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A Pencil in a Mail's Body. H autt P oud , Ct., Feb. 2 — U ver fiv'fs week's ugo a Hartfcml mnn had a fail ami was reniered iu ■ eligible. After being taken homo a surgeou discovered sii ^ht wound ia his body, close by the heart, and thought the m au hail either been stabbed or shot. A few d tys later, however small pieces ot black lead begin to come out of the wound, and it Was then concluded that iu falliog the point of a lead pencii which the man had in his vest pocket had penetrated the body Probing, later brought out a lit tle wood. To-day the surgeons, who baye watched the case with much interest, used the knife and to their astonishment a whole lead pencil, which had been sharpened but once, was extri cated. It was 5| inches long, and the wood was split iu two. It had been completely imbedded below the chest, and not half an inch from the heart. The man is very woak, but it is thought he will recover. "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." This say ing has passed into the famil iarity of a household phrase, and there are, no doubt, in all de grees and circumstances, people earnestly impressed with its teaching; but there is one class in particular which, decidedly averse to burdening itself with fi,ny aflairs whatever, seems the most inclined to place its implicit reliance upon an idea so alluring to its indolent soul, and to await vainly, even through a lifetime, the fullfillment ot its cherished dream. Yet it is possible that there happens at some time during the experience of every man an oc currence which prompt and proper action may make, in some special walk, the foundation of fature success; but it is a ques tion as to how often this favor able occasion is made to serve its purpose. It is certain, how ever that failures to grasp the fleeting moment are not as fre quent, and, doubtless, as much distress has followed the embark ing at an unpropitious season as from failure to take advantage of an auspicious event. Many have thus been carried off on the ebb, to struggle and toil for a return to the point from which they made their unlucky pluDge. Some men seem to be always "catch ing upi" If there was half the discretion and vigor displayed in going ahead as there is in the en deavor to regain lost ground, we should have to record fewer vic tims of their own incautious man agement. Discrimination to discern, and decision and tact to turn to ac count the valuable opportunity of his life, are essential to the whole advancement of every in dividual. and, when to these qual ities are added the virtues of sta bility and industry, the possessor may indeed feel that he has at his commaad all the elements which constitute this magic flood tide which can lead him to for tane. Difficulties in the way of such a man but tend to increase his onward progress; he sur mounts an obstacle only to gain additional impetus from the accent, and he is borne safely on past the whirlpools of hazard to a success of his own makmg.— [Broadstreet. A d aged Christian, with the snow of time on his head, may remind us that those points on earth are whitest which are near est Heaven. A Family 's Terrible Suffering-. It develops that the blizzard of last Saturday, when it blew moderately hard with the mur cury from *21 to 40 degrees be low zero, was the severest in hu man history. The particulars of the fate of the German family on Elra River were received to -night They were moving from a shanty into a new house, and were anxious to got settled in better quarters beford Thuisday, and before lha prevailing bliz zard grew worse, and the mother was confined. Tiie little boys were bundled up and placed iu a dry goods box. The father an mother were carrying things into their new house when the over exertion made her fcick a caused her suddenly to gi birth to a cbild iu the new cold house.