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An Rnraged Woman Cow hides Her
Rival,

Rival.
LOUISVILLE. KY, August 24.-New
Albauy is enjoying quite a sensation
today because Mrs. Amerinus Dugpins
publicly cowhided Mrs. James Claff-
ney, at Sixth and Market atrees g. It
appears that the husband OF the former
lady ia rather handsome man, and ia
well thought of by the opposite sex.
Among this gsntlsman's admirers is
the wife OF James Claffney. They
frequently met, and each repi esanted
to the other that they were unmsr.
ried. Last Sunday the couple took a
ride on the street cars out Vincennes
street to the Fair Grounds and spent
an hour or more under the inviting
shade trees. Several Of the acquaint-
snces Of Mrs Doggins chsnced to psss
by and noticed the numerous atten.
tions paid to Mrs. Clsfney by Mr.
Dug9ips, These were all reported in
full to Mrs. Duggins. Aiming herself
with cowhide and a box OF CAYENNE
peppsr, the neglected wife started out
in sea ch Of the rival for her husbands q
affections. They met at the corner Of
SIKH and Market. Quick as a flash
Mrs. Du9gins flung the pepper into
Mrs. Ciaffney's face and began apply
ing the cowhide with fearful effect.
When she finally desistsd the blood
was streaming from the handsome
face OF her rival, whose screams could
be heard several squsres away. A
large crowd of men and women con-
gregated at the scene, but none made
an effort TO stop the proceedings. The
parties IRE highly respectable and
move in the best society and the affair
is the sole topic Of conversation upon
the streets today.
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Free Homeopathic Hospital at ST.
Louis.

DETROIT, August 25.-SevsrAl yesri
ago a lot valued at 25,O00 wes do
mated by Amos ChafFee as a site for
the proposed free hospit,l to be con
trolled by the homeopathic physicians
of this city, Today it is announced
that John G. Newberry and James Nc
MILAN have each donated 100000 for
a free hospjtsl fund. Work will be
commenced as soon as the plans are
drawn. The no ,pital is designed f1r
worthy poor and vic'ims of accidents
who cannot afford to pay for surgical
aid. No charge will be made for any
service rendered.
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Prospects, of The Navy.

Washington special: "In less than
FIVE years." said navy officer today,
there will be a complete revolution
in the floating property of the navy.
The outlook is that within that time
there will be an entirely new navy
with modern steal guns. It has been
the cry since the war that the navy
was too heavy, there being too many
officers for the number OF vessels.
Naval officers of a practical turn Of
mind say that this state OF things will
soon be reversed. 1t will be the yes-
sells that are too many and the officers
too few. Besides, the new vessels will
be OF type that none Of the present
officers understand. The old officers
have psssei the aga when new
ideas can be taken. The only source
from whirh officers for the new navy
can be drawn is young men, and in
order to render these capable and effi-
cieut officers OF modern steel vessels IL
will be necessary to give them sn ex-
tended course of instruction in the
management m Of such vessels. The old
officers are reconciled to the fact that
these young officers will have to DE
dtpen9Sd on for command in the fu-
ture, and think preparations sb ould be
CT mmenced at once TO fit them for the
innortsut drtiss soon 70 beinSposed
y. JTl ldefn.
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win Probably Accept the Place.

WASHINGTON, August 26.-Gen.
Newton, Chief of Engineers, who ar
rived in Washington last evening,
says he has not definitely decided to
accept the position of Commissioner Of
Public Works OF New York, but there
is every probability that he will do 80.
1t is likely that Col, James G. Dunn,
President Of the Board OF Engineer
Officers on For or.ificauons, stationed in
New York, will be selected to succeed
Gen. Newton as Chief OF Engineers.
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TEXAS REPUBLICANS.
Meeting OF the State Convention at
Waco,

WACO, TEX, August 26.-The Re.
publican State Convention today nom.
mated q full ticket. headed for Gov
ernor by A. NJ. Cochr4ns, Of Dallas,
The platf rm iavors the submission OF
a prohibition amendment to the con-
stltutiou 10 the vote Of the people, op-
poses the leasing Of convicls, de-
noupces the oppression OF the mercan-
tile and laboring interests by monopoly,
and favors the Blair educational bill.
Resolutions OF respect to the memory
OF Judge Benckley, Gen. Grant and
Samuel ]. Tilden were adopted.
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al Trted Rcmedx for niIionnn, 81.

