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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02

There is now out an Indebtedness, in
warrants, against the parish of about $1,000.
Parish paper is selling at about 25 cents
discount.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE.
a neat Cottage residence, corner of Ca
1ypsa and Jackson streets, font on Jackson
i75 feet, running back 70 feet. Terms
reasonable. Applyto -
20tf. S. d. NfCEN cry.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS,


Il ;" ST. Ey
s. HOFFMAN e. CO.,
MONROE, LA,
Have lately opened, OH DeSiard Street,
opposite First Street, i'll Gerspaclls build
ing, and herewith inform tho public that
they will keep constantly on hand II we'll
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES,
AND HATS;
Also, good assortment Of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS;
All of which they offer at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES!
Persons from tho country will find it to
their interest to call and examine our stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
~" Highest cash prices paid for Cotton
and country produce OF every description.
s. HOFFMAN Il co.
Monroe, Jan. %, 1875.
NO STARVING!
Thero is no need for starving, AS long as
H. KINDERMA ANN,
On DeSiard street, has for sale plenty of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
Such as Al Coffee and Sugar;
Excellent Syrup and Molasses;
Splendid Cheese, Macaroni and
Vcrmicelli; New Buckwheat
Flour in any quantity; New
Sugar Cured Hams (first in
Market); Plenty of Eggs,
Spiced Pigs Feet, Oysters,
Sardines, Potted or Deviled
! Meats, HOLSTERS, Salmon and
Mushrooms; Assorted Canned
Fruits and Vegetables;
Potatoes and Onions;
Choice Carolina Rice;
White Beans and English
Peas Hominy and Grits;
| Cranberries, Raisins, Citron
! And Currants; Nice Jellies
And Preserves; Dried Figs;
| Crackers, Cream Biscuits and
Cracknels; Toys, Dolls and a
| Variety of nice and useful
| Ornaments !; Also, u
! Small Assortment of Crockery and
| Shelf-Hardware, such as is mostly
Needed for General Use.
Come and see for yourselves, hut do not
fail to bring along the ''spondulix," because
merchandise. Fair dealing and no humbug
| will be found by every one--man, woman
or child-in trading for cash at tho store OF
14:tf II. KINDERMANN.
K w. MEAAX's
PHOTOGRAPHIC & FINE ART GALLERY
Grand Street, Monroe, La.
Pictures taken in all the improved styles,
such as
Rembrandt, Mezzotints,
| Medallion, Porcelain,
Ferrotypes, Gems, &c.
Pictures taken in cloudy weather as we'll
viii keep constantly on hand a large as
! Sortmcnt of
| -11~ms, Syescoscopcs
| and Stercoscopic Vie.us
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05
Catching at straws.U

1t is an old saying that drowning men catch at
straps," and the editor of the Gazette affords a
striking illustration of its truth. In his last ISSUE
he says that Doctor Wilson, of Greenfield, In max
ing his report as chairman of the committee on
candidates, in the Republican Convention, "said
there was uacation in the Hamar township dele
CATION, and moved that the delegate from that
township be empowered to ill that Uacation."
We heard the Dr., and don't believe he used the
word vacation" instead of vacancy" but even if
he did, it was very small matter for criticism, and
only shows the editors disposition to "catch at
straws."
Again he says: "Pete Wickerham is disingenu-
Ous In repeating the announcements of two call
didates for sheriff, from this township, he called
one of them Douglass T. Glenn and the other Con-
stantine Arthur. There being no such man as
Douglass Z. Glenn, Constantine G. Glenn, who was
a candidate, was not hOnOred with single vote in
the convention RIO Sheriff. As we remarked before
Pete Wickerham is disengenuous.
This is exceedingly silly, even for the editor Of
the Gazette, who is not generally regarded as r.
val of Solomon in wisdom. Suppose Mr.. Wicker
ham did make mistake in announcing Mr.. Glenn 9
given name, what difference would 1t have made?
Docs any one suppose that Mr.. Glenns friends in
the Convention would have been misled by Ii?
They knew his name, If Mr.. Wickerham did not.
But we are satisfied Mr.. Wickerham did not make
the mistake attributed to him, as were sitting
by his side and would have noticed it If he had.
The editor of-thc Gazette was only "catching at
straysn again.
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p. u. earrum's Great TraV-
cling Worlds Fair and
Universal Exposition.

