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Glittering Gold.
The Black Hill and Their Bearings.
From the St. Louis Democrat.

The Black Hills are located /
in the northeast corner Of Wy
oming' and in the southwest
corner Of Dakota, on the 10th
meridian of longitude, the
larger portion being in the first
named territory. They lie
chiefly in the folks Of the
Cheyenne River, and are the
old Black Hills reported upon
or referred to by Gen. Fremont.
The range is fifty miles long
by twenty or twenty-five broad,
j. e., that portion Of them which
would orcouid develop mineral
richness. The hills possess
every natural advantage, the
climate being delightful, with
wood and water in abundance.
There are extensive forests of
fir, and numberless streams
wind about in every direction
through the region. Here the
gold prospect is not sufficient
for one-tenth of the excitement
caused. The gold bearing rock
is not bread, and is in the crests.
First comes the coal, then the
silver, and finally the gold,
which in this form gives every
evidence of a past upheaval.
There is no iron of any conse>
quence, reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding. w,gold is
esteemed to exist here in only
moderate quantities, because
the source of it is from the
veins in the granite. gneissoid
and porphyry formations along
the crests of the hills. What's
ever is found in the alluvial
deposits along the creeks has
come from the formations in
the central portion Of the range.
The hills are north of Cheyenne
1872 miles, via Fort Laramie.
| For a distance Of 173 miles, to
Beaver Creek, the roads are
good, and, what is still more
palatable to travellers, are safe,
there being constant communi>
cation between Cheyenne and
the agency on the creek. From
] Yankton and Sioux City the
route is between 500 and 600
miles in length, through the
Bad Lands and over a territory
painfully uninteresting to the
white man. There is a second
Cheyenne route, 1876 miles in
length, which makes a circuit to
to the east.
Great solicitation is felt by
Secretary Delano, of the Inte>
rior Department, that a COLI,
sion will occur between the
miners and the Indians before
governmental action can bt
taken for the opening up of the
Hill regions, in which case
pending negotiation will b.
cut short, and the country vii
be closed effectually, for q shor
time, at least.
Other rich deposits Larami,
Peak, which can be seen from
the Union Pacific Railway a
Laramie City, is fifty mile
north and forty west of For
Laramie. Thisregion is known
| To he rich i'm both gOld. an,
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Iowa Oranges paid out in
charity, last year, 1892, 90.
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A Card from Mr.. Puckette.
Editor N. O. Republican

In your statement of the ass
sault recently made on me at
Natchitoches there are several
trivial errors which / shall not
consume time to correct, as
your article is calculated to
leave a fair impression as to
the main facts.
| am not willing. however,
to permit the following extract
from your editorial to remain
uucontradicted
"To save his life. Mr.. Puck-
cite, bruised and suffering, fled
to New Orleans to call on the
Governor for protection"
Such is not the case. I re.
NAMED in Natchitoches for
several days after the occurs
ence, freely pursuing my ordi-
nary avocations. / came to
New Orleans not to "seek
sanctuary" but on business
connected with my Office. [
shall return home on Saturday,
conscientiously and fearlessly,
to discharge my duties as a
citizen and official, relying for
a Just and favorable verdict
from a majority of my own
people, after a fair and impar>
tial hearing. / am satisfied
that the hostility to me is not
personal, but instigated purely
by selfish motive entrenched
behind a feeling of political
prescription for opinions sake,
which has been sedulously cul-
tivated by extreme men in my
parish. | ask no special pro-
lection ;no partisan sympathy;
no governmental interference:
no ostentatious or petty social
ostracism which may still pur-
sue me. / believe that the
violent and vindictive spirit
which has held'sway in Natchi
/ toches parish for severa
months will finally eliminate
in this effort to wrong the peo'
|
pie by crushing me, and thai
there will be a reaction in ia,
vor of peace and order as soor
as the taxpayers see the "littlt
game, which is being played
on them by their professet
friends under cover and politi,
cal zeal.
Very respectfully,
] CD @. PUCKETTE.
New Orleans, April l, 70.
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A Keokuk man held a neigh
boris wife in his lap while she
did up his hair in curl-papers.
The husband attended the
funeral, and when the minister
had finished speaking he step
ped up to the holy man and
said, in a low, sweet voice, 81
didn't mind him so much, be-
cause there wasn't no harm in
him nohow but I thought as
things war gettin' from bad to
worse, and-well, I wanted to
give them preacher chaps a
warnin'."
Blessed is the people that
know the joyful sound: they
shall walk, O Lord, in the light
of Thy countenance.- salm
lxxxix., 15.
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The wheat crop Of Texas
promises to be heavy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15
There are over forty Oranges
in Washington Territory.

