The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-05-14
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Lawyers, get your briefs ready as soon as
possible.
The river: has fallen altogether about
three feet and is steadily falling.
! It is expected that tho first through train
on the railroad since tho overflow will be
sent out to-day.
During the past week rains have visited
] all sections of the country, in some places
accompanied by hail.
On the 1911, tho Mississippi had fallen 4
| inches ut st. Louis and was stationary ut
Memphis. At Vicksburg thcre was rise
Of inches.
The property sold last week for city taxes
went mostly for the taxes and fees not
amounting to one-tenth of the original
cost in most cases.
The planters were about up with thor
work when the rains Of Sunday and We'd
nesday night came. They have plenty to
do now and are at it with will.
Mr.. Sol. Meyer has COMO to Europe, and
Mr.. J. A. Bethune and family to Virginia.
This scribe, with good luck, may DO able to
find his way to the Cheniere this summer.
Capt. S. w. Odell, travelling agent for a
st. Louis firm, is OH visit to his old stamp
ing ground, after an absence of twelve
months. The Captain makes his head
quarters ut Little Rock.
= Among tho visitors to Monroe tho past
week, we were pleased to meet our friend
Mr.. J. Il. Rutland, OF Columbia. Mr.. l,ut-
land reports Givorably of the condition of
the farms below, but says the corn and
cotton arc both backward.
The Parish Court has been in session
since last week. Judge Baker was little
behind in opening court. owing to detention
i'll Now Orleans. No cases of general i'm
portance havo been taken up.
On the 9th of June, at $3.50 n. M, tho Row.
DIR. Chuck, at the Jewish temple, will cello
brate the confirmation of Misses Florence
Kern, Harriette Gerson and Gallo Gross.
The ceremony will DO conducted in Eng
lish, and will no doubt attract a large con-
gregation.
Somewhere between three and six o'clock
Sunday evening some one broke the lock
of the back door of i. Wells store and
entered tho house. A silver watch and Il
few other articles were stolen. There is no
clue to tho thief, who evidently is a very
bold and dangerous character.
We invite attention to tho advertisement
of Mr.. Bradfie1d who proposes to supply
the demand for leo and to that end is erect
ing an ice-housc tho railroad in tho
triangle betwecn Grand and Walnut streets.
The parent house at Delta has Il large stock
of ice and the Monroe branch will no doubt
DO able to supply all orders promptly.
We infer, we hope not violently, from
reading several editorials in tho Intelligcn-
cor that Hon. ID. G. Hill is in the city and
has "senscd" our neighbor several
highly important and delicate questions of
State. Duncan probably has invested a
couple OF dollars in extra copies, has he
not?
Capt. J. p. Crosley, on:his home place just
across tho river, is experimenting with
different fertilizers and improved iInplc-
ments. We are glad to learn that he is
trying the effect of subsoiling, and expect
to give readers ut future day an
account of tho results of tho Captain IS
venture.
We pity all tho little folks about town
who struggling with tho whooping
cough. There is no recollection we have
moro distinct than that of tho timo whom
we had the whooping cough and had to
fall upon the ground grab tho nearest
| friendly support preliminary to whooping
| and coughing.