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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-22

HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The court cryer. A royal infant.
ton Post.
The butcher who trusts loses flesh
Boston Post.
The diver is the man who weights for
the tide. e.-NelO York Journal
Babies know nothing of politics, yet
they are fond of crow.-P,lck.
A door is sometimes a jar and an earth
quake always is.-LODeH Courier.
In the midst of all the excitement
concerning it, the north pole remains
perfectly cool.-BLizzard.
''The work of reclaiming the Potomac
flats is rapidly going on" so says an
exchange. "This must be pleasant
reading for Washington dudes. s.-B~Liag-
ton Free Press.
A boarding house cook has been
awarded $3.50 for the invention of a
new and improved chicken soup. Per-
haps the improvement consists of put
ting in some chicken.-DelTick
"At great heights, dogs lose their
power of barking" 1t is fine scheme,
then, to keep your dog in the garret,
or tie MIN up TO the sWaylng nmD oil
tall and lonely tree. .-HaDkeye.
A young gentleman wishes to know
which is proper to say on leaving a young
lady friend after late call-good night
or good evenings Never tell lie, young
man say good morning ,-BurlingtOa Free
Press.
SHE AND ME.
She held him fast in her soft white arms
And kissed him warm with a yearning
hug,
For she was a girl of the upper ten,
And newell, he was a dogOned pug.
-MerchdRt- Traveller.
Maud-"Isn't this queer title for a
book, mother: Not Like Other Girls 2
| wonder what she can be if she is not
like other girls 2" Mother-'I don't
know, unless she goes into the kitchen
and helps her mother instead of staying
in the parlor to read novels. - LIFE.
A horrible example: A Partisan doc
tor precribed for lady who had obiec-
tions against growing stout; ''Take ex-
ercise, my dear lady Consider the rrees
Of the field; they never take exercise,
and rs consequence they go on grow
ing bigger and bigger every year. Pee
ton JoufRGl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-22
SELECT SETTINGS.

The bread eaten at table in Turin is
a yard long and an eighth of an inch in
diameter, of pipe stem form, very crisp,
and exceedingly palatable. 1t is called
''grissini, after the doctor who invented
it on hygienic principles.
The business of monarchy promotes
longevity. Witness the ages of the fol-
lowing rulers: The emperor of Germany
is eighty-seven; the king of the Neither
lands, sixty the king of Denmark,
sixty-six, and Queen Victoria, sixty-tive.
Church bells from Baltimore foundry
are in demand in England. Already
China, West Africa, Nova Scotia, New
foundland, the West Indies and parts of
South America have drawn upon the
same establishment for its silver toned
bells.
A great plague, called the "black
death, " beginning on the plains of West
ern Asia, swept over Europe during the
years 1348-1351, destroying probably one
third of the whole population. This, by
diminishing the number of people, dou-
bled the price of labor.
1t is said that no watch will keep the
same time with two people. This is ow-
ing to the temperature of :he wearer,
and it is claimed that even the mere
physical difference in gait and move
ment between different people will affect
the time keeping of a watch, which is
probably also affected in some degree by
the magnetism of the wearer.
An Australian has devised scheme
for bringing down rain to order. The
concern is in the form of balloon, with
q charge of dynamite underneath it. The
balloon is to be sent into the clouds, and
the dynamite is to be fired by a wire
connecting it with the earth. 1t is the
intention of the inventor, it is stated,
to make trial of the apparatus on the
dry districts of New South Wales.
Statistics show that the tendency to
suicide is much greater among the regu
lar gamblers from losses than among
business men. The sharp strain of the
gaming short though it may be,
spoils the nerves, and weakens fortitudC
more than the strain of business. Ca
your, one of the most serene of men, wa
within an ace on one great gambling
night of throwing half his fortune ava,
rather than call card, and only calleC
it, as he relates himself, because a drol
of perspiration rose on his opponent
forehead.
The origin of the trade dollar is thu
explained. The Chinese are paid for thei
tea mainly in silver. In 1878 the United
States coined $4,000, 900 of the trad
dollars for use in India. Previously tn
Mexican dollar had practically monopo
lized the field. The American dolla
was heavier and possessed more intrinsic
value, but it was found that for som
mysterious reason the Chinese merchant
preferred the Mexican to the American
coin, fact probably due to their hered
itary dislike of novelties, and now n
trade dollars are shipped to China. TIL
The Chinese heard some years ago, tina
our government intended to redeem
these dollars at par, and being shrew'
enough to see an opportunity for specu
lation, they boarded the coins and sen
them to this country. At all events
they are said to have disappeared i
China as well as in this country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-22
A Circns EIephant in a Rnge.

