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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26
J j. COMMERCIAL !. \! College.

Gold Violin, Guitar Banjo
E3 II q HI Strings, l8c. each; Silver 12c. ;
bW EBER lplaln Steel, &c. Sheet Ausic hall
I'VE ~ ~ , - ptfce. Agents Wanted. 40-page
Catalogue sent free with first cash order. HURL-
BERT BROS, Wholesale Music Dealers, st. Louis
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I Hnv Canvassers wanted for new article.
hABI CORoNET CORSET CO., Jackson. Mich.
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Notice,
Tax Payers Of Bossier Parish!


Vour Taxes and Licenses, for 1881 arm duc
will make one volunteer trip tno law
requiring it, through the parish, at places and
times below designated, for the purpose Of col
Letting your Taxes and Licenses FOR 1881. You
VIII save time and money by meeting me
Fillmore, Monday, October 3rti.
Mercer Store, Tatsday, October 4th.
Atkins Landing, Wednesday, October 5th.
Dortch' Store, Thursday, October 9th.
Mrs. Canes, Friday and Saturday '. Oct. = and 8.
Dickson's Cross Roads, Thursday, October IA
Coiiinsburg, Fri. and Saturday, Oct. IA and IS.
Red Land, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. II and ia
Rocky Mount, Wednesday and Thursday Oct,
18th and GOTH ~ ',''l> 80
After the goth of October, 1881, INV Office in
Bellevue will be open every day. where 7 w; IN
De pleased to receive and receipt for Taxes
and Licenses. Tax payers come prepared to
pay your taxes and should any one Of Won
De due taxes prior to 1881, bring with YOU anv
and all tax receipts you may have in your Dos
Sheriff and ex-oficio Tax Collector.
s~s-otsI Bossier Parish, La,
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Succession Of James Nav, deceased

succession OF James May, deceased.
by virtue Of writof sale issued from tbe
~ Honorable 2Bd Judicial District Court II
and for the Parish of Bossier, La, and 10 mr.
directed, ordering the sale, after legal dalavs
CT al! the property, both real and persoI;aI
found IN said parish, belonging to the succes.
SION OF Jamcs May. deceased, Twill proceed ~
sell ct the late sresidence of said deceasaS
near Red Land, La, ON Saturday, the sth 81
October, 1881, the following described proper.
The south half of the northeast Quarter and
the west half Of the northwest Quarter Of ths
northeast quarter Of section No twentv-seven
III, In township twenty three (231 of range M
twelve ~; and the northwest quarter 81 sec.
ton Nc: twenty-six 26), IN township twenty
three 20, OF range No. twelve u2l
Une gin stand, saw and rock; 1 wagon 40
mead hogs, head cattle, Iyoke oxen. 2feather
Deds, clothing and steads; 4 mattresses and i
Dedstead, y pair pillow gear and plows. s chairs.
cook stove and fixtures, 2 saddles and din.
ing room furniture, &c
terms q Sais.Cash, provided the apprais-
ca yaiue or two-thirds thereof be bid. else On
dredit Of twelve months, after re-adyertise.
mene, Tor whatever the same may bring: mr.
chasers giving bond with approved securitv''
bearing Per cent interest from day 81 sales
and mortgage and vendors lein also retained,
on the land, should it be sold en- credit.
Il. e. WYCHE, Sheriff
and ex-oficio Auctioneer, Bossier Parish, Ia.
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meflt is impossible-the cancerons
condition of tho body polite is be.
yond the reach of The Knife-a new
body is wanting, and it viii require
a new soul. Burke said, sThe people
never giveup their libertiesbnt un.
der some delusion.' The time to as.
sert them is at hand, and if delusion
or expense shall cause them to pre-
termit the opportunity then they
will be deserving of all the misery
and oppression that may come out
OF If
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Agents Wanted,
For Heroes or the Plains,
BIZ. ". RUEl

