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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-22
Terms Of Sale.

The said property shall be adjudi-
Gated and sold to the last and highest
bidder for cash.
All bids may be paid in any lawful
money of the United States, or in any
warrant bond or obligation which by
the laws and constitution Of the State il
made receivable for taxes and licenses
due the Stat. prior to January l, 1879,
except the costs incurred in ahjudica.
tions to the State. and in making the
sales under this act, which shall be paid
by preference aud in current money
The title to the property purchased
shall be complete.
Parish Of st. Tammany, Nov. 20, 1884
w. d. COOK.
sheriff of the Parish of st. rammany,
and exc .tioio Collector of State md
Parish taxes in and for said parish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-22
New Advertisements.
ROBERT MENDOW.
Practical Mason.

COvingtOn ....-..... ........ La.
Brickwork of all kinds solicited. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. All orders left
with H. A. Mortee or Mrs. Chas. Keller
will receive prompt attention. mo-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-22

Mrs. Burns, of Chubby Hill
Plantation, has our thanks for some
fine new syrup, received yesterday
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-22
Forstall & Joumonville vs.. Leon
Beaucoudray.

Eighteenth Judicial District Court for
the parish of st. Tsmmany-State of
Louisiana.
BY virtue of writ Of 6eri faclas from
the honorable the aforesaid court,
bearing date October q, 1884, and
to me directed, will proceed to sell at
public auction, Mt the door OF the
courthouse in the town Of Covington,
parish OF st. ianmnany, L.. Oil SATUR-
DAY, the Goth day at December. 1884.
between legal sale hours, the following
described property, .to-wit:
Une Black Horse and One Cart an
Harness.
seized in the above entitled Suit.
Terms of sale. cash.
" b Cook, Sheriff.
C0Uingtoa. La, Nov. u. 1884.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One copy, one year -. ......... SO OF
One copy six months. ........ "
One copy three months ......... 81

Mr.. Robert Mendow, q practical
mason, solicits the patronage of the
public. See advertisement.
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Encouraf home enterprils. and have
your BltL HEADS pristsd 1t the
iAsAas 49,
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State of Louisiana. Parish of st. rnm
many.
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CROFT COURT,

CROFT COURT.
Fourth MonLy in February, and the
fourth Monda.in July.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
VALUABLE
FARMING LAND FOR SALE

J offer for sale eight hundred and tw 0
acres of the farm on which | now
live, lying on Neuse River,
Mark Greek Township,
Wake Co. miles Easi Of Raleigh.
The land | pr pose to sell has been
divided into three convenient lots to
suit purchase, 5; but if desired viii sell
the whole.
There are on the Ian a good dwelling
house con aiming six good rooms, anew
gin-bouse. stables, barns and tenants
houses.
The land is well adapted to Corn, Cot
ton, Oats ant Wheat is now in good
condition; has fifty acres of good low
grounds on it. and is IN every respect
OF Q Of the most valuable plantations III
the county. For this | refer to r. y
Fucker u III. Il Poole, David Lewis
and A. NJ Powell, Esqs
The terms of sale viii be made very
easy-five years being given If desired,
payment in such ca to be made III
equal yearly instalments with interest
If no sale be effected before tie 1T
day of January next, | VIII rent the
land for tho ensuing year, on good
terms.
The title to the land is peri ct.
Apply to me at my house on the
premises, or by letter addressed To me
at Raleigh.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

