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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
THE TRADE DOLLAR.
Its Status ms Given by Mint Omcir

Its status ms Given by Mint Omcfat.
A Washington dispatch says: Mr.. r. E.
Preston, the acting director of the mint,
said to-day that the trade dollar had been
coined by the government simply
for the convenience of the owners
of silver bullion. The standard silver
dollar is coined from bullion purchased
by the government on its own account. 1t Is
not coined for depositors, and differs in this
respect from the trade dollar. The truth
is" said Mr.. Preston, "the government has
endeavored to keep the trade dollar in
its lawful and proper channel as a
medium of exchange in commercial
dealings with China. From ignorance of the
law relative to this coin parties have taken
them in ordinary business transactions,
when they could have been lawfully refused
There is no remedy unless Congress takes
up the matter and iegislates upon it. My
idea would be to call all the coins in and
redeem them"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
FIVE FATAL AFFRAYS.
Hot Weather Tragedies in Various Parts of
the COuntry--0nc Days Record.

Conrad Graf, of Jacksonville, Ind, be-
came very drunk in Louisville, KY, and
wanted to fight. He insulted Gottlieb Wag-
goner, who promptly gave him terrific
blow on the temple, from the effects of which
he died in a few minutes. Waggoner was
arrested.
At barbecue near Deposit Station, Ky I,
William Middleton had quarrel with Levi
Miller, one of the managers. Miller was
cut in fourteen places and soon died. Mid
dleton had been drunk all day.
AT dance near Russellville, KY, James
Hankins and Charles Smitzfeller engaged in
fight, in which both were shot, the latter
with fatal effect.
Two colored men from Cairo, ILL.,, named
Loudon and johnson, engaged in a fight on
n train on the Illinois Central railway, near
Golden. London killed Johnson and then
jumped from the ira and escaped.
Ed. Sears and Michael Knight, two brick
makers. Duarreled at Omaha, Neb. Sears
shot Knight in the abdomen, infioting a fatal
wound.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
FOUR OFFICIALS KILLED.
The Removal of County Seat Results in the
Murder of Four County Officers by NIas X ed


A terrible tragedy has occurred in Grand
county, Col, on account of the removal of
the county seat from Hot Sulphur Springs to
Grand Lake. For several months there has
been a feud between the people of the two
places, both parties ella ming the right to
the county seat. A tie egram to Cover
nor Grant stated that the hostile
parties had had meeting and that the
coGnty commissioners and clerk were kille1
by masked men, that Barney Day and R. q.
Mills commissioners, were inst antly killed,
and L. p. Webber, also commissioner, and
d. j. Dean, the county clerk. MORALLY
wounded.
Grand coun y lies in the northwestern part
of the State, several miles from any tele-
graph station. The citizens of Grand county
called on the governor for the aid of the
State militia. Mills was opposed to tie
other three officials and was one of the at
lacking party. The attack was made on the
three men by three masked men. who sud
denly sprang out of dense thicket and be-
gan tirinr. Day returned The fire and killed
Mills. The other two masked men made
their escape.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13

MooDY.-Dwight l.. Moody, the tray el ng
preacher, is busy with the affairs of his
seminary at Mortified, Mass. A Boston
friend of the institution has Just given him
$4,000 toward permanent endowment, and
several scholarships of $1,000 each have
been founded recently. Mr.. Moody intends
to return TO London in September.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
From Washington.

FOLLOWING is the June national debt
statement:
Decrease of debt during June. S1S 3d., POI %
Cash in the treasury ...... 345, 3S9 9O2 90
Gold certificates ........... 2,37S, GAO co
Silver certificates ........... SS,616,S31 90
Certificates of deposit outs'ng 1876, 600 90
Refunding certificates. ..... 355,90) 90
Legal-tenders outstanding SAG, ,0l6 90
Fractional currency outs'ng... 7,0)0,690 81
Decrease for year. ........... 137, S23, 253 "a
The national debt during the pas. fiscal
year has been decreased S137 80 },2J3.24. The
total debt on the first of July was Sl,55l,-
OIL ,2O7.48.
AS the result of conference with Secretary
Teller and the commissioner of Indian
affairs Chief Moses has agreed to sur
render his entire reservation in Washing
ton Territory, and to settle, with his pep
pc, on the Colville reservation adjoining it.
By this arrangement 100000 acres of land
will be thrown open for settlement.
CAPTAIN HEALY, commander of the revenue
steamer Corwln, writing from Sitka, Alaska,
to the treasury department, reports that the
Territory at large was never more quiet and
peaceable than at present.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.