Embracing the Lives and Wonderful Afven
4 - -. lures of WILD BILL, BUFFALO BIIJ,
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1gnters, and Guides. A book of Thrilling
A 5.a OF re IsaiAs. Fights with In
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Shooting and Riding! WILD LIFE IN THE IA .
WEST 100 Illustrations! rs Fail Pnoe al.
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Write at once for agency, or terms and illus
trated circulars, to HISTORICAL PUBLISH.
mt Co, 6o2 n. 4th St, st. Louis, Mo.
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Is It possible that q remedy of such common
simple, plants as Hops, Bnchu, Mandrake,
Dandelion, &C., make SO many and such mar.
velous and wonderful enres as Hop Bitters do!
1t must be, for when old and young, rich and
posr, pastor and doctor, lawyer and editor, all
testify to having been cured by them, we must
believe and doubt no longer Posi-.
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ONLY YoURsEIE,--Always remember that
no one can debase you but Yourself. SANDER.
satire, falsehood, injustice, these can never rob
you Q, your manhood. Men may lie about
you, they may cherish suspicion manifold they
may make your failiAgs the target of their wit
OF crueity-never be alarmed, never swerye an
inch from the line your Judgment and CON
science have marked ont for you. They can
net, by all their efforts, take away your kliowl-
cage OF yourself, the parity of your motives
the integrity of your character, and the gen.
orosity OF your nature. While these are left
you are, IN point of fact, unframed
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Succession Sale.
Succession Of Thomas 3. Crah,

Succession of Thomas s.. Graham.
by virtue Of an order of the Honorable Dis.
~ trict Judge and commission issued
hereunder, will sell at public auction before
the Court house door, IN Bellevue. bet cen he
hours for Sheriff g sahss, on Monday, the third
gay OF October next, 1881. the following de-
sciIbed laid of said succession, to wit:
The northeast quarter OF the nerthwest
quarter of section thirty six, township twenty
one, OF range twelve. in Bossfer parish.
Terms OF Sale-Cash, provided the appraised
vaiue De bid, JOHN OLIVER. Admir-.
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The New Orleans City Item tells
the following: STATESMAN = yelled
a fiewsboy. thrnsting his head in at
the door of st. Charles street sa.
loon. Four of the sig thirsty loung-
.ers arose promptly aud answered,
"Here.n - ~
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When Albert Gallatin was a mem
Der OF Congress from Pennsylvania,
many years ago, he said to Judge
Story: /" We have plenty of elo-
quence upon the floor--aye, and too
much! It is the hard working com.
mittee-man who is needed; the man
who rarely speaks, but who can ap-
ply himself to hard, dry, yet impor-
tant statistical labor. Figures of
this kind are far weightier and more
useful than figures Of speech II
this was true in the days of Mr..
Gallatin, what is the fact nowf
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Over the State.

| =
mens forsemi-weekly mails betweel
Itlnt place and Shreveport.
L The Times says there is a regnla
gang of robbers on bayou Du Large
Terrebonne parish, who keep vel
posted and do their work with a
much system as if they were oil
hands at the business.
The South says an epidemic q
improvement has taken hold of th,
citizens of Plaquemine. Every me
chanic and laborer in the town j.
busily employed and new house.
are going up with rush.
The Lake Charles Echo calls 70,
a public cistern. You are right
brother Wells. Plenty of good water
is an excellent thing to have on
hand; and no doubt you will all like
it, after giving it a fair trial.
The Washington Argus, st. Ian
dry parish, reports: "Dull times
aud but little trade, is the cry among
the merchants of our town. Almost
all the cisterns, and many of the
wells are dry, and many of our cit
liens are hauling water from the
bayou for culinary purposes
The new town of Robeliene, 70
miles from Shreveport, on the New
Orleans Pacific Railroad, it is said,
promises to be place of considera.
bic Importance. people from every
direction have focked to the place,
und over 100 lots have been sold and
spoken for" says correspondent
of the Shreveport Times. 49,
The following is from the Morgan
City Review: A friend of ours
who has been thinking of removing
to Louisiana, declines to do SO, in a
letter to US, and gives as a reason
therefore that he cannot come to a
State that neither educates its peo-
pie or hangs them. This is pretty
severe talk. Is it deserved?o
This cheerful report comes from
the Iberyille South: "About the
court house Outlines reign supreme
without any encouraging signs for
the near future. We construe this
IS an evidence that our people are
living happily and peaceably to-
sether, acting justly towards each
'ther, aud therefore have no use for
courts of Justice
On the night of the 23rd ult., a
mob at Monroe broke open the sher-
ifs office, possessed themselves of
he Jail keys, and carried off and
lung two negroes, both charged |
With numbering men of their own
DIOR. The Bulletin says: "Such
proceedings are indefensible and
AVE and are doing the country in.
mite harm and injury.v s.
We quote as follows from, the.
donroe Bulletin: During the
month of August, 3S7 bales of cot
on have been shipped by rail from
his city. Most of this cotton was
alsed by the class known as small
I'LL farmers. Some of them still
old cotton. This is proof that
very farmer in this country, With
roper management, can do we'll and
9 independents
The Monroe Bulletin has this to I
~ about the weather and crops in
parish: ut is hot, il is
~. Cotton is all opened on ma.
'rity of places. Picking is brisk
nd the quality fine. The worms are /
estructive, and by the end of this |
eek will have passed over the en- /
re parish. Some think they did /
? harm as the crop was made; j
hers hold differently, and we do 8
1t pretend to know anything about t
y
When Albert Gallatin was a mem
-
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Florida and GeO,.gSu,..,.

