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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Of Rapides-Tenth Judicial
District Court.
=.
J.W. SIMPSON & Bro.


vs.. No. 1880,
THEIR CRED1ToRs.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO
IN. the creditors of j. w. Simpson 4.
Bro, composed of Jefferson w. Simpson
and Charles A: Simpson, of Forest Hill,
Rapides parish, La, that they have made
o voluntary surrender of their property
for the benefit of their creditors, which
surrender has been accepted by the hon
orable the Judge of the Tenth Judicial
District. COurtin and for the Parish of
kapides and State Of Louisiana, and all
proceedings against either the persons or
property Of the said firm or tho individ-
ual members thereof has been stayed, and
that q meeting of the creditors of the said
J. W. Simpson Il Bro. will he held before
L. V. Marye, Notary Public at his office
in the Town Of Alexandria, La. on the
DIST day of January A. u. 1895, for the
purpose of explaining exactly the amount
Of their respective claims, to vote for aud
elect "a Syndic to administer the property
thus surrendered and to pass upon the
discharge of the said Insolvents.
(~~) Witnesses the Honorable Jas.
SEAL Andrews and A. v. Coco Judges
(~~) of said Court and given under
my hand and Seal officially at Alexandria,
La. on his the 18th day Of December A.
u. 1894, C. L. RANSDELL,
Clerk.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
MOBLEY s. RINGGOLD, - Props
ANNOUNCE MENT.
For Mayor.
~. We are authorized to announce tn
HON. THOMAS CRAWLEY,
VOLUME SO, NUMBER /.

With this issue the LOUISIANA
=. DEMOCRAT enters upon the tftt'
eth year of it's journalistic exist
ence. We shall dispense with the
stereotyped formula of promises
for the future. The past Journal
" istic Conduct of the paper IL a sufh-
GENT guarantee for the future.
Democratic. from it's establishment
to thepresent day, it will ever ad,
vocate the principles of the only
party. which can preserve, and
maintain civil liberty and coiIs'i
rational government in this coun:
try and continue. to battle for. the
imperiled rights of tile people
Against all foes, insidious'or other
-W'bCs g.. e.: * .. - -, ''
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
JUDICIAL SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides-
al Tenth Judicial District Court.
S. HERSsHE1M BROS. & Co.,
-.. vs.. No. 1927.
FRANK NJ. WEIGH.
Dl VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
- an order of seizure and sale, issued
from the Honorable the 10th Judicial
District Cont and to- me directed AZ Sher-
iff of the parish of kapides, Louisiana,
commanding and authorizing me to spec
ially seize the hereinafter described prop
-erty belonging to defendant, have sriz-
cd and will offer for sale at public
auctiop to the last and highest bidder, at
the front door of the Court House, in the
town of Alexandria, La, between tho
hours prescribed by law, on
JANUARY 18TH, A. D. 1895,
tho following described property, special
ly seized to-wit:
Squares NJ. 6, 10, 10, ii, 10, 20, 81,
49, "a, 20 and fractional squares No. %
and 80 Of tho WEIGH Addition to the City
of Alexis and ia, Rapides parish, Louisiana,
acco; ding to map of same made by Elton
Rice, Surveyor, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, the
Same containing about Tlirty-Fiye (35)
acres Of land, being all that is within
the enclosure known. as "rhe Welch
Driving Park" and all that is inclnded
within the following boundaries: Com
aencing ut the intersection of tho West
line of Marye street i'll tho said WEIGH
Addition, with Could Avenue (known az
Bayon Rapilcs Road) thence following
said West limo Of Marye Street to proper
ty of the Red River Oil Co., Limited +;
thence along the line betwe cen the land
1f the said Oil Co., and land of +. NJ.
WEIGH to centre Of Bayou Rapides; thence
following the meanderings of said bayon,
up .trea!n, to apoint where it would in
ter ect th West line Of fractional square
~ ii 1t W re extnded to the center of the
hayon; t 'nce following along the West
line of acti,nal square ~, square 81 and
square 8 t, the North West corner of
51ilar6 N Z. 8 Of SAID Welch Addition;
thei ce along the North line of said square
No. { to the North East corner Of said
square 8 thence to the North line of said
Gould Avenue (known rs the Bayou Rap
id. Roadi thence along the North line
of said Avenue to it's intersection with
Marye street, the poiut of beginning.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to ap-
praisement. D. T.. STAFFORD,
Sheriff Parish of Rapides, La.
Tee 10Th.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

