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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14

AZ asiee 4 fairly ollpse8 AL former
90 s ~ MatquersJs ao oHosr,od.
Trly g maa = ar fen 10 I've whrre
faeu siuaFs aeh good cheer To
raet ard every one uho s anrlous 70
bear aH abeat tlas variety, can ouly say,
Foa oaeb, d have been tbcrr. A poiel
dls.se onee sai3 u Bic travelling 10 France
and psnakinE 81 q, generous hospitality
ofit s.tlgeas. elf was nos 81 American
lnoad De- Frcushmsa. Vita feelings
q h9uesi uoi - original 81 those which
prompted ihs reverend 80 express BE-
gratitude, : mentally exclaimed while
to.p,us 10 iha merry-makiugs u the past
ses.oH, 4 was uot resident Of sotnc
other place Woail be citizen II Man-
chester
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14

IS. wilbor had find liz dressed "a
Monday little over 2 months old which
weighed 64i lbs
The whole republican ticket elected
10 this town excepting one commissioner
Of highways. Bu, for the facilities afford
ed by the Harlem Extension I,rilroad il
would have been difficult 70 get Out the
votes or 70 bleak day a. the atl proved
q be. The board Of supervisors III the
county Is said 10 stand eleven republicans
70 democrats last year democrats 10
republicans.
The season Of auctions has again ar
rived with 20 lack apparently Of purcLas-
ers for any thing supposed 10 be cheap,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14

Nc. Wm Balklcy ofEast WAllingf0rl
has removed 10 this place intending to
locate hers ana Mr. n Wheelsr has re
tarned 80 n ria Doret
I'll woald send you tlo marriages, etc,
bag onr people arc 50 absorbed ID business
that lhey 6nl 30 time to select compan-
l8Hs,
The ia-t snow mll has created quite
an excitement, lhe wood ,fIogs sud lumber
ate still moving briskly Lumbermcn
say Il Obs SNOW remains until Juue, which
nos isoi probable, iheY via bring mat
ter 90 "a f9ens iu lhat line or business.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14
arTu DORSET

"A basement owned By Mcssrs. Tyrvl
& heHt Formerly tie sila. Smith bone
stead add occupied by Alvin stearns,
oue &c their employees, wAs entirely con-
sumed b. fire NJ an early hour Sunday
morning
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14

superintendent, g n. WymAH Yoisd
e rsiss twenty-five oesa "a . dollar Is
addition g what Ire law provides fof ths
support o. highways and BRIDGES Voted
. iAx ~ si.25 cents on dollar 70 dcfray
he expenses q To toWu. Faf county
commissioner y W Howl bad 70 votes.
Total Indebtedness u ths town Mareh fih
1879 ss6lgls
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14


an excitement lhe wood, flogs sud lumber
ate still moving briskly Lumbermen
sag If tha SNOW remains until Juue, which
nos isot probable, they win bring mai.
ters lo % ioens in TINT line ofbasiacss.
poEsEr
foWu officers. Moderator. A.B.
Armstrong, town clerk anl treasurer, /.
10 NnH; seleetmcu, WIN. H. Bccbc,
John T. Cochran, y. }. sanford; oycr.
seer % poor, n j. sanford; Conslables,
i,aae iarows, John L. Cochran; listers,
l.aar iarows, l. n, Sykes. lr, Cochran.
auditors. D. l.. tlolley, y, J.. Kent, John
Cuui-; Town grand jurors, r. G.. llar-
wood, a. D Armstrong; town agent
I. +, n. Sykes; school supt, H. VI Torfey;
committee 20 sce II the town is liable for
mtcrcston town bonds given for II. T. II.
RI. n sykes, u. l.. keut, Ira Cochran.
The motion ipr iown school system de-
feaictl by vote OF 40 10 49,
Alr 5 u. Ridout of Dorset Hollow,
the uel. known manufactures and dealer
n lumber, has purchased the mill built
aud owned by ~. Ridout, and Gaed
itup entirely new by putting Ia one Of
Lane latest improved circular mills, ca
pable OF turning out from 1000 to 10000
feet per day III an a No. style. Those
wishing can iiud IN his yard anything
from a strip of lath to fifty foot stick Of
square timber, and IL won't be diamond
shape either Mr.. r, has logs ia his yard
for about ono million feet, aud is still
drawing The mill Is ia running order,
but waiting for water, which has become
very scarce ia this section. yet a very nee
essary article for mill owners III the abb
scnce of steam power TO do rushing
business. Mr.. Il. + one of our most
straightforward business men, aud we
wish him success in this new enterprise
Il would like to call the attention of
our people to the loss that Alvin Stearns
has sustained in the burning up Of all HE
household goods in the recent fire at South
Dorset while Mr.. stearns and family were
away on a visit, feel particular sym
pathy for him as he was a soldier in our
late war; suffered terrible hardships in
Andersonvile prison, came home with
constitution, and now, after a
lew years, we find him keeping house
with wife and infant son with many
comforts about them; and every thing de-
,troycd b. a night. Now ifa few chart
able souls upon hearing OF bis loss would !
make hin small present, either Of pro-
'i.ions or article. for house keeping, even
hough they may be second hand aud Of
mall value 10 those who have an album
laure, ih5y will be thankfully received {
nd encourage an industrious, hard work |
ug Young man. ID
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14
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SARAH HARD,s EsTATE.

