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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
Sherif's Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish Court-Parish q
Assumption.
Walter Push
VS.. No. 90.
DIR, Robert T,avYaa

DR.. Robert Lawes.
10y VIRTUE of and in obedience to n
= - writ OF feLt fdctds to me directed by
the Honorable Parish Court of the parish Of
assumption, III the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and bearing date the 10Th dav
OF repruary, 4. ID. 1870, | will offer for sale
on
Saturday, the goth day of April. 1879
at ii o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to wit
A certain LOT OF GROUND situated in
the town of Donaldsonville, parish of AS
eension, and fronting on the Crescent place
bounded on one side by lot number four on
the other side by lot number six, and in the
rear by lotnumber sixty-nine. said lot he
ing of an irregular shape and being des;g-
mated on the plan of the town of Donaldson.
vile as lot number five.
Terms aud CoaditioHs-Cash in United
States currency.
Parish of Ascension, March l6, 1873.
?. A JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Pensions.l Pensions! Soldiers and
Sailors war of 1912 or Indian wars,
their widows and all pensioners whose
names have been dropped from the
Rolls. can now secure Pensions. Send
stamp with full history of case to
Presbrey and Green, Patent Attor,
neys, 500 9TH St., Washington, D. C.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

A State election occurred in New
hampshire on the 18th inst, and
Prescott, the Republican candidate
for Governor, was elected by about
800 majority. Last year the Repub-
lieans carried the State by over 5000
majority. The Legislature is still
strongly Republican.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
STRANGE ADVICE

There are so few wise amendments in the
number proposed by Louisianas redonbta-
BILE Legislature. that it becomes the duty OF
everybody to reject them, vote them
down.-& Mary Enterprise.
There's logic for you! If you can't
have everything just as you want it,
kick against the good that is availa-
BILE. We can not believe the lumi
nous advice of the Enterprise will be
followed by any considerable proper
ton of the voters of Louisiana. The
amendments should be voted upon
with discrimination and the wheat
selected from the chaff, even by those
who favor Il constitutional conven-
ton. The proposition for conyen,
ton may be supported at the same
time, but as its adoption is by no
means to be regarded among the GER
tainties of the future, it would be
well to insure the engrafture upon
our constitution of those measures
OF undoubted utility and reform in
cluded amorg the proposed amend
ment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Latest advices from Washington
relative to the competition for the New
Orleans Collectorship, represent that
President Hayes has about made up
his mind to appoint Mr.. Packard,
who is reasonably sure to run the
gauntlet of the Senate and secure
confirmation,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Judge Whitaker, of the Superior
Criminal Court of New Orleans,
rendered decision last week quash-
ing the information pending against
II. C. Dibble for alleged embezzle-
ment of tax funds received by him
while he was Assistant Attorney
General.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
Saturday, March 80, 1878

The public schools in st. Mary par
ISL are in f1ourishing operation.
Nearly all the colored schools are
taught by competent colored teach
ers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

The U. S. steamer Enterprise hav-
ing completed the survey of the
Mississippi for some distance above
and below New Orleans, has departed
to perform similar work on the ANA
ION and Orinoco rivers, South Ameri-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
Sheriff's Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish Court-Parish of
Ascension.
Jules o. Ayraud


Ascension.
Jules o. Ayraud
VS.. No. $50,
Henri Month
pY VIRTUE of and in obedience to a
-AJ writ of tferi faciGs to me directed by
the Honorable Parish Court of the parish of
Ascension, in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and bearing date the 18th day
OF March, A. ID. 1873, l will offer for sale at
public auction, on the plantation of Jules o.
3ayraud, situated on the right bank of the
Bayou Lafourche, abont four miles below
the town of Donaldsonville, parish of As
cension, on
Saturday, the Both day of March, 1878,
at Z o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
ONE Pillow.
ONE THREE MULE CART
TWO MULES.
.. Terms aud Conditions-Cash in United
States currency.
Parish of Ascension, March l6. 1873.
2. A, JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

The lower house of Congress has
passed the bill introduced By Mr.. Glib
son of Louisiana for the relief of the
sufferers by the McAlester disaster.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

From two to four bottles of Jenkins Rheu-
matism, Gout and Neuralgia :" Annihiator y
will cure permanently any first attack of
rheumatism or Gout. From two to two
dozen bottles will cure permanently, accord
ing TO duration of disease, any case of Rheu-
matism, Gout or Neuralgia.
N. JENKINS & Co, Proprietors,
New Orleans, La.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-23
Curious Discovery of a New Grain.