AS the charter OF the town pro.
visles that the successful candidate
shall receive a majority Of all the
votes cast, it will be seen that
that there has been no election for
Mayor.
Another election has been or.
dered-sce proclamation in anoth.
or coluTn-to take place on the
18th of February. 1t is under.
stood that the race will be be.
t,6cen the two highest candidates,
MessIs. Crawley and Gossens, al.
though it is free fight and other
aspirauts are not prohibited from
entering the lists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

ABOLISH .THkM.-lti is claimed
thzt tlse:pay-$7,500 per: ahnum
which our Ambassadors receive,
is inadequate to support and main.
tain them in respectable style al
the foreign courts to whirh they
are accredited and that their sala
ries should be increased proper.
tionately. If this amount of mon.
ey-exorbitant as 1t is is not snf
ficient to enable our ministers to
ape the magnificent splendors OF
royalty, it were far better to abol
ish these missions in toto, than ts'
increase the salaries, as the State
Department can transact in sat
isfaetory- manher, by the utiliza-
ton of the electric telegraph, all
business with foreign countries,
where the submarine cable and
electric wire tyefietratea and in all
others, it is only necessary to dep
utize Il special messenger for any
important occasion, at much less
Cost than the excessive amounts
which the various embassies now
entail upon the government.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
CONVENTION OF COTTON PLAr

CONVENTION OF COTTON PLANT
ERs.-A convention of cotton
planters is called tOmeet in Shreve
port on the 10th Vt this month
But it will be productive Of nc
good results to the PLANTING inter
ests, unless it not: olly recon:
mends ii decreased acreage in cot
ton to the extent of one halt, bu1
an increased acreage to be devct.
Ell to the cultivation of al cereals
aud food products necessary for
home consumption. Nor will this
recommendation even be Of any
value, unless the entire body OF
Southern csttou producers will en-
dorse and adopt it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

Col. w. @. p. Breckenridge,
the ''silvcr tongncd" orator of Ken
lucky, is being etfectually boycott
ted by the ladies where ever be is
announced to appear on his ]ectur-
ing tour, with the result that be
not ouly addresses limited anu uu-
eapweciative audiences, but the
door receipts will not swell the
Golfers OF the Lectunng Bureau,
under whose auspices he is peram.
hulatiDg the country. 1t is thus
apparent that he has not only
found an ayenglng Nemesis in the
much injured Madeline Pollard.
but in the person OF every woman
who regards the sanctity and in.
volatility Of tile domestic hearth
stone.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

Those two we'll known ma.
chiuists, Messrs. G. e. Marsh and
e. l.. Cavauna Of Alexandria, visi-
ted Iiecompte last week on a tour
Of recreation. The Marsh Bros.
took the contract on October 81 to
build the cello mill. On Decem.
Der 18th crop producing 500, 900
pounds of sugar had been taken
of. Messrs. Marsh and Cavanna
did this remarkable mechanical
feat and certainly can afford to en-
Joy a short rest row that their task
has been finished Lecompte
Messenger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
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,NOTICE:;.::::,n;..... ).
:s.tE.~

n1HE PUBLIC is NOTIFIED NOT TO
i trade for TIVE certain prolnissory
notes dated December; 18th 1888, each
for the sum of Seventy-fivc ($75) dollars,
made aud signed by Mrs. Louisa f Mitch
ell, authorized by her husband, YIN. K.
Mitchell. to her own order and by her
endorsed, and payable respectively on
the ID days of January, 1896 and 1896
and paraphe,l "No yarietur' by l.. l..
Hooe, Hatary Public, as said notes have
been lost or mislaid.
MRS. ANNIE GIBSON,
l.. l.. LCM.
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Grateful Acknowledgements.

