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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
CHElRIIrE'S SALE.

TutOrship of the } Parish Court.
Minors Parish of l:adlIlO,
BY virtue of I. writ OF iieri f:,ci:,s, issued
by said court in said matter, have seized and
will offer tor sale ut the door of the Court
House in the city of Monroe, within the
hours prescribed by law, ON
Saturday, LIST day Of June, 1878,
the undivided twO-thirdS OF lot number
one, section number ten, according to the
survey and map of the land belonging to
the estate of u. l.. Hodge, deceased. made
now on file and Of record in the office OF
the Recorder OF Ouachita parish and being
the northeast quarter of northeast quarter
Of section ten. township seventeen north,
range four east, and containing, thirt y-seven
and seventy eight hunuredthS acres.
Seized as the property of John Ben amin
and Spencer Gully to satisfy twelve
months bond and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, for whatever the
property will bring.
II. p. RICHARDSON,
Ct Shortly parish of OMa.:Aitn.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

OUACHITA PARISH, April II, 1878.
Editor Ouuchittl Telegraph
Your correspondent in last week 3
paper need give himself no uneasiness
about the city meeting on 10th April.
1 was present and took 4 careful note of
what TRANSFERRED. Nobody has been
blinded by the harangucs made nomi-
nally in defense of the legislature,
though what defense was urged l fail
ell to discover. 1t was simply an at
tempt by certain well-known parties to
make Il balloon ascension with Demo-
cratic gas. The gas was stolen, as these
parties had no right to use it. 1t is
the duty OF all good Democrats to look
after their property; not to labor for
years under the heaviest oppression,
and then in the end allow those very
men who have fattencd and grown
impudcnt on our Affections to fitch
from the party the fruits of its honest
toll. We must cut Il hole in their In
dependent balloon and let out the gas.
Or, il they rW be Democrats, we must
first know them as such by their
Work:S. They must not be allowed to
claim the merits and the rewards of
that victory towards which they con-
tributed nothing. What was source
of uneasiness and honest distress to me,
was that men who are true emocrats,
and who can defy the world to cast Il
shadow on their records as such, should
lend their countenance and their voice
to these parrenns, these quasi Demo-
Gratis, in the pursuit Of their nefarious
business. I believe it was an error of
judgment on the part of these honest
advocates of decency and truth. 1 be-
lieve they We're blinded by the inn
pulse of the moment, and that they
will yet regret the course they there
pursued. Certain 1 am that they can
have nothing in common with the men
in whose company they then found
themselves. AS we'll try to mix oil
with water, as to associate together in
Il common sympathy natures so diam
etrically opposed. There is hope in
the Democratic party yet, and when
officious individuals cease to inter-
meddle in its councils, we may expect
to see it advancing steadily and with
swift strides towards the goal which it
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
A CONSTITUTIONAL RIDDLE.

A contributor to the Catahoula News
comes to the defense of the legislature,
and In his communication has some.
thing to say concerning this paper.
The writer is excusable for lack of
sense. He admits everything now
urged in favor Of II new constitution
when he says:
I assert without fear Of successful
contradiction that majority OF the
Assembly did everything In their
power to fulfill every promise of reform
ever made by the party, and did actu-
ally accomplish, except in the matter
Of legislative expenses, every reform
possible sOader the eristi,.g constitution.
Our Catahoula critic, besides being
fearful foe to the Queens English, mis-
interprets the position of this paper
and does his leg islative friends great
wrong. The complaint is and has been
that the legislature refused to get rid of
of the legislature have proposed nine
teen amendments to the constitution.
This was done by a two-thirds vote of
the two bodies, there being a small
majority of Democrats in both. Now,
why did not this majority of Demo
Gratis call a constitutional convention,
if the "existing constitution" stood in
the way of reform? 1t requires two
thirds majority to propose amendments,
but simple majority of the members
elected can call a constitutional con-
veI,tion. Why, "if every reform pos
sible under the existing constitution"
was accomplished,w was not the existing
constitution crushed out, when this re-
quired only II simple majority OF the
members elected and why were nine
teen amendments proposed when this
required a two-thirtls majority of the
members? Solve this riddle, please.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
EtlitOy. OttncIittl Zsley,ttl1I -:

