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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
Police Jury Proceedings.
FIRST DAY.


The Police Jury of st. Tammany
parish met at the Courthouse in
Covington, on Monday, the I'd inst.
Present-C. w. Bradley, Presi
dent; r. Galatas, Pat. WEIGH, Geo.
H. Cause, Thos. Fitzgerald, c.
Schultz, A. L. Carpenter and Jos.
Dicks.
There being a full attendance, The
Board proceeded to business.
On motion, the reading OF the
minutes of last meeting were dis
pensed with.
the tuilowing resolution VII,
adopted:
Resolved, That the commissioner
Of election and deputy sheriffs l.
allowed no fees nor charges for the,
services at the election held on the
5th of November, 1878.
The bill of Mr.. F. B. Martindale,
boarding Messrs. Chevalun and Via
while detained IS prisoners il III,
public jail. amounting to SIG so,
was approved and ordered paid.
The bills Of Mr.. Isaac Evans, for
making two ballot boxes, 81 so, and
Tor stationery lor Ioit-to. 50 &.
| we're approved and ordered paid.
The Coroner was allowed $40 TO-
holding an inquest on the body 81
Frank Brown, drowned, on the 23d
of November, 1878.
Mr.. A F. Parker, overseer OF the
Talacheque road, asked for an ex,
tension Of time, as the constant wet
weather has prevented him from
working the road; and that the fol.
lowing named persons, living con.
tiguous to said road, be compelled
to work on it: Thomas Parker
Calvin Parker, Samuel Tally, Ana
tol Baham, Polk d. Baham. Henry
keliar and son, Joseph Davenport
j. c. Bridges, Adolph Lczzeman
| Roman Flot. Joseph Lanie VIM
Adelar, N. Quave and Joseph Wa
ger. Approved.
The committee appointed at thu
last meeting to make an estimate Q
the probable expenses of the parisl
or the year 1879, submitted theil
report. as follows:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

huIelous.-Rev. G.. T. vickers
WIN preach in Covington on to-mor-
row Sunday morning at IL o'clock,
o the Methodist Church; and at
sne Protestant Church in Mande-
viile, on Sunday, December Is, at
which time be will deliver the fune-
rai sermon of MIR. Robert E. Smith,
decsssed The public generally are
respectfully requested to attend.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
SECOND DAY.

The Board met pursuant to adj
iournment, all the members being
present. =.
The Committee gu Repairs to the
Courthouse submitted the following
report:
nosuls for ten days, and only Que
bid was handed in-that OF Isaac
Ey.ns--wAo proposed to repair the
roof, raise the floors OF tue Il Cord
er's and Clerks OFFICES put IN. n new new
Joints where needed. repair the hall
floor Wit, new t5orins and Joists,
put in the glass where broken, ana
put up two portic's, one IN iront
and one in the rear o. tue hall, to
protect il from the weather, Tor the
price Of Sl65. Tie committee re-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
Cotton continues to roll in.

sREraRp or VIRTuE.-Just four
weeks ago today we assumed the
editorial and business management
Of this paper. During that time We
have been our own editor, book
keeper, foreman, compositcr, press
nan. mailing clerk and devil"
Thu FIRST two weeks brought no new
Developments, but during the past
tvo weeks we have received ten
new subscribers, besides doing a
ANAL amount of job work. This is
encouraging. You do US proud.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

This being Court week, our
streets have presented a lively APP
pearance. The town is full of reo-
pie, court officers, grand and petit
jurynen, parties to pending suits,
witnesses, etc. The weather has
been delightful, and there is u full
attendance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
NOTICE.

TAX AND LICENSE PAYERS Of the
Parish cf 81. Tammsny are hereby noti-
fed that will lie At the town OF Covlng-
ton on, the I'd dlny Of Dece Der
nsxt. and will remain there until she
oh. for the purpose Of collecting Taxes
and Licenses due State and Parish.
CHARLES AUBRf,
Tax coilectoE.
N.u,r,har 9Th ISr4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
For Sale.
At a Price To Salt the Times.

At a Price To SAT- the Times.
L SMALL ENGINE, 10 horse power
ATubular Boiler, Tank and Smoke
Staes Girls Mill. Sitter and Elevator,
2s-inch Saw attached, to saw Woo j.
Track and Cotton Press, all IN perfect
order AMI almost new.
For full particularsspply at this office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
Cotton Staten emit.

