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ESTABLISHMD 1852. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF I'HE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. $2.50 PER ANUM.
VOL. XXXIV. OPELOUSAS, PARISH OF ST. LANI)RY, LA., JANUARY 22, 1887. NO. 17.I n *-_ - - ,.• -_ '"' -i 'iiim
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LWONOB & L. A. BANDOZ.OPELOUSA :
SATURDIAY.: : JANUARY 22, 1887.
Now is the time to plant your redrust proof oats.
Call at the Collector's office and payyour tares if you want to avoid costsand save 2 per cent interest per month.
Senator Eusti hbas favored us withhis address at the Merchant's Dinnerin Boston, December 29th, which isvery amuslag as well as interesting.
A fresh supply of Landreth'b gardenseeds at 25e. per dozen. Seed and eat-
gpo tos--Rassets, Early Rose andP• ~hs-at $2.75 per barrel, at C.Dietlein's.
Another cold wave struck this placeabout :8 o'oLock on Monday morningl'st. i•'•rtnDately there was no rainmud It -eganumoderating on Wednesdayafter twobeavy frosts and light freezes.
Very -low rates have been secured forronn4 trip tickets to and from Crowleyfhr part des iring to attend the greatsmae of lands and town lots there onFeb. 10. The fare from Opelousas andreturn is oaly $1.50-from other pointsin proportion.
TheHon. A. B.Irion, M. C., from thisdistrict, called Up the Senate bill pro.vdi•fugter. bding of a-t U. S. CourtHoueaat •pet; tsa$, for final action ino HouBse,, but an motion of Mr. Storm
of Penaylvauij, it was defeated. Wetrust this esotluie effect of Mr. Storesupon the public interest of St. Landryw-1t not be destructive to future effortsin the same direction.
.TlheOpelousas Socidl Club bas decid-ed to give to the children on the first
-_ad tirt Saturday of every month, thee1ai of their hall for the puripose of skat-
ng a• d daneig, Children -must telosompanled by.their parents.
Another grand=slatiog tournament. isis preparation fd. nest monuth, and we• that it will prove as successful as,s: last. _
STe beautiful art of Photo-Chromeiaintlg ciaS be learned iin a few
ed aats very amall) cost by any ofseadrst who may wash to acquire a
p l BaiegacemplhshmeLt withert or expense. 'The ladiesr are invited to call at Mrs.sear of Union and Laudry
b a eassioae samples of worker fIak rartiaclarns Satisfactionaeed or no pay asked.
SRehatag was dissolvedthe failure of the military
service of soldiers.Wilim was terribly indig-
riidedrk new election ofwihr i! favor his and Prince
Sscheme of complete prepara.for prospective war. France and
: re prep# in for a clash ofest.r their o ed enemies-Ger-
and dassa--ad oabtless " grimwar with -rggSd front " will
ver the reater part of Europehe esli; spring or summer.
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enearal Notes.
In Minnesota the other day the ther-mometer was sixty degrees below zero.
Shilob's Catarrh Remedy--a positivetcre for catarrh, dyptheria, and canker
monfth. Sold by M. P. Young & Co.A bill has been reported to the
Senate appropriating $20,000 for, theconstruction of a public building atMorgan City.
Thomas P. May, author of the Earlof Mayfield, a native of Louisiana, andan honored citizen, died recently tnLondon, Eng.
"Hackmetack" a lasting and fragrantiperfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Soldby M. P. Young & Co.
The contract for doing the publicprinting for the' parish of Acadia forthe ensuing year, has been awardf-d tothe Rayne Signal.
Lord Iddesleigh, best known as SirStafford Northcote, one of the most nota-ble figures in British politics, died sud-denly on the 12th.
Why will you cough when Shiloh'scure will give you immediate relief.Price 10c, 50c and $1. Sold by M. P.Young & Co.
The editor of the New Iberia Enter-prise believes in compulsory educationsince some merchants in its town saythat advertising don't pay, and hopesthe school age will be extended to fifty.
Thomas J. Cluverius, convicted ofthe murder of his cousin, Fannie LillianMadison, was hung on the 14th at Rich,mond, Va. He preserved his calmnessand firmness throughout and died pro-
testing his innocence.Lieut. Gov. Clay Knoblock considersGen. Nicholls the weakest man the
Democracy could put in the field forGovernor, and declares that Nichollscould not carry hisown parish, Assump-lion.
Alexandria Democrat : The Natchi-toches Review is booming General Gib-son for re-election to the U. S. Senate.Neighbor, he will never get there.New York politics suits his talents b,.t-ter than Louisiana's interests.
Rayne Signal: Despite the inclem-ency of the weather work in the ne•town of Crowley is progressing rapidly.The officers of the S. W. La. Land Co.,on Thursday, selected a site for theerection of a rice mill.
The Louisiana Methodist rolferenceof this year adjourned at Ruston on the10th inst. The following are the up-pointmenls for the Opelousas district :S S. Keener, Presiding Ehhi ; Oeltou-sas, J. D. Jackson ; Washington, J P.Porter ; Rayne and Phquemnine Brulee,H..O. White ; Abbeville, It. Harry.The Rev. Gen. A.Thiayer, of Bourbon.
