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The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
Trumpet Again.

From the day OF his nor1lna-
lion. the Republicans have been
insisting upon Cen v |. sher-
mans giving to the public HAN
cocks letters that were written
IA fhat officer during the tepslble
s,soense that followed the kres-
idensial election OF 1876. aher-
man stontlv refused to surrender
Hancock's correspondence to any
other than his biograpber who
has been engaged for some time
in writing Iife-sketch of the
Soldier Statesman. The Apple
tons, of New York, have just IS
sued Hancock's biography which
contains the entire correspond
erce of Hancock and Sherman
during those exciting days. The
letters of each breathe forth SEN
timents of the most patriotic
nature, Both we're at that time
uncomplomisingly opposed to
the military authorities inter
fering with political disruptlons,
and vet both expressed them
selves as loyal, obedient soldiers
who were ready at any moment
to obey the mandates OF the
President, The Republicans, IN
their anxiety to disclose this
strictly private correspondence
between Hancock and Sherman
have hoped to find some utter
ance from the former which
would condemn him as traitor
to the Union at that time. Ii
their diabolical effort to stain TIE
immaculate escutcheon OF a bolc
and fearless hero, who exposed
his magnificent form IN hun
bred battles to the deadly mis-
> siles of the enemy in defence o
the Union, the Republicans hav
7 been foiled again. No create
3 evidence of their keen rebuke i
3 needed than the fact that, sine
: those letters have come to llgh'
! Hancock's enemies have bowe
t their heads in silent shame
: They are trumped, and the ST.
It perb Democratic candidate fo
o the Presidency can yet sa
+ truthfully that he "never wrot
It anything that he is ashamed OF
&c How differently is it with GA
a field! How he must blush whe
J. his public acts Of 1873 are bel
up before people whom /
wants to rule!
IS We should like to know no
re- what the Republican party wi
II do to defame the character Of
- man whose whole public life
T. unimpeachable. &
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

McMeans still continues to
publish one of the best country
newspapers in the State. utterly
regardless of consequences. VI
course. we mean the Morehouse
Clarion Bossier Banner.
II the Banner considers the
Clarion its equal, we ieel justly
and highly compimented' There
is no paper that we have a keener
appreciation of than Scanland's
spicy Banner. 80:
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
NOT A SECTIONAL CAMPAIGN.

The Republican press ls dong
all in it's power to convince the
country that the present cam
paign is one which involves only
sectional issues. 1t assumes the
position and boldly makes the
assertion that the contest is be-
tween a solid North and solle
South that the same element
that fought to establish the Con-
federacy is arrayed against that
class of people who fought to
demolish the short-lived South
ern government. In short, that
the success of the Democratic
ticket in November will be a
sure fore-runner of another re-
bellion in this nation.
Now, the Republican press
knows that no doctrine is more
absurd. It knows that the South
has forever entombed the desire
to secede from and disjoint this
great Union. 1t knows tho Dem
ocratic party recognizes the stu
pendous blunder it made IN
1860, and has pledged and
plighted it's honor to forever live
and die for the Union. More
over, the Republican press-the
j.. constant stirrer-up OF strife-l:
: aware Of the stern fact that this
, is not a sectional contest. Ii so
, why do Republicans fear the re
suit of the November election il
, such States as New York, Con
: necticut ard Pennsylvania, ant
: many others in the North?
> The fact is, it is a party 0
freedom throughout the Who'll
v Union, striving to dethrone tina
s party which is drifting into tn
: horrible pit Of imperial despo'
Il ism. It is the people arraye
against an army of voraciou
and avaricious politicians
0 people who spurn a party S
, corrupt as to place in the chai'
: honored by Washington. an
J Jefferson, and many others,
man whose hands have bee
} tainted with brides, and who's
IS tongue has been blistered wit
II the brand OF perjury.
y This is the difference ths
It splits the two factions of the nj
IS ton, and there may be found
: Maine, as we'll as in Louisian
= men who detest the doctrine
= and practices OF the Republica
d party and who will march to Il
G. polls on the ides of Novembs
n and sink it into eternal infam
and oblivion. Then will peac
y and quiet, and honesty, ar
T. prosperity return to our ia
1T land, and not until then.
10 Let us labor to win the vi
tory and our labors will be /
warded!
le
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
sTRAYED OR STOLEN.

