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Been............-........ .........lo6 Main str
BOOKS q STATIONERY.
David g Lowry Second strs
y Westcoit--.........a aain strset-near Fenrt
I'd s Carter Co........... Sc Main sire,
ROOTS sHoEs-RETAIL.
stewart Doau. ......-....-cor Third Main stree.
iIuissamp Ma;iess Main strce
haiskamp Bro......Aain street-bet 4th 1t
BUCKEYE FOUNDRY.
Vail Armitage 4 co.........cor Ninth 4 johnson
BONNET BLEACHERY.
II Emerson n-....-.........cor Fourth BIondca,
CLOCKS, WATCHES JEwELRY.
Sam Bridyes............. Nos Estes Hous'
Ayres, Mann Ayres.... ...........67 Main stree
CARPETS, Oh. CLOTHS, &C.
John eopelin......- :. .53 Main stree
cLOrHIEns.
veneill, Jones 4 Co......cor Third Main street.
Eess. Stern co.......cor Second Main streets
CRocKERY a auEENswARE.
Carey Le Faivre..... Main street-bet 5th 9th
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
y IS South Levee
Ciosks-Whoiasals 4 Retail.
Bridges ...-...-.....Nes 1 Estes House
Coin, Silver Ware
Bridges. .No.1A . Estes Hou..
DENTISTRY.
rCR watf............c cor Main and Fifth SITS
~ y ifgersoil.-...eor Third Main, suP stairs)
DRY GOODS " aoLEsALE.
9hsHey sons .-..-'.' aaln ssree.-
- . :. = : -. . :, -. 2
Wa~I,, Daiu0'' ss"'.ss..---.s 49,
~ II 49, ss. -. '''''';. /. ...i se d..
- '--.'.' t,'t'.'. " - = 80
nnv.annn.-nrr
spiesbersor, Mayer 1 co..,..-No. III Main.st
bossT,cA 49,. s1sin lIFee.
a4aps . hsssn'-''...'.--'-',.-.. y' u.ieo'
II dEegg = eoa'.''.'.'''.''','''' As
Engravlng, BRANDS, q seals,
80 bsidges...,.,,,...,,"...No Nos &2 Estes House
sp,,,, gees e. . q, nrTTsa; T.In Ninth ..,...,
Fans. Fancy Goats. r;ne Cutlery,
SIC Bridges Nos / d Estes Houas
Howe &TFlsr.......... 50 Main street.
praean, Karle Co........iio I42 Main street.
GAS srE4M FITTINGS.
Mooar / soa..JeL JeLssoa stresf, set ID Z 4th
- et'"'''' '.''f'.4's' :
Gold. Silver. and ivory Msuntsd Canes
g r:dges......-..........Ses Estes house.
GROCERS-WAOLEs
S. Pollock 4 co...... ........IIs Main street
ka:se... E.rge 4 Go..............~ss Main street
boser q co.-.....,.t... Main street
eAoo q Ns-h n All.
JAha Aequss. ..,.,.,.............s4 Main strees.
Coz 4 Irv;n..... -..oarBer fifth ltsin streets.
uVaramsters. thermometers. gaehrom.
ctcrs.
-, --'ss
xAsHsa u SAR9LFs. II
4 h2sss. ..,........-.f ain sfree.-Let 81 / 4th.
HARDWARE.
Peek prothersa .....cor Fourth Main sfreets
= '4si''''.''' -'.''.-''.' .-. ..........''.
txarC caps aSn NnTYcyS =
b-Nssf -sAih street
HOTELS.
Dening House use.........-.....cor Second johnson.
-
L. J. Adams, Corner 2i and Aain sts
Z 1
''''..-'' i'es g, 'sA as''i
1gE.
''9' ''N-'' ''''''' --- - -.'oS' --''s
IRON.
6so"ne'i bf0s .''''' .'-.-''eor MAN
yEwELur,r rfrsr aolnl
ses>........ .........sosi Ss'e' MOUSE
LyQuORs-wEfOLEsAL
Gibbons TIA Main street
MARBLE works.
John Eawden . Third strect-rear Main
sa:.. ..ra.s = = NJ -, u,,n.,
Mrs Weber ber......c cor Third Main stseets.
MILLINERY BONNET ELEAcHEHY
Mrs Bow Z. 4th ss-bes Main Blondsaa.
NEWS DEPOT. I.
David Lowry street.
Magnifying 0iasses 4 Microscopes.
q Brdges.....-,.....so 4 Estes House.
optiesan. spee.aeies. Eye Glasses.
Bridges....No Estes Honse
PIPES. Genuine meershaum.
q ~ u. -
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FURSiTr re