German Oranges are being
organized in Wisconsin.
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The Interior Departmentpro-
poses to send . competent
geologist to ascertain the min
eral wealth of the Black Hills.
Of course, a company will then
be formed with any number Of
Government officials as stock
holders, and a way will be
found.to get possession of the
land without violating the
treaty with the Sioux.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

The State Of Missouri is $17,-
$4,000.
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Gov. Porter, of Tennessee,
has pardoned ex.State Senator
McKenna, who was recently
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for marrying his
former wife's granddaughter.
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Very respectfully,
G. j. @. PUCKETTE.
New Orleans. April 1, 70.

IT RUNS IN THE BEECHER
FAMILY.-The adage "like
father like son." seems to be
verified in the Beecher family.
The following from the Ills
nois estate Register" is of con-
siderable interest just now:
Mr.. Tracy said in his speech
for the defendant in the Beecher
case that "the breath of calnm>
ny has never touched the fami-
ly ofthe Beecher.'' Mr.. Tracy
means we'll, but he is not SO
old as some of the people out
this way. The Rev. Lyman
Beecher the father of Henry
Ward, was President of a young
ladies' seminary near Cincinna-
ii, was accused of improper
familiarity with his pupils, was
tried by ministerial council,
and left his position, either by
sentence of the council or in
consequence of the expose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

There are $50 Oranges in
Arkansas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

The Virginia Nevade Chron-
icle says that within the next
sixty days, between fifty and
one hundred houses will be
erected in that city.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

A Rome, Ga, firm recently
shipped to New York three
hundred and twenty-four doz-
en- eggs.
No eggs-asperated remarks
allowed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

President Grant and Attor-
y-General Williams are
troubled to know what they
shall do with an Indian who
kills another, as the Indians
are not subject to our law ;
Our opinion is that when they
catch an Indian who has un-
doubtedly killed another In
dian, the true coarse is to give
him a new gun and five dol
lars Mobile Register.
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The Valley Times says that
there are stockmen along the
Rio Grande who own a million
cattle or more, and that Sam
w. Allen only owns 226, 600.
and his ranch is a small affair,
only eighty miles long and
forty wide. The Duke of Dew
onshire is poverty-stric
when his territorial and real
wealth is compared with that Of
many Western Texans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

Cuero (Texas) Star: Goliad
county has an excellent arti-
Gle of domestic bacon, which
she rs selling at Sc per pound.
A large lot Of bacon was ship
ped from Cuero to Florida re-
Gently.
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A new town of fifty houses
has been built on the notheast
corner of Bear Lake, below
Gold Mountain, San Bernardi>
no county, California.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

Los Angeles valley produces
more corn annually than all
the other portions Of California
together.
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Here is a lesson that every
city in the country ought to
learn: The Boston authori-
ties, several years ago, agreed
that they would incur no debt
that they could not pay the
same year. Hence taxes have
been reduced ten. per cent,
more than a million dollars OF
debt paid off, and many sub
stantial improvements made,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15
The Governor of Georgia has
ordered the sale of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, to
take place on the first Tuesday
in June next at Macon.