^The father stopped witl her for some time and then went after another boy and girl tha were making their way from the fhauty to the house. Ho sue ceeded in bringing them to thoir mother. Ho then went after the two little boys in the box, who were wrapped up more securely than the larger boy and girl.that he had piloted in first. The storm evidently blew harder and the man got numb and bewil dered. When found he was by the box, and apparently had at tempted to raise it on his back to carry it and the boys to the house. In that effort he failed and losing control of his faculties fell down and passed into dream land. One little boy was found sitting upright and the other with his head dropping forward into his brother's lap. The for mer had bit his lips while his teeth conlinued to chatter. The boy and girl were badly frozen in the legs, arms, and face, but not fatally. The father not re turning to the house told th mother his fate, and sue, afte several hours of physical and mental suffering, started for a neighbor, half a mile distant She walked part way and rolled a part. How she got through ia more than she knows. The neighbors went in search of the father and boys, and found them as stated, stone dead. The new born infant perished. Strange as it may appear, the mother es caped with only a few frost marks.— '[Dakota Dispatch. Sudden Death. Mr, Jethro S. Courtney, and old citizen of this parish, who returned on Wednesday evening last from a visit to his daughter living at Selma, Alabama, stop ped at the residence of Mr; C. L. Hays, his neighbor, and at whose house his only son was sojourn ing. After spendiug the even ing in social chat they retired, all in good health, Mr. Courtney and his son occupying the same room and same bed. At early dawn on Thursday morning tho son spoke to his father, and re ceiving no response, placed his hand upon him in order to arouse him, and failing in this, felt of him and found that he was cold and lifeless. He called to Mr. Hays who entered the room and examined the father whose posi tion and features indicated that he died without a struggle. The Coroner held an inquest and re ports that he came to his death Irom heart disease.—[Southern Watchman. The bridge over the Sabtue River on the Louisiana and Texas Railroad, has been fin ished, and oar State and the Lone Star State have been linked together by rail. SHERIFFS SALE STATE OF 1,011ISIANA — Fourteenth District Conrt—Parish of Morehouse. W. T. Hail vs. J. M. Levy and M. Levy. No. 5.-15. By virtue of an order of seizure and sale issued by tho H»u. Fourteenth Dis trict Court in and for the parish of More house, jState of Louisiana, I have seized and will proceed to sell, at tho door of the court house, within the lionrs pre scribed by law, at public auction, to ilie highest bidder, on SATURDAY, the 21st day of February, the property pointed out iu the writ tobe seised, described as follows, be 1 tinging to J. M.. Levy: His residence «"tuatcd on Washington,street, andcoin i . ioi eing in the cbnfcre line of saiit'street, ut an iron pin thirty feet east of the middle of the east boundary of lot No. one hundred and ninery-two, in bleck tliirty-two in said town, whence an um brella china bears south 32$ degiees, west 23 5-10 feet, thence south c*J f.-4 degrees west, 326 1-10 feet to a poir.t it-10 feet east of west boundary of Vine street, thence north £ degree v, est seventy-live feet to a pin set, whence a red oak 10 in. marked X bears north ten degrees west, 40 2-10 feet, thence south 8'.; o 1 degives w«. t 26.) 1-100 reef, to a pin set oti section line bet veen sec tions twenty-live and twenty s'x, town ship twenty-one, north ratige five ea .:t, theuce north along taid section line 120 1-10 feut to »et {»in whence a nine 10 inches marked X bears noithëli de grees east 52 2-!•; foat tbence west 0/5 2-10 feet to a pin set oil vVcsuin'Tton street, whence a haekberry 12 !-•<(; - marked X bears north 5 'J 3-1 d--grecs, west 22 7-U0 fret, theaee sont!. 6 1-2 degrees west to the place of beginning, containing 2 53-100 acres of lanu more or less. Also twenty-two 50-100 feet oft tho west side of lot forty-five and all of lot forty-six in block number 6, in said town together with ail the buildings and im provements thereon situated; and espe cially tho following described land be longing to Mathcw Levy, to-wit: First, his storehouse and lot, described as com mencing at a point on Madison street on the Southern boundary of block six in said town, one hundred and thirteen and oo hundredths feet west of southeast corner of said lot, running thence west sixty-four feet, thence north one bun dled and fifty feet, thence east thirty two feet, thence Soutu seventy-one fce-fc thence east 32 feet, thence south 70 feet to the place of beginning. Second, bis residence, described as the north fifty feet of lots li'5 and 106 in block 13 in said town, said lots having a front ot fifty feet on Washington street by a depth of three hundred feet back or east between paralel lines, all of said lots of laud, together with'ill the rights, titles privileges and improvements thereto belonging. Terms of sale..Cash without ap praisement. WM. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff. Jan. 16, '60. (SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF LOUISIANA—Fourteenth District, Conrt, Parish of Morehouse. W. T. Hall vs. James Campbell et al. No. 5514. By virtue of an order of seizure and sale, issued by tho Hon. 14th District Court, in and for the parish of More house, in the above entitled suit and to nie directed as Sheriff of said parish a d i State, I have seized as directed in the j writ, and will p.oceed To se'l a f tie. door of the court house, within the hours ' prescribed by law, at public auction, t • I the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, the 21st day of February, 1880. tho following described pioperty, and described in the writ as tho north half of lots No. one hundred and sev^i j and one hundred and eight ( to* find K'8) | block Ko. fourteen (14) froa'tug 1 seventy-live feet on Washing toa st;.-ei j by three hundred feet on Cypress street, [ and seventy-five feet on Vine Street, to gether with all the buildings and im provements situated thereon, with all the rents and revenues for the year 1880, or due thereon, said property being sit uated in the town of Bastrop, parish of Morehouse. Terms of sale—Cash, with the benefit of appraisement WM. P. DOUGLASS, ianl6-6t Sheriff. r "^r Established in 1852. MICHEL LET FALLS INTO THE IJNE OF BATTLE Fortified and armed with a huge stock of Fall and winter DRY Ö0SDS. Enough for everybody, all to be sold j ust above cost. He means business in the strictest seii-o af the word. No humbug. Trial solic ited. Lehman Bros., New York. Lehman, Deirr & Co.. Montgomery, Ala, eliman, Albrahaui & (lo I0TT0N FACTO "TV ,-^t —AND— Commission Morchant-! Cor. Gravier & Baronne Sta., £. Lehman, Lehman H. Abraham NEW ORLEANS, I .A. W. A. FEALE, COTTON FACTOR AND Commission Hercuant No. 52 Union St., NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Jolrn Cliaffe & Sens, Cotton Factors, AND GENERAL Commit!oil Mcrrhaats NO. 52 UNION STREET, SÎEVV ORLEANS. ' - - *3 ènJ* IwVi. Xjl sagel, Sr., —DEALER IN Anil General Merchandise, Baslrnp, Louisiana. We have now in store most complete '-»-sort trient, chandke svt? br^nj'iit to is' i t'l ' o largest an of general mer "lus ,-jmrket. Goods rillings, . Jeans, :-ud and Returning thanks for the past liberal pnteonage receiw I from the people of Morehouse, \ a continuano 3 hope to merit of the same. and solicit THE 3TIsrO-I^"R H "» m v M «■»-- n '-*£ süqSF f-v. m ns ,! (§?ewàïïsr iVIîK^iiïio Acknowledged to be the: Til!** .'.EST NOW SOI.'P. Bisware of wo: tblobs imi tauov machines. ÏMVrJ • 3 is selling th Ba-tw P •-r>:ssr. d i wi f b d.o., .kOJliOi AKJ \nu CONF] l.Ll A N T.- I S T"? *1 0 Harm;~7 :«• r-ui.! 1 ~ i ) Co : Bacon, Lffd, ? i-'offt. . Fb Rice, I .res, A': Butt-1 O; Freeh bread land. ■'■■■ 1 ■ leavor to mab 1JOVÜ Vr a ; : «1 1 « ! ÏJ ( nivv j I j ! I tho f.-. 'iîlï * Y (' Mow [Br - fa] Till 1 ir? Vé pre. in t. A to ha-, all f II. J ß » 'i.-;': rates. or- : Ais S •• 5 lyonr àidé-wulks and tcder-n houses. t;all and examine tu A. CURTfg. i WANTED TO KIJ0W ! [ARE THE BRICK WELLS, Made by A. Curtis What they are Represented tobe ? We, the tmdersignod, wio have had wells made by Mr. Curtis are satisfied they are the best wells now iu use, if bricked with good brick and mortar, they are everlasting wells, cutting off all s°ap water, and if we wanted a per manent'Well would prefer this to any otùer, and consider they would be cheaper than recurbing an old well. We have been using said wells from one to six years and are perfectly satisfied with he m. G '> M arable, M. D- J Harvey Brigham • ' L Pratt. Isaac T Naff Janes Pnssey D M Evans J V in Brorfu Giles M C ,,- oxtoii H in Lawhead John R Lrodnax A Fried h am W 1* Hall J Leo Per tit H H Naff Benj Bilbernagcl Sr J S Dandy E K W Ross Joseph Levy B V McDonald ,J T Dalton Henry Schneider T;H Sparks J Henry Gray M D Lew B C Lull * W R McC 'reight M D H H Sauders J H Jones V.'t'i P Douglass A L Anderson W E McAleaus J G Fleweilen I could get twice as many naines within two miles of town. A. CuRTIS n 'o t! o-e that wish to go into the bus iness, tho plain facts are : I .un (!ti years old and can ditj ami brick .!0 feet in sand • « 10 hours with the assistance of two common laborers. This is a well three leet in diameter, reqniriug 36 brick to the foot. 