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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09

Two for the parish of Tensas.
Two for the parish of Terrebonne
One for the parish of Union.
One for the parish of vermiion.
One for the parish of Vernon.
One for the parish of Washington.
One for the parish of Webster
One for the parish of VIM.
Total. ninety eight Representative deleeHtea
Now. therefore. l. FRANCIS T. NICHOLS
Governor of the State of Louisiana. do herebv
issue this my proclamation. directing an elee.
tion to be held throughout the State. at suob
places as may be designated by the legal Ioea
authorities thereof. on TUESDAY, the eieh-
teenth day of March. A. d. 1879 from7 O'Clock In
the forenoon until o'clock In the afternoon
for the purpose Of eleoting delegates to a Con-
vention to frame new constitution for the State
of Louisiana. according to the above apportion-
ment. the delega es to meet In convention ut
the State House. at New Orleans. on MONDAY
the twenty lrst day OF the month OF April A.
D. 1879, at II o'clock m. And / do hereby order
and direct all sheriffs. commissioners OF cleo
ton, and other officers therein concerned, to
hold said election on the day aforesaid, at the
places designated by the local authorities there.
of and to cause the Same to be conducted and
the returns thereof to be made In the manner
and within the time prescribed by law.
In testimony whereof have hereunto affixed
, my signature and caused tho seal Of the State OF
Louisiana to be hereunto attached. at the city OF
New Orleans. this twenty fifth day Of the month
of January. In the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine and
Of the Independence Of tho United States OF
| America the one hundred and third year.
FRANCIS Il. NICHOLS.
| BY the Governor:
| WILL. A. STRONG
Saprttnrv IF Htatn in1g
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, 49,
parish of Orlaans Citu Of Nam QrInnnr [ IS


Before me. the undersigned notary public
duly commissioned and sworn in and for the
parish and city aforesaid. personally appeared
Tareton, Esq, cashier, Of the Citizens Bank Of
Louisiana, both to me we'll known as such who.
having been by me duly sworn, have respect
lively declared that, to the best of their knowl-
edge and belief. the foregoing Is true and cor
rect list of the deposit balances certificate and
dividends of over three years standing on the
books Of the CItizens, Bank Of Louisiana. IN
written.
In testimony whereof the said appearers have
signed this their affidavits together with me,
also of1xed my seal of Office
e. Z. CARRIERE. President,
JAS. J TARLETON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this TWEEN.
ty-frst day of February. A. d. 1879.
fe22 laW4t A. PITOr. JR.. Notary Public.
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TITLES OF ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

and Mississippi Railroad Company, and
declaring the forfeiture Of said lands by
the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas
Railroad Company ..-..---.-.----.
10 An Act to grant permits to religious or
benevolent organizations for holding en-
tertainments of q charitable nature. =.
II An Act to authorize 7. A. Flanagan to sue
the State
~ An Act to authorize Thomas l.. Maxwell
late civil sheriff of the parish of Orleans
to institute suit against the State oil
Louisiana
43 An Act for the relief of the widow and
children of G. p. VOORHEES,, late assessor
of the parish of Avoyelles. ..-...
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
NOTICE.
ja2G

MAYoBAI OF NEW ORLEANS
City Hall, February 10. 1879. !
Pursuant to THE provisions Of section fs. act
No. 1o1. approved April 80 1877. notice Is hereby
given that the office for the registration Of
voters Is located at No. A. Carondeet street. cor
ner of Union
fell mh12 i. W. PATTON, Mayor.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
NOTICE TO VOTERS.

T.. W. PATTON, Mayor.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

fe13 Registrar Of Voters, Parish of Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
CITIZENS BANK OF LOUISIANA
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
Il of act No Ill. approved March 81. 1874. the
following deposit balances. certificates aud
dividends of over three years on the books of
this bank are advertised as still unpaid and
uncaled for, to wit:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
PROPOSALS TO BUILD.

