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THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF. c-------------- ---CHIEF.__-___ A WIDE-AWAKE NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS.-TERMS, TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. VOLUME VII. DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1878. NUMBER 44. Amicus HIumani Generic. A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper Published Every Saturday, at Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La., -BY LINIDEN E. BENTLEY,I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, one year,.................. 001 One copy, six months,................ 1 25 Six copies, one year,..................10 00 .Twelve copies, one year,.............18 00 Payable invariably in advance. AD VERTISING RATES: One Inch of space constitutes a " square." 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DONALDSONVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Etc. B ERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western Produce, fancy and staple Groceries, Liquors, lHardware, Iron, Paints, Oils, Carts, Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur niture. Crockery, Wall Paper and House Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner Crescent Place. TOSEPIt GONDRAN, dealer in Clothing, * Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all kinds of House Furnishing Goods, No. 14 Mississippi street. M TOBIASB dealer in Groceries, DrY M Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hlats, Furniture, Hardware, Crock ery, Trunks, etc., corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowest figures. MRS. MI. KENTZEL, corner Crescent - Place and Honmas street,' dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Gro- i conies, Provisions, Corn, Oats and Bran. M ISRAEL & CO., ldeales in Dry Goods, M Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery, Huggies, etc., corner Mississippi street and n Railroad Avenue. G PEITEL, dealer in Dry Goods. Cloth • ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Furniture, Hardware and Plantation Sup plies, at the old Post-office stand, Mississippi street. V MAURIN, dealer in Qroceries, Wines, v Liquors, Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Fur- . niture, Crockery, Oats, Corn, Bran and Hay, Mississippi street. H ENRY LOEB, dealer in Dry Goods, b Clothing, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Provisions, Furniture, Hardware, etc, cor ner Mississippi street and Railroad Avenue. S WEINSCHENCK, dealer in Dry Goods, S Notions, Clothing, Groceries, Hard ware, Hats, Boots and Shoes, and general s Plantation Supplies, Railroad Avenue, be tween Iberville and Attakapas streets. a P T. BABIN, dealer in Choice Family P Groceries,Wines and Liquors, Lamps, Oils, etc. Darrowville, near ferry landing. and opposite Donaldsonville. L LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS. IHE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager, Corner Lessard and Mississippi streets. al Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc. UTCHERS' EXCHANGE, P. Mollere, Liproprietor, Crescent Place, opposite the Market-House. Best of Wines, Ltquors and Cigars always kept at the bar. HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. SHAAMROCK HOUSE, L. Wiese, proprie k tor, Mississippi street, opposite Lem ann's old store. Board and Lodging at the lowest rates. Best Wines, Liquor and Beer. CRESCENT HOUSE, Lucy 'Butler, pro prietor. Crescet Place, near the wharf, First-clasa Boa anrl 4 odgiutg at reasosxit o rates. ITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Railroad Avenue, cor. Iberville street. a liar supplied with best Liquors. a CONFECTIONERIES. P IIILIP GEIGER'S Confectionery and Fruit Store, Mississippi street, atjoinining slemuaup's old otand. Calkes, Soia Water, Nuts, Toys and Paney Articles. T ONALDSONV'I CONrPICTIONERY, Sby A. Grillte, Misisslsppi street, near St. Patrick. Cakes, Fruits, Nuts, Soda Wa ter, Ice Cream, etc. Cakes. Ice Cream and $SyruIls for weddiags aid'parties furnished on short iAotice. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT of Fruits, Nuts. Confectionery, etc., at moderate prices to suit the times, at Sam Fucich's stand onu lailroad Avenue, next door to pI"at-o~fve: Cool toda gater ir ctaught. CABINET MALNG-f--UPHOLS.TER IN'O, H C. GRUBE, Cabinet Maker and Up H holsterer. Railroad Avenue, near Mis sissippi street. Ftrniture repaired and var-L nished, Moss. Hair and Spring Mattrasses repaired and made over, Cane-seat Chairs rebottomed. Orders for country work re sponded to promptly. SMILLINERY. I/RS M. BLUM, Milliner, Mississippi .i street, between Leassard and St. Pat = rick. Latest styles of Bonnets, Hats, French Slowers, etc.; also, all kinds of Ladies' Un derwear. RS. J. FEVRIER, Milliner; all kinds of I Hats, Bonnets. Trimmings, Artificial Flowers and Fancy Articles, corner Missis sippi and Lessard streets. UNDERTAKER'S ESTABLISHMENT. (COFFINS of all sizes, styles and prices, at G. W. Mltchelrs Livery, Sale and FD eed Stable, Railroad Avenue, corner Iber 5 vile street. Hearse for hire. BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. S GOETTE, Boot and Shoemaker, Mis * sissippi street, opposite Maurin's store. All work in best style at bottom prices. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. B RYBISKI, Apothecary and Drnggist, I Mississippi street, between St. Patrick and St. Vincent atreets, adjoining Gondi-n's store. ENTRAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail C road Avenue and Iberville street, L. Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drugs and' Medicines. BLACKSMITHS, Etc. TTHRMANN & WALTER, Blacksmith U and Carriage shop, 164 Railroad Aven ne. Carriage, buggy and wagon making, painting, trimming, decorating and repair ing. Horseshoeing and all kinds of black smith work in first-class style. New bug gies always on hand. SADDLERY---HARNESS-MAKING. TOSEPH HISS, Saddler and Harness t Maker, 159 Railroad Avenue. Saddles and harness of all styles and prices made to order. All orders'for repairing and paint ing of Carriages and Baggies liromptly ex ecuted. HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. R J. GREEN, House, Sign and Ornamen * tal Painter, Railroad Avenue, near Claiborne street. Paper-haugiing and Calci mining in superior style. SODA WATER ]MANdUFACTORY. SODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H. Hether, proprietor, No. II Mississippi street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzer add all kinds of aerated waters manufhetured, and sold at lowest prices. BARBER SHOP. L L. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shop, Mis . sissippi Street, near corner Lessanl. Shaving, haircutting, shampooing, etc., in most artistic style. CIGAR DEALER. - EDBERTI-, -Dle i- in Rtanat & 0I Domestic Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, etc., cor. Mississippi and St. Patrick streets. TINSMITH. . L OUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi street, at Leumann's old stand. Orders attended to with dispatch and satisfaction insured. fOTAtY PUBLIC, Etc. J C. MATHIEU. Notary Public and wri * ter of all kinds of claims against the United States or State Governments, office next door to Rybiski's drug store. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Frederick Duffel, R. Prosper Landry. D UFFEL & LANDRY, Attorneys at I Law. Office on Chetimnaches street, just back ot the Court-House. E DWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at , .tw, Attakapas street, opposite Lor.i-i;:na Square. Visits Napoleonville on Mox "a s. PHOTOGRAPHY. IIOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Henry Gartz, proprietor, Mississippi street, ct agonally opposite the Catholic Church. Ail styles and sizes of pictures from 50 cents up ward. Copying and enlarging from old and faded pictures a specialty. DR. J. C. LEGARE, Office Flours: 11 A. 3. to I P. M. OFFICE: Intersection of Mississppi and Lafourehe streets, next to Bel's drug store, Donaldsoanville. REaSID.cc.: Sotvenir plantation, one mile above town. feb5'75 DR. W'. M. McGALLIARD Offl0 in Crescent Place, Donaldsomville, La. LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE. R. N. Slms, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Donaldsosrille, La. Practice in Ascension, Assumption and St. James. se -92.ly B. EARHART, TAPW OFFICE, PONA LDSONVILLE, LA. Practices in the Fourth Judicial District (comprising St. Charles, St. John, St. James and Ascension parishes), and in the Supreme and United States Courts. my5 EDMUND MAURIN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, DONALDSONVILLE, LA. ?Praotioes inthe parishes of Assumption, St. James and Ascension. S HII. WILLERS, Boot and Shoe Maker, Mississippi street near corner of St. Patrick. PONVALDSONVJILLE. First-class work on shortest notice. Satis faction guaranteed. Terms moderate. Sewing Machines repaired. Give e a call. inn5-75 Shingles and Staves For Sale. Delivered any whete on the coast or Bayou Lutourche. Also agent for the celebrated WVeed Sewing Machine. Apply to or address, C. KLINE, jy ! Dolakbltsouille, i_. - iy. THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEB RUARY. BRTANT'S LAST POEM. Mr. Bryant's literary life extended over a period of 74 years. In 1804, at the age of 10, he printed his first poem in a Massachusetts country paper; and on February 22 of the present year he wrote his last poem as a contribution to the Washington's birthday number of the Sunday School Times, of Philadelphia. The memory of Washiugtofl has never re ceived a worthier tribute than the six noble stanzas given below : Pale is the February