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sREREFF'S SALES
SheriH'S Sale.
4 +. Minchcw
~.
Us. Hewitt.

J-S- /! cwitt.
In the District Court Of BOlsic- fg,is;h, La.
Ely virtue Of a writ of t,cri iacia, t. me
ID Gi~ertCl from the Honorable the 18th
District Court. in and for the Parish Of Bos-
sicr, State of L"uiSiaua, have seized and
will proceed to sell at pahlic auction to the
last and highest bidder, =t-the Court hous,,
door, in the town OF Bellevue, La, within
the legal hours of s;Llc, on
Saturday, February Ist, 1879,
tie following described land situated in
BoSSier parish, Ia, to-WIt:
The northeast quarter of section twenty.
five in township eighteen ol range eleven
Said Land seized and ordered 10 be sold 70
pay aud satisfy a certain murtLaged note
given bY =. =. Hewitt in favor OF the plain
tiG, i = iiiuchew, for the sam of nine hun
dred and twenty-five doila-s, with Interest
and cost.
Terms Of Sale-Cash
Ac; Of sale, &c, al expense Of purchaser
b. +. ONEAL, Sheriff.
December -. 1872
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the following drscribcd property, tO-wit:
The whole Of the southeast quarter of
southeast quartCrOf section -; the east half
0g northeast quarter dissection -, township
,. range IL. WhO.,. of sec sion and west
half ui section l.. township u, range B
containing luN1 acres, except that portion of
west half "f southwest plartrr said section
iN. which was sold hv X. ! Graves to a j.
Marks, containing 20 acres.
Also the undivided ouC-siytecuth interest
in the following described lands, viz: East
halt OF northeast quarter, section b: all of
section -. less i32 acres The south frac
ti"dal part of the south half of section %,
all IN township 10, range -, containing in
all ~ acres. wirh all iiriravcmruts there
OK. Euu~U - Graves &c i5rc B"Ud Place"
Also. the northeast quarter of section |,
fractional west bali of section ] /, included in
the survey Ui Mark Lax Fractional sec
zion -, east of ird River. Fractional east
half UI ~rrt.uu two. all in td,rfr~hip u range
Il. cULIH.uiug I06i rcrrs, with improve
lucnts thereon and known It. the Egypt
Plantation
Also the &c interest of growing crops on
"l}"c li"Ud PlIrc tu-vit: About 300
bushels OF corn, u'orr ar n~-. and abort
l3l ha.c> "i cotton in tic a,lsI
Du. suvrol Mao.
Seized n, the Prop"rjs'7of i. Y. Graves,
and To b. sold to pay and sltisfy plaintiffs
r-aiui-s.Iy $40 40 90 with interest and
cu>ts.
Terms of salc-Ou credit Of twelve
months fr whatever thr property may
bring purchasers giving bonds for price
i'cS-iug interest iruu day of sale secured
a. approx r'i per ou..i security and mortgage
and yrudois lien on the luud bought
Land To uc sold il suudi isiOus according
to law.
Act "f sale with L. S. Internal Revenue
stamps at expense of nrcha-er.
Il, I. ONEAL. Sheriff
Bellevue, La, January llth, 1873
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&MBEgfEFYS SALE.

Mevutors Oil W Vance, dcc.d,)
". No. 9iSI-
Il. Y. Graves.
In tie i,,L judicial District Court, Bossier
Parish, La.
Eel Virtue Of a writ of tirr9 idciaS issued
- t:"iu he Honorable District Court of
B"seicr parish, Louisiana, and To me direct
cd ! have Soizrd and will proceed to sell at
public auction, 20 the last and highest bid
Ucr, before the Court house door, III the
town of Gci!cvGc, Ii, within the legal
hours ui sale. on
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PUBLIC SALES.
sSsERIFFlS SALE.
] : Hewitt.

T w .Abney, admr., for use, &C.,
, 1873-03-12
Tfae Supreme Court Decision.

