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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08
THE CIRCUS BAMBOoxLE.

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According to advertisement, Shell
BY, Pullman & Hamilton's circus per-
formed here Saturday afternoon and
night. From the many favorable no.
tees given it BY the press Of the
country through which it passed
some months ago, we were justified
III the belief that our people would
be highly entertained; yet to be right
and just we strictly refrained from
making any favorable mention on our
own responsibility until the papers OF
the towns and cities near us gave in
their reports. The New Orleans pa
pers pronounced the ring perform
ance passably good, but represented
the menagerie to be of triding impor-
tance, and that the public should be
on the watch, as there were a lot of
thieves following it around who
seemed to be under the fostering care
OF the managers, they declining to
discharge them. However this may
have been, the authorities of New
Orleans came near prohibiting their
concluding performances from this or
some other cause.
Just as the circns boat reached the
landing at this place the Mayor of this
city received letter from Donald
sonville, which pronoun ,ed the Whole
thing humbug and cautioning him
to be on the lookout for thieves. as
several robberies were committed.
SO it will be seen that the concern
reached here with very poor recon-
mendation as to honesty and morali-
ty. Still there were hundreds of peo-
pie in readiness to attend. as the fare
was advertised at 50 cents. But
what was their surprise when they ap-
preached the grounds to find the
ticket wagon intentionally closed and
a lot Of roughs promenading around
offering tickets forsale at6O cents ad-
vance. The price of tickets had sud
denly sprung up to one dollar and
ten cents for adults and sixty cents for
children.
At first the people believed the per-
centage roughs to be cheats, and re-
fused to buy, but when the ticket
wagon opened it's treasured doors and
the sales began at one dollar for
adults and fifty cents for children, the
verdict was general, that the propri
etors were party to the fraud, and
the whole affair was a swindle-pro-
prletors, managers and all.
There was some good acting in the
ring, but the impolite, brutal bearing
OF not only bigoted managers, but |
half drunken employees, towards our
people was intolerable, and Offset
what little attractions there were in
this respect. Such a thing will not
be tolerated again by the people of
Bottom Rouge.
AS to their treatment of us, we can
not do otherwise than return thanks.
but still when travelling troupe per-
petrates fraud upon a community
which comes under our surveillance,
we ignore such obligations and show
them up in their true light.
Therefore, in common with our
community, individually aud collec-
lively, and in justice to those who
are yet in danger of becoming vic
inns to their open handed system of
'obberry, we raise the voice of
warning.
Residents of this city who attend
ID the concerns performance while
hey were in New Orleans. say that
he performance at this place was
lothing to compare with that they
lad previously witnessed.
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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08
NOTICE ~ TAX PAYERS !!

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish of East
~ Baton Rouge, Tax Collectors Office.
Baton Rouge, September 3Oth 1881
According to Section 25 Act No. H. of 1850
notice is hereby given, that the State and Par.
ish Taxes of 1881 are set forth in the Tax Rolls
on file in this Office and in the mortgage office
OF the parish: that they are now due that they
Will become delinquent on the 3lst day of De-
ceuber next, and will draw eight per cent Der
annum interest from that date until sold. in
accordance with Article 2l0 of the Constitution
j. w. BATES.
Sheriff and Tax COllectnr
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08
WANTED.

A PRIVATE Family desires to take several
L Boarders. Single gentlemen preferred.
For further information, apI to "Mn at the
Capitolian Office.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08
II. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY,

Baton Rouge, La. Z
THIS INSTITUTION, UNDER THE M.
i rection Of the Sisters of St. JoseDhs. is
situated short distance from the river in a
very healthy locality
The course Of study includes all the higher
as also the elementary branches of the Enelish
and French languages Every attention is given
to the polteness nealth and comfort of the pnpils
The Academic year begins on the Firsf
Monday Of September, and closes about
the latter part OF June.
TERMS.
Board, tuition and washing per annum. $50 90
Music. Painting and Drawing form extra chors.
es. Plain Sewing and Fancy Work. in ali ifs
varieties taught without additional charge.
For further particulars, apply to
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08

OUhI line Of Soap Starch and Candies ',tt at.
store Of ANDREW JACKSON.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08

Magazines for. October.
New York Fashion Bazaar and the Delineator
Just received at CHAMBERS Bookstore. Third
street next door 10 Pixies Hall.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08

Securing Soap!
Pride OF the Kitchen. now in stock at Fam
lly urocery 0f JOSHUA BEAL,
, 1881-04-09
The Provision Scare in England.

