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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-02
TAX COLLECTORS SALE.
JIG. Head, Tax Collector,
Unknown Party. No. 8.
Percy Baker, curator ad boo. .

Percy Baker, curator .ad Doc.
DY virtue ofthe authority confer
ID red on me by law, l have seized,
by recording il the Recorders office
Of Booster parish. and will proceed 70
sell at public auction. 10 the last and
highest bidder. at the Court. house
door..in the town Of bellevue within
the legal hours If Sheriff sale, On
Wednesday. May 9th, 1874, the fol-
lowing described land. to- wit:
East fractional half Of section
thirteen, southwest quarter Of section
eight township seventeen Of range
eievea. -
Sold topay taxes due on said land
for three years, to-wit 1871, 1877
and 1873, per tableau Of 1873.
Terus Of sala-acash.
J. G.. HEAD,
Tax Collector.
April Is. 1874.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-02
8 lsssls5
ia Tax Collectors Sales.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
JIG. Head; TaA collector,
-. sess.s. ! 49, .is-4 VS. = $500
80 Unknown Party.-N0. /.
PerN Baker ouratov ad hoe.

~ setsss- = s-s4 sAs-- VS. u
., :. I. Unknown PartyaNo. /.
Percy Baker, earatos ad hoe.
DY virtue Of the authority conferred
J. ID on me by law. l have SEIZED. by
recording in the Recorders Office Of
Bossier Parish, and will proceed to
sell at public auction. to the last and
highest bidder, at the Court house
door, in the town Of Bellevue, within
the legal hours of Sheriff's sale. on
; Wednesday. May 9Th. 1874. the fol-
; lowing described land, to-wit:.
Lots one. four. five and eight. of
section four. and lots one and five and
! northeast quarter of northeast quarter
of section nine, township twenty three
range fourteen, containing 26S.5i l0O
acres.
Sold to pay taxes due on said land
for four years to-wit: 1870, 1871, 1872
and 1873, per tableau Of assessment
for 1873.
Terms Of Sale-Cash.
j C. HEAD.
Tax Collector.
Bellevue, La. April IS, 1874.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
Summary Of Town News.

