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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-12-31
Succession Natter

Succession Of In the Parish
Simeon Stroud, Court of Bossier
deceased. Parish, La.
= ptice is hereby given that Louis
~ 5. Stroud, administrator of the
successionof Simeon Stroud. deceased,
has this day fl ed in the ufiice IF said
Parish Court his account and state
ment of debts as administrator afore
said.
Nov, therefore, this is to admonish all
persons concerned, tLat if opposition
is not made within the time prescribed
by law, the same will be homnlngated
and made the Judgment of the Court.
Witness. the Hon. l.. ". Baker,
Parish Judge Of Bos,ier Parish, In,
!his the 9th day of September. 1870.
TH0S y. BRADEN, Clerk
n35I* District Court,
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Mr.. BILLINGS on ALCOHOL
What it was that invented alec
hol, | am unable tew tell without
Icing; but it would hay bin Il
fustklass blessing for the rest ov
us if he and the Ticker had never
bin born. A CRATE manney, with
dyspeptick morals, argy that lick
er IL indispensable for manufack-
turing and docktor purposes, and
also for mechanical uses, and they
hold that you kould not raise a
barn that would stand without
any good old Jamaka rum, and
sum say that pudding-sasS, with
out emmy sperits i'll it, IL no heal
thier than common goose grease.
But awl ov these are furnished
free ov cost by the devil, himself;
and emmy man who advances them
IL tellin without knowing it per.
hapsl lies that will weigh, at a
ruff estimate, at least q pound q
piece.
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Knoxville papers state that q
considerable tide of emigration
flom the North and East is now
icing turned into East Tennessee,
and hundreds of letters making
inquiries are said to be received
in that city every week.
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Stray Sale.

TINstrayed before W. w Hortman, J p, on
~ the l3th day OF Nov, 1910, by Jordan
Pope, and will be sold at Bellevue, La,
for cash, % the highest bidder, on SATURDAY,
The ith day Of March, 1871, acertain black
HORSE M iium size. about 10 wears old
branded % the right shoulder with the let
teri, aud line white spots Oh the back.
Appr Used at so
The uWnrris requested to come forward
prov property, pay charges, &c.
J. Ii. LOTION. Stray Master.
Dec.3, 1870.
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w. Il. Head, 537
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
First Ward
j. Il. RennySon, %
I. +. Ramp, 10
Scattering, .
Second Ward
T. w. Woodruff, 153
Scattering, l.
Third Ward
j. w. Walker, 10
Z. Il. Gil,ner, 6
Fourth Ward
J. Il. MCarty, 10
A. McClanaghan, IS
Scattering, 5
Fifth Ward
II. Barnacastle, 43
j. s. Herring, 5
ID. q. Marshall, 4
Scattering, 3
Sixth Ward
Thomas Applewnite, 80
Seventh Ward
T. Oakley, IL
Eight Ward -
J. II. Moore, Al
Scattering, 3
Ninth Ward
John Coates, 2
First Zy,rd
NJ i Rln,nn 90
Second W3rd 80
Jo~,l,n G,la g
+ w ain,n,r. IA
sc,ttor;ny
Th;rd IV,rJ
y 1T Auon o
/ r Torn :
Fon,,, 1v,rd
II + 1Torg,nnhoa
TT. R;gr, -
p w T",yau o.
S.,ttn,,;nr -
/ Evfth VI
" n p;,n,,ar1 10
: S,-:,nan 0"'' 80 80
Sixth Ward
j. II. Smith, 10
Seventh Ward
/ j. Is. Baker, II
1'Sh'n ward
Ihoi'l"S Clas'eeh, ~
We the UNDERSIGNED Potnrn.
inc Officers Dnrsn3nt +, authori.
* invested in MS Inv act M 100
approved March rs 1S79 dn
hereby certify that The foIlnwinr
is IA true and corrpct comnilation
OF the statements If votes cast 1T
an election tor parish officers, held
IoniSiana on tho III La,. nf NJ
yembnr 1874 as msdoIv n rodv
Stanton Snnnrvisor NJ p.y;Strs
tion If saiJ nrrish A,J ye hare
Inv ,IrrI,ra that fila fnIInwinr no,n
cd nersons vera dnIv ana i,wf,'i
Ilv elected to tha foliowinr of,ices
;o.wit.
u,
- " " 6 n%Ne;' ailSl. JUICY
W W. - ~ 1 Het1' 1 0neLih'
~ hAe'''' Noi'ici'
JUSTICES OF tue Heace-
J. 3. Rennyson, frst ward.
OON'A "+As SSSc'iA "'@AN"
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Greenwood Seminary,
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
NEAR LEBANON, TENN.
Mrs. N. L. Linisley. Principal.
sessions ana Expenses.

