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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-07-12
JEW ALEXANDRA REsTAURANr

NEW ALEXANDRA RESTAURANT
Has been removed to the corner Of st.
John and st. Ann street. In the rear Of b.
Hli s! book store. where WIN 30 foHnd se
and tho public with the best that Now Or
leans and this market can afford.
Oysters In every style,
Fish, Crabs,
shrimp, Game,
And everything else 20 b found In
FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT.
I will give my personal attention 20 all
who Gall upon me and guarantee tho best
Il - 80 q. 9. ENSSMIN0ER.
Monroe. October 9. 1877.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-07-12

Freight and passengers registered at the
Office at the Monroe House.
]. ID. EMERSON, :
Aug. "a, 1877. Superintendent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-07-12

nR. s. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
IL offers his professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Office at residence on Jackson street, near
y7-mar16:1y
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03

Ameer having received a Russian represent
alive with great favor, while at the same
time refusing British Mission entrance to
his dominions. Russian influence at Cabul
is believed to be responsible for this indig-
nifty to Britain's representative, and 1t is not
unlikely that very serious complications may
result therefrom.
DIR. August Heinrich Petermann, the well
known German geographer, died from ap-
oplexy on the 26th.
Gen. Phillippovich officially reports that
the Bosnian revolt has been effectually sup
pressed and that the main portion of the
Austrian army can be withdrawn by the
end OF the present month. Gen. Jovano-
vich telegraphs that after five days violent
bombardmeDt, KlObsxk, the last refuge of
the Herzegoyinian Insurgents, had sur
rendered, having made a brave defense.
The destruction Of the fortified rock was
Immediately commenced. The Austrian
loss was thrilling.
War talk again prevails in consequence
Of Gen. Trevino approaching the Rio Grande
with y 900 men from Central Mexico. 1t is
thought that Trevino is aiming at the Presi-
dency of Mexico, and may take decided
steps to gain popularity with the Mexican
masses, who deeply hate Americans.
Telegraphic dispatches from India leave
! little room for hope that the Afghan diff
Guilty will be arranged peacefully. The
/ Government is fastening ON military prepa-
ratiOns, and troops are being collected from
all sides and sent to various points on the
northwest frontier of India.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
HumOrs of the Law.

Persons who are unfamiliar with court
proceedings are often surprised and per-
picked at the number of objections that
are made to questions asked witnesses.
Quite an amusing incident in this con-
nection occurred in the Seventh District
Court in this State. A trial for murder
was progressing. A witness was testi-
flying that on the morning after the muir
der he met the defendant at breakfast,
and the latter "called the waiter, and
said -" Hold on!" exclaimed the at
torney for the defense, 81 object to
what he said.'' Then followed a legal
argument of about an hour and a half
on the objection, which was finally
overruled, and the Court decided that
the witness might state what was said.
Well, 60 on and state what was said
to the waiter" remarked the District
Attorney, flushed with his legal victory.
Well, >" replied the witness, "he said,
Bring me rare beefsteak and couple
of soft-boiled eggs" "
In one of our courts little while ago
an old lady was being examined as a
witness. To almost every question ask
ed, the counsel on the other side would
jump up and say, ''I object as irrele-
want, immaterial and Incompetent. "
This appeared to annoy the old lady,
who seemed inclined to make personal
matter of it. Finally the interrogatory
was put, 20 Did you see those men in that
field on that dayP'' "Maybe what l
saw wouldn't be evidence, /" was her
answer, " because saw them through
glasses. am old and wear spectacles."
Los angeles Herald. -rn.. 'aitr.r -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
WOmen's Treatment of Women.