From the Hatjek1 {lH.) Republican.
Tho decision OF tho Supromo Court in tho
Mclean County oaae iu favor Of the railroads
will not dotor lib from agitating the railroad OK
tortion question. Tile pooplo aro tho Ho,roo Of
all power. Politically t,oro B nothing In, around,
or behind Tint great fountnin-l,ead to bind It'll
hands and control Its aotiona. II Is not worth
whilo to try to mako us boliovo that the people
can, per 10, in their Legislative capacity, oreato
n powor stronger md greater thnn tlloy aro
themselves. But tho railroads have Homo rights,
and tho question OF restraining thom must bo
handled with patience and caution, The rooplo
must bc careful not to do wrong. Tho paople
must bo careful not to lot donna agogues
load then, by thoir noses and make Of
this question stepping-ntono toplaees Of honor
aud profit. Lot tie people find out and got u
oloar understanding of just what the rights Of tho
railroads are and Just what their own rights md
powers are, aud tllon clloorfully yield tho ono
and jcaIously guartl tho othor.
II timo and patience aro required, and tlloy
surely are, lot ,s cl,oerfully devote tho tmo and
exercise tile patience to romoyo tho ills that now
lie like IN incubus upon tho industry and inter-
nal commerce Of tho West. II our present Leg
iBlaturo do not lnl o remedy wo will oloot ono
noxt timo that will 1t our prosont Supreme
Court cannot administer tho law In tile intorosta
of The people, tho head Of a lnw and MI powor,
wo will oleot ono next Tina that will, mud Wo will
do all this without douerting our present politi-
cnl ORGANIZATIONS.
, 1873-03-12

From tho lrfneaa <l,tnn.> Reln5hcen, l4arrh g..
It IL impossible to for,u 4,ladequato i!ea Of tho
without being OH tho ground and DcbolIing tlla
snowy sight with ono't own eyes. Tho gontlo-
mon who went out on tho pny-traiu, tho otIor
tlay uaw Mike" 1Ianloy' army Of 400 shovolcra
at work on loung's Gut, whore tho suow was 25
to 80 feet It, deep, covering ovor tho telegraph
wiro. Tho snow was Ehoyoletl FROM oi,u
terrace to another until tho mon OH tho
fourth tior lloayol 1t outside tho cut. Whom
IT IL stated that this cut IL 1900
feet long. tho render may caint]y concoiyo
Of the nature OF tho obstacles that hnye besct
railroadB this winter. Mr. lIanloy expected to
Got through to Now Ulnl in eight days, Mt tho
rato lih force waa working. WLllo tho Paymas-
tor ard hie party woro yiowing tEc spectacle tha
slaoyoera struck tho staaas on tic tlat cars of
construction traln that lad boon buried for
aoyeral dayn out Of sight IN tho drift. Those
thlnga, howoyor, Will Boon DO Of tho past. Snow
fonces trees, md tho rapid settlement Of tho
country, will break tho lorco Of The wind, In
timo, and prevent tho nnow from drifting.
, 1873-03-12

From The A,:austH {Ga) C1roaiel: and Stntin.f.
Wo publish in tho Chronicle and Sentinel this
morning auother 'lottor' from Mr. William o.
Foley OIL tho proposed Granl Trunk Railway
from Chicago to- tho soa, 'Wo 1laya publishod
other articles from tho Sumo sourco, and also the
proceedings of mootinT hold ii, tho City Of 11-
dian apolis, wicl, show tho scllomp Is rapidly
taking Blnpa, and TINT the rnilroad mon Of tho
Wost who arc ceriain'y best posted III such mat
tors, consider tho ontorNia0 entirely feasible.
They will discover, however. that no .nocca-
atty exists for the extension Of tho road aouth Of
Augusta. Tho Company can build no shorter or
moro direct limo to Savannah than tltoso Which
aro now in oporation-tho Savannah and Augusta
aud tho Port Hnynl railroads. Boaides, whom
tha city in reached, tho choice OF three ports by
five different aud competing rollto3' will DO
afforded. The shipper may send his goods di-
rcosly to the nearest hnrbor-port RoY.l-or ho
may Eolcct either Of two routes to Savannah,
or eIthor Of two. routes: to Charleston.
1t will bo soon that tho frionds Of
tho enterprise III t1ia Stcto intend hold
ing - convention in AIgusta on the
11th day Of noxt hrny: Invitations will DO sent
to partieg in tho West wEo cro ut work on TINT
end uf the lfnet and most OF them will ba
present. a bottor or more convenient time for
tho conference could not layo heon chosen.
Tho stockholders OF tia Geo! ia Railrond Com
pa1ly nleet hore in convention on tho Guno dnv,
anu O. full attendance will bo secured from the
counties OF Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes, Eibert,
Hart, md Franklin. At this nleotiug. tho whole.
subject will bo thoroughly discusuod, tho re-
sourcos Of tho projectors canyageed, ald a FULL
and FREQ exchange Of views vii! bo elfoo!ed., Wo
anticipate much good iron. tho deliuorationn
, 1873-03-12

