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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25
FARMER JOHN.


"To fret or co bothet me
We're but rid of this mountain of work.
WHAT a good man could bo
f.- .rt.
here they have No right to be-;
And the weedsin the garden and in the corn
Whv.- they fairly frighten me,
And well nigh out Ii nv head.
What a curse hi ia thai 4 man must toll
Like this for his daily breadp
. 8a
Aud was kept for msnya week
helpless and an idieman--
Was he therefore mid anu meek?
a, M Mnct ,a y
W s,NunR WIN notnlllg 70 No ~ /,
Ai,u ~ tne @ laItnWorK potvl w yasnll1ess manu-
nc eo' very cross ahuioiue,
ua Gold, ~
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

was telcgraphed for aid. The Governor or
dered the Knoxville Rifles to the scene of
excitement and TO protect tho prisoner from
mob violence.
r.. jim Moon, noted deSperado and
gambler, was shot dead in Denver by Clay
Wilson, another Of the same fraternity.
GEORGE w. PApGETT. William
Brown. Patrick Midtown. Amos Manley and
Abel Manley have been sentenced by Judge
Parker. oftbe United STATE, Court at Little
Rock. Ark. TO be hanged on the 9th day of
September next, for murders committed In
the Indian Nation. 1882
TEN men, who had been handling
coal and rensirino horres peor Cincinnati on
the 10th, attempted TO reach the shore by
means OF n small skiff. which cansized and
all went under the water. Three OF them
swan to shore. One was rescued after
great deal OF trouble. and in a yery critical
| condition. The Others were drowned.
THE United States steamer Alliance
has sailed on four months cruise in search
Of the missing steamer Jeanette.
lr is reported that the Houston "
Texas Central Railroad Company will COM
mence the construction OF the road from
Whitney, Hill County, to Dallas, to connect
with and use the line agreed upon by the
Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central, the St.
Louis & San Francisco, and the Gulf of Colo
rado u Santa Fe Roads, 10 Paris, Tex, and
perhaps 10 Fort Smith, Ark, thus giving all
inn n hn n = N
outlet to St. Louis and Chicago, independent
OF the Gould system.
AT Elizabeth, N. D., Martin Magic, a
young man OF good family, shot Miss Fam
ME Walker, dressmaker, inflicting merely
a fiesn wound. lie then put two bullets into
his own body, causing almost instant death.
Magic mad been verging upon insanity Tor
'u'io ti'ne' anu his ir'o,us n"u in'enueu "
p'aIo nln ~ vi "s' iun, y Du' n'''' oii,Ill'1,'y
n,si'Cuu " uo So' ho WAS sul'or ior
NlS' "'Nor nSnu' "iio JcA'o"'s WAS INC
''"''oui''e c"uSe vi 'ne c'ine'
~ DhrhoiI graVe-roooer mas neen
sentenced to five years in the State prison.
AT LocKiand, ", the little daughter
OF Marion Thompson, one year old, being
LEFT alone in bed, crawled to the foot OF the
mattress and foil through between the Stats
OF the bed, hanging suspended by the head,
She was dead when discovered by the ag-
onized msther.
IHE residence OF Mrs. Gilman, a
wealthy widow of Kittery Point, Me. burned
one night recently, and she was supposed tc
4 4 Ia IL n +
nave perlshed III the lame'. 1t is now evil
dent That she was murdered and the house
set on fire TO destroy evidence OF the crime
CHARLEY ALLISON, Henry Watts and
Lewis Perkins, three noted highwaymen,
who have committed many crimes in New
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

i'm Leicester, England, many per-
sons are being daily summoned to the
police court for refusing to comply with
the compulsory vaccination act. A fine
of ten shillings or seven days imprison-
ment is the penalty, and over !, 200 case;
remain to be tried.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

In the Joint Convention at Albany, N.
Y, on the 18th, Assemblyman TuthiIl, q
Stalwart, denounced Depew as the head
lobbyist of corporations, and said Barber
and Edwards were his lieutenants. The
room of Barber, he said, had long been the
headquarters where legislation was bought
and sold, game Of cards being made veil
to cover naked bribery, He said Barber and
his corrupt agents were the managers OF tho
present canvass, and were attempting to
make their chief, who supplied all the mon
ey, United States Senator.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

