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PLANTATION FOR RENT.

On Saturday, the 18th day of JANUARY,
1880, I will offer for rent at public out
cry, and to the highest bidder, for the
year 1880, all ofthat portion of the Willie
Ward plantation belonging to the estate
of &. C. Ward, deceased, comprising
about eighty acres of cleared land on
the upper portion of said plantation, to-
gether with all the houses and improve
ments on the same. Said offering will
be made on the place within the legal
hours. and the lessee will be required to
give note and security, payable 1st De-
cember, 1880. V A. WARD,
ian2-2t Administrators.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-02

The New Orleans Times, in az
exhaustive and well written arti-
Gle, urges the election OF Gen.
Gibson to the United States
Senate, to succeed the infamous
Kellogg. The election OF Kel-
logg's successor will be held by
the Legislature which meets
next Monday week in New Or
leans. The Times choice is an
excellent one. AS yet We have
heard OF no candidates for that
position, and we do not know
that Gen. Gibson is an aspirant:
but before, the ttime for an cleo
ton for senatsS comes, there
will be swarms of candidates
We ask tie Legislature to be
Influenced by no petty motive
when balloting for a man to
represent the proud people Of
Louisiana in one of the most
august and intellectual bodies or
the globe.
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8 bon SALE.
STATE 2,,,:, az: ::: O.. s,,: !,

co. i'H ~"hA'''9o'
Perry Alexander, deceased.
By virtue OF IN order to inc directed,
from the Hon. falish Court. il and for
the parish of Morehouse, sid State,
commanding nr, as administrators OF
the succession q Perry Ale1an!er, deed.
to sell ali the property belongngto said
estate, l will o
the 18th ay of January, 1880,
proceed to sell within the lonrs pre-
scribed by law at public auction, to the
highest biddeiaS the door Of the court
house, in thf town OF bastrnp, all che
property beloEing to said estate, cou~
sisting of fort hcres of land, situated on
Bayou Bartli lomew, two cows and
calves, four Jarlings, two mules, one
two-horse wapn, twenty head of hogs,
thirty busbs Of corn, more or less,
farming tool 5000 pounds fodder, loooo
pounds seedbtton, more Or less, house
hold and kihen furniture.
Terms of lie. Cash at not less than
the invented aPprai.aMlnMehatNnEp
duo1o Administrative.
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house, lumber ydd, or other place
of public stofageI for hire, twenty
five dollars.
3. From each each Keeper peg ef f livery
stable Or yard, Eenty-five dollars.
4. From each keeper Of public
hack carrying passengers for hire,
twenty-five doilaF.
5. From each Eeepel Of a public
wagon or cart u d fdr hauling OF
transporting gods, wares or mer-
chise for hire, tel dollars.
6. From everyEeeEer or proprie-
tor or a billiard klodn or bowling
alley, twenty-five lollars.
7. From each foprietor<of a cir
Gus, museum Of menagerie, fifty
dollars.
8. From each proprietor Of any
other kind of shev OF performance
wherein the public have to pay an
| admission fee ter dollars provided,
that this paragraph is not 10 apply
to balls, concertsAd the like.
8. From each heper OF a cotton
press and gin lh attached to a
plantation, fifty pillars provided
this paragraph isl not to apply to
persons who gill less thar three
hundred bales of htton in the year
of his business.
10. From each llroker acting as
agent between buysr and seller fo'
per centage or othr consideration
in the sale Of any Rrsonal property
merchandise or freiht twenty dollar
/ II. From each Derson acting az
agent in tile.solletion OF drafts
notes and bills 81 achanee fer per
centage or other consideration
twenty dollars |; proided, TINS IS no
to apply to attornys at law wht
have paid their icese as such.
II. From each ad every keepe,
of a coffee house, lar room or eros
shop selling spiritos or Intoxicating
liquor by the drinlSpr by the glass
or in quantities lesahan one gallon
one hundred.and fiji dollars.
! Is. From each aad every person
OR firm selling spurious liquors il
| quantities over de gallon, Eft,
Dollars; provided, this paragraph
is not to apply to Msons whoshav'
obtained {, a hcensesader paragraph
| II of this ordinance
! IA. trom each Eoprietor Of
resteraut or eating house, Tyent.
i Dollars.
i 10. From each heel keeper TO
the entertainment oil transient pe1
sons, twenty-five dollars, an
from each keeper of a privat
boarding house, Ten Dollars.
| Is. From each padler or trade
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NOTICE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Court, |
n..:.l,. s. Succession of |

