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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-03-08

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HUMPHREYS BRATED COAL,
z Free from all impurities again IL the mar
ct. Orders left at lie stores of Jas B. Grahatn
& Son :. Richar4 Mossop-s will receive prompt
attention. Nov-35, 70-3m.
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WATCHES AND JEWELRY

/ would respectfully announce TO citizens Of
Clearield and vicinity that have removed 70 the
Mansonic building. Grst door below the Man
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FOR SALE.-A Double Turbine Water
Wheel manufactured 10y James Laffcll
Co., ut Springfield, Ohio, is new and will be
sod at less than cost For further particulars IL
cuire Of the untersiEne3 at Clearfeij.
March l. = IT : : GOODRICH.
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THE UNIVERSAL DIAL is a curious
invention, and perfect success. Its
simplicity and accuracy ere truly wonderful
column October Ig 1870. Gun.
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Communicated

Ed. BoSSIER BANNER.-Sn.-In
answer to the question, as to what
appointing power is given to the
Governor and Senate by the Con,
stitntion Of 1868, will reply that,
The Goth Art. empowers the
Governor and Senate to appoint
all officers established by the con
stitution, and achose appointments
are not therein other,ciSe provided
for, and gives the General Assem-.
bly, power to prescribe the mode
of appointment of all other officers
established by lac.
The 61st Art. empowers the
Governor to fill vacancies occur
ring during the recess of the Senate,
Snless Other,oise provided for by the
constitution.
Other articles provide for the
election of certain officers fos each
Parish.
The S3rd Art. directs that the
General Assembly shall divide the
State into not less than twelve,
nor more than twenty Judicial
Districts, and that for each Dis
trict, one Judge, learned in the
law, shall be elected by plurality
af the electors thereof.
The Saith Art. directs that the
Judges of the District Court shall
hold their offices for q term Of four
years.
With due respect for the pow
ers that be, | can not see, IN all
this, anything that gives the Gov
ernor and Senate any constitution
al authority to appoint officers for
new parishes, or new districts, or
even foundation for such an act.
and must regard any attempt to
do 30, as an outrage on one of the
dearest rights of a free people,
which cannot be tolerated safely,
as such precedent may hereafter
be used by designing aspirents to
deprive them of their liberties.
This subject leaves ar open
question, as to the validity of the
acts of officers so appointed, that
is well calculated to try the genius
OF the lawyers, and will give liti-
CANT parties some amusement in
the way of costs.
Yours Respectfully,
i. w. BAKER,
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Of the ninety-one members and
officers of the Arkansas Legisla,
ture, but eight were born in the
State. Of the rest, nine were
born in Virginia, four in Massa.
chusetts, four in Pennsylvania,
six in New York, five in Georgia,
nineteen in Tennessee, five in the
Caralinas, two in Mississippi, five
in Alabama, two in Georgia, two
in Illinois, one in Ohio, two in
Germany, one in England, and
eight in the Commonwealth OF
Kentucky.
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Secretary Of State.

A Texan and Illinois farmer
were speaking ofraising corn, etc,
and the Illinois man was Boosting
Of the superior yield of prairie
land, and telling large stories, as
all Western men can do, to which
the Texan replied: 81 tell you
what, stranger, they make large
corn in your clearing, bu5 it ain't
a circumstance to what we raise
on tho Colorado bottoms. Why,
the corn there averages thirty feet
in height, with twelve ears to .
stalk, and a gourd full Of shelled
corn at the topr
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date, there snail be an election by
the stockholders of said corpora
ration, for a board of eleven Clirec-
tors; thirty days previous notice
being givea in at least two news
papers published in the city of
New Orleans, and one in tho city
of Shreveport, Louisiana. But q
failure to select at any time shall
not operate at any time forfeit
ure of this charter. But the board
of directors then in Office shall.
hold over until a board is proper
ly elected, and at each and every
election each share of stock shall
be entitled one vote, and any vote
or votes may be cast by proxy, and
it shall require majority of all
the stock to elect.
Sec. 5. Belt further enacted, etc,
That the work of removing she
raft in said Red river, so as to
render it nayigable, shall be COM
menced during this year; and said
river shall be navigable through
said raft from Shreveport to the
Arkansas State line, within five
years after thepassage of this act,
be kept open during the time of
this charter, or the same shall be
declared forfeited.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted etc.,
That this act shall go into effect
from and after its passage, and all
laws or parts of laws inconsistent
OF conflicting herewith are hereby.
repealed.
(Signed( GEO. W. CARTER,
Speaker House Representatives,.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Gov, and President Senate.
Approved March 6, 1871.
(Signed) II. G. WARMOTII,
Governor ofthe State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. Z. BoVEE,
Secretary of State.
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We publish in another col
umn an account of the killing
of Elias O'Neil, of Bossier, by
Martin Tally Jr., of Shreveport,
taken from the Southwestern
Mr.. O'Neill had hosts OF
friends here, and no enemies,
that We are aware of. A great
shock has it been to bis friends,
his sudden taking off. Many
entertained, apprehension that
this thing might occur, know
ing, as they did, the general
prevalence of that principal of
honor among our people, which
is, that the son should ayenge
the killing of his father, wheth-
er right or wrong. But from
an We can gather, the deceased
entertained no fears whatever.
When killed, he was entirely
unarmed. Regret for the
deaths of Fred Tally and Elias
O'Neill are unavailing now.
O'Neill has no son TO avenge
his death so it is hoped the
law viii be suffered to take its
course.
Whether or not Tally can be
justified in law, and good NOR
ais, rests not with us to say.
But we will take occasion here
to say that the laws delay in
criminal matters, is of grievous
injury.
If an accused be guilty, let
his punishment come quickly );
if innocent, let his apprehen-
sions be quieted by an early
acquittal. If the Legislature
would give us two terms of the
Supreme Court, in the country,
six months apart, much delay
in civil and criminal cases
would be avoided.
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BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday, April IL, 1871