Tor information about these States read t1,e
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS
Weekly lmammoth 8 page sheet. 81 a wear,
DAILY $40 year. The best papers IN The
South sample copies 5 cents Address
j. II. ESTILL, Saw .nnah Ga 81
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The big her you are lifted BIZ the remarks OF
a fiatterer, the fatter you win feel when You
come down to the truth again. =
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-. The Alexandria Democrat-is not
at all squeamish in dealing with dis
reputable politicians, but prefers to
call ugly things hy ugly names. It
says: So
Tie destiny of louisiana is once

g. III I'll
Tie destiny % louisiana is once
f4oresin the hands Of her sons and
they only are answerable for the flu.
ture. AS they make good or i'll use
of their opportunities will they be
entitled to praise or deserving of
censure. Political partisans have all
either been rewarded for past ser.
vices BY the bestowal of Office on the
ground of those services only and
without regard to their fitness for
place and power, or they have been
permanently relegated to the shades
of private life. Such claim is no
longer worthy of notice. By every
pledge by which it, is possible to
bind the consciences of men, the
white people of this State are bound
to the acceptance of the COnstitu-
tional amendments to tue organic
law Of the United States Govern
ment both in letter and in spirit, and
a free election and fair ballot are
guaranteed in the maine of the peo.
pie of this State solemnly and
sacredly. They owe it to themselves
to see that these pledges made for
and by them shall be redeemed and
they will see toit.
1.-THE place seeker who imagines
that he can, as Of old, gain posses,
sion of office through..the instrument
tally Of packed Conventions and
stuffed ballot boxes, will find himself
sadly mistaken in his calculations
when the people come next time to
exercise their right of suffrage and
select their rulers for four years.
Fitness for the position will be the |
recognized criterion, and tricks and
trades will be of small avail. Purity |
in politics. and fitness in office should |
be and will be the watcbwords OF the
next campaign"
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School Notice.

Nhe Bossicr School Beard is renneste,l +,
meet in extra session Mt Bellevue. on
wednesday, September 18th, 1881. a5In97
August 25, 1881. ''1'A''
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Every man must work at something The
moment he stops working for himself the dev
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Baldwin county, Alabama, has
no resident lawyer and but one pby.
stefan.
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next campaign
The Monroe Bulletin is Justly Sc
we're upon the rotten Life Insurance
Companies of this country. 1t does
not mince terms, but gives vent to
its honest indignation in blunt and
honest language, which Insurance
frauds and strikers will not relish.
1t says: {
"The Louisiana Life Insurance
Company followed the way of such
companies and closed and went into
liquidation on the 10th inst. There
are some assets but the pro rata
among the policy holders, you may
be assured, will be small, very small
indeed. It strikes us that life insur.
ance is the lowest grade of an swind
ling concerns; that they address
themselves to the affectionate on the
side on which they are easiest de-
ceived and pocket and maks way
with the offerings with a glee akin
to deyiltry."
The Shreveport Times has the fol.
lowing:. "The New Orleans Pacific
Railroad is now completed and in
running order So miles from Shreye-
port and BY Saturday evening the
cars will be running as far as Pleas
ant Hill, which will very probably
be the terminus for the next two or
three weeks. On about the first of
September regular passenger trains
will run between this place and
Mansfield. The work ofconstruction
10 progressing very favorably from
Alexandria to Donaldsonyille, but
the contractors, it is said, are MAX
ing slow progress from Alexandria
up this way and it will probably be
three months before the road will
be completed and in running order
between that point and this place. |
From Alexandria down the cars are |
running for distance of Al miles,,
Judge VIM. A. Seay has retired |
from the editorial control Of the |
Standard, and Captain |
Samuel N. Morrison assumes entire |
editorial management of the paper.
While we part with regret with the /
retiring editor, who has ever been 4
true and able defender Of jefferson,
IAN democracy, and who has struck |
many hard blows for The peoples
'ause va for good government, we
'xfel hearty welcome to Captain
doEfison, and predict for him q
'rilant future IS . writer. The
it's proprietor and editor,
AVE our best wishes for q long, sue.
essfnl and profitable career. /,
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Nstchi tocliee has : new Jail.
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y -. r. u r. Wsaskjse,l
"A ttorneys at Law, Minden La. VIII pFsl
- tice in all the Courts in Be8sleI -
Webster parishes. y19af
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-12