Real estate in Somerset i- gradually on the
advance with numerous purchasers.
Strangers continue to arrive daily at our
hotels, prospecting and hunting out localities
in our town and county.
NV. McBcssh and Geo. ". Wait have re-
GENTLY purchased the interest Of Allen Jones,
in the mercantile house Of Jones, McBeath a
Wait
The Pulaski Circuit Court commences on the
23d inst. Our lawyers are busy taking depo-
sticns and preparing old Equity causes for
trial. The Appearance docket is small.
Our citizens have commenced gardening,
many Of whom say they are going into the
business extensively, with view TO selling
their vegetables and other products TO rsilroad
men.
Considerable excitement regarding the loca-
ton Of the depot nesr our town. Messrs. J. f.
Tomlinson and Ed Porch, j., have rcen,ly
purchased the Joha Ows~s property, half q
mile South Of somerset, upon which we be.
lisve the depot will be located.
The heavy timbcn 70. the cou-th iu.e Gu
pola are now being put together, which will
ere long present a grand and imposing view
to the stranger OF traveller entering our town,
and will speak much in b~half Of our enter
prise. II will extend above the roof to a
height Of IS or 70feet Mr.. Johnson, o, Crab
Orchard, the boss carpenter, is a Gne workman
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THREE cheers for Pulaski county An
acre Of land was sold at Point Burnside,
on the Cumberland river last week, for
the modest sum Of three hundred and ~.
ty do'tavc. The attention of manufac-
tuers, spectators, etc., is turned to this
point on the Cincinnati Southern on &C.
count Of its superior advantages as a
manufacturing point. A combination of
metals and manufacturing material is
found there which exists nowhere else on
the globe. Coal in abundance, iron in
great variety, limestone incxhaustible,
wood and water, and the finest timber on
the continent in super-abundance are
found along the Cumberland and its trib-
utaries for miles above Point Burnside.
1t isvisstincd to be-, and in very short
time after the completion of the c. S. Il.
r., one Of the richest points on that
road, and one of the largest iron manu-
faturing cities in America.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THE King Of the Sandwich Islands
died recently, which fact we mentioned
in our columns some weeks since. The
people there were divided in their choice
Of a successor-s part Of them favored
Queen Emma, and a part King Kali
kina. The latter has been chosen, but
the adherents Of Emma rebelled, and
had to be suppressed by some United
States Marines. At last accounts all
was quiet in the little realm. There
must have been terrible tempest in a
teapot"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THE case Of the Commonwealth
against II. c. Drye was concluded in
Danville on the 10th of March. The
jury returned a verdict Of manslaughter,
and fixed his punishment at four years
in the penitentiary. lie was defended by
Hon. G. W. Dunlap, Gen. Frank VOL.
ford, r. r. Jacobs, A. II. Sneed, Charles
May and Mcssrs. Hill & Alcorn. For
the prosecution, Hons. j. S. Van Wink.
lie, II. j. Breckinridge, c. j. Rodes, Z.
j. Polk, and the Atty for the Com'th,
NJ. II. Owsley. The jury was composed
Of Messrs. Sam. Stone, Dan'l Medsker,
W. Arnold, j. 8. Kincaid, A w.
Bricken, H. Vanderife, I. W. Bottom,
j. s. Burrus. II. Bradshaw, J. A. Mich
Of, WIN. Lyon and John Lyon.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The country has been called upon
within the few days past to mourn the
death Of these two eminent statesmen.
II would be hypocrisy 10 say that the
people Of the South mourncd the loss Of
Mr.. Sumner, as he was the almost life
long foe Of their institutions, but then
all will confess his trsnsccndcnt ability
~ On orator and statesman. In the case
Of Mr.. Fillmore IL can be said that an
entire nation mourns his death with I'M
affected sadness. A purcr hearted man
never lived. He first became generally
known over the country when nominat-
ed fw the vicc-Presidency on the ticket
with General Taylor in 1913.
The early death Of his chief after his
Inauguration, Of course placed Mr.. Fill
moe in the Presidential chair, aud his
wisdom, kindness, and gentlcncss, won
for him the need Of praise and sdmira-
ton from all. lie died full Of years
and honors, and q nation bends above his
tomb to-day to drop tears Of love for
their honored dead.
Mentally, Mr.. Sumner was the peer
Of any man in the land, but his fanati-
cism on the subject of slavery led him
into mental and political excuses, which
doubtless undermined a naturally robust
constitution, and the end was premature
death. Of his political life IL 10 well
known that he succeeded Daniel Web.
stsr in the U. 8. Senate after the latter
withdrew to accept q seat in the cabinet
of Mr.. Fillmore. Here it was that Mr..
Sumner assailed the fugitive slave law,
and laid the foundations Of the great
civil war. On his shoulders more than
those of any other man, must and will
rxt thst great disaster. He was perpct-
uated In the Senate until his death, and
was the acknowledged leader Of bis par
ty there.
If history should ever find an impair
tial historian, ii will do him justice, by
saying that he was very learned schol.
ar and statesman bu, misguidy. fanat.
ic. Of Mr.. Fillmore he will cay, he
was . wise and safe statesman, who
loved his whole country regardless of
sections, and administered her public af-
ssirs with honor to himself and for the
good of all.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

JUDGE Fox gave the attorneys for
VIM. ID. Wilson, charged with the muir
der of young Williamson, to understand
that the case must be tried ut the pre-
ent term of the BOYLE Circuit Court, and
thereupsn ordered biz Sherif.s to 60 and
summon so men from the county Of
Garrard, to be examined touching their
qualifications us jurors in the case. We
presume that the case will be con-
cluded during the week.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
The negro man, George Miller Afford,

THE negro man, George Miller Afford,
who was tried at Springfield for the muir
der Of DIR. Aliord, was found guilty Of
the charge in the first degree, and will,
we presume, suffer the death penalty
He does not seem to regret his impend-
ing doom. and says he had as well die
now rs any other time. Mrs. Afford,
wife of the murdered man denies her
completely in the crime, and the negro
also denies she had any agency in it
whatever. The community there are di-
vided ia their opinion upon the question.
She is now ut liberty on a bail bond of
50 800.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
Items from Plato.