Those who suffer from disorder or inac
tion OF the liver will never get the upper
hand Of the unruly organ SO long as they use
such irrational remedies aS blue pill. calo-
mel and podophyllin. But from the tried
and popular medicine, Hosetter's stomach
Bitters, they may expect RELIEF with cer-
tainty Of obtaining it. The influence OF the
Bitters upon :he great hillary gland sdirect,
iorded is not spasmodic, but complete and
permanent. The sallowness of the skin,
furred appearance Of the tongue, indiges
ton, costivenegs, headache, nausea, pains
every accompaniment of the obstinate com
plant are entirely ard promptly removed by
y course OF this inestimable medicine, in be-
half of which testimony is constantly ema-
mating from every quarter, and from all
classes Of society.
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The President's Movements.

PROSPER HOUSE, n. Y, August 90.
The President was wearyntonight,
for, in company with DR.. Ward. he
had explored half dozen lakes and
ponds. travelling 10 all twenty miles,
one-fouith Of the journey being made
on foot. They took their trolling lines
along, but as they returned without
any fsh, neither OF them was willing
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PULASKI POLITICS.
THE CANVASS GETTING WARM
AT LITTLE ROCK.
The Knights of Labor Declare for
the Democrats divers
Bad Record.
lapro1AL ro rHE ArPRAL.l

LITTLE Rock, ARK, August 90
The eyes of the State are turned upon
the probable outcome OF the result OF
the forthcoming election in this
county. Since the dpcspitation Of the
head of tie Republican party, luck
has run hard sgaintt the faithful Of
that party everywhere. Here they
ere becoming despeI ate. Bill Oliver,
their candidate for Sheriff, is poll
ticisn of the vlest nd, and nothing
is too low for him 10 stoop to in order
to carry his point. No sooner did the
Democrats gst out the dates and
places at which they would hold politi-
cal gatherings 10 the county, than their
action was taken up by Oliver and
his henchmep, and dates aud places
published to correspond with those Of
the Democrats. /; is useless to say
things are uDpleasantly warm in
Pulaski. Just now the speakers OF
both factions discuss the momentous
questions from the same rostrum, in
the best o! spiIits. Rumors here
have gone forth that the militia
would be called out on election
day to preserve order, and that the
Republicans we're determined not
to be euchred out of the election, etc.,
but from interviews today bad with
prominent men in the Democratic
faith, your correspondent is prepared
TO say that no trouble is apprehended
and that if there was the militia would
not be needed to Quell it.
THE LOCAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE KNIGHTS
OF LABOR
of this city today unanimously adopt
ed the following strong resolution con-
denning the labor ticket recently
nominated in this city and running
for the purpose OF aiding the Republi-
cans:
Resolved, That we repudiate the so
called labor ticket now in the field for
county officers and regard 1t as trick
OF the enemy (the Republicans) well
calculated to deceive our brother
Knights of Labor. The knights OF
Labor are in sympathy with the
Democrats aud are using every effort
to further the perpetuation of the
mode OF government at present in
vogue in this county.
T. H. JONES,
candidate for Treasurer on the Repub.
lican Vi ket, said in a speech the other
night that every man who voted the
Democratic ticket wss rascal, and az.
vi-ed the colo,ed people not 10 spend
a dollar OF their earnings with men,
Der OF that party. He also advised the
negrses not 10 pick the cotton of Dam.
ocrst'. but leave it for the Democrats
to pick themselves.
THE COUNTY
is receiving the most thorough can
vsss it has mad sincs TIE war, and thal
people sre i1fEia agsslttV III ndSSe to hear
the IT'S cf botn si1ee. Watt
Wcrthen, the present Sheriff OF the
county, makes il a point to show up
Divers old record as Collector Of the
county, ,whersin the couuty's dues had
to be collected from Oliver by the
County Court, aud also that he r5-
tUrned al his own prop.r y es delin-
Quent during his enlirs reign as
Saer Fl and Co lector. So fsr, the
Democrats have the b st of the race,
and there is little doubt as to the end
ing. TIE Democracy is just and must
WIN
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WASHINGTON.
A LADY AT THE HEAD or THE
INDIAN BUREAU.
The Prospects of the Navy-AH over.
worked O1icial-NatiOasl
Notes.

