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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-15
DISASTROUS floods have occurred

DISASTROUS floods have occurred
throughout the Northwest.
GOLD memorial medals will be issued
side medallion of Garfield and Oh the other
side one of Lincoln.
THE graveyard insurance business in
| Pennsylvania is assuming alarming proper
| tons. At Wilkesbarre, within a month,
four old people have died under suspicious
circumstances, all Of whom were heavily in
sured by outside spectators.
A Tucson dispatch of the Sd says a
party sent out % repair the telegraph between
| Forts Grant and Thomas Were attacked by
Chirricahua Indians and two soldiers were
killed. A courier just in from Cedar Springs
says he saw the dead bodies of several citi-
Zens at that point. The command following
the Chirrcahuas are reported now as fight
ing the Indians fifteen miles from Grant.
Much excitement prevails here to- night.
FATHER CONWAY, parish priest of
Clonbur, Ireland, has been sentenced to
two months Imprisonment, with hard labor,
for assaulting haliff who served him with
a writ at the suit Of Lord Ardlaun. Notice
of appeal was given.
AN earthquake at Changeria, Anate-
liza, in Asiatic Turkey, killed eleven persons.
The Grand Mosque and many buildings
were greatly damaged.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the Sd
says: The Grand jury met day with a
full attendance and Immediately proceeded
to the consideration Of the case Of Chas. j.
Guiteau, charged with numbering James A.
Garfield. The witnesses heard were Sur
geon General Barnes, who testified as to the
wound, and officer Adams, who was on duty
at the Baltimore & Potomac depot at the
time the fatal shot was fired. DR.. Lamb,
who conducted the autopsy, was also given
hearing. The Grand jury promptly re-
turned an Indictment.
THE Yelled Prophets pageant at St.
Louis, on the night of the 4th, was entitled
A Dream Of Woodland Life,' represent
ed by twentyone illuminated tabeaus. 1t
was a most magnificent spectacular eXhiki
ton, and was witnessed by probably half
million people.
MRS. GREEN, residing on the York
town Pike, near Muncie, Ind, was seri-
ously shot in the breast from toy pistol in
theAands of young son.
JOHN and James Pickard, brothers,
were killed by a boiler explosion at Carroll
ton, Mich.
FOUR boys were stealing a ride in
freight-car loaded with corn, when the train
ran off the track near Morrison, H., the car
they were in turned over, and all were
smothered to death.
Gov. CULLoM, of Illinois, has issued
proclamation offering $500 reward for the
arrest Of the notorious Williams brothers,
whose last murderous offense was the killing
of Sheriff Lammy, of Calhoun County.
They are believed to be still secreted in the
vicinity.
THE insurgents in Tunis are charged
with fresh outrages. At sVadzergh:. a rail-
way station was fired and ten employees
massacred. The station master, an ex-
Lieutenant in the French army and
Chevalier Of the Legion OF Honor, was
burned alive ,.-'z
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-15

