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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-02

The Valley House is the best for
commercial travellers and transient
guests TO stop at In Salt Lake City.
The cleanest Of rooms and best of
fare, at sl.50 to 50 per day.
novI7-dtmayi
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-02
COAL.
COAL
COAL.

The best of Rock Springs Coal will
be delivered by w. III. Lee, by tie
half-carlOad or more, for IS per ton.
In smaller quantities at $3.50 per ton.
Leave your orders at Bakers provi-
sion store. noyIS-dtf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-02
DAILY BULLETIN

War DfPartmeut Signal Service q. =.
Army
Division OF kilograms and reports for
the benefit of commerce and agricul-
ture- Meteorological Record,
Friday, Jan. 2, ls7+5:4J a. M:
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment OF time at all stations.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-02

WASTED.-A girl to do genera!
housework. Inquire at the Post office.
dec50tf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-02

FoR SALR.-A small iron safe, for
$500. Inquire at the Postoffice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18.--Galues,
ton advices from Fort Clarke, Tex
as, Of December 7th, state that Mex
leans crossed the river below San
Filipie and stole 500 head Of cattle
and Fifty horses from, Strickland &
Slanghten The citizens arc raising
companies and threaten to cross the
river. Great excitement prevails.
The citizens Of San Filipie to-day
called on the military authorities of
Fort Clarke. 500 $50 - 1854
MoNTRRL, December 17.-This
morning between 1000 aud 1900 des-
perate laborers again surrounded
the city hall clamoring for, bread.
Alderman M0nier, chairman ofsthe
police committee, addressed the peo4
pie and quieted them, advising them
to wait till to morrow. Ii immetii-
ate relief is not given it is feared q
riot will result. g S.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 17.-An explosion
on the Georgia road took place Eve
minutes after Q O'Clock. Henry
Downs, fireman, was killed, and en-
gineer, j. B. Reaney, had a leg bro
ken in two places and his head frac-
tured and it is thought his injuries
win prove fatal,
Jack Thompson, colored, was
hung today at Quitmsn, Kentucky,
for the murder Of Captain Hunter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

II California is sending two car
loads of pears to the East every day,
and the sanguine Californians hope
that in few years they will realize
more money from their exports of
fruit than from their exports of
wheat. sls tYas aosf oessi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

TENNESSEE.-The state Of Ten
nessee has at last reached the end
Of its financial rope, or the bottom
of its money box-whiehever is the
proper figure. Gov. Porter informs
the bond holders that the January.
interest on their bonds will be
paid because there is no; money in
the treasury to pay with. There
was @255, 900 borrowed to meet the
last January interest, and the funds
now in the treasury must be used to
repay this loan. The late legisla-
ture did no. make any provision for
the payment Of interest, nor for pay
ment Of the debt, and the governor
gives it as his opinion that the peO-
pie are not able to pay their debt in
in its present prOpOrtions-about
$50, 0O0, 600 This is the third state
Virginia, and North Carolina he.
ing the 0thers-that, without for
mallv repudiating or 'disowning it's
debt, confesSes it's inability to pay
it. The aggregate Indebtedness Of
these three states Is over 800, 0O0,-
600. There il no means ofenforcine
payment, and. as the Fbond.holders
are dependent entirely isoAithe will
of the people of the indebted states,
the only way out of the difficulty
wonld appear to be a compromises
of the claims at q figure which the
states can and VIII pay list. Lopis
Republican. 80. : -, n 81,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

~ Looking to others for our
standard of happiness is the sure
way to be miserable. Our business
is with our own heart and our own
motives.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

children to come unto me, and
forbid them not; for of such is
the kingdom of God" That the
Christian world With fond Will
ingness regards Chritmas as the
children's holiday and private
possession is the most emphatic
Of tributes to Him who quarrel
ed, amiably, with his disciples
concerning the treatment the
little boys and girls should re
ceive at His hand.
Christmas is the day of gifts.
1t is a wee vacation in the. sell
fshness of the world. It is a
day of love and sunshine drop
ped into the could heart of win
ter. Let the gifts be scattered!
Let the English epitaph, three
hundred years old, be remem-I
bered once more:
- &. What Ispent / had;
eo9 What gave / have;
What I kept; I lost"
The beauty of giving is the Civ
ing Of Beauty, if we set aside
benevolence for the moment.
The gift Of a flower, ray Of
Gods own Beauty perishable
though it be, leaves behind itan
everlasting fragrance, But,
Dives, Lazarus lies at thy gate.
Feed him with something better
than the crumbs from thy table.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

