabove figures ought to be convincing asto the claims of the Home Comfortrange; but it is not at all surprisingthat this large number has been sold,as the American people are discerningenough to know a good thing when theysee it, and this range speaks for itself Iwherever it has been given a trial.

A characteristic featute of this Conm- Ipany is the fact that they have intheir employ none but reliableand competent men. who maybe depended on to fulfill to the letterevery guarantee offered by the manu-facturers. Mr. J. E. Massengill, divis-ion superintendent in charge of this sec-tion, has been in the employ of the com-pany for more Itlan 16 years, and allthe employees under him are men oftried experience and reliability.

It gives us pleasure to recommendthese ranges-and we can speak froma perience as to their merits, having

ne in use in our family for severalweeks past.

We are promised an overwhelmingsupply of tornados, cyclones, overflows,etc, for this month by various weatherprophets, no less than three prominent

ed the field with a choice and selectassortment of these cheerful commodi-ties. The "storms" promised us for the1st and 2d proved to be mere "Malchwinds" followed on the night of the 2dby a heavy rain. The 3d and 4th werecalm, pleasant days.

During the ten days ending oh Wed-nesday morning the river at New Or-leans bad fallen thirteen inches. Mostof the erevasees along the river arestill raouing--only a few having been:closed---and the river is still dangeronus-ly 1 . Much suffering prevails in theeoveowed districts. ;

._1_ _ __.- _ . _ _ _ _ - A _ _ _ _ _ _ __ I.We learnt from a Now Orleans paperthbathe Farmer's Union of St. Landrymet at Big Cane on Thursday, April

Spring t•m, Paint your honae. andbuy your nptsUat Dietlein'a. He car-

Mr. .T. StEwart baa just ejtablish-g yard near the dep where

baetwil fuall saupply of piueandSlumberougr and drsused)apsu*lWlag, sashes, doers an

- s -aer kep a sp~t~i

General T. C. Anderson.

Gen. Thomas C. Anderson died inNew Orleans last Wednesday morningin the 70th year of his age. IIe took aleading part in our local and State pol-itics for many years, and though his laterpolitical courso was utterly abhorrent toour best people, he possessed many nobletraits which endeared him to a largecircle of personal friends who will deep-ly deplore his loss. We copy the fol-lowing fair and impartial biographicalsketch of the deceased from the N. OTimes-Democrat of Wednesday :

Gen. Thomas C. Anderson, of St. Landry par-ish, a prominent Republican politician of thisMtate in years gone by, died at 2 o'clock thisImorninlg at the Perry house. Gen. Andersonwas horn in Prince Wit illian conty, Va., onJan. 14, 1820, and settled in Louisiana in 1839.Hie began conmmercial life with the tirmn ofMaunsel White & Co., of this city, where heserved in a clerical capacity.

Young Anderson then removed to Alexan-dria, in Rapides parish, where he remllained ashort time. Early in the year 1840 (len. Ander-son went to Washington, St. Landry parish,where lhe engaged in mercantile pursuits. Hisefforts were rewarded with success and thenow-cominer prospered. Hle a;ruired large tractsof laud, became a planter and interested him-llself in steaniloat matters. Gen. Anderson waswell thought of in the community in which helived, a:nd having a penechant for political lifewas nominated and elceted to the State Legis-lature front St. Landry parish.

This epoch marks the beginling of his poli-ticallife, which wasactively pursued for nearlyforty years. He represented St. Landry in theLegislature continuously from 1832 to 1576. Hewas also president of the school board andtreasurer of the parish throughott this longperiod-a State service to whllch lie frequentlyreverted with pride.

Gen. Anderson at tai ned wornld-wide celebrity,however, as a nienlber of the celebratedt Louis-uana Returning lloard during the exciting timnes

of 1874 and 1876;.In the closely contested election between

HIayes and Tildcn, the Returning Board crush-'ed out Tilden by falsifying the returns of cer-tain parishes inl thle State. Gen. Anderson wascharged, as one of the mtembers of the board.with forging the returns from Vernon parish,and on the trial of the case was convicted.

Thie Supreme ('curt subsequently set the de-fendant free by attirlning that it was not acrime in Louisiana to falsify an election return.

Gen. Anderson secured the appointn.utt ofSpecial Deputy Collector of the port in 1877,and remained in othice until 1885.

During tits interval hie frequently officiatedas acting collector. (Get. Anderson made hisdomicile in Opelousas, St. Landry parish, in1855, where moist of his children were born. Hewas urged in 1888 to run for sheriff of the par-ish, but was defeated.Gen. Andersone spousedM iss Mary T. Hardy,

of Griand Coteau, ay 26, 1847, by whom heleaves foulr grown tldren, three sons and onedaughter. "e

Abont three weeks apo Gen. Anderson re-turned from Washington, D. C., where he wentin the interest of Gov. Warmioth's confirmationas Collector of the Port. On reaching NewOrleans he was taken sick, and continued togrow steadily worse, despite the skill and assi-duous attention of his attendant physicians,Drs. Logan and Elliott.

