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opErousAs. JUNG 2ad. 1871.
Proceedings of the Beard of Police or
the Town of OpeIoHsas.

TUESDAY. June29d. 1874.
The Board OF Police of the town of 0pelousas
met. Present DR.. James Ray, President; p. j..
Lefebvre, G. MoTiihinveg. Sr., G. MAYO. G.aS,
Ealer, A. B. Cllachere and G. w. Hudspeth.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
On motion the following ordinance was read
twice and adopted viz:
Sec. /. Be it ordained thatfhe President OF
tho Board of Police be and he is hereby author.
izea and empowered. whenever, in his opinion,
it may become necessary, to appoint such AN
additional number of constabIes or police Off
GERS as he may consider necessary, i'll order to
maintain peace and 0rdeI. within the corporate
limits of the town.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the depit-
ties so appointed shall have the same overs as
the regularly elected or appointed constable of
the to be under his control and subject to
the orders of the President Of the Board; and
that they shallreceIVe the following eompensa-
ton and no more, fa-wit: one dollar and fifty
cents for each day they may be so employed.
On motion of Mr.. Mayo, the following resoIu-
ttolfs were unanimously adopted
See. /. Resolved, by the Board of Police of the
town Of 0pelOusas, That the Sheriff OF the par
ish of ST. Landry and his deputies. he and tire
hereby respectfully requested TO cooperate with
Enforcement of the ordinances adopted or to be
hereafter adopted by said Board, having for
their object the maintenaHee OF peace and order
and the prevention of violent. boisterons or dis
orderly conduct on the street, or within the
corporate limits of said town.
See. 2. Be 1t further resolved, That the Seere-
tary of the Board be and he Is. hereby required
to hand to the Sheriff Ii certified cepy of the or
diTaIiee adopted bythis Board OH the 27th May.
1874. entitled an ordinance the more effectually
to provide for the police of the town of Opelot-
sas md other purposes.
Sec. b. BE ttfurther resolved, That Il commit
tee to consist OF the President Of the Board and
Mlessrs. P.sL LefebVfe and CT Mayo, wait upon
the Sheriff for the purpose OF soliciting his CO.
operation as herein above stated
il motion, the Board adi0nsaaed.
JAMES RAY. President.
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DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST. Lam.
dry.-No. ,12395,-By virtue of an order OF
seizure and sale, issued out of the honorable the
III and for the Parish of st. Landry, in thc above
entitled suit, and to me directed, / will proceed
to sell, ut public auction. to the highest bidder,
at the Courthouse of said parish, in the town of
O,pelouSas, on SATURDAY., the LIST day Of
August, 1874, at eleven o'clock a. NJ, the follow.
ing described property, tO-wit:
Certain tracts of land, described as being the
southwest .qslartcr of sectiOntwenty eight The
east half of section thirty-two. The northwest
quarter of section thirty. All of said tracts in
township nine, south of range two of the South
western Land District Of Louisiana.
Seized i'll the above suit.
TcrmS-CashO Oh the spot.
June 2G +. q HAYES Shor;e
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Political Correspondence.

To Messrs. f. T. Lewis, ct ais:
We propose to you, that at the meeting which
is to be held on the 4th of July, that -.
/. The meeting shall be organized under the
presidency OF two citizens, one to be designated
by lis and one to be designated by you, both to
have equal rights.
2. That there shall be three speakers desie-
mated by each party one speaker of one party
to be followed by one of the other party.
3. That we shall draw lots, who VIII begin the
discussion.
4. We propose to limit the time of eachspeaker
to one hour.
.. We propose to bear half of the expenses of
a barbecue if any is proposed to be given:
Should any of these propositions be rejected,
please state which and what you propose as a
substitute. Andplease give MS an answer within
four days.
Friday morning June 10Th, 1874.
HENRY L. GARLAND,
,... GEORGE W. HUDsPETJ,
F. PERRODTS.
John +. KING,
+. y. EsTILETTE,
b. A. MATTEL,
w. A. ROBERTSON.
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Bloch Bros. VS.. WI. B. CnmubeTI a., ~.