Receipts this week, 100 bales.
The following is statement of the
cotton shipped from Covington, and
also the stock on hand, for the pres
ent commercial year, commencing
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Pay Of Grand and Petit Jury. ISL, 600
p,r:sh Treasurer 100
.,lsra OF Police Jury iuV
Printing lUU
Commissions of Tax Collector. -. 4U0
Coronar's fees lU
Repairs to the Courthouse. ...... 2ob
k,nairs T., the Jail BUG
CONTINGENT expenses $50
clerks fees in Criminal cases. =. LOO
Sh.rifr's fees. $50
Other criminal fees .-.......... SoO
police Jury . 3uU
c,, 20 6Sfl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Tas Grand Jury were in session
here this week, and returned q
nuu5er of indictments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Whereas. E. r. Randolph has petit
t;nneJ the Court for letters of adminfstrn-
t;on On the estate of the late Harriet
Galloway. wife of A. Paroli :.
Notice is hereby given, to all whom 1t
nay concern, to show cause, within tn
laws from the frat publication hereo j,
why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
BY order of the Court.
rSeall WI. C. MORGAN, Clerk.
def It
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07


In the Parish Of St. Tamnany.
A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND. with
all the Improvements thereon. consisting
of a HOTEL, situated in the town OF
jacksonville, parish of st. Tammany.
La, in square No. on the plan OF said
town, measuring 124 feet front on Water
street, by derth and front of 1870 feet on
Mulberry street. of which two streets 1t
forms the corner. -
Terms and Conditions-One-ha cash.
and the remainder on credit OF one, two
and three years, for notes Of the purchas-
ers secured by special mortgage and van
doris lien ON the property sold, bearing
interest at the rate of 8 per centum from
the day of sale until final payment. with
the usual clauses Of per cent attorneys
fees in the event of suit to enforce the
collection and payment; Improvements
to be kept insured and policy transferred
to the vendors. :.
! The property will be sold free from all
membranes, with a perfect title and
the taxes all paid up to the day OF sale.
All collectibla after that date to be as
sumed and paid by the purchasers.
A deposit in cash of ten per cent on
the price of adjudication viii be required
from the purchasers at the moment Of
sale TO secure compliance with the con-
!! ditions.
The expenses and acts Of sale before
Amaaee Ducatel, notary public, at the
expense of the purchasers.
All further particulars at sale.
no3O St
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

The FARMER will contain each week q
choice variety of selec. reading matter,
suitable alike for all classes of readers.
Mailed to any address. postage paid. for
the small sum of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

An unequaled A fvsrtisIng Me.ium, har-
ing large AMI increasing clrcu-
ton i'll ct. rammany
and Warrington
Parishes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
is ,UED WEEKLY.

The only Newspaper in the Pariih.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
By C. e. Girsrdey.

IN THE. MATTER OF THE CONSOLE.
DATED ASSOCIATION OF THE
PLANTERS OF LOUISIANA
United States Circuit Court for the Fifth
Circuit and District of Louisiana-
Docket No. 8UlA
RECEIVERS SALE
SPLENDID SUGAR ESTATES, TIMBER
LAS.J.,, SHE'LL BANKS, UHANGE
ORCHARDS, SITES, ETC,
IN THE PARrzHBa OF
ST. CHARLES, LAFOURcHE, JEFFER-
son AND ST. TAMMANY, La;
4=e-Gf and eM
THIRTY-FOUR VALUABLE SQUARES
IN THE THIRD AND SIXTH Dis
TkICTS OF NEW ORLEANS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

A. l.. CAkfEN len.
On motion, the report was re-
ceiyed and committee discharged.
The committee then adjourned
until Tuesday morning, ats Clock.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
RECEIVERS SALE
THE ENTIRE WITHOUT RESERVE ON
EASY TERMS AND LONG CREDIT.

DY C. E. GIRARDEY, Auctioneef-
II Office No. 81 Camp street-MON-
DAI, December 81. 1878, at II
o'clock n, at the st. Charles Auction Ex-
change, in the rotunda of the St Charles
Hotel, in the city of New Orleans, will DO
sold at public auction, by virtue and in
pursuance of decree of the Hon. l. =.
Billings, Judge of the Circuit Court OF
the United States. Fifth Circuit and Dis
trict of Louisiana, signed on the tenth
of July, 1873. confirming the report OF
j. w. Gurley. Esq. Master in Chancery.
dated the thirteenth Of April. 1873. and
a supplementary order, dated the thir-
teenth of November, 1878. and rem
iered in the matter Of the "Consoli-
dated Association Of the Planters Of Lou
isiana," docket No. 60i4, the following
described property, to-wit:
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New Advertisements.
SUCCESS ION OF HARRIET GALLO.
WAY, WIFE OF A. PAROLL

THE State of Louisiana. Parish OF st.
Tam,nany-Parish Court-No. lilo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

November 9Th. 1878
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
Two Dollars Per Year.
For further particulars, address

THE ST. TAAIMANY FARMER,
CovrNaroN, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

CovNaroS La.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-07-25
HISTORICAL.

