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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-02

MONROE FERRY.
FREE TRADE WITH MONROE!
The Board of Trade of Monroe inform the
public that, OH all persons and teams bring.
ing cotton to Monroe for sale and returning
FERRIAGE WILL BE FREE
at the Monroe Ferry. ANY other person,
crossing ut the Monroe Ferry, either on
foot, on horseback Or in a vehicle, who
amount from any member of the Board of
Trade, will have refunded to him by the
ferryman, through tho merchant from
whom the purchase is made, the amount
paid for ierriage in coming to Monroe and
will be given u free ticket for ferringe in
returning.
Monroe. La, Aug. p. ls75.-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-02
II p. SHELTON,

FIRE
LIFE IN SUR A NOE AGENCY,
MONROE, LA.
Office In Stubbs' building, opposite Court
House square. Aug. "a, 1877. 3m
NEW ALEXANDRIA RESTAURANT
Has been removed to the corner of st.
John and st. Ann street, in the rear OF Is.
Rills' book store, where 1 will be found at
all hours. ready to serve my old customers
and the public with the best that New Or
leans and This market can afford.
Oysters iu every style;
Fish, Grabs,
Shrimp, Game,
And everything else to be found in
FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT.
I will give my personal attention to all
who call upon me and guarantee tho best
attention.
G. G. ENSSMINGER.
Monroe, October 6. 1876.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-02
HALF RATFs FOR COTTON
.t FROM
RAYVILLE AND ALL PLACES WEST
OF 1T. IA 2 = ..-..s

Monroe. La, Dot. IL, 1876.
The undersigned members of the Monroe
Board of Trade, who purchase Cotton from
above points, will pay half the freight, he
seller paying the other half. Liberal
price paid for Cotton. Merchandise sold
as low for Cash as at any place in the
south. All are invited to try our market.
II. GERSON, =, MEYER
J.G. SANDERS, d, A. BREARD
ID. KING, $. MARK, j. BAER.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-02

~This is the captains own mistake.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-02

Ready made work kept ON hand; speci-
mems OF which may be seen by calling AT the
Factory. 10 will also carry on = general
iiiscksmiua shop, arranged to do all Kinds OF
6lacksInit aing. Terms reasonable.
April " 1869. mo- FIR. EN- DOM.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22
HUNTING CATTLE THIEVES.

| The Silver State of Thursday relates the
| following story Of cattle thief hunt:
This spring one hundred head of cattle
were stolen from the range near the Three
Forks of the OWyhee. They belonged to stock
men in Northern Humboldt, who did not no.
tice that their herds had been reduced by
theft until informed of the fact by a messen-
ger from Cornucopia The thieves drove the
cattle to Salmon river, 3 stream which empties
into Snake river in Eastern Idaho, and dis
posed of IS head of them to stockman named
Herrill for 81 900. After the consummation
of the sale, it was suspected that the sellers
were thieves and they were arrested, but
there being no proof of their guilt they were
discharged. A man from Cornucopia who
knew the brands informed the owners Of the
disposition made of them, and they started in
pursuit of the thieves. j. G. Brown, Of Ore
gon ranch, who was one of the pursuing party
informs us Of the particulars OF the chase.
He and John Vance went to Wells station on
the cars. There they took horses and started
to Salmon river, where they were informed
the thieves were stopping. They rode nearly
200 miles in three days and came upon the
thieves early in the morning as they were
leaving camp. Brown and Vance called upon
them to surrender, but this demand had the
opposite effect from what it was inteuded for
and only melted the thieves to spur their
horses into Lvelier run. Guns were then
brought into requisition and five shots were
fired at the runaways, who having the advan-
tage of fresh horses, were widening the dis
lance between them and their pursuers rap
idly. As far as is known nothing resulted
from the shooting except the killing of
horse which fell dead under its rider half
mile from the scene of the action, and after
the pursuers whose horses were tired out had
given up the chase All the stolen cattle
were recovered, but the thieves escaped.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22
A SAD STORY.

