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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
4 RUFEIIN'S RETENGE.
Doing Murder by the Wholesale tn
Ayenge the Shooting of II BrOthcr.

DENVER, CoL., April "A dispatch ta
the Durango .Nens says the whole region
of country around Rio Arabia, Ne,
Mexico, is in state of excitement aud
terror. ''lkc" Stockton and his gang
with his brother Port, have for year
been making dcpredations through New
Mexico aud Texas, numbering, stealing
&c.
l.cas than month ago "Port" Stool,
ton, whose headquarters were near Farm
ington, entered saloon in that town
whore several ranchmen were drinking
and, rs customary, every body was invite,
to take Il drink, under penalty of beiu
shot on refusal. \ ranchman not comply
ing, Stockton drew Il revolver, but wa.
Immediately shot and killed "lke'
stockton. hearing of this, collected a gang
of six or seven dcspcradoes and started los
Pennington with the avuwcl purpose o.
killing every man who was present wheIi
'Port" was killed.
Since then they have been murdcrims
ranclmen and cowbnys, killing and steal
ing stock, and delying the authorities.
A vigilance committee was organized, hut
is powerless, the despcradocs being thor
oughly acquainted with the country, well
mounted, and having divided into thre"
or four Squads in order to evade pursuit.
Hov. Wallace has called out the militia
and the country is 10 he secured until the
desperaducs are rum down.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
4 F-ICTORI FfRE.
Three Hundred wagons Abla2c IL.
Cincinnati Cars Endangered.

CNcDNNAr, April AT O'clock this
morning a fire originated i'll the central
building Of the Robinson wagon works,
fronting on the Cincinnati, Hamilton y
Dayton railroad north Of Eighth street.
Three hundred wagons stored in tn"
yards. were soon in a blaze. All the fac
tory buildings were ON lire, and the rail
road cars on the track We're endangered.
Two relays of engines were called to
the Scrne. tn" Robinson wagon factory,
Il brick structure newly built, 81 by 100
feet, and five stories high, was completely
destroyed.
The loss is from $j0,UOO to 360,ooo; !;
partially insured. The flames ext nded
10 Adam Moore 4 Go. 5 yarnish I ry, n
rcrrtory brick building, also 10 the
Queen City varnisll factory, Il tw"-story
brick buildiug, which We're burned down.
The tot;ll loss is estimated at 3lOo,0no.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
rnN HfiLDING nAuOnD.
4 ii0Od show inG in tg,e E'aSt Moniii
SiNty Permits ISSUED.

During the month ui March - building
permits were issued from the surveying
Department rs tullows
Henry j. ttarrl, oHr hoUsr, northeast
corner of y and Bultouwood streets.
William G.. Bush, >iN houses east side
ot Pine street. aboyr seventh.
Charles McClo-kry eight houses east
side ut Kirkwood street, brtwecn Taylor
and Ninth.
Grmse \. Vernon, one stable, on alley
between Monroe and Adams and seventh
and Eighth Streets
Joseph Williams, one house, ON west
side Of Chippcy street, between Eleventh
and Twelfth.
Dennis j. Mention, onr house, southeast
corner Of Fifteenth AMI King streets.
Grors" \. Palmer, one house and
stable, southwest corner Of Eleventh and
Waluut streets.
Patrick Conner, QUE stable, north side
nf Pleasant street, m'tween Jackson and
NanHHrem.
James Ferry, three housc,, west side of
kirkwood street, between Taylor and
Ninth.
samuel McClary, .Tr., one morocco
factory, southeast corner OF sixth aud
Monroe streets.
Edward Y. Dlwortl, seven houses, west
side of Monroe street, between Pleasant
and second.
Edwin w. Jackson, one house, north
,iol'' OF Fifth street hctwrrn Madison aud
Monroe.
Charles Il. rniall. one house. north
side ii seventh street tetwrru Poplar aud
lombard.
tudrrV ~tr,yYrl. nu, buus.. .,f.,rih si,l,,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
ysiIn.S.