Editor Ounchitu Telegraph ::
The following, related of II member
of the late legislature from one OF the
rural districts of our State, your cores
pendent considers too good to keep,
and while he will not vouch for its
verify it is so apropos that he cannot
resist the temptation to place it at your
disposal to do with as you will.
One of the peculiarities of the gentle
man in question was Il great fondness
for spcuting popular quotations; so
fixed had become the habit from long
practice that his conversation and
speeches were mainly 4 string of the
most popular and approved quotations
in common use. Among his favoritcs
was the one, Inconsistency thou art in
deed 4 jewell This was so constantly
in his mouth when canvassing among
his constituents that they dubbed him
"Old Consistency" A friend from his
vicinage being in New Orleans during
the Mardi Gras festivities made it a
point to call on "Old Consistency and
discuss the political situation. He
found his old pcnchant for quotations
still rs strong as ever, and that to his
previous well-known stock he had
added the following, thus 'sThe peo-
pie! they don't know what they want"
While to his old favOrite he had, by
dropping the word " consistency en-
tirely, given Il new rendering after this
manner: " Eight dollars II day, thou
art indeed a jewell
Yours, &c, REFORM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
To Obtain Comfort

Speedily and at little cost, end your Dyspeptic
snf.rings at once by using Parkers Ginger
Tonic. Thousands who have for years somght
Low Spirits, Sleeplessness. Liver Disorders,
Costiveness, Acid Stomach, Heartburn, Palpta.
ton the He TT, Cramps, Distress in the Stomach,
Coated Tongue, etc. have found u most com
forting and complete cure in the use Of this
sterling invigorant Keep it always at hand :;
and whileit will save you much misery and
suffering, it will also enable yon to defy the
dangers of Collie. Cholera Morbus. Diarrhoea
and Dysentery. and save your little ones from
Cholera Infantum. Buy a 81 90 bottle from
G. ". Melee or sample bottle at Is cite. and
test its merits.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

The Governor, after consulting a
number Of prominent attorneys of New
Orleans, approved the bill known as
the Moffet register bill on the 9th, and
the bill now becomes n law of the
State. The Act is quite lengthy, sufti-
GENTLY so to occupy one. half this page.
Instead of copying the entire law we
submit an analysis of its principal pro-
visions. 1t is said that the constitu-
tionality of the law will be at once con-
tested by the saloonkeepers of New
Orleans who some time ago organized
an association for that purpose.
A bar-room license Is to sell by the
drink. The liquor must be drunk at
and not taken away from the place of
delivery. No liquor can be given
away, under penalty of $500 fine or
imprisonment not exceeding six
months.
The bar-room license Is granted by
the tax collector on Il bond not less
than 800 nor more than $1,000. The
auditor is to furnish the tax collectors
with bar-room registers, and the duty
of the tax collectors will be to familiar
ize the officers aud dealers with the
use of the instrument. The tax collec-
tor shall locate the registers and inspect
them from time to time to see that they
are kept in good order. If it becomes
imperative or out of order, the tax
collector must be notified and he must
replace 1t Immediately with u perfect
instrument, at the cost of the dealer
when wilfully injured. The registers
are closed in such manner as the audi
tor directs. For the use and return of
the register the dealer must deposit
with the auditor %, which is returned
with per cent interest when the busi-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
Et}ifOr OuucHifu Y;ieV,.uDH

