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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
JoINT REsoLUTToN

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to the Con1tf-
tuition of the State of Lo1isienA,
Relative to the Leess aud Empioy-
ment Of Psnitsntiary Ccnvtets.
Section J. Be Il resolved By the osn-
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the rsmbsrs elected To
each House concurrsng, The< the follow
Ing amendment be adopted q . part Of
the Constitution of the STATE OF Louisi-
ana:
Section l. No psnitsntisry convict shall
ever be leased or hired 70 any person or
persons, or corporation. private or public.
or ouasi-pubiic. OF board, save a. AUTHOR
lied IN the next section, provided that
this article shall take effect upon the
extinguishment Of the lease made Dur
suant to Act 20. Ia approved July 10th.
1890.
z The General Assembly may authorts.
the employment under State supervis,os
and the proper officers and employ p
or the State. OF convicts. on public roa>
or other public works. or on convict
farms or manufactoriss owned By or con-
trolied by the State or any pubic leve>
board or on any public lssse under such
provisions and restrictions ss NAV b i'm
posed By law.
Speaker Of the House Of Representative.
n. n LOTT.
PRESIDENT Pro Tenpers Of the Senate
A true copy:
r.s. ADAMS. Secretary OF stat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
JUDICIAL ADvERrIsExEsrs.
CEIzURE AND SALE.
GEizURE AND SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Tensas,
9TH District Court.
JULIUS wEIS & CO.
VS.. No. 44sa.
WIN. MOORE.
iULIUs wEIs & &C


DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY given
Il that by virtue of an order Of seiz-
ure and sale to me directed by the
above named Honorable Court In the
Shove styled suit, have seized and
WILL on
Saturday, the goth day OF February,
A. d. 1899.
efier for sale at the Court House door
In the town OF st Joseph, In this parish
within the hours prescribed by law,
that Is between the hours Of IL o'clock
n m. and o'clock p. m, to the highest
bidder the following described prop
erty situated In this parish, te-wIt:
lst. All that certain parcel OF lot Of
ground together with the improve
ments thereon and all rights, ways,
privileges and appearances thereto
belonging situated in the town Of st.
Joseph, measuring l0s feet and s inches
front on the River Road; l67 feet In
depth and front on the Plank Road; 1853
feet in depth on the opposite side line
dividing 1t from property of s. Solomon
and 50 feet in width on its rear line d.
vidlng it from property of James Stew
art. Said parcel Of ground is the south
eastern corner of what was styled the
"Gillespie purchase" and was acquired
by Ro6t. Maxwell by purchase at
SherifPs sale thereof on July 9th, 1889.
as appears by deed recorded In Deed
Book p. GA in Recorders Office Of said
Parish Of Tensas and was bought by
said William Moore from said Robert
Maxwell by deed recorded in said Deed
Book tx" page $50 to which said deeds
special reference is hereby made.
End. The Saranac plantation, with
all the improvements thereon and all
the rights, ways privileges. apperte-
nances thereto belonging, or In anyw wise
appertaining, mere particularly de-
scrtOeu ds lOliOWH NC NoEtu"tot
quarter and the W Or. of sec seven
teen less 2l5 acres formerly sold to
chas. G. Dalgren; the. southeast quar-
ter Of said section seventeen; the north
east quarter of section twenty; the
northeast quarter, the northwest quar-
ter and the southeast quarter of section
tGenty-one, less forty-three acres
thereof sold to Buckner and Hunsicker,
all In Township Twelve (l2), Range
Eleven ilD East, containing $50 acres,
being the same property which John 5.
Mills acquired By purchase at the pub
lie sale thereof made by the sheriff of
Tensas parish, La. on December 4th,
1871. as appears by deed of record in the
Recorders ONCE of said Tensas parish
in Book Of Sherifns Deeds "B" pages
is ct seq.
Also % mules, , horses, 2 plows, !
cultivator, 3 wagons.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
W. c. YOUNG, Sheriff.
ST. JOsEPH. La. Jan. 10, 1895
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WIN. MOORE.

