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INSURANCE.

M0U6AUV6s
Twrsrr-snra
ANNUAL STATEMENT
CR8sCHNT MUTUAL INSURANCE. O0MPANY.
Total psemiuma for the year ending
A9fu ~. 1U5S... ................0 30 5U5 -
Raxned premiums, lees reinsurance and ~
Fire. s1 maEin R, snd 99e: c::::
Taxes. expenses, rebate in
Hen Of participation. lees
interest. etc.. ............ 77.0e @3H,OA -
Leaving, after paying ten per cent on
Total assets. o6l0. 3ol 81
The Board Of Trustees resolved that altar pay.
Ing the annual interest Of ten per cent the cap
ia :fSci of 81 The co%psnZ that dividend o
the fourteenth day Of June next to those parties
insurfng with the company entitled to receive the
same
Trustees.
Thomas 4. Adams, 6smue- B. Newman.
Samuel Il. Kennedy, G. T. Buddecke,
John Phelps, Adam Thompson,
Henry Abraham, P. n. Strong,
Victor Meyer, Joseph Bowling,
Edward J. Gay, Andrew Stewart,
Simon Hernshem, George Martin,
isSac xee9d + ii S asois Ss =: sentsu,
Frederick Camerdon, John N. Sandidgo,
Simon F0rcheimer, B. B. Post,
John 3. King J. I. Harris,
Joseph Stone, Alfi ,6MOulton,
EDWARD Male, 4. Ljvi.
NV n an
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Joseph PheIp0 W. M. Hefseman.
EIFrH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
4 Orleans, No. 7l34.-By virtue Of . writ Of der
faclas to me directed by the honorable the Fifth
District Court for the parish of Orleans, in the
above entitled cause will proceed to sell at pub.
lie auction on the premises hereinafter designated
O'Clock 4. M, the following described property,
to wit
THE CONTENTS OF VARIETY STORE, stu.
ated at Nos 73 and It's south RAM street in the
First District Of this city, per inventory which
may be seen in my Office.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash ON the spot.
EeGENE wAGGAMAN,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-07
LAFOURCHE.

From the Sentinel, March 4:
Many planters talk Of laying by their
rattoon canes in May; etubble cane is now
fully two months ahead of ordinary years,
and ought to insure fine yield next tall.
Gustave Ruthenburg, q peddler, commit
ted suicide below Lockport, on the twenty
eighth ultimo. The district attorney re-
ceived on Thursday last official notice of it
with all the facts. We have . communica-
ton regarding the matter. giving full de.
tails, which will appear in next weeks
Issue.
On Monday last, about two miles below
Lafourche Crossing, . most deplorable rem
contre took place, in which an excellent
citizen lost his life. As far - We can learn
the particulars are as follows: A dispute
occurred between Mr.. Augustin Claude and
a young relative of his named Raphael
Claude, in the course Of which the former
struck the latter, who immediately drew q
knife and plunged it into his breast The
wounded man walked about fifty yards and
fell dead. We forbear further comment
until We hear full details.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-07

From the Meschacebe. March 4:
Captain Paul BOytOn created great
sensation in St. John the Baptist and st.
Charles last Friday, February 25. At about
four O'Clock in the morning he was drawn
by q counter current into the eddy in front
of the Carroll plantation, where, little be-
fore daybreak, he was found by Mr.. Arthur
Labiche, who made him aware of his posi-
ton. Speeding down, he passed the St.
John courthouse at seven O'Clock in the
morning. At Bonnet Care Point he was
treated 10 cup OF hot coffee by Mr.. Rose
mOnd St. Pierre, the ferryman. The COM
ments ON Captain BoytOn's trip were quite
amusing An old knowing darkey said that
the animal was ''mare. maid;" he was sure
of it, as he had seen one when he crossed
the sea from 'Old Virginy." to New Or
leans. Captain Boyton was born in the
United States, is of Irish descent, and
twenty-seven years old. He is the best
swimmer known, and is reported to have
saved the life of sixty-one persons.
Another swimmer sailed into the eddy of
the Carroll plantation last Sunday morning.
Whence he came and wheref0r bound will
forever remain . mystery. His name was
beaver, and . huge one be was, measuring
fsur feet from the tip Of the nose to tail end
The solitary traveller which had drifted
down probably thousands of miles from its
native den was 10th to die, and gave up the
ghost only ct the third summons FROM Mr..
Ernest Ssrrat's shotgun. This is the second
beaver Mr.. Sarrat has killed in the Missis-
sippi river in St. John the Baptist.
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Eliza FORESTER vs.. Hans Louis.

