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A VALUABLE Book. Mr.. Os

A VALUABLE Book. Mr.. Os
car Arroyo, Assistant Secretary
of State has just published a book
Of Sc pages called "The Louisiana
State Register comprising an
historical sketch and statistical
account of Louisiana from its ear
lest settlement as a territory
down to its present period as a
State, together with an accurate
list of all the State and Parish
officers"
Noman is more capable OF compil
ing such a book as the Author be
cause he has been employed about
tho Government during his whole
life. The book will be valuable
to every public as well as every
bpsiuess man. The Typography
is beautiful the work having been
done at the Democrats Office, and
is evidence Of the ability Of south
ern printers to execute any work
III a style that Yi!i be credltablt
and suffering nothing by compar
isons with presses in Other portions
of the world.
1t is a misfortune that more
care was not taken in proof com
piling On toIlo 7 one is made tt
believe that New Orleans was SCI
tied ia 1877. On folio ~ the
names OF Winchester, O'Sullivan
Ellis. Earhart, and Merchant ar.
terribly mixed and net one o
them is left at home with his Wifi
and children.
The Book is valuable an'
should be on the table on ever,
one interested in the history o
the State.
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Tie Editor Of tho Baton
Rouge Advocate has been caught
telling a story about an Earth
quake, so that he feels very bad
about il.
What makes the matter Sc sor
lowtul is, that it las been circnla
ted IN Texas where such things
arenot tolerated, and now the AID
vocnte man can never emigratc to
Texas with SUCK a record as that
ahead of him.
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before without seeing your article
but from hearsay oi It's ierGs, +
and | think when you look Into
the matter you will agree that
the remedy is in the Legislature
not exceeding its revenue aud in
providing For an earlier collection
of ts revenues.
For 1851 Say the assessment
should 176, 000, O0Oa levy on one
mill f r General Fund will yle,u'
say
Gross 100000
Less 20 90 for
Errors and Delinquency $4,000
From Taxes 40, 900. 90
From Licenses 225, OvU. 90
Total Revenue 1865. $4,000
Est. Expenditures so, 10000
D cit S2O4. 200. 90
The Liceust law was 4nite a
future and instead Of ~vir!aing
$4oC,OtH.0o ,;.r veal w''I npt pro
baby exceed S-Aut. vuo.uU he,.ca
you vii, h.re "a. :. .ib,.d;
estimate III ten@.,a
have vE,.eavc..us! 10 establish
fair and equitable rules tof the
Treasury, and to carry them oat
impartiaiiy and in this effort I
shall hope to have the co OPERA
ton and approval OF Major Grisa-
more.
am Fery Respectfully,
! T.. A. BURKE,
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Haunted We.

4 Workingman says: debt,
poverty aud suffering haunted me
10. years, caused by a sick family
aud large bills tor d%octoring,
which did no good. l was complete
dis coaraged until Que year ago,
s:,y tho advice OF my pastor, 1 pro
cured Hop Bitters and commeu
ced their use. and in QUO month
VIZ were all we'll, aud none of US
have 6een sick u day since; an 1
I want to sag to all poor men.
YOU. Can keep your families we'll Il
gear with Hop R,tters for less
than QUE doctors visit will cost"
--Mrist;on Advocate. q
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Persons having Rice, Pota
toes, Onions, Eggs, Honey. Tai
low, Bceswax, Hides, Wool, Moss
Poultry, Sugar, Mclasses Sc,
can find no more accommodating
merchants, than Messrs. Barke,
= SEWN ll9 Decatur st. New On
Jeans to whom to ship such pro
ducts.
They are both natives IF LA
fourche, enterprising young men,
full Of energy, honest anl tai,
dealers, and should receive the
support Of their friends and the
people Of the Parish.
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Some Of our moou-gazcrs sat up
til! near midnight last Sunday
night to see the eclipse Of the
moon, and went to sleep just be
tore the eclipse took place; this
reminds Us OF the young MAJ who
went to new New Orleans yearly
for nine consecutive years, to see
the Mardiyras exhibition, aud he
has net seen it yet, for he slept
st. Landry Democrat.
1t has been ont impression,
foI a long time, that Qpelousas
was inhabited by sleepy headed
people, bnt We didn't like to say
SO, right out IN school.
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The plan specified in the States
has the objection that the creditor
is left i'll ignorance Of how much
has to be paid before his war
rant will be taken up. In the
plan we suggest, the Treasurer
could publish once a week that
money is on hand to pay warrants
to a specified number, SO that the
holder ofan unpaid warrant can
always see how far he is behind
aud calculate within a reasonable
date of its payment in full.
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CNQUEST1ONAHLE.

