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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-21
JOB PRINTING
UF EVERY DaSChlPiiUA AL
THIS OFFICE.
SHERIFF's SALE.

Minors of Melissa Barton for Fami.
~ Meeting, etc.-No. 45i-Pr"-
bate Docket, 10Th Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish Of Rapides,
Louisiana.
nUR>UANT TO AN ORDER OF
sale issued by the Honorable
HE 10Th Judicial District Court i"
and for the Parish and State afo'e
saih, in the above entitled "'d
numbered snit. commanding me III
accordance with the deliberations
of the family meeting held therein,
to sell the hereinafter described
property, l shall offer for sale at
nuhlic auction, ut the front "f the
Court House door in the Town "I
Alexandria. La, between the hon's
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the LIST of MAkCH,
A. u. 1884,
the following described property
tO-wit:
A certain tract or parcel Of land
situated. lying and being near LIE
comte, in the Parish OF Rapidrs
State Of Louisiana, containing th'
quantity of one and a half (l3
aces, together with all the build
ms and improv' ment> thereon
and bring the same property phr
chased from MesSrs. Hardy an'
W-ems, Jany. 8, 1883. ;,
Terms Cash. The property VII
not be adjndica,ed unless the III
) amount of the appraisrment Is "'o
D. e. PAUL,
/ Sheriff and ex-officio Auctlonee'
, Jan 30-lds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-21

Lat Of Thirty Jurors to serve during
the Third Week of the April Term
District Court. said service beginning
April 2ist. 1884.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-21
ST. JOHNS
VIE GETABLE LIVER PILL

The trne Liver Medicine and real
remedy for Torpid and Congrstivt
Livers. Prompt relief is obtained
by their use; they "bviate the ''sr
If Mercury, and being entirely Veg
e,able are perfectly safe. Price, q
cents 4 box.
Apply to HENRY ST. JOHN
Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chy
mist, in Exchange Hotel Building
Alexandria, La.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
The Floods.

MEADvILLE, Feb. 1.-The western
and sou bern parts of the city are IN
undated. People 60 to aud from
their homes in boats. All factories
are compelled to shut down ard the
schools are mostly closed Trains on
the Meadville railway are abandoned
A few passenger trains are running
on the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio r. R., but no freights.
D-~r~---~ Cnh q ,I1.2O, n m Tt ie
still raining with no immediate
prospect of ch airing weather. The
streets bounded bv Duquesne way on
the north and Water street on the
south and from the junction of the
two rivers to Sixth street, Including
Pennsylvania avenue, Liberty, First
to Sixth, Terry, and Shot streets, are
almost entirely subme ged, and every
street south of Pennsylvania avenue
to Sharpsbulg, a distance If five
miles, is under from M to ten feet
of water. Library Hall, on PennsyI-
vania avenue, where Lawrence Bar
rett has been playing, has been COM
PEELED to suspend performance until
the water falls. The museum in
Sixth street Is still open. although
surrounded by water, aud the mana.
ger Offers free TRANSPORTATION in boats
to and from the museum. Tonight
the city is In seml-darkness. Water
is up to the works and while the gas
Is still burning 1t is ve,v- dim. On
South Side every street from Charter
Greek to Thirtieth Is inundated, and
all properly within three squares of
the river in Allegheny Is submerged.
At this time it Ia impossible to esti-
mate the loss, but it is safe to sav it
will not fall short Of a million, and it
may greatly exceed tn t amount.
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The Inter Mountain does MI.
Fergus great injustice. 1t has adj
vlsed him to 60 home and asserts he
has q very small mind etc. All this
billingsgate is heaped upon the
Meagher county patriarch because he
Is In favor Of taxing mines and
made q speech before the Constitu-
tional convention in support of his
proposition. We do not feel called
upon to defend Mr.. Fergus
nom the low personal abuse show.
cred upon him by our evening co
temporary. The gen tleman Is too
well and favorably known through
out the Territory to be injured by
what the later Mountain upstart
may say about him. But If Mr..
Fergus deserves to be anathe matted
for favoring the taxation of mines
what shall be said of fudge Hedges,
Col. Galloway, Hunt and other Re-
publicans who stood shoulder to
shoulder with Nj. Fergus on the
proposition7 Have they "little
minds 2" and ought they restEn and
20 homer
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not to be found in, rule, but IN sacn
i.~risiaiion as woulf provide tribunals
for private claims and pensions:
Reeds amendment was lost, yen
128. nays 137. a..
r~esutution with insfruction to. report
back with additional rules providing
that when the House ts proceeding
to business on the House calendar or
in committee of tho whole 1t should
he in order for one member, under
direction from the Commute, {"
make \ motion to take w. 8 'ule par-
ticular bill Lost; yea~ ll3. nays III
The report Of The G lmlnittee Oh rules
wa. then ad.rttd.
Davidson offered resolution re-
que-ti"g tho President t" prevent
tn. delivery If Senior Carlos A ,uerc,
now in prison at Keywest, and held
f:r extr~diticn on the demand OF the
Spanish Government. until It shalt
be ascrrtained If the;charges against
him are true and that he is not held
for political offenses. Referred.
The first bill on the calendar was
n to provide for the muster and
paw of certain officers and enlisted
men of the volunteer fOrc-s. 1t
autho:izes the Secretary of War to
correct the md-ter rolls Of the v'lun.
ter forces, 50 that the muster of
officers and enlisted men shall cover
the whole neriod during which they
were f+gula ly commissioned ana
actually Der ornled the duties to
which they were commissioned.
or were prevented from performing
their duties by reason of wounds re-
osived, etc. After . short debate the
committee rose and the oil passed.
Gotf Introduced q lit resolution
appropriating $780, 600 for the suffer-
ers by the Ohio f1o0d and tributaries.
Referred.
Adjourned until Monday.
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The Utah Legislature.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. s.-The
Utah Legislature composed exclus-
lively of Mormons, has been in ses-
sion four weeks and passed two I'M
important bills. Being elected un-
der the Edmund law, the Utah
Commission anticipated the Legis-
lature would enact laws placing the
Territory in accord with the Govern
naenment. but nothing is liable to
occur iustifying such anticipstions.
Governor Ramsey and Judge Garlic
ton are the only members Of the
Commission at present In the Terri
tory. They are closely observing tue
situation. Gentiles think the Com
mission will recommend the substi-
tuition OF q Legislative Commission,
or something equally effective, TAX
ing the law-making power out Of the
of the Mormon Church. 1t
is cOnced+d that mOnogamist Nor
mon Legislators are as subservient to
the Church as polygamists and
bound to do the bidding of the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09

