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Year: 1872




The first G. in 1881 made his way on
foot to New York, poor, ragged boy
without cent in his pocket or a friend
in the city. By his honest industry
and integrity he has acquired q COM
potency and made himself the news
paper man of the United States, If not
in the world. The more honest Of the
Republican party have made him their
candidate for President OF the United
States.


The other g from early boyhood
was the pet Of the government. BY
the influence OF the member OF Con
gress from his district he was sent 10
that hot bed Of Goldfish aristocracy,
West Point, where he was fed, clothed
and educated at the expense OF the
people of the United States. When
circumstances compelled him 10 resign
bis position in the army TO save him
self from a dishouorable dismissal, the
fact was demonstrated tha, he was not
com petent to make for himself an
ordinary living, but for years laid
around loose, "subsistiug on the charity
OF his relatives and friends. The acci-
dents Of war threw him to the surface
and he is now President Of the U0ited
States, in which position, in the three
years last past, at a salary OF S25 900 a
year he has accumulated fortune OF
one TO one and half millions OF dol
lars. The one acquired q fortune by
honest and unrelenting industry, the
other by black mailing the Office seek
ers Of his party.


Which OF these two men will the
honest laboring Republican masses OF
the country support
Year: 1872

The Daughter Of the Princess Impe.


rial.


BERLIN, May S.-The Prince and.
Princess Royal Of Italy have arrived in
this CITY for the purpose of assisting at
the christening OF the infant daughter
Of her Royal Highness the Princess
Imperial of Germany.
Year: 1872

The pretty country lassie who asked
her city gallant, when he offered to
take her to panorama, whether
panorama or theatre was anything like
= donation. expressed the sentiment Of
many rural people. But the expert
ence Of country minister, whose
story comes cynically and pleadingly,
would seem to destroy the sentiment
and all faith In donations. On a GER
tain evening the people OF his congre-
CATION gathered at the parsonage,
laden with goods, and hungry with
carrying them. Mrs. Parson, not to
be thought wanting In graclousness or
liberality, prepared "tea," costing
some fifteen dollars. The tea was
eaten, besides much Of the goods that
were given, and on the following
morning the good lady found her car
pets damaged. her melodeon out Of
tune, and her larder containing two
bars of soap and barrel OF rice.
Every one OF the donators had brought
a package Of rice! Now" pleads
her husband, "we are 'out' at least
thirty dollars, and what shall we do
with that barrel? 10 sell the rice
would cause scandal, and the chickens
won't eat Il; our only hope Is to buy
II hog or live on rice pudding"
Year: 1872

A MAN In Iowa City attempted to
commit suicide lately by cutting his
throat and opening the arteries In his
wrists. He was discovered In time.
however, and several doctors were
summoned to attend to him. His life
was saved. but he was afterwards COM
PEELED to pay bill Of 1900 for medical
attendance.
Year: 1872

At the time Of the Chicago fire, it was quitea
common practice among certain clergymen to
attribute the destruction Of our city to vista
ton Of Divine Providence upon us for our mani
fold sins and tranRgressions. It now devolyes
upon these same clergymen to explain how it is
that Boston, which has always had the reputa-
ti9n Of being q good city, has just experienced
a fiery visitation almost as terrible as ours. If
Chicago, being wicked city, WIS punished, why
Was Boston, being good city, punished in the
same manner2 There is little inconsistency
in cause and effect, which these c1argymen
should clear up. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
who always has happy way Of looking at
things from q common-sense point Of view, in
his sermon on Sunday, secuted at the idea Of
Divine visitation Of wrath, and lay tie blame on
the narrow, crooked streets and 3Iansard roofs.
This is the view which most people will take of
it, but it does not relieve us from the odium
which these clergymen have thrown upon us.
II they are convinced now that they are mis-
taken, or if they have any method Of explaining
this apparent conflict in the dispensation Of
Divine justice, they should at once relieve US.
Year: 1872