sky', And brief the midday's samny hours; The wind-swept forest seems to sigh For the sweet time of leaves and flowers. Yet has no month a prouder day, Not even when the summer broods O'er meadow's in their fresh array, Or autumn tints the glowing woods. For this chill season now again Brings, in its annual round, the morn When, greatest of the sons of men, Our glorious Washingtdn was born. Lo, where, beneath an icy shield, Calmly the mighty Hudson flows ! By snow-clad fell in frozen field Broadening the lordly river goes. The wildest storm that sweeps through space, And rends the oak with sudden force, Can raise no ripple on his face, Or slacken his majestic course. Thus, 'mid the wreck of thrones, shall live Unmarred, undimrmed, our hero's fame, - And years succeeding years shall give Increase of honor to hisenamo. Horrible Assassination. Carroll Conservative. I Wednesday evening last between I nine and ten o'clock, when Coun C McGuire, the Parish Jailor was re- s tu ning from the jail towards home, r he was waylaid, set upon, and done 1 to death in the most merciless and i fiendish manner ever heard of. The i jail is about fifty yards from the I Court-House, and immediately in the E tear of it. From the indications, there c were two persons watching for him, a skulking around the Court-House nn- t der shelter; the tracks of the assas- I sin show that he expected McGuire t to come directly along the side he 8 was stationed at; but not doing so, y he is supposed to have ran and headed S him off on the other side of the Court- 5 House, and there, masked and under ii cover of darkness, waited the coming 0 of his victim, who was unarmed, i walking quietly along unconscious of At danger. Immediately McGuire came " to theecoere~w-*iee adly week begas- a six shots were fired in rapid succes- a sion, evidently from a self-cocking a .pistol, of about 44 calibre, and of h great force. Five of, the shots were Y within a diameter of six inches, im- ri mediately over the region of the heart, P and so close to the victim that each h discharge showed a powder burn on te his person. McGuire was a devout g Catholic and carried his prayer book In in his left breast pocket; three of the s' conical halls lodged in his prayer a book, and so great was the concus- n' sion, that the whole imprint of the ti book was left on his breast. It is e: supposed there were two' persons at o0 least ungaged in the butchery, one gi holding the victim while the other, F with vindictive fiendishness, emptied h: the entire contents of his pistol into w his body. e0 Texas Mails. Morgan City Register. The awarding of the mail contract between this place and Galveston to a Mr. Hall of Washington has incon venienced the business people of Gal. veston, New Orleans and this place seriously. For days the Galveston mails were detained at the post-office in this place, the new contractor fail ing to have vessels to commence the service on the 1st instant. The last mail left for Galveston a- week ago, and only one has gone since, which was yesterday. The vessels are very small, and as the contract is six times a week in the winter, we can expect continued failures from the new line. Mr. Morgan carried the mail daily i when his contract called for tri weekly trips, and this without extra compensation-only to promote the business interests of New Orleans and Galveston. We believe the present 1 system will not last and that thecon tract will be restored to the Morgan line, which alone has the facilities for its proper fulfilment. The steam- 1 ers of this line are as regular as any railroad. Congressional Probabilities. New Orleans Times. * * * That thdthird district will be t difficult to carry, is conceded by prominent Democrats who know it I thoroughly, but they unite in saying i that ajudicious nomination will make i it almost certain, The Hon. J. H. Ack- a len will be a candidate for re-elec- t tion, and will go into the convention i with much strength. In Terrebonne, , Lafourche and Assumption there is a t movement in favor of the Heon. F. S. Goode, though no open demonstration a has been made as yet. T. L. Winder, I Esq., is also mentioned. If Mr. Goode should wake a fight in the conven- t tion, he would be the most formida- t ble opponent Mr. Acklen could have. a Mr. Winder is a young man of fine E ability, and his personal friends be- a lieve he could carry the distret if t nominated. s The struggle for the Republican s nomination is undoubtedly between ( I)arrall 'nd Beattie, with the chances k in favor of the latter, if he wants the h place. f Our Letter from Europe. The Paris Exposition. rx. One of the most interesting features of the Paris Exposition is the restau e rants in and about the grounds. You may see much of French life in the theatres, in the art galleries, in the streets and in their public assemblies; but