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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
Postmaster GENERAL Gresham has

Postmaster general Gresham has
issued an OF Ger to tie rostmasters
at New York City and New Or
leans, forbidding the payment OF
postal orders drawn to the order of
NJ. A. Dauphin, of the Louisiana
Lottery Company, and directing
the return of all registered letters
sent to the same address, to the
original sendars. It is thought he
will issue similar order to all post
masters in n few days. This yir-
tually dep,ives the Lottery Com
pany of the use of the mails, and
the Postofice Department ceases
to become party to that gamblin.
institution, by carrying and deliv-
ering its correspondence, money.
tickets, etc. This is as it should
be. TIE Lottery Company will
take an appeal from the decision OF
the Postmaster General, although
an appeal from a similar order, by
the late Postmaster General Key,
has just been decided against them,
by the dismissal of the appeal.
Congressman Robertson, "the Lot
terry smasLer," is iubilant over the
action of the Postmaster General.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Several of our leading citizens
went Oh IN excursion to the city
last Monday morning. The Colonel
was with them wien they lief. here,
and when they arrived II the city
they were with the Colonel. They
report that it was very wet day,
although it didn't rain any on this
side of the Lake.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

There is notice posted on the
Courthouse door. warning all rer-
sons against setting FIRE TO timaer
on Government land, under penal
ty Of the law. The Government
should have this notice published
in the parish papers. in order to
give it wide circulation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The internal revenue :9z OF spir-
ituous liquors, tobacco and beer,
for the year 1852, yielded enough
to pay the entire expenses of the
government, and S7,00O,OOO over.
This speaks well for those gentle
men who are in the habit of drink
ing and smoking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
A vessel from Vera Cruz has al

A vessel from Vera Cruz has ar
rived at the Mississippi River Quar-
antine Station. with three cases of
yellow fever. There is also a yes
sci at Galveston, and one at Pensa-
cola, in quarantine, with yellow
fever aboard. This is q good time
to demonstrate the efficiency OF
strict quarantine regulations.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Commodore Steve Mizell called
to see us last Tuesday. He re-
ports, for the Eogue Chitto country,
plenty of rain, crops in the grass.
and big fat babies III abundance"
This is ore Of the most fertile por.
tons Of the parish, in a good year
for crops. and it is pity they have
had so much rain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Daily States contains the
delinquent tax list of the Parish of
Orleans. on immovable property,
for the year 1880, The sale will
take place on the 18th inst. The
city is over two years behind the
country parishes in this business.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

In some of the parishes, candi-
dates for the next Legislature are
coming to the front. Wonder what
ambitious citizen wants to repre-
sent TINS parish in that honorable
body? Salary, 81 day and per-
quisites, to say nothing of the honor
attached to the position.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The political cauldron is not
boiling over so much as it was a few
weeks ago. It has gradually sim.
mered down, and the double extra
concentrated aad condensed result
is that Francis T. Nichols is tie
ch dice of the press and people Of
the State for next Governor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Mr. A. Losset has purchased his
fathers interest In the blacksmith
shop. and WILL hereafter conduct
t'he business ION Lis own account.
lie solicits the patronage of the
public, and guarantees satisfaction
In all work entrusted TO him. See
advertisement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Baton Rouge Weekly Truth
publishes, rs an original contribu-
ton, u poem entitled. Crock of
Ages" We published it in the
FARMER, aboEt two years ago, but
forget wha. paper We copied it
from. It is cages" old, however.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
A. LOSSET,
BLACKSMITH and Wheel
wright,
CovrNGToN. La

Having purchased +. Losset's inter
est in the blacksmith shop, the public
are informed that will hereafter con-
duct the business on my own account,
and ] respectfully solicit their patron
age.
l have secured the services of a COM,
petent wheelwright, and am prepared to
do all sorts OF work in WOOD and
IRON, on short notice and on accom-
modatIng terms.
Horse saoeing, and all plantation
work. executed with dispatch. Plows,,
wagons, carts, wheeibarrows, lroned
new or repaired. Satisfaction guaran-
teed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