There is a general sentiment that
women do not stand by each other, as
men do by men; that we are envious,
narrow and small, where our sex is con-
cerned; that the greatest obstacles pro-
fessional women have to overcome are
the prejudices of women themselves;
that if a woman commits q fault,
nobody is so quick and ready to heap
opprobrium upon her as another woman.
All this is, to certain extent, unhappi-
ly true; but it is by no means generally
true. The fashion of women sneering
at women is passing into disrepute; so
that nowadays, no woman who expects
to pass as well bred lady is guilty of
the bad taste of speaking disparagingly
or shghtingly of her own sex. Now and
then one does it, thinking thereby that
she wins the esteem of men by so doing.
She can make no greater mistake. Men
admire large-mindedness and large
heartedness in women, quite as much as
women admire those qualities in men.
The more strongly and loyalty women
stand by one another, the more respect
fully they treat and speak of one another,
the more women honor women, have
faith in women, the better for us, the
more credit to US. We can not expect
men to honor and revere us, unless we
ourselves honor and revere our own,
sex.-Mary a. E. Wager Fisher, in Sum
dGU afternoon for OciOteT.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
The Silent Stranger.

A stranger sat in the corner of the
car hence to New York, in an easy atti-
tude, his feet upon large black trunk.
The gentlemanly conductor, going his
rounds, at the first station politely in
formed the stranger that the trunk must
be put in the baggage-car. To which
the stranger nothing replied. At the
second station the displeased conductor,
more decidedly, told the stranger that
he must put the trunk in the baggage
car. To which the stranger nothing re-
piled. At the third station the vexed
conductor more imperatively told the
stranger that he must put the trunk in
the baggage-car or it would be put off
the train. To which the stranger moth
ing replied. At the fourth station the
irate conductor had the trunk put off
and left. At the fifth station the molli-
fed conductor, addressing the stranger,
begged him TO remember that he but
done what his duty required, and that
he had only done it after repeated warn
ings, and that it was solely the strangers
fault. To which the stranger laconical-
ly replied: Don't care; faint my
trunk i''-B0St0n Courier.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
The Study of Common Things.

Speaking of the grievous neglect OF
attention to common things and COM
mon employments as means of educa-
ton, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
sensibly remarks that cit is in the
study of common things, that are so
plentiful all around us, but so little I'M
derstood, that an education may be
gained of which at present we have only
begun to conceive. Schools are nrmer-
Gus, books are abundant, every child is
now made master of the elements OF
learning, yet there is q lack of practical
education; the effects of the school are
apt to fade away on the farm and in the
factory, and a separation, if not an an
tagohism, often takes place between
study and daily life. We need
bridge which will carry the scholar
with bis hs bits of study and inquiry
safely into the life of profitable labor,
without obligiug him to drop what he
has taken so much pains to gain. Such
a bridge may be found in the study OF
common things. Ordinary life pur-
suits furnish abundant material for
such study. Every object we see
or handle in everyday life has
q history well WOIlH peIuolnS' NOH
position well worth analysing, future
we'll worth conjecturing. However
common it may be, it has that in it, and
about it, which will forever prevent 1t
from being commonplace. Every en-
ployment we engage in, however
mechanical or Insignificant it may
seem, will escape from all such odium
if it is pursued with an active brain as
well as busy hand-if its resources are
examined, its history studied, its meth
DDS compared, its best purposes follow
ed. Such education will make labor far
more valuable by introducing into it
the element of thought; it will increase
the power of observation, and stimulate
the curiosity, which is the germ OF
knowledge; it will invest the world of
common things with richer meaning
and keener flavor; and, best of all, 1t
will give continual occupation to those
higher faculties of man which are apt
to rust in the tame routine of every day
life, when not thus lifted out of the re-
gion of commonplace"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
Abe Lincoln on His Muscle.

Few were aware of the physical
strength possessed by Mr.. Lincoln. In
muscular power he was one in u thou
sand. One morning while we were sit
ting on deck he saw an AK in a socket
on the bulwaIks, and taking it up, held
it at arms length at the extremity of
the helve with his thumb and foreinger,
continuing to hold it there for number
of minutes. The most powerful sailors
on board tried in vain to initiate him.
Mr.. Lincoln said he could do this when
he wasSeighteen years of age, and had
never seen day since that time when
he could not 1t occurred to me, when
reading the details of the plot that ter
minated in the death of the President,
that his abduction, which was at one
time proposed by the cOnspirators,
would have resulted very disastrously
to those who should have the temerity
to undertake it. The plan proposed was
to waylay the President at night during
one of his frequent visits to the War De-
partment, where he was in the habit of
going to read the Geographic dipatches
during the time of important military
movements, and where he would often
remain until very late hour, returning
alone through the grounds of the White
House. A half-dOzen men were to seize
and carry him off, but had they attempt
ed it they would probably have found
that they had met their match, for he
had the strenth of giant. Judge SWEET
of Chicago, who was an intimate friend
of his, says that he has seen him dash
into a crowd where two powerful men
were fighting. and, taking each by the
collar, hold them out at arms length in
the most helpless and ridiculous posi-
tion.-Gen. Kseie, IN Scrtbner for Oc-
O. Der.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03


