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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

= A few years ago the TELEaRAPn
was published as a half-sheet. We
had forgotten our losses, and what we
did in opposition to the Radical print
ing law, until two subscribers from
: Claiborne parish renindef us of our
half-sheet. We have thought, and
still. think, that no one is bound to
take this paper, half or full sheet. We
have set no quarantine on subscribers,
or on payments. If there be any one
who reads this paper and does not like
1t, let him return it to this Office. We
will live to publish his obituary. And
we have buried lots of them in the
potter's field. The Divinity student,
who, quoting Hebrew, said, Bestica,sdo,
was no mean philosopher. We have
the magnificent pleasure of returning
our pro rata share to all our disgrunt-
tied subscribers. ga go - ts,..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
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uealicable, no local
pasSe1.

NuxBsa srs r-.-Ss ~ \
The Gover.ar shall receive i >sslS - ..,,..,,
.hosssna dollars per .aasm. paya o 9, AFTER
CStrike out article fifty.ssx,1
F,ssS sxuMRHR SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receives,
SALARY. which shall be double that Of a member
OF the General Assembly. ~
CStrike out article ffty- sevcn.l ~ if,s rs
SuxsxR EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be, presented to the Governor If
he approve 1t, he shall sign it /; il he does not,
house In which 1t originated. which shnll enter
the objections mt large upon lite Journal and
proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such recon
present in that house shal, agree 70 pass o shs
bill, It shall DO sent, with the objections, Ia,
the other house, by which Il shah 'iikewise 30
rc-oonsidered, and il approved BY two7shirds
be law. But In such cases the vote of both
houses shall DO determined by yeas and nAys.
and the names Of members voting for or
journal of each house respectfully. II anv
bill shall not be returned by, the Governor
within five days after it shall have been pres,
ented to him, It shall bc q law. In like manner
as II he had signed II, unless the General
Assembly, by adjournment, prevent It's return;
In which case, within thirty days, the Cover
nor shall 1le the same, with his objections
and give public notice thereof; Otherwise x
shall become q law, rs If he had signed It.
The Secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill SO deposited to the
house In which Il originated ON tho fret day Of
the meeting of tho next General Assembly,
who shall act upon tho same rs above pro-
vided. The Governor shall have power to
veto one or more items in any bill appropria-
ting money, embracing distinct items, whiio
approving othess portions Of the bill, and tho
part or parts Of IA hili approved shall become
law, and the uPEsESto5Qs Of appropriations
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

Our printers have been organized
against US, and we are excluded from
getting word in, even edgwise, by the
proceedings OF the several mass meet-
ings and conventions held here. Vide
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS. t.tr
CENTRAL FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CLINTON, KINDS COUNTY, MISS.
REV. WALTER UILLsrAN, LII. d.,
President of Fnculty.

Tho Twenty-sixth collegiate yoar OF this
Institute will begin on Tuesday, Soptom-
Dor 2ith. 1873. Matured in her educational
of q Century of uninterrupted existonco,
our Institute Is about to ontor upon another
period of ber career under auspices the
most favorable and is ablo to offer ndyant.-
ges equallod by few institutions OF learnii,
in tho country.
Having for two successsive years .aaiuo
Reductions in the Exponsos we ..ii',
nov 70 say, considering the . tf,, tsa,s
DO elsewhere found and ~ cow ms thoy can
possibly BIO afforded. a,,..,,
For full Information sond TO frcsiuoht
- ROBERT KELIsS,
Prosideusl5 ~ Board OF Trustees.
Il. w. CABANIsSs Secretary - Zil
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

The Democrats of the several Wards
OF this Parish are requested by the
chairman of the Parish Executive
Committeeito meet tomorrow for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the
Parish Convention which is to meet on
the s1st. Will these Wards send up
mon with heads on their shoulders !?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
DIED,

In Monroe, August 20, 1878, W1LHELMINE,
aged one year, five months and seven days.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

Mrs julio Moore will please accept
our thanks for the honey sent US few
days ago. Mrs. Moore has an apiary,
and is very much interested in bee
culture. Some day, we will look at
the bees, Mrs. Moore, if they be sting
Z less. 9sf tsi'i s.ti;ffsis s,i7 9..'la
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
River News.