There are some propositions SO incontrOvertibly
established as to have long since passed beyond the
propriety Of discussion. For example, the world is
round body, and P. T. Barnum's Great Travelling
Worlds Fair, which is to exhibit at HiIlsbOro on
Thursday, the 18th inst. is incomparably the big
gest and best show in the world, neither of which
assertions any intelligent person dreams Of dsput-
ing. Among the masses the latter fact is as well if
not better known than the former, but 1t may not
be quite as generally understood that the great
American Monarch Of Marvel Land and NimrOd of
curiosity hunters, grows in ambition and enter
prise with the years, and Is constantly adding to
his vast moving collection of museum, mechanical.
automatic and animal marvels, living phenomena
and arenic novelties, till his representative exhib-
ton has grown to nearly three times its original
stupendous proportions, requires the services of
over thousand energetic men and superior horses,
and presents under Its of twenty center pole
canvases, thousands Of curiosites, fifteen hundred
superb animals, birds, reptiles, and amphibious
marine monsters, and two grand combined circus
companies of such pre-eminent artists as the great
Brazilian one four and seven horse bareback rider
Martinho Lowande; the lovely and daring equestri-
enne, Nine. Eliza DockriI; Tony, the child hero;
Luke Rivers, Nathalie Lowande, the Leslie Broth
ers, Mons R. Fl. Dockrin and VIM II. Porter, the
best of the big fools. Most great men are credited
with some remarkable '1ast words" as sort of
original bequest to surviving humanity, and when
Mr.. Barnum's turn comes-though may he live to
walk to his own funerall-to join that caravan to
which his friend Bryant refers, and the only one
more "innumerable" than his own, he viii un-
doubtedy gaze longingy afar toward Africas sands,
Arctic seas, Egyptian tombs, Indian iungles, and
European Art repositories, and repeat the watch
word of his Hfe-"Jfore Features" This is the
characteristic which imparts such value and ire
sistible interest to his great exhibition, and will
here, elsewhere, receive the tribute ofattendance
from everybody.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

The Prohibition State ticket that year had only
9votes in the county, in Fairfield and In jackson
so that the total vote was 6l95, with q RepublI-
can majority Of 1875.
The heavy vote of that year at the State election
was caused chiefly by the excitement of the Presi-
Dental contest, which always brings out much
larger vote than other years. 1t will be noticed by
the table given above that the vote Of both parties
fell off in the year next preceding and in the year
next following the Presidential elections of 1865 and
1872.
The next largest Republican vote to that of 1872
was in 1866. This was no doubt owing to the ex-
citement produced by the treachery OF Andrew
Johnson, and the desire of the Republicans to ad-
minister emphatic rebuke to his Southern policy
The large Republican falling off in 1861, and the
corresponding Democratic gain, were the result of
the Negro Suffrage plank in the Republican plat
form of that year, which threw the State into the
hands of the Democracy, and lost us the county by
a majority of T. though we had carried It the year
before by 3s4I
The full vote of the county at the present time is
no doubt several hundred larger than It was three
years ago, and is probably not less than $780, But
owing to the apathy and Indifference that have ex-
listed among the voters of both parties for the last
two or three years, we do not expect vote this
year of over $500, and it may not GO over 5000.
The total vote of last year was only 4,454-being
i,T39 less than that of 1871 This shows the effect
produced on both parties By the SALARY Grab the
"Credit Mobilier" exposures, &C., which disgusted
many of the voters with politics. especially the Re-
pubcans, and caused them to stay away from the
polls. Here as before stated is the true reason of
the Republicans losing the county last year. It is
evident that our defeat was ot.caused by Republ-
cans voting the Democratic ticket, for the Demo-
cratic vote not increased, but on the contrary
was reduced over 500 from the year before. 1t was
simply because 700 Republicans stayed at home,
while only 500 Democrats did the same thing.
One cause which will operate to bring out an IN
creased vote on both sides this year. is the large
number of county offices to be filed, which will
make the candidates and their friends active In
both parties. 1t will be noticed by the table of the
last ten years, that the vote in all the odd years.
1861 1862 1871 and 1873 larger than inhe inter-
vening years. except those of the Presidential
elections, 1858 and 1s79 The reason is that In our
county the most important county offices always
chosen in the odd years. and the Governor and Rep
resentatives are also elected In the same years.
The facts and figures we have given are worth
pondering, and may be of some use in making cal
culatons as to the result of the coming election.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