On the 10th of August, from my plan
tation in Gum Swamp, two large black
mare mules, and 6 years old: SAID
mules in good condition. The largest
mule has small letter B on left jaw.
Any information concerning said mules
conveyed to me at Locharbor P, o., La,
will be literally rewarded
THOMAS EAVES.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
ESTRAY NOTICE.

,strayed from the undersigned Ger,
tain light bay mare mule, about l4t
hands high, black mark across withers'
with black streak down back, also har-
ness and saddle marks. When last seen
had on large cow bell. A liberal re-
ward will be given for the recovery OF
said mule. or for any information lead
ing thereto. AARON GAYDEN,
On DeHart Place, 5th Ward.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
For Congress, Fifth District,
+. FLOYD KING,
DEEECE.aL DIRECTOR Y.

Sixth Judicial Observation-Disclosures and
West Carroll J. Harvey Brigham
Judge; Ed F. Newman, Dist Dist. ATTY ,fay.
day in February and September. u 4
vii terms-Second Monday IN May anu
December. 80.
Thos. w. Williams, Representative.
W. P. Douglass, Sheriff, and eS-otilc'o
Tax Collector. Dua
e. w. Ross, Clerk and ex-officlo hecoru
er of mortgages, etc.
VIM. b. Taylor, Coroner
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
ESTRAY SALE.

Whereas, on the 18th day OF August.
1880, certain black mare mule, about
ten years old, some marks OF harnes >
and of medium size, was duly estrayed
before me by G. D. Smith, the owner
of owner of which is unknown. :,
Now. therefore, unless the owner shall
appear, prove property and pay charges
according to law viii proceed on Sat
urday. the 9th day of October, 1880, to
sell said estray at my Office, to the high.
est bidder, for cash, ct not less than the
onnra;sed vaiue. E. w. Scale,
Magistrate I'd Ward.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
NOTICE !!

Our places of business will be closed on
Monday, September 9th; SATURDAY., Sep
tember 18th; Wednesday, September
18th, on account Of holidays. No busl'
ness whatever will be transacted on
above days. Oehlber d Goldmah'
Sol. Sugar.
S. Wolff & Bro,
,--. Michel Levy.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
,STRAYED.

From the undersigned, 3 miles s.n n'l RI
east of Bastrop, three oxen, s s"J 90
ones and one black one. Inc o. onsd
6 6ast two r VS. cut on his left horn; as oaR
IS reward. +. e.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
RE NOT DECEIVED.

No mistake upon the part OF
the Democracy would be more
objectionable than to suffer
themselves to be deceived by |
the apparent apathy Of the Re-
publican leaders in accepting
and working Tor the Chicago
nominees. In many portions OF
the country a feeling OF conf
dence pervades the Democratic
party in the3success OF the ticket.
and that confidence begets
spirit of inactivity which may
result disastrously to Hancock
in November.
This is wrong. The great
leaders Of the opposition are
sulking only for a while. True
indeed, their ticket is a hard one
to swallow, but their personal
interests forbid that they lie still
and see the prize taken OIL.
Conkling will spring from his
lair one OF these fine days, and,
by his brilliant, persuasive ora
tory, infuse new life into the
ranks of the whole Republican
force. He has been pouting in
silence ever since his pet was
defeated at Chicago, but he has
too much at stake, as great
politician, to suffer his party
buried without a struggle. Conk'
ling knows that his future pros
poets depend upon the vote cas-
in New York next November
He is q power in that great State
Indeed he is said to sway an IN
huence in the Empire State NOR
potent and extensive than an,
other man within its borders
He will make a tremendous Ell
fort TO control its votes in tn
Presidential election. While b
has no desire to see CARTEL
elected, he has an unspeakabl
horror for Democratic success
Blame is another great figure
head in the Republican ranks
who has, since his defeat at Oh
cago, been surly and moros'
But be has about outgrown hl
sore chagrin, and has now prom
ised Garfield that Maine sha
cast her electoral vote for hin
He knows that Maine lost
Garfield means Maine lost I
Blaine, and his object is to carr
the State for himself, with Ga!
field as the incidental benefcia1
of the victory.
Cameron, another sullen R.
publican chief, hos made up b
mind to carry Pennsylvania Fl
Garfield. While his effort mr.
be pregnant with discourageme
as to his success, his exertioI
will be attended with none tt
less perseverance. All tn
time, money, and shire"
political wire-working can a
complish, will be brought
bear upon the voters OF the 4
Stone State, and without VII
lance and activity upon the pa
of his friends, Hancock will 10
his own State.
Ill Logan will exercise the So.
aatarn,ined energies in IllinO
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The Banner says that Bossier
parish will produce corn aud
meat sufficient to feed bounti-
fully all who wish to make homes
in that grand old parish, and ex-
tends a cordial invitation to i'm
migrants to cast their lot in that
portion of Louisiana. The Ban
ner is telling the truth.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

