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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-11

BY virtue of the authority vested in me
bv the Constitution and Laws OF the state
of Louisiana, will proceed to sell at inc
principal door of the Court.house IN whicn
The Civil District Court of said parish IS
held, within the legal hours for Judicial
Sales, beginning at eleven O'Clock a. m,
ON SATURDAY THE 25th DAY OF
JUNE 1903,
and continuing on each succeeding Gays
until said sales are completed all immoVaDle
nronerty on which taxes are now due to
The state of Louisiana, the 9th Louisiana
Ievee District, and the parish OF East Car
roll to enforce the collection of taxes as
sesseC for the years 1872, 1893, 1874, 1870,
| 1896 aud 1851 together with all interest,"
| from date of maturity as prescribed Dy Jaw
until payment of said taxes, cost anu le -
at The rate of 2 per cent per month untli
Maid and all costs. The names of SAID de-
! ijnouept taxpayers. the amount OF taxes
| due nv each on the assessment OF SAID years.
and the immoyable property assessed 10
each to be offered for sale, as follows, TO-
wit:
Estate of E. j. Delouy-
McNeal place, 40 acres. Being un.
divided } of W of n t, } OF W
and sc / of sec all of sec 10, and 4
of S W of sec II. 20, 7 IL, e
Taxes 1897, S37.13.
Heirs w. s. Owen.
Owenton, 1874 acres. Being lot z o
the partition of the succession of Mrs
Lucev Own. Recorded in Notaria
Book IS" folio 4 of the Recorder
office of this parish.
Taxes 1897. $273O.
! A. Witknowski.
Ashton plantation, 1850 acres. Beln
s lots or fractional sections 1, 2, 3. 4,
aud 6; all of section 8 lying east c
] BAYOU Macon and all of sections an
10 of %, II r II, e.
Taxes 1897. S2l5.lO.
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Notice.

have a fine DurocI Red Jersey boar,
from the Amos Harris stock farm Oh Men
lucky that l will sell or swap.
j. S. MILLIklN,
Lake Providence, La. June 4. 1898.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07
LiTTLETON.

The Cantata, entitled 1.-THE Growing of
Christmas'' was performed during the holt
days by eScholars of the Sunday School in
3 creditabIe manner to an applausive audi
ence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w. Smith spent New
Years at Mendham.
H. D. Shelley was recipient of a handsome
smoking set by the officers of the Sunday
School.
At the Brooklawn House on New Years.
Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Johnston gave brilliant
reception. The house decorations were pro-
fuse and beautiful. There were present
Harry Spangenthal of Newark; Miss Ida M.
Stacy of New Paltz. N. Y; Miss Minnie
Clarkson Miss Kate Sharp. Miss Ida Kit
fridge Chas. E. Hedden. ]. M. Bell Prof.
Chas Frieble Goodenough. Mr.. and Mrs. E..
G. Clarke. New York City; Mr.. and Mrs @. H.
Leonard Of Parsippans: Mr.. and Mrs Stan
ton, Miss Phearson. w. Wilson, of Orange;
Mr.. Van Fleet of Morristown; Chas. E.
Shelley, Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Tunis. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. P. jenkins. At midnight boun-
feous COLLATION. was served.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07
LITERARY AND MUSICAL.

Leslie's Weekly starts, with the beginning of
the new year, an intensely interesting novelty,
in the form of serial illustrated account of
AN American Girls Trip to the Klondike''
by Esther Lyons. who was the first white
woman to cross the Chilkoot Pass. Miss
Lyons has bright descriptive style. and her
narrative. in the first installment, carries the
reader along the adventurous route from Seat
tie to Sheep Camp, with the aid of photo
graphs taken by her own party en- route.
Number two of the Blackville Gallery, now
a regular feature of Leslie's Weekly. is a double
page picture of a negro wedding, highly char
acteristic of the ways of the tinted aristocracy
of the South.
The Henschels had such phenomenal sue
cess in their last appearance in New York,
that upon numerous requests they have con-
cluded to give two farewell song recitals in
Chickering Hall on the afternoons of Friday
January 14th and Wednesday January 18th.
This will be the last appearance of the Hem
schel- in New York as they leave early in
March for Europe after an extended tour of
the West and the New England States.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07

