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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-16
THIBODAUX. LM, SATURDAY, AUGUST l6u 1879

Cihts, Wltn0UC some one forced
her, chimed in a burly man, who
raised the girl in his arms and
carried her toward her home.
Mrs. Hyatt was too sensible to
allow emotion to paralyze her
actions. She applied restoratives
TO her daughter, and in a short
time the sufferer regained COM
seriousness. She was a very pref
ty gl:l, with well-cut features.
dark eyes, and hair that was as
olack and glossy as a ravens
AS soop as She could articnlate
sue astonlShed us all by declaring
that Vance had endeavored to
murder her,
4 met him near Swain Creek.
and we walked home together
she said. 'We got to talking
about young jim Carter and
when | said 1 liked him, Ned be.
ooiuo NCiy angry.
Seeing he was Jealous of jim
| teased him a little, when he
suddenly knocked me down with
a blow of his fist.
Ill kill you before Won shall
ever marry that fellow + he crieds
cllnching his threat with a terri
BILE blow.
'The blow was cruelty severe
one. Smarting with the pain it
created, and declared that l
would never be the wife of any
man who was mean enough to
strike a woman. On that, he
caught hold of my shawl, and
though l struggled, succeeded in
tying it over my head. He car
ried me along scme distance, and
tLen hurled me down the sinking
where you found me-"
'The water in the pit saved me
from being much injured by the
fall, and l wes able to uncover
my face, but ctter that l grew
dizzy, and don't remember any
thing more.' 5.t-.
As Maggie finished her recital
the four miners glanced at each
other and then at me. Without
saying a word, we went out to-
getner, accompanied by my dog.
Next morning Ned Vance was
found hanging by the neck from
the limb of a tree. Whether he
committed suicide or met lust
retribntiOn at the hands of some
members of the community he
had outraged, remained a mystery
which the authorities did not at
tempt to unravel. Az''' SO
Pip had good times in Avoca
after that nights work. Mrs. Mag
gle Carter cared for him in his
old age, and l, her husbands
partner dug his grave when sheer
lnanitiOn terminated his career.
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Looking for her LOST
Child.
The Child Serenity Years Old, the
Mother Ocey One Hundred.

Kicking her way through the
wagons and vehicles that crowd.
Ell Chestnut and Main streets
about 10 o'clock this morning. an
old. wrinkled faced woman. neat
ly dressed in a light calico dress
and white apron, entered the
Chestnut street police station.
and approaching the office railing.
asked OF Sergeant Watkins with
a true Kentucky accent
"Have you seen my lost child.
Captain %
The evident fact that the wo-
man was at least forty years be
yond the usual age of the moth.
ers OF ''losJ children" somewhat
puzzled Sergeant Watkins, who.
however, overcame his astonish
ment sufficiently to ask:
'What is your daughters
name g.
''Becky Raney," answered the
woman.
"And her age ?'' 'fH
"Seventy years." again she
promptly answered. a a
"What is your name 2"
''Jane Raney."
GLOW old are you?
"One hundred and seventeen"
"And you are looking for your
lost child, who is seventy years
old ?' ...s
eyes, Captain +; you see Becky
will go on sprees. Last Friday
my gal went to tile Dispensary
to get some medicine, and never
come home sence. She will go on
sprees."
Sergeant Watkins informed
Jane that the officers had brought
Ill 10 ''yOung one" of that name
and age. After finishing her bus
mess with the Sergeant, the re-
porter approached her and the
following OnversatiOn ensued:
"How old did You say you
were 2"
"One hundred and seventeen.o
"And your daughter Becky Z"
"Seventy.' Az
"Why, you do not look so old
you have all your teeth yet"
eyes, Pve got good many uf
'em. but thar all rotten but two.
I'm sure Pm III years old. l was
born III Kentucky, Inlet me see,
l forget the year-in 1862. can
tell you all about Washingtonss
war, and | can tell you al about
the earthquake at New Madrid.
for | was there. was married
when l was II, and I've got three
husbands buried in Alton. When
| came to st. Louis, a long while
ago, thar were no steamboats,, and
thar were only log cabins here.
Pm pretty poor now. l would
have starved to day, if it wasn't
for an old lady that lives near me
on Second and Cedar. She gave
me five cents this morning and [
bought bread with it. l only had
coffee and sugar myself. l guess
Becky has gone on a spree. She
works out and makes $3 q
month ''-M. Louis Dispatch. 80 !.
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For Home and arm.
EtwlSs Dream