o. Campbell, a telegraph operator, was kill
ed. The treasure taken comprised So, 900
in gold bullion, some gold, jewelry and 9TH
er valuables. Two of the robbers were
wounded in the Fight.
Miss Emily Moeller, an old and highly es-
teemed nurse at the st. Louis Female Hos
pital, administered to Miss Alice Wood, a
patient, fatal dose Of a solution Of corrO-
siye sublimate by mistake for sulphate Of
maguesia, or salts. Miss Wood died from
the effects Of the poison, and Miss MoeIler
was so overcome by the tragic result Of her
carelessness that she poisoned herself with
carbolic acid.
Lieut.. Col. w. Fl. Lewis, 10Th Infantry,
was fatally wounded on the 2Sth in an en-
gagement with the Indians south Of Fort
Wallace, Kansas, and died while being con-
veyed TO the Fort. Three soldiers were also
wounded in the fight.
The Nebraska Democratic State Conven-
ton, held on the 2sth, was controlled in the
interests Of the Greenback elenent, against
the most determined opposition Of the hard
money men. J. r. Webster was nominated
for Governor aud J. W. Davis for Congress,
the latter being the nominee OF the Green
back Convention.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
Foreign Notes.


The Duchess of Edinburg's baby is
Queen Victoria's twenty-sixth grand
child. ..' tf. -.
Madame Adelina Patti has pur-
chased Graig-y-nos Castle at Ystradyn-
glais, in the southern part of Wales
-" Lord Bragg is the expressive IT,
tie by which Gambetta and his follow
ers in France distinguish Lord Beacons-
field.
-Clotilde Kleeberg, the 12-year old
pianiste, though the youngest of 81 COM
petitors, carried off the 5000 franc
prize at the Paris Conservatory recently.
Mime. Quentin-Proffit, matrimoni-
al agent in Paris, lately sued Prince and
Princess Galitzen for 5000 francs, for
trying to make match for their son and
failing.
The ak with which Nobling was be.
headed has been laid away in the muse
UNI at Berlin with plate recording the
circumstances of the crime in which it
served as an instrument of expiration.
"A Russian Grand Duke recently
said to q distinguished French lady that
the royal family of Russia might before
long become refugees in Europe, the
men of his country having been taken
for war purposes from the land which
now refuses to supply the people with
food, and social revolution being immi-
nent.
One hundred thousand francs hav-
ing been voted by the French Chamber
Negislature) for visits to the present
Worlds Fair, by teachers of elementary
schools in France, two parties OF them
of about $50 each made short stay in
Paris recently, inspecting every thing of
interest, and attending special lectures
at the Sorbonne university of Paris).
Visitors to Paris who have not seen
the city since the Exhibition of 1867 are
struck by the sense of personal freedom
which is now experienced. Soldiers are
hardly to be seen; even policemen are
few and far between; and though they
are still required to give up their walk
ing-sticks and umbrellas at the doors of
some places-as, for instance, the In
valides-where no mischief could posi-
bly, be apprehended from their retain
ing them, they are not subjected to this
annoyance at the Louvre and other mu-
seums.
The big picture of the Berlin Con-
gress by Director Werner, painted to
The order of the City of Berlin, is under
way. The artist took separate sketches
in water color OF all the members OF the
Congress, and that of Lord Beacons-
field is among the best. In the picture
he is to be represented standing at the
upper end of the Congress table, lean
ing over the chair of Prince Gortscha-
koff, and laughing in friendly way
with that celebrity. Prince Bismarck
stands firmly planted beside them, and
Counts Andrassy and Schouvalotf are
depicted advancing to shake hands.
The picture promises to be of interest
and excellence.
Mr.. Bates, partner in Barring
Brothers, founder of the public library
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
Odds and Ends