GEO II. SWIFT.
Manchester, W.. Nov. lst. 1871 253itfT
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14
wlNrrALt.

"A COW belonging to Sheppard Aldlicll
was frozen to death last week. Short
Keeping probably had something 10 do
with Il.
The past week has been ono Of the
coolest that people IN fhis vicinity have
experienced for a number Of wears We
think The old adage viii prove true Ibis
year "siN weeks slcighing in March
The next lecture ON Scandal viii
be delivered d Bromley House Hail on
Saturday evening March 10th, accompa.
eiel by az entertainment consisting u
songs, choruses, aud violin solos with a
little burnt rork aud few practical
Joke, for the benefit Of those who wish 10
laugh
The fJllowing win illustrate the
scarcity Of hay iu ti's vicinity. A farmer
who keep. large stock % cattle was
aste d, ueighbor Il he hal has enough
10 csrrs him through Iicreplled that he
dhl think BE .houil not be obliged 10 bus
ans, bal one u 81. oxen got loose aud
made fat lie has mow and ate a nearly
alnp
fomu odieers Moderator Dexter
iiaichcAicr town clerk aud treasurer. c.
" Nbitnrf selecnncn, Harvey Stone,
A. G Aourc q Walker: oyersecr Of
poor samuel >ules constable aud col
hector, Geo L DAVE. listers. WI.
Farnum, r. ttiey, N. g. Walker
auditors, M Il Lyon, G "a Coolidge.
hm i simond. town grand juror, J.
u simonds sealer weight. and measur.
er s. W Whltney Inspector Of lealh-
cf - I. eim0nds inspector lumber aud
shingles, J. J. hApgoodi town agtn, 70
defend suits, DEXTER Bsicbslder: town
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14

"A Young man named Wheeler re-
Gently came home from Massachusetts and
was taken sick with what proved to be
the small pox. Several persons have been
exposed aud there is considerable excite
ment in consequence.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14


the town 1t Is understood that the pres
ent board of sclectmen will bring suit
against Mr, Seloyer TO compel him TO
fulfil his contract
Town officers: Moderator, John r.
Gates; town clerk, y. F. Squires; select
men, ;. + Harris, +. d. Fillmore, Milo
G. llnling; treasurer, Luther X. Graves !;
overseer Of the poor, S + Harris; consta-
bes, Leander Powers, John Robinson !:
listers Daniel Iluling, Edward Rice,
Edward Walbridge; auditors, A. Is.
Garduer, Hiram bingham, Chas. Il. Wei
ling trustee OF surplus fund, Luther II.
Graves sup't Of schools, Eliza NJ. Clark
grsud jurors, John sibley, A. NJ. Huling,
VIM, J. ToOmbs; agent, A. b. Gardner.
Tax, intending school tax, 20 cents on the
dollar. County commissioner George
Benton, 2ls f. w Iioyt, 1875.
The block opposite the Putnam House
occupied IS Norton a Wilcox as gro
Gerry store and by Cross photograph
gallery was DESTROYED b. fire on Wednes-
day night Norton a Wilcox lose $500.
insured FOR $500; Cross'. loss Is Insured
Tor $1,000. The IRE is supposed to have
caught from tie chimney. Tie new
steam Gre engine did good work
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No. SO.
AN ACT


