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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
The City Ut New orleans wy. Robert o..
IlnEIIa

EIFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
ish Of Orleans, NO. 12,5se-By virtue of a
orable the Filth district Court for the parish
Of Orleans. In the above entitled cause
for city ,of taxes of,. 1870, 7 will pro-
coed to sell ut public auction. at the Merchants
and Auctioneera, Exchange Royal street. boz
tween Canal and Customhouse streets, In the
Second District Of this city. on MONDAY.
October 20. 1879, at y o'clock m. the following
described proper Y. t. Wit
A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, sit-
uated In the Second District of this city. In
square number si9ty.three. bounded by II ,yal.
Bourbon. It, Louis aud Cont streets. and desig-
mated MS lot number five, measuring Fifty three
feet front on Royal street by one hundred and
twenty. EIGHT feet III depth
Seized In tho above SUIT
Terms Cash on the spot,
J. r. ALCEE aAUTHREAUX,
OWL Sheriff Of The Parish of Orleans.
aeIT ~ oc1 Y IL 20
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

L,IFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
I tsh Of Orleans. No. ta.6i2-By. virtue of @
writ OF fipri facias. to mo directed by the honor
able the Fifth District Court for the parish Of
Orleans. In the above entitled cause. for
city taxes Of 1870 Will proceed to sell ut public
auction. at tho Merchants aud Auetioneers'
Exchange. Royal street.. between Canal and
Custunhouse streets. In the Second District of
this city. on MONDAY. October 20, 1879. at u
o'clock M. the following described property. to
"a CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. sit
,ntsd In the Third District Of this city. Ia
square number five hundred aud twelve, bound.
sa BY EIysian Fields. Marlsny, sillern ,a and
Lot number three. measuling enc hundred
and thirty three feet front on Elysian Fields
street by one hundred and ten feet In depth on
one line. by ono hundred and seyenty-four feet
IN depth on another line; and lot number
81 ven. measuring thirty-two feet front on
Margny street by one hundred and ton feet In
depth.
seized In the above suit.
Terms-Cash on heepot.
j. II. AICEE GAUTHREAUX.
Civil Sheriff OF The Parish OF Orleans.
Se1T "a oct 3 is 30
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
me wlfe u seven husbands.

Mrs. Benjamin Abbott, of Smyrna, Del, has
lust lost her seventh husband by death. Her
maiden name was Williams and she has been
euccessiveiy Mrs. Traux, Mrs. Riggs, Mrs.
Farrow, Mrs. Wallace. Mrs, Berry, Mrs. Pratt
aud Mrs. Abbott In every instance save the
first she has married wicowers, some OF them
with children. and on one occasion In her
early married life she went 10 an aims house
ant took from II three children and raised
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

them. She never had any children Of her
own. ALI her life has been passed In the
neighborhood Of Smyrna, and oil her hus-
bands were buried by the same undertaken.
She Ii eighty-six years old, and four years
ago married her last husband, who was then
seventy eight years old
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
european Tramps.

Wandering bands Of gypsies are still found
tn parts OF Europe, and even In 50 well settled
and strictly governed country as Germany.
They travel with their women, children,
horses and baggage, and are sometimes nu-
merous and strong enough to overawe the
farmers, and even bid defiance to the village
conetabulary. Nominally they are In Ger
many accorded permission to stop for lin
tied time In the neighhorhoods OF the hamlets
which they meet On their erratic course, but
liz reality they often stop as long as they
please, with or without permission, while
their horses Craze On the farm lands. and
zane Az an an,tn nawsnaner rsappear
el1t, writing from kostheim, near Mayenee
gives an amusing account OF the audacity of
d band of these European tramps who en-
carnped near that place. made havoc with the
adjacent crops aud fields, deiied the messen-
gers OF the burgomaster, and did not move
until the military reserve Of the village had
been called out even then not retreating
without making show Of battle and evil
IDENTIFY giving way only TO superior force.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
not as Btx = Man ms Grant

Ex-Doorkeeper Fitzhugh, who described
himself as "a bigger man than cid Grant" IL
how doorkeeper to the Texas Legislature
with about one-third the pay and one-twel.-
teth the patronage he enjoyed here. His old
acquaintances here say that since Grants
tremendous reception 1T San Francisco the
Texas doorkeeper will have to write another
letter. and concede that Grant Is the biggest
man VI the two.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

