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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-06-11
RED RIVER FREIGHT CHARGES.
THE GRAND EcoRR TRADE.
Mr.. EDITOR

mere mas oeen, dnr1hS Tic pas
twelve months. several communities
ltionsin your DEMocRAT, over anony
nous signatures, in regard 80 the ex
Iccssive freight charges in Red River
Very few people appear 10 realiz,
the extent of these charges, as com
pared with freight charges in al
other parts Of the world. We, o
the Red River valley, are a doomed
people, so far as progress is concern.
led, unless we combine upon some
measure Of relief. We are exces
sively charged OF articles, because
they ale heavy aud compact, and on
lothers for the opposite reason. that
they are light and bulky. We are
charged $40 per Lon for machinery,
and should this include any steam
boilers, bhe charges are yerv much
in excess of this. This so far ex
ceeds any freiohting charges in the
known wnrld, that we may as well
designate it as a penalty upon prog
ress and Improvements. Si0.per ton
is equal TO 50 per key on nails :
Nails are freighted from Pittsburg 10
st. Louis, 200 miles, at l2a cents
per keg, Or $3.50 per Ton, as they are
compact and heavy, and glassware is
| carried the same distance at % cts
per 100 lbs, or S. per ton, being
!iohtAnd bulky. | will venture the
assertion, without fe-flof successful
contradiction, that any heavy mach.
merry can be shipped, in three differ
Ient shipments, entirely around The
wnrl,t for $40 per ton, Chat IS TO say,
shipped from New York 80 San Fran.
cisco on one vessel, shipped from
hence to Canton on another, and
t,om r.,n,aa haor. NJ VI
;ho ,h;,1 ri e.a;,. 49,,
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AS much capita as the entire Red
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Dem forthy akahs and dat mooI,''
SAID Jim, a cotton band.
'Muss he, or dis chile is fool,
Somewhat about de land.
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FORTY ACRES AMI 4 MULE.

Dem forthy akahs and dat mool,"
Said lin, cotton band
"Muss he, or dis chile is a fool.
Somewhat about de land.
"Wen Massa Linknm's folks kim down
We niggers understood
They meant to do de ting mp brown,
And fetch us out de wood.
Dem forthy akahs sounded nice; .
Dat motive heard him squel--
But all de land lie i,r a vice.
Dat mool haint showed his head.
Its mighty hard to stand de rents,
Wild cotton getting cheap,
And den dc bill of de expeuts
Leads US behind heap.
"Dem fortby akahs and dat snool
Aint only in de ali:
Dey nnss be---I wish I'd heen to school
Up III de Norf sollewhar.
IL amt no use to be resign
nc 'Ia"hs Sot ono eye SHUT;
upto de Mort where Use gwile,
Eff has TO go atoot
"Iou bettah wait" said Uncle Jake,
And stay wnar you was hawn,
Its uuffin but machine dey take,
Up dar, to raise de Gavin
Don fool yourself about no such,
Mind wat de old man say
Dey likes de hrack man berry much,
But likes him iur away.
'lon bettah worry heah, you bet,
Long wild de cotton land;
De Nmf is cold, hut coldap yet
Will ne de white mans hand
Il New York Sun.
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OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL,


June 3, 1879.
Pursuant to adjournment tie Town
Council of the Town of Alexandria
La. Met IN the Mayors office, this day
at 4 ocl"ck, p. NJ. The following
mehlhers We're present.:
Sam Fellows, Mayor,
Louis Gnsselis,
L. r. Binssat,
Jonas Rosen'hal,
De,,uis Kelly,
". ". Wilmington, Jr,
The minutes Of the regular meeting
OF May lst were read and appnved.
The repoi OF, tlie Treasurer, showing
Il balance OH hand OF S2ssy 80, was also
read aud approved:
B, G. DHkE,
TREASURER IN ACCT. NTH CORPORATION
OF ALEXANDRIA, La.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18

anza" On the south. end of Gold Hill
only few days since, which shows
an immense vein, yielding very fine
galena ere, shows some sulphuret,
and runs well in both silver and gold.
showing some free gold.
After staying come days in Tin
Cup Gulch, business called us 70
Lake City, which city or town is in
the San Juan country and distant
about 100 miles. We mounted our
Pegasus, and in company With
friend proceeded on our way, with
nothing startling to unsettle our
equilibrium until we arrived at Indian
Creek, distance of seventy miles,
about 10 O'Clock at night. After
getting supper we retired for the
night, and you may imagine our hor-
ror next morning, on getting up for
breakfast, to see rather martial
looking fellow, and hearing him
state that he must GO out and COM
mence hoatalities (this, You will re-
member, was soon after the massacre
at White river by the Indians). But
you can also imagine how our horrcr
was turned to disgust when we
learned that the fellow (the military
looking personage) was only host
Ter in the employ of the Barlow &
Sanderson Stage Company.
More anon. b.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
why.