DUBGIC NOTICklS HEREBY given
= that by virtue of q writ Of fieri
facias TO me directed by the above
named Honorable Court in the above
styled suit. 1 have seized and win, on
SATURDAY, the Sssh day OF February
A. ID. 1890,
efier for sale at the Court House door
in the town Of st. Joseph, in this par
ish within the hours prescribed by law,
that is between the hours of IL
O'clock q N and O'Clock. p. IN, to the
highest bidder the following described
property situated in this parish, to-wit:
Those certain lots OF ground on the
Hunsicksr plantation fronting south on
Young's bayou, known and designated
as lots Nos. twenty-three. twenty-four,
twenty-five, tweBty-six, twenty-seven.
twenty-eight and twenty, nine on . GER
tain map or plat Of the Hunsicker plan
tation made by John johnson and re-
corded in Deed Book .Kn In the Re
corder's Office of this parish, to which
special reference is hereby m ade for de-
scription, it being understood that the
boundaries of said land shall be gov
erned by said map, the seven lots con-
tanning 2ls acres more or less.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
VIC. YOUNG, Sheriff.
ST. JosEPH. La, Jan. Is. 1896.
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PROCEEDINGS Or EXECU.
2IYE COMMITTEE.
ST JOSEPH. La.
Jan. IL, 1850.

Jan. Ii, 1850.
fursaset TO call. the Democratic
Executive Committee of Tensas
PARISH me, at the Court House this
day. Ta+ie we're present:
=. F. Hopkins. J. b. Guthrie, A,
e. Newton, q. q. Cordill, G. q
Golsinan, j. b. UK+lIr,, B. Fl.
Yereer. PC. Smiit. s. w. Martien,
j. ?. Harrison, L Backper, O. @.
a. Fr1sick, John Murdoch, Il. s
Nichols, Ii. O. Miller, 7. j. HAYS
W. O.. Niche. by proxy; aud w. @
Young. A. Blanche and Joseph
Curry. Secretary.
P.oety'hd TO bnsioess l., elect.
iDg A. Blanche chairman, pro tenn
The resignation OF the uomiua.
tion Of fhe District Atrorpeysb,p
BY 3. II. Snyder. Jr, sss presented,
resc and accepted.
3. +, Young. ESQ.,, vas nom,nst.
ca to OF the vacancy, and their o..
ing no opposition his nomlaatlun
was made anenino1s.
There being 10 further bosiners
shf Coamit'er adjourned sine die
A, BLANCHE. Chairman pro tenn.
Jos. Curry, srcsstars.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

FThe insurgents are with .gnnsho,
Of Havana. bat they do not sees0 to
he actively pursuing the advsirtagr
,hes have thus Tar gained.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

No. rs,
JOINT REsoLpTIcN
Hopenns Amendnsnts 70 Artisss IA
-. zs and rs Of tss constitrtisn ~
me st,.s OF louisiana, RslaRivs 4
Section I. Be II rsscsv,s ~ -.
eeA Assembly Of tha ststs AZ rs.,.s 80 -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

5OO,OOOssss.A .,ss . c.ss" ' $50. 90
ed, Ado ,ss call, DANIEL y. Betty, Wash.
iDgton, New Jersey.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
JUDICIAL ADvERr,sksEsr.
SALE

State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Tensas,
9TH District Court.
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FIRST CIRCUIT.

At Monroe first Mondays in May ana
Jsnuery--For trial OF appeals from the
parishes OF ouachIta. RIchland. Frank
lin, Catahouis. concordia. Tensas. Aadi-
son. East Carroll. West Carroll More
teusa Upon and Jscksoe-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

JUDICIAL ADytRrIsEsexr.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

STEVEN DUNCAN.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
IoYNr REsor.urIoN

Proposing amendments to Articles 81. y.
4s. 17s. La. se<. 40 and "a OF the Consii-i
tution OF the state of Louisiana and
also an amendment relative to suspen-
sion OF oficers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
Marvellous Results.