The toothpick market Is agitated Those
chiefly iii use are OF white wood and pointed
at both ends. A patent for fourteen years
was obtained for them In 1866. and the factory
Of the Boston owners at Bucksteld, Me-, used
from three to five thousand cords of wood
yearly and turned out incalculable quantities.
a box of $500 sold for twenty-five cents aud
the profit was large. A log six feet long and
about eighteen inches In diameter was placed
IN machine, where bevei knives cut In each
direction. and turned out the toothpicks ready
for market. About eighteen months ago an-
other Boston firm started a factory III the
woods OF Ohio and used similar machinery.
The price then began tumbing and fell to
twenty cents Ut retail, then to eighteen, four
factnrers have reduced the figure to ten cents,
or eight cents at wholesale, and report their
antagonists to be on the verge of stoppage.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
me city d New orleans vs.. John sleek.
L,1ErH DISTRICT oo1Rr roR TILE PAR.

E'1FTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
\ tsh Of ',rleans, No. 1s;1a4.By virtue of a
writ Of feri faciaa, to me directed by tho hon
CRADLE tho Fifth District Court for tho parish Of
Orleans. in The above entitled cause. for city
taxes of 1879 will proceed to sell at public
auction. ut the Merchants and Auettoneer-' Ex-
Toulouse streets. in the Second District Of this
city, on MONDAY October ar. 1879 at IL
o'clock m. the following described properly.
CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. sit
uated In tho First District of thu city, In
bounded BY Thalia. Howard, Erato and Freret
streets, and designated as lot number sixteen.
measuring thirty two feet front ON Thalia
street by sxty-threo feet In depth.
Seized In the above suit
Terms-CRsh On the SPOT
j. r. ALCEE GAUTHREAUX.
OWL Sheriff Of the Parish OF Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
Plagniol de James
OLIVE OIL.

FNHE BRAND OF OLIVE OIL OF pT.an-
- MOL DE JAMES SO universally known. la
Grand Gold Medal st fhe Uaiversa Txnositi Ie1
OF Paris in 1879, and the Prize Medal at The Ex-
position 81 Philadelphia In 1875. We. the nm.
aeeIsslgnea, being invested With the FUN powers
Of Hr. PLAGNIoL DE JAMES, OF Marsei Is
90 hereby caution the public, that any foraers
az si lmita.ors Of said brand will be- prosecuted
With the utmost viRor Of TIL Law.
i've Il and 90 Decstnr Street..
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AUCTION SALES.
w Montgoms ry n %.

UPRIGHT ROSEWOOD PIANO In. coon
order made By Bnrd, OF Paris. Paflor Suit
in walnut and repps. fns walnut and mia.
hogany Bedroom Suits, French Rosewood
Dressing Table. Pier aud Mantle Glasses.
Victoria and 4-post Beds, Oak Stde-board.
Extension Table nnd. Stde-thble. q very fine
Old Painting. BY Molinair. aud some valua-
BILE Pictures by various artists. With gem
erHl and full assortment OF Household Fur
niture. removed to Ralearoom for eonve-
ntence OF sale. on account of owners re-
rnoval--
A IL TO BE SOLD ON SATURDAY. OCTO-
a bsr ii. ut ii O'Clock u. M ut No. 81 Camp
street. MONTGOMERY b co,
oc8 Ut Aunttoneers.
MONTGOMERY u co.. AUOTIONEERs-
49, !. salasroon 81 Camp street. Arnory Hall
Solicit consignments q Household Furniture
MERCHANDISE for their regular auction aales
held r9l ], N, M 4 !, o'nloek O. n; every TUESDAY.
charges. auf7
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

It Is worth noticing, says London paper,
how many Of the names that are now on
every mans tongue are Irish. Poor Sir Louis
CaYagnan was born OF an Irish mother, and
passed ail his youth lii the County Leitrim !:
"Redan" Massey and Sir Garnet are both Of
them Irish; SO Is Lord Beresford, v. o.; and
SO were Lieut.. Hamilton and DR. Kelly. both
OF whom were murdered in the CahuI massa-
brother has only recently joined the Irish
bar.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

The town of Havre was lately kept for
more than an hour In state of excitement
by the escape OF an American OK landed from
an English steamer. The animal ran through
the streets, followed by O crowd many per-
dered almost furious By the chase, it at last,
wounded and exhausted by loss OF blood, made
stand In the Rus St Quentin, where 1t With
stood, Tor quarter Of an hour, quite a fusi-
lade OF firearms until brought down by q shot
from rifle. Several persons were Knocked
down by the OK and one received d stray
bullet in the face
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
English. French and German Papers.

