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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

EUst-The Returning Board had pre-
pared Il list of one hundred and six
members, of whom, under its manipu-
latlons, ffty-three were Republicans,
as was supposed, and fifty-three Demo-
Gratis. Thus this Board attempted TO
set aside the will of the people of the
State.
'Stco'e1-One hundred and six MEN,
bers met on the 4th of January and
proceeded to choose Speaker, the
Republicans present actually taking
part in the proceedings by nominating
a candidate for Speaker and voting for
of Committee on Credentials and
organizing with this committee and by
their votes in the House on the Speak
ership giving a quorum, which the
Democrats then present would not alone
have had. Wiltz received fifty-five
votes, Hahn (Republican,) two, and
one was blank and firty-six is the con-
stitutional quorum. When the men,
bers were sworn in tifty-one Democrats
and five Republicans took the oath.
making an indisputable and regular
quorum of the House.
IhTt1-The Legislature was there
after dispersed by United States troops.
EOuth-The Republicans proceeded
to organize, but-herc is the important
and vital point-they had and have no
quorum, and cannot, Therefore, act as
Il Legislature. They may adjourn from
day to day; but under the Louisiana
constitution, can do none of the acts of a
Legislature.
FJh-Hcnce Louisiana has today
no regularly organized and. competent
lower House of Legislature. 1t cannot
have a quorum, even on the report of
the Returning Board.
iSiafh-Hence the pretended election
of Pinchback is a fraud and void.
'sece''fh-And, finally, nothing is in
the way Of the assembling and consti-
tuting of II legal House except Federal
bayoncts. If Congress will remove
them the Wilt House, the only regular
| one, would at once assemble.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29
TOO MANY NEWSPAPERS.

The Southern Waterman, Athens,
Ga, has tho following sensible remark
on the newspaper business: "News-
papers arc, in their place, good things
but, like many other good things OF
this life, may be run in the ground
Many persons suppose all that is nee.
cssary to insure success is to procure
press and type, and locate at some viii
age, water-tank or wood station on a
railroad and hence it is that weekly
papers arc springing up like mush-
rooms. Experience will teach many of
these new beginners that it requires, in
this sparsely settled country, Il larger
area to support Il newspaper than a
blacksmith shop, and more capital to
buy printing office than shoe-shop,
and more money to meet the weekly
expenses than Il harber-silop.''
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

the Bench. He is represented as being
a man of marked ability and more than
usual force Of character, and is general
ly conceded to be the ablets man in
the democratic party of Indiana after
Governor Hendricks. He is described
as rotund in person and jolly in DISPOSE
ton and manner.
MICHIGAN-I. Z. CIRIsTIANtY.
The Cincinnati Commercial has a
special from Detroit which thus de-
cribes Judge Christiancy, the new SEN
ator from Michigan:
The new Senator from Michigan.
Judge Isaac =. Christiancy, was born
near Johnstown, New York, in the wear
1912, and is now nearly sixty-three
years of age. He came to this State in
1886, and located at Monroe, which con-
tinued to be his home till last year,
when he moved to Lansing. Original
ly Democrat, Judge Christiancy was
instinctively and warmly anti.slavery
in his views, and soon became promi-
nent, politically. He was elected to
the Senate from Monroe county, as a
Free-Soil Democrat, in 1S4s. In 1852 he
received the Free-Soil nomination for
Governor, his law partner, Governor
Robert McClelland, being the Demo-
| cratic, and Zachariah Chandler the
Wing candidate. In 1857 Mr.. Chris
tiancy was again a rival candidate with
Chandler, this time for the U. S. Sena-
torship, when Mr.. Chandler was first
nominated. Mr.. Christiancey was then
the most prominent Of the other Repub-
lican candidates for the position receiv-
ing % votes to 4S for Mr.. Chandler in
the ballot. In March, 1857, he was
elected to the Supreme Bench of the
State. He has remained there for
seventeen years, adding steadily to his
reputation as a sound and able jurist.
In 1865 he was reelected an Associate
Justice, obtaining both the Republican
and Democratic nominations. During
1872 and 1873 he filed the seat of JUS.
tice, under the law comforting that posi-
ton upon the senior Judge Oh the
Bench. In 1S73he was again reelected
on both tickets receiving all the votes
cast. Judge Christiancy is in the full
possession of physical and intellectual
vigOr, and will make = dignitied and
able Senator, and will reflect credit
; upon the State. AS II lawyer he has nc
superior in this State in sonnaness and
moral force. He is II man of strong
character, of ample stores of useful in
formation and Impractical capacity. In
politics he is Il sound and earnest
though not partisan Republican
Upon economic question, he faVors i.
sound currency and n revenue tariff
with incidental protection. In all re
spects he is we'll fitted for the position
to which he has just been chosen.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

