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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

NOTICE, The Tent Holders and
Directors Of the st. Tammany Camp
Ground are requested to meet on
Saturday, July 8, at 8 P. ~, at the
Camp Ground.
d. RAwLS. p. C..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The steamer New Camelia will
make two excursions to Vaudeville
next Tuesday, July 4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Misses Zula and Belle Warren,
who have been visiting in Missis-
sippi, returned last Tuesday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Miss Florence Smith left last
Saturday for her home at Upper
MarlsborO, Nd.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Judge Childress and family are
over for the summer, and have
rented the Mason cottage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

1t takes business to make bust
ness. They have . doctor in Man
deville who raises watermelons.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Mr.. II. Laroussini and family
. 90 now located in their large sum-
s0er residence in C0vington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Miss Carrie Frederick left last
Thursday on . visit to Magnolia.
Miss.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

FOR RENT-A small furnished
house, containing four bed rooms,
dining and kitchen. Apply to
Mrs. WILSON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

We call the attention Of our read
- TO the advertisement Of the
aoathern Electrical Manufacturing
Supply Company: Of New Or
lnns. They furnish electrical ap-
f.nees Of all kinds, with storage
hrD1egy, ETC., for country houses.
- Edison Battery Fans are just
thing for this kind Of weather,
- will ''raise the Wind" and at
- same time furnish their own
oNes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The foundations have been laid
Tor Mr.. Gathers new livery stable,
near the depot. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

POLICE JURY.-The next meet
ing Of the Police Jury win be held
On Tuesday, July 18th.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

We had . heavy rain storm, with
plenty Of thunder and tightening,
last Wednesday afternoon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

4 grand bah viii be giyen At
JacksoA Park, in Vaudeville, next
oatnrday night. for the benefit Of
- Surprise String Band. The en-
teeprising young gentlemen COM
poGing the hand are deserving Of
Usral encouragement, and there
Ghpuld be large attendance. Ad-
fogion Is cents. Ladies free. We
Sstun thanks for . neatly printed
invifation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01
The City Council win meet next
Wednesday night.

The Evans place was bought last
Saturday by Mr.. F. Limongi.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01
Vim. Breed Kemp. Duncan s. Aeml
KEMP & KEMP,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Ollice-Amitc City, La.
Viii attend the courts in st. Tam
many, Washington, Livingston, St.
Helena and Tangipahoa parishes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The Salmen Manufacturing Com
rany, Of Slidell, viii adjust their
s1hirs satisfactorily, it is thought.
Msasrs. James. T. Hayden and
Enile Muller, are the receivers.
Tie assets will nearly double the
liabilities.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The Public School Board viii
meet It the Courthouse to-day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The thermometer reached 90 in
- shade last Monday, but the
h1ewas soon counterbalanced BY
refreshing breezes from the Lake.
IL nights are cool and pleasant,
although the days are still warm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Ranks have been established in .
nnmber Of small towns in the state,
I'D they Ill seem to prosper from
- start Covington should join
- procession and start . bank Of
exchange and deposit.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01
LOCAL ITEMS.

See Assessors notice in smother
ap1umn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

The Worlds Fair, at Chicago, is
nav the great attraction Of the
country. Every city and town will
Be represented there before it ends.
We think it would be . good idea
foe the Council to send his Honor
10 Mayor, and the Secretary, to
represent Covington.
Mr.. ]. r. Jones, the conductor
q the Northeastern railroad, who
shot and killed brakesmen O'Neill,
at Pearl River Station, on the first
q June, surrendered to Sheriff
Oak, and b now In the parish Jail,
swaiting preliminary examination,
witch win be held before Judge
nd in . few days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01

Abita Springs, June Is, 1898.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
FOREIGN IN BRIEF.