Et'itor Ouuchitt Telegraph
AprOpOs to the meeting with a
estate bearing" duly reported through
the TELEGRAPH, wherein Il Wholesale
endorsement was asked for and which
certain gentlemen claim was gotten,
permit me to request that you publish
the following extracts from II letter of
Mr.. w. NJ. Washburn, representative
from Morehouse parish, to the Clarion
of that parish. The writer is not per-
sonally known to MIR. W., and for the
information of such of your readers as
may be in Il like fix, would state
that those gentlemen in our vicinity
who claim the honor OF his acquain-
lance vouch for him as Il gentleman of
great (discernment) and prohity and in
every way reliable.
1 desire their publication through
your excellent paper for the special
editication OF those participants ut the
meeting in question who discovered
such ready alacrity to obey whom told
by the endorsement advocates that as
they had taken snuff it was there and
then in order for the people to snceZe
the little faction of five that had in
the interest of reform and retrench-
ment the audacity to interpose them
selves "twiXt the wind and our nobil-
ity" excepted of course.
1t must verify be Il matter of huge
to the people of our
State who seem just now to be on
gagged in a persistent struggle TO patch
up as 1t We're a living out of their
and broken resources that
their legislative servants (thauks to per
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
CllERIl'E'S SALE.
Perry Nuyent
vs.. No. 1859.

Perry NuSent
No 1850
James II. Sims.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of ouachitr
18th District Court.
BY virtue of Il ii. t;t. issued from the l4t I.
District Court in the above entitled amt
numbered suit, have seized and " i'll otter
for sale at the door of the Court House in
the city of Monroe, within the hours pre-
scribed by law, on
Saturday, May 18th, 1919,
the following described property. to- wit !:
The northwest quarter OF the mort beast
quarter of the northwest quarter of section
invent y-three east half OF northeast quar-
ter, northeast quarter of southeast quarter,
and north half of southeast quarter OF
southeast quarter, section twenty two,
township eighteen, north range one east
containing three hundred and forty acres
more or less.
Seized as the property OF James IL. sims
and will be sold to satisfy said ii. IA. and
costs.
Terms of sale, cash, with the benefit OF
appraisenlent.
st T. P. RICHARDSON, Sheriff.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

We have not overlooked the kind
words of the Marksville Villnger and
tho Natchitoches NindicntOr for the
ion is appreciated, because well-meant
and sincere. We ask them to accept
our thanks and personal assurance
that we decline the honor of running
for Congress.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
sssPLITTiNa THE PARTY"

One of the discoveries recently made
is that those Democrats who advocate
the formation of new constitution
favor splitting the Democratic party OF
this State. We, have made no such dis
covery.. The TELEGRAPH stood by at
the birth of the party in Louisiana,
and has been its supporter and friend
ever SINCE. We should as soon be
guilty of fratricide as of aiding In the
overthrow of the Democratic party In
this State. But because we love the
party and are striving to have 1t adj
here TO its teachings, we are arraigned
as disorganizer. Cannot we more
consistently charge those who are not
following its teachings with being dis
organizers ? The policy of the TELE-
GRAPH has not changed. 1t Is the
same friend Of the Democratic party 1t
has hcen since 1865, and we shall never
consent to see that party sssplit." Party
discipline, party regulations and party
conventions are cardinal principles in
our creed, and the Democratic party
must be kept true to its record, let those
split who may. ....
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

We notice that II call for II Demo-
cratic Constitutional Convention Club
Among the signers TO the call we find
some old acquaintances--menw we knew
in worse times than these. We trust
their venture will not prove II failure.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

There are Il number of communica-
lions to be found in this weeks paper
more than usual-and all from good
men. Several are held over for next
week, as we have not the space this
week to give them place.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03
REFORM.

We refer parties needing steam en-
gines, mills, gins or presses to the
advertisement of II. Dudley Coleman
& Bro, New Orleans, they being man
ufacturers and machinery dealers of
well-established reputation.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