The Nicksburg Herald of Tuesday
says that on Saturday night four ne
grocs started from Delta to the old
Brown d Johnston place lin skif, with
Il quantity of provisions. When
short distance from tho shore the skiff
was discovered to be filling rapidly
with water. The negroes, in cndeavor-
ing to make their escape capsized the
skiH, drowning William Morton, Joe
Kline and a negro girl named Philis.
The other member of the party "a negro
boy, succeeded in swimming ashore.
The bodies of the persons drowned had
not been recovered at last accounts.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29
SITUATION AT THE CAPITAL.


Patience and persistency being
clearly the strong point with the DEM
ocrats In their contest with the Kellogg
usurpation, we are pleased to find the
Democrats in the legislature nlanfully
maintaining their independence of the
manufactured General Assembly run
by Mr.. Kellogg. The Democrats, as
we learn, meet daily to discuss the sit
uation. Kellogg's two houses meet
daily also at the State House, go
through the prescribed preliminaries
and make feints of legislation, but do
really nothing in the way of practical
law-making. The so-called House is
evidently incapable of meeting the
objection that it is without a legal
quorum, and hence dilly-dallies from
day to day, deeply concerned with
Insignificant trifles. Privately, we
gather the information that the whole
concern is in the worst possible odor
with all the Republicans who claim
any responsibility, and it is evident
that Kellogg, himself, is in no placid
mood over the tloings of his Assembly.
Motions for adjournment sine die ha We
been freely offered, aud it is even more
significant Of the fraiI existence of his
two bodies that no bill for paying the
members has as yet been passed, which
hitherto has been one of the first bills
acted upon and approved. 1t is also
significant that the presence Of the alb
sent member is not sought by compul-
sion.
In this connection we desire to ex-
tend to the Conservative members of
the Legislature the approval of all the
good people in this end OF the State for
the firm stand they have manifested in
behalf of self.goverhment, aud to say
to them that their constituencies are
by no means weary OF the contest. We
all regard the present struggle as
worthy of great sacrifices. Men who
only in contempt and derision. AS the
crisis has been reached, so must our
manhood be- called into action.
There are great and vital principles
opinion is each day stronger in condem-
nation of the outrages inflicted upon
Louisiana and in sympathy for the
wrongs of her people. AS we look
back with sorrow over the dreary
waste Of the past nine years, during
which time we have passed through, as
a people, all the niseries and trials of Il
most corrupt government, so let us
nerve ourselves for the existing struggle
and determine that if we cannot sue
coed we will mt least preserve our honor,
anu perpetuate the glorious struggle,
begun in Louisiana, for the right of the
people to manage their local affairs and
for the preservation of the integrity OF
Il Union made up Ofn co-equal States
indissolubly bound together.
.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

The New Orleans Times has a spe-
cial Washington dispatch of the 25th
which states that the "President said
Saturday that if Congress did not, this
session, take some action in the Loui-
sinana matter, he would withdraw all
the troops in tho State next spring and
leave the Kellogg business to take care
of itself. His friends say that the gen.
cr:,I condemnation by the whole coun-
try Of his action recently has caused
this determination, and that the Cabi-
not will not sustain the keeping of un-
ttStIal forces in louisiana"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

Under the head of pins II paper re-
ports that 4 Connecticut mandatory
turned out 4,9l4 ,o0o, 900 of those useful
little articles last year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29

Chandler is beaten for the Senate from
Michigan. Chrystianey succeeds. He
is author of the cpigram, "polygamy
tho twin relic of barbarsm and slavery
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