EUGENE WAGGAMAN,
fell mh2 10 Civil Sheriff OF the Parish Of Orleans
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Union Insurance Company Of New Or.
leans A. COutin, Tutor.

EUGENE WAGGAMAN
felt "a mh2 10 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
WORDS OF SENSE.

1t is not often that we find anything in
our vivacious, viperish, Interpretive
neighbor, the st. Paul Dispatch, which
commends Itself SO thoroughly to the
appreciation of our judgment as much OF
9th -
While we believe the interest of the country
will require i'll the coming Presidential cam
paign tnat the Republican party he completely
ovelthrown and put out Of power, we hold,
nevertheless, that the same interest require
that the increasing body Of Independent voters
should hold themselves from permanent ALL
ance with any party Consistently Nth their
duty to their country they cannot aid to keep
the Republican party, as at present constituted
IN power 1t does now appear possible for
that party to be reorganized on basis which
will make it worthy Of public confidence in
time for the approaching Presidential election
Should, as is not improbable, the great sue
cess OF the Democratic party, in 1876 bring its
worst elements to the front and should it prove
so weak in virtue as to give its directions OF
these and to the IOrtune-hunters which will
flock to it from the Republican party, then the
elections Of 1878 and 1880 will furnish the In
dependents an opportunity not only to rebuke
it for its fathlessness but to turn it out of pow
er if necessary By 1884, at least, it will
doubtless happen that the Republican party
Will be reOrganlZe0 Win us best men as Its
representative leaders, while the Democratic
parry will have been captured by placemen,
lobbyists and contractors. Then it will be the
duty of the Independents to join the Republic
can party for the time, as it is their duty now
to join the Democratic party for the time.
The election OF the last eight years show that
there at least three per cent. Of the voting
population of the country uninfluenced by
party considerations. These are enough to
hold the balance of power, and, maintaining
their Independence of parties, to reform the
government and hereafter prevent either party
from becoming as venal and dangerous as was
the Democratic party in 1860, or as is the Re-
publican party in 1876. Because they can do
this it is their plain duty to act accordingly.
Now let the Dispatch tnrn in and help
make our Independent Convention Of
the 29th inst, success. That will give
the Independent voters cfthe State nu-
clues, rallying point, an organization,
in short, the balance of power between
the two contending parties whereby it
can restrain both from wrong causes.
What says brother Hall?
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THE SCHOOL BOOK BILL.

For three years in succession the Sem
ate of Minnesota has passed bills to re-
lieve the people Of the state Of the in
iquitous, villainous, abominable robber-
les of the book publishers and book
agents, and tor three years in succession
the House OF Representatives has de:
feated ali efforts tor reformr
We now call upon the people of the
state to take this thing in their own
hands and to see that no man is sent to
the Senate or House next winter who is
not pledged unequivocally to this great
measure of economy
Look at the figures! David Ramaley,
the leading printer and publisher Of the
state, man whose published work on
printing is the accepted standard of au-
thority among all the printers of the
state, pledged himself before public
meeting OF members of both houses, to
print the school books needed in our
public schools at the rates given in the
following table prepared by him:
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Anti-Mlotupollst.
lCNATlUS DONNELLY. Editor.
Independent And-AolDDoly
State Convention.

