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LYNCn1NG In NEW MEXICO
An Outraged Comnuulty Aroused to Wrath
"a Lesson to Dlur,turors enl Dcsporn.
dosz-Nung on the FlRza.

An Outraged Community Aroused to 1vratl,
"a Lesson to Dluriturer4 enl Dcsporn.
dosz-IIung an the Flnza.
CnrrkspondsHct E4~ lart Herald.
LAS VEGAS, juno IAN evont which startled
this sleepy Old Mexican town Into something
like American life aud activity ere this reaches
you will have been heralaed TO the world by tel
cgrapb and printlng-pseas MS 40 evidence OF tho
lawlcssuess and uisrsgard OF human lifa In this
Territory. Tie fact Ii, however, llut II was not
all indication OF lawlsssncss or 6aroarism, but It
was an oaiclal aunouucement by tho community
that war hxd been declared aguinst tcsperadocs
and outluws and tllat heDccfosth thoss who
wantonly destroyed llfe should b. brought to
ACCOUNT beiore tribunal not to bo br,1ed Or
1ntl,ntdRtud, and which would not bn swayed by
any mora technLcalttY.
The eycut 10 which refer was the hanging Of
two men In tue plaza Wednesday night. Thu
Herald representative arrived On The ground at
daylight Thursday morning, while the bodies
Were yet hanging, and his information Ia gatA-
cred from citlZous of both races.
The crimes for which thu tucn we're executed
were briefly ~ f0Ilow*' About QUE yrar ago su
Italian, John pnegin. murdered i., Ms.iean :a
Lie was tried according to law. found gui!tY,ntd
sentenced to Da executed, but the United 1tasea
District Court, as court OF appeal, oycrFulsd
the lectalon Oh . techulcality and ordered n0W
trial. The nntlro community was~ Indignant,
and bltturly sesented what was considered an
outrage, but was with son,e show Of patieuee
awaltipE tlls result of nuw trial.
Last Wednesday train OF sse!Rhters from
Of tilo party, Manuel barella, stopped mud bepsu
drinking Finally, Ae ean'o cut q saloon. and.
without any proyoeallon, shot at = young nun
namsd Aorales. Thu bullet took 'tecs tu the
suau, n.u.ed Be1Iso Romero, respected by all,
uElY. demonstrated, w4ereupon the human tiger
fired a ha' il'e tirss shot eauslng nstaut DEATH.
some Of hia friends resisted. sld for time The
e1r,temeut vus lntnnse. A Msxlenn brought nis
gun to bear on baruls, but beIux prevented FROM
shooting, struck nlln over The head With tho bar.
rel Of tie run. snitctIng terrible wound: amid
threats oflyuchIng barella was hurrIr1nH to ilil,
and, tl,e tIifeats tucrsusIns a. tte Auklcan pouu.
lat!on 4eard ot thu murder. 1uart4 was sig
t!oued by the Hbss.E jor his protection. Tps
murder Was reGarlicd ~ the cfowunE outrage,
4,bd 1t was determined 70 make terrible ex4'u'
plo Tor WsrnlnK tu others.
The work appears to have hgen very systeln-
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GERMAN NATIONAL.