n Moore s. Son say they don't
keep any s'crooked" whiskey for
sale, but if any body wants anything
in the family grocery line they can
supply them as cheap as any body.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23
BELLEVUE, La,
Thursday, December q, 1875.

u It. will pay you well to go to
Moore & Sons for your Christmas
and New Years goods of all kinds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

The message which the President
will shortly send to Congress on
Southern affairs viii relate, for the
greater part, to the late troubles in
Mississippi and the mode Of conduc-
ting elections in that State, tho in
formation having been gathered by
persons designated for that purpose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

~ The Conshatta citizen Of the
18th mentions the death in that
place Of j. Prudhomme Hyams,
clerk of the District Court.
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n The Louisiana Legislature
will meet on the first Monday in
January. ~ g - '
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y > ? : :
CHRISTMAS.

AAS($o - AAeAS 10y y AesssAl S4ksAsaAA WV
Brazilian or Australian hills. It
is the years diadem of beauty.
There may be a melancholy
sameness in Christmas edito-
rails, and the editorial sensibili-
ties are more or less bruised by.
intlicting the same beautiful re-
marks upon Christmas-ye year
after year. But, after all, there
is no more sameness in the edi-
torial advertisement of Christ
mas than there is in a Christmas
dinner, or the stereotyped wish,
"A merry Christmas" So we
could talk about Christmas with
some fearlessness if we1had any
thing to say. . But we haven't.
The merry, gladstone, eloquent
day speaks for itself. But this
is, in a peculiar sense, the holt
day of the children. It almost
belongs to the boys and girls
There is a deep significance in
the fact that the founder of the
Christian religion, teaching His
new doctrine upon the coasts of
Judaa by the farther side of
Jordan, rebuked his beloved
disciples for preventing the peo-
pie from bringing children unto
Him. The Nazarene who over
turned religions, stopped histo-
ry and caused it to begin anew,
sat beyond the Jordan eighteen
hundred and forty three years
ago, and said Of the little chill
dren, s'Qf such is the kingdom
of God.H Christ said that the
kingdom of heaven is made up
of just such purity and inno-
sH
cence and loneliness as we find
in boys and girls. He was
speaking for the Beautiful Land,
and he was also speaking for
the boys and girls for the chill
dren. That little word dropped
beyond the banks of the Jordan
by the founder of the greatest
lof religions has been sounding
through the centuries, and after
fifty generations Of men still
makes Christmas the holiday Of
the child. Now we not only
suffer" Ga vile translation little
children to conenntoous, but we
welcome them. The babies,
as Emerson says, ride upon
the necks and shoulders of
all flesh. They who are a little
older grown--only a little-take
possession Of our houses and our
purses and our hearts on this
'anniye rsary day, which, without
irreverence, we may say belongs
to Christ and the children
Again we surrender every thing
to youthful bliss. Little patter-
ing feet bushes the heavier pater-
major maternal tread to silence.
The music of boyish boisterons-
ness and the ripping Of girlish
glee have about them again q
certain sacredness. The childish
hopesiatha center about thai
stocking" the thousands 81
restless hours and the thou
sands Of gentle dreams Of baby,
hood, Of boyhood and Of girl
hood, which the Christmas
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

The Republican party, al
ways true to its instincts, ever
in quest Of power and plumber,
never fails to ally itself with
the basest, the meanest, the
most abandoned, if they can
bring recruits to its shattered
ranks. 1901 M. b,ss
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

~ Moore 8 Son have a full as
sortment Of such goods as every
family wants, at extremely low
prices.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

The Democratic party long
ago decreed q divorce between
religion and the public school
system, and now the Radicals
want to claim the credit Of It. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

