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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

Sixkednth JUDICIAL UloS1cb NOuIs VI
Louisians, in and for the Parish OF
St. Tam many.
By virtue Of a order OF sa:e from
the honorable the Aforesaid court ami y
me directed. bearing date Aln' J.
win proceed to sell at public auction.
nj tho door Of the courthouse in the
town Of CovinRton, Parish Of st. Tam
many. La, ON SATURDAY. May 13,
1889. between legal sale hours, the fol-
lowing described property to wit:
LIST Sixty-seven acres Of land, stu
ated In said parish OF st. Tammany,
being lot No. s, the south half of the
northwest quarter Of the southwess
Quarter. and the north half OF the south
west quarter of the southwest quarter
Of section -, township s, south OF
range IL east, being the property &C
uuired by said r. 7. Mcdonald from u.
B. Lawrason.
end. A certain tract Of land situated
in the said parish Of st. Tammany, be-
ing part Of section 81, township 3,
south OF range IL east, containing
about S38 { 47-lO0 acres, bounded on
the north and east by Bogue Falia
River, and on the west by the Lee Ferry
Road, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, being the
same property acquired BY said Il. =.
Mcdonald from the succession OF
Adam Thompson. =.
Tertus of sale cash, with the benedt
OF appnsisement.
JOHN ]. SrRoBLE. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
VENIRE.
sixteenth Judicial District Court Of
Louisiana. in and for the Parish OF

sixteenth Judicial District Court OF
Louisiana. in and for the Parish OF
st. Ia1many.
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED:
That on thi. che 2Oth day of March j..
the year Of Or Lord one thousand eight
hundred ana ninety nine, being the day
dxed therefor by law, ], H. r. Wan en-.
clerk Of the Eixteeath Judicial District
court aud ex-Ohicio jury Commissioner
fos tie Parish of st. rammany, having
previously Summoned in Whiting Nil
ton BnHns, Ed. Brew stey. ]. l.. Phillips.
A. Frederick and w. J. May6eld. jury
Commissioners, and w. Z. Parker and
IT said Parish ~ witnesses, to appear Oh
this day; aud W. J. May6eld. Milton
Buras. Ed. Brewster, J. l.. Philips and
Adolph Frederick. Jury Commissioners.
having appeared in my Office in the
Courthouse, in the town OF CovinRton,
the place designated by me, did proceed
18th the Jury Commissioners in the
presence of the witnesses Aforesaid, to
examine the General VeDire List and
strike therefrom the names OF all per-
suns whn have served Is grand and
r.Rular jurors since the previous draw
ing Of the general veniTe as, veil Is all
those persons who have died, removed
from the parish or otherwise disquali-
ded, and 10 remove fron the General
venire Box the slips containing the namea
>. the persous 20 stricken frvm the list
time to complete said list and draw jury,
We. the Jury Commissioners. not havin G
adjourned until Tuesday, March 81, 81
o'clock A. II.
We, the said Jury Commissioners
aforesaid, in the presence Of the afofe-
said witnesses, then supplemented the
General venire list ty adding tuerett
the names OF - many qualified juror
- was required to make three hundred
and by adding to the ballots IN th.
General vsnirs Boz, ON separate slip:
| VI paper, the names Of the persons u
added to the list. We then did selcc
from the said supplemented list, tn
names Of twenty (2U persons, as II
~ possible from different palts o
tie parish. which persons goo
and true men, and did In tue pres enc
of the other Jury commissioners ant
the Aforesaid witnesses, place the,
names. written by me, Clerk. on separas
slips Of paper, in an envelope seale
and endorsed BY Lie, Clerk. rs Lat Q
Grun6 JnrnPa aa follows to.wft:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

1t has been computed that about
Sc. 200, 900 babies are born into the
world each year. This rate Of pro-
duction is. therefore. about seventy
per minute, or more than one for
every best Df the clock. With the
calculation every
reader is familiar, but it is not
every one who stops to calculate
what this means when 1t comes to 3
years supply. 1t will therefore,
probably ssartle good many per-
sons to End, on the authority Of :
well-known statistician, that, could
the infants OF year be arranged in
a line of cradles. the cradles
would extend around the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