THE army bill passed the reichstag last
Saturday by a majority of eighteen.
OUTBREAKS of hostilities between the
French and Siamese are feared at the Siam
ese capital. The navy department of Ger
many has sent out war-ship to Bangkok to
protect German subjects there.
MExIco's ministers plenipotentiary, ex-
cept her representatives at Washington and
Madrid, have been temporarily recalled.
Minister Matias Romero has also been re-
quested to remain in Washington and not
make his contemplated visit to Japan.
A MEDICAL delegate sent by the Egyptian
board of quarantine 10 Mecca says that the
number of deaths of pilgrims from cholera
has been suppressed. He says it is imposSi-
BILE to bury all the dead and that the roads
are strewn with fostering corpses.
SERIOUS political trouble is brewing in
Peru. Rumors are current that Nicholas
de Perola is in Arequipa, and has pro-
claimed himself head of a provisional gov
eminent, or dictator, and is attempting to
overthrow the present government His
purpose is to control the elections and in
sure his own return to power.
ADvICEs from China still continue to give
graphic accounts of the great famine in
Shansi. Over $4,000 people have received
relief from the government. The suiferings
of the people are awful and many have died
of want. The famine was caused by ex-
cessive rain in some sections and great
drought in others, so that no grain was
harvested
FATAL floods have recently occurred in
the Tyrol. The tlourishing village of
Brixiegg, situated at the confluence of the
Alpbach with the river Inn, has been partly
devastated by the rushing waters. The
flooded rivers brought down enormous
quantities of debris, and the lower parts OF
the village were overwhelmed. Ten of the
VILLAGERS are known to have been drowned
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
TERMONT IN BRIEF.

The True Blue Marble Company of West
Rutland discharged forty men last week
because of lack of orders. ~ se:ss f. g l. e5s9
WILLIAM GLEASON of McIndoes broke his
neck, last week. by falling from load of
hay. Death was instantaneous. = Itstfs
WILLIAM G. BUTLER of Brattleboro died
at the Soldiers Home at Bennington, last
Saturday. He was a member of Company f,
First Vermont Cavalry.
Hon. JAMES b. MEACHAM of Bennington,
one of the oldest members of the Benning-
ton county bar, died last Monday, aged
siXty-sx years. His death was the result of
a shock of paralysis, received several weeks
ago.
DIR. GEORGE s. BIDwELL of Hartford,
Conn, has recently been appointed assistant
superintendent and assistant physician of
the state asylum at Waterbury. DR.. Bid
well has been connected with the Hartford
Retreat for the past ten years. he gradu-
ated from the medical department of the
University of Vermont in 1890 and is recog-
nized as an expert in insanity.
THE Boston Journal vacation contest
ended last Monday. A. w. Purbeck of Sa-
lem Mass, received the highest number OF
votes and goes to the Worlds Fair with a
friend at the expense of the Journal. The
winners from Vermont are Miss Nellie
Brown of Plymouth and Mrs. Emma s.
Peters of West Randolph, both teachers in
Vermont schools. The former goes to New.
port, Il. l., for two weeks and the latter to
Bar Harbor, Me-, both accompanied by a
friend.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
DOMESTIC IN BRIEF.