What Was Received and Paid Out by the
United States the Past Fiscal Year.
The following figures show the total Gus
toms, internal revenue and miscellaneous
receipts of the government during the fisca
year closed June 30, 1888, with a comparison
of the receipts from the same sources in the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1882:
1882 1888.
Customs. 5000, 410, 100 S213,53 ,2iO
Internal revenue. lag, 497, 595 144 ,330.351
Miscellaneous. ... 36,616.925 40,453,929
Aggregate. e. 1903, 525,25O $685., 1895, 500
The expenditures of the government for
the two years were as follows;
1882. 1883.
Ordinary. .....$125, 557,0'S $40 42S, 361
Interest. ..... H,077,207 59054, 692
Pensions. ...... 61,345,194 66,075,03f
" --
Total. ..... $257, 1881, 439 $2G5,56S 037
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13
The MINT.

Total Coinage Mt the Various United states
NIints During the Past Fiscal Year.
The following is a statement of the coin
age executed at the United States minis
during the fiscal year ended June 30:
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-13

FOLLOWING is the June national debt
tatement:
Milford chronicle., 1883-10-05
OUR EXCHANGES.

S. Nicholas for October opens with
poem by that sweet, but always sad
nger, Philip BOurke MarsiOn. The
The illustration of this poem j. simply
kquisite. Next comes TIE second
alt of a pretty little story by Miss Al
BIT. The continued stories of "Fhe
inkham brothers Tide Mill" and
Swept Away are ended in this vol
4me. The "SlOries of Art and Artists"
an exceedingly valu BILE collection
3 i articles by Clara Erskine Clement.
he October paper IS on Rembrandt
''RecOllectiOns of Drummer Boy"
nd Work and Play for Tiny Folks"
are to the regret of many reader con-
eluded. Still no one need grieVe over
lhe conclusion of nevOr so interesting
a story in St. Nicholas, as it is sure to
be followed in the next number by
equally good. Brilliant
promises are made by the publishers
|0r the November number
The american Agricmtuist for OctO-
Der, is fully equal to its splendid
sverage. and that is saying a great
II al 1t is prOfusely illustrated, ahd
las so wide range of subjects in lis
'eading matter, that he must be an eX-
optional farmer, who can not find
sithin its pages instructions and en-
tits published Monthly !
N the Orange Judd Co., of New York
glty, and its subscription price is 81 So +
orr Little Folks, that charming, but in
Delaware toO-little-known Magazine
Dr children, appears for October, with
IS usual supply of little stories and !
Ovely pictures. The illustrations |
lone cannot but exercise a refining |
Influence upon every child that sees
ld enjoys them. Considering the
nOrmOus expense attendent upon its
it is a very cheap little
Magazine. The Russell Publishing
'O., 36 Bromtield St. Boston.
Milford chronicle., 1883-10-05

Has Duplex Crate, No Poker Needed, Tin Lined
Door, Oven Large, Bakes Perfectly, Every Range
Guaranteed. Nickel Name Plate, Polished Edges
Ash Pan, Ash Shute and Automatic Oven Shelf
Brick Lined End Crate, Enlarged Broier Door.
Best range in the Market 1t is beautiful in de-
sign and unequalled in operation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

NO section of the State is better
adapted to stock raising, especially
to sheep husbandry, than Rapides.
There arc large tracts of land here,
once under cultivation, but now aban-
doned and left to the reeuperating
influences of time, which are recov.
ering their exhausted energies and
regaining their lost fertility by a
spontaneous effort of nature, and
which, by jndicious management in
volvi1g little cost or labor, can be
converted into such pastures for the
grazing of all kinds of stock. There
is ample water, furnished by clear
running streams, easily accessible,
and nothing is wanted, so far as soil
and climate and easy facilities are
concerned, to make this Parish one
OF the finest stock raising sections in
the world.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
SESSIONS OF DISTRICT COURT.
TN CONFORMITY TO AND BY