Since our last report the river ha.
acted quite strangely, rising and fall
ing alternately, and 50 often has this
| occurred that we are unable to note
the various changes. Columbia and
Harrisonburg have guaranteed
against New Orleans, and we presume
that the Wilson stops somewhere be-
low the latter place. If the Little Bob
did not pass down yesterday evening
or last night, she will this morning,
going to meet the Wilson, =
The Republicans of this parish held
mass meeting Saturday, at the Wis
ner schoolhouse. The purpose and OBJ
ject of the meeting is explained in the
following announcement, a copy of
which, addressed to Abraham Brooks,
colored man, has been placed in our
The Repnblican voters of Onachita are
requested to meet in convention at Monroe,
delegates to the Congressional Convention
to- meets at Monroe, tSeptember,9, 1875 and
for other purposes. JNo. II. DINKaRAvE,
JNo. I. LUDELING,
WI. Quaker, 90
And others.
This announcement is endorsed
Read this to your congregation and
spread the word. JNo. III. DINKaRAvE.
& We are not informed who acted as
president and secretary of the meeting,
but learn that Judge Ludeiing, Judge
Baker, and j.. IT. Dinkgrave, Esq,
were selected as delegates to the Con-
erroeci<,vo ,,, ~ xy,s,% A. ~
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23


reached Monroe, but the yellow fever
panic has, in spite of the judicious and
strict quarantine regulations adopted
and enforced by our city authorities. A
: number of families have gone to the
country, leaving behind their chickens
Of fact, that a number of families from
Vicksburg, New Orleans and other
places want to come to Monroe to
escape the epidemic. We can say that
tho inhabitants of Monroe were never
healthier than they are now. The
Wednesday, bear us out in this asser-
ton. People are running about-as if
they were afraid to die, or expected to
live forever. We do not understand
that this idea is taught in any of the
churches, or in the Bible. 1t is ap-
pointed unto all men to die. This we
learned at Sunday school, long ago.
And Solomon asked, what went we out
for to see? a reed shaken by the
wind? ..Js.aasrr -1. a.u
tears, we must bow our head in sym
pat1iy for the afflicted people of New
-Orleans, Grenada, Vicksburg and
Memphis. They are in distress, and
Death, astridP of his pale steed, is
abroad within their limits. New Or
leans, the capital of. Louisiana, is an
unknown city; Grenada is almost de-
populated; Vicksburg reports thirty
deaths from yellow fever Wednesday,
aud Memphis reports the fever spread
ing there. The people of these cities
have our profoundest sympathy
Among the few things they can be
grateful for is that the hand of Attic
ton, however heavy, rests upon them
alone, and that the people of other
cities are not such sufferers as them
selves.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

MASS MEETING, tlE5 28.9IfaF
Ward 3, ouachita Parish!
At the Court House, Saturday, August "a,
1878, at IL o'clock a. m, to select fourteen
delegates to the Parish Convention to DO
held at Monroe August 81, and to nominate
two justices of the peace, two constables,
and ono police juror.
s. ID. McENERY, LIB. GARRETSON,
T. Y. ABLY, L. L. STUDIES,
Members Elk. Com. Sd Ward.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