/ am glad to say that my wife,
Ann Lawson, was insured in the
American Life & Accident Insur.
ance Co., on the 18th day of Dec.
1894 and | have this Sd day of
Jan. 1895, received the payment
III full of the amount due at her
death. The claim was promptly
paid within "a hours of the occur.
renee Of her death and is timely
help to me, her husband.
lSigned w. Ii. LAWSON,
Witness:
JULIUS LEVIN,
ii. II. BROOKS.
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DiED:

AT Rosalie plantation, on the eve
ming of December 3lst. 1894. al
half past FIVE o'clock, MRS. EMMA
MOORE BAILLIO, aged Is years
and s mouths.
OVER THE RIVER.
We laid her to rest in the soil
that has long held her loved ones,
and the turf that traced their rest
ing place viii creep and. weave
yerdure over the spot where our
loved one lies. -,
Over the river, our, spirits dwell:
as mournful as the gray: winter
skies that, drape oyer her, our
souls as sorrowful as the slough
ing winds of night TINT sigh
around her, and our thoughts and
prayers as constant as the day
break that lights her resting
place.
Over the river will. be our pill.
grimage now, and roses and VIC
lets and .jassamine with tendril
and leaf and flower will ensbrine
spot so dear to US, vesper prayers
and evening hymns from sanctnn
ries close by Will breathe around
her, and lingering rays from set
ting sun will smile the glory and
light that lives beyond the tomb.
Over the river we have left her,
but our. saddened hearts bear the
dear memory of her with us-of
her kindness beyond compare, Of
her life without q fanlt,. for she
Was a christian and "a lover of all
high and righteous things, kind
and gentle she deserved all the
love. that was given, her, and each
day We will remember; her with
Eacananina ;ii Ave, t'*' =: "',''es.:
Thereare many.~whes will srieve
with those ~1iosweep and there is
not a sigh that ways ' thsif Hearts
but what will find, aRsvef in my
own: Msy,the MOST merehuf: hear
our petitions .snd breathe i bene:
diction on her desolate ones, for
their hearts now bent with affiic-
ton are closely: knitted to my own:
Lot her lie where the deep, blue violcts
! - grow, g.:
Let them their sweet fragrance throw
Around the mound and Oirthe spreading
grass, . .'.,'-t.-' Z
Breathing welcome to those who pass:
No sound or voice will here he heard,
Save the babblo Of stream or tho song OF
bird. :, -
The day Of suffering is past that va,
long and drear,
So sweet is it now to he resting here
Through tho calm. long and silent night
While her spirit lives now in, endless
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

The LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT
chronicles with regret, the death of
Col, e. 3. Wheeiock, which sad
though not unexpected evcnt-as
he had been in ill health for sew
eral months-occurred at his res
idence in New Orleans Oh the
4th of this month. The deceased
gentleman WAS we'll and favorably
known in Alexandria aud had
many friends here, who will sin
cereIy deplore his demise.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
The Municipal Election.

Tie municipal election Monday
was quite exciting and hotly con
tested, the adherents of the differ
cut candidates using their....utmost
exertions for the election Of their
respective favoritcs. In conse-
quence, an unusually large vote
was polIed. The City Council
met at 4.3O o'clock in the after.
ternooH, received, compiled and
promulgated the returns Of the
commissioners as follows:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

Tenth Judicial District Court.
JULIUS LEVIN Il Co. }
VS.. No. 4272.
WADE HENLEY, JR.
DY VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY A
ID writ of fcri facias issued out of the
Tenth Judicial District Court and to me
directed, as Sheriff of the Parish of Rap
idos, La, commanding me to specially
seize and soil the hereinafter described
property, belonging to Defendant, have
seized aud will offer for sale at public
auction, to tho last and highest bidder,
at the front door of the Court House, in
tho Town of Alexandria, La, between
the hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, THE 26TH DAY OF JAN
UARY, A. d. 1885,
the following described property specially
ordered seized. to-wit:
The house of Wade Henley, Jr., situat-
ed in the lower suburbs of Alexandria,
Rapidcs Parish, Louisiana, bounded on
the East by Third street, South by prop
erty of Toney Britt and on the other two
sides by property ofMrs. Wade Henley Jr.
Terms Of Salo-Cash subject to ap-
praisement, d. I. STAFFORD,
Sheriff.
Dec. 26, 1894.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
JUDICIAL SALE.
State of L0uisiana-Parisll Of Rapides-
Tenth Judicial District :.
Court.
Mrs DELrnlNE HEYMAS)
VS.. No. ASH,
FRANK N. WEIGH.

