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#. L. FEKNANDE,z. Barber Shop, Mississippi
cutting, shampooins. etc., in most artistic style.
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N ". DARToN.
Civil Engineer & Surveyor,

Parish Surveyor OF Ascsnsion.)
Will attend promptly to work in all branches
OF his profession, such as surveying, mapping,
teveling for canals, bridges. rice numes, ETC.,
esfimatiug cost and supervising construction of
eaIne. Orders left at the CHIEF othce will meet
With immediate attention.
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EDWARD N. PUGH. Attorney at Law, Alta
=. ~ kNpas street. opposite Louisiana Square.
Visits Napoleonvine on Mondays.
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MILLINERY.

MT RH. III. BLUM Milliner. Mississippi street.
IAl between Lessard and Ut. Patrick. Latest
styles Of Bonnets Hats. French Flowers. etc.,
also. oil kinds of Ladies Underware.
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DONALDsONviLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
DRY aooDs. GROCERIES. Etc.

DIRE GooDs. GROCERIES. Etc.
MI ISRAELI Il CO., dealers in Dry Goods,
We Clothing, Boots, Shoes. Saddlery, Hug-
gies etc., corner Mississippi and Lessard streets
~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Eou-
0s mas street. dealer in Dry Goods, Notions,
B cots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn.
Oats and Bran.
A b. VEGA. Agent. dealer in Dry Goods
1As Notions, Clothing, Boots and 6hoes. Hats
O roceries. Liquors. Furniture, Hardware, To-
bacco, Paints, Oile Glass, Lumber. Bricks, Carts
and Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenue
and Mississippi street.
DERNARD LEMANN Il BROTHER. dealers
l. "a Western Pr0tuca, fancy and staple s5To-
eeriss. Liquors. Hardware, Iron. Paints. M @ OIls'
crosreq 6 ppe1 ans and
Crescent Place.
TOS. GONDRAN d SONS, dealers in Dry
ID Goeds, Clothing, Notions, Hats, Groceries,
Wine, Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware Paints,
o lis Saddlsry, Crockery, Furniture and ell
kinds OF House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store,
Mississippi street.
NJ TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries. Dry Goods,
V1. Clothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats.
corner Mississippi and st. Patrick Streets and
No 81 RaiIrfad Avenue Eyerythina Mt lowest
figures.
u LANDMAN. dealer in Dry Goods. Groce-
ssra re- sapplss Wines ao,s cor
ner Railroad Avenue and Taylor streats' one
block from Railroad Depot.
u Groceries p Provisions Plantation and Steam
boat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors,
Bottled Heer, Ale, etc. Dry sioods aI,d Notions,
corner OF Mlssisalppi and Ch6timaches streets,
NJ levy. deHlcr in Dry Goois. Clpthinr
I'D stand, Mississippi street. e. FEITEL
Agent,
,,<,,r.,. : !. -, a., !. :, 49,, .,-,,,..,.s
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

EREDkRICK DUFFEL, Attorney at law and
- Notary Public, office on Cletimaches stree,
opposite the Court House.
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HOTELS AND BOARDING-HoUsEs.

DEEP-O'-DAY HOTEL AND BARROOM.
i Mississippi street. First-rate aecommo-
dation and reasonable prices. Western Union
telegraph Office in the hotel.
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+. BARRIER sHof.s.


ROHGE6 LANtiBECKEH, City Barbor Shop,
~ Mississippi street, adjoining Peep-o' DAY
Hotel. Shaving, ShampoUnlng. Hair-cutting,
Dyeing Of Hair or Whiskcrs, etc., In the best
style, Ut popular prices. Respectfully solicit
the patronage Of the paaslic.
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MI ISRAEL u CO., dealers in Dry Goods,
We Clothing, noots, Shoes, saddIeIy. ! u Bug
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ROBT. i. LEE HOTEL Crescent Place. near
~ the Market-House, Jos. Lafargue. propri-
etof. Bar and billiard room attached. First
class entertainment and accommodation.
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NE LEVY, dealcr in Dry Goods, Clothing,
W. Boots, Shoes, Hats. Groceries, Furniture,
Hortlwure and Plantation Supplies, at Lernann's
Old stand, Mississippi street. g. FEITEL,
Agent.
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GCHUIER q BBIEKER, Blacksmiths and
y Wheelwrights, Horse -Shoers, Wagon and
| Cart makers and repairers, Railroad Avenue.
between mississippi and Iberville streets.
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~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Eou-
Os mus street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions,
. cots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn.
Oats and Bran.
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R LANDAfAN, dealer in Dry Goods, Groce-
lCs ries. Plantation supplies. Wines, Liquors.
Cigars. Tobacco, and General Merchandise, cor
block frem Railroad Depot.
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A b. VEGA. Agent. dealer in Dry Goods
O roceriea. Liquors. Fnrniture, Hardware, To
bacco Prints, Oils, Glass, Lunber Bricks, Carts
and Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenue
and Mississippi street.
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TINsM1TH.