Ifthere l. one thing more than an
other that Wirhita bs,asi- &c Ia a busi-
ness way, % 3. her larze aLd excel
lent hardware stores. Bat few. even
% the pretentious cities, can claim
more extensive or better assorted
stocks for retail trade, than viii Be
f0nud here. Not one OF those engaged
in this line bat has had wears Of ex-
perienee elsewhere. These firms are
all substantial aud doing a business
calculated 90 charm away ennui and
increase confidence la the future.
They all carry immense stocks % farm
implements, every paieut and machine
that i Of any reputation, can be
bought at any Of these establishments
a. cheap a. they can ia the retail
stores in the communities where they
are mauufa -tured- Particularly are
Shliehter 4 Russell prepared 20 meet
al the demands ofthc season for farm
machinery Of the best and most popu-
lar kinds. WEile on the subject Of
manufactured articles veuded By the
hardware dealers. ne wish % have ID
understood that not all tine stock %
this Kind j. bought in the east, NE
have our own manufactures some Of
which supply our dealers with brands
that are greatly in vogue among buy
er. as far as Texas, such for instance
are Mo-er's wagons; Forry's wagons.
I ploWs, etc A fun list Of our manu-
fsciure-, however, with the capital
employed, Is embraced under the prop
cr head.
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QUEENsWAEE

Among the above firms We pariicu-
lariEe such houses a. Thomas & CO.,
who have been doing an extensive
business Ia the way Of supplies for
Texas cattle camps in the season.
This j. one OF the oldest and most
substantial grocery firms in South
west Kansas. Triekey Bros. 4 Co,
arc one Of the heavy firms here. and
most extensively sought by the couu-
try trade. have = business constantly
on the increase AMI most dattcring in
the prospect, a. beyond a satisfactory
present. Caldwell & Ellsworth rank
among our leading grocery dealers.
but more especially do they triumph
In the queenswarc trade, though their
house i complete in is stock. Both
lines, will rank with the best retail
house. Of our river cities. Hes 4
GettoProbablv lead In the local trade.
they DO an extensive business aud arc
reputed !oT the variety and character
o. their fancy grocery STOCK. They
are strai- & forward accommodating.
business men We have then Murphy
A Reilly doing = wholesale and retail
trade. they stepped into the busir e.
formerly conducted By Todd 4 Rayal.
aud have besides the business Of this
old popular store. built for themselves
a satisfactory local trade, their busi-
ness j. winning it, way a. q faitering
rate. Both are tip O.? clever mrn,
and have about them the spirit that
must win. Jones Bros. % nicely Ga
here being ueighbOrs in trade a. well
- in feeling This firm are content
ed with q large local trade constantly
on the increase. bot fcW Cays that are
even Passable that will net find their
neat, handsome brick store room
crowded with customers. besides they .
DO a very nice little trade With towns .
south and west q ~.
Hobbs A West will also De found .
among the largest retail dealers Ia our I
city They are about equally divided .
between town and country trade. but .
DO enough Of both % keep then busy
az dzy. aud their delivery wagon al /.
Eays on the move. They have. Gu con-
luctiuu with groceries. = very large .
siock Of queeusUarC. which Is con
family being turned. thus alway. keep B.
ng them with the newest patterns ani
,iylcs On hand. Last among these
Ehom ne FaTiicuiarizc. becausc thev
Ire cur advertisers and help ~ % live
nd DO business here. ne name J. ".
Alien, lesst Oulg in stature, bat big
n soul. znd % generally liked and -
lrgely patrouired. Tor. his UiIing-
49, 10 -let live a. vel a. live hesiie- .
IL social.frauk nature. Johnny come . I
marching honIe several times . wear
RON the East % the West. grocery.
nth stunning bills q goods. lie aims
D keep the best and In quantities how I
rel be has succeeded, his iar-c ana ,
rowing trade l. The sarc guarantee
According % car tablcs. o. asu um-
cred. the hardware business falls
ghtiy int succes-ioH.im mrliafcly a.
r. groceries, a. shown under the ill-
wing bad:
.suuEsEE. Slows sSp sGr1currurar /,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