4 correspondent of the Chicago Times
thus telegraphs his views on the recent
scare in England on. the importation
therein Of American pork and dairy
products:
visited Sir Herbert Maxwell, mem
Der of parliament tor Wigtonshire, re-
gardins his forthcoming proposals to pro-
hibit the importation Of products Of pork
from Chicago He said petitions from
numerous parts Of the kingdom We're
coming to him, alleging that beef, pork,
fats, and also soapsione, were extensive
ly introduced III American butter for un-
derselIins the English product: that these
spurious goods chiefly go to Rotterdam,
which is England's source Of supply;
that the petitioners regard uleomargarine
as less dangerous than suine, and yet
aver that both are injurious t. health.
mentioned that oleomarsarine is openly
sold under act Of congress, the dealers
being required to specify its character,
and that it is not deleteriou., unless to
the English lanIlord-claSs interests He
said Chicago suine was composed Of one
half defective lard, subject to entoza, in
FURIOUS To the health Of English con-
sumers, and. therefore, as congress re-
stricted the sale of oleonargarine, par
lament must protect the people from
adulterations. He said his petitioners
are appealing to Rotterdam importers,
who promote butter authorizations, re-
ceiving over twenty million pounds of
suine and oleomargarine annually from
America, and reshipping the same COM
pound to England at lower prices than
pure butter, thus killing the English and
Irish dairy farmers, who have determined
to defeat American shipments. l ex-
planned Chicago dairy products, and de-
Tending their character, also indicated
that English health is secondary con
sideratiOn TO the purses In issue Max
well waved the point, saying that the
legislation he desires will be demanded
at IN eaI.y date against American fraudu-
ltnt manufacturers Ut butter and cheese.
This is an initial movement toward de-
barring American cheap food, and part
Of the programme of the landed pro-
prietors, who hailed with joy the recent
pork scare, and who hail every opposi-
ton to Americas breads.uffs and meat,
irregardless Of the taxed and pauperized
people.
, 1881-04-09
Cattle Plague on the Plains.

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Much alarm and excitement prevail
at Santa Fe, New Mexico. OWING 10 q
sudden and unaccouutahle mortality
among cattle on the vast grazing plains
of the Territory. The epidemic is spread
inu in every direction, and the carcasses
Of the animals are strenn for miles, hund
reds dying every day, no remedy being
as vet discovered to check the fearful
rarages of the pest. The disease IS a
mysterious one, and battles all efforts at
restraining its deadly progress. Measures
are projected for the purpose of limiting
the area of its ravages, and strict quar-
antine will likely be established. Domes-
tic cattle which have grazed on the trail
Of the infected herds have caught the
contagion and are perishins IN scores
The herders come into the city over
whelmed with consternation, as they
fancy that the scourge is hut forerunner
OF some pestilence which will attack hu-
man beings. The loss will be felt severe
y.hy some of the capitalists Of the Ter
ritory who hayeembarked all they possess
in cattle, and continuance Of the cpl
demic at its present dimensions threatens
10 reduce many Of them TO bankruptcy.
, 1881-04-09
Star Service Corruption.