notice among the changes at the custom
house the removal of Sam. Sinclair. This is
indeed hard for this unfortunate man, and
his case viii awaken general sympathy
When the Tribune was struggling for exist
ence there could have been observed in its
office tall, pale-faced young man who had
hired to assist McElrath, the publisher, and
who answered to the name Of "Sam. He
was from Chatauqua county, and had all that
ingenious ambition which 50 often marks
rural youth. Sam became a favorite with
Greeley, and was gradually promoted until
he had salary which enabled him to save
money and become a stakeholder in the paper
Afterwards McElrath fell into a foolish spec
ulation and lost everything He left the Tri-
bune, and was succeeded by Streibigh, who
retired i'll a few years, and then this very
% Sam. (now Mr.. Sinclair) became publisher
of the journal in whose service he had enter
ed in boyhood. He had grown up with the
concern, knew all its eXIgencies, and had be-
come its chief stakeholder. He had married
Greeley's sister, and had bought fine farm
In fact, up to that time he was the most sue
cessful man (next to George jones' in Print
ing House Square. This grand prosperity,
however, was all lost by speculation, and the
slow earning of half a lifetime went up in
few wasteful months. Sinclair was, like Nc
Elrath, compelled to leave the Tribune, and
was reduced to such degree that he was glad
to obtain an appointment in the custom house
His salary of 81, 500 gave him a close living,
and now no is turned out upon the world. A
sad case indeed, but alas, how many sad cases
does one meet in the present depression. The
appeal to sympathy recalls the exclamation of
Goldsmith in the Citizen of the World: ''Why
was born man TO see the suherings can.
not relieve Why WAS this heart of mine
formed with so much sensibility, or why was
not my fortune adapted to its impulse? Ten.
derness, without the ability to relieve, only
makes more wretched than the object that
sues for assistance. N. Y. Cor Troy Times
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

Maker, he takes courage of his consequence,
struts in the face of patient Mother Nature
and marshals himself the way that he was
going Labor well and honestly; strive with
courage and hearty manfulness move on to-
ward some high object, never looking back,
and never folding the hands in weak idleness
and impotent despair; move in the courses
which Nature has always told US are the wisest
and the best, and let Providence wreak its
special kindnesses and bring its welcome acct
dents as it may. The hand was made for
toll ; the limbs were made for exercise the
brain was fashioned for thought; the senses
were given to us to be used in healthfu mod
Grafton the functions obey certain laws, and
fail of performance if those laws are unheed-
ed ; and we who depart from these laws and
lazily and DER fondly look to Providence for
relief deserve the many disappointment which
enter into our experience. Let each man do
his part bravely and honestly, observing the
plain laws of Natures statute book, ever
ready at hand and always Ineligible. The
Future will all too soon be the Past, and we
must recollect that
The moving finger writes, and having writ
Moves on; nor all your pety nor Wit
Can lure it back to cancel half line,
Nor all your tears wipe out word OF it."
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22
TROUBLE ON THE CALIFORNIA MEX
ICAN BORDER

By special TO last evenings Chronicle We
are informed as follows:
San Diego, July pa gang of Sonorian
horse thieves has been operating through the
eastern part OF the county, stealing stock all
the way from the mining town of Julian to
the Lower California line. Finally they took
horse from the school-house near Campo
on the 18th, when the older boys of the
school pursued and overlook two Mexicans
near the line next day. A fight ensued and
both thieves were killed. Two of the boys,
brothers, named Elliot, were wounded A
party went down from Campo to see about the
matter, when the Mexicans surrounded and
captured seventeen OF them, including some
of the best known citizens of that part of the
county-Deputy Sheriff Hensley among the
rest. The whole neighborhood is up in arms.
The Mexicans have got the arms of the sew
enteen Americans captured, besides their
own, and it is feared will prove to strong for
our people. Our men are concentrating on
this side of the line The Mexicans are led
by one DOWN., who heads bad crowd They
have arrested their own Alcalde and are
mere mob, and there is nothing official about
the arrest of our men. This trouble is mainly
owing to the fact that the soldiers recently
stationed here have been removed for service
in Idaho, and there is now no security along
the frontier
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