by }. Thompson Brown,
Zeal Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
lll3 Man street.

rVRUsTEE's SALE OF TWENTY
i FOUR BEAUTIFUL AND DEsIRABLE
LOTS. COMMENCING AT THE snuIHEAsr
CORNER OF WAsMlNGTON hND WEST CARY
STREETS. AND LYING ALONG TAfLOR.-As
trustee In a deed OF trust executed ny James =.
Hardy aud wife on the 26th day OF August. 1870;
and BY virtue OF decrte of the Chancery Court OF
The city OF Richmond entered July 3, 1880 In The
suit OF Hardy trustee, Us. Goddin. trustee. DunkeL
aud Others being required so TO do by the parties IN
terested, shall, on
THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1881,
commencing at 8 O'Clock Y. NJ, sell ut public auc-
lion, on the premises, all that portion OF the pro,
perty conveyed By said deed Of trust. ana located
rs above, and now occupied by Mr.. James z. Hardy.
The land is sub-diyided into lots, AS VIII be SHOWN
by plat on day OF sale. ,,, ,.,..
and also of persons of small means desiring lots Tor
homes Is especially invited 10 this sale NO portion
OF our city Is more rapidly improving than this lo-
caity. which is in the direct line OF The western
growth OF our city. Purchasers may confidently
expect speedy returns on investments MADE IN this
TERMS: One third cash; balance at six and
twelve months, the purchaser giving his negotiable
notes FOR deferred payments, and title retained un.
iii All The money is paid and deed ordered
by the Court. A. X. COURTNtf, Trustee,
j. THOMPSON BROWN, Auetiopecr. =. my
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.uCvror aa,Es-.vuturc pays.
BY w. 6oddin.
Real Estate Aa.nt and Auctfoueer,
corner OF Eleventh aud Bank streets.


TRUSTEES SALE OF LARGE BRICK
l pwELLIN9 ANnyTHgR Mr ,R AYE gs. :
FOUsHEE AND FIRST sTREkTs. OPPOSITE
THE GRACE.sTREET BAPTIST CHURCH
KNOWN As The ~soUTBERS FEMALE IN
cnied by Mr.. Alfred Moses and wite-ihe first 10 The
undersigned. W. Goddn and a. NJ. Kelley. trustees,
TO he pnder,sned, T. H. Cafrine,on and <. j. Lew
trustees, bearing date 18th November, 1875, both
duly recorded In Richmond Cninctry Cour'-we
shall In execution thereof proceed TO sell at public
auction, on the PREMISE. on
MONDAY, MAY 90. 1881,
at O'Clock r. NJ. M far: II NOT on The first fair
day ibertafterl, that VERY VALUABLE REkI.
ESTATE located as above. The LOT has . front OF
III feet. and a depth of 1876 ieet 10 a wide paved
DWELLING, three stories above the basement
connected In the rear by LARGE BRICK Build
ING. erected by the late "a. r Lefebvre for board
ing and ay-schoOl Including those IN the dwell
ing. there are altogether about thiryhve rooms,
Including two handsome parlors, rectp ion. rooms,
&C. To The east OF the dwelling tnere IS q HAND
SOME BUILDING LOT. having front on Grace
street OF about 30x156 feet 10 said alley. The
premises now occupied a lrst-class boarding.
house by Mrs. +. J. Warren.
The foregoing real estate Is located on Grace
street I'm a most desirable neighborhood. The prem
ses we're originally designed by Mr.. Lefebvre for
hrst.ca residence and boardiug-schOol, and have
long been used as such by the late ID. Lee Powell,
Mrs. Darlington, and others, and for that purpose
or for clearinghouse or a large family They nave
many advantages.
TERMS: BY consent Of parties, one fourth cash
balance at six twelve, and eighteen months for ne.
gotiabe notes, interest added, secured by deed OF
trust.
The special attention of CAPITALISTS and others Is
called TO this sale. W. GODDIN,
\. VI. KELLY,
Trustees III III. fast deed;
/. u. CARRINGTON,
T.. J. LEVY.
myl2 Trustees In the second deed.
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AUCTION cALEs--raturs pays.
BY n. L. Staples & Co..
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
1lO3 Main street.