The Offices of the Claiborne
Advocate and Homer Iliad
have been accidentally burned,
with all their contents. A store
below, belonging to Taylor &
Mitchell, met the same fate. e.
Blackburn seems to be quite
phifosof,hic, and wastes no I'M
awaiting tears on his split milk,
and Of course we cannot con-
dolo with q man who does not
dole with himself. But by
ourselves we are simply sorry
for the loss to the parties con-
ccrned.
The lesson is pretty severe,
but by it we, in these country
villages, learn not to crowd to-
gether too much. In this dis
aster two printing Offices, one
store, and a dentists office and
all his tools wore destroyed to
gether.
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A Connecticut farmer wishing
to try the experiment of raising
cotton, instead of the time honor.
ed wooden nutmeg, wrote to Mr..
Greeley for some advice and re,
ceived it. Horace told him he
hadn't better go into it too exten.
sively until he found whether he
could raise it, and advised him to
first get a yard of unbleached cot.
ton and cut the eyes out, and
plant the eyes, the same as pota.
toes. The farmer did as directed
and is sitting up at night to see
his cotton come up.-INero York
Democrat.
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Old John Falstaf prided

oio oOuu dlSbdn prlueu
himself in being great in a two
fold capacity. He wasnot only
witty IN himself, but the cause
Of wit i'm others. Now, Horace
Greeley has gained the latter
half of Sir Johns reputation,
at least in farming matters. He
is a philanthropost, and must
really enjoy the fun made at his
expense. Sir John made prince
Hal and Poins, and even SO
has Greeley made Mark Twain
and his sort. What would the
play have been, without Sir
John9 What would the funny
columns ofour papers be, with
out Greeley's hat and coat, his
penmanship and agricultural
articlesf
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Land For Sale.