He was thrice married, his present wife be-ing a Mrs. Anderson, of Liberty county, Mo.,to whom he was wedded about five months ago.She was devoted to lumr during his illness min-istering to his every want, and proved herselfa trite and loving wife by her unremitting at-tentions and tender solicitude.

Besides his sons, Thomas Miller and Chas.Beauchamp, and his daughter, Mrs, J. M. Dow-liung, there were present at his bedside Mr, Jas.M. Dowling, his son in-law, Mr. Geo. Bloottleldand Louis Desmarais. a life-long friend.

During the closing hours of the dteceased anumber of prominent politicians called to ex-press their condolence with the stricken familyaf the dying politician.

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The Cyclone.

A great cyclone swept over portionsof Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois andTennessee on Thursday, March 27, des-troying many buildings in the city ofLouisville '-illing ovel ninety peopleand wour~T•hg a great.many more. InJeffersonville, Ind., across the riverfrom Louisville, some eighty houseswere destroyed and several persons kill-ed. In Allen county, Ky., seventeenpersons were killed and wounded andmuch property destroyed. Metropolis,ill., suffered severely in loss of life and

destruction of property. At Ca 'doniaand Hampton, Ky., several res ofpeople were killed and inj id. Fteen families near Golc a,were rendered homeless j oftheir members injured. Aprinteterson,Ky., it is esting'ed that on the '*v per-sons were killed and 'inj ift bthatvicinity. At Fayettbville, Tein., theloss will aggregate $250,000. MiltonCollego and all the churches and 200houses are in ruins, and the peopleare homeless, destitute and suffer-ing. Other causualties are reportedfrom various other localities, and theaccounts of the-disaster are awful andheart-rending.

Our suggestion last week of a ticketfor Board of Police for our town, to bevoted for next Monday, composed ofthe best men on the different ticketsbeing run by the respective candidatesfor constable, has met with a heartyresponse. There are many and seriousolbjections to both " tickets now inthe field, and neitl Tr t, as a whole,gives satisfaclio • j{jority of ourpeople, while there *e enough goodmen on each ticket to select a first classCouncil from both.

We cannot give our support to eitherof the two tickets now in the field, asat present constituted, nor do we be-lieve that our best elements will do so,when it is in their power to make up aj good ticket from the material compos-ing the two, without detriment to thepublic interests and with a fair chanceof success.

A special from Washington, La., tothe Times Democrat says that a com-pany was organized there on the 2dinst. to establish a cotton manufactory,with a capital stock of $75,000. Thefollowing Board of Directors was elect-ed: Willis Prescott, Charles Antonio,Thomas Sully, M. A. Schmit, LeonWolff, F. M. Wartelle, Thos. C. Gib-hens, T. N. Blake, E. Dubuisson, all'_active business men, whose aim is topush the enterprise to a final success.The plant will be known as the Cour-tableau River Mills, Limited.

The following gentlemen were elect-ed astrustees of the Catholic ehurch onSunday last: Bev. Father Dnbourg, C.W. DuRoy, H. E. Estorge and L. A:

sandos.

1:. 0.. Times-Demoerat: The fashionablegrand Canadian tour will be diseuntinuedafter F i neat, Aprl 4, on whioh date the

se gtesa between this countrysA va e into force. Embes-sls weAl than bay _to -hp oup some otherplpea of whito I make heir happy hunting

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Thle Free School System.

Times-Denocrat, March 19.

That the public school system ofLouisiana is inadequate is not a mat-ter for discussion; it is a self-evidentfact that is recognized by every citizenof the State. This is especially true inall the interior parishes where theschool fund derived from State taxa-tion is not supplemented by local ap-propriations from municipal councilsor police juries. And with strikingemphasis does it make itself felt whereI the population is sparse or widely scat-tered in the rural districts, so -that themeagre found is soon exhausted in thepay of teachers who are compelled bythe necessities of the case to give theirtime and attention to a limited numberof pupils for a few months in the year,or worse still, in those communities,remote from centres of population,which are entirely deprived of all bene-fits of free education.

These thoughts are suggested by datakindly furnished by lion. Jos. A.Beaux, State Superintendent of PublicEducalion, which give in deta;il theschool statistics for the year 1889, em-bracing all the parishes except Tensas.This report shows a total of about 130,-000 pupils enrolled, with an average at-tendance of only a little over 90,000, ormore than 30 per cent who receive nobenefits from the free school fund.With this large percentage of absence,which in some degree tended tolengthen the terms, the schools werekept open only five months in the year,and even this brief period would havebeen considerably shortened if the payof teachers had not been reinforced bylocal funds. Another feature of thereport is the scanty compensation ofthe teachers, who constitute not onlyan honorable corps of workers but amore numerous class than most peoplesuppose, there being in all 2634 on therolls for the year, of whom 1909 werewhite and 725 colored. The averagepay of these teachers was slightly inexcess of $30 per month, and this foronly five months in the year.

