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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03

The attendance at the funeral of
Miss Minnie F. Merrill last Saturday
was quite large, and especially so for
this place. Many former schoolmates
of the deceased were present to Join
with the numerous relatives and
friends in testifylng their sense of loss
and their sympathy for the immediate
family. The Rev. f. w Lewis of.
ficiated, being assisted by the Rev w
S. Spencer of New York City. The
services were brief but impressive, and
all the arrangements were appropriate
and tasteful. The critical condition of
Mrs. Merrill's health had occasioned
apprehension as to the probable effect
upon her, but she bore the ordeal with
much fortitude.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03

j. FL, Walbridge, the all round cor
respondent for the country press of
Vermont, was in town Monday.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03

1t is with sadness we chronicle the
death of Miss Minnie F. Merrill whose
death occurred at early morn ct the
home of her parents on the upper plain
December 26'h. Her funeral was at.
tended Saturday at 12 O'Clock by a
large company of friends and neigh.
bors. AS she lay in her casket almost
butied in flowers she looked fair en-
blem for heaven. Among the flowers
were two large pill ows, one read "Our
pet" from the parents the other "sister"
from brother and wife. a very heavy
bouquet of choice roses and carnations
from Mr.. E. E. Mum, also one from
her aunt, Mrs. j. E. Sleeper.
Dearest Minnie thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But tits God that has bereft US
He can all our sorrows heal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03
Montpelier and Wells River Railroad.

Leave Montpelier at AIS p m, 1910 p m, $500
Leave wells River at 8:2o a. o:5S M, 3:3o p. m.
w. A. STowELL, Supt. F.W MORSE, G. P. A.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

Already the rabid Democratic
papers have commenced to sympa-
thize with and defend Mr.. Booth.
Just as we expected; if they can
keep Mr.. Booth in the race they
might split off few votes. and
they no doubt would share their
campaign Doodle with him for that
purpose, but it will be a sorry in
vestment.
Mr.. Booth now has an oppor-
tunity to show his good sense and
patriotism and thus redeem him
self with his people, or to continue
on his way downward to oblivion
and destruction to himself.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31
LICENSE ORDINANCE.

Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Natchltoches, that the
graduation for a License Tax for the
City of Natchitoches. La. for the year
1896, as made for the State on all Trades
Professions, Vacations. Callings and De-
cupations, Etc, carried on within the
City limits, and on which the State le-
vies License, is this day adopted
That the amount of said License Tax
for the City is hereby levied aud fixed
for the year 1896, at fifty per centum of
the amount collected by the State, on
all Trades, Professions. Vacations, Call
ings and occupations, etc, except that
known as the Liquor License. in places
where liquor is sold by retail, which is
hereby fixed at 100 per centum, or equal
to the State license
Be it also Ordained, That any Ped
dler or Hawker shall pay IN advance a
license of Five Dollars, il on foot, Ten
Dollars il with one horse, Fifteen Dol
lars il with horse and vehicle, and
Twenty-Five Dollars If with boat.
And the City Tax Collector shall pro-
ceed with the collection of the same
within the same time and under the
same penalties as the State tax collec-
tor.
Adopted Thursday, Jan. 9th, 1896
AID, L'HERlSSON,
A true copy, Mayor
j. A. DUCOURNAU JR.,
Acting Secretary.
Iap IN
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

If you want to deprive thou
sands of good honest men of their
votes and place this State perma-
nenhy in the hands of political
tricksters, all you will have to do
is to get out and work and vote in
favor of the proposed suffrage
amendment. BY reading it care
fully andstudy ying every point, you
will discover that it is one of the
most barefaced attempts to per-
pstuate fraudulent politics, ever
sprung on the people Of Louisiana.
No honest man can conscientiously
vote in favor of it,-New Road.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

our party and the patriotic mem
bers of our convention ticket we
submit our labors, and confidently
hope for their approval.
Respectfully,
H. L. Brian, Chairman.
j. A. Tets, Secretary,
j. +. Dunn.
j. T. Howell.
j. III. Crawford.
Subcommittee,
Appointed by the State Central
Committee at its session in Alex
andria, La, January 23rd, 1896.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

Transient advertisements. 81 per square first in
sertop : each subsequent insertion 30 cents per
square
Ofirial legal advertisements, 81 per squate
frst insertion each subsequent insertion 50 cents
Per square,
focal advertisements. 10 cents per line.
Editorial notices, first insertion. 10 cents per
line; subsequently 10 cents pr line.
t,ommunications are soiicited. but we VIII not De
r,,sponsihle for any views therein expressed.
Address all communications to the business
Manager. Communications must be sent In oy
Monday.
Communications intended for publication should
be ACCOMPANIED by the real as well as the assumed
name Of the anthor. not for publication but as an
evidence of good faith ON the part of the writer.
A failure to do so will consign them to the waste
basket.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

The present congress will not
pass any remedial financial legis-
lation.
Neither of the great parties will
declare for the free coinage of sill
ver.-Monroe Evening News.
Yet the News, like all of its ilk,
wants to ostracise every man who
is honest enough to leave these
two parties that now control con-
gress and the silver question.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

The Populists OF Catahoula have
nominated Henry Breithampt for
Representative, j. G. Tallifero for
Clerk, and John Dosher, present
incumbent, for Sheriff. most ex-
cellent ticket. that will be elected.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31
State Central Committee.