u. l.. Sweeney has returned home from the
Southern market, having sold his stock at a
good profit
Our merchant, W. II. Lewis, reports mer.
chandise dull at Plato. "Cant he move nearer
the railroad"
Mr.. ]. A. Davis was severely kicked by a
horso the other day, but we are glad to learn
that none Of his bones we're broken.
Mr.. d. o. Gibson ha. jus, received and
opened 9 large stock Of goods at level
Greeu," whiL butter, eggs, feathers, f,r-kins,
etc, are made speciality at his house. Won.
der II he wouldn't take little cash.
William Catron and X. r. Henson have re-
Gently exchanged farms Tie former sx.
changing his firm on Line creek for the farm
Of the latter, on Buck creek, the late residence
81 Maj. W. n. Oweas, which is one Of tn.
very bet farms in our county. Mr.. C. paid
considerable boot.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THE fanatical Radicals actually had an
autopsy Of the dead Summer, in order to
ascertain whether or not the blows of
Brooks had anything to do with his
death. Yet, strange to say, even the
entire scientific world could find no cause
of blame upon Brooks. How sad the
fact If there had been the least evil
dence to corroborate this foolish suppose
ton, the entire yankee press would have
howled and yelped on the track.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The great famine now pending in
Bengal is enough to startle the entire
civilized world. Already over one hun
dred thousand Of the people are at the
verge Of starvation. And there is no
help for much Of this suffering. The
British Government has done and is still
doing all within its power to alleviate
the dread disaster, but human aid is
powerlcss to prevent hundreds and thou
sands from dying with hunger.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

Many Of our citizens predicted that when
work was commenced on the railroad through
our county, our working class generally
would hire out to the contractors, but this
conjecture has no, proven true.
Our citizens have como to tie wise cupclu.
sion, that there is more to be made by filling
the soil, than by working on the railroad at
81 so per day, less expenses.
We have encouraging reports from all parts
OF our county, and great preparations are
being made for heavy crops during the year
1874.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

This is the first lumber of our third
year. For two years past we have made
weekly visits tn hundreds Of homes all
over the country, and hope to con,inue
making them for many year. to come.
We trust that We have been . welcome
guest around each freside. and that our
company has not been devoid Of inter
est and profit to every member Of the
family who could read or understand. II
we have succeeded heretofore In giving
you a readable journal, We shall try the
more earnestly to improve upon the past
and give you better paper than before.
By the cid Of our valued correspondents
We hope 70 give the nsws from oil sc.
tions where the Journal circulatss, and
thus make II interesting and instructive
to al.
The present year will be fruitful Of
news, owing 10 the rapid construction of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway. Our
own town Of Stanford will DO q great
distributing centre, and in other parts Of
our county, along the line. our farmers
will Of course reap advantages
which will reward them greatly. Now
is the time to make known your bust
ness. We say this to our merchants and
mechanics. Now is the time to make
known through our columns what you
have for sale upon your farms. Let ev-
cry farmer double his crops. The day is
not far distant when you will have a
new outlet for your products, over the
great highway now under construction.
Let each Of us try to excel the other,
and, with united action, our glorious
old State will rise from her long slum-
Der and take her place amongst the fore
most Of our country. Let it no longer
be said that Kentucky lags behind the
other States. Our soil !. as good rs that
of any State in the Union. Our coal
fields and iron beds would supply the en-
tire world for twenty centuries. All We
need is to develop our resources in order
to place our beloved State in the front
rank.
Let every Kentuckian make the effort
to bring her out Of the letharey in which
she has long slumbcrcd. We shall try
to do our part in the great conflict.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

IT is almo-t certain that Congress will
initiate the currency to considerable ex.
tent. So says the late dispatches from
Washington. This is move in the
right direction. The stringency of the
money market will never be relieved un.
Ill the imitation is actually made. The
sooner, therefore, the better. Give the
people of the South and West an equal
ization of the currency, and then justice
will have been done.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