TN CONFORMITY TO AND BY
i virtue 1T Article III of the Consti-
tuition of the State, and the Acts Of the
General Assembly of this State, viz: =
Act No %, aPpro. ed June %, A. D.
1881. and Act No. T. approved Fnbru-
airy 20, A. d 1859, it is ordered in open
Court, began aud held in aud for the
Parish of Avoyelles on the 4th day Of
December, A. D. 1882, that the follow
iu6 time shall be and is hereby fixed
for the holding of the terms of the Dis
trict Cnnrt 10 the Twelfth Judicial
District of tho State Of Louisiana COM
posed of the Parishes Of Avoyelles,
Grant and Rapides, instead of the
terms of the said Court as heretofore
fixed:
Terms in the Parish of Rapides-
First Monday of April, Jury Term.
First Monday o! October, Jury Term,
FIST Monday of January, Ordinary
Term. First Monday Of June, Ordl-
nary Term.
Terms in the Parish of Avoyelles-
First Monday Of May, Jury Term.
Fonrth Monday of November, Jury
Term. First Monday of March, Ordi-
paly Term. First Monday Of Septem
Der, Ordinary Term
Terms in the Perish of Grant-First
Tuesday of March, Jury Term. FIRST
Tuesday of November, Jury Term.
First Tuesday of June, Ordinary Term.
Fourth Tuesday of January, Ordinar,
Term.
The Clerk is hereby ordered to en-
ter on his minutes this fixing OF the
terms of the District Courts Of this
District, and to post ON the Court
House door copy of the same, aud
the Clerk is further ordered to make
out copy of this fixing Of the terms
of said Court as soon rs practicable,
and send certified copy thereof to the
Clerk Of the District Court in and for
the Parish of Rapides, and like copy
to the Clerk Of the District Court in
and for the Parish of Grant, which,
Clerks respectively are hereby ordered
to post copy of these filings on the
Court House door Of each Of their res.
pective Parish.
Thus done aud signed in open Court
this Goth day of December, in Marks
vile, Avoyeiles Parish.
lSigned) w. F. BL.cKMAN,
ARIsTIDEk BARBIN,
A trne copy. Judges
Attest: L. v. GREMILL1oN,
Clerk.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS,

NEW 0RLEAss-D Daily. Arrives at
$50 P. NJ. by train, departs at 5:35 A.
d., by train.
EATcHITocHEs AND SHREVEPORT
Daily. Arrives at 6 P. NJ. by stage;
departs at Q A. NJ. by stage.
WAsHINGToN-Via Bismarck. Bahbs
Bidge, ETC., Semi sceekly. Arrives on
Tuesdays and Saturdays at A. M.
DEPARTS Mondays and Fridays at 7
p. NJ.
Semi-weekly. Due every
Monday and Thursday at O'Clock
P. NJ, departs every Tuesday and
Friday at 7 O'Clock A. NJ.
HARRrsoNBuRG SENT weekly. Due ev-
cry Monday and Thursday at 6
o'clock NJ, departs every Monday
and Thursday at 6 O'Clock P. NJ.
WINNFIELD-W Weekly. Dne every Tues
day at IL o'clock NJ, departs every
Tuesday at o'clock P. NJ.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02


the foundation of all pulmonary diseases,
affording prompt relief and rapid cures,
and is adapted to patients of any age or
either sex. Being very palatable. the
youngest children take it readily, In
ordinary Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
Bronchitis, Influenza, Clergyman'a
Sore Throat, Asthma, Group, and
Catarrh, the effects of AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL are magical, and multitudes
are annually preserved from serious ILL
ness by its timely and faithful use. It
should be kept at hand in every house.
hold for the protection it affords in sud.
den attacks. In Whooping-cough and
Consumption there is no other remedy
80 efticacious, soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try
some of the many mixtures or syrups,
made of cheap and ineffective ingredi.
ents, now offered, which, as they con.
tain no curative qualities, can afford
only temporary relief, and are sure to
disappoint the patient. Diseases Of the
throat and lungs demand active and
effective treatment; and it Is dangerous
experimenting with unknown and cheap
medicines, from the great liability that
these diseases may, while so triAed with.
become deeply seated or incurable. Use
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, and YOU
may confidently expect the best results.
1t is of acknowledged curative power,
and is as cheap as it's careful preparation
and fine ingredients will allow. Emil
nent physicians, knowing its composi-
ton, prescribe it. The test of half q
century has proven its certainty to cure
all pulmonary complaints not already
beyond the reach Of human aid.
PREPARED BY DR.. J. c. AVER & CO.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
BOLD NJ AL pRUGGIsTs HYERYHHrRRx =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
Hers is the way Mr.. Villas, OF