Mrs DrlrV Vs' Hr'AAs} xo: ASH.
FRANK N. WEIGH.
DY VIRTUE OF. AND TO SATISFY
u an order of Seizure and Sale, issued
from the Honorable the Tenth Judicial
District Court and to MO directed as Sher-
iff of the Parish Of Rapides, Louisiana,
commanding and authorizing inc to spec
ially seize the hereinafter described prop
erty, belonging to-. Defendant, F. N.
WEIGH, i have seized and will offer for
sale at Public Auction. to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door of the
Court House in the Town of Alexandria,
La, between the hours prescribed by
law, on ~. 10Y
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 3D., A. D..
1895,
the following described property specially
seized to.wit:
A certain piece or parcel of ground, be-
ing, lying and Situated in the Parish of
Rapides, Louisiana, in what is known n S
WEIGH Addition to tho Town of Alexan-
dria, and described as Lots Number Sew
enteen and Eighteen Of Square No. Five
of the said Welch Addition as per man
! made and published and duly of record in
this said parish and State, each of said
lots having front on shirland Avenue of
Fifty feet and running back in parallel
lines the distance of One hundred and
forty-two feet to an alley, in rear. Bound
ed in 'front.' by Shirland Avenue, in rear
by said alley, on one side by Julia Ave
nue., and on the other side by Lot Num-
Der Sixteen Of said square, with all the
buildings and i'np.ovemcpts thcrp5n,
rights, ways aud privileges thereto be:
0ngsng. - IL
:, Terins Of Sale-E Cash; snbicct to APP
praisolnsbt. e,..,;., Bat STAFFORD,
Sheriff Parish Of Kspilos.
!. January Cd, 1895.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
The tender If an inyi

The tender "f an invitation
by President Cleveland to Sena.
tor Hill to attend the white honse
banquet in honor of the cabinet,
aud its acceptance by the latter,
must be construed to mean that
"the Ratchet has been buriedn and
these two heretofore antag0nistic
leaders of the New York DcmOc-
racy will unite in the redemption
of the State from Republican dom
nation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
Tho starving prOpie of

Tho starving people of Ne
braska, whose destitutiou is now
being temporarily relieved by the
charitably disposed of various sec
tions of the country, had better
emigrate from that "blizzard
stricken" region to the moro hos.
pitable climate of the Southern
States, where the thermometer
never falls below zero, where the
grass hopper is. unknown and
where there is never Il wholesale
failure Of crops from any cause.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

Congressman julius Caesar
Burrows, better known as the
"Calliope Of Kalamazoo" has been
nominated. by the Republican eau
Gus of the Michigan legislature, to
fill the. vacancy in the United
States Senate from that State,
caused by the death IF Mr.. Stock.
bridge.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

.. The panacea for the low price
ofcortonsis to raise five instead of
million bales rand tokeep smoke
houses and corn cribs at rome, i'll
stead of at New Orleans and St..
LOWS,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
Bright and breezy q.

-bF1gub aHH VIetHJ 0aIc,
with the endorsement of two sea
sons genuine success, comes tt
the Opera House next week
Nichols and Lestcoq stand in the
very front rank of American play.
wrights, but they have turned out
nothing so fairly amusing Il,
@tJane7 and it will DO auxiously
awaited by theatre goers. Thu
special cast provided is we'll snit
ed to the purposes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
FOR SALE.

4 VERY. DESIRABLE PLANTA-
II. ton of AGO acres, miles west of
on Bayou Rapides, above
overflow and not in Leyse District.
For .ernls, apply to
J.. G. MADDOX,
4ileXauLria, Lid.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

--Goyernor Foster has appoint.
ext Mr.. Il. I. Lewis, OF st. Landry,
a Judge of the court of appeals
for the thir'! circuit, vice R. S.
Perry, resigned.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
JUDICIAL SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides--
Tenth Judicial District Court.
JULIUS LEVIN Il Co. }
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides-
. al Tenth Judicial District Court.
S. HERNsHEIM BROS. & Co.,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

breast. And he, he did not tremble;
but look Of mingled rage, sorrow,
and unutterable relief was on his
face.
Il don't ask you to forgive US, he
said. We have sinned against you
too greatly, and you have right to
scorn and hate US. 1t Is best that we
have been discovered, for | should
only have made you miserable, Mad
cline. was not worthy Of your
love-
And he drew the trembling Flor
ence aside, in order that she whom
they had injured might pass.
Give me your arm, Colonel Lau-
renee, said Madeline calmly, and
walked past them without a word.
Ten minutes later they stood In the
library for the third time that even
ing.
do you forgive me, Madeline,
faltered the soldier.
Yes; more than that, thank
you
All, if there had only been some
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

