Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-12-20

- The Columbus Index states by au-
,ority that none of the sock ofthe Yves
N Mills is on the market for any price.
8 stock carnot be touched for w0 hun
fred cents on the dollar.
- The total vote at the recent e.ec-
I ION in Virginia is reported at 145,2A6 OF
.@hich the Debt-Payers had 71.261 and
+he Re-adjasters 70 9s5. The negro vote
ssas generally cast for repudiation.
w 1t is said by sor~e Of the most
prominent lawyers of Mon roe that Capt.
~. w. Farme,. of that place, is Que of
he most prominent and probable men IN
North Louisiana for the distinguished
position of Supreme Judge.
a. Quite painful accident occurred
30 Percy Adams, child about eleven
years of age. at Learned's saw mill yes
serdey. He was sitting on a saw log
Willie it was being drawn mp to the saw,
and not getting off quick enough the saw
struck him on the leg, intlic,ing quitea
painful wound.-Natches Democrat
" It is n pleasant experience to
newspaper man TO be walking thro' the
streets, reynlvinga brill ant idea IN ms
mind that he desires to write up and have
some mlschievous urchin fire cannon
tire-cracker in close proximity to him,
without any warning of it. 1t is fun for
the boys, but reporters lose items by 1t
sometimes.
~ The Guardian says that the strife
and rivalry and ill feeling cngendered by
the last campaign in Claiborne parish
were so great that it will take years TO
wipe them out. The Guardian declares
The election the most corrupt ever held
in the parish, and says that Il feeling OF
Ioathsome disgust exists among the peo-
ple at The manner in which tho election
was conducted.
gOn the 10th inst, two negro boys
residing on the F!uker place in this Far
isl, aged respectively seventeen and hf-
teen years, and accompanied by announcer
ofsome eight years, went out ranp'b
hunting. The fifteen year old darkeV
finally shot and killed the older one, and
hat intentionally so says the small boy.
The one who did the shooting is i'll jail
-1,~I..:a4- Dom ao,at
sw Mrs, Nathaniel Greene, of New
nor, widow of a son of General Nathanlel
Greene; of Revolutionary fame, recently
celebrated her ninety-siNth birthday.
Mrs. Greene preserves her faculties to a
remarkable degree, carries on large COT
respondence and is considered most eS-
cellent company. She is the Oldest wo-
man in Rhode Island.
~The following item from the Wood
willie Republican would seem to Indicate
that there is profit in hog-raising: line
Rev. Mr.. Drake informs us that he has
lust killed a pig Weighing 16o pounds
eleven months old, and that upon clos
calculation the cost of the hog was S2.oo
This is a very small local, but to tie WIS
there is lots of significance in it"
~ The Mobile Register very truthful
" asserts that the great trouble with tn
average Radlca! editor is, that his soul
so small, and his views SO contfacteu
that he cannot understand how II is ina
the Southern people can be heartily AT
tached to that Union they once song
10 break up. He cannot comprehnd In
good faith in which the results OF Tn
war were accepted, for he. feels he coui
never have acted in this manner hlmsa
under like circumstances.
~ Girls should be careful never
sully their lips with slang phrases. Inc
may be innoceItiy uttered, withot
thought of evil, but all of them are al
to have a double meaning. These phfa
cs usually have their origin among I'll
vile, who make use of the lowest an
worst language, and when they he'
them repeated from the lips OF CIR
they are certain to ascribe impure III
tiyes to her. Girls, do not use slang
Ra The census OF 1880 will conta
man, features not hitherto contained
our census reports. Cen Walker Iii
greatly increased the number OF questio OF
to be investigated. He proposes to stu'
thoroughly, rs has never been Gone
fore. the social, industrial and SANTA
condition OF our cities. The machine
and power employed in our natufaet
Tics will be another feature TO lie ihVs
tigated He proposes also to give 1nl
particulars of our mining, lumber, fish
aud other industries, which have De
somewhat neglected in previous CT
suses.
sg The following just tribute to \
II. Rudkin, is paid him by the Clint
Patriot Democrat
We esteem tho live, active man,
whatever business he may be cngag
Ia fact, such men are n blessing to
Al ON, n