THE deadlock in the New York Leg
iSlature continued on the nth, with no i'm
mediate prospect Of choice for Senators.
The committee investigating the alleged
bribery case had elected no new evidence OF
importance.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

!. A. BENTLEY has rendered his res
ign0tlon as Commissioner OF Pensions, and
w. W. Dudley, United States Marshal for
Indiana, hns been appointed in his stead.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

A ADELEGATIoN composed of white and
colored Republicans from Virginia, headed
by Gen. w. C, Wickham, on the 18th called
upon President Garfield to protest sgainst
his taking sides with the Malone Republic
can coalition. They are determined to run
a straight out, Republican ticket this fall in
any evenS, and have started a newspaper TO
maintSn their interests in the canvass. The
President is reported to have said he be-
heyed first and foremost in the maintenance
of Republican organization and principles,
but Il there was a liberal movement in Vir-
ginia having for its purpose the defeat Of the
Bourbons, it might be well to look into its
merits. He was utterly opposed, however.
to Republicans having gpgsping to do with
Qany movement tainted with reputation.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

AFIoriLLA of barges, carrying 100,-
900 bushels of grain, has started from Peo-
ria for New Orleans. Tho shipment was
made as an experiment to ascertain II corn
thus shipped will generate heat on the trip
and dcprecato In grade.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

The New Hampshire Legislature
electedthe following State ofllcors Secre-
,tory State, A. b. Thompson; Treasurer,
SoloaA. Gartor; State Printer, Parsons b.
Coggswell; Commssary- General, George E.
Lane. ...s
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
Governor Of Utah has given a certificate OF
election to Campbell, as Representative elect
from that Territory, Clerk Adams has placed
the name OF Cannon upon the roll of The new
House, his action being based upon tho fact
that Cannon received an undisputed MAORI
ty of the votes cast, as certified to by the
United States Court at Salt Lake.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

WHITAKER, the colored West Point
cadet, who was granted a court martial at
liis own request, has been declared guilty OF
having inflicted upon himself the injuries
charged upon his fellow students. His
friends are dissatisfied with the verdict,
which they claim is not justified by the evil
dence, and will appeal to the Judge Advo-
cate for rehearng, or to the President to
set aside the yerdic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

SECRETARY WINDOW has summarily
dismissed Pitney from the public service
and abolished the Office OF Custodian of the
Treasury. There never has been any law
authorizing the place Of Custodian. The
duties heretofore performed by the Custo-
dian are imposed, by order Of the Secretary
abollshing the Office, upon Chief Clerk Pow
ers, who has been dligent and persistent In
working up and exposing the frauds of the
Custodian's ring.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

SECRETARY WINDOW positively re-
fuses to give out for publication the report
of the committee that invesis isatctGusodia
Pitney. Secretary Window said the report
was made up and submitted TO him for his
private information, and while he in imated
that he will act upon it very soon, he en-
phatically refused to give anything ofits con-
tents. Assistant Secretary Upton, Chief
Clerk Power and Appointment Clerk Lam
phcre, the officers complicated by the report,
have been furnished with copy in order
that they might prepare their defense.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

The Iowa Democrats met in State
Convention at Des Moines on the 10Th. Hon.
WA. Stone was made Chairman. The Ma
tional platform Of 1s76-S0 was reatlirmed.
Nominations were as follows: For Govern
OF, i. @. Kinne, of Tams; Lieutenant Gov
crnor,J. M.Walker,ot Polk; Supreme Judge,
H. X. Hendershott, of Wapsllo; Superin-
tendcnt of Public Instruction, Walter H.
Butler, Of Delaware.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

THE Secretary of the National Green
Of the next Congress will stand solidly to-
gether on all questions. He says nine mem
bers of the next House are pledged to meet
in Greenback caucus and determine upon
and carry out Greeaback policies These
nine members counted upon are: Ladd and
Murch, OF Maine; Bramin and Mosgrove, Of
and Ford, OF missouri; and Jones, OF Texas
j. Hyatt Smith, Of Brooklyn, Misunderstood,
will vote with the Republicans, as will also
the two ReadjusterB from Virginia.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