HAMILTON & co. For prompt,
ness, strict business dealing and en-
terprise IN the development Of the
internal resources of Shreveport,
this arm stands among the very first.
Besides the large and lucrative
trade in dry goods, I groceries and
plantation merchandise enjoyed BY
Messrs. Hamilton & Co, they have
built and are running . cotton seed
oil mill. Also in connection with
the mill the steamer Clifford, own
cd by the firm, makes weekly trips
up and down the river COLLECTING
cotton seed for consumptioa and
making a convenient and profitable
coast packet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-23

dos. MCEvoY.-lThis gentleman
is one Of the most experienced and
skillful jewelers. and watch repair
ers in the country, while his terms
are strictly in accordance with the
times. With so superior a workman
at,hand, it is unnecessary to send
the finest watch to the larger cities
for repair. His establishments is
No. 81, Texas street, Shreveport,
where hecan always be found atteh-
ding strictly to business. -
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4 y
JOSEPH BoIssEAU.-Mr. Bots
seau has been in business in Shreve-
port for over twenty years, and dur
ing that time has earned an envia-
BILE reputation. He is now engaged
in the cotton factorage; commission
and staple grocery business, and is
fully prepared to afford ample salts
faction to customers. He makes
liberal advances on cotton and other
produce. Mr.. Penn Ford, one Of
Shreveport's most competent, en-
terprising and liberal minded young
men, has charge Of the business.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18
that others can better discharge theduties

that others can better discharge the duties
OF my present position, and more accepta-
bly, meet the wishes of the people. [
feel that the place, though ever SO honor
able, las it is, to be an American Senator
Is to my mind the highest of earth s polit-
lcal honors) has no such charms as to lead
me to struggle for its retention. In MANY
respects L know l shall regret leaving the
many, very many pleasant associations
here formed. [ feel truly that no man
ever mad truer or sincerer friends than I
nave IN the body | shall leave. Not for
shght or inconsiderable causes. would T
as DO, upon my own motion, and as the
result OF my own reflection, leave it. I
have, however, duly considered the whole
matter, and | repeat that | shall not be
candidate for reelection.
In conclusion, l again express nv thanks
for your kind words, and return to the
people of my own State, with whose inter
ests I have been closely identified, as a
citizen, and in places of high trust, for
some thirty-fve years, my expressions of
gratitude for their many favors, and the
acknowledgements 1 have received at their
hands, more, far more, than verdeserv-
ed. l shall hope to continue to deserve
your and their confidence and kindly
judgment. And assuring them that I
shall in the future, as | have in the past,
labor, in my humble way, for the States
prosperity and advancement-to which
end nothing is more conducive, in my
Judgment, than the triumph of those
principles which our party was formed to
maintain and defend, | am
Very truly yours,
GEORGE G.. WRIGHT.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18
Wicked Ways.

One morning nice young man got into q
caron the Dayton Short Line Railroad, and
saw to his delight that the only vacant seat
in the coach was by the side of a young
lady acquaintance He reached for that
seat with joyful strides, and her eyes an
swered his delighted looks; but just be-
fore he reached it an elderly party waltzed
up the aisle and and dropped into the covet
ed seat. The young man approached
more slowly, and accosted the young
lady:
"How is your brother?" he asked; lis
he able to be about?"
Oh yes" she said.
Will he be badly marked?" he continu
ed and the old gentleman grew suddenly
interested.
"Oh, no" said the fair deceiver, "with
the exception of few small pits on the
forehead you would not know he had evel
had it."
"Were you not afraid of taking il? p
the young man went ON while the young
man broke out in acold sweat
"Not at all, you know have been vaccin
ated, she replied.
The seat was vacated instantly, TIVE
young hearts beat as dozen, and the prat
tie of 'nice talk" strewed that part of the
car, while gray-haired old man scowled
upon them from the hard accommodations
of the wood-box.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18
WHAT WAS HIS CREED!