Why can't woman sharpen lead
pencil?
Why can't woman throw q stone
without lifting one foot?
Why is every baby the pretsiest one
in town?
Why does a woman say she doesn't
stare when she does?
Why does young man think every
girl is in love with him who 10 only
agreeable?
Why does girl imagine all the
boys are dead in love with her?
Why ls it that editors who are,right
are always poor?
Why does every paragrspher feel
prouder over joke credited to him
that is not his than he does over one
of his own? -
Why are babies taken to church to
squall?
Why must home talent be fattered
Why is the last dance the event oi
the season.
Why is 1T that young ladies are al
ways beautiful when away from home !
Why is it that both men always get
the best of fight?
Why do summer roses fade and q
good many other why's We can't
thlnk Of Just ct prssentf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
Got Something Friskys

SCOT something frisky?" he asked.
as he walked into livery stable and
called for saddle horse s'something
that will prance about lively and wake
a fellow out of his lethargy? i used
to ride the trick mule in circus, an
I recken 1 csn back anything that
wears hair"
They brought him out calico coli
ored beast, with vicious eye, and he
mounted it and dashed of. Before
he had gone two blocks the animal
bucked, crashed through q high board
fence and plunged into . cellar,
tossing his rider over the top OF an
adjacent voodshed and landed MINI
on the ragged edge Of lawn mower.
They bore him home, Strengthened
him out, and three surgeons came In
and reduced his dislocations and
ulastered him up with raw beet A
few weeks later be called at the stable
and said If they had gentle saw
horse with an afiectionate disposition,
bride with curb bit and martini
gales, and saddle with t-o horns
and q crupper to it, he believed ne
would go up in the haymow and gaiioP
around little where it wns soft ana
+ it wouldn't hurt him If he went 20
sleep and fell of as hs did the 0theE
dau
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
MEXICO AUDRAIN COUNTY MISSOURI THURSDAY DEoEBBR 49,

Well, that lady has made me happy
man" " and his eyes flashed merrIIy
upon Maud. s'Bnt I will introduce
you to my cousins wife, Mrs. Frank
Holt. Maud" he continued, With
gentle gravity, ''sInce you have come
here, it will be an act of Christian
charity 70 remain, for''-and his
voice sank very loS-aws are afraid
the poor little woman will be Wild
ow before the morning."
n foer fellow - said James Ruth
srford- What 10 the srouble2''
.'oTerwork. He thought he could
increase his small salary by toiliDg
eTer fine engraving in the evaning,
and he broke down. I never knew
of his4narrisge TIL last week, when
he wrote. me painful note, begging
me to care for his wife, If he died,
came here at once, and was forta-
nate enough to Tia poor little josie g
sisterly confidence end affection.
Maud, il the gssa; tronbls we fesi
comes ---,' .s
rilfbe her trro sistel, Fred =
interrupted Maud.
Here was 8 deep silence Of several
minutes. Then -+Tosie, very pale
still, crept softly into the room.
"He is asleep!" abe whispered.
"Ths doctor said il he slept he would
liver'
And when she broke into hysteri-
cal weeping, Maud held her close in
loving arms, whispering that she
must let her stay and comfort her,
for Fred's sake.
Nearly IL o'clock came, and still
Harvey Foster waited, half-fregen, in
the dark court-way, to see tho dis
comfiture of his rival. Then hin pa
tience was rewarded By sesing Fred
and his uncle come out Of No. 20,
srnr-in-arm. evidently the best el
friends, and enter Misa Chester
carriage and drive away.
Not until the day Of the wedding,
when he sew Josie an honorsd guest
and WAS introduced to &r. Franz
Holt, did Harvey Foster understand
the slight mistake hs had made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
JOHN MORRTs3EY.
Mrs. Morrissey Tells HGw Her
Husband Went to
Congress.
Correspondence Philadelphia Record.