if you want to see it oa naturel, as a Frenchman would say, you must see it in the restaurants. When an Englishman eats he seeks a modest seclusion; the American does not particularly care about making a pub lic exhibition of himself; the German likes to sit under the branches of a shady tree, or anywhere with a few green leaves around him, that remind him of the woods and the fields. Not so with the Frenchman: give him a roll, a bottle of via ordinaire, set him out in the middle of the street or on the sidewalk, where thousands can see him, and he is happy. There seems to be no such a thing as privacy or home life in Paris, as we understand it in other lands. There are a great many time-hon ored humbugs connected with French cooking and French restaurants, which ought to be exploded by some body. There are undoubtedly excel lent French cooks, but like every other good thing in France they are exceedingly dear and altogether out of the reach of ordinary people. There is not an Englishman or an American in moderate circumstances but who, in his own country, eats every day a better dinner than is eaten by ninety nine-hundredths of the people who come to Paris. There is not so dear a city to live in, I believe, on the face of the earth. Kid gloves may possibly be a trifle cheaper, butevery thing else is enormously high and growing worse every day. Before you venture into a restaurant feel in your pockets and examine the state of your treasury; if it is light, do not go in, for if you do you will find yourself on the stool of repentance for the next six days. Everything is charged for, even the napkin with which you wipe your lips; and after you have settled your bill, the man for whose service you have alriesy paid expects a little something for himself; if he has taken your umberella, lie charges you for that; if he gives your hat a rub, another trilling charge; when he pulls your chair from behind you, he holds out his hands; and if you fail I to interpret his pantomime, lie can generally hunt up English enough to make you understand that he wants some argent. The.restaurants are all about the grounds, many of them I nlagnificently fitted up and most of them have peculiar, and some of them I excellent features. About the hour of noon you can see them in all their i glory. This is the hour that the t Frenchman eats his breakfast, and , his English and American cousins s who want to appear like Frenchmen a eat their breakfast at the same time. . Everybody who can get out of doors I does so; cold draughts, miserable dust, drizzling rain, are nothing if they can only exhibit themselsives. The breakfast is simply a respects ble lunch, being taken as a general thing withont tea or coffee ; or any thing else that would remind one of a home breakfast in England or Ameri ca. And one of tsie singular features of their restaurant business is that, for many of their most important things, they are dependent almost entirely upon England. Pickles, pre I serves, condiments, soups, preserved meats, potted hams and chickens, are mostly furnished by the great firm of Crosse, Blackwell & Co., of Lordon; their signs meet you everywhere and their goods are on every counter and line every shelf. To look at their catalogue, one would think they had taken a contract to provision, not only Paris, but the whole world. Their ease in the annex to the main building is a new revelation of gas tronomic wonders and curiosities. It almost seems as if they had exhausted the science of the cuisine. Baked, boiled, fried, fizzed and grilled, every thing that man ever did eat, or even expects to eat, it seems to me can be found there. Sunday is one of the most popular days in the week ; the number of en tries some times reaching one hun dred and thirty or forty thousand. At breakfast and dinner, every body who is anybody drinks wine, and this is another grand humbug. The rea son given for drinking the wine is that the water of Paris is had. Well, it is not particularly good, but the ordinary wine is worse and simply execrable. I believe there is better wine made to-day in America, with some very few exceptions, than can be found in all France. Who that visited the Centennial at Philadelphia two years ago, can forget the exhibi tion of American wines, equaling everything to be found in the present Exposition. I am sorry that there are not some of them here to show them what can be done on the other side of the water. I recollect that for six months the Pleasant Valley Wilne Co., of Hammondsport, New York, kept their champagne on coustant ex hibition, not only in bottles, but free to all corners ; and when the last trial came before the most critical com mittee of wine tastess in the world, they came off with golden honors. Good wine is dearer here than it is in London or New York. Many of the s famous restaurants have