Coles huge elephant Sampson severed
his chains at Haley, Idaho, and started
to pulverize his keeper, who made a
hasty retreat. A cage of lions stood in
the way of the infuriated animal, which
he picked up and hurled to one side,
killing two horses. The circus people
called on the crowd TO shoot the monster,
and ivcly firing began, but without
appreciable effect. Finally a party of
men succeeded in roping the beast and
he was quieted. Thirty bullet holes
wero found in his hide. The damage
done by hiss amounted TO $40.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
MORE IN THE Man THAN IN THE
LAND


knowed a man, which he lived In Jones,
Which Jones is county Of red hills and
stones,
And he lived pretty mnch by gettin, Of loanA
And his mules were nuthin' but skin and
bones,
And his hogs was fiat as his corn bread pones,
And he had bout thousand acres Of
land.
This man-which his name it was also Jones
He swore that he'd leave them old red hills
and stones
Fur he couldn't make nuthin' but yelleriah
cotton.
And little o. thot, and his fences was rotten,
And what little corn he had, hit was
boughten,
And DANCED if livin' was in the land
And the longer he swore the madder he got
And he riz and he walked to the stable lot;
And ne hollared to Tom to come thar and
hitch,
For to emigrate somewhar whar land was
rich,
And to quit raisin' cockburs, thistles and
sich,
And waistin their time on the cusSed
land.
So him and Tom they hitched up the mules,
Pertestin' that folks was mighty big fools
That 'ud stay in Georgy their lifetime out,
Just scratchin' a hvin' when all of 'em
mought
Get places in Texas, ,whar cotton would sprout
BY the time you could plant in the land.
And he driv by house whar man named
Brown
Was livin' not far from the edge of town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy his place,
And said that bein' as money was skace,
And bein' as sheriffs was hard O. face
Two dollars and acre would git the land
They closed at dollar and fifty cents,
And Jones he bought him wagin and tents,
And loaded his corn and his wimmin and
truck,
And moved to Texas, which it tuck
His entire pile, with the best % luck
To git thar and git him little land
But Brown moved out on the old Jones farm,
And he rolled up his breeches and barred his
arm,
And he picked all the rocks from off'n the
groun',
And he rooted it up and plowed it down;
Then he plowed his corn and his wheat in
the land.
Five years glid by, and Brown, one day
(Which he'd got so fat that ne wouldn't
weigh,
Was settin down, sorter lazily,
To the bulliest dinner you ever see,
When one O. the children jumped on his knee,
And says: "Yan's Jones, which you
bought his land"
And thar was Jones, standing out at the
fence,
And he hadn't No wagin, nor mules nor tents,
For he had left Texas afoot and cum
To Georgy to see if he couldn't get sum
Employment, and he was lookin' as humble
as ef
He had never owned any land
But Brown he axed him in, and he sot
Him down to his vittles smokin' hot
And when he had filed hisself and the floor
Brown looked at him sharp and riz and swore
That whether mems land was rich or poor,
Thar was more in the man than thar was
III the landn
Sidney Ldnier, in Southern CuItiuator.
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SONG.

pye late, some find him soon,
the rose in May,
be Nightingale in June,
30 WHOM skies are gray;
some with smiling eyes,
with tears TO some,
.ove sings, for some Love sighs,
Pc Loves lips are dumb.
.ll You come TO me, fair Lovel
you come soon or late9
sad or smiling skies above,
N light of sun or moon9
a you be sad, will you be sweet,
4ng, sigh, Love, or DO dumb,
y It be summer when we meet,
3 autumn ere you comet
-Pukenhdm Beatty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-22

There are seven nstive-born Ohioans
in the Senate, and thirty-one members Of
the house first saw light in that State.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-08-23