II OUIE j. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi
II street, at Lemann's old stand Orders at
tended 20 with dispatch and satisfaction in-
sured.
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SODA WATER MANUFACToKY.
CODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H. Hether,
y proprietor, No. Ii Mississippi street. Soda,
Mineral Seltzer and ali kinds of aerated waters
manufactured and sold at lowest prices.
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rITY HOTEL. p. Lefevre, Proprietor. Rail-
supplied with best Liquors.
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TNO. +. PARK. dealer in Staple and Fancy
u Groceries. Provisions, Plantation and Steam
boat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors
Bottled Heer, Ale etc, Dry Goods and Notions,
corner OF Mississippi and Clletimaches streets,
Of,ut,eits River Ferry,
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MI TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries Dry foods,
Wt. Clothing, Notions, Boots and ShOee, Hats,
furniture, Hardware, Crockery, Trunks, ETC.,
corner Mississippi and ut. Patrick streets and
No. "a Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowest
figures.
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TOS. GONDRAN d SONS, dealers in Dry
ID Goods Clothing, Notions, Hats, Groceries,
Wine. Liquors. Boots, Hhoes, Hardware. Paints,
O lis Saddlery. Crockery, Furniture aud ell
kinds OF House Furnishing foods. Blue Store,
Mississippi street.
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Meals at All Hours.
Rooms and Board by the Day, Week or Month
at Moderate Pricee.
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DERNARD LEMANN Il BROTHER. dealers
ID ia Westarn Produce, fancy and staple Gro
ceriss. Liquors. Hardware Iron. Paints. Ols,
Carts, Plows, Baddlerz, Stoves and IinTare.
Furniture, Crockery, Wall Paper and House
furnishing Goods. Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place. sS.s
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10

simply inveighed against railroad companies be-
cause they were corporations. 1t was a
cheap kind of business for men to 60
about crying monopoly" The great wealth Of
Gould and Vanderbilt had not been taken from
the pockets of the laboring men of the roads;
they built them and paid for them. They had
made money by buying poorly managed roads
putting brains in them, and making them profta-
BILE. Their gain was legitimate They made
money in another way--nOt from laboring men,
but from men who went into Wall street and
thought that they were smarter than those old
fellows" If it could be proven to him that the
tionate charges, he would go as far as any man
to correct the evil.
Mr. Boyle after attacking the provisions of
the substitute, criticised the committee bill and
announced his opposition to the commission
feature as being altogether wiChout value and
amounting to nothing whatever.
Mr.. Weaver favored the substitute bill. Pend
ing further debate, the House adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
A Serious Mistake.
Arkansas Traveller.

The other day old Simon Battegill was ar
raigned before the United States Court, having
been arrested on a charge of setting up small
distillery for the purpose of making Illicit whisky.
you do not deny these charges thenF said the
judge
mo, Judge fur 1 don't see nothn ter deny.
Yer must reckolleck that didn't set up the still
till airter / had hearn that Dimmocrat had
been elected fur President You see that lets
me out O the charge o maxim wildcat whisky
How soy
wy, case when the Dimmocrats gifts in,
whiskyl be free all over the country"
'Old man, you have been deceived 1t makes
no difference who is President, whisky will be
taxed just the same as now"
Then dad blame the Dimmocrat party.
Here I've been workn like a dog for em without
knowin' that it wouldn't do me no good. If
thar's a Dimmocrat in this house, | wish he'd go
an tell the gin'ral manager to mark my name
often his books"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
Express Matters.