"Poor man, "said Mrs. Darlington,
land SO he is really gone at last.
Sinety-eight, was he? Dear, dear, to
think how if he'd lived two years
more he'd have been a centurion
Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Police Jury has accepted thu
assessment rolls, from which fact
we infer that r,body has been
assessed at a fair valuation, which
will result in increasing the assess
ment considerably over what is Was
last year-$6I6.5TI, with S!1SS
poll tax.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Agricultural Department re-
ports the average condition Of the
corn crop in Louisiana at lQ& Il
St. Tammany parish We ttlpk tlIat
so is q fair average. .'.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
DOG LAW OF CALIFORNIA.

The recently amended civil code OF
California, concerning dogs and
sheep, reads as follows: The owner,
possessor, or harborer of any dog
or any other animal that shall kill,
worry, OF wound any sheep, Angora
or Cashmere goats, shall be liable
to the owner Of the same for the
damages and costs Of suit, to be
recovered before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction. LIST. Inprosecu-
ting actions under the provisions OF
this chapter it shall not be necessary
for the plaintiff to show that the
owner, possessor OF harborer OF
such dog or other animal, had
knowledge of the fact that such dog
or other animal, would kill OF
wound such sheep or goats. End.
Any person, on finding any dog OF
dogs, not on the premises of its
owner or possessor, worrying,
wounding, or killing any sheep, An
CORA or Cashmere goats, may, at
the time of finding said dog or dogs,
kill the same, and the owner OF
owners thereof shall sustain no
action for damages against any
person SO killing such dog or dogs.
Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

We would like to know how
many citizens. not property owners,
have paid their poll tax for last
sear. This tax should bear upon
oil citizens alike, and if none but
!. \ - -,
owners Of property pay it. We think
il bad better be abolished.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The first bale of this years cot
ton crop was ,aised in Georgia,
and marketed on the 9Th inst. The
first bale from Texas arrived at
New Orleans this week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

We regret to announce that Mr..
Wm. Kennedy is in very poor
health. He has been confined to
the house most Of the time this
'seck. We hope he will soon be en-
tircly well again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

At the last meeting Of the Cow
ington High School Board. Mr. w.
w. Dunbracco was re-engaged rs
Principal, for the next term, which
will commence in September.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Mr.. J. III. Weber, Of Vaudeville,
has removed with his family to
Covington. They are living in MIR.
IL. J. Smiths house, near the
Methodist Church, lately occupied
by Sheriff Cook.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The District Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in
Covington. adjourned last Monday
night. The attendance Of visiting
ministers was not as large as was
expected.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The colored man, John Roberts,
accused of rape, was tried last Sat
urday and acquitted, there being
no evidence against him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Governor has. signed the
death warrant of Victor Eloi. who
stabbed his wife to death, in New
Orleans, one year ago last Mardi
Gras. He will be hung on the 18th
of August.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Man and wife are one, and yet
the husband often gets tight while
the wife doesn't show the least
trace of liquor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

70 strengthen and build up the
system, u trial will convince you
that Browns Iron Bitters is the
best medicine made.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

A son of Mr. Zeitvogel killed a
rattlesnake, last Tuesday morning.
1t was over four feet long, and had
eight rattles and button.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Public Hall Building Asso-
citation are quietly at work-so
quietly. in fact, that we have heard
10 mention of the subject since
they passed around the subscription
list.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The Asiatic cholera is advancing
in Europe, and there are some fears
of its ultimately reaching this coun-
try. Concerning this plague the
Times Democrat says:
The sanitary measures demand
ed for the prevention of the spread
of cholera are such as cannot be too
actively, zealously and thoroughly
pursued 10y the health police of
large towns. They are such as re-
late to the publication of the at
mosphere, the cleansing and open
ing of drains, the removal and ex-
tinctiou of all unwholesome exhala-
tons from decomposing substances,
the incubation and enforcement OF
a personal regimen. and an absti-
nence from indulgence in food tend
ing to disturb and disorder the
hillary and digestive organs. Adult
terated articles of food and drink,
impure water and comestibles and
potables, provocative of laxity and
weakness of the visceral organs,
must be avoided. Regular habits,
temperance and equability of the
faculties Of mind and body, and
cleanliness, al e the best preventiyes
and remedies for this disease OF
Asiatic origin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