According to appointment the
State Central Committee of the
Peoples party of Louisiana met
in Alexandria on the 23rd inst.
The committee was called to or
der by Chairman Brian at 1890
p. m, and the roll called by Sec
retary Tets showed 80 of the 53
members of the committee present.
A subcommittee of was APP
pointed to ascertain how many re-
signations had been made, the pc
sition of each candidate of the
convention ticket, and to outline
the proper course for the whole
committee.
Messrs. X. p. johnson, r. ID.
Wilde, j. A. Tets, w. ID. Gooch
and j. 4. Dunn, were appointed,
and after recess of one hour they
reported as follows:
ITO the Chairman of the Peoples
Party State Central Commit
tee and Members
eve, the members of your hon
orable body, appointed for the
purpose of comforting with the
candidates on the State ticket, beg
leave to report:
''That we advise the filling of va
cancies caused by the resignation
Of s. Whited, Lieutenant Govern
or (; j. b. Kleinpeter, Auditor
A. T. Nelson, Treasurer. and the
nomination of an Attorney Gene
raj, left vacant by the action of the
State convention. In regard to
the nomination for Governor, we
call attention to the fact that the po-
sition is being antagonized by many
of the prominent men in our par
ty and by some of its organs, and
recognizing his patriotism and his
earnest desire for the victory of
the principles of our platform in
April, we believe that in the inter-
est of harmony and success he will
acquiesce in and heartily support
the action of this committee in
placing a new man at the head of
our ticket and the consequent COM
pletlon of such a ticket as will rep
resent all the opposition to tho
present administration, thus car
rying out the manifest will of our
State convention as expressed in
our platform and all the earlier
and more deliberate actions of our
party. We would therefore sug-
gest the appointment of a commit
tee to issue an address to the peo-
pie naming candidates for all places
on the ticket subject to the final
declinatlon of Mr.. Booth.
''R. p. johnson,
''R. ID. Wilde.
-. A. Tets,
"W. ID. Gooch,
81. Z. Dunn.
The report was unanimously
adopted, after full and free dis
cussion.
Nominations were then declared
in order and the new ticket was
then made as indicated in the adj
dress of the committee which ap.
pears elsewhere in this issue.
Messrs. j. Il. Howell, j. H.
Crawford and j. +. Dunn, were
appointed as a committee, to in
clude the chairman and secretary,
to prepare the address setting forth
the work of the committee which
appears elsewhere.
The committee then adjourned
subject to call.
II. L. BRIAN,
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

The clock in the tower of St.
Paups cathedral, London, is the
largest in the British isles. The
dials, three in number, are each
seventeen feet in diameter, and the
figures on them are two feet long.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

The Populists of Kansas elected
nearly fifty more county officers this
year than they have ever elected in
that State before.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

About the only remnant of the
government our fathers gave us
is the Fourth of July, and the
scream of the eagle on that day is
. nero screech as compared with
that of former days.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

There are very few people advo-
eating the success of the Demo-
cratic party now aside from those
who are drawing a salary as Of
ficers. .-Ex.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31
FRIDAY, January 81, 1896
Peoples Party Ticket.

Peoples Party Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CAPT. j. N. PHARR,
Of st. Mary.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JOHN B. KLIENPETER,
Of East Baton Rouge.
FoR SECRETARY OF STATE,
j. w. MCFARLAND,
Of Claiborne.
FOR AUDITOR,
H. p. KERNOCHAN,
OF Plaquemine.
FOR TREASURER,
JOHN PICKETT,
Of Bossier.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
LUCIEN +. SUTTON,
Of Terrebonne.
TOR sUPERINTEND'T OF EDUCATION,
DR. G. A. COOK.
Of ST. Landry.
TOR STATE SENATORS, 10TH sENA-
ToRIAL DISTRICT.
d. &. FREEMAN,
Of Red River.
E. j. GAMBLE,
Of Natchitoches.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
DIR. j. M. BROWN.
j. A. TETTS-
FOR SHERIFF.
JAS. W. JONES.
FOR CLERK.
o. o. HATHORN.
FOR CORONER.
DIR. G.. H. PROTHRO.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31
a ddress 10 the Peoples Party OF
Louisiana
.sy ifs state Central Committee.