"The Republican nominations was set-up job
by a few wire-pullers. The delegates were mere
instruments in the hands of these wire-pullers.-
Gazette.
Nothing could be further from the truth than the
above reckless and unfounded assertion. We have
never seen a Convention in which there was less
devotion to the interests of individual candidates,
or anxiety to select the best mon for the vari-
GUS offices, without regard to personal preferences.
The proof of this is in the unusual excellence
of the ticket presented by the Convention, which
is admitted by candid Democrats as well as Repub-
licans.
On the contrary, the strong dissatisfaction open
Iy expressed by many prominent Democrats with
some of the nominations of their own party, is
pretty conclusive proof, that they were "a sot-up
job by few wire-pullers."
We are afraid Bro. Springer is "disingenuous."
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The Weather and Crops.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from this place, draws a correct though
gloomy picture of the condition of the weather
and crops in this vicinity at the time of writing,
July 99th. He Gays:
The situation In this section Of the State, owing
to the continued rains, is becoming serious. The
large majOrity of wheat (which was poor crop at
besl) 10 rottng In the shock, and of no value. The
hay crop, which is unprccedentcdy large, is rapidly
losing its value by becoming too ripe. and the con-
tinued wet weather renders II impossible to cure 1t.
Should wet weather contin for another week Ii
will be Of but little value. lac crop Of oats, which
was large, never looking finer than they did week
ago, are now over ripe. Hesvy rain and wind have
laid most fields fiat, and they are rOtting. Danger
of loss of large portion of the crop. Late pota-
toes are rotting badly, doubtless the result Of con-
timed rain. Corn on the low land Is an entire
failure; on the upland prospects OF a fine crop
were never better. Splendid opportunity for the
interpOsition of the power of prayer TO stay the
nocd. If the faithful will rally, stretch forth their
arms and stay the descending torrents, all doubts
of the efficacy of prayer will disappear and Tynda
will be forever silenced. E. ).
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

Tho editor of the Gazette says the Republican
county ticket was nominated by caucus. Hear
him:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05
IlIborough Highland
A caucus Ticket.O

Tho editor of the Gazette says the Republican
county ticket was nominated by a caucus. Hea,
him:
"Here was a feature Of the Convention that was
rather novel. On motion of Hon. David Barrett
before the Convention adjourned in the forenoon,
1t was agreed to hold consultation before pro
eeeding with its regular session in the afternoon.
This consultation was had according to the terms
of the resolution. 1t might be called caucus. 1t
was a caucus"
at might be called caucus," says the astute
editor-''it 'eGs a caucus" Calling 1t caucus evi-
IDENTIFY makes 1t a caucus-in his opinion. "Jimmy,
how many legs would COW have, calling its tail a
leg?" "Fivc, be Jabersl" "Arrah, ye fool wrid
Ealing Its tail leg make 1t so7" The truth is, the
Republicans did hold consultation before the
Convention, as was right and proper, for the
purpose of comparing opinions, a,certaining who
were candidates, and who would make the best
and strongest ticket. That was what the C0nven-
tion was called for, and 1t did its work well.
There's where the shoe pinches" the editor Of the
Gazette.
All the difference between the Republicans and
the Democrats, as regards "caucusing,r L, that
the delegates to the Republican CongsHtion d-ss
their "cancusing" in the Court House, While he
Democratic delegates did theirs at the hotels and
on the street-corners. The Republican ticket is
lust as much "caucus" ticket as the Democratic
and no more.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