The Chicago money market exhibited no agi-
was slight disposition to panic in the grain
markets early yesterday morning, but no other
branch Of trade WAS affected. The decline in
Government bonds from the prices Of Saturday
Saa an average Of less than per cent. Prices
OF railway stocks, however, have been inflated
Cor month past, and any unfavorable event
would have taken the wind out. The average
decline Of the leading speculative stocks, at the
first call yesterday morning, VAS nearly 10 per
cent, but by 2 o'clock there was general re-
covery, SO that the average decline from Satur-
days prices was not orer per cent.
Year: 1872

Mayor Medill, in view Of The POSSIBILITY Of
euro condition OF insurance, recommended The
Common Council, last night, to purchase four
teen large Babcock engines, aud fonr Of
tie portable engines for each Police Station, to
order tho construction OF tower with an alarm
bell, to add Is or 100 policemen to tho present
force, and to sink well at the end Of each street
running to tie river.
Year: 1872

Boston finds it necessary, as Chicago did, to
reinforce her police with the military. Fifteen
hundred soldiers are in the streets aiding in he
preservation of order and property Threatened
hy the spirit of mad license which great calann-
ity always c1cites among the abandoned clasaes.
An additional reason for this precaution is the
irruption OF New York roughs, who are pouring
into Boston by the car load.
Year: 1872

their own and connecting lines to Dallas
at prices immensely below those forced
upon us by the Central. This would seem,


at first blush, oil CANNON, but they oan do
il and then declare handsome dividend
to all carriers. Thus II will bc seen, tha
II the Texas Central persists in this thing
their "high moral plank" will be knocked


from under them, as Galveston and Hous'
ton will not oven receive tho pitiful bene'


fl Of dray receipts for bale OF cottoni as
our merchants, being forced to buy at and


ship from New Orleans and 81. Louis, will
Of course seek the same channel Of trans
portation for their produce. Tiis is no
boast, neither is it o threat, but plain
unvarnished statement OF existing facts
and our honest opinion,-an opinion
formed from knowledge Of the character
and determination of our business men,-
of what We bslieve will be the inevitable
result We love Texas, therefore love
Col weston and Houston in due proportion,
and sh ould rejoice in their prosperity,
but our first duty lying with the City Of
Dallas, shall work in her interests lot
consequences DO what, and upon whom
they may; and in conclusion will say to


the Central Railroad and to Houst on and
Galveston, that while this state of things
may rebound to their present good and
our discontinue, the day is not far distant
when tho cudgcl prepared for our inoffend-
ing head will fall somewhere else, and the
blow will be no tender one when it does
come. Therefore, MS an actof justice to u.s.
and Of policy to yourselves, correct this
evil, and AT ONCE. ..
Year: 1872

The Jury met according to adjourn
ment, on the calling of the roll the
fouowiur members present: John
c Nents, President; Gervais Baillio
aat 2 J. Barrett.


n EREAs, The 10Th Clause of Sec
tiou 2743 Of Revised Statutes of 1870,
grants to Police Juries tho power to
establish Bridges and Turnpike Roads


and to determine the rate of toll to be
demanded by persons desiring to build
a Bridge, or make Turnpike Road,
restricting them to grant of not more
than ten years, and


Whereas, The Police Jury Of Ra-
pi3es Parish, have received petition
of Heury +. Long and r. l.. Tanner,
endorsed by seventy,tNo Of the Plan
ters and persons interested, praying to
be permitted to establish Toll Road
from the Bayou Beuf Road to Echo
Landing, on Red River, Therefore,


Be it ordained, BY the Police Jury
Of Rapides Parish, that Henry L. Long
and r. j.. Tanner shall have the sole
and exclusive right to build and es-
tablish Toll Road from the Bayou
BGuf Road to Echo Landing on Red
River, for period of Ten Years, from
the date of this ordinance, and that
they shall have the sole and exclusive
right to collect the tolls hereafter pro
vided for. Provided. That the said
road be causewayed and well covered
with dirt, from the edge of the timber
on Bayou Beuf end to the sand de-
posit at the Echo end of said road,
distance of four miles, more or less,
said parties Obligating themselves in
a bond, with good and solvent securi-
ty, in the sum Nine Hundred and
Ninety Dollars, conditioned that the
said Long and Tanner shall keep said
Road in good and thorough repair
throughout its whole extent for the
whole time of this Charter orLease. so
as that it shall always be in q proper
condition for passing at any time dur
ing said Lease, excepting overhows.