The Legislature of the State
of Maine has passed a law pro-
hibiting the killing of moose
before the 1st of October, 1880.
There are still a few moose in
the State, but without some
such protection, they will very
soon be exterminated.
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Nothing 50 degrades the press
as dependence. The people
owe it everything, and yet
there are newspapers praying
for patronage" 1t is shame>
full.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15

Mr.. James Lloyd Greene
fired one hundred guns inhon-
or of President Grants mes
sage to Congress defending his
Louisiana usnrpation. The
people of Connecticut in a
good many places to-day will
fire one hundred guns in honor
of the defeat of Mr.. James
Lloyd Greene. IN. Y. World,
9th.
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, y y. { e
While things 60 on right,
while Athe Democratic party
can be counted on to resist
pernicious tendencies aud to
promote the veal of the conn
try, as it is now doing, it's idle
and silly to dream Of such q
thing as a third party right
away. And every day the
chances OF aD offslloot OF this
sort are dying ont. So long as
there is Il third-term project to
defeat, lef us hear no moro
thirl-party talk, but all mass
ourselves together to kill the
aims of selfish an,l dangerous
politicians Troy Press DEM
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SAFELY HIDDEN.-T The mean
est man in this city lives on
jackson street. He cuts the
accounts Of the Beecher scandal
out Of the paper every morning
and hides them in the Bible, to
keep his wife and motherin>
law from reading them. He
says "they never look in that
book" and be tells them ssthe
dog,chaws the paper fnll of
holes Oakland (Cal.) News
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due on presentation, unless otherwise con-
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All circulars, communications and cards
OF candidates or official aspirants, and other
matter intended for personal benefit will be
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Simple announcements of marriages and
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otherwise Objectional matter inserted on
any terms.
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BELLEVUE, LOUISIANA:
Thursday, ::::::::::::::::::::::::ApriI Is, 1875.
The wheat crop Of Texas
promises to be heavy.
The State Of Missouri is $17,-
$4,000.
The Amite county Grange,
Miss, has under consideration
the establishment Of a cotton
factory in the county Of Amite.
1t is estimated that there are
$4,000, 900 bushels of wheat
yet availa bic in Iowa, MINES
sofa, Wisconsin and Ne braska.
Tennessee now has, a dog
law which is really refreshing
to read about. It. imposes a
tax of one dollar, on male, and
five dollars on female dogs.
San Francisco's new three
million-dollar palace hotel
= will contain, among other fea.
lures, a ladies' billiard-r room
4 furnished in princely style
The Petaluma (Cal.) Argus
estimates that there are 100,
600 sheep in Sonoma county
which will shear half a miller
pounds of wool in May.
Georgia has 93,31s colorei
persons who own wroperty.-
They have 33s,769 acres o
land, and their property is val
ued at 100000.
San Antonio, Texas, is try
ing to suppress the carrying o
OF concealed weapons. Twelve
confiscated pistols were sole
at auction there the other day
Gov. Porter, of Tennessee
has pardoned ex- State Senator
McKenna, who was recently
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for marrying his
former wife's granddaughter.
A Rome, Ga, firm recently
shipped to New York three
hundred and twenty-four doz
en- eggs.
No eggs-asperated remarks
allowed.
Cuero (Texas) Star: Goliad
county has an excellent arti
Gle of domestic bacon, which
she is selling at Sc per pound
A large lot Of bacon was ship
ped from Cuero to Florida re
.
Gently.
The Interior Department pro
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John w. Jones, of Caroline
county, Va, made one hundred
and sixty bushels of corn to
the acre, upon a field Of TWEEN
ty acres. Come to Louisiana,
Mr.. Jones. We want you here
in Bossier. Bring along all
the Joneses in Virginia, if they
are Of your mettle.
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The vote of Connecticut on
the 9th, was the heaviest poll
ed since 1868. The Democrat
ic gain over last year is more
than $500, and Ingersolps ma
jority is the largest ever re-
ceived by a Democratic candi-
date in Connecticut.
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NUMBER "a.

worthy people; and the sec, ecy has kept
away large body If agriculsLrists who
would willingly join and cooperate with
our Order did their church discipline not
forbid their joining Of secret societies.
But the injuries resulting from these
rules becomes insignificant when compar-
ed with the advantages they have con-
ferred.
That our Order has accomplished .
great deal none will deny. We have
overthrown the perpetual contract and
and vested rights, theory Of the corpora
tions and made the principle that rail
road companies are subject to gov
ernmental control to be generally
acknowledged we have stcuck the pro-
tectionists' high-tariff doctrine blow
from witch it cannot recover. We have,
in fact, about given aquietus to class leg
islation. We have forced bad men from
high positions in our order and left them
to be forever disgraced by those who
were their brothers and sisters. There
is every reason why we should be en-.
couraged to continue as we have begun.
and to feel confident that in this Order
we have found the true means Of elevat-
ing labor to the position of honor and in
huence which it ought to occupy.
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Worthy Master. Officers and Members

