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DEVOTED TO POLITICS. AGRICULTURE, HOME INTERESTS, AND THE MATERIAL hEl EIJtPMENT OF THE COl ?>TRY.
VOL. VI
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Frank I"atighan,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Will practice in ' the Courts of More
onso and West Carroll. Special atteu
on to the collection of claims by suit
fure the Magistrate's Courts.
SP. C. »fäOll
attorney at law,
MONROE, La.
Will [practice in State and Federal
lurts. aprilll-y
S.tJBSOJT UEf'l*,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
ODice—South-east corner Jof Public
Square.
Will practice in the courts of the
th Judicial' District composed of
t pur is lies of Morehouse, Ouaciiitaand
ieilatid, and in the Supreme Court at
onroe. julyl9-y
8. BUSSEY H.H. NAFF
ISus.scy £f J%"atr,,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Will practice in the courts ot the Sixth
idiciai District, composed of the parishes
Morehouse ami W est Carroll, and
the Supreme Court at Monroe; also iu
b Fcdei'til Courts.
Office—East side ot public square;
NEWTON WM. T. HALL
.Vcictoîi Mall,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Wili practice in the courts of the 6th
idicial District, composed of the par
Ut» of Morehouse, and West. Carroll
id also in the parishes of Uichiand,
lucbita, Uuiou, Franklin, Catahoula,
nl.Lick son, and iu tho Supreme Court
Jim roe, Louisiana.
nn. f . c.
BASTKOr, L\.
Offers his prnfessiodul sei vicos to the
joplo of Bastrop and vicinity. Can be
»und at his residence, or at the drug store
! Dr. A. L. Bussoy, when not profes
onally engaged. feb9-y
Geo. li. JJlarable, J.1- 1J>
BASTROP, LA.
I hereby tender rny professional services
o the people of Bastrop and Morehouse
lariah. When not professionally engaged,
au be found at my residenco one mile
ins ottowu at night, and at the Drug
store of Dr. A. L. Buasey during tho clay
febll-y
s. p. BUATT j
OEAL SURGEON,
Offers to the public his professional
'Xperieuco of thirty years in the above
peciality for the treatmcut of all dis
'ases peculiar to tho mouth and pre,«or
ation of its natural organ h , the teoth.
Charges for all dental services graded
y quality and character desired, to suit
betimes. For dental substitute*, from
15, $60. $75, $160, §200, up to Buatt's
»lebrated improved gold plate, $350 for
fill sets, recommended as healthy, and
^perform the functions of mastication
Bästaetorily as to kiud selected.
Without previous arrangements, cash
1 «variably expected.
.Sieved to now office, near the Baptist
Cn«Rh.
Dentistry.
ft all its branches, by
DK. M. J. MASSENGILL.
. Q«'d fillings from $2 to §5; silver fili
ngs from $1 to $3; full upper and lower
artificial teeth $40. Extracting teeth
^speciality. Having had my office
j^ w |. v fitted up, I wtll take pleasure in
•Wring all persons wishing work in my
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COME AND SEE,
. A. CI'RTIS is offering his best
TEN DOLLARS PER THOU
^■àAT). Now is the best time to repair
Tour side-walks and under-pin your
äoos^ pan and examine the brick.
, A. CURTIS.
GATHERING H EART'S-EASE.
BY JUAN' ingklow.
I went to gather heart's-ease
When the bright sun sank to rest,
Drawing all his sheaves of sunlight
To his gamer in the west;
When the blossoms and the leaves,
Losing all their golden glow,
In the slowly gathering twilight
Faintly fluttered to and fro.
All the ground was staired with May
blooms,
Everywhere they met my eye;
But I went to gather heart's-ease,
So 1 passed all others by,
Oh ! my heart was ne'er so joyous
As it was in those glad hours,
When I wandered light and careless
Near the wood aide gathering flowers.
Then I gave them all to yon, dear,
And I looked up in your face,
And I wondered I could fancy
That the flowers had any grace,
Then it was I gathered heart's-ease,
Then it was, dear heart, I found
That the glory of the May blooms
Did not lie u|>on the ground.
Chips From tlie Papers.
Laborers on Mississippi steam
boats are getting SCO per month.
G,G89 women are holders of U.
S. 4 per centum bonds.
Mobile had a 350,000 blaze on
the 5th. The fire started in a large
dry goods house.