And provided further, That this
Charter or Lease is and shall be per-
sonal to the said Long and Tanner,
and that this Lease or Charter shall
not be transferred or assigned by them
to any other person or persons, or any
portion hereof without first having
obtained the CONSENT of the Police
Jury of Rapides Parish, and any such
transfer or assignment shall work
forfeiture of this Lease or Charter, and
of the Bond heretofore mentioned, and
the said Charter or Lease and the said
Road, together with all the improve
ments, Bridges, Plank, Material, &C.,
belonging TO the same shall revert to
the Parish of Rapides.


And provided further, That the said
parties shall not demand nor receive
any toll for crossing the same until
they shall have fully completed the
Road from the Bayou Beuf Road to
Echo Landing on Red River.


And provided further, That the
said Long and Tanner and their asso-
ciates, shall not demand nor receive
any other or greater rates OF Toll than
the following, which are hereby or
dained and established as the rates of
Toll for said Road:
Year: 1872

We call particular attention to the
rule we have adopted relative to adj
vertisements and subscriptions. All
judicial advertisements will be echarged
at the legal rate of 81, per square for
each insertion and must be paid for
after the first insertion, or they will be
taken out. Subscriptions and tran
sientadvertisement payable invariably
in advance.
Year: 1872

The inventor of "spoon" fishing is said to
be an old man named De Castle, who for
twenty-five years has been lock master on
the St. Lawrence river. He had been fish
ing off one of the islands below the town
with little success, and, looking down from
his boat into the clear, green water, could
see the fish moving lazily about. In taking
pinch of snuff from his vest pocket he
pulled out a silver sixpence, which, falling
into the river went wavering down through
the water. The glitter attracted a large
pickerel, which dashed for the slxpence and
swallowed it. The sportsman pondered
over the matter, and on his return home
confscated his wife's brass kettle, and cut
ting a piece out of it, s6ldered it to hook,
and set out with this new bait. He had
not been long on the water before he had
very fierce strike. After struggle of an
hour he succeeded in landing the largest
fish he had ever caught, InuscaIonge,
weighing fortyeight pounds.
Year: 1872

take leave to inform eur saloon keepers and the
public at large that the new installation for the
manufacture of Lager and Ale on the ICE AND
COOL AIR PRINCIPLE is now in full operation


can furnish the public with an article inferior to
none manufactured in the West Or East, and supe,
rior to any beer manufactured here, and at a rate
much cheaper than the imported lager from abroad.
Facts win prove the truth Of my assertion.


Orders filed with all necessary carefulness and
promptness, and particular attention is paid to the
shipping for country customers. Come and try
and you will be satisfied in all and every respect,


au16 I'm
Year: 1872

Potato SALAD.-Any one who has eat
en- potato salad at Partisan hotel will be
glad to try it after he gets home. The fol
lowing is good formula for this simple
and delicious preparation : Cut ten or
twelve cold boiled potatoes from a quarter
to half an inch thick put into salad bowl
with four tablespoonfuls of tarragon cr plain
vinegar, six tablespoonfuls of best salad oil,
one teaspoonful of minced parsely, and pep
per and salt to taste; stir well, that all be
thoroughly mixed. 1t should be made two
or three hours before needed on the table
Anchovies, olives, or few pickles may be
added to the salad, and also bits of cold
beef, chicken or turkey, if desired; but it
is excellent without these.
Year: 1872

MASTER BoB's CONVERSATIONAL dog
is long square beast with head on one
end aud tail on the other, and on each OF
his corners he has a leg, of which the two
on the trout is as straight as anything aud
the two back is like three lengths OF rail
fence. H. bark isn't outside OF him like a
trees, but comes from the iDslie; and he
wears his hair cut close unless he's New
foun Ian or poodle, whl;h has long WOOL
ly hair Ike mutton sheep. lie don't
take lis liquor like father does, but makes a
teaspoon GU at his tongue and dips II up
Some dogs bite and let 90, and some hold
on as tight as steel trap. Our Bose is a
dog, and Jake says he's been batted on both
ends the bat on his fore end knocked his
nose up, and the bat on his hind end drove
his tail in. Some people say if you 90 at a
dog backwards he won't bite you, but de-
pends, maybe, on whether he goes at you
backwar s, too
Year: 1872