Total. GA2,b go
f4fnt coa5 673, 41a
This whtered stock represents an amount equal
to 370, 600 por milo. Tho average prico Of carry
ing ono buHhol Of corn to Now York from Chica-
go, for the past tlvo years. haB boon 80 cents por
buBlel during tho tlYo winter months. Ha1 1t
not boon for tho watored stock, which Ia practi-
Caly equal to the actual cost Of tho road, this
corn could llave been carried at lG centH por bubl
ei and mako tho same dividends On tho actual oapi-
tnl az 81 celtH docs On tho actual and bogus chp-
tal, and tho 10 centB per bushol Hayel would have
been left with tho farnor. This road Ia In tho
Vanderbilt tnteroAt, and extends to Omaha via
the Milwaukee Il ST. Paul Ioaa and tho watered
stock from Omaha to Now York, in this interest,
ts 3195, ,125, ,430.
Tho spoaler then exposed tho wntored stock
Oh the lonnBylyania Central and itB e1tenAiona,
and tho Eric load and tho Gould intoreAtH and,
1y carofully-prepared fgurcs, showed that !ho
Vanderbilt, Gould, and Scott interosta! extortcd
not loss than ssl,0oo,ooo. Ho argued
that, sooner or later, Oongrosa must enact laws
to regulate tho railroad syatom but Wo oan't
look 10 CongreaB for immodlnto relief. Illinois
IL many yoarB In advance In this movement Tho
South dooB not yet fool this oppression 10 badly
ns lor other wrongs, and her Co-operation IN
CongroaH oannot he hoped for until her ot1or
wrongs arc righted. The Now England and pig
iron Pennsylyania protectlyo-tarlf robber ia
tntcrmarried with tho railroad monopoly robberi
tho fall Of ono will oa1Bo tho destruction Of tho
other; aud wo can hopo for no Immediate lolp
In this direction. And, when 500 tho peoples
representatives, Of al partlca oresds, and oolors.
, 1873-03-12

Of money for tho Improvement Of rivcrn md
harbors., Il Il would Undertake tho building Of
tina road, think 1t would 10 not only Rnlf.slH-
snining, but l,o . great bloasng To thj country,
bQth isaBk and Woat JoItN SpEE1, =
P..s.-If this road ahould DO built, wo don't
want my Orodls Nobilior Of Anlorca mtxol mp
Wlln1k. j. s.
, 1873-03-12

Making aggregate dividends in aix years Of
aS2h per cont. These dividends commenced on
capital stock Of g, 800, 900. The happy pos
Bossor Of 600 Of stock hold ut tho end Of
six years, s32500 in stock and bonds for tho i'll
vestment Of $4,000. In tho meantime, ho re-
caiyed $1,000 in cash dividends, a most brilliant
robbery.
How ia 1t with tho farmor in tho meantime
watched hia history for six yeara. He cano
West with $4,000. He bought woii-improyod
farm on the Illinois Central Of
, 1873-03-12

oty koop mon md wnme, wi1ely sopnrato1. But,
though conc.lbinago preyalln widely In China,
chastity IL prominent virtue OF tho women Of
that country; md, on tho w1.olo, tho marriage
aytte1n of CHINA III preferable to TINT Of Franco
and Auntria,
, 1873-03-12