DISTRTCT COURT. PARISH OF ST. Ian.
49, dry.-No. 12209,-By virtue of writ of firri
facias, issued ont of the honorable the Eighth
District Court, in and for the Parish Of ST.
directed, will proceed to sell ut public orctinn,
to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of said
parish, III the town of Opelousas, on SATUR-
DAl, the LIST day Of August, 1874, at eleven
to-wit: f-'fN''''
A certain lot of ground, situated in the town
OF Opelousas, parish of st. Landry, containing
street, and bounded north by land of Ann PALLET,
on the south. by land belonging to DR.. r. H.
L1tteit, and on the east by land belonging to
improvements thereon.
Seized in the above suit. ~
Terms.-Cash on the spot.
June &c T.. O, HAYES sbor;a'
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NEW ADvER


M ISr-
Lastie nnpre VS.. George w. Nielsen.
DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST rAr
dry.-NO. 12394.-Ry virtue of an orior ~
seizure and sale issued out of the honopahIe +hn
ElSnth District Court, in and for the Parrish ~
~. Landry, i'll the above entitled suit, and r. M,
directed, ! will proceed to sell at public anctinn
10 the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of s1iG
PariSh, IN the town of Opelousas, OIL SATTTP.
DAN. the LIST day of August. 1874, ut eleven
o cIocK A. NJ the following described property,
l. A tract of land, with the dwelling house
IticillS ana picuX, measuring one hundred anI
elSnty acres, bounded north by Jos. c. Bnur,nIIe
s9uth ny David Bloch, east by 1lnd of HonorS
Mechc and lands of Richard, and west nv Ran.
road land, being part of the same land acIrirnd
by +. [. Gardiner from the United States Co
elnnlent, certificate No. 1923. wv"
80 CERTAIN tract of woodland, situated Mt
folnt Nolrc, in the parish of st. Landry, meas
ur1lg nfty.-ftvc superficial arpents, having nne
and a half arpents front by. say, tfirtv-siS and
two,thlrd arpents iii depth, bounded north nv w
public lands, south by a tract of five srIpcrtici,I
arpents. reserved by vendor, on the Bayou1 PA Din.
queinlne BrnlGe, on one side by land Of NJ. L.
ger, and OH the other side by land of Z6lirt,
Bf;tSseur. The above described two tracts hein~
the same purchased by David Bloch from los
bloGh, ny act passed before Yves D'Avy, Re.
cordcr. the 23d February, 1869.
Seized in the above suit.
Tcr1nS-CashO on the spot.
june 70 L. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
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RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
urable Probate Court of the Parish of st.
Landry, there will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the undersigned a public
auctioneer, at the last residence of the deceased,
i'll the town of Washington, i'll this parish, on
TUESDAY, July 2sth, 1874, the following dcs-
cribed property, helouging to the estate Of Jo-
seph Untz, deceased, tO-wit:
|. One lot of ground, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon. situated in the town
of Washington, Louisiana, pounded north by
- street, south by property occupied by ST
mon Lepp, east by Mrs. Wallace, and west by
Bridge street, s.EF
2. One lot of groceries and liquors, one half
barrel of whiskey, one lot of bar-room decanters
and fixtures, one lot of bakers utensils, one htl-
reaE, one marble-blOck table, one dozen chairs,
one rocker, one looking glass, ono bedstead and
bedding, one washstand, " small bedsteads,
one common bureau, two %arlnoirs, one clock,
one marble-t0p washstand, one lot of bottles,
two safes, one stove with fixtures, two common
tables, one lot of erOckeryware.
TermS-Cashz
~ LAURENT DUPRE,
iune 2G-5t Auctfonccr. -
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~ Wonder Who They're For.u
BY I. IL. NJ,

My mas been working very hard,
And also very sly,
And keeps her sewing out of sight
Whenever | am nigh.
l.aSked her once what made her stop
Her work when ] came IN;
She said she only stopped to get
A needle, thread or pin.
The bureau drawer next to mine
Is locked up both night and day, F.
And when ma wants to open it
She sends me off to play.
| stole 4 peep III afternoon,
Although it was nOtEright;
Bat, oh! the little things I saw
Were such Il pretty sight! ri
The cutest, incest little clothes,
Just big enough for doll
But then I knew they're not for her
She needs them not at all. 'f. '
| know they're not for ma, nor pa.
Nor me, nor brother "HOr."
For we can't wear such little clothes
I wonder who they're for!
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AAcRau HSeE" aHN, WIG, VS.. AcBR1Ie DHDre
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. Ian
- .DR?.-No.1 2378.-By virtue of a writ of feri
fac1as, Issued out of the Honorable the Eighth
District Court in and for the Parish of st. Ian
dry, IN the above entitled suit, and to inc di-
to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of
sad parish, i'll the town of Opelousas, on SAT-
CRDAI, the LIST day of August, 1874. at eleven
t0-wit- > 80
The undivided fourth of lot No. 8, as marked
on the plat OF survey of the town of Washington,
with all the buildings and improvements there.
on, bounded north by Bridge street, cast by
Water street, south by lot of Never We'll. and
west bySittig street. Also the undivided fourth
OF fractional lot No. l, as marked upon the same
north by Bridge street, east by Bayou Conrta-
hleau on Front street, south by lot claimed by
CO: Pickett ct AIS, and west by Water street.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Terms-CashO on the spot.
june 26 T.. Q. HAYES, Sheriff.
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Lns1ie munro VS.. Henderson, mumhIe,