The drcariest of newspapers are the
London dailies. The editorials are
heavy, and spun out to an unreasonable
length, while the foreign news is COM
pressed into half Il page Of scant telo-
grams. Occasionally there is cores
pondence from the seat Of war, for Eng
land, Of late years, is always at war with
civilized or barbarian foes; but even
this is so full of minute details, and SO
destitute of graphic narration, that the
most patient readers find it II bore.
American affairs occupy but little space
in the English papers. We are regard
ed as a secondary power, worthy Of but
little notice. while the minutest events
in the royal households Of the continent
and the family Of Queen Victoria are
chronicled ut tedious length. Recently
even the Liberal 0rgan-the Daily News
gave several columns TO a description
of the wedding Of the Duke Of Con
naught, and over two Of its immense
columns to catalogue OF the presents
which the princely pair received. John
Bull not being able to form his opinions
on the questions of the day until he has
read his favorite organ, he has "A right
to expect perhaps that il shall give him
the best possible arguments to defend
his position. No wonder he finds il
necessary TO fortify body and mind be-
fore he sets down TO the perusal of the
ponderous leaders Of the Thunderer !"
and it, satellites.
The French papers are, if anything,
worse than the English. Their CON
tents are almost exclusively French.
The editorials are vindictiye, and are
simply bitter polemics against the adj
verse party, harsh IN structure and ex
tremely personal, but little attention
being paid 10 the outside world. French.
men seem to think that Paris il the cap
ital Of the civilized world, and that its
destinies depend on its social and polit.
ical movements. The American in
Paris who depends on the French jour
nals Of that city for news from the Uni.
ted States would find himself as much
in arrear Of the current Of events as Rim
Van Wrinkle. 1t ii only in Gdli9ndni,
the Rgiaer and Continental Gdstne that
he can read in his own tongue what ii
doing in the New World. The German
papers are much more cosmopolitan
than the English or French. They have
ample intelligence from all parts Of the
globe, which is metbodically arranged
under proper heads, and they are rich
in instructive correspondence Of all
kinds from both hemispheres. The
editorial staff Of the leading German
papers ii made up Of scholars, states
men and scientists, thoroughly posted
10 past and contemporary history. For
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
4 Genuine Heroine.

Mary Ann Wilson is a peanut woman
OF New Orleans. She has shabby lit
tie stand ON st. Charles street. for
which, with all its contents, says 4 New
Orleans paper, n - rote would be an
extravagant price" "Granma wilson
has bent over the same little stand
nearly forty years. Nobody would
ever know TO see her. or 10 hear from
her own lips, that this withered, poor
old woman was the most famous yellow
fever nurse in the south. Yet such is
the fact. In 1887, forty-two years ago,
she faithfully nursed fever stricken pa
tents III New Orleans. Again, in 1858,
she was ut her post caring for the sick,
that whole sorrow(ul summer. In 1855
there was n yellow fever epidemic at
Norfolk Grandma Wilson went there
and nursed. Another year she went to
Savannah and remained while the
plague lasted, caring for the hapless
sufferers. Again she went To Memphis,
performing the same noble duties. Last
summer, on the outbreak of the fever,
she went to Grenada, and for thirty
eight days and nights stayed there, and
those withered hands were often the
only ones &c soothe burning browS or
close dying eyes. To her tender care
We're committed their children by dying
parents. From Grenada she went to
Memphis, and stayed there, minister
ing to the sick and dying like an angel
Of mercy till the frightiul plague ceas,
ed. Then, simple rs she WAS noble, the
heroic old woman went back without il
word, to her shabby little fruit stand III
Charles street - Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
ENOUGH TO KILL FIVE MEN.
4 Man Who Wants 10 Fat Five Ounces
of Opium Each Day.
New York Star

