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, 1879-08-16

Mrs. Dick Keeling, Mrs. Jones and families
returned on Thursday from their picnic in the
mountains.
We acknowledge calls from the Rev. Mr..
Joslyn and Rev. j. Mexican, Presiding Elder
of the NJ Z. Church.
The Hon n. T. Cation left the city on Sat
urday last to attend the examination of Elliot
at PoIneroy for the killing of Tatman. He re-
turned on Wednesday.
Judge Mix and lady returned from their
country much improved for the short time they
stayed The weather was too warm or their
stay would have been prolonged
DR.. Baker has returned, and looking for once
as though he had not been smothered by riding
in cloud of dust. Save yourself little more.
Doctor, and don't work so hard
f. Oppenheimer gave us a call on Thursday.
1t is great source Of satisfaction to know that
ha is now so prosperous, but We knew each
other when we were ali very poor.
Col Parnell, one Of the bravest and most
gallant officers in the service is now at the
Fort. He win take command of Perrv's com
pany. who are said To be ordered to Camp
Harvey.
Our old Idaho acquaintance Red" SO well
and favorably known in old Owyhee, is the
same old Reddy" he always was He is now
the right bower of the firm Of Alexander & CO..
at Pendleton.
Mons. A La Pierce, of the Bon Ton Hotel.
at Pendleton, keeps up with the spirit of the
age, as usual; he is the model host of the coun-
try, and has well earned his good reputation as
a caterer for the pnblic.
DR.. Irvine, of Centerville, is the right man
for young country. He cures all the ailments
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benefit Of the section of country he is identified
with. The Willamette papers generally have
an enthusiastic letter i'll their columns that his
friends publish. He believes this country has
4 grand future, and he Is right
We acknowledge the compliment Of friendly
call from that nan without glile-Joe Open
heirner, of Portland, and the frontier generally.
As usual Joe is fun Of life and beauty, and as
energetic and Jolly IS ever. Joe is a splendid
man in the field: as his name indicates he keeps
open house for all. Long may he prosper in
the land
William Stevens, Esq, returned home from
his trip to the lower country looking ten years
Younger than ever. He was welcomed home
bv his numerous friends. Mr.. Stevens is so
thoroughly identified with this country that
we could not do without him. He has always
been among the first i'll every enterprise that
would tend to help the country forward, and
has not always made money by it either
II. Metzser, agent for the Portland house Of
Adclph Cohn. is now prepared for business at
their building opposite the Stine House.
Farmers from tha country would do well to
bring their palts and hides III to him; remem-
her that a cut or sun dried hide is worth very
littl. compared to one well cared for Call and
see Metz:er and find out how lie does business,
then You viii call again.
, 1879-08-16

r.yrr,cr LEI Charles Frush, ESQ, has
.....l IN. contract for transporting gov
'''.'... fr.,,2.t to the new military post near
.5'... y ..,.,f 90: tn Okanasan- l: is big con-
"a. % and .ot, u money in in it.
, 1879-08-16

r,.rrvrr. We have a long account ready
.,tbraugh the valley, and up the noun
Z - los mill. but owing 10 our limi
a. T., !. i, reserved for the outside of our
rs,t issue.
, 1879-08-16

,&r,r HsA%p FROM Like his gallant
nsm~~sir # tha oIlen time, our friend bruce
!, tie braves, o: the brave. lie recently went
ia.um;aiuwA.l. and his whereabouts has only
recently been ascertaiued. Fred Adams ha:
heard u him, and relates thrilling story, OF
li,G.-. killing two elephants and arattle snake.
r.. make was mot ot the common sort, but
uu.Esr,'.l anytiin. ever before heard of. He
So al rs.c,cs except lis head, and that was a
lg;t ~
, 1879-08-16

yfsrr,g.ES. Charley Davis has a
...,r,h..r. onion. turnip and potatoe that
.rr'' ..-. - ,r. wonderful. They came from the
~ In of Jones.
, 1879-08-16