The Prince Imperial of France was
born on the 18th OF March, 1856.
The first iron furnace erected in
North America was by Gov. Spotts~
wood. in 1880, Spottsylvania county,
Va.
The Great Eastern steamship was
launched on the 3lst of January, 1858,
after four fruitle5s attempts. The cost
of the launch was between EGG, 900 and
$40, 600.
The great fire of London originated
in November, 1866, in tn the time OF
Charles III. The great plague occurred
in the previous year Q665), when S.
$50 persons are said to have perished.
Out of 2,540 EmperOrs, Kings and
royal rulers over 64 nations, 299 were
dethroned, 81 abdicated, % committed
suicide, IL went mad, 100 died on the
battlefield, 123 were made prisoners in
hattie, 25 were pronounced martyrs and
saints, l5I were assassinated, 81 were
poisoned, and 10S were sentenced to
death.
Babylon was celebrated city on the
banks of the Euphrates, the capital Of
the Assyrian empire. 1t was ancient
ly the most magnificent city in the
world, and became famous for the
death of Alexander the Great and for
the new empire, which was afterward
there under the Selencid9. Its great
ness was SO reduced in succeeding ages
that In the time of Pliny it Was but a
desOlate wilderness; and ut present the
place where it stood is unknown to
| travellers. Its inhabitants, called
Babylonii, were early acquainted with
astrology.
Henry Jenkins, a reputed centen-
ariau, was an inhabitant of the parish
of Bolton, in Yorkshire, Eng. The
story Is that he was born about 1901,
was II years old at the battle of FlOd-
den Field, which he could remember,
and lived 169 years, dying at EllertOn
on Swale, Dec. 8, 1870. He was poor
man, and could neither read nor write.
He swore, once, on an assize trial, to
right of way existing for 40 years, and
he retained his faculties to the last.
The hard struggles and anxious oc
cupations of modern life, superinduced
chiefly by redundant population and
consequent infinite competition,
render the attainment of extreme old
age constantly more unlikely.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-07-25
Faithful TO the First.

The recent death in Paris of Mr.. .Cass,
son of Gen. Lewis Cass, has revealed
bit OF sentimental romance not COM
mon in these later days, and which is
thus related by writer In 'Lippin-
cott's:'
Mr.. Cass resided In Paris several
wears, and resumed in that brilliant
capital an acquaintance which had be-
gun in the little frontier town of De-
lroit more than forty years before.
Miss Emily V. Mason (now we'll
known as an authoress, traveller, and
educationist), when just blooming into
womanhood, presided over the guber-
material mansion at Detroit, the capi-
tai of the then Territory of Michigan,
of which her brother was Governor.
The family of Gen. Cass, the most dis
tinguished citizen of the Northwest,
and the family of Gov. Mason were
united by the closet ties Of friendship,
and of course the Generals son and the
Governors sister were thrown much
together. Young Cass formed an ar
dent and, as it has proved, u lasting at
tacbment for the dashing Kentucky
girl. The death of Gov. Mason oblig-
ed his sister To return to her fathers
house before the lover had declared
himself.
Years passed. Miss Mason's father
and mother died. Refusing the many
wealthy homes that were offered her,
she determined to be independent and
support herself by her own hands. A
small market farm was purchased in
Fairfax county, Virginia. Here the
daughter of Gen. Mason, assisted by
the children of II widowed sister, earn
ed a labOrious livelihood. Their home
became little Paradise, peace and
aud plenty rewarded their eXertions,
and there was no happier home In Vir-
ginia than the cottage OF Miss Emily
Mason. The civil war broke out; this
little Eden was made desolate; its
trailing vines were destroyed; its inno-
cent inmates were forced to fly. Miss
Mason went to Richmond and devo-
ted herself to the sick, wounded and
dying soldiers. Confederates and Fed
erals shared alike her gentle ministra~
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American Water Falls.