John and I were married twenty
FIVE years ago. It was after the
Yankee Sullivan fight. We were
married after he beat John @. Hee-
nan; and although in those days
when he went into the ring l always
sent him from me with the injunction
to beat his man, my soul revolted at
the thought C g prize battle. But it
was my great hope to have him sue
ceed in life. lie came back from
California and visited our house in
Troy to bring some message from my
brother, whom he had left there. In
three weeks after that we were mar
ried. L knew John as a ragged little
boy about Troy, barefooted and bel
ligerent, always looking for fight.
When we were married he could not
read or write, and, to tell the truth, L
was only a trife better off in the
matter of educational advantages. /
told him he must learn TO read, and
he said l should teach him. Well,
we established lesson hours. Every
night before going to bed he devoted
himself to his spelling book, and in
the morning one hour to writing in
copy book. The rule of study was
intexible. We made it so. Tie
morning after he fought John Q.
Heenan, when he was all sore and
bandaged, and blind of one eye as
well, l propped him up with pillows
and made HIM write.
"How long, Mrs. Morrissey, did
you keep him pupil?"
'Tlll his fatal illness. Every night
he studied something, and / studied
during the day that / might be able
to help HIM. Of course, when say
l studied 1 don't mean in the ordi-
nary school Children's way. After
we had mastered the English branches
we took up history, and when he was
pretty well posted in that we made
the living topics of the day a matter
of Investigation-the European news,
the speeches Of great men. I read
them in the day time and John would
90 through them at night. Then we
took up such books as DeQuincy, the
writings of Carlyle, and though John
Morrissey was gambler, and by his
profession made enemies who frowned
upon him, he was possessed Of
knowledge en- many subjects inde-
pendent of city politics and horse
racing, which wsuld have put to
blush his sternest critics had they
been in competition with him."
"Did Mr.. Morrissey follow this
line of study because of natural
bent of mind"
81 don't think so. He would say !:
Now, this is no good for me, Susie !
but pressed him on and he would
soon get interested. Then he bad
such an indomitablo perseverance,.
When he found thing he could NOT
readily understand, he would master
it out of very spite. remember
once of his throwing down his arita-
metic, shortly after we were married,
and excfaiming pettishly: Il don't
care about these fractions; they're
only part of a thing, anyway What's
the use of all this study, Susie p
john I said, 'if you don't beat
these fractions, you will never go te
Congress. 'Ohl that's your layout
for me, 10 it?' 1T is, indeed, my
boy / replied. Then he took ur
his book again and said: All right,
my dear, we'll 60 to Congress- And
he did -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
The Chimam.ens' Flight.

a RoOu story is tOiQ OF an &rOn2Ut
or acrobat who, some time ago, in
Californis, took fight skywsrd, ear
rying with his balloon two involunta-
ry Chinemen. An Wing and Kah
Chou were selected to assist the
nronsut, snd large crowd OF peo-
pie gathered to zee the daring feat
advertised 70 be performed IN mid
air. The two Celestials were, in
physical sense, rather nim5le, but
mentally stupid, OF they would not
have allowed themselves 10 hsve be-
come the victims Of such 8 trick as
was perpetrated upon them.
The professor was already in the
car, and about TO cast of the line by
which the balloon vss sttached to
the earth by his tvo assistants, when
some wag in the crowd secretly tied
together the ends Of the long pigtails
of the Cinnamon directly over the
bars of the flying trapess that was
also dsngling from the car, and upon
which the @ronsat and acrobat inten-
tied to disport himself upon attaining
certain height.
The line was throvn of, as the
balloon made a short bound upward,
the Cinnamon were suddenly jerked
upon their tipsoes, where they re-
mained squalling and seueaking, ito
the infinite amusement Of the on
lockers. =
The professor, not being able to
see what vas going On directly under
the car, imagined them to be jeering
him for the want OF buoysncy on the
part of his gas, and at once began to
heave ballast overheard ct a great
rate.
Sand-bag after sand-bag was emp
tied, and then slowly and msjestical-
ly the balloon began to eoar aloft,
with the iuckless assistants dangling
over the bar by their pigtaiis, and
making frantic efforts to reach up
and relieve themselves by their hands.
Ah Wing stayed his skywsrd Ca
reer an instant by grabbing chin
ney-pot and all; while Kah Chou
also managed temporary stay OF
proceedings by winding his ankles
round the weather-vane on the top OF
the little Westinghouse. 1t was only
for an instant, however, and then
away they swung heavenward. kick
ing and squslling as pair of enrag-
ed tom-cats would do in like pre-
dicament. 1t was emily when the
professor, who had supposed the de-
lirious plaudits from below, compli,
mentary Of his skill and courage-it
was only when he began to clint
over the car, preparatory to descend.
ing upon the trapeze, that he fully
realized the position of his luckiess
assistants.
Then TO afford them instant relief,
and at the same time give them al
light fall as possible, he had to be
| gin a cautious descent until directly
over the river, when he cut the trap
eye lines and dropped its struggling
captives into the stream, whence the,
were soon fished out, more frighten
ed than hurt.
The witnesses of the ascent declar
ed unanimously that they would at
tend the next one in even create
numbers, If It should pe made wit
the same Chinese accompaniment
but, as the consent of the Chinamel
themselves would first have to be oh
tanned, it is not likely that they vii
be witnesses of a similar treat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
STRAY NNficH.