We regret to see a number of our
friends who hold Office under the State and
city government striving for election as
delegates to the Liberal Republican
Convention, which is to assemble on August
5. In several instances we know the nom
ination has been thrust upon these gentle-
men, but we hope in every case it viii be
declined. 1t is the especial wish and desire
of Governor Warmoth that no one holding
an appointment from him will be come del
egate. We state this authoritatively. No
matter how great the desire of the people
to thus show respect and confidence, it is
far better that every man identified with
the present administration should decline
in favor of some other, whom the en-
tire people will recognize as being abso-'
Iutely free and untrammeled.


The enemies of the Liberal movement
will use every means of attack. A favorite
charge will be that the convention has been
packed by Governor Warmoth in his own
interest. This must be emphatically di 8
proven by the composition of the body
itself. The Liberal party is peculiarly
party of the whole people, and the dele
gates must come fresh from and truly rep
resenting them. In this way only can the
confidence which will guarantee victory be
inspired.
Year: 1872

Asinterrogatories are the order of the day
we have some to put to Mr.. John McEnery:


Did not very high State official in con
versation with you at the St. Charles Ho-
tel give you first intelligence of the scheme
of the two rump committees to put q new
ticket in the field-the one which you now
head-entirely ignoring the Liberals


Did not you respond that you could not
believe it-that such policy would be
suicidal; that without cooperation with the
Liberal party defeat would be inevitable


What has since occurred to alter this
opinions Did your retention at the head
of the ticket have anything to do with a
change in your convictions


If the inevitable defeat" you so shrewd-
ly prophesied should come about would
not your ticket be responsible to the people
for the. consequences, to wit-"Grant and
Africanization 7''
Year: 1872

We have received somewhat lengthy
communication from Algiers, the only
point Of public interest being the fact that
the new postmaster has removed the post
Office from central and suitable locality to.
a whisky shop. That Postmaster Loan
holds another federal appointment is be-
yond our control; that widow lady has
been displaced in his favor we can n not rem
edy. But we think Mr.. Loan, from what
we know Of him, will make arrangements
that ladies and all others may visit the
postofice without being forced into an un-
suitable or improper place.
Year: 1872

TO the citizens Of the First Wardi
Having been nominated in the first ward
as candidate for delegate to the Liberal
State Convention of August 5, hereby
thank my friends for the fiattering eomph-
ment they extended. and which circum-
stances compel me to decline.


1t has been repeatedly charged against
the Liberal party that the convention will
be composed largely of Governor War
moths office holders Being the first one
in that category so far nominated, and
being desirOus that it's material may truth
fully and honestly represent the sentiment
of the people at large, / trust you will
agree with me in the expediency of this de-
clinatiOn. s>


Very respectfully and thankfully yours,


j. OPLATEK.
Year: 1872

The "Last-Ditchers' were .iubilant over
the tenth ward meeting Tuesday night
so elevated, in fact, that they saw not double
only but fourfold OF those who attended
it was plain that the majority were at
tracted, some by curiosity, but the majority
by desire to hear what Mr.. McEnery and
others could say in defense of their extra
ordinary programme. 1t was also appar-
ent that few, if any, were convinced that
these gentlemen are not pursuing a selfish
and unpatriotic course; and this conviction
would have penetrated the mind of the
most sanguine "Ditcher' of them all could
he have witnessed the enthusias tic and har-
mon1ous manner in which hundreds of Nc
Enery's auditors of the night before on
Wednesday night gathered in the Liberal
club rooms to make nominations and other
preparations for the approaching election
of delegates to the August convention.
The tenth ward is Liberal to the core, and
will roll up an enormous vote for the Lib
eral nominees.