Indigestive poisons are the bane of the dys-
peptic's life, When sick, see if your sickness
is caused by indigestive poisons. If go. take
Shaker Digestive Cordial. This is the only
certain way of being permanently cured, be-
cause it is the only way that gets rid of the
poisons. You know that fermented food is
poisonous. You know that poison is I'M
healthy. Shaker Digestive Cordial clears the
stomach of fermenting food, and purifies the
blood and system of indigestive poisons. 1t
cures Indigestion and the diseases that come of
it. Headache. dizziness nausea stomach ache,
weakness, fiatulence. constipation. loss of APP
petite, irritability. etc. These are fen of the
symptoms, caused by indigestive poisons. cured
by Shaker Digestive Cordial.
At druggists, price 10 cents to $1.0O per
bottle.
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ANCIENT LOCAL HISTORY.
From the "sussex Register. !"
1884.

September 2O-21. M. & R.R. opened books
at Hackettstown, also at Stanhope and New
ark, for subscriptions to increase of $500. COO
in capital stock.
October 9. Democratic convention of Fourth
Congressional District met at Dover and re-
nominated Hon. George Vail.
10. Fourth district Wing convention held st
MorristOwn. In view of the political situation
it was deemed inexpedient to make nomina-
ton for Congress. The position of Peter G.
Osborne on the slavery question made him a
favorite choice among the opposition candi-
dates.
20. Political matters were very lively, es-
pecially in this Congressional district. The
Know Nothing excitement and the Anti
Nebraska issue had cut party lines as they
never had been before.
81. V. NJ Drake began a speaking tour of
Sussex, Morris. Passaic and Bergen counties as
an Independent candidate for Congress.
November T. A great political overturning
on the slavery question and monopoly rule in
New Jersey. Nebraska party elects four
of the five congressman. ties the State Senate
and has a majority in the House. In Sussex
George Vail had only 2l3 majority over Peter
@. Osborne, for Congress, and 1856 in the dis
trict.
n. The first locomotive arrives at the depot
in Newton.
December 4. NJ. & E. winter arrangements
went into effect. Passenger trains left New
York for Hackettstown at q. M and $50
p. m. Leave Hackettstown for New York at
a. m and l. 80 p. m.
IL. Formal opening of Sussex railroad to
Newton.
%. An old friend had presented B. B. e. with
New York newspaper bearing date March 16.
1859. 1t was the New York EVENING Post and
was nearly lob years old. Where is that paper
nowf
1855.
January l. New Year opened bright and
early. Plenty Of artificial excitement and re-
sulting headaches.
10. Newark was cited as temperance city.
No hotel license existed, and the temperance
people hoped to close every place were liquor
was sold.
rs. The Prohibitory Liquor Law bill came
up in the Assembly and was passed, So to a.
26. The Morristown Jerseyman was pouring
hot shot into the Sussex Railroad for its ex-
cessive rates of fare to New York, when the
trouble should have been charged to the NJ q
E., whose rate from Waterloo was greater
than that of the Erie from Goshen to Chester.
%. Prices are interesting by way of compare
son with the present e. @, Moore & Co.
quoted fresh roll butter. &c; rye flour, 49, so
cwt.; buckwheat -four, 81 90; wheat flour, 81
per barrel; hams. l21kc per 1b; lard. 10c per Id.
80. Eight special bank charters passed by
the Senate after long fight. In this number
was the Sussex Bank of Newton.
Feb5. Death of Rev John b. Townley at Nor
ristown. where he had served the Presbyterian
Church for three years. Previous 10 going to
Morristown he was for eight years pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Hackettstown.
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WHlPPANY.

The Presbyterians and Methodists haze
united to observe the week of prayer. The
Rev. f. H. Brunstetter preached the sermon
on Monday evening and the pastor Rev. j. U.
White the remaining evenings.
The Misses Littells entertained number of
friends on New Years.
The Christmas collection at the Church of
Our Lady of Mercy amounted to seventy -four
dollars
Skating is fine and many are enjoying it.
The icemen are making full time while the
ice is at its best.
Sleighing is not at its prime but fall of
snow would make it so.
Miss Adele wilson returned to Hacketts-
town on Monday.
Miss Sallie Names of Delaware Water Gap
is visiting her uncle, A. B. Names.
The Whippany r. r. officials have issued
monthly and trip tickets.
An unknown man attempted to steal clothes
from the line in the yard of Thomas Ellis on
Tuesday night but was frightened away.
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s. A. R. At DINNER.
Continued from First Page.