Gen. Logan is accredited with originating
| this scheme.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR returned to
Washington on the evening of the 4th, and
Secretary Blaine was to return on the fol-
lowing day.
THE defendants in the Star-route
cases Oh the 4th entered motion to quash
the information filed against them. The
Court took the matter under adviSement.
THE project of a National Garfield
Memorial Hospital, to be established in
Washington, and if practicable, on the very
ground where President Garfield was strick-
en- down, is being canvassed in Washington,
with good prospects of its ultimate success
ORsoN PRATT, the Oldest Apostle of
the Mormon Church, is dead, aged 70.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The monthly bulletin of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, issued Oct. 1, gives the
following condition Of crops, based upon re-
turns received up to Aug. L. Cotton-The
average condition for the whole country is
IS against 90 on July 1 and 102 Aug. l. 1890.
The complaints of drouth are confined to no
section of the cotton belt, but are universal.
Insects are generally noted, but as yet little
damage is reported. The plant is generally
mentioned as small, but fruiting well. Corn
General average condition II, very con-
siderable decline since the July report, which
was 80 and much less favorable prospect
than in August, 1880, when it was 90, the
latter figure, however, being an exception
ally high average. The general cause as
signed for the unfayorable condition of the
crop is drouth, which is reported from every
section, and Of unusual severity. There is
also some complaint of insect injuries, but
only in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas are
their ravages reported as severe. The chinch
bug is the special plague in these States,
though several counties in Kansas also COM
plain of grasshoppers. Spring wheat-Av-
erage condition 81, against 50 in 1880 and 81
in 1879. Tobacco also shows a low average.
ABSTRACT of public debt statement
issued Oct. 1: Decrease of debt during Sep
TENDER, ST., 4S3, Gal; cash in the Treasury,
$3.50, $50, SAT; gold certificates, S,24S, 500;
silver certificates, 1854 9,910; certificates Of
deposit outstanding, Ss,315,O0o; refunding
SSA tAAS"ICSs 4ooc,osIo. iCSooi tCAuSiS o0o-
standing, $346, ,056; fractional currency
outstanding, $7,O9s, SOC.
THE profits of the chief cotton "cor-
nerer" in the London market are estimated
at quarter to half million pounds.
The suspension Of Preston & Nc
Henry, Of Chicago, has squeezed several
grain firms. Halt million dollars in mar
gins are up and 100000 remain due to
different houses with which trades were
had.
THE Directors of the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad have elected Vice
President Charles C. Perkins President of
the company, vice John NJ. Forbes, re-
signed. ..-..v-.~...-. ......-..
The Treasury Department states that
there are still outstanding over S2l,0o0,00o
in bonds on which interest has ceased, some
of which should have been offered for re-
demption eleven years ago. They will be
promptly paid off when presented, but it is
probable that most of them have been de-
stroyed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

HENRY METZAR was executed at
Titusville, Fla, on the LIST, for the murder
of an inoffensive old man named Moore. The
condemned confessed the crime, and said he
had killed seven men in his lifetime. He
was unrepentant to the last.
The dead body Of Nellie Wright, a
beautiful girl of 30, was found floating in
the canal near Albion, n. Y. The post
norton examination showed that she had
not come to her death by drowning, and a
number of Commissions upon her head and
body gave evidence that she had been foully
dealt with. A man named Fred. Hopkins,
with whom she had been intimate, has been
arrested, charged with her murder. The
parents of the girl are small farmers in the
vicinity, but for some years she had not
lived at home, but worked around at vari-
Gus places.
WHILE Ralph Durbin and wife and
daughter. aged 10, and a Miss Buck, sister
of Mrs. Durbin, and three small children
were returning from church at Danvlle,
Knox County, o., they attempted to cross a
stream subject to high floods. Mrs. Dur
bin, Miss Durbin and Miss Buck were
drowned. Mr.. Durbin got out by his own
effort, and Mr.. James Shellabarger rescued
the children.
CALEB F. HARRIS and wife, of Provi-
dence, r. l., were drowned in Moosehead
Lake on the I'd.
A SMALL child, while standing near
| molasses evaporator, near cambridge,
Tenn, witnessing the evaporation with
great glee, lost its foothold and fell into the
seething mass, and was dead before its hor-
rifed relatives could rescue him.
Col. LOVE, President of the Hunts
vile, Ala, cotton-seed oil-mill prominent
citizen, was shot and instantly killed bv the
brother in law of young lady to whom it
is said he was paying improper attentions.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE three Iron Mountain train rob-
bers have been captured and are now in Jail
at Washington, the countyseat Of Hemp
stead County, Ark. Their names are Will
liam Cox, Jesse Stevens and William De-
laney. Cox was arrested in Hampton Coun-
ty, Texas, and Stevens and Delaney in the
Indian Nation. Cox, who was the lead
CT Oh lHe gang, is nard-100k1ng
young fellow, with small black eyes, black
hair, black mustache and low forehead. His
companions are types of the average cow
boy. They have been SO fully identified as
to leave no doubt OF their being the guilty
parties. 1t is said the Express Company
have recovered a portion of their stolen
money. ~
SEVERAL Nebraska towns suffered
severely from the recent tornado. At Mad
ison and Stanton large number of houses
were demolished and number Of persons
injured, some fatally.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-15

Miss Susan Stephens, of Pine Knot,
KY, was putting on her wedding dress,
expecting to be married in few min
utes, when she was struck by lightning
and killed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01
Uhy He LOUed Her.

