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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-26

But the excitement and fascination
connected with owning and driving fast
horses has more to do with Keeping men
in the business than anything else. 1t
is disease something like the liquor
habit, and beside, the "kecley cure IS
no antidote for it, Once it gets firm
hold upon its victim nothing short of eX
IRENE poverty, loss of credit or death
can break the enchantment.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-26
Our Sewers.

The town of Skowhegan after the
work of lhi. season has II good Il sy-.
TEN of sewer. rs any town or small city
in Maine. The work of His season SUP
pemrnted That of some four years ago
With slight changes in tie plan 80 that
nov the principal street, Oh both sides
of thc river are we'll provided for. OF
eoue-c there will be considerable 10 be-
done in future ycars. bun The main line,
are laid and the work hereafter sill be
much les expensive in character
The large pipe laid un Mater and Rus
sell streets, aud the lower end 81 Main
street were very expensive pieces on ac-
count If heavy hedges encountered. and
the expenditures ON this account As Civ
en- below exceeded the amount expected
but after The work on these ieel- Wa-
entered upon ii was necessary 10 com
plete it.
The season has been very favorable
one and but for the heavy leGge cuttings
the Job would have been n much shorter
one. The srlectmen are well satisfied
with the work of the contractors, Dacey
Il Taylor, and speak in high terms of the
ability and efficiency of the engineer in
charge, W. NJ. Bailey.
Engineer viii NJ Bailey of Maiden,
who not only made both the preliminary
and working surveys for the sewer sys-
tenn, but had charge of the work, from
its commencement to finish, has very
kindly, at our request. furnished us the
following brief summary of the worl,
that was done. by streets. giving the
number of feet laid on each street size
of the pipe, depth and total cost as fol-
lows
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Cotton Belt Route.
st. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
st. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas.
Tyler Southeastern Railway.
Through Car Service.
SOUTH AND WEST-BOUND.

SOUTH AND WEST-BOUND.
TRAIN NO. 1-Solid train Memphis to Ft.
Worth and ndintermediate points, consisting of
coaches, Pullman sleeper and baggage car
Leave Memphis $50 a. III. (via st. l.. /. NJ. &
5. Railway and Fair Oaks, arrive Ft Worth
Union Depot $40 a. a. m.
TRAIN NO. 3-Cario and Memphis to Waco.
Ft. Worth, Sherman and intermediate points.
Through coaches to Waco; Pullman Buffet
sleeper Memphis to Waco; free reclining chair
car Memphis to Fit. Worth; free reclining chair
car Memphis to Sherman. Leave Cairo Ito
p. m. Leave Memphis 7 40 p. m. fvia st l. l
NJ & S. R'y and Fair Oaks, arrive Waco TO- IS
p. m, Fort Worth Union Depot sos p. H.,
Sherman GAO p. III.
NORTH AND EAST-BOUND.
TRAIN NO. 2-Solid Train Fort Worth to
Memphis, consisting of coaches, Pullman
sleeper and baggage car. Leave Fort Worth
Union Depot S.55 p. M. arrive Memphis tvia
Fair Oaks and st. L., /. NJ & S. R'y), $40 D m
TRAIN NO. 4.-Waco, Ft. Worth and Sher.
man to Memphis and Cairo. Through coaches
Waco to Cairo Pullman Buffet sleeper Waco
to Memphis; FREQ reclining chair car Fl Worth
to Memphis; free reclining chair car Sherman
to Memphis Leave Waco 6.25 a H., Fort
Worth Union Depot $50 a. m Sherman $50
a. m; arrive Memphis 905 a. m-via Fair
Oaks and st. L., l. NJ. & S. R'y.-,arrive $3.50
I'm. +. w. LABEAUME,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
w. H. WINFIELD,
General Passenger Agent, Lines in Texas
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FOREIGNERS OF NOTE. -

Mr.. GLADSTONE is by no means the
oldest member of the commons, in spite
OF his 50 years. Charles Villiers is the
father of that body, having completed
his Goth year January q.
REV. JOSEPH JAMES CHEssEMAN, the
Baptist minister recently elected presi-
dent of the republic of. Liberia, is a
colored man of the most pronounced
type, and is very effective orator and
preacher.
NINE. DE LEssEPs, so says fashiona-
Bile London paper, has recently written
to friend in England saying that her
husband has constantly remarked OF
late that, ''lilze Napoleon Ill, he will
die in England"
MoNrAGU WILLIAMS, the eminent
English barrister who died recently,
was so overcome with stage fright
when he made his first speech in court,
in horse stealing case, that he would
have given up the profession but for
his wife's encouragement to persist.
BERNHARDr has sent diamond ring
and photograph of herself in the role of
Cleopatra to the English lady who cap
tured and restored to its owner the ac-
tress' serpent last summer. The snake
had escaped and this lady, while out
walking, noticed it, attention being
drawn the more readily to madame's
'cher python by the gold chain and
ieweled ring attached to it.
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Sher6F'S Sale.