ty of completing a State ticket on
which our State convention left
one vacancy and filled other places
temporily, designations from which
are placed in our hands, your COM
mittee is forced to recognize the
following situation in our party.
From the first move in this cam
paign until the platform of our
convention had been unanimously
adopted and the naming of our
ticket begun, our party through
its press, its speakers and its Off
cial announcements had declared
the necessity of securing an ELEC-
TION in Louisiana before any prin-
clple could be expressed by the vo-
ters of our State. -
BY the same evidences and by
our platform, our party has been
and is unanimously committed to
the necessity of and determination
to make this fight for the right
of suffrage upon lines so broad
that every political element in our
State opposed to the present sys-
tenn of fraud, debauchery and NOR
al degradation of the people, can
unite with us in sweeping from
power the present regime of corr
ruptlon. =
That after this policy had been
outlined IN our convention, COM
plications and misunderstanding
arose from want of frankness
and fair dealing among the men,
bers of that convention, as well as
among other elements that were
being considered in making up a
ticket.
That not only did these misun-
derstandings determine that part
of our ticket which has since re-
signed, but affected the selection of
the head of our ticket also, and
have since resulted in open oppo-
sition to such ticket by large
element in own ranks, as well as
failure to meet the approval of
any element outside our party, but
cooperating with us.
In this awkward and trying stu
alton your committee, fully reali-
zing their responsibility and the
Importance of harmony
and united, vigorous action, and
after careful and due deliberatlon,
have decided without a dissenting
vote that the only way to clear up
the situation and secure these much
deslred ends, is to present a new
ticket to our party, subject to the
and support of the par
tial ticket made by our conviction.
In presenting this new ticket we
are without authority further than
the exigencies of the situation, and
therefore its success depends upon
the patriotism and loyalty to our
cause of those who compose our
first ticket, and to the better judge
ment and firmness of our people.
In selecting the personnel of this
ticket we have endeavored to and
we believe succeeded in protecting
the autonomy and the rights of the
Peoples party as party, and
also given such recognition to other
elements necessary to win as to se-j!
cure their hearty CO. operation. u,
While we have rejected fusion,
defeated and destroyed it, our par
", acting alone and independently !
N making this ticket and its plat
'orln, will secure the support of
III opposition to Fosterism, and
will therefore, on these lines win !
is fight in the great struggle ap- |
,roaching.
The ticket which we present is
IS follows:
For Governor-Capt. j. N. |
Pharr, of st. Mary.
For Lieut.. Gov.-John B. Klien-
,otor ~ Fact Ration Ro,,oa
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

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The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31
JOB WORK.

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OFFICE at Natchitoches Drug Co.,
Corner Front and Church Streets.)
may31-1y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES,
Monthly Statement Shows a Deficit Of
More Than $4,000 O

More Than S7,O0O,O 600.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The monthly
comparative statements of the receipts
and expenditures of the United States
shows the total receipts for the month
of October to have been $40, 232, S29, as
compared with $$:e7, Sol, 7+s for October,
1895. The disbursements during the
month aggregate 500, 7ss, 1927, showing
a deficit for October of 81, sos, 4es, as
compared with the deficit of Sc, sol ,6s7
for October last year. The receipts
for the month are classified as follows:
Customs, 81, los, 493; internal revenue,
$l3, 800, 1856; miscellaneous, ST. 14, 1870.
Compared with October, 1895, the
customs decreased about $3.50, 900
and the internal revenue increased
about $780, OO. The total deficit since
July /, 1896, is $50, $50, SIT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13

A charge of most fiendish and afro,
eious cruelty is brought against the
deputy superintendent of the poor of
Chenango county, N. Y. He was ar
rested for attempting to bury alive enc
George Macomber. an inmate of the
idiot ward Of the institution. This
wretched creature, who has been ha-
bitually abused at the institution, was
forced into an open grave and held
there until the earth was half filled in,
when he managed to break away and
escape. The charge Is backed up by
numerous eminently respectable citi-
xens. but the head superintendent sim
My paid the necessary bail money and
retained the man as assistant super.
irtendent. The whole neighborhooG
= enraged and excited over the affair
md determined that the offender shall
he brought to some sort OF justice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
In Lieu OF Mu6s,

At the Harvard-Yale football match
a bakers dozen of pretty Boston girls
in lieu OF muffs wore .'sure enough
footballs, from which the ends had
been cut. They were ~whaleboned
and stuffed inside, and made an *
ceedingly pretty show. Behind this
feminine rush line came a cadaverous
youth bearing a pasteboard horn that
for size and capacity has probably
never been equaled.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
Big Jewelry Robbery.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 4.-Sometime
during the parade here Saturday night
thieves entered the jewelry store Of
A. Wendover & Company and stole
about So, 900 worth of diamonds and
jewelry. The proprietor and his as
sistant had been watching the parade
and talking with some friends near
the entrance of the store. For a few
minutes Mr.. Wendover was left alone
and was accosted by a stranger on
some trivial matter, and while thus
engaged. it is supposed, pals stole four
trays Of diamonds and other valuables.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
Arkansas Farmer Duelists.