Whenever you see man spelling for
a fight, he is generally the one spoiled
after the fight is over.
-
Wagon-makers are not the only ones
who prefer the shafts of wit to the tongue
of SANDER.
Scraping an acquaintance-scratc
candidates name on the ticket.
-
a Christmas present is more desira-
than Christmas past.
Young ladies there are but few re-
manning days of Leap Year. Do not
be long in making your proposal with a
business man. He may have "another
engagement" for all you know.
Editors have right to be ink-consis-
tent.
II is great deal harder to train a
Miss than it is to miss train.
A game OF blun-tryigg 70 scale a pre-
cipice.
Clothes don't make the man. But
they fill the bill.
1t is said that there is always room at
the top That is probably owing to
the fact that SO many are going the other
way.
The watch-word- -.sYhat time it it -
-
Gods best gift to man-little children.
Mans best gift to God-those little
children as noble men and women.
Men have spent a lifetime in building
a grand palace, in carving statue, in
painting picture which have filled the
world with beauty and the mouth of
posterity with praise. But the greatest
thing to build is character. 1t will be
a temple, and God will dwell within it
and speak out it. The greatest statue
to carve is the image of holiness on the
fine marble of an upright life. The
finest. sweetest picture to paint, is the
tender face of Jesus on the canvass Of
a lifetime in the living colors Of love by
the hand of work and died. Than this,
attainment cannot reach higher.
Winston, y. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
For the Farmer and Mechanic
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 2S, 'S4.
1t is almost finished. The last touches
are being made to the work OF forty
years. L mean, of course, the Wash
iugton Monument. And how to dedi-
cate it. and how to lnaugurate Mr..
Cleveland, are burning questions just
now. As they are national affairs,
great demonstration is proposed tor each
event Mr. Cleveland says he would
prefer as quiet an inauguration as p0ss-
BILE. But the matter is not in his hands
II will be attended to here in Washing
ton. and there ia no chance for small,
quiet affair About the middle of Feb
ruary, the crowd will begin to assume an
unusually full appearance, and by the
fourth of the following month, it will
have overtlown its banks. After that
date it will be many days before Wash
ington resumes its normal channel and
condition of life. In the preliminary
steps that have been taken there has
been a good deal of discussion as to men
and methods. There were enough
Democrats anxious to appear promi-
nently to work all the others into kind
of ferment. The National Democratic
committee will have to supervise
the ceremonies. and it is thought
things will be done in style. There
will he no time to lose in prepar-
alton for the tens of thousands of visi
tors who will be in Washington between
the third and fifth of March. This work
alone will require ways and means.
committee Of extraordinary ability, en-
ergy, and industry.
As TO the dedication of the monument,
the various arrangements are in the
hands of eight members of Congress,
five Senators, and the members of the
Monument Society. Congress at the
last session appropriated the sum of 81
500 to help defray the expenses OF the
occasion, but as it is intended to make
the celebration grand one, ,s25, 900 more
will be asked for at the coming session.
Private subscriptions will also be in de-
mand. 1t is proposed to extend the
ceremonies over three days. The Gov
ernors of all the States are expected to
be here to join the parade with Con-
gress, the Supreme court, the President
and everybody else. There will doubt
less be mucn more pomp and vanity
ever the dedication OF his monument,
than the quiet, modest taste of the
Father of his country was won't to APP
prove, but he, like the President-elect,
will not be able to help it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

NARROW ESCAPE Black, the novelist,
came near losing his Ete by mistake.
He went in swimming near Dunolie Cas-
tie, on the occasion referred to. When
he undertook to return to where he
had left his clothing, he was Mortified to
observe young lady sitting down on a
boulder. reading, TO all appearances, one
of his own novels. Mr.. Black coughed
and ahem d, all to no purpose; the lady
was too deeply engrossed 10 the fascina-
ting pages of the book to notice that sne
was de trop. Finally big Scotch hunter
came along and, seeing Mr.. Black head
bobbing up and down in the water, mis-
took him for seal and prepared to fire
his gun. This was too much for Mr..
Blacks nerves. Roaring out, "For
goodness sake, don't fire! I'm real
man'' he to ssed propriety to the winds
and ran for it. The lovely occupant OF
the boulder was around the corner with
the speed of fash of lightning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
RALEIGH. N c., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884.