AS emotional a whopper as has been emit
ted in presence of the Sazerackers is thus re-
lated by the Reveille of Wednesday:
At the meeting of the Sazerac Lying Club
last evening, member took the floor and re-
lated how he once made an experiment in
Matching ducks by artificial means. Said he q:
"a friend of mine told me if | would put a
duck egg into bottle flied with water and
cork the bottle up tight and expose it to a
regular heat Of 100 degrees, Fahrenheit,
could hatch out duck in three weeks sure.
| tried it, l bought thermometer and kept
the heat at just the right point and in three
weeks opened the bottle" did the duck
hatch p asked the President NO" return
ed the member, but l had the stink inest
bottle in the United States. How did you
get the egg into the bottle ?" asked the in
quisitive member at this point ''Oh just
oiled it and pushed it in, - replied the narrat-
ing member. The question being put, the
lie was by unanimous vote declared fully up
to the clubs standard
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

AN OLD TIMER IN FIST FIGHr The
Elko Independent of Thursday relates the
following
While the train lay at the depot for break
fast yesterday morning, a discussion which
quickly attracted very general attention arose
between a couple of mining men, James
Morgan of Virginia City and Captain VIM
Williams, Superintendent at Tuscarora. The
parties were upon the platform near the train,
when after the exchange of a few words it
became apparent that their relations were not
amicable, for Immediately upon the Captain
suggesting that Morgan was prevaricator,
or words to that effect, the unpleasantness
took an active form, the latter producing an
argument from the shoulder which placed the
Captain at a decided disadvantage. The
demonstrations were pursued as far as the
billiard room Of the hotel, where the parties
separated, without any material damage hay
ing been sustained by the combatants The
case will have hearing before Judge Taylor
this morning.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

FAGARIEs OF THE BEECHER FAMLY.-The
remarkable speech lately made by Henry
Ward Beecher has called into rembrance
many curious incidents connected with that
singular family. Old Lyman Beecher, the
father, was formerly at the head of the Lane
Seminary at Cincinnati About 1880 it was
the leading college of the West. In 1884 he
was tried for unsoundness of faith. May 10,
1874, he says "The trial exhibited IS mag
nigcent an instance as was ever on record Of
the ingenuity of an honest man making il
appear that he believed in things which he
not only did not believe in, but revolted
against from the hair on the top of his head to
the soles of his feet" Others call such trans
actions by other names, but the son speaks of
it as ingenuity. But call it what you viii it
never lasts. There were many wealthy
Southern students under his charge, and
there were also number of poor boys who
were Ab0litionists. They had not this
ingenuity, and would not learn it, Old Father
Beecher censured them and they quit him
They said he had no genuine principle These
students founded Oberlin College Lane
Seminary went to the dogs, and now, or a
few years ago, whiskey shop. Old Beecher
spent his last days with his son Henry, and
was little known.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

THEY are to have signal service station
at the metropolis OF London.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22
ISFALLIBLE VERMIS ExTERMINAroR. -

ISFALLIBLE VERMIS EXTERMINAToR. The
Arnador Ledger says: George White of Jack
son, has planted about two acres in a shrub
called ''horsinich," which possesses remarka-
die properties for destroying vermiq, such as
bedbugs, feas, etc. The seed was imported
two years ago from his native country, Slave
MIA, where the usefulness of the plant in get
ting rid of vermin has been recognized for
many years The plant thrives here, being
adapted to rocky highlands, but will not re
tain its poisonous properties in rich bottom
soil The flowers, which are yellow, resem-
bling the sun flower, only much smaller, are
gathered when in full bloom, thoroughly
dried in the sun, and then ground to a fine
powder. This powder sprinkled over places
infested with vermin, viii dispose of them in
a very short time Even the straw placed on
the bed or under the mattress viii cause the
pests to disappear. Notwithstanding its fatal
effect on vernin, it is perfectly harmless to
man. 1t has a bitter taste, and possesses val
liable medicinal properties, There are no
other plants of the kind growing in the State,
and probably not in the Union. Mr. White
and several others around here have tested
the powder, and pronounce it a decided sue
cess. He is going TO cultivate ten acres,
from which he expects TO derive an ample
revenue. He has already sold $1,000 worth
in Stockton and other places 1t is inyalu-
able TO hotel keepers and dry goods mer-
chants. Ground squirrels are also poisoned
by it. A small quantity was sprinkled around
some holes on a ranch near by, and in q few
days after the boy found half dozen dead
squirrels
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