The Herald, Detroit, Mich.
says OF WARMERS Safe Liver and
Kidney Core: "ItS efficacy in kid
ney, liver, and urinary diseases
is sotully acknowledged that it
is not worth the questioning. Bon
aide testiinonialsirom vel, known
citizens III public and private life
are evidences strong enough TO
convince the most stubborn doubt
err"
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The trip of the st. Mary to
the mouth Of the Latourche was
IL very pleasant one and judging
to:A the humber OF passengers ON
board it was =, profitable one to
the owners of he Boat.
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The fiery sun may cease to
rise. The stars be hiot;ei from
the skies, but the prudent man
will cay u Charter Oak Stove.
with the new Clay ssewpans at
.A.isamnre's Stove Depns, and
make his wife happy.
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IS. L. G,isamore has trace
chaius, l'iow shares, pillow handles
pillow beams, names, single trees
double trees, b%ackbands, piows,
spades and shoyels for sale.
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Nov 4hst Digs aud peaches
xI seoa Do ripe. every bo'iy
>a5a,4 ,archase selt seating caus
s..J !,..,;lisa mu.css Stove depot
:. ...1 ~ preserves ~. tLe Eail
sod N,iAier SeasOn.
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Our exchanges will notice
advertisement TOR sale of a h,e
Enstue Ii auotEer column.
It's IS Il good Engine and sold
Ter NC teults.
/. would be very useful in a
snail village OF town, and Can be
bought cheap.
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Gray hairs prevented, dan
aruT removed, the s,;&lp cleaused.
and the hair ma;ta 20 grow thick
by the use OF Halls Vegetable 81
cilinu Fair rsuever.
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AGENTS AND CANVAssERs.-
Make from $25 10 $50 per
week selling goods for E. q.
NlDEOUT s. CO.. 10 Baiclay
Street, New York. Send tor thci:
Catalogue and terms.
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BY reference 70 the advertise
men. 10 another part OF this pa
per it viii DC seen that Mr.. Geo.
w. S1nires, las been appointed
agent for three reliable aud
5taurch.Tire Insurance Companies
and .nill take RISK At lowest rates.
."G;rc him a caMn
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IS. I. GIisamore has a large
assortment ct lamps for sugar
uooses. churches dwellings,, &c
also, chlmuies, Lanterns, Lamp
wick, ref1ectors and shades.
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Editorial Items.

The Volinic Hcll Co. Mar
shall, Mich. Will send their cclebra
ted r;lectro-vo..aic Belts to the afflicted
upon 81 days trial. Speedy cures gnaran-
'tt~A. They nlcan what they ray. Write to
:hcm without delay.
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One good i'an'i Fire En- 4ginc capable of
WATER ever $50 teet.
Soi': hranse i1so&Beto have purchased
n Steam Fire Engine.
For terms aud particulars, apply TO
W. C. Raglan.
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COPARTNERSHVP.

nRS. BOURGEOIS AND DANSEREAU,
II have associated themselves tor the
practice Of medicine and surgery. e
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THE STATE or LOUISIANA.