Howe TFler.-........... ...59 Main street
praean, Karle Co....lIil 4 142 Main street
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enbserta' ard before ss st Har,ssrd
Cenu., this First Gay of Jsna@ry. is5s
Sigusdj R0BfRP ". DAY
.In tee oil ths geacA.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

GOLD CLOSED IN NEW YORK 1891.
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KEOKUK DIRECTORY.
ATTogsEYs.

Mooar 4 Knowles...J .Johuson st--in Tepsef House,
Collins ....-Second street.
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FROM THE SOUTH.

ArGssTA, G&. Jan. %.
Governor Jenkins arrived here to-day.
Heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and
lightning, fell this evening.
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EooTs 4 sHOES-RETAIL.
Stewart Doeu ......-..-cor Third 4 Main stEeets.
Huissamp Matiess. Main street
Haiskamp Bro... Main street--bet 4th l. 18th.
Hart, Agt.... Main street.
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Gold. Silver. and Ivory Mounted Cane .
Z, pr.d1ez Estas Hansa
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Dasiu u LoWry.-......ss..s. second Street
y " Wesicett.- aain strset--near Fourth.
I'd Carter / Co............. SO Main street
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LATEST NEWS NJ CABLE.

Particulars OF tho Arrest Of Geo. Fran.
els xrain. te
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Gold Pens, Pencils, Pocket Books.
S & rijges..........,....Ees ] Estes House
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hooks 4 STATIONERY,

nag FACTORY.
v Beefs. Main stree
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hook
ce 4 son...... Gate City Bldg, Main / I'd
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CLOTHIERs.
Veneill, Jones q Co......cor Third Main streets.
Eess, Stern 4 co......cor Second Main streets.
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V SsEtI9es.+,.5-s,t- NOS q i.sten Louro'
EGGS e. BUTTER.
S P Pori 4 Co..........eor Main d Ninth stress
Fans, Fancy Gosts. Fine Cutlery.
s e Brilses..................Nos Estes Houas
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Indian SkfrmishiDx on the
I1latne.
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BUCKEYE FOUNDRY.
IL, Armitage L Co.........cor Ninth 4 Johnson.
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CLOCKS, WATCHES q JEwELRY.
Sam Bridges.............No Nos 4 2 Estes House
Ayres, Mann Ayres..... ...........67 Main street
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u.tsAcs, watches. Watches.

IF yes ~sa4 really choices Tea a sssy tn
,ssls aossarsos ALsra,
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GnocERs-RETAtL.

Eohs,tsar 4 A,svfs Main street
] 4 q AcQuss. ...,.,,,............s4 Main street
Coz Irv;n...-,.. -..oarBer Fifth E@in streets
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BLANK BOOKS,
Day Books, Journals, Ledaers,

DAy DOOAss SuuTh"ASs SSss
RECORDS, RECEIPT & CASH BOOKS,
Al Sizes and Styles cf Binding,
Pass Books, Notes and Drafts,
Memorandums, Copying Books,
Diaries, Drawing Books,
Writing Books, Scrap Books, ebie.
Composition Books, Bills payable / reeeiv-
Anythirg In our lirs TO be rroeuredu the Amsrfcsn
fcreisa markets fufn shed at abort netcs and -
msnuiscfursrs' or INT orters pIirss
Buyes coming 10 this city viii do well so e1amine
this sscck bsfoce mn1 orders shrossn
the mall sl receive the careful attention et sxPss
encsd clerks.
I 2oo. 600 Rolls Wall Paper,
All rradss fer sale low to tbs Wholesale and Retail
frH3s. ss
PRINTING PAPER
rsnting papsr Of all sizes, At nil prices
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