An old offender is Ed. Price. The Silver
State of Thursday alludes to him as follows:
Captain Burke of the Railroad Detectives
received dispatch from Bakersfield, Califor-
MIA, informing him that Ed. Price, the Hum
boldt pirate, who turned States evidence and
testified against his fellow thieves, was an old
offender, and had been run out Of that town
by / vigilance committee.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

Washington, July 2l.-General Mcdowell
transmits telegram from Addict Camp
Lieutenant Keller, in which he says: "Vol-
unteers of the character and status of those
operating with General Howard would be
worse than useless. If you had been here
during their operations | am sure you would
discourage the use of volunteers in any
emergency"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-22

AUSTIN is afflicted with grasshoppers and
wild Missourians
THE readers of the Reveille are lu1urating
on new potatoes raised in Smokey Valley.
, 1877-09-01

Main street tot,ay tcttifr Rents hare fallen
hl1 =" as I" mt Iuy+ pcr cent on the caDjtal In.
ff65ett: While tn0sc who were unfortunate
enough to mortgage II lssst In rebuilding have
ha;l fhctf property nearly eaten up by The inter-
est. anh A large an,o:;n. Ds prnpCrty mist soof
pass into the hands Of persons holding such
mortgages.
This 10 fr1ie picture OF what the once most
stirring city in Wisconsin IL to-day, and for II the
GitiLen6 themselves are to blame No CITY In the
Wcse bad better natufal advantages 10 start with,
which, were thcv assisted by Individual
enterprise. would hare put her OF, permanent
and prosperous basis. hut the capitalists Of
Oshkosll are, for the most part, men who came
here poor, and have. by the Titt, natural re-
SOURCES of the country, hec0ne unex xpeckc1liy
wcalthy,-not oJ reason Of their enterprise, III.
telli0cnce, OF business tact. They arc entirely
different from the men of wealth sud :ummer-
cial activity who are 10 be found IN every hour.
ish!ng Western rtty, and they canuot comprc.
bend II hat ttcnct would accrue To tlIc rity from
falLra&ls ai,l manufactures. As q result, facto-
RES which would have given employment to large
numbers OF men have gone elsewhere for want
cl encouragement. anl the ctty IL cut o!F frou,
sailfoaQ connection With tue country round
About. What the city iacks Is e,trrptis,ng
nsen.-n.cn ~hn hare furcAt9ht and Intelligence
enouEh to see that ihe failure of one Industry
necessltatcs the establishment OF some other In
ofdeF TO perFetIate her growth, and not men
VINO. after exhaustln9 tbs city resources In en-.
richth1 themselves. would, out Of fear Of tllc
extra tax they would be aubIccieu to, pursue
the suicidal policy Of refusing ~ assist any rt~
serprt4e LOT tho welfare Of ! city that has doue
10 much tor them. T. c. L.
, 1877-09-01