"Penny wise and Pound fool
ish" are those who think it
economy to use cheap rosin
and soda soaps, or washing
powders of any kind, instead
of the good old Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap; for sale by all gro
GERS since 1869, and used dur
ing all that time by millions
of intelligent economical wom-
en- who know its merit, and
therefore use it. All who use
it praise it as the best, cheap
est, and most economical soap
made, bat if you will try it,
even just once, it will tell as
much stronger tale of its merits
itself. Ask your grocer for
Dobbins' Electric Soap, take
nothing else.
| men make cheap
limitations of the
LOUS best articles other
seek to palm them of on their customers
as the genuine, for the sake of the additional.
profit made by the deceit. There are lots
of Limitations of Dobbins Electric Soap.
Everyone of them will ruin and rot clothes.
See tnat our name is on ev ny wrapper.
DOBBINS' SOAP MFG co.;
Successors to 1. L. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
MADELINE'S LOVER.
YOU are not happy, Miss Made

You are not happy, Miss Made
line.
Not happy, Colonel Laurence!
What do you mean?
There was a palpable annoyance in
her tone, which thoroughly discon-
certed him. He made the above as
sertion almost involuntary, now he
scarcely knew how to proceed.
Forgive me- he ventured at last,
very humbly.
She bowed a cold assent and sank
back into the large crimson chair with
an air Of Indifference. How lovely
she looked to the man who had just
watched her, the fire light simmer
ing trantastically over the slender fig
ure, the sad little face. Dear Made
line
He was sick and faint with the long
ing to take her in his arms, to kiss
away the lines about the wistful little
mouth; TO teach her to smile-she
smiled now to be sure, but not as he
longed to see her; to keep her safe
from all the adverse winds OF fate
She was not fit, he said to himself, to
bear trouble-+-least of all such trouble
as this. Why had she not loved hin
instead of that fool? Here he checked
himself. The man she loved was moi
fool; he was only too clever, toe
brilliant. Why had not heaven giver
him more brains and less heart? She
might have loved him, then, instead
Ofwhat use was it that he had thecour
age of lion and strength OF one, anc
alasl he was a, little wiser than one2
Poor Colonel Laurencel His rugged
| yet not unhandsome face, which hao
, never blanched in time of direst peril
was white with direst suffering now
To think that she loved a man who
he felt convinced, did not love her; tt
see her growing mistrust of this; t.
, watch her growing sadder and pale
{ day by day-it was too much. IL
would speak, no matter what came o
/ it.
Madeline he began hurriedly
3 'don't be angry with me, but Wis
: to say something to you. You kno'
, that I love you--hush child, you kno,
/ it. Ilove you, you are soon to B
: married, and when you are Marie
you will suffer-how much / dare nc
thlnkl I want you to promise m
! ! that when trouble comes, you wi
' look upon me as your fried. You wi
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

AMBASSADOR EUsTIs may have
shattered a few of the traditions
of diplomacy-the art of talking
without saying anything--by that
London speech, but he struck the
bullseye of truth so often that he de.
serves three cheers and a tiger from
every American. Those Europeans
need to be told the truth occasional
ly, and nobody can do it more
fittinly than an American.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

AS overheard by our reporter: "John
please get some sugar at Blacks; he gives
more for the money than the other dealers:
to econo'n nize we must be careful to get mo-
ney's worth of everything-and Oh! John,
don't forget to stop at Saur q Balsley's drug
store for bottle of Brant's Balsam: itonly
costs quarter and it cured my cough so
quickly before. have confidence in it, be-
sides it's economical to use; the bottles are
extra large. while the dose ii only half tea
spoonful" Get Brant's of Saur & Balsle y.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

ACCORDING to Senator Hill, the
Monroe doctrine is merely bit of
buncombe which means nothing to
European nations, Notwithstanding
the jingoistic construction sometimes
put upon it at home.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

The New York paper which 6gur-
er out our ability to lick the com.
bined armies of Europe would find it
more profitable to utilize the talent
OF the writer of that article in its
circulation department.