At a regular session Of the police jury
held at the Court House on Monday. the
LIST day of June, 1868, the following
members were present Messrs. Pope,
Chinn, Vaughn, D%oiron, Il. He bert aud
Trudeau.
Mr.. Robert Glepnon was appointed In
spec,or Of roads and levees for 18th ward.
On motion of DIR. Vaughn, resolved,
Thst tie resignation of j NJ. Brooks az
Inspector of roads and levees for the 9th
ward be accepted, and WIN. Cassie was
appointed in his stead. Philip Bauer
was appointed Inspector Of the 9th ward.
On motion the parish surveyor was
directed to make a survey and examina
ton of the levees on the plantation OF
Isidore Daigle, J A. Leveque, J. Trasi.
mood Landry and Dan Hickey, and make
an estimate and report of such new levees
as may be required to be made during
the ensuing year.
Tn, petition of F. f. Trudeau was
read and on motion of Mr.. ChiDn it was
Resolved. That F. E. Trndeau & Co.,
be permitted to construct q railroad from
the dyke on the lover mouth of False
River to the Hermitage landing, said
railroad to run on top Of the levee. The
said r. K. Trudeau & CO., or their assigns,
are to keep the whole of the levee and
the public road running at the base Of
the levee, always in good condition in
accordance with their petition. Further
resolved, that the above privilege is to
last during the term Of ten years.
The account of Sugar Planter Office for
parish printing for s1I2 so. A.. d Bar
row, as clerk, for $75, o. NJ Leblanc for
$25 and j. F. Jarreaud for making rolls,
$40. we're allowed and ordered to be paid.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the accounts Of Messrs
o. N. Leblanc, A. V. Dubrocs and U. Lee
jeune be returned to them with the re-
quest that they make them in detail and
refer to the law in cases when q Fixed
compensation is allowed. 7Nn
90 motion the jury adjourned to Mon.
day June 9Th, 1858.
A. D, BARRow, N. w. POPE,
Clerk. President.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

By virtue of q writ of Fl. ia. to me direct.
ed in the above entitled and numbered
cause. Of date the 30th day of March A
D. 1868, from the honorable the Fifth Dis
trict Court in and Tor the parish and
State aforesaid, I have seized and will
offer at public sale to the last and high
est bidder, in trout Of the Court House OF
West Baton Rouge, on
SATURDAY, the LIST day Of August A. D.
1868. at IL o'clock a. m, all the right,
title and interest Of Isidorc Daigle, one
of the defendants in the above suit, in
and to the following described property,
to wit
/. A certain tract Of land situated in
the parish of West Baton Rouge, meas
uring one arpent and q half, more or less,
front to the Mississippi river, with 3
depth Of sixty FIVE arpents, more or less,
the upper line opening two degrees, more
or less, towards the rear, it being well
understood that at abott % arpents
from the river of said land belonging to
the estate of Nalmont Ferbos running to
the rear line of the same, said one ar
pent of land ~ ng between parallel
lines, the land above described and
belonging to IT, coession Of the de.
ceased, is bounde pove by lands bel0n
ging to widow r, ymond Hebert, below
by lands of Isidore Daigle and Valmont
Ferbos, and in the rear by those OF Jas.
Phil ps, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, said tract OF
being subject to a servitude of a cart
road through the middle of same to a
distance of tweuty-tbree arpents of the
river in favor Of tract Of land belonging
to Valmont Ferbos.
2. Another tract Of land situated in
this parish of West Baton Rouge, bonn
ded above by lands above described, be
low by those Of J. T. Landry Il Co, and
in the rear by lands Of Ferbos, Tuillief
and others, with the buildings and i'm
provements thereon, containing about
seventy seven superficial arpents, togeth-
err with the double concession containing
fifty eight arpents. more or less, bounded
above by lands Of V. Ferbos. below by
those J.T Landry g. Co. and in the rear
by lands of Phillips.
Seized TO pay and satisfy amount Of
judgement, interest and costs in above
suit.
Terms Of sale-0n twelve months cred
it. Purchaser to execute his bond bear
ing Eve per cent interest from date until
paid. with approved personal security,
payable twelve months from date Of
sale, ard the land to remain specially
mortgaged until full and final payment
Of said bond. WIN. WHITE,
apps Sheriff.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