The Canada Pacific Railway has
sold 100000 acres of land TO a French
Agricultural society al Sl.25 per acre.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

THE Agricultural Department reports
the acreage of cotton to be slightly in excess
of that OF last year-a little less than one per
cent. The condition ismuch lower, being 90
this year again 90 last year same time and
96 in 1879. The weather is generally reported
too wet and cold, and the crop consequently
is WY backward. Spring wheat is in con-
dition fully equal to that of last year, but the
area sown is IA per cont. less. The average
condition OF winter wheat for the whole
country is placed at 76, the States of Niichi-
gan, Illinois and Indiana showing the low
est average on account Of unfsvorable
weather and damage from the chinch- bugs
and Hessian fly.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

The Ohio Groenback-Labor Conven-
tion, at Columbus, on the 18th, nominated
John Sietz for Governor and Charles Jen-
kils for Lieutenant Governor
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

THE President has appointed Noah
c. MQVsrland, OF Kansas, Commissioner OF
the General Land Office.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-25

The, Pennsylvania Greenback State
Convection metat pottsvillc on the 18th and
nominated r. w. jackson, Of Mercer Coun-
'ss,-for Stats s.ssfsgsSSsS Tic Grecnback
platform for 1890 was reattlrmed and adopted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24

III Outfit sent free to those who wish
Nh to engage in the most pleasant
Ro and profitable business known.
EVERYTHING new. Capital not required.
We will furnish you everything. SlO a
day and upwar Is is easily made without
STAY ing away from home over night. No
risk whatever. Many new workers want
ed ut once Many are making fortunes
at the business. Ladies make as nuch
as men. and Young boys AMI girls maxi
great pay. No one who is willing to
work fails to make more ponay every
,dav than can he made IN a week at an!
ordinary employment. Those who ell
Gage at once will find n short road to
lori ane. Address Il. HAL-ETT d Co.,
Portland, Maine. dc1s ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
ST. TAMMANY.PARISH.

st. Tammauy parish is located
tyenty-tw miles north of New Or
leans. CoyingtoL, the county site,
is ten miles further north, in the
interior, and is delightfully."- located
on the Bogue Falia.
IMMIGRANTS,
with small amount of capital and
fair supply of industry and perse-
verance. cannot possibly do better
than locate in our parish. The eli
mate is as fine as any in the world.
The winters are generally mild, and
snow rarely falls. Spring opens
early in February, with blossoms
On the peach and ounce trees, and
vegetation comes rapidly forward.
The heat of summer is moderate,
and the unfailing breezes of the
evening refresh man and beast after
the labors of the day.
THE SOIL
is very productive, and admirably
adapted for raising sugar cane, cot
ton, oats, corn. rice, peanuts, etc.
The vine is indigenous, and yearl,
bears large harvests of delicious
fruit. Oranges. pears, peach, plums,
qlinces, figs and pecans thrive well.
CATTLE AND SHEEP
Craze upon our pine lands through
out the year, and seldom are'fed in
winter, thus making st. Tammany
the stock growers home. Farming
and stock lands can be purchased at
rates varying flom 81 to So per
acre, and Government lands to
actual settlers
WATER POWER.
There is an abundance, of water
power, already improved, inviting
the attention of manufacturers. We
have no doubt small factory. such
as already abound in Alabama and
Georgia, for the purpose of con-
verting our cotton crop into yarn,
would prove a paying investment.
FIRE CLAY
is found in abundance, as well as
CLAWS suitable for pottery ware, of
the very finest texture. purely white,
and free from sand or grit. Per-
sons having a practical knowledge
of such business would soon realize
fortune in manufacturing and
shipping such wares to the New
Orleans market.
MANUFACTURE OF GLASS.
Sand suitable for the manufacture
of glass is also abundant all along
the banks of the Bogue Falia. above
the town Of Covington. IT has been
practically tested by Pittsburg
manufacturers, and found to COLI
tain all the necessary properties to
produce the finest glassware.
CONVICTION,
the county site, contains about
eight hundred inhabitants, and is
the best business point in the par
ish, commanding much of the trade
of both ST. Tammany and Washing
ton parishes. The mail from New
Orleans arrives three times q week
per steamer New Camelia, and
there is some talk of building &
telegraph line.
At present there is no mill o,
manufactory of any kind in Coving
ton. Building sites for marufac
turing purposes can be had on the
most favorable terms. and every
facility will be offered for immi
grants to this parish.
To all honest and industrious i'm
migrants who may wish to settle IL
St. Tammatfy, hearty welcome Il
extended and protection guaranteed
in their respective occupations.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
Hack Line!
BY ROBERT BADON.