1t was dream.
a lily fair
Bends DER the placi.waters low,
My couch she bent abve.
Her ees
Seemed heavens selt-so pure, so true!
Hei dew lips in cadNce rare
Lisped. .'Darling-Ol Hove but your
l had bowed to the sell of her tender
voice so oft
Tnight within me welled
In'ecstacy my inmost soul
Her.tace touched mife!
Culll Irefrain ?
In silent bliss Ihugsed ord kissed
My brain grew Wild, my rose quite fat 1!
Il hi,lcOus scream--a n-d L awOke:
Great God it wssl-my old tom eat
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u. Hart & Co.
". WHOLESALE DEALERS
Ce Importers, and
Commission Merchants IN
GrOceries 4 Drugs
S@ 70 Tchoupitouslas St.
NEW ORLEANS
~vfKlETARY ARTICLES:
~ : b'tters, Hart's Seidlitz
s.aeF, Hart's Cod Liuer Oil.
les lss ence Jamaica Ginger,
.gafs .:' s Worm Contectioas,
r,s'; ms loal" Cough Syrup,
.., s2s Lirer Pills,
0s Insect Po,cder.
and numerous Others
''As FLAvORING EXTRACTS.
4 Complete lane of
loceries and Drugs
aLWAYS ON HAND.
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The cotton crops on tho Upper
Teche, says the Washington
Ncacs are generally good. Indeed
the average crop in every quar-.
ter of the parish is fair, with the
exception of that tract lying be.
tween the towns of Washington
and OpelOusas, where they are
poorer thnn We have ever before
seen them.
General Butler has again On.
nOunced himself as a candidate
for the governolship OF Massachu
sets. His chances are regarded
as extremely slim.
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VERY full reports from England reveal
the extent of the depression Of British
trade. In Burnley, 5,795 looms are idle
out of $4,000, and 307,870 spindles out
of 100000 In the Blackburn district,
1000 looms are idle out of $4,000; "a,
900 spindles are working on short time,
and $4,000 spindles are stopped altogeth-
er. In the Chorley district l 500 looms,
owned by two firms, are Workings short
time. Nearly twenty other frms%Srun-
ming part Of their machinery % short
time; several have stopped theirs entirely.
In the Bury district both the woofTen and
cotton trades are very depressed The
average time of working in the woollen
manufactures is only four days out Of the
week, and 100000 spindles and 1920
looms are working on short time. In
Stockport the prospect, especially in the
weaving department, is said to be almost
hopeless. It is computed that now only
100000 spindles and 800 looms are work
ing against 1,195,000 spindles and 1900
looms five years ago. In Rockdale, it is
stated, only five mills are working full
time; 500 houses there are tenantless.-
The Manchester Guardian gives statistics
to show that the condition Of trade in the
Resemble district where the machinery
of the -.dtories is adapted for Indian cot
ton, is even worse. Out of l00. mills, only
6-and these are comparatively insignif-
cant-are working full time; s. are en-
tirely stopped, and the remainder are
only running on an average of three and
quarter days out Of the week.
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GOING NORTH