N W. sentell, ct ais, } No. 1926. In District
VS.. , Court, BOSsier Parish
John II Nattin. La.
py virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued
- in above named suit, and to me directed.
have seized and will proceed to sell, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door of Parish JAIL in the town of Ben
ton, La, within the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, the 8th day of April 1893, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit=
The undivided One-halt interest in -'Lake
Point plantation, in Bossier parish, La. de.
scribed as follows: All section twenty-eight
| (2el, east of Red River ard al section twenty
| one (2l), east of Red River, and that portion
OF section twenty-five t22l, lying west and
north of main channel of Marks lake. town
| ship twenty-One t2l), range fourteen tI4l the
one-halt interest containing 337 acres. togeth-
er with like interest in all Improvements
thereon.
Also, an undivided one half interest in and
to the following described personal property
tO-wit: Six head of mules; 10 head of cattle,
20 head of hogs, mere or less; one four horse
wagon. one two-hOFse wagon, one lot plow
gear, farming implements, etc; 400 bushels Of
corn, more or less; 2000 bundles fodder more
or less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to benefit OF
apppraisement.
A. R. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
| Benton, La, March 2, 1893
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WITH DOG AND GUN.

A PARTY of six guns shot over $500
rabbits on Lord Ancaster's estate in
England this season
A FARMER of Norden, Ncb., heard
sounds from his hog pen one night
which indicated great agitation among
the pigs. He went to the pen armed
with an ak and drove away twelve
wolves.
A TRAIN on the Great Northern rail-
road ran into large herd Of an
telope near Blackfoot, Mont. Seven
were killed and the engine was disabled
so that another had to be obtained to
take the train on its journey.
WILD hogs in Velasco, Tex, pursued
ayoung hunter named James Weems,
and he sought refuge in tree, where
he was compelled to remain all night.
Two sportsmen discovered him, and
they had to shoot all the hogs before
Weems could descend.
SQUIRRELS are very plentiful ano
destructive in some parts of the state
of Washington. Lincoln county paid
out $4,000 in bounties on squirrel
scalps last year, yet but little
good effect was produced. 1t is
proposed to tax all the lands in the
county to raise funds to fight the pest,
and so make railroads and nonresident
owners help in the work.
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MEDICAL SCIENCE.

EMETIcs have no effect on horses,
which have no gall bladders to be acted
upon.
A CASE Of bleeding through the sound
skin is the subject of q European medi-
cal report.
THE imperial cholera commission in
Germany announces its discovery that
wine-clarct or hock-will kill the bac-
I'LL of cholera in few minutes. Tea
will kill them in an hour.
ALL the motions and sensations Of the
various parts of the body are repre-
sented in the surface of the brain as on
a map. Thus there is a separate brain
area necessary for sight, another for
hearing, another for the motion of the
fingers and SO on.
NUTMEGs have strong narcotic prop
critics. A pint of tea made from two
nutmegs, if drunk by an invalid, will
produce sleep of many hours dura-
ton. The symptoms will be about the
same Us those occasioned by opium.
Nutmegs in the quantity of two or
three drachms will cause both stupor
and delirium.
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INTERESTING FOREIGN: GOSSIP,

TELEGRAPHIC communication will
soon be established between Denmark
and Sweden.
A RESIDENT of Leominster, England,
has won renown as a collector of hu-
man skulls.
ACCORDING to French divorce statis-
tics the most unhappy period of matri-
mony is between the fifth and tenth
year after the honeymoon.
A scHooL-rEAcHER in England has
lately been voted a pension of two shil-
lings a week She is seventy-ive years
old and has Taught an infant school,
for forty years ''at wage of four shil-
lihgs Il week.
THE London Telegraph says that eff
forts are being made to preserve histor-
ic MalmaiSon. once the residence of
Empress Josephine, from falling into
the hands of some nineteenth century
vandal.
A SMALL seal bearing the efngy of the
duke of Cumberland has been picked
up between Fontenoy and RamecrOis,
on the scene Of battle in which the
British troops were engaged in 1745,
and it has been presented to Queen Vic
toria.
THE sea water originally put in the
great aquariums at the Crystal Palace,
Sydenham, in 1854, is said to be still
used there, having been used over and
over since that time, record without
parallel in the history of similar insti-
tutions.
AMALE gorilla gorilla gina) has late
ly been adopted by the Berlin aquarium.
lie is larger than any gorilla that has
yet been brought to Europe. He is sup
posed to be eight or nine years old, and
was for six years in the possession of a
ehieftain on the Gaboon. He has not
yet shown any friendly feeling for man.
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SheTlH'S Sale.

