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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12
Glittering Gsneralities.

i NC hOuiIIhS AtIlLLOCI 1-Op-
in New York.
Massachusetts has nineteen
cities
Connecticut is exteRing to-
bacco cultivation.
The Georgia State Fair will
commence on the 9th of Octo-
Der
The grain crop throughout
California is very good ....
Brownsville (Tenn.( has a
nearly finished cotton mill.
The West has again been
visited by violent storms and
tornadoes- .. .. -. ..a -
In PortIands, Oregon, a
thirty pound salmon can be
bought for 30 cents. ..'
One in every eight of Geor-
gia's population is a Baptist.
The odd seven feel-very lonely.
The latest Americanism is
"nuptiated." 1t is synony-
nous with married"
Twenty thousand quarts of
milk are condensed daily in
Swiss factories
The Shah walks poorly, rides
elegantly, dances untiringly,
and makes love admira bly,.
st. Clair, Mich, is excited
over petroleum indications in
vicinity. ...
a rich mine of pure copper
has been discovered in Greene
county, Ga. '
In 1872 there were 1910
births in Boston, 1852 marEiag
es and 5000 deaths.
No rain has fallen in the
Southern portion of Wild Ca
Prairie, Ind, for two months
The Water Valley Miss.
cotton factory will go into OPP
} Grafton, it is intended, with til,
incoming of the new crop.
, Green apples are now doin!
their favorite work-pains
freseoed with severe gripping
: and grunting in various notes
! A wooden factory in Dali
. county: Ala, turns out 90
: yards orleans and linseys dai
j., ~ ... .......
: Nevada pays servant girl
500 per months, and no on
dares complain about cookin
either. . nlG-a .. ... ST..
r A Siberian husband can d
S vorce his wife at will, but it
It very rare that such an even
e occurs. ... ..
/. When a man says that farm
= ing don't pay, it is pretty ce,
a tain that his wife works niue
harder than he does. ~
4 The Fort Wayne Sentinu
# says that the last year Morto
= was Governor of Indiana h
.s COW feed cost the State 500.
d! Michigan never brags abo,
a it, but she has sixty murdere.
in her prison under life Sc
tence.
IS The Duke of Cambridge h;
'e been asked to resign as Coz
lt mander in Chief in the Britt:
re Army.
+ A Catholic priest in Mart
county Ind. has Hyacintht
ii, with the daughter of a prom
in nent citizen.
IN A Jersey manor doScri bod
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

Gov. Powers. of Mississippi,
proposes TO aid the canvass in
that State by sending to each
county such "electioneering
documents" as muskets, car
fridge boxes and gun sings
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

The..Winchester News has
been permitted to see a private
letter in which it is stated that
several English capitalists are
seeking investments in Vir-
ginia. .-.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

1t cost s25 to keep a dog in
washington territory.
Happy citizensl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

1t is stated that the steamers
hatcher, Robt. Z. Lee and
Belle Lee have each cleared
this season fiom $4,000 to
100000. --a'- -a-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

A laundering printer alludes
G an y-at,jaw.-LEX-
n, fsunder in that.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

We learn that our clever
young friend, Gus. Lowry, has
been appointed Special Agent
of the Southern Life Insurance
Company, of Memphis, Tenn.
No better opportunity for lay
ing up an unencumbered
moneyed estate can be offered
the Company is ably managed
and reported perfectly solvent
combining the safest and
most favorable plans; besides
it is "home institution" and
as such, we commend it and
Mr.. l.. to our friends. ...
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

Gov. Blair, Of Michigan, has
turned an editor.-[Ex.
What editor has he turned
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