ifPErERsoNs JOURNAL OF POPULAR LITERA-
ruRE.r-The new serial, "The Deserted Husband
lesds of the August number of this attractive mag
azine. And we see now that 1t is not to be merely
sensational story but that the great political and
religious questions which are connected with the
attitude assumed by the Roman Catholic Church
towards the State and the Schools and the Mar
riage Institution, arc also to be incidentally dis
cussed and Illustrated. One of the chapters in this
instalment, containing discussion between
leading American Statesman, a moderate Roman
Catholic Bishop and an ultramontane Jesuit Priest,
is very suggestive indeed. The Statesman says,
for instance:
ssThe Republic is based upon the grand idea Of q
common humanity and universal brotherhood It
is essential to its safety that its children should be
accustomed TO look upon each other as brethren
to act harmOniously together In their political, lit
erary social and benevolent societies as SO many
| Americans That they shall not be encouraged to
| group themselves eects, and thus Isolate them
selves from each other; but that they shall first Of
nil he A1ncTicqns-and after that, Roman Catholics,
| Methodists, Presbyterians, Jews, anc so on NOW
| the idea Of you Roman ecclesiasiic5 Is precisely
opposite. You desire to make e paraie can OF
vonr neoDle-to isoate them from the general body
of our citizens in separate schools, ana 80 eh IN all
the other associations of life. Even IN thelr hier-
ary and beneficial societies you ~, ~ an, man bv
your priesthood and that their minds may nave rs
little opportunity possible Of seeing thlngs by
any other light than that which shines through the
naipted windows of your own church soW,
continued the statesman Il will take the liberty OF
telling you frankly what THINK OF sls ~ y In In
son to the American idea. Il Is oisIegau Oh yIe.
solemn dnties to the state. 1t is accepting rights
and privileges. in order that ron may overthrow
! and destroy the Republic when nas generously
granted them II y0u cannot come INTO our grea.
family and be of the family-then you should DOT
come in at an 1t is dangerous to admit you al az
But we refer our readers to the story ITSELF which
we think they will find very attractive and sugses-
tive reading But, if they do not, there IS Mrs.
Fleming's deeply exciting story and also nuniOer
OF other stories, besides an amusing COLLECTION Oh
br,ef "GIeaninrs." Terms: $500 a Year. Two
copies $500 Postage Prepaid. Single numbers
% cents. Address II. PETERSON s. Co., 92o Wal
nut Street, Philadelphia.
rEWe viii send PetersOn's Journal and inc
News to any address, postpaid, one year for s4.2o
In advance.
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MAKE 1T PUBLIC.
Souru BosroN. Feb. Q. ISL

SOUTH BOSTON, tCD. y, IoiI
ii. Il. STEVENS ESQ.,:
Dear Sir-I have heard from very many sources
of the great success of VEGETINE in cases oi
Scrofua, rheumatism, Kidney Complaint, Catarrh
and other diseases of kindred nature. / make nc
hesitation in saving that ! kllOU VEgETINE TO be
the most reliable remedy for Catarrh and General
Debility.
My wife has been troubled with Catarrh for many
years, and at times very badly. She has thorough.
ly tried every supposed remedy that we could hcar
of, and with all this she has for several years been
gradually growing worse, and the discharge from
the head was excessive and very offensive.
She WAS in this condition when she commenced
to take VEGETINE; could that she was I'M
proving on the second bottle She continued taking
The VKGETINE until she had used from twelve tC
fifteen bottles. / am now happy in informing yoI
and the public (f you choose to make it public
that she is entirely cured and the VEGETINE &C
cOmplished the cure after nothing else would
Hence feel justified In saying that VEGETISE II
the most reliable remedy, and would advise nj suf
fering humanity to try it, for believe 1t to be
good, honest, vegetable medicine, and shall moi
hesitate to recommend it. am, &C, respectfully
L. c. CARDELL, Store 451 Broadway.
VEGETINE acts directly upon the causes of thes'
complaints 1t inyigorates and strengthens th'
whole systcm acts upon the secratve organs, allay
inflammation, cleanses and cures liberation, cure
constipation, and regulates the bowels.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

SPRINGFIELD & JACKSON n. G. r. R.-The Wa
verify Republican Indignantly denies the assertion
of the Chillicothe papers that the portion of the
Springfield & Jackson road between Jackson and
Washington C. Il. is to be abandoned on account OF
the high grades near Bainbridge. The Republican
says that Mr.. Agnew, the engineer of the road has
found route between Waverly and Bainbridge,
with grades not exceeding nfty feet, without mate
rally increasing the distance involving any very
heavy work. Mr.. Agnew expects to complete his
surveys by the middle of August, when a meeting
of the Directors viii be held at Bainbridge to de-
eide what further steps shall be taken. ~
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HiIIsbOro Prices Current.
Corrected Weekly by SCoTT & ROADS, Wholesal
and Retail Grocers and Produce Dealers,