The traffic in city visitors appears
to be on the increase, a. the stages
generally contain full loads Of the
article, especially on excursion days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

There will be big ish-fry at
horseshoe springs to-day, provided
they catch any big fish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Mr.. ". II. Davenport and Miss
Celestine Losset were married, in
Coyington, last Saturday evening.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Sugar cane is looking fine and
lpoalises a good yield.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

An afflicted city: Donaldsonyille
has ten cases Of smallpox and two
base ball clubs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
Citizens Bank of Louisiana VS..
Justice H. Webher.-No. 1889.
State of Louisiana, parish Of st. Tam
many-Eighteenth Judicial District
court.

By virtue of an order of seizure and
| sale. from the honorable the aforesaid
court. bearing date May 90, 1883, and to
me directed. L will proceed to sell ut
public auction, at the door of the Court
house. in the town of Covingto n, Parish
and State aforesaid, on SATURDAY, the
2lst day of July, 1888, between legal
sale hours. the following described prop
erty, tO-wlt:
certain tract of land situated in the
parish of st. Tammany, State of Louisi-
ana, on the east side Of the Tchefuncta
river, bounded on the south by lands of
Charles Parens, north by Bayou Pom.
chatolowa and by public lands, and
west by the Tchefuncta river, contain
ing eighteen hundred and forty.three
{lsi3) superficial arpenss, known as the
Morgan brickyard, together with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon
and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
without exception. together with one
hundred and twenty Q2O) shares, re-
duced to one hundred and twelve QI2l
shares of the Citizens Bank of Louisi-
ana, Of mortgage stock thereto at
tached; also, eighteen saw logs on the
bank of the river, fifteen cords of wood
on the Vaudeville road, one old car
riage, one old ambulance top, and one
old skiff
Terms of salo-The purchaser to fur
nish stock note for the sum Of three
hundred and sixty (36O) dollars. falling
due on the LIST day of May, 1884, and re-.
newable according to the charter of the
Citizens Bank of Louisiana, and the
balance in cash, the purchaser to as
sumo ALI the ohlioafions aca -. :
bilities of n stakeholder of the Citizena
Bank of Louisiana, and the stock note
so furnished to be- identified with the
act of mortgage granted by Justice II.
Weber and wife in favor Of the Citizens
Bank Of Louisian&, passed before
Adolph Boudusque, notary public. in
the city Of New Orleans. on the 18th dav
of April, 1852, teighteen hundred and
fifty-two. and with the Sherifrs deed of
sale in this case.
w. B. Cook. Sheriff.
CoyIsarqs. La. june Is, 1889.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Coyington is nov d money order
office. See notice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Hon. JAS. L. Lobdell, of East
Baton Rouge, is now Register Of
the State Land Office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Ice cream and sod. water at
Hoif.nan's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Mr.. j. Z. Smith will leave Cow
inston, next Tuesday. on 3 visit to
relatives in Baltimore and New
York City.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

A girl in st. Louis recently died
from Inflammation of the feet,
caused by wearing tight shoes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

See Police Jury proceedings on
next page.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Go 70 Griswold's for jewelry. etc
'll9 Canal street. New Orleans.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

Work on the streets is progress
ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
LAND OFFICE, New ORLEANS, LA,
Nav 80, 1883. J

