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RECKLnss CONTEMpr OF LAW.

For barefaced disregard Of judi
cial proceedings and open spoliation
of an estate, that in the Townsend
succession in New Orleans, would
from the peremptory orders of the
Court appear to be the most re
markable.
BY the orders of Judge Houston
of last Saturday and Monday, it
seems that the testamentary ex-
ecutor, without an order Of Court,
had actually dispossessed himself of
the property Of this estate, which
had simply been entrusted to his
keeping as all officer (testamentary
executor) of the Court, by selling it
at private sale, as if belonging to
himself. 1t would also seem that
of this fact the Court remained in
ignorance until certified copy of
one of these acts of sale was tlaun-
ted in the face of the Judge, as a
defence, to a rule taken by the at
Itorney of absent heirs on this exec
utor, to state by what authority he
had allowed one dwelling to be oc-
cupied by lewd women. 1t then
came to the knowledge of the Court
that every piece Of real estate COM
plising the larger part of the sue
cession, had been thus disposed of,
and thereby the Court actually had
been ousted OF jurisdiction, as it is
a rule in probate matters that it is
only possession (seisin) of the prop
erty that gives jurisdiction.
| What renders these acts so illegal
'and naturally tended to excite the
indignation OF the Court, as If the
public, is that this execute not only
had not been recognized as an he'll
under the will of the deceased owner
but his right as such is dependent
on a successful defence against thu
provisions Of the law which prohibi
a person guilty Of murder o
the testator from inhcriting, ant
which also declares that those VIII,
have lived together in open concubi
} nage,and who have notsubsequentl,
J married, are incapable of making t
each other any donation of ilnmol
ables, nor of movables beyond on
: tenth of the whole value of thei
estate.
No one will question the prophet
of Judge Houston's orders in thi
matter, ANY more than that Ofa Judg
; Of the Criminal Court dischargin
the whole panel Of grand jury o
learning ofefforts having been mad
. on behalf Of this same executor, t
!, bride some of it's members in thei
+ examination of the criminal charg
r against him.
: While, however, the action Of tn
Courts as regards this executor an
e accused party is commendable, ye
e ifthe investigation should stop her.
P the question may arise, why it ha
; not been directed against thos
! others connected with the attempte
s bribery of a grand jury and I'll
t spoliation of a succession.
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State of Louisiana.
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE PARIk I'LL OF ORLEANS
No. 1O,1O9.
HENRY MEYER, VS.. WMlC. FISHER.


BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF FIERI IA
GAS to me directed by the Honorable the
Civil District. Court of theEParish of Orleans
issued in the above entitled and numbered
suit and bearing the date of December 18th
1883, !. have seized and taken into my posses
sion, and shall p. oceed to sell at public sale
at auction,to the highest bidder,at the door of
the Courthouse of this Parish on
SATURDAY THE ID DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A. ID. 1884,
at the hour of II A. M, .he following des-
cribed property, to-wit;
All and singular those certain tracts or
parcels ofland, together with the buildings and
improvements thereoniand all the rights and
privileges thereto belonging. situated in the
parish of st. Charles in this State, designated
and described as follows to-wit:
Lot four, (4) of section No. three, (3) in
township No. fourteen, (4) south of range
twenty, f20 east, in the southeastern district,
west of the Mississippi river, containing eleven
(ll-96-lOOJ acres. Lot threeI(3,) of fractional
section No four ~ in township No. fourteen
(l4,J south of range twenty, 1907 east, in the
southeastern district, west of Mississippi river
containing forty four (44-20 100 acres.J The
east-half of the south west quarter of section
No. g. containing 81 2S-10O acres. Lot No.nine
~ of the south west quarter of section No. 8,
containing % acres, and the south west quar-
ter of the south west quarter of sectlon No. ~
three, in township fourteenH4J, south of range
No. twenty (2O) east, containing 40-73-lO0 acres,
all of which lots and portions of land together
amount to 2E2-l7-l00 acres, with the exception
of the right of way granted by the said Vino
Fisher tolthe. MOrgan's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad.and. Steamship Company.
| Seized to pay and satisfy plaintiffs
claim for sthe sumyof $4,000 with interest
thereon at 3 per cent, per annum from May
! II, 1882, 10 per cent, attorneys fees and al
costs of these proceedings.
TERMS-CASH onsthe-s spot.
Il. 4. BAUDOUIN
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Charles
II - ~ tAc
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POST-OFFICE NOTICE,