ness is discontinued and register re-
6rne1 In abSd orsl6. N @ ~, AY
ThS dealSe mt in presence of the
consumer turn the crank of the register
until ne bell strikes one and the indi-
Gator on its dial has moved one point
for each five cents worth sold.
Until the registers are in operation
the old license continues, but will abate
or be deducted afterwards.
The tax on sales is to be paid month
ly at the rate of one. quarter of one
cent for every five cents worth sold by
dealers. The tax collector or properly
appointed clerks must visit the place
of business Of each licensed dealer and
bar-room keeper within their parishes
or districts once a month, and carefully
examine the registers and make the
settlements. Payment of the tax must
be paid ON the monthly visit, and il
not paid In five days may he proceeded
against as In license suits may seize
and sell personal property. The failure
to pay the tax works a forfeiture of the
bond, which may be sued ON with so
per cent damages and % per cent on
the tax. Any dealer failing to perform
any of the duties under the &C: shall be
deemed guilty OF misdemeanor, and
on conviction be fined not more than
500, one-third to the infOrmer; a
second offense forfeits the license, which
shall not be renewed for one year.
Any person prosecuted is allowed to
testify for himself.
Any person mutilating, de1.scing, in
juring or destroying a register placed
by authority, or moving the indicator
otherwise than required by the act, to
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction fined not more than
800 or confined in Jail not more than
twelve months.
The auditor will prescribe rules to
put the act into operation, etc. The
license must be posted In conspicu-
Gus place, under penalty of not more
than 500 on his bond, and dealers
| 10Vo9 ktSO Nf1A Co1SCCSOlS lCCCspS III Ic>
gisters, and to return them on discOn-
tinuing the business. The price of the
registers shall not exceed So.
The act does not impair the right Of
municipal and parochial corporations
to- impose licenses on trades, occupa-
tions or professions. -'... ..
Licenses are to be granted on appli-
cations signed by the applicants, on
forms furnished by the auditor. The
act applies to all bars where liquors are
sold by the glass, in hotels, inns, res
taurants, social clubs, or on steam
boats owned and registered in this
State.
The fees of the tax collector for col
Letting Is the same as fixed by law for
licenses.
The proceeds go to the general fund.
Tax collectors are required to report
all violations of the act coming to their
knowledge to the Grand Jury. After
1873, licenses on trades, professions and
occupations are to be reduced so per
cent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-03

a choice lot of Clay Peas and Ger
man Millet, for sale by Scholars & Key.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30

For Fever Snd Ague, Intermittenf Fever,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, 60, and indeed
oil the affections which arise from rnalari-
Gus, marsh, or miasmatic poisons.
This is q, compound remedy, prepared with
scientific skill from vegetable ingredients, which
rarely fails to cure the severcst cases of Chills
and Fever and the concomitant disorders. Such
remedy the necessities OF the people in mala-
rlous districts demand. Its great superiority
over any other medicine Jctdiscovered for the
cure OF lntcrmittcnts is, that it contains no qui.
nine or mineral, and those who take it are free
from danger of qlLinism or any injurious effects,
and are as healthy after using it as before. 1t
has been extensively employed during the last
thirty years in the treatment of these distressing
disorders, and so unvarying has been its success
that hhas gained the reputation of being infal.
hbie. 1t can, therefore, be safely recommended
as a sure remedy and specific for the Fever and
Ague Of the West, and the ChiIls and Fever of
the South. 1t counteracts the miasmatic poison
in the blood, and frees the system from its in1lu-
cnce, so that fever and ague, shakes or chills,
once broken mp by IL, do not return until the
disease Is again contracted.
The great variety of disorders which arise from
tho irritation of this poison, such as Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blindness,
Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asthma, Pal
pitation, Sp1enic Affections, Mysteries, Pain
in tho Bowels, Collie, Paralysis, and dcrange-
Of the Stomach, all OF which become intermit-
tent Oh periodical have no speedier remedy than
AYERS AdyE CURE, which cures them all alike,
and protects the system from future attacks. AS
n preventive, it is Of immense service in those
communities where Fever and Ague prevails, as
1t stays the Development of the disease If taken
onthe lirst approach Of the premonitory symp-
toms. Travellers and temporary residents are
thus enabled to defy these disorders, and few
will ever suffer if they avail themselves Of the
protection this remedy affords.
For Liver Complaints, arising from torpidity,
1t is an excellent remedy; it stimulates this organ
into healthy activity, and produces many remark
able cures where other medicines fail.
Prepared by Or. j. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS.
SOLD ny ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30
HUaH S. THOMPSON,
State Superintendent Education.