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Court,
Parish of Morehouse-Succession of
A. E. Evans, decd.
Whereas, Isaac N Pipes, dative execu-
tor of the succession of A z. Evans, de-
ceased, has filed in the Office of the Clerk
of saldsCourt his provisional account
and tabIeau of distribution of said es-
tate Now. therefore, unless opposition
is made and fled in my office within ten
days from this date, said account will be
approved and homologated in all its
darts.
Witness, the Hon. D. l. Norwood,
Judge of said Court, and the seal there
of, this 3lst day of December A. D. 1879.
r. r. ROSS, Deputy Clerk.
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NOTICE..
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Cour1

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Court
Parish of Morehouse. Succession
of Mrs. c.. p. Afford.
Whereas, DR.. Robt. Cotton, admins
traitor of the succession of Mrs G. 2. Al
ford, deceased, has filed in the office OF
the clerk of said Court his final account
of his administration Of said estate.
Now, therefore, unless opposition is
made and filed in my Office within ten
DAYS from this date, said account will be
approved and homologated in all its
parts.
Witness, the Hon. d. I. Norwood
Je:lre of said Court, aud the seal thereof
tl,.s 31st day of Dec. A. D. 1879.
Il. r. ROSS, Deputy Clerk.
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SUCCESSION SALE,

STATE OFDUISIANA-Parish Court,
Parish oNorehouse. Succession of
Frank Jekson.
Bv virtuelf an order Issued by the
Hon pariskourt in aud Tor the parish
of MorehouI directing the sale Of the
land belo1fns to the succession Of
Frank JelEo1, deceased l will offer
for sale at L door of the court house,
in the towbf Bastrop, Merehouse par
ish withi,Ibe hours prescribed by law
at nnblic dtion, to the highest bidder
sATJJRDi. the gath day of January
1880 the blowing described lands be-
1ong;nr said Succession of Frank
Jefferson, Deceased, as SHOWN pJ W.
'n I'nt MI and east half of northeast
d 81 a su Containing % acres with
al all the the Eildngs and inproyesnsa ....
thereon, tuated in the pirisf -
house. !
the iuvedoried appraisemaltc:,
WI P, DOUGE43 E
decl9-e
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= ew Advert Ii: egs1laaet9nfs
sHER1FE's ! lie

IN 4LtlAA i ~ iAitl
STATE OF L0ul>IA2 t--loar+.co,t
District Court Parish r Nose}lonss
Todd X Brigham IS. fc,. 81 Snsan
III. Chapman ct. al
BY virtue of a writ tlelzaro asi ,,1o
issued by the Hon 18th District Cynrt
in and forIt'le parish OF Nrhorsc ~
the aboytehtitled suit hd"to nrn a.; H.
rected as Sheriff Of said aHshand st,,ta
l have seized, as d rcctd IN the writ
and will offer for sale, 4 the door tnc
court house, within the ours nresc,ihal
by law, at public auctid, to the hiyhnst
bidder on
SATURDAY, the 9TH y of February
1890, the following deiribed proo4rt,,
to-wit: The nndivid( seyen.eivhtIl
interest in the east frttional hajf n
fractional! section fhirfIhfee and all Of
section thirtyfour, tfnsLip tYeptv
| north OF range se'efast, containing
4OS acres of land, more less, With ii
tho buildings and impIf Elements ;h4ronn
situated, said land sta Ed in the pa,j>h
of Morehouse, State OF louisiana.
Terms of aale-CaohF with the bpnet;t
| of appIalsement
VIM. P. DOu LASS, Sheriff
| Jan. 2, 1850
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Police Jury Proceedings.
An Ordinance

To Provide a revenue for the parish
of Morehouse for the year 1880,
to levy and collect taxes, to
grant and collect licenses on
trades, professions and occupa-
tons, defining the manner Of col
I ,lecting same and defining the du-
ties and power OF the tax col
lector.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury Of the parish of More
Rouse at its regular December term,
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Four negroes, imprisoned on g
charge Of murder in Taogipahoa
parish, were taken from the Amise
City Jail on the night of the 29,h
ult., by a mob Of fifty men and
shot to death.
OF all The editorials and es-
says that We have read about
Christmas" among our exchanges
the Picayune gets off the most
sensible and meri5orious. But
the Pic's articles are always tip
top.
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oAii'S liz Ss'oii' 'iio o''i'.
- 1etor is hereby authorized
and empowe. ed to enjoin any and
all persons from pursuing his trade,
profession OR occupation until the
license herein imposed IS paid.
4 Sec. 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., that this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after the
51st day Of December, 1879, and
all ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Adopted Dec. Sth, 1879.
w. T. HALL, President,
G. A. SpYKER, Clerk.
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SUCCESSION SALE,
STATE OF LOUISA Parish Cour