Another change has taken place
in the arrival and departure of the
mails; the Texas through trains car
rying the mails.
Trains pass Hahnville station, as
follows:
MAIL.
Going East at GAG, a. m.
Going West at LAG p. IN.
Mail closes going East at 6:3Op m.
" West at 100 pm,
LOCAL.
Going west, at 9:20, A. M.
Going east, at 5:55, P. M.
Stage leaves at 5 80, IA. IN.
Post Office opens at a. m. and
closes at p. m, until further notice,
No mail delivered on Sundays.
JOSEPH W. CAREw,
Postmaster
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GU Communications handed in later than
Wednesday evening, will lay over until the
week following. a s
ca. All communications must be witten on
one side of the paper.
fsT The full name and address of the wfi-
Ter must accompany each communication, not
for publications bat as a matter Of good faith.
aag Communications Of a personal charac
Ter will not be recognized, unless from res
pOnsible parties, In such cases o charge of
~ so aHdnare will be made.
e-ErW We cordially invitecorrespondence from
Ill parts OF this and neighboring parishes.
~ News and interesting local items res
pectflillY solicited
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1884
ADVERTISING RATES.

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NOTICE..

The public schools Of this parish will open
on the first Monday of February next. The
committee on teachers will meet, at the Court
House. on the twenty-sixth January instant.
to receive and consider applications for teach
erships, and examine applicants.
All persons desiring positions in the schools
will please send applications on or before said
day to the undersigned.
t. I. BAUDOUIN,
Parish Superintendent.
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FOR RENT.

About sixty arpents of land. sUitable.for rice
and gardening, with buildings, stock and
implements all first class.
Apply to P. HARPER,
Luling. p. Q. st. Charles Parish, La.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

That the republican senate, with
its millionaires and monopolistic
tendencies, failed to pass a single
one OF the forfeiture bills Is an ad-
ditional reason why the lower house
should not be turned over into re-
publican hands To defeat Mr.. Weller
after such record in this regard
would be an act OF folly which not
even party idolatry will excuse in
those whose sons and daughters
must find homes on the great prai-
ries OF the West.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

The following reminder OF past
iniquities cannot be read
too often nor pondered on too much
by those who would avert worse dis
grace in the future:
The credit mobilier swindle.
The Boss Shepard ring frauds.
The safe burglary iniquity.
The whisky frauds.
The Freedman's bank swindle.
The Belknap impeachment.
The Robson naval fraud.
The Indian bureau fraud.
The Sanborn frauds.
The Pension bureau fraud.
The black Friday rascality.
The theft OF the presidency In 1876
The Indiana bribery in 1880.
The Blaine speaker jobbery.
The star route frauds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

ave cannot endorse his views upon Finance
but otherwise he has made record In Congress
that 10 an honor TO his DistricL-lAustin beg,
| lister, republican.
Voters OF the Fourth District, lei
us carefully examine the record oil
J.. II. Weller I'm the first session oil
the 4Sth congress and determin-
whether he deserves our endorsee
ment by q reelection.
Abraham Lincoln Is reported to
have said short time before his
death, "The question OF corporate
power will be the great issue in this
country for the next 80 years" Who
that has closely watched the tenden-
cies In the United States to a vast
accumulation OF wealth In the hands
of the few, while the masses OF the
people are poor and impoverished
can for moment doubt that the liv-
ing issue Is
MoNoPoLIEs vs.. THE PEOPLE.
The monopolies most aggressive
In their absorbing power are, LIST
The Money Monopoly; ID, The
Transportation Monopoly; Bird, The
Manufacturing Monopoly; 4th, Land
Monopoly.
The money monopoly rsked Of tbs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
soLON CHASE
The Hired Tool Of Monopoly


