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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
Crimes. Cr,m,nal. ana c.sualt,e.


Mrs. Mary Jane Coury and little
daughter, were killed alta crossing on the
New Jersey Central railroad on the Goth inst
Emil Thomas, late sheriff of st. Louis,
having failed to pay over fees collected, has
been sued for $4,000 on his official bond The
suit is brought at the instance Of the circuit
court. There are other claims against him.
The confession by La Page, before his
execution for the murder of Josie Iangmand,
that he was the murderer of Marietta Ball, at
at St. Adams, Vt, in 1874, removes every trace
OF suspicion from young man of st. Adams
who was arraigned for the murder of Miss Ball
on c;rcumstantial evidence
At midnight on the 10Th inst, fire
broke out in the brick building, corner Su-
perior and Merriam streets, Cleveland, Ohio
occupied by the Cleveland Non Explosive
Lamp company. Inc uullding and contents
were entirely consumed Total loss of stock,
100000; insured, but tie amount not known.
Cause of fire unknown.
The house of a farmer named Hurley,
living few miles south Of Adrian, Michigan,
was burned on the 10Th inst, and before they
SOu1u NC lcdCucu HIS Wuc duC Two CulUIcu
were SO terribly burned that they died soon
after being rescued. Hurley and three other
children escaped. He loses his house, furni-
ture and $500 in currency. Fire caused by an
explosion of a lamp.
The British steamer Astarte stranded
at Castillas, the 31st Of January, during the
night. The storm increased, and at day break
only the mast tops were seen above water,
with five or eight persons clinging to them,
but no help could be rendered because of the
high sea. The sea continued high until the
5th when a boat was got to the isle+s lear the
wreck, but nothing was found except putrify-
ing corpses. Capt Bayne and 30 Of the crew
persisted, only two being saved-William Par
sons, the first mate, and Donald Campbell, the
third engineer.
The novel spectacle Of selling negro
to the highest bidder, was witnessed in the
streets Of Hickman, KY, on the 18th Mr..
James Barksdale was the auctioneer, and as
the negro man stood on the block, and the
voice of the autioneer rose and feel, crying the
bids, it revived "reminiscences Of old and by
gone days. The colored people crowded
around in anxious expectancy. The negro
sold was one Jim Cooper, who had been
previously tried and convicted as a vagrant,
and the verdict of the jury was that he should
be sold into servitude for six months, as the
law provides and directs.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27
Personal ana lmpersonal.

James Hair Fresswell, the auth or, IS
dead.
The Emperor of Japan has sent the
Emperor OF Russia the decoration of the first
Cross of the Order of Merit.
James Ross Snowden, formerly State
treasurer of Pennsylvania, and director Of
United States minis, died Thursday the 21st
inst, at Hulineville, Pa.
A Rome telegram of the 22d says !:
Cardinal Nc Closkey and Lieut. Gen. Count
Ger' DIX de Sonnaz, King Humbert's aide-de
camp, have visited Gen. Grant.
Greenville Tremain, son of Lyman
Tremain, and candidate for attorney general
of New York, on the Republican ticket last
fall. died at Albany on the 14th inst, of typ
hold fever.
A young coal HEAVIER in the gas works
at Richmond, Va, an Ir;shman named DAME
Higgins, has inherited fortune amounting to
his uncle, who was transported from England
many years ago to Australia, for treason, and
after serving his term went into business at
Sidney.
O'Dorovan Rosa was invited to de-
liver lecture in Toronto on the 18th inst.
He chose for his subject, "Irish Liberty and
English Prison Life" and had prepared a
rather wild and infamatory lecture, but
trouble being anticipated, the Toronto Fenian
committee could not engage a hall in the
city for the delivery Of the lecture.
Mrs. M. V. Dahlgren, in protest
against the proposed woman suffrage amend
ment to the national constitution says: "Mar-
riage is unity The family through it is the
fouddation of the State. Each family is rep
resented by the head, just as the State ulti-
mately finds the same unit through series of
representations. Out of this comes peace,
order, aproper representation and adjustment
union. The new doctrine, which is Elusive,
may be thus defined: Marriage is a mere
compact and means diversity. Each family,
therefore, must have separate individual
representation, out of which rises diversity or
divisions, and discord is the corner st one Of
the State"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27


