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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-01-17
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A Gonnocticut wife wants divorce
beeause her husband bonnd her with
a rope, poured kerosene oil over her
and threatened 10 bprn her mp. He
replies that he WIS only enforcing
proper obedience.
Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-05-06
! ORIENT BLOD.

ORIENT BLOD.
En- delig lever och matsmaltning f6ror-
saka knkrrighet och vresighet, och tanke-
f5rmagaA blifver sl1 och tung. Personer,
som Ida delta satt, aro obeqvama for
nfvets vanlAga g5romal och n5jen.
ALLEN'sFRON TONIC BlTTERs ar
den kraftigas1e blodrensare och NEST nerv-
starkande kaeda medel, och pa samma
gang uppbyggs< och forstarker systemet.
lifvar levern, uppfiskar apetiten och ku-
rerar dalig matsmA timing. skyndsamt
tager den platsen frahfor ALA andra lake
medel, erbjudna f6A samma andamal.
Dess bestandsdelar aro bark, rotter, fran,
kada och jern. Intet lakemedel har pa
sa kort It'd vunnit sa vidstraet rykte for att
rena, lifva och styrka hela syNtemet, och
'forlana gladtighet, liflighet ochA Amunterhet
sat sinnet som just det o6fverf faHiiga IL
kemedlet. Tillverkad af J. p. .\AILE1g,
APOTEKARE OCH FARMACEUT,
ST. PAUL, x NIEN
Nh salu hos alla apotskars.
Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-05-06
2:dra Arg. NO 18.
Entered at the Post Office at
s.. Paul, Mimi, as second class,
matter.
.AMERIK.A "A.

Sex grufarbetare drunknade i
fredags i SkagithodenSi California.
Ultaf Wisconsins republican
ska delegater aro de fiesta Blaine.
man.
Marylands demokratiska kon-
vention skall hallas Baltimore den
9juni.
Dennis Kearney befnner sig
nu pa tukthuset San Francisko,
if1rd fangtroja.
IRE negrer qvafdes under arbe.
te med grafning len brunn Char
lesion, S. C.
F0renta Staternas statsskuld
har under april mapad minskats
med $12, ,o00,0
- Arkansas publikanska stats
konvention sander till Chicago en-
stark ant.delegation.
Rapport har ingstt till Was
hington, att ire fall al, gula febern
f1reyarit sistlidne vecka ] New Or
leans. IS
Philadelphia-vanner till Fran.
els Murphy, nykterhetstalaren haf.
va skankt honom ett hus Phila-
delphia, vardt $40, 900.
En- svar storm rasade tors
days matt j trakten af Long Island
Sound. Ingen angare vagade lem
ma hammer, sa lange oyadret va
rade 3sgi#s
Mrs. Mary Clemmer, en- skrift-
stallarinna, har en- arlig inkomst af
$4,000. Hon f6rtjenar ensamt ge-
nom skrifning for Independent
$4,000.
den f6rnamsta delen af jack
sonyille, ILL.,, rasade i fredags en-
f6rharjande cid. Atskilliga hus och
bland dem postkontoret brunno ned.
Hefa forlusten uppskattas till $780,.
600.
Skattkammaresekreterare har
gifvit ut order for inkopandet af vt
terligare tire millioner s'bond'' i
New York, sa att under april manad
uppk6pet af s'bonds'' steg till Mo
millioner.
Under april manad delta ar
hafva I'LL New Yorks hamn anlandt
$4,000 emigranter. Delta ar ett
st6rre antal an nagonsin tillforene.
Under april manad 1873 anlsnde
42,743. "
Senator Window synes vara
ganska mycket patankt sasom en-
passande presidentkandldat. Natur-
ligtvis kunna hans utsigter egent.
ligen ljusna forst da, mar de stora
lJusen slocknat.
Clement Shaw, ett vittne, som
intygade infor coroners juryi San
Francisco, att Charles De Young
skot pa Kalloch, imam denne doda.
de De Young, har arresterats, an
klagad Tor mened.
Indianerna hafva ater forofvat
valdsbragder New Mexico. Sistlid.
Skaffaren. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1878-1882, 1880-05-06

f0rst sedan klubborna med efter-
tryck begagnats, lyckades slita
Dalsell ur folkhopens hander och
fora bonom i fangelse.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
RECOVERY or LANDS.