OVER 10000 acres of wheat, near Whea-
ton, Mimi, were destroyed by hail storms
last week.
The packing house of John More II & Co.,
at Ottumwa, Ia, was burned last week.
Loss, $400,000 partially insured.
The Charles Parker Manufacturing Com
pany, one of the largest concerns in New
England, has shut down for an indefinite
period.
THE Boston chamber of commerce has
unanimously resolved to petition congress
for the immediate and unconditional repeal
of the Sherman silver act.
VAST armies of crckets are destroying
vegetation in Nebraska and Wyoming.
They cover section fifteen miles wide and
are travelling at the rate Of three miles
day.
THE Glen House, White Mountains, was
burned last Sunday evening. Many of the
guests lost their trunks and wearing APP
parel. The house was owned by Charles
r. Milliken.
SEVEN persons were killed outright and
score badly injured by the wrecking of
West Shore train at Newburgh, n. Y, last
week Thursday. An open switch was the
cause of the disaster
A PASSENGER train on the Grand Trunk
railroad struck a crowded street car at the
Forty-ninth street crossing in Chicago last
badly injuring eight others.
AscHER WEINsTEIN, a wealthy New York
merchant fell overheard from the saloon
deck of the steamer Umbria " on her last
trip from New York to Liverpool and was
drowned. His money and valuables were
on his person at the time.
DR. LEWIS, health officer of Northampton
county, n. c., reports the existence there OF
a disease resembling cholera Persons at
tackled die in six or seven hours. There
have been twelve deaths. The disease is
being officially Investigated.
Two men were struck by train at New
Rochelle, N. Y, last Friday, and instantly
killed. They were engaged in desperate
fight on the track and paid no attention to
the warning whistle of the engineer. Their
bodies were frightfully mangled'
THE Chamberlin Investment Company of
Denver, Col, has gone to the wall. The
vice. president of the concern lives in Lon
don, Eng where three-fourths OF the liabll-
tiles are held. 1t is said that many people
in Vermont are heavy losers by this failure.
Two boys named Boyce, aged eight and
nine years, fell into the river while playing
at Mt Vernon, Ind, last Sunday. Their
mother sprang in after them, but found her
self helpless, Her sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter went to rescuse her mother and all four
were drowned.
CHARLES o. HURLBUTT of Lebanon, n.
H., for some months acting sheriff OF Graz
ton county, has been shown to have been ue-
feated for sheriff by recount OF the votes
in that county. General Hurlbutt is the
man who hung Almy, but, fortunately, the
question of the legality of the act did not
come up before the sentence of the law was
executed.
DIR. HENRY c. w. MEYER is under ar
rest at Detroit, Mich, charged with killing
six people by poison. A year later, II IL
| clIacad 'ha noiannad his wife then DOisOned
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
Miss Fuller and Her Dance.

Loie Fuller soon became the rage in Paris.
All sorts of wearing apparel both for ladies
and gentlemen has been named for her.
Artists attempt to reproduce the witchery
of the dance serpentine, and sculptors have
reproduced in marble the ariness of Miss
Fuller's manifold draperies for the Salon.
Miss Fuller says that the idea of the dance
came to her quite by accident. She was
wearing an odd Hindoo costume given to
her by an officer in an act which called for
a dance at the close. 1t was an out of town
stand; Miss Fuller was in a hurry and didn't
want to change her gown, so she put dress
on over the llindoo skirt and went on for
the dance. The thin Indian muslin flew
and blew around her. The people applaud
ed. Here was the first part of the idea. She
practiced in thin draperies before the mir.
ror, and one day the sun came in, shone
through the draperies and produced Devil.
deringly beautiful effects. Here was the
completion of the idea Practice did the
rest.-NeD York San.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
INDIGNANT VETER4NS
Protest Against the Policy of Hoke smitl

Protest Against the Policy of Hoke smith.
THE executive committee Of the Grand
Army for the state of Pennsylvania has
issued call to all the posts in the western
part of the state TO meet next week in Pitts
burg, to discuss the suspension of pensions
pursuant to the policy of Secretary of the
Interior Smith. One paragraph OF the call
says: I'VE will formulate our action and
present it as the expression of the Grand
Army posts of western Pennsylvania and
the national encampment to be held in In
dianapolis the first week in September
Then the feeling of the Grand Army as an
organization will be expressed in no un-
measured terms, and the people of this
country will know where we stand"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

schemes to swindle life insurance compa.
MES. He is said to have secured at least
81 600 from insurance concerns. In Toledo
he killed, by poisoning, a girl who accom-
panied him from Indianapolis.
Miss LIZZIE BYRAM of Newark, N. j.,
died OF hydrophobia last Monday, the re-
suit of bite from a pet dog last April.
The wound was very slight and caused no
blood to flow, and for this reason it was
not cauterized Early on Friday last the
young woman complained of feeling i'll, and
despite all the efforts of the attending physi-
clans she died in terrific commissions. 1t
took the combined strength of two men to
hold the sufferer down on her bed and her
cries were most pteous. Early on Satur-
day Miss Byram showed signs of hydro
phobia. She began to froth at the mouth,
and when she attempted to speak the sounds
she uttered were similar to those made by a
dog.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
All for a Barley Corn.