We want a new departure, it
is true, and of the most EN-
phatic character; butt is not
a departure that will place Us
still more completely in the
power Of the negroes that we
should take. Our new depart
ure should be, to make some
organized effort to induce white
men 10 settle among us. We
should give the world founder
stand that it is the purpose of
the white people to control the
destinies Of Louisiana; that
we prefer to sell lands to, and
employ men Of our own race,
who will cooperate with us for
the common good. And why
should not this new departure
begin rightin this city and
its neighboring towns! Why
should not our planters organ
ize a Labor and immigration
company in every parish OF
North Louisiana! Why should
not those who own more land
than they can cultivate, have
their surplus acres surveyed
off into small farms, and then
offer them to industrious white
men at reasonable prices OF
long credit! We throw GU
these suggestions to find i
there is any spirit of enterprise
and self relianCein which they
can take root. Should they
do so we pledge the Services
7 and best energies of the Times
to the work proposed On,
word in conclusion: Let on
people realize that the saliva
ton of Louisiana does not de
pend on the negro, but on on
railroads and white immigra
tion.-LShreveport Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12

'' l'-- BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday Morning, July IL, 1873,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Those distinguished Radicals
who have had charge of the In.
dian service business have exhib-
tied more shrewdness than their
brothers in other departments
They have kept no systematic ac-
counts, and hence corrupslons,
fraud, bribery, forgery. and ras-
calities cannot be readily expos
ed. Hereafter it is proposed that
stealing in this department shall
be a matter of record.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Guslty. Gssttsy.

The New York Herald, which
during the late political contest
was-an arden supporter of Grant,
insspeaking of the disgraeetul ex-
posures at Washington, says;
"There is no dieagreementiin
the jury of the nation. The voice
of one and all pronounce a verdict
of GUILTY against the whole
batch of huckstering Congress
men. They are all in the same
eategory-Wilson Colfax, Ames,
Patterson, Brooks, Allison, Kelly
and all the rest. The same evi
dence inculpates all alike, and
the difference between the offend
er who received his hundred and
fifty shares and his associate who
received his two or ten shares is
only similar to the difference
between the highwayman aid
the pickpocket or between the
burglar and the sneak thief"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
/. The Public Debt.


-fhe Dayton Ledger says: The
months of December and Janu,
airy show an increase in the pub
lie debt of $2,ooO,OOO! People
very naturally inquire why this
should be when the vast reven-
ues of the country reach over
three hundred millions a year
They rightly judge that with this
immense income, there should
be a large surplus to apply to the
liquidation of the national debt,
audit is-not a pleasant reflection
that this state of things should
exist. There is, however, area-
son for it that is not at7ail credi-
table, togthe country. Tie Re
publican admins ration, since
the elose of the war, has heen
mainly occupied in the business
of plunderlng the people under
the color and with the alleged
sanction of law. Millions have
been thrown away on unconstitu-
.Etional appropriations; subsidies
aof almost every conceivable kind
have been granted, while private
corporations have been allowed
thrust tn cir hands deep into
the public treasury under the
lpretext that the enterprises in
(which they were engaged were
of public benefit and utility; and
the amount actually stolen by
corrupt and unfaithful public of
fcers will perhaps never be
known Every Congress is be-
hset with ringsgand combinations,
Whose only object is to make, a
large haul upon the public mon
ey, and it is a melancholy fact
that in nearly every case they.
are successful. 1t is nighttime.
this business was stopped; but we
despair of seeing a better state of
things while the present admin
~istration is inegpower. There
ought TO be a decrease of the
debteihstead of an increase every
month! The present condition
of things is ruinousto the credit
Eofi the country at home aud
abroad. Last fall the people
were duped into the belief that
sGrant vas steadily paying off
the debit when the truth is that
large payments, due previous to.
the presidential election, were
put over in order to make appar-
introduction in September and
October. That, of course, was all
done for effect. Now the truth
comes onttbat the debt is stead-
lily increasing from month to
month, and that the statements
ofthe Radical papers and politi-
clans last fall were all false and.
deceptive and used for the worst.
and meanest of partisan purpo.
.ses.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The Wheeling Register answers
the conundrum: eff you issue
more greenbacks and buy bonds
with them wlllinterest be saved?"
in this terse manner. So.
Suppose the Secretary of the
Treasury should print $25, 1000,
600 of greenbacks and exchange
them for $25, 900, 900 worth of
bonds, then make a bonfire of
the bonds. How does that, strike
you? Wouldn't interest on the
bonds be saved in that way? If
not, Why not?" azsa 81,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
oar Rail Road.