A New York exchange which has
persistently opposed the Fitz John
Porter bill has this to say concerning
Gartield's attitude towards the Gem
eral. $50 far rs the attitude of Gen
eral Garfield toward the Fitz John
Porter case Is concerned, the facts
are too well known to be long sup
pressed or misrepresented with any
degree Of success. General Garfield
favored "a Commission" for examin-
Ing the facts in the case. and did so
solely and avowedly because he, as
q member of the court martial that
convicted Porter, felt that it was his
right and pleasure to 60 as far as any
man In giving Porter a chance for a
reversal of the judgment against the
latter.
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A Soldiers Views,

LONDON, Feb. IA letter from
t+en. Gordon has been made public
In which he says 1t IS no secret that
ENGLAND has abandoned all inten-
tion ut guaranteeing the Continuance
OF Egyptian supremacy over Soudan.
1t has been decided that the task Is
too oner0us aud would be attended
with no corresponding advantages.
1t will therefore allow the people
now In rebellion to revert to their
old Sultan. Gen. Gordon accepts
the decision as wise and just. He
says unless England shall SEIZURE
so1ldan In possession of good govern
ment it ought not to conqner the
country itself nor allow Others to do
81. Gen. Gordon's mission ia to try
and arrange with the people in q
quiet way regarding their future
affairs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
THE K~EIFER-BOYNTON AZ
FAIR.

It is said ex-Speaker Keifer has one
good quality which most people Will
admire-be Is dispo led to flight
backW Towards the close of the last
session of Congress the Speaker be-
came unpopular with the representa-
tives of the press. On the last night
of the session be made himself dend-
ishly unpopularly by ordering the
correspondence gallery thrown open
to the public. When demonstrated
with he spoke In contemptu'us
terms of the press and Its representa-
tives. General Boynton, the high
strung custodian of the press and its
virtues, resented the Speakers impu-
tation and a meeting of correspond
ents was held, at which the Speaker
was roundly denounced. This was q
declaration of war. The correspond
ents went to work in their malice
and unearthed the transaction be-
tween Keifer and his stenographer,
whereby he turned out a capable
man at the close of the session and
installed in his place an incapable
nephew who did no work and drew
good pay during the adjourned Pc
Rod. Now, en- revanche, Keifer
turns upon Boynton with the story
of that gentleman's interest in Billy
McGarragan and the attempt to
corrupt the Speaker. Boynton de-
clares that Keifer lies, and as Keller
has already been caught classifying
before the committee engaged In in
the stenographer bust
ness the former will hold the ledge"
30 to speak. until a thorough investi-
ration can be had. Both Keller and
Boynton are ornaments of the Re-
publican party. Boynton Is superla'
good and highly virtuous. He
has been lighting alleged rings and
alleged corruptionists In Washington
Tor wears. 1t is not too much to VEN
lure the remark that we are about to
have music In the fog-laden atmoe-
uhero.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
PROHIBITION
PARTY.