The English strikes of 1877 numbered
nofewer than 191. They are grouped under
thirteen classes of occupations building,
coal mining, iron, engineering, railways,
shipbuilding, ceramics and glass, wood
and stone work, clothing, textiles, print
ing and carriage building, besides mis-
cellaneous class including cab drivers,
bakers, and tanners. Sixty-two subdi-
visions are enumerated in this ist,for ex-
ample 10 building trades and 10 differ
emf guilds in iron working. Among the
striking trades were the lath-renders and
the deal porters. Among the joiners and
carpenters there were 81 strikes; among
the masons, 20; among the GOLFERS, 10.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

HOUSE, March 16.-A resolution was
adopted to get information from the attorney
general of the law under which the President
appoints to the military and naval academy
Mr.. Hanna introduced bill tor mint at
Indianapolis. The bill for paying mail con-
the war was killed by a large majority, the
title being stricken out.
SENATE, March l8.-Mr. Ednunds re-
ported unfavorably the bill to permit women
to practice law IN the courts The bill for the
enforcement of DEGREES of United States
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27
Masceilaueoua.

The tobacco factory of John j. Nicks,
Elmira, n. Y, burned on the sad inst,
A fire at Melbourne, Ont, on the 21st
inst, burned Cornell's hotel and several stores
adjoining. Loss $4,000.
The Chinese residents of Yokohama,
sapan, have contributed $4,000 to the relief
fund of the famine in China
The United States Treasurer is paying
the second dividend of 10 per cent. to depos-
itors in the late Freedman's bank
Gen. Williams, Of Grand Island, CAL,
owns farm of Il, 600 acres, of which he has
sowed 5000 acres in wheat and 1000 in barley.
A telegram from Sault Ste Marie of the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-27

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In connection with the paper, we have a
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
WE'LL PRESERVED.

In the year 1866, Mr.. Geo. w. Lester,
worthy citizen was brutally done to
death by bowie knife in tho hand of
John Amonett In the town Of Prov
idence.
He was laid away in one OF Crane,
Breed g. Co.'S metallic cases and placed
in a brick vault on the Holly Planta-
tion. A few days ago his sister, Mrs.
i. NJ. Hays, had the body removed to
the family lot in the Providence Gem
etery. On the remains being exaInin-
ed through the glass top in the case,
the body was found in u state of almost
perfect preservation. The countenancc
was little darkened but quite natural
in its expression. The clothing and all
the surroundings intact as when he
was put away. 1t was source OF sad
satisfaction for Mrs. II. to gaze once
more upon the features Of her beloved
brother and to again lay him quietly
away, to his final rcst.-CovoN CO,'-
s.y.,f,fjrt..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
ANCIENT HISTORY OF CORN.

Corn (noW coming In so plentifully)
which is generally named maize in
Europe, though the English still call
1t Indian corn, Is often thought to bo
peculiar to this country, because 1t was
cultivated by the aboriginals when
Columbus discovered tho Western
World. He took some of II back TO
Spain, MS peculiar product Of tho
newIy-found land, and it was cordially
appreciated for its rapid growth and
abundant yield. Corn fiourishcs I'm
Northern Europe, and grows, but not
iuxuriantiy, in Germany and other
northern States. From representa-
ton Of tho plant found In old Chinese
books, and from the alleged discovery
OF some of its kernels in cellars Of an
cient houses in Athens, il has been
supposed to be nativo OF the East.
Many have thought II to be Identical
with tho corn mentioned in the Scrip
turcs. But this opinion Is not consis-
tent with tho total neglect of so valu-
able Il plant for centuries and Its
energetic cultivation after Columbus
had found IL hero. There is no kind of
used in 80 many ways-the intermedi-
alto range between whisky and paper
being very broad. Although corn Is
grown in tho Old World, It nourishes
nowhere as 1t docs in the New, cspe-
cially in the United States. Indigenous
to North America, it so thoroughly
represents the growth, variety, richness
and power OF our Republic that 1t
should be considered, rs indeed It is,
our symbolic plant. Maize and Amer
ca, corn and Columbia, fit into ono
another verbally as they do in fact.
Corn is essentially the grain of the An
giO-Amcrican race.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
THE COTTON FUND.
lvicksburg Commsrcial.l