r2sas rk6ia IS may 81
Neld authorities, not to
No. dollars per annum- I'D
ovo!eive such fees of of,ic{
nlloby law. In the city OF $685.
thegs attorney shall receiv
pen from tho city, In 4
salpve provided, Us may
by He shall be elected at
witadges Of the district CO. + Is
fholfiice for tho term of Il
tS NuMpER rrrTEEN.
| Il case where the judg
cusa when he Is not pers
estss matters In contestR 3
selssyer, having the necS 3
catauired for judge of
try ,ases and tho Genera
shalide by law for the trA
oaseich the Judge may be
sntebr when he may be al
rs,t article ninety.l
NuNpER sIxrSES,
mo provide for the establish
tho eystem created by the4
amen and 10 preyent the evs 7 =
inser2 u IL hereby ordained
peep louisiana as ~
sUt Avnuvy Al SNuuhrys AosSsa
immes redistrfct tho State, 0nd prx 81
for thprity OF clerks, and tho aloSS
peace, III
Secshat as soon "a the Lexisla.s
shall scted rs aforesaid tho Cover
shall Aclama&ion call ~ election 70,
ices osence for each ssarish, oxos,
parishes and f2 district jrcd,
each { 'crcatcay tno res Nnd
vi where more paiiaoe PINE ;,s hIv9 cxcept
for StSrnevssss above Mtatc atlor-
In the 3of Means, wheS ,asS on the
stornevfypa parish shr which. dNy
nov. sction shp'Aee, ..,r., thnn
same dlpghapt ~ I. nor sn,a not. The
snail Nor .haneoted at said clecs SM
.y &ccreneral election Oh loSw'
s sSrIs sPon ,the change oi dssiMAv o,
" 'snS stsnn Very four years, snar tSs
HsAdcrcs having effect ne' 'a,'' 49,
skss Asmdicinf system, % eata as.,
> %;tMtion of 1893. shall rSn.SM a
IN Naturalization of tho thirtiSsn ~ns
ans.s excluding from inc oo''fs
aay III the election. ,nan,cnts
trio adoption of these as,,t cicrks
s v.cate the offices ofthe pressns
= In each parish.
s,,MpER sEyENTEEs: ..,s az The
No one hundred and tn.vsy.sd
,t,on az 1865 shall be npros
y xumpEn EIoMrEES. n,,,o a,,on
snncrintendent OF I upS hnndred
.ocn,vo O salary of thirtysnu W., ryarrant
l. nv~vablo quarterly on his own NNs's
2 Suxpna SINETEES.s .,, state
license tax shall DO inpo s,shar{ty, on an,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
0Mafhita TfIearaph.
MONROE, La, AUGUST %. 1875.

Colonel F. e., Jones is announced
as a candidate for sheriff. Col. Jones
would make a good sheriff, and
deserves well of this people.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23

- A month and more ago taking
time by the forelock, as we thought
we ordered, from st. Louis, supply
of paper for four months. The yellow
fever was not then talked of. When
the excitement began, we relied upon
getting paper through from New Or
leans. New Orleans was closed; and
then we turned to Vicksburg. Com
mnnication was stopped with Vicks-
burg, and then we learned that the
paper ordered from st. Louis had been
landed at Vicksburg by the "City OF
Helena" Immediately, we tele-
graphed to the editor of the Shreve-
port Standard to send us some paper
by the Monroe and Shreveport stage.
Yesterday we learned that the Monroe
stage is not permitted to cross Red
river and enter Shreveport.
It is highly. probable, therefore, that
we will not issue paper next week, as
we have not dozen quircs left and
unless we can smuggle some paper
through the quarantine, the TELE-
GRAPH will disappear, until the next
killing frost. 4fss'asf go t=+ 't'li
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-23
OFFICE orTh

ssx:ass.,-.4!
In pursuance ofas%us
ton of this State, applied
to the voters of ffz~nOw-
amendments to the con
agreed to by two-thirds
ed to each house of thew
its session of 1878, and VIII
be published, three month
general election for Repi
General Assembly, in at le'
in every parish of this Stat
paper shall be published.
appear more fully in acts
the regular session of the
OF 1873, and in act No. IL o
of the General Assembly
officially published for the
voters, and which will be-
people at the next generi
held on the fifth day of Nov
in such q manner and for
may vote for or against eacl
arateiy, and il a majority of
election shall approve and
of said amendments, the sa
part of the constitution.
WILL
s,
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IoB rRJaTING
NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
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OLD NEWSPAPERS
" FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

The Secretary of the Treasury has had
an analysis of the public debt of the
United States made, showing its condi-
ton from July 1, 1861. to July l, 1878.
In 1860 the outstanding debt was $64,-
S42, 229. SS; cash in the treasury. 81 3d.
SS5S7; population of the United States,
81, 443, 32l: debt per capita, Sl.9l inter
est per capita, III cents. In 1878. the
outstanding principal of the public debt
was 81, 256, 205, 1872 50 cash in the treas
ury, 1886, S23,6l20S; population of the
United States AZ 1856, 900 debt per cap
ita. S4l.67 interest per capita, Sl.97.
The debt on which interest had ceased in
1860 was $20l, 449.77, while in 1873 the
debt on which interest had ceased was
$50, 1874, $50. 26. The non interest bearing
debt in 1878 was $455, S75,6S2.27. The
total debt, less cash in the treasury in
1860, was, S59, 964, 402.0l, while in 1878
the debt less cash on hand was 81 $685.
3S2, 2S0.45. The Democratic rebellion to
slavery and destroy the Union
is to be credited with the difference of
the debt now and before that rebellion
began. Every time a Democrat talks
about the debt, he ought to be reminded
that it is his party that is responsible
for every dollar of 1t.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