Necatvsr,s 8ats Of ihe 1toAl Estate Aaaots.
Mr.. ]. n. Flower, Rscctver Of the dertnAn
National Bank, acting under the Instructions of
the Comptroller OF tho Currency and an order
Of the United States District Court, sold yetter'
day, 1t public auction, At the front door OF the
Heputiie-Ltfe Building, all but two pieces OF the
real estate belonging 10 the Institution, which
te 10 Ia the process Of winding up. Tho inteu-
.toi, was to sell II al, but tHo pieces stuck on
f,ls hands, and tho prices At which
the others went were, as = general thing, coll
eidared remarkably low. Still, real estate tsn't
booming at this particular ttme,-as owners, TO
their sorrow, arc too vol awarc,-ana It IA
understood to be tho Receivers Intention to
recommend to tho Court shs continuation Of
the sale OF all but three pieces. The terms of
the pa1o wora strictly cash, with = 10 per cent
deposit pdd down by succcssful bidders, and
Tic property vns sold subject 10 erlatiug Hens
wlerc there wcro any. The crowd In atsona-
ance was not very large one, nor was tue
bidding In any way brisk or active,
The iIrst pieces offered was Lota 9, 10, and Il,
Block q Ia Raee l. Pearson's Subdivision Of part
Of ", u OF Y. z. Il OF Sec. a. 7. 30, r. 13 E.,
corner Of Ogden and Central Park avenues,
Lawudslc, rs feet on Central Park avenue and
story double house (Orlekh 'lns barn, ete:, alt
modern improvements, incumberod for $1,000.
Il went to Van II. Higgins At the nominal price
Of $780, shout sufficient to take cafo OF The
Lott Is and esst u feet of Lot q, In Block s.
in Vernon Park Addition TO Chitago, TIRES
marble-front hou.cs, Nos. 81, By, and Il MAG.
altsttr place. fronting Vernon Park, we're sold
to John Cou9hlin for s., 900.
cago, Sec. q. T. %, Il. "a E., vacant lot on Hoynt
street. between North avenue and Ewing place,
cnst front, went 10 Simeon atrauss for $5U0
Lots md g Same block, wcntto Peter Rosen'
Lot. So, 81, and a5, Block !, n p. 8. Les's
| vacant lots on HoYne street and North avenue,
west front, wcre sold to Simeon Strauss fof
! 10 Charles Bodnch ier $l,aa55.
Lots 10 nnd IA, D,orK Is, ia liansbrough d
Hess' Subdivision Of +. H OF 3. ". ~. Sec 30,
| T. DO, Il. u, corner Of North avenue and 6oule.
ieet on North avenue BY 175 tect on boulevard,
| were sold to Charles r. Steole for 81, ,450, md
Lot 15, same block, 70 I. ,BaReot for 81 ,G5o:
Lot ~ Block ~ Aansbro99h q a. hsss' e g s1b' b
T:on E. eatnE 81 hs beulsxsa q sss ~
sold 10 Charles 4. Steele Tor $3.50.
The north 90 feet Of Lot II, and all Of Lots
18 md 10, Eiisha 8aey's snbdivision ! Of north 1
10, T. IS, r. II E., fronting South Park on soath
| Park avenue, pear the corner OF Fittv-dra'
strcot, 200 feet on South Park avenue, 400 feet
deeo so!S to j. @ ,sy.. nfya9t for stists}or ss
I 90 10 B ID Dobbna' subdleision OF N. " OF 8
I e. u Of N. E. u Of See. 8, I. BS, T. Il E., on
Forty. street, third lot east Of Champlail
avenue, sold to NJ. Fclsenthal Tor $50. ,
to 81 ID CampbeIj's subdivision Of DoeK 1. Il
Morris CT al.'e Snbd!vtston Of N. Il Of 8. E. II o
! N. E. Il Of Sec, g.. T. 88. II. a f.. a tWo.stor1
mud basement brick houss, vt M West Polk street
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effectuA1ly controlled the old pipeline, and
there has been much discrimination, and, accord-
Ing, much dssaststactton among shippers. The
petroleum market has been a littlo unsettled by
tho cotnpletion Of the now tine, but IL to-day
Recovering itRbtf
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TO REnT-IlOIJ8EA.


IN GAt column. Lr<s Ha<s itfs Is etnts pr IN.
sts1ten. Each addifsndi hnf, 10 centt
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! I1j,f, VOLUMES Of ENnLlsIl HO0ks. CON.
l.1JkJ} siKnMrat Fsceitet th!s day. htahiard
Wosks fut saIe ii low rtr.t duwn stairs 1t AILLERs
Chr4p tluUx.IuTg, lE1 Asd!san 1t.
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CITY REAL EBTATEs
In fAs eeian thr<t ttnes o. iets p csnts pr IN
sfFtfen. E0sA additional Ilst. ~ cents.

