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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
CUCCESSlON SALE.

Succession of Simon King, decd.
Parish Court, Parish of Ouachita, State
OF Louisiana.
BY virtue OF an order of sale issued to
me by the Honorable Parish Judge of said
Parish, L will offer for sale at the Court
House door in the city of Monroe, between
the legal hours of sale, on
Tuesday, 18th day Of FEBRUARY, 1878,
the following described lands, belonging to
said succession, to-wit:
All Of that tract resided on and owned by
the deceased, being situated in the Parish
of Ouachita, about six miles north of Tren-
ton, in sections % and 23 OF township is
hundred and twenty acres more Or loss,
more PARTICULARLY described on the inven-
tory OF said succession; except l6O acres OF
said tract claimed by the succession OF
Jesse Sherman and now in controversy,
which l6O acres described in act of lease
dated June 24;h, 1876, from Simon King to
Jesse Sherman, will not be sold
Terms of sale, c.sh, at not less than the
appraised value, two dollars per acre.
JOSEPH KING,
ct Administrator.
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Russia pays tremendous price TO,

Russia pays tremendous price for
her success. Few nations haver ever
gone to war under greater disadvant-
ages. 1t seemed madness for the Cars
armies to hazard II campaign SO far
from the base of supplies. Nothing
since the days when Trajan pushed
through the same region and bridged
the Danube on his way North has
occurred resembling the determination,
courage and persistency of the Russians.
The whole war has been unnecessarily
hard on the men because of the poor
officers they have had over them. Thou
sands of lives have been sacrificed
through the blunders of the Grand
| Duke Nicholas and his staff, and had
it not been for the superior quality of
endurance possessed by the Russian
soldiers there is little doubt that the
Balkans would never have been reach
cd. Russia has suffered terribly. Her
commerce has been seriously affected
agricultural pursuits have been almost
abandoned /; and the public debt, by
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
John G. Sanders
vs.. No. 924
o \

John q. Sanders
VS.. No. 94
Mrs. NJ. j. Muller 81 Husband.
State OF Louisiana. Parish Of Ouachita,
Parish Court.
BY virtue OF a teri taciaS issued from the
Honorable Parish Court in and for said
parish and State, L have seized, and will
offer for sale, within the hours prescribed
by law, at the door of the Court House in
Saturday, February l6, 1878,
the following described property, to-wit:
ish, on both sides of Bayou Desiard. con-
tanning two hundred acres, more or less,
and bounded above by lands owned by Mrs.
L. L: MEG and below by lands owned
range east, being the old head-right OF
f. Poor, on the records OF the Land Office
and now occupied and cultivated by said
Mrs. NJ. J. Miller, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon.
Seized AS the property of Mrs. NJ. J. Mil
Ter, and will be sold to satisfy said fer
facias and cost.
Terms Of sale, cash, with the benefit OF
appraisement.
TIP. RICHARDSON,
Ct Sheriff.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
This property

which is not taxed. This property
consists In goods, wares and merchan-
disc. A merchant does ten, twenty,
fifty or one hundred thousand dollars
worth Of business in q year, and gives
in his capital invested in trade at one,
1--we or ten Thousand dollars. Mean
while, he has goods in the parish
worth at least one-half his trade. Can
not these goods be valued, assessed and
taxed? The man who buys horse,
or piece of land, has to pay the taxes
on it, If he never pays for it. Or, the
horse, or the land may change owners,
and the new owner, though he may
have purchased on a credit, has to pay
the taxes. Let him fail to pay the
taxes due, and the property is sold and
the State buys it in. a.
There is large amount of merchan-
disc In this State; it pays no taxes,
neither in Louisiana, Ohio, or New
York nevertheless, 1t is property, and
subject to taxation-just as much as q
mule or the poor mans acre of land.
1t ia not exempt from taxation, rs il
property used for religious, benevolent
or educational purposes, but should
bear its proportion of the burthen OF
maintaining government.
We submit to the members of the
legislature that their warrants might
be increased in value, and the fund OF
the Taxpayers be enlarged, by a law
which shall make merchandise taxable
the same as poor mules, hogs and waste
lands.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
DEATH OF A GYPSY QUEEN.
From the Dayton Journal. I