Mischievous boys in Colfax
clipped all the hair from the tail,
and name from the neck of a
visitors horse the other night.
Colfax is certainly the most dew
ilish town in Christendom.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The corn crop of West Baton
Rouge parish bids fair to be one
of the largest ever made in the
parish. @
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The Courier complains at the
want Of funds to sustain public
schools in Opelousas. + @4, ..a
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The Madison Journal comes
to us this week draped in mourn
ing for It's editors little son,
Willie.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The storehouse and its con-
tents belonging to Mr.: Hood, of
Jackson parish, were ignited by
the explosion of coal oil lamp
the other night and entirely con-
sumed. .... - r.....=,... ..
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
STATE NEWS.

\ ranther~ was killed in Grant
parish recently six feet three
inches long.
A pet fox was caught in Grant
parish the other day twenty
miles from home.
The c ton worms are eating
up the crops in Natchltoehes
parish.
The Webster Tribune is ably
discussing Honest Money IN
its editorial columns.
There are no cotton worms IN
Livingston parish, and Harry
Gould is happy.
A FIVE hundred dollar fire oc-
Cured in Donaldsonville re-
Gently. No insurance.
Dr.. Weatherly, of Teusas, was
thrown from his buggy the other
day and had several ribs broken
East Feliciana planters are
clamerous for cotton plokers'
The crop is opening very rapidly.
The first through train from
New Orleans to Houston, Texas,
passed over Morgan's Louisiana
Line last Saturday. ..
The Telegraph estimates that
the cotton crop of Ouachita par
ish will fall Is per cent below
the yield Of 1879.
:, The Free Press, a lively paper
published at Morgan City, has
, been enlarged and is now splen'
| did journal.
Morgan City entertains nc
fears of yellow fever this season
: and expects a big trade during
I the coming winter.
Livingston has a voting pop
ulation of one thousand sutra
gans, and rarely polls more THAI
half that number.
d A young druggist in Clinton
3. fell from a box on which he wa
/ standing in the store and dlslo
" Gated bis knee last week.
y The cotton crop has been IL
% g iured fully fifty per cent by we
weather and boil worms in Liz
coin parish.
Id The first bale of cotton of thi
10 years crop made in Richlan
W parish, was sold in Delhi I'll
i'll other day for Is cents.
i; q A heavy wind storm passe
through St. Landry the 9TH
day, Frustrating both coin ar
to cotton.
.lIyy A crazy dog in Opelousas /
Of a man through the feet the 9th
Sc day, and, for fear of hydroph
bia, the dog was at once slain
no The Defiance brothers, wi
Wy murdered Mix in, New Orlea
10 recently, have been commits
iet to prison without the benefit
bail. ,t.i III
The body of Joe Brooks,
Ter colored man 10 years old, "
nd found dead in the fields of a
It'll plantation in Ascension par
nes not long since.
GA The editor of the Beacon I
: ~ returned home from the Sprlr
1"' greatly improved in heal
''A Now we shall expect an lmpro
ment in his sterling paper.
on A little idiotic girl, sent to
+, OF Insane Asylum from Webs
by parish, was refused admltta1
mp to that institution recently
on want of room.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

The piles under the railroad
bridge at Monroe are to be sunk
forty-fve feet in the ground.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03
FOR SALE OR RENT F!