Thomas. j. Brady, Second Assistant
Postmaster General, al salary OF $500
a wear. has charge of all the contracts tor
carrying the mails. He has become rich,
and he recently purchased one OF the
finest mansions in Washington, III which
he now resides. His wealth has provoked
much criticism, from the fact that 1t
could not have been acquired from the
regular pay; even with the economical
habits Of John Sherman.
For Years pas, the charge has been
openly made and reiterated that there
was ppss corruption IN Brady's contract
Office, and the belief has grown that he
was the principal beneficiary In the
last Congress he brought an bill of two
millions for deficiency N the star service,
TO which no allusion vas made IN the
annual report of the Postmaster-General
The exposures on that occasion showed
clearly enough that great frauds had been
perpetrated- Now, one Of the persons
connected with a route which was among
those most criticized in the deba-es Of the
House, comes forward and distinctly
charges that Brady received money for
his services through a weleknoSn infer
rnedlary at Washington
Kinds, who makes this charge, Is like
most of the professional j"bbers about
the contract office, who prey on the de
partment oy c.llusion with chiefs or clerks.
He is probably no better and no worse
than his associates. They are a bad set
collectively and individually, but good
representatives Of the reform element IN
Hayes's Administration
Brady answers his accuser with remark.
able promptitude and with number OF
certificates Of character, everyone OF which
can be Traced as coming from person
having an interest, directly or indirectly,
in the contracts made in his office. This
is an unfortunate COINCIDENCE. Witnesses
TO be serriceable ought to be above sus-
uicion. The contract otiice Is rotten
from top TO bottom, and if Mr.. James
proposes to use his new broom to good
purpose here is t;ie place for HIM to be-
cin work. The two party papers at
Washington cast aside all political dis,
tinctious to sustain Brady III concert and
to assail Kinds, as they did when the
star service appropriations were pending
in Congress. ..r.
Mr.. Brady is legacy Of the late Sena-
tor Morton. who secured for Indiana the
places of First and Second Assistant
Postmaster General one 10 control ap-
pointments, and the other to control con-
tracts. The arrangement was serriceable
to him and TO them. Gen. Grant, with
full knowledge Of Bradys qualifications
for the trust sent him to Florida in 1876
to see Tilden fairly counted ont. Brady
did all that was expected Of him on that
occasion. and he has had full swing in
contracts ever since his return ..
, 1881-04-09
A Doomed ToWA.

While experience has furnished .
most singular veri6cation Of Jay Cookes
statements about the value of the North
west, which but few years ago were %
vehcmently disputed uy Hazen and others,
he has not been ~ fortunate in regard to
the zenith city Of the unsalt sess,"
which he undertook to baild against the
decrees of nature 1t grew while the Ar
tificial stimulation WAS regularly applied,
but that could not last forever.
1t is now evident that if there is to be
a great city at the head Of the lake, it
will not be the city Of Mr.. Cookies pre-
mature dream. Already ths Duluth
Ne,cs inparts to its reade1 the soeros-
full intelligence that the main lins q the
Northern Pacific has been finally loosssl
on the capaeious natural harbof Of Sd
perior, seven miles awsy, and Ms sAs
road Will be complsted to that place dnr-
inr the coming season. Thsnc9seA
vest bound Duluth freight vip - ~
way Of Superior, to avoid The hsvJ
Grades Of the St. Paul and Duluth foe&
This being the case, there is nothing isS
for tho inhabitants of Mr. Cookies ephe0,
eral city but TO shake down their bald.
inss from the hiilsidcs where they hang,
and set them up again on the ate chosen
by the powers Of nature and President
Billings-Snn.
, 1881-04-09
JUSTICES COMMITMENT

Richah Osborne, charged vita st.bbias
Lon babb. warrant issued ON complaint Of
James Mackinson, March Goth, 1851. Ssme
date, 5 o'clock ?. ~, prisoner brought into
court; upon being Questioned by the court
he waived An examination and Is committed
to the county jail to await the result Of the
wounded man injuries The court being OF
the opinion that IN Consequence Of the ex-
cited condition of the citizens Of the town,
there is danger Of an attempt being made to
lynch the prisoner. ordered Constable Car
ney to hire guard to Sc ;urely keep the prs
oner. and the following guards is eosaeed;
William Bryant, J. Elliot and Frank Ray
mono. March eth, 1881, this norninR -.
tween the hours of and o'clock the gsArJ
having In charge the prisoner in the sboys
case, were overpowered by strong body Of
armed .nen in disguise, who. keeping the
guards covered with revolvers, forcihly took
away the prisoner. At daylight his body
was found hanging to high fence.
Y. ID. LAY. J. P.
, 1881-04-09

