The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-05-22
mo, 49,.

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1DEATn OF CHARLES. MORGAN !lN
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The ds ct Is q Chris efpFrlssI Morgan, at
the advanced age Of eighty-three,
took ,phAfia New. YprkBFsteFlsy.
1 With tut NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ting change, FOR thfthAs badseet his
Ehohse IN iordefs lie 'peacefjlg bassed
Through that tiansitieh by siiiclrthe
mortal patsfon i'm a1osaaltyasbissrd
Or the first eysafs of ettis century
Ehe left the neteasilhgsiof ugliasth,,
Comm, ana sgeiHs sogNsw Hosaaob-
I'taihed eh,pioymentii gfoceisedsA
few years afyefwaMihe sesapsfsssAe
samesline ofofl iihseiH, AID thaoueh
ftIe operations Observation-Disclosures
sagacfty ne asisyseasagsa' aud
Texpahtisa lisa -smaAs became
Pt6e1 ggreat steaihiash andfraslwsy pro-
pristSr whichahea WIS On Vie, isofaiHg
ftliat he dfed.Ii~ Hh'sssaahefs Ksysda.
Ways been 5f thslfrstsciass,, ahdhase
been managed With Zach 'ssgaesy,as
70 achieve q continuous iasaeeesses,
while rival enterprises were 1ihybl9ed
in failure, 3a1sagtstT s.lJ 10 ssaao
\ II was late in life when Mr. Nor
gan turned his attentiontos railways,
and His greatest achievement was
The purchase of the Texas Central
and sitsbco6neetingf brahchesl IBIS
Louisiana Texasareaa, sruRningufroh
this city TO Beewiek'siBay, wheredt
connects wftha4lis Texas steamers,
was invested with anew importance
as soon as he obtaihedadonsnlroeso
notwithstanding ysssmssof Elk
as, and lie at once determined toIet-
tend it to the Sabine, shronghmhich
| means'it would becbanesa grhntf trunk
line, insteatsaf a mere Supplemental
1 appeHdagsl itoas bis coastuSteamers.
This project has, iiowevck,s beearde-
layel for various reasons not. neces-
sary 10 be snumerated. here. *
!. Of late . Old lI', age has Jeeps teilifg
| rapidly on the once strong cohstith-
ton 81. Mr.. Morgan, and through
that mystical lore BY which coming
events, are ire foresiadowed, he saw the
necessity 81 = preparing for tie con
tinuance ofLis large business after
he had ashnflled off tll,et. mortal colt"
Thus he 50 arranged his affairs in
this State as 10 do = away VI 7 almost en-
1tirelys with the necessity 81 probate
proceedings, transferring his proper
" 6. q stock company Consisting Of
This heirs aud successors. To them
is entrusted tie business 81 Sc,ooimnaIe-
ing tie great railway aeehtefpffse
which MI. Morlg3aaaa 'iiaad sfasofydd DIP
81, ana that they VIII as u sefscsu-
ally i as certain ita Pas as any fusdfs event
can possibly 'bss.ss Indeed, tteifHfn
terests are are more directly sff,aehtTfted
with The trade 81 iris seetYoh shhn
that Of Iii. NIorGsa an vas, ahdssiiey
I are ar q certain to infdsse into TIE new
managsashs 4 !. s!g6f saeS aaP TIA,
wAieAsMss AZ possessed thirty years
! ago.aisil,!ags;A III saansaanSa no;s
4 Deceased vas possessed pfugrsat
suayitysof naBnesma loaadjudgment
d tenacity Of purpeses high .appyscia.
Itioa3 Of services, rendered and bnei
mess capacityiofs the highest, order
! |After,lifaI sftfal fever msy hiasiser
/ Oeepleasaat'~[ N, Ore Lem elisse
III gEiaA sTf1s;7,s-- So On .Tls7s syab
sIDEWARE, OF, CQUNTERFETTS-
It'd WE ARE THE ONLY AGfHUR-
lied AGENTS. FOR TIE Sllg0ER
NEW FAMIbY~N8WING MACHINE
! I'm THE sRA RISHES Oh RAPIpES,
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a 1T n9i fTr77sT; 49, =, .s.S7T 6aa
Is "A a SINGULAR case Of petrifactlpr
g has recently occurred in Waterford
lin. r, where a Mrs. George Gle,
!. died, and was buried FIVE, Years al I ag,
in the village. cemetery, Wien, re
y Gently, the grave was opened: it Va
: found that tie body has been trans
9, formed, intol adipoere, . asubstanc
! resembling apermacetti.l The per
9 son was as perfect as iaflife Of
J beautiful creamy whites and neearl
3 transparent. The phenomenon
y wholly unaccounted for itbeing SIT
}; posed that such 3petrifaction eanepr
q ~ occur in cases where bodies hav
!. long been immersed, lin water. IN