The hung is Il homcly device, lacking
altogether the symmetry III an ohrllak
and having little even of the grace winch
cnrlls often possess. But its Uses are ol
Il most important kind, and whenever
liuuihs are contained III casks or barrels
there must the hlug hr also. It is almost
impossible 10 estimate the quantity OF
bungs made and used annually, hut
the Number is we'll up in the millions.
They arn made OF wond we'll seasoned,
and are cut by machinery which is rat,
rutrd. In no country are SO many bangs
made as in the United States, for no
wher. else are the woods which ar" used
so plentiful. oak, hickory, spruce, and
nine are among the varieties utilized, and
the bung factories are scattered ab"ul lle
country in the nrighburhonds where tlie
woods used are found. BY cutting the
bungs before shipping, the cost oil tril's-
porting the waste material Is saved a
great many bungs for beer casks are sent
both to Germany and England from TINS
country, not because they are better, blt
because they are cheaper than those made
abroad. Bungs are cut by peculiar and
ingenious machinery which works against
the grain of the wood, tapering the bhhS
with the grain. In many cases the
taper is made but slight in the cutting,
and then the bung is submitted to a
nowcrful compression to increase the
taprr, Bungs OF ale and beer barrels are
of n standard size, measuring II inches
while bungs for oil barrels are , inches
Whisky barrel bungs are used over and
ov.r asain. Beer and oil barrel bungs
an. ol,yavs picked out, because hammer
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

Details of II Shocking Accident al
Norfolk. Va.

NoproLK, VA, April AT 7.3o oocIocl.
this morning, while nine workmem were
assembled in the furnace room of Booth,
Cannan X Co.'s steam saw mill at Berk
ley, suburb of this city, an explosion
occurred with the following terrible
result
Andrew Brown (white) and Thoma3
Creek, Moses Conway and Luke White
hurst (colorcd) We're scalded to death in
stamtly.
Robert james and Robert Brown
(colored) were so badly scaded that they
cannot recover, and Lee Mingo, Lorenzo
l}ackus and Edward Morton (coored)
were severely but not necessarily fatally
Scallcd.
The cause of the explosion is not
known, Int it is thought 10 have been
from 4 patch on the boiler or the bursting
of Il pipe from the donkey engine.
An investigation will be made i'm
incdiatrly.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
TWO ETIMOLOGIES.
The origin Of johnny Cake" and
.sIsrothcr Jonathan

A letter from Norwich, Conn, 10 the
New Haven .Smday RegjNGr contains II
number of interesting points. Jonathan
rrumbull, the Revolutionary ioycrnor of
Connecticut, born in the town of Lebanon
hard by, was the original 'lirothcr iona
than Washington was accustomed to
lean much upon the wise. honest
Governor, and it was the Comnandcr-in-
Chiefs way in the early days Of the war
to say, when kuotty point came up,
Eve must consult Brother Jonathan.
The phrase 50 often repeated by Wash
ington became IL by-word with his staff
and eventually through the army spread
all over the Union and the world until
"Bruthcr jonathan became National
generic name for America.
According to the HrJiNcr's cores
poldrnt, - the term of Johnny tak"
is believed la have been applied To the
lar-tiuned calrmadc only IN it, perfection
in the eastern part OF Connecticut and
Rhode Island, OF solt-rrcing, timely
ground white meal from pure, snowy,
small cared maiHr bruised IN tile old
fashioned stone mills. The original main,
of this itvoritc food for the gods was
tourney cake, So called because al tht
facility with which it could he prepared
tn satiate the impatient apprtirs OF tllt
Puritan fathers in their tranps through
the forests. Journey Cake was re-.
tanned till the close of the war ol Indr-
pendrncr, about which time, in romplt
amce with tile prayers Of memorials from
the women of Connecticut and Rhod'
Island, to the respective lawmakers .
| tho commonwealth tho. term Journey
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
UILLT.IH ID. LEHIS.
4 Native Dciaware;tu Who Figured
Prominently in business and