The President will probably, In his
forthcoming message, call the attention
OF Congress to the enormous sums now
In the Treasury, known as trust funds.
Ono OF these is that derived nom tho
sale OF cotton captured during the war.
a dispatch to the st. Louis Republi-
can, giving the history of the fund,
says that ''under tho provision OF tho
act OF March, 1868, agents wero ap-
pointed by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, whose duty It was to collect and
forward forward to tho loyal States all personal
property captured by the United States
In insurrectionary States, and also to
collect together and transfer all such
property found abandoned, either In
fact or I'm law, by the absence OF the
owner engaged In aiding the rebellion.
The proceeds OF this sale of cotton alone
were about $39, Cox, 700. De(lucting tho
expense Of costs, 1t LEFT about 428,-
O0O, 900. The history OF these casea has
been peculiar. It was at first nec-
essary to prove loyalty, and under this
rule only were millions of the above
amount paid by the Court, leaving
balance of over fifteen millions still
contended for. Since 1t was decided
In any suit where the claimant has
been specially pardoned by tho Presi-
dent, or Is included In the proclama-
tions of amnesty, the defence OF dis
loyalty has been abandoned except In
a few cases OF aliens who were person.
ally compromised with the rebellion
and could therefore derive NO beneae
nom the amnesty owing to natural
causes. During all these years Il has
been found Impossible for many OF
these claimants to press their suits.
The recent yellow fever scourge has
carried Off great number Of witnesses,
and it Is now urged that as . matter
of justice to the Sonth, Congress should
pass n law repeating tho act which re-
quired claimants to file their briefs
within two years Of the passage Of the
original net OF March, 1863. These
millions now lying useless In tho
Treasury must be increased by tho
balance Of the five million fund which
accrued under the act OF 1896, Just
about the time the war closed. OF tho
1886 claims under this head only 40,
involving 10000 dollars, have been
allowed, leaving considerably over
,00O, 600 dollars still in litigation. Il
| Is desirable that these immense funds
Should be distributed equitably as soon
as possible, and the unclaimed residue
be devoted either to the payment oi
the natsonal debt, or as urged on the
President, to educational purposes In
the South.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06

quarter Oh q mile from Wnerc Cl0fk
died, and u still less distance from
Hotel Dieu, where Elliott died. The
line of infection seems tolerably clear,
and subsequently to the cases ON Bfen-
vile and Robertson streets and also
from Elliott, sick In his boarding house,
to the subsequent outbreak at the COR
ner Of Front and Girod but the out
break on Constance street was so far
from the wharf of the Souder fully
half mile, and so long after her ar
rival-more than six weeks) that 1t
was long considered out OF question to
establish a connection between them.
Recent Investigations show that
some of the earliest cases on Constance
street occurred In the family Of Mr..
Covcn, who is engineer of the tugboat
Charlie Wood. This boat lay at the
same wharf occupied by the Souder
Immediately after the departure Of the
latter for Havana, as stated by Coven
himself at the time of his Illness. Mrs.
Wasson, Governs mother-in-law, was
sick at the beginning of July, with
symptoms answering closely to those
observed In yellow fever, and two
weeks later other members Of the FAM
lily were known to have yellow fever.
About the same time several children
In neighboring family named Bolton
developed the same disease; and it has
been ascertained that colored Iaun-
dress, Emma Watts, living In tho yard
of the Bolton family, had there done
washing for Mrs. WATSON, and hung
up her clothes to dry In the yard Of the
Bolton family. About the same time
occurred several cases near by on adja-
cent streets, alleged on lay testimony
to have been yellow fever. The objec-
tion naturally arises that the distance
is too great from the intersection of
Front and Girod streets, and the in.
terval OF time too long from Elliott's
case to those on Constance street, for a
chain of evidence to be established be-
tween them. 1t must be granted that
We should naturally expect to find In
tervening cases, both in space and
time; but we are here confronted by
no greater mysteries than we find in
other infectious diseases.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
A QUESTION OF COMPLEXION.