The latest reports in regard to
etLe prospect of the building of
the L. E. E. & S. W. r. r., is in an
editorial in the last issue of the
n Seymour Democrat, which says
THAT there is no doubt that this
Road will be commenced in the
Spring in earnest and pushed
with yigorLuntil- completed
y, The Democrat is good authority,
Yah and we feel like giving some Gre
dence to its predictions in regard
to this great enterprise. There is
nothing that wopld be more
cheering and welcometo the peo-
pie of this County than the six
ed fact of this piece OF intelli,
gence. ~ T..
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Rev. DR.. Geo. S. Vallandigham,
an elder brother of the late Hon.
G. l.. Valiandigham, died sudden
ly in Cincinnati, on the 18th inst.
At the time of his death he was
rector of the Episcopal Church,
at New Lisbon, Ohio.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

A bill Hfor the prohibition of
gift enterprises in the District of
Columbia was passed by the
House of Representatives. That's
rough on Grant.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Governor Smith of Georgia
wants So, 567,435 during the
current year to meet bonds fall
ing due and to pay the interest
on the public debt.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The truthful and honest Isaac
objects to the Credit Mobiiier
beng called a Radical concern,
because he Gays Democrats are
mixed in it as welLa as. Republi-
cans. You know better, Isaac,
there is but one Democrat in>
volted in it, and he but a recent
convert, but you are dishonest and
willing to swallow any corrup-
ton your party may engage in.
We had u sample of this from
you last iall, even after the thing
was made apparent to you. The
Credit Mobilier IS a Republican
concern, got up by Republicans
aud was engineered by Repnblia
cans for the benefit of the Re-
publican party, and IS in keeping
with many other of itsAswindles
and srobberiess As Mr.Brooks is
the only Democrat engaged in it,
we hope be. will receive from bis
constituents thatjust and right
eous rebuke that all connected
with the swindle and robbery
should meet. When a mans
raecsfity is unmistakable we. shall
never attempt to- exeuse him be-
cause he belongs tonthe Demo
cratic party That isn where we
differ again, Isaac. ss
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

According to. the Tribune,
President Grant and some ofthe
prominent members of the Wash
5ingtons Ring are making up q
purse to present toFMr. Thomas
Mast. They are grateful to Mr..
Mast, no doubt, Ter nt3having
ii seated their little transaction as
he treated the exploits Of Con.
molly, Tweed &,Cp. OF this city.
This gratitude iswell fou nded.
The Nv Washington rascals5 have
Ioutde ne, Tweed and Connollyin
,plundering the public, and Mast
has zealously letthem alone OF
course. if the rpmor that Mast is
dead should prove to be we'll
the money viii be given,
to the orphans and widows of
firemen who. have persisted in.
the discharge Of their duty.
~. y. San. ID Ifgs ssa. U Q
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Motice.

NTOrTcE Il. hereby given that the undersign-
IN qualified as Adrainistrator Of the Estate OF
CoTneliuSyoorhis, late of Preble County, Ohio,
deceasedS 80 JAMES GAMPBELL, ADMIT.
Febrracy Is, lS7s.-wa-prf. Si,7F.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Notice.
FRANCIs N. KIINGER,s EsTATI

FRANCIS NJ. ESTATE
e-Ea- 80 - ---O -
.Nn the 9Th day of December, A. ID. 1s72,the Pro
bate Court of Preble County declared the Es-
~ tate of Francis NJ. Klinger, deceased, to be
prutably insOlyent. Creditors are therefore re-
.auired to present their claims against the Estate
10 the Undersigned for allowance, within six
months from the time above mentioned, or they
Will not be entitled to payInents.[
- = - JOHN G. TRICK, Administrator.
FebruaryI 3.lST3-SG.% -EHs-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
free Turnpike Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a petition Will be pre-
sented to the Commissioners of PFcb1e county, d.,
at their next session, tebe held on the first Mon
day of March, A, D., 1878. praying for the establish
ment of a Free Turnpike Road along. the following
described route in said County, to-wit: Beginning
at a point on the New Lexington and PyrmOnt
Free Turnpike Road near the tenant house of Sol
ONION Meckley in Sec. 81, town 6 range S; thence
north following the meaIderings OF Twin Creek on
the County Road to the North boundary line OF the
east along said road to the north east corner OF said
Quarter; thence north along said County. road to
the south east corner of section 10 in said township
MANY PETITIONERS.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