Tile Hon. William b. Lewis, long d
prominent citizen of Pennsylvania, who
died at Florence, n. D.. on Friday last,
was born in the village of Christiana, this
county, about six miles west Of Whining
ton, September I'D, 1872.
Although a private citizen, with one
brief official interval, his experience WAS
as varied and rs interesting as romance,
His father was United state, Marshal oi
Delaware during the two terms of Presi-
dent jefferson. At IL, after a fair ciuca-
tiun in Glermont seminary and in lower
Dublin Academy both near Philadelphia.
vuung Lewis entered the India house OF
Samuel Archer y Co., Philadelphia. At
the end of four years hr Joined his
brother, u commission merchant iu ST.
Petersburg, and while there ii" hrcamc
private secretary To the additional com
missioncrs appointed to make the treaty
with England at the close Of the ware Of
lsl2. lie thus formed Il friendship with
Henry Clay, who was one of the COM
nlissioncrs.
He lived for ~ years in Russia.
learned the language, and translated
some Russian literary works. tie wa~
once through the influence of lravilt
Harris, American Consul at St fct,rs-
burg, thrown into prison and whuu he
two returned IL America they fought 70
duel near Red Bank, y. L., Levi, put.jne
a bail through his antagonists thigh.
The duel was followed by au expensive
law suit, Harris claimiug Si", ,OnU dam
ages and recovering at til" end OF S,,,'n
year, SltlO.
During his 10 years abroad. inter
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

WASHINGTON, April In the United
states supreme Court case No. 24S, II. 5.
MrComb. appellant, VS.. The Credit
Mobilier of America ct. al, in error to
the Circuit Court of the United states ior
the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, mas
been dismissed with costs per stipulation.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

Jules Noel, the French PAINTER, is dead.
gr,,,,.;s NI,,r,Iy j.. ooir,. tn E,uorr T.,
s,.'r, =, tntoI aIi.tin.,,,,,, ,.rus,J,
- n'.-,.' .,...,....,
ir'IrSS "'"i,"', M'''oH ~ ~ ''''''
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senator i'a'l" iaE,3 ~ Is s"i'S 10 p"''''
~" immense n'''e' 1T "'''''i''''5''''' ~
Jacob Sutherland Irving, grand
nephew of Washington Irving, died III
N'" "fk c''S on rl'''"S "'sh'' "se" -
1t is understood that the President VIII
recall General Lollsatrret, now Minister
to Turkey, and appoint linn hltcl states
Marshal for Georgia.
Archbishop Pcrchc Of New Orleans has
received Papal bulls containing the ap-
pointmrnt Of Very Rev. +. Jansaclls as
Bishop of NatchcZ, Miss.
It is rmnored that Justice Soulc will
resign from the Supreme Bench of Massa-
chrsetts, and Attorney -frncral Dcvcns
will he appointed to the vacant seat.
Commodore c. j. McDougaI, L. :. ~,
was huried Mt Mare Island. SAN Francisco.
nu saturday Admiral McDougal. General
Mcdowell and other distinguished officers
briuo urrsrnt.
Inst as he was leaving st. Louis for
Mcxi,o. General Grant took his cigar
fron his month long enough to say tu Il
rnnnrtrr. 81 do not want to talk uolitics {:
an, ort of that uow.H
IA. ,.,.o po, al. u,i,,ont nxnort il,
tbr treatment Of insane patients and II
frron,rut and able contributor to medical
Iitcr,t1rr died at his residence. in rhila-
II,I.i, t,Lur.,I,y in his 7Ith vror
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

~ III
"Why don't he write"
Cried a maiden fair,
A. she tnyrd with her wealth
OF beautiful hair.
And gIZcd in the mirror
With - quccnly air.
"tan he he iaitlIlcsS?
Or'Nr forgotten the night
When he vowed he would love me,
Why don't he writc"'
"Why don't she write -
Cried y handsome youth,
Whose face was an indcN
OF honor and truth;
''Shc said She would,
Aud |, forsuoth,
Have waited and waited
bay and night
But no letter comes.
Why don she writc!"
Two servants sat
In separate towns.
Two thievish, knaVish
Country clowns.
With Inkempt hair
And untidy gowns,
In fact, they looked
Like regular tramps,
And they tore up some letters
10 sell the stamps,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
THE MILITTI APPROPRIITION
BfLL -1G-lIN.
BicnuiaI Report Of Delaware College
-uaIfa Dozen Minor Matters Dis
posed or-SaIary and Mileage for
the Trustees of the Poor.