lFrom the Dayton Journal
Last night, on the midnight train
from Cincinnati, the corpse of Mrs.
Matilda Stanley arrived from Vicks-
burg. She died there very suddenly
from the effects of cancer that has
been troubling her for long time
Her son, Levi Stanley, accompanied
tho corpse, having it in charge since
leaving Vicksburg. Mrs. Stanley was
known as the Queen of the Gypsies,
and her authority as such was recog-
nized by all the tribes in the United
States and Canada. Her family are
very wealthy, and own a great deal
OF real estate in and about Dayton
They came here first about twenty
years ago, and, liking the neighbor-
hood, settled down, purchasing land
and adding to their possessions from
year to year. The Stanley tribe, which
remains with the family, numbers
several hundred. In the summer they
stay in Dayton, but in the winter
emigrate back to the South, always
travelling in wagons. For some years
past her son, Levi Stanley, has assumed
general management of affairs of the
tribe, and he has become known as
King of the Gypsies, but his mother
retained the actual control. He is a
powerful, fiue-lookins man of about
35, uneducated, but shire vd and intel
ligent, and pleasing in his manners.
The body of his mother has been en-
balmed, and is to be placed in a tomb
until next June, when the gypsies of all
parts Of the country will assemble, and
it will be buried after the customs of
this peculiar people.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
rONSTABLE'S SALE.
State of louisiana, Parish of Ouachita.
Magistrates Court for Ward No. 3.
Joseph Benoit

State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouacllita.
Magistrates Court for Ward No. 3.
Joseph Benoit
VS.. No. III.
Mrs. Martha Williams aud husband.
BY virtue OF u writ of teri facias to me
directed by Hon. Francis A. Hall, Justice
OF the Peace for said ward, will proceed to
sell at public auction, on
Saturday, February 10th, 1878,
between legal hours, at the Court House
door of said parish, the following described
property, to-wit:
The undivided half of the building 'front.'
ing Oh DeSiard road and situated on lot
No. ~ in Filhiol's Second Addition to
Monroe, known as ''Guinea," owned and
occupied by said Martha Williams, and also
the undiv ided half of said lot, being less
than one acre of ground, whereon said
house is situated.
Seized in the above entitled and num-
bered suit, and will he sold to satisfy said
writ.
Terms OF sale: To the highest bidder,
on twelve months credit. and special
mortgage retained on property sold, with S
per cent interest from day of sale.
Il. J. LARkIN,
st Constable.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
A CRY FRon THE WATCH TOWER.
farmers vindicator.l

farmers Vindicator.]
A fair estimate of the names of de-
linquent State tax payers, outside OF
New Orleans, published in our parish
exchanges, recently, would sum up
over $1,000 delinquents and putting
their indebtness at $40 each, the
amount of unpaid taxes at the date OF
publication was at least 100000! The
tax collectors have been busy last
month selling out those who would
not pay, and the result has been In
many parishes that the State has to
buy In the property. Truly a profita-
BILE investment for the State.
Many of our country c0,vTeres of the
press have taken up this subject in the
serious tone to which it is entitled. A
very large proportion Of these taxes
are due by men utterly unable to pay
them; by men who earn their daily
bread after the scriptural injunction.
The bad crops last year have aggravated
their troubles and impecuniosity, ac-
cumulated by the previous years OF
misrule. The law, however, knows no
chances of misfortune to the small far
mer beyond his utmost skill and most
arduous industry to parry. He don't
an expensive State civil list-the dou-
dainty prosperous-and he must be
sold out by the tax-collectOr. Sold out
he is, and the State, forsooth, is COM
PEELED to buy in the defaulter's pro-
perty! t'
What will the State do with its
many recent acquisitions of this kind
Shall il turn planter and farmer on a
grand scale? Hire the former owners
to work their own places for their vic
tuals, clothes, fuel and q shelter ? Or
let out these farms to the penitentiary
lessees and work them with convict
labor, while the former owners and
their families beg a crust aud a bone
from the various parish police juries ?
We may be accused of exaggeration.
But we arc merely working out our
beautiful political economy to its legi-
innate results. The reformers talked
very prettily about reducing the heavy
load that oppressed those patient
beasts of burden, the Taxpayers. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating,
and AZ. 900 delinquent taxpayers furnish
that proof. We have no patience with
the humbug that pOstpOnes for day
longer than it can be given the relief
that the legions of the hewers of wood
and drawers of water must Imperative
ly have or else be ruined. What breaks
them down breaks down the whole
social fabric. The printer, the editor
and the publisher feel as deeply as the
other classes of industry, burdens OF
heavy taxtion. They must cry out
and give the alarm! II they don't
they don't do their duty. Hinc lila
lacI,,:ymte. We cry out then from the
watch towers, for ourselves and for the
whole community of labor. Will the
Lawmakers hear the cry?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
LEGAL.
CHERRIES SALE.
J,D. v. and J. u. Logan
VS..
r. H. Logan,
And w. s Logan