TOR ahLE-ExECuTn1ss SALE or CHrcA0o
j. real ettate.1.. tnt nndsF1tRned. E1ceMtnr of the
On Fsy III u aar T. Il B. s7o ssn , T
sale 1t pihr aucs!un At tr sonth donr ~ Tho Cputt
on.s e. n!s!,f;sn:as r. IL sorner % of n
liz S"r,h issv.ton II III y y *asa It IT, int-r: =
Is ss.xS - ys m t sa. o" It
y: III. ae.h t's I'D - S
u: II 1issf aliinssr fourteen t!' n III ofF!nst
Town Of Cblcsxo together With that part Of Old East
Mstst..s ,scated, iyinE rest 1tpnd adjoining .aa
The Property hc9ehy offered for tale has frontaks
sn u III ssiSe rrrsntis areanted - lie r 81 Mrsfs
Hates o. - !""sees ya.t. The terms as ta!s ara
y PET en-! q psrrts.f meaey n cash og dsY ot:ale
In three equal annual rayncntA- VI Inherent A. tho
1ate of per ccn; per enn'I payable stin!.annnsiIy.
~ nsre s 70 IN ~ .s so nrone1 hs III h3 han liz t;
preIen endei lien, 4 any INT the Glty Of tiraEo may
of ID ftetn!'r. hesehy Uttered for s.e, itins within
the Ilnts Of UlA East Waterst. vacated. and xunjacs
,a ,11 5 II; 4 III tns z
jnforms.iou sonesrn!rk said p,operty Of .,e tile
c3e.so. or t" ,ta rna.9, @ mi
"s: q.
SALE@HT T. =, W. 5IEa4S5
.taFs. hset% sna
II a1adt!n lnprovements. Including range. furuace
buit IN 1911. and occupied only Uy owner. VIZ be sod
ior iust half the price offered and refused In 1s7a.
Alp y,feet for saie Tsrfca.ay., besween Kobn
''' " ' w. iRrAy hATnRor..
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pAnENEzss WANTED.