IL offer to sell at private sale tract Of
land situated in Bossier parish, La,
about three miles east Of Collinsb1rR
and known as the High Place. con-
tanning l040 acres, 600 acres of which
has been in cultivation, and several
hundred acres of it valuable k.bot.
tom land.
Persons desiring to purchase can
obtain bargain by calling on j. L. C.
Graham at his residence 5miles west Of
Benton. or the undersigned at Benton.
CLAUDIUS E. r. KING, MD.
March 2lst, 1871. iun24s
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A young lady from the SEM
mary being asked at the table fl
she would have some more cab
bage, replied : "By no means;
astronomical safety admon-
ishes me that / have arrived at
ultimate culinary deglution
consistent with the code of Es-
culapius." We hope she was
in no danger.
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We have been looking over
Hardee's map of Louisiana, and
take it to be an excellent work.
1t is very neatly finished, in
deed, and as far as our person
al knowledge extends, it is
perfectly accurate. The de-
lineation of the raft country
and tho Caddo lakes is very
different from any other we
ever saw, and we know it to be
much more accurate. Hardee's
advertisement can be found in
another column.
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A stolen kiss saved q girls life
in Fon du Lac last week for if the
man who did the deed had not
pulled her head forward just az
he did, a beam, which fell from
the upper floor, would have dash.
ed her brains out.
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The new trowel bayonet is
is being made at Springfield ar
mory. It serves either as a
pick, shovel, Ratchet or weap-
on, and can be- very useful in
field service.
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Since the war Alabama Las built
296 miles of railway, Geo ,gia 231,
Texas 133 and Florida A.
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AL efforts to make hay by gas
light have failed, but it is disoov-
cred that wild oats can be sown
under its benign and cheerfal
rays.
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The slaughter resulting from
lnternecine war in France is fear
full. 1t is estimated that nearly
10000 have been killed in The past
two weeks South Western 18th.
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parishes!
Here is the big parish of st.
Landry, with two thousand
square miles of area and four
Representatives I; nestled INTO it
is Lafayette, with two hundred
and fifty square miles and one
Representative. Calcasieu has
some. three thousand square
miles, and st. John Baptist and
West Baton Rouge barely two
hundred each. st. Bernard
and st. Charles are very small,
both in area of high land and
population, although i'm close
proximity to New Orleans. We
make a new Constitution every
five years, and it does seem
that these outrageous Unequal
ties could be corrected. st.
Charles and Jefferson could
easily and properly be united;
also, st. James and st. John
Baptist. Lafayette might have
some two or three hundred
square miles of st. Landry an
neXed on its west, including
Plaquemine Brule settlement.
But it is not very probable that
any corrections will ever be
made. Indeed, the modern
tendency is to make confusion
worse COMPOUNDED.
What ever possessed tue Leg
islature to constitute Iberia
parish as it is, with its territory
cutting through st. Martin and
detachingone portion of the lat
ter parish from the otherP What
a beautiful thing is Cameron,
comprising fifteen hundred
square miles of salt marsh, in
Guiding only two or three is
lands oftwenty or thirty square
miles, and having only a popu-
lation of sixteen hunjlred!-
Every now parish ought to
have population enough to en-
title it TO a Representative,
which is now some six or seven
thousand.
The old constitutional pro-
vision that provided that no
new parish should be made of
less area than six hundred and
twenty-five square miles, ought
never to have been abrogated,
or, at least, some provision of
that sort should have been re-
tanned. The limit now ought to
be put to four hundred square
miles at least. But may be the
evil of small parishes will cor
rect itself. If matter 60 on,
according to the present ten
dency, in ten or fifteen years
our State will be divided into
two hundred parishes, Of st.
John calibre. Then il will be
easy to adopt q county system,
by uniting four or five parishes.
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A good toast-Something never
to DO found in q boarding hou4.
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Duringpeace a regiment is quar-.
tered; during war times it is coca
sionally cut to pieces.
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A doctors motto is supposed to
be "patientsand long suffering
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Vendetta.

Market Street, in this city, Satur-
day, which is narrowing to the
heart Of man to chronicle. 1t will
be remembered by our readers
that sometime last summer Mr..
Fred. w. Tally, was shot by Mr..
Elias O'Neill, and died the day
after he received the wound 1t
seems that a spirit of avenge has
dwelt in the bosom of Fred. Tally's
son, Martin, a youth about eigh-
teen years of age. We tremble as
we write the particulars of it.
About 3 o'clock Saturday even
ing Mr.. Elias O'Neill and DR.. Fish
or were standing engaged in con-
versation near the door of J. G.
McWilliams' office on Market
street, when Martin Tally, Jr., ap-
preached them from Texas street,
and fired on O'Neill, killing him
instantly, and wounding DR.. Fish
er in the face. O'Neill had no
knowledge of the approach of Tai
ly, or that Tally had any evil in
tention toward him.
After the killing young Tally
fed to Walters s. Elders store
house, where, some say he called
Mr.. Sherrod, Chief of Police, and
surrendered himself, while others
say he was arrested by the chief.
DR.. Fisher. the gentleman who
was conversing with Mr.. O'Neill
at the time he was killed, was
Surgeon of the 9th Louisiana Con-
federate Cavalry during our late
war. He removed to our city only
few days since, and purchased a
residence. His wounds in the
face are painful but not danger
GUS. He will, perhaps, lose his
right eye South Western, 18th.
The increase in salaries of State
Governors and other executive
officers within a few years has
been quite marked. The highest
salary appears to be paid By Loui
siana, to its Governor. He re-
ceives $4,000 year, equal to the
Vice Presidents salary. Califor-
MIA pays $1,000 and Nevada $4,000
the latter State containing the
smallest population in the Union.
The following STATES pay $4,000
each: Arkansas, Kentucky, Vir-
ginia, Massachusetts, and Penn
sylvania. Alabama, Georgia, New
York, Ohio and Texas pay $4,000
each. Maryland pays $500, and
South Carolina $500. Indians,
Minnesota, New Jersey and Tenn
essee pay $4,000 each. West Vir-
ginia and Kansas pay $4,000 each.
Illinois and Oregon pay $500.
The smallest salaries are paid By
Wisconsin, $3.50; Rhode Island,
$1,000; New Hampshire, $1,000 !;
Vermont, $1,000; Nebraska and
Michiaan also $1,000 each; Florida
1888; and Delaware, s11OO.
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The easiest and best way to
expand the chest is to have 8
good large heart in it. 1t saves
the cost of gymnastics.
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plantation for Sale or
Rent.
IL ne desirable plantation known a. the
JOHNSON MALONE PLANTATION, ten
miles above the bridge on Dorcheat, contain
ing 400 acres, about $50 cleared good water
and splendid orchard. Apply to
GOODWILL g. WEBB,
n41tt Minden La.
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Kansas has sc newspapers.

p. HI. XYES
has just received full assortment Of
Garden Seed. NORWAY OATS, Potatoes,
Wall Paper and White Lead y9n4s
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Notice TO Tar.Paveys.