The next Legislature of Vermont
will stand, 192 Republicans ; 15
Democrats, and one Greenbacker.
Democratic unity in the city and
State of New York is now a settled
fact.
Hon Charles II. Belt is the Re
publican nominee for Governor of
New Jersey.
Comfortable and neat cottages
are in active demand in Vicksburg.
So says the Herald.
Shreveport house-servants and
cooks have deserted their regular
work and gone to the cotton fields
to make better wages.
The train run over Dr. Thomas
E. Wilson, a young physician, of
Texas, at Meridian, Miss., and in
stantly killed him.
At a meeting of the Vicksburg
Board of Mayor and Aldermen on
the 7th "the dog-killer's bill,
amounting to S3.25, was allowed."
, The New York Times regards the
Democratic harmony in New York
as a common scandal. The Empire
State is sure for Hancock.
Mr. C. E. Wright, editor of the
Vicksburg Herald, has been so
journing at the Springs in North
Carolina and Tennessee. His health
is greatly improved.
A Brooklyn man by the name of
Livingston set out on his 3d days
fast at 1 p. m. on the 9th. Beta
have been made that he will give up
his task before 10 days. '*
The National Cotton Exchange's
official statement of the crop of the
United States for the commercial
year ending August 31st, 1880,
shows a total crop of 5,761,161
bales. : ■
Senator Vance, of North Caro
lina, used to say of the late Judge
Spofford, of Louisiana, that any
one who looked at him and did not
believe him an honest man cast
odium on the Ten Commandments.
At Coleman, Texas, 6 prisoners
overpowered the guard and made a
break for "sweet liberty." The
alarm was given, one hundred men
went in pursuit,. and four of the
fleeing convicts were captured.
A dispatch to the Vicksburg
Herald from Starkville, Miss., un
der State Sept. 7tb, says.: "This
is the 8th day of steady rain. The
cotton is sprouting in the bolls,
and the fanners say it is damaged
a great deal.
A man by the name of Peebles,
while returning home recently from
Melbian, Texas, where lie had sold
cotton, was killed and robbed by a
negro named Taliferro. The mur
derer was pursued and captured
While on the way back a body of
disguised men carried off the pris
oner. The presumption is, he was
lynched.
On the 6th lightning struck the
house of Moses Prewitt, 4 miles
South of Upton, Ky., killing Mrs.
James Waiden and James Prewitt,
and wounding Mrs. Prewitt, mother
of the young man. At the time
Mrs. Waiden was killed she was
holding a four-year old girl in her
lap. The child was not injured.
A severe rain storm visited Pe
tersburg, Va., on the 6th. Rain
fell in torrents, accompanied by
violent thunder and lightning. Mr.
A. Riper, book-keeper of the Bank
of Petersburg, while writing, was
knocked from his seat by lightning
and badly stunned. The pen in his
hand was melted by the fluid.
The cotton factories of Peters
burg, Va., seem to be doing a good
business, their annual consumption
of cotton touching 10,000 bales,
and their annual production being
12,000,000 yards of cloth, such as
drillings, ducks, fine shirtings and
sheetings. They have about 26,000
spindles, 900 looms, and employ
nearly 1,000 hands.
Judge Richardson of the court of
claims, a stalwart of the stalwarts,
remarked to a friend the other day:
, 'It looks as though Hancock would
be elected, and I hope he will be.
He would make a better president
than the other man. " Senator Lo
gan said only two or three days
ago to a friend who asked him what
ne thought of the situation: "I
am afraid they've got Garfield."
During the month of August
13,000,000 bushels of grain was
shipped from the port of New York
to Europe. To carry this enor
mous quantity of grain across the
ocean the services in whole or in
part were required of 325 vesels.
The orders from Europe are steadi
ly pouring in and it is likely that
the present month will bo the larg
est in exportation of grain ever
seen in the port of New York.
St. Julian and Maud 8. each
made a mile in 2:11| over the
Rochester (N. Y.) couise on Au
gust 12. This is the fastest time
ou îecord. When Dexter made
a mile in 2.17, it was thoaght
that the ultimatnm of fast trot
ting had been reached. But
Goldsmith's Maid brought the
time down much lower, and
Rarus still lower, and now comes
St. Julian and Maud S. to cap the
climax. Will this last perform
ance ever be surpassed, is the
absorbing question that is occu
pying the mind of the trotting
world.