This exhibit will not surprise thepeople of the State; in fact, it is, per-haps, better than the most of themexpect,;for the total fund for the edu-cation of the 130,000 children withinthe scholastic ages derived from Staterevenues is only $328,000 a year, or$2 68 for each pupil if all attended theschools, and only a few cents over $3each for the 90,000 children who didattend.

With 40,000 educable children absentfrom the public schools it is fair to as-sume that they represent approximate-ly the number of illiterates of theirgeneration who will in a few yearsgrow to manhood and womanhood, andbe merged into the general citizenshipof the State.

There are two ether statementsmade in Superintendent Breaux's re-port which are more startling than thefigures just presented, though fairlydeducible from them. The first is thatit will require twice as many schoolsas are now provided by the State toeducate the illiterates; and second,that the sum necessary to maintainthe schools we now have for eightmonths in the year is $800,000, or morethan double the fund now available.

In the above computation no consid-eration is given to the fact that thetotal enrollment of colored children inthe State falls about 38,000 short ofthe total enrollment of white children,whereas the two races are nearly equalin numbers in the State, and the dis-crepancy in the scholastic census oughthardly to be apparent.

it is a grave question, no, readilyanswered, what betterment 'Jits schoolsystem the State ~y•j isiana, by thepeople andy 11l•g the Legislature,propo ,uth ke. It is the settledpoliu noct~ll liberal and enlightened

ta•dnd • t 1 vide free education fornd 9 -outh, and Louisiana cannot af-frd to ignore its duty in this respect.

Education is the very basis of republi-cdp liberty and the great motor ofhuman progress, without which nationsretrograde and lapse into primitivecivilization. At this juncture, on thethreshold of perhaps a new era of herdevelopment, it would be almost suici-dal for Louisiana to neglect her publicschool system, not only on account ofthe growing illiteracy of her own chil-dren, but because the new populationfrom other States lately settled here,notably in the Southwestern parishes,and others who will soon seek homesamong us, are so accustomed to thebenefits of ample free school facilities,that they will not be satisfied withlimited advantages under which theirchildren may grow up in ignorance.

To parents, pupils and teachers thisis a question of grave importance, andhardly less so to the publicist andphilanthropist, who look with disfavoron whatever tends to retard the pro-gress of education and enlightenment.The system we now have is in goodhands, and Superintendent Breaut canbe relied on to develop it to the high-est efficiency possible under the cir-cumstances. What the schools need ismore money and plenty of money, buthow to provide it is a problem noteasily solved. This duty devolves onthe Legislature, and at its coming ses-sion it is hoped that plans will at leastbe inaugurated to put the educationalsystem of the State on a solid, progres-sove and permanent basis.

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Correspo de ce.

CHATAIGNIER, March 29, 1890.The undaunted farmers of this section have

begun work with redoubled vigor and energyto be able to make up for the delay caused bythe heavy freeze in the beginning of themonth. Nearly all have planted or replantedtheir corn, and a large portion of it is alreadyseveral inches high. Rice has been plantedto a considerable extent. This staple, plant-ed at the present season, will undoubtedly beslow in sprouting and coming up; but whenone is well prepared to irrigate, rice plantednow is a sure crop, and furthermore it is somuch work done that will not have to be donein the more busy season.

Gardens, which felt the effects of the freezemore than anything else, are worked andplanted, and getting to look nice again.

Fruit trees are budding and blossoming withas much vigor as ever.

Preparat:one are on foot for the erection ofa Catholic chunrcl. 8. R.

The Louisiana Review says that arrange-ments have been completed for the appropri-ate observance of Memorial Day (April 6) inNew Orleans. A handsome military displaywill be made, flowers will be depositedat the Lee Monument, the graves of theconfederate dead will be decorated, andsalutes at the tombs will be fired by the Con-ttiental Guards. Father Hubert will offerthe prayer of the occasion and the orationwill be delivered by Col. Eagenu Waggaman.

Alexandrla Demoerat: Naval Cadet LeroyStfford arrived in San Francisco, Cal., persteamer Alameda from Samoa, on the 17thlast, He will shertly go from the latter placetoAna•ll, M. to asetnd his exarination

y .'sis az!.ted.I bre ln June.

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Items of Interest.

Baton Rouge is soon to have street cars.The bald man's motto: "There is room at

the top." This top may be supplied with agood crop of fine hair by using IIalls HiairRenewer. Try it.

The Blair educational bill was killed in theSenate one day last week.

The gloomy fears and the weariness of soul,of which so many complain, would disappearif the blood were made more healthy before itreaches the brain. Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifiesand vitalizes the blood, and thus conduces tohealth of body and mind.