Hughes Bros. No. 1928 In District
VS.. Conrt, BOssier Parish,
Fl. NJ. Underwood. La.
Ry virtue of a writ of seizure and sale issued
~ in above named suit, and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell, at pub
lIc auction, to the last and highest bidder at
the front door of the Parish Jail, in the town
OF Benton, La, within the legal hours of sale,
on Saturday, the 9Th day of April, 1893, the
following described property:
The northeast quarter and east half of north
west quarter and west half of southeast quar-
ter of section thirty-two 1927, and southwest
quarter of section thirty-three 1881, all in
township twenty-one t2I), of range thirteen
tl3), containing in all $50 acres, more or less,
together with all buildings and improvements
thereon, and situated in Bossier Parish, La.
Above described property seized as tho
property of III. NJ. Underwood.
Terms of Sale-Cash without the benefit Of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum Of
one thousand dollars, and per cent. per an
mum interest thereon from December, 1892,
and all costs of suit, including five per cont
on said sum and interest as attorneys fees,
and according to law.
A. r. THOMPSON Sheriff.
Benton, La, March 9, 1893
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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

tn consumption of cheese in Paris
reaches as much as 25,O0O,OO0 pounds
per annun.
A TAsMANIAN prize merino ram, sold
recently for g., 500, gave 221f pounds of
wool when shorn. Another ram, not
accustomed to being housed and fed
until few months before shearing,
clipped 22K pounds.
GREAT BRITAIN, during the year 1864,
spent "a, IT'S, 900 in foreign poultry and
eggs. In 1874 the amount had increased
to s14, $50, 900, and for 1891 it amounted
TO SOS, $50, 900, which included 80, ,00O, 900
paid for importation of eggs and poultry
from ireland.
LONDON Truth hopes that the recent
experiment of shipping oranges direct
from Florida to England will prove sue
cessful, because "the fruit is of exception
ally fine quality, and quite equal, if not
superior, to any of. the many varieties
we now have in our own Market
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A COUNTRY's HEROES.

'SERGT. CROCKETT, of the United States
colored infantry, claims to have been
the last man wounded by a confederate
bullet in the civil war.
THE famous fiye-hundred-dollar sword
which was presented to Gen. B. M.
Prentiss, 1.-The hero of Shiloh" was re-
Gently purchased from a New York
pawn-shop for fifty-fve dollars.
CAPT. JOHN ADAM COOPER is the
youngest veteran of the Mexican war,
having enlisted at the age of twelve.
He is also the pioneer horse-car driver
OF San Francisco, having been in the
business twenty-nine years.
A. T. PARKER, street-car conductor
in Oakland, Cal, who took part in the
march with Wolseley across the desert
to Khartoum, to relieve Stanley, is the
fortunate possessor of two medals TO,
bravery On the battlefield, one given by
the queen, the other by the khedive OF
Egypt
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PRETTY FANClES.

DRESDEN cl.ina tea bells are very
pretty.
JUGS are now especially designed for
hot milk.
MIRRORS of Venetian mosaic come for
dressing tables.
DECORATED china pots are intended to
hold condensed milk.
BONE dishes are nowsregarded as a ne
cessity, and are in many charming de-
vices.
ROSE jars Of crystal and gold Of Doul-
ton and royal Worcester are now indis-
pensable.
EVERY sort of article for table use,
excepting knives and forks, is found in
copenhagen ware.
DRESDEN and Worcester candelabra
are very popular for the aesthetic ban.
quets now in vogue.
TOAST racks of fancy china are new
for the breakfast table, and share pop
ularity with those of silver.-Jeweler's
Circular.
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INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

THE rice crop in the south this year is
estimated to be 225, 100000 pounds.
The anthracite coal fields produce
more than 45,0O0,O 900 tons of coal year.
THE output of American manufacto-
ries for the past year was S7,215, ZOO, 900
in value.
LAST year 16O, 1893, ,76s feet of lumber
passed through the port of Bangor, Me.
105,544,377 feet was spruce, 24,453, ,07s
hemlocl, and the rest pine.
TOBACCO has been successfully raised
on the banks of the Androscoggin river
in Maine, and one man is preparing to
cultivate it the coming year on large
scale.
THE earliest machine used for making
screws was invented by David Wilkin-
son of Rhode Island, for which he OBJ
tanned patent in 1894. There were in
1870 in the United States eighteen es-
adjustments engaged in manufacturing
screws.
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CO1lStNbEe'S Sale.
w P Relcller