Some time ago it was mentioned
in these columns that a new national
prohibition party would be formed
which would place a candidate of its
own in the field. BQt little conf
dence was placed in the announce
ment at the time but from the follow
ing it appears there are those at the
head of the movement who are in
dead earnest in the matter. The
party proposed to be formed has no
connection whatever with any other
prohibition party, national or State,
and takes q position far in advance
ofall other temperance organizations.
The call reads: "All citizens of the
United States, without distinction of
section, sex, race. color, place OF
birth, or former party relation, no
are in favor Of the prohibition by the
national government, in its constitu-
ton and laws, and its treaties with
other governments, of the manufac-
Uul1 sair, VI supply, ii"r0,.~v'~.,~
expectation of alcoholic beverages,
In any form, distilled or fermented,
as a high crime against the nation
and the civilized world, and who will
support the election of an admins
ton to enforce this prohibition, are
invited to send delegates tn the ma
tional convention of the prohibition
home protection party, to be held In
the city OF Pittsturg. In the State of
Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, the
2l,t day of May, 1884, at the hour of
II o'clock q. NJ, to nominate candi.
dates for the offices Of presi lent and
vice-president of the United States;
to adopt a platform of such princi.
Piles and measures of national gov
ernment as are living issues before
the people; and to transact such other
business as the convention may
deem proper"
Then follows the basis of represen-
tation in States and Territories aud
enumeration of rules and details
concerning the election of delegates,
There is something in this call. 1t
means a determined fight for a
national recognition of the pro.
hibition principle; a national Presi-
Dental ticket and a cutting loose
from all the old parties. Of course
it cannot be expected to cut much of
figure in the ensuing national cam
1t will draw support from
the other parties to some extent in q
few States, without effecting the
out In the end it will create
havoc In the Republican party, a
number of the members of
which are only awaiting an oppor-
Of the kind now afforded of
the doomed organization.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09

CINCINNATI, Feb. 8.-The river is
rising more RAPIDLY since 8 O'Clock
AT noon it was g feet 6 inches, being
a rise vt two inches in three hours.
No additional | uses are reported and
no loss If life on this side of the
river. In Newport. Ky, early this
morning VIM B-rchart, buxIer Of the
U. s. troops 1T the post barracks, fell
fr I'm q skitf while trying t. reach the
second story Of the building and was
dro wned. Mrs. Waddle. q widow lIv-
lnRin Newport, I came 4 raving ma
MAC on account of the Ard. She. Was
4 uOOr woman with several children
living In the flooded districts. Neigh
bOrs took charge of her children and
OF her. but being unable to see her
children she threw herself into the
waters aud was lost.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
PATENT MEDICINES.

The United States Congress 10 after
patent medicine fellows with q sharp
stick. A bill has just been intro
duced enacting that after six months
from its passage no advertisement OF
any kind or nature, OF advertising
device Of any medical preparation
compound or any prescription. any
punch, bit.ers. cordial or similar
compound or preparation to be used
as medicine or mixed with food,
LIQUOR, wine or any other substance
u>ed as a beverage or as food or med
icine, shall be placed in or carried by
the mails Of tue Ua,ted States until
the exact formula for the preparation
thereof, together with a sample of
the same, be placed in the Patent
Office of the United States, with q
sworn affidavit of the correctness of
such formula and the e%enuineness of
such sample, aud the examination
thereof by the proper officers desig-
mated therefor in said patent Office,
and.the issue Of a certificate that
said substance Is not uoxious or dan
gerOus to health.
That any person applying for su n
cartiic ates shall at the time Of max
ing such application, pay the sum of
$40. aud no such certifi cate shall
issue unless, upon ex animation of the
formula and ex ample so died a. afere-
said, shalt be found to be innox-
Gus and not dangerous to life or
health. That any person who shall
violate any Of these provisions.shalI,
upon conviction, pay a fine OF mol
less than 500 and not more than
81 900 for each offense, or suffer Inn
prisonment In the penitentiary for
not less than SIX months or more
than one year, or both. in the dis
erection of the court. except in case
where any person shall file a
false affidavit with such appIl-
cation for a certificate, and In
such case such filing shall be
deemed perjury, and punished
a. such. It gives the circuit courts
of the United States exclusive juris-
diction of all prosecutions under the
act, and provides that there shall be
employed 10 the patent office a suf-
icient number of expert persons to
make proper examination of all ap-
plications for such certificates.
The ohje,t of the bill Is to protect
the public against quacks and their
nostrums and to protect the regular
physician from both. If the formula
for the preparation of many OF the
advertised "cure-all' medicines were
made known to the public their sale
would be entirely shut off. The bill
become q law.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09