r.. Fl. Logan.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachita,
Fourteenth District Court.
By virtue Of two writs Of seizure and
sale issued respectively in the cases OF >.
d. v. and las. q. Logan, and w. >. Logan
KS. same from the Honorable Fourteenth
District Court within and for said parish
and State, have seized and Will Offer Tor
sale at the door of the Court House IN the
within the hours prescribed by law for
Saturday, February 10, 1873,
the following described property, to-wit
A plantation on both sides OF the Bayou
DeSiard, being all of sections torty-eight
and forty-nine, in township eighteen. north
Of range four east, containing three hun,
dred and thirty-eight and 45.1OO acres, and
all o the tract lying south of said bayou,
beginning ut a point OH the bayou on the
line between sections forty-nine and fifty.
township eighteen, range four east, thence
running south nine degrees west forty-six
and 400 chains, thence north eighty-one
degrees west twenty-eight and S2-lOO chains
to q white-oak twelve inches III diameter,
thence north nine degrees east to said
bayou, thence up said bayou to the place
OF beginning, containing one hundred ana
eixhty-six and 4-lOO acres, and making In
the aggregate five hundred and tWenty-four
and So 100 acres, as per plat on file and Of
record i'll the Recorders office, in Notarial
Book X, page 6lz-composing the planta-
ton acquired by said X. II. Logan on 3lst
May, 1871, as per deed OF record In the Re-
corder's Office.
Seized us the property Of II. II. Logan.
and will be sold to satisfy said Wrlts OF
seizure and sale and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, with the benefit OF
appraisemens. Il. +. RICHARDSON,
81 sheriff.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01

While the Legislature is engaged in
funding the % per diem and mileage
of its members, it may be well to call
attention to the fact that there is a
large amount of property in this State
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
CUCCESSION SALE.

WIN. PHILLIPS, deceased.
Pursuant to an order from the Parish
Court bearing date 18th January. 1873,
will offer for sale at the residence of the
deceased in the Island, on
Thursday, eth day of February, 1878,
all the personal property belonging to said
succession, consisting of one horse, one
ments, household furniture and other ar
ticles.
Terms of sale, cash, according to articles
800 and 99l Code of Practice.
It SOLOMON &. PHILLIPS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01

The remark by the Grand Duke
Nicholas, "Until we reach Adrianople
/ shalt not treat" leads the Louisville
Courier-Journal to conclude that it
must be a long time between drinks
over there.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01

Capt. b. Il. Walshe, 10 Canal street,
New Orleans, is the acknowledged
leader in shirts and mems furnishing
goods, and we know he sells the best OF
goods at lowest prices.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