WASHINGTON, August 26.-During
the absence Of the Commissioners OF
Indian Affairs and the aasiatant secre-
tsry of the came, Miss Minnie s. Cook
is acting as the head Of the Indian
Office
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seven years IN the Pesit,ntiarx.

New ORLEANS, La, August 26.-Dr.
Emanuel Dreyfus, convicted of subor-
nation Of perjury in the Ford case,
was sentenced today by Judge Baker
to seven years in the penitentiary.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-27

BALTIMORE, MD, August 26.--The
liabilities OF Wn. j. Hooper d Sons,
who reofn'ly failed, srs S305,000; as.
sets, 1868 900, including Hocper's in
terPst in ihe. Morning Herald, The
creditors have appointed a committee
to arrange for a settlement.
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ono lIore Murder .in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 26.-A
Cotrier-Journdl special says: Sam
Barnard shot and instantly killed New
ton Harris near London, KY, today.
The two had quaueled about dog.
Both are farmere,
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SHERIFFcS SALE.

TTNDER authority of writs OF attachment
u and order of sale Issued 10 me by Henry
Buttenberg, Esq, Justice OF the Peace, de-
fendsnts and plPintias waving usual ten
days notice, will proceed and sell at lOa IL 4.
Friday, August "a, 1855,
at No. 29j Second stfeet, lot Of Job Print
ing Machinery, including one large. Job
Press, Paper Cutter, Imposing Stone, Cases,
J OBJ Type, Cabinets, etc. Terms OF sale, Cash.
W. d. CANNON, Sheriff.
By S. NJ. Robinson, Deputy Sheriff.
Memphis, Tenn, August 26, 1886
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ExecutriX Notice.

A LII persons having " "accounts and de-
"a mands" against the estate of G. g. Gra-
ham, deces ed, are notified to bring them TO
us Tor payment.
NJ. Z. GRAHAM, ExccStrix.
j. +. GRAHAM, Executor.
Memnhis August o. 1855
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B. B.LOVEDS'Z'EIICBROS
WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS!
HOSIERY, NOTIONS,
Gents FURNISHING ng Goods
229--231-233 MAIN STREET.
TO TEHE TRADE.
TO THE TRADE.


re II a cite
larger than had nearly
determined
can be bought
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WIN. B. BATE,

L. Governor Of IennO9fe.
JOHN ALLISON,
Secreretay Of state,
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the Dangers OF q foiicem AZ,

the Dangers OF Policeman.
The following relative to the benefit
of Honey of Tar will he read with
interest
LITTLE RoCK. ARK, May Is, 1855.
To the Satanta Medicine 70.
Geats-Two years aga was suffer-
ing from u very severe ''cold." which
| thought at the time had settled on
my lungs. After nsihg Acker's English
Cure aud also the celebrated ''Boseliee's
German Syrup" l found no relief.
Meeting DIR. Ables one night, and
when on duty. told him my feelings.
He said: III can give you relief" and
which he did, instantly. ''Here is
Honey of Tar; If it doesn't cure you
it will certainly help you." Thank
God, it cured me. Gentlemen, am,
respectfully, JOHN H. Howe, JR.,
Five years ON tue Police Force.
A. r. Ballard, merchant Mt St.
Charles. Ark, ON June 10th, says: l
cant tell all that Ablc's Honey of Tar
did for me last spring; but $50 worth
of good at least: wonld pay $50 for
another bottte under the same circum-
stances. For sale by d. A. Smith &
Co., A. A. Dean, and NASH. &, Williams,
at Cclfax; Raonl Racial, Grsnt's PIT;
and Marion Shnmate, Montgomery.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
p.pr.,r or Gn.gr