The people of East Carroll parish are suffer-ing untold woes from the effects of the PecanGrove crevasse.

FARMERVILLE, LA., May, 1887.llaving a severe attack of Flux some two

years ago, I applied to l)r. Tichenor, of BatonIouge, for treatment. lie gave me his cele-brated Antiseptic, and in a few days I was re-lieved and cured. JAMES RABUN.

Abbeville Meridional: The contract forbuilding the courthouse was signed on Wed-nesday. It was awarded to Mr. Stewart ofO)pelonsas, who informs us that he will com-mence work in about three weeks.

The promptness and certainty of its cureshave made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy fa-nous. It is intended especially for coughs,colds, croup and whooping cough, and is theImost eff'ctual remedy known for these dis-cases. 5) cent bottles for sale by .I. Lassalleaiand all merchants.

Chicagt's great Fair will be held iu 1893.REnwIsNE, Jackson parish, La..

D)ecember I, 188F.i.C. 31. Sherrouse, Ag't.-I can say for Dr.

Tichenor's Antiseltic that it is a sure cnre forfistulo on horses and mule.. I have tested iton a bad case, and effected ;t (ture in a re-nsarkably short time.

Resp•'., O. H. SPENCsER.The Young Men's Christian Association of

Baton lRouge has a umembership of 50 or 60.For years the editor of the Burlington Junc-

tion (IMo.) Post has been subject to crampcolic or filr of indigestion, which prostratedhim for several hours and unfitted him for bu-siness for two or three days. For the pastyear lie has been using Chamberlain's Colic,Cholera and l)iarrhcea Remedy whenever oc-L-asi(n required, and it has invariably givenhim prompt relief. 25 and 50 cent bottles forsale by J. Lassalle and all merchants.

The Acadia Police Jury has ordered the-pening of a public road from Rayne to Crow-

ley.

IHOMER, LA., June 3, 1•27.Mr. Editor-My buggy mare, Nellie, was

very sick with colic yesterday evening whenmy liaston friend, Mr. Sherrouse, called tosee me. lie immediately gave her a dose ofDr. T'icheuor's Antiseptic, which seemed togive relief in a few minutes; aid a seconddose, about ~0 minutes later, entirely curedher. I wish to say this to your readers injistie' to the medicine anl for the benefit ,fothers. liespeelfully, T. B. W•IITE.

Etienne I)eschamlps has again been con-victed in New Orleans for the murder of littleJuliette Dietsch.

For a nnuiber of years I have been subjectto violent attacks of inflammatory rheumatismwhich generally lasted about two months. Onthe first of this month I was attacked in theknee and suffered severely for two days, whenI procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pai.nI alm and it relieved me almost instantly. Itherefl'ore most clieelfully recommend it tothose who are similarly afflicted everywhere.-- i. D. WHITLEY, Martindale, N. C., Feb. 1883.

Mr. Whitley is a very prominent man in thisplace and his disease was very widely knowin,as he suffered such severe pain.-W. M. HoRs-ToN & Co., Merchants, Martindale, N. C.

50 cent bottles for sale by J. Lassalle andall merchants.

A handsome hall is being erected at WhiteCastle, Iberville parish, by the American Le-gion of Honor.

For over fifty years Dr. Davis' Compound$3, rup of Wild Cherry and 'I'Tar has curedcoughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, throat andlung affections. It is the regular prescriptionof a physician of extensive practice, who, afterprescribing it for twenty years, was inducedby the gratifying results to make it a propri-etary medicine. Davis' Wild Cherry and Tarsoon became known as the best remedy foralthroat anti lng troubles. Why? Because ithas merit and will cure. A. C. Hafliefiuger,Philadelphia, says: " I know a man snfferingwith his lungs who was in the hospital a yearwithout benefit. I induced him to take Da-vis' Wild Cherry and Tar, and to-day he iswell. I know it saved his life." Try it. 3I *a ll i I I

DIoD-In Opelousas, March 28,1890, WidowJosEI'rI ZENON, aged 56 years.

Peaceful be thy silent slumber,Peaceful in thy grave so low ;

fThou no more will join our number,Thou no more our song will know.

Yet again we hope to meet thee,When the day of life is fled,

And in heaven with joy to greet thee,Where no farewell tears are shed.

-( u Plaquewine Ridge, March 27, 189t0,tMus. LASTIE PITRE, aged about 45 years.-In New Orleans at 2 a. m. Wednesday,

April 2, 1890. General TuoMAs C. ANDERSON,a native of Virginia and a resident of Loui-siana for the past fifty years, in the 70th yearof his age.

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JUDICIAL NOTICES

C ONSTABLE'S SALE.4th Justice's Court, Parish of St. Landry.