"Ain't she fine looking?' remarked
ii man as Il badly passed along the street.
Yes" replied young fellow; Il
regard her as the finest looking woman
in Cleveland In fact, am in love with
her"
''Isn't She amarried lady 2
Yes, but fell in love with her some
time ago, and suppose that | shall al
ways love her"
Did you ever tell her of your lover
"Oh, yes, and know that she loves
me. "
Does her husband know it?'
Eyes, for one day while was visiting
the lady he entered the room just as
put my arms around her"
''What did he do y
'Hc didn't do anything"
"Curious kind of man.
mo, for | did not expect hilA to do any
thing
"Why ?"
Because the lady is my mother"
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The queen of Home

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered snowy fakes on her brows,
plowed deep burrows on her checks. but
is she sweet t,ssA henveif,al NOW Z ~
I The lips are thin and shrunken, but
those are the lips which have kissed
many hot tear from the childish checks.
and they arc the sweetess lips in the
world The eye is dim, yet it CLOVIS
with the soft radiance that can never fade.
All, yes, she is dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but,
feeble as she is, will 90 further and reach
down lower for you than any other upon
earth You cannot mount Scatfold toe
high for her to reach that She may kiss
and bless you in evidence Of her death
less love when the world dospSes and
forsakcs you; when it leaves you by the
waysidc to perish unnoticed, the deal
old mother will gather you in her arm:
and carry you home and tell you all youI
virtues until you almost forget your
soul is disigured by vices Love hen
tenderly, and cheer her declining years
with holy devotion
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Pruning Tomatoes.

Many persons find much profit in PIN
ching back the branches of the tomatoes;
and it is Il good practice when judicious-
ly done. 1t may be overdone, however,
and injury result In the first place it
is no use to attempt it after the flowers
have fallen. The idea is to force the
nourishment into the fruit at the earli-
est start for it is at that time that the
future fate Of the fruit is cast. A f,w
leaves beyond the fruit is an advantage.
1t is only the growth that is to be check
ed. And then much damage is done
by taking off the leaves as well as the
fruit The tonato-plant needs all the
leaves il can get. tits only the branch
cs that are to bc checked in their growth
No one who has not tried it can have
any idea of how valuable the leaves are
to the tomato-plant. One may for ex-
pertinent take off most of the leaves of a
plant, and he will find the flavor the in
sipid, and every way poor. Of course
it is the peculiar acidity of the toma Q
that gives it 50 much value to all of us;
but the acid from tomato that has
ripened Oh an insufficient amount Of
foliage, is disagreeable to most tastes -
The same principle has been found tc
work in managing graPevines. Thu
man who judiciously punches back tn
branches does we'll: but he who strip
| on the foliage to '-Ier in the sun aud th'
air, generally fluids that he has mad F.
a bad mess oft
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The papers are full Of accounts Of the
Comet which has just made IT'S appear
ence and seems to have been first seen
ON Thursday morning last about 3 4.
VI II seems probable that tie tail is not
less than - degrees in length while the
head is MS bright as Jupi.r TIE new
comet is located in the eastern heavens in
TIC constellation Of Auriga about degree
from Capclla, and it is not improbable
that 1t may be the much expected comet
Of 1872 which should appear not far
from that locality As the two dis
patches were received in Rochester ST.
simultaneously, there is some question as
to whether tue honor ofdiscovery, and
the Warner prize Of $500, belong to
Mr.. Edwards or Mr. Larkin.
Tie comet is now moving away from
the earth (these are the conclusions of
the Cambridge Observatory. at the rate
Of three hundrcnd thousand miles per
day 1t will probably be visible for
several months and viii without doubt,
De conspicuous during that time TO the
n"NGd eye 1t reached its maximum OF
brightness on Thursday night last. It,
nucleus Is probably one thousand miles
IN diameter, and the inner head Mt the
envelope twelve thousand, while the CO.
roma Is vastly more than that. The tail
is at least four million miles in LENGTH.
Prof Henry Draper. Of New York.
succeeded IN taking photograph Of the
comet on Friday morning. although the
conditions were far from favorable, and
he expects to obtain better results from
the next experiment. This is the first
successful attempt ever made to photo
graph comet, aud Prof Draper sent
dispatch by cable to the London Times
announcing the fact ln his account
Of his photographng experiment at his
observatory on the Hudson, on Friday
morning, Prof Draper says: 81 had
the plate exposed for seventeen minutes,
and then the light of dawn began to be
50 strong that | was afraid Of staining
it. and so was forced to be content
with the impression which had them
got. succeeded in securing, in that
seventeen minutes exposure, quite a
strong picture of the nucleus and the
COMA Of the comet, but not SO good N one
as | want Of the tail. The picture ii
taken by means Of telescope which ha
u maguifying power of fifteen dIameters
1t shows that the nucleus Of this come
is aquitc sharply defined dot. The coma
spreading out from the nucleus takes
form something like a birds wings. Ih'
tail is fanshaped, and much narrower
at the point of contact with the conn
than at the end 1t is about fifteen de
grecs in length as it appears now.
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TO Uhom it niay concern.