1t being deemed expedient to hold
convention earlier than suggested by
the State Central Committee at its last
meeting, therefore the independent
voters of the State of Minnesota who are
willing to sever all connections with Old
party organizations, and unite m a new
and Independent Party, the objects OF
which are Radical Retrenchment in pub
lie expenditures, both State and Ma
tional, and thorough reform in the finan'
cial affairs OF the country, are requested
to send delegates to State Convention
to be held at Owatonna on Wednesday
the 29th day of March 1876 at II. NJ. for
the purpose OF selecting ten delegates to
represent the Independent Party OF
Minnesota in the National Independent
Convention to be held at Indianapolis
on the 18th day of May 1876, and also to
appoint five candidates for presidential
electors; and to transact such other bus
mess as may properly come before said
convention.
Counties are entitled to delegates as
follows Anoka 3 Blue Earth 10; Brown
5; Carver Z; Chippewa B; Chisago );
Dakota Z; Dodge 8; Douglas b; Fari-
bault s Freeborn Z; Fillmore IA; Good
hue Is; Hennepin %; Houston 8; lsan-
ti2: Jackson2; kahdiyohi 2: LeSueur7
Mcleod s. Martin p Meeker 8; Now
or 5; Nicollet s; Olmsted Ii; Otter
Tail 2; Pope2 Ramsey Is; Redwood 2 f;
Renyille 4 Rice 10; St. Louis 2; Scott ;
Sibley 5; Stearns 8; Steele s. Todd =
Wabashaw 9; Waseca 5; Washington .
Watonwan 2; Winona II; Wright 8;
and all others one each.
Dated Feb %. 1876.
Ebenezer Ayres. Washington Co.,
Chairman; O. ii. Page, Olmsted Co.,
Henry Heys, Goodhue Co; c. S. Knee
land, Dodge Co., d. h. Farmhan,
Wright Co.. NJ. b. Slocum. Mower Co.,
J. A. Latimer. Faribault Co., A. H
Bartlett, Freedom Co., S. w. Hayden,
Chippewa Co.. Joseph Goar, Rice Co.,
William Blaisdell, Hennepin Co., J. c.
Wilson, Pope Co. j. p Shoenback. Mic
ollet Co.. N. Small, Anoka CO.. Mar
tin Greeley. S,earns Co., George S. Mil
lard, LeSueur Co., j. M. Lee, Fill
more Co., J. V. Branham. Meeker Co.,
w. Nj. Davis, Murray Co.. r. a. Sim
mons. Dakota Co.,
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
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We find there is no reliance to be
placed on the Pioneer-Press. even in its
quotations. The other day it quoted the
following from the Litchfield Ledger,
Frank Dagget's paper.
BEHOLD THE RESULT.
Nature, it is true, did much for Ignatius
Donnelly. She put brains into his head and
gave him talents, genius. These he has
spared no opportunity to improve. Behold
the result!
As We had not seen the Ledger, we
came to the conclusions that Frank had
been attacking US. and showing how lit
tie we amounted to despite all the
liberality of nature; and we thereupon
proceeded to recalcitrate upon him with
forty mule power; and we had our re-
ply in type when fortunately we found
his paper: and in it this overland and
too tlattering notice.
DoNSHLLy.
Why is this man such power in the State,
Notwithstanding that he has pursued such .
tortuous route. one that in the ordinary course
of huinar events would have left most men
stranded high and dry on the shoals of popul-
ar disfavors 1t is simply this he is an earnest
worker. Other men may have time to fool
away in the billiard room, or over a social gam.
OF caeis: but Donnelly, when in the discharge
of his public duties, is in his room studying
working away as il his very existence depended
upon it. You rarely if ever see him
OF an evening sitting around in the office
or reading room of his hotel. There is mos,
always crowd there chatting away Oh the
various subjects that interest men in these
days, but newer, or at very rare intervals Is
Donnelly visible in this sommon stamping
ground Time with him is precious, and he
invests his capital so that it viii bring the
largest return. There is only one result pos
sible, aud that is as certain as truth itself III.
grows in knowledge, he expands, he accumul-
ates, he gathers fresh strength every day, and
thus is always able TO maintain his position as a
most formidable foe, As q terrible ANTAGONIST
Nature IT is true, did much for lenatius Don-
nelly. She put brains into his bad aud gave
him talents, geni;.s. These he has spared no
opportunity to improve, to cultivate. Behold
the result.
Now. David. we will have an action
for damages against you, if you garbls
our compliments in that way we don1
get 80 many OF them that we can afford
to have them emaseulated.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
THOSE OLD BONDS