This old and popular carrier, connect
ing with the Steamer Ca'Reiia, at Mande-
vile. Mndisonville and Old Landing, l.
carrying the U. 5. Mail and thereby Ia
bled to distance all opposition. Ever,
one is treated couiteously, and charge
are uniform, and no delay On account OF
old horses and other yeaation. Travellers
desifous of speed and safety, Will look
out for.AIr. Badon.
CONVICTION, Sept. Is, 1877.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24

81 Outfit furnished free, witt
full instructions for conduct
ing the most profitable bust
ness that any one can engage In. Th,
business is SO easy tn learn. and our in-
structions are so simple and plain, thai
any one can make great profits from the
start. No one can fail who is willing tc
work Women are US successful as men
Boys and girls can earn lnrge sums
Many have made Mt the business ovei
one hundred dollars in single week.
Nothing like 1t ever known before. Ali
who engage are surprised at the ease and
rapidity with which they are able to max,
money. You can engage in this bust
ness during your spare time at great
profit. Yon do not have to invest CAPT
tai in it. We take all the risk. host
who need ready money should write to
us at once All furnished free. Ad-
dress rEUE i Co., Augusta. Maine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
Notice to Taxpayers.

State of Louisiana-rurish of st. Tam
many.
Tax CoLLECToR's OFFICE,
Covington, La, June IL, 1881.
The taxes assessed in the year 1881
are set forth in the tax rolls now on file
in my Office, and in the mortgage office
of this parish. They are now due. and
if not paid, will become delinquent on
the 3lst day cf December, 1881, and will
draw eight per cent. per annum interest
from that date until sold, in accordance
with Article 2l0 of the Constitution.
w. b. Cook,
Sheriff and Ex-Oficio Tax Collector.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
OMNIBUS LINE.
BY w. III. DAHEAtGl,J

Leaves Covington for tie OLD i.an.ln-
with the steamer New E,ii,.-
riia. Will take passengers to any rn'to
this or adjoining parishes. lorn.a uio-
scate feb If
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
Ice. Ice. Ice.

I am now prepared to furnish my
patrons and the public in general
with ice, at reasonable rates, during
the summer months.
CHAs. HEINTz,
Covington, La.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-06-08

on that road, if tidings had come to you
every morning of an accident of a similar
nature. And then what would have been
done? Why, that railroad would have
been torn up from its base, the iron would
have been pitched into the river, the ties
would have deen destroyed, and the cars
burned to pieces, and this community
would have said: ''No more cars on that
road" Suppose from eight her roads
the same tidings had come, there would
not be railroad in the country, for no
man would venture upon car. If there
were eight such accidents from eight diff
ferent roads every day in the year, there
would not be SO many lives lost aS are
destroyed by intemperance. Now these
are facts; and facts like these need to be
brought before the community, in order
to inform the mind, touch the conscience
and arouse the heart.-Rer. HcyTicS .Tohn-
son,
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-06-08
THE GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.