To fix the terms of the district court in
the Fourteenth Judicial District, desig-
mating certain weeks of said terms for the
trial of civil cases, and certain weeks for
the trial of criminal cases, and providing
for the drawing and sUmmOning of juries
for said terms.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the terms of the district court IN the
Fourteenth judicial District are hereby
fixed, and shall commence as follows, to wit:
For the parish of Ouachita. on the second
Mondays of March and September; for the
parish of Rchland, on the third Mondays of
April and October; for the parish of More
house, on the third Mondays of May and
November.
SEC. 2 BE it further enacted etc, That
the first two weeks Of each term shall be
devoted exclusively to the transaction of
the business on the civil docket of the
court to the business of the grand Jury. and
to the filing of criminal intormations and
the orders thereon; no other proceedings on
the criminal docket of the court shall be
had during the first two weeks
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the remaining weeks of each term shall be
devoted to the transaction and disposal of
the criminal business of the court, and to
the trial of civil jury cases. During said
remaining weeks no proceeding shall be
had in any civil case unless an order for
the trial of such case by jury shall have
been made previous to the third week; pro-
vided, that in all cases judgments may be
signed, and motions for new trials and mo-
tiOns for appeals may be made and dis
posed of during said remaining weeks and,
provided further, that, by special pernis-
sion of the court first obtained, together
with consent of parties, proceedings may
be had in any other case during said re-
naming weeks.
SEC. a. BE 1t further enacted, etc, That,
IN the manner provided by law, two juries
shall be drawn for each of said terms of
court, to be designated as the first jury"
and the Second jury" The first Jury shall
be summoned to attend on the first day of
the term. From the first jury the grand
Jury shall be selected and drawn in the
manner provided by law. The remaining
jurors of the first jury shall then be ans
charged till the third Monday of the term.
when they shall again attend, and shall
serve for the third week. The second Jury
shah be summoned to attend on thefourth
Monday of the term, and shall serve for the
fourth week, and as much longer as they
may be needed. Any of the first jury who
NAV be impanneled on the trial OF a case
shall be retained until the termination of
said case. All objections or exceptions to
the formation, construction, drawing, or
of said juries shall be fled on
.he first DAY of the term, and not afterward;
and if the juries should be set aside new
irst jury shall be Immediately drawn and
for the second Monday, and !
lev second Jury for the fourth Monday OF
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No. IS.
AN ACT

To incorporate the st. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church Association OF Shreve-
port, Louisiana.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
yened, That Samuel Armstead, Peter John
son, Abraham Mitchell. John Walker, Viii
liam Harper HaItwelI Swanson and Moses
Sterritt, be and the same are declared a
body corporate and polite, under the
name and style of the st. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church Association Of Shreve-
port, Louisiana, where the company to be
known as the st. Paul Methodist Episcopal
Church Association will be dOmiciliated.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said company shall be capable in law to
purchase, receive, hold, lease, sell, and
otherwise acquire or ALLEVIATE real or per
sOnal estate shall have a common seal, and
may break or alter the same at will; and
by said corporate name may sue and be
sued; provided that the lands so held or
ACQUIRED shall be held for the proper uses
and benefit of said st. Paul Methodist Epis
copal Church Association Of Shreveport,
Louisiana.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the affairs of said association shall be man
aged by the board of trustees, the afOre-
said incOrpOratOrs to constitute the board
of trustees for the first year and until their
successors are chosen, which shall be done
annually on the first Monday in May, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, by the mem
bers in good standing of said Sc. Paul
Methodist Episcopal Church Association.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the board of trustees be invested with
power, as it is hereby made part of its
duty, to pass such bylaws from time to
time as may be necessary for, the proper
government of said association.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
(Signed) o. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) p. B. s. PINCHBACk,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved July l, 1872.
(Signedl II. G.. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No. so.
AN ACT

Relative to dispensing with the publication
of legal and judicial advertisements in
the French language in the parish OF
katchitOChes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the publication of all legal and judi
cial advertisements in the French language
in the parish of NatchitOChes be dispensed
with, unless otherwise directed by the par
ties Htigant and it shall be lawful that all
legal and judicial advertisements be pub
Hshed in the English language only in said
parish of NatchitOches, unless otherwise
directed by the parties Htigant.
SEC ,. BE it further enacted, etc, That
all laws contrary to or Inconsistent with
this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed,
SEC 8 BE it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
(SignedD 0. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) p. b. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May 49, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
K. j. HEBRON.
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
shall have effect two

and city council shall have effect two
after publication in the official iournaI
the parish, or after certified copies of them
are posted at three public places in said
town.
SEC. q. Be it further enacted, etc. That
no inconvenience may arise in the admins
tratiOn of the affairs of the city of Natchf
toches in consequence of failure or neglect
to elect the municipal officers thereof If il
hereby declared that all officers elected
under this act shall remain until their sue
cessOrs are duly elected and qualified.
SEC. % Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and the officers elected under the
former charter shall hold their offices until
the nrst Monday in May, A. d. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-two, or
until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, and the clerk of the
court shall order an election under this act
as soon as the same is promulgated, and thea
officers elected at said election shall enter
upon the discharge of their duties on the
first Monday of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy two, or as soon here
after as they may qualify; provided, that if
any officer elected shall refuse or fail to
quality within thirty days from the date of
his election, the office for which he was
elected shall be deemed vacant and a new
election to I'LL such vacancy shall be ordered
and held in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the right OF appeal shall exist in all cases
where fixed penalties and fOrfeitures shall
be decreed under the provisions of this
act, to the parish court of the parish of
NatchitOches in the manner and under the
same fOrmaGties as in the cases of appeal,
and such appeals shall be tried in prefer
ence to appeals in ordinary cases.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act, and on the same subject matter,
except the general laws of the State rela-
tive to municipal corporations, be and the
same are hereby repealed,
(Signedl o. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) z. b. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved July S. 1872.
tSignedl H G. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. 90.
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. P j. Norwood, and
for other purposes.

AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. p J. Norwood, and
for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the sum of eighty-four dollars
be and the same is hereby appropriated out
of any moneys in the State treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of
paying her for the services rendered by her
deceased husband as clerk in the office Of
registration in the year A. d. 1868, in the
parish Of AyOyclles, the same to be paid by
the State Treasurer, upon the warrant OF
the Auditor of Public Accounts; provided,
she first proves her slams to said money to
the satisfaction Of the State register of
voters, who, on approving the same, shall
issue an order upon The State Auditor there
for
SEC. g Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and all laws and parts of laws
inconsistent herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
tSignedl O. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(Signed) p. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved July /, 1872.
lSignedl II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary Of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No 80.


To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to eX-
empt the property of the same from taxa
ton.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That Richard H. Brown, James L.
Beadles, William G. COyle, Edward c.
Palmer, William c. Shepherd, Moses NJ.
Greenwood, William H. Foster, John S.
Walton, Thomas l. Dix, Charles Clinton,
Henry +. Given, Frederick J. Odendahi
and A. j. Tardey, Jr., and their associates
and successors, be and are hereby specially
made body corporate and polite for the
improvement of the spiritual, intellectual
and social condition OF young men and the
promotion of Christian works in the city of
New Orleans, under the name and style of
the Young Mems Christian Association of
New Orleans, and under this name shall
exist for the term of ninety-nine years, and
shall be capable, for the purposes emu
merated in this act, and for all other pur-
poses enumerated in this act, of buying,
selling and mOrtgaging all kinds of real es-
tate and other kinds of property, of suing
and being sued in any of the courts of law
and equity of this State, of having com
mon seal, and of altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per
sOnal and mixed; and said association shall
be capable in law of inheriting, receiving,
holding selling and transferring all manner
of property, whether by donation, bequest,
devise, or in any other manner or form,
from any or all persons, body or bodies
corporate in or out OF. this State; provided
that the value thereof does not exceed
FIVE hundred thousand dollars.
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proper authorities of said corporation
for holding and managing Its property
shall be board of trustees, who shall be
elected by the "active members" of said
association, all of whom shall be members
In good and regular standing in some Pro
testant Evangelical church in the city of
New Orleans, and each of the Evangelical
Christian denominations of the city OfNeW
Orleans shall be entitled to and, if desiring
It, shall have representative in said board
OF trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. J. Be it further enacted. etc, That
tor the present, aRa UALu thsE sUeeessVEs
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No. 50.


For the relief of W. Jasper Blackburn.
WHEREAS On the night Of the eighth of
July, 1868, and of the fifth of November
of the same year, the printing Office of the
Homer IiiGd, owned by W. Jasper Black
burn, was fOrcibly entered by mob of dis
orderly and violent persons, and the presses
and furniture broken to pieces and the type
and other materials thrown into the streets;
and
Whereas, It cost the said w. Jasper
Blackburn a large amount of money to retit
his Office, in order to do the printing which
he was under contract to do for the State
and general government, and to restore his
Office to its former efficiency which was a
clear damage to him in large amount of
money and inconvenience; therefore
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That to repair the damage inflicted
ON w. Jasper Blackburn, as set forth in
the preamble to this act, there be and is here
by appropriated the sum of six thousand
dollars out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to the said W.
Jasper Blackburn, to be paid to him on his
own warrant on the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts of this State.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
(Signed) o. Fl. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) P S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved May 20, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
Remoring an OH Landmark.

The Mobile Tribune OF yesterday says:
The New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Rail
road Company having purchased the prop
erty on the southeast corner of Water and
Esiava streets, will Immediately set to work
TO wipe out that notorious litCle half brick
and half wooden shanty, known to the in
habitants around as Castle Hughes" for
the purpose of remedying the abrupt curve
that the tantalizing little obstruction rem
dered unavoidable in the road. Tie fire.
quent brawls and periodical conflicts be-
tween the old man on one side. and the old
woman and 1.-THE two girls" on the other,
that gave the shanty name, and furnished
the police court reporters with many an
item, will no longer drown the shrek of the
steam whistle or the sound of the lOcomo-
tive's bell.
The old woman is now in the jug, serving
out a sentence from the mayor, aud the
company should, by all means, remove the
ricketty shebang before the release of that
amiable lady, whose refined style of ex-
pressing her disapprobation, might lead
them to a pOstpOnement of the desirable
object.