~ FANENEEKS WANTRUs
DARTEER WASTEb-WITll u. sul TO ENGAGE
L with lie lu lnahneckurlu4 ~ 1rttctt Ut naErit
eomHlstS monopoly: 43,Vul ~ 1*uNc 1e EsAll1sd
ysarly: VIII bear inseAltEklea, Aaafea4 u u. IFsp'
u1B VtAce-
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WANTEp-sECnSp;hAS Tw0 70 THREE
w lprAv power cuHlne. stale maker, condition.
Aad prlcs AddErai II III. TfIbaau usnca.
NXTANTKD-A 60On sEcnSD TUBULAR BOILER
w shout tlinrhes Ia uiRM.cer hy - feet ioa2. Ad'
d,eas AttMnliH CO. 1an WA.hi0Et9n..t. -.
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LOST AND FOUND.
4 Liberal. REWARD GIVEN F0H hETuEN or
n papers which were 4rp,sttsA !n safe oa OxJfn NJ
snl paper: .Te n ~ sste I" any ys es
l,uuNi-slo OWNER cAH GET. u, nY CALL
i Ing on I. II. nUfi. HUM 7, l7H Madison 1t.
I osv-A SMALL. H0Lt. or DRAWINGS ON
IL North C!afk.st Or Ia tincoln Park. PLEASE return
to J. u. HlsuwN, ~: :uhlu.Et.
+ tjsT-iN on MEAN TIie TWENTY. .sEcflN 0.sT.
ptot u ths Meh!Eaa southern H.!lTo.i !, a ltn.
WssfinTioa Ittgfts and nlouey; u tho euder
deppt. M qurstioas viii 10 Askrl, -.
L. of Juue u, from Fred aaEs hasn. rnsner Of Wet
WIN oi5. .'tee Witt tel. ta il e.h stsr ii, acr
TSSnd rsht aa sRHie % ssys rgs hs: iii eT
eHI. srFnH huxsy: painted .',avE tolnnen xhstls.
ktkn n LTanx N4kxAFt aud htur'ttiItrel hhfnsss,
@ ~ ~ ,;f so% ~ 1rea Ssa
will be paid fur Tho tEeoftr{ " tho afDfe.IetcT1otd
iii or for any information which may lead to tt Al
dress tntoriatloM 10 " A. sEAVEY, uenessl sppttn'
tendtnt POLES.
Gin nKwANI-sTNAYED FROM No; s9, WEST
N " WAshlhSiUA ST, AI0Hn wAttr sp4a!el. tSO'
i6irds grow, loax tsrs. al4tly Ksy hstsd .stwrsp
lore exs. Nktutn to II and - south Capa!Gt FRANK
Il. TAscOTr.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS. .-~>.,~-
4 TrESTlnX-wANrgu To auf knoM s,so sita
Witch viii ply ftir price. 1ELuktt. sa4 stA.e.st
T1xTltA nAK1AlNA
T. FiDM NELENE siikKiFF'H SALE.
ELEGANT rAHl.tlt kGlTS.
HANDSOME ClAl!uEls 6ETst
AND OTHER uOupa+
.... II, T. MARTIN 49,.
dive nurchasrs ii ii" lite rtrls sales nf tarn!t1s
soas, !; Isl vsiss' vii l. .ad i .iIs.
1n ftH ~ .nd ~ xotth aSabls @ % tns M .n3S1s1. ~
taSe t;sinIsd sus \; ri!ieuluusly t1w prices Alto
rasy chars fancy e'!aiH !9anssa; H. foSKs ah!f n9sk
~ ~ il. r. MAlriN.
36t &Hd MI HtatE.kl.,
, IletweeA jackson aud Van AufEn.
II7IiE UNION FURNITURE CO.. M WEST MADE
Iu1l al ktnls Of housato!A goods p1 month
IL pay sFucn.as low prtcts; sz4T tstnts.
H{TANTEn-A SMALL HEfH!uEMATntt UK ICE
W bog. ehasp. AdlFeas " -. crlbuaa udlce.
FOR sALE-A CuAPLETK FILE nF TUE DAILY
snd SUNDAY ChicAxo rribu0e ter the Jsaf 1s1s Al
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07
ALMOST ANYTHING.

Years ago. into wholesale grocery
store in Boston, walked tall, muscular
looking man, evidently a fresh conner
from some back-woods town i'll Maine or
New Hampshire. Accosting the first per-
son he met, who happened to be the mer-
chant himself, he asked:
"You don't want to hire a man in your
store, do you?
"Well,'' said the merchant. Il don't
know; what can you do?'
'Do?' said the man; g | rather guess
| can turn my hand to almost any thing.
What do you want done -
'Well, if was to hire a man, it would
be one that could lift well-a strong, why
fellow; one for instance. that could Shout
der sack of coffee like that yonder and
carry it across the store and never lay it
down.
There now, capt H. said ,he COM
tryman, that just me. | can lift any
thing hitch to; you can't suit me bet
ter. What will you give man that can
suit you?''
"Tll tell YOU" said the merchant: IF
you will shoulder that sack OF coffee and
carry it across the store twice and never
lag it down, will hire you for year at
| 800 per MONTH
Done" said the stranger, and by this
time every clerk in the store had gath
cred around and was waiting to join in
the laugh against the man, who walking
up to the sack, threw it across his shoul-
der with perfect ease, as it was not ex-
tremely heavy, and walking with it twice
across the store, went quietly to a large
hook which was fastened to the wall, and
hanging it up, turned to the merchant
and said:
There, now, it may hang there till
doomsday: shall never lay it down.
| What shall | go about, mister. Just give
me plenty to do and 500 per month and
it's all right.
The clerks broke into a laugh and the
merchant, discounted, yet satisfied, kept
his agreement; and to-day, the green
countryman is the senior partner in the
| firm, and worth a million dollars.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07