Ind., says; "Both myself and wife oweeor lives to Shiloh's consumption cnre."Sold by AM. P. Young & Co.
Rayne Signal: Mr. N. J. Foote, ofthe lumber firm of Kennedy & Foote,of Centreville, was in town on Wednesday. He paid a vi-it to Crow lcy andpurchased six lots, on which he willerect an office and lumber yard, andwas donated three building lots by theS. W. La. Land Co., on which he willerect nsbstantial cottages.
Are yoi made miserable by indigestion, consumption, dizziness, lbss of alipetite, yellow skin ? ShilhI's Vitalizerisa positivecenre. Sold by Mi. P. Young& Co.
Alexandria Town Talk, Jan. 15: ite-cently at Matksville, La., Judge W. F.Blackman rendered a decision in theAvoyelles Cvtrthouse question perpet nating the injunction and ,declha ing thesate election held in Avoyelles paiashfortthe removal of the Courthouse, tobe titS and void. The case will beta kecto the-Sopheme Coart. .-
Shilohb's Care will immediately re-I+iev croup, whoopingeough and bron-rhitis. Sold by M. P; Young & Co.
Li•e Charles Commercial: The ap-poiuttment of our friend and fellow-townsman, J. B. Kirkman, as DeputyCoLlector of Internal Revenue for thisdistrict, will be received with nnani-mous favor by the people of the parishof leasieu. The district in charge ofthe new~-eputy Collector is composedof the pearis of St. Mary, St. Martin,T1nrreae., Vermilion, Cameron, Cat-eaioier, St. Landry, Aa'dia, Lafayette,Iberai, Vernon, Rapides and Avoyelles.18r. nirtnan's .bommissios r is dated onthe•f•et of January, 1887, and he ap-predatesi t as a valuable New Year'sIfirom a Demoratoc administration.ir.titas we vouch, will make a
spetoot aid eficu t ofteer
CapltisLaa-Advecate: -The Agricultu-rali olaveltoo which are to bie erld atB t jonaRug of the 26tk.inf., and atLak ha ' , on thL 22d of February,
M a:ck r the "craw" of our- eon-
sa dea that itey'w ill: ,ave4 the toflit the far s with the belieftatS administratirn
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S;hoe Farmers' Conventio n.
The Convention to be held at BatonRouge, on the 26th., should be well at-tended. The following is the pro-gramme :
Wednesday, Jan. '6--To be called to orlderby the State Commissioner of Agriculture at12 m.; prayer, by Rev. Patterson; temporaryorganization; addresses of welcome by theGovernor of the State and Mayor of BatonRouge; appointment of committee on perma-nent organization; subjects for discussion." Agricultural Organization," "Grasses andForage Crope ;" "Stock Raising ;" recess ; ex-perience meeting at 7 p. m.
Thursday. Jan. 27-Subjects for discussion :'Truck Gardening and Fruit Culture,"' Economy in Fertilization," "Economy
Necessary to the more Successful Cultivationof Cotton;" " The Future of Sugar," "RiceCulture ;" recess. Experience meeting at 7p.m.Fr-iday, Jan. 28-Subjects for discussion:
' Labor," '" Agricultural Education," " Drain-age;" selecting the timo and pIlace for thenext meeting; adjournment.
Invitations have been sent out to many ofthe ablest and most talented scientific plant-ers in the State to be present and discuss theabove subjects, and a number have alreadysignificd their willingness to bepretent.
A Jigh Tower.
Ereniug Chronicle.The French people, determined not to be out-
done in the height of the various monumentsand steeples of the world, will erect an im=mense tower at the entrance to the groundsof the Paris exhibition of this year. at whichproud Frenchmen and curiosity seeking strang-ers may gaze with wonder.
Its height will be 984 feet, longer thabn threeblocks, say from Canal to Conti street. Togive an idea of its immensity, suppose weplace the Washington monumenout on the tow.-ers of the New York suspension bridge and ontop of that put Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty,we should not reach its summit by severalhundred feet.
It will be of pyramidal form, resting on fourpillars, 300 feet aart. The first story is 192feet from the ground and will be arranged forrestaurants and meeting rooms. The secondstory is 450 feet from the ground and will runup to a point which looks like a small gallery,but which will be large enough to accommo-date 200 people and enable them to look outupon Paris and its environs.
Four elevators will be used for the trans-mission of visitors, etc. The tower willweigh thrty million pounds, and cost about$300,00ln.
A GREAT BOON.M •oratie FIwIsD " produces a wonderful
eflect, causing an easy and quick labor, great-ly lessens the•nffei ing, and leaves the. motheril a comdition to recover quickly.
Send for our 'reatise on Woman. Mailedtree to any address
BR.DPIELD lEGU: AToR Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
A Nasal Ijecctor free with eachtl bottleof Shilol's Catarlh Remedy. Price 50crtats Sold by M. P Young & Co.