We have been shown a new grain,
discovered about four years ago by a
farmer in Surprise valley, in the north
ern part of this State, taken from the
crop of a wild goose which had been
shot by the farmer. He sowed the seed
Immediately after it was taken from the
garner of the birds crop, and it produced
more than n hundred fold. Mr.. Meri-
thew, a farmer of Butte county, obtain
ed some few seeds of the new grain, and
succeeded in propagating it with wonder
full success on his farm in Butte county.
The straw and beardless head resemble
wheat; the grain looks little like rye,
but is twice as large as rye. When cut,
as it is passing into the milk, it makes a
hay even superior to wheat hay. Mr..
Merithew has on hand several tons of
hay from this new variety of grain, and
perhaps five bushels of its seed. 1t APP
pears to us every way superior to rye
Ventura (Cdl,) Free Press
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-23
Rye Flappers.

a pint of corn-meal and teaspoon
full of salt in a large bowl. Pour over
boiling water from the kettle, and stir
hard until it is smooth. Thin it with
milk, and add gradually ii pint of rye
meal, beating it well The batter should
be made as thin as it is possible 10 turn
the cakes-put on the griddle hy the
tablespoonful. These are as light, rich
and delicate as If made with eggs, and
are much more wholesome and econo-
mical.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-23
The Borrowing Nuisance.


The greatest nuisance that the farmer
has to contend with, and one which en-
tails on him not otinconsderablea
of loss in time and cash, is the borrow
ing nuisance. Neighbor A may be II
very nice man In many ways; he Is
sociable, chatty and agreeable. Hesends
over to our place and politely asks us to
loan him our spade. We do not like to
loan him our old, weak backed affair, so
promising to return it the next evening,
sure, as we want to use it the following
day. Our plans are all laid out for work,
in which the spade is to play u prominent
part, and yet there is no spade to be
found. One of the men Is dispatched to
bring the missing spade, while our other
hands potter around until this and other
tools are brought back In the course
of an hour the man returns minus the
spade, not being able to find either the
spade or Mr.. A, the latter having gone
to some remote part of his farm to work.
We then have to alter our plans for that
days work and go to work at something
else, after losing considerable time for
the accommodation of Mr.. A. The fol-
lowing morning, on going to the shed
where we keep our tools, the spade is
found, full of dirt and CRIME. We start
out to work with it, only to find that
some of neighbor AS men have been
using it as pry and have broken its
back. We swallow the loss as best we
can, and buy another spade. A nice,
new briar scythe is borrowed to help in
clearing piece of new ground and get
it ready for the plow. In the careless
ness and hurry the scythe snathe gets
badly charred in the fires of brush,
while the temper in the blade is entirely
destroyed. This is returned, with great
sorrow being expressed that the thing
has happened as it has but nary word
is said about replacing it with a new
one. Our clean, sound carriage is bor-
rowed. 1t is brought back after sundown
with bolt or two missing, perhaps Il
spoke broken, and the whole covered
with generous sprinkling of mud.
The horse rake goes the rounds of the
neighborhood and finds its way home
with one or two teeth broken. "A sharp
saw and sharp chisels are borrowed, and
the saw is brought into contact with
nails, which does not improve etherthe
set or the sharpness of the teeth, while
the chisels usually have several sus-
picious hicks in them which plainly
show they have been borrowed.
AS with the tools and implements so
it is with books, periodicals, etc. a
valuable book from our library is bor-
rowed and taken to the borrowers 3 home,
where the children, usually with unclean
hands, thumb over it till it looks like
anything but its former self, while there
may be several leaves missing, having
been taken to supply the place of less
convenient paper. Happily there are
few borrowers who take good care of
what they borrow and try to return it in
as good order as they received it, in de-
fault of which they replace it. We think
our readers have had some experience
with these es-borrowers-and
can testify to what we have written
above as not being one whit overdrawn,
for we could cite many other instances
similar, and no doubt could they.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-23