T7ror7 a letter Written BY Rev j. cum
e7arnan. of Dimondale. Mich, we are
T9arnitted to make this extract: Il
have no hesitation in recommending
Or Kings New Discovery. as the re-
slllts were almost marvellous in the case
IF nv wife While I was pastor OF the
Paptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible par
oxvsrns Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as If she could not survive them A
friend recommended DR. Kings New
discovery. it was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory in results" Trial
ha7tles free at j. K. Jones Drug Store,
F7ifth and Kansas Ave. Regular size
5ac and 81.
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AMONG RAILROAD MEN.
Galveston HarbOr and How 1t
VIII Benefit Railroads.
Abandonment of the Anthony
Branch Makes Changes.
Items Of Interest About Kansas Rail
road acknowledgements and
Miscellaneous

g. NJ. Higginson, assistant to Presi-
dent Ripley OF the Santa Fe. was in the
city yesterday afternoon on his way to
Chicago. Mr. HiggInson has been in
Texas for the past week with President
Ripley inspecting the line Of the Gulf,
Colorado q Santa Fe and looking up
the matter of grain shipments through
the port OF Galveston
Galveston win soon be one Of the
most important parts Of this country y
said Mr.. Higginson. cit has water now
to a depth which allows the largest
tramp ocean vessels to sail right up to
the dock, and when the jetties are fin
ished the depth of water viii be greatly
Increased.
The farmers Of Kansas viii be great
ly benefited by Galvest0n's deep wa
ter Indeed they have felt the benefit
already. They have now both an east
ern and a southern market for their
grain, and the southern market com
peting with the eastern Will give them
better prices.
During the heavy movement ofgraln
Of the past several weeks the larger
per cent from Kansas territory went to
Galveston The day was in Galveston
last week 80 large ocean steamers were
loading with western grain at the Gal
weston docks.
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ARIzONA's RESOURCES.
The Mining Output of the Territory
was 10 Millions Last Year.

washington, oct 29-The people q
Arizona are in favor of statehood, says
Governor Benjamin Franklin in his an
nual report to Secretary Francis. The
report is one of the most voluninous
and profuseIy illustrated received for
years at the department It shows
that the total mining output of the ter
ritory for the year was S13,958. 263 Of
this amount gold aggregated 5000 600,
exclusive of about $500 600 taken by the
prospectors and placer miners, and the
total is a years increase Of $40 900.
The total product Of gold silver and
copper in Arizona. for the 20 years end
inc June 80 last aggregated 1927 .166, 016.
The cattle shipments from the territory
from January 1. 1894, to June 80, 1896.
reached 595.379 head The territorial
board returns show the value of tax
able property has gained a half mill
lion dollars during the year, and con
servative men claim the actual valua-
ton to be $50 600, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
LADY SOMERSET SPONSOR.
Says She VIII Give Her Personal
Bond for Refugea Arm

New York Oct. 29.-Lady Henry SOM
erset cabled as follows to Assistant
Commissioner Of immigration McSwee-
ny at Ellis Island. I viii make the
declaration thar 1 Will give my personal
bond in case any of the Armenians who
arrived on the OLDHAM or California are
likely to become public charges 4 VIII
be answera BILE for the removal from the
United States of such persons
Commissioners Senner and Nc
Sweeny arranged with Mrs. Fessenden
Of the w. c. T. II. Of Massachusetts
to admit 100 Of the 215 on bonds pro-
cured nv Mrs. Fvessenden in Boston that
the immigrants shall not become public
charges
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MADE BRYAN A PRES EMIT.
W. 81. Hoyt, Largest Grocer in Chica-
go, Gives Him House.