No. 47-Connects at North Danville with Va
Midland R. R. for all points North and East; at
Burkeville with A, NJ & O R. R. for Petersburg
and Norfolk at Belle Isle with Richmond Fred
ericksburg & Potomac R. R. for all points North,
East and West; at Richmond with c. & 0. R. R.
for the West
No. 45-Connects at Belle Isle with Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. for all
points North, East and West; at Richmond with
c. & 0. R. R. for all points West; and Virginia
q Baltimore Co.'S steamer Ariel leaving Rich
mond Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for
Old Point and Norfolk.
Freight Trains Nos. and 10, between Rich
mond and Charlotte will have accommodations
for few second class passengers No passengers
will be allowed on other freight trains.
SLEEPING CARS without change run both
ways on Trains Nos 48 and A. between New
York and Atlanta via Richmond Greensboro
and Charlotte, and from Greensboro to Augusta
on Train No. As, and on Train No A. from. New
York to Greensboro; and on Train No. 40 from
Augusta to New York via Richmond
Through Tickets on sale at Richmond, Dan
vile, Greensboro Raleigh, Goldsboro Salisbury
and Charlotte, and at all principal points South
Southwest West, North, and East For Emf
grant rates to points in Arkansas and Texas, ad-
dress, j. R. MACMURDO,
General Passenger Agent,
Richmond, Va.
T. NJ R. TALCoTT, General Superintendent.
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A White Race in Africa.

Major Serpa Pinto, the Portuguese
traveller in Africa who recently turned up
at Durham, has been lecturing on his
travels at Lisbon In his address which
is translated in the Standard, he testifes
distinctly to the existence of white race
in Central Africa, living in territory "be-
tween the Cuchi and the Cubango." He
himself spoke to men of this race, whom
he describes as winter than Caucasians, :"
who call themselves Casequers, and are
not bad people, though total y uncivilized
They have tufts of hair on their heads,
like short wool They have eyes like the
Chinese, are powerful, and live nomadic
life. 1t is of course possible that an al
bino family should have multiplied but
it is more probable that small party of
Vandals or Cloths were forced southwark,
or tried to explore southwark, were com
PEELED by circumstances to remain and,
being separated from all around them by
their color, have survived as a distinct
tribe An almost perfectly white tribe
exists in the Atlas, the descendants, it is
supposed, of Romans who fled to the
mountains for protection against the bar
barians, and as far as is yet known, eli
mate has little influence on color The
Copts remain white and the Tasmanians
We're quite black, though they had always
lived in climate nearly identical with
that of Britain.
Major Serpa Pinto, the Portuguese Stan
ley, is strong and muscular, although of
light limb and frame, and is of a genial
and happy disposition not easily overcome
by difficulties The Portuguese colony in
Pernambuco have presented him with a
valuable gold medal, set with pearls and
brilliants and bearing suitable inscrip-
ton. 1t is said while the journey Of Cam
eron cost $4,000 and that of Stanley
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The most noted evangeists of the pre-
sent day have been acknowledged Calvin
lists. The late Brownlow North, whose
life has just been published, was one; SO
was Macdonald Grant Of Arndilly; so is
his nephew, the Rev W. H. Hay Aitken
50 is Mr. Moody; so is Rev. Dr. Somer-
vile, and so Is Mr. Marley. These give
no sign of want of vitality in the theolo-
gy of DEGREES and predestination, and all
Of them, like Whitfield, preach as full and
free a gospel as ever fell from any evan
gehsts
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about $4,000, Serpa Pinto has spent less
than $1,000 all told To the King he
has offered several skins of wild beasts,
and he asked Her Majesty's acceptance
Of splendid collection Of ostrich feathers
which he had taken in the desert Of Cal
har and which in the Transvaal were re
puted to be superior to those presented
some years ago to the Queen of Holland
by the Dutch merchants of the republic.
London Spectator.
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The Commercial Bulletin gives the fol-
lowing facts, which will be of great inter
est to the kitchen maid:
Each Pullman car contains "a berths,
and has a total equipment of 100 sheets,
100 pillow-shps, 80 hand towels, and 10
roller towels The entire equipment Of
the Pullman Company in the matter of
linen is about $4,000 sheets, 10000 pill
low-sips, 10000 hand towels and 5000
roller towels. The company also uses
about $4,000 blankets. A slee4ing car is
entirely cleaned out and its G2sen sent to
the laundry as soon as it arr 9s in, and
the companies have their laup4 les at all
the principal centres. The PuFf man Com
pany also wash and rejuvej ete their
blankets at proper intervals III Che cities
in which the division headquarters are To-
Gated The Wagner Company, however,
send theirs to be cleansed at the mills in
Pitts6eld, where they were made. The
total equipment Of the Wagner Company
in the matter of linen &C., is 1000 wool
len blankets, 1851 linen sheets, 12,202
pillow-shps, $40 hand towels, and 2,347
roller towels The aggregate expense Of
keeping the bedding Of the Wagner Com
pany clean amounts to between $4,000
and $4,000 a month, or $4,000 a year
that Of the Pullman Company to So, 900 or
$4,000 per month, or considerably more
than 100000 year. And yet the cost
Of the laundry work is figured down to
the lowest possible point. Sheets are
washed at cent and a half apiece, and
pillow-slips and towels at one cent each. )"
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The semi-annual circular of the Mer-
camille Agency Of R. g. Dun & Co., has
been issued showing that for the first six
months of 1879 the failures in the United
States were 4,058 in number, against s.
1926 for the first six months of 1878 The
liabilities, in the same period of this year,
were only $65, 100000, against $l9O,OOO,-
900 for the first six months of last year.
The difference in favor of 1879 is, there
fore, that there have been nearly 1000
1880 less failures, while the liabilities
show a decrease of over $65,000,00O-
one-half Of what they were in the first six
months of 1878. There has been mark
ed reduction in the average Indebtedness
of each failure.
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- edmond, YORK RIVER AND
LII CHESAPEAKE RAILR(