iln,shsi IL paplle work. (wasrs aTs those o,,
w. Wyrks' ~, a,,1 whsru II t'.c moacy tn
tu look th.s cln,grat.on elephant square In tllr
lac. LIT partlrs CONSIDER tue risk tlley run In
th* suggestion. lest they .n!l themselves forrc.i
tv UP deeper into thrtr pockets FOR their relicf
ilan they hayr vet dong. spccutators have
already started III, md advertise auds for this
charitable uG}est. They caru nothing fur the
ptor, R'sd 1Huybo thcsc very Innls 1rs boys, or
eougls, ur Low ianus Tt fur ,,allRht but to allure
tfc t,our tis Into thu spldrr's wcb.
AnotilcF cyIt, more turlntlahlc t!laM the rcst,
10 tue Imposition prncttcetl aftcn by il.esc same
l'nrtscs sceking help. LIT alt Remember tic
chte1.go 'ste, a.il beware Of tnipositiou. There
WI bc saany wl.o will avu,l' themselves VI
work. They Will, II tboy are helped olf
t" eon,e other quarter OF tue glubc,
return asa'l' to seek help FROM the same gencr-
GUS soutrr, Of 1ullow house.brcak!ug a,i. any
iila'ly lint there are very lew iu prouorliun Ut
the 1at,OrDg clpss wllo really suffer for tlc nee
esasFich Ut LIE. T!lry aru actually no wursc on
t!au hundreds OF tilose io within they look tus
l.ctp. They cant Get the luxurirS Of le, "a they
Gid olsc md lavc 70 eeonun'l.e very elo.cy to
lsc Ut MIl. wou!a rccuuImend PARTIES, II they
lIasc any curiosity, IL ascertain ttlc stanltug OF
thc ,l,ost oi faull'ies regarding tllotr means OF
living, u.ia they would suon learn thu. thoau
they Guow there IL no alternative but tv
do the best they Gun aud 10 pa,fe,,t
sar. ~! x,tsr 6ta. n t'ms.: ,s True, ,,,sy may
rcas, but this, tnsteua OF helping thst,, Il u
Iuurue al ta1attuu that involves MI they bsIng
ltl. II IL tut those who eonlpiain aul grumtle
tAat aIs the worst Cd. sutne xro always lung.
lninE that u they were lls surA zhd sucIl mans
condlt,uh. they would be satlsnrt; but,
vi lhe contrary. they would hs no bettur
pleased.
Twas III tue Benevolent Association for years,
aud found 1t wAs a!ntAt tInlussinlu tu tell
chan9e.l, When prtde % indc.eudcpre doe. not
exist, but ilninltncr and greed imatead. Ope
uay iook out les, hs he tm0osst upon.
sty plan tu ret thu IA'or through tbs w.utes
tarncrs, w!so n.ay po.stuly .nll little below
the nlarket pI!cs to hplp the poor. Coal Il
cheap, afd might be bought bcl1w the market
pstse. ltxnts xte cheap: rent lasve building Or
out hon'e E's PLACED here, and ken. wtlle they
auythtns slsu Which sau 10 louuu
!uf tiem to. dt+ Thi4 plan viii
VIZ! nol, aud l., them suffer /! thes win nut.
alxuy lAintllGs wilu hayr nu lnau 4Aye little
jobs nroumi the house Tor Il mAu; let any ono
who lla* these tlttls JULY 10 do syply to tao
70, AoI4* oi ths GSod " al saa.rttan' Include 9ny
culnpusIuE thu aid Of tic Young Msn's
Chsislian Association. A1moat every ona keep
tux houac caA stlart soluelAtNK tuwatd = barc
Furnishing ol this !lousc ol tie uooa S4mar.
itun.
thlnk my plan can easily bc accomplished,
and tiue given through she winter to help aIf
parties to weigh we'll tue best plan tu pursue,
provided tleto are IL The spriax poos TO- bs
prosperity viii a1alu dawn upon our lau1.
aud thgh perhaps We won't haye more laborrrs
, 1877-09-01

