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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-29
BELLEVUE, La,
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BYLAWS
Bellevue Grange, No. 3ol.

Bellevue orange, mo. oU!.
Article !.
SEC. /. This Grange shall be
known and distinguished as the
aBellevue Grange, No. 301, of
Of the State of Louisiana"
BEc. q. The regular meetings
of this Grange shall be held on
the srd Saturday in each month,
and shall open at II o'clock,
AZ. Special meetings may be
called by the Master or Over
seer.
SIC. 8. Seven members shall
constitute q quorum for the
transaction of business.
Article Membership.
SEC. /. The members Of. this
Grange are all who have been,
or may be initiated in, or affli-
ated with, who have not with
drawn or been expelled, or ex-
cluded for unworthy conduct
or non. payment Of dues.
Article I1I-omcers.
SEC. |. The officers of this
Grange shall be ranked and
titled as follows: Master, Over
seer, Lecturer, Steward, Assis-
tant Steward, Chaplain, Treas
urer, Secretary, Gate-keeper,
Ceres, Flora, Pomona and Lady
Assistant Steward. It shall be
the duty Of each of the foregoing
officers to make him or herself
proficient with what appertains
and belongs to his or her Office
in every particular. It shal
also be the duty of each OF sale
officers before named, to SCI
that the laws of the order ar
carried out in their severa
spheres Of work. Each OF sai'
officers, when addressed, shal
be styled worthy.
SEC. 2. The officers of thi
Grange shall be chosen annu
ally at the regular meeting |
December, and installed at th
regular meeting in January TO
lowing. All elections for off
GERS shall be by ballot; vacal
cies may be filed at any reg
lar meeting.
Article ~ Duties Of omcers.
SIC. l. MASTER It shall /
the duty Of the Master to presto
at all meetings of the Grang'
to see that all officers and mer
bers Of committees properly pc
form their respective duties;
sec that the Constitution OF Il
National and State Grange
the Bylaws of this Grange al
the usages of the order are Q
served and obeyed; to inspe
and announce the result Of ;
ballots and other votes Of t
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Grange; to state all questions
before the same shall be in po-
session of the Grange; to sign
all drafts legally drawn upon
the Treasury, and, generally, to
perform all duties pertaining to
such office.
SEC. 2. Ouerscey-It shall be
the duty of the Overseer to
assist the Master in preserving
order and decorum, and, in the
absence of the Master land Past
MASTERY, to preside and perform
all the duties devolving upon
that officer.
SEC. 3. Lecturer-It shall be
the duty of the Lecturer to al
ways be prepared with some
useful information to read, or
cause be read, when no regular
business is before the Grange !;
to see that all lectures, addresses
and other information for the
good of the Order are properly
before the Grange, and frequent
ly call attention Of the members
to the great difference between
CASH and credit prices and the
practice of strict economy.
SEC. 4. StesC0rd-It shall be
the duty Of the Steward to have
charge of the inner gate; to see
that the field is properly ar
ranged for labor; the working
tools in their places; to conduct
the ballot, and to provide fol
the introduction and accomoda-
ton of candidates.
Sec. 5. Assistant Stescard- 1t
shall be the duty of the Assis.
tant Steward and Lady Assis
tant Steward to have charge o.
candidates during initiation
and to see that the regalias art
properly distributed and caret
for; also to give all due assist
ance to the Steward.
| Sec. 6. Ireasurey-It shal
be the duty Of the Treasurer tt
receive all moneys, giving hi
receipt for the same; to keep al
accurate account of the same
to pay out the same only on tn
order Of the Secretary, counter
signed by the Master; to keel
his books open at all times TO
inspection by any member {
the Grange; to render a state
ment of the receipts and expend
! itures during the year at th
regular meetings in Decembe
! and to turn over to his succe'
sor, all moneys, books, &c
: having reference to the inant
Of the Grange. He shall gi,
bond, with approved securit,
in the full sum of one thousan
dollars, $4,000, said bond to
made payable to the Master, +
the use and benefit of Il
! Grange; said bond to be a
proved by the Master and Sc
retary of the Grange.
e Sec. Z. Secretary-It shall
q the duty Of the Secretary to ]
5; cord, accurately, all the pl
L ceedings of the Grange;
r make out all the necessary !