Scion CHASE transfers his interest
in the National party to Blaine.
the National banks and other mo-
nopolies for ready cash. Gen. Weaver,
at a meeting in Lewis Opera House,
Des Moines, October Z, astonished
the audience by producing and read
ing the following original letterofJ. s.
Clarkson, member of the Republican
National Committee for Iowa, writ
ten in New York to VIM. p. WOLF
chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee Of Iowa. Mr..
Chase denies receiving any pay from
the Republicans except his expenses.
This letter shows that Chase is lay
ing up hay for them steers, and also
that as robust liar he is fit COM
panion Of Blaine:
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN Ma
TIONAL COMMITTEE, No. PAP Fifth
Avenue.
B. +. JONES, Chm.
SAMUEL FEssENDEN, Sec'y.
J. B. CHArrEE, Chm. Elk. Com.
New YORK CRY, Sept. 30, 1884.
Dear Mr.. Wolf:
The bearer, Mr.. Scion Chase,
whose services we have SO much de-
sired in Iowa, goes to Des Moines to
put himself under your orders.
know he will do us vast amount
of good in the whole State and es-
pecially in the Weaver and Weller
districts. His compensation has been
agreed upon by the National Com
mittee and will be settled here. lie
will enter into the canvass with his
whole heart, and he will help to bury
Weaver, which the whole nation de-
sires as much as we do in Iowa. He
helped very largely in gaining tho
great victory in Maine.
He is to stay in Iowa as long rs
you can use him to advantage. Do
not keep him too long, for heis much
needed in Michigan and elsewhere.
Hastily, J. S. CLARKsoN.
Hon. w. p. WOLF, Chm. State Com,
Des Moincs, Iowa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

rious reasons why Mr.. Wei build
be reelected. Chief among those,
is the fact Of his faithful service in
Congress. Indiana has her Hol-
man, and Iowa has her Weller.
Congressman Weller has earned,
and well earned, the sobriquse Of
Director. Yes, he is an tpct-
or. He objected to the 91oDOO
steal for the Siamese Emb641y,
which our own w. D. Washburn, {
Minneapolis, tried SO hard to Wreet
from the public treasury. It was -.
Weller who chcckmated Washbu1 ].
thanks to his objective qualities. =
it is with the public land steals th1
are clamoring for recognition in Coz
gress. Every last one OF them And
relentless foe in this reform Col
gresham. When it was ascertaine6
that the Northern Pacific railroa13
which received from the gen
eral government a land grant,
embracing territory three times
as large as Iowa, had forfeited
it's grant, it was Hon. L. H. Weller
who voted to resume the grant,
open it to actual settlers. SUI
public servant we like, no matte
what party he belongs. L. II.
Ter is not tool Of railroads. NJ
that down for all it is worth.
He is courageous Anti-monopol
He is an inveterate enemy of 81
legislation. He is against land grants
to railroad syndicates. He 10 Tor
pensions for Union soldiers. He b
in favor of wholesome mod
ification of the tariff. Ard
finally L. H. Weller is dead -
against that vicious system that
makes the poor poorer and the rich
richer. His election is q foreordain04
fact, by at least 1900 majority.
Spring Valley, Minnesota, Vdse1t
(Rep).
The above article omits the CREST,
est service Mr.. Weller has rendered
his country in the present congres
namely in opposing and for the ti1A1
at least defeating pet scheme 2
tho National banks, which passes
the senate, to enable them to draS
interest from the people upon mill
ions of dollars deposited il
United States treasury 70 tal
outstanding National bank -
He should be reelected unanimously.
-IoUd Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Our Reform Congressman.

1t was not to be expected that the
Republican press Of this district, fol-
lowing the lead of two or three
Republican editors who hold post
offices, would tell the truth in regard
to Mr.. Weller, when SANDER and
Ifalschood would help them to retain
the public teat.
The independent Republican press
outside of the district, however, rec
Iognizes his merit, and accord him just
credit for his manly defense of the
people against tho corrupt monopo-
lies and their tools in and out of con-
Igress. As sample of the good
words of this class of papers, read
what is said of him by Republican
paper of the First Minnesota dis
triet, every word of which is unvar-
nished truth.
l.. II. WELLER FOR CONGRESS.
In the Congressional district just
south of us lively fight is in prog
ress, owing to the denomination OF
Mr.. l.. II. Weller. Two years since
Mr.. Weller defeated Hon. Thomas
| Updegratf, confessedly the strongest
man In the ranks of the Republicans
i'm that district, and after serving
honorably and faithfully, he has been
rsnominatsd 6or rs-elsction. In
the present nixed coaditlan e
49, $500 -. anaSs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