of religion, without having imposed up
on him first of all as the supreme gups-
ton of life, not ..What are my rights:o
but sWhat are my duties?' and when a
nation comes to that question it has get
to the point of eternal permanence.
Congressman Mahlon Pitney was next
introduced. and though not down for an
address made very earnest and eloquent
speech. He held that the Colonists won
in the Revolutionary war because they
fought for right and justice. for personal
liberty. free speech, free press, no taxa
ton without representation-as funda-
mental principles. He was followed by
the Rev Dr. Daniel FL. Martin. pastor Of
Clinton Avenue Reformed Church, who
spoke on 1.-The Underlying Thought
Which Induced the Patriots of '76 to In
augurate the Revolution
AT the annual business meeting of the
society the following officers were
elected President, John Whitehead,
Morristown; first vice president. DR..
Henry L. Janeway, New Brunswick;
second vice president, General James F.
Rushing, Trenton: secretary, G.. Wisner
Thorne, Newark; treasurer, Frederick
Frelinghuysen, Newark registrar, John
J. Hubbell, Newark; historian, General
William S. Stry ker, Trenton; chaplain.
the Rev Lyman Whitney Allen. Newark /;
board of managers, General William s..
Stryker, Trenton; Phillip H. Hoffman,
Morristown; Elias o. Doremus, East
Orange; Walter Chandler, Elizabeth;
Favel MCGEE, Jersey City; Walter S.
Nichols, Newark; DIR. Downing Benja-
min, Camden; Peter B. Falrchild,
Orange: Andrew w. Bray, Short Hills;
the Rev. DR.. William W. Holley,
Hackensack.
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STIRLING.

The Stirling SILK Manufacturing Company
contemplate the erection of another factory
building early in the spring. 1t is to be two
stories high and to be built of brick.
Mr.. Suffers New Years sermon on last
Sabbath morning was on THE Religious Out
look Of the World at the Present Day" show
ING the wonderful progress of the Gospel and
fha announcement for laborious self-denying
shorts to advance the cause of Christ
The officers of the Stirling Presbyterian
Young Peoples Society Of Christian Endeayor
for ths coming year are: President, Mrs. VIM.
ID. Compton; vice president. Daniel Swenson;
corresponding secretary. Miss Laura Comp
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Eye and Ear DoctorIng.

DR.. Leonidas L. Mial, for some years
the well known assistant surgeon at the
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New
York city, has opened branch offices in
the Babbitt building. DR.. Mial will be
at his Morristown Office on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 100 to
p. m, and other hours by special APP
pointment, which can be made by mail
or telephone. His New York Office is at
No. 145 West 18th street.
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ALTON.

The second of the series of school entertain
ments will be given in Lanning's hall this FRI
day evening
Jacob Burge spent last Wednesday in New
York city looking for supplies for the fire com
pany.
Edward FETISH has been entertaining guests
during the week.
The residents on the road leading from AT
ton to Hanover have petitioned for a sixteen
foot stone road. with seven foot gravel wings,
making thirty foot road.
A meeting of the firemen will be held in
Lanning's hall next Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
Mrs Moore and family of Newark are
spending the winter in the Berdsley cottage.
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MT. FREEDOM.

The Presbyterian Sunday School held its
entertainment on Wednesday night The
church was carefully and tastefully decorated
and the children showed careful training.
Rev Mr.. Houston. the blind evangelist
preached in The Presbyterian Church on
Thursday night and in the M. E. Church on
Friday. Mr.. Houston is staying at Rev. An
drew Henrys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Condict of Mansfield, o., are
visiting at Nelson Hughson's.
Mrs Lizzie Hubert and daughter. Maud
are visiting at Drake Hulbert's.
Mrs. John Mapes and daughter. Grace. of
Chester. are spending few days with Mrs.
VIM, Budd.
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sooNroN.