Is The following curious paragraph
was deemed of sufficient interest by the
London correspondent of the New York
Herald to send it by cable to that jour
nal, in which it appeared on the 18th
ult. 1t refers to the present Premier of
England and Cardinal Newman: son
most Saturday afternoons i'll the last year
of the first decade of the present cen
fury, two boys, aged respectively nine
and five, might have been seen playing
in the grounds of Bloomsbury Square,
London. The boys. both natives of the
square. offered the most complete con-
trast to each other in appearance. The
younger, whose head was profuse with
long, black, glossy ringets, was a child
Of rare Jewish type Of beauty, and full
of life and activity. The other vas
grave IN demeanor, wore his hair cut
close, and walked and talked and moved
in way which In young people is called
'old-faShioned.' lie was OF pure Eng
lish race and Puritanical family The
names of the children denoted these diff
ferenees a.. EGe.l as their appearances.
The one was BenIa4n,i. Dislreli. the
other John Newman. Sixty=eight yeaIs
have passed since then, and much has
happened in the mean time, but nothing
more wonderful than that the handsome
little jew hoy should become Christian
and Prime M,nistes 81 Protestant Eng
land, and the Puritan lad d Catholic and
a Cardinal of the Holy Roman CHURCH.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07
A HUMORIST'S BABY.

An eastern man. 4 subscriber to the
Burlington Hdracye, has been intensely
interested durin" the Winter by the let
tcrs which Burdette the humorist has
written home to that paper. Most Of all
was lie affected by the many references
which the writer made to babies whom
he met upon the trains i'll his travels
Every line in this connection breathed
sentiments OF tcndercst love for the lit
tie creatures.
"Ah," mused the eastern man. with
moistencd eyes, rs he read about the
baby for whom Eur,ictte resigned his
seat. "what Il noble fellow this is. I
should know he was Il father himself,
and that his own baby was his greatest
source Of joy
Last week the eastern man CHANGED to
be in Burlington, and something impell-
eli him to call upon the man who had de-
lighted him SO often with his expressions
of tatkerly affection. He turned his steps
toward South Hill, and passed down
Eight street. AS he approached the house
in which lie had been informed the hui
morist with the tender heart lived. he
noted an open window, through which
the form OF IL lllail. Deniiln1 over Il desk
and busily writing, could be seen. The
eastern man grasped the bell-pull and was
about to ring. when he was petriiied by
hearing a great crash inside. followed by
mans voice. in accents of the widest de-
scrption, calculating:
''Now there you go. | knew you d haul
that ink on to yourself, You young scamp!
Here! Mrs. omebody-cvcrybod
come and take this horrible little wretch
away. I'd like to know how you think a
baby everlastingly hanging around. Oh,
yes now. yell-that,s risht-whoop it
right up-oh. go it! There-'sh, 'sh.
husky, HUSKY! Dry up, or I'll-oh, won't
somebody come and put this volcano out?
There, Mrs. B., take him, give him Il
barrel OF laudanum. and ifyou don't keep
him out of here in Il future. I'll swap
him for Il brindlc pup
The nerveless hand of the eastern man
dropped from the beil-pull, and he had
just strength enough lift to stagger
across HE street, where he sat down on 4
stoop, and famed himself with a piece of
lath until he revived. Then he took the
first train for home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07
Beer Drinking in the United States.