In speaking to gentiersan on the pro-
posed Militia Bill, to lie introduced into
the next Territorial Legislature, he said
that the Brgadier General should be an
elective office, the same as that of Ceun.
Gilman, sheriff, or any otner orice We
beg leave to differ with this Why is
not the Chief Engineer Of the Walls
Walla Fire Department elected by the
citizens Of that city at large! Simply
because it is supposed, and rightly toe,
that the active fremen are better Judges
as to who is qualified and better fitted to
I'LL that position. So it is with the
militia service The people elecr- a
Bpsadisr General kecsueEhe is popular,
while the militia would elect a man be,
cause he Is known to be suited to the
pesiion; understands its requirements.
and would be beneficial to the service,
Until the Militia get coed laws and capa-
bic officers, it will Be spoc apology for
citizen soldiery-
, 1881-04-09
TIE DEAD Moo>.

Tie NOON Is IN s.a.eof deciePtade-a d-sd
world Pr. c;5r's LertHscs.
TIE r,oon Is deal, defuuc:, played out,
50 ssys I very leafnei doctor;
She loJketh well, beyond l doabt,
Perhaps shes in trancs, dear PI"ctaE
II any rae she's most eEtrancIus-
For one of such iecrrpid sse;
And on her raliaut beauties -ianeir1,
She charm, the eye Of youth and s',;e
And 81 the man upon her p-rished'
He hved in doleful ISOLATION:
Poor wretch No wife his bosom cherished,
No children slualled his cors'lation.
Yet sl.. ( adorsd hy AL the gypsies,
Whose lovers sigh beneath her beams:
She al the steps of staggering tiInie>,
And silyers Ger romantic streams
And ance she csu-ht Brilyniirl ,lsepir;,
And stopped 20 Kiss him IN grove;
CInn him yery slyly creeping
H. was her fTst and only love.
But that's 4 very ancient story
And vas a youthful indiscrrtiun,
When she was in her primal glory,
Ere scandal schools had held a session
Dear, darling moon aote upon her,
Iwacch her mighty in the sky:
But oh, upon nv word Of honor,
Id rather She was dead than l.
, 1881-04-09

UNLESS transportation rates are greatly
reduced. it is doubtful whether it Will
paw 10 carry wheat from Eastern Oregon
and Washington to the Gulf of Mexico,
ioy resLipment to Europe, Itcan hardly
be done for less than $50 ton. and II Is
more likely that SO win be asked, and
tbi. for the short ton Grain can be car.
ried from Puget Sound 10y ship for sl5,
and with the opening of the canal for
less -sI2 or may be so. This will be
the slower route TO be sure, but not SO
much slower rs TO make the difference
in time equal to the difference IN cost
There will be times when ocean tonnage
rates will be higher, and then the rail
road to the Gulf will act as corrective,
and prevent sIorbitant exacsiona-In-
fryii1cRcSr
, 1881-04-09
Dayton Notes.