No. -.Mrs. U. A. Guilbeau, Admx., vs. Jules Landry

By virtue of a writ of fi. fa., to me directedby the lion. Charles Clay, Justice of thePeace, 4th ward, in and for the parish ot' St.Landry, I will proceed to sell at public saue-tion to the last and highest bidder, onWEDNESDAY, the 16th day of April, A.I., 1890, at 11 o'clock a. mn., at the office ofsaid Charles Clay, at Ldonville, in theparish of St. Landry, the following describedproperty, seized in the above entitled suit,to-wit:

3.500 (thirty-five hundred) feet, more or l.ee,of sawed gum lumber.

Terms-Cash. A. MOREAU,Constable 4th ward, Parish of St. Landry.April 5, 1890.-2t

NOTICE OF TABLEAU.

Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 4971ESTATE OF THEODORE CLEMENT BATAILLI•.

Whereas, Emile Poiret, of the parish of St.Landry, testamentary executor of the raletiof Thdodore Cldment Bataille, deceased, hasfiled a tableau of classification of debts of saidlestate, accompanied by his petition pra•) iogfor the homologation of the same;

And whereas, notice of filing of said peti-tion and tableaun has been ordered by an or-der of court bearing date April 3, 1890.

Now. therefore, notice is hereby iveo to allpersons interested to make opposition to saidtableau, in writing, at my office in the townof Opelousae, within the time required by lawwhy said tableau should not be homologatedand confirmed. C. M. THOMPSON,

April 5, 1890. Clerk

Notioe of Election.MAYOR'S OFFICE,

OPELousAs, March 14, 1890.

THE qualified electors of the town of Opel-ousas, Is.e, are hereby notified that an

election will be held on MONDAY, the 7thday of APRIL, 1890, at the Court House inthe town of Opelousas, for the purpose ofeleeting seven property holders of said townto constitute a Board of Police of said town.

The polls shall be opened at 9 o'clock a. m.and closed at 5 o'eloek p. m., and shall be su-perintended by the following eommissloners,vs.: C. Mornhinveg, Jr., Edward Lastrapes,and C. B. Andrea.

JNO M. M MORNHINVEG,President Board Police, Opelouaas, La.

March 15, 18990,

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STATE TAX SALES.List of Lots and Lands Adjudicated and

Forfeited to the State of Louisianafor the Unpaid Taxes of 1887, and

to be resold by virtue of Act No. 80

of 1888.'1',t CutLEC'out (lit roc.

Sl'arih o'f St. I,:tnldry,. April i, I$O.

BY virtue of the ilnthlloity 'elstd iill ini f'it

- the Constituutiii 1111 lawof • t of ll Stalte oILouisiaina, anld in accorldtt 0. wit Ih At 80 ,Ilhe Acts of the (ener al AsstIniyt of 188• of

Louisiana, approved .Jlly lit lhi, 188$, and In-

titled "'An Act to provide for the stale of pro-perty bid in for aund adjudi.ated to the Statefor taxes for the year 188•M andI s1lbseqlllntltl,years, to provid w theoi l proplirty shall IbeaIdvertised, 1andl for the 1n onner in whi1ch saidsales st h:ll be itmade ; to I ltallish lti U ll l0t olthe detl ofl' soale, and tih validityl of saleCs nl-lde this Act to establish t11 lr'CtScrii1ti to,all actions to annul siLales Il1u:110 this Act : 1l11oi liuit the r'spntlsibility and goal:t it t' te f'he State for thile rtl'lfuldihg t otif tin |li' tlof

it:ales ultdtr thist Act; to plrovid,' for ti+, pay-lie11t of all l'osts out of 1h1 1lrl'lw'ds ' f Ill" ,• ,1anti to limit tllh riClltsp ilhility if ti.t' Sitat . itthe a outOltlts ttialize•d fitt1 i .ia i lt'; t i proide how and '.hthel till I;lx l'oihle0u S h lll

naklce rtiu11rnl, of all 5,11 ( , 1 ; l 1,11 11• n : +li ll

pady the Qml utdil lli into 1110 S• t Tl(' '('r;•lll%"1 wtill t1f'c' ftor' 1:111. l at i liht' nt in ilt1 . lt1