The great celebrity of our TIN TAG TOBACCO
has caused many limitations thereof to be placed
on the market. we thereof caution all Chewers
against purchasing such limitations.
All dealers buying or selling other plug tobacco
bearing hard or metallic label. render them.
selves liable to the penalty of the Law, and all
persons violating our trade marks are punishable
by fine and imprisonment FEE ACT OF CON
GRESS, AUG. Il, 1876
The genuine LORILLARD TIN TAG TOBAC-
co can be distinguished by "a IN TAG on each
lump with the word LORILLARD stamped
thereon.
over CS8 tons tobacco sold in 1871 and nearly
060persOns employed in factories.
Taxes paid Gov'm't in 1877 about $4,000 0(e and
during past II years over S20,CO0.Ot0
These goods sold by all lobbers at manufacture
ers rates
BslThe Tin Tag Smoking Tobacco Is second to
none" in aroma mildness, purity and quality.
10 3m.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-23
Sbr 8IuonrirIO Syyimfs.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

We einvite Communications from all person who are
interested In matters properly belonging TO this de.
partmtnt
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04
DEATHS.
Obituaries are charged for at advertising rates,
Notices Of deaths published Qrotsitoasslv,

coRg!N3In staunton, on May 10th, Rosadell.
bin, aged year, months, and Z days.
WHITMoRE-At the residence of s. NJ. Craw-
ford, near Mt. Sidney, on Sunday. the 18th of
May, Miss Mary 9. Whimore, daughter of
Mrs. s. A. Ross.
PAGE-In Staunton, On Saturday last, of paral-
ysis, Mrs. Susan Page, daughter of A. NJ.
Hawpe Of this County, and wife of Geo. w.
Page. of Mo.
Of May, OF consumption, Mrs c. g. Adams,
daughter Of Maj. Jonathan Brooks, of New
Providence Church.
She was a true and faithful member of the
acter shone brighter and brighter even unto
death.
BRowN-May 9th, 1873, Miss Nancy Brown, in
the end year of her age, Of protracted suffer.
which she bore with Christian resignation
and fortitude.
Trained by pious parents, she made a profes
sion of religion In the 18th year Of her age; and
for "A years was consistent member of Hugusts
Presby terrain church. She always adorned hel
Christian profession BY pious and consistent
providence of God, which rendered. her a.
all times bright and cheerful, notwithstand
ing the fact that for number of years she hat
been In III health, and at times great sufferer
AS a neighbor. she was universally beloved, ant
ever ready to administer to the wants Of tn,
needy; faithful in all the relations of life, hel
hASAAOAy wiz W CACIlSfcu WIFI pT0IOuHU re
spect and affectlon. w, B.
| JQHHsoN-Died, in Staunton, Friday, the 3ls
day of May. William B. Johnson, scholar
without pedantry, true christian without
cant, gentleman by birth, instinct ant
habit. He neither f1attered the rich, cringet
to the powerful nor yet assumed sught in tn,
presence Of the poor and humble.
He lived without deceit or pretense, suffered
with patience and fOrtitude, and died with res
ignation to the will of God, and in charity will
Ho nescos thr,,,.,,, oil +,o ,,...
man experiences. with the equanimity of phi
iosopher, neither arrogant in prosperity nor cas-
down by adversely free from every malice ha
tired and all manufacturers, with heart over
flowing with the milk of human kindness, ant
the same genial sweetness that tempered his
nature when fortune smiled, shed its mellow
light over the rugged path Of his declining
years.
Some may take pride in their intimacy with
the powerful, others rejoice in the condescen
sions of the rich, but the humble writer of thi.
imperfect tribute, esteems 1t a much greater
privilege to be able to remember that such
man was his friend. K
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04