d'Abraham Lobdell. decide, ssvoir-
/ La Motto Quest dan certain moroccan
dc terre situe en- cette paroisse, ct touch
ant an Chemin de fer dc Baton Rouge,
Crosse Tete & Opelousas, conteDant cent
~soixante ct IN 32-100 acres, borne an
nord par terres lie ID veute Chas. Pipes,
decide, ct de- Stephen Pipes, sud par
celles de Thibodeax, Trahdn ct autres'
est par celle de la succession de John
Bird, decide, ct Quest par celles dAbra-
BAN Lobdell, DECIDE, ciapres dectites, en-
semble ayeo toutes leo batissts ct arteli'
orations qui s'y troivent, comprenant dne
sucrerie, moulin q sucre. machine, ct ap-
pareil, moulin a scie, c~abannes, etc.
2 Tn autre moroccan de terre sithe ats
81 en- cette paroisse, ct designe CONNIE lie
quart nordest de la section 10. dixhuit en-
township sept de range douze eat conte-
nam cent ~cinquante neuf S7.lO0 actes.
avec les batisses ct ameliorations qui ely
trouvent, comprenant une residence, ecu
ries, cabannes, etc.
8 La Motto est du quart sudouest de
la section dixhuit IN township sept de
range douze est, ct situe en- cette paroisss,
contenant s~oixante dixneuf 33-l00 acres
4 La Motto Quest dun certain moroccan
dc terre situe aussi en- cette 3aroisse, ct
desigpe CONNIE lie quart nordouest de Ia
section no. hixhuit en- township no. sept
de range 10. douze est, contenant cent
cinxuante peuf 60 100 acres.
S lie quart nordest de Ia section treize
on township sept de range ONE est, % n
tenant cent ~soixsnte neuf acres, situe aus
81 en- cette paroisse, avec les batisses qui
%trouveDt.
6 Tn autre moroccan de terre situe aus
81 en- cette paroisse, contenant cinquante
six arpeuts de superficie, ct etant portion
du moroccan est du quart sudest de la sec.
ton treize en- township sept de range
onze est, achete de B. Dellepiane, lie 26
Jsnvier I843.
I Et IN lapgue de terre, on chemin,
situe aussi en- cette psroisse, etant portion
du quart nordoust de la section dixhuit
en- township sept de range douze est, me-
surant quinze pieds de FACADE au chemin
de fer, avec profondeur de quatorze acres,
direction sud, borne an nord par terre de
J. T & VIM. Nolan, sud par celle de A.
Lobdelll est par A. Lobdell, ct sud par
celles de Ia succession de Stephen Pipes,
ct achete de +. Enger.
Conditions de Ia vente-Comptant.
J.V. DURABLE Jr,
myl6 Depute Sheriff.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

If our readers do not think that it re.
quires nerve to edit o newspaper out
West. let them read this, the experience
of zone of them %fellers," as told by him.
self Zone evening-it was moonlight
in the summer time-we sat alone on the
porch by the cottage door, holding that
little white hand in a gentle pressure /;
one arm had stolen around her waist, and
a silent song of joy, like the music of
the night was on our soul. Our lips
met in a sweet, delicious kiss, and, bend
ing softly to her ear, we whispered q tale
of passionate devotiop-we proposed
In o moment she tore her hand from ours
and with a look of inefable scorn, said :;
What marry an editor2 You git out J
We slid"
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myl6
Fiat DE LA LOUISIANA, PAROISSE

ETAT DE LA LOUISIANA, PAROISSE
d'Ouest Baton Rouge, Cinquieme Dis
trict Judiciaire. Dams rsfaire de Ia
succession d'Abraham Lobdell. decede.
No. 68l.
En- vertu dun commission addresse au
Sheriff della paroissu d'Ouest Baton Rouge
dams la succession colossus, date le Tine
Mai A. D 1868, de rHon. Ia Coar du Gin
quieme District Judiciaire dams ct pour
Ia p~aroisse ct Etat suedit, j'offrirai en-
vente publique, au plus offrsnt ct dernier
encherrisseur, a la maison de cour de
cette paroisse d'Ouest Baton Rouge,
SAMEDI. lie Gone jour de JUN, A. D. 1868,
q II heures a. M, les terres eiapres do
critic appartcnant q 10 dite succession
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

An adjourned meeting of the police
jury was held at the Court House on
Wednesday the 9th June 1868, when the
following members were present I: Messrs.
Pope. CHM. Vaughn. Trudeau, r. Hebert
and II Hebert. The minutes Of the last
meeting having been read and approved,
the committee appointed to examine the
Truasurer's books made the following
report :
We, the undersigned committee. sp
pointed by your honorable body to exam.
inc the books Of tho Treasurer Of this
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