Since the above was written,
St. Julian has trotted over the
same track a mile in 2:llg.—
Stock Journal.
While the Republicans will
make a weak crow over it, the
result of the election in Vermont
indicates nothing touching the
general result in November. It
has gone, just as was expect
ed, by a large majority for the
Republicans. No contest was
made in the State by the Demo
crats as no contest was made in
Alabama and Arkansas by the
Republicans. The Republican
State has gone Republican and
the Democratic States have gone
Democratic.—[Vicksburg Herald
Groceries of all kinds in quanti
ties to suit cheap for cash at Leo
pold's.
GLEANINGS.
'the
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for
to
We presume they call it
roof of a boy's pantaloons, be
cause it is tho part that is shin
gled.— [Boston Post.
The report that tho Grecian
bend was to bo revived proves
erroneous. It got currency dar
ing the cucumber season.—[St
Louis Republican.
The lather of H. B. Bigelow
the Republican candidate for
Governor of Connecticut, ia
old Democrat aud will vote
Hancock.
Mrs. Youugwoman wants
know "what is the best way to
mark table linen." Leave the
baby and a blackberry pie alone
at the table for three minutes.—
Boston Transcript.
A yonng lady wrote some
verses for a paper about her
birthday, and headed them "Muy
30th." It almost made her hair
turn grey when it appeared in
print "My 30th."
Mr. William Astor has, it is
reported, purchased for $2U0,000
the Newport estate of the late
Daniel Parrish. It ia in a de
lightful situation, and includes
about ten acres.
"Every politician isn't a states
man," remarked John Lay, in a
Texas saloon. This expression
was regarded by Den Moore, the
town constable, as a personal in
sult and he shot Lay at once.
McFlannery heard a gentle
man say of another that he had
a loo benign countenance, and
remarked : "A 2 be 9 counte
nance ! Fhwat a face, to be
sure."
A yonng lady sui prised the
gentlemanly clerk by offering
him 50 cents in payment for a $1
purchase. "It amounts to §1, if
you pleaae," said the gentle
manly clerk. "I know it does,"
was the answer, "but papa is
only paying 50 cents on the dol
lar now."
A gallant old gentleman of the
name of Page, finding a young
lady's glove at a watering place,
presented it to her with the fol
lowing words :
If from jour glove you take the letter
G,
Your glove ia love —which I devote to
the«.
To which the lady returned
the following neat answer:
If from the Page you take tho letter P ,
Your Page is age—and that won't do for
me.
John Everman, alias "Sailor
Jack," who died recently in Phil
adelphia, left a deathbed declar
ation, in which he confesses that
he committed certain robberies,
for which three men are now un
dergoing imprisonment in the
Easton Penitentiary. The Board
of Pardons will consider the
matter at its next meeting.
Whatever may bo said for or
against John Kelly, comptroller
of New York city, there is no dis
puting that he is mauaging the
fiuances of the metropolis -with
ability and success. His annual
report for the year ending Au
gust 1, 1880, shows a cash bal
ance in the treasury August 1,
1879, uf $1,416,129; receipts dur
ing the year, $65,104,402; dis
bursements, $65,331,259; leaving
a cash balance iu the treasury
August 1, 1880, of $1,189,2« 2.
The disbursements from the sink
ing-fuud for the redemption of
the city debt were $5,405,641,
and there is a cash balance in
this fund of £219. %7. Tho
amount of interest paid during
the year $1,754,794, and there is
a balance on hand in the interest
fund of $1.167,797. The report
states that fifty years ago tho
bonded debt of the city v-as less
than $1,000,000; since then it has
increased to over $100,000,000;
but for the past three years it
has been decreasing, having bôou
reduced $10 ; 335,896 in tue last
three years. The estimated tas
levy for the present year is $28,
937,272, of which $3,571,322 is
for state purposes, and the bal
ance for city purposes. The ar
rears of taxes on real estate $9,
325,478; on personal property,
$11,663,202; aud on water rates,
$133,945, making a total of $21,
122,623.—[St. Louis Republican.
THE COTTON CROP SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
In 1878 up to the 1st of August
tho prospect for a large cotton
crop was most excellent. The
season to that date wtts all that
the most hopeful and exacting
planter could wish. The Spring
was good a >d as a consequence
the tstaud was fiuo aud the plaut
grew off rapidly: There was
enough rain and not too inucL).