EXECUTOR's SALE OF VALUABLE
IL BUILDING LOTS on TIE CORNER OF
DOVER (OR CARY AND CHERRY STREETS.
On PINE STREET BETWEEN EEVkRLY AND
ALBEMARLF, ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF TWELFTH AND NJ STREETS, AND ON
NICHOLSON STREET. BY AUCTI0N.-At the
request OF the executor OF The estate OF John A. Bel
vim deceased. we shall sell. upon The premises. in
the order named below. the following described
LOTS UF OVERWHELMINGLY, on
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1881,
at 5K o'clock z. NJ. a BEAUTIFUL LOT on The
northwest corner OF Dover tor Caryb and Cherry
street, fronting 80 feet on cherry street ana ia
feet on Dover street.
second VERY HANDSOME LOT fronting SO
feet on Pine street between Beverly aud Abemarle,
and running back about li6 feet TO an alley ~ feet
wide.
ON TUESDAY. MAY "a, 1881,
at so O'Clock i. NJ. a LOT fronting 1872 feet on
10 feet TO an alley In common IL feet wide.
ON WEDNESDAY, NAY 25, 1881.
at 5h O'Clock II. NJ "a LOT on The north side Of
Nicholson street. fronting thereon 80 feet and run
ming back within parallel lines 10 Fox branch $50
feet more or .ess and bounded by the lands now or
formerly of y. Dixon on one side, and D. Via on the
other.
The property will be subdjyided into lots 10 suit
the wishes OF BIDDERS.
TERMS or SALE: One third cash the balance In
SIX twelve. and eighteen months, with interest add
ed, for negotiable notes. secured by trust deed.
II. l.. STAPLES CO..
nv IL AuctiOneers.
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BY Grubbs & Williams,
Real Estate Agents and Aucfioneers.
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.


COMMISSIONERS SALE OF THE
~ VERY VALUABLE SUBURBAN FARM
KNOWN AS sHARON.nLYlN ON THE WEST
HAM ROAD TWO MILES FROM EltHhONp
Ar AUCTIOS.-In execution or decree OF .De
Chapcrry Court OF Richmond, euiered or the etn
day OF November, 1850, IN the case OF hoyer x
Ludwig ps. Ciendening. &C.. the undersigned. spe-
clal commissioners thereby appointed, "lb sell w
auction, upon the premises. on
FRIDAY. MAY Is. 1881,
AZ & O'Clock Z. w.. the farm above referred TO- for.
merIy owned by John t;lendening ami for several
wears past occupied by Mr. X. T. St0ops. ~ les on
The north side of the Weslham rOad, adtolns ON tne
west the farm recently purchased by Mr.. A. W
CARRIER, and contains ] o acres more or less. Inc
soil Is mainly chocolate clay admitting or The high-
est degree of Improvement. while some vs. grey lana,
suitable for gar 'eDinR. fruits, &c. The improve
menis are a dwelling with eight rooms. kitchen WIN
four rooms. barn. stable, coTu-h0use. &C.. &c. now
some what Out of order. In times past this has been
regarded OF the most attractive and desiraDe
farms Ia The vicinity of the city and I'm proper bands
10 could be easily stored 10 its form hne cOnd-
ton The location Is In the direct line Of the growth
OF The city westward, and II offers the certainty OF
grea. increase IN value as The city approaches It,
TERMS: One fOGrth cash balance AT SIX, twelve,
ana glltfen months for negotiable notes. with In
ierest added, and title 10 be retained by the Court
until full payment is made.
A. l.. BOULWARE,
W. j. LEAKt,
JOHN A. MEREDITH.
Commissioners.
GRUBBs WILLIAMS. Auctioncers. ape