WP; Belcher w, In Justice Court,
Bland g. Parkhurst. parish, La.
py virtue of a writ of fieri facids to me di-
ID rected by the Hon. r. C. StInson J. z.
have seized and will proceed to sell to the
last and highest bidder, for cash, subject to
appraisement, in the city of Benton, La. on
Saturday, April g. lS93 the following describ-
cd property. to-wit:
One Blacksmith Shop situated in the town
of New Benton, one bellows, l anvil, large
drill | vice, screw plates and pins, | lot
horseshoe tools, monkey wrench, 2hammers,
pairs tongs, | hacksaw, chores, S single
trees, 1 barrel buggy spOkes, grindstone, 4
pairs pillow handles, lot wagon spokes and
fellows, spoke augers, we'll pully, about I60
feet of walnut lumber, shovel, bench screw
and one water bucket
Said property seized III the above entitled
suit, and will be sold to pay and satisfy said
writ and all cost.
w. f. MORRIS, Constable.
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THE MILITARY.

THERE is Col. Sausee in the Russian
army, but Paris has general who is
Saussier.
RUSSIA has decided that its soldiers
shall be supplied with handkerchiefs,
at the expense of the government.
UNBRoKEN 4-year-old colts. suitable
for military purposes, can be bought in
the Australian colonies ut from $50 to
SIS each.
A STUDY of n German map, on which
is plotted the stations of the troops in
their huge army, shows that the
majority are so placed as to be con-
veniently moved in sections to the
French frontier.
THE table on which the articles OF
agreement for the surrender OF Vicks-
burg were signed by Gen. Grant and
Gen. Pemberton is in daily use in a
beer saloon in Vicksburg. The saloon
keeper has been offered large price
for the relic, but he refuses to dispose
of it.
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Land Office at Natchitoches, La, }
Marob 81 1909

Land Office at Natchitoches, La, }
March q, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proofin support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court, at Benton, La, on
the 9th day of May 1893, viz: Adjoin-
ing Homestead Entry No 3392-Lacey
Franklin Barnett-for the southwest quarter
of southeast qRarter Of section twenty-five,
and northwest quarter of northeast quarter
of section 30, township % North, range I2
West. He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and cult
walton of, said land, viz: B. N. Floyd, g. j.
Boggs, J. v. Kilgore and j. L. Cochran. of
Carterville, La.
L. DUPLEX, Register.
March 80, 1893. may 5
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She9.lf'S Sale.
Merchants and Farmers Bank


VS..
w. B. Simpson.
No 1888. In District Court, BOssier Par, La.
Dy virtae of writ of seizure aud sale issued
ID in above named suit, and to me directed
I have seized and will proceed to sell, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door of the Parish Jail, within the legal
hours of sale, on Saturday, the 22d day of
April, 1893, the following described property
to-wit:
Lot eighteen (18) of block %; lot seven and
eight q and 81 of block AZ, of the town of Ben
ton, La. Also. fractional block forty t40l lying
east of section line, in section %. township 90
range l3, as per map of Benton, La, of survey
of C. McClenaghan, Surveyor.
Above described property seized as the
property of W. b. Simpson.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum OF
$50 90, with per cent per annum interest
thereon from April Is, 1889, and the further
sum of $45 90, with per cent per annum in
terest from April lS, 1889, and all costs of suit
including per cent on said sum, and Interest
as attorneys fees and according 10 law.
A. r. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, March 16, 1898.
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SheriF'S Sale.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Augustus Jackson.

Augustus jackson.
No. 1874. In District Court, Bossier Par La.
py virtue of writ of seizure and sale issued
- in above named suit, and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell, at pub
lie auction. to the last and highest bidder, at
the front door of the Parish Jail, in the town
of Benton, La, within the legal hours of sale
on Saturday, the 22d day Of April 1893, the
following described property, to-wit:
The north half of lot ten Q0). in Bossier
City, located in fractional west half of section
30, township Is, of range l3, with all buildings
and improvements thereon situated in Bossier
parish, La.
Above described property seized as the
property of Augustus Jackson.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum OF
two hundred and seventy dollars t$270) with
Sper cent per annum interest thereon from
January 1, 1890, and all costs of suit, including
per cent on said sum and interest as attor-
ney's fees, and according to law.
A Il. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, March 10, 1893.
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SMALL CHANGE.