Ou the 1st of August all believed
a very large crop would be
raised. But unfortunately cot
ton is a crop that is never out of
danger until it is shipped and
sold. Tho season of 1878 that
was so promising up to the first
of August was just the reverse
after that uaie. August proved
very wet, the cotton was greatly
injured and the worms destroyed
great fields of it. The crop in
this section of the Union was a
failure.
It now seems that 1880 will bo
a repetition of 1878. A month
ago the prospect was the very
best; now, is could hardly be
worse. Our correspondents in
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas
aud this State, assure us that
the crop has been very seriously
injured by the excessive rains
and winds, and that the worms—
the last crop of them—are now
destroying whole fields of the
staple in a few hours. They are
in such myriads that preventives
are useless. We have heard of
their destroying three hundred
acres of cotton in twenty-four
hours. Of course, the yield is
not entirely lost, for the matured
bolls are left, but the injury
amounts always, this early in
tho season, to as much as twenty
five per cent., and frequently to
one-half the crop. As injurious
as tho worms are, we doubt that
they will be able to do as much
damage, as the bad weather has
already done. We heard a most
successful planter remark that
the weather was worse on the
crop than the worma could pos
sibly be, if they destroyed every
green leaf. He says the bolls
are rolling, and that tho cotton
already open is sprouting in tho
bulls. The prospect is indeed
gloomy. Let us hope that the
half crop that will be realized,
will bo cleanly picked, aud a
good price obtained for it.
While we are forced to ac
knowledge that the cotton crop
in the Mississippi Valley will be
a short oue, we can state that
the corn crop is an excellent one.
This will greatly compensate for
the loss of a portion of the cot
ton crop,— [Vicksburg Keraid.
Fresh lot of S. C. C. Hams just
received at Leopold's.
Col. Robert N. Scott I iks issued
a circular stating that the oflicial
records of tho war of the rebel
lion will be published iu four
series. The first eeiies will em
brace the formal reports, both
Union and Confederate, of mili
tary operations, with correspon
dence, orders and returns relat
ing specially thoreto, aud will bo
accompanied by an atlas. This
series viil embrace about eight
octavo volumes avoraging eight
hundred pages each. The sec
ond series will contain corre
spondence, etc., Union and Con
federate, relating to prisoners of
war, and to State or political
prisoners—foar volumes. Tho
third aeriea will contain corre
spondence, orders and reports
and returns of the Union author
ities, embracing their correspon
dence with Confederate officials—
eight volumes. Tho fourth so
ries will exhibit correspondence,
etc., of the Confederate authori
ties, not embodied in the pro
ceding series—four volumes.
The Madison Journal has this
to say of some of tho deluded
darkies who have returned from
Kansas, glad to get back to their
old homes:
We havo recently conversed
with several of the returned ex
odusters, and find them heartily
disgusted with their trip. They
express great delight at getting
back to Madison once more, and
will doubtless spend the remain
der of their lives on this soil.
Our exchanges from different
States also bring us the intelli
gence that they are returning in
largo numbers; and many more
would like to come, but tor like
of means. We feel sorry for
them, but venture to say they
will not in future be so ready to
credit and accept the stories and
offers made them by an adven
turous sot of imposters whoso
only motive was to use them as
tools for their own vile purpose.
Experience ia a doar school, but
fools, it is said, will learn at no
other.
The Chicago Inter-Ôcean is at
presout exhorting its readers to
vote for DeGolyer Garfield.
Does the Inter-Ocean remember
saying, on a June morning before
the nomination, anything like
this;
"All dark horses are irrelevant.
Garfield may spring to a momen
tary vision. The galleries may
cheer as they behold the pbizz of
the tenpenny rockets that indi
cate yearnings; but bis record
will be lead, and his Bpinal weak
ness a discouragement to the
Republican party,"
If the Inter-Ocean remembers
saying this, the question arisea
whether it means what it says,
when it advises its leaders to
vote for the Credit Mobilier can
didate.— [N. Y. San.
Charles A. Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, recently spent
about $3000 in the construction
of a cave for the cultivation of
mushrooms. He has employed
a professional mushroom grower
to take charge of it, and naturally
anticipates, it may be supposed,
after so liberal a provision, that
the results will prove compensa
tory.
At a diuner she had a doctor
on either baud, one of whom re
marked that they were well
served since they had a duck
between them. "Yes," she broke
in, "aud I between two quacks.