The express people take exceptions to an
article which appeared in the Journal a few
mornings since, to the effect that while freights
with railroads were carried at about one half
of what they were ten years ago. the express
companies were still doing business at old rates.
This they deny. Agent Folsom says they are
now 25 to 30 per cent lower. For instance,
tkey formerly charged S4 per one hundred
pounds from New York to indianapolis; it is now
$3 80 per 100 pounds; 81 rs from indianapolis to
Chicago and st. Louis it is now lbs; formerly
81 per 100 pounds to Cincinnati and Louisville;
it is now but % cents, and similar reductions
have been made in rates TO all points.
Wells, Fargo 81 Co announce by circular that
they have extended their express service
upon all main and branch ines of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company. to and from
all points between St Paul, Duluth Mime
apofis and Portland Oregon, and are now
prepared to do general express business to and
trV-n points reached by the Northern Pacific
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
Travel Unprecedentediy Light.

Within the last few days passenger men from
nearly all sections of the country have stopped
over at Indianapolis for day or two, or few
hours, and the talk of all is that travel is un-
precedentedly light. An official who spent
last week at Kansas City states that
through trains that arrive at Kansas
City in the morning, which usually
bring 1,oOO to 1900 passengers, hst week
did not average to bring in 800 per day. The
same complaint comes from passenger men
located at st. Louis and Chicago. and upon
inquiry of passenger agents at this point we find
that, with one exception, the fifteen indianapolis
roads carried less passengers in November 1884.
than in the corresponding month of 1883, and the
earnings the last two weeks of November this
year fell off, compared with last year, 81, 500
to So 800 per week with nearly all lines. Not
only is through but local business as well af-
fected Presidents and general managers are
writing to learn what is the matter, and pas
senger men know not what to answer
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
The Chieaco and ohio River Pool.

Several papers have fallen into the error of
stating that the Chicago and Ohio river pool has
heretofore been operated on tonnage and num-
Der of passengers carried, and that when reer-
gapized it will be with the understanding that
all settlements of overs and shorts shall be
made with money. 1t always has been a
money pool, and that is where the shoe
pinehes. If strictly carried out NJ. E. ingalls,,
president of the c., l., St. L. & G. would need
to pay into the pool some 800, 900. But there is
evidence ample to show that it would DO unjust
for him so to do. Former arrangements of some
Of the roads in the pool whether Intentionally or
not misPepresented the business they had
done and which they expected to do, and
thereby were awardered per cents. they were
not entitled to- while others have taken advant-
tage of differential rates, etc, and thereby in
creased their per cents. in the passenger business
above the natural per cents. 1t has been big
task for President Malott and Commissioner
Richardson to arrive at what would be just and
proper for them to suggest as a basis of settle
ment. Settling up the affairs Of the old pool
will be the first bust ness, then the attention of
the meeting will be turned to a reorganization of
the new pool, in which it is definitely settled
no differential rates will be allowed any road
1t is just to President ingalls, to say that he ex-
presses willingness to pay into the pool what
ever the committee say is just and equitable.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
Unnecessary speoulation.

Some of the newspapers are still speculating
on the probability that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton and the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio roads are to be consolidated, which is about
as probable as that the Indiana Bloomington &
Western and Northern Pacific will be. Should
John King, at the coming election of the c., II.
& D. company in June next, succeed H j. Jew
EFT as president, it signifies nothing of such
character The Erie, which controls the N. Y,
p. 81 o.. does not own the. stock of the c., H g.
D. nor does it lease the road The facts are
simply this: The Erie people wanted an
entrance into Cincinnati. President dew
EFT proposed to a syndicate which held
q majority of the stock to pay
them per cent dividend on such stock, pro
viding they would allow the Erie people to ap
point the officers and operate the road which
the syndicate consented to do G. G. Waite,
vice president and general manager, has not
only paid per cent dividend on the stock held
by the syndicate but has done still better; he
has paid per cent. on the entire stock, and has
a surplus to carry over toward paying the next
dividend However, far as the Erie goes,
should the G H. & d. gain 10 per cent on its
stock, the Erie would be no better off, as any
into improvements to the. property or be di-
vided among the stockholders. Should
there be q deficit, however, the
Erie people would be obliged to make
up sufficient sum to pay the per cent. dlvl-
dend to the syndicate holding majority of the
stock. fhere is little danger, however, if the
present management continues to operate the
road, that there will be any deficiency for the
Erie to make up. Neither will the O., Il & ID.
stockholders allow the c. H. g. D. to be con
solidated with a wrecked railroad like the n.
Y, Z. g. o.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10