The Imms Sisters appeared in
Firemen's Hall on Friday evening,
August II inst. Tiere we're four
sisters who play the violin, harp,
and sing, SC.
Little Flora, a bright little miss of
10 or II summers was the prlnci
pal attraction. The remaining per
formances were only ordinary.
There was quite a large audience
which is an evidence that the D.a
ma, Concerts, Sc, would receive Il
liberal patronage here.
The managers of the hall have
determined to allow the hall to no
troupe that does not furnish proofs
that their exhibitions will be prop
er and chaste. Ladies need have
no fear of attending any entertain
ment OR performance in Firemen's
Hall.
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NOTICE..

The undersigned informs all individuals,
who have been cutting and taking timber
and removing fence piekets; on the pIlanta'
Latourche, La, The said plantation or land
having been surveyed by Samuel ". Hill,
United States deputy Surveyor in the year
1855 and the lines having been distinctly
marked by bounds and registered in the Par
ish Recorders Office . row Of Catalpa trees
were planted two feet from the bornes in the
same year the land was surveyed which gives
. true delineaticn of the lines on both sideslOf
the said plantation which any one can see,
notice is hereby given. From before and At
ter this date l will have them prosecuted &C
cording to the extent OF the law. For all in
fringement on the said land villa. adt ransgress
as trespassers on the right of property
which are we'll known by many respectable
persons henceforth no persons are allowed to
dragtram through this land without having
the proper permission from the proprietor or
his attorneys. JOHN 3. G. GAZZO,
Aug.-23 81. Lafourche parish.
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The Board of Management of the
Worlds Fair has authorized the
Director General to procure Bars
tholdi's statue of Liberty, if pos
sible, for a few weeks in order that
it may be exhibited to all nations
before it is final " placed OH its
pedestal on Bcdloe's Island. The
great work of The patriotic artist is
about to be shipped to this country
on board of a French man-Of-war.
The largest vessels af1oat can steam
mp the Mississippi river to within
a few hundred feet of the exDosi
ton building at New Orleans,
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-08-23
$500 REWARD!
SHERIEE,S OFFICE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
Thibodaux, La, July 25th, 1884.
The president of the Police Jury of the parish
OF LafOnrche offers q reward Of two hundred
Dollars for the arrest aud delivery in the
Thibodaux Jail OF the murderer, Anderson Sc
Plus, colored, who made his escape on the
night of the p inst alter having been tried
and convicted for the murder Of his wife
Barbara Hunter.
DESCRIPTION
He is about q years old, about 5 feet, S or 4
inches in height. full face, weighs about $50
pounds, pleasant expression, large nose aud
when talking generally makes gestures with
his b ands he has IN his face small white spots
which resemble pimples out they are not.
his hair has been recently clipped, he is
very fond of smoking cigarettes; color, black.
THEOPHILE THlBODAUX.
Sheriff Of the Parish Of Lslourche.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-08-23

Since the Republican party has
had complete possession of this gov
eminent for % years, how can the
Democratic party be blamed for the
hard times now existing?
The Republican party has admit
ted sugar, free from duty, from the
Sandwich Islands, and now all the
country from st. Louis to San Fran
cisco is supplied with sugar from
those Islands.
That eugar is made by Chinese
labOrers and is in direct competi
ton with the laborers here. When
the colored voter finds his wages
reduced, it would be as well for
him to remember that Cinnamon,
under Republican laws, make the
sugar that supplies the country,
and that which the negro makes
cannot be sold fol cost.
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 1926, Goth District, Uodrtt La
t0oFOhe.
f~&I4<}ls4 F----. IL IL
Leudirine Erwin rs. stephen E.
Garrett.

This case having been fixed for trial was
taken up and tried and by reason Of the law
and the evidence being in favor Of the plain
tiff and against the defendant. 1t il there
fore ordered, adjudged and decreed that Leu
vodine Euvine plaintiff do rave Judgment
against her husband Stephen Il. Garrett, dis
solving the community Of assets and gains ex
listing between them and conferring upon
said plaintiff a separation Of property from
her husband the defendant >. 4. Garrett,
granting to the said Leuvodine Euvine. plain
tiff the sole and exclusive management Of
her affairs.
This done, read and signed in open Court
at 1hibodanx this 18th July, 1894.
(Signed) TAYLOR BEATTIE,
Judge Goth District.
Filed July Is, 1884.
(Signed) A. J. LAssEIGNE, D'y Clerk
A true copy
{@~) Test Clerks Office. Lafourche, La,
(~~) ]. w. KNOBLOCH,
D'y Clerk Of said Court.
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COPY OF
The State of Louisiana, Twentieth
District.

