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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-30
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS.
Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.

Minden Democrat: Saturday night as
Mr. N. Judd Scott. Of Kingston, i little
place few miles north Of Mansfield,
was going from tho house where he
boarded, to his store, a distance Of about
$50 yards, lie was shot and instantly
killed. The mnrler-was not found out
until next morning when lus body was
found ri.ldled with buckshot. The
murlercrs rifled his pockets, went to his
store and took fifty or sixty dollars that
was in the drawer, but werc unable to
get the safe open. A Negro named Wash
Allen was snspicionc,l as being one of the
parties. His house was searched, result
ing in the finding of 4 watch and several
articles of clothing belonging to Mr..
Scott; also a pair of pants that the
murderer wore tho previous day which
were stained with blood. He was taken
to Mansfield and incarceratc,l. At night
an armed body of men rode into town
and aroused tho deputy Sheriff, inform
ing him that they had !: prisoner they
wished to lock MP. Tho Sheriff went to
tho Jail, when they Immediately over
powered and took the key from him.
They then unlocked the cell, took out
tho Negro and went off with him. The
next morning he was found hanging to a
limb u few yards from where the crime
was committed. Other parties are i'm
plicatcd. Investigation in progress.
Shreveport Standard: Sunday week
during church service at Grand Cane
City, OF the line of the New Orleans Pa
citic, in DeSoto parish, the store Of Mes4rs.
Peyton y Burr"w was broken open by
one Douglass, railroad hand, and about
$500 in money stolen. Douglass was
arrested and the money subsequently re-
covered at the spot where lie had hidden
it away...-A coloreel man named Philip
Jackson was slnt and nortally wounded
while sitting in front Of the house of
Dave Barnl,ill, in the Lake country,
Jackson was in company with some five
or six men and women talking, when
suddenly gun went off at the fence,
some twenty feet from the house, and
jackson fell pierced with several buck
shot, slnss and pieces Of lead, Suspicion
rests on two eolorcd n,en, ono of whom
Il fha <,f 0,n1...,,S,
had induced her to leave him. The an
thcrities are after the suspected parties.
Claiborne Guardian: The cotton worm
appeared OH Red river much earlier than
usual this year, but the chrysalis was
destroyed by the heat or by some insect
or bird. A large planter near Shreveport
told the writer that he found numbers
SO destroyed. His conclusion was that
no scrlans damage would be done the
crop Deputy Sheriff, l. n. Glover,
captured Sunday morning, two miles
below Vienna, Charlie johnson and
Sarah Coleman, who had murdered
Squire Coleman near Shreveport a short
time since. Mr.. Glover left with the
prisoners for Shreveport :. John Cupp
OF this parish was robbed last Thursday
Thursday night Of $1,000. Mr.. Cupp was
away from home at the time. The house
was entered and the money taken ont,
showing that the robbery mnst have
been committed by some person familiar
with the house.
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Shelif's Sale.

State of Louisana-Twenty-S Second Judicial
District Court-Parish of Ascension
Felix BOudreau
vs.. No. 06,
Mrs. Emeline Leblanc, wife of
Oneziine Leblanc.
Ri VIRTUE Of and in obedience to an
aIias writ Of fl. fa., issued by the Hon.
Twenty-seeontl judicial District Court, par
isl Of Ascension. in the matter of Fell,
bondreau IS. No. 96 Mrs. Emelinc Le-
Blanc, wife of Onezimc Leblanc, dated
Inno 18th, 1881, and to Inc directed, I
have seized, and will offer for sale at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the Court House door of the parish Of AS
censon, in the town of Donaldsonyille, on
Saturday. the 9th day Of August. 1891,
at II o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain LOT OF GROUND situated
in the town of Donaldsonyillc, parish of
Ascension, State Of Louisiana, in that part
OF the town Familiarity known as Faubourp
Lessard,' and designated on the plan OF
said town as being lot No. sixteen [tSl.
fronting on Lessar'l street, bounded on ono
SIDE by lots Nos. fourteen and fifteen Ri
and ISL, on the other side by lots Nos. sew
enteen and eighteen III and 1877, and in tue
rear by lots Nos. thirteen and nineteen Il3
and lsJ' together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon and thereunto he
longing. being the property of the said Mrs.
onezime Leblanc, from having acquired the
same at Sheriff's sale of the Succession NJ
Augustus Richard, on 18th March. 1862
duly recorded in Mortgage Office Of his
parish, IN Book of Conveyances No. %, p.
80 ct seq.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms and Conditous-Cash in Trnit.,,
states currency without benefit of appraise-
ment.
Parish OF Ascension, July 2, 1881.
P. "A. JONES, Sheriff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-30