It is said that jacob Mueller,
our present Lieutenant-Gover-
nor, positively declines TO be "a
candidate for reelection.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The latest plea for the Credit
Mobilier Copgfessmen is that
their pay is inadequate, and that
they were justified therefore in
takingyOa mes money and
returning more than an 'eqniya-
lent In the nations money. Two
thirds of the thieves in our peni-
tentiaries could offer the same ex.
eusc. r..
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Esta1e Notice.

TT is hereby given that the undersigned
~ has tiiisAia< beetf-TPnotnted aud qualified as
Executor of the Estate of Henry Barnhart, late of
Preble County deceascd. LEVI BARNAART.l
Jan. 80, 1s7S-w3, Executor
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

An Ohio statute makes it "the
duty of school directors to visit
the schools of the su~b-district at
least twice dnring each term
Directors are bound by t. cir Off
cal obligations to fulfill the re
quirements of this provision.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
The aOredit9 Mobilier7, is "a a

The "Credita Mobilier',s is a
French term. The leading cap.
i~talists in and out of Congress
a who obtained the charter with
immense land grants and subsi-
sdies Of from $4,000 to $4,000
per mile, to build the Union Pa
ciic Railroad organized the
Credit Mobilier as distinct from
the Union Pacific r. R.. Go. to
the Credit M obiiier; and by means
of Credit Mobilier stock and divi-
dends to Members of Congress,
got bill passed subrogating the
fret mortgage bonds OF the Gov>
$50 ernment2 tostheir own second
= mortgage bonds, aud thus swind-
led the U. S. Government and
people out of from fifty to huns
dred millions dollars.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The New York Sunday Times
makes this interesting statement:
" Agreeably 10 the election re;
turns, as carefully compiled for
the World Almanac for This year,
five millions and one hundred of
the voting population of the
United States did not give their
ballots for President Grant, and
he owed his success to the stay
at-homes who would not vote for
Greeley. Had the stay at-homes.
voted for 'sOld Chappaqua,"he he.
would have beer. elected by a
majority of a million and a half.
These facts are idle ones now,
but they present themselves as a
notable portion of the curiosities
of the ballot"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
RAILROAD TIME 3

Cincin. Eaton g Richmond &, E.
RAILWAY LIME.
Passenger Trains will run on this Road, Ieayin
the several Stations as follows:
Takes Effect Sunday, December, I
1872, at 300 p. III.
Upward Trains. Downward Trnins.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

t44sHt 1E1 -
A bill abolishing the ranking
aFr privilege. after July Lat, has
passed bothe4Houses Weare
o asba glad that tn is long lived abuse
has at last met its jpst fate. The
u q Treasury is relieved Off great
teaa and almost useless. burden, and
the country henceforthrowiH be
spared the infiiction of floods of
itF~ lying partisan documents. We.
hail this as a step in the painfully
,1and doubtful progress of
genuine reformsi7s ~
A bill repeating the Bankrupt
zsd HActahas passed the House and is
: pending in the Senate, with a.
faas prospect ot%approval. Ernest ap-
peals to modify, not repeal the
ae1a law, from numerous influential
Hood eourees may check, if they do not
thwart, its passage5in the Senate.
The law is held in disfavor by
ta9 the lawyers, and it was by, their
&c. Influence, hurried through the
sza House. Should fhe repeal be-
effected, many fear it viii seri-
ously disturb the business inter
est of the country. The ~infuen-
s tiaI and urgent efforts making to
force to return TO specie payments
5s = within a year. will likely prove
he another disturbing cause. Cer-
tainly, the financial interests of
laa the country are on no such firm
basis as to warrant doubtful ex-
- s4periments.sa7gRf H. sssGsnFa9 .1at
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
BARG AINS

a 4
ess1s lEtct
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

philadelphia coIored men fa-
,xof Cuban insurgents.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Nos; and run Daily; All other Trains Daily,
-f|rl.. f. r MTERs. tfa
Gen. Pass a TicEet Ag.t.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The Springfield (Mass) Repnb,
lican-a Republican paper-has
this to say of its own party:
"The republican party has under
taken to carry Credit Mobilier.
1t now finds its load becoming
heavier than it had bargained
for; will it throw 1T down, OF will
it stagger on under it totred suct-
ion2''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Hhe Entea.pek bill.