Worthy Master, Officers and Members:
am pleased to have the opportunity
to address you upon the important and
to me interesting subject Of stock raising.
But | regret that my time has been SO
occupied in my duties as member of the
State Senate, that have had no time to
make the preparation that the import
ance Of the subject demands. had in
tended since being invited to speak here
to-day, to look up some references upon
the subject and have them in readiness );
but the want Of time has compelled me
to snatch this book and come here on a
half run without opportunity to even
mark a passage that l wished to read.
The question under discussion is as FOL.
lows: What is the most profitable
breed Of cattle for the mem bers Of this
Grange land of course farmers in general
in this climate) to turn their attention
tot
Worthy Master, am the advocate of
no particular breed of cattle. The profit
in cattle raising depends somewhat on
the demands they fill. Were | stocking
farm for merely the production of milk
or cheese, l would first select Ayrshires,
as producing the largest Aow of milk. For
q butter dairy | would select the
| Attorney or Jersey cows. and
if for beef exclusively, short
horns, and if for working oxen, Devons.
, Now it is easily seen that the breed Of
cattle that best supplies these three de-
mands is the most profitable breed to
raise in this country; and in the settlement
Of this question the climate must be TAX
en- into consideration. We are not in
OHIO and kentucky, where blue grass
grows spontaneously. upon which cattle
in Indiana. Illinois or Missouri. where
corn and timothy grow almost without an
effort upon the part Of the farmer but
in Minnesota. where We are compelled to
feed eight or nine months in the year.
Now, taking all these things into consid.
Grafton, have been led to the conclusion
that Devonshire cattle were the most
profitable cattle to raise in Minnesota.
They fill the best the three demands, viz.
beef. dairy and working qualities.
Now permit Us to examine the Devons
in connection With these three sources Of
profit. And firstly, as to the dairy. A
Devon COW will rank among the average
of dairy cows, not equal to the Ayrshir.
in the flow of milk, and perhaps in thi,
respect surpassed by many short horr
cows. She will probably fall behind thu
Attorney in the richness Of her milk, but
will be found to yield 3 medium fov
of milk eff better quality than that o
any other breed save the Jersey or AL
derny, and consequently becomes goo,
dairy COW when the object is to produc'
milk, butter or cheese for market, and il
crossing them with native cows for dair,
purposes. have never yet raised
half blooded Devon COW but what prove,
to be good dairy COW. In reference t
the Devon IS dairy COW. wish to refe
you to Aliens American Cattle Book,
work written BY L F. Allen, of the Stat
of New York, an experienced stock
raiser and the editor of the America
Short Horn Herd Book, and thus being
short horn man, IS good authority uPo
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-04
Discussions in the Grange.

Let discussions be everywhere inaugurated
and encouraged. They will soon Be promo
tive of good in many ways. Every Grange
should find ample scope and time Tor free
and traternal interchange OF opinions on prac-
tical subjects, at least once month. Some Of
the Mississippi Oranges, in the furtherance Of
this idea, have adopted the plan Disappointing
one of their number at every meeting to open
the discussion, either by . short speech or
written essay, on some given question at the
next meeting. He is expected to study the
question during the interim, and his ideas,
crude aperhaps, on the whole can never fail
to contain some wheat from which the chat is
sure to lie winnowed Ivy his brother Patrons,
during the discussion which follows his read
ing.--Pacifc Rur0; Press.
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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.