At the coming election in August the
people Of the several districts in Ken
lucky will be called upon to elect Cir
cult. or Common Pleas Court Judge.
Much has been said and written against
the plan of an elective Judiciary, and We
/. believe q majority Of voter. would favor
an abrogation Of this law, and place the
matter within the appointing power o.
the Governor, BY and with the advice
and consent Of the State Senate. We
have long held this to be the proper plan,
and the only one which would secure.
beyond peradventure. an able. honest.
digni6ed and sober Judiciary. But -
the Law now stands We must select our
Judges a. the polls. This being the case,
what 10 the manifest duty Of every voter
who has at heart the welfare Of his
neighbors and his own protection? II is
to select such a Judicial officer as you
know would be acceptable to the best
people in your community. Ask your
self the question before you vote for any
man, Would l be willing to place my
life, liberty, and property under his
charged Would l be willing to have
him sit in judgment upon the Law and
equity arising in case where had large
amounts at stakes If yes--then vote
for him. If no-choose some other
man.
In these degenerate days. these days of
demagogues and demigods-when any
hale, good fellow can secure a large
vote. and an election too, in many cases,
regardless of his fitness for the position
the robes of the Judiciary are in imi-
nent peril, and the Bench" in danger of
pollution. The people have it in their
power TO protect both, and themselves
also, Look well to the matter. Let no
false political sentiment swerve you from
the plain path OF duty in making your
selection, and then all will be well. IT,
however, you suffer yourselves to be
ruled by pot-house politicians, you can
blame yourselves only for the conse-
quences.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THERE seems to be much opposition to
the completion of the great canal from
Louisville to Portland. We believe the
work should he done at once, at the ex-
pense Of the Government. Its compile
ton would be a national blessing and
benefit. The falls Of the Ohio are i'm
passable except at certain seasons of the
year. Let the canal be made at once
The entire South demands it.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The death of Sumner is said, by hi
fanatical followers, to have been, in some
degree. ascribable To the blows inflicted
upon his head by Hon. Mr.. Brooks, years
ago F; However, DR. Brown, Sequard, who
attended him in bis last ILLNESS, and who
is an eminent physician, says that the
blows of Brooks had nothing Whatever to
do with his death. Thus has been spoiled
most exciting and sensational story.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

A LAW has been passed in sew
eral Of the Southern States, to
punish the eaptors of the sweet songster,
the moeking bird. This law is entirely
proper, and should be executed. II
would not be out Of place to have sim
liar law in Kentucky. Within the last
few years these birds have become some
what abundantin all our woods, and il
Is wrong to eon6nc them in a cage. II
the law should give them protection for &
few years. they would soon be as com
mon as the robin or bluebird.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

IT is said that young man, named
Wolf, engaged in some work on the
Cincinnati Southern. decamp.L from
Stanford the other day, sith horse be.
longing tn his brother. and about 81 900
of said brothers funds, with which he
had been entrusted. The brother is on
his pathway but may never overtake
him.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The Sheriff of Whitley county, who
decamped some days since to parts un.
known, with about 1900 Of the money
of the State, has not been heard from
directly. He sent word back, however,
that when the panic was over he would
return and refund the uttermost farthing.
Pretty cool
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THREE men were injured on the train
to Louisville on Thursday last. One of
them fatally, at Lebanon, who had both
legs cut of by the train as it moved out
of the depot there. He was intoxicated
at the time.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
Ita,uS from, ShoDvillc.

Corn in this locality is selling at 20 and 20
cents per bushel.
The manps are prevailing in this neighbor-
hood to an alarming extent.
Mr.. W. G. Nunnelly, Of Lexington, shipped
from shis vicinity, Few days since, |, 800 doz.
eggs, purchased from different persons within
two weeks
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
Our Merchants

Are complaining bitterly. Many Of our
somewhere else with their wagons and teams,
and left our merchants without means Of
transportation, some Of whom have had goods
at the Stanford and other depo,s for several
~aols
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

SEVERAL Of our largest advertisers
will have their advertisements changed
in our next issue, aud we ask our readers
to look out for those changes. Ii any Of
our new merchants desire TO set forth
their goods, wares, and merchandise in
attractive forms before the people, We
advise them to hand in their iayors i'm
mediately.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

TnE Ashantee war has about closed,
and sir Garnet Wesley will return
10 his native heath, eovred with glory.
He has certainly greatly distinguished
himself and grateful country should
proclaim his praise.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The New Orleans City Railroad re-
Gently sunk in the river bag containing
~ 600 counterfeit nickel coins. the re-
turns Of one years business. The rail
road companies have offered reward Of
81 900 for information which will lead to
y the discovery and punishment Of tho
S0unterfeiter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