The County officers now occupy the second
story in Dusenbery & Stencils new brick-
M,pmrn.-March esth. 1881, by Rev. L. A.
NJ sG.trr. = Nath. McCauley and May T.
Smi-h.
s. Witkind is having the old Justice once
re6tted. and will put in stock OF coniees'on'
aries, Cigars, Notions. etc.
Mr. CIV. Updike wil open and conduct a
General Real Estate, Insurance and Loan
xrepcy. and a general brokerage business,
about April Il, 1851
Our church choirs are having = hard time 70
make their singers come out rrSui1le' anu
on that account we have heard some very
moor singing in some Of the churches
a meeting of the Columbia SPoftman
Club is called for Saturday. at ~hich time
that organization will lie perfected, anu pam
laid for the snnihiia;ion Of all kinds OF game.
w. ID. Crow, lately . propristor Of the
Iautoa Ncscs, has purchased halt interest ID
tn Columbia Hotel, and he and John briiilne
win conduct the hotel after 6ornans ieaSe
expires in July.
+ and = A. Torrance have recently buifi
tbree or four new houses IN Guernsey anu
Stronrs addition, and are now Offering mem
for r,n.. This will no doubt be prohtao'e
investment
CA Limdy, of Pataha City, was IN town
Tbrrsdav with deeds from A. j. tAvor ana
wife and w. ". Rissby 70 the fataha A,ii
and Plume Company, conveying the town '''e
of Pataha City. :,
M.ssrs Ostra.der L Cro-bey haye purchase
~ 49,, N-,,s Of Palmer & Grow, and VIII
;ssu. g tier tirs. paper April %, 1881; We ex-
80 "a s,e the Ecrs much improved as lhese
Gentlemen are men OF aDiiity.
Duseuberry Stencil have cash by. anu
sbonld YOU enter their store you wouid nAeN
syyer;ence \ temporary alteration of the
- for vo;, would imagine you were IN some
Iar-e city. They dout do thing by halves.
The work of grading and draining Mam
street is being rapidly pushed to compie.ioh'
and soon the stain that has rested on Day.nn
s. name on account Of her muddy MAIN
str,et aad poor cross walks VIII be removed
ItJoots had tc see one minister attack an
,,her IN his pulpit on questions upon wh'en
~. mot eminent theoloSists fad to ASree-
Snch as tha. only causes ill-feelins anil dissen-
-, In , oommunity, and can never WORK any
good
u.- browns new cab, McCauleys ne"
,,-.y Dick. Learns new stable, and the n<riy
,..;rsed md grained fronts Of Messra NC,
f1,rv H.rrss and others, are All esidences OF
,h,;ft .nd prosperity, and at DaJtoos IN
creasins greatness.
o,r hotel keeper Is cougratulatins hiIsen
over the fact Of the Espinosa Concert Som. J.
n.ny's not having come here. he nys tnIs u
rr.o.H have been inst his luck = have nza =,
them . dip n withsut paying the,r hossi un:
;n<x a - otbefs hsve done Who wee n9t
a. -.rt =. thev. This l. one at the evils
, 1881-04-09
,1yK E.d. h,s made that proposed

Aztec E.ds has made that proposed
Of ths Columbia bar, he
will likely recommend . ship railssy
from Olympia, at the head OF the Sound,
to Portl.nd, as the cheapest and surest
vay for the latter city to have uninser-
rupted ship navigation II would bs
.omeshat expensive, but Portland Is .
CITY of such great commercial importance
that she can we'll afford the trifiing outlay
Of hundred million OF 50.
, 1881-04-09
5 may with safety rely upon.

A AGnSr.-Various points around Seattle
have in times past been the burial place Tor
the savage tribes which have gradually
melted away, until but a remnant remains.
Every now and then, IN making improve
ments, workmen unearth bones Of departed
braves, with their implements OF warfare
On Monday men were engaged IN grading
Mrs. Aliens lots, South Seattle, very near
the house-an old structure which has been
standing, perhaps, for fifteen years. Under
the pathway they came upon an Indian
canoe. which, as they exhumed ii, crumbled
to pieces-so long had it laid buried in the
earth. In the capoe they found the bones OF
an Indian which had been wrapped in .
cedar bark blanket They were a enor-
mou. size and their dusky possessor. when
he axoke the echoes Of the nsighboring
shores with his warhoop. must have stood
considerably more than six feet high. With
The bones were fond . stone h.sehet and =
pe.tle. both showing great care IN the max
ing. There il no telling how long slnce the
burial took plaoe-evidentiy fifty OF more
yeay.-PoF.
, 1881-04-09