Cuish, alt thlue pl illcilt il rl' t t 1 dlidor' ol t!:t' ( '111l luse ofsai Pal'risht, iln tlh I1o1l0 (11 l,itsa , in whih' t1.1 1 iri t t ('it (1tit t f t :tfaid It r

is heilud, G•o

MLaturday, Y•1) 1O, I1iO,within the legal hours pr,s n.. i'e. bev law'. ,.gtilllltlg Ut Ie'vr( ' tI o ioclk a. I. :,iid 'nnlti ulnlon each circl. ,'trig day th ea ia|t',r, ,.,,.I,:Suiidays, until said s•als are ilol n ,plet'l d, :it i•property h,"retufoi re bid in lor and adIlldi'atrd to the State' liur lnpaild taxes .of I F ;Il nIs •ubseiull t el r , h. re f i t'i r it le'i hei i.Thait ill the sal s t n er i tl his ali t ,*Iall ve t in

tie pi rei asert iii bsiioi .idi fi ii te til 1

witaxes Log tlie' iliull l ,l cst s ,r ti r, ui l i ftr ilrexilitilu at1thit .l noit llliii i',ijlll iei't ,11 is at lltiowi er, lin te •te tt :ll r! t itul i" 's. ti'r-, prvili

cily udni piUlaty ip ll ltaxsc That ' the price' iai i paid r I l aid iiulues i ithaill he in full ar dfinal paylint and sat-isfa, tion of all State

taxes together with all costs thier•l die adii

exigible at the tiai' ii.the property wasl adtudiIcited 1to the state an the prci setl -rel are rei

luired to pay iin l adlitlio all c ,si, of saie tI -del' t his at allnd assume aniid ii ediately pl•'all ltaxes du for subhsyeuelt .eii'rs up to ntiieludig thi e ltaxes ul ' I1i s heith, r sughIlllo rty appears upon tine rolls f s lbSequltieaIll'n i o lr not.Tiel following is a ilist +lu namis of l ili, u lllr-

tl•s whie looperty was adjidicutet to the

State w Iith 1a fe riptli' •a il e Pil rpert Illlt

flrl which property was idluldticatr t•b glthenrwith initeress anid c lsts .

Property forfeiited to tlhe SIt.e, r it xes f'r! .the -r 1887.

Blourque, Vale'ry, Ag.et.Fiorty-eight ari' i l' lland1 ni llan q I .iue iiie

iidge. IS al res with iip iarovlui• l s, oliolnuuednorth by Si'ts. J.O. M .Clellai, south byli ParulFoster, west by Louis Bihnlii, a- by S. Pri-

jean. Total ationunlt o' adii i'atitian Ili'

I udson. Thioiuis.One lit of gr'oin' d bliuun ',h I n'', lbv J. A.

Chnrch, belowh bvy Lt,\', ioi' t i At . l t ast I iriver, rear liby Rev. It i.unLr'a iii I t u l atliiof' adjudication $5.17

Edilmond, JaElls.T'hirt3y-eight acres of loiitl ad liil iiproive-

ments, bounded north bty Hlelen Philip, southby E. Richard, Jr., east by i'o're-tlier Braniu.west by Alexandre Bonulan. Total ' aiti unt ofadjudication $6.1.

Martin, Bernard.Seven acres tof laud in Prairie Larnent,

bounded north, sonth anid east by Wyble.west by C. Mornhinveg. T'hree acres ot landin Grand Coteau, with ilprov'enunts, hiauild-ed north and east by Miss Duffy, west by A.D. Meche, south by public road. 't'otal amn't.of adjudication $5.17.

Richard, Edmond.One lot wvitli i iprov itll i iit i it'lll'llr rnil-

tiou of Waslhington, Ioundd nll in' site byvP.rE. Ci rri•re, on oilte shltIe li to livih r irIthatit,on onre side by Ri. Uilndre ia . o;iil olne ,li' byipD)upomne lots. 'j al it anuultll it lof ailjtiulitd.ttun$5. 15.

Rogers, Miss EmuelireTwo lots with i pllr hlt it thine ltwn ofil

Opelouisas, houided iorth tllp Medhiiis, southby Lesassier, oast by Main street, west byCourt street. Total adiudicuhu'uutiuti, $ti.29.,Courley, Estate Juitlls, VWashinulgton, La.

One frlictiunai lot wsithl iinpr•vei' ents. inWashitgton, ounded oiila one iil e •itk by (atrdiner's addition, on oii' side tIy Garrigous street,on one side by '1'. Gradenigo, aunt on il shideby Mrs. W. S. Read. T'Ptal ad•ijlndication $5.!i).

Torms of Sale.-Cash to the last and highestbidder, payable in tI'curi let mUnuey of lheaUnited States; provided lithat iin hid shall beaceoptedl or a saint tiatde for at less auino•utfor which the property ss it utjl.udicated tothe State, togethier with twenty tier eii lituithereonii and all costs of eiif'iih iing this •nt.'it'e cot. aniti ex etisit oi f pi siig, r utlingii

and registering the deeds tun.''r this i•in anilfor copies of same slhaull ik pail by thei pllr-

chaser in addtiliu to the prime bidl ur sa•idproperty.

'I' S F(iNI'ENiT',Sheriffl' atndil ex-ofiici' Ta'x ('iollctor of St. I•n

dry Parish.I certify the aboie to lie a trie aind cr ri-ct'

list of lands to be sold under At sit 8• of 15,8,taiken from the recordts tof ili his oilthie, lfor St.Landry lparishi.