The attempt to poison the German Re-
pubiicans of the State against Col. st.
John, because he is Il temperance man,
is very small business, and is an insult
to every German voter in the State. Such
an effort presupposes that the Germans
as class are incorporate, intoleran and
bigoted /; that they are the champions of
intemperance, aud are ready 20 prescribe
4 man on account of his opinions, while
in fact the Germans as class are more
temperate, and more liberal in their
views, than any other class of people. Ii
Col. ST. John differs with US on the tenn
perance question, or on any question of
religious faith, he simply exercises his
right as an American citizen, to think as
he pieases, and the Germans, who boast
of their free thought, would be the last
people on earth to prescribe him for his
opinions sake. The temperance ques-
ton has nothing to do with Republican
ism. and man like our candidate for
Governor, who is sound on all the prin-
ciples of the Republican party, should
not be prescribed for his views upon this
question, any more than for his religion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

Those who desire to know what is the
effect of absolute or paper money need
only to look at Adam Smith. A centu-
ry ago the theory was tested in Scotland.
In time of depression bank was formed
to fill the land with bills for moment
all was expectation; every one had mon
ey Within year the country was over
whelmed in bankruptcy, the bills were
worthless, the bank failed. The rich es
capped sometimes with great profits; the
poor sank into deeper want. What an
array of them there is in history Laws
scheme, the South Sea, the Continental
currency, the French assignats, English
bank bills in 1872, our Western banks
in 1872, when Dickens describes us as
having no money, the United States
currency of lS63-64, huctuating madly
with every battle. the Confederate cur
rency, Confederate bonds, Russian paper,
Turkish. At Constantinople recently
the bakers refused to sell any moro bread
because they were forced to take their
pay in Turkish paper it is nearly worth
less. In Russia nearly 1,000,0 100000 ru-
bles in bills have been issued, and are
worth one third less than their apparent
value. Once more the moment of a re-
markable prosperity is at hand, and
bountiful Nature, laden with all the
richest gifts of the harvest, advances to
repair the results of human folly. The
country teens with her bOunties. The
railroads and canals are laden with the
abundant products of the mines, forests,
soil. pasturage. Europe comes to our
shores for food, clothing, light subsist-
enee. What Egypt was to the barren
North, what Africa was to imperial
Rome. what Scythia was to Greece, the
comparatively narrow territory of the
United States has become to the Euro
peaus. And far more. Tie boundless
products of our wonderful soil seem to
embrace all the necessaries of modern
life. The Scandinavian cottage is lighted
with oil from Pittsburgh, the cattle of
Texas feed England and France, the tim
her of Georgia must at last supplant the
Norwegian pine, the Pacific coasts pour
out theiE gold and their wheat together.
All that the country wants is honest
money, sound currency, a public con
fidence, a government above suspicion,
a certainty, an honest guide. With hon
est money all its industries will revive,
trade will spring up. every idle hand
will be employed; the mines, the rail.
roads, the farms, the diaries. will flourish
together; we may even rescue our carry
ing trade from England, and cover South
America with our manufactures. To the
Republican party the nation must owe
its rescue from the decisions that checked
its prosperity in the past, and it will
learn amidst the unbounded prosperity
of the coming years that national homes
ty is the only source of national progress.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

In an article ON Elder Mitchell and
his financial theories. the Atchison
Champion remarks as follows: Yet accord
ing to the theories of Elder Mitchll and
his followers, and of the Nationals and
Fiatists generally, Turkey ought to be
the most prosperous country on earth.
1t has issued billions of paper currency,
and it is chased on the wealth of the
country" But somehow it won't float.
The poor people, and the people in mod
crate circumstances won't take it, and
couldn't use it if they did. 1t has filled
the land with poverty and woe. Every
inhabitant of Turkey has plenty of this
so called money" but it won't buy any
thing. And the popular prejudice
against it is SO intense that the Govern
ment is compelled to get rid of it, or go
under. The Nationals and Fiatists
ought to send missionaries to Turkey !!
The people of that country evidently
don't understand when they are well off.
They ha,. plenty of paper money. and
they are prosperous, but they don't
know it!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12
IoHN 7, INGALLS,.