She was very smart girl indeed,
aud she sat in the corner with her
lover, and with her tiny niece upon
her knee. The folding doors were
open, and all at once the visitors
in the adjoining room heard a
child's piping voice exclalm, kiss
me too, Auntie Gertie. - "Maudie,
darling" came the reply, as
quickly as thunder after lightning,
ssyou should say kiss me twice,
kiss me two is not grammar. -
Times Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

The extent to which live stock
raising is becoming Southern in
dustry is best exemplified BY stat
ing that in nine months of last
year Alabama, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi combined sent 1900 cars
of cattle direct to the market at st.
Louis, besides those that went to
Texas and Indian Territory; these
being furnished on other grounds
lose their identity before coming
to market. The significance OF
this statement requires explaua-
ton, and is given in the assertion
that in years gone by dozen cars
of cattle has been a liberal yearl y
run to St. Louis from the three
States named.-Ex.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
Atlanta Constitution In
dOrseS the Round Bale
System.

The Atlanta Constitution of May
2 published the following editorial:
1t is quite clear that. in order to
raise the price which should go to
the farmer for his cotton the COM
mercial expenses in handling 1t
must be reduced.
Under present conditions, the
amount of money required to
handle the crop from gin to the
factory platform has grown out of
all proportion. so that its CONNER
cial handling consumed the profit
Which should have gone to the
grower. Viewed from this stand
point, therefore, every movement
which delivers the farmers cotton
with the least expense to the manu-
facturer must be regarded as of the
widest public interest.
The new methods Of round hal
ing are on this line, doing away
with much of the clumsiness and
extravaganza Of the old system
and substituting one which can
make of every cotton GIN q COM
press as we'll. The claims of the
round bale advocates show that we
have entered upon an era OF inven-
ton which means much to the far
mer, and much therefore, to the
country.
As to the merits of the claimants
for public attention, experience will
have to be the arblter, but the Con
slitution rejoices that the fight Il
on at last, in the hope that the
farmer will get out Of il that bene.
lit which naturally belongs to him.
And it looks as if the round bale
is not only here to stay. but that j,
will soon annihilate the old method
of bailing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
Bale Will Buy More
Now Than Ever.

Cotton growers, we assume,
would prefer TO sell cotton At ten
rather than five cents . pound II
anybody would pay ten cents. But
there is = silver lining to the cloud
that hovers over five cent cotton.
Quite recently merchan: Of Waco
(Mr. S. Strsuss) who .has been in
business here for twenty-five years,
went over his books OF ten and If
teen years ago, and from the actual
sales, retail. Of that time made .
comparison that is instructive. He
formulated an imaginary list Of ar
ticles, about ouch as . farmer would
use, and found that . bale Of cotton
worth $25 will buy, this year, wha.
required . bale $40 ten years ago.
His list comprised such articles -
-four, sugar, coffee. lard, bacon.
calico, domestic, . pillow. wedding
hoe, trace chains. names, collars,
nails, barbed wire, powder, shot,
matches, starch and indigo. boots,
shoes, hats, a cooking stove, earth
ware-in Erief. practical list.
From tie comparison Of prices now
aud then, for cotton and other things
Of prime necessity. Mr.. Strauss
reached the conclusion that five
cent cotton will produce about %
much OF staple merchandise As ten.
cent cotton did . few years ago.
and he further concluded that the
farmer who has kept out Ut debt II
fully as prosperous, even ii only
tenant farmer, as he was in the err
| Of ten cent cotton. II cotton 10 low
priced to-day, so are the necessities
OF life proportionately chesper
Yet we would like to see cotton o
least ten cents. a pound hlghe1
priced than it is. Cotton Ginner'
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

Many old soldiers now feel tue
effects of the hard service they en-
dured during the war. Mr.. Geo.
S. Anderson, Of Roosville, York
county, Penn i, who saw the hardes
kind Of service At the front. is now
frequently troubled with rheuma-
tism. ~ had a severe attack lately"
lie says, "and procured bottle OF
Cha mberlaln's Pain Balm. 1t did
80 much good that I would like TO
know what you would charge me
for one dozen bottles" Mr.. An
derson wanted it both for his own
use and to supply it to his friends
and neighbors, as every family
should have . bottle of it in THEFT
home, not only for rheumatism, but
lame back. sprains, swellings. cuts,
bruises and burns, for which it n
cnequal!ed.
For Sale by v. H. Frederick.
Covington, and r. b. Paine'
Vaudeville.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
Four Fighters Killed.