-HERE is the way Mr.. Villas, o,
Wisconsin rings out the false Democ'
racy and ring. in the true.
Plan: the old standard Of Co7sti.
tutional Democracy and beat the
long rol.! Summon the hosts Of Lib
erty and set yonr ranks in order! II
any fear the battle send him to tho
rear. II any will not serve God, bu.
prefer Mammon, give him safe con
duet to the enemy. Invoke in tie
house Of counsel the faith aud ,.hilan
thropy of jefferson; bring again to
The field daring alacrity of jackson.
And in the sunlight Of our nation y
destiny. go "where Democratic prin
ciples lead the way" to fight the PEG
pies enemies and win the people s
Victories.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

'"'"si S'AooAuS Cts ~ OuSueI * OU
Total cost per acre. SO 974
About twelve cents a bushel on a
Weld of fifty bushels per acre. With
favorable season the crop will not
be less than that amount. The sys
TEN of cultivation is described as
to.lows:
We use IA inch walking plows and
p'ow about four inches deep, and re-
quirc the teams 10 make twenty
miles day of ten hours in the field.
Teams can easily make Two miles an
hour. Our burrows are 160 rods
long, aud ten bouts are made by eacI,
team in the forenoon, and the same
in the afternoon, both with the pillow
md harrow. Our harrows h Y. l2S
half inch steel teeth, cut fourteen.
feet vile, drawn by TWO horses and
covers about thirty-6ve acres per
lay. In planting, either with drill
or check rover, one man and team
makes about nineteen acres per day.
The rows are three feet, ten inches
apart. We use the best two no, Sc
walking cultivators, and average
eight acres per day. We run our
cultivators about four inches deep.
One man and team will work seventy
acres of corn through the season read
lily. Immediately after The ground
freezes, usually about the middle of
November, the corn is picked from
the hills, thrown into wagons and
hauled to the cribs. An ordinary
hand will pick and crib fifty bushels
per day. The variety raised here is
the dent.
In the above statement have al
lowed nothing for use of land, or in.
terest and taxes, as the rise in value
Of the land more than offsets all that,
and will probably for some years yet.
III Farm, Herd and Home.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
Married ::

AT the residence of Mr. Henry 4. Biossat,
at Bovce, La, on Wednesday, April 26:h,
1888, by the Rev. Herman C. duncan. Mr..
FREDERICK CROCKETT to Miss JEN-
ME HUNTER
The groom is the gentlemanly Express
Agent at B"yce station, and the bride one
ofthe sweetest and lovelisst daughters of
Rapides. We wish for them ell the Joys
which welded life of oongenial spirits
passes on this earth May they enter in
the full fiuition of their hopes of happi-
ness in the voyage Of life, and their last
hour of welded life he as bright and low
lug as the first.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

--ARRANGEMENTs have been made
TO ship Alabama coal from lew Or
leans, Mobile and Pensacola to all
points in Europe. The Alabams
coal mines are booming.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

WISCONSIN thinks that the time
has come for it to speak up and claim
the presidential nomination for that
State. Ex Gov. Eairchild 10 the
candidate pat forward for the honor
aud Congressman Guenther is his
chief boomer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

IT is astonishing how soon the
whole conscience begins to unrayel
if a single stitch drops; one single
sin INDUCED in makes a hole you
could put your head through. Bux-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

THERE is no doubt a Tllden
boom, and Mr.. Tildeh's friends are
managing it with adroitness. = New
York Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
FISH and WILD GAME a speciality.

pEQT NoT-LlFE IS SWEEPING
n6Ol BY, go and dare before you
die. something mighty and sublime leave
behind 10 conquer tine" S66 week in
your own Town. s. outfit free. No fisk.
Everything new. Capital not required.
we VIII furnish yea everything. MANY
are making fortunes. Ladies make a.
mucn q men, and boys aud girls make
great pay Reader, if you want business
az winch ron can make great pay all tie
tltris, write fT psr.icu's rs TO Il. HA11srr
& Co. Portland, Maine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

--MoRruARY report for the month
of April Adults, white, 8; Children,
colored, 1; total, As. H. Rushing
President Board of Health.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
THE BEST REMEDY
Diseases Of The Throat and Lungs.