Gesslcns commence, respectively, on the
, !irst Monday Gf septe.nbar and Zebra
AIRY, AID continue twenty weeks eAat,.
ssxpcnsgs i'ec session u - weeks.
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EGsEc0Ei0m.

Vie found; Is and patrons of the ROCKY
l. MOUNT IALE AND FEMALE
ANADnAl, Booster parish, La, ann"nnce
that their neW and co nnpdiOus sa!..ling
Viii a. 80 apictsd early ia January; aud
th4t t.eS have soruEcd the services al Capt
" \. CiG>iEH a H., AZ Principal, who
Is q grs'.dite OF u Washington CoIe.e, Va,
AMI .'.t''FS ards saeat ssY years ~ the Uni
veF-sts ii N.rstifs, Pr, pairing hia4-.-!f Tor the
iT"!eS,G''ti 81 ;"stt,Acr, ant WA0 LA l. 81
iyitT ~ NV Aears exi-Ar-rI.er il! t!i.s business
lie 'tE.~ tIi:y N'.ii.Rt.i.t :, I-renare ls,,,sS
1Gr r'.iei si1Z a.Iy C.'..e.s;.' .~ "a. .ah3
We AASe sl%o sse aiesi Aha sdEvicAS of sYS
C.l.Sl ~. tlluTU2&a a.RsSc teAyss g,
AID ctA>N AL! I've 90 ycA,aea as ss,na a. a
sutariei.s nanisv at4'ald &eperaI tss,ita..
convenient IL the Arsleasy, ksve agreed u
entertain EA,sfriers at ssssasi4sLe rAtsa.
rern,s Per srsaias, ~ i"ivs T.4Eas.
TUITION: Primary branches. So; la.
ternediste, So Ciass4its,, 50, p.yass, IT
close of the session
BOARD: 50 to SIS, h slfia aIvAace, bal
ance at close. Session viii epcn i6:A JAaa
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Better Ssxpe Cost.

Haying closed my connection with tho
4 Grocery business, desire to settle up
my outstanding business Those vino are
owing mo will please come forward and nav
mp their indebtedness immediately, ofhcr
wise they will tind their accounts in the
hands Of an officer
JOEINC. HEAD.
Bellevue, la, April 9. 1879.
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The ccHSuS OF New Mexico shows
a total population of 81, Isl. This
does not include the Pueblo H.
dians, estimated at 10000.
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Auction sale =
Great bargains
Positive and UnraserVel Sale
the following described property. on
December so, 1870,

Al
CAafa's SANDERSFA about
eight miles frem Bellevue. aud nine
miles from Minden:
Fourteen head horses and mules.
about twenty head cattle. about twenty
head hogs 400 bushels Of earn. 20O9
pounds fodder, ] buggy. 3 saddles. 5
brides, | lot books and Mathematical!
instruments, sh"t gun, rife. 2 re
volvers. gold watch and chain, lot
farming utensils, | lot furniture, | lot
kitchen furniture, gin band, ] grind
stone; and many other articles, too NO.
merous to msatinn.
Terms OF Sale-Cash. or cotton at
its market value at Minden.
f. X. RUSS.
Sheriff and Elk OHicio Auc,ioneer.
Bellevue, La, Dec. 10. 1870.
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.H0ySeq.

Wishing to make IL caai.s,- in my bust
" ness, will sell at p.i ate sale from
this day, my Livery Stable outfit consisting
ct HORSES aud MULES Of all description.
CARKlA'fES, HACKS, ilEARSI.S, BUG
GIES, WAGONS, &sc., on reasonable terms.
Also, will sell or lease my stables from Jan,
4 1871.
niQtf JOHN CALDWELL,
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The Savannah Republican fa
voFs Gov. Hoffman, of New York,
as the Democratic candidate for
President in 1872.
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Bill Arp Among the Insur-
anca Agents.