LOOKING for flowers without thorns
is good way to fool the time away.
IT will not help your crops to find
fault with your neighbor's blowing.
A COWARD can fight in battle, but it
takes a heroic patiently suffer alone.
THERE are no braver men than those
who are not afraid to speak the truth.
GoD never has to look at a mans
bank account to find out whether he is
lit for Heavep.-Ram's Horn. -
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Shea'iH'S Sale.

d.. B. Stinson) No. 3737.
VS.. In District Court, Bossler'
MI. Walker. Cparish. La.
by virtue of a writ of seizure and sale issued
- in above named suit. and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door OF the Parish Jail, in the town OF
Benton, La, within the legal hours for sale,
on Saturday, the 18th day of April, 1893, the
following described property, to-wit:
Lots seven and eight r and 81, block No
thirty seven (5) in town OF New Benton, La,
as shown by map on file as per survey Of J. w.
Rabb, Surveyor
Above described property seized as the
property of N. l.. Walker.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit OF
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum OF
ffty-five dollars, and 8 per cent interest from
January 6. 1892, and on terms of credit to sat
isfy S55 90, to become due January 6, 1894, and
$55 90, to become due January 6, 1895, with
per cent. interest ON both amounts from
January s, 1892, and all costs of suit inclndiDg
D per cent. on said sum and interest as attorr
neys fees and according to law.
A z. THOMPSON, Sheriff,
Bossier Parish, La;
Benton. La, March 9, 1893.
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SOME EASY WAYS.

THE way to spoil wife is to frownak.
her.
THE way to spoil hog is to overfeed:
him with corn.
THE way to spoil a cow is to pound
her with the milking stool.
THE way to spoil children is to take,
no interest in their doings.
THE way to spoil yourself is to nurse
your conceit and think only of number
one.
THE way to spoil a driving horse is to
cut him with the whip when he does
not expect it.
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THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

BARON HIRscH, the Hebrew philan-
thropist, will visit the worlds fair.
SPAIN is to have 5000, 600 building
ut the worlds fair. The dimensions are
to be 130 by IS feet.
Ex-PRME MINISTER CRIsPI and party
of Italian friends propose to visit the
Chicago exposition.
PRINCESS LOUISE is engaged on bust
OF her majesty, which is destined for
the worlds fair at Chicago.
MISS ELIZABETH NEY, a descendant
of Napoleon Bonaparte's Marshal Ney,
is now living in Hampstead, Tex. She
is sculptor. At present she is making
statues of certain Texan heroes, to be
displayed athe worlds fair
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The New Improved
HIGH-ARM SINGER.

Arm 41 Inches High
As modernized by adopting the Self-Setting
Needle and Self-Threading Shuttle.
Price with Weekly Enquirer one year r--$l6 90
Machine without Enquirer 10 0O
A complete set of attachments accompany
each machine.
A low arm measure from Bed Plate .34 inches.
This High-arm Singer " IA
premium Machine 81 "
V1bis Machine is an entirely new one just
Il introduced; modernized and improved
by adopting the Self Setting Needle and Self
Threading Shuttle and making the arm one
inch higher than the old style of the lOw-arm
Singer. the latest bobbin winder, etc. We are
compelled to admit that it is now a good
and Serviceable family machine and well worth
the price asked for it.
The manufacturers say the object they had
in view in constructing the new Improved
High Arm Singer Sewing Machine was to com
bine the time-tried mechanical principles OF
the original Singer with all the modern i'm
prUvements known or found i'll tirst-class
family Sewing Machine.
Each Machine is furnished with the follow
ing accessories and attachments:
Oil can filled with oil, II Needles, 6 BObbins,
Wrench, Guide and Guide Screw, Large and
Small Screw Driver, Instruction Book, Foot
Hemmer, Feller, Ruf1er, Tucker, Binder and
q Set of Hemmers of assorted widths. We
also furnish written guarantee warranting
the machine for five years, breakage of needles
and shuttles excepted This shows the great
confidence we have in our machine, which we
Justly claim to be the best value for the money
ever offered. Order from
Enquirer Company,
CINCINNATI, D.
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Entry No. 3AOS.
Land Office at Natchitoches. La,
March 81, 1893,

Land Office at Natchitoches. La, }
March 81, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable Clerk of the District Court, at
Benton, La, on 9Th May, 1893, viz: Home
stead Entry No 3408-Samuel James Boggs-
tor the north half of northwest quarter Of sec.
elton 3d. township % North, range IL West
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz: f. NJ Barnett, B. N. Floyd,
E. j. Chamlee and L. T. Barneet, of Cartervile,
La.
l., DUPLEX, Register.
March 30, 1898 NAV