For some years past decided inclina-
ton has been apparent all over the coun-
try to give up the use Of whisky and
other strong alcohols, using as substl-
tute. beer and bitters and other COM
pounds. This is evidently founded on the
idea that beer is not harmful and contains
large amount of nutriment; also that
bitters may have some medicinal quality
which will neutralize the alcohol ii con-
ceais, etc. These theories are without
confirmation in the observations OF physi-
clans and chemists where either has been
used for any length Of time. The con-
slant use of beer is found to produce
specie of degeneration of all the organism
profound and deceptive. Fatty deposits
diminished circulation, conditions of con-
gestion, and perversion of functional ac-
tivites, local inflamations of both the
liver and kidneys, are constantly present.
intellectually, stupor amounting al
most to paralysis arrests the reason, pre-
cipitating all the higher faculties into
mere animalism: sensual, selfish, slug
gish, varied only with paroxysms of an
ger that are senseless and brutal: in APP
pearance the beer-drinker may the pic
ture OF health but in reality he is most
incapable Of resisting disease. A slight
injury, severe cold, or shock to the body
OF mind, will commonly provoke acute
disease, ending fatally. Compared with
fDebriatas, who use different forms of
alcohol, he is more incurable, and more
generally diseased. The constant use of
beer every day gives the system no time
for recuperation, but steadily lowers the
vital forces; it is our observation that
beer-drinking in this country produces
the very lowest forms of inebriety. close
jy allied to criminal insanity. The most
dangerous class of tramps and rutfianS in
our large cities are beer drinkers. 1t is
asserted by competent authority that the
evils of heredity are more positive in
this class than from alcoholics. If these
,ncts are well founded, the recourse 10
beer as substitute for alcohol. merely
increases the danger and fatality follow
ing.
In btters we have drink which can
never become general: hIt its chief dan
ger will be in strength:ng tire disordered
cravings, which later will develop Il posi-
tive disease Public sentiment and legis-
lation should comprehend that all forms
of alcohol are more or less dangerous
when used steadily; and all persons %ho
slse them in this way should come under
sanitary and Legislative control
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07

sB The ages of the United States Sen
ators range from seventy down to thirty
eight years. The oldest is Hamlin. the
youngest, Bruce. They age in the fol
lowing order: Iamlin, 20; Morrill,, GO;
Houston, 6a; Thurman, Chandler and
Kirkwood, sc: David Davis and Anthony,
Ga; Herman, Eaton and Dawes, G5: SaHp~
ders and Salisbury. 90; Harris and John
ston, 81; M'Donald, 60; Williams, 80;
Sharon and Withers, IS; Beck and Bailey,
81; Ben Hill, Davis (of West Virginia.
Poll and Grover, So; Carpenter, burnside,
Morgan, Yhyte and Rollins 80; Maxey,
Hereford Lamar aud Booth, 81; Ransom,
NJ MILAN. Randolph, Cameron fof Wis.
consin,) lloar and Slater, SO; Window,
Ferry, platt and Voorhees,, SO; Edmunds
and Bayard, 81; Allison, Coke and Con
king, 50; Jones (of Nevada, Paddock,
Blaine. Vance, Teller Vest and Walker,
40; Kellogg, ae; Gordon, Hill (of Colo
rado,) and Garland, AZ; Don Cameron,
Ingalls, and M'Pherson, IS; Jones fof
Fiorida,) Call, Jonas and Cockrell, As;
Butler, A; Groome, Al; Bruce, So.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07
Bishops of the M. E. Church.

The death of Bishop Ames. of Balti-
more, is the nineteenth among the bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal Church
since the Introduction of the episcopal
office into that church, 1874. The last
election of bishops was held i'll 1872, at
the General Conference of that year,
when eight new bishops were chosen.
Since that date three have died, viz:
Bishop Morris, of Ohio. Bishop Jane, of
New York, and Bishop Ames, of Balti-
more. 1t may be expected, therefore,
that at least three new divines will be
elected to the highest office in the church
at the next session of the General Con
ference, to be held next year in Cincin-
natl. Unlike the Protestant Episcopal
Church, the Methodist Bishops are not
diocesan in their administration. Their
supervision is general, and usually so az
ranged by system of rotation that each
Bishop goes the rounds of all the episco-
pal districts in the denomination. Bishop
Ames, although residing in Baltimore
was no exception to this general timer
ant rule. Out of a total of 81 incumb-
ents of the episcopal Office since 1874. 10
are living and in active ecclesiastical
work. Two of these, however, Bishop
Scott, Of Delaware, and Bishop Simpson,
of Philadelphia, have passed the usual
limit OF a protracted official life.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-07