At different times we have taken
occasion to present to our readers the
various and urgent reasons why we
favored the calling Of q constitutional
| convention by the present Legislature.
We had hoped that one of the first acts
of the General Assembly would be one
looking to the proposed convention.
We had hoped that upon the restora-
ton OF Louisiana to the right OF local
self-government, that the Legislature
representing the people would have
initiated the example of every Southern
reconstructed State, and like them,
bly,, would have Immediately provided
the purpose of devising constitution
more in consonance with the wishes OF
the people, thereby Kidding ourselves
forever from the present one, framed
by csarpet-bag knavery and negro igno-
rance.
1t seems that our fond conjectures
are destined to be thwarted, from the
fact that a portion of the Conservative
members of the General Assembly are
opposed to such a measure. Their
opposition is really based OH no solid
ground, and their action in the prem
Uses will certainly distract and divide
the Conservative element of this State.
Not only that, but they will let slip
the grandest opportunity ever presented
~ party of entirely and thoroughly re-
forming every department and branch
of the government, both State and
parochial. With these incentives in
view and for the purpose of allayine
discord in our ranks, we say ernphat-
ically that it is the bounden duty OF
To
ately the act, calling a convention, and
should they fail to respond to the
wishes of the people, then let them be
held to strict accountability of their
| betrayed stewardship.
A new constitution is absolutely
necessary, and if the present Legisla-
ture refuses to call q convention for
| that purpose, the people at the next
general election will elect a Legislature
that will do so. The issue will GER
| tainly be made Mt the next election,
and we pronounce ourselves opposed
| to the election of any, unless they favor
the calling of a convention. Should
| the imbecility of the present Legisla-
ture create n division in our ranks, the
responsibility will clearly rest with
them and not with the people, because
the people are in favor of an honest
government, administered on economic
principles, and the calling of a conven-
ton will be but II responsive echo to
their long wishes; on the other hand.
the refusal to call a convention will
justly lead the people to believe that
the present Legislature is Indifferent to
their wishes, because it forces them to
live under u constitution framed by
those who had no real sympathy with
our misfortunes.
Gentlemen of the Legislature, the
road to duty is plain-follow it, and
untold blessings will be the result
refuse to do so, then misfortune, pow
erty and wall Of helplessness will
arise throughout poor, bleeding Louis
lana that will cause those who were
l'er oppressors to hide forever their
heads in shame.-Murksvilte Villdyer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01

Call at Sholars & Keys and be con-
vinced that they are offering induce
ments in prices of boots and shoes.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-02-01
TOB PRINTING

TOB PRINTING
NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE,
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CHERRIES SALE.

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The difference between the weights
and carrying capacity of narrow and
standard gauge locomotives is less than
the difference between the respective
weights of the narrow and standard
gauge passenger coaches, while the
difference in carrying capacity is very
slight. The standard passenger coach
is constructed to carry So passengers
and each car weighs from 10000 to
81, 900 pounds, giving an unproductive
weight of 625 pounds transported for
each passenger; and according to sta
tistical returns of standard gauge roads
they haul three tons of rolling stock
for each ton of freight.
A narrow gauge passenger coach
weighs from II 900 to $1,000 pounds,
passengers per coach, which gives
and has II carrying capacity OF 80
an unproductive weight of 800 pounds
for each passenger, or less than one
halt the dead weight per passenger
carried by the standard coach, and the
amount of tons of freight to rolling
stock carried is as one to one. Should
the above coaches not be loaded to
their full capacity, as is generally the
case, then the advantage of the narrow
over the standard is proportionately
greater.
The narrow gauge railway uses loco
those weighing forty tons, the weight
being distributed over driving wheels
so as to give the necessary adhesion
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-25
STORMS.
rerrors Of the CYCLONE.

ATLANTA, Ga, April PA cyclone
passed over section OF country foui
miles from Rome, clearing everything
before 1t. As far as heard from eight
persons were injured; horses and mules
Killed. Trees three feet ia diameter
were torn OF and swept away, and Mint
dwellings blown down. The path Of the
Cyclone was 800 yards wide, passing
from southwest TO northeast.
NASHVILLE. April 2i.-The storm las
night did much damage in the destruc-
,ion Of fences and timber, and in many
instances roofs Of houses. Many narrow
escapes are reported, but no one killed
Quiie number OF stock was killei.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM AT WARREN, OHIO
WARREN, O., April PA heavy wint
and rain storm passed over this place a
1l:l5 this morning. The roof OF the new
Methodist Church was blown Of, dam
aging Judge Yeoman's residence consid-
erably in It's descent. During the storm
DR.. Judge Milton Sudliff dropped deaC
from apoplexy. The damage by th'
storm Is much greater than at frat aup'
posed. The casting house Of the furnac,
was blown down. Truesdell & Townsend
warehouse was demolished, also the stack
at the mannfactory, and the City Planning
Mill stack. Several houses and chimney
and trees were wrecked in all directions
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-25
Sale Of the Erie Rallroad.