At Okal0na, Miss, last Tuesday
fternoon, DR.. Murfee became involved
in q dispute with Mr.. Charles ID. Clarke
oyer doctors bill, that Murfee claimed
Clarke owed him. The dispute became
heated. and precipitated fight. Clarke
drew his knife and MORALLY wounded
the doctor, slashing him across the
throat, severing the jugular vein.
Howard Murfee, son Of the physician,
rushed to the scene of the killing of
his father and shot Clarke to death.
Walter Clarke, brother of Charles D.
Clarke, and Howard Murfee then began
= pistol duel, ending in the killing Of
both.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
COUNCIL HALL.


Cov,xGroN, La, May 8, 1899. !
The Council met in special ses-
sion on the above date, pursuant to
adjournment
Presents. d. Anderson. Mayor !;
O. v. Richard, h. H. Smith, NJ. G.
Day, II. T. G. Weaver, Emile
Frederick and C. z Williams.
The object Of the meeting being
to receive plans for new Town
Hall, the committee presented
several plans which were examined
BY the members.
1t was moved by Mr.. Richard,
seconded by Mr.. Smith, that the
plan for . new Town Hall presented
by Mr.. Chas. jenkins be accepted.
Carried.
On motion. duly seconded, the
Council then adjourned to meel
Tuesday, June 6, 1899.
S. p. ANDERSON,
Mayor.
w. G. KENNEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
U, 8. Land OEfco, New Orleans. La. |
April 20, 1899.

u. 8. Land Ofico, New Orleans. La.
april ~, 1899.
Notice il hereby given that the fol-
,owine-named settler has filed notice OF
his intention to make final proof in
support of bis claim, and that said proof
will be :rade before q. l. Warren, clerk
OF the Distric. court, at Covington, La,
On urday, June II 1883. viz:
CHARLEY e. PROVOST,
Who made homestead entry Nc. LIZA
for the northeast quarter Of section 29,
township 5, south Of range Is esst lSt
Helena meridian.
He names the follow ing Witnesses TO
uYcve his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land, VIZ:
w. H. Kahll, s. B. C0wart, O. ID.
Crawford and John Slade, all Of Thorn
asville, La.
ap29-6i WALTEs l.. Cohen, Register.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

A Pennsylvania paper mentions
fact which clearly shows the dit
ference between Democratic and
Republican rule in that State.
When Robert e. Patterson, a
Democrat, retired from the office
Of Governor in January, 1895, there
was surplus in the treasury OF
between So, 900, 900 and 81, 900, 900.
Now the surplus has vanished into
thin air, and, instead. there is a
deficit OF $5.OOO,Oo0. Such is
Republicanlsm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
NOTICE.
q. s. Land Office. New Orleans, La /
NIL o. 1900 4

q. s. Land O6ace. New Orleans, La /
April IS. 1899.
Complaint having been entered at
this Once BY VIM. g. James against
John 3. Collins, for abandoning his
homestead entry No. 1900, dated April
Is, 1888, upon the northwest quarter Of
section 81, township 3, south range ID
east, st. Helena Meridian, in st. Tam
many Parish, La, with . view to the
cancellation of said entry, the said par
Ties are hereby summoned to appear
1t this ONCE, on the LIST day of June,
1899, ct 10 o'clock A. NJ, to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment.
CHARLES r. JOHNSTON,
up sat. Receiver.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
st. Tammany Land Case
Decided.

Washington, May o. Secretary
Hitchcock, OF the Department Of the
Interior, has affirmed the decision Of
the local Office and the commissioner Of
the General Land Office in the case Of
Peter jolly, Jr., against the heirs Of
Norbert Robert, for = certain tract Of
land obtained under the homestead en-
try in New Orleans. The contest was
on the ground Of abandonment. It is
held that Robert never complied with
the requirements of the homestead Law
as to residence and cultivation, and
that his widow never cultivated any
part of the tract.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

A truck farmer in the nelghbor-
hood of Crystal Springs. Miss,
last year mortgaged his farm for
$4,000 and the past week sold his
cabbage crop in lump for IS, 800.
He realized the balance of 5000 on
the sale of strawberries. Another
man in the same neighborhood re-
fused $4,000 for his cabbage crop,
but subsequently, sold at the rate
of s2.l2 l-a per crate, which will
likely aggregate $4,000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

A French naturalist says that if
the world were to become birdless,
man could not inhabit it after nine
years time. In spite of all the
sprays and polsons that could be
manufactured for the destruction
of insects, the bugs and slugs would
simply eat up orchards and crops.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

The Cotton Ginners' Journal, OF
Waco, Texas, says that from the
most reliable information it
can secure, the American Cotton
Company will install at least seven
ty-fve new plants in Texas, ready
for making round bales Of cotton
out OF the next crop.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
WhoOpilag Cough.

had q little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack Of ~hoopin2
cough. Ny neighbors recommend
ed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
l did not think that any medicine
would help him, but after giving
him q few doses OF that remedy l
noticed an improvement, and one
bottle cured him entirely. 1t il the
best cough medicine l ever had 10
the house,. l.. MOORE. South
Burgeltstown, Pa.
For sale by v. II. Frederick,
Covington, and Z. b. Paine,
Vaudeville.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
G. +. Herber vs.. A. Coutin, Jr.
State Of Louisiana, Civil District Court
for the Parish Of Orleaus-No. &, 1854.

By virtue of an order Of seizure and
sale from the honorable the Aforesaid
court and 70 me directed, bearing date
April u. 1893
will proceed to sell at public auction
At tie door Of tile Courthouse, in the
town Of Coving,on, Sc. Tammany
parish, La, on SATURDAY. Nav
~, 1899. between legal sale hours, the
following described property. to-wit:
The one-hslf undivided interest In
the following described property to-wit:
A certain square Of ground. situated
in Mar deville, Parish Of st. sTammany,
in this State, containing i've lots Of
ground, designated IS Nos. 70 to 81
(seyeuty-eight to eighty-two) inclusive,
as per plan Of Vaudeville, said square
measuring nine hundred feet front on
Monroe street, two thousand and nifty
feet deep and front on Calves street, the
same measure In depth and front on
Carondelet street, and mine hundred
feet deep on the rear line and front on
Florida street.
Seized In the above entitled suit.
Terms Of eale--Cash.
J. ]. STROBLE, Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
Laws Against Trespass.
ing.


There have been SO may COM
plants OF tresspassing on farms in
the neighborhood Of town by hunt
ers, t;amps and idle and mischiev-
Gus boys, aud such a determination
on the part Of proprietors to abate
such evils, We deem it timely to
call the attention Of interested
parties to the laws on the subject.
Section 2 of Act No. 8, sessions
1869 and 1870, which seems to be
aimed at cane and pecan pilferers
in particular and At trespasse:s in
general, reads as follows:
"Bc it further enacted, etc., That
whoever shall maliciously OF fraudu-
lehtly sever from the soil of another
any produce, or any fruit or crop
growing thereon or attached there
to, or shall feloniously or maliciousIy
sever from any building or from
| any gate, fence or other enclosure
| of another, any part thereof or any
material of which it is formed, shall
on conviction thereof, be imprisoned
| at hard labor or otherwise no,
exceeding two years, and Dc nneo
not exceeding $1,000, At the discre'
ton OF the court.
The law pays its respects to hunt
ers in tue following Section -S2l o.
the Revised Statutes:
.Sec. S21. It shall not be Lawful
for any person or persons to carry
firearms on the premises or planta
lions OF citizens without the cunsen'
Of the owner or proprietor, othel
than in lawful discharge OF civil
or military order: and anv person
or. persons so offending shall o'
fined q sum not less than one dollar
nor more than ten dollars, or i'm
prisoned not less than one day no.
more than ten days, or both, at th'
discretion of any court OF compe
tent jurisdiction"
For the benefit of those who im
ag,ne that land proprletors enjoy
no right, other persons are bounf
to respect, We quote the following
| Sec. 822. whatsoever shall ente
upon any plantation without tn
permission of the owner or agent
shall be deemed guilty Of a misde
meanor, and shall be tabled 20 b.
arrested and brought before an.
court of competent jurisdiction. ant
upon proof Of the fact shall be ines
in q sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or imprisoned for q tern
not exceeding one month, and may
moreover, be required to give bon'
for good behavior during 81,
months. Baton Rouge Turth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