2s.i. Ward %lnst:ce Cou,t of l.. p. Caillouet,
%paFist. Of LafoaEene.
Frank Hoffman, Us. No. g Walker A.
Gilbert.
Know all men, That acting uader and by
virtue of il writ OF Eieri Faclas to me direct
ed by the above entitled Court in the above
entitled aud numbered suit, uDder date of
the 18th, june instant, l have seized and
takeI into my possession aud will FEeeae!
to sell at public auction aceordiI. 10 law,
On Saturday the Oh, Gay Of July 1881 be
tween tha hours Of II o'clock A. NJ. aud
4 o'clock 2. n, al ,khe Court House door in
the town Thibod:tux Parish aud State alore
SAID, the following described property, 20
wit :.
One hay Mare.
Tcsms,cfS Sale Cash ON the epot in Uni
ted States Treasury Notes to pay and satis
IL :ue claim hrrein.
II. W. FROST, Constable.
end, Ward. Parish Of Llfourcbe.
T~hibodaux, LA. June o5th, 1881.
SUCCESSION OF ULCER BADEAUx.
NO. $50 PROBATES.
Twentieth 'JrIieis. District Court
NTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
- Lafourche. - hereas Mrs. Amelia
Chsrpentier widow Of deceased, administra
trix Of said succession has this day render
ed a FINAL account Of her administration
and praying the bomologation Of the same.
Now. therefore, the parties interested are
hereby notified to produce in this office,
within ten days following the publication
of the present notice, such objections as
may have against the bomologatlon of
said account. otherwise tue same >hall he
approved and homologated according to
law
<~~) Witness my hand and the i'm
LIS. press Of The seal of my Office, this
(~) 18th. day Of June a. u. 1881.
= j w KNOBLOCK, Clerk.
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BAD, Ward %lnstt:He conIt Of L. p. Cailloae
HaFisa. of Lafoasene.
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The pro rata plan was adopted
to correct evils and to place the
creditor Of Lafourche on the same
basis as the creditor Of Orleans,
and so far I have heard no com
plant except from those who rel
der service and teel that the State
should pay promptly aud in full.
TO Illustrate tie working Of the
Office, takethe paymentsnow being
made. The funds collected from
Licenses for 1881 was sufficient
to pay ] of the General Fund
Warrants, public notice was there
fore given that 331l3 per cent of
the General Fund Constitutional
Warrants of 1881 will be paid on
presentation provided warrants
are presented approximating in
amount the pro rata share due.
Every officer or creditor of the
State shares alike and as the dis
tributive payments are ;ully six.
ty days apart officers in distant
parishes can send Their warrants
and receive au Equal Share OF the
funds.
Sometimes there is a hardship
in the case by a party holding but
one warrant, because under the
Law the Treasurer mnst have the
Warrant as a voucher
for all payments, hence he cannot
stamp the amount of pro rata AZ
paid and let the owner hold his
Warrant! Ihavo written hastily
on the cars, and as / remarked
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WY " Wv AililI1oAc lDht
who forms the iron fence.
Now, if the Treasurer will take
the warrants due all persons to
whom the State may be indebted.
commeneing OF the first day of
Jaly next, when presented, and
there is no funds to pay them.
aud endorse thereon tJuly 1881.
No l, 2,3, aud so on until all
July warrants are presented, and
then DO the same for August, Sep
TENDER and each Subsequent
month, and then when there will
be many to pay July warrants. to
commences By paying No 1913
and so on, before the Ides of
December come around the ring
around the Treasury will be bro
ken up and every creditor will
stand ON ain equal footing, and
have an equal change Of getting
his pay in full.
Creditors dc not grrmble be
cause they haze towait for their
money, but because they never
Can be paid un!esstheir warrants
60 through the pitchy fingers of
tue bIohtrs, whose sole aim in
life is 10 Cry down State credit
aud Keen it down
Let the holder OF the Warrant
know that by holding his paper
he will in his regular turn receive
his il,y iufuii ADD he will be salts
fed
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- - - alHIassaH
BELLAIRE.

A drawing Of Cummins' Addition to
North Bellaire Is on exhibition a. the
hardware store oI Cummins 4 Walters.
A petition is being circulated among
the dry goods merchants OF this city by
II. 4 ]. Blum, asking that the merchants
Close their places Of business ut ak o'clock.
1t Is reported that The county scat ques.
tion comes up In the Legislature this
week, and that ST CIairsville las her lob.
bies busy vt work, while this city sleeps
on in peace, and does not let the question
trouble 1t.
Mr.. Howard, OF Springfield, Ohio, was
in the city yesterday, looking mp the in.
terests Of tho Anti.LiquOr Alliance oil
| this State.
Rsbt Mason was before the Mayor yes.
terdaY, for drunkOnneRs, and received the
usual sentence. 81 and costs
The Melrose Variety Company vii show
ct Martins Ferry on Saturday evening,
January 8th.
Council met last night.
The funeral Of Mrs. Margaret Wagner
will take place from tho residence oI her
husband, In tho Fourth ward, tomorrow
at one o'clock r NJ
Mrs. Wagner hsA been an invalid Tor
several years Last summer, on the advice
Of her physiciAns, her husband took her
to visit her old home In Germany. While
there in the uniform climate Of the old
country she was not troubled with sick
ness, but upon her return the influence oil
our climate again stretched her upon a
sick bed. Sho died on Monday afternoon.
Most OF the creditors Of the .. 4 $. W.
K. Il. have accepted the % per cent ol
their claims Offered them by the company.
Mcssrs. Cochran aud Wallace have
taken charge Of tho cooper shop and are
making some needed repaitp.
We were In error yesterday In saying
that the gross receipts Of the Disciples
concert were $50 80 1t was 500 %.
RobertJ. BntdOtte, editor Of (he Bar.
liMOiOn Hdwksye was III the city yesterday
Miss Mary Ebbets, Of the Second ward
died on yesterday morning att NJ. The
funeral will taka place from st. Johns
Catholic Church this morning At 10 A. NJ
F. X, q, +,
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From Hrs. ChFIAtlnnCy 10 GirO-The
LAdy'a Explanation Of tho way They
lnIna In hN MFltten.

From Mrs. ChFlAtInnCy 10 GIrO-ThR
LAIy'a Explanation Of tho way Thty
Came 10 bc written.
WAsutSoroy. Januarv 4-The local
80 49, -. ',,,,,i.h.J ..',o. -
p'psrs 'u'S nl'rh'us p"D,'sneu' "',ue' a },
New York telegraph heading, a series oil
letters purporting to have been written
last snrinv and summer bv Mira Chris.
-. eiam,..I C,i.a ,.hoaa $50 +,
''Aucy " ENe'pe'' u'!o, "hoSe n"u.0 10
coupled with hers In Minister christian
Cy's divorce proceedings. These letters
aro NJ n vary loviuv chsrac,or and contain
~ " w .i.t. sI..,,as,.,' , t,...s,,i
numerous appea'Sto ulfo ~ cothe ."twa'u
and testify Tor her protection against the
charges made by Mr.. Christiancy's counsel
In ,o,a,h IN their c,levod imn,onsr inf.
:" 'eh"'N " ''' 's'N
macy
Accompanying these letters arc also
several written 10 a Mr.. jackson, whom
0ho imrloras as n tr,ord NJ G;ro IN sxsrt
H. ~ ~ m ansncn IN indnTs din n co,re tor.
u,o ~SrI , and ali tbe woman hs ind M Com coTnTo. m,
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sgainst one Of the very worst mopopo'
lies in the country. Under the decision
Of the Court any railroad, il it seeks to
do 20, can operate its own sleepers, the
result OF which will, doubtless, be that
in the near future all the principal rail-
ways will own and operate their own
sleepers, and the sharp competition be.
tween them will insure the very best and
latest improved cars and reasonable rates
for accommodations OF that kind.
The opinion concludes as follows; We
decline to grant this motion, first because
upon the character OF the evidence fur.
nished we are not prepared to determine
the extent or validity OF Complainants
patent or their infringement; second-be.
cause there is, In our judgment, no case
presented oil such threatened immediate
and irreparable damage as would warrant
US in depriying the defendant, before
final hearing, OF the use OF the cars It has
built; and third, because, in the judgment
oil tho Court, whatever damages the COM
pIainants may suffer between the filing OF
this bill and q final decree, may easily be
asCeTtaiped upon reference, for which
damages, when determined, defendants
company is Abundanty responsible,
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Gold and SIIvrr srnlI.lIe..