The man in the moon spends one of
his quarters on horns.
-Parlor matches don't go off any
better, though they make more fuss,
than those made over the front gate.
A man in Western Iowa, who is a
candidate for three offices, has invented
a method of shaking hands by postal
card.-Hdtckeye.
Twenty button kid gloves
reach clear over the shoulder and button
down the back.-BoStoB Post.
The English language is inadequate
to express the forlorn feelings of the boy
who thinks he has stolen dime novel,
and finds it to be cook book.
The spirit of emulation in funerals
is in strict obedience to public sentiment.
Coming from the burial of friend, a
Danbury young woman said to her
mother: ''Did you ever see such a cheap
looking corpse? "-Dunb1ry News.
A Winona County farmer went on
big drunk while his neighbors sowed
their wheat, and has just got around to
harvest big crop that escaped the bad
weather. There is no moral attached to
a COMPOUNDED incident like this.-Stitt-
,oatcY Lstmbernlan.
Little Lizzie Edwards, the 3-year-
old daughter of Mr.. Edwards of this
office, was baptized the other day. Yes
terday visitor was asking the young
lady for particulars of the ceremony.
(" Oh, it wasn't much,'' replied Lizzie /;
ga man Just came and advertised me. -"
Reno (NeU.) Gazette. t.i"
"A young fellow in San Francisco
suddenly snatched kiss from lady
friend, and excused himself by saying it
was sort of temporary insanity that
now and then came upon him. When
he arose to take his leave the plying
damsel said to him: g If you ever feel
any more such fits coming on, you had
better come right here, where your in
trinity is known, and we will take care
of you" 4 '
=" P'raps a wife who can jump out
of bed at midnight and run down stairs
and mix mustard-plaster in the dark.
or knock an old barrel to pieces and
cook dinner for 10 country relatives, at
20 minutes notice, hain't of no account
in this world, but I've got just an hour
and half to argy that point with some
human hyena. 'n'-BVah, in Free Press
SO live that when thy summons
Comes to join the innumerable caravan
Who pay promptly for their paper
/ Thou go not like the quarry slave
At night, dead broke to his dungeon,
But, soothed and sustained by
An unfaltering no trust, approach
The captains office and settle,
Like one who wraps up the receipt in full
And places it under his pillow to prevent
Being kicked to death by nightmares.
Ioaf., al
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A Young Man Takes Poison ana PIES
on fhe Death-Bed of His Aiiianced.

The following is special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Commercial from Mays,
vile, Ohio: Our people, young ana
old, were shocked last Friday evening
to hear that Lou Grossenoacn nao
taken poison and was dead, at the resi-
dence of II. j. King, Esq. Inc CIR
cumstances surrounding his death are
very touching. He was TO have Deen
married about the first of August 10
Miss Dora King, one of the most re-
spected young ladies of our town, but
few days before the wedding, and while
they were making preparations for the
event, Miss King died very suddenly,
and Lou was so affected by her death
that he was almost if not completely
crazy for several days, and though ne
has never been himself since, 1t was
thought that he was better and getting
along well, and has been staying in the
drug store for some time. On Friday
afternoon he went to the house OF Mr..
King, and told Mrs. King he had a
headache, and wanted to go up stairs
and lie down on Dora's bed. he did
so, and in a very short time Mrs. King
went up to the room and found him
dead.
He left letter at his room in the no.
tel where he boarded, stating that he
had intended to drown his sorrow by
drinking, but that would not be show
ing respect for the one he loved so dear
! ", so he adopted this course to end his
/ sorrow at once. He directed his re-
mains to be buried by the side OF Miss
King; also left directions for erecting a
fine monument at his grave and that OF
Miss King. =,
Large numbers of our people called
at the residence of Mr.. King to behold
the remains of j. l.. Grossenbach, a
young man of promise, who came into
our midst some three years ago a
stranger, but who, by his courteous
manner and strict attention to business,
won large circle of friends, who now
mourn his untimely death.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03
Registration of Third-class Matter--'
Circulars to POstmasters.