Considering Act No. 60 session of 1884 pro
viding for the creation of an additional Dis
trictJ Judge in the Goth District and the ap-
pointment of Arthur F. Knobloch as the
said additional District Judge for the Goth
Judicial District.
1t is hereby ordered, That the terms of the
District Court for the 10th judicial District
already fixed by the order of the District
Judge dated at Napoleonyille, June End, 1884
shall remain unchanged and that the said
over by Taylor Beattie, District Judge.
It is further ordered that these shall be adj
ditional terms Of Court in the Twentieth
District as follows:
In the Parish of Assumption on the first
Mondays of the months Of January, April,
June and November.
In the Parish of Lafourche on the first
Mondays OF the months Of March, May, Sep
TENDER and December.
That these additional terms of Court will be
held by and presided over by Arthur F. Kno-
bloch, additional Judge of the Goth Judicial
District.
It is further ordered that the terms to be
held IN November and December shall be
Jury terms at which Grand and Petit Jul
ries shall be drawn and ~impanelled and the
Jury commissioners are hereby ordered to
draw in accordance with law Juries for three
! weeks of each of the said months. ii
It is further ordered that the term for. the
Parish of Lafourche for the month of Septem-
Der, 1884. be not held as sufficient time there
fore will not elapsc between the issuance Of
this order and the beginning of the said term.
It is further ordered that the said Judges
may by agreement among themselves either
change the holding Of these terms and that
| either of them may in case of the absence, or
! non-ability to preside of the other. hold the
terms provided to be held by his colleague.
1t is further ordered that due notice Of this
| order be given and that the order itself be
spread upon the minutes OF the District
| Court in each of the Parishes OF Lafourche
| and Assumption
Done in open Court at Thibodaux this 9Th
of August 1884. III the absence Of Judge Kno
| bloch and with his consent.
"Sigped' TAYLOR BEATTIE,
Judge 10th, Judicial District.
Filed August 9th, 1884.
(Signedl Al. LAssEIGNE.
D'y Clerk.
A true copy
(~~) Test, Clerks Office, Parish of La
Ills. fourche, August 18th, 1884.
~) J..W. KNOBLOCH.
Diy Clerk,
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Horticultural Hall is as good as
completed, and will remain the
property Of New Orleans after the
Exposition closes next May. The
roof covered with metal and glass
makes substantial show. The'green
house, $50 feet long, is ready to re
ceive plants. The main hall, GOO
feet long is free of pillars except
the four uprights that support the
high glass tower. Under this, tower
there is to be a fountain throwing
a stream Of water so feet high.
There is q reservoir at least q doz
en- feet deep and forty feet in diam
eter built Of solid masonry and set
in the ground ready t oreceive the
grand fountain. Choice plants and
trees are now being brought from
foreign countries to be placed in
Horticultural Hall. The .exhibi
ton of forestry and arboriculture
will be the finest ever seen in Anne
RIGA. s,f,ts
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF LAFOURCHE.
Voluntary Sale Of Symphorien Dugas.