Logan WA. pay Thomas & Anderson. 2 80
Lucas Susan. pay Henry Pencil, = 80
Logan VIM. pay Thomas y Anderson, . 81
Lewis VIM. pay Mct' rery X Boulder. 500
Lucas Susan, pay Henry Pencil, . ~
Lothian Levi, pay Nc(' rery X Bouucu 80
do do = So
Linton Nj. +. pay VIM. Taylor. = 80
Lewis James y. Judge orphans court, l76 90
Litzeni,crG Perry, coroner l6 a
LcepcE Sarah, lauper to aims house. 200
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-02-08
NOTICE..

The members of the Democratic Con-
servstive Committee are requested t.
assemble in their respective wards and
elect five delegates to meet in Colfax on
Saturday. February %, 1879, to nomi-
nate candidate for delegate to be
elected on the 18th day Of March to at
tend the Constitutional Convention for
framing new constitution for the Slate
Of Louisiana, which il to meet in Now
Orleans on the 2lst day of April, 1879
Also. to select three delegates to meet
at White Sulphur Springs on the 23th
day OF February, to nominate Seuato-
rial delegate to said Convention.
Owing to tho shortness of time and
impossibility Of directly communicating
with the adjoining parishes, we have
taken the responsibility Vf fixing the
day Of meeting for the Senatorial Con-
vention on the Gath day Of February,
and hope the delegates of VIM and
Cxtahoula will meet US at that time.
W. L. RICHARDSON.
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. of Grant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-02-08

Sherif's return. and given Nr. Jeter
a majority of seren.
Both of these cases have been
appealed to the Supreme Court,
and, if there is any justice in the
land, we are confident that A. v.
Raglan will be continued as Parish
Judge, and H. NJ. Jeter, az Sheriff
of Grant parish, in accordance with
the vote received BY them and the
commissions held by them from
Gov. Nichols.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-02-08
BEHIND THE RETURNS !
Tho Judges Charge to the jury,
an Able Document.
a Badly" Mixed" Case.

Two cases of great Importance
to this parish and the State at
large has just been tried in the
Ninth District Court held in and
for the parish of Grant. The re-
markable difference in the verdicts
of the juries on each case respect
lively is a matter of establishment.
MCKNIGHT vs. Raglan.
The facts in the first case are
that Mcknight, Republican, con-
tested with Judge A. v. Raglan.
Democrat, for the Office of Parish
Judge, aud prayed for trial by
jury, alleging in his petition that
II. q. Goodwin aud w. l.. Rich
ardson mad conspired with Sheriff
9. r. Nugent and returned Raglan
as elected, whereas Mcknight had
been elected instead. Upon jury
being impannellsd and the case
coming to trial the Judge de-
cided that "the best evidence was
the commissioners returns, then
in their absence the ballots, and, il
both we're destroyed, the testimony
Of the commissioners that held the
election"
The court appointed experts and
Q count of the votes in the boxes
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-02-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.



On Saturday the 22nd day Of February
1879, ut IL o'clock NJ. will lease for
the year 1879, ut public auction, in front
of the court house. in the town OF Col
fax, to the last and highest bidder, the
public ferries, to-~it:
ON RID RIVER.
Montgomery Ferry.
Planters Landing Ferry.
Colfax Ferry.
Cotils Ferry.
ON LITTLE RIVER.
Cockerham's Ferry.
i.acroix's Ferry.
Donohue's Forty.
Capp's Ferry.
President Police jury Grant Parish.
jan 1912.