Ayora.; Flgs On Thursday night onr
v:r,.ar, r;t;z rs w,ra awakened at about II P
". Lv .a a.ag.u of tire II wlS discovered to
boon CnTrv street between Second and Col
VIII. Itns- a Wy small Fair, only shed
..,. hal ben u,.i Tor a stable and storing
Cav. Ig-h tlrr.d. who ownS It, loses about
- - insurance.
, 1879-08-16

BIG YIELD. J. Sweazea's crop of wheat
on his ranch at the foot of the mountains, nea-
Cottonwood, averaged over 20 bushels to the
acre
, 1879-08-16

no,L Csy-~S The census Of school dis
..,.,, anil q, comprising the city Of Walla
ly,.s ls, I-.eu completed, and the result is as
.g,v.. District |, 7G5 children and district
~ .hillr.a: of tncse So draw school money
in district y. : aul rs are entit!e / to school
,..rrv IN District -.
, 1879-08-16

A,rrnraf I,hn Montague, while driving
a tro wheeled jumper. rI: into truck and
l,,kc a shat; til, vehicle was turned over,
anil .Ia.a v.- pretty badly used MP by the
li.s- from th- horse. He received a sewers
,,r-,..,,.. ,,. h, -ile anl another over his eye,
l,, u,tliu, l..y -yrl"r'-
, 1879-08-16

m1EON TO $4,000 \ YEAR, or 50 to
~ $40 a day in your own locality.
~ACOO No risk Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the amount
stated above. No one can fail To make money
fast ANY one can da the work You can
make from 80 cents to 81 an hour by devoting
your evenings aad spare time to the business
Nothing likS it for money making ever offered
before. Business pleasant and strictly honor
able. Reader, if ynu want to know all about
the best payin. business before the public,
send us Your address and we viii send you full
particulars and private terms free: samples
worth - also free !; You can then make up your
mind for yourself Address GEORGE SrIN-
son & CO, Portland Maine %
, 1879-08-16

ITxryY CHuRcH.-Rev. f. l. Essm
nreach on Sunday at IL A. NJ an' =
Cordial imitation 20 gu
, 1879-08-16

Charley Davis has our gratitude
I'',', ,,...,.nt waier melon. His emporium
ir T,,-. ..-r , davs with the choicest fruit in
- rllIas;.
, 1879-08-16

! ,;,u SroEY.-N-e h,lr sal story Vi i
vr-.u- r.,p whn jourusyei - the mountains
81 v,7,rr t, provide ~ Eul";nea with buckle
n-s.s,+. h appears that h. gathered 4 large
.nq.l-.ty ami <.nt them to his lady love bat
.a L.s ua~;aL Ia. r-g;4l ev3ning visit he w::s
linn .r,.rl,!s t discovering her ,ete t.te with
L.uil r;vI iniu'gins in the very fruit he
'.3 -g,-i red - ur-lsi IN ol,t:inins- Life has
t.r c,.lruS for him 1t present.
, 1879-08-16

--.rry-Ed. jordan, while bathing in
IL, a. Wallula, was Frustrated with
m =. ,:rohe' ----~-
, 1879-08-16