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LA, MONDAY, NOV
sor in office, all papers and
effects pertaining to the office.
Shall receive for his services,
twenty-five dollars ($25) per an
num-payable quarterly.
Sec. 8. GGte>Keeper-It shall
be the duty Of the Gate Keeper
to attend strictly to the outer
gate, and to perform such other
duties as may be required Of
him.
Article v-Applications.
SEC. 1. Application for MEM
bership may be received at any
meeting, and shall be referred
to a Committee of Investigation;
said committee shall consist of
three (9. In case the appli-
cant be a male, said committee
shall consist of two brothers
and one sister and in case the
applicant be a female, said COM
mittee shall consist of two sis
ters and one brother; in either
case, two to be appointed by the
Master and one by the Overseer;
said committee SO appointed to
take the application under ad-
visement and report at the next
meeting.
Article vI-Committees.
| Sec. 1. All special commit
tees, unless otherwise ordered,
shall consist Of three members
each, and two shall be appoint
ed by the Master and one by
the Overseer.
SEC. 2. There shall be a
standing Committee of Finance,
consisting of three members
and one on Relief, consisting Of
six members. Three of the las1
!, shall be sisters. Each Of sale
, committees shall be elected BY
ballot at the regular meeting il
January.
, SEC. 3. Finence-1t shall b,
!, the duty of the Committee OF
Finance to inspect and approv'
all bills before they can b
paid; to examine the books Q
the Treasurer and Secretar,
when desired; and to report al
business Of a financial natur
: pertaining to the Grange whe
q deemed expedient or required
Sec. 4. The Committee o
, Relief shall visit the sick with
: twenty-four hours subsequent
; the report Of such sickness b
ing received, and render sue
assistance to the sick as may /
- necessary.
. Sec. 5. TrMstees-There sha
: be three trustees, who shall
= elected at the regular meetir
10 in Janurry, who shall ha'
- charge Of the property and Il
business in which the Gran,
shall have an interest, and shs
: act as a board of arbitrati,
upon all disputes or diferenc
between members of our orde
: and report, after full deliber
l:rro.+:cot;orb bo1 III
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remain unpaid for more than
six months, shall he declared !
suspended by the Master, and
at the next regular meeting may |
be expelled by the Grange.
Article vuI-Fees.
Sec. 1. The fee for member
ship in this Grange shall be for
men, five dollars; for women,
two dollars, which shall always
accompany applications.
Article lX-Cards.
Sec. /. Withdrawal cards, or
dimits, shall he granted to mem-
bers in good standing and clear
on the books, who shall make
application in open Grange, and
pay twenty-five cents therefor.
Sec. 2. Visititing Cards shall
be granted to any member in
good standing, who shall pay all
dues in advance for the time for
which such cards shall. be
granted.
Article x-Lifgation.
Sec. 1. In no case shall q
member enter into litigation
with one another, until such
member shall have presented a
plain, full and fair statement Of
the matter Of difference, to the
Trustees of the Grange and al
low said Trustees to adjust the
difficulty, after hearing both
parties.
Article U-charges.
Sec. l. Ho,c Made-Upon
filing with the Master, written
:
complaints by any member in
good standing in the Grange,
specially charging the offense,
when the Grange shall proceed
to investigate, without delay,
the grounds upon which suct
charges are made, giving the ac
cused at least ten days notice o
1 the time and place at which th'
investigation Of snch charge viii
take place.
i Sec. 2. Hosc Iried-The &C
cused shall be tried before th'
Grange, which shall sit as q jur,
to determine the guilt or innC
cence of the accused, and sal
decision shall be ascertained b
the ballot box. The examins
ton shall be conducted by
committee Of three members {
+, the Grange, who shall decid
upon the admissibility Of test
mony and have the entire col
troll of the case, while under il
vestigation. The committt
shall consist of one member, ]
!, be chosen BY the Grange-wf
shall be chairman of said cor
. mittee-one to he chosen by Il
complainant and one by the g
cused. In case the accused fal
!. or refuses to choose, the Gran,
shall choose for him. IF the a
. cused will not appear, then t
,r trial shall proceed as if he we
sr present.
D. Article xu-Amendmtz
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Article xu-Amendm'ts