PARISH OF GRANT.
Be it known and remembered that we
the undersigned jury commissioners Of the
parish Of Grant, dnls appointed and quati'
fed according 10 law, met tins day ~ the
clerks Office, in the court house, at coliax,
Grant parish. to draw a Jpr; 10 serve at
the next term of the district court, to be
holden on the First Tuesday OF May, 1858,
it being the Attn day of May, 1856.
The clerk OF the court. s. B. Shackelfordl,
then furnished the jury commissioners wlth
a list of the jury who had served 1T the
last term of the district court. when the
jury commissioners with the assistance OF
the clerk of the district court and ex-
officio a B,enihcr OF the jury commission
proceeded t. open the general yenire box.
ard. after revising the same By fuiking
from the list aud taking fsom the box all
those who had served IS jurors at the last
term Of the count, removed from The parish
died, etc, then proceeded to replace q
like number OF names la the general senir'.
box, taken from the registration ard pail
book of said parish, 80 as 10 supplement
the number of names taken freri the
general ven:re box to its original. Der,
Three Hundred, when Mr.. A. Bloxoui
drew from the geuer.s, yenlre box, III the
presence of the undersigned commission
eis, one at tine, the f9slowlug Fifty
names to serve for the first week
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The above eighty names were written on
separate piec's Of per. and by the jury
commissioners, together with the clerk,
the fret fifty names We're placed IN an
envelope anu scaled. and endorsed on To .
same 'sJurors drawn for the first week oi
the May term VI the district court aud
the last thirty names drawn were aiso
p'aeod in u separate envelope sy the Jury
cl.lnluissio. en- and marked Jurors fo- tie
second VIC h of the May term Of the Dis
trict coust.n and said envelopes were then
sealed and placed in tie jury box. the
jury box stated, locksd and then placed IN
the custody Of = u. Shack ellcyai, clerk OF
the district court, for use ut the next term
Of toe court.
rir sai.i 4 Is. s,haclSelford. clerk of the
district court. did then and there, in our
presence, keep process verbal Of ali the
acts done by said commissioners ia sad
drawing which we certify TO lie cDrrect by
our signatures, this 18th day of March.
A. d. 1856. G.. IL. TEAL,
ALBERT Bl.OXOM,
+. T.. LAYSSARD,
~, Members jury Commission
; SEAL. IS. B. SHACKELE0kD,
49,, Clerk and Ex-oilicio Melnbcr
jury Commission.
Filed March 9Th, 1856.
s. b. SHACKELFORD, Clerk
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In my communication last week
l mentioned something in regard
to the labor question of this Sec
ton. The more / reflect upon it,
the greater need | see for an orga-
nized plan or system of making
the labor we have more effectual.
This slip-shod way of farming in
vogue here is fast running the finest
farming country in the South.
Lands that are so fertile as to pro-
duce pretty good crops with the
present mode of cultivation could
be made by proper handling to
produce any kind of crops four
fold The same mode of prepar-
ing land and cultivating crops as
was customary before the war will
make the best Of crops now. In
those days, when men of intelli-
gence had the debating as to how
the lands should be plowed and
cultivated, it was not uncommon
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mo. "a.


for these same lands to yield 5000
pounds of seed cotton per acre,
and so or 60 bushels of corn per
acre. But there was no tapping
on the hard soil of the old middles
as now, making four burrows COM
plete a row. This mode has be-
come nearly a universal practice
among ouEso- called farmers. Not
that is has proven to be the best,
not because they have experiment.
ed and found that it yielded better,
or near as well; but is simply a
lazy habit. If this system of
farming is best, there is no use for
science or agricultural depart
ments. Your writer, having been
an old manager. giving his whole
time and thoughts to making cot
ton and corn, by positive expert
ence, by measurement and weight,
knows whereof he speaks. l am
of the opinion that unless these
lands that are now SO fine and 80
susceptible of producing any kind
of crops in the greatest abundance
are better cultivated in a few years
they will not make enough to sup
port half the number of people
that are here now.
Now, the remedy. 1 claim that
the owners of these fine lands
should, by every inducement, en-
courage good and substantial men
to come here and take hold of the
labor that is here and utilize it to
the interest of all, renting lands to
none that are not able to farm well
the quantity rented. That would
compel many that now rent vari-
GUS numbers of acres, and not q
pony to scratch it with, to work
with those who would have the
control of their crops The color
ed man, after short time, would
see it was better for him, and he
could make more by letting some
man manage for him; provided,
always, that he is dealt justly by.
In this way the system will become
common. The negro naturally
does not want his mind cucumber
ed, with ideas. If his work Is
straight before him, he does not
mind the work so much, but it
fuddles his brain to look after his
rations, etc. He was raised to have
some one to look for him and think
for him, and, being Of a hilarious
nature, he does not wish to take
more on heart than he can throw
off at heels. He is easily managed
if he has confidence, but that is
what is lacking. They have been
so badly dealt with they have lost
nearly all confidence in the white
man. Why should they not have
Justice and fair dealing ? When
ever he gets this, he viii have con-
fidence, and he will not be averse
to work under superior instruction
/ am working few hands under
contract for half. ] find no diff
Guilty whatever in controlling them.
/ have many applications for next
year, and I am satisfied / could
get fifty hands next year were I
able to farm them. l will give
them their just dues, treat them
as human beings, and work them for
all they are worth. OLD HossA
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FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION.