He left a load of anthracite
In front of poor woman's door,
When the deep snow, frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountai
and moor.
That was his deed;
He did it we'll;
What was his creed?"
cannot tell.
Blessed sin his basket and his store"
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.
He took the lead
In each good task
What was his creed?"
/ did not ask
His charity was like the snow,
Soft, white and silent in it's fall;
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves; pail
For flowers and weed,
Dropping below.
"What was his creed?"
The poor may know.
lie had great faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people young and old,
And hope inspired, kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold;
For we must feed
AS swell as pray.
What was his creed?"
cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust;
His faith in words he never writ:
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it.
In time of need
A friend was he
What was his creed?"
He told not me-
He put his trust in heaven, and he
Worked well with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Let us take heed,
For life is brief.
what was his creed?"
"What his belief?"
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CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

DAPTIST CHURCH. No pas
ID tor Services at l0h a. m, and "a p. II.
Sunday-school l2h m. Prayer-meeting Thurs
day evenings.
M E. CHURCH.-Rev. C. b. CLARK, pastor.
vi. Services at 10H a. m, and seven p. III.
Sunday-school p. IN. Prayer meetings Thurs
day evenings.
SIMPSON CHARGE.-(M. e. Rev. c. L. STAF-
- FORD, pastor. Services at l0l3 a. m, and
p. IN. Sunday-School at p. III. Prayer meet
ings Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-Rev. J. E.
~ SNowDEN, pastor. Services at lOl a. M,
and p. m. Sunday-school at 213 M. Prayer
meetings Thursday evenings.
LNIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Rev. III.
Il S. SNODGRASS, pastor. Services at III a. M,
and 6Ia p. m. Sunday-school at ga a. IN.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
~ Rev. L. X. LESTER, pastor. Services o1s p. In.
E,PISCOPAL CHURCH.--Rev. JAMES ALLEN
H rector Services at 101a a. m, and IA p.
m. Sunday-school at l2:l5 m.
JTNIyERSALIST SOCIETY.-No regular SER
u vices Sunday-school at p. IN.
NHuISTIAN CHURCH.-Elder ID. II. DUNCAN
~ Services at 10H m, and p. IN Sunday
school at ga u. IN. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
TT p CHURCH.-Rev. II. A. McAYEAL, pas
u .tor. Services lOls H. H., p. IN. Sunday
school 9h a. m. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
CECoND NJ. E. CHURCH.-Ccolored) Rev. t.
- j. Marshall, pastor. Services l0h a. m.
Sunday-school 31i p. IN.
L'RIENDS' MEETING.-On 1st and 4th days of
II the week, at 10 a. m; on lst day at p. m
Sunday-school Immediately after service on lst
day morning.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father HARDIN. Ser
~ vices first Sunday of each month.
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That's What They Omit.

Democratic papers are fond just now
of quoting Henry Clay when he said, ~
pray God in his goodness to send war,
pestilence and famine, any scourge, for
the sins of the people, rather than mill
tary chief for ruler, and a wild, reckless
enthusiasm for military glory"
They are careful, however, not to let
their readers know that Clay was de-
nouncing the acts Of Gen. Jackson, which
Democrats at the time swore were oousti-
tutional and right, and do yet.--Cedar
Rapids Republicans.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18
BANDS.
FIRE COMPANIES.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

~ p. SEARLE,
~. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Special attention given to collection of claims
and probate matters.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18