Sec. /. These Bylaws may
be amended or altered at any
regular meeting by q vote Of two
thirds of all the members pres
ent; provided, that.written nos
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the Grange shall be ten cents.
Any member whose dues shall
remain unpaid for more than
six months, shall he declared
suspended by the Master, and
at the next regular meeting may
be expelled by the Grange.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-19

BRAND. Spectator: Cickic's Life of Muir
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Spectator; Cowpcr. Athenaeun a; with
part Ill of "Iier Dearest Foe" by the
author of "rhe wooing OFT" and the
continuation of the powerful story OF
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THE wISNEBAGO OuEE..

The Wlnncbago grand jury indicte,
!, John y. Edwards of the 1t. Louis 7J,acs
and Emory ). Foster Of the Jounal. anc
also all Others connected with the harm
less Winnebago notwithstanding John
| Postgatc. an attache of the Chicago Ttb-
Wle. Mr.. Foster received telegram that
all was not well in Rockford and that
| the chiyalrc actions of himself and the
tother gentleman who believed In the
code, had been construed by the grand
jury OF Winncbago as a direct violation
of the law. Then commenced little
game Of legal draw" which resulted in
the arrest of Mr.. Edwards. on a charge
of sending challenge to fight duel con-
trary to the peace and dignity OF the State
of Missouri. Mr.. Edwards gave bonds
for his appearance to answer the charge,
and now calmly awaits the officers of the
law IRON Winncbago. who will have to
go back TO their barbarous and savage
domain without the captain and major if
the st. Louis lawyers know ANYTHING
about law-alid they think they do. The
result of the job will DC this, as
stated by the GioJc- Democrat: "Should
Governor Beveridge issue requi>ition
for Edwards upon Governor Hardin, it is
not likely that his EXcclency would gran,
the writ until the Missouri charges against
the defendant are disposed Of 1t is
claimed by the attorneys Tor Edwards
that, being in the hands of a court of the
state of Missouri, charged with the same
Diiense for which hc is Indicted in Hi
lOls. he cannot DC taken out OF the hands
If said court until the charges pending
here are disposed OF. Ia the event OF
governor Hardin issuing warrant, Ed
wards would be retained by his attorneys
nder a writ of habeas corpus until the
cgality of Governor llardn's action had
zen tested" II the case i, made 10
tick, according to the statutes OF Mis-
iIri, the sending OF challenge is pun
shablc by Imprisonment in the county |
all for a period not less tha1 six months.
r fine OF 500. or both.
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FATHER I,ECkEN.

When Father Leuken, TOR long time
pastor of the Church of st. Peter anu st.
Paul, Springfield, deserted the priestly
robes and ran away with, and married a
young woman named Miss Laugemann,
scandalous rumors prevailed in the CAPT
tai. Among other charges was the one
that the staid and sober priest had taken
with him portion Of the church fund.
An investigation showed that the money
OF the church was intact, and that the
holy father was only guilty of firing OF
celibacy, and had married the good
looking daughter of his housekeeper
Father Ieuken visited Bishop Baltes, OF
Alton. and asked TO be released from
duty. The request was refused, when
Leuken eloped with the fair girl whose
lender glances had pierced the priest,
garb aud warmed up the heart that bea
beneath it with worldly pulsation
Love laughs to scorn all barriers. Mis-
Iaugemann was worth AT least - ,00C
which will be neat little capital Tor tn
eX-man of the church and his wife {
commence the battle OF life that is no.
before them.
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OFF TO A DUNGEON.
| BuiIiuCr SnacAlcd with Iron. aau
Chains ~ sent TO joliet.