The storehouses now occupied by i.
O. Leavel T. Co. Possession given the
LIST Of October. u. d. EVANo,
Sept. 3. r. i. la ILOh'
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

Our genial friend, c. G. Tatum,
returned home from Texas last
week.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-03

Monroe was considerably ex'
cited last week about mad dogs.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-21

Why does everybody go to LEVY &
Co.'S store.for their goods?' Answer
Because that is the place to. get goods
cheap for cash. mhlt,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-21

For lame back, side or chest, use
ShnLah's. POnous PiGster. Price 10 ctss
Sold by G. A. DESACssrkEs Druggist.
Winnemncca. New. nS-eop
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-21

NEW GROCERY STORE.
AT OLD, CITY MEAT MARKET, BRIpGE
I STREET, wINNEMECCA.
MRS. NJ. }. ABEL
Respectfully announces, to her friends and the
public that she has received large stock OF
FRESH GROCERIES.
which she offers for sale at,
BED ROCK PRICES!
Costa Rica Coffee. 3 Lee lbs.. ......$l w
Chemical Olive Soup, per box. 81 ~
Best quality Hams. per Id. 20 ct-
/, Case and Canned Fruits, Green and Dried
Apples, Syrup, Pickles, Bacon, Lard, Potatoes,
etc, of the best quality, at proportionate ratss
for cash. Orders promptly filed
MRS. VI. J. ABEL
Winnemucca, January 2, 1880 IT,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13
Eating a Mad Dog.
ILondon Telegraph. /

Never was the ancient adage "there
is no accounting for tastes" more
quantity illustrated than by surprising
story which reaches us from Neustadt,
in Bohemia. One Peschka, an innkeeper
of that town, was bitten some weeks ago
by his own house-dog. Unwilling to
slay the animal on bare suspicion Of its
sanity, he consigned it to the town
grave-digger, enjoining that functionary
to take care of it until further orders
respecting its ultimate fate should be
impaired to him. A few days later,
however, Peschka was attacked by hy-
drophobia, of which horrible malady he
died in excruciating agony. The sanitary
authorities of Neustadt forthwith applied
to the grave-digger for the mad dog
committed TO his custody, intending to
have him destroyed. Their astonish-
ment may be more readily conceived
than described when the sexton calmly
observed, "The mad dog? have eaten
himp "You have eaten the mad dog7''
incredulously exclaimed horror
stricken sanitary official Better that
than he should eat mep rejoined the
philosophical grave-digger. 1t would
appear not only that this man of strange
appetites had swallowed and digested
the rabid animal, but that it had agreed
with him; for, as the story runs, he il
still in the enjoyment of robust health
and pursues his professional avocation
with unabated vigor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13
A Horse Story.

A farmer wanted a team horse, pro-
cured one on trial, the animal being
represented as all right. He drove him
to the village, when a gentleman whom
he knew by sight, but to whom he had
never spoken, said, " if you own that
horse I advise you to get rid of him as
speedily as possible, or he will do you
mischief" The farmer loaded up his
team and started for home, the horse
showing an ugly temper as he crossed
the railroad track, but he got on fairly
with him, stopped and tied him up for a
time when not far from home; upon re-
starting the horse did his best to run
but was controlled. Upon nearing a
brook he all at once stopped, looked all
round, and then started again; just as
he had fairly got upon the bridge, like a
flash he swung to the left. backed vici-
ously and dumped wagon, load and far
mer into the stream, the horses hind
quarters and his back also being covered
with water. Our informant says that if
an animal ever measured with his eyes
where to put load " to do himsilf the
most good" that horse did. Suffice to
say he played no further tricks upon our
friend.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13
Improvement of Noses.

The Improvement of noses has become
an art, if the Cincinnati Enquirer is to
be believed. GA lady of my acquaint-
ance," the writer says, "was given by
nature nose that was fat-a sort of
pug, with wide nostrils. Meeting her
a few days ago, did not at first recog-
nize her. She was immensely inn
proved. asked the cause. Cant you
seeT she asked. l scrutinized her face.
Yes 1 exclaimed; it's your nose, and
it has grown out. Well, l neverl What
did itP Her nose stood out to proper
length, and was as shapely as could
have been desired. 'Tve got an ex.
tensor? A metal lining, or form,
which I wear in my nose to give it q
good shape. Tll show it to you when
we get home.' She did show it to me-
It was simply two forms of silver, col
ored red on the inner surface, to be
pressed up into the nostrils. They eff
fectually lifted the end of the nose out
from the face, and were not uncomfort
able or discoyerable.'' These articles
are further declared to be an article o.
common manufacture by fashionable
dentists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13
How an Indian Runs Down a Deer.
lsan FRANCISCO Post.