repealed by the, ext assembly (the
l7th). Mr.. Fuller was not q member
OF the 18th assembly but his vote
above referred to page 500, House
Journal, 10th General Assembly
clearly shows how he would have
voted had he been reelected to the
18th assembly, but In the Fayette
county republican convention where
his name had was presented as O
candidate for denomination he re-
ceived but one vote. He had done
what he could for the transportation
companies in the 10th assembly and
the farmers OF Fayette county did
not care for any more Of such rep
resentation.
IN CONCLUSION.
We care only to say that an ex-
animation OF the congressional rec
ord will verify every one Of the state
ments herein made in regard to Mr..
Weller's record and that the interest
Of the people imperatively demands
that men like l.. Fl. Weller be upheld
In this mighty contest now going on
between the monopolles and the
people, to the end that govern
ment Of the people, by the people,
and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Who Got the Money?
st. Louis Republican.

xAl. DlaAAS NC1i5 AhesA Aho SOuA-
try has increased its wealth thirty
thousand million dollars $3.50, 0OO,-
OOO, 1000 in the two decades from 1860
10 1880 which mark the reign OF his
party; and he int;mates that this
large growth in wealth is the product
OF the protective tariff policy which
his party inaugurAted in 1861 and has
maintained up to the present day.
Mr.. Blaine's figures are not correct.
But let us for the present admit
them; will he please tell us where
this $4,000, 100000 OF increased
wealth, produced in the last twenty
years, is to be found2 Who owns
it? 1t is 5000 for every adult labor
ing man in the country. They GER
tainly produced it, il it exists; but
do they possess it? The incessant
strikes among the laboring classes,
their hourly protests against low
wages, and the chronic discomfort
that has prevailed among them for
over half the twenty years embraced
in Mr.. Blalne's review are the most
effective answers to this question.
There is not one working man in q
hundred who is worth $1,000. II this
vast wealth has been produced,
somebody else owns it-not they.
Let US see il we can trace it up.
The aggregate amount OF capital en-
rloyed In manufactures in the United
States in 1880 was $2,79O, OOO, 600; the
total number OF hands employed was
was 2.737 900, the total wages paid
was $947 ,OOO, 900; the total value OF
materials used was So. 1896, DOC, 900 ;and
the total value OF finishing products
was 1868. OO9,OOO. Divide the wages
paid ($947. OOO, OOO) among the num-
Der Of hands (2,737 .OO9) and we have
as the yearly earnings of each hand
$34S-less than 81 day.
Now add together the amount the
manufacturers paid out in wages
($947 900 $500 and the amount they
paid out for materials ($3, 396, ! 900 ,OOO)
and the sum Is 4,343,Oo0,OOO. Sub
tract this from the total finished
product ($5, 1896. OOO, 0OO) aud We have
their net profit-$1 ,053. 600, 900 which
is 80 Fer cent on their capital ($2. 790,-
OOO,00O).
These census figures tell curious
story. They show that the manu-
facturers made more money than
they paid out in wages to their hands.
The amount they paid out in wages
yrs $947 100000; their net profits
were $l,O53,OOO,O They made q
profit Of $l.O5 on every dollars worth
OF labor they employed. They paid
their hands on an average 1916 a
year; and they made profit for
themselves, on each mans labor Of
1878 year.
The working class, then, did not
get the enormous amount OF money
which according to Mr.. Blaine, their
labor produced in twenty years of
Republican rule. They made a bare
liying-$346 a year. The profits Of
their labor went to swell the man.
moth fortunes Of the protected
manufacturers.
Mr.. Blaine and his party assert that
the high tariff tax Is imposed to Sc
cure good wages to American work
ingmen. But 1t appears that the
real object and effect of it is to en-
able the manufacturing capitalists
to make n profit OF $loS on every
dollar in wages he pays for labor.
and to secure dividends OF 36 per
cent q year on his capital"
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PosTvlLLE, 22d March, 1884.
DEAR SIR: | received the letter Of
the Il Engineer which you sent mo.
l esteem it great favor to receive
copy Of the report.
1t gives me great pleasure to SEQ
that you are recognized in the house,
and that you defend the interests Of.
your constituents and your opinions
without finching. Ifthe N. l. Times
knew you as / know you, they would
recognize a man not second in firm
ness, industry and a determination
to do his duty to any man who has
represented N. +. Iowa.
| do not sympathize with your
financial opinions as fully - to en-
able me 10 become = GreeHbackr, but
the s"~~~-," ~~----' ened tho
way he green
back lot to BIO
regre
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