0. . STEI'EIE Audi•,''.Baton Rouge, ict. 1li, 18 9. ap5 fIi

N OTICE OF TABLEAU.

Probate C'ourtl, Paish St. Land,, \o. . 4;0;ESTATE OF JEAN iTE. JOSEPH TIs.tANEA'.

Whereas, Mark Lazuro, of the parish of St..Landry, administrator of the alove entitltedestate, has filed a linal :ccount and tableauof distribution of said estalt. :eaccrnpaniedby his petition praying for the hlonelogation.of the samle;

And wherets, notice of filitg of said peti-tion and tableau has been ordered by an or-der of court bearing date April `, 1890

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given tI allpersons interested to make opposition to saidtableau, in writing, at my oltice, in the townof Opelousas, within the time require by law,why said tablea, should not he thomnlgatedand contirmed.

C'. i. TloMPSON,April 5, 1890. Clerk.

NOOTICE OF TABLEAU.Probate Court Parish of St. Lotdry, No. 4995

ESTATE OF GEORGINA FOSTER IIOOGES.

Whereas, Hypolite Valsiu Rithard, of theparish of St. Laudry, administrator of theabove entitled estate, has filed a tableau ofclassification of debts of said estate, accompa-nied by his petition praying for the homolo-gation of the same ;

And, whereas, notice of filing of said peti-tion and tableau has been ordered by an or-der of court bearing date March 28, 1890.

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to allpersons interested to make opposition to saidtableau, in writing, at my office in the townof Opelousas, within the time required by law,why said tableau should not be hlomologat.dand confirmed. C. 1I. TIIOMPSON,

April 5, 1890. Clerk.

SECOND GRAND BALL- ANI)

DRAX[ATIC PERFORMANCE

BY THE

O. P. L. & D A.'S ORCHESTRAAt their Hall, on Tuesday, April 15.

dmisssion 50 Cents; Children 25 Cents-

JUDICIAL NOTICES.

lERIFFl "r SALE.

hi)ri"t c, Ir. I'arish of S't. Lattdry No. 11578

Citizens' Bank vs. L. I. Smith. TestamentaryExecutor, et als.

liBy virtue of an order of seizure and saleisued out of the District Court, in andfor the parish of St. Landry, in the aboveentitled suit, and to medirected, I will pro-cced to sell at public auction, to the high-est bidder, at the front door of the CourtIlous. in the town of Opelousas, parish ofSt. Landry, on SATURDAY, the 5th dayof April, 189t0, at 11 o'clock a. m., the fol-lo"wing described property, to-wit:

A certain plantatioun situated in the parishef St. Landry, in this State, measuring twenty;lrpents front on Bayou Courtableau or Opel-ousas by forty arpents in depth, bounded onthe upper side by the village Washington andou the lower sido by another tract in disputebetween appearers and others, the said plant-ation being established and cultivated as asugar estate, together with all the buildingsatul iiilrove'ients thereon. a saw mill and allStie hoiirse, anud cattle, carts and implementso huIsbandry, being the same property mort,a:;,d li the Citizens' iank by William Offutti tisi. t1i act Iir.tri 1'. Seghers, Notary Pu,-

!. d lil tie th ll March, 1836, and being,n Itetl• ty vuquiredl by Elbert Gantt by

.ti pa5

ont the Iithil Decemuber, 1869, as ap-Ie is yIv tip s vercbal of sale of that date;

itd io i;t (to huInwed rid a nd seventy-seven)-: I> of capital ls•ck of the Citizens' Bank-1 Louti• iut i 'ertd hyi stid Elbert Gantt, de-

iiz id in t iabt ,r itt tled suit.I i>i -t h, twelve nit, thii hood, with eight

ei'-' p•' r i t:nnui i interest froum date till, ut I'irc.h•,,-r to l 'a9 rash all costs and

tiiXeS, hi amount 1I i will lie deilucted fromuih. urclhaae . rin ,.

T'hie ii` - hac -,-, bSidti. , ti assume the resi-dul Iof thie ' Ie•ol t-ied deb tt IIt yet due, butliablh to b. ,ialtd l fr undter the charter and:laws it Ilie hi.nk, to-wit, twenty-one thousandSw-ao hu:nledi aitnd Itninety eight dollars ; and toasnttum alno all the obligations of a stock-iolldr ,id tli ('itizens' Bank under its char-

'. S. FONTE NOT,Mlarch i ., 18s9. Sheriff.

hTITION SALE.

Distlict Cort. Ptaristh of St. Lantly NYo, 14548

Dr. Vincent Boagni vs. Cloophas Comeau.