Notice 10 THT-FRyes's.
MY Agent, T. N. FoRr, Esq, can be found
N1 in Bellevue ut all times, and will at
tend to any one wishing to pay taxes due,
and take descriptive list OF their taxable
property for the year 1871.
j. A. HEBRON,
nj Tax Collector, for Bossier Parish
Notice.
THE Partnership heretofore existing
Il between the undersigned, und %
the name and style of. w. Ratliff &
Co.. is this day dissolved by mutual
consent.
JAS. B. PICKETT.
j. w. RATLIFF.
March "a, 1871. apll Ats.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-27
TIE Dead Den0cracy,

The Rolla Herald, %y the way q arst.
class Democrat weekly, discourses thusly
about the "dead Democracy" that some
of our Radical exchanges so vehemsotly
tells US is buried never to be resurreoted: /:
1t is really amusing With what vehe.
neuce the smaller fey Of tho Radical
party proclsim the death Of the Demo.
cratic party-that nothing remains but to
bury the carcass. But in the minds Of
the older aud wiser members Of that
party. it is regarded as . right lively
corpsc--one which 10 to Be feared, and
one which ovcsy etFort n beisg made to
defeat aud crush out
We select few paragraphs from the
speeches and writings of the most prom.
inent Radicals of che day, in regard to
this dead party:
The Democratic party to-day is
stronger than it ever was IN its history.
Il means now to win, and do not say
that it cannot vim Horace Greeley at
Vicksburg.
You may make tight Of the Democracy,
bus to-day, in the State Of New York,
there is a clean Democratic majority Of
ninety thousand. We never did have
the Irish, and now We are losing all the
Germans. New York Times, (Radical. }
What mania possesses che Radical
party? Lam Radical myself, but am
no ostrich to run my hoad in the sand
aud think am invisible. Too much
stealing will be the death Of us.-U. 8.
Couklin, in q speech at Brooklyn and
quoted in the Herald.
But two courses are now open to all
Americans who love the Republic. They
are to defeat Grant and elect some one
who is not soldier. Bayonets aud
constitutions 60 not pull in the same
harness. Gin. Commercial, (Radical.)
Grant, with his Ku klux bill, thinks
he can kill the Democracy. 1t will take
more men by million than he had at
Appomattox.--New York Sun, (Radical J
A great deal has been said about the
dead Democracy. Those who think il
dead surely never read the story Of the
resurrection. There will be signs in
the heavens and on earth in 1872, wher
this democratic party gets its soldiers il
the field. Springfield (Mass.) Repub
lican, (Radical)
He is a fool or traitor who expects te
win an easy victory over the Democratic
party in 1872 Grant can never do il
with the bayonet.-New York Evenlu.
Post Radical"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-27

The Norfolk *irginian mentions =
romantic incident 10 the life Of . negro
Mau named David Walker, who was SOLD
and taken to Now Orleans thirty tive
years ego. At the time be vas living
ss man aud Viie with q woman BY the
same of Nancy Gibbs. lie remained in
New Orleans until last year, when he
paid brief visit TO this city aud returned
home. A few days since he packed up
bag and baggage and came back to Nor
folk to live. One Of his first acts on ar.
Giving here was to procure marriage
license, and tho next evening he and his
former wife were legally reunited, be
being eighty three and she seventy -four
years OF age. Sach constancy and in
dubitable evidence Of affection OUTLYING
time and absence deserve notice. Both
negroes werc slaves Of the old regime,
and are both highly respected. ,l .
On Tuesday, the 11th inst, Mr.. Wm.
Krigbaum, son Of VIM. Krigbsum, ,Sr.
young man about eighteen years OF age,
residing in Clay township, Rails county,
was thrown from horse with such force
that his skull was broken. The uutortu.
nate young man fingered in great sgony
until the following day when death came
to his relief. The deceased was . quiet,
respectable young man, and leaves many
sorrowing friends to mourn his untimely
fats.-Ralls County Record.
Governor Brown has appointed Geo.
E. Seymour, Of st. Louis, assistant SUI
perintendont Of public schools.