Notice is hereby given that the follow.
ing named settler has filed notice OF
his intention tc make final proof IN
support of his claim, and that SAID
proof will be made before the judge or
clerk of tue court at Covington, La, on
Saturday, July IA, 1888, viz:
Homestead No. 4772, Martin Dawes.
of st. Ta,nmany parish, La, for the
northwest quarter of the southeast quar-
| ter. the southeast quarter of the nofth-
| west quarter, and the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter, OF section 81,
township 8, south of range 10 east, st.
Helena meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
c. q. Joyner,. G.. H. Cause, John Lal-
| Ter and z. Provost, of st. Tammany par
| ish. La.
ie2 st C. B. DARRALL, Register.
Cause 4 Ernest VS.. Their creditors.
No. sl36-Civil District Court, Division
D. Parish of Orleans, State Of LOUISE
| ana.
By virtue of an order of sale from
the honorable the aforesaid court, and
to me directed, bearing date May 81,
1853, / will proceed to cell at public
auction. at the door of the Courthouse.
in the town of Covipgton, parish and
State aforesaid, on S SATURDAY, the 2lst
day of July, 1883, between legal sale
hours, the following described property,
! to-wit:
A certain portion of land, containing
about six acres, more or less, lying and
| being situated on the east bank of Bayou
Lacombe, in the parish of st. Tammany,
State of Louisiana, bounded as follows,
to-wit: On the west and south by Bayou
Lacombe, on the east by lot No. 6, Far
ny Duere's property and on the north
by Marguerite Ducre's property, lot No.
l, and separated from it by line drawn
! from a certain cypress tree. on said
Bayou Lacombe, to certain pine tree
on the line between lots Nos. l. aad 6.
and being portion of the property aa-
| quired by the present plaintiffs, by .itla
! in the name of W. +. and I'll. G. Cause,
from Marguerite Ducre, by act passed
before W. Kennedy, Deputy Clerk and
Ex-Ofticio Recorder, on the Sth Of aaly.
1881, together with the buildings anJ
Improvements thereon, consisting of 1.
saW-mill. building, machinery and ap-
purtenances lately occupied and run AS
/ a saw.mill, by said Cause Il Ernest.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
! Terms OF sale ne-half cash, and bal
ance at one years credit. with 8 per cent.
interest per anuun, secured by vendors
mortgage, and all the usual clauses for
transfer Of insurance, etc., and re-
quiring the purchasers to keep the
buildings, machinery and improve
ments insured for an amount suf-
fcient to cover the credit portion of
said purchase price, and to transfer. the
policy of insurance to the holder of
said notes.
W. B. Cook, Sheriff.
Covington, La, June Z. 1883.
Citizens Bank of Louisiana VS..
YN>ll
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14

No rain for nearly ~ week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-07-14
Cause 4 Ernest VS.. Their CREDITOR

No. sl36-Civil District Court, Division
D. Parish of Orleans, State Of LOUISE
ana.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12

wall, there to be tumbled over by the bullet
of an escopet, about an ounce in weight,
that went tearing through my thigh. But
only few scattered shots were fired after,
as the scalding ladders now came up some
scores of men went swarming over the para
pet, and Chapulrepec was ours Ny Lieu
tenant. Hypoiite Dardonville, a young
Frenchman, modest as brave, dragged the
Mexican flag down from its staff. He died
some fourteen years ago in the city of New
York, without any record of the deed OF
word said about it-save in an obituary
penned by his own hand in an obscure mag
azine of which was the editor.
And now, sir, 1 must crave your pardon,
as that of the American public, for troubling
you with this personal matter and the de-
tails of deed it never was my intention TO
publicly speak of, much less boast about.
The doing so is to me more repuguant than
pleasant, l can assure you; but acts and
motives have been imputed to me which
cannot, should not, rest silent under; and
this, hope, will plead my justification.
Capt. Reid fortihes his statement with
several letters from officers who were en-
gagged in the battle, and who witnessed bis
heroism. Pressure on our office forbids us
the pleasure Of reproducing them
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12