The following is the text of
the bill repeating the usury law,
passed by the Ohio Senate on the
Oath
SECTION 1. That all parties TO
any bond, bill, promissory note
or any other instrument of
writing, for the forbearance or
payment of money at any future
time, may stipulate therein the
rate of interestper centum per
annun agreed upon the amount
OF such bond, bill or promissory
note, or instrument of writing.
Seq, That upon all judgeE
ments, DEGREES, or orders, rend-
cred upon any bond bill, pronis-
sorry note, ior instrument Of
writing, containing s,ipulatlons
for the payment OF interest, III
accordance with the first section
of this act, interest shall DC com
pnted until payment at the rae
stipulated in such bonds, bills,
promissory note, or other fnstrl.
ment Of writing. a b.
Sec. 8. In all cases other than
those provided foT in the first
aud second sections of this act,
when money shall become due
and payable upon any bond, bill,
tromiesory note, OF instrument
| of writing, bearing date after the
passage of this act, upon any
book account or settlem there's
after made between parties, upon
all verbal contracts thereafter
entered into, and. upon all jndg
ments, DEGREES, aud orders before
any Judicial tribunal for the pay
ment of money arising out of any
cotract made or other transaction
occurring after the passage of
| this act. the creditor or creditors
shall be entitled to interest at the
rate of six per cent per anum,
and no more. Z,
SEC. A. Al ,creditors shall be
entitled to collect and receive on
all bonds, bills, notes and other
written instruments before enter
ed inte,aupon all balances struck
on settlements heretofore made.
upon nook accounts heretofore
accrued, upen all. verbal contrasts
heretofore made.n and upon al
Judgments, aecreesnlot orders IF,
court heretofore rendered, the
same as if this act had not been
passed. alft srt - rs =.
+ SEC; s. Thatteection / of ar
acttot. amend the act fixing the
the rate of interest, passed Janu-
airy 12,ot1842, be, and the same
is hereby repealed. ] ,9tgL
SEo.a6 That section 1 of 5an.
act fixing the rateI of interest.
passed February 18, 1848, which
tookjbeHect March 1, 1913, be,
and the same {, hersby repealed.
s SEC. z. That this act shall.
take effect and bein force from
nd altar TI,Iu 1879 sarFEf .geE
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The State of Texas is increasing
inPopulation with unprecedented
rapidly. Statistics show that in
the year 1886 there were only
fifty thousand people within its
limits; and in 1870 there were
eight hundred and fifty thousand.
So great and.perpetuaI has been
the influx of emigrants since the
last census, that the population
at the present time is estimated
to be over one million,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The majority of the Ohio Sen
atoTs appear to think that men
are free agents enough to bor-
row money at any price, but yet
not sufficiently free agentt to
buy Intoxicating liquors, This
may be logical, though we fail
to see that it is so.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The New York Sun was the
first paper to expose the Credit
Mobilier corruption. It has been
fercely denounced, ever since by
the Grant administration organs
asa lying, sensational sheet,''
but is now fully vindicated by
the proofs in the case. We shall
see whether any of these organs
will have the fairness and homes
ty to acknowledge this fact.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The Congressional exanina-
ton at Washington, of the Louis
lana election outrage has reveal
ed beyond denial the fact that
the Grant and Kellog Custom
House ticket for Governor, was
declared elected witLouta single
official RETURN. %H"'
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

OEC.ts0 Inat EGcIIQH i OFoaN
act fixing the rateT of interest,
passed February 18. 1848, which
tookHeHect March 1, 1913, be,
and the same is thersby repealed
SEC. Z. That this act shall
take effect and bein force from
and after July 1, 1873. aaa