If you watr aood lunch, t a galuatemeal, or a good lodging-`tll at cheaprates-go to A. B. Cihachere's, at theold bank Iioue n:"nr the Courthouseesquare.
Wonderful Cures.W. D. Hoyt & Co., wholesale and re-
tail Druggists at Rome. Ga., say: Wehave been selling Dr. King's New Dis-covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen'sArnica Salve for two years. Have neverhandled remedies that sell as well, orgive such universal satisfaction. Therehave been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city.Several cases of plronounced Consump-tion have been entirely cured by useof a few bottles of Dr. King's New Dis-covery, taken in connection with Elec-tric Bitters. We guarantee them al-ways. Sold by M. P. Young & Co. 1
Tile Grand Jury of the U. S. Districtand Circuit Court has been in sessionagain during the past week up to yes-terday evening. During its investiga-tions Judge Boarman has been absentin the city, but will open court for thet ial of capes to-day or on Monday.The docket promises to be a heavy one.
An Slterprising Reliable souseM. P. Yoang and Co. cab always be
relied upon, not only to carry in stockthe best of everything, but to securethe Agency foe such articles as havewell-known merit and are popular withthe people, thereby sustaning the repu-tation of being always enterprising, andever reliable. Having secured theAgency for the celebrated Dr. King'sNew Discovery for Consumption, willsell it on a positive guarantee. It willsurely cuare and every affection ofThroat, Lungs, and cheat, and to showour confidence, we invite you to calland get a Trial Bottle Free. " I
Alexandria Town Talk : Five Farm-ers' Alliance Societies have been or.ganized in Rapides parish, and it is saidthnta the organisation is growing rapid-ly both in this parish and in the State.Mutual protection of interests of thefarmer is the motto of the Farmers'A liance Society.
Creap, whooping cough and bronchi-its immediately relieved by Shilob's
cure. Sold by M. P. Young & Co.
•aARRIEED-At the Episcopal Church,Olpelousas, January 18, 1887, at halfpast itine o'clock a. in., by the Rev.c ..C rauer, Mr. "LEoXcE E. LIT-TE rL and Misa, LIzzIE GIoss, both ofthis )?ace.
-.: By Reir. Father Andre at-PortBard, on Jan. 3d, •887, Mr. ALSaxANDRa
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The Backbone Grant.
THE FORFEITURE BILL AMENDED AND PASSED
BY THE SENATE.
The Senate on the 18th took up the Housebill to declare a forfeiture of lands granted tothe New Orleans, Baton Rouge and VicksburgRailroad Company, the Backbone land grant.The forfeiture to apply to lands east of theMississippi, and to confirm to the New Or-leans Pacific Railroad, the assignee of theother company, the granted lands not for-feited.
Mr. Eustis supported the first proposition,but opposed the second, and offered a substi-tute for the whole bill.
The substitute declares forfeited all landsoriginally granted, with a proviso confirmingtitles acquired by purchasers from any rait-road company by any bona fide settlers.
Mr. Gibson offered an amendment to theoriginal bill, protecting the rights of the set-tlers, and argued against the substitute of-fered by his colleague.
Mr. Ednmuuds argued against the bill. Hecharacterized the purchase of the grant fromthe " Backbone Railroad " as one of the mostaudacious deals ever practiced in the UnitedStates, and that was saying a good deal.
The amendment offered by Mr. Gibson wasagreed to without a division.
The question was then taken on the substi-tute offered by Mr. Eustis and it was rejected-yens 11, nays 35.
The bill as amended was then passed with-out a division.
The bill as passed declares forfeited thelands granted to the New Orleans, BatonRouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company bythe act of March 3, 1871, as to that part ofthe grant situated on the east side of theMississippi River, and also as to that part onthe west side of the Mississippi which is op-posite to and coterminous with that part ofthe New Orleans Pacific Railroad which wascompleted on Jan. 5. 1881.
It relinquishes and confirms to the New Or.leans Pacific Railroad Company (as the as-signee of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge andVicksburg) the lands not so declared forfbit-ed, such lands to be located in accordancewith the map filed by the New Orleans Pa-cific Railway Company in the Department ofthe Interior, in October, 1881, and November,1882, indicating the definite location of theroute; provided, that all the lanuds occupiedby settlers and still remaining in their pos-session shall be deemed excepted from suchgrant.
Personal.
Miss Gussie Plousky, one of Lafav ette'sfair and accomplished daughters, after apleasant stay of two weeks as the guest ofMrs. Jacobs, left hire fur her home on Sun-day last. much to the regret of her manyfriends.
The many friends of liss Altha Reyn',l'swere pleasantly surprised by her return onTuesday last, after a stay of several monthsin Plaquemine, Iberville parish, La.
Last Sunday, the following young ladiesdeparted for the Crescent City : Misses RosaLastrapes, Rosa Perrodim antd Gabrielle He-brard.