MENA, Ark, Nov. 4.--John Middle
ton and James Irby lived sixteen miles
east of here on adjoining farms, A di-
vision fence dispute arose. Last Sat-
urday Middleton was repairing the
fence when Irby came along with a
gun. Hot words followed. Middleton
left and went to the house, but soon
appeared with his gun, and on an in
vitation by Middleton to come and
''shoot it out like men" both men went
to shooting. Irby was hit and in
stantly killed. Middleton gave himself
up to the sheriff.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
A Student Defends Himself.

CH1LL1coTHE, Mo-, Nov. A shoot.
ing ARRAY occurred in this city Sunday
night in which William Roe was
fatally shot by John Shackelford, q
normal school student. Roe and some
other boys were following Shackelford
and q young lady home from church
and tried to separate them. The boys
threw rocks at the couple, and Shackel-
ford fired five shots at his assailants,
only one taking effect. He was arrest
ed to-day on a charge of assault with
intent to kill and released on bond.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13

The greatest event for France that
has happened this year was the open
Ing recently Of the new lock connect
ing the docks Ut Dunkirk with the sea.
This lock is said to be the largest sea
port lock III the world, being $50 feet
long and c%ighty-two feet wide. ]. is
able to receive the largest ships at any
state Of tide. It has taken eve years
to build and the cost of construction
has been 81, 500. 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
!, no Greatest Il hist Player.

Deschapsllos, the greatest whist
PLAYER the world has ever seen, had
but one hand and was an advanced re-
publican. His manual dexterity was
remarkable, and it was very interest
ing to watch him with his n hand
and that his l~eft-collect the cards,
sort them. play them. and gather
them in tricks. Late in life, when he
had developed into ardent republic
canism, he was supposed to have been
mixed up in some of the attempts at
revolution which broke out in the
earlier days of the reign OF Louis
Philippe. His papers were seized.
and it was proved that he had drawn
up a list OF persons to be disposed of.
Among them was an elderly acquaint-
ance, so described: '.Vatry (Alphie)
to be guillotined. Reason-citoyen in
utile. Vatry is a bad whist player"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away

IT you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be made
well, strong, magnetic, full Of new life and
vigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. Over 400 900 cured.
Buy No-To-Bac from your druggist, who
will guarantee a cure. Booklet and sample
mailed free: Ad: Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
Mind Reading.

You can read a happy mind in a happy
This is the sort Of .countenalce that the
quondam bilious sufferer or dyspectic re-
lieved by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
wears. You will meet many such. The
great stomachic and Alternative also pro-
vides happiness for the malarious, the rheu-
matte, the weak, and those troubled with
inaction of the Kidneys and bladder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
BrOm ming.

"Bromming' is the term applied in
California to the unearthly sound that
the ostrich imagines to be song. The
bird initiates his long neck till it looks
like a big bag; he then lets the air out
again in three instalments. He blows
thrice thus in succession, making nine
roars in all. The performance is then
over for the time being. "Brom-
ming" is occasionally heard by day,
but more usually breaks the silence by
night, and is probably meant as a
challenge. Two of the herd are al
ways on guard while their companions
sleep. They take turns in this duty.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Nov. 4.-The
United and Associated Presses has re-
ceived the following telegram from
Perry Heath:
cat nine o'clock tonight returns
safely verify Chairman Hanna's state
ment Mckinley and Hobart will have
at least 311 votes in the electoral col
lege, This is q landslide.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13
Area OF

The Pacific ocean covers, e., OOO,-
900 OF the 1873, 900, 600 square miles
which compose the earth's surface,
and the Atlantic covers 81, 900, 900.
more. Thus these two oceans COM
prise more than half the area Of the
p1oha
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13

According to a London paper the
car of Russia and Lord Salisbury have
laid plans to depose the sultan. The
trouble is that plans are much like
eggs-the great majority of those laid
are never Matched.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-13

the courts Of New York state have
definitely decided that George Gould
must pay his taxes, and surely every
one will pity and sympathize with this
unfortunate gentleman for the severity
of this decision. Let the rest of us
pay the taxes; why should a million
aire be called upon to do this terrible
thing? There are plenty Of us earn
ing salaries and wages who will glad
~ take this unbearable burden off Mr..
Gould's shoulders and, of course, it is
only fair and just that we should do
10. Did not another distinguished
millionaire of the same ilk once re-
mark, The people be damned?'