9HIELDs-ELLIs-On the end ult., by Rev H
c. Tinsley, Mr.. H. G. Shields and. Miss Ellen
Ellis, all of Monroe county, W. Va.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the 30th ult., Mr. Thos
81. Ellis, of Greenbrier county, and Miss Cue
Marshall, Of Monroe county, w. Va.
WISE-REEvES-Near Messy Creek, Va, May
2sth, MIR. Newton B. Wise and Miss Nettie v.
daughter of George W. Reeves, ESQ.,, all Of
Augusta county.
FRYMIER-GRovE-Near Waynesboro', Va.
May Both, Mr.. John Frymier and Miss Susan
Grove daughter of Henry Grove, Esq.,-all o.
Augusta county.
SHIPLETT-SUMMERs-N Deerfield, Va. May
30th, Mr.. Scott A. Sh:plett and Miss Berthe T.,
daughter Of John Summers, Esq.,-all OF Au.
gusta county.
KINcAID-LEwIS-On the 9th ult., by Rev.
VIM. L. Lynch, Mr.. Charles Kincaid, of Mon
roe county, and Miss Clarinda Lewis, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Arch. Lewis, of Greenbrier county.
BAILEY-DRUMMoND-A the residence of the
brides parents, May 81, by the Rev. Christian
Hartman, David D. Bailey and Julia F.,
daughter of VIM. A. Drummond, all of Rock
tngham county.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the residence of Thos.
Moore, Esq, in the lower edge of Rocking
ham Co., Va, on May :23rd, by Rev. w. f.
Walker, George II. Harrison and Miss Mary
G. Moore,-beth Of Rockingham.
HAM-DRAwBoND-On the 2lst May, at the
home of 8. F. Drawbond Esq.,, by Rev. O. F,
Burgess, Mr.. Elisha W. Ham, of Augusta Co.
and Miss Nancy NJ. Drawbond of ROckbridge
county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04
Staunton Female Seminary.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The Commencement exercises of the Staun'
ton Female Seminary Lutheran) will take place
on tomorrow "wednesday morning, begin
ming at eleven O'Clock. This is the e1gth ses-
sion of this excellent school and it has gradu-
ally grown in reputation and numbers until
now it stands par inter pares with the other
female schools of our city. Under the care and
personal supervision of its Principal, Rev. ]. I.
Miller assisted by an able corps Of teachers, the
young ladies of this Seminary enjoy peculiar
advantages, which are becoming appreciated
throughout this State and the South, as!is evil
denced by the continued growth and prosperi-
ty of the Seminary.
The programme for tomorrow embraces the
reading of reports andt he distribution of dis
tinctions and diplomas, interpreted with vo-
cal and instrumental music. The address to
the young ladies will be delivered by the Rev.
J.Steck. D. D., of New Philadelphia, Ohio. The
full graduates Of the Seminary this session are
Miss Lila M. Terry, Miss Alice P. Terry, Miss
Annie C. Dice, and Miss Della M. Fuller.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04
ponds EXTRACT.
ponds EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note: Ask for Ponds Extract.
Take no other.

"Hea-, for I will speak Of excellent
thinf.s."
roNDS EXTRACT The great Vegetable
rain Destroyer. Has been in over
thirty years, and for cleanliness and prompt
cu,, GU, curative virtues cann1t be excelled.
PoHd's Extract. Accidents, Bruises,
Commissions, Cuts, Sprains, are relieved
almost Instantly by external application.
Excoriations, Chafings, Old sores,
Bolls, Felons, Corn., etc. Arrests in
Examination, reduces swellings, stops bleeding,
removes diseoloration and heals rapidly.
LADIES find it their best friend. Il assuaees
the pains to which they are peculiarly
the head, nausea vertigo, &C. # promptly
ameliorates and permanently heals al
kinds of determinations and aicera.
HEMORRHOIDS or PILESand in this the
on1y immediate relief and ultimate cure.
No casa. however chronic or obstinate can
long resist its regular use.
YARICOSE VEINS. 1t is the only sure cure,
KIDNEY DISEASES. 1t has no equal fur per.
BLEEDING from any cause, Fer this it is a spe.
c CHIC It has SAVES hundreds Of lives when all
otner reIasa.ss failed to arrest bleeding from
Khsamatism are ali alike relieved, and and
often permanently cured.
PHXSICIANSo of allschools who ere acquainted with
PonUs Extract o1 Witch Hazel recon-.
mend it IL taeir practice; We have letters Of
aany Of whom order it for use in their own
practice. In addition to the foregoing, they
order its use for Swellings Of all kinds,
Quinsy, Sore Throat, Inflamed Ton.
sis, simple and chronic QiaHrhea, Ca.
tarrh flor which it j. q specifc), Chill.
blains, Frosted Feet, Stings Of
Insectx, Mosquitoes, etc, Chapped
Hands, Face, and indeed all manner Of
skin diseases.
TOILET USE. Removes Soreness, H0uehness
end Smarting; heals Cuts, Erupti0ns
rsfrssAes, While wonderfully improving the
Complexion.
| Breeder, no Livery Man can afford to be with
| out it, 1t is used by all the leading Livery
Stables, Street Railroads and first Horsemen
in New York City. It has no equal for Sprains,
Harness or Saddle Chafngs, Stiffness,
| Scratches, Swelings, Cuts, Lacerations, Bleed
ings, Pneumonia, Collie, Diarrhna, Chils,
Colds, &c. Its range of action ia wide and the
relief it affords il so prompt that it is nvalua-
BILE in every Farn.yard as well as in every
Farmhouse Let It be tried once, and you
will never be without it.
| CAUTIONy Ponds Extract has Seen initiated.
The genuine article has the words Ponds
Extract blown in each bottle. It is prepared
by the only persons living who ever
knew how to prepare it properly. Refuse all
other preparations OF Witch Hazel This Is
the only article used by Physicians, and in the
hcspitals of this country and Europe.
| HISTORY and Uses OF Ponds Extract,
| in pamphlet form, sent free on application to
! PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY - Maiden
| Tame New York.
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SALES OF LAND ADVERTISED IN THE
SPECTATOR"