NEW YoRK, April 24.-The Exchange
salesroom was crowded with brokers
ut the sale Of the Erie Railroad. When
the announcement was made that the sale
should proceed, u per cent Of the amount
OF an accepted bill was required 10 be paid
TO the referee at the time and place Of the
sale In cash, or in certified check or
checks satisiactory 10 the referee, for
which payment the referees receipt was
then and there 10 be given 10 the purcha.
ser. The money will be required 10 be
paid TO the referee at the office OF the Far.
'mers' Loan and Trust Company on the
1st Of June, At which time and place the
deed or deeds required by the judgment
in ibis cause are TO be given the purcha-
ser or purchasers. Before the auc.
tioneer offered the property for sale Mr..
Frank Plat, as one Of the stockholders,
objected to the sale going on, as no one
outside OF the Construction Committee
could make an intelligent bid or secure
an inventory Of the sale. Mr. Curtis, the
referee, stated that he had in his posses.
sion in the auction room full inventory
OF all the property Of the railroad and
that II was open 10 the inspection Of any
who intend bidding. he gave notice to
those who had not tried to look at It that
they could Inspect one fled in the County
Clerks office. The auctioneer was in-
structed to go Oh with the ssle, and after
4 quarter Of minutes delsy Governor
Morgan offered $50OO,000 for the road.
Mr.. Plat then made an advance at one
jump Of $500 900, which remained the bid
ior quarter Of minute, when a quiet
nod from Gov. Morgan raised the amount
to 100000. Tho auctioneer dwelt on
this amount for about one minute, yainly
endeayoring 10 get au advance, and at
last said "If you are all done, l am"
No further bids being offered The road
was finally knocked down al 10000
The auctioneer then demanded the names
Of the purchasers, which were announced
by Gov. Morgan 10 be J. Lowber Welch,
David A. Wells and himself as trustees.
It was subsequently stated privately that
they represented the English directors
for the reconstruction scheme, and that
it was complete victory for the Re-
ceiyer. The auctioneer's fee Is said to be
$500 with the percentage added.
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The Congressional District Over
| the River. l
Cambridge Letter in yesterday. cInsiunatI Com.
merciAI.

II AA9 AAANSAs
Cambridge Letter in yesterdays ClndnnatI Com.
merciAl.
The letter from Cadiz, Ohio, in your
paper Of recent date recalled memories
Of the old days Of John A. Bingham and
his eighteen years in Congress, before the
stains Of salary grab had sullied his
political garments, and when Bingham
and Victory" was the rallying cry Of the
solid old Sixteenth District. Now the
otium cum dignitdie OF an official residence
in the Flowery Kingdom has doubtless
breathed It's language over his restless
ambition, and the homage Of the Japs
and the luxurious belongings Of bis posi.
tion are more desirable than hot political
contests, the sharp debates and arduous
labors Of the olden time.
Our next political campaign promises
to be lively one. Danford will "step
down and ont,' and the willing victims
will present themselves to the people for
their choosing. Updegraf aud Dunbar,
Of Jefferson, are on hands, OF course, but
the more southern portion Of the district
Justly asserts Its claims TO recognition,
after having been twenty-five years with.
ont Congressman. Besides, Jefferson Is
new county in the district, and ought TO
give way to the better olaims Of the older
counties. Harrison, notwithstanding her
eighteen years Of Bingham, has Knox as
. standing candidate, but can hardly hope
that the other four counties will stand
by and give her the candidate so soon.
The question Of location is naturally ig-
nored by Harrison, but will not beby the
other counties. Belmont having had the
Congressman for six years will probably
join Guernsey and Noble and support Col.
Taylor, Of Guernsey, who will undoubtedly
carry the solid vote Of his own county,
and largely that Of Belmont and Noble.
The latter, It is true, has Dalzell, but he
will develop but little strength in the dis.
trict. Guernsey has stood squarely by
Noble in the Judgeship, and now It Is ex.
pected that Noble will stand by Guern.
sey in the Congressional candidacy. Col.
Taylor Is without much doubt the
coming man in the contest. A lawyer Of
ability. public speaker Of more than
ordinary talent, man Of untiring integ.
rity, and lifelong Republican, whose
faithful services demand recognition.
He will make strong fight, and If elect
ed will represent bis constituents with
honor and dignity. Guernsey has one or
two amaller fab in his wake, but they
will scarcely cause ripple upon the po-
litical waters. VERITAs.