<HN war tfN&{Ee.
A German pat,tr giyes sUlue details OF tue ex.
traordtnary development vi tho breeding ailI
trimming ut carrlvt-p,geu1ls III Germany slllcc the
late wat. DuriuE The Siege oi Paris. as IL well
kNownt pigeons u1forle;l the only nsca!s pf
communication between the outside w,,rld mud
tkc Inhabitants Vi the beteaGured clly. III order
that s'us!lar messengers ultGht bc available in
TIC huuref need plleoittloutes were established,
utter ihc eonelastun Of the war, In most ol thu
larger Eurrsun tuwns VI North mud South Ger.
t,IaEy. and now pfgcon-Gytng IL rapidly brcone
fayurite I,asttnse n.ll sport throughout tho
tOuutry. Ihc increl,el attention thus Eiyell to
tic subject hAs resulted tu the observation Ut
many lecultarittes III the birds. Career.pigeons
Ut guod bteell, It IL noticed. although they n,ay
by started fn cotApally and bound for the same
tlaee. ny quite Independently VI one another.
Each one selects Its OWN euufse, su1iie taking d
higher, nt'sers lower tliglt, .nd speeds ou its
Way VII tIat taking my Lecl Ut IT, nrlghbors.
The osrIt III l.lct, bceln ~ knuH that taey Lrc
railing. md cach unc txerts itself tu the utt,lust
to arrive Iirss Ut thu goal. III the ,lrlvh-
bortH,od VI every pigeou-house there arr always
tertasli places, trees, ctc., which are usually
tayor1tc resorts Of thu htr!s, but when cu;,,lp;r
in In racr the well.brcd pigeon ncyer stops fof
moment at any Of tuese haunts, but flea
ssralEit tu l!s owil particular house, frequently
arriving there IN 50 exhausted d stute al to be
nHiblr even to cit the loud 1t il must fond Of.
blr'ls which aru sitting, or whiet !,aye lately
l1asched vunrst aFe generally takrn II pscfcr-
ence to othcTs ,or racing; but INSTANCES have
, 1877-09-01
NATIONAL. BANK CURRENCY,

10 the EIt0r 1f TIE Tribune
PKlNcRToH, ILL.,. Aug. a5.-1n your editorial
headed +The National Dunk Circulation" Of
issue Of Cd inst., you very justly state thut
"thcrc ts widespread popular prejudice
against the Issue Ut currency by the National
Banks" 1t sccms to mic tint In utsposing OF
objections to such issuea y4,u unlit ono which is
frequently urged and which would like to see
disposal of. It Is this: lhat such issues u.c
lfab!o t0 sudden 0uctnntions lu r0lume tlist tho
value Of all commodities IL affected hy aucl,
fluctuations, that low PERSONS control these
Hurt untlons.
We lave lad p1cntyof articles speaking OF the
evils of a currency which fuct1,atcs In value.
Let Us hare agood thoughtful ono about iluetu-
rcncy cxpands tho value of ali commodities,
yon tell u; and, on tile other haol, contracted
volume Ut currency contructs the vRlue OF all
commodities. IIa!Ice, the volume Ut the cur
rcncr measures values. An honest and nood
tSsn stSss5s'y p S not auesnqiS ss,x Ia y"uns:
ever eseS yet had ~ a. ei stn6ie cussea.y, 1unt,y
hence 1t foilowa that NO civilized country eyer
lal d Just que. Violent fluctuations 1u thu
volume oE cllrruncy ought tu produce sudden
changes In the fortunes of incl. Some peuple
cont end that such has been tho easr. unI tint
tho CHANGES have been most UNJUST whether
from poverty to wealth or FROM wealth tu poy.
crty--where It was wholly attributable TO i'1e-
tuatfng r,lrrcueies.
II ali this be true. how uuwlsc and unjust It
must bt tof tho Government to ETnnt sugl
power for good Or evil over the fortunes vi men
to q few iud[v!dnals, and to place uo safeguards
whatever to sevurc tue wise aud behr!icent ex-
erytsc Of sueh gigantic power. But SUPPOSE it
Ia not all true. And this will bring you back
to more careful examination OF the premise
that "Me v<3"n,e ef earrencn sneatarts ealats."
Conai1er this very carefully, for Oh this hinges
the wllo!t question Of currency, Do you W