In.speaking of falls, the thoughts OF
Eastern people revert so constantly to
Niagara, that it is we'll to be reminded
that in the northwestern part of our
country there are mighty cascades, and
in paper, In Appleton's, by j. Muir
ply, we get description of several OF
the more remarkable of these.
Probably the grandest cascades in the
Northwest are the Shoshone Falls, in
Idaho, and for their volume they are
the highest on the continent. They
rank next to Niagara and the Grand
Falls in massiv eness, and exceed them
in altitude by fIom forty to seventy
feet, according to their estimated
height-some persons placing it at 1876,
and others at 230 feet. l have not been
able to find any where an actual state
ment of their altitude, and an effort of
my own to procure it by sort of guess
work triangulatiOn proved unsuccess-
full, owing to the sinuOsitieS of the
river.
Grand are the YellostOne Falls,
which bound down the sheer face of a
precipice $50 feet. The large volume
of water and the intense force it ac-
quires in the terrific plunge cause the
water to ricOchet or rebound forward
for about distance of two or three
hundred feet. But even more sublime
appears the canon through which the
falls pass.
The canon through which they pour
gives them, primarily, their element
OF magnitude, for, even in that land of
chasms and precipices, it has no par
allel; it is itself alone. Its average
width below the lower fall is from two
to five hundred yards, and its heigh t
nearly twelve hundred feet. Some
twenty miles down it receives Tower
creek, which flows over its rocgy bed
for distance of 10 miles, then max es
sudden leap of 156 feet about two
hundred yards above its mouth. Deep
in the cavernous gloom of this pre-
cipice, the tourist seems to be the
merest pigmy; an atom SO insignificant
AS to be unworthy the product of Ma
ture. Buried in the sombre depths, he
he feels as il he were in new land
the land or gnOmes and monsters, who
dwelt amid scenes of terror and dark
ness, and this feeling is increased by
the many hot springs of alum, soda,
sulpber, and sulphate of copper, which
exhale strange and strong odOrs, and
send Jets of steam sailid into the heavy
atmosphere.
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On Widows.

Chicago Tribune.
Winter-kept apples, seasoned wine,
a clouded .meerschaum, a vase around
which the scent of the roses still hang
all these have rare, ripe, evanescent
flavor that suggests, but cannot express
the charm OF the widow. A young
widow is, perhaps, the most interest
ing object in nature-Or in art. She
represents experience without its gray
hairs. She has matronly beauty and
maidenlytfreedom combined. She is
grief with a laughing eye-sorrOw in a
house of festival-a silver moon in q
sable cloud. She Is too sweet for any
thing! Like all good things, she can
only be created at a great sacrifice.
Mrs. Browning says that man must
be thoroughly spoiled before he can
leave a widow. This black swan-this
IN ornful Ph@nix-rises only out of the
funeral urn that holds the asa es of a
husbands heart. Let US wipe away
the briny tear and proceed. Poets,
statemen, heroes and philosophers,
have each felt the indefinable influence
of wldowhoOd. Its quality is not
strained. 1t falls alike upon just and
unjust. Edward Plantagenet married
Elizabeth Gray, though he knew she
brought civil war for her dOwry. Ned
Walker, Joe Addison, Sam Johnson,
George Washington, Napoleon Bon
parte, John Wesley, Tony Weller, Ben
Dlsraell and all the boys married Wild
Ows. Henry VIII wasso fond of them
that he took two, and King David was
so pleased with Abigail, the widow of
Nabal, whom he took to wife, that he
turned Bethsheba into widow on
purpose 10 marry her. When Judith
ceases her cogitations over the late
lamented Manassas of Bethuta, puts off
her mourning and adorns herself in
brave attire to set out for the camp of
Holofernes, we feel instinctively that
she will come back with his heart, his
crown, or head, whichever she goes
for. When the old widow Naomi
eounsels the young widow Ruth how
to lay snares in the harvest fields OF her
kinsman, and spring her net on the
threshing floor, we know at once that
some wealthy bachelor Boaz might as
well order the wedding garments.
Allan Ramsay wrote song telling
how to win a widow. He might as
well have left the directions how to get
struck with lightning.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-07-25