Dress goods, notions, trimmings and
house furnishing goods at prices lower
than ever, at Israel & Co g.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-03

Book publishers do not always have higl
old time without annoyance or trouble
Sometimes they run up against literar,
snags and their tempers get worked up goot
deal.
A letter addressed TO the "Chicago Bool
Publishing Company-P. master, pleas Civ.
this TO the most reliable firm In the city ant
oolige," was recently handed by the Chicago
postmaster to Bedford, Clarke d Co., the
Lakeside Publishing House, and sent us b,
them rs literary curiosity. We simply
change the names and where names are too
obscure doctor them up little.
BUTLER, BATES COUNTY, Mo-,
January the 2, 1881.
have q movie fresh and pure from the
pen, which would like to be examined BIZ
you. Iwish 10 bring IL before the public the
ensuing summer. have wrote good deal
for the press and always with great snccess.
! wrote an article on the growth Of pie plant
which was copied fur and wide.
You may have heard Of me through INV
poem on "The Cold, Damp Sea; or, the
Mu'muring Wave and Its Sad KerplGnk."
dashed II ofone summer day for the Scab-
town Herald.
In IL enter the fair field Of fancy, and
with exquisite word painting Head the read
or on and ON until the reader forgrss that
breakfast b ready, and follows the career Of
Algonquin and his own fsir-haired scisiIca
through page siter page VI dsiirsous JOY and
20 tie rsskum.
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In this movie have woye wool OF posi-.
bilities, cris-crossed with pictures Of my own
wild, uufettered fancy, which makes it q
work at once truthful and yet sufficiently
unnatural to make 1t eagerly sought for by
the great reading public.
The plot of the movie Is this:
Algonquin Is poor artist who paints love-
ly sunsets and things, nights, and cuts cord
wood during the day, struggling to earn a
competence so that he can sue for the hand
of Sciatica, the daughter Of wealthy plumb
er.
She does not love him much and treats
him coldly, but he perseveres until one Of
his exquisite pictures is eagerly snapped up
by wealthy man at 81.
The man afterward turns out TO be Sciati-
cas- pa.
He says unklnd things of Algonquin and
intimates that he Is better artist in four
foot wood than he is as a sunset man. He
says that Algonquin is more of Michael
Angelo in Eastwood than anywhere else and
puts wet blanket on Sciatica's love for Al
gonquin.
Then Sciatica grows colder than ever TO-
ward Algonquin and engages herself to a
wealthy journalist.
Just as the wedding is about to take place,
Algonquin finds that by birth he is an Ohio
man. Scatica repents and marries her first
love. He receives the appointment of Gov
ernor of Wyoming and they remove to Chey-
enne.
Then there are many little bursts of pic
tureskness and other things that would like
to see IN print.
/ also send apicture Of myself which
would like to have in the book. Tell the
artist to tone down the freckles so that the
lectures may be seen by the observer, and
put on diamond pin, SO that it will have
the appearance Of wealth which the author
Of book generally wears.
1t Is not wrote very good, but that won't
make any difference when it Is In print.
When the reading public begins TO devour
it and the scads come rolling in, you can de-
duct enough to pay for your expenses of
printing and pressing, and send me the bal
ance by postoffce money order. Please get
1t on the market as soon as possible, as |
need Swiss muslin and some other toys
suitable to my position in literary circles.
Yours truly,
LUELLA BLIN KER.
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/. How long Is the bridge across the Mis-.
souri, River at Council Bluffs? 2. How long
is the one across the Mississippi at st. Louis
and how much did it cost?
Ans,oer.-1. The bridge across the Mis-.
souri, at Council Bluffs and Omaha comprises
IL spans, each span $50 feet in length, or in
all 275O feet. 2. There are three spans to
the St. Louis bridge, the centre 500 feet, and
the other two SOP feet in length. The bridge
cost about $0,0OO,OOO.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-03
DISCOVERY OF~GIAss