$500 d.
"a Bill to Promote Mendicancy,"
is the title of pamphlet publish
ed in the Office of the New York
Evening Post, devoted to attacking
the sBlair Educational Bill" and
endeavoring to show that the South
does not need Federal aid for her
schools. This proposition carries
with it its own refutation, and from
its very futility scarcely admits OF
serious argument The examples
cited by the Post as Southern
opposition to the bill are particu-
larly unfortunate in carrying no
weight with them. Out of the
dozen examples not q single name
is given, one being designated as
from an eminent teacher (color-
ed)," another ''from a colored
.
planter, who was a slave and BOSS
or DRIVER of his owners slaves
before the war;" and still another
from colored preacher in South
Carolina once a slave" A lawyer
of Richmond, Louisiana sugar
planter, and an ex-Congressman OF
Missouri, are delightfully."- sand
wiched in the intervals as pillars
to bolster up these nameless wit
nesses against the Blair bill,
The position of the Post, which
is also the position of a few papers
of this State, is fallacious and non
sensical The plea that self-rei-
ance is vital element of any
success worth achieving, is spe-
cious, but falls fat as a well-worn
platitude. So of the claim of its
fostering mendicancy. Illiteracy,
like a pail, casts darkness and
superstition over our land, breeds
vice and fills our prisons, and yet
we find men to claim that the rea-
sons for their chimerical opposition
to national education outweigh it
all. The great stride of late years
in moral ideas and internal i'm
provements" has not shocked the
nerves of these individuals, and
they have taken it as matter Of
course when gigantic raids were
made on the national treasury to
aid railroad corporations, subsidize
steamship lines, or pay off fraudu-
lent pension claimants; but, now
that a really worthy scheme to
benefit millions of people is being
organized, they are up in arms to
wage war against its contamination.
Our Congressman should be
given to understand that the peo-
pie of this country claim right to
this appropriation of their money
to aid in the education of their
children, and, if there is any con-
stitutional bar in the way they de-
mand that it be removed by a
speedy amendment. The policy
of inaction and delay over this bill
is sore subject to the masses.
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The best ssIve III the world for
cuts. bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhenm
fever SORES. letter, chapped hauds,
chilblains. corn~. and all skin erup-
,ioSs. and positively cures piles. or
no pay required. II il gina ranteed
10 give perfect satisfaction. or money
refunded Price 25 cents per Lox.
For sale hy Nash & Williams.
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LAKE CzAzLxs. La. April a. lisa.
Editor C0lfaf Chronicle

Editor Co!far Chronicle
Numbers of families from the
northwest are settling in Calcasieu
parish, ON lands less productive
than the hill lands of Grant Cir
culars describing the many advan-
tages of the location, health, and
great fertility of the Calhoun lands
advertised for sale and distributed
throughout Iowa and Michigan,
would induce settlers to our coun-
try. The authorities contemplate
ing the building of a railroad from
Arkansas should be induced to
examine the pineries of Grant and
Wi1n. The business men ought
to use in their correspondence let
ter paper, on one side of which
should be their advertisement and
an elaborate description of the
many advantages that the section
has, in fertility of soil, being above
overflow, excellent health, fine stock
range, magnificent fishing streams,
and heavy pine timber, besides
many other kinds of valuable tim
Der. I would like to see the atten-
ton of farmers turned to our Sec
ton. The projectors of the railroad
should be induced to examine our
pine forests before locating the
road to Alexandra via Monroe and
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Every now and then we see OF
hear something about Hon. N. G.
Blanchard not shining in Congress
as do some of the great national
lights. This is gibberish and folly.
He suits the people of his district,
and it will be hard for any one to
beat him. He is energetic and
active, and that is the kind of
Representative we want. An en-
CINE of one-cat power, if it keeps
going. viii do moro work than q
4O-horse power engine that re-
mains idle.
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The Alexandria Democrat is
wrong in saying that the police
jury Of this parish has appropri-
ased $500 to build bridge over
the Darro. The motion to appro-
pirate was laid over until the July
meeting.