Iyv irtue oif a judgment rendered in the,tbo•-c entitled suit, ordering me to sell atpublic auction, the property hereinbelowdl•sc ibted, to elfect a partition of said pro-perty, and in virtue of a commission issuedto mt in tlhe premises from the Hon. 13th.ludi.itl District Court in and for the parish"tf St. Landtly, I will proceed to sell at publicauction at the Court House in the town of)lplousas, in this parilh, on

naturday, Mlay 10, 9IS0,

to the last and hiighest bidder, the followingdlescribed property to-wit:

A CEIRTAIN TRACT OF WOOD LANDsituated in " Grand Bois," and being des-cribed as lot No. I of section seventy-live atnd lot. No. 2 of section sixty-four, Town-hlip tice soith range three east, containing

oue hundlred and twenty-nie 621100 acres,mre or less--all of which will more fully ap-per; Ihby reference to an act of sale passedbeforte lilbert L. Duprd, notary public, andElul•' recorded in conveyance Book X No. 2,I'. I I of Recorder's officoe ('above parish.T'ros--('Cash.

T. S. FONTENOT,Sheriff of the parish of St. Landry.

April ., 1890-(t.

j)UBLIC SAILE.

Probate Couot, Ptorise of St. Lundry, No. 5003.

ESTr.T\re RIon.t ENRY.

liv virtuie of an order of the Honorable tiheI'ioipate Court in and for the parish of SaintL,:ttItlv. there \\ill be sold at public auction,t., Ieo last and highest bidder, by the

tnder:I gned admtinistrator or any duly quali-liid auctioneeri, at the last residence of de-tease•d, iin Old Grand Prairie, in the parish of.t.. Laudry, oin IVEDNESDAY, April 30,1N90, the following described property, bo-nl)tgilng to the estate of Roda tHenry, deceas-

ed. late of the parish of St. Landry, to-wit:I. A certain tract of prairio and wood land,

situated at Old Grand Prairie, in said parisb,.onttainitig twenty-five arpents, more or less,hounded nortih by Joseph McCoyd, south by(isear Miles, east by land of Thomas Vanrightand lJuie l)ebaillon, and west by land of Ste-iphen V:lturight, together with all the build

itngs a nd imlprovemetlts thereon.TI'trnm-Casht.

EI)MOND JOUBERT,Marlch ~i, 1890. Administrator.

Pirobtilc Court , Parish of Si. Landry, No. 5005ESTATE OF VALEItRY MAYER, SR.

Bly \ irnie of an order of the Honorable theI'robate Court in anld for the parish of SaintIanrlty, there. will be solit at public auction,to the last and highest bidder, by the under-Iigned adnministrator or a duly qualified auc-tioneer, on the pltantation hrot einait ter describ-ed, il Prairie (oes ChevreuiI, in St. Laudrypariah, on WVEI)ANFSDA Y, April 16, 1890,tlce lilow inu delscribted piropirty, belonging tothe ti state it' Valery Mayer, Sr, deceased,tlte of tli-e parish of St. La:ndry, to-wit:

I. A certall tract of land Ituated in Prairiertie Ch•i r'uil, in t•e parish of St. Landry,n•ubiing forte--ivet urplinits, wore or lrss,;iih hllilitljigs lMnd impllrovemnents thereon,

tlunilled on the north lby A. I). Malyer, east byI.ucien Mestric, south bIy Louis Lalonde, and\ est lby Pierre Adr'(..

'. Twelve Lta. of Ientle horned cattle.:. About twenty hiead of wild cattle.1. Two crcohl Ioir: es5. fTwo creole Ill:ires.ti. Oni filly.7. One branding irun tigurilng thus; F A8. One lot of houlsehold fiur-niture and kit-

-,bleni iteiiilts.!O. One lot of cheep, about fifty head.Termus-Cash.

JOSEPHI CAMY.March 15, 18910. Administrator.

NOTICE OF TABLEAU.

I'robale (Cour,, Parish of Si. Landry, No. 4981ESTATE OF JULES LAORANGE.

Whereas, Joseph Lagrange, of the parishof St Landry. tutor in the above entitled oes-tate, has tiled a tableau of classification ofdebts of said estate, accompanied by his peti-ton prayi:g for the homologation of thesanle

And whereas, notice of tiling of said peti-tion and tabldau has been ordered by an or-dter of court bearing date March 27, 1890;

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to allpersons interested to mnako opposition to saidtableau, in writing, at my office, in the townof Opelonesas, within the time required by law,why said tableau should not be homologatedand confirmed.

C. M. THOMPSON,March 29, 1890. Clerk.

JEFF WELBORN

COTTON SEED FOR SALE.E IGHTY bushels of this celebrated cotton

seed for sale by the undersigned. Thiscotton is very prolific, produces a beautifulstaple and matures in NINETY days. Callsoon and get some of it.

GUS. E. DUPRE,Feb tf Opelousas.

DR PEREZ'S ,e PILNS.The surest remedy for all female irregularitiesSent to any address. Price $1.00 per bottle.Dr.J.B,Perez, i5 S. Rampart St., New Orleans