TAKEN up by G. w. Peery, of
L Linn Township, county of Au-
drain, State of Missouri, on this, the
2oth day Of November, 1878, and
posted before the undersigned j Justice
of the Peace, on the 8th day of De-
cember, 1879, as strays, one dark red
COW, with white spots on flank and
belly, three years old, branded on
left hip-brand not known. Also a
red roam steer, one year old, marked
with hole and smooth crop in each ear
branded on left hip with letter sup
posed to be the letter IN :" no other
marks or brands perceivable. APP
praised at fifteen dollars each, by A.
misenbury, Samuel Whitlow and
I.os. Hicks. Given under my hand
this, the Sth day of December. 1879,
o-2t. r.. ii. PERRY, J. p.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18

oIICE IS shereby given that at the
January term, 1880 of the Probate
yo9,s on Audrain county, Missouri,
l WIN make my final settlement as
zM1minlstrator z.1!i,. OF the estate of Henry
"aInams, deceased. w. q. REED.
saw, Administratns
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
r. M. WHITE, Publisher and Proprietor
TIM TABg.E Z.
CHICAGO & ALTON.

CHICAGO & ALTON.
No. Train. Arrives. Departs.
A.. kansas City Mail, ..... .I2.a0 m. I2.15p.m.
40. Kansas city Night Ex..l5.55 am. LOO am.
5. Denver Chicago Tx. 2.J0am. 2O5 ain.
WEST.
As Kansas City Maii... 3.I0 pm. $50 pm.
80 kansas City Night Ex,. 80 am 3.25a.m.
6..Denver & Chicago Tx. 200 AIN. 205a.m.
Jefferson City Accom-. l1.45 am. 310p.m.
Nos. A. and 81, between RoOdhouse and Kan
sas City, only stop at Loulsi,na, Mexico, Cen-
trIlia, liigbee, Glasgow, Marshall, Higgins
Vile and Inde pendence.
Nos. and 6, between Mexico and RoOdhouse,
stop only at Bowling Green and Louisiana.
ID. HENDERSON, Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18

THOlCE fresh meats always on
~ hand. Billie" expects to sell
meat in Mexico always, and so offers
none but the best to his customers.
If you want tender steak don't fail
to trade with thr most reliable meat
merchant in Mexico. 34-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18

Mayor Powers, who now begins his
sec,,,,d term in the Office Of Mayor Of
Springfield, Mass.. is . young man
Ne bscan TO work his way IN the
World As a newsboy on the railway
trains out OF Springfield.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-16
MINOR DISPATCHES

WnKEsDARRE, PA, Jan. 15.-
Charles Parrish s. Co. S miners, who
have been on strike in conse-
quence of the ten per cent. reduc-
ton, have accepted the situation,
and work was resumed at the mines
near this city this morning with a
full force. The Plymouth division
will resume tomorrow. The reduc~
tion will only be enforced till the
first Of April.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 15,-John
Ruck, Postmaster at Frenchburg,
Kentucky, was arrested yesterday,
charged with rifling valuable letters.
1t is alleged that he has broken
open upwards Of thirty letters in
the last three months.
PARIS, Jan. 15.-The Senate this
elected NJ. Louis Joseph
who was nominated by the
Left, President of that body.
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Le,,er fror.a xonesboro'.