a rumOr p0lnlul to RepubllCan ears
is, according to the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, afloat in the air of the Federal
capital. Senator Bruce of Mississippi
a lady of color. They have been trav-
cling in Europe during the summer
and fall, and are now en- route for
Washington, where handsome resi-
dence on Capitol hill awaits their ar
rival. Official etiquette requires that
tho wives of all the cabinet ministers
and congressman shall make tho first
call on a Senator'S wife, and the wives
OF the older Senators are expected to
set the example. The rumor Is that
Mrs. Bruce is not to have the benefit
of this time-honored rule; in other
words, that she is to be snubbcd by the
most of the Republican ladies on ac-
count of her complexion and previous
condition of social inferiority. Mrs.
Hayes, Mrs. Evarts, Mrs. Sherman,
and perhaps few more, are said to be
ready to give the ark-skinned stran-
ger a cordial reception; but the major
ity exhibit reluctance as discourage
ing AS it is inconsistent. In principle
they are quite willing to admit that
Mrs. Bruce is their equal, and very
much the superior of their sisters in
the South; but when it comes to prac-
ticc, they turn up their pretty noses at
her, and will probably turn their
backs.
How this will never do ut all. Mrs.
Bruce is said to be an octoroon; but if
she were quadroon, mulatto, or una
dulteratcd ncgress, the female portion
of the Republican court ought to well
come her with open arms to generous
hospitality. How is stthc prejudice of
caste" ever to be overcome if Il lady of
African descent cannot get into the
tiptop circles OF Republican society?
How is tho underpinning, SO to speak,
of the solid South ever to be knocked
out, IL the colored wife Of a colored
Senator is thus branded with tho rcd
hot iron of indignant Republican FASH
ion? How is the social pyramid in
the Southern States ever to stand on its
apex Instead of its base, if n lineal des-
cendant of n first family in Africa is to
be tabooed under the very nose of n
Republican administration? How arc
the tsgreat results of the war" to be
protected and preserved, il blood which
may have trickled through the veins
of the ancient kings. of Dahomey is
treated as IL it had srun through
scoundrels ever since the flood ?"
We are not without hope, however,
that the Republican queens will recon-
slider their determination; and this
hope is very much strengthened by
one circumstance which must not be
omitted. Senator Bruce is rich, very
rich; and while in Paris he bought his
wife magnificent wardrobe of the
| latest style and costfiest material, which
| she knows how to wear according
to the latest Parisian mode. If Mrs.
| Bruce's clothes will not take her where
she wants to go, then indeed the coun-
try is lost past all salvation.-'S. Lo'tis
Xeef't,blictsa.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06