"Opiuml opiuml for heavens sake
give me some opiumn cried poor fell
low in ono Of the wards of ST. Vincent's
hospital last night, Tho doctors and
Sisters of Mercy who surrounded HIM
kindly hut firmly refused to give hum
what he wanted, They substituted
mild narcotic, which mitigated, but did
not stop the mans cravings. The man
who was begging SO piteously ior the
drug was Thomas Francis, once we'll
known baseball player, and formerly
pitcher for the old Atlantic club. lie
had been sent TO tho hospital from the
Ninth precinct police station, 10 which
last he had come rs u prisoner, having
been caught by Mr.. Henry Van Bus
kirk, of No. II Eighth avenue, stealing
como orockery from tho kitchen.
In the station.honso Francis said that
he had stolen tho orockery, intending
to sell it to get money to buy opium.
Hc was put in cell, but no had not
heon there long before he began to rave
like maniac. Tho police surgeon
was called, and he found the prisoner
trembling like an aspen leaf and suffer
ing nom extreme nervousness, The
man was NO seriously i'll that il was re-
solved To send him IN the hospital. II
required tho united efforts Of two strong
men to hold him in tho ambulance ON
tho way. however, and in his paroxysms
he bit the hand of one Of tho surgeons.
He struggled when being carried up the
steps 1T the porch, and fought when
taken into the ward
In ono OF his moro rational moments
he gave tho doctors brief account of
his experiences IA nm opium eater. He
said that while playing " match game
of base ball several years ago he was
hit in the side with ball, which came
Lying through tho mir ut terrible
speed. Two of his ribs were broken
and he was injured internally. The
physcians who attended him gave him
small doses Of opium TO nllay the pain
and secure him sleep Mt night. The re.
suit was that Francis acquired taste
for the drug. II was not long before he
required an ounce Of fluid extract of
opium daily. The habit grew upon
him rapidly, and Mt last tho large guam
tity OF five ounces was required each
day--from uno.half to one ounce being
enough to kill nh ordinary man. lilo
made desperate efforts 10 escape from
the habit, but in vain.
Francis IL u member Of respectable
family in Brooklyn. His opium habit
incapacitatcd him for business, and his
friends refused to give him money TO
purchase the drug. In his desperation
ho rosorted TO theft. Although he is
only 20 years OF age, tho effects of the
opium have made him look like man
of 80. Deep lines are in his face, his
cheeks are sunken, and his eyes have n
peculiar CLASSY appearance. Ten years
ago no was one of tho most popular
professional ball players in the country.
Az one time he was paid salary Of
81 800 per annum, and share Of the
gate money, rs pitcher. lilo distin-
euished himself in matches with the
Atlantic club, played with tho Hay
makers, the Red Stockings and other
noted organizations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18

wolf in the lead, but the brave rider
and dauntleSs little horse always in
sight, and often close upon the VOLTS
heels, 1t was reckless ride over
fences and through farms, with never
pause for breath. AS they passed farm
houses, tho rider shouted for help, and
others joined in the chase, until the
number OF pursuers was dozen or
more, Still the little horse kept the
lead, while one after another OF the
fresh steeds fell to the rear. After
run of twenty or twenty-five miles, and
when within quarter OF mile of
Lowry City, small village in st. CLAIR
county, the race ended, and the little
horse ran directly over the wolf, knock
ing il down. kirtloy was nnarmed,
and, springing from his saddle, grasped
the vicious animal by the mouth, pin.
ioning its jaws rs with death grip.
Men came to his aid, and strong
cord was bound around the VOLTS
mouth, rendering it harmless. The
cords We're uniulenuonally drawn so
tight that the animal died 1T stransula-
ton and exhaustion shortly after being
captured, II proved to be mll-grown
black mountain wolf, fully three feet
high, and weighing probably 100
pounds
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
THE TEREpO.
How tie Destroys Thousands of Dollars
Worth OF Property.
New York sun.