We yield up part of our space this
week to the able report of Senator
Meighen. upon the history of the old
Minnesota State Railroad Bonds. While
we agree with him in the historical part
Of his valuable paper. we think the state
sooner or later will have to settle those
bonds in some shape. They will out
live al OF us. and haunt our posterity
worse than Banquo's ghost hauntedlMac-
beth. For our part il the state could
pay them with the 100000 acres OF in
ternal improvement lands. we would
willingly vote to make that dispo-
sition ot the lands.
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the impression prevails that bonds are issued
upon the entire lands under consideration, and
that in case any portion of them are unreleased
by sale. or otherwise. the bond holders can
foreclose on all the lands, subjecting thesetters
to a lawsuit or compromise to perfect his title.
In other words the settlers onlysimprove these
lands to make them more valuable to the
bondholder. It will be wellfor our people to
carefully examine the matter before investing
their money.
Let US see what we said, in our issue
of Feb.24th which Stebbins declares to be
"eyasive." 1t was as follows:
perfectly good.
The United States owned the land. They
conveyed it to the R.SR. company. The COM
pany vested the lands in certain trustees to
hold for the benefit of the bond holders, with a
provision that the bonds could BE- used in pay
ment OF the lands. When you buy the bonds
you bring them to the trustees; they cancel the
bonds and give you deed for the lands you
have selected; and the officers Of the company
join in the deed; so that you have two titles,
both the company's title and the title of the
trustees OF the bond holders. 1t is difficult to
conceive stronger deed than this.
Is there anything 'evasive" in this?
We show that the only parties who have
any title to tae land are the Railroad
Company and their bond holders land as
both join in tie deed, the company
through its officers under its corporate
seal. and the bond-holders through their
trustees in express compliance with the
terms OF the deed of trust, we cannot see
how there can be any doubt as to the
completeness OF the title. The title has
been examined by a great many lawyers,
and of the three million bonds over a
million dollars have been purchased and
applied to the location of hundreds of
thousands OF homesteads in Wright, Hen
nepin, Meeker, Kandiyohi and Swift
counties.
If Steb. was a man of more intelli-
gence we should suppose he mad some
malign motive in thus trying to throw
doubt upon the validity OF these titles ;
but it is curious fact in natural history
that there are creatures that will fill a
whole countryside with their braying,
without having the slightest determln-
ate object or meaning. If however
there is any lawyer at Steb's elbow. be
he Dald-headed OF otherwise, who is put
ting ideas into Steb's obscure Uranium,
let him state his proposition in some
kind OF practical form; let him show
wherein the defects in these titles lie, ,and
weiwill try to answer him according to
his folly.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
TIE HARD TINES.

A New York correspondent of the
Chicago lnter-Ocean says:
1t has been in my way for the past few
months to come TO ! personal knowledge of the
condition Of business among the merchants Of
the better sort which almost regret refer
10 merchants who do not overtraie, who never
speculate, whose capital is real and not icti-
,ious. and who never fail or 30 into bankrupt
cy before the public. They are such As have
been long in business on real capital for quar-
s,sr OF 4 million 10 = million. whose goods are
OF the standard types, such As must be boush,
and sold, and whose expenses are moderate
compared to those Of the more prominent
houses To all such as these the years 1874
and 1875 have been fearful in their pressure.
They have quietly marked od their capital on
an average sioo. 10 each year, their profits be-
ing nil. And now, at the opening Of 1916,
mAny Of ,hem-l dare not say how many
pay their debts and withdraw from business.
They die like stoics; they make no report To
the Journals: they utter no complaint even Of
Jay Gould. have never been 50 deeply i'm
pressed with sympathy and profound respect
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WHOLE NO. S8.