I got tired of this, and walked
10 Whitehall for peace. A friend
II supposed he was a friend) found
me and said he wanted to see me
partikarly. He took ne away
back, hauled out somelittle thumb
papers full of figures and said he
wanted me to insure my life. That
skeered me worse than anything,
for it looked like I was in danger,
and he had just found it out. l
axed him if he thought there
would be q fight. He explained
things to me, and felt relieved,
and declined to insure for the
present. You see felt nifty well,
and could not see the necessity.
At the next corner met another
friend who seemed glad to see me
exceedingly. He held my hand
in his several moments. He axed
me if my wife was insured. He
said he was agent for the very
best company in the world. | AK.
cd him how long Il man could live
under his company. lie then eX-
planned to me that Il man might
die at any time; that they didn't
undertake to keep q man from
dyin. So declined, but express,
ed by gratitude for his interest in
my welfare and promised to buy
policy as soon as | got right
sick.
Just as l left him I heard him
call some fellar dam phool.-
When | got to the hotel there was
teller waiting for me on the
same business. He talked for an
hour about the uncertainty of life
and the certainty of death. l
thought perhaps he was Il mission
AIRY. He seemed much concerned
about my wife and children, and
once or twice wiped his eyes with
0 white handkerchief. / knew he
was u friend, and told him would
reflect seriously about the matter.
| believe that company is pure
~ q philantheopic institution, and
would lend u poor fellow q few
dollars if he was suffering. [
think | will try to borrow . little
from their agents 10 morrow. This
morning the first one come to see
me again and | concluded | was
looking mighty BIRD, and axed him
to excuse me a3 was not feeling
we'll. | went to DR.. Alexander,
and got q aase ef salts. He axed
me if [ was sick, told him sap
posed | was, and the reason why.
lie then told me all about it, aad
said there was about enc hundred
of them fellows in town, and they
bored about half an inch at the
second in the same hole, and so
OH till they got to the hollow, and
the patient gave in and took a
policy. | don't know about that,
but | will say that they are the
friendlicst. most Sympathizen and
kind hearted men l ever strnck ;
only [ don't like so much talk
about collins and grave yards.
Mr.. BILLINGS on ALCOHOL
What it was that invented alec
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-30
WHOLE NO. 1908.

ing OF the outrage and Of the critical
condition Of his wife, became more and
more enraged, and by evening began
to show signs Of violence. Several citi-
zens were summoned 10 assist to guard
him from violence. About half-past
nj ne, the Constable decided to move the
prisoner to Justice Anderson's house,
some two miles distant, for safe keep
ing and for trial on the morrow. After
having gone about a mile with the
prisoner, posse of about thirty armed
men came up, took Taylor and hanged
him to tree, where be remained until
this forenoon. He was then taken
down and brought to town. When /
saw his body, it was lying in his OWE.
Office.
His wife, all cut and bruised from
head 10 foot, was still alive on Monday
1t is probable that she will not recover.
A. D. Taylor was man of educa;
tion, was by profession physician, and
is said to have been a successful prac-
titioner He was about forty years Of
age. A few years since be quit his
profession and went to preaching, in
which capacity he vas very successful,
being fine speaker. During bis min
isterial labors he was connected With
the christian Church" When the
war broke out he received an appoint
ment as Surgeon in the Union army,
which position he held until the war
closed Since that time he has been
practicing his profession. On inquir-
ing what could have induced him to
abure his wife in such horrible man.
ner, l was told there was nothing the
matter but his own vicious nature. Il
is doubtless the best policy, in most
cases, to punish crime by law, but who
will say that any man ought to be al
lowed to live one hour after torturing
his wife (whom he has voluntarily
sworn to love and proteoD as this uaR
did1-Ezchanss.
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Three Grand Things for VIrWHnRaI
and the COunIry