In Poland, recently, there was an ex-
traordinary shower of meteorolites, caus.
cd by the bursting Of a meteor. The
light of the meteor was visible for eight
seconds, and the eye could follow the
direction Of the fragments, and the places
where they fell were easily discovered
the next day. Some of the fragments
collected have been deposited in the Pc
lish museum at Warsaw.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

An old bachelor, who was melancholy
and poetical, wrote some verses for the
village paper, in which he expressed the
hope that the time would soon come
when be should
&C., rest calmly within q shroud,
With q weeping willow by my side =
but, to bis inexpressible horror, it came
out in print
"When I shall rest calmly within a shawl,
With = weeping widow by my side"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
West Baton Rouge. Fifth Judicial Dis
frict Marparnt n Allan u,:Cn 80,

trlct. Margaret ID. Allan, wife, VS..
Sosthene Allan, husband. No. 2l808.
BY virtue of q writ of 6. ia. directed to
the Sheriff Of the parish Of West Baton
Rouge in the above entitled and number
ed cause, OF date May 18th A. D 1868,
from the Hon. the Sixth District Court 10
aud for the city of New Orleans, parish
OF Orleans in said State, | have seized
and will offer at public sale to the last
and highest bidder on the premises, at
the domicil Of Sosthene Allan, defendant,
in this parish Of West Baton Rouge on
SATURDAY, the LIST day of August A. D.
1858. at III o'clock am, all the right, title
and interest Of said defendant in and IN
the following platation, stock and nipple.
ments to-wit -
l. A certain tract Of land, or planta.
ton, situated and partly being in this
parish and the parish of Ibervilfe in th;s
State, on the right bank on the Miss;s.
sippi river and fronting thereon. and
forming the point known as " Point Man.
chac," opposite Bayou Mancbac, said
tract OF land being cultivated as a sugar
plantation, known as the Australia
Pl%antation.' bounded on the upp line
by Valsin Tuillier exclusive of the brok.
en- tract containing about ninety acres)
containing in all an area of fifteen hund.
red and n s4-loO acres (I5e1 $1,000
or seventeen hundred and seventy.four
superficial arpents and ffty-three humid.
eeotn OF an arpeDt, and being composed
OF d'terent tracts Of land acquired by
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

An editor of a paper published out
West" has been greatly amused and ed
fled by teholdipg in the courtroom Of
town 10 which he lives, four lawyers
reading from the Bible. Two were sit
ting down and holding the book between
them, and the other two looking over
their shoulders. The attitude and ex
preston of the group were such as to
inspire the bebolder with the belief that
they had never seen the book before.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The New York Commercial Advertiser
says "If you desire to be possessed of
a great variety of utterly unreliable in
formation concerning the private bust.
ness of a newspaper, consult the columns
of its contemporaries. We know of no
medium through which so many fables
are made to pass as facts"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

A certain author Klepssppus, who was
somewhat overload Of borrowing from
Others, said that bis ideas came so fast,
they quite ran away with him. "Nay,"
said Diogepes, "but | wonder at that,
for they ought to run after you" Why
&c r asked Klepsippus. "To cry, stop
thief l."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The report was adopted.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the compensation Of the
parish surveyor should be 6xed at fifteen
dollars per day when in service OF ths
parish.
On motion Of Mr.. Chinn it was
Received, That the ordinance OF tn's
jury allowing fuel to the Clerks and ne
corder's offices he repealed.
On motion Of DR.. Vaughn IL vas
Resolved. That the inspectors Of road'
and levees for the Sd aud 9Th wards, &C.
companied by two freebolders and toe
parish surveyor. be directed to make o.
Inspection Of the levses in said wafos
and report at the next regular session o.
the police jury the condition Of the same
On motion Of Mr.. CHM II was
Resolved. That the President OF inc
police jury be and be is hereby authot'a.
ed to ratify all contracts for the bul'aos
of levees in this parish and to make sas
changes 10 any such contracts as may 70
necessary for the better protection o. ,ne
parish from innnndatioD, and this oro.u'
ance 20 into effect from and alter 10
passage.
The minutes being read and approves
the jury adjourned sins die.
A. b. BARaow, N. ". POPE,
Clerk. President