;lletkIp Statesman.
AUGUST Ii, 1879
-'-rry Ed. jordan, while bathing in
-, a. Wallula, was Frustrated with
IN IN stroke. ----~-
Charley Davis has our gratitude
I"''' mi ws,er melon. His emporium
' a.; = ,fT now days with the choicest irui1 IN
,ae maEA'',
,.r vrarr,pars.-Charley Davis has
H.. ...,,har. onion. turnip and potatoe that
irr;' '.'-.. .-'. wonderful. They came from the
~ '.,-aer Of Jones.
r..rrrrr We have a long account ready
,,bransh the valley, and up the noun,
j Elaloca'S Iniil. but owing TO our limi-
a. - :, !. !, reserved for the outside OF our
rs,; issue.
,.,rr,rT LEI Charles Frush, ESQ, has
....l n. contract for transporting gov
o''1'... f-.,.,i,t t. the new military post near
''i'"lI,'...s. 90. tn Ohaua.an. l: Is a big con-
and !ot, %; money in IN 1t.
,-. D~,ry SrREErs-The streets IF our
-, a.e f..rtully dusty, more so than ever
I.f.ra. If tinSty streets are an improve
.r,p Iat Us continue to Grate the streets.
'''. 4. and streets are naturally good, but
,.,gI. will not let well enough alone.
..p,rrY,p" BvsIyEss Our esteemed con
......-,-- tn. Ipioa. tried hard to make us
-.-.. -l,-. .r. ri unr prominent citizens went
-. - v-ek on railroad business. He
.-.1r mad, ,r0i t'mc il that is what is
Mt For further particulars see our notice
NarEI-A
,.-..rr-- ! f.rv e these beasts have made
.r..r ,,.,,..,-aa., IN the ALLEY. They are yet
..-.,rr. +, BE- uti'izal At present; when they
..,ar r,ng- na,.erouS or farmers will cap
,~r. then, iu llIgc quantities, roast them.
rn.rs N their l,;, and ship them to Portland
~ pants
s,i,..r Crv--s. The census Of school dis
..,...l anil u. comprising the city Of Walla
l;,r, IA, been r,.npIrted, and the result is as
.n.,,.. District |. 1G;i children and district
~ .fiIir.w: of tncse So draw school money
f.. district y. Z. aul ilG are entitie to school
ID '"~''. a.. -. :.
money Z" ''.',''1'
Apunrrf I,,n Montague, while driving
= tro wheeled jumper. raa into a truck and
l'oar q N..'',' I'l' Hs'i's., 81 ''r L., .h,
IL 80, ,i,. L,rs. H.. received a sewers
30. H.. .;.l. a,J .n,thar oyer his eye
,"''',,.. 80 '., -
''' " '''''7
\. ~
AE"'a-i fi"s~ 'h i'''S..'y ni''' o''
v:r,-nr> r'I nf "'r' awakened az about IL F.
,..,, ri.rrr street between Second and Col
VIII. Itna- a Wy small far, only a shed
ut h@l pen H~i' .,r .Ii'';t ilri % SC''li, I'm.
-,,, - -.
''.
- II -, T. Pa.,;s-
PIN. ".'.'- l. IL -'i''i i'''i W.
- ai th" lu.l "'li''. .eav" rs specimen "f the
,-.......,l i.... rr..r.:s wool We ever saw. He
,...f...,..... .r...... .r.,.p on his r,nch AZ
-: ...f ,r.... -. n ,ur,. thorou.hhreds
...l. III w,.f ..,,.,.. froia = buck called
&.h'- ina. r,,I -.g"ral premiums at til"
'".''.n".'l-
~ .,..,..r g. r.. IL. oron f.,r t.,s
...,.;............ l., .l,,. ,.,r.,..+;a, :. r,sv
,..,-.....-- -. e.. :. L,o,y that
:, 'i.. ~, ,' q" '.,' '.i'ayH ';''urr' a 2"!'
IN! "a i'T ,h. '".'l .';.IS. Wh' never l1i' 70
si'" N.' - 10 ..' '".'. ~ tGr c,'ia1rS """r-
- ''.T -, %" ''.-,. ant !,"h's u thrI
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-16
THE people have long sin

-THs people have long since
made up their minds that they can
stand tax Of only five mills on the
dollar. And by five mills they do
not mean FIVE and a half mills or six
mills. They do not want mill more
than five. The ordinance fixing the
limit of taxation at that amount was
hailed with The greatest satisfaction.
To reconsider and change it would
I'll them with gloom, and would
show a disposition on the part of the
members of the Convention to trifIe
with this important subject.--[Stan.
dard.
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We were given a peach by Mr..
A. J. Ducote, coming from the or
chard Of Mr.. Louis Cayer, measuring
II inches longitudinal and 10 inches
IN circumference, and weighing -
ounces. This is the largest peach
we have seen or heard Of 10 this sec,
ton, and we doubt If any parish in
the State can beat it'll Marksville
Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-16
Mn. GLADSTONE Is never a,