Leeches when applied to persist
ent cigarette smokers. drop off
dead, distinct traces of the danger
GUS oil given off by tobacco being
found in them. Strangely enough,
the same experiment tried upon
excessive plpe-smokers resulted in
no apparent injury to the leeches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

And We oeiDg Of :he opinion that 4
iur- vas not needed for the second week
Of said couYt, the ra:d Jury Coiamis-
sioners placed sll Of said slips in an
envelope and endorsed a. above stated
and sealed. were by US placed in the
Jury Box aud locked and sealed and
placed in the custody Of che Clerk Of
Court. in the presence Of the above
mentioned witnesses. for the use as the
nfuing session of court
All Of the acts Of the Jury Commi:-
siooers aforesaid having been done in
The presence Of each otter and Of the
witnesses above naLaed and me, ux-
Oacio Jury Com m issioner and Clerk.
all Of whom hereu sign their names,
on the aams day aed date first above
written.
Ed. Brewster.
J. L. Philllps-
Milton Barns
w. j. llay6eld.
A. Frederick.
jury Commissioners.
H. q. Warren,
Clerk and Ex-O ticio Jury Commissioners.
Witnesses:
". +. Parker.
Geo. L. Dutsch.
Il. Il Warren. Clerk Of Court,
MISS L. A. GUNZEL
M1l!iner and Dressmake1
CONVICTION. La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

1t would seem that the Missouri
Legislature has solved the trust
problem. The appellate judges of
st. Louis have reached an unani-
nous decision that nnder the terms
of the law trusts cannot collect
money for goods sold IN the State.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

And the names remain ing, two hun
dred and eighty (3s0) written ON sepa-
rate slips OF paper By me, CLERK. viii,
the number Of the wa.d in which they
resided. were placed in the General
Venire BIZ, and after being well mixed.
Adolpa Frederick. one Of the aforesaid
Jury Commissioners, in the presence
u the remaining Jury Commissioners
and witnesses and me, Clerk. pros eedsd
70 draw therefrom the names Of thirty
COY persons to serve - Jurors for the
arst week of court, which were written
down by me. Clerk ana ex-Omcio Jury
Commissioner - drawn. and the slips
containing their names were placed in
an envelope and sealed and endorsed
List Of Jurors No. l, which were - fol.
lows. to-wit:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

A Kansas man not long ago shot
q dog by accident, and In showing
the owner how it was done, he shot
the latter. subsequently, in show
ing the coroner how he shot the
owner of the dog the man shot the
coroner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

On account of the shortness of
the sugar crop, the planters in
various sections of the State have
reduced the wages of field hands
from 75c. to CSC. per day. Women
in hoe gangs will be paid SOC. per
. dav.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13

DIED.-Joseph Albert Zeit-
vogel, only child of Joseph Henry
Zeltvogel and Adele Pechon, died
IN New Orleans last Saturday, aged
9 months and 90 days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
Notice to stockholders,

There will be . meeting Of the stock
holders of the Bank of CovingtOn,
1t the Bank, on Saturday, May 81, 1889,
at 5 p. n, for the purpose Of electing .
Board Of Directors for the ensuing
wear. C. z. WILLIAMS,
President.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-13
FOR SALE.

Two lots Of ground and improve
ments In the town Of Madisonville,
forming the corner Of 1t. Paul and
Pine streets, having front Of sixty-six
feet on Pine street by one hundred and
twenty feet deep. Will be sold for
cash. Applv 70 E. MILLER.
Covington, La.