Miss Louise Jagon is spending a few weekswith friends in St. Mart insville. Don't staylung, Louise.
Miss Heuriette Collin, the accomplishedviolinist., is spending some time in our midst.She is the guest of Mrs. Jagou.
Willie Costello, a young typto of the MorganCity Review, is speediug a few days in townwith his friend Frank Dietlein.
Mr. J. Frankel returned on Thursday lastfrom a trip to New Orleans, whither he wentto purchase a stock of goods to open a store inCrowley. Success t0 you, Jake.
Dr. Hawkins and daughter, of Bayou Chi-cot, are visiting friends in town.
Mr. M. P. Young and family, of Lafayette,have been here for several days. We learnthat Mr. Young has sold his interest in thedrug store here which he owned in partner-ship with Mr. F. E. Bailey.
Masters H. L. Garland, Jr., aid Chas. W.Lewis are attending law lectures in New Or-leans.
Mr. J. C. Gibbs, formerly of this place, nowa resident of Lake Charles, made a flying visitto our town to attend his sister's marriage onTuesday last.
On Sunday night at 8 o'clock, Gen. Hazen,Chief Signal officer of the U. S. Army, died ofdiabetes at his residence in Washington City,aged 57 years.
De Soto Democrat: Candidates for Gover-nor are quite plentiful, but the newspaper boyshave not scared the right hen off the nest yet.It will probably be several months yet beforeyou hear her cackle, but when she does, all theDemocratic roosters from Arkansaw to thegulf will join in the chorus.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl : Capt. Oliver, withhis boat and crew, left this week for Missis-sippi waters. They have completed theirwork of removing trees and snags on theTeche from this point up.
Rayne Signal: Messrs. J. E. and J. W. Por-tia, and J. L.Barntes, of Ouaehita parish, withtheir families, arrived hereon Monday last,overland, having been twenty days on theroad, and have since located in Prairie Hayes.The number of settlers moving into our parishfrom North Louisiana is steadily increasing.
Ascension Demorat : The death of Mr. W.A. Bryan, the able editor of the IbervilleSouth, twill be universally deplored by thepress of Louisiana. He was a veteran in thecraft, and stood manfully by his colors, re-fleeting honor upon the profession, while win-ning universal esteem and respect from hisconfreres, and the dieentle of the excellentpaper that he so successfully conducted.
Capitolian-Advocate : The Commissionerof Ariculture is clearing up his last season'swork and is preparing for the work of the frstmonth of the new year, which promises to beabundant and full of interest. This depart-ment, under the able management of Commis-sioner Bird, is fast becoming what it shouldbe-of great value to the agricultural interestof the state.
A MJatter to be Serlusly Consid.ered.
Shreveport Times.The timeis not far distaunt when the basis
or represeptatiou in the next DemocraticState Convention will become a matter of dis-cussion. The difficulties to be encountered indetermining the basis have not as yeS fully
prse themselves, and it is best, in ouropinion, that the matter should beealmly andquietly discussed even at this early day witha view of arriving at some just and equitablebasis before the heat of the campaign for thenomination renders wise and calm action well
Tlmes has no suggestion to make furth-er than this: Every bns fide Democraticvoter in the State must be represented, andnone other. The man who did not vote forBlaine, the man who did not vote for MEan-ory, the man who sulked in his tent and didnot vote the party ticket is entitled to no res-ogqittien in a Demooratio eonvention. And,
moreover, those who are Democrats on paperonly tre equally undeserving of recognition.We Dm45t nave a fair square basis, taking ineve Democrat, ad oadmitting all others. inthis *ay caly one perfeet harmowy and fall
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Messrs. John O. Richard, Joseph E. Spyter,Joseph Stelly, Andeol Landry, JosephBourque, Felix Miller and John Miller, wereappointed a committee to lay out a road fromthe Vermillion crossing to intersect theGrand Coteau and Arnandville road at JosephC. Spyrer, provided that said road be lii, outat no expense to the parish.
Messrs. Elbert Gantt, A. D. Hawkins, Viu.cent W. BoaUni, Preston King, Dr.J. Walker,J. F. Lumpkins and D. P. Saizau. were appointed a committee to ascertain if there isany cause to necessitate the opening of theSackett Levee, and report to the Police Juryat its next meeting.
Messrs. David Courville, Sr., Simon P. B.Manuel, D. Duplechain, Sr., Joseph Youngnud Gustave Fontenot, were appointed a com-
mittee to ascertain the cost to rebuild or re.pair the bridge near Denis Lafleur, overL'anse Bourbeuse, on the road to John lReed'sbridge, and report.
Messrs. Wiu. Randolph, Edward Hubbardand B. We Swafford. were appointed a corn-mittee to confer with a like committee fromthe parish of Rapides to ascertain the cost torebuild the bridge over Bayou Crocodile nearRandolph's place, and report.
On motion it was resolved, That the linu ofMichel Sonoier be reduced to the sumt of $150,One Hundred and F'ifty Dollars.