LaFontaine, in one of his fables, tells of
barnyard fowl that scratched up a gem
while scratching for corn. Not knowing its
value, he gave it to stone'cutter for
barley corn. Thus do many persons throw
away the priceless pearl of health A
" thrilling" cough is neglected, then comes
consumption, then death. Stay the cough,
or look out for a coffin. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure catarrh in the
head, bronchial or throat affections, or
lnng-scrofula commonly known as the con-
sumption of the lungs. II taken in time,
and given a fair trial, it will cure, or the
money paid for it will be refunded. 1t is
the only guaranteed cure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
LEGAL NOTICES.
/ AURA Az 4, Al A., B 81, I, Us, ESTATE:

1 AURA A. BEMIS' ESTATE.
i STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District So.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the 18th day of July A. d. 1893
Ira Bemis, Administrator of the estate of Laura
A. Bemis. late of Marshfeld, in said District,
deceased, makes application to said Court, with
the consent and appreciation in writing of the heirs
Of said deceased residing in the state of Vermont,
for license to sell all of the real estate of said de-
ceased. situated in Marshield, in said District to
wit: The homestead right of said deceased in home
place of her late husband, Isaac A. Bemis,
representing that the sale thereof would be beneficial
to the heirs of said deceased and those interested in
her estate in order to convert said real estate into
money. Whereupon. it is ordered by said Court that
said application be referred to session thereof to
be held at the Probate Office in said Montpelier,
the 4h day of August, A; d. 1898. for hearing and
decision thereon: and, 1t is further ordered that
all persons interested be notified hereof by publica
ton of notice of said application and order thereon
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Waterman
d. State Journal newspaper published at Mon
pelier, in this state, and which circulates in tn
neighborhood of those Interested before said tim
of hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and If they see cause. object thereto.
By the Court.-Attest.
53-55 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
VERMONT NEWS.
THE C1RDIFF BOOM.

Failure of One of Its Agents in Boston
Affects Many Vermonters.
o. E. NETTLEToN, a stock broker in Bos-
ton, and agent for the sale of lots in Car
diff, Tenn, has filed schedules in insol-
vency. Among his creditors are said to be
G. c. Bingham of st. Johnsbury, Vt, $1,000;
S. A. Nelson, ST. Johnsbury, S2450; Will
liam NJ. Morgan, Wheelock, 81 ,5i4; Frank
Palmer Peacham, $3.50; DR.. Perkins, st,
Johnsbury 1925; George G. Leslie, cashier,
Wells River, $4,000; DR.. Warren, st,
Johnsbury, $275; Flint Brothers, st. Johns
bury, $500; Walter p. Smith, st. Johns
bury, $500.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
DOMESTIC NEWS.
DEFIANCE TO GOLD Bugs"
Nevada Silver Men Issue Loud Proclama-
ton.

Nevada Silver Men Issue "a Loud Proclama-
ton.
THE state central committee of the silver
party of Nevada has just issued proclama-
ton which says in part THE gold bugs,
with Grover Cleveland at their head, are
making most determined effort to have the
Sherman law repealed at the extra session
of congress and the gold standard perma-
nently fixed upon this country, Intimi-
dalton, bribery and executive threats are
their weapons. The friends of silver in
nearly all of our sister states are energet-
ically organized for the conflict. Shall Ne
vada lag behind? She was foremost of all
the states in her loyalty to the silver cause
in the late presidential campaign. Let
every silver club in the state and every
election precinct meet in convention and
pass resolutions in earnest protest. To Sc
cure unanimity of action we advise that
such meetings be held Saturday, the 10Th
inst"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
FOREIGN NEWS.
verona PLEASED