railroad, and the lines of the Oregon
Railway, and Navigation Company and
the Oregon 60 California railroadi
making connections by ocean steamer 8
from Portland with San Francisco, Victoria,
British Columbia aud Alaska, connecting over
land from Portland to San Francisco by means
OF stage lines between the termini of the Oregon
g. California, and the California & Oregon
railway lines also reaching by stage and steam
boat many distant points in the State of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho Territories.
The Wells Fargo Company has made an ar
rangement with the American Express Company
whereby its franchise is extended to Chicago.
The Northern Pacific Express Company pro
poses to meet It's competitor with q similar ar
rangement, and Superindent W. J. Footner is
now in Chicago for that purpose The plan, it
is understood, is to extend the Northern Pacific
express to Chicago over the Chicago 81 North
western road. 1t is said that a lively fight be-
tween the companies will ensue
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
President Ingalls, Makes Another Master
Stroke,

NJ. f. Ingalls, president of the Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, ST. Lous & Chicago road, arrived in
the city on the l p. M. train. and is one of the
best feeling railroad men in the country, so
grand success has he made of the Union Central
Depot enterprise at Cincinnati. The Baltimore
& Ohio having purchased third in
terest in the property and with
the money which the B. & o. has now agreed to
pay for its third interest-having been so far
recent sale of 800 900 of depot bonds and $l5O-
900 of branch bonds, the Big Four will now
wipe out its floating debt President Ingalls,
says thirty days from now the c., L., St L. &C.
c. will not have note out and will still own
one-third interest in the Union Central Depot
which is one of the most complete and grandest
stations in the West and he expects to be in
shape by July 1885, to resume the payment of
dividends to stockholders.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Chalmers Wants a Republican Form OF
Government for Mississippi.

Mr. Chalmers Wants a Republican Form OF
Government for Mississippi.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Mr Chalmers intro
duced bill to restore republican form of gov
ernment to the State of Mississippi which was
referred. Some derisive laughter from the Dom
ocratic side greeted the reading of the title of
this bill. 1t provides that congressional and
State elections shall be held on the same day in
that State; each candidate for Congress shall be
permitted to appoint, in writing, one inspector
and one clerk at each voting precinct, who shall
be permitted to witness all the proceedings. 1t
is made crime, punishable by fine and imprson-
ment, for any person to assault intimidate,
threaten or insult any Inspector or clerk.
Consideration of the interstate commerce bill
having been resumed, Mr. Barksdale addressed
the House in a constitutional argument in sup
port of the right Of Congress to legislate on this
subject.
: Mr. Davis, of Illinois, supported the committee
fSaill, though he would have preferred a measure
simply providing for commission. a first
step. The appointment of n commission would
accomplish more good than any iron-clad
statutes.
MFR Horr favored the appointment of q COM
mission of inquiry, with power to inquire into
each particular case Of injustice on the part of
the railroads, and to compel the companies to
furnish all data necessary to investigate each
transaction. There he would stop. He referred
to the action of the committee OH commerce of
the Forty seventh Congress, in almost unani-
mously rejecting Mr.. Reagans proposition.
Mr. Reagan accounted for this by the remark
that the committee had been selected in favor of
the railroad companies.
Mr.. Horr said he understood the present COM
mttee had been selected by the gentleman from
Texas in order to report this very bill.
Mr.. Reagan denied this, and declared that he
had never named man for that committee.
Mr.. Horr had no doubt that the statement was
correct, hut it was not more correct than that
the commission of the Forty seventh Congress
was not selected in the interest of railroads
Mr. Reagan-L know exactly what l say, and
l know it from the highest authority.
Mr.. Horr-Weh, the present committee was
not selected in favor of railroads. Why is it not
to-day in favor of the bill you advocated
Mr.. Horr proceeded with his criticisms of the
substitute which, he asserted. Disseminated in
favor of the roads in certain States, and against
those which necessarily went through several
States. 1t would strike down all the cheap rates
of the West and South and the cheap trans
portation of flour and wheat from Kansas and
Minnesota would be things of the past. 1t would
put dear bread in the mouths of the hungry mill
ions of the East, instead of cheap bread. He
had no sympathy with that class of men who
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
Danger that the Trunk-Lines VIII Become
Too Arbitrary.