When the German Liberal Club marched
into the hall of the Central Club, in order
that no dissensions should arise in the Sc
lection of representatives, there was wit
messed one of the pleasantest scenes of the
canvass. When mutual pledges were given
that mo Irishman, no German should be
recognized in this contest, but as American
citizens all should unite in an endeavor to
elect the men who would do best by the
people" the spirit of victory itself was in
fused into the people. With such feeling
pervad1ng the ranks, who shall success
fully resist the onward march of the great
Year: 1872

THE San Joaquin Republican thinks that
the cheapest way of securing ample school
accommodations would be to pass Senator
Finny's bill providing that Negro and Chi
nese children be admitted to the same school
with whites 1t thinks that it would be
impossible to G'l the school houses which we
now have and that instead of being COM
PEELED to build more, we would have school
houses to let for all purposes, "from Chi
nese wash house to a free and easy melo-
dcon."
Year: 1872

THRouGu the kindness of G. G. Crosby
County Recorder, we are enabled this week
to publish an epitomc of the real estate
transactions in the county for the month just
closed, as disclosed by the records in his Of
fee. The matter is valuable as present in
formation and for future reference.
Year: 1872

ONCE MORE. We have a well-wrtten
communication favoring the no-fcnce law,
from "Westcn Placer" and though not
agreeing with the author, we will checrfu!!y
publish the article if the writer will send his
full and true name. This is condition Of
all respectable and responsible newspaper
publishers, and must be complied with in
this case as well as all Others. S. G. will
do as signature TO the published article,
but the full name and post-oAice address
must be sent to us before publication.
Year: 1872

Under the leaves is the acorn sleeping,
Waiting the summons to wake and rise;
When into life, from its covert peeping,
The sapling rises in mute surprise.
Years pass away, and the oak in its glory
Heavenward its giant branches heaves;
Yet the King of the Forest" so grand in


story,


To-day is sleeping under the leaves.
Under the leaves are the violets dreaming
Meekly bowed is each delicate head,
Waiting the vernal sun, whose cleaning
Can call them forth from their lowly bed.
Soon wall they crown, in peerless splendor,
Fit for the garland that Love fondly weaves
Yet Springs best gifts, so sweet and tender,
To-day are dreaming under the leaves.
Under the leaves we soon shall be lying,
Caring for naught that Mortal may do
Done with the Living, yes, and the Dying
Through with the Old, and awaiting the


New


Few brief days-very brief at the longest.
For Health can grant only short repricves-
And then the weakest, not more than the


strongest


VIII all be lying under the leaves.
Year: 1872

A FEW days since an individual shuffled
off his mortal coil by the assistance of
poison. He was hard up and could find
no friends to lend him helping hand.
1t is announced that number of sympa-
thetic hearts will now unite and raise
funds to forward his body to his relatives
at the East. How consoling to the de-
funct ! Query: Wouldn't the assistance
have been more timely before his death ?
Year: 1872

A YeUNG lady in Delaware, suing for
breach of promise, finding that the low
er's letters did not come up to the legal
mark, offered to put it lot written by
herself to show how she understood his
missiyes, whereupon the judge emphatic
ally said No, no that will never do.
If such things We're permitted, no man
would be SAFE"
Year: 1872

AN irate Western editor wrote to con-
tributor IF you don't quit sending me
such abominable poetry, I'll print piece
some day with your name appended in
full, and send copy to your girl"
Year: 1872

PERE Hyacinth is about to take the
last step which viii separate him from
the prelatical portion of the Catholic
Church. He is now betrothed, and will
soon marry the daughter Of Count Won
Edal, Bavarian nobleman. His abjur-
alton of celibacy will prove the unpar-
donable sin, which will be an insur-
mountable barrier to his ever returning
to the Catholic clergy.
Year: 1872

Rsnne'S Pain-Killing Magic Oil is sold
BY most of our Druggists and Merchants,
and has become . standard article in mar
ket. This position it has won by its great
merit 1t cures pam, and the people like it
and will have it. One man says his wife
would not be without it if the bottles cost
ona dollAr