House bill No. 30, introduced by Mr. Cos
grove. authorizes tho Governor to take tho
necessary steps 10 recover for the State sew
eral hundred thousands Of acres OF land sit
uated In tho State to which the State has q
valid title. but n portion OF which has been IL
legally disposed Of by tho general govern
ment. also another portion which. though
listed to tho State. has been improperly sus-
pended or rejected by tho general govern
ment, and the patenting thereof withheld
from the State. 1t is provided, however. that
the State shall Incur no cost or expense In the
prosecution OF said claims other than m nj
lowancs to be made out Of tho Iands. money
or scrip that may be recovered. This will
afford an excellent opportunity for an active
and Influential agent. and will, We trust. re-
suit In placing Mt the disposal Of the State
vast amount OF lands with which to aid our
Agricultural and Immigration Board when
organized.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

FTeeslan. the second adventist. who muir
dered his little girl In Massachusetts. some
months ago, has been pronounced insane aud
will be sent to a lunattc asylum. The speciha
name OF the mental disease under which te
labors Is delusional religious mania. On all
questions except that Of religion. Freeman Is
perfectly sensible and reasonable He con-
verses IN pleasant and entertaining manner,
and Is extremely agreeable He still insists
that In killing his daughter be was but carry
Ing out the will Of God az Abraham pro
posed of old TO do with Isaac Il Is said that
the other adventists Of Pocssset, like Free
man, still cling to their original views. and
{ nat another tragedy. similar to the murder
or Freemans child, may be any day expected.
These religious enthusiasts are encouraged
By Freeman's escape from punishment. aud
ere strongly melted to follow his example.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
DEPOSITS WITH THE GAS COMPANY.

Where the Gas Company gets the drop on
| the citizen Is In the frugal and binding sys-
tom OF forcing consumers To deposit n cor
tain sum with the company before he can
obtain the privilege OF using gas. The fixing
Of the amount II left to the company. and
therefore Ia always made large enough to
| cover delinquency upon any ono month";
bill with u comfortable margin left. Thus
tho consumer opens his business Intercourse
! with tho company by putting himself at tho
company's mercy. and thus It is that the
company can take such high grounds In the
event of u question. Suppose, for example,
that Jones Wishes to become u consumer.
He makes application to the company. giving
hts name. residence, etc. The company send
a man TO examine the premises. and finding
after careful calculation. that the fixtures
would not consume more than Sl2 worth OF
gas In a month II al OF them were kept
burning without cessation for thirty days
and thirty nights. they make $40 the basis of
their estimate They add, say 50 to cover
the time Of the man sent to examine as afore-
said. and then add on say So more to keep
Jones from getting naughty. and the sum
total $l7 Is demanded on deposit. II Jones
Ia prepared to disgorge this amount he can
enter upon the grim and peculiar privilege oil
belonging to tho Gas Company II not, he
gets no gas and may go homo and blow him
self up with kerosene.
Suppose however, that Jones In an evil
nour gives up the SIT and enters into reIn-
tons with the Gas Company. Say that his
first months bill Is $11 for Instances; Jones
feels In his soul that he hasn't burned IS
worth Of gas, but he doesn't like TO make d
row over SO and he pays his bill. So things
go on for months, perhaps for years-thls
monopoly has as many lives rs n cat-until at
last bill comes In, SO ilagrantly and hid
eousy monstrous that the meek soul Of Jones
is goaded into impatlenee. He demonstrates :
the company calmly plant themselves upon
the nfallbIIity or their biz. He swears and
llounces away. declaring that something
awful shall happen ere he pays that bill and
then the company benevolently shut off his
gas and pocket his SIT as u forfeit, and com
ment tearfully among themselves upon the
ingratitude of human nature.
This Is the philosophy OF the deposit sys-
tenn of our noble Gas Company .land a brief
and inadequate sketch of the manner In
NutIH III Is uoea bRdllISJ LIE IpiTHGIDTy cIGl-
zen. But 1t is not by any means all there Is
to be said upon the subject. Some years ago
one Of the city papers took the trouble to look
into the matter and found that something
over half million OF dollars then lay In the
hands OF the Gas Company, being the sum
total OF old, forgotten, neglected deposits. not
actual consumers and conse-
luently forming no part of the lawful prop |
erty of the company It has often occurred
70 US to wonder who, If not the State, Is the |
'ightful owner or custodian of this money. |
persons since dead or removed or eliminated |
rom the scheme of the Gas Company, and
he money belongs to the State II to anyone !
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

doubtful States OF Connecticut New York,
New Jersey, Ohio Colorado, Nevada and Calf
fornla, the Democrats would have received
80 AIT votes under the True Method giving
that party almost a certainty Of over 100
Votes sistg-fout Of which they have no hope
Of obtaining under the electoral system be-
sides nearly forty which are exceedingly
doubtful, On the other hand, the Republicans
weuld have received II GFs votes In the States
Of Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, West Viz
glnia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Geer,
&ia- Flurtia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisi-
ana. Texas. Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentuck v.
Missouri, Indiana and Oregon.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

The mercantile and trade organizations of
BoetGn have drawn up suge estions for a new
national bankrupt law, which they have for
warded to New York for the approval Of the
merchants Of that city The principal points
In the new law are that 1t clothes Registers
with judicial fanctions and gives them and
their clerks fixed salaries instead Of fees. A
debtor is to be adjudiea.ed bankrupt on the
petition OF three creditors whose provablo
debts amount to $3.50. Bameess debtors are
to tie discharged within tkirty days from The
first meeting Of their creditors; others when
the estate has paid fifty per cent. or on con
sent Of sour-tenths Of the creditors In num-
Der and value. This plan. II is said, Is cum
brous, but would expedite the settlement "
hankrunt Gatataa
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

Bone ailIy peraon has again started the
rutnor that Mr.. Tilden ID to he married. The
lady this time is located IN hewtshurg, Ia
Last year she lived Ia sc. Louis, and the year
before somewhere elae, The report Ia mere
promptly denied The time than is usual. Mr..
Tiiden himself denouncing II untrue. saying
that the author evidently took II for granted
that what should be done would be done. The
old gentleman would make a fine catch His
wealth is placed at $40 zoe. 900. and his age ia
eixty.five. For these reasons, perhaps. some
bodv la determined to marry him Off, and
evidently without ha consent
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
AN IMPORTANT SOUTHERN INDUS
TRY.

| The New York 7Jmea notices a largely In
creased demand for lumber as the natural
| result of the revival of trade. This lumber
is wanted principally for building materials.
and tho demand does not seen, to be confined
| tn any particular section Of the North III
West. During the long financial depression
| that prevailed throughout the country g
| spirit Of retranchment was necessarily EN-
epuraged. and capitalists as we'll as those OF
smaller means were disineIined to invest In
improvements which promised no Immediate
returns The hopeful change. however. which
has tlawued upon the country within the last
year hae materially frightened the prospects
before ua, and hence, among other agreeable
promises Of future prosperity, Is noted the
revival Of building enterprises, giving long
wished for employment to Idle Iumbermen.
mechanics and laborers. In the West, where
there are vast prairies being pop
ulated by immigration from the At
lantle seaboard States and Europe. the
demand for lumber to build houses
ia steady and active In that region the
native supply Ia very small. ainceldlrect from
the western boundary Of Missouri and Ar
kansas To the Rocky mountains Ia included
a vast treelesa space. The great pineries OF
the Northwest are beginning already to show
the heavy drain upon them, To which may be
added the lmmense destruction of valuable
forests In recent years by fires, In the same
way the forests Of the Northeast. Middle and
Eastern States are being steadily absorbed
by the local demand of those sections. CON
lining the future export supply of the colln-
try TO the States Of the South, where 1t Ia
abandoned. Even in some portions OF the
Southern States serious lnreads have been
made upon the timber of late years. partlc
uarly In Florida, but rs yet the lumber
business I'm the South may be said
to be I'm It's infancy. One of the
principal difficulties In the way OF this i'm
portant industry just now Is tho want Of
proper facilities for getting tllnber TO the sea
board, to which must. ut course, he added
the hesitation of capitalists to embark In the
trade. The first Of these wants can scarcely
he said to prevail In Louisiana, rs this sec
tton Is we'll fitted to numbering on account of
Its numerous streams. by which alone timber
may be economically sent to the sawmils
anil the MANUFACTURED lumber shipped to mar
kat. In this. as we'll as In some other South
ern States. the demand is already reported to
he 40 very large TINT II cannot be met and many
millions of feet more could be sold, IL la said.
If It could he obtained. Within q radius Of
300 miles Of New Orleans may be found
supply we'll nigh inexhaustihle and OF every
sort needed for building. 1T Is pleasing
therefore. to note that the South la at last
fairly awakening to this important interest,
which hitherto has been for tho most part
chance for the employment OF energy and
capital in this great business and If the signs
OF the times are to be regarded ms of any I'm
portance the chance will not be long neglected
As Col. Sellers would say. "Fhere's millions
~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

It is not safe for a Russian newspaper TO
suggest that the government has for
gotten anything. Here ia the t'olas deprived
OF the right 10 Insert advertisements for a
month, because Ii intlmated that an arch
bishop aud two bishops. who had been incar-
.eefatnd Oh account w their creed. invent yak
twenty-seven and twenty-five years respect
lively, had been overlooked by the author
tiles. The conclusion was natural one. but
AZ appears that the government ia determined
that 1t shsl he understood. once for ALL that
it never forgets. The Goioa. at least, will be
ant to remember this.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

The anti-hlgh-tarif men In Congress have
come to the conclusion that II would be mad
visable for them to attack The tariff generally,
because this would Hnite the Eastern print
mon, the Pennsylvania iron men and others,
and organize sGch power in opposition 10
theil plans that it would be impossible to pass
any relief measures. They propose to carry
on their war by attacking specific eviis In the
tariff, one by one. "a the same R!Sssaer az the
Quinihe tax was attacked and abolished last
year. They hope at the present session. to
secure the abr0gatian Of the tax on salt, ana
to dlminish the excessive duties on iron aud
steel. In this way notifications In tue tariff
can be etowly made without arousing any
CREST opposition and uniting the protection
lets against the proposed changes
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

1T certainly does not belong to the tas
Company. We do not say, indeed II would be
tnanifestly unjust to say that the Gas oom-
pany is bIamable for keeping 1t In DEFAULT on
an authorized claimant; but at the same time
Il would seem that the State has rights III
this matter which at least deserve looking
after. And all this Ia nptopoa OF the sugges-
tlen made by the DEMOCRAT, day or Two
ago. that a little iudcous buwarking OF the
people by the Legislature Ia this matter OF
the Gas Company would be timely. not to say
marniful.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04

To the regular Democratic vote In Nasst-
ohusetts we have added only one-third the
butler vote. showing a Democratic strength
q 4h,372. which Il not IA Unfair estimate, "a
E!,!en received over los zoe In the old Bay
State In 1876.
IT, the regular Democratic vote In Maine
one-th ird the Grecnback vote Is added. maxi
ing q '3l, which ts warranted by the fact
that Ma Inc gave Tilden 1891. votes.
In all cases where an indepen lent Demo-
cTat ran against the regular nominee, the
vote for DO til he's been assigned to the Demo-
cratic column.
The vote and percentages under the two
systems may be seen by reference to the fol-
lowing tabular statement.