HLA&SBkG. hD&9EEE VS. MAGHAMEESOM HI
nISTRI(T COURT. PARISH OF ST. Ian
~ dry.rNo. 1239a-BvN virtue of an order of
seizure and sale issued out of the honorable the
Eighth District Court, i'll and for the Parish OF
st. Landry, i'll the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, / will proceed to sell. at public auc-
ton. to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of
said parish, in the town of Opelousas, on SAT-
EURDAY, the list day of August, 1874, at eleven
AM, the following described property,
1. The undivided half of q tract of land, with
all the buildings and Improvements thereon, in
Gliding sugar house, machinery, with all the
stock tIlefe0lf.s also carts, wagons, ployvs, har-
nesses, situated in the parish OF st. Landry, on
the west side of Bayou Marie CFoqIlant or Teehe,
having twenty arpentsi hi front byforty i'll depth.
2. The. undivided half of q tract of land, sitla-
ted ON the east side Of Bayou Marie Croqnant or
Teche. having four arpents front by forty IN
depth, bounded on the lower side by lands form
erig belonging to Baptiste Rider, now TO o.. Mo-
reau and a. Rider.
3. The undivided half0f aeertain tract OF land
joining the above tract, situated on the east SIDE
of Bayou Mafje Cr0allant or Teche, bounded on
one side BY land Of At. st. Cyr, and on the other
side by land here above described, containing
twenty arpents.
ated Oh the east side of Bayou Marie Cfoquant
or TGche. having a1oIt seven and q half aIpents
front by forty in depth, bounded one side ny
land of Mary Ann LitteH and on the other by
lands of Mrs. Des1Harets and DR.. Foster.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Terms and COnditions-For cash, to an amount
sufficient TO pay the costs OF THESE proceedings.
and the six thousand and eighteen dollars and
interest, at eight per cent, oHsegenteen hundred
and sixty-eigftt dollars from 19th october, 1872;
like interest on four thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars thereof from 18th November, 1872,
and the balance of the price payable thus: three
thousand three hundred and sfXty-S1x dollars
with eight per cent. yearly interest from 10th
October, 1872, payable on 1st January, 1875, and
three thousand three hundred and sixty-six dol
lars will eight per cent. yearly interest from
10th October, 1872, payable January 1st, 1876.
June 20 E. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
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TheoduIe F. Richard VS.. Henry ID.

pARISH COURT, ST. LANDRY.-No. pos
BY virtue of i writ OF fieri facias issued out
Of the honorable Parish Court, in and for the
Parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, | will proceed to sell >at
public auction, to the highest bidder, ut the
Courthouse OF said parish, in the town of Ope,
lonsas. on SATURDAY, the 1st day of August,
ls74, at eleven O'Clock 4. NJ, the following
described property, to-wit-
A piece of land situated on Plaqllemine Ridge,
containing about fifty superficial arpents, bound,
ed north by il C%arIiere, south by landreservcd
to the railroad, west by J. L. Carriere and Ibag.
A.: Perrodin, and east by Mrs. Geo. W. Gardiner,
with all the buildings and improvements there
Oh, or what may be thereon.
Seized in the above suit. spI.'f
Tcl1ns-Cash Oh the spot. N..
june 26 L, o, HAYES. Sheriff !
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OF AngeIine Lavergne.-No. 3s34

Estate of Angelina Lavergne.-No. 1884
STATE OF LOU1SIANA.-PARTsH COURT,
Parish of st. Landry, administrator of the estate
of Angeline Lavergne, deceased, has filed a final
tableaH and distribution Of the funds Of said es-
tate, accompanied by his petition praying for
the llomOlogation of the same;
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
June 23d, 1874.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tab1eau in writing at my office in the town of
Opelousas, within the time required by law.
why the said tableail should not Meteorological
and confirmed. @G- e.
q i w. A.,ROBERTsoN, Clerk.
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Estate of Marie Boscph FOntcnOt,