There are three movements now well
begun which are destined to affect very
fayorably the future of Virginia and
West Virginia. First~We are In
formed by travellers from that part Of
the country that there is very strong
current of immigration setting in 10
Virginia, and these are foretok0ns Of Q
still larger settlement to come. On all
the railroads and frequented routes Of
travel, and at hotels, may be found nuJ
merouS prospecting parties from North.
ern and Eastern States, and a good
many actual settlers moving in, both
European and American. There never
was as much activity in Virginia lands
as there is at this time. Closely CON.
nected with this movement of popula.
sion, we are informed also that the irOu
manufacturers of New York and Penn
sylvania, knowing the extent and rioh-
ness of the iron ores ofVirginia, have,
during the past few months, been pur-
chasing a number of estates W eat Of the
Blue Ridge, with q view of erecting
furnaces thereon, in the conviction that
iron can be produced there for Q little
more than one half its present cost on
the banks of the Lehigh. The exteA.
sion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail.
road from its present terminus, at the
White Sulphur Springs, 10 the Ohio
River, is movement calculated to 40
celerate and give success to the influx
of population and capital. This road.
as is well known, traveses the iron bsdf
Of Virginia and the far-famed coal
fields of West Virginia, and connects
the waters of the Atlantic with all that
vast system of land and water transport
reaching between the Kan2wha Valley
and the Pacific Coast 1t will make Of
Virginia the highway of great east
and west traffic, while the two former
will make of her the storehouse and
workshop of our coming industry.
Coal and iron have bsen the foundA.
tion of much the greater part Of Eng
lands wealth. Virginia and West Vir1
ginis together contain not only more
coal, but also more iron than the wholS
Of Great Britain. They yield it at almost
no cost, and on Virginia's soil iron will
yet be produced in quantities equal to
the present product of Great Britain,
and at less absolute cost. The great
work Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Road will be to unite these separate in
gradients of iron, and to distribute the
metal in untold quantities to the East
and to the West. A few months will
see the road iD operation to the Ohio,
and the new era Of mining and manu-
features begun.
BY reference to the advertisement Of
Messrs. Fisk % Hatch, in another col!
umn, it will be seen that the Bonds Of
this great Enterprise are offered to in-
vestors, combining every feature which
safety or convenience would suggest, at
rates which cannot but prove tempting
to surplus capital among our wealthy
citizens.
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social life. The odious income tax, the
high tariff and the various Congression-
al outrages upon the South, do not fur
nish sufficient cause for this great Dem
ocratic triumph. These have been go
ing on for years, with scarcely any ef-
feet upon the politics Of that State; but
as soon as the Radical party began to
falsify its early pledges in opposition to
negro voting, and broke down the legal
barriers which made this a White Mans
government, introducing political and
making probable social amalgamation
between Americans and Africans, the
people are aroused, and we hear Demo.
cratic thunder all along the sky. The
voice of Connecticut and New York
gives no uncertain sound, and, what is
better still, these triumphs furnish the
Democracy clear idea Of the campaign
of the future. We have the issue in a
nutshell, and it involves all other issues
and principles of good government 1t
is not fight upon the negro; it is an
attack on the Negro party, for its last
grand fraud, the introduction of the
African element into our politics. 1t
enables US to appeal to the instincts and
pride Of the white race as the ruling
power, to rescue the country from this
degradation. "
Now, in the above extract we have
clear and perfectly correct statement
of the platform on which the Democrat
ic party must enter for all its future
campains. To talk of ignoring the on
ly issue on which the true Democracy
is perfectly agreed is a piece of folly
which can be accounted for on no known
principles of human reason. Such ad-
vice must spring either from foolish
ness or treachery.
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A FIond In Human Shape.

We learn the particulars of a savage
and brutal affair, which occurred at
Medoc, a small town in Jasper county,
Missouri, from a correspondent Of the
Kansas City Journal. The mans name
who perpetrated the foul deed is A. D.
Taylor. He was taken from the Gus.
tody of the Constable by the citizens OF
Medoc and hung, about 10 O'Clock on
the evening of the 4Sth of May. The
following are the facts as stated by this
correspondent:
For some months past Taylor has
been almost daily in the habit of whip
ping and otherwise abusing his wife
(who is said to be most estimable
lady.) His abuse of his wife has been
growing more and more aggravated
and severe, until Friday night last, when
it seems he turned a fend, and began
to abuse her in a most brutal and out
rageous manner-frst by kicking and
cutting; then he struck her to the fioor
and stamped her with his heels.
After furnishing her in this way unit
he was tired, he took a butcher knife
and cut her hair short. Still growing
more and more devilish, he broke :
gridiron to shivers over her head Then
with knife, he began to torture bel
by hacking her in the face and on the
breast, until he had literally cut heT
breast and face into slices, and, to make
the torture more severe, stabbed her il
the different parts of her body with al
old pair of scissors. He seemed to xii
her by degrees During all this time h,
kept up his kicking, cutting and stamp
ing, and by the time bis fury had abatet
he had inflicted such horrible wound
that life was almost extinct.
Several OF the citizens, hearing thl
cries of the women, were attracted tc
the place. On finding that they hat
discovered what be had been doing ,snC
fearing that they would take measures
to punish him, he fed to the wood
near by, where he kept himself con
cealed until Sunday morning, when b
called at Mr.. Robert WaIace's farm
house, and asked for some breakfast
Mr. Wallace, having heard what hat
occurred on Friday night, and knowing
that there was writ in the hands o
the Constable for his arrest, took i
apon himself to arrest him; took hin
to town aud delivered him into thu
hands of the Constable.
The citizens, in the nssnti me, hssY
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"Great Democratic Gains"