For the Week ending TUESDAY, Aug. 3, 1878.
Owing TO the pressure upon our columns we omit
our usual market table this week. The quotations
to-day Tuesday for the leading articles of produce
are as follows:
Wheat-Old, 81 4oal 80; new, la1 25; Corn 7Oc;
Oats so; COrnmea, 75 Flour, buying, 81 so pr Dbl;
50 per cwt; selling at S and 81; Butter buying, Is
alec; Eggs 12c; Potatoes 3Oa4Oc.
The market is almost bare OF Flour and Wheat,
and further advance may be expected.
In Cincinnati yesterday, (Mouday) Wheat went
up 1Oc old Red closing at 81 4sa1 IS, new sla1 81
Flour advanced soc per bb on best grades, closing
Sc IS to 25 for winter family, superfne 25a5O
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05
Republican Cen. Committee
Meeting.

Let there be full attendance at the
Central Committee Meeting next Saturday.
Business of importance will come before
the meeting.
The following named persons have been
added to the Republican Central Committee
in their respective townships:
jackson Tp.-Thomas Webster, John A.
Long Hathaway Smart, Thomas Cooper.
Paint Tp.-J. w. Grim.
Liberty Tp.-LeviS Wright, John Hire,
Cyrus Newly.
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GAN candidates who did not meet the approba
ton Of this little caucus, (all the delegates did moi
participate In it, incontinently slaughtered
in the open Convention"
There are only two little misstatements in the
above. First, all the delegates who desired to dc
TO- did participate in the "caucus," as all were in
yited; and second, no candidates were either
selected or prescribed by the ''caucus, ,"-conse
quently none could have been Slaughtered in open
Convention Stick to the truth, Bro. Springer.
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Brown County News, 2lst The HillsbOr0 News
a red hot Republican paper, calls the greenback
money Sred dog, continental currency."-lHils-
boro Gazette
VIII the editor Of the Brown County News please
tell us when and where we ever called the ''green-
back" money ''red-dog, continental currency " We
have too much respect for ''greenbacks" to call
them any such thing, and as an evidence of the
fsct, we continue to receive them at par on sub
scriptiOn-
"Greenbacks" are good, and will be better before
long, If the Democracy don't succeed in issuing
too many of them. That would be emphatically
"too much Of good thing"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-08-05

THE CoLoRED PEOPLE of Highland and Clinton
counties celebrated Emancipation day, last Mon
day, by Picnic in Fraziers grove, near New vien-
ma. The rain in the afternoon drove them into
town, where they occupied Hall. Large numbers
were in attendance, and the affair passed off pleas
antly. Mr.. James A. Kilgore, of this place, was
present, and informs us that he poed all the voters
on the ground; and found them unanimous for the
Republican ticket.
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RAIN IN JULY.
NOTES.


July 2-Rain p. n.
3-Thunder and rain P. NJ.
4-Thunder and rain A. NJ. and =. NJ.
6-Thunder and rain Pm
7-SprinkIe of rain A. M.
10-Rain A. N. and p. N.
l3-Raln P. NJ.
14-Thunder and rain r. N.
15-Thunder and rain A. N. and Pm.
17-Thunder and rain A. NJ. and P. NJ.
1S-Thunder and rain A. M.
20-Some rain A. N. and P. N.
22-Rain A. N. and P. N.
25-Thunder and rain P. N.
96-Thunder and rain A. NJ. and P. n.
97-Thunder and rain p. NJ.
qs-Thunder and rain A. n. and P. N.
29-Thunder and rain P. NJ.
5O-Thunder and rain A. NJ. and P. N.
3l-Rain A. n.
JOS. Med. MATHEWS.
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1t VIII DO seen from the above table that the Re
puhlicans have carried the county years out of TO-
and the Democrats S.
The fuctuation in the vote of both parties from
year to year is remarkable. For instance, the Re
publican vote Of last year shows a falling off Of
$50 from the year 1873, and Of exactly 1000 from
1878. The Democratic vote of last yesr shows
faingof of sol from the year 1873 and Of r5s from
the year 1879. 1t thus appears that both parties
fell off largely in IA and'7s, but the Democrats sue
ceeded in bringing out their forces better than the
Republicans-the Democratic loss in "A being
about 200 less than the Republican loss, which ac-
counts for the Democratic majority last year.
The highest vote ever polled in the county was
that of 1879, when the vote stood as follows for
Secretary of STATE, in October: