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Police Jury Proceedings

MONDAY, January 9th 1882.
The Police Jury of said State
and parish met this day at the
Court House pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Were present Howard Hof-
pauir, Esq, President, and the
following named members, VIZ :
Messrs. Broussard, Primeaux,
Nunez, Thibeaux, Traban and
V~anslyke.
The minutes of last meeting
were read and approved.
MI. Primeaux presented a petit.
ton from the citizens and land
owners of the LIST Police Jury ward
asking that a change be made on
the public road leading to the
Iberia parish line in the Sd Road
District, the same was read and
considered.
On motion of Mr.. Primeaux.
Art. LIST Resolved, that E. Mon.
tagne, jr., Parish Surveyor, be.
and he is hereby authorized and
appointed to trace, survey and lay
of the public road mentioned in
the petition above referred to,
provided he does so free of cost to
the parish, provided, also, that
the owners of the lands on whose
lands said contemplated road may
pass, shall make a donation of the
necessary width of land for said
road which donation shall be made
by Notarial act in due form of
law, in case said road is changed
and accepted by this body.
Mr. Sevenne Primeaux being
present agreed and consented in
case said road is changed, not to
remove the bridge built on the
present road on his land without
giving six months previous notice
to this body Of his intention Of SO
doing.
On motion of Mr.. Broussard.
Art. I'd Resolved, that the re-
port Of the jury Of freeholders ap
pointed by Art. 4th adopted Apri.
9Th 1880, to trace and lay off g
public road from the foot of thu
Bridge at Abbeville, north end tt
the Lafayette parish line, in the
4th ward and 10th road district
of this parish, be published in the
official journal for pnblic informa
ton ; that the road therein men
toned as traced and laid off, b.
and the same is hereby declared
to be q public road to all inten'
and purposes.
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JUST OUT.
GREAT BOOK
OF THE WAR.

Advance and Retreat.
Personal Experiences in the
Unitel States and Confeder.
ate States Armies
BY Gen. j. b. HOOD,
Late Lieutenant General Confed.
crate States Army, published for
THE HOOD FL MEM
DRILL FUND
BY
Gen. G. r.
NEW ORLEANS, 1880.
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PUBLIC ROAD IN THE 4TH POLICE
JURY WARD,

JURY WARD.
Report Of Jury of Freeholders.
The undersigned appointed by
your Hon. Body to trace andlay
off a public road in the 10th and
18th road districts from Able
vile to the parish of Lafayette,
beg leave to report as follows !:
Starting from the bridge on the
bayon Vermilion at Abbeville,
running west between the lands Of
Desire Leblanc and of David
Frank, then north between those
of the said Desire Leblanc and
those of DR.. VIM. G.. Kibbe, run
ming still north crossing the land
of Desire Leblanc /; then west on
the land of Boniface Bigat until
it ~intersccts the the public road
given by the Primeaux ; running
north on the land of said Boniface
Bigat and those of the Primeaux
and Mrs Evariste Dartez ; west
between the lands Of Mrs Evariste
Dartez and those OF Mrs. John B.
T'heall ; same direction between
the lands of Frank Wall and
those of Capt. Bernard, Olivier
Blanchet, Albert Laborde, FERGUS
Lege: and Frank Wall ; same di.
rection at twenty arpents from
the bayou Vermilion, crossing the
lands of Mrs. Frank Conner, pass
ing between the lands of Capt.
Muci and those of Frank Wall and
Francois Marceaux, and crossing
the lands of John Conner ; Des.
panel Lege, John Conner and W.
F. Area ; passing between the
lands of W. F. Area and those OF
W. r. Richardson ; between the
lands Of Mrs. Paul Toups and W.
r. Richardson between the lands
Of Oneal Lege and those Of the
Broussard /; crossing the lands Of
Francis PaIombe, Belisaire Levy
and Melanie T%ouchet, running
northeast between concession
lands and those of Willie White
in the same direction until ii
strikes the lines that separate the
lands of Elise Touchet and those
Of F. D. Lege, Arena Lege and
Zeolin dormant crossing north the
lands of John Conner until il
strikes the road now travelled
and passing on lands unknown
until it comes to the lands OIL
Valarien Dartez leaving his irst
tract on the east and his second
tract on the west which join I'm.
known lands i; leaving the land
of the said Valarien Dartez, run
ming northwest on other lands be
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n0f Great chance to make
money. Those who take
advantage of the good
chances for making o
UO1W0ey that are offered, gone
rally become wealthy, while those " no
do not improve such chances remain in
poverty. We want many men, women,
boys and girls to work fol- us right IN
their localities. Any n can do the
work properly from the start. The bu-
siness will pay more than ten times or
binary wages. Expensive outfit FUR
nished free. No one who engages fails
to make money rapidly. You can de-
vote your whole time to the work, or
only your spare moments. Full infor-
nation and all that is needed sent free.
Address ST1NsoN g. Co., Portland, Me.
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All Vant !

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young, and it contains o.d .ad
and comprehensive summ,. lella0ls
the importent news. Nll
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.
q l.eao, Ess,
7. n I W.
B. GurrY. - lsies ~ 8
70 tespsre as1 pablish - aadles1 . ~
| %, Il - MY.
~ Wet Ds'osssl: IL Isslh
WilIinme. of Fer Ogden, not long ninoe
fouhd On Chariosss Hafbor he skeletOn
Of IN lndisu, Vii tllles .bsadsa IN
his frame lying beside him were his rife
barrel, the stork kavine r6ttsd, and
twentysix glass beads"
1.-The s5ask Florida r r car shops
have turned oat two Aata and one box car
in the last two weeks. and nov have sew
eral others well advanced. The passenger
cOach is nearly completed, and Fonld have
been done sOme lime since, bat she nork-
men were compelled to wait for material
-SUy0rd Jos1a6k
Orange City NesOs says: D. g.
Bradshaw, aged 10 years, was married .
few weeks ago, in the north end Of the
county, to MrA Coleman, Fascinating
young widow, formerly of Orange county.
This happy event took place just four
weeks after the death Of the gFOomss Grst
wife, and he is now as happy ~ if he were
lust blooming into manhood"
Judge II. L Mitchell and Col s. n.
Sparkman while in Key West entered
into an arrangement with parties there to
Purchaseland on one Of the oatly ring Keys,
for the purpose of starting cOcoanut
plantation. There is ~ much excitement
in Key West on the subject of cocoanuts
as there is in South Florida over the or
ange business. - SstsLGnd 1ri64ne
-TitusviIle Star, January e5th: One
year ago to-day our county warrants went
begging for purchaser at from twenty
FIVE TO thirty cents on the dollar. Now
the much despised old scrip is worth from
seventy-6ve TO eighty cents on the dollar,
with probability that by another yearit
will command ninety cents. This indi-
Gates healthy financial condition in the
future.
"A few days since, as some of the men
in the employ of Mr.. B. Genovar we're at
work near the ST. Sebastian river, close By
bis orange grove, they saw three men
with cart and derrick come out of the
pine woods at the west side of the river,
and approaching the bank, on the land OF
J. +. Whitney, Esq, proceed to erect
the derrick and lift from an excavation
they had made some apparently heavy OBJ
ject, place it in the cart, and disappear as
mysteriousIy as they came. The distance
from which the observation was made pre-
vented those who saw it from deterrnin-
ing the character of the object removed.
1t appeared, however, to be very heavy,
and gives rise to many cOnjectures as to
what it might have contained; whether
it was buried treasure or the evidence
of some dark crime. The spot is lonely
one, well fitted to have been the scene of
tragedy, or to have been selected to Sc
crete a treasure.-.&. AM9ustine Press,
Jan. 6.
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Many miserable people drag themselves about
with failing strength, feeling tina, they are
steadily sinkingdnio their graves. when by using
Parktr's Ginger Tonic they would find cure
commencing with the first dose, and vitality and
strength quickly and surely coming back to
Them
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PERRY, GA. April IA, 1879
have watched the use of the medicine now
known as 'Swift's Syphilite Specific" over ffty
yerr, and have never heard Of failure to cure when
properly taken. i commenced the use nf il ON MY
Of nv neghbors. and In every that came within
my knowledge IL effected q In 1885 George
Walker bought at auction a sidse not drrd,ited After
the purchase 1t was discovered that he had had
Syphilis for twelve years. His head was without
hair on n. He treated him With this remedy; and
In four weeks he was sound and WE'LL and in a short
time he had as fine bead Of hair ever owned
BY negro He owned this slave many years, and
never had any return of the disease lost day s
work. H. L. DENMARK.
Price of regular size reduced to $I75 per bottle;
small size g.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietor,
Atlanta Ga.
For sale by NJ. Lively, Wholesale Agent, TaIlsbas-
see Fla Feb. Tim
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NOTICE

A IL PERSONS WHO HAVE ANY DENANDs
IA against the estate Of JOha d. DEnneA. A1e =
administrator; -nd all creditors. l9Kztsea, as4 -.
sons entitled 10 distribution In and % The estats
the said John u. Branch, deceased Are hereby no0-
tied that their cl inns and demmnds xiii be barFud q
the expiration Of Two years fFUm TIE Grat puolluG
tion of this notice unless exhibited % the 1n1n-
signed, administrator ~ said estate
d. W. GWYNN, Admlnlstntor.
January Is, I882-8w-40z7
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u E88
St. JOhns and halifax RnEtwny O.
TTNDER AND BIT vIRTUR o. An aeF ~
~ the Legislature 81 she 8kaIs q FnriN. -.
titled An Act to Provide G@s<nnl Law ~ -
Incorporates Of Rniirnmds and Cnmnlnm - -
proved February - 1874, noEiea h herehg RiBnn -
required iy sid acf, thai . eoiupmmT - -
formed uncer the naale o. The O. SohnH amk IA
fax Railway COMPANY, 70 be lnvnaen MIA Il -
rights, p0Wsrz, privileges and fzncAInu -
ferred upon comp4uie formed uIua1 sd - -
acts ameDdatoTy thereto. for ghs parPuss 4 e.
struetng. maintslning and operaling nllr1ai -
public nee ID The conFey11es 81 Fexssls I'D -.
erty- The said railroad 20 BE .boi4 foEly aus -
IN length, and 20 be constrncted frum kollestuua
IN Putnam county, On the 81 $o1nl riEef. q 3
point on the HalifAx river, IN FolIl.ia cDuulI, -
New Britain, passing thr0agh OF lnto he e1un1im
OF Putnam, 81 Johns and Folasis
q J. WzTTE- Saa Mzlen, Pa
eTDEKT / WAuW WushinKtoa D G
W. B BAKxEFT. Jaeks0uxfne, IA
December % ls8l-Sm
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Notice of incorporation.

DY AUTHORITY or AN ACT d. THE LEGR-
ID lature Of the State Of Florida, snsiGled -An Ae
to Provide General Law TOR The 1neurpou6lnm q
Railroads and C&nals, approved kcbrusy "a lgk
notice Is hereby given, required b SID &C. thnf
company has been fDrme1, and their Grticlm q
association duly flied, under the IsEme q ne b.
JOHNS AND SUZANNE RAILROAD :CpmRAHx % BE-
invested with all the rights, powerA privilegm mi
franchises conferred upon companle1 Formed un4m
said act, for the pnrpose Of constrErtnE. mantMl4
ing and operating Eaiirosd for Fnhlie ne IN ~
conveyance Of persons and property. rhs Hns q
said road Is % be about sixty miles ia lslgh a1d
TO be constructed fFs.m the toWE e 4elrn1a, y
AlachuA county, ct The terminus Of The Gres1 CcgD
Spring and Melrose Railroad, thrBse Wesxgnrelgo -
Gainesville, aud thence On Uestg9nsly % the -
Usnnee river, at near 81 KenninC. % paAs thTu1
the county OF Al3chaa, and, II reed be, n pE4
through the county Of Levy.
Az FOGRLBACH,
r B. CANOTA
SHREFR ACKLkY
THEODORET, WURn
ROBERT W. BAVI8
tncoporu1u2
December Is. IssI-sm
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NOTICE.

A LII CREDITORS, LEGATREa AND PEE
n sons entitled 70 distHbutiua ct he onln1a q
Charles r ChaiFes, late Of the eDuiie % Lsos. -
CEASED are required 70 present tbeIr claims % u
this notice NiIl he plead IL bar q ksIF rsesEey;
and all persons indebted 70 said e6tats WI maks
InyMeal immediately 70 tie execniqrA
SAMUEL ?. CHAIR@
JOHN A. HBkDRRe0N
Ekeeaton, -
Jaunarv q lRS2-6rn =
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATE


DT AUTHORITY o. An ACTW ~ L.
- L1ture % ths e1z1E 81 FIarfaa 49, - ~
% PROVIDE General LMB fnF ia Encurn'u.7-- y
kallroads and Canafa." I'D appr,iaua -
1874. nugice b hsrs1y Kiwe4. m reslmsruH ~ -
that eomp@ny rs b-sa asTMnd Enaw ~ - ~
10 be invested via Al GAs riwnsa p~wum -
aud fr1mehises coafesru1 npon enmpnmsm -
under said at fcr he p1Tpns< II ennulurr11--
ma nlaining and 0psraIinw EMilr1na Or - e..
I'D TIE eonFsyuaee 81 persuna nma pEspmW -
main tDe Of said rzzlFoma wtH D. go -
miles in le1gLh. wiu be eoasEruc1<a 49, -,
- ~ near Charlabo-ae aez. b G4a.dR - II
the waters Of Tie Calf ~ Mexieu. = - -, =
the sOuthe-n boundzry Inc q Enaklin - =
tween Tire eastern sd western hannfurT - -
said franklin cOusiy, I'D 0il pa Lkrun,a Il -
the eounfies Of G2dsd<n, LibeE1y ~ Rn1rFE-'
n q 4AlN2
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lH&mna - L. 49, a - -
togv.
-Carpenters are wanted 81 Sumter.
wills.
Tnapa ovssers are extfa One ~
season.
The tide Of travel 70 Florida a daily
increasing.
Green peas are being shipped from
Lake CITY.
-Foreik A,s. hs.a 49,, ,.o;rs, IN
Sumter county. i
-Pan..col. H.. /. yo.ro Mer,, fs.v;s.
tiau Association
ale acknowledgements adorr many
of on- s,..e exch.noe..
yverr he's ,,,.p, commenced on = nev
steam laundry in Pensacola.
corn DI.nted IN December 4 grow.
inc finely in VoIusia county.
The caDacitv Of PensacoIa,s ice man.
ufactorv il 90 600 mounds \ dav.
Tba mor,.l;tv !, J.ctso,v;Il. for
January il less than for MANY wears Dast
tn F,or;d. oraooe c.oD If tho rr.a.
emf srason !. estimated At over so 600
600.
"A colony of sixty families, from Iowa
and Illinois, is on its way TO Manatee
county.
Mr.. ii. L. Moss, of ST Louis, Will es-
tablish grand experimental garden At
Dunalo DluH-
The County Commissioner OF Bre-
ward county have contracted for the build
"
-Lanos are looking up 10 Mlooie LOT
ldA- twenty acres were recently sofa IN
Jenerson county at eoO per acre.
Some public-spirited ladies of Jack
sOnyille will give a concert for the benefit
of the public library in that city.
The "Ancient CITY /" is determined
to keep up with the times. An artesian
well is the latest enterprise there.
The Monticello Consultation entered
upon its ninth volume last week, As
sprightly and prosperous as ever.
MIR. W. NJ. Ives, Jr., associate editor
of the Lake City Reporter, is the happy
father of twins-a boy and a girl.
-Lahorers are wan,ed at RufFalo RIuF
on the st. Johns river. at work on the
Palatka and Indian River Railroad
t. - $50 -o.o.,, Lila =
SAINT. Ros. county o,et;nnea tho he.m
a, s.o ,orDds and tho o,ber =, os1
Two oil the largest notels al Green
CO'e spring were OurgiArl1eo iasI Anurs-
u~y "isn'' anu '~ise 1"ioun' VI Nio"ey
''O'eo'
N"e "ers are Pu'' ,o,'r 'no"
'Pii"e s'o"'"' ''A'e .ieee A'e ;" iu' U'Oo'
ana plne-aPPieS are irui'lng' ID the inulAn
M nAff's' eui'oi u '''e 0'Ai~ O'"'-
ret naS ie0en'iS purchases nc" oU'n''
ln''uu . OAnPOeh ~ 'nUei press anu 9
"oi"on Jo' Pie'S
Inc Mon''cel'o M T. SUNDAY -scnOOl
is entitled to the " banner tor mission
airy coliections during the past year, nav
ing raised sllo.2o.
Work has not yet been commenced
on the new iron wharf at Key West, for
which $4,000 was appropriated and
which Is to De completed in June.
An additional reward of 81 900 has
been offered by Mr.. IL l. Plant, OF Macon,
Ga, for the apprehension of S. B. Carter,
who murdered Mr.. J. n. Griffin at Or
lando.
Key West Democrat: In this trop-
zeal city, where the thermometer never
goes below 81 degrees, chimneys are sell
dom built. there being only two in this
place OF $4,000 inhabitants.
Our former townsman, Mr.. Geo. F.
Henry, has established tri-weekly hack
line between Sumterville and Leesburg,
and hopes to make it daily If he can Sc
cure q contract to carry the mail
Capt. John 7. Lesley has sold TO
Col. ZibA King, of Fit Ogden, his stock
of cattle south of the Ala6a River. This
sale makes Col King the largest cattle
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The Hfrhen, Rank.