On motion it was resolved, That Geo. O.Elms, parish surveyor, and in case he cannotattend, that Leone E. Littell, surveyor, beiustructed to survey the lines between theparish of St. Laudry and the parish of Acadia,and that the President of the Police Jury ofthe parish of Acadia be served with a copyv ofthis ordinance in pursuance to Sec. 37.5W ofthe Revised Statutes, and be it further re-solved, That the Clerk will notify the PoliceJury oftho parish of Acadia to' also instructits surveyor to meet the one from St. Lahdryparish on the first Monday in February next.being the 7th day of that mouth, at the townof Rayne, in order then and there to cow-Ience said suuney. And be it further re-solved, That if at said time and place thesurveyor of Acadia parish does not meet thesurvey-or of St. Lanudry parish at the time andplace designated above, that then and in thatcase, after waiting two (2) clear days, thesurveyor of St.. Landry parish shall proct'eeto the riuning and marking of the said bound'a-ry lilr, separating the two adjoining par-shes.
Oni motion it was resolved, That we approveand adopt as an ordiuance of the Police Juryof the parish of St. Landry, Act No. 111 of theLegislature of the State of Louisiana, adoptedJuly 8ill. 1856, which reads as follows, viz:
AN ACTTo eucourage sheep husbandry, to protect *
sheep fiom the ravages of dogs, to make it fa misdemeanor to knowingly own or keep Aa shecp-killing dog. and to provide a penal- Uty for the same; and to invest police juries Swith lpower to pass certain ordinances. todclare the violation of such ordinances a Amisdemnranor, and to provide the punish- Pment thtereof. AWlVa:RtAE, Many portions of this State are
well adapted to sheep husbandry; and.V'ALiuE•As, This itdustry would greatly pios-
per and would be a source of great profit butfor ithe iravages of dogs; therefore,
SEiCTIOS I Be it enacted by the General As-starbly of the State of Louisiana, That the policejuries of the several parishes of this State arehereby authorized to pass all such ordinancesas they may deem necessary to encourageshe epi husbanidry. to protect sheep from t:eravages of dogs, and to impose such fines andpeiialties to enforce said ordinances as theynmay deem proper, to be recovered by ordinary
process before aty court of competent jurls-diction, in the name of the police jury of theparish.
Stc. 2. Be it further enacted, ete , Whoevershall violate any ordinance of a police jurypassed pursuant to the foregoing section ofthis act. shall be deemed guilty of a misde-meanor, and upon conviction, shall be punish-ed by a fine not to exceed one hundred dol-lars; or be imprisoned not exceeding thirtydays. or both,. at the discretion of the court;provided. that the imposition of a fine by civil
iprocess shall not be a bar to a prosecution n-der this section, nor shall a prosecution underthis section, bar a oivil proceeding to recovera fine as provided in section one of this act.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That uponthe petition of not less than fifty taxpayersof any pariah it shall be the dutvof the policejury to pass and it shall pass thle ordina .cesauthorized and contemplated by this ac;t;and the said police juries shall have the pow-er, and it shall be their duty to devise waysand means to destroy dogs owned orkept con- Itrary to their said ordinances, and at the ex-
pense of the parish, if necessary.Sac. 4. Be it further enacted etc. That no
damages shall be awarded against any personwho shall kill any dog owned or kept In defi-ance of said police jury ordinantes, or whichshall have killed, or maimed, or bit any sheepor lamb, and if sued he shall have the right toreconvene, wherever the plaiutiff may reside,and if the defendant shall prevail in the suithe shall recover against the plaintiff, tentimes the amount of damages done by saiddog. for the benefit of the owner of the sheepinjured, and cost of suit.and also a reasonableamount for the expense, loss and attorney'sfees, incurred by the defendant, which shallbe collected as cost.
SiEc. 5. Be it further oatCtcd etc., That ifauy
dog, owned or kept in violation of the policejury ordinances authorized by this act, shallitijure any person or property, the person in-jured or the owner of the property injured shallrecover against the owner or keeper of saiddog, five times the amount of damages sus-tained and cost, together with a reasonableamoutt for his attorney's fees and necessaryexpenses, which shall be collected as cost.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That if anydlog shall kill, maim or bite any sheep or lambthe owner of the same shall recover from theowner or keeper of said dog, ten times theamount of damages sustained and cost, to-gether with a reasonable amount for his ne-cessary expenses, loss of time and attorney'sfees, incurred by such suit, which shall becollected as cost.
Sac. 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That whoever shall knowingly own or keep any dogwhich shall have killed or maimed or bit anysheep or lamb, shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and shall upon conviction befined not less than twenty-five dollars, or imhprisoned not less than thirty days, or both, atthe discretion of the court. Credible informa-tion from others, verified by oath and com-mouncated to the owner or keeper of said dog,and strong circumstantial eviaence, as wellas the personal experience of such owner orkeeper, shall constitute knowledge in thesense of this seotion. A prosecution undertiis section shall not bar any civil proceedingauthorized by this act, nor shall such civilproceeding bar said prosecution.8ec 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
laws and parts of laws contrary to or incon-sistent with the provisions of this act, be andthe same are hereby repealed.
Messrs. Homer Bourgeois, Paulin Carriere,8. J. Gosselin, E. P. Ddiean and James B. Me-Clelland, were appointed a committee to as.
certain the cost to drain the mars- lyingsouthwest of Michel Bihm's old place into
Tdranee Jeansonoe's canal, with the consentof all parties concerned, and report.
Messrs. John Bond, Wmin. MclMilaad, Oc-tave Fontenota Lewis Perkins and Leon John-son, were apuointed a committee to estimatethe bridge bQilt by A. M. Godwin over Bayon
1es.-Piqu6, ii road from Mamouth to parishline, ad al*the bridge over the gally nearthe Nez-Piq .bridge, and report.
The PoliceeJury adjourned till Tuesday, the18th, at 10 a. . T UI
ALBErT GUIDBY,
Attest: President.P. J. Lausavas, Clerk.
Orawosaas, La., Jan. 18tih, 18?.The Polyo Jary met pureaant to a4lsUro-
met. Peseati A. OGuidr, residenat; A.Perrodli, D.l &irasa, W. CG uordos . Ja-
Te iAorth yea " " .rwaIo Thtr LL _ og .
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Pay of Officers and Members....... $ 2,000.00S" Public Printer ............ 350.00i)" Magistrates and Constables.. 3,700.00" District Attorney.......... . 00.00" Sheriff's Criminal Salary.... 1,500.:0" Sheriff's Jail Salary ......... 2,000.00' District Court Witnesses.... 1,500.00
" Grand and Petit Jurors...... 1,500.00Internal Improvements ...... .... 11,350 00Existing Debt...... .......... 3,000.00Outstauding Witness Certificate ...- 1.00000Contingent Expenses. ........... 1,000.00
" Assessor..............:... 1,300.00Contingent Crim'l Expenses.... 2,000.00
" iudigents...........-- ....... 300.00" Collector ................... 1.000.00
Total...................$34,100.00and that to secure that amount, a tax of (10)ten wills on the dollar is hereby levied on allpropeoty borne on the assessment roll of theparlsh, and not included on property on theassessment roll, situated within the incorpo-rated towns of Opelousas, Washington. GrandCoteau, Ville Plate and Arnaudville: andthat on the property situated within theseincorporated towns, to defray their proportionof the expenses of the criminal pYoceelings,there be levied in accordance with Sec. 95 ofthe General Assembly of Louisiana, regularsession of 1878, approved March 4th, 1078, a
tax of (5) five mills on the dollar. The li-censes for the parish for the current year of1887, on all trades, professions, &c., shall bethe same as those imposed by the State forthe same current year, 1887.Messrs. Dubuisson, Gordon and Young hay,-
uing been appointed a committee to exam-ine the vouchers in the hands of the treasur-er, reported through their chairman, Mr.Dubuisson, that they examined and countedthe vouchers presented by the treasureramounting to $5,197.53, Five Thousand OneHundred and Ninety-Seven 531100 Dollars, asper his statement filed, that the amount cor-responded with items in the cash book:when on motion, it was resolved, thatthe vouchers be canceled and that the treas-urer have credit on the books of the parishfor said amount, and the vouchers were can-celed accordingly.
bMessrs. Perrodiu, Huas and Dubuissou, hav-ing been appointed a committee to examine
the claims filed against the parish, reportedthrough their chairman, Mr. Perrodin, thatthey examined and found correct the follow-ing claims. viz :
Mount Pleasant Mills, lumber........$237 88Carl Wolff, spikes, hauling. e.c....... 32 00E. Dubuisson, lumber and hauliug..--..- 19 27Charles Dossman, lumber, &c......... 6,I 26W. A. Robertson, spades ..............---- 12 00G. L. Dupr6, stationery ..........----..... 23 00Opelousas Courie, printing.......... 18 50Acadia Sentinel, . 17 00Opelousas Courier, " -- .......... 31 50St. Landry Democrat. .......... 22 50Piutard Williams, burying pauper.-. 10 00Andrew Lpuis. juror on inquest.... 2 60Pauliu L Foutenot. " " .... •- * 255Agile Manuel, ' . . .... 2 45
Martel Henderson, " , .... 2 60Hypolite Spencer, ... 2 50J. Meyers & Co, t'f'd 2 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORTS.For November:
Parish Taxes. 1886..........$4,660 60Criminal Taxes...... 286 40
" Liceuses, 1886........ 35 00
$4,982 00Less 5 olo commission....... 249 10
Net due Parish........... $4,732 90For December :
Parish Taxes, 1886.........$13,491 40Criminal Taxes..... 1,051 25
$14,542 65Less 5 opo commission...... 727 13
Net due Parish ........... $13,815 52The Police Jury proceeded to appoint the
following road overseers: [The list will bepublished next week.]
On motion the Police Jury adjourned untilthe 2d Monday in Febuary, it being the 14thday of that month.