TIE HEyorHoy.-The henophon, which
the London Telegraph learns. il N illinois
invention designed to spPly electricity V
hatching purposes, whereby q trussuossAy
barnyard fowl may be enabled 70 hsass -
indefinite number Of brood BY oeeupyisG .
central nest 10 which others are attached -
electric wire, does not in its vise sPiaios
.dmit Of general use with profitable rsssls.
at IS too powerful complains the Losd0a
journal. Not only does Il hatch IL the
chicks latent in tho real egg. but il scts
With some yigor upon the China limitations
placed in the ecentra1nest ndslasive stimulss6
TO incubation that every now and the o.
Of these Counterfeit prsssatssau6 = toen1
to produce shiny. std. .jointsc chickss vio
glazed e7es. set in 6xed stare, and eeh.
texture, rendering it altogether sseasabss.
Tim Illinois nan must Try again.
, 1881-04-09

Then AND Nor.LIhe English Bihls
Revision Committee reported - sbOst to
sue sundry papers for publishing extrss6
from the revised Word, "befoee u i
legally put out" Why, the readiag It
thst "Word" in tho newspapefs ~
have been the means Of nsinS . sssl
The Man Of Nazareth never StOod Ost
for his legal rights in that manner.
, 1881-04-09

We have received . letter for publ
cation from a gentleman living ness thb
city, concerning the Mitehell-Scott con-
troveny, which indicates . gsnsra' sssl'
ing Of respect for the Sen.sor among our
people. The writer il . Democrat, but
ike all liberal minded member ct tAst
party he believes in giving credit to de-
serving ones irrespective OF psrty.-
Mounfn;reeY.
, 1881-04-09

THghrruEr OF WasnrNaroN,
County Of Whitman.
EprroE STATESMAN

EpIroE STATESMAN.
We, the undersignsd citizens of Ains~osh
Whitman county. Washingtoa eenitoey,
having been duly summoned BY =. d. Lay;
a Justice Of the peace for the above menf1sosd
town, to inauirs into the cause of tie &saeh
OF the body before IA. We find tAae ths
name Of the deceased is Alonso nabb. b citS
zen Of the town Of Ainsworth, Whitaan
county, V. T.. and came to his death b .
knit. iu the hands Of Richard Osborne. a6As
BLACK Dick, On the 26th day of Mach,
1851, at about J r. NJ, in Hills saAsoon,
without any just cause or provoeatiOa whas.
ever. and after hearing the evidence q ~
the witnesses we lind it Was \ cold hlooded
and cowarily murder by stabhiae u "
hack with an 6 inch double edged knife By
the aforesaid Richard Osborne alas Hack
Dick.
I. RoIERrS, Foreman, WALTER NcLEop.
W. ". SrRAGrE, Sec, q. X. NUScHrsrZI,
CoRNEIIrs Mick. r. Z SNrTH.
V ID. LAY, Justice Of ths Psace,
Acting Coroner.
, 1881-04-09

-OBsrRrcrISG .SrREaNs,-The supreme
Cour, Of Iowa has decided that mill
owner vino builds dam shall make it
possible for fish to go up stream for
spawning purposes, and that mill owner
who Acquires a right 20 water power shall
protect the fisher! interests Of the State.
, 1881-04-09

Carr PoyDs.-Gen Grover has ordered
some carp from California, and intends
stocking the Garrison pond with this delici.
GUS fish. Or. Il. b. Corcoran has been sp-
pointed by the General as piscatorial Cover
nor General of the carp pond. Mr.. Maiers,
residing near the race track also contemplA'
tes stocking the Spring Branch with the
same fish, and in view Of this he has unssen
to the Fish Commissioner at Washingtoe Tor
lot Of carr. We would suggest that othsn
who have tine streams passing through thsif
property, follow the example OF these entef'
prising and public spiritel gentlemen. he
carp as an article Of food is unexcelled. and
is considered among epicures to Be g.ess
deIieaey. If our wealthy citizens would o.
" take hold of this matter-in stocking oar
streams with 6sh-and cur beautiful noun
tains and valleys with game-it would only
be few years hence when Eastern Wen.
ingtou aud Oregon would be the Meccs OF
Of many eastern tourists and sPortsmsn. -
il time that ve shonld stir ~ In thee nat
tcrs, As our sister States and Territories 9s
making great eXertioas to introduce I'll kisds
OF game and tish within their bounds.