STATE OF LOUISIANA.-PARTsH COURT
~ st. Iandry.-Whereas Joseph Derouen, of The
Parish of ST. Landry, Administrator of the es
tate OF Marie Joseph Fontenot, widow G. Sol.
lean. deceased, having filed a tableau of final
settlement of the funds of said estate, accom-.
panied by his petition praying for the homologa.
ton OF the same;
And, whereas, the prayer Of said petition hats
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
June 23d, 1874.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to all
tableau, in writing. at my office in the town OF
Opelousas, within the time required by law, why
said tableau should not be homologated and con.
firmed. W. A. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
innp 2R-l1g
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The Iberia Progress is informed that
the st. Martins white leaguers are try
ing to get niggers to join them, and
wants to know what would be the proper
appellation for white league niggers.
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NEW ADVERTTsEMENTs
Esfnte of Abram Harmon, sr.-NO -

Esfate of Abram Harmon. Sr.-NO So
State OF LOUTSTANA.-PARISH COURT.
~ st. La~ndry.-Whereas, Joseph Harmon, OF
the Parish of st. Landry, Testamcntary EXecil-
tor of the estate of AbFaln Hartman, ST., deccas-
cd. having filed Il final tableaH of administration
and distribution of the funds of said estate, ac-
conlpanied by his petition praying for the ho-
inologation of the same;
And whereas. the prayer Of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
June oath. 1874. @
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tahleau in writing at my Office in the town OF
Opelousas. within the time required by law, why
said,t ableau should not be hOlnOI0gated and con
fiIIned. j W. A. ROBERTSON. Clerk.
June &c
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Gen. r. C. Anderson, of this parish,
and State Senator from this district,
was in Washington city last Friday,
and called on President Grant.
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EAST FEIIoIANA.lGoverno Kellogg
has appointed the Hon. James g. Kill
bourne Parish Judge for this parish, TO
fill the vacancy 0ccasIoned by the death
of tile late Judge nj. NV. Hinges.
Judge KiIbOurne is a native of Missis-
sippi, graduated at Centenary College,
and Has been for many years of the
most learned and distinguished lawyers
DE Ese East Feliciana bar. He brings to-
The discharge of Ills duties d large expe-
rience, All accurate knowledge of tile.
laws, anda spotless integrity.
For this appointment, most hI to be
made, We step forward among the first
tp commend and congratulate Coy. Kel-
l0ggs
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Estate Of Marie Rose Froxard.-No. a1a!

Estate Of Marie Rose FrOxard.-NO. 3S35
DARIsH COURT, ST. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Il Andre ID. MGchc, of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, has applied by his petition to be appointed
administrator of the Estate of Marie Rose Fro
zard, deceased, late of said parish;
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment, will file the same
in writing in my office. in the town of Opetousas,
within ten days from the present notice.
W. A. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
il,nn DG-S4t - -
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They tell aauear stOlg about the doc
tors in q Certain Texas TOXIN. who were
NH away iast summer t0 attend 8 meai-
enI convention They were absent
about two months, and 0n their return
found al their patients had recovered,
tile drug stores lad closed, the nurses
su1a opened dancing schools the ceme-
berv had been cut nh into building lots
tile nndertakegs had g0ne to making
IEddles, anH the hearse had been painted
and sold as ii circus WaGOn.
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The Picayune is Of the opinion that
the correction. of the evils that have
grown out of universal suffrage, "can
only be lawfully and constitutiGnally
done by an educational qualification for
all suffragans, without regard to race,
color on previous condition of servitude.'
II might add a property (real estate) one
too, then idlers would have to earn a tax
receipt and be- able to read it, before
voting OF holding Office. The Pic. re-
commends that Congress pass suchalaw.
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CIIuRcH PRoPERTY.-It will be seen
from the following taken from the cen
sus statistics of 1870, that the Catholic
church iii Louisiana, while it does not
haze more than one fifth the number of
organizations and buildings, and largely
less than half the sittings, owns more
tllan twice the value of all the protest
ant church property in the State:
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Buck Greek Grange, No. no, declare
their unWillingness TO participate III
any political issue of the day as an or
der, and regard it MS the duty of the
Master DIT the State Grange rs revoke
the charters OF all sub0u inate oranges
that attempt to introduce 4 political IS
sue I'LL tile order.
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Lawyers, merchants, grain BUYERS,
etc, because they have farms outside
uE their regular business, and have an
aiEaa1 income therefr0in, are not en-
titlelt to become Patrons OF usbandry-
lOIlinr .InarnAIa
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Why are elergy1nen like railway por-
tiers Z Because they do a good deal. of
coupling.
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NDEDATE
Fer State senator,