The directors of the Boonton Building and
Loan Association have organised by electing
N. L. Briggs. president; Enoch Hammond.
vice-president; E. A. Fisher. secretary: Geo.
Fisher, assistant secretary; G. A. Norris.
treasurer; J S. Salmon, counsel. A dividend
of six and a half per cent. was declared for
the past year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07
W. F. DAY, ! CATERER.
SEALED PROPOSALS.
A~Av>A>~A<v>A>v>A,r


Or bids for lighting Madison Avenue from
or near the corporate limits of the city of Nor
ristown easterly to the corporate limits of the
Borough of Madison will be received by the
Road Committee at the Freeholders Room in
Morristown, N. J., on
TUESDAY. JANUARY 18th, 1898.
at 10 o'clock, a. m.
All posts. fixtures and connections to be fur
nished, provided. made and set by and at the
expense of the bidder, and all repairs to lamps
and fixtures as well as all requirements when
necessary Or required by the Board of Free
holders. to be at his like expense.
All lights to be lit and extinguished by the
contractor according to standard lighting
tables for all night lighting now in use in New
York City.
Candle power of lamps to be used must be
specified.
Prices must be by the year on each lamp.
The Committee reserve the right to reject
any or all bids
BY order Of the Road Committee, Morris
County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
THOMAS M. HOAGLAND,
Chairman.
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ton; recording secretary and treasurer. Mrw
Nicholas Thomas.
Arrangements are in progress for village
lecture course of four lectures during the win
ter. Subjects and dates will be announced
when the arrangements are completed
The trustees of the public school have par
titioned off a part of the front entry of the
school building for library room, with shelv-
ing for the circulating library and store room
for school supplies
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DIED.

Sarah l.. Mattox. aged rs years, months
and days.
FoY.zIn this city, Jan. /. 1898, Michael Foy,
aged SO years.
JoHNsoN.-In this city, Jan. 5, 1898, Lewis
Edward johnson, aged. 45 years. 2 months
and % DAYS
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HANOVER.

This week is being observed as week of
prayer in the Presbyterian Church.
We regret to announce that George Cook
is very ill with heart failure,
The residents on the main street have petit
toned for a stone road under the State aid
law.
The public school will open on Monday.
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FOR SALE.
STORE FOR SALE.

Desirable Store and Fixtures and Lease at
No. 10 Washington street, now occupied as a
Confectionery and Fruit Store by the under
signed. Sold only because my Restaurant CO.
cupies all my time. Terms satisfactory. APP
ply to LOUIS y1sMARI.
Bell Building, Morris own,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07

A sad shooting accident occurred at Cation
In Hunterdon last week Monday. VIM A.
Apgar, clerk in the store Of Peter Phiihower
at that place. was fatally shot through the
head by Fenton Apgar. Both young men
were examining revolvers. when one OF them
went OF.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07

The Hunterdon county fish warden has
placed $500 speckled trout in Polhemus's
brook at Ca1ifon, 1000 in the Musconetcong
creek and 1900 in the South Branch river at
BARLEY. near High Bridge.
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SUSSEX COUNTY.

Samuel H. Hunt for seventeen years presi-
dent of he Merchants National Bank. New
ton declined a reelection owing to advanced
a. and cashier John G. Howell was elected
president and George A. Smith. cashier.
Ice eight to ten inches in thickness is being
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-07
TO LET.
WANTED.

GERMAN WOMAN will do washing AT
Ut home. or willing to go out washing or
house cleaning. Address Corner Cherry st.
and Western avenue, MorristoWn, N. r.
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Interesting Borough News Notes Burglar
in he Borough.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-01
RECOGNIZES ONLY AMERICA.
Gen. Garcia Ignores the so-Called ProvI'
sIonal Government In Cuba aud Says
American Rule Is Supreme.