STATE OF LOUISA -Parish Court.
Parish of Morehoul. Succession of
Geo. NJ. Sandidge, lceased.
By virtue of an or}r of sale issued
from the Hon. parid Court of More.
house, and to me direed as administra-
tor of the succession q Eeo NJ Sandidge,
deceased, will on
SATURDAY, the "A day of January
1880, at the last PLACED residence of the
deceased, on Bayou bartholomew, in
said parish, between Il hours prescribed
| by law, offer for salfhe PERSONAL pro
pertv belonging to sd succession, con-
sisting of household fd kitchen nrnl-
| trre. as shown BY til Inventory. Also
all the lands belongT to said success
sion, consisting of 4 fact of land ae-
quired b. entry from le State OF Louis.
lana, as shown by p3lt NO. 1852 ISSUED
December 25th, II, containing Isl
30-lnO acres. more less, a particular
| dascriution of whicMill he seen by ref
erennr TO the inyadr Also an I'M
divided half intaf in al tae lands
owned by Geo. Il hnd james Il. san
dioge jointly in sal parish, consisting
Of a tract of land drshased 10y 6. NJ
cand;doe from Mi c. l.. Griijing Oil
the 23d December, 81, of which lands
s.;1 G NJ SautIidrEransterred to J. Il.
ssra;a.n an undtded half interest
| + ebraary 2ath, II composing y p"s.
zion If the ,1p,,cc ID a portion o. the
l,v4r MARI of the CHER place. Also the
sUoIly place. pul,asetl by SEQ. NJ.
S.ndi.lnr at Si.eri. sale on the I'd Of
Iaunarv. 1869. an divided hat inter,
81 If Which VIZ, him transferred u
I,mes G satailtigon the 2stn ni' FL
,narv l47l, said ACE containing Ri;
acres of land. ms or less also Tue
Eugene Polk placfhleh was purchased
by George M. san'ge OF VIM ) Faf,
ham on. the 9th dot Decehihef. iSoo
of which he trans'ed To James y. s'.. =
didgo an unui..{aa g ,s , oI u Y
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Boots and shoes at Peterkins in
ndless variety.
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by the d ssor's
lld the reVisedrolls
Is7e) and WHO is
Ion by the STAB of
assessed, levied md
ent money of she
T the purpose of
hg the currentex-
irish of Morehnse
1880; provideqthe
Et apply to prop rty
Din the corporate 4 hits
"a of Bastrop.
On 2. Be it further ordained,
Fhat an ad valarum tax Of two
ON each dollar of the Walt Elton
an property, real and perbnal,
!llituated within the corporation of
the town of Bastrop and upon fhich
the State le,-ies a tax, be al Ii the
same is hereby levied and Yaered
collected in current money 4 the
United States of ApAlica the
amount so collected 1o be d voted
exclusively to the p9Sment o costs
| incurred in criminal cases IN the
parish Of Morelo;so.
Sec. 3. Ee it further ordained,
/, ETC., That the tax collector Of the
| parish Of ltorehouse be and he is
hereby invested with the same
power and authority iii the collec.
ton Of ta1,es-inposed in sections
and 2 of this ordinance that he pos
sesses with regard to the collection
OF taxes due the State OF Louisiana
and all the delinquent tax payers b.
and they are hereby subjected t
the same damages and penalties ant
shall pay the same rate Of interes
on the amount of taxes for whic
they may be delinquent as is or ma
be inflicted under the law of tn
State for the non-payment within
the time prescribed by law for tn
| payment of taxes due the State, ant
| the tax collector, in order to pre-
serve the privilege of the parish 0
Morehouse for the payment of al
parish taxes, is hereby authorized
and directed to record the delinauen
roll of all persons that are indebted
to the parish of Iltorehouse for par
ish taxes the same that he is re
quired to do. il order to preserve
the privilege OF the State for TIT
payment OF Stae taxes, and TIN
said tax coliecor, in the sale o
: property for tR non-payment o
parish taxes is heeby authorized tc
proceed in the SINE manner as h
is authorized b5 the laws of tn
State in the sale + property for tn