MIR Page exhibited numerous blocks
OF wood full Of holes. He also showed
specimens of the tcredo, and gave de-
scription Of the tools with which he per
formed his labor. His boring appara.
tus, MIR. Page said, is OF u triple eharac-
ter. First and foremost, seeing that il
is projection from the front o( his
St.el-hke head, is his anger, with which
he makes AN entrance into the piece of
wood IN which he proposes to dwell.
Side by side With this is n gouSc, and On
the outer surface y file. The terodo
can cut III any direction lie is sup
Piled with n double siphon, with one
arm OF which he helps himself TO ami
macu,4 when he is at work, and with
the other elects ms sawdust through his
body into the waters behind him.
When he enters the wood he is almost
in6nitesima in length, breadth, and
thickness, but after he has lived for
short time among the tihrous shades
that give him home and food, he has
grown to tho length Of -four inches, and
is stout enough To warrant the SUPPOSE
ton that he has toasted upon Mrinace.
ous food from birth. The tcreda is pat
ucularly troublesome at the Battery,
but much more So ut Iuboken, where
he has destroyed IN six months the pill
ing of n per that cost thousands of dol
lars. Among the specimens of his head
work exhibited hy MIR. Page, was
block cut from y mahogany los i'll the
harhor Of Aspinwall. Tho entrance
holes made Ivy the little pest and his
fcllow-herers were hardly visible to the
naked eye, hut the perforatiouS on the
opposite side gave the block the APP
pcarance of n target that had been
honey Ivy bullets. The tcredo
WAS SO destructive to the ping OF the
Mobile 4 New Orleans railroad that
the company's profits we're for u long
time eaten up III repairing the damage
done by the worm; and II was not until
creoSote oil was used in impregnating
the wood that they were able To pay n
dividend. This creosote oil, one Of tho
many products Of coal tar, ia the only
substance known that will check the
teredo. Fresh water, however, will kill
him, and every year scagoing vessels
that have been raided upon by the
worm are taken up the Hudson, to
Rondout and other points, where. in u
few weeks, no trace of the horers re-
mains except tho holes he has made
and the calcarcous material with which
he has lined the walls OF his tahnlar
dwelling. Two years ago, Mr. Page
continued, vessel laden with marble
was wrecked oil Fire Island. Some
marine animal, akin, perhaps to the
tercdo, but supplied with more ada.
mainline, implements, attacked the
marble and worked his way through il
rs though il was nothing harder than
soft pine a piece of the marble was
shown. II was completely honey
cnmhed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
How Opium Makes Him Feel.
CtncIanati Enquirer.

Wah Shung, the Sixth street laundry
man, entered the drug store opposit,
his dive yesterday evening, and throw
down II nickel. said;
Five eentoe opium"
While the clerk was getting him III,
drug nm Enquirer representative en-
gagged the Gninaman in conversation
Buy much opium, Wah2'
Five, ten, fifteen ccn,ee worth n
day"
4" Use il on shirts ?"
" llelle, mol smoke it,"
"Like Ill"
+" Belly good" and happy smile
spread over his mummy-likc features.
Tell me something about it, said
the Enquirer man; what kind of nm
effect does il produce-how docs il
make yen fcel?'
Mako Chinaman feel likee," and
here he was struck for comparison Ia
denote perfect happiness and content
mcnt; "makes Chinaman feel likee- =
likee Mclean man Gen. Granl, alice
tune plenty money, no much workce
takec things easy"
" Makes you forget your troubles
does it p
" Yes; forget troubles alice same
like when You sleep"
" sec nice things in your dreams?"
Belly nice. Everything big and
beautiful and he made m enrap.
tured gesture with his hands.
Even ything grand, suppose
+" Belly grand. Chinaman's cellar
look like Gibson House"
Is il possiblc2
Smoothin-iron look like train oil
cars and wash-tub like n steamboat"
" You don't say sol And what elseY'
Oh, heep else. Wah shung feel
likee sold out and gone back 10 China
with $500.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18
From Opposite Points In View.

a gloomy clergyman was once called
70 the bedside Of Il friend Of mine who
was dying. The preacher prayed and
left the house. Next day called on
my friend who despite his mournful
state had a merry twinkle in his eye az
he asked me to guess who had been 10
see him. named half dozen nc
quaintances, but failed to hit the mark.
Ny friend, with immense relish in his
tones, finally said: at was Rev. DR.. p.
he asked me il he might offer prayer.
Of course said yer. Would you be-
lieye il, the burden 81 this hall.hour's
duplication was that the Lord would
take me 10 himself at once. Now,
would not any reasonable human being
plead that | might be spared TO my
family2 You tell DR.. +. for me the
next time you see him that do not
want the Lord TO take me. Detroit
Eree Iyess