], TheOphile Thibodaux, sheriff of said Par
ish, will offer for sale, at public auction pur-
suant to law to the last and highest bidder,
on, the premises situated in Brul6 Grand
Chene, right bank Of Bayou L~afonrche at
about three or four miles above the Town Of
Thlbodaux on Wednesday the Goth day of Au
gust, 1884, between the hours Of II o'clock A.
NJ. aud 4 O'Clock p. N. the following describ-
cd property. to-wit:
A certain tract Of land situated in said par
ish OF Lafonrche on the right bank Of Bayou
LafOurche at about three or four miles above
the town Of ThibGdaux and ut about sixty ar
penis from the Bayou Lat0urche in the settle
ment Of Brule Grand Chtne measuring one
arpent aud q half more or less front between
parallel lines ny about Twenty two arpents
more or less in depth, bounded South by a
road separating it from the lands of Olivier
Guillot North by the lands of G.. Bernard and
below or East by the Public Road and
above or West by the lands of Joseph Bourq:
Together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
Being the same tract of land which the
said Dugas acquired from Hilaire Clement
Sr. Vide Record 1852 to 1853 p. 377.
Also, two mules, one horse. a lot of sheep.
20 heads of cattle, 10 hogs, about l25 read Of
chickens and about 100 barrels Of corn, one
draining machine.
Terms of sale cash on the spot in United
States Treasury notes. The act of sale tor
the land to be passed before Emile T. Leblanc.
Clerk Of Court ex-OtficiO Notary Public and
the Taxes 1884 and the act Of sale to be paid
by the purchaser.
August 9th. 1884.
THEOPHILE THlBODAUx,
Sheriff.
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. - Goth District Court La
fourche.
Z#tE
Harry DAILY gs. Patrick Hogan.

This case having been regularly fixed for
trial was in pursuance thereof taken up aud
tried aud the law and the evidence being in
favor Of the plaintiff and against the defen
liant.
1t is therefore ordered, adjudged and de
creed that Mary DAILY, wife do have Judgment
against Patrick Hogan defendant her hus-
band dissolving the community Of acquets
and gains existing between them granting
her a separation OF property from her hus-
band Patrick Hogan the defendant and con-
ferring upon her tie sole and exclusive mana
cement Of her affairs.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court at
Thibolaux. this 9Th day OF July, 1884.
tSigned) TAYLOR BEATTIE.
Judge Goth District.
Filed July 18th, 1881.
(Signed) A.. J. LAssEIGNE, D'y Clerk.
A true copy.
(~~) Test Clerks Office Of Lafourche, La.
(~) Al. LASSEIGNE,
by Clerk.
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On last Saturday the Teyrebomme
Times came out, in proper colors,
and abandoned the Democratic
party. AS it only does openly
now what it has heretofore been
doing sub rosa not much damage to
the Democracy will result.
Serving the devil with the livery
of Heaven never did his;sulphurean
majesty much good
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The DAVIS CREvAssE.-Noth-
ing has been doue in regard to
this breach, except making unfavo
rable reports whilst the n. o. Chro
nicle says plainly that it will not
be closed.
Why should it not be ? Is it for
want of funds! Then why are the
engineers stalking out aud contract
ing for levees in various points
which work could be dispensed
with until the greater one at Davis
could be closed.
1t there be = bayou or outlet
formed, it will be IL good opportuni
ty for the Sewall Brothers to test
their plan of closing breaks. Even
if the water be 20 feet deep, there
will be bat little, if any current.
and if their plan has any virtue it
could be exhibited. 1t would only
require a short space for them to
close when the water will be low.
Then a Ievee could be built behind
their" work which would remain as
protection to it.
1t will be one of the worst disas.
ters that have ever occurred if this
outlet be not stopped. One fourth
of the sugar growing district will
be ruined. Thousands of people
will 10 driven from their homes.
Lei. all other works alone and
turn all the power and strength of
the State towards stopping the
Davis Crevasse. Other needs can
be- attended to hereafter.
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T A OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF LAFOURCHE.
August Sth. 1884.

August Sth, 1884.
A. w. HUMPHREYS. Justice Peace5 ward,
Parish and State aforesaid complaint having
been made before NE by James Billue, Jr.
Samuel Blum. Esqs. that one black pony
branded on the left hip S H with long shaggy
name and trial, with one white spot on the
right side Of the back.
Said black horse or pony, has the reputation
Of attacking people when travelling ON horse
back or in buggy. in the Bayou Lafeurche
road, the owner of said horse and brand S
will please call ut Coulon plantation. Parish
and state aforesaid where the horse is in hand
OF A. w. Humphries Justice OF peace S ward,
il the horse is not demanded by tue owner
within thirty days 80 days will persue and sell
the said horse and return the money to the
Parish Treasurer. A. w. HUMPHREYS.
Justice Peaces.
S Ward, Parish Lafourche, La.