Gov. HAMPTON has a hard job to keep
the South Carolina Democracy from falling
back into their old habits of prescription,
fraud and violence. One of the worst coun-
tries in the State is Barnweil, where the Dem
ocratS have recently notified the blacks that
they have no use for them and they should
lii, even vote at the primary elections. Gov.
Hampton went to Barnwell Oh the Fourth of
July and gave the whites severe lecture.
He said they had carried the country in 1876
by threating the Black men kindly and assur-
ing that if they voted with the Democrats
their rights would be protected. He exposed
their plan for ignoring the immense colored
vote henceforth, saying: sit is thought. that
we can be successful in this election by fraud,
and have heard rumors floating throughout
the State, occasionally, intimating that we
had the machinery of the elections in our hands
and that we could count in anybody we
chose" Against such a course Gov. Hamp-
ton made vigorous protest, declaring that he
should do all in his power to defeat any efforts
in that direction. Hampton is one of the
few Southern statesmen who see that negro
suffrage is necessity and that the wise course
for the whites of the South to pursue is to
make the best of it and seek to mitigate its
evils by edutating the blacks and cultivating
kindly feeling with them.
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tions. AT the close of the war she en-
tered new field of benevolence-the
education of Southern orphans. Many
young girls have been thus enabled to
earn an honorable and respectable liv-
ing.
For some years Miss Mason has been
resid ing abroad, chiefly in Paris. Here
she met once more Mr.. CasS, the lover
OF her youth, now an old man.
He bad lived in France SO long that
he had acquired much of the tender
gallantry of Frenchmsn, and in ask
ing mis- first love to be his last he beg
ged her to honor him by cOnsenting to
be his widow. But Miss Mason had
long resolved not to marry, aid so in
formed her faithful admirer. He bow
ed to her decision, and aacepted the
position of friend. Mr.. Cass had told
his confidential secretary to send for
Miss Mason in case he died suddenly.
One night he retired, and the next
morning he was found dead in his
bed. A telegram was sent to Miss Ma
son, who was travelling in Spain, and
she Immediately returned to Paris.
Mr.. Cass's will was opened. To Miss
Mason he bequeathed six thousand
dollars, his watch, and three diamond
rings, making her joint executor Of the
will, and requesting ker, AS a last ia
vor, to convey his remains to Detroit,
the place endeared to him by so many
sweet and tender associations of early
life, not the least of which WAS his love
for her. Over his grave he directed
that modest monument should be
erected, with u suitable inscription.
Miss Mason will carry out the last re-
quest of her dying friend.
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TIE LAW AND ruR FAoTs.

IL this connection it may be as well, per-
Democratic management, and for the Potter
subcommittee in particular, to give some
thing of the Republican case, some little of
the Returning Board law, and something as
well of the maOdas operandi, as employed in
the presentation of the case for the Returning
Board. This Returning Board law, with all
that has been said and done, is still a good
deal OF mystery, in its way. There are prob
ably not six men in Louisiana to-day that
thoroughly understand it.
The Democrats have simply. never shown
the ability to comprehend it, in even rea-
sonable degree. The Republicans Just here
possessed an important advantage in the per-
sonnel of their counsel. Three of these were
Judge Campbell, Judge Jcwett, and Mr.. B.
p. Blanchard. Judge Campbell was the au-
thor of the original election law OF 1870.
Some one, or more, of these three gentlemen
had drafted every amendment the law had
ever received. During all of the campaigns
from 1870, inclusive, some one or more of
these gentlemen had been the official counsel
of the party. During four State campaigns
they had met the opposition party counsel,
and had discussed and construed every clause
and line in the famous law. They were ne
oessarily familiar with every possible Demo-
cratic objection, and as necessarily, again, had
agreed upon an established construction Of
every section and proviso. In the first draft
of the law provision was made for possible
case, which never arose until six years after
ward.
1t was possible that Supervisors might
be deferred, by fear ur corruption, from ma
King the protest which gave The board juris-
diction. TO meet this, proviso was added
TO the third section, which rave anv person
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-07-25
A Child Charmed by a Snake.

Pat McCartey, who lives in Anderson
county, about 4 miles from Lawrence
burgh, was badly scared Irishman.
He was sitting on his porch one day
last week, when his little child. about
fifteen months old, crswled out to a
rose-bush, and bending down, appeared
to be intent upon an object underneath
it. He called the child several times,
but it made no response and did not
move. This so astonished him that
he went to the bush, and, peering un-
der, saw the child's face within two
inches of the head Of an enormous
snake, which was coiled about the
root. He seized the little one and ran
with 1t into the house. 1t appeared
perfectly helpless, and Pat was 50
frightened that he was almost as help
less rs the child. Upon returning to
the bush, which was the rose known as
the sweet briar or wild eglantine, and
which grew low TO the ground, the
snake had disappeared. To avoid a
recurrence, however, Pat grubbed up
the bush and turned his hogs in the
yard. He is now a firm believer in the
power of the serpent. .'-Balt. Bulletin.