With the view Of affordng public con-
Venience and of promoting the efficiency OF
the postal service, the Postmaster General
has ordered that the registry system be ex-
tended to mail matter OF the third class, to
take effect on the LIST October, 1878, and that
the registry fee for each package of such
matter be fixed at the uniform rate Of ten
(10) cents, additional TO the postage now re-
quired by law.
Postmasters will, therefore, on and after
the date mentioned, register to any post
Office in the United States, or to any foreign
country within the limits Of the Postal
Union, all packages of third-class matter
that may be offered for that purpose.
No packages, however, must be received
for registration as third-class matter until
proper examination shall show it to he en-
titled to transmission through the mails as
such matter.
Great care must be exercised to prevent
the registration and admission into the mails
of matter that is unavailable, and also to
prevent the admission at third-cass rates of
matter upon which postage is properly
ch2rgeable at first-clas rates under existing
laws and regulations. Postmasters should
require packages to be put up securely so as
to safely bear transportation, but not in such
a manner as to prevent an examination OF
their contents, either at the mailing office or
the Office of delivery. Matter offered for
registration in violation of these require
ments will be treated as now provided by law
and the postal regulations.
Both postage and registry-fee must be
fully prepaid with postage stamps affixed to
the packages.
Registered packages of third class matter
will, as far as practicable, be treated in the
mails the same as registered letters.
The name and address of the sender must
be indorsed, either in writing or in print,
upon each package of third-class matter
offered for registration; and there may be
added to this brief description, in writing
articles inclosed. No additional written
matter, except the address, is permitted by
law. \ request to return may also be print
ed, but to write such request would by law
subject the package to postage at first-class
| (letter) rates.
Unclaimed registered packages OF third
class matter will be treated the same as I'M
claimed registered letters.
For the present, at least, the registered
package envelopes, forms and blanks now
| provided for registered letters will be used
/ for the registration of thrd-class matter
but when so used, they must be indorsed
either in writing or with stamp, with the
words, -" third-class matter" so as to pre-
serve the distinction on the records between
the two different classes Of registered mat
! ter. When from its form or size a package
can not be inclosed in registered package
envelope, the envelope may be used as now
provided for similar cases Of first class mat
ter. 1t must not, however, be so applied al
to conceal the address, or prevent the filling
| up Of the record of transit"
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Baps and BIishaps.

"A druggists clerk at Jackson,
Mich, filled prescription calling for
paregoric with laudanum, causing the
death of the patient, little girl.
Mrs. Samuel Salmore, wife of a
prosperous farmer near Clinton, KY,
died from an overdose of chloroform,
administered by dentist.
Joseph Nicely, of Patoka, Ind, an
employee of the Evansville and Terre
Haute Railroad, was killed by the rope
of a pile driver breaking, letting the
block fall on him and crushing his head.
AT Ripley, Tenn, few days ago, a
6-year old colored child swallowed a
piece of glass, which lodged in his
throat or windpipe and killed him be-
fore medical aid could be procured.
Robert Clarke, a brickmaker of
Portsmouth, Va, got on a tear in cele-
bration or the completion of summer
job. He went into barn, lit a cigar,
and went to sleep. The barn caught
fire, and he was burned to death.
Aaron Converse was accidentally
shot and killed by Newell Dolphin,
while hunting raccoons near Stafford,
Conn. He had climbed tree to drive
coon out of its hiding-place, and was
instantly killed by charge from his
companion, who supposed he was firing
at the game.
jerome Blazer, living six miles from
Gallipolis, o., being respondent in
mind on account of his crops turning
out badly, and the loss of aunt and cous-
in by yellow fever, arose from his bed
the other morning before his wife and
three children, and taking a rope hang
ed himself to an apple-tree.
AT Altamont, West Va, Warner
Geldenbach, fireman, and A. Kidwell,
engineer of a freight train, were under
the engine fixing some part of the ma
chinery, when the brakemen let up the
brakes, not knowing they were under
meath, and the train, being on heavy
down grade, pushed the engine over
Geldenbach, mangling him fearfully
and causing instant death. Kidwell had
one arm badly mashed