WHERE THE TERM Boss" CAME
tRoM.-The word is derived from the
Dutch settlers who first colonized New
Amsterdam, first called New York by
the English when the colony changed
masters by coming into the possession
OF the British government. Baas. in
the Dutch language, signifiesa master or
the foreman of workshop. Perhaps
even the English-speaking population
ot the States, if they had known that
boss was no other than the Dutch
f1r master" might in their republican
pride, have repudiated the word and in
vented another.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

cratic SUICIDE. A sensational sui.
eide occurred in Newark, N j. A smart
young Milanese doctor, named +. de Gas.
tro, killed himself, apparently for no
cause other than that he discovered he
would have to work in order to live. He
had been in Newark tor about year. He
claimed to have been very rich, to have
travelled far and wide, to have received
favors from potentates and pr il ces. lie
was great linguiet. AS doctor. the
profession he assumed. no one seemed
willing to trust him; and as a woman who
was under his care for six months went
crazy and had to be transferred to luna
tic asylum, perhaps there was cause for
mistrust. After taking part in the late
campaign and making himself '.jolly
good fellow generally, De Castro con-
cluded he had lived long enough, so went
up to his room and shot himself. His only
effects are a lot of trashy, sentimental
letters about his former life, and the dis
posal of his body.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

REV. TIFFANY TELLS THE METH.
oDIsT MINISTER'S HOW BLAINE BuRs
TED y felt cold shiver run down
my back when DR.. Burchard used the
words Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. >
| was stunned and alarmed by the use
that might be made of it. In my iudg-
ment, if other, causes than temperance
are looked for to account for our defeat.
1t must be one of three. In the first
place, the maudlin letter of Cleveland
to Mrs Beecher. In the second place.
the thirty thousand votes pledged to
Btdsne did not turn up on the day OF
election. In the third place, the political
dinner of monopolists and capitalists had
a bad effect"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

Col. Gilbert Leigh, member Of
Parliament. and heir to the Grosvenor
barony, fell from cliff while huntinr il
the Rocky Mountains, and was Killed.
His body was no. found for 5 days.
a story is going the rounds that
Land Commissioner Leslie of South
Carolina, to rid his Office of hores. rugged
up dummy ii3ure OF a woman, so that
persons on coming to the door would
suppose him engaged in private CONVEX
sation with lady, and would not come
III. The tale is compliment to South
ern courtesy and good breeding; bat we
.oai il lie too sauAy.
When we remarked recently that a
negro who became expert with pen
was almost certain TO land in jail for
forgery, it seemed an hard saying and
yet the continual recurrence OF forgery
cases among the smart negroes gives
ground tor it. The negro Grissom who
escaped from Durham jail had been
guilty of forging school orders and
now, Ben White. another colored school
teacher in the same ccui IS, has been
Jailed 70, similar oiiense.
When strangers write on business
their oacn business, such as letters of
inquiry, or any letter requiring an an
swer,-a stamp should be enclosed. 1t
is enough to ask your correspondent to
give you III. time, and stationery. with
out paying postage also. OF course if
you are personal friend, or if your in
Quiry is connected with business (such
as asking the price of an ADVERTISEMENT,
or if it be based on a prospective bene-
fit to your correspondent, no stamp is
needed But you will admit that it is
hardly reasonable to write TO the editor
of the Farmer a1a Mechanic, (~ithout
being even a subscriber to his paper
and ask him to write to members of the
Legislature on your behalf. paying the
expense!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
SHOOTING WITH Bow AND ARROW

SHOOTING w IIH DOW AMI ARROW.
No one believes that Robin Hood shot
mile. Al the present time distance
or flight shooting is not much practiced.
The Turks have the credit Of being able
to shoot vast distances, but anon G the
Ottomans skillin archery seems to be
progressive. Each sultan succeeding to
the throne is expected to display his
prowess with the bow. He shoots a
shaft, and the distance is measured.
Curious enough, the reigning monarch
has always been found TO excel his pre-.
decessors, so that the record now stands
at prodigious figure. 1t is possible
that if the officer whose business it is to
measure the length reported unfavora-
bly, on the monarch's shot, he might find
that bow string in eastern countries
has more uses than one, and this thought
may unconscously bias his mind. but
this is only conjecture. Nowadays |
imagine that 400 yards is beyond the
power of man to compass. / have but
seldom tried my hand at flight shooting,
but with light flight arrows and bow
pulling siXty-twO pounds l shot 2S6
wards last April. The air was nearly
calm. and there was but three or four
yards difference in shooting up and
down. With little practice l fancy
that | could reach 800 yards. There are
strong men who can pull bow seventy
pounds or seyenty-fve. With such a
weapon they could probably reach $50
yards, aud possibly more. But when 1t
is measured out, $50 yards seems long
way to send slight thing as a flight
arrow, and those who can follow tie
shaft in its flight through the heavens
till it finally reaches the earth have
good eyesight.-London Magazine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
NUMBER OF NEwSp.pEpS ~ m,

NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE
UNITED STATES.-Rowe{Ps Directoru
places the total numbe~ at Is, 800, while
Ayer's AnnuaI succeeds in unearthng IL
more, thus raising the total to 1888.
And now comes Ed,cin alden 6. Bro. s
Catalogue with list of II SCI. Have
any escaped?
We doubt if any of these reports are
correct. All the Directories include
journals which to our knowledge have
not appeared in years, AT least five
North Carolina newspapers have sus-
pended since the election.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
FORTY PERSONS SAW CAPT MURpH

FORTY PERSONS SAW CAPT MURPHY
SHOT. BUT FAIL TO IDENTIFY HIS AS
sAssINs. New Orleans, Dec. 2.-The
identity of the men who assassnated
Capt. Murphy yesterday is still in doubt.
The fact that five mep could commit
this crime in broad daylight, in one of
the most populous portions of the city,
and in the presence OF over forty wit
nesses. and yet walk off without any
one being able to sufficiently identify
them. has created considerable indigna-
ton. There are now six persons under
arrest for the murder, all of them but
one being policemen or court officer
They are Julge Thomas Ford, Criminal
Recorder of the city; his brother, Pat
Ford; his brother-in.law, John Murphy;
a policeman, Court Officers Charles
Bader and w. ii. Buckley, and Affidavit
Clerk w. f. Caulfield.
All the witnesses agree that one of
the assassins was dressed in the uni
form of policeman. A number of
other persons were arrested rs wit
nesses who refuse to speak of what
thew saw, All who were examined to-
day told the same story of the attack on
Murphy by five men, several of them
with two revolvers; of the firing Of thir-
ty shots at him, and of his mutilation
after death. The body of Murphy
showed on autopsy six serious wounds
three of them fatal. Besides these
wounds his clothing was perforated by
at least a half dozen more bullets A
number of bullets were also found in
the walls of neighboring houses.
The prisoners were arraigned to day
and the case postponed, the witnesses
being all locked up for safe keeping
Judge Ford declares he was four squares
away at the time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
;. The rumor goes that Archbishop
Gibbons is TO be created Cardinal,

Gibbons Is TO Oc created Carulnal,
Two car loads of articles collec.
ted by the Iowa ladies for the New Or.
leans Exposition were almost entirely
destroyed by a collision of parts of a
broken train.
Joseph Thorp. who is engaged tC
be married to Miss Annie Longfellow
one of the daughters of the late poet, is
the son of J. G.. Thorp, wealthy lum.
herman of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The
mother of Mr.. Thorp was the leader OF
the women's exhibit at the Philadel-
phia Centennial Exposition, and is a
woman of wonderful energy and deter
mination.
Worcester. Mass. November 26. =
This morning Mrs. Hubbard A Parks OF
Westborough, aged abort 80 years, went
to the barn and not returning was look ed
for and found terribly bruised and un
conscious, wrapped and concealed in a
blanket. Her death is expected. The in
dications are that a tramp who stayed
in the barn over night assaulted her, and
having nearly killed her in the struggle
was frightened and fled.
The iron safe bequeathed by the
late Duke of Brunswick to the Duke ol
Cumberland. contained 100000 in
monev.-The steamer Gaudaloupe.
ashore at Barnegat, n. J., has broken
in two and Is total wreck. THE
American Watch Co.. at Waltham.
Mass, has freely reduced its force Of
worknen Three of the largest cot
ton factories at Woonsocket, r. l., give
notice of reduction of wages.-Tht
Reading Pa, mill temporarily suspendct
for want of orders. official cleo
ton returns of Virginia show Cleveland:
plurality to be GAL Jas. L. Pugi
rejected to the Z. S. Senate from Ala
bama Judge Benefits majority will
range between 1880 and $500, but pro
baby about 4,SG0 or 5000 If so hi.
majority is next in size to that Of Gen
Cox's. 4 splendid run that consider
ing that some were disposed to call hin
weak candidate. A gentleman of rea
intelligence who lives in Washington
says he considers him much the ables
man in the House from North Carolina
Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
7. NORMAN JONES B CO.,
rRoPRIEToKS OF THE
Capital
Tobacco Warehouse,
RALEIGH. y. C.