II was hcart-rcnding scene to witness
the taking OF of John Bulincr. \ young
man OF such ilne personal appearance. to
be borne away To Il dungeon to be con-
| fined ior twenty-five years-during the
| best part OF his lifc-secns TO be a hard
| penalty 10 sulicr Tor any crime. We saw
him rs hc was brought from the Jail.
| heavily shlckled With irons and chains.
| his alicctionatc old mother hanging on to
him until taken away by the oin-
GERS, weeping bitter tears OF sOr-
row. Before he got in the hack TO be
| borne 10 the depot. lac kissed his old
mother, and then turned and embraced
! his brother, Monroe. and kissed him ON
the check. HOW changed the scene. Du-
| ring the progress OF the trial. and M TO
the very moment OF the reading. VI the
verdict OF tie jury, Bulincr was cheer
iul aud huoyant in spirits, rs though lie
had not the least fear OF being convicted.
but from the moment the verdict was
read and up TO the time of leaving for
prison. he was depressed ia spirits and
did little but weep and sob IN . most pit
iiul manner. From his actions we
should Judge lie was an allcctiOnate son
and brother.
He loved hi aged mother, and what
seemed 10 trouble him most. was the fear
that hi brother would be Killed bv the
other side Of the vendetta aud leave her
alone IN the world. II is orr opinion
that john Bullincr Is not bad man at
heart. aud it guilty of murder the deed
Wa, done IN vindicatiUu of the death of
his old father and brother, Dave. But
the law must be indicated. II John Bul-
liner i, gullty-ahd Il jury OF good men
have 80 decidCd-lt j. right that
he be punished, and the penalty i,
probably none too severe. IL is only 20
be regretted that he should be 50 heed
less OF The consequences that follow the
yiudicatiOn Of the death OF u relative by
taking the law in his own hands. John
has gone up, and WHEN hc gets ont OF The
pcnitontiary, il he should live 10 sec the
end OF his term. lac will hc an old man.
The outside world will be entirely
changed to him. Ills old mother will be
dead many years before, and laid by the
side of her murdered husband and son.
strange faces and unknown towns will
appear TO him, where once everybody
was an acquaintance and every village
aud by-patn perfectly familiar. The old
Bullller tarm will not be what il used TO
be. Williamson county Will have passed
from the scenes Of blood and ku-kluNing.
and assumed the aspect OF prosperity and
civilization. The example made OF BULL
ncr, we think, will have "A good effect
upon the people % the whole state. We
now want to see the law thoroughly vim
dicatcd. and every person connected with
this bloody affair dealt with a. the law
directs. Let Us have a thorough cleans
ing, and try and redeem the lost charac-
ter of really the garden spot of the great
west.
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battle side by side with Kim who enlisted
forcemcnt OF the new French conscrip-
ton law furnishes many examples by
which the men of name and riches may
bc placed in favorable comparison with
those far below them in wealth and sta
ton. Paris recently dispatched her sol
diers of the reserve class of 1867 for their
months drill in camp. life. The Fau-
bourgs st. German and st. lionore. and
the reimbursement of the Louvre, incluJ-
ing the larger part Of aristocratic and
fashionable Paris, were repre-
scnted, and sent their con-
tingents of mostly by railway,
the conscripts paying for their own first.
class tickets; but among the young mei
of the upper ten thousand" who prefer
red to march off resolutely with thcii
fellow soldiers of all other grades OF so
cicty were the Marquis Du Plesss. III,
Count DE Rcsterac. the Count DE Cree
and young nephew of General Coun
De Montebello, u descendant of Napo
Icons "army-eader. I.annes." l. Their
not reason to believe that France will
such examples of patriotism as this from
descendants of the nobility. will rise t.
an unparalleled splcndor as republic
and assert her claim again n the first ma
ton of Europe deeds OF heroism am
| nNnMnss
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JOE HOBARTs AND wAsuBURN.

Joe Robarts. the fat editor of the Jack
son County Era, Murphysboro, and tht
Carbonate H'moisan doth wcehlics), is
going to be married in a few days, ant
can't waste much time with politics, but
he devotes few idle moments TO the ed
itor Of the EgyPtida Press, j. NJ. Wash
burn, whom he di,he. up in the follow
iSg manner. u. NJ. Washburn. the sec
ond assistant legislature clerk in hi. paper
AZ Marion, the EgPptiaa Press, this week,
,wells, bursts and stinks like the carcass
o. q dead skunk in August. Onc-half
OF his paper is taken up in answering a
short item that appeard in this paper last
week, wherein we stated that Jim called
the Williamson county vendetta. gentle
man. jim says now that he did not do
Il. Well. that is what he now says about
That Williamson county bond swindlc.
Well. it is rather funny to hear Jim blow
in print" We think it the duty of friend
Washburn to clay for joe or invite
him 10 Winnebago county, to indulge in
a Zine shot and whisky and lunch.
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MAIL. ROBBERY.

--Recently many packages in transit
through the Carbondalc postoflice were
found deficient in funds on reaching
their destination. A special agent was
detailed to work up the case. which
resulted In the arrest OF young man
named Ben Niece, aged eighteen years.
His father and mother are resident,
of Carbondale, and are people of tn,
highest respectability. The special agen
sent decoy letter from Murphysboro
and remained in the Carbonate oilic,
over night. When ii left there tn,
special agent went with it, and on III,
train opened the bag and made the di,
coyery that halo its contents were gone
Immediately after the discovery Niece,
was arrested, aud marked bill,
were found on his person. Aftel
the arrest he made his escape from th,
officer who had him In charge, and wa
re-afrested In Grand Tower and escorted
pack TO Carbondalc. lie confessed I,
having taken sl52 altogether, at diff
r'."' uhes' When brought beior,
Ihi'ed States Commissioner Lemmo h,
waived an examination. and his bond,
were fixed at $500.
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VI CARTNEY THANKS SCHUChERs