81. Paul Wholesale Markets, March, 3.
Wheat rs to 78c. Corn firm at 81 to
Csc. Oats So to 55c. Flour SO to SIS. Rye
-four 1915 to s. per sack. Buckwheat
-four to SC per pound. Corn meal 81 to
$3.50. Ground feed $28 to $50. Shorts
$50 to 1913. Bran $40. Pork $40 to $3.50.
Hams Is to lac. Lard IA to l5c. Bacon
IA to IA l-2c. Eggs scarce and firm 1t
% to Csc. Fresh table butter Is to &c
Dressed chickens 10 to 12c. Turkeys 10
to l2c. Geese to lOc. Dressed hogs
nearly out Of market; normally Z to Tic
Dressed beef in light supply 5 to lie
by carcass and shoulder.
Dressed hogs, firm minimum. 0.tO
Dressed beet, dull ...... $500. 4@4K06c
Beef cattle 49,. 80. ;. -. 80. .... 3K@4c
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-04
Financial Results Of the Grange.

Although the Grange business arrange.
ments are barely begun, yet it is est.
mated that twelve millions of dollars
have been saved by the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry for the year 1874. How? Not
by wronging any individual or class, or
by taking any undue advantages Of 9th.
er's necessities; but simply and mainly
by resort:ng to doing business strictly on
cash principles, in such way As not to
be obliged to share the great losses that
are made by all dealers and manufactur-
ers who sell upon credit. The seventy
oranges already organized in Massachu-
sets are rapidly learning to walk in paths
that are daily opening to them the vari.
Gus business interests of the country,
which are the paths Of peace and pros
erit.-Moss. Ploughm1n.
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New York Produce Market.

New York, March 1.--Cotton quiet at 1910
for rniddiing uplands. Flour steady with mod
4rate demand ; receipts 6,OOO bills, sales ID
90; quotations unchanged. Wheat less &C.
tive and prices without decided change; re-
ceipts A., 200 bus; sales 81, 900 at tlll@es.12
for No. Chicago; 81 121tl.l4K for No. 2
Milwaukee s .iogsl.l9 for No. spring !;
u 22Qe1 26 .or winter red western
and q 26gsl ~ for amber do. Rye quiet
Corn dull receipts "a ,OUO bus sales ~, OOO do
at 50 ls4c for western mixed and S4GS4 n Tor
high mixed aid yellow. Barley .ull and n
buyers favor. Oats quiet rec~ipts 4, OOO bu.
and esg7o xc for white do Pork steady =
SIG O.Ns l9 25 for II W mess. Cut meats steady.
Beef dull. L I'd firm q. l3913 1-l6c for steam.
Whisky nominal. Sugar dull Petroleum
crude 7xQsc; refined i6c.
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Ann Eliza Wt0Ns
fSalt Lake Telegram, Feb. ISL

A decision was made last evening by
Judge Mexican in the case Of Arm Elias
application for divorce and alimony. The
decision by Judge Mexican Was that Ann
Eliza receive 5000 for attorneys fees
and $500 per month alimony pending the
trial, the alimony to date from the filing
Of the complaint, which was about TWEEN
ty months ago. There WAS loud aPplanss
in the court room after the close o. To
reading Of the decision. To-day Jsdgs
Mexican made N order th2t WITHIN to
days Brigham Young shall pay $1,000 -
torneys fees, and in twesty days he0
service, 5000 aliDony.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS!

W, W. KIMBALL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
The Largest Music House on the Contloent
Annual Rus;ness Nearlv Million and Half Dollars
STOCK cJxs1sTs OF TIE FOLLOWING MAKES:
Hallet, Davis & Co.'S, Great Union Co.'S
and W. W. KimbalIs Pianos.
Smiths American, and ". ". Kimbal|'s organs.
MINNESOTA AGENCIES
Holm A. Wcide. Paul. E.. S.. Ives.
81 I Love. Saltwater. ROchestr
i SheIdon. Oyyatonna. mt 4 N0rthfeld.
Williamson. Red Wing. C..
j. Il. w H. Robinson. Wabasha
ID. l.. Charles. L. NJ Surdvant Ans1n
rfurh atiuarsa
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An Address Delivered Feb. Goth. 1875,
by Hon. 1. M. WeStfall. Estate Semi.
ter from Oimsted County, Before the
North star Grange NO. 1, r. OF HI. Of
st. Paul.