A CASE OF CIRoUMsTANTIAL Ev1-
DENcE.-Nearly year ago a wealthy
merchant named Rozier was robbed
and murdered near Sparta, Georgia,
whilst on his way from his store to
his residence in the evening. The
body was alleged to have been dis
covered by the town marshal, man
named Griggs, and two companions,
named Lovett and Barnes. 1t was
found that Mr.. Rozier had been
struck on the head with some blunt
instrument, which had crushed in
without breaking the skull. The
stories told By the three men did
rot agree, supposed Inconsistencies
were de ected in them, and the sus-
picion was excited that Griegs and
.lis friends were themselves the mnr,
derers, and a numbe" Of circum
stances having Eeen adduced calcL-
lated to establish the guilt Of The pris
oners, they weIe convicted and SEN
fenced to death. The emf frcement
Of the penalty has been postponed
from time to time, mainl y through
the earnest and devoted eflurIs of
Marshall Grigg's wife, who has per-
sisEed i'll avowlng her conviction Of
her husbands innocence: Her plead
ing induced an experienced dotec
tive to take hold Of the case, and it
is now tolerably certain that the
murder was committed, not by the
condemned men, but by two roughs
attached to circus that was at the
time playing in the neighborhood.-
Mr.. Rozier was known to have had
a valuable watch and revolver in his
possession, and these could not be
traced. The watch has now been
recovered, and everything points to
the certainty that the murderers were
the circus men against whom sus-
picion has for some time been di,
rected.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30

CHIMNEY Rock, N. O., May 49,
Bald Mountain has split in twainI
Your readers will remember that two
years ago great excitement existed in
this section on account of the wonder.
ful and inexplicable noises heard in
the bowels Of tho old Bald. The
sounds, like muttered thunder, appa-
renry proceed from the innermost
depths of the mountain, and cre-
ated the widest excitement among
the residents of the valley. In The
past few days themountain has liter
ally split in twain, leaving chasm
Of three hundred feet in length and
from eight 10 ten feet in width. So
far as your correspondent can ascer~
tain, the depth is one bottomIess
abyss. AS yet no smoke or lava has
been thrown out from The crater
Great excitement exists, and Bald
Mountain bids fair to become the
modern VesuVius. .... i. 4.sa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30

every household and bringing our
nation into reproach before the civ
ilized world. The peace of the
country is the first consideration of
patriots. This new effort of the De-
mocracy to inaugurate anarchy and
Mexicanize the government by throw
ing doubts upon the legitimacy of
the title Of the President, is in keep
ing with the record of that party, one
wing of which rebeled against the
government, while the other wing
gave them aid and comfort.
We call, theretore,~ uponoall who
opposed the rebellion Of 1861, with
out distinction of party, to rally well
to the support of law, order and
stable government, and to over
whelm with defeat the reckless agi-
tators who, to gain political power,
would add to the present distress OF
the country by shaking the founda-
tions ola government they failed in
a four years. war to destroy.
BY unanimous order of the COM
miltee. EUGENE HALE,
Chairman.
GRO. g. GILLIAN, Sec'y.
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1t is said of Spurgeon that in hi

1t is said of Sturgeon that in his
pointed way he cried out from the
pulpit, "There's a shoemaker. Last
Sunday lie sold shoes that amounted
to ninepence, and there was four
pence profit on it," In the audience
there was a shoemaker who had done
that very thing. The mystery both
cred him all the week, so on the next
Sunday he had his girl open the shop
while he again went to church. "Ah
sinner" Spurgeon began, "sirning
by proxy is just as bad as though yon
had sinned yourself. It's no use for
yon to come here yourself and leave
your daughter to keep shop" The
shoemaker was dumfounded. 1t sci
him thinking, and he was converted
Spurgeon, hearing of the circum-
stances, said he believed the Holy
Spirit inspired his words.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30

granted certificate who, in addition
to other requirements, has not the
high moral qualifications which
should be possessed by every one who
is entrusted with the important work
of teaching the youth of our State
The school law gives to the State
Board of Examiners authority to Sc
lect a uniform series of text books to
be used in the public schools. The
books will be selected at the next
meeting of the board, which will be
held during the first week in Septem.
Der, and it is hoped that by the be-
ginning OF the next school year there
will be in use in all counties of the
State books we'll adapted to the as
sistance OF teachers and the instruc-
tion ofpupils.
HUaH S. THOMPSON,
State Snporinten don't Fdncation