SMALL BEGTNNING.--An Irish washer
woman who was among the earliest settlers
in Leadville, Colorado, has succeeded in
amassing large fortune by her own indus
try. Her stock in trade when she came con-
sisted of pair of tubs and a washboard -
She began business under an old pine tree
OF the hillside, having no means OF hiring
house. She soon, however, got together
with her own hands rude slab cabin. and
as business was good at two dollars and a
halt per dozen for washing, she gradually
began TO provide for her wants. She got a
camp stove, and after furnishing her cabin
comfortably, began to accumulate money
The town began to grow in the direction of
her cabin, and after awhile she EMPLOYED Ia
oorers to put up log nc use. As there was
great demand for miners boarding-bouses
the enterprising woman concluded to aban
don the washtub ard start a boarding bouse
IN her new edifce. In the idea she rec.ived
great encouragement, and the house was
opened with fattering prospects. In this
venture she proved to be very successful
and made money and saved it. By TIE
growth OF the city her house finally got to he
IN the very centre, and as the streets were
ialu, IL proved to occupy a location on very
desirable corner Business was new and
she continued to make money, which she in
vested wisely. She built another loo bousa
and rented it. Then she put up a frame
building, which she rented before it was fn-
ished. About this time some of the .land
grabbers" disputed her title to the land and
trled TO dispossess her. but the old lady had
SO many determined friends among the
mir 4l,,f 81
~ months ago she refused an offer of ten
thousand dollars for her property, and since
that time has built two.story block front
ing on desirable avenue. She sull lives in
heT log house, but Intends to tear it down
ana erect two story block in its place
Hheh her improvements are completed she
VIII have an income of more than a thousand
uoliaIs per month-a pretty good record of
business success Tor au old washer woman. il
must be admitted. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12

How SHE BECAME RICH.-The DowageI
Duchess of Calieira not long since bestowed
two splendid estates on the Pope. The way
this old lady became so rich Is curious The
late Duke possessed a fortune of 300, 600, 000
francs, which would by the ordinary course
of revolution 90 TO his only son. The heir,
however, in his fathers lifetime, declared
that he interded 20 renounce the world. In
stead of retiring to cloister, as he would
have done in the middle ages, he went in his
twentieth year into the territory of Nice and
applied for a situation as village school
master. His father regarded the thing as a
mere freak, and sent his son every year
900, 600 francs. The young man, however,
sent this sum every year to Paris, requesting
that it should be expended on the poor. At
ter three years the Minister of Instruction,
finding out who the schoOlmaSteT of Nice
was, appointed him TO high official post,
and his father dying ABOUT the same time he
became Duke of Galleira and the owner OF
immense wealth. lie declined the post, and
allowed his mother to use tSe fortune with
out Interference, content with his position
and income as a teacher at Nice.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12

HUNoRoUs.-A hotel ghost comes under
the official head Of inn spectre.
You can hold an opinion more firmly than
you can clutch 8 hornet.
How can a man and wife be one when the
woman is won herself?
a statistician has estimated that cOurtships
average three tons of coal each.
The walters ought to succeed in q strike,
for they usually carry all before them.
It may be set down as an axiom that when
a person grows fat he grows waistful.
A St. Louis horse chews tobacco We have
often seen fast driven horse smoke.
Many young men complain OF the cost Of
courtship, but in the long run IL is not 50
expensive as ''seeing the boys
When ClOsephist died his discensolate
widow mOaned through her tears, We'll
there Is one thing, John never gave me 8
cross word" Nor anything else that be
wasn't obliged TO, !" murmered FOgg.
Subscribers to the Boomerang who find
cross bones and skull with crest OF metallic
burial casket drawn in blood on the wrapper
of their paper will know that their subscrip-
tion has expired and that something has got
to be done.
Nothing is so exasperating," observes
Cslino, the French Mr.. Partihgton, ''as to
hold lottery ticket and find that the ne Il
number has drawn a Prize. But I've taken
my precautions to prevent that alwavs
buy the TWO adjoining numbers as well %