JOEEsBORO', Jan. IS, 1879.
MIR. EDITOR: How's the Watau-
g4?" Has the Chucky gore Gown
yet?' "Did you ever see such a
rair - Sach are The questions which
every ybody asks every body else iero
now III Jpnesboro'.
The "oIiert iuhabitant' racks his
arain ia vai0 for some recollection of
a storm IA he "good old days long
gone by" hat shall rival the storm
which passed over this rart of the
county lsal 64tu. day night.
Rosis were washed out, bridges
CARED away, isuces broken down and
itre sfcck drowned by the flood. The
mouutaiti streams were booming and
ever ilG along the bGnk Of the
creeks and rivers was inundated.
Many r2iles were completely Or
partially destroyed. At this place the
waters were six inches higher than
ever before known. and the vaip&nle
ssw aud gfist mills of Col. I. II.
Reeves are total rulpe. -
.Jouesboro' Is the oldest town in the
State, aud its first capital When III
prr, revolutionary times the "Ragula-
iors," goaded beyond endurance by
the oppression by tax-gatherers ap-
pointed hy Tryon, the EDgliah Cover
nor OF North Carolina, rebelled and
were defeated. they sought refuge
along tie beautiful Walapga and tie
Il eig gb0ring region.
Col. Bernard. of the United States
Army is home now on a futloagh.
The Colonel says that the army lex
cent the staff officer') are aImost5
unanimous for the Burnside army
bIn. In their opinion, the bill is al
most perfect, and the only practical
one that could be gotten up There is
but Que Objectionable clause in it, ard
that is the one providing that the
shall not MAKE i}s Own
ordnance and ordnance stores.
Congre- sman elect Iay lor Is liying
here now. lie is the beau-ideel OF
happy nun; bat a man must be
rather stupid not to be happy y hen lie
i elec:ed 10 Congress and gets wife.
s ELuR, No. ,.
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All the amendments were rejected
and the House took a recess with
the main question on the bill still
pending.
The House resumed consideration
of the bill authorizing the issue of
certificates of deposit, the first vote
being on a motion to table the bill,
which was defeated. The bill then
passed, yeas III, nays Y.
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party to the suit to protect its iner-
ests and have leave to file cross-bill.
The Court thought the State was al
ready party to the suit, and
that exceptions would be allowed to
be fled. The Masters report, wEich
was recommitted at the last term Of
the court for further information,
was again submitted, and was dis
cusse The court then took a recess
until I D. N.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The
Democratic members Of the Senate
held caucus this morning with a
view to determining what course Of
action should be adopted in regard
to the resolutions recently submit
ted by Mr.. Edmunds, which in sub
stance declare that the three last
constitutional amendments were
duly ratified, that the laws already
enacted for their enforcement should
be faithfully executed, and that
Congress should further provide for
their enforcement by additional leg
islation. After some discussion the
subject was referred to u Commit
tee of seven headed BY Judge Thurs
man, to report TO future meeting
of the caucus. The caucus also ap-
pointed a committee Of three with
Senator Morgan as Chairman, to
report what further action, if any
should be taken to secure the repeal
of both sections Of the revised stat
utes which prescribe test oaths for
jurors in the United States Courts.
The following are the members Of
the committee on Edmunds' resolu-
ton: Senators Thurman, Eaton,
Mcdonald, Gordon, Salisbury, Nor
gan and Harris.
Nominations: Postmasters, John
II. Bibb, at the University Of Vir-
ginia; ?. E. Ezekill, Beaufort, S.
c.; Robt. w. Boone, Newberry
Court House, S. G.
Speaker Randall has appointed
Acklen, of Louisiana, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death Of
Mr.; Schleicher, on the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
The Board of experts who visited
Memphis and New Orleans under
instructions of the Special Con-
gressional Committee for examining
into the cause of yellow fever and
what, if anything, can be done done
to prevent a recurrence thereof,
having returned to this city, com
menccd to-day summing up their
labors. 1t will be several days be-
fore report can be made.
The United States steamer Pens
sacola arrived at Guatemala on De-
c0mber 26. The Ticonderago ar
rived at Funchal, Madeira, Decem-
ber 24, and left on the Both for
Sierra Leone. The health of the
officers and crews is good.
Justice Hunts condition is still
practically unchanged.
It is said Mr.. Everett, Secretary
of the Legation at Berlin, has good
prospects of promotion to be Minis
ter.
Great preparations are being
made in Mexico for the reception Of
the Chicago excursionists, The !
Government itself will leud its aid.
Every facility will be given for the |
inspection of manufactures and 9th !
er industries. The papers, without
expecting an immediate trade as the /.
result, think both countries viii be
benefited.
In the House GIr. Phillips, Of
Kansas, presented q petition to
open the railway communication be- /
tween the United States and Mex
leo. Especially urging that survey
be made by the Secretary of War
from Austin to Toplevampa Bay, |
Gulf Of California. The Mexican
Minister has written a letter to
Phillips, strongly favoring the above
scheme. He expresses the opinion
that the Mexican Government will I
be willing to assist to make the pre-
survey.