Made from harmless materials, and adapted t.
the needs Of fading and falling hair. Parker'i
Hair Balsam has taken the highest rank as AZ
elegant and reliable hair restorative.
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The Federal troops stationed al
Tampa win shortly give "a entertainment
for the Ladies' Memorial Society. This
i unusual in the south, but shows bet
tsg feeling existing ahSng citizens and
soldiers than did 5sw years ago.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11
Dangerous American Fortunes.
An English Estimate, and a Moderate
One of the Peril OF the Community.
london Spectator


There is evidence forthcoming from America
that fortunes may be accumulated on a scale
OF which Englishmen have little conception
and that when they have accumulated their
Increase may be sought for a motive which is
never quite satiated, the thirst for direct and
indirect influence on affairs. Europeans, even
those who study it, underrate American for
tunes; first, because they think the rich must
spend largely; and secondly, because they as
sumo what is quite fase-that great wealth
must be invested at about four per cent. 1t
may, as American example shows, be invested
by miilionaires, who do not care for rest in
WORK which yields from three times to ten
times that rate. Now, the governing financial
fact about the Vanderbilt railways is that they
are managed to yield, and do yield, steady
10 per cent; and Mr.. Vanderbilt ought, there
fore to be in possession of an income of e.
Vou,eUO year. 1t is not probably, so much,
because part OF his fortune must have been as
timated for probate duty on shares above mar.
but, taking it at only 81 100000, Mr. Wander
eilt, who does not spend unprod uctivelv the
interest Of his dividends, might easily at seven
" Owl @oO,0oV,uoO, yielding an average of s
per cent. None OF MS known rivals, perhaps
could do this; but their sons might, and it ia
quite on the cards that in 1920 the American
Union may possess dozen Capitalists each with
&5oO00,o00 solidly invested yielding incomes
of from e3, 000,00 TO 100000 year. Be it
observed, We do not Include any fresh making
OF money by the millionaires, though they
make it every day, or any calculation about
compound interest, though there is such a
force 10 movement in their favor. We assume
only that they live on the interest of their in
terest--in Mr.. Vanderbilt's case EGO 900 year
and invest the remainder in new railroads,
teleRraDhs and steam lines which they con-
btruct and regulate. The temptation SO to ac-
cumnlate, In country where lazy wealth
Drlngs 80 little enjoyment, while working
wealth brings power, status and celebrity is
great, and the drawbacks to man not afraid
OF occasional threats, are not many. Railway
managers are easily found other stock holders
tahe much work If the millionaire's hands,
ano as against ordinary accident, SO vast an
investment forms its own best insurance. If an
Eng lshman could own 81 per cent of the Mid
land q Great Northern, and appoint any direc-
tor be pleased, his wealth would be fairly Sc
cure; much more secure than if he owned a
wheat growing country in East Anglia. Is
the existence tf fortune of this kind in The
hands Of man whose business in life ia the
acquisition Of power, safe for the communityP
We can not but feel doubt of 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11
A Great Storm Predicted.

The President has received o communication
from Professor e. Stone Wiggin, L L. D.. as
tronomer of the Canadian Finance Depart
ment, of which the following is copy:
OTTAWA. Nov. q, 1882.
To HIS E1cellency, President arthur, President
of the United States, Washington.
MAY IT PLEASE Your ExCBLLENcY: On
the 23d OF September last announced through
the Canadian press that great storm would
occur in March next-that it would first be felt
in the Northern Pacific, would appear in the
Gulf OF Mexico on the night of the 9th, and
being reflected by the Rocky Mountains,
would cross this meridian from the West at
noon of Sunday, March IL, 1883.
No vessel, whatever her dimensions, will be
safe aut of the harbor, and none of small ton
mage can hope TO survive the tidal wave and
fury of this tempest. As the wind will blow
from the Southeast, the planetary force will
be sufficient 10 submerge the lowlands of the
American coast, especially those bordering on
the Gulf of Mexico and washed by the Gulf
Stream, while the air currents for several hun
dred miles along the east side of the Rocky
ic pressure in those regions, will spread uni
versal destruction.
The New England States will also suffer So
verely from the wind and foods No point
outside of harbor, in the whole area of the At
lantic, especially north of the equator, will be
place of safety; for this will be pre-eminent-
ly the greatest storm that has visited this con-
tinent since the days of your illustrious first
President.
In view of this event, therefore, I take the
great liberty Of representing to Your Excellen-
cy the advisability of ordering all United
States ships into safe harbors not later than
the 9th of March, till this storm be passed.