The jubilant Democracy, making the
most of their triumph over foe that
made no fight, at the judiciary election,
are busy boasting that they have almost
revolutioniEed certain counties, which
they name. Let US see about it. Here
are their brag counties, and that the ex-
tent of the enormous revolution they
have wrought may be made clear, we
append not only the great vote they
get for Church, at the late election, but
likewise the vote for Hoffman, two
years ago. The extent Of their great
gains may be thus readily calculated.
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From the Cincinnati Gazette.l

The Plea of HnSani1y-The late
Criminal Trial la New York.
The New York newspapers may en-
deavor TO screen and palliate the con-
duct of the jury in the Mcfarland case
az they please, but the substance oftheir
efforts in behalf of Mcfarland only
proves that a great crime has been com.
mitted under the name of justice. A
kills b openly, purposely and premedi-
tatedly. A is indicted, and pleads "not
guilty." The jury are sworn to try that
man according to the law and the evil
dence, and they find him not guilty.
If A had killed b accidentally, or in
self. defense, the law admits the plea OF
not guilty, because the animus of A, the
intention was not to kill B. Then If A
can be proved to be insane, the law ad-
mits him not guilty, because he is not
responsible. The last is the only one
admissible in the Mcfarland case; fol
Mcfarland threatened to kill Richardson,
and did kill him in pursuance of that
threat. 1t was prtmeditated through.
out. If, then, the. jury, by finding Nc
Farland not guilty, did not mean to say
that he was insane, they peJured them
selves Then we come to the question
of what is insanity, and how far is 8
Court justified, under the pressure o.
popular prejudice, in converting eccen.
tricites and Irregularities of vice into
insanity. In the manner in which Grim
inal trials are now conducted, we shal
soon arrive at the time when lynch law
will be executed, and, while there vii
be some instances ofinjustice, there vii
be more Justice that there is now II
the case of Richardson and Mcfarland
there was no morality on either side
The abuse, drunkenness and bad tenn
per of Mcfarland forced bis wife tt
leave him. 1t is no uncommon case
She gets O divorce no doubt with thu
intention OF marrying Richardson
| Mcfarland threatens to kill him, and
does kill In the eye Of the law it il
open murder. 1t is then said McFar
land is insane. Suppose he was insane
on the day or the hour when he shot
Richardson, was he insane in any Other
way than he was made 80 by his owr
vices or passionsl And, if he did ere
ate his own insanity by cultivating hi'
own vices, is that plea admissible in law
Thus we come upon very importan
question, for it is obvious that in ma.
iority of cases, where the plea of insan
Iity is set up, the only insanity reall!
proved is the temporary madness il
which the crime is committed, ant
which temporary madness has beer
caused by the criminal himself The
conduct of Courts and juries on thiI
head is reprehensible to the last degree
They allow evidence to show that
criminal has been orazed by drink, aud
then allow that temporary craginess tC
be ground for aoqultting, II this u
to bs the law and morals Of oiyiIigs6
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.....7s,7l3 SO,O62

A loss to the Democracy of more
than half their vote since the last strict
party contest is claimed as a victory
Aud the Republican party "mOurn
over the ruin of their once powerful
organization !" The above counties
gave al, ,467 majority for Griswold, and
would do better to-day with as good a
candidate At the Judicial election
they were at work on their farms, when
they should have been at the polls, ar
guing that it was useless to waste time
to vote when they were morally sure to
be beaten by the rum shop repeaters of
the great cities. IN. Y Tribune