Chicago, oct. 29.-W. NJ Hoyt, Of the
firm Of w M Hoyt & Co. importers
and wholesale grocers. has presented
to Mr.. Bryan a house and two lots in
Lincoln. Neb. in lieu of cash eontri-
button to the campaign fund In his
letter Mr.. IIoyt scored the gold stand
ard and declared that although he is
rich in real estate he is poor in cash.
Mr.. Bryan turned the deed over 10
Chairman Jones, who win sell it and
put the proceeds into the Democratic
campaign fund. The property is
worth about SIS 900.
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There IS nothing in the world SO pitful as
g neglected baby There is no sight SO sad
as that Of q helpless infant denied its birth
right a mothers loving care. Thousands
OF mothers neglect their children because
Of III health No woman can properly
perform mothers duty who is constantly
suffering from sickness, whose system is
debilitated and wrecked by the awful drains
due 70 the diseases and weaknesses pecu-
liar % women. The mother who suffers
from the listlessness, lassitude and despond-
ency due TO these troubles is pretty sure to
neglect her children and her home.
This lamentable state Of affairs is easily
Gemed1ed If the proper measures are taken.
falling cure for all the many forms Of weak
ness and disease of the organs distinctly
feminine. Tt promptly stops all weakening
drains, tuvlgcrates the various organs and
11tuses new life and yigoT into the sufferers
whole body. A happy home and a tidy and
well cared for baby is the result for no
healthy woman viii Wilfully neglect her
child Many a woman IS blamed for neg
Igeuce and heartlessness when she is sim
ply too i'll to care for anything but death
If you want to know all about the Favorite
Prescription p address DR.. R. ". Pierce,
ehief consulting physician to the Invalidss
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y
10 - sold BY all druggists.
Fon1 breath, dull eyes, 1istlessness, sallowness
aud p1Iuplss- A nice combination to avoid or
get rl4 OF, All are due to constipation, and con-
stlakaqu is promptly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets They are mot a temporary palliative
but permanent cure. Many so-caIled coustipa-
ton remedies must be continued forever once
they are started The Pellets cure perrma-
@entiys They never gripe- Druggists sell them.
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BE Change Ill Neodesha.

On account Of the abandonment Of
the Anthony branch of the St. Louis &
san Francisco railway, running from
Arkansas City to Anthony al employees
OF the engine and train service have
been transferred from Anthony to Neo-
desha and provided with runs out Of
that point. The IL employees transfer
red are: Engineer Nick Walker and
Fireman Cap HOIt0n, Engineer John
Osenforth and Fireman Frank Allen:
Conductors Ell. T. Hale, Ed Hosxins
and W. O. Jackman; Brakemen Amos
Tuck and Theodore Weedman; also
Conductor C. Fl. Long and Brakeman
Walter Atkinson. single men. Nine Of
the men have families and viii move
them to Neodesha as soon as accommo-
dations can be found.
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Santa Fe's Fastest Train.

The Santa Fe express train No. H.
which carries the New York, Boston
and European express from Chicago to
Kansas City, connecting with the Erie
express train at Chicago, viii under
the new time card. which goes into eff
feet November 4, make the fastest time
of any train ever run between Chicago
and Kansas City. The schedule time
of the train is now IS hours between the
two points, which is exceptionally fast
time, but under the new schedule this
time VIII be reduced 80 minutes. The
train viii run from Chicago to Kansas
City in exactly ~ hours and 30 minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
Horribly Burned

Jake BegIey, Santa F'e boilermaker
at Wellington, was horribly scalded
one night this week by being enveloped
in steam in the fire box Of an engine
which he was repairing. From some de
feet in the engine, the steam rushed
from the boiler into the fire box while
he was az work, and it was several
minutes before he was able to make
his way out. His face. neck, back, one
arm and one leg were fearfully scalded
and in some places the skin was liter
ally cooked. Although in a serious con
dition it is thought that he VIII re-
cover.
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REED AT STOCKTON.
He Once Taught School in the Cali
fornia Town.

stockton. cal. oct. 2s.-Thomas r.
Reed. speaker of the house Of repre-
sentatives. accompanied by his daugh-
ter and party, arrived yesterday after
noon from Los Angeles. He was met
by a crowd composed Of natives Of
Maine. who escorted him to his hotel
ifor as he drove from the station
At Modesville a large number Of Re
pubIicans with brass band met him.
but he refused to speak. MI Reed
once resided in Stockton and taught
school here. This is his first visit to
his former home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
Big Freight Loeomotive.

The work Of building a big freight
locomotive suitable for the heavy
freight work of the Western, New Mex
leo d Rio Grande divisions of The road,
will be commenced in a few days at the
Santa H'e shops in this city. If it is
found that a locomotive equally as
good as the heavy locomotives built by
the large eastern locomotive works can
be put up. it is possible that a number
Of locomotives Of a similar pattern viii
be built here.
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Railroads Heavily Loaded.