DEPARTMENT OF WATERwoBKs AND PURLIC \
Buildings, Room ~. City Hall,
New Orleans. March 4, 1879 J
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DATE OF APPROVAL. DATE OF PRoMUL-
CATION,

DATE OF APPROVAL. DATE OF PRoMUL-
CATION.
Feb. Ia, 1879 Feb. Is, 1879.
Feb. ID, 1879 Feb. Is, 1879.
Feb. II, 1879. Feb. Is, 1879.
Feb, II, 1879. Feb. Is, 1879.
Feb. II. 1879. Feb. 18. 1879.
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fe14 t NH

STATE OF LOUISIANA !
Office Registrar Of Voters Parish of Orleans. !
New 0rleans February 10, 1872
The office for the registration of voters for
the parish of Orleans will be opened on SAT-
URDAY. the fifteenth day of February, 1879, ct
No. Al CARONDELET STREET. corner Of
Union and will be kept open until WEDNES.
DAY, the twelfth day of March, 1872 from a. "a.
to 10 m. and from 1 80 D. m. to D. M, daily.
Sundays and legal holidays excepted. In order
to enable those who have not registered In 1878.
and who have removed. to secure their regular
papers: and / have appointed the following
named persons as clerks Of registration for the
parish of Orleans:
JOHN G. MERCER.
w. J. J. ARMSTRONG.
G.. W. FLYNN.
THOMAS BIRMINGHAM
+. x. BARBOT,
T. g. HOLT.
JOS. DEMORUELLE.
ED. KEENA.
w. j. BOSWORTH
THos. REYNOLDS
L. A. DUPRE.
g. f. hartley,
L. G. BOWER.
ED. CURLEY.
e. L. JEWELL,
THOS. J. BURKE.
FRANK KATHMAN.
EDGAR PILE.
ii. d. TERREBONNE.
w. J. DOTEY.
JOHN FITZPATRICK,
+. l.. FISHER.
n A. BOOMER.
JAS. s. ZACHARIE,
ED. DURRIvE, JR.,
J. j. AUBURTIN.
CHAS. CAvANAC,
fe13 Registrar of Voters, Parish of Orleans.
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CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS.
ORDER OF. ORDER OF.

------------ ---------------
adams, P -. 800 90 Hester 500 10
Chapman, treasu- hpitt. J ...-.......-. rs 90
rer, W W.. 200 00gRobertson Miss
Gardere, Ander- Tennie. $50 90
SON ............. 70 00lStotharts A FL 300 90
Hayes & Bro. D.. .161 08lTuilv. D D.......-s58 So
DIVIDENDS UNPAID.
Redwiz, Hugo. $50 90
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06
~
VICTORY !.
We Have Met the Enemy, and
They are s.Ourn.''

Never before since this was q par
ish have the Democrats of Grant
gained such a decisive victory as the
one on the Cd instant. For particn-
lara as to the slaughter Of the Radi-
cal cLieftains we refer our readers to
the SIMULATED statement of the sheriff
in the adjoining column.
Notwithstanding their overwhelm-
ing defeat the RAIDS have given notice
of contest! What grounds they
have to base their hopes upon we are
at & loss to imagine. Surely they do
not expect to make anything ont Of
the fact that our old friend "Major''
Willet got away with the tally sheets
from ward two, for be was one OF
their own pets, and the Democrats
had rather have the ward counted
than not. There were about 100
votes polled, and we have put down
the 6gnres in the table as reported
from Republican sources, inclosing
them in parenthesis. bnt leaving them
ont of the total. By comparison
it will be seen that they can make no
difference in the result OF the cleo.
ton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

The question Of northwest route
from Fort Nelson, Northwest Terri
tory, via HudsoD's Bay, is receiving
a good deal of attention on account
Of the favorable opinion expressed
III the matter by Prof. Bell, Of the
Canadian geological survey, just re-
turned from the northwest, and it is
understood that the matter will be
laid before Prof. Selwyn, director Of
of the survey, to larry out such steps
as may be necessary to finally de-
termine upon the practicability Of
such route.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

According to the Investigations Of
q Russian professor, DR.. Monassein,
singing is an excellent means OF pre-
venting consumption. and for the de-
yelopment and strengthening Of the
chest it is more efficient than even
gymnastic exercises. The professor
has examined 220 singers varying in
age from nine to fifty three years, and
found that the chest is greater aDd
stronger among them than among
persons of any other occupation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