The following memoranda of sales Of tracts of
land and houses and lots refer to isales, public
and private, advertised in the columns of this
paper, to which, for particulars, attention
is specially called:
PUBLIC SALES OF LAND.
Wednesday, June 5-Messrs Elder and Patrick,
com'rs, will sell brick stable and lot be-
longing to P. B. Hoge, on Gospel Hill.
Saturday, June Sc. M. Cochran, trustee, will
sell 352 acres Of land, in the Southern part OF
Augusta county, part of the farm of the late
Col. VIM. P. Tate.
SATURDAY. June l5-Jas. Bumgardner, jr., trustee,
will sell valuable brick warehouse and res
idence on Augusta and New streets.
Monday, June 24-Messrs Cochran and Elder,
com'rs, will sell tract Of IS acres of land,
situated on Naked Creek.
Monday, Aug. 26-Messrs. Bumgardner, Coch-
ran, Niche, Paul and Yancey, com'rs, will
sell the valuable property known as the "Au-
gusta or Stribling Springs.
LANDS OFFERED AT PRIVATE SALE.
DIR. C. H. PERRow offers at private sale his
farm four miles from Staunton, containing
LOG acres.
MR. DAVIS A. KAYsER offers soak Hill Farm
for sale, " miles South of Staunton. I'M
provements good.
MR.. JOHN GLOVER offers for sale 1888 acres OF
good land, lying on both sides OF Z. q "
railroad, 2 miles West of Craigsville.
SAMUEL H. STEELE offers for sale privately
portion of his Home Farm, near Fishersville,
In this county. He will sell l35 or LAO acres as
the purchaser may wish, with Is or 30 acres
heavily timbered. Address, Samuel h. Steele,
Waynesboro'.
JACOB HOOVER offers for sale two tracts of graz
40 \ IL
other of 1908 acres.
Five-quarter Pillow Case Cotton at ~ cents
at GLADKES.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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nag THE GREAT HEALTH RE
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be overcome, he has been hailed as great
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the world have gladly sung p:eans to his praise.
This being proper, in the discovery of q remedy
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are the whole human family to the inventor OF
BAKERS BITTERS, medicine that has stood
the test of time, and proved panacea for Dys-
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Cholic, Giddiness, Nervous Debility, Loss of APP
petite, and Sour Stomach, while the various
nostrums Of quacks and empires have flour
ished for an hour and then disappeared never
again to be revived.
BAKERS BITTERS are now used In hnndreds
of families in Virginia as their only medicine,
and that they are appreciated even by medical
men as tonic of great virtue, is abundantly at
tested by hundreds of certificates in the hands
of the Proprietor.
BAKERS BITTERs are compounded entirely
of vegetable extracts, which are so harmon1-
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them with benefit, and without the fear of
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and then speak of them to the amlcted as they
deserve.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-04

A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS little
son of Mr.. John Erwin, who lives on
Culvertscn's Creek, in this county, fell
from q ladder week before last, and had
his arm dislooated at the elbow joint.
At the same place, on the day follow
ing, daughter of Mr.. Robert Gee, aged
about twelve years, was thrown from a
horse and then kicked in the forehead,
cutting a wound just above the eyes, six
inches in length, tearing the skin and
flesh loose from the eyes to the hair.
A child of Mr.. Allen Sammons, who
lives at Levisay's Mill, in this county,
had one of his feet caught between two
iron cog-wheels, severely crushing and
mangling the flesh from the instep to
the toes, making it necessary to have
two of his toes amputated.-Gr eenbrier
W, Tu.) I7adependent.