with the Affection and Loyalty OF her
People.
In public letter thanking her people
for their demonstrations of loyalty at the
celebration of the marriage of the Duke of
York to Princess May of Teck, Queen Vic
toria says: 81 have been gratifed and
touched by the loyalty and devotion to my
self and family, so strikingly evinced at the
marriage of my beloved grandson. In veal
or woe | have ever met the warmest and
kindest sympathy. / know that my people
are aware how truly my heart beats for
them in all their joys and sorrows. In this
tie lies the real strength of the empire"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
Best Spring Remedy in the World!
One True Medicine for Lost Nervous Strength!
EFFECTED BY PAINE's CELERY COMPOUND!
WHAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS ACCOMPLISHED!
Proved by Success Where All Else Has Failed

for dyspepsia biliousness, liver complaint,
neuralgia, rheumatism and kidney troubles
For the latter Paine's celery compound has
succeeded again and again where every
thing else has failed.
The medical journals of the country have
given more space in the last few years to the
many remarkable cases where the use of
Paine's celery compound has made people
well than to any other one subject
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

In March, 1898, 1 was taken with inham-
matory rheumatism. procured bottle of
DR.. Agnew's Rheumatic Pills. / took less
than one-fourth Of them and was cured, so
that / have had no rheumatism since. 1t
naturally follows that | feel like recom-
mending them to others similarly afflicted.
Levi A. Pitkin, West Hartford, VT, May
10, 1898. Sold at all drug stores. Henry,
johnson & Lord, proprietors, Burling-
ton VI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind collie, and is the best remedy for
diarrhqa. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value is in
calculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Win
slows Soothing Syrup, and take no other
kind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment.

ter, salt rheum, scald head, old chronic
sores, fever sores, eczema, itch, prairie
scratches, sore nipples and piles. 1t is
cooling and soothing. Hundreds OF cases
have been cured by it after all other treat
ment had failed. Twenty-Five cents per
box. For sale by G. Blakely, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

There is one true specific for diseases aris-
ing from debiitated nervous system, and
that is the Paine's celery compound so gen.
orally prescribed by physicians. 1t is prob
ably the most remarkable remedy that the
scientific research of this country has pro-
duced. Professor Edward E. Phelps, NJ D.,
LID, of Dartmouth college first prescribed
what is now known the world over as
Paine's celery compound, a positive cure
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
1t Makes a Difference.

"How much did you say this was'"
"Three and six"
"That's big price, isn't itP"
"Oh no, assure you. The drugs are very
costly"
'But am druggist myself"
"Oh, you arep Well-of course-four-
pence. "-Londou. Tid-BHS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
The Worlds Fair Gates to be Shut in Fu-
ture-Vote Carried by Large Majority.

Ar a meeting of the directors Of the
Worlds Fair, held in Chicago last Friday
afternoon, it was decided by a vote of
twenty-four to four to close the gates of the
Exposition on Sunday after July 16. The
proceeds last Sunday were given for the
relief of the families of the firemen who lost
their lives at the burning of the cold storage
huildinp
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
JEWS ATTACKED BY NOES.
Many Are Killed or Badly wounded.

THE Jews of Yalta, in the Crimea, have,
of late, refused to obey the decree to retire
within their pale. Last week a mob took
possession of the streets, broke into the
houses occupied by Jews and tried to drive
the occupants from the town. The Jews
fought back. Dozens were dragged into the
streets and were beaten. Many were killed
The houses owned by Jews were plundered
and wrecked. Troops were called to the
town to restore order None of the rioters
were killed and but few injured.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
BIG ran IRE IN KINS4S CITY.

a National Bank Goes Up with Heavy Lii
abilities.
The national bank of Kansas City closed
its doors last Friday morning and is now in
the hands of the comptroller of the currency.
The assets are between 100000 and 49,
600 600 and liabilities between 100000 and
S1000,000. The president is confident the
depostors will be paid dollar for dollar. Pres
ident Chick states that the suspension was
due to the steady withdrawal of deposits
since the beginning of the financial strin-
uenCy,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

WHETHER Pasteur and Kochs peculiar
modes of treatment will ultimately prevail
or not, their theory Of blood-contamination
is the correct one, though not original. 1t
was on this theory that Dr. j. G.. Aver, of
Lowell, Mass, nearly fifty years ago, for
mulated Ayers Sarsaparilla.