ALBERT GUIDRIY,Attest : President.
P. J. LEFEB•VR, Clerk.
To License Payers.TI AHE attention of all license payers in the1- parish of St. Landry is called to the fact
that their licenses are now due and collecta-ble. A prompt paynlent thereof will savecosts.
Read the following extract from Sec. 23 ofthe License Act adopted in 1886:
"On the first day of March of each Sear thetax collector shall deliver to the attorneysherein provided for, a complete list of all thedelinquent license payers, together with theirlocation and kind of business, and the attor-ney shall immediately psoceed to collectsame, in accordance with this act ; and if notcollected within thirty days from date of de-livery of list by the collectors of taxes, itshall be the duty of said attorneys to rendera written report giving teason for nou.collec-tiou to the collectors, whose duty it shall beto forward such report to the Auditor of Pub-lic Accounts." C. C. DUSON.
Tax Collector,Jau. "2, 1887. St. Landry.
NOTICE.MEETING of the School Board is calledfor Saturday, Jan. 9th, 1887. A punc-
tual attendance is requested.LAURENT DUPRE,
Jan, 22, 1887. President.
BOARD & LODCINO.A. B. CHACIHE RE,
Old Bank House, Lapndry St., fronting Court.House Square, Opelousas.
G' OOD board and lodgiung by the day, weekor mouth. Charges moderate.
jau. 22 '87.
NOTICE.LL persous indebted to the estate of the
A late S. P. Clark are notified to call andsettle their indebtedness before the 5th day ofFebruary. 1887, in order to avoid trouble andcosts. C. BRAND. Administrator.
jaun2 LAURENT DUPRE, Atty.
Groceries at Auotion.D-ESIRING to close out busiuess, I will sell
the remnants of my stock of groceries atauction on
Saturday, Jan. 9Oth, 187'.The stock consists of staple and fancy gro-
ceries, canned goods, tinware, glass andcrockeryware, etc. All these goods will besold
AT COSTuntil the day of sale. Call soon and securebargains. P. A. JUGE.
Jan. 15, 87.
For SBal or BentA FINE PLAC TATION situated one wile
from Port Barry, containing 400 arpeuuts,200 of which are under fence, with good im-provements. Apply to D. P. Saisau. at PortBarry, or to AUG. PERB ODIN,Jantf Opelousas.
NOTICE.-U. 8. Land Office, New Orleans,La., Dec. 15,1886,-Noticeis hereby given
that the following-named settler has filed no-tice of his intention to make final proof in sup-port of his claim, acd that said proof will be
sadeb6forethe Judge or. in his absence, theClerk of the Distriet Court, at Opelousas, La.,on Tuesday, Febrartry let, 1887, viz.:
JZim Taylor,wo ade Homestead Eahy No. 5842, for theS fee. 3I. Tp 6, 8 l I Eat, Louisiana-- ian---'e Bnae41b Ioilowing witnesses to provu
hlseeti. o-plem e apun, sad o eltara--a b vis.. Aedr hiller, lse,
T Aedrata and Theodore
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JUDICIAL NOTICES
PUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 475.
ESTATE OF JEAN BTE. BLANCO.By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for the pariah of SaistLaudry. there will be sold at public auotle$,to the last and highest bidder, by the under-signed or a duly qualified auctioneer, at thelast residence of deceased in Mallet, parishof St. Landry, on WEDNESDA Y, Februasu2d, 1887, the following described propetry,belonging to the estate of Jean Bte. Blancodeceased, to-wit:
1. Fifty arpents of land situated in MalletSt. Landry parish, bounded north by As--tin Godeau, south by lands of Elhege Fti.
lory, east by lands of Aurdlieu Vsl , andwest by lands of Alexandre Guillory, con-taining fifty arpents, more or less, with allthe buildings and improvements thereon.
2. Two cows, one heifer, one ox cart, oneshot gun, one branding iron, household furni-ture, farming implements. &e.
Terms and conditions-The real estate-landau d inmprovements-to be sold at one and twoyears terus; the first term payable January,1888, t he second term payable January, 1889;notes of band representing the amounts res-pectively and bearing interest at the rate ofeight per cent per annum after maturity tillpaid, with two solvent securities to the satis-faction of the administrator; vendor's privi-lege retained on said land and purohasers toconsent to special mortgage as guarantee ofpurchase price, with the additional ten percent for attorney's fees in case of suit to e-•fre paymenut of said notes. The movable
property will be sold for cash on day of saleVILFRID SIMIEN,MARIE EULALIE BLANCO,
,Ian. 1, s'7. Joint administrators.
PIUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of 8I. Landry, No. 4776
ESTATE OF AIRVILLE DUIPE,By virtue of an order of the Heon. the Die
trict Court in and for the parish of St. Landrythere will be sold at public auction, to thelast and highest bidder, by the undersignedor any duly qualified auctioneer, atlast residence of deceased in Plaisance, inthe parish aforesaid. on WEDNESDAT, the9th day of February, 1887, the following de-scribed property, belonging to the'estate ofAirville Dupre, deceased, to-wit:1. A certain plantation situated in Plal-
sance, parish of St. Laudry, cogtaining aboutthirty-five atreuts, more or less, and boundedas follow,: North by Michel Duprd and Cl6o-phas Andrepont, south by Marius Vidrine,east by Marius Vidrine and Cldophas Andre-pont, an;d west by Durel Duprd.