Specially Reported Tor STATE JOURNAL.
DOVER, March 30.-The Senate met at
. n. III.
The following bills Were introduced
BY MIR. Cooch-A supplement to the act
to authorize the American Protestant
Church to raise fund for the support oi
a bishop, &c.
BY MIR. Conaway-To prevent live
stock from running at large in school
district 81, Sussex county.
BY Mr.. ngton--House bill to
amend section 8, chapter /, Revised
Statutes, entitled "of pleading and prac
tice in civil actions
BY Mr.. Betts-A further supplement to
the act to incorporate the New Castle
Mutual Insurance Company.
BY Mr.. Betts-llouse bill for the regis
traton of births, deaths and marriages
to amend chapter IA, Revised Code !;
House bill with relation to competency of
witnesses House bill to incorporate the
| Brandywne Cornet Band Il bill in rela
| ton to oysters House bill to incorporate
the Kent County Paper Manufacturing
| Company.
| Bills read second time authorizing
| the Levy Court of New Castle county to
borrow money; incorporating the Capellr
| Hardware Company and the Jackson Lime
and Marble Company.
Bills passed LAYING out new road in
Sussex county: authorizing the Sussex
county Levy Court to appropriate money
| to repair the streets Of Delmar consoli-
dating the schools Of Smyrna.
The House amendments 10 the act in
cooperating Delaware State Grange were
nnn-concurred in. and Messrs. Cooper and
llorsev appointed as a committee. of con
ference ON the part of the Senate.
The bill to odivide school district No. 50,
New Castle county, was taken up. but on
motion postponed until this afternoon.
The Local option bill was taken up and
a substitute offered and adopted by the
following vote:
| Ycas-Betts. Cooch, Cooper, Conaway.
llorsev, pennewill, Speaker Rust.
Navs-Harrington McWhorter-2.
The Divorce Committee reported un-
favorably on the following petitions: R.
j.. Singles. w, II. Tice. w. A. Worrell
T.. II. Beckert.
Adjourned.
| ,rrrpxoov spss,ov
mrh"" 81, ,'e' "' ''"oh,
ine Eo'1 ny Wiiio,i tif "c' 10 i'ioor-
l"r",c t'ie Di''i'ou" H'I,e vas company
wis l"st was oii nii' "o' h"'ter , 'ip'.ioi'' >
| '''"hs''','"' ahm NV 'ii"ttcl "'a 'h''i
| P"st F'ne't uu1ii iuesu"y heAt'
ne 'oi'"" 'hS pl'la were p"sseo mouse
nlll 10 incorporate the Farmer Market
olhPaiyi 70 EXEMPT loreISi' investments
from 'aN''''"h' house plil 10 Incorporate
| IN" 'ftSS DOVE taffiaSe company
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

When some politicians are weighed
they are found wanting every office in
which there is a vacancy.
The Cincinnati Enquirer devotes four
columns to an incomplete list" of Ohio
oficeholders at Washington.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
THE PURITAN PROSECUTORS
yuEIR TREATMENT or THE EIRLl-
NEW ENGLAND oUIhERS.
The Poet Wbittier's Defense of the
Substantial Historical Accuracy of
His LATEST Poem.