The general tenor Of the remarks of freight
men is that the prospect for maintaining through
freight rates between the East and the West this
winter seems good-better than it has been, at
least The Eastern trunk lines seem united and
determined that the value of the business shall
not be ruined. The West Shore and Lackawan-
ma lines are the disturbing element with the
trunk lines while West the greatest difficulty ap-
pears to be with lines which like the West Shore
aud Lackawanua are outside the pools. One is
made east from Chicago over the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago, the freight going first south
east eighty eight miles to Monon, and then due
north forty three miles on the Airline division
of the same road to the Chicago 6 Grand Trunk
at HaskelIs Thus it goes l31 miles to reach
Haskell's, while the distance by the Grand
Trunks own line is sixty three miles. Still
another is over the Wabash southwest ninety
two miles to Forrest. and thence over the same
road, east by north, 3l9 miles to Detroit, making
a line All miles long to Detroit against 2S4 by
the Michigan Central. But such lines depend
upon the trunk lines and their Western con
nectons for their existence, and if the trunk
! line managers are united they can prevent their
demoralizing rates. Some OF these seem to have
been established or permitted by trunk line man
agements for the purpose of enabling them to
secure traffic iD addition to their pool percent
age, but as the almost inevitable result Of any
rates, and the destruction of "a large part or the
whole of the profits on the business, it is not
easy to believe that it will be continued, certain
ly not unless encouraged by some one more of
the trunk lines. 1t is quite evident however,
that the trunkline pool is tightening its grip
and the weak places have been greatly strength
ened of late There is possibility
though, that the trunk lines will be-
come too arbitrary, and that Western
roads, which practically at the mercy Of the
trunk lines in the pool will kick in the traces
Murmuring can be heard quitsfrequently among
Western railroad officials of the unimportant
figures they cut in the matters pertaining to the
POOL The turn of the case or the c., l.. st L.
& G. in regard to its traffic via Seneca and Kan
kakee has awakened good deal of i'll feeling to-
ward the roads east from Chicago, owned by the
trunk lines. and the question remains un-
answered why Milwaukee. ninety miles from
Chicago should be allowed The same rate to the
seaboard that Chicago enjoys, while Seneca,
point but seventy miles from Chicago, should
take 108 Of the Chicago rate, shippers choosing
the Seneca and Kankakee route because better
time is made.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
Flat Bats for baseball.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Basel ball has lost much of the interest which
attached to the matches between strong amateur
clubs. 1t is now chiefly battle of pitchers, but
chance. Instead Of the round bats heretofore
used, the players are to be permitted to wrap the
handles of their bats and TO flatten the sides for
eighteen inches from the end This will make a
cricket, and will encourage scientific
hitting or placing" of the ball. With
the round bat there is great deal
OF chance work, even with the best of play
ers, but with fattened race it will be possible
not merely to hit the ball but direct it to parts
of the field where there are no players. The
new rule is very likely to add interest to the
game, besides making it a safer sport.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-10
PATS 5 SnreNy,Inass.
Every Other Saturday,


gentleman travelling through Ireland with
very stout companion had occasion to hire a
jaunting-car, and, having agreed with the
where he was staying and called his fat friend.
The driver, as soon as he caught glimpse of
the enormous dimensions of his fare" walked
up to the head of his horse and holding up the
tattered lappets of WORKOUT jacket said:
whist, sir, get up as lightly as ye can will yef'
"What, is your. beast skittishp asked the gentle
man. mo, SIR said Pat with an inlmitaby
shrewd leer but if he saw the big gentleman
he'd most likely say, Whist, Pat, but it ought
to be five shiliings"