The sarcastic paragrapher of
the Atlanta Constitution delicately
suggests:
"Wouldn't it be as well to allow
the Northern Congressman to fight
it out over Fitz John Porter? The
Southern people were oft on a
fishing excursion whe nPOrter Offend
ed the Yankee gods"
Speaking OF the blanket sheets
no issued by some of the western
newspaper offices, a Hartford paper
observes: "To tackle one of these,
oftentimes, Is like wading into a
sort of newspaper Serbonian bog; or
getting lost on a prairie. Read such
a paper! One could quicker read the
Pentateuch. And that would be
more attractiye-at least IN spots"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
Covering Much Ground.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Tin the
House to-day, while the report of the
committee on rules was under dis
cussion. Weller. In a vehement man.
ner, advoca.ed the amendment re.
lating to printing bills and reports.
In the course of his brief remarks he
managed to aim a blow at the Nation
al banking system, TO condemn the &C
ton Of the Republican party In de-
monetizine silver, to express a wish
for Democratic success at the next
election, and to state that throughout
the country Randall was looked up
on as a friend of monopolies. This
last remark elected some laughter,
in which Randall good humoredly
Joined.
Belford offered an amendment
granting q clerk tn every member of
congress not chairman of commit
tee.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
WHERE THE BARLEY GOES.

The business Of the manufacture
and sale Of beer has reached enor-
NOUS proportions in this country.
The Bre,vers' Journal shows that the
ale and beer sold last year in six
States alone, amounted to the follow
ing: New York, 5 254 barrels;
Pennsylvania, l,7O6, GAG; barrels;
Ohio, 1856, $50 barrels: Wisconsin.
1898, lS3 barrels; Illinois, 1,O7l, 40S
barrels, and Missouri, l,O22,659 bar
rels. New York City alone shows
sales of 3,239,9OS barrels; Phila-
delphia, l~,O23.5l4.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
Lightning Flashes.

The first passenger train crossed
the c~antilever bridge at Niagara Falls
yesterday.
Fence cutters are sti|l at work In
Texas, Notwithstanding the re"
cent legislation against them.
The California and Oregon rail-
road Yesterday applied to the New
York Stuck E schanxe to list $780,
OOO additional first mortgage six Ter
per cent BINDS.
Thieves are again oneratit.g In the
Chesapeake oyster beds.
CITY officials of Troy, New York,
figure. Chamberlain Church's defa
CATION ut $77,0OO.
Wholesale arrests Of persons merely
SUSPECTED If socialism are being
made in ST.. Peterstu Y.
Honi. Alder hot regiments have
bpen order-d to prepare for foreign
service and more marines have been
dispatched t" Egypt.
A rich widow Mrs. Americas
Holmes, at Utica, New York, mar
ried a STRANGER who claim
ed to be q mining man from San
Jn~e, Cal. The groom gave to his
bride as wedding presents dia-
mold ear and finger ring, and check
for $15.00O. endorsed by d. -. Mills.
When ne began tn want to borrow
$1,000 the lady grew suspicious and
the man slotsed. The watch proved
to be oriode. the dt .monds paste aud
the checs worthless.
Herr Neve. formerly Of London,
manager Of the Soe'ixlists raper, Fret
h Il. was Condemned in Berlin yes
terday to six months imprisonment
for selling the papers.
Perrine 4 Co., q New York wool
firm. assigned yesterday. Liabilities
$ll5, O00; actual assets 81, 600.
Business failures for the past week
are 278. paevi0us week 1913
The Pope has sent q corner stone
and marble altar slab for the chapel
tn be erected at Canireiven, Kerry,
Ireland, In memory of Daniel O'Do1.
nell.
Gardiner G.. Hubbard addressed
the Senate COmmi tee ~ P0stoffices
and Post Roads yesterday, advocat-
ing the establishment Of q ptsstal tel.
egraph system by the Government.
Congress yesterday appropriated
500, 900 for the Ohio valley flood suf-
ferers, and the bill was approved by
the President last evening.
Lieutenant William M. Clark, 21st
infantry, and Lieutenant James F.
Cummings, 81 cavalry, have been
dismissed from the army for dupli-
eating their pay accounts.
The large distilling works of the
Standard. Oil Company at Long
Island City were set on fire yesterday
by the bursting of q dl-tilling tank,
and the loss foots up $500, with
partial insurance.
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Technically Told.
detroit Free Press\