faded en tirely out of sight. Tortoni's still re manins, but only the shadow of its former self. The celebrated Maison I Doree has long since disappeared, and e the great Cafe des Trois-Freres Pro rencaux, one of the finest restaurants in Paris in the golden days of the Em pire, is numbered among the things t that are past. There are plenty of celebrated restaraunts still where t they know how to cook and how to charge--the (afe Anglais, the Cafe American and Cafe C(ardinal, all on the Boulevards. The most attractive time to see them is along towards midnight, after the theatres and con certs are ended. Hundreds of little tables line the sidewalk and elegant ly dressed men and women, seeming ly perfectly unconscious of the thou sands of passers by, are discussing their ice cream and cakes or coffee and cognac. The interior of the sa loons is brilliantly lighted, and each of the small tables represents a Re public, a kingdom or an empire. Imn perialists mourn for the departed glories of the Empire, and Radicals predict the future greatness of the Republic. Monarchists weigh the chances of the old Bourbon stock coming in for their legitimate rights, and Communists curse the whole batch and swear we never shall see good times again till the rich are pulled down to the level of the poor, society reorganized and property equitably divided. At times it seems as if everybody was going in for a free fight, but nobody fights. A quiet military looking gentleman, walks leisurely along the street, apparently looking for iobody in particular, but everybody in general, and his pres ence acts like oil upon the troubled waters; he speaks to nobody; he carries no policeman's rattle or club, but he represents a power before which even kings have trembled, the organ- I ired force which in his' person repre sents the majesty of the law. Fgurchfi was gathered to his fathers many years ago, but the terrible sys tem of " espionage" of which he was the father survives him all over France. There appears to be no such l thing any where as personal or busi ness confidence or trust; every de- I partment, public or private, is sur rounded by guards and checks as tb6nugi afrl[-e people were tTt1 ... If you go to the theatre one man sells you a ticket, another man punch es it, a third examines it, a fourth I takes it up, and every fellow has an other fellow watching him to see that I he does his duty. The passengers, in " every omnibus, are watched with = Argus' eyes, and a change of position C from one seat to another is a matter b of official investigation. Cab drivers t look like soldiers in disguise, and om- I nibus conductors like officers on half n pay. Every store has an army of t well-dressed fellows whose business I it is to keep an eye on the fellow who takes the cash. That sublime prayer of "Lead us not into temptation " seems to be regarded by all classes, b and such moral safeguards are thrown J •ardiod the youthful shop-keeper that r his financial salvation, at least, is as- P sured. One of the largest restaurants in ti the Exposition is attended exclusive ly by girls, and many of them are re markably good looking. They wear. spotless white aprons, clean looking lii sleeves and coquettish little caps, so er that they all appear like young wid ows looking out for some one to sup- fr' ply the place of the dear departed. ge Just after the opening, a stout old er gentleman used to breakfast at this restaurant every morning. His dress gc was rather rough; he wore high sti military boots and a large broad rim- pt med soft hat on the side of which was a little red feather; on his finger was a massive ring in which was set a do diamond of enormous value an!i a re larger solitaire diamond glistened in in his breast. Who he was nobody knew, but every morning found hinm P at the same table ajtended by the pi same girl. Last week he disappeared Cc and the girl has disappeared also. fa The night before he left Paris a brill- In iant wedding took plice at one of our M, most fashionable hotels. The b :de- rea groosn was the gentleman of whom I by have spoken, and the bride was the co pretty attendant at the Cafe Duval. B. The Countess is now on her way to sa het estates in Hungary. Viva la Re- tua publiqte! Viva. la France ! Truly yours, BROADBRIM. There has never been as much mis erable twaddle on any political sub- ev ject in Imnisiana as has been wit- qu nessed in some half a dozen newspa- In pefs for the last six months, on the dr convention question. Those favor ing such a convention have disgusted as every one whose mind was not fully ch made up on that question and will to cause many to oppose a call who oth erwise might have favored it.