RALEIGH. y. {.
We have opened our large Warehouse
and offer the farmers Great m
duccmcnts TO bring their
Tobacco 10 us
They may be assured that they Will
bc paid the highest priccs, and receive
satisfaction from accommodating clerks.
There is ample accommodation ior wa
CONS and horses, a well of water on the
lot. Our house is the la gest and best
lighted in the city. We are determined to
make the Raleigh Market second TO none
in the State. With the help of our home
buyers, who have large orders to fill We
are sure Of success.
When the farmers and those who
are interested in tobacco come to Raleigh
we hope they viii come to the CAPITAL
WAREHOUSE, az it is the place for
the highest prices.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
William G I.nnrr1iS nfPr0uid

William s. LOOmis, Of OfProvidence,
while preparing for retiring on Thurs
day, stumbled over some of his chill
dren's playthinss which had been left
on the floor. In falling he struck his
head against a marble slab, causing a
fracture of the skull over the right tenn
pie, causing death in few hours.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10
]. y. PUWtII,
G. 7. STR0NACH,

WHOLESALE GROCER, No. IA, Mar
tin St.
RETAIL GROCERY, No. 8, Market
Place, and No. 10 Martin st.
r buy every article in the grocery line by
! the car load, and thus derive a very
great advantage.
MACKERAL. !. 900 kits and I bbls-
fresh from Gloucester fisheries. \. {.
Mulcts daily received.
20 900 lbs Ham
Chicago G. r. and other meats daily
received.
Lard in Tierccs, bbls, &c, down te
three b. packages.
Fresh cheese daily received.
Hams by the tierce or single ham
The purest stick and assorted candies
in boxes, bbls and packages.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

Many London ladies crop their hair
short and wear an almost entire wig and
consequently catch cold more frequently
than their American cousins, but OF
course they all use DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

Tone up the system by the use OF
Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t will make you
feel like a new person. Thousands have
found health and relief from suffering by
the use of this great blood purifier when
all other means failed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

SAMPSON COURT.-The first case was
an indictment against John Faison and
Handy Herring, both cOlored, for the
murder Of Primus Young. The Solicitor
in this case entered a mol pros, because
the body of Young had never been found
and there was eYidence to show that he
was still alive. The second case was
burglary against two negroes, Britt
Williams and Handy Lockomy, who
broke into and robbed the house of
Misses Mary and Mourning Tew. The
proof of the robbery was complete, but
the jury not being satisfied that the
deed was committed after dark failed to
agree for nearly two days when a COM
promise was entered ingo by counsel on
both sides, the jury were called in, and
ten years in the penitentiary given
them by the court. Messrs, Nicholson,
Cooper and Jones appeared for the
prisoners. - Caucasian.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST BROTH
ER AND SISTER. Syracuse, n. Y, De-
cember IA sensation has been caus-
by the arrest yesterday of DIR. Horace
Henderson and his sister, Miss Abbie
Henderson, upon the charge of Mrs.
Henderson. the doctors wife, with whom
he has not lived for two years She
alleges that the accused has lived to-
gether for several weeks as man and wife
They Indignantly deny the story. 'Rhe
prominence of the parties implicated
gives great local interest to the case.