The FIRST message over The new
French cable was sent from Eastman.
Massachusetts, by DR.. D. H. Bates.
president of the American Union
Telegraph Company, on the 18th Of
the present month, to the president
Of the cable company at Paris, con-
graduating the latter upon the rapid
Construct IN and successful landing
of the cable The steamer Faraday
arrived back from making the final
splice at $3.50 p M
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

An Indiana sheriff presented him
self in court recently and asked to be
relieved from the duties OF his Office,
assigning as q reason his fondness
for intoxicants. The extraordinary
petition so astonished the Judge, who
appears to be believer in che theory
respecting American Office holders,
that few die and none resign, that be
was obliged to take the matter under
consideration for few days. The
only danger now il that the disgusted
official will get over bis headache and
withdraw bis resignation before the
court is prepared to act upno SO inn
portant . case. 81
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

Senator Bayard never said bet
ter thing when asked in an interview
what Legislation the Sonth most truly
needed and desired. He said she
needed none; AL she needed was to
be let alone and to be treated with
respect and confidence. Northern
domination and the habitual asser-
ton of self conscious superiority. he
did not think, would strengthen the
National feeling in the South. And
be might have added. neither viii q
solid north.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06
Stoves! Stoves!
s. ". W. GOODWIN,
f.. Magazine Street IA
MANUFACTURER OF
PLAIN TINwARE AND JAPAN WARE.
ALSO DEALER IN
heating and
Cooking Stoves

OF ALL SIZES,
|asd at Lo,cer Prices than can be
j'und at any other establishment
in Nesc Orleans.
'eiov viii be found the names of q
q the leading Cooking Stoves, with
= and prices, viz:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

In connection with the above desire to
say to the customers Of Milling Il Bolton,
and tu the pubic generally. after the First
of January next, arrangements viii De
maize to continue business ut the same
stand, where hope to receive the patron
G. W. BOLTON.
Pineville. La. Sent. 30th, 1879.
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mo. A..
GENERAL NEWS.

fiOn If Rapidoa v,ariab On tha NIGHT
Of the 1lth inst wss The most v;olent
and destrnct;ye n it, character
which n the recollection of old c;ti.
xens has ever v;s;tsd that section
Shenandoah has snrk off the Island
Of Socotra in the Indian ocsnn.
| The date Of. the disaster "a unknown
Most Of >the crew were drowned.
The Shenandoah belenoed 70 the
Sultan of Zanzibar.
:, :,
Ane spinning mus OF h,rkcaldy;
oco''.no nave oeRun work On iula
une' having Deen operating On sn0rt
time ior nearly Two years. IN
men .raae mas aiso improved SO
mucn snst AL sne power loom laceo-
RES are now IN mo''on, wnlcn mas
no' oeen tue case ior 'nree s
Avoyeiles wiz give Dlac1man ana
n1n.of, snu Inc 0sa1e anu rarocn,ai
elcxees : nanosome maIori'y in s.
Penoen's may "os snelr snm niue
nolns - mucn ~ sney Plsnse' nus
the echo comes BACK cheerless ana
un'nvlung: Down tnis way we take
no stock IN sucn enterprises; tut
GOWN Avoyelles IS tnpoIgniy Deme-
o's"c 'n's 'l"o'- A. Ou''e''n'
The statement furnished by the
Chief of the Bureau Of Statistics
shows that the total excess Of exports
over imports Of merchandise during
the months OF September and Ooto-
Der, 1879, was SCI, 27S 900. as against
an excess during the corresponding
period last year Of $4s,seo.oOO. The
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-12-06

HIS PaPen RoxeiI Cos Nswspapsr. "A.
VefS1sing Bureau GO Spruce 81 \ lshere adysrf11qg
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04
tR. S2O.l
ChanCery Sale of Real Estate