-Thibo- Au dau.r Sentinel. in - TI--- Some of our exchanges are very ic: anxious to have the State Capital re- Ga turned to Baton Rouge. As a major- so ity of the Representatives are scarer to New Orleans than any other city, ar owing to the heavy population of our to commercial metropolis, it saves mile- as age to allow the capital to remain p1e where it is. and we do not sea any ce serious objection to it.-- #Sux,- Rmnr. I Items of Louisiana News. *" Gleanlngs from the Press. e Tangipalhoa Independent: A son of Mrs. F. Durbin was thrown by a horse against a tree, and his collar bone was broken. a C Opelousas Courier : The tele d phone is in successful operation he ,- tween here and Washington, a dis atance of six miles. Morgan City Register: There are e no less tlan five hundred men em if ployed in the swamps near this place, e getting out cross-ties, square timber o and saw-logs. re I Baton Rouge Advocate : Mon n day evening the boiler of the draining machine on the plantation of Messrs. s McCullen, Wieck & Co., exploded, badly scalding Mr. Robert Middleton, e the engineer, who died next day. - Caldwell Herald : A man by - the name of Paul was shot through bg oth lungs at French Fork, in Cata s houla parish. Some of the citizens - started to Harrisonburg with the man i that did the shooting, but through - some cause he didn't reach there. I Colfax Chronicle: The crops in this parish bid fair to turn out bet ter than any during the past eight or ten years. The corn is About made, and is very fine, while cotton is from four to six weeks ahead of the same time last year, and growing rapidly. W Terrebonne Progress: Friday evening of last week a most unfortu nate accident occurred at Mr. Schmidt's store, near Thilodanx, re sulting in the death of Mr. J. M. Con. lan, a worthy young man employed as clerk in the store. John Engle, a young man who works near by, attempted to uncock a pistol which was lying on a shelf, and the weapon was thus ac cidentally discharged, wounding Mr. Conlqa, who died within twenty-four hours after the sad occurrence. " Claiborne Guardian: Two or three weeks ago a. negro concealed himself under the bed in the chamber of a young lady in the north-eastern part of the parish. He was discov ered early in the night, and ran off when the lady began to scream. He was armed with knife and pistol, alfW in his hurry left the knife under the bed. The next morning he was fol lowed by a posse and was captured by some colored men in Mt. Holly, Arkansas. lie was brought back to the State line. On the route he made tfaHl confeeeios eliMs bellish .esign, and was hanged by the people of the neighborhood, a majority of colored people being present and taking part in the lynching. .. A gentleman was put across Martin's ferry, on Bodceau, on the 12th day of June, late in the evening, riding a black pony. After crossing the ferry he enquired at two houses for lodging, but Was refused at both places. When refused the last time it ctas deep dusk. The next morning the pony was found about three-fourths of a mile east of 'Red Land, on a road traveled but seldom, and diligent search has been made for the rider, without success. There is a suspicion that he was murdered by a negro on a place owned by Mr. Joe Franks near Red Land. The fer ryman received from the suspected party a silver coin which he can identify as one given in change to the tra valnr The Mother Often innocently gives her nursing little one the severest Colic or Chol era Infautum by indulging herselfin fruits and vegetables. Parker's Gin ger Tonic, taken freely by the moth er, will not only counteract this dan gelons effect on her babe, but wilt strengthen her own nervous and physical system, and impart to her little one quiet, cheerfulness, free dom from pain, and a disposition to refreshing sleep. It is a most cheer ing relief from the miseries of Dys pepsia, Heidache, Nervousness, Pal pitation, Heartburn, Liver disorders, Constipation, Low Spirits and Wake fulners, and the dangerous Cholera Infantnm, Cramps, Colic, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhaun and Dysentery are rendered harmless and speedily cured by this matchless and invigorating corrective. Buy from your druggist, B. Rybiski, a $1 00 bottle or ia sample bottle at 15 cts. and test its merits. "4Merman Syrup." No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities at Boschee's German Syrup. In three years two milloin four hun dred thousand small bottles of this medietbe were distributed free of charge by Druggists i, this country to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, puen monia and other diseases of the Throat and Lungs, giving the Amer ican people undeiniable proof that German oyrup trill cure them. The re suit has beii ta.t Druggists in every towif adrtuvillago in ti Upited States are recommelnding it to their cus tomers. Go to your Druggist, and ask what he knows tinot it. Sam ple Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 75 cents. 'hree doses will relieve any