On the first of July we close our ifs
cal year and balance our books, and all
names then found in arrcar will be strick-
en- from our subscription list and the
accounts be sent out for collection he
amounts due Us are small to each sub
scribcr. but large IN the aggregate. Tho
very low subscription price at which we
furnish our paper dos not more than
pay fer the white paper and printers
ink. In order to be ble to keep the
price at this low figure we are compelled
to pay cash for everything we get, and
this we cannot do, unless subscribers
pay US promptly aud iIf adcace. We
regret to be so rigid but necessity can
not yield to courtesy The carrying on
of a newspaper is a pure business trans
action and must be conducted on bust
ness principles: and it will be more prof
table to us to have three hundred pay
ing subscribers than three thousand,
who do not pay We are pleased to say
however there are not many of our pa
irons who are careless in paying prompt
/ w. but to all such we give timely notice
that after the LIST Of July proximo their
names will be stricken from our list. Tho
terms Of the INDEPENDENT are one del.
j lar. IN adrdRce one dollar and fifty
cents if paid within six months, and tive
collars if not paid within six months.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01

II will repeat an anecdote which
feel sure Webster gave at that dinner
though, as made no note of it. it i,
just possible that he told it in my pres.
ence at some later date. The converse.
ton was raining upoa the ilhportnnc,
Of doing small things thoroughly aud
with the full measure Of ones ability -
This Webster illustrated by an account
OF some petty insurance case that wa.
brought to him when a young lawyer IN
Portsmouth. Only u small amount wa.
involved and a twenty dollar fee was all
that was promised lie saw that, to do
his clients full justice, a journey to Bos-
ton, to consult the law library would be
desirable lie would be out Of pocket
by such an expedition. and for his time
he would receive no adequte compensa-
ton. After little hesitation he deter
mined TO DO his very best. cost what !,
might. IL accordingly weht :" i'o.''' /;
looked up the authorities, aud gained
the case. Years after this, Webster
thcn famous, was passing through New
York. An important insurance case
was TO be tried the day after his arrival
and one of the counsel had been sudden
" taken i'll Money was no object ana
Webster was begged to name his terms
and conduct the case. i told them
said Mr.. Webster, that it was preposter-
Gus to expect me to prepare legal ar
cument at few hours notice They
insisted, however. that | should look at
the papers; and this, after some demur
consented to do Well, it was my old
twenty dollar case over again and as |
never forget anything had all the
authorities at my fingers crds. The
court knew that | had no time to pre-
pare, aud were astonished at the range
Of my acquirmcnts So, you see ! was
handsomely paid both in fame and money
for that journey to Boston and the NOR
al is that good work is rewarded in the
end though, to be sure, ones own self
approval should be enough. "-Quiacy'S
AnecCl0tes.
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Death ofa IenernbLe Iadn.