A certain tract of prairie land contat'-ing tifty arpents, more or less, situated inPlaisance. in this parish, bounded north b',land of Michel Duprd and Irma Deville..wi \of Durel Duprd, on the east by land of the es;tate just above described, south by land ofJoseph Vidrine or Adam Dupr6, and west •-laud of Dr. Foster and land of Mrs. DurelDo prd.
3. TWvelve head of gentle cattle, twocreole horses, one mare and two colts, onewagon, tifteen head of hogs, one lot of house-hold furniture, kitchen utensils, farming im-plemeuts, one pair of work oxen, one gun, alot of corn, two bales of cotton, etc.Ter ins-Cash.
G. L. DUPRE,Jan. 8, 1887. Auctioneer.
P 1 BLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 474
ESTATE OF JOSEPH RICHARD.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable theProbate Court in and for the parish of SaintLandry, there will be sold at public saetee-to the last and highest bidder, by the under-signed or any other duly qual-edauctioneer, at the last residenceoft deh --ed, in Bellevue, in the parish of -A.Landry, La., on WEDNESDAY,2d, 1887, the following described plprt ,belonging to the estate of Joseph Rioha•,deceased, to-wit:.
I. A plantation situated in Bellevue, orPiaquewnine, about nine miles west of Opelou-sas, containing about ninety-five arpents,more or less, with the buildingsaudimprove-ments thereon, bounded north by laud ofLdaudre Bourque, east and. south by Railroadland and west by Octave Richard.
"2. A tract of wood lanud in same neighbor-hood contaluieg twelve and one-half arpents,tIore or less, bounded north by land of chil-dren of Onezime Richard, east by land ofZa.ch. Keary, west by land of -- almont,and south by land of Ldandrie Lell6'
Terms-Cash.GILBERT L. DUPRE,
Jual. 1, 1887. Auctioneer.
3 1 EETING OF CH EDITO.'tDistrict Court, Parish of St. Lan y, No. 14181
WL.LIA Loso vs. His CauE ISZ.Take notice that by virtue of a .
tho Honorable the District Coa commission to me directed, bearitbDecember 17tu, 1886, and issued in the asentitled and numbered suit, I will hold at aoftice in the town of Opelousas, St. Land`Parish, L;a , beginniug at 10 o'clock A. U., o,.MIonday. Jauuary 31st, 1887, a 'meeting of th:creditors of William Long, insolveut, fothe pIurpose of obtaining their acceptane
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of saidl isolivelit's cession of property, and fo'the purpolt,e pf dfecidiug whether or not saisiusolvent Shoudl he granted a discharge, un.for salch otl't r ulrpioses as may be proper Inthe premise . IU. E. LITTELL,
Dec. 23, •1t. Notary Publie.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 4768
ESTATE OF OCTAVE DCPRB.Whereas, Ilerwiua Pitre, of the parish of
.St. Landry, has applied by her petition to beappointed administritrix of the estate ofOctave l)uprd, deceand, late of the parish ofSt. Landry ;
Therefore any person intending to make op-position to said appointment will file the samein writing, in my office, in the town of Opelonsas, within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES O. CHACHERE.Jan. 22, 1887. Clerk.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Probate Court, Parish of St. Landry, No. 4497
ESTATE OF CELESTINE DBROUgSSLLR.Whereas, Georgina Chacher6, of the parish
of Acadia, has applied by her petition to beappointed adminmstratrix of the estate of Cd-lestine Derousselle, deceased, late of St. Las-dry parish;
'hberefore any person intending to make op-position to said appointment will le the samnein writing, in my office, in the town of Opel-ousas, within ten days from the pareenit cs-tice. JAMES O. CHACHE kE,
Jain. 15, 1887. Clerk.
1 AND Office at New Orleans, La., sac.LA 10th, 1886.-Notice is hereby girea that
the lollowiug-named settler has iled uoticoefhis inteutiou to make final proof in supportof his claim and that said proof will be m-Obefore the Judge or, in his absenee, the Clerkof the District Court, at Opelouss, Ls., arMonday, Jan. 31st, 1887, via.:
ZelHem D. Gal7lery,who made Homestead Entry No. 6786, for the8 E fractional j or Lot No. 6, See. 30, Tp 4.8 R I E, Lousiisna Meridian.
-ie names the following witnesses S provehis continus ap es( s pe , e ealt lti tof said land, vis : aOtas L. P -Leea.t di.viii Almatluhoy, Atrmeln VoFaaeu oS ad ,uiaii( sillory, all of 8t.. Laudr
' Dec. 2S38IS86. 6 Re0. .S