L. Tint tho railroad corporations Of this country
Slnserea " sne peorle, for tho %pnla Eooa syo
neeomo tntouHn coAolldaols, the most Gigantic mo
nnoiy q private capital now or over oxiAt'h8 "foh
q u That thra monopoly, by c.orbltant transportation,
milonS Of nonoy, Which thcIr nnnarcrs lnyo ,set il
controlling tho financca In rayng .1orgo dividends
iin eora fruis1 ~ natc o franhf eSon,nsc1 ID
nn annual profit Of nearly or quito 100 rer cent.
,roon ai,sSo, ,vSo 1rpaa anasrs III f",
to 10 conts ror l00 lbs (oro tla, is or cen, Virtual
y y saa to tl9 Wescrn tarncrs Xor hontIu crop
viii take ali te bouo Of s crop u n yo sro mt
people vo no rss tt plway ns urs bound 10
ro.poot."
That Tho public for whoso good tho line Of rail-
spaa @ nns'oa 70 Asy was chartered 90 not Al! Re-
VIZ; Tisn i P3Syss sa @ II y . Ssss lEs ~
II on % or G ae sI
tlan liko shirnunta intoudad for European consna-
uon Is m unjust discrimination aganst tho ncopo Of
taross bc .9eh to '"A'a' their lrso manufacturing ILL.,
{. Flint tic n,anarora of Tim noston h a,b,nv p,.
ronsl, by adouun urol,1Jorv tnr3Y of sl5 ,or rar
freight 10 Doston, on grain brought 10 Albany by the
m eas ea1 e ss 4s q Ssen oa sSn fsn
brought to Albany BY the Now York Central Railroad,
have st aoemfe 10 Gommodore vanderbilt New Eng.
throuun trac' s'1 10 "n0'h' 10 Oh 0 us
O That 'hc nost9n Albany Railroad and tho ssate
nnjnat nnl discriminating tarifYs pefoFo mentioned
Their grnin from tho Wost yta loIe and canat 10
Albany route against which no railroad tyalBpor-
nf ,aon ean n Maeeeesfy c9npoto during more tnn one
vanderbilt tho 1nrgo Nov Eaclsnu business without
whlcn hS could ot have given ~ hs g, stockholders
stock. and mid tlIsm nnf cant sof.annai i;vs
denaa .horeon.
troed M n IT, soo u 10 who @ Go
raroed running from Boston 70 Troy, through saii
naa snoo 10 pnfohaaea or nuat % aooa III pfac-
e. Tint, in our opinion, tho Legislature now in oea
slon should purchase tlo Boston / Albany Iiaroa 1t
Tho price agreed upon IN It's chartor anu aocnro to the
people ol public ratlroad whoeo 1nnn
e aSts ono cias are %
wo chsrgo for kc business brought to us by canal or
otlerFis No usk tho Legislature to mako this p1r-
claae at once, becs,ae
heavy burdens now uniuRtiy Imposed upon Them by
, 1873-03-12

Tho Question OF State Ownership,
At meoting of tho inhabitants OF Weymouth,
Mass, held at their Town Hall, In said town, on
Monday, March 81. A, D. 1879. the following roa.
, 1873-03-12
Tllo poEta1 Card Contract.