Our distinguished senior Senator
returned 10 his home in Atchison this
week after brief tour to the mountains.
If Kansas is true to herself and her best
interests, Mr.. Ingalls, will be returned
to the United States Senate for another
term. We cannot afford at this time to
make change. The distinguished SER
vices of our senior Senator at Washing
ton should be and we believe are and
will be appreciated. john j: Ingalls,
stands in the front rank of American
to day, and his ability, infu
ence and integrity are thus recognized.
.KinsLey Graphic
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12
Legal Notice.

In the District Court in and for Allen county.
State of Kansas, Mary Jane O'Conor plaintiff,
VS. Onelius O'Conor, defendant. The defendant
will take notice that he has been sued by the
plaintiff who fled her petition against him in said
court the 18th day of October, A. d. 1873.
The ssid defendant, Onelius o. Conor, is required
to answer or demur to said petition so filed
against him on or before the 18th day of Novem-
her A. ID 1873 or the same will he taken as true
and Judgment will be taken in favor of said
plaintiff dccreeing divorce from said defendant
on account of wiltnl abandonment by defendant
of plaintiff for more than one year prior TO the
filing ofs1il petition and the plaintiff viii he
stored 10 the name of Mary Jane Cutsingcr.
Attest, C. NJ. SIMPSON.
As-sw Clerk If the Dist. Court of Allen Co.
PETER BELL, Attorney for plaintiff
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

The present greenback is a creation of
The law of this government; is fiat
money among the people to all intents
and purposes. and is not and never was
designed 10 depend on the intrinsic value
of coin for cents worth of its inter
changeable value. Garrett Journal, Ma
ffena0.
We'll, why are you not satisfied with
it, then? Taking your own statement
as true. why do you want to abolish the
greenback and put in its place fiat scrip
Laurence Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

We take pleasure in recommending
that sterling Republican journal, the
Atchison Weekly Champion to the good
people of Allen county. Probably no
other paper and certainly no other editor
has done mole for the development of
our State than the Champion and its
able editor, John A. Martin. The Weekly
is large ten column folio filled with
matters pertaining especially to Kansas
and deserves the hearty support of Kan
sas men. 1t will be furnished for the
moderate price of $3.50 per year postage
prepaid. The Champion and The REG
LITER for one year postpaid only SO 25.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

P. P. Elder the farmers candidate for
Congress" from this district, recently told
a Wilson county man that he did not i'll
tend to buy up and feed so many cattle
as formerly, giving as reason that "the
farmers ask entirely too high prices for
their steers!' This is the man who is
going over the country lamenting the
down trodden condition of the producing
classes, and denouncing the bond holders
and moneyed men for expressing the
moor Citizen,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12
THE ocroeER ELEcrIoNs.

Dispatches of Thursday go to show
that in Ohio the Republicans elect nine
out of twenty Congressman and the State
ticket by 10000 majority.
Indiana elected Republican, z
Democrat and National Congressman.
The House stands 45 Republicans, 81
Democrats; Senate, rs Republicans and
"a Democrats.
West Virginia shows immense Repub.
lican gains in every quarter, while Iowa
goes, as usual, sOlidly Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

We present the following propositions
and would ask our greenback friends if
they are not true QD All the paper
money in France is issued by the Nation
al Bank of France, and not by the Gov
eminent. (2) The amount outstanding is
about $3.50, 100000. (3) 1t is redeema-
BILE on demand in coin, at the bank or it's
branches. az 1t is not a legal tender
for public and private debts to any
amount whatever
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

Prominent Democrats have received
circulars from the chairman of the State
Central Committee to the effect that
they must drop the fiat greenback dodge
at once. 1t pulls too many votes from
their party-but get all the Republicans
to vote the fat ticket that can possibly
be moved to do SO.