latest poem, ! ne hliiS mlSslNe, nave
questioned the historical accuracy of the
story on which it is founded, and this
was done i'll paper recently read by Dr.
Ellis before the Massachusetts Historical
soei.ty. MIR. Whittier has written to the
Boston .ldreriiSer a reply to DIR. Ellis, in
which, though not claiming that hi
poem is historically accurate in every
detail, he maintains that the cruel perse
cution of the Quakers was arrested by
the mssive of King Charles II. to Gov.
.rnor Endicott, and he quotes contem-
porary records to show that, though the
persecution did not entirely cease, that
there was u marked abatement after the
reception OF "l'he Kings Missive."
Having cited authorities TO prove his
accuracy iii that particular matter Nh.
Whittier goes into more elaborate state
inent OF the facts of those prosecutions
and defends the Quakers frOmthe charges
made against them 10y some modern
writers who have sought to excuse ami
sometimes even defend the prosecutions
Of the Friends on the ground that they
were disorderly and sometimes indecent
fanatics. Mr.. Whittier says:-
II is true, and for the credit Of human
nature it should he stated, that the cruel
rnactments for whipping, branding, sell
ING nv S'"NViS en- WI ~ 5"'io"
were dis'a9ie'''i " "coisi,'e'apie m iiilioi''f
nl the PooP'p VI w" - ',''''' w, u NV,
AGAINST the course of the Massachusetts
authorities, as ana also oaltoiist"'i AMI
Pike among the magistrates Oh tile eoiohy'
But there Is Ii" evidence t'lat tile clergy
who we're the lhStisai"fS oi tncSo laws,
laltrrrd ior moment III Vic'r uetrri''li'a-
lion to enforce them, 50 lar as thelr lilllu-
euce could he eAerled upon tle hils'S-
tracy. Endic"tt, helililSi'oh' ana hran-
street needed II" slnh"ins from 'irlo'
There is not the slightest evidence tlat
these men had abated one lnt or tlttIe ct
their fixed determination t"trush OUT ami
cXtcrninate every germ oil Qnakerisln'
Nor can il be said that the persecution
grew out of the intrusion, "ihdecency'
aud 'cllrontery' OF the prosecuted
II owed its origin to the settled purpose
of the ministers and leading men OF the
colony to permit no difference ol opinion
on religious matters. They had banished
the liaptists, and whipped at least one Of
them. They had hunted down tiorton
and his adherents, they had imprisoned
Dir. Child an Episcopalian, for petitionins
the general court for toleration. They
had driven some of their best citizens out
Of their jurisdiction, with Ann llutChin-
son, and the gifted minister Wheelwright.
ANY dissent ON the part of their own
fellow citizens was punished as severely
as the heresy Of strangers.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

House reassembled at $50 p. m.
The Holmes Divorce bill was taken up
and passed by the following vote:
Ayes-Cahall, Eastburn, Jones, McNeal,
Moore, Register, Robinson, Staytom,
Swayne, Tomlinson, VanBurkalow, 4. n.
Williams, Woodkeeper, Speaker Williams
IA.
Nays-Bradford, Graham, Townsend,
A. c. Williams.
Mr.. VanBurkalow changed his vote
from the negative to the affirmative, to
be able to move for reconsideration.
The bill incorporating the Morning
News Publishing Company was passed.
The Senate bill to amend section %,
chapter 8, Revised Code, (requiring the
cost of the publication of license lists to
be paid by the State) was passed.
The Senate bill in relation to free
schools was passed.
The bill supplementary to the charter
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

A man having fallen down in iit in
tailor's shop, an envious rival said :
"That's the only fit ever seen in that
establishment
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
House of Representatives.

The militia bill was taken up and
passed, after the adoption Of MIR. Brad
ford's amendment limiting the annual
appropriation to 81 200.
The bill incorporating the Roman
Catholic Male PrOtectory, of Wilmington,
was passed.
Mr.. 7. n. Williams introduced bill
supplementary to the loves Cross Roads
School bill. Under II suspension of the
rules the bill was read three times and
passed.
The House bill for the analysis of fer
tilizcrs was passed,
The bill laying out n new road in Little
Creek hundred, Sussex county, was
passed.
Mr.. Swayne introduced a bill making
some slight notifications in the pre-
scribed mode Of assessing real estate.
The Senate joint resolutions reducing
the rate of interest ON the j. y B. and B.
X \. railroad mortgages, after being
amended So as to provide for similar
reduction OF interest on the second mort
gage on the j. y Is. road, held by the old
Dominion Steamship Company, were con-
CURED in.
The Senate bill incorporating the
Farmers Market Company Ltircgg y
Bowcl of Wilmington, was read twice
and referred.
~. " u'!' "'0i7 % ,'';o aHo a,,i W.
fcrrcd.
The House bill empowering the city Of
New Castle to borrow $50. OOh to b'
expended in making public improvements
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Claiborne guardian., 1881-02-23
A Sad ARRAY.