Iron. the SprtngEed ta!cas) ChfoH.
Tho post-OIllco Department will soon Gend m
agent to tlliB city to inupoct Wrigh Block, on
Wortlinyton 'stroot, to lccide wllethor it .is or
can be n,aslo, ~ ilro-proof building" III tho
aeuze fnteudcd il the advertisements ior pyopos-
nls for: postal 5S$tio Ii the decision is aflrma-
tive, the Morgan Envelope Company, tho loaseoa
OF tho Block will begin operations ct once pro- i.
lminary to manufacturing poatni cards undor
tho contract awarded to Them last wool1. a fro
proof vault, Il by so fess, and 0 foot high, will
bo constructed III tho. collar for tho storage Of
tho completed cartlH, and another wi1l probably
be placed outNitlo The building for ntoct. Iwostop
cylinder Hoo prosaos will: DO put in, each
capable Of printing 100000 cards por day
(30 at d timo), enabling the company to tusn out,
II cnlrcd, GOO tho first vcar. Tho con-
traot atpulatos 15u u0oo00o, moro OF loss but the
slrowaeat s estimates are Tint not oas than 15o,-
100000 will bo called for tic flrnt year. Tho
printing. will bo dono from atoel, or wlat might
ho called ateel eloctrotype. 80 much OF tho
work will bo done by machinery that not moro
than 20 or Is handa will noed to bo employed.
Bhould tho looiuion OF tho departments agnns
DO adverse as to tho building, thooompany having
no timo to erect anotnor Eui!diug III Heasou, will
probably throw up tho contract, IL which caso it
will go to Cocrgo 1lcay. Of T. T., tho no%t hi,h-
est bidder, aud tho prcaont manufacturer Of pos
tai euYnfO1Ea.:
, 1873-03-12


carry tho produce forward, avou Mt tho proso:,t
cxorbitant rates.. What tho people want is III
my opinion, good doublo-traok railroad from
sumo point on the Missouri River, running East
through the heavy grain-producing StateR to tho
aoaboartl, Ray from Sioux City, through Central
Iowa, thence acrosa the Statea Of Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Thin road
should bo built by tho Genoral Government and
TINT the royenue from It would pay the interest
on tho money invested III building tho road, Tho
operating expenses, Keeping in repair, tEc This
road would ho able TO carry All inlMoEao amount
OF freight, ono train aftor another going at tho
rate OF about 10 miles per hour, oach way,
Thoro might DO passenger coaches nttachod to
aome Of the trhlns, tor tho accommodation Of
those who wished To patroliizo them. This,
think, would give 1ls cheap froigltB, M com-
poting llnos would have to lowor thoir ratos In
order to got their share Of the carrying trale.
This would ho tho bost way to briuE those
monopolea to tl,oir fooling, by building Il rival
road. oycr which tloy could hayo no control, aud
no individual Or corporation should oyor lnye
any intorost n 1t. IN this way, tho grain could
10 loaded in tho cars by tho fermeru antl be nub-
Ing tho Same to Wherever it ia destined
for, market. I thin way I think 4 car
load Of corn or wheat could ho loaded
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, FLOR 20 eonts POI POI
buplel. Now corn East IL worth about as censs
por buRllol, and |ere III tho West from IL TO 40
oenta por baallol. II We could add about il
conta por bushc! to THO price Of our corr, ltwould
our crop in Illinois Worth, any, a5 conts. Thon
pay 20 oenta freight to tho Eastern cities. and
tEoy would attll got their corn for 10 cents nor
bushel lesa than thoy now do. TLo Same would
apply to 81 ~, Woatorn produce that ia aont to
hoayy freight for tho morchant, thoreby mSking
1t tonatit to all.
The doueral Government epcnda great deal
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R,oop. SCARS AMI HAm--when II. +
Waller, tho well known and very popular Gold
Mn clothier, resda the defiant and ingenious
m.nife.,oes of other dealers threatening to sell
clothing at less than cost, or saying that their
.,ock 1, the best In the country, he merely
siiows a charitable smile to sufdse his genial
eoHn,enance IKE 4 gentle zephyr .ippiils f Sis
ua.niv mnstsche and remarks: That's not
business. Let gentlemen eO me. and "a, TRADE SuH , %lss
me, and when they SEQ thai tney can Say sSp Wv
fsyt suited, then they win the better under.
stand whom to trade with hsreaiser;J ws ost
o1nsr oood.. Let others talk blood. scalps ana
Ssir Snt Waller win 90 on in the even tenor Of
his way, selling frst.rate goods cheap
ryrx,yo soHooL.-Professor Cromwell ha,
.n svenino school ct the public school
SpiHI in Gold Ain. Daily sessions from =! to
. P. 4. Pertons desiring instructions N inc
en,lish branches will do well to Avail tnem'
selves OF The present opportunity. Terms rea'
sonable. '