l non-payment OF Haze taxes.
, Sec. 4. he. itfaTtner ordained
etc, That there hail be leviedsm
collected an arlna,l amount as
+
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on boat or water craft, One Hun
dred Dollars, on horseback, Ten
Dollars, on foot, Five Dollars.
II. From each physician, Twenty
Dollars ; from each attoluey-at-Iaw,
Twenty Dollars.
Is. From each person pursuing
any other trade, profession or vo-
cation, and not herein specially
provided for, Twenty Dollars.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the taxes and licenses
mentioned in the previous sections
of this ordinance can only be paid
in the legal currency Of the United
States of America, or in such
| claims as may be contracted during
the year $780, and which have been
allowed by the claims committee
and endorsed by its Chairman OF
by the President of the Police jury.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained,
ETC.. That parties having q tax as
sessed against them for parish tax
es on personal property shall not
receive a license to pursue any
trade, profession or occupation un
til such tax has been paid; an(
each member of firm III any line
of business or occupation shall pay
1.-the license herein prescribed foi
such business trades or occupation
Sec. z. Be it further ordained
ETC.. that each license issued unde:
the provisions of any Of the para
Graphs of section four, of this OF
6inance shall expire on the Sis
dav of December of the year Il
which the same was issued; proVld
ed that any person obtaining Il
ceaak after the 1st Of July OF eac
d kall only be required to pa,
+ the amount of the hcens
ed for the year.
4 Be it further ordalnec
7 i'm case Of neglect or rt
e ke part of any person c
/ pay the amyunt of l
cd ed by the provisions {
anl preceding sections
: this Ne after due deman
{ by collector Or his dul
| authdl buty, tho said ia
collectS I've such persons
I DAYS WI kprinted notice
pay such nd if after sue
delay sud together vii
all costs, d, the sald t:
collector ae is hereby a
of the parish. pf the pr
pertv. riohts Tits Of SUE
delinquent as ma fessary
pay such license npsts, u
property to be cash f
what It will bring, 4, tn
all licenses due Rble
- aid
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our 'hlh"'
administered d
i'h d c'"h'"e
las' M"noas III
% "eie h'''s's ~
~ d "'.'oA e VIC :"
- Do"'n'n IA Ae1'''''
81 wees r..
FoeS OF oao'he PARISH
wig sao!eo' u A'n !,
PARISH IS d 'n'eaeheo
''' oep'p''"'''n'
- 5" se,uin0 !, !, 'e e =, ,
~ ~ 70 Ao1 -" - q Ao' VAC
s'oep''
W orleans, On christmas
a. o' oneeIop e' spa IS erp pvpts,
IS ;ol,;tr a,;o,y i
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IT 0fI'2:SS |,!s2f1l tlIat {'!TV OF I.iU
Tom ,lk pla es set aside to J.
N and }. 6. n Efh in ~ partition OF
said place be s91l. aud .laines G.
sandidlse, al, it,a~ and heils OF
ihos j Pol IN day - :pfii,
1879, contal 3crea. more o. less.
Also Vic 81 pIace c"fiaTE IH1
496 o6-lt0 8f sal! lsal tying
on Bayou III ew, il sal parjsIi
particnla 49, ion OF all OF said
lands brinJ III the inysntnry Of
said snq cb will ht aeen ~
Also sAFme and pAco will
| offer oI] Undivided hal interest
in sad kns'ng to ~ indiyid-
ually. ss5ANnIDGEAdm'r.
p 1ek q iali, Attorneys.
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Ile only un-
Of the old
81 as have
d others to
1 act /! How
fsiled "to do
uld have 9th
IN many rash,
have people
iii which they
!! How many
/ are guilty of
rpitule, known
Ives and their
during the past
ny resolutions
ons-haVe been
] Yet when
[ashing, rebuking
||iiags them before
the vividness OF
ions are but typ
rhich human be-
ience when they
AGbed the end Of
and when
one huge
ling viii
houghts
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-12-09
Progress of the obslisk.
New York World.