Mn. EDITOR Please announce that, at tic
solicitation of many Democrats and ConServa-
tives of the parish of st. Landry, DR.. W. II.
KIRkMAN, of the parish of CalcaSieu, has con
scented TO become a candidate for the State Sen
ate, at the election of November next.
III conCeding to- our sister parish the right of
presenting Il candidate for the said office, we
ehcerfully recommend DR.. kirkman to the ia
v0rable consideration of the Democrats and
Conservatives of st. Landry.
MANY VOTERS OF ST. LANDRY.
! respectfully announce myself a candidate
for the office of State Senator of the Tenth Sen
atorial District. comprising the parishes of st.
Landry, Lafayette, Cameron and Calcasieu.
GEORGE II. WELLS
DIR. VIM. A. ROBERTSON is II candidate for
the State Senate ut the next election. from this
District, composed OfthG parishes of Lafayette,
Cameron, Calcasiel and St. Landry.
For sheriff.
JAMES 0. CIACHERE is a candidate for
Sheriff at the next election. w.
EGBERT O.. HAYES is a candidate for Sheriff
ut the next election. ...
! am Il candidate. for the Office of Sheriff of the
parish Of st. Landry, at the election in Noyenl-
Der next. ,-. c. c. DUSON.
1879
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Houston, Texas, July go, 1874.
Endorsed by the City Council. Capital Prize
IS, 900 Gold. Among the prizes are Ten Res
ideIiecs aud over 100 Tractssof Land IN ~ alher-
Send for circular. Agents wanted. For refer
ences ask your banker.
]. L. FOSTER, Manager.
june I2-tf houston, Texas
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DOsEY,s RHTTERS ARE UNDE-
'niably the purest in the market, and tho
cheapest, ten to one, for the good they do.
TRY one 30 cent bottle and he convinced.
sept 26-tf,
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The United States has oyer $1,000
miles Of telegraph.
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GRAND LoDGE.-Bro. Bachelor,
Grand Secretary, sends out q book of
five hundred pages, and calls it the Pro-
ceedings of the Grand Lodge of the
Stateof Louisiana. Kentucky andLouis-
lana give us more pages as proceedings
than any other grand jurisdictions, and
their grand secretaries spendany amount
of means, time, patience and labor to
make them complete and useful. The
proceedings before us are those had at
Annual Communication in New Orleans
from February. 0 to f3, 1874, inclusive.
1t includes numerous tables, statistics,
historical accounts, names of every af-
fliated Mason holding membership with
any Masonic Lodge In the State con-
stitation, regulations, edicts, etc. Lou
isiana has T58 Lodges, 1888 members !;
36T were initiated the past year, $50
Omitted, 1859 affiliated, 1856 died, ia d
pended, "a expelled, 81 reinstated, and
two new LOdgesorganized. Bro. Michel
ElOi Girard, Of Vermilionville, was re-
elected Grand Master, aud Bro. James
q. Bachelor, of New Orleans, re-eleeted
for the seventh time GrandSecretary
masonic Jewell.
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WHERE THE CoTToN GoRs.-England
has now 36,000,000 spindIes in her mills,
with nearly 100000 looms, and $50, 900
Workmen. Next comes the United
States, with 8.000,0 900 spindles; France,
], 100000; the German Zollyerein, 1000
900, of which Alsaee possesses /, 700, 900;
Russia, 1000, 600; Switzerland, / 100000 !;
Austria. 400, 1000; Spain, Loo, 900 Bel
GUM, 100000; Italy, 10000, and over
100000 for other countries. According
to the report of nj. Alcan, made in 1867,
the number of spindles used in cotton
spinning was 58,S50,0o0, which number.
has increased now TO 63,700,00O, EST
mating the amount OF capital invested
Mt $40 in gold per spindle, we find that
$637, 100000 is invested in the industry,
and some S160.000,000 is annually paid
to 4 100000 workmen.
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! am IA candidate for the Office of Sheriff of the
Der next. c. G. DUSON.