When sufficiently near, the hunter
takes his aim, and making slight noise
with his foot on the ground, which
causes the deer to look toward him. has
good chance to hit it in the middle of
the forehead. But if he misses the
mark, or his gun misses fire, then the
finest races in the world can be wit
ened deer at full speed. If the deer
should happen to be not more than q
year old, it is of no use following it, as
it will then outrun any Indian, and run
longer without giving out, but if two
or three years old, or older, a go rum
ner will bring it down in a few hours,
or certainly within fifty or sixty miles.
(Tbe narrator Jose Mendivil, here insists
that q good runner among the Apaches
can run one hundred and twenty-fy
miles in twenty-four hours easily.) The
deer starts at full speed, making long
leaps of from ten to thirty feet. At
first he gains rapidly on the Indian, 5nt
the latter follows, every now and then
uttering frightful yells, but never for a
moment halting or losing the trail. The
deer, when out of sight, halts and looks
back, but soon his pursuer comes in
sight, when he bounds on with longer
leaps than at first; finally he makes for
water, spring or stream, and when lie
gets there halts and drinks all he wants.
Now there is no hope for him, for after
he drinks he cannot run SO fast or leap
so far. Pretty soon the Indian comes
in sight again, while the tired deer rests
moment, but the tired hunter never
halts to drink, not if his mouth is as
dry as ashes, for by SO doing he not only
loses time, but cannot run so fast after
ward.
On he goes, never resting, either on
the hill or on the mountain. If the
deer takes to the top of the highest
mountain, right on his track the Apache
follows. By and by the Indian sees a
blood stain on rock, where the deer
has stumbled and skinned his knee or
struck his nose. He knows now the
race will soon be ended, and runs faster
than at first, while the deer loses ground
every minute. When the deer sees the
Apache Gloss upon him he stops suddenly
by rock or bush and turns. Sometimes
as soon as he stops he drops down faint
ing, or even dead from fatigue. If not
dead already when the Indian seizes
him by the head and hind legs he makes
but little resistance and is dispatched
with the knife. The hunter now cuts
out fine piece and eats it, taking not q
moments rest for fear of getting stiff,
but puts the deer on his shoulders, or,
if 100 heavy, part of it, placing the
rest in a secure place, and then trots
back to his camp, having travelled per.
haps hundred miles without resting.
The next day some one will take his
back-track for the balance of the game.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13
The Intelligent Messenger.
Wheeling Leader.l


Talk about your political economists
and your financiers. The fellows who
have read up on the silver, gold and
greenback, and usury duestionsl Stand
them out in string until they look like
a picket fence on thousand acre farm,
and in ten minutes will slip around to
some of our Wheeling banks and trot
you out man who knows more about
finances than the whole caboodle. And
he is only the messenger.
You may snort and swallow your
Adams apple three or four times, and
lay down the paper to think awhile, but
/ stick to my assertion.
Who is it that knows when you are
overdrawn fifteen cents in your account
and comes up to apprise you of the fact
ten minutes after the bank closes?
It is the bank messenger.
Who is it that knows the financial
standing of every man in town, and
whether ne meets his notes or noJse
The bank messenger again, my child,
and you had better jet down the fact in
your diary.
Who is it that slowly enters your
Office with the consciousness of having
the awful secret in his possession that
some one has drawn on you at sight, the
while he enjoys your trepidation that
comes from surmising whether the slip
of paper he is fumbling for is " an un-
honored and unusing" check; an over.
due note, protest, or piece of spring
poetry that his wife wants published7
Echo answers again, as regular as q
piece of clock work, cit is the bank
messenger"
Bank messengers, despite the extraor.
binary lot of information they carry
around with them during the day
haven't such soft thing of it, if you
will excuse the French, as one might
imagine. They go in shop to collect
sight draft, and the fellow who rum
the place has not sufficient pistareens tt
cover the amount. He may be in bae
humer, and he frowns on the messenger
as though he was an escaped Pinafor,
sea captain. Nine times out of ten b,
mumbles something that sounds a
though he were talking of the Obi,
River Improvement.
These trials, and many more, tn
bank messenger has to bear. / am no
such a Vanderbilt that l can't Sc
others woes, and in regard to ny orig
nal proposition, stick to it that on th
matter of financial information, til
ordinary bank messenger is kickin
away on top of the heap, while tn
theorists are houndering around on th
cobblestones.