Jones. who was nominated for Con-
gress by Mccartney. editor OF the Me-
tropolis Times, in spirit of very deep
irony, has stirred Mack up to an ciier-
vcsclng point. At least We are Of the
opinion that Jones, of the Massac Jour
mil, i the party responsible for Mack /,
present condition. In Mctartncy's re-
cent issue he says that lac la, been an ed
! itOr tor fifteen years, and during that
! tine has received many false. >landerous.
and indecent personal attacks, which he
has treated with silent contempt, BY OBJ
serving studied and unbrohcn silence.
For fifteen years Mccartney has suffered
Jones and all the other editors in his
neighborhood, to pummel lin with their
good strong pens. and mildly replies, as
follows
| "A person 30 destitute OF all the cle-
ments of gentleman, as to make Us the
object of personal vitupcration, because
OF business rivalry, or conflict of Opin-
| ions, Is so mean that the community will
soon find him out and discard him. with
out our interference. Our silence in the
past has been so successful n vindi-
cation, that We shall rcligiously observe
ii in the future, under like circum-
stances. We are led TO make
these observations because of the
course of two papers in this district
whose real editors are objects of the most
abjcct contempt, and because some OF
our friends have pressed us to use oun
columns in our vindica,ion. We hope
this explanation will be satisfactory. Still
we express in this connection our thank
for the voluntary defence, made for Us
by our friends and especially would W,
il notice the kind and ready vindicatiol
y made by the Johnson County IeomaH
from which we make an extract in thi
< issue
Is The indication alluded to is couchc,
u i'll the following tcrse and piquaut Ian
IN guage:
- "Our neighbor is mistaken ia adop,in
us the plan he has 10 kill oil Mccartney.
he ne l. really IN earnest and wants to rui
inf MACK, hc ought TO praise him. Pral,
~ from the Journal will kill any man"
~ Rest assured, friend Mack, the edit,
'I' of the Vienna Ieo,nns pokcd fun at yo
when he penncd that little squi
, Although small, it has reused McCartn
= from his fifteen years somnolencc, Al
unless lie rclapses again into the somn
&c state that has lent such u charm to /
"s weekly hOmilies, we may expect tll
W Jones and the other editor who Is 4
M object of the most "abiect contempt
~ Will get blue blazes from the pent
" yiluperatiye demon that llas been chain
~, ~ in the bosom OF Mccartney. How Schuc
W crs could so easily gull the Ncstor Of Il
nc Metropolis press, is beyond our ken.
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essee. properly bclongingto the fossliler-
Gus shadow dancers OF The past. con-
sumcs two columns and half of the dra-
ioHchc to tell the cause why our monetary
evils exist. and the remedy for same. a
live subject for the old man to discuss.
would be--"Oh. why is the rich man
taxed; and why refuse to pay the
county what it claims as it, just dues.
lie finished his lcnghthy financial article
with the following lines:
Sin our hand no price we bring.
Simply to Thy cross We cling
Amt YOU cxprlsed to see me- said
a little girl to a scdate and specialized
friend. "Ihc rain fell all over me like it
ran down through a strainer. aud |
shocked ii of. but it wouldn't stay
shocked. asked tod TO stop it, but
there was biz thunder in the way. and
he could not hear me. | underspcck. and
| most know lac couldn't see me, cause
black cloud got over my head as black
as -anything Nobody couldn't see lit
| tie girls through black clouds. I'm going
| to stay till the sun shines, and then, when
| go home, God will look down and say.
| "Why. there's Ncttie. She went to see
| her auntie, right in the middle Of the
rain : and CUES. he'll be just as much
cNpriscd IL YOU was
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THE mOo hollow MURDERER
ENTEN0'ED

Last Sunday morning, IN the 1t. Louis
criminal court. Brown, the Hog Hollow
murderer, was. sentenced to be hanged
November 2Gth, between the hours Of 10
O'Clock a. m. and 3 o'clock p. IN. When
sentenced, Brown evinced signs ofterror.
lie trembled like leaf. his face wearing
= piliftl. quailing expression. When ask
ed IL he had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him, he main
tanned silence as If all his powers OF ar.
ticulation were suspended through fear.