In the Ohanoery Court Of Shelby county,
Smith. " -
RY virtue ofan interlocutory decree for sale
~ entered in the above cause on The I'd
uay Of july. 1873, NJ. B. 3, page So, l will
sell at public auction TO the highest bidder.
in front of the Clerk and Masters Office
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis,
ON Saturday, December g, 1879.
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to-Wit: ~
Two certain parcels, or tracts of land. situ-
ated and being in the Seventh Civil District.
Tract MOL beginning at q stake the'northwest
corner of Dock Carter's home tract! thence
west 10 poles to a stake near a white onk.
thence south 81 poles and 20 links to the mid
ale or Fletcher creek, under the east side of a
brldge; thence IN an easterly direction with
the channel Of said creek to a stake, said
DOCK Carriers southwest corners of said home
tyaetl thence north with his west bopndarv
line 80 poles TO the beginning, containing by
estimation, 34 acres. Ah0 tract No, 9, being
the west corner OF 5. A. MunsOn's, all on the
n0rth side Of Fletcher creek, beginning in s.
A.. Munson's west line. in the center of the
main bed of said creek with sweet-gum point
erh; thence west 10 chains TO the northwest
corner OF said Munson's tract, with maple
pointers; thence east 8 chains to a stake, with
sweet-gum and white oak pointers, the north
cast corner Of the part north of said ereek.
thence south s chains to a stake; thence east
to tho oentor of Fletcher's creek; thence down
said creek to the beginning; cOntnininr ninc
Wlacres, more or less. INV
Terms Of sale-Un q credit OF six months.
purchaser to execute note with good security
Lion retained; redemption barred.
This November, 1879.
IN r J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
". IL. BARTEAU, Solicitor. sos
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04
THE OPENING OF CONGRESS.
The Attitude of Parties - Great
Caution on all Sides.

Special to the Courier -Journall
WASHINGTON. December The
opening proceedings of congress we're
in keeping with the quiet dullness of
the gathering OF the members and pol
iticians. In general there was a good
attendance in both branches. but
after the roll calls members left and
but few remained to listen to the Pres
idents message, which, beyond the
swearing in of a few new members.
was the only thing done during the
day. The feeling is one of waiting to
see which way is the best to start in
for the winter. All recognize that it
is a Presidential winter, aud out of
the great caution in opening the no.
litical fight both parties are hesitating,
only to make sure of their grip in the
struggle, which all admit is sure to
come. The common impression is
that the contest is to be deliberated
upon until after the holiday recess.
The first manifestations of a
serious split among the Republicans
were noticed to-day in the way in
which the message was received. The
Western Republicans are out of humor
with the financial portion of the mes
sage, and say they will not heed the
recommendations. Fort, of Illinois,
a leading Republican IN the house,
will present at the first opportunity the
following resolution:
Resolved, Thatanya attempt change
the legal status of any of the money
issues by the United States, or to re-
open by legislation the currency ques-
tions which have been settled, would
be injudicious, and would tend to
retard returning prosperity.
Even some of the pronounced hard
money men of the east in the party
doubt the party wisdom of such re-
concentrations, and say there was no
need of raising anew a question once
settled so favorably for them. Fur
thermore, they say that in the close
vote of the house the Republicans
should have needed some of the
Greenback votes on party issue, where
as now they never will get them. On
the sectional issue not so much is
being said as upon finances. Senator
Gordon speaks for the majority of the
southern men in saying he believes in
the policy Of silence under the attack
Of the Republican leaders in congress.
Hop Bitters does not exhaust aud
destroy, but restores.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04
The Redistribution Of Political
Power.