No town in Kentucky can boa.; Of a
more energetic and enterprising eel Of
business men than Stanford. Look over
our advertising columns and judge for
yourself.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

THERE are half dozen gentlemen in
the State who are ready and willing, nay
anxious to immediate themselves upon the
altar of their country, by occupying the
Executive chair. Noble, selfsacrilicing
citizens
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

The remains of the great African ex-
plorer, DIR. Livingston, will be conduct.
ed to his native shores by Gen. Sir Gar.
net Woolsey, the hero Of the Ashantee
war.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20

DO you owe US for your paper, or for
advertising, job work, or anything else
II 80. now is . capital time 70 bquidsts
the matter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
DILEs! PILES. PILEsui
UNIVERSAL PILE REMEDY.

over 30 years In USE, Is the safe successful and
pleasant CtkE tr piles Of every Kind, ever ud heth-
they 81 one, ten twenty years standing for
itching Of the anus, and FlsfuLA ~ .ANO. Esluifes
~ cutting ~ drueing aud produces no pain Whatever
send Five Dollars fnr fRIss klPTiOs-is worth $50,
10 Dr :, : Cook No a., hast iih Street, ID Floor,
tineinnsti, Ohio, i00-ly
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
Our Market.

And everything else in the way Of lif.'s ne
cessities selling in proportion to the above
prices. So much for our railroad. But We
suppose that all things will work out for good
to them that love great enterprises ard rail
Goada
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-03-20
MCKAY BROTHERS

Have commenced work Sections 60 Ia "a Inclusive,
miles South Of waynesburg, la Pulaski county, aud
employ ing nom time 10 time large numheT u la
borers aud teams AddrVss, MCKAY BROfHElis,
ioo-tf wsynesburg, Ky
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-04-25

II residing the Eastsrn rutsd stat~s saA
pay their By enclosing or United
states Postage for such they pay
snd their cards viii be inserted above table the time
paid far.
discount from these which for transient advertise
meats ~hen paid or charged quarterly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-04-25
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
wELcoNE HY "a. ALFaED rESSY-oS rHE POET LIUREsTr
The son Of him With whom strove Tor power
Who's wiu i lord thro' all his worbi-domain--
Who male the s-rf a man, aud turst his chain
Has given our Prime his own Imperial Flower,
AleSandrowna-
AuI HeicOnes Russian flower, pe0pIe's pride,
To Britain, when her flowers B-gn 70 blow
From love 20 love, from home 70 home you 60,
From tnother unto mother. stately bride,
Marie Aexandr0wna.
Tie goien news along the stepfes j. blown,
Aud at thy name the Tartar stirred
Elburz and all the Caucasus have heardj
And ali the suitTy palms Of India knC1n,
AIexandrowna.
The voices of cur universal sea
On eapes q Afric a cliffs Of Kent,
The Maoris and that Isle Of Continent,-
AMI loyal pines q Canada murmur thee,
Marie AIeSandroEna
Fair Empires branching, both in lusty life -
Yet Harold's England fell Norman swords
Yet thine land has how'd TO Tartar hories
since English Harold gave lis throne wife,
Aexandrowna,
For thrones and peoples are walls that swing,
Aud i1at or fall in endless ebb aud foWj
But who love best have best the grace TO know
That Love by right divine Is deathle.s king,
Marie AleNandrOwna,
"
And Lore has led thee TO the stranger Land,
Where men are bold and strongly say their say -
S-e, empire upon empire smiles to-day,
As thou with thy young lover hand in hand.
AlexanirOWuat
- thy fuller life j. ia the West,
Whose hand at home gracious TO thy poor
Thy was best within the door,
Here also, Marie, shall Thy b. blest,
Marie AieNaulrownai
shall fesTs and jealous hatretls flame again,
Or az thy coming, Princess everywhere,
The blue heaven break, AMI some diyineT air
breathe thro the world and change the hearts Of men,
Alexaudrowuag
hearts that change not love that cannot cease,
And pace b. yours the peace of soul in soul
AMI howsoever this wild world may roll
Between your peoples truth and manfui pace,
AlfreI-AIrNandrOwHa'