'I he price I aok is $2 per foot whi 'h no one, knowing the co:;t of dig ging, etc., and the disposition to be made of the profits, can say is too much. I patented the weil for charity's s il<e and will put them down on tho follow ing terms : 1st. Ten per :'ont. of the profits? shall bo deposited with the au thorities of the town, city or parish in which fcliey are maelo, said fund to be ap • ropriated to ' .. .. lie 'ouefit of tho poor and balance.. 9éï per cent, ">my order or my agents order. The r-tisou that so small a portion of the profits are lelt where they are dotvu isthat there is not more than e.oe-tenth or the United States that they ■ „ be put down in. It is a plenty and •:iothe the naked and feed the starv ii her '.-er they can be used. Not one • to --itail be appropriated for education. • I don't wish ro sell territory 1 can ftiv employment to thousands fora roy A. CURTIS. ISIPROV k, STRENGTHEiV iZaod P3:'.SEUVE the EYES - — Ii v USIx' G ell's Perfect Fitting j ::tt iaCLKS & EYE-«LAS1SES —FOH S.*LK BY — pp. s. ROLLE1GH. JEWELER and OPTICAN, (ASTROF. I .OtJISIANA. j Sj- I i .eir .:nd to suit any eye. Gold I , ; •/•». ... -pins, siiirt-studds, brace j i' * , ; • S.' bottons, watch-guards, and ! to be found in a first-class . <• . . hop, including the celebrated I C.- ('r.ocK, price only §15. Spe I i,.l ats.-'itioii paid to repairing. All ! wo x .ati eed I rders promptly attended to. . 'A' 7 ei.'gs made to older. P. S. ROLLEIGH. iXKI.BR WM. OHLE. .KLMI& OHLE, ; f ?. ïîSï a TS 'i Farrier .:ifctop. -TlèOP, LOUISIANA. d. I igned would respectfully e !>li( that tuey have opened >te Olosson (.id Stand at.d work in their line, such !<s say-tio, hnggiei, plows, etc. mauhinery m -de a specialty. ■ATNKl.;:R et OHLE. I s IX'f'O.V & Co V':KltS, MACHINISTS AND ' . i AGENTS VIOKSBURG, MISS. i' .0 (writ.:; in v,-arehouse full "■ icl .h'ery. Engines, • v'.s. < m .-'tinxU, Grist Mills, ■•••"> ■ iting and Packing . ms of ittiugs, etc., etc. And lore h. * c very department of ; i< •• n"I .n 1.: r 'til ring aud repair 'liait on it : ! ! full operation. ■ * üi % ^ Grapes ! . i L g, f \ 3Ii SE TIES. €euîs Apiece. Apply t« JOHN L. PRATT. TS IE Morehouse Cl,m c . A Weekly Newspape» Published i BASTROP, LOUISIANA Offers Superior Iml ucements as »n Advertising Medium, We are Prepai ,d to tiuu ou» as gnod JOB IVOSèU AS AX Y CO Uli TR Y OFFICE Su (he Sta It TES, MS OK SUBSCKIPTIO.' One year in advance. o gg Six months _> [ jy Three months -,i Reasonable Disconot tu Those who Adveitise by the Year. IT IS INTENDED TO MAKK 'iClhtF? 01st,a*io 35 A PAPER FOR THR PJKOFLS J I). riAM.tlONDS IOIIX M. (.ADDIS J. PINCKXKV SMITH. Hammoitds, Oaddis & Co., ' COTTON FACTORS, —AJSD— Générai Commission Merchants, 65 and 07 Carondelet Street, SEW ORLEANS. Will make liberal advances and sell on consignment, cotton, sugar, n. .dusses, rice, tobacco, wool, grain, live stock and country produce of all kinds. Having favorable connections here and in the West for the pin chase of supplies, all orders will receive strict attention, and the interest of patrons will be closely guarded in price, packing aud freight ontract. aug3 -y S. T. W. Meek's GENERAL AG E NC 7 For portable and stationary engines of different styles, saw and grist mills, cotr.on gius, wagons, buggies, cane and sorghum mills, evaporators, aud improv ed agricultural implements. Persons de sirous of purchasing would do well, and receive advantages by buying through this agency. Address, S. T. W. MEEK, Hamburg, Ark., by letter, who will promptly respond in person. Refers to Messrs. John Bussey, A. L Bussey, W. A. Harrington, Col, J. V.'m. Brown and Hon. Jas. Bussey. ESTABLISHED 1871. TTC- 333M:33Xj3:2MG-'S Bread and Cake Bakery, BASTROP, LA. W. Embliug's bread wagon delivers fresli bread in town, Prairie Mer Ronge, Bayon Bartholomew, Lind (irove, and Gum Swamp when regular orders are re ceived. Special attention paid to tho supplying offish frys, barbecues, public dinners, etc. Wedding cakes made on the shortest notice. june'28-y JOHN HANNAH, HOUSE A SIGN PAINTER —AND— PAPER HANGER. BASTROP, LOUISIANA. tHF'Stock taken in part payment fcr work