From gentleman just form Ringgold, We
learn the particulars Of the unfortunate
affray that occurred there a few days ago
The seduction Of the sister Of Tcate Lock
ctt was the cause Of the trouble She
gave the name Of Thomas Shchce as her
scduccr, Her brother, Teate Lockett,
attacked Shehc~ at Rihggold with these
words, "you have srduced my sister and
ruined my family" and fired Mt him
tShehec) twice. without woundng him.
Shchcc then drew his pistol aud fired four
far as known. AS hr was preparing to
shoot the fifth time. ball from Lockett's
pistol took effect in his right fore arm pass
ing through between the bones without
breaking them. His pistol fsll out Of his
hand and he turned and ran. Two shots
from Lockett's pistol entered his back
through his body. He sat down y minute
or two behind house, and then lay down.
Lockctt ran off through an old field, as
some suppose, to a horse he had hitched out
III anticipation ct the trouble. and escaped.
Nothing has been heard of him since. II
il thought that Shchce viii dir. The balls
passed through his body from the back,
one came out just above the left nipple,
the other passed through his right lung.
We give these facts ~ coming from
source entirely reliable, from an eye wit
ness in fact. We furbear comment.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-02-23
Haynesville Academy.

7 WILL commence an Independent School
l at Haynesville on the 3ist Of January,
1881 for male and female students.
Rates Of Tuition-sI so and e. so per
month.
Music-S3 so per month.
Board, tuition, &c.,-from - so 70 eli 90
per month.
The town Of Haypesviile is unsurpassed
iu point Of health, good society, churches,
&c.
will be aided, if necessary, by full
corps OF competent assistsnts in all
branches. Intending TO make the school
= permanency, ! shall spare no labor to
make Haynesville Academy the equal of
any similar institution in tbe country.
J. c. BYRD, Principal.
Jsnuarv 10. 1891 o.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-02-23
Jury List for the April Ter
the ID. G., lhSl. "

State Of LoHt'idHa, Parish Of Ctaibo-,,
DE 1T KNOWN, That on tbis a.. "a,
ID dag of February, A. D. 1881, tbs iWa
commissioners IN and for the parish :.
Claiborne, met at the Clerks of3ee ~ .s ~
town Of Homer for the purpose Of r.r;..1
the general venire and TO draw Jutus, =!
the April term Of the Third Judieisi ~
,riet Cour. IN and for said parish-nr..
ent, T. D. Meadows, President; j. r
ner, J, F Heard and Thornton Bridg-m.
Drew Ferguson, CPk d. c.. and proeeedsS
to revise the general veni,e by saSisaa
ninety-hve names thereto to make ~
standard of three hundred, In place of Ne.
sous who served AT the Iast term Of ,h.
District Court and those who have di.S ~ ~
moved from the parish; after which ~.
three hundred names were placed in ,Ie Ie
vepire box and well stirred bv one oS ,Se Se
commissioners in presence Of the oths.'
aud the following named fifty persons v..,
duly drawn a. jurors for the first w..t ~
said Conrt, beginning Monday, 4th dsr of ~
ADril lSsl. ~ "
Claiborne guardian., 1881-02-23
Stray Notice.

STATE Of LomsiGHa, Parrish Of CtaiborHc.
TAKEN up by Robert Cain and posted
i before j. Ferguson, J. Z. in aud for
ward :, said parish. on the 5th of fcbrua-
ry, ISL, a certain brown or brindlr hcif,r
some white in hrr face, and marked in the
right ear with smooth crop and undcrbit.
No other marks or brands visible. Ap-
praised at 81 0H.
The owner of said animal can get the
sam" by proving property, aud paving all
date of cstraymrnt.
Il. u. HARRISON.
Feb. -. l--l-pis2 Straymastcr.