The New York Herald gives q
sketch Of our agricultural progress.
and a forecast Of the hundred millions
of population Of which the United
States are to be, in the near future,
the home. Besides this somewhat en-
thuslasuc account Of our material and
vital power aud OF our present and
prospective greatness, it gives by
means of parallel lines, a graphic ex-
hibit OF the areas OF our States aud
Territories, as compared with those oil
the countries Of Europe, and as now
shown by the number OF square mile,
belonging to each. A glance at these
shows that the Austrian Empire, il
point Of area, is the largest Of any
country in Europe, containing as il
does 2iO,9l3 square miles. But
the single State Of Texa.
with its 274,356 square miles, is largci
than the Austrian Empire-the Ger
man Empire, France, Spain anC
Sweden following in decreasing sue.
cession. California is within a trifC
equal in area to Sweden, and Dakots
and Montana are each nearly ss larg,
IN territorial expansion as California
Great Britain and Ireland together
are only about the size Of New Mexico
while Portugal, equal to Maine, is ex
ceeded in size by Kentucky. TIL,
State Of West Virginia is larger thar
either Holland or Greece, and Bel
GUM is but two hundred and fn,
square miles larger than Maryland
When We come to our agriculture
statistics the exhibit is equally re.
markable. Our crop Of corn in 1877!
was 1888, $50 bushels, wheat 400.
l22,400 bushels, hay 80, .296 tons
oats 4l3,675,560 bushels. The cotton
crop reached very nearly 10000
bales. potatoes yielded l24,l26,65l
bushels. Of the staple crops for ex
port We had in 1878, roughly speaking
$4,000 square miles 10 corn, 50.OOl
square miles in wheat, and 1900
square miles in cotton. Truly GU.
stump orators may well say, That i
a big country"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04

the Payment Of the principal and in
terest Of any bonds hereafter to be
issued BY legal authority, in pursuance
Of the terms of an honorable adjust
ment.
5. We do not ask immediate legis-
lation upon this subject, because We
are advised by the committee appoints
ed by the legislature to report a fair
adjustment that, on account OF the
brevity of the called session, and the
requirement that they shall report to
the next regular session Of the legisla-
ture, it would be better to postpone
the question of said adjustment till
the meeting of the regular session OF
the General assembly Of the state OF
Tennessee.
The resolutions were adopted, and
the meeting adjourned-the Commit
tee of fifteen subject to the call of the
president.
The resolutions we regard as appro-
pirate and timely. They will be en-
dorsed by every reasonable citizen of
the community. The charter Of
Memphis was abolished for a two-fold
purpose, but this did not include the
reputation Of any just debts. A com
mercial community could not afford to
place itself in such a position, or to
set a precedent, which might be fol-
lowed by her own debtors some day.
The repeal Of the charter was first to
get rid Of an unweildy expensive form
of government; second, to place our
selves out Of the reach Of mandamus;
es tor a time at least, until we could
make a living and reasonable com
nrOmiSe
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

DE it ordained by the Legislative Council
ID that section % Of the health ordinances
be amended by adding to that section the fol-
lowing: land if in the provision Of the board
OF health any building or structure is in an
unsani'ary condition, and If upon inspection
it is condemned. for this reason, as a nuisance
and in its opinion it is necessary on this ac-
count, that the same be torn Town or other
wise destroyed, the owner or his agent shall
be at once notified by direction of said board,
to have such building or structure removed at
once. and the premises put in u sanitary and
otherwise safe condition, and if within forty
eight hours from such notice. the thing nOti-
fed to be done is not commenced, and prose-
cuted with due diligence till finished, then il
shall be the duty of the engineer under the
direction Of said board to have the same
done and certify the costs thereof to the
attorney, whose duty it shall be to collect the
same on OF the owner, and II no owner can
be found tho work shall be done under the
supervision Of the boord Of health and engi-
neer, and the costs thereof made out of the
property by the attorney, either by sale or
renting out the anne And if upon inspec-
tion of any cistern OF well within the Dis
trict it is found in an unhealthy condition,
the said board shall take such steps us to rem
der such cistern or well healthy, and if neces-
sary to this end, il shall nave such cistern or
well closed up in the manner provided in this
section for removing unhealthy structures,
and all the structures, wells and ~cisterns in
the District shall be inspected By direction Of
said board At least once every three months
or Oitener If deemed necessary, and its Off
GERS the sanity police shall be allowed ingress
and eqress I, all premises for this purpose,
provided that no house shall be torn down or
destroyed without the concurrence of the
legislative council.
Passed November q, 1879.
D. 4. PORTER, Chairman.
CHAJ. l.. puLLEN, Secretary. 70 AZ