Mn. GLADSTONE is never at a
loss for an opinion on any given top
ic. His latest outburst, provoked by
some begging application, is upon
tea and coffee. He writes upon one
OF his famous postal cards: Il am
opposed to coffee palaces, as | be
lieve they are more deteriorating
than beer shops. The stimulating
properties Of tea or coffee are greater
and more injurious than those for
malt liquors. y q fsa "
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-16
JAMES G. FLooD draws, s62.50t

---JAMEs G: FLooD draws &c., 800
from the National Treasury, four
times year. that sum being the
quarterly interest on 81, Goo, 600 In
vested in s per cents, II is said,
moreover, that be recently has pu,
another '$5,ooo,ooo III 4 per cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-16
ALEXANDRIA,, LA, WEDNESDAY,JULY 1G 1879.

male suffrage, were yet in themselves
1.-THE opponents Of all that is pures
and most beautiful in woman's life
We do not need the ballot in Lou
isiana to protect any of our just
rights and privileges. Every South.
ern woman has a protector and
champion in every Southern man,
| We have trusted them a long time,
can we not trust them still longer, to
make our lives as peaceful and hap
ply as they have been in the past?-
Must it be by our own action that
we turn from the tried peace and
protection of a quiet life Ito the stor
my surges of a political sea for whose
skillful navigation we have neither
taste nor adaptation2
Against the shrill cutlery for wo-
mans rights, and the pernicious free
love doctrines, which seemed their
outcome, against all restless seeking
for rights" where right does not
exist, the Louisiana woman has hith-
erto closed her ears. She could see
no better and more useful life than
the one she led. She held the old,
fashioned belief that God in making
her child bearer and child-rearer
had given her glorious destiny
She understood that in the govern
,ment Of the. world there must be di-
vision of labor and she was perfectly
satisfied with her own arportion-
ment, for if she was not warrior or
statesman herself, she reared and in
duenced those who were. She saw
plainly how her domestic duties con-.
flicted with the political life into
which men throw themselves with
such zest and these duties we're 10
her higher and more important than.
a voice in public affairs. The re-
striction Of franchise has not hitler
to been detrimental to her. Will
her nature, her aims, her general
well being be elevated and enlarged,
by the freedom Of the ballot, box,
I take no sentimental view Of THE,
subject, on the contrary I leave the
sentimentality to the advocates Of
the measure. 1t is for them to trace
out the wonderful Utopia of what.
they call won ms freedom. Like
the Utopia Of old it, osborn, fin
possible conditions and sustained by,
unnatural laws. It. is. freedom to,
embrace !. a questionable good and
eschew all old tried truths and re
straints. Fai. zjaafsss go
As a woman whose work lies ont
side the bounds of domestic ife,s 4
have had ample opportunity TO give
the subject of "woman's suffrage
my closest attention, and to view it
in its every phase for good or evil.
I feel that in this protest against it,
I am supporting the closest and
dearest interests of my Louisiana
sisters, whatever scorn such opinions
may draw upon my head from the
advocates of female suffrage. III
knew I was to fight'this battle sin
gle handed, | would still take pride
in recording my name in this pro-
test, as a Southern woman, strong
in a conviction that the position she
has taken is not only in harmony
with natural laws and revealed reli.
gion, but that any act which takes a
woman out of useful and legiti-
mate sphere is inimical to both and
destructive to her own interests.
MARIA B. WILLIAMS.
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goetyn.
q 81
Y EiLED.
BY AUGUSTUS HESS.