LII CHESAPEAKE RAILROAD.
Schedule of Trains, taking effect April 2, 1879.
THROUGH PASSENGER.
800 P. NJ Leaves Richmond Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday. Connects at West
Point with steamer HAVANA for all
points on York river and Baltimore.
Arrives in Baltimore at A. NJ; con
meets with rail-lines for Washington,
Philadel phia, New York Boston, and
all western points. Connects at Rich
mond with trains on Richmond and
Petersburg, and Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads.
THROUGH FREIGHT.
$40 AN. Leaves Richmond, Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday; and
500 AN. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Connects with steamers at West Point
for river landings Baltimore, and all
western points. Connects at Rich
mond with trains on Richmond and
Danville railroad, Richmond and Pc
tersburg, and Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads.
LOCAL PASSENGER.
$50 Pm. Leaves Richmond Monday. Wednes-
day, and Friday.
THROUGH PASSENGER.
1000 Am. Arrives at Richmond Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday. Connects with
trains on Richmond and Petersburg
and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads.
Steamer Havana leaves Baltimore
from Pier IA Light street Monday
Wednesday, and Friday, at P. NJ.
Connects with trains from Philadel-
No, l. l.
and at West Point with trains for
Richmond and the South.
THROUGH FREIGHT.
1925 ?. M. Arrives at Richmond Monday We'd
nesday, and Friday; and
$50 PM. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
Connects with steamer at West Point
from Baltimore. Connects with Rich
mond and Danville, Richmond and
Petersburg, and Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads.
LOCAL PASSENGER.
lO15A.M Arrives at Richmond Monday, We'd
nesday, and Friday. Connects with
Richmond and Petersburg and Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroads.
No transfer of freight at Richmond to or from
southern points. Cars run through between At
lanta and West Point.
Careful handling and dispatch, with lowest
rates, guaranteed.
Through bills of lading, with guaranteed rates,
issued to all northern and western points.
Through tickets sold to all northern, eastern,
and western points, and baggage checked through.
For tickets apply at General Railroad Ti,ket
Office, S26 Main street; at the Exchange Hotel,
and companys depot, corner Twenty-third and
Dock streets Richmond Va.
H. T. DOUGLAS, Superintendent.
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FOR NEW YORK.