When and where was glass first discover
ed?
Ans,oer.-There is little or nothing known
with certainty in regard to the invention of
glass. Some of the Oldest specimens are
Egyptian, and are traced to about 1900 wears
before Christ (by some, 2300 b. c.. Trans
parent glass Is believed to have first been
used about 100 years before the Christian
era. The credit Of the invention was given
by the ancients to the Phenicians. The
story Is familiar one of the Phenician
merchants who rested their cooking pots on
blocks Of natron (sub-carbonate Of soda)
and found glass produced by the union, un-
der heat, Of the alkali and sand on the
shore.
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Office OF FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OFFICE. IIELANA, NJ T.,
May 18th, 1881.
Notice Is hereby given that John keenan,. who filed
amended pre- empfion declaratory statement No 3, 20
Tor the west half of sOu west quarter and the south
half OF NORTH west quarter OF section Twcnty-sx II
Township Ten north of Range Eleven, vert has ileC
notice of his intention to make final proof IN support
Of his said claim and secure final entry thereof and
that said proof will b. made before the Probate judge
OF Deer Lofgc county, NJ. T.. Mt his office in the town
OF Deer Lodge on Saturday the 18th dav of June, A
d.. 1881. Said claimant names the following Wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon md
cultivation of said tract, viz Patrick Toner james
4. Keenan, John Powell and George Anthony. all OF
Pioneer post-"!lice, Deer Lodge county, NJ 7.
- j. ii. MOE, Register.
OBJ. O'BANNON
ATTY far Claimant 1857
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LTNCoLE's FIRST WAR SECRETARY.


l.. What part did Major Anderson take In
the late war after the fall of Fort Sumter ?
=. Was not Gen. Halleck President Iincoln's
first Secretary of War?
Ansrer.-1. In May, 1861, Major Ander-
son was promoted to Colonelcy, and on the
10th OF the same month he was appointed
Brigadier General and Commander of the
Department of the Cumberland, but h,s
health failed and he was relieved. and AFTER
ward breveted Major General in the regular
army and retired. In 1868 he went to Eu-
rope for the benefit of his health and died at
Nice, October 20, 1871. 2. The Hon. Simon
Cameron was President Lincoln's first Sec
rotary of War,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-03
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.

What are the names Of the wedding ami
versaries and when do they occur9
AnsWer.-The wedding anniversaries are az
follows:
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CLEoPATRA's NEEDLE