The first inquiry usually made IN the
letters Of such IS contemplate moving
west j., can We buy furniture out there
and IL - how much, AZ what prices,
the kinds, - Dc and fiuish. WeansWer
yes; furniture i sold cheaper here
than &c ran be bought Tor, outside the
siiies. anywhere west Of Pittsburgh.
Why sos Because nearly every article
Of furniture i now made Of walnut.
The Missouri bottoms are FUN Of Il,
while the eastern market = depleted.
LeavenWorth, -. Joe, Atchison and
Kansas City are In this timber, 50 10
speak. they have extensive furniture
manufactures, running steam turning
laihes, and ship 81 kinds Of furniture
unfinished TO the various towns In
kansas, where the finishing and CON-
pleiing j. done, the furniture thereby
not only being unmarried, hut ready
upon order 10 be either vanished or
oilcl, changed or added 90. We have
two excellent stores herc-tUO square.
clever
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

Ist.h u.sn.ss
The above recaptulaiion % compiled
tables show The aggregated capital in
vested IN the business Of our four year
old city. 20 be the handsome sum Of
q. al. So. with q business eggrsgating
over two millions Of dollars. The to-
tal value q our city property, personal
and real, for each year since our settle
ment. a. We take IL from tables fur
uishsd ~ by the county clerk, was a.
follows:
si - shS.ss sl IS ss -
In addition TO the above resume,
but coming more properly under the
head % institutions, q our
FUnLIc SCHOOLS,
a. present under the supervision Of a
thorough, efficient and experienced
principal, Prof b. {. Ward. The
school edifee J. a large modern strue-
tire capable q seating three hundred
pupils. Il Is graded from primary 70
high school and has been crowded for
over a year, beyond its capacity. To
meet the requirements Of a constantly
increasing attendance. smother tuild-
ing Was provided by the board Of edu-
eEtiOn, located on Douglas avenue.
this, too, has had a run beyond what
was expected, the whole going 20
prove that Wichita, among other
thing, needs either = larger school
building, or else ward school houses.
We viii say, IN apology for the imper-
Feet report Of our schools, that the
principal promised 20 hand rs a state
meat, winch has failed 20 reach us for
some reason
OuT report Wculd be more incom-
plete than IL i, dii NE fail 10 mention
the fact, that the necessities % a city
Of the second class, with al the travel,
10, from and through IL, aud . trade
reaching far over our rivers, would
require
hhibSEs
Not only 10 meet THIS trade and travel,
ont 10 aeoommodaie the people Of
town numbering
THiErN-FiNE HUNDRED INHAHIT-
ANS
ana next IN the number Of votes u
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

good. hsases that cannot be excel
led In ANY ID he inland cities Of the
United States. not ouly 90 far a. the
style and display are concerned, but
in the fallness and extcnt Of the stocks
carried. The following table viii con-
vey some idea Of this trade:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

The average attendance Of she above
churches, communicates and non ssul-
municants, averages per each Suudar.
from 30 to so persons
The lumber trade o. wichita. b.
reason Of it, rapid growth. and ,L-
settlement q the counties uest 49,
south, = necessary mach larger thaH
i usual in towns of twice our magni-
tude- Our lumber firms are oompo .
Of large capitalists, the principals g
several of them, residing IN eastern
cities. An idea can BE- formed q it,
character from the accompanying tasI-
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or course a. viii be observed from
the above table we have brcWeries and
therefore beer with which 10 wash
down our summer dryness, out Of
which Ia a sort OF double clog way
also springs a revenue for the city in the
way Of fines. a great deal Of beer j.
made here, aud q great deal consumed.
q il liked real well. and absorbed a.
fast a. It can be produced on the
painted boards" even in the raw. d
must be COED, a. over eight hundred
kegs a month Of Weigand's best moist
ened the public tonsil the past year /;
10 say uothiug Of over four hundred
kegs per month made At Emil WeT-
mere brewery, pronounced likewise
good, and drank without suspicion, a.
fast as It could get body. Prepara-
tions are being made this season b.
both these breWeFies, 10 increase the
supply a. the demand j. growing aud
the community becoming mad howl
ing dry, a. warm weather grove.
We have this information from obser-
walton, and not from experience. g.
would probably be well TO say.
AfteT consuming 50 much beer. ale
and soda water, il i but natural thai
we should have some estabIishnezt
where the necessary ingredients could
be procured TO tx the boys up again
for another tilt We have these places
in the shape Of four well appointed
handsomely arranged drug and pre-
scriPtion stores. All Carrying a. va
rious drug stocks, a. any Of the retail
drug houses OF western cities. Chas
W.Ililfs store i particularly desig-
mated a. tip top. lie not only know
how 20 win trade BY advertising bar
10 keep il by clever dealing. and excel
lent soda water. These stores are al
embraced ia this table:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