From the fact that the western grain
rates viii be restored on next Monday,
the railroads are just now taxed to their
utmost 70 supply the demand for box
cars. "a scarcity of cars exists on all
the western lines and il is simply i'm
possible to move the cars rapidly
enough to fill the orders received
Freight men say that the immense traf-
fic VIII suddenly cease after this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
JUDGE DUNDY DEAD.
o. S. District Judge for Nebraska
Passes Away-Appointed by
Lincoln.

Omaha. Oct. 29.-Judge Elmer Z. s
Dundv for 80 years federal district
nudge for Nebraska, died yesterday Of
neuralgia OF the stomach. He was ap-
pointed territorial judge by Lincoln in
1S63 Since that time he has partici
pated in the trial Of many famous
cases He recently returned from a
trim around the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
SANTA FE ROUTE.

The Home Road Offers Superior Ad-
vantages to All Those Wishing
to Travel
Five trains east daily.
Five trains west daily
Elegant equipment,
Magnificent track,
Superior eating stations,
First class dining cars
The fastest time,
Union depot connections
Through car service east,
Through car service west
Free reclining chair cars
The newest and finest sleepers,
The most improved tourist sleeping
cars run on any railroad.
For tickets, sleeping car space and
all information see Cromwell & Jeffers,
in postodice room in North Topeka.
telephone S64. or at depot, foot Of Fifth
street, telephone $50.
W. c. GARVEY, Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
FARGO Divorce Colony Increased 10

Fargo ~. d., Oct. 2S.-The local di-
vorce colony has been swelIed by the
arrival Of nearly a dozen women from
New York. Among them was Mile.
Lillian Blauvelft, the noted singer, Of
New York. She was a Brooklyn girl.
In private life she is mrs. Royal smith.
and has been married several years.
She is accompanied here BY her aunt
and seeks a divorce on the grounds Of
uncongeniality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
10 ST Paul and Minneapolis-vi

10 ST. Paul and Minneapolis-via
Burlington Route
Two splendid through trains each day
from Missouri River points to the north
via the old established Burlington
Route and Sioux City line. Day train
has handsome observation vestibuled
sIeepers. free chair cars. and dining
cars (north of Council Bluffs. Night
train has handsome sleepers to Omaha,
Council Bluffs and Sioux City, and par
Tor cars Sioux City north.
Consult Ticket Agent.
T.. w. WAKELEY
Gen Pass. Agent,
St. Louis, Mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

Don't trifle away time when you have
cholera moTbus or dlarrhoea- Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's
collie and Cholera Cure. You don't
have to wait for results, they are in-
Simultaneous. and it leaves the bowels
in healthy CONDITION For sale by =.
w StansfieId 632 Kansas avenue.
Broken edge collars made smooth bg
Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Jobn Z. Fellows Ill

Louisville. KY. Oct 2s.-Colonel John
r. Fellows of New York is quite i'll
in this city and has been forced to can
eel his remaining dates for speeches m
Kentucky Senator Lindsay, whose
time is not filed for the rest Of the
campaign, has consented to Ill Fellows,
appointments at Lagrange today ana
at Henderson on the 3lst instant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

Nearly all women have good hair.
though many are gray, and few are
bald. Halls Hair Remover restores
the natural color. and thickens the
growth of hair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

There is but one real tonic and it
Il called economy Boneset Cordial ?
Ask your druggist for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

Ayers Hair vfgor invigorates the
scalp; cures dandrum and itching. An
elegant dressing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
AT THE GRAND.

Friday and Saturday evenings. October
so and S1st, opera "Powhatan."
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WALTER Fl. SANBORN,
Circuit Judge.


st. Paul, Oct. 27, 1895.
The above order was quite unneces-
sary as the Union Pacific general man
ager has already completed arrange
ments to permit all employees to have
sufficient time election day to vote.
The policy OF the company has always
been in this direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
Ar TIE GLAND.

Friday and Saturday evenings, October
80 and 31st, opera "Powhatan.