What Is the age of the obelIsk recently
erected In New York.
Ans,cer-In this connection a few facts
| may be given in regard to obelisks in gene
raj. II Is stated that there are five obelisks
yet standing In Egypt. There are also elev-
en- at Rome, three elsewhere in Italy, two In
Constantinople, two i'm France, six in Eng
gland, one In Germany one In America. The
obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle has
the following exact dimensions HeIghth of
the perpendicular Of the obelisk from It's
base to Its apex, SO feet IL inches, and the
perpendicular Of the sides "a feet In volume
Il Is 297S cubic feet and weighs lS9 tons. 1t
is held that this obelisk was erected about
1900 or 1700 years before Christ. The great
question as TO Egyptian chronology of course
arises, and there Is still, and there Is likely
TO be, wide difference Of opinion among
scholars, 50 that 1t were hazardous to state
II as more than the view Of some authori-
ties.
Won MoLTKR.
What is the nationality of General Won
Moltke, commander-in-chief Of the Prus-
sian armiesP Please give short sketch of
him. -
Answer-Count Helmuth Karl Bernard
Won Moltke was born October 20, 1900, at
Parchim, Mecklenburg. His father was a
Danish general and he was educated at the
Cadets Academy at Copenhagen, and at the
age Of Is became an officer. In 1872 he en-
tered the Prussian service and was admitted
TO the general staff after four years of ardu-
Gus study and labor. He went 10 Constanti-
nople In 1896, and Mahmoud L., coaceiving
q high regard for his genius, the Prussian
authorities permitted him to serve the Turks
In the Improvement Of the Notification of
the Turkish In the war with the Kurds aud
against Egypt. In 1880 he returned TO Ber-
lin, and was engaged for manv years I'm the
staff service and In 1866 became Adjutant OF
Prince Frederick William, and In 1850 chief |
Of the general staff Of the army. In 1859
the rank Of Lieutenant General was confer |
red upon him. lie planned the operations |
in the war with Denmark and Austria, In |
1884 and 1893 respectively. Amer the battle /
Of Sadowa he made every preparation for q Il
march upon OlmufE and Vienna, but neco-
lated . I'VE days treaty, which became the
prelude 10 peace. He was rewarded with
he order OF the Black Eagle and command
" The kolberg or second PomeranIan Grrn-
sdier Regiment. Beside comforting on him
he title Of Count and making him large do
safions. he German Emperor appoiased him
seHersi Field Marshal IN 1871 aud In Is7s
lie msmber cfthe uprer house. /
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mo. OPAL
Application for Patent.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HELENA, NJ. r., May l6 1881.
Noilce hereby given that John X. Sanford, whose
post Office address is Helena, Lewis and Clarke coun-
ty, Montana Territory, has this day lied appicat on
for patent. under the ming laws of Congress for
Placer Mining Claim, situated in no organized mining
district, Deer Lodge county, Montana Territory,
in Section ., Township ~, Moth Range, ~ west,
which claim is recorded in the Office of the County
Recorder of said county and described follows,
by legal subdivisions of the public lands, TO wit Lot
No 8 In Section No. 2, Township No. IL, North
Range No 10 west of the principal meridian, en-
brseing [20SlI Twenty and SLIGO acres. upon which
notice of said application posted the 9th day of
May, 1881. The adjoining claimants to these prem
Uses John X. Sanford and Caroline Dutro and Da
vd l.. and John ). Isbe
j. ii. MOE,
GEO B. FooTE, Register
Attorney for Claimant. Gl9-lOt
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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
A Record OF Facts Not General
ly Known.
FASTEST TIME BY STEAMER.
From Me Chicago Inter- Ocean.

FASTEST TIME BY STEAMER.
What is the best time ever made bv a YES
sci plying between New York and Liver
pool? Please give the name of the vessel
and the date Of the trip.
Answer.-The fastest time on record was
made by the steamship Arizona, of the Will
liams a. Guion line, from New York to
Queenstown, Ireland. The time made W as
seven days, eight hours and eight minutes,
the steamer sailing frem New York July %
and arriving July 20, 1879.
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We have In stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
In Montana, and in conformity to existing
laws. Following are the prices:
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mo. 92s.l
Application for Patent.
u. =. LAND OFrrcy

u. 5. LAND OFFICE,
HELENA, N. T., May Is, 1881.
Notice Is hereby given that William A Clark, by
Jane- r. Clark. his attorney in fact whose post-oct
address is Butte City, Silver Bow County. Montana
Territory Sall0n Caneron, whore post Office address
lie Cable City, Deer Lodge County NJ. T., and Robert
s. Kelly, whose post office address is Deer Ledge City
Deer Lodge County Montana Territory have this day
filed application tor patent for 800 near of the
Came ron Lode, Lead or Mineral claim, bearing Silver
and other metals. with surface ground varying from
4Oo To 6O2 feet wide. situated in Deer Lodge Mining
District Deer Lodge County, Montana Territory, in
township four al OF Range - West of the princi-
pal meridian, Montana Territory; the said lot being
described as follows. to- wit:
BePinning at the north west corner at limestone
axSx6 inc hes, marked NJ C. 81 for corLer No. l.,
and running thence so so min 800 feet thence
south SO2 feet; thence 81 25 min. W 1,49 feet;
thence north 400 feet TO the place Of beginning the
same being designated Lot No. 81, 7 4, r. ~, W.
and embracing Of II 1900 acres. The location
OF this mine IL recorded In the Recorders office OF
Deer Lodge County, Mon Territory, in Book X OF
Lodes. psge 52I
The adjoining claimants to these premises are I'M
known. G20lOt j. ii MOE Register.
BARRET & WARREN. Attorneys for Applicants.
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II prrsans knowing themselves tndwha-d to ne
- A.. rvs,as~tsd to e8ltle heir accaanH n v~cS*
vift~g ~ S..A os naaa. I iced monTy. and sli ae-
esanf< M ssst,~a A shave wll he ufs With 80 siss
pss o. cesaseslan G. Y Y. nikLksbak.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-16