Santiago, Sept 27.-Just before Gen.
Garcia's official reception at the Club
San Carlos he granted an interview in
which he discussed with much anima-
tion the present situation. First OF
all was asked what he had to say re-
garding his resignation from the Gu
ban army and the dispute with Gen.
Shafter leading up to it? He said:
l should like 1t clearly set out that had nc
personal quarrel with Gen Shafter He had
given me distinct promise that the American
and Cuban troops should enter the town TO.
gether That promise he has denied, but
nevertheless, II was so felt keeniy the In.
dignity and neglect OF the Cuban troops, ant
still more strongly the fact that the Spanish
offlcials still retained office In Santiago.
could no longer obey instructions 10 cooperate
with the American army, and as this feelinI
was antagonistlc TO the orders had received
from the commander-in-chi resigned my
command, writing letter to Gen Shafter
which has boen published.
deny the legality Of the actions Of the pres
ent so-called provisional Cuban government
According TO the constitution the governmen
should be composed Of president vice presi
dent four secretaries and four sub-secret tarios
| The government To-day Is composed OF onll
two persons They cannot form quorum
Their acts arc not legal
lido not recognize any government on this is
land save that OF the United States From tn
moment the American troops landed on thi
soil but one government l. represented In Cuba
There was Cuban revolutionary army in srm
against Spain, acting under orders Of Ger
Gomez The so-called provisional government
we do not recognize
| II Gen. Gomez has resigned. as understand
| he has, Ircgret II very much, as II leaves Cub
without an oficial representative head. W
deny the power and authority OF the provi
sionhl government in any way TO Interfere wit
the actions of the commander-in-chicf Tn
provisional government has been and is d 9
urehead. nothing more.
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persisted in sticking his head out of
the window to ascertain what was
going on. That one shot satisfied his
curiosity.
The train robbed was the Wichita
Little Rock express, westhound. II
halted at Belt junction for a grade
crossing, and the robbers took posses
sion. Forcing the train crew TO enter
one Of the cars, and taking with them
the express messenger, they ran the
engine and combination baggage and
express car down the track mne or
so. They had taken the precaution to
smash the Frisco operators instru-
ments and send him to the train a
prisoner Thus the alarm could not
be sent to the city.
In one particular. and one only, did
the robbers overreach themselves.
They used too much dynamite. Seven
sticks were placed on the big through
safe aud the small way safe placed on
top Of that The way safe has not yet
been found, aor even a fragment The
big safe was torn asunder,. the express
car reduced TO matehwood, nothing be-
ing left but the trucks, and express
matter and baggage was hurled in q
jumbled mass in every direction. Frag-
ments were found quarter Of mile
away, and the explosion was heard
plainly ten miles. II there was any
thing OF value In that safe II Is not
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-01
THE BOLDEsT OF ALL.


Kansas City, Kan, Sept 20 Friday
nights robbery Of Missouri Pacific
train was the most sensational of the
dozen or more train robberies which,
In the last few years, have gained for
Kansas City a reputation not alto
gether enviable. There have been
other robberies, with enough OF that
reckless daring which made Jesse
James hero in this part Of Missouri,
to satisfy the most ardent reader OF
yellow-back novels But the affair OF
Friday night for coal recklessness and
audacious bravado easily distanced all
Its predecessors.
Seven men, all masked, participated
In the robbery, There was mona Of
the shouting, cursing and shooting
which arc the usual adjuncts Of a
train robbery. The mon proceeded
coolly and without undue haste, and
as II each man knew hls part and had
fully reheersed It. Only one shot was
fred that. at-the train porter. who
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utor Of the new policy and he will be-
gin at once TO carry out the programme.
II is this: First, to give several of the
South American nations, notably Chilli,
Peru and the Argentine republic, a few
object lessons Of the strength of this
country; second, to make naval DEM
onstration in force before the Golden
Horn in the laudable endeavor to
frighten the sublime porte into paying
American claims for destruction of
life and property in Armenia; and
third, to bristie up against Germany's
encroachments in the Samoan pro
tectorate and to checlkmate Its plans
for getting a foothold in the Philip
pine archipelago To vigorously In
augurate these three plans will be the
irst work Of Secretary Hay.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-01
ASLEEP SEVENTEEN WEEKS.
nois. Who Never Opened Her Eyss
During n Perisd of 12O DAya

Wyoming, Ill, Sept e7.-Mrs. Ro-
sale Havens, Wyoming's sleeping wom-
an, is awake. She began TO show signs
of waking last Saturday, just II weeks
from the time she fell into the remark
able sleep which has puzzled the doc
tors and set their professional skill at
naught Sunday morning Mrs Havens
rubbed her eyes few times and moved
restlessly In the bed where she had
lain for 100 consecutive days and
nights; then her eyes opened wide and
looking about the room, she asked;
Where am Ip' Mrs. Havens has
gained in weight and her general
health appears excellent. She has
taken soft food three times daily dur
ing her sleep, but never opened her
eyes. She is 80 years old and her has
band is day laborer. The physicians
attribute her remarkable slumber to q
cataleptic condition superinduced by
spinal trouble and family cares.