take charge Of their schools.
1t was q pitlable spectacle to see the
LOBBY OF the House on the 1st of March.
literally black with the swarm of book
agents, teachers and publishers. ason-
lied lest their plunder should be dra coed
out OF their jaws. Charley Clarke Who
nad sold lot Of books to the people Of
Hennepln county at twice the prices
named IN Mr. Kamaley's estimates. was
on hand working night and day, button
hollng and whispering to members.
Liberty Hall was hard at work demon-
stratlng that no such outage had ever
been attempted upon the people of this
country since King George enforced the
stamp tax From New Ulm Prot CAGE.
hurried down to the charge. In short
from all parts of the state they tiocked
IN, for is it not written s.where the car
cass IS there shall the vultures be gath
ered?"
The argument in the mouths Of all
these men was, that if the state under-
took to print books why should It not
manufacture boots or reapers. Thew
knew perfectly Well that the state has
made education its business; that the
state rests upon popular education; that
popular education is the essential princi-
pie, the life, the soul, of free govern
ment; and they knew too that books are
as necessary part of general education
as school houses or teachers. If the
state builds school houses, and paws
tor the training OF teachers, why shall
1t not see to it that books are furnished
at reasonable prices? Pennsylvania and
New York gsve the books to the scholars:
but Minnesota, we are told, has no right
to protect ner people from gross and
outrageous robbery Of $500, 900 per
year.
People of Minnesota! Are you to be
Plundered forever by school book riugp
1t not, see to it that every candidate for
legislative honors next fall is made to
publicly define his position on this i'm
portant question.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
LAND TITLES OF THE ST. PAU
AND PAcIFC RAILROAD
CONPANY

On the l4th. of February last. our friend
Moses Cole Esq. of Dakots county.
wrote US letter enquiring ..if the st.
Paul and Pacific Railroad company gives
q clear warrantee deed tor their lands in
Stevens Co. MIMI
We replied to this inquiry through the
columns of the Anti Monopolist whereup-
on the Hastings Gazette SAYS:
Considerable inquiry IS made in n gard 70
the title to the Stevens County lands, which
are now attracting attention among those who
have some money 20 invest. and dothezs who de-
sire to make homes in that region Moses
Cole, OF this vicinity wrote DonDelly, on the
subject but received An ev1sive answer. which
did not II ali satisfy him. Among our psople
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
4 aEssss=sMzssE.aagn nah them for |

This is not guess-work. but carefully
prepared elaboration Of facts. Mr.. Rs
maley took the books now in use. calcu-
lated the amount OF press work, compo-
sition, binding. engraving, sc. in each,
the costot each. and then what it would
cost to prepare books Of the same size
and quality: and the above figures show
the result.
( 4 series oil these books now costs the
scholars Sl2.13; under the bill which
vas defeated in the House, books of the
same size and character would cost,
for the first edition, t4.91 and for all
subsequent editions $325!!
The number of school children en-
rolled in the state is s141,352. We have
known many instances where parents
have spent $1,000 per child for school
books in single year But If we will
suppose the average cost of school
books per year to be $500 for each
pupil, it will make an aggregate of
}2S2. .7O4. OF this great sum it Is now
demonstrated that nearly three-fourths,
or @s0o. 900, are sheer. downright rob-
berry. Robbery too of the little children !:
robbery which stands at the door Of the
school house and levies its vile tax upon
the sacred institution Of education.
And the representatives Of the people
,rho suffer ibis Erong have, for three
years, refused 70 right It, even when the
Senate has proposed ways and means
The bill OF Senator Lienan proposed
that the state should procure by advef-
tisement the preparation Of DanuscEipt
copy for such school books, or should
buy the copy night Of books already pre-
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uary. He claims for the enterprise that it will

AN ENTIRE REVOLUTION IN MINING,
that ore may be dropped from the lower levels
of the mines down to the tunnel--a saving Of
the present hoisting power; that the tunnel
will drain the mines naturally--a saving Of
pumping power; that ore can be transported
through the tunnel to the reduction mills in
Sutro at cost Of 10 cents per ton--a saving in
transportation expenses; that the livs of the
miners will be more secure; and finally the
tunnel will inaugurate total reduction of
more than SO per cent. from the present cost
of mining. and thereby render it worth while
to reduce low grade ores.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
VIEW RAILROADS.

We are glad to learn that the St.
Paul and Sioux City Railroad will this
year build Il branch from some point in
Mobiles county to Lu Verne in Rock
county, thus opening upa rich and val
liable section of country in the extreme
south western portion of the state. See
their advertisement in another column
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The. .crowning misfortune is that theseexcellent
people, being dumb from their birth, and
taught never to utter word on public matters,
would never be heard from on public matters
were ten thousand to die and thousand mil
lion of business capital to 20 out of existence.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16
THE PIONEE'R-PRES

We find there is no reliance to be
placed on the Pioneer-Press. even in its
quotations. The other day it quoted the
following from the Litchfield Ledger,
Frank DavVet'S PAPER