BURLINGTON ROUTE.
~No other line runs Three Through Pas
senger Trains Daily between Chicago, Des
Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln st.
Joseph, Atchison, Topeka and Kansas City.
Direct connections for all points in Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming. Montana, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California.
The Shortest, Speedest and Most Comforta-
BILE Route via Hannibal to Fort Scott, Denison,
Dallas, Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Calves
ton and all points in Texas.
The uneQualed inducements offered by this
Line to Travellers and Tourists, are as follows:
The celebrated Pullman Q6-wheeD Palace
Sleeping Cars run only on this Line. c., b. &
Q. Palace Drawing-Room Cars, with Horton 8
Reclining Chairs. No extra charge for Seats
in Reclining Chairs. The famous c.. r. Q.
Palace Dining Cars. Gorgeous Smoking Cars
fitted with Elegant Hgh-Backed Rattan Re-
volving Chairs for the exclusive use of first
class passengers.
Steel Track and Superior Equipment, COM
bned with their Great Through Car Arrange
ment, makes this, above all others, the favorite
Route to the South, Southwest, and the Far
West.
Try it, and you will find travelling luxury
instead of discomfort.
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale at all offices in the United States and
Canada.
All information about Rates of Fare. Sleep
ing Car Accommo odations, Time Tables, &C.,
will be cheerfully given by applying to
10. A. BEAN, Gen'l Eastern Agent,
306 Washington St., Boston Mass.
and 3l7 Broadway, New York
JAMES r. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago.
T. j. POTTER, Gen. Manager, Chicago
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-06-08
1t Might Have Been.

1t might have been! When life is young
And hopes are bright, and hearts are strong
To battle with the heartess throng,
When youth and age are far between.
Who hears the words so sadly sung?
II might have been!
1t might have been! When life is fair,
Youth stands beside the boundless sea
That ebbs and flows increasingly.
And dreams of name and golden fame;
And whc shall limit the TO Be
That's dawning there?
1t might have been When life is bright,
And love is in its golden prime,
outh recks not of the coming night,
Noa dreams that there may be a time
When love will fail, or change, or die
Eternally!
1t might have been! When time grows gray,
And spring tides hopes have passed away,
Old age looks back on by gone years
Their many wants aud doubts and fears;
And through the mist way is seen,
The might-have been!
1t might have peen! When age so sad,
Weary of waiting for the fame
That, after all, is but name;
When life has lost the charm it had,
True knowledge makes regret more ksen--
1t might have been!
IL might have been! When youth is dead,
And love that was so false is fled,
When all the mockeries of the past
Have lost their tinsel rags at last,
The one true love is clearly seen
The might-have been!
1t might have been! Ah me! All me-!
And who shall tell the misery
OF knowing all that life has lost?
BY thinking of the countless cost
Poor comfort can the sad heart glean
1t might have been!
IL might have been! Nay, rather rest
Believing what has been the best!
The life whose sun has not yet set
Can find NO room for vain regret,
And only folly crowns as queen
Its might have-been,
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-06-08
Facts Worth Knowing.

There is no greater evil iu all Christen-
dom than intemperance. There are no
sterner reasons for any reform in the
world than for the temperance reform.
There is no evil producing such dreadful
results; there is no cause rhat can be es-
poused in behalf of which so much cansbe
said in it's favor, SO much in the way of
fact and statistic and argument appealing
to the mind. You have heard say that
one hundred thousand lives are lost by
intemperance. That may be a high esti-
mate; they used to talk about sixty thou
sand as being the number of deaths caus-
ed by liquor. Sixty thousand annually
destroyed! Have you any idea of what
that means? Suppose that all earthquake
should have swallowed up four cities like
Auburn in this State; that would make
sixty thousand. Suppose another earth
quake should swallow up another city in
Pennsylvania, then another in some 9TH
er State and so it should go on year after
year; how long would we be living in
this land? Would we not leave it as we
would fly from the pestilence? And yet
sixty thousand lives are destroyed every
wear by alcoholic drinks. You have heard
of the tearible accident that occurred on
the Hudson River railroad, when the ex-
press train ruu into an oil train and twen-
ty lives were lost. AS the morning
paper was taken up horror ran through
the community; everybody felt thrilled
by excitement in view of the awful ulhavoc
in connection with that railroad accident.
Suppose that the next month similar
telegraphic dispatch was sent that an
other accident had happened on the same
road, and next month another, through
out the year; that would have amounted
to about 250 lives lost on the Hudson
River railroad for year. By the end of
the wear, there is not q man or woman in
this city who if they heard ola friend of
theirs talking about going to Albany on
the Hudson River railroad, but would go
to that person, and endeavor by all the
influences they could command, to per-
suade that individual to keep off that
road. Suppose these accidents occurred
every week instead of monthly, or every
day instead of every week, then you
would have only 1000 lives lost annually