SAN FRANCsoo, January 4.-WeIls Far.
go 4 Co.'s annual report Of precious met.
ais produced west Of the Missouri river,
including British Columbia, and the re.
Ceipts In San Francisco by express from
the west coast Of Mexico, aggregate: gold,
$S3 ,592, 1897 silver, $4O,O05, ,s04; lead, $5,.
752, ,S9Oi copper, $500, 900. Colorado leads
with total Of 1881 $50; California,
SIS 276, 1885, Nevada, $l5,OSl, ,l56; Utah,
81, ,450, ,053i Arizona, $i,472.47 1u com.
psrison with the produclS OF 1870, Cali.
iornia shows an increase In gold nj S579,.
$40, and decrease In silver OF $500, 1873.
Nevada shows a total falling off Of $685.
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GAIL GOMEZ.
His Rand OF Indians Surrounded and
Captured by Major IgIeh'TFOOps.

ShPtuHea " AAIoE ABAeA AEVopA'
ST, PAUL, MINI, January fat a late
hour at night, General Breck, Adiutant Of
the Department OF Dakota, received the
following telegram from Major IRlss;
OAMr, POPLAR RIVER, January 9,
via FIT, BUEoRD, JanuaEyS !
To AtsiStaat Adjutanl General Brsck;
After my talk with the Indiana on the
3lst Of December, which led me to believe
them to be sincere, they through the Chief
0t the Crows, sent me yesterday the very
impertiHent message that they wouldn't
move, and would fight me II moved against
them, To-day surrounded their camp,
shelled them and compelled their suETen.
der, killed one, wounded two and loat
no soldiers.
lhaye now at the agency about three hun.
dred hostiles, and about three hundred
horses and forty guns. They threatened
to fight, butshowed none. They deserted
their village, Iburned up about sixty OF
their lodges, which will hurt them badly.
will start at daylight alter the hostiles
who have gone to the YanktoniSS camp,
about twelve miles distant, The Yank.
tomas, by six oil their principal men, as.
sisted me to-day, aud were OF great help,
and will give them some ponies, have
Gall as prisoner and will have the Grow
tomorrow, These people are In great dis.
lrPSS for want Of food, and will do wha,
| can for them. The Thermometer is 30'
below zero. IGLEs,
Major Fifth Infantry.
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MONTREAL, CAN, January 4.-The Ga.
selte this morning. commenting on the re.
cent resolution Of the American Congress
to appoint commissioners to inquire into
the advlsability Of reopening the question
ot reciprocity between the United States
and Canada, approves oil the commission,
but does not think the Government Of
this country will agree to the admission
Of American manufactures free OF duty on
any terms that would not also be offered
to. Great Britain. 1t says that protection
has shown itself to be Of great benefit 10
Canada, and will not likely be abandoned.
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PHILADELPHIA, January IA lad
named John B. Evans, 10 yeats old, was
fatally stabbed last night At Fourth and
Redwood, by NJ. Dott, aged "A. Dori had
been sent to the bakery ior bread and
was accosIed on The street corner by Evanu,
who struck him In the lace and Knocked
him In the gutter.
Dofi says he struck Evans In self De.
Tense, but denies that he used a knife.
When Evans was struck he ran In drug
store, but dropped OIL the theshold. All
examination of the wound showed that
pocketkniie had severed an artery above
the breaet bone. Doil says that Evans
invariably tormenLed him when he met
him on the street.