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s-.rssa leasIT - = - - =
- - ~ = 49,. - 49, g. 80 =
49, = - 80 80 - - = -
- 49,. = - - - -
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-04-01

nANks-
W. {. WooiHzri 4 sou-. .siss.go
Pr Naiional .-..........-.- iuuQqo
-art A. llnk- .-.--.. ------.--- laNlA4
Toial .--..-......------..-.-. 90
The First Arkansas Valley Bank,
W. c. woOdman 4 Son could more
properly be termed a real estate bank.
a. it, transactions are mostly in buy
ing aud selling. aud loaning money on
real estate. and the eEpital a. per table,
Is not the amoas.t Of actual banking
money, but the amount the institution
ha- the u-e Of, ia conducting it, loan
ing business. Its however, a bank Of
deposit and check. Its officers are W.
&. WO0dman, general manager, VIII.
WOodman. cashier, aud u. C. Mann,
book keeper.
The First National Bank a. the name
indicates, j. one ofthe legitimate bank
ing institutions Of the nation, control
led by act Of congress, it, circulating
medium furnished By congressional
law. The cuisines. Of the First Ma
tional ofthis city, presents lattering
exhibit. O. j. well Differed aud man
aged. Thr average deposits are Slf2,-
90 per auuum loans aud discounts.
$4,000, cal Ia vault $500; in adj
diiion TO $500 premiums. Cost of
bank building. Sll,OOO. Its officers
areJ e. Fraker. president; J. Y. Mead,
yice-pre-ident J. W. Eldridge. cash
Ter; T. C. Wright, boOS-keeper. The
First National Bank made $3.50 dis
tinct collections, last year. aggregatiHg
in money. SS55.29s The smallest coll
lection Wa SI.OJ the largest $1,000.
The Wichita Savings Bank Wa called
upon Tor a statement, but owing 10
the shortuess Of the notice, were una
bic to gather tue necessary statistics
for showing. Ia general il may be
said, however, that their business has
largely increased from last year, a.
their sworn sta'ements, published,
show. They enjoy the most perfect
confidence Of the people, and any aud
all legitimate banking business iu-
trusted % thea always meets with
the unqualified approval OF their pa
irons. The bank j. Offered ~ fol-
lows: EN-. Clark, Of Leaycnworth,
president: SOL Kohn, Of Wichita, vice
president: A. A. Hyde, Of Wichita,
cashier; brother Of A. A. Hyde, book
keeper.
One0fthe legitimate sources Of depos-
Il entering largely into the swelling pro
cess Of the business Of the foregoing
bank. l. our mammoth grocery trade.
This i the most extensive Of any one
branch Of business engaged here. some
idea Of Il may be formed by Perusing
the lowing table
GEOCEmEs-wuoLEsAL AND RETAIL. AND
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hrra1- L. hsrstr Eirsu ~ y 1lisr = - tlaFr
= 10y a9u1ltaslu1T1a - 1900 Laa1TT
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- - - HslEsN = 49, $3.50
49, - GlsTl n allnfT go anatrnrTa =
- 60 N1lr1H. Aaraaa. = arrf1rrIrrf = -
fsr nrraas.l a. - - 49, 49, - -
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l-rlH s-FTa 80 - esslIr11T lntan1 80 81 -
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Aaun u aaHaT ~ s1la1I 49, - - a1ala -
gage srlrrn ~ Frlrrsa e. nsr eala1s. -
= - u111a
No. 49, q lasal-F 80 $50 - -
- 49, - $3.50 = 49, usl.ia-s hEatasi
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Ta1rE n 80 rHlrrr = - $50. 49, - aH1Irr
e 80 49, - 49, - a=s.Fusast 81 1922 =
nHrrr
. 49, 49, - s.rsuuts - - -.
- ~ - RI - NrH n l. arn.1a. asrrHara
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a~rwrE Na11rH Mansss