Mrs Matilda Semmes, who died re-
Gently at Warrenton, Va, from the eff
fects Of an accident. was the widow of
Raphael Semmcs, and uncle to the Con
federate admiral ofthe same name. Mrs.
Semmes, was 81 years old, and was q
native Of this county aud connected with
many Of the oldest families Of Maryland
and Virginia. her ancestors having set
tied in the latter State under the Lords
Baltimore Her fl;her was captain
Thomas Jenkins. who followed the sea
at the time of the Revolutionary war,
and who was captured as a merchant
man BIZ the British forces and confined
on board the prison ship at New York.
from which he subsequently, escapcd.-
One Of her sons. +. j. Semmcs, is
prominent lawyer in New Orleans, la,
and another is the Rev Dr. A. ). Sem
mes. president Of Pic Mono College N
inent in the social circles of Washing
ron under the administration Of General
Jackson and his successors down to the
time Of President Buchanan, when,
with advancing years, size IctiIcu " uiC
residence of her daughter, Mrs Payne,
Of Virginia. Mrs. Semmes was distin-
guished for her wit and varied informa-
and ton, and for the grace Christianvir-
tues with which she adorned prominent
cial position. As a member of the
Catholic Church She was devoted to her
faith, and did much to promote the sue
cess and prosperity of Catholic ms titu-
tons. She was charitable to the poor
and generous to all Both Catholics and
Protestants in the communities where
she has resided unite in honoring her
memory. Her funeral took place
from Trinity Church, Georgetown.
Rev Farther Ciampi ofhciatcd. assisted
by the Rev Alexander Scmmes,
son of the deceased and president Of Ii
Mono College, Macon, Ga. The pail
bearers were Hon w w. Corcoran
Commissioner Dent, DIR. Ladd. Thomas
Cox, Dir. ID. b. Clarke and DR.. Grafton
Tyler. The remains were inferred il
Hollywood Cemetary.
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The Hay Field.

Timothy more than any other grass
should be cut when in full bloom: if al
lowed TO ripen seed, the quality of the
hay IS inferior. If the haying is begun
early enough, there may nos be that
rush and hurry SO often seen upon the
farm. Use the mower after the dew is
Oft, and cut only as much as can be we'll
cared for. Where the hay-tcnder is
used and it is being yearly more en-
ploved, it should soon follow the now
ing machine. Frequent stirring of the
grass to give access of air, without It's
burning the surface in the sun. is a
great advantage in the proper curing of
hay. In most cases, grass cut in the
forenoon, and stirred with the tedder.
will be ready to 60 into cocks late in
the afternoon 1t pays to cock hay,
rather than leave it exposed to the heavy
dew and hot morning sun. The sweat
ing that the partly-cured hay under
goes in the cock, makes it more relished
by the live stock Hay caps are valua-
BILE in protecting the hay from injury by
showers, and pay for themselves, some
| times in the protection they give in one
hard torm.-Americou AgricultUist
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01
4 Farm 1fnecdOte.

A farmer asked boy what he would
work for him for, one year. The farm.
er was close at bargain, and the boy
knew it. Says the boy, Il will work
for yoa if YOU will give me one grain Of
corn for the first week. two grains for
the second, four for the third. and doub-
ling each week until the fifty weeks or
year is out " Good" said the farm
er- The boy begun work, AMI took one
grain for the first week, two for the
$ cond four for the third, eight for ft u.tl
sixteen fer the fifth, thirly-two fer the
sixth. "Ho!d on, said the farmer
You are taking too many" "Not at
all, said the boy, Il am but carving
out the contract. The farmer began
figure how many grains the boy would
take In tifty-two weeks, and to his aston
lshment he found out be would he EMIT
led to | ,456, 593, 257, 1853, sos grains
lie could never pay him and agreed to
give him fair wages if he would let him
off from the contract.
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n ew Wharf.

We ATE pleased 10 be able to state tina
the new wharf at Brcntand, on Por
Tobacco Creek, is nearly completed, anC
will be entirely SO by next week. L
would have been finished last week bul
fer an accident to the saw mill in thi,
place, which delayed the material. The
wharf is some two hundred ard eighty
feet long ard when completed will Be a
most excellent structure. with all con-
veulences attached 1t is expected that
iha steamers Thompson. Sue. and Mar.
Lano will stop there regularity. The
Mattsne made the first landing there on
"Wednesday aud found supply of freight
ready for her, including some eight or
ten hogsheads Of tobacco The wharf
must supply long needed want to that
section of the county See advertise
ment elsewhere
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01

Boys and young men sometimes start
out IN life with the idea that ones sue
cess depends upon sharpness and chica-
merry. They imagine if man is able
always to get the best of bargain, /"
no matter by what deceit and meanness
he carries his point, that his prosperity
is assured This is great mistake
Enduring prosperity can not be founded
on cunning and dishonesty The tricky
and deceitful man is sure to fall vic
tim, soon or late, to the influences which
are forever working against him Hi,
house Is built upon the sand, and it.
foundation will be certain to give way
Young }eople can not give these truth:
too much weight The future of the
young man is safe who eschews every
phase of double dealing and dishonesty
and lays the foundation of his career il
the enduring principle of everlastin.
truth