In diseases OF the
pulmonary organs
a safe and reliable
remedy is inval-
liable. A Frs
CHERRY PICTORIAL
is such a remedy.
It is a scientific
combination of the
medicinal princi-
pies and curative
virtues of the finest
drugs, chemically
united, of such
power as to insure
the greatest posi-
BILE efficiency, and
uniformity Of re-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

Pure Claret and White Wine, the
best at Blooms.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02
COST OF RAISING CORN.

A Sheldon, Iowa, farmer gives the
cost of raising a crop of corn in that
section, per acre. as follows:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

THE best chewing and smoking to-
bacco at Blooms.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

In view of the fact that 50
shrewd an observer as Rufus Hatch,
who has just returned from three
months trip through Europe, predicts
a large increase of immigration to
this country, and, too, of wealthy i'm
mig' ants, would it not be the part of
wisdom for the Southern States, and
especially Louisiana, to endeavor to
secure some of this desirable class?
The best lands of the west are al
ready taken up and tue indications
are that immigration aud capital will
be turned toward the South. We
fear, however, that our legislatures
will continue to cling to the penny.
wise and pound foolish system of re-
fusing to vote any appropriation TO
secure the accomplishment of SO de-
sirable a result.
OLD ideas fade. New theories
rule. 1t seems but yesterday when
every fashionable girl must learn--or
attempt to learn--to play on the pi
ano. There was no other accom-
plishment. The less taste the more
practice, and the piano was pounded
in q vain effort to create musical
ability. To-day, although music has
advanced in popularity, the old idea
OF forced music is dead, and other
forms Observation-Disclosures
that very word has grown aqtiquat-
ed-have become more fashionable
than piano-pounding.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

"F. W. Baker, Attorney at law, No. Is
Carondelet street, New Orleans, La,
is an honest thief, a refined liar and a
finished squirt" These are, indeed,
words "with the bark on them"
The Governor has committed SEN
fences of death in the cases of Regis
Duguy and John Austin, both colored,
to imprisonment for life in the State
Penitentiary. Both the above were
tried, convicted, and sentenced at the
January term of the Nineteenth Judi.
cial District Corut, Parish of St. Mary.
The Claiborne Guardian says: can
other election is approaching, candi-
dates and their friends are pressing
their claims upon the public notice.
The present personnel of the govern
ment should be changed. Rulers aus.
pected of being crooked and under the
influence of rings and cliques and other
base Influences. and who do not estab-
lish their innocence of the greve char
ges, should not longer rule the people"
The Marksville Bulletin writes this
Rapides has, it seems dark horse
for Governor. That Parish has been
long enough without representative
on the State ticket, and could urge it's
claim to a position on it with force.
But it strikes Us, hasn't Rapides been
trying it q little too often lately. Tha,
might ipjure its chances, perhaps
Nevertheless, We know of no parish in
the State that produces better material
to select from than Rapides, except il
be Avoyelles.
The Dickinson press., 1883-08-04
The Printed Calico Business.

The printed calico business for the
last six months has been anything but
satisfactory to the manufacturers. The
supply hau been excessive, and commits
sion houses began to unload at figures
which soon produced decentralization
of the market. This was aided by the
action of leading retailers, who We'd
with each other to give the best print
for nickel, and finally finer goods were
effected and the elegant satines, which
equaled the foreign makes of last year,
and were quick at 25 to 81 1-2 fell to
IL IL cents, or to rank of a nine.penny
calico. The day for making money by
printing ga square cloth seems to have
passed; the production is too large and
the competition too sharp to admit of
living profit, The consumer is begin
ming to find out that it is no economy to
buy a five cent calico dress as it takes as
much time and labor to make it up as it
does stronger and better material. 1t
behoves the manufacturer, then, to
make and print better cloth, with fast
colors and texture firm enough to st md
at least IL months exposure to sunlight
and washtub. The 81 square cloth is a
relic of the Rebellion period, when
cheap fabrics were used because they
could be made at low price. To-day
the cry is for something durable as well
as pretty, and although cotton printed
will be worn as long as there are women
to wear it, yet it will lie the prints that
makes the best goods that will pay the
best dividend. Lawns are growing less
in demand every year. Every summer
there is something that RACES. Last
year it was polka dots and this year it
is small check known as "pin check"