There is love in some hearts
That will never find tongue;
There are songs on some lips
That will never be sung;
For. the love is ground down
In the dust of Despair,
And the songs are eDtombed
In the dungeons Of Care. :
There are problems of life
That are better unknown;
There are seeds of good deeds
That have never been sown;
For the problems of life
Might chill us, could we know,
And the sewers were dead
Before they could SOW.
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with written authority to perform the service,
but the perpetual curate will then present him
with u document containing series of reasons
why he is made to oacknowledge Lord Penzances
court. Upon this the Bishops chaplain, as
arranged, will retire and Mr.. Maclonochie will
proceed with the service. The position of the
new court and judge in the case WILL by this
action, be enabled to be raised The Archbishop
Of Canterbury has admitted that Lord Pen
zances first appointment, under which Mr..
Mackonochie was condemned, was possibly
irregular, and that if it were irregular it would
be null and void"
THE SAHARA RAILWAY
M. de Freycinet, Minister of French Public
Works, has submitted to the Cabinet an esti-
mate of OO,OOOf. for the expenses of
preliminary inquiries into the Trans-Sahara
Railway project. 1.-THE RGforme des Chemins
dc Fer publishes an account of the proposals
made by M. Duponchel, whose leading idea is
that Of a central trunk railway carried south
ward into the interior in direction
not yet definitely settled, and at the
northern extremity branching out as it
is expressed Sin all directions toward
the sea coast and the habitable districts. His
piitls lucluuo tue execution OF ut least three
principal lines. The first of these would nat,i-
rally be an extension Of the existing line from
Algiers to Affreville. This would proceed by
way Of the Valley of Chelif to Laghouat, and
thence strike northward away into the great
desert The second, or western branch, would
be continuation of the existing line from
Philippeville on the coast to Constantine.
There is a projected railway, already half
executed, from Constantine as far as Biskra
and it will not require a very long extension
beyond this place to bring the rails to a june
ton with the route first mentioned. Finally,
the third branch would join, somewhere to the
westward of its course, the rail between Algcrs
and Oran. Although the direction of this road
is not so definitely fixed as the other, it seems
it is designed to trace it along the west coast of
the Lake Shergu, and so up into the high noun
tain plateaus which intervene between it and
the desert. The experiment of trunk line
thus united with minor branches convcrging
toward the common centre is already quite famil-
lar to French railway engineers, being the prin-
ciple upon which the whole of the French sys-
TEN is constructed at home In fact, the scheme
adopted in Algeria of coast lines parallel with
the sea was from the first in direct contrast to
the views which prevailed when the old seseatar
of the mother country were planned.]
The New York herald., 1879-11-23

tions issued. at the rooms of the Academy OF Fine
Arts Oh some evening not yet appointed.
OTHER DoINGs.
The Guests Committee of the Union League. OF
which Mr. James l.. Claghorn is the chairman, held
u meeting last evening and the greatest unanlnity
was manifested by all present to make the reception
by the Union League Club on the 23d of December,
Ne date Will suit their guest. the most elegant
aiar ever known III the history of the organization
During all this jolliication over his return. the
General viii take French leave as II We're for day
ana run over to Jersey City to make brief visit to
ms aged mother who is over eighty years old. Re-
turning to Philadelphia probably by way of
New York.. which he will only visit inco9..
he Will remain here till he sails for tho West Indies,
about the lst of January The owners of the Ha-
vana steamship line have rendered General Grant
the use or the steamship Saratoga and Will hold it in
readiness at his order to sail on any day he may
designate.
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
THE PHILADELPHIANs AND GRANT.
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR GRAND VEL
CoME-TRyINa TO oUTDo ALL THE OTHER
CITIES OF THE UNION.

EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR GRAND VEL
CoME-TRyINa TO oUTDo ALL THE OTHER
CITIES OF THE UNION.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. ~, 1879.
The welcoming reception to be given to General
Grant on his arrival here will be OF an imposing
character. Every effort is being made to give
him more fattering welcome than he has received
anywhere else since his return home. The pro-
gramme for it begins to take proper shape in the
hands of Charles Thompson Jones, chairman of tho
General Committee and Elwood Rowan. OF the Com
mittee Of Arrangements. The various committees
have waited for Mr. Childs' return from Chicago be-
fore taking definite action. General Mrs. Grant
will be the guests Of Governor Hoyt ut Harrisburg
on the 10Th of December, and will leave on the 10th
for Philadelphia. Arriving in West Philadelphia
yia the Pennsylvana Railroad the General will
be Received by procession, of which
the chief marshal will be Colonel A.
Lowden snowden, composed of tho military
and the civic societies of Philadelphia and the
neighboring cities. and representatives of their
various industrial enterprises. 1t will be the largest
and most imposing procession ever seen
In this country, and among the promi-
ncnt citizens OF the republic in its ranks
will be Generals sherman. Sheridan Hancock
and Mcdowell. Invitations will DO sent to the Gov
crnors OF all the Stacs the Mayors of the adjoining
cities, and to MIR. Hamilton Fish ana Mr.. Edwards
Picrrepont late members OF General Grant q Cabinet
to participate in the reception. During his sojouri
in Philadelphia General Grant will be the guest Of
the city. -
The program. for the Generals entertainment
while here has not been completed yet, but Will
include private receptions rendered to himself and
Mrs. Grant by Mr.. A. y. Borie. Mr.. A. J. Drexe and
Mr.. George W. Childs. reception will also
bc given the General at the Academy OF
Music. ON the 18th of December. by tho
Grand Army of the Republic. OF which General Grant
il q member. To this only members Of the Order
will be admitted. over four thousand applications
for tickets have already been made. AT first many
posts OF the GAR. refused TO appear in tho
parade, which IL to meet General Grant nt
tho depot. fearing that such a demonstration
might be niisrepresented by their enemies as a po-
itical affair But since the City Councils committee
has publicly declared that the reception should not
be political affair." they have taken action and thcrc
no doubt that, under the published resolutions of
the Councils committee the Grand Army OF the Re-
public will parade with full ranks honor of their old
commander. The Commercial Exchange. at meet
ing to-day, offered to General Grant reception on
any day he should be pleased to name curing his
stay here. One day will be devoted by the General
TO the reception of the public school children of
Philadelphia II is also intended to give him gem
eral reception, to which there will be LOU invita-
The New York herald., 1879-11-23

that before the apse of many years the United States
will monopoize the trade of the colony; fruit and
vegetables form important part of the exports Of
these islands, and nearly all go to the United
states The Consul is of the opinion
that steam communication only is needed to develop
large trade in this direction. The boilers and
chinery of the sugar mills made mostly in the
United States, and one of the largest mills uses ma
chinery made in Ohio.
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Insurance Superintendent John f. Smyth. of AL
bany is at the st. James. General Charles Cruft of
Indiana. is at the Gilsey. Hugh Lowther and Lady
Grace Lowther of Ireland, are at the Bravoort.
Mayor Solomon scheu. of Buffalo. is at the Union
Square. Assemblyman A. b. Hepburn. of Cotton.
N. " and Alpheus Hardy. of Boston. are at the
Fifth Avenue. Paymaster J. H. Nelson. United
States Army, is at tho Sturtevant.
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
CUBA.
THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO PRINCIPE AN
NoUNcEs THAT COMPLETE TRANQUILLITY

HAVANA Nov. %, 1870.
The Governor of Puerto Principe has published an
address to tho inhabitants of that province order
to quiet any misgivings which might lead the
country people to abandon their work. upon which
depends the rehabilitation of the province. The
Governor announces that complete tranquility
prevails, there being insurgents under
arms in Puerto Principe except significant num-
Der under Gayo Benitez, who had crossed the River
Jobala. coming from Las Tunas. These are in the
Chorilla Mountains so closely pressed by the gov
ernment forces that they were obliged to divide into
parties numbering three or four men each, and
seq quently powerless for harm.