~ ANoSSN Aohy opOh ouSih. IL WdS sui
eide to attempt to seize one of them; but
as the woman with some purpose in her
mind, sang out to the men to come back
and get the last dipper-full of liquor
which she had mixed, l seized upon the
only alternative. l sprang lightly into
the wagon, lifted the coffin-lid, and again
crawled into the long, narrow prison.
There was no choice The flood of the
moonlight had swept so far toward my
hiding place that only part of my body
was concealed by the barrel, and l knew
that discovery was inevitable, for the
mans horse stood in such a position that
to recover the reins he must have trodden
upon me, and there was no earthly thing
as far as the eye could reach over the
plain, behind which man could hide.
All, but what if man should re-adjust
his freight? Can you think how my
Heart pumped awaw at the thought? You
wonder what my plan could be? 1 had
none other than the hope of having one
man to deal with, if he went on his way
as he calculated. The three rufians were
mounted, and ali were about to start
when the woman ran out with some sort
of blanket, and muttered something
about covering the coffin. The man yell
ed out to her to mind her own business
and let the thing alone.
She retreated with the cloth, but she
had accomplished her purpose. In its
folds she had concealed a bowie knife
under its cover she had raised the lid and
dropped the weapon inside, risking giving
me cut as it fell upon me; but in the
momentary noise and confusion had got
the weapon in my hand and raised the
heavy lid Of the rough box the fraction of
an inch, so that breathing was easy if my
position was cramped.
The three horsemen spread out, re-
marking to each other: "Beat up the
game now speedily before, by any miracle,
he gets into the wooded belt by Bufords 8
Springs"
They continued to halloo at each other
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18

L have on my books a large number of
farms and houses in town. Also many thous-
and acres OF wild land. IL you have real estate
20 sell or wish TO buy, give me call. paw
taxes In any part OF the State. Conyeyancin9
done. once In Boyer & Barnes block, 0skaloo-
sa, Iowa. 10
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are true to ourselves and the plaines
teachings of the past and the present. AL
ready it is plainly discernable that they
are aroused to the dangers threatening on
every side, and the very possibility thai
those who lately sought to destroy the
government are to control its politics anG
administrations, is leading the best and
most discreet men of, not the Republican
party alone, but of all parties to inquire
whittier we are tending, and what they
shall do to strengthen our columns and
give us still the control of the government
Each day each act of the opposition, eacf
word declarative of their plans and pur
poses, all but serve to intensity this feel
ing and crystalline in acts this resolve
Let both sides be well understood W,
have done and are doing-all that the op
position have done and Enthusiastically pro
pose to do-all the spirit actuating them
and the danger has passed. The people
are right-will judge correctly and the
result no one who reads well the signs Of
the times can possibly mistake.
But have written more than l intend
ed. l trust shall be prdoned for say
ing SO much. I feel the dangers plainly
surrounding us, and could not say less.
must, however, desist, for the pressing
work of these closing days of the session
imperatively demands my attention. ]
trust our labors here for the present ma,
soon be brought to close, and that may
get back to Iowa-the place l love best
feel the need of rest. / feel that I ow,
it to my family to be with them moro thar
has been possible, in view of my oficia
engagements, for the last twenty years.
feel that official life here is beset with un
told perplexities, with but little to lea,
any one to struggle to keep in it. I fee
the absolute necessity, too, of SO directing
my energies as to savealittle money for m,
family, duty which / may say to you,
have thus far, to a great extent neglected
This, four years experience satisfies me,
cannot do from my present salary. fee
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A gentleman drove sorrowful looking
horse into town last Saturday, and stop
ping in front of Bank block, he requested
a small boy to hold him moment.
"Hold imp" exclaimed the boy, ''jest lean
him up agin ther post-that1l hold i'm"
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18

They tried to scare man in Missouri
by threatening to tar and feather him, but
he replied: "Come ON with your old tar;
I've been there six times, and I've got
receipt for washing it off"
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-03-18

The Good Templars of California have
established an Orphans Home.
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MASONIC.

TSNRI-LUMINAR LODGE, No. Is, A. +. 81 A. NJ
Il Stated communication Friday evening on
or before each full moon.
C. III. PHELPS, w. NJ.
T. III. GREEN, Sec'y.
HIRAM CHAPTER, No. 6.-Stated commu-
nication Wednesday evening before full
moon. III. II. KENDIG, III. Z.
L. BAKER, Sec'y.
TUSCALOOSA COUNCIL. r. & s. NJ, No. t.
~ Meets at Masonic Hall first Monday even
ing in each month. III. HOWARD, Il. /. NJ.
X. p. BACON, Recorder.
NE PAYEN'S C0MMANDERY, X. T., No. O.
IL Stated communications second Tuesday
evening in each month.
H. C. LEIGHTON, E. C.
JOHN III. PERRY, Recorder
Transient brethren of any degree invited to
meet with us.