The Princess of Wales is fond
mother. She is about to send her sal
Ior son on voyage round the world,
and has packed with her own fair
hands each one of his trunks, besides
selecting his library, which contains,
for perusal at sea, Shakespeare, Sir
Walter Scott and Irving's Sketch
Book.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
NITX TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that tho assess
pleted and are open for public inspection,
ono at my Office and one at the Office of the
city treasurer that the taxes levied therein
ready to receive aud receipt for said taxes,
together with all unpaid back taxes and
licenses. Ialso give notice all of said taxes
must be paid to me at my office before the
3lst day of December, 1873, or I shall pro-
coed to enforce payment thereof, together
with penalties and costs, in the manner
provided by law and ordinance. Il
J. b. GARRETSON,
City Tax Collector.
Monroe, La, Oct. "a, 1878.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06

TALBOT STILLMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MONROE, LA.
viii practice in the Parish and District
Courts of North Louisiana. Will attend
these courts in person.
Will give special attention to Land Office
matters connected with the Land Office at
Monroe.
Will give to all business immediate at
tentiOn and abundant care.
VIII answer all communications with the
east possible delay.
August 10, 1877. 1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06

FoR sALE'
THE LOT AND RESIDENCE
Corner of Third and Jefferson streets.
formerly occupid by the late N. Klein. The
lot embraces one-quarter of q square, with
garden, horse-lot, stable, &C., attached.
The residence has two large and one small
ioininx' " and cisteFn house % and % serVants'
room. There is also a small brick of1ice
with two rooms on the lot. For further
information apply to Mrs. N. KLEIN.
Monroe, La, August /, 1879. If.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Ne" AIHAMnhA RESTAURANT
Has been removed to the corner Of st.
John and st. Ann street, i'll the rear OF B.
Rills' book store, where 1 will be found at
all hours. ready to servo my old customers
and the public with the best that New Or
leans and this market can afford.
Oysters in every style;
Fish, Crabs,
shrimp, Game,
And everything else to he found in
FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT.
will give my personal attention to all
who call upon me and guarantee the best
attention. e+. -- ST. at
G. C. ENSSMINGER.
Monroe. October 6. 1877.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
CARRIAGE FACTORY.

Tho undersigned takes pleasure in making
known that he is now as wcll prepared as
before the war, If not better, to do all kinds
Of work, either in
Manufacturing or Repairing
Ready made work kept on hand; speci-
mems of which may be seen by calling at the
Factory. ;de will also carry on a general
blacksmith shop, arranged to do all Kinds Of
blacksmith ling. Terms reasonable.
April 26 1869. MO- FIR. ENDOM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06

r.ARlFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
ADVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at ono
dollar and fifty cents per square Zone inch
OF space or less) for the first, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
any time under ono month. For longer
periods rs follows:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

In the United States Senate Monday Mr..
Christiancy replied to Mr.. Matthew's late
speech on the Pacific railroads sinking
fund bills, and advocated the bill reported
from the judiciary committee. Mr.. Sar-
gent proposed scheme for organizing a
voluntary life saving and wrecklng SER
| vice.
Miss Ada Sweet has been re-appointed
pension agent at Chicago. 1t was re-
ported at Washington that the President.
on the recommendation of the Illinois del
egaton, was inclined to appoint Mrs. Null
ligan, but Secretary Schurz, who had
promised the re-appointment of Miss
Sweet. carried his promise into effect.
A Vienna dispatch published in Paris
says England has refused to take part even
in preliminary conference of ambassa-
dors until Russia has given formal en-
gagement that all the clauses of the treaty
shall he submitted to the congress. Prince
Gortschakoff, in reply, merely reiterated
his promise that the full treaty will be
communicated to the powers.
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a
bill setting aside the State lands in town
ships 40. Al, AZ, 43 and A, north of ranges
4, 5, 6, Z and s, east OF the fourth princi-
pal meridian for State park. The pro-
posed park will include the headwaters
OF the Little Wisconsin and of numerous
streams and rivers which empty into Lake
Superior.
O'Donovan Rose lectured Monday
night in Toronto to an audience of about
one hundred The streets in the vicinity
of the hall were filled with people and fol
an hour and half continuous volley OF
stones riddled the windows of the lecture
room, but no further damage was done and
nobody was hurt.