This company will dispatch one of their splen-
did steamers, OLD DOMINION, WYANGKE,
ISAAC BELL, and RICHMOND every TUES
DAY, FRIDAY, and SUNDAY, at high water.
These ships are entirely new, and well-built
expressly for this route
They have splendid saloons, state-rooms, and
bathrooms, and the fare, accommodations and
attentions are unsurpassed.
Goods shipped by this line are landed regu-
larly at New York, on the company's covered
pier 81 North River
Freights for points beyond New York for
warded with dispatch, and no charge made ex-
cept actual expenses incurred.
Freights received until P NJ, daily.
Cabin fare to New York, $l2; Storage, Sc
and S.
For further information apply to
GEO. w. ALLEN & CO., Agents
Office: Company wharf, Rockets.
feb Div
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No. 48-Connects at Greensboro with Salem
Branch; at Salisbury with W. N. C. R. R. for all
points in Western North Carolina daily except
Sunday) at Airline Junction for Atlanta and
all points in the South and Southwest; at Char
lotte with c., c. & A. R. R. for all points South
and South east
No 42-Connects at Greensboro for Raleigh
and Goldsboro; at Airline Junction with A &
c. A. L. for all points South and Southwest.
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1879 may have, without charge, the numbers for
the last quarter of 1878 of such periodicals as
they may subscribe for
Or instead, new subscribers to any two, three,
or four of the above periodicals. may have one of
the " -Four Reviews" for 1873; subscribers to all
five may have two of the -Four Reviews, or
one set of Blackwood's Magazine for 1878.
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to clubs can be allowed unless the money is re-
mittsd direct to the publishers No premiums
can be given to clubs.
To secure premiums it will be necessary to
make early application, as the stock available
for that purpose is limited
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Al Barclay Street, New York.
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A discount of twenty per cent will be allowed
to clubs of four or more persons. Thus: four
copies of Blackwood or of one Review will be
sent to one address for $3.50; four copies of the
four Reviews and Blackwood for $4S, and so on.
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This item of expense now borne by the pub
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Dichmond, fredericksburg and
IL Potomac Route.
ON AND AFTER MAY 4th, trains on this
road will run as follows
NORTH BOUND.
No. 500 A. NJ, leaves Byrd-Street station lex
cept Sunday due at Wash
ington, 1:10P. NJ; Baltimore,
305 P. NJ; Philadelphia, $50
P. NJ New York, 1905 P. M.
No. 500 P. NJ, leaves Byrd-St station daily,
due at Washington, 9:55 P.
NJ; Baltimore, 1l:55 P. NJ
Philadelphia, 1886 A. NJ. N.
York, Gas A. NJ
No. 400 P. NJ, ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
for Junction leaves Broad st.
station daily Except Sunday
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 2-10:15 P NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street station
daily Except Sunday.) Leaves
New York, S:15 A. NJ; Phila-
delphia 11:45 A. NJ; Balti-
more $50 P. NJ; Washing
ton, $40 P NJ
No. 4-11:35 A. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street sta
daily Leaves N York, 1000
P. NJ; Philadelphia, lilo A.
NJ Baltimore, 4;55 A. NJ;
Washington, $50 A NJ
No. 8-8:40A. NJ, ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
arrives at Broad Street station
daily Except on Sundays)
C. A. TAYLOR
General Ticket Agent.
f. D. T. MYERS, General Superintendent
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TICKETS for sale, and information of Springs
and country houses taking summer boarders, fur
nished al O. & o. Railroad Office 18th and Broad
streets, and A. W CARRIER, 826 Main St., Rich
mond Va CONWAY R. HOWARD,
General Ticket Agent.
]. C. DAME, Southern Agent.
W. M. S. DUNN, Eng'r and Gen'l Superin mt.
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1879.

THE FOUR QUARTERLY REVIEWS
AND
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.
The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,
Al Barclay Street, New York.
Continue their authorized Reprints of the
The EDISBURGH REVIEW (Whig)
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW (C0nservative)
WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Li5eral)
The BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW (Eoangelcal)
and
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
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DICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD.
IL On and after JUNE 18th, 1879, the trains
on this road will run daily as follows:
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
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OLDDOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

T. NJ. R. TALcorT General Superintendent.