How many acres would that be 2"
I'VE don't count by acres. We count by
townships and counties. My yield was $685..
100000 Of dollars OF wheat alone, and I'm
thinking Of breaking up from eighty to d
hundred more counties next Spring.
"HoW do you get help for such extensive
operations ?" asked the New Utrecht man.
ooh, labor is cheap replied the Dakota
man. You can get all the men you Want
for from $S26 to $47 8 day. In fact 7 never
paid over SS338."
is land cheap p
mo, land is high. Not that it costs any
thing, for it don't but under the laws Of the
Territory you have got to take 50 much or
none. ! was in luck. Had a friend in Yank-
ton who got a bill through the Legislature
allowing me to take 400, 900 square miles,
which is the smallest farm there, though It
is-'
"Look here" said the barkeeper, as the
eastern husbandmen strolled out in a bunch
to consider the last statement. us all this
thing you've been telling true ?"
"Certainly," responded the western man !;
at least it is a modification Of what I saw in
8 Dakota paper that was wrapped around a
pair Of shoes last night. didn't dare put it
as strong as the paper did, for no one would
believe it. You can slate that last round Of
drinks and I'll pay il the morning. I live
right here On Myrtle avenue"
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Farming I'm Dakota.

BROOKLYN Eagle: Eyes sir," resumed the
Dakota man, as the crowd Of agriculturists
drew back from the bar and seated them
things on rather a sizeable scale. I've seen
Il ma on one of our big farms start out in
the Spring and plow s straight furroW until
Fall. Then he turned around and harvested
back"
s'Carry his grub with him = asked a
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbages on
the outskirts.
ssNo, sir. They follow him with q steam
hotel and have relays Of men to chan &c
blows for him. We have some good farms
up there, gentleman. A friend of mine
owned one on which he had to give a mort
Sage, and l pledge you my word, the mort
gage was due on one end before they could
get It recorded on the other. You see it was
laid Of in counties"
There was d murmur of establishment and
the Dakota man continued
81 got q letter from q man who lives IN my
orchard, Just before I left home, and it had
been three weeks getting to my dwelling
house, though il travelled day and night"
DISTANCES are pretty wide up there, amt
they p inquired q New Utrecht agriculturist
OCCASIONALLY, reasonably replied the Da-
kota man. .sAnd the worst OF it is that it
breaks up families SO. Two years ago saw
q whole family Frustrated with grief. We
men yelling, children bowling and dogs
barking. One of my men had his camp
truck packed on seven four mule teams, and
he was around bidding everybody good by
"Nhere was he going e. asked 9 Graves
end man.
"He was going half way across the farm
to feed the pigs replied the Dakota man.
.Did he ever get back to his family
sIt isn't time for him yet returned the
Dakota gentleman. up there We send
young married couples to milk the cows,
and their children bring home the milk.
IT understand you have fine mines up that
way" ventured o Jamaica turnip planter.
"Yes, but we only use the quartz for fenc-
ing" said the Dakota man, testing the blade
of his knife with his thumb, pre-
parotory to Whetting il on his boots. 1T
wouldn't pay to crush il, because we can.
make more meney on wheat. I put 5000
townships of wheat in last Spring"