. TV0ET
"Yes said the Widow Brown.n
deacon Blank is one of the pillows
of our church."
"W-li," snapped Miss Lily Turtle,
I'm glad l don't belong to q church
that has TO be bolstered up by some
man as lie ia
He ha-n't q feathers weight of
lnhu-nce," observed Sister HARDING
threading the point of her needle.
Il have always regarded him as a
sbam," said the other deacon's wife.
II knew he's always a wet blanket
at u .parties," poute I'd Mss Lily.
Ihe deacon coming IN just then.
all the ladies' said in q chorus:
90, deacon! you're just the one
we want to select texts.H
Curtaini
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Something New in Suspenders.
detroit Free Press.1

lOetrOlC free Fress.
4 pair Of embroidered, fancy-look-
ing su-penders hung in front of u
M.chigxn avenue store yesterday,
and . young farmer stopped to exam
inc them.
"Something new?" he asked AZ
the proprietor came out.
"Shu>t oudt, my friendt. Dot ish
batent subscribers.
Are you the sole agent?"
II WAS. Dot batent came out
about two Weeks ag.', und my brud-
der In New York sends me q shob
lot yesterday. You can't puy 'em
no blaze else"
They don't look very strong"
What? II you can break dose sus-
benders by shumping over nine fen
ces, l gift you den bairs!"
II wonder how they'll wear"
"Shust like iron. Here Is q bair Of
dot, batent." unbuttoning his vest,
dot I hat worn over two y'ars!"
The farmer had gone before the
dealer saw his slip, and then he
looked after the r~etreating figure and
unused; II guess l let der batent bart
alone und go In heavy on der en-
broidery peesnis!'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09

Iowa State Leader: Mr.. Keifer Is
having some trouble In explaining
why he dismissed the Democratic
stenographer of the House on the last
day of the last session of Congress
and appointed his nephew to draw
the salary during the recess. 1t is
just possible that if MI. Keifer had
suspected that the present Congress
would be Democratic, and that he
would be asked such annoying ques-
tions by an investigating committee,
his nephew would have been com
PEELED to look elsewhere for q Job.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09

Mr.. Bradlaugh will not present
himself at the bar at the opening of
Parliament until next Monday. He
will then advance to the table of the
House of Commons to take the oath.
1t is thought no attempt will bemade
this time to exclude him from the
seat for Northampton. The per-
severance OF the man is remarkable.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
The Cuban Patriot.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I'm the
Senate to-day. Call offered q reso-
luton requesting the President to
prevent the delivery of Senior Carlos
Aguero, q Cuban patriot now in
prison at Keywest, on the demand
Of the Spanish government. upon a
pretended charge Of highway rob-
berry. Call had read the proceedings
If q meeting of American citizens at
Keywest, denouncing the action Of
Spain as actuated by purely political
purposes and defending General
Aguero from the imputation of rob.
berry. Referred to committee On
foreign relations.
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S3hsm;nx f,r Au3th ,r Road. -

. Sohsm'nx FIR Au3th .r Road. -
OTTAWA, Feb. 1T IL understood
the Government has received an Of
fer from u syndicate of New York
capitalists to take the e .nadian Pa
citic railway and complete it without
further government aid, aud also
agree to give up the monopoly
privilege and pay n DUTY upon their
material.
SAY FRANCISCO, Feb 8.-The
Worlds Fair executive committee
ha] issued an address Announcing
that u preliminary subscription If
half q million will be taken up in
this city. before seeking Federal or
State aid.