The gigantic monolith now on it's way to the Central Park was yesterday moved 120 feet further up the hill, to within LOG feet of the Boulevard on which it is ex- pected that it will rest tonight. A large gang of laborers were at work all last night removing the heavy timbers across the Boulevard, under the personal super intendence of Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, and hauling the cable chain over. The heavy timber will not be re- quired again until the obelisk reaches Eighty-sixth street. Tse cable chain used is the bower chain of the Dessoug. It is one and three-quarters of an inch in diameter, in iron links two inches long. The purchase blocks are fourfold iron sheaves and shells in which six inch Manila rope is rove. The force that has been exerted to move the obe- fisk up the hill has been equivalent to that required to lift a weight of twenty eight tons when the blocking has been
 carefully placed, but owing to the very bad condition of the street force equiv- alent to that required to lift twenty-five tons has occasionally been necessary to move the obelisk aheud. It may be in
 teresting to state that one end of the
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-12-09
A smart Girl.
Peoria Journal.

Jim Larison runs the dray line in Bloomington. The other day while he was getting safe down stairs from an office the rope broke and it fell down; he was in the way and narrowly escaped being crushed. As it was he had his leg broken and his foot mashed. This left him with apparently no one to attend to his business, which is quite extensive. In this emergency his daughter Nancy, aged IA, took hold of his accounts, and since then has run the whole line, and did it very successfully. She has at tended to the orders; kept the men at work, made out and collected all the bills, and transacted all the affairs of the line just as well as any one could have done. This is the kind of a girl to have, and if Jim don't take her into partner ship, then he deserves never to get out of bed. By the way, the most successful coal and lumber merchant in that city is woman, Miss Georgian Trotter. She is good business woman, too, and knows how to make as we'll as keep money.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-12-09

cable chain is fastened to a heavy timber

cable chain is fastened to heavy timber post let into the ground for ten feet, which is technically termed an anchor. The post to which the chain is now fast ened stands in Ninety-sixth street, oIl the east side of the Boulevard. The other end of the chain carries one of the purchase blocks, the other purchase block of the pair being hooked on the end of a span or bridle, which IS in turn fastened to the cradle on which the obelisk rests. The chain is in lengths of ninety feet, and there are six lengths, or $40 feet in all. As each pull is made one length of the chain is removed, and so on until the obelisk has reached the post, which is now shifted 500 feet further in the di- rection the obelisk IS to move. In the park five more bents for the trestle work have been erected and eight more have been bolted together preparatory to be- ing moved into position for erection. At the site the north pier has gone up about four feet, the timber-beds have been hoisted into position on the south pier, the steel bed beams also hoisted over and placed on them and two of the steel up- right beams have been erected on the bed-beams. The public will soon be able to understand the method of erecting the obelisk. Tho work now accomplished each day begins to tell the story plainly of this tedious and difficult feat of engin- eering.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-12-09
Thrashing by Steam.

Most of the wheat of California is threshed by steam, and much of it on the day when cut. The sickle is set on level with the bottom of the lowest heads of grain, so as to take of no more of the straw than is necessary. From the platform behind the sickle the grain is carried by an endless apron or eleya- tor into a wagon alongside the header. and this wagon, relieved by another at short intervals, transports the grain to She threshing machine which is not in- frequently moved from one point of the field to another, so as to be near the header. Or, if the threshing is to be done after the cutting, the header wagons throws their loads into piles, very differ ent from the stacks carefully built of sheaves in these climes where rain is frequent in summer, and where the threshing may be delayed until late in the fall
 The management of the steam thresh- ing machine is usually the exclusive business of it's owner during July, Aug ust and September. If the machine is one of the ordinary size, he expects to thresh about 1860 bushels--lO0 GOO pounds--in a day; that is, if the crop is heavy and the circumstances favorable He employs dozen men, who are ordi narily boarded by the farmer, and he receives from five to eight cents per bushel for threshing His total daily expenses may be $60, and the average gross receipts twice as much per day. He gets his pay on the basis of the weight of the grain as sacked.
 The thresher may have $3, 900 invested in his machine, wagons, horses and tools needed for travelling and working; and as he hires and manages dozen men. and has but a short season of threshing he must make good profit. The busi- ness demands much skill Tn the control of machinery and men, and great care to prevent fires and accidents, so that the average profit is not unreasodably large. The charge for threshing is low, because the farmers generally have preferred that the work should be done with haste rather than with care.