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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS
4 RTlCLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF THE
ST. LOUIS. MONROE Il NEW ORLEANS
RAILWAY COMPANY
OF THE

Be it known, that Lewis ID. Allen, Jr.,
w. b. Sub1ett, D. NJ. sho1ars and Frederick
Louisiana, and William r. Allen, Jacob II.
Wieting and Ira c. Terry, of the City of st.
Louis, State of Missouri, hereby associate
themselves together as II body corporate
FIRsr-rhat the name OF this Association
shall be ''The st. Louis, Monroe and New
Orleans Railway Company"
sEcospIThat the domicile Of this Assoc
citation shall ell. be in Monroe Parish of Qua
THIRD-That the purpose of this ASCOT
alton shall be to build, maintain and ope-
line of the State of Louisiana, as nearly as
the Parish of Morehouse, state OF Louis
in the vicinity of Bastrop, Monroe, and
thence south by the most feasible route to
FouRrH-That the officer on whom cita-
ton shall be served. shall be the President
or, in his absence, the Vice President of the
FIFrH-That the amount of capital stock
Of this Association shall be two million
dollars, Evidenced .d by twenty thousand
each; the payment of which shall he by
assessment as the wants of tho Company
require, and in installments of not more
than twenty dollars per share, and ASSESS
ment shall not be made oftener than once
in ninety days. Said stock, however, may
be issued by the Company and used as paid
up stock on all contracts for labor, mate
rial, rolling stock, construction and nego-
tiation of the bonds, and other obligations
s1xrH-That tho above mentioned per-
sons shall be and constitute the, first Board
for one year, and thereafter there shall be
an election of a Board of Directors annu-
ally, at such time (and at the tlomicile of
the Company as shall be fixed by the BY
Laws of this Association, at which election
each share of stock shall be allowed one
vote, the same to be cast either in person
or by proxy. Provided, that if from any
cause, an election be not held within one
year from the filing of these articles of
association, the first Board shall hold over
held. Notice of the date of holding said
election shall be published in some news
Company, at least three weeks prior to the
holding of said election, or shall be served
on each stakeholder by depositing the
said stakeholder at his place Of residence
SEvENTH-That this Association shall
continue in existence for the period of
which time, the then existing Board of
Directors shall be and become Trustees for
the purpose of liquidating the affairs of the
it's concerns, and pay its debts and dis
tribute its assets according to law.
In witness whereof, we, a majority of the
our names, this 10th day of October, A. d.
1879. Signed
LEWIS D. ALLEN, Jn.,
FIR. ENDOM,
Attest: IRA c. TERRY.
l.. w. SURaHNoR,
G. A. SINGER.
This done and signed in the city of Mon
roe. L., in the presence Of the subscribing
wtneSssS the day and year first
aforesaid r.Puk s'EaGf Notary Public.
Recorded this 18th day of October, A. D.
1879 R.w. Me s5fnss Recorder,
7-6t Parish Ouachita. La.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28
HEROINE AND WENCH.
New Orleans German Gazett,

New Orleans German Gazette.1
For several days past it was said
that several prominent. speakers and
statesmen of Republican colors were to
visit Louisiana in the interest of GER
tain Mr.. Beattie-Who since two weeks
has tracelessiy disappeared-to assem-
BILE the masses (?). If these gentlemen
have made up their mind to come,
then this is the highest time. Es-
pecially Sherman, Mathews, McVeigh
and others should come, for one of their
most intimate friends finds herself in
great danger. Eliza Pinkston, the
colored heroine of 1876, now languishes
in Mississippi Jail on the frivolous
charge of numbering her youngest hus-
band. AS Eliza was once carried into
the CustomhOuse on a litter badly
wounded and shown to the visiting
statesmen, and as John Sherman rubbed
her bloody forehead with eau de cologne,
Cor old Rye), while Stanley Mathews
held the camphor bottle under the
fainting ones nose-then, in the pres
ent momentary apprehension, will
there be mellitiuent voices loud, that
will assert that the innocent sacrifice
of bulldozing brutality had before
murdered one of her husbands in Ala
bama, and in this State launched three
or four of her babies into eternity |?
But the visiting statesmen foresaw the
vileness of the slander-for what were
they statesmen? Her services
as wench and heroine are too great to
be inconsiderately recognized.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ELECTION LAWS

l. The duties of the Sheriff are, to
give 80 days. notice of election; to pro-
vide ballot boxes; to receive certified
list of voters registered for each polling
place from assessor; to deliver at each
polling place by seven o'clock a. m.
on election day ballot box containing
the list of voters registered for that
poll; to swear commissioners; to re-
ceive from Secretary of State Is days
before election blank tally lists and
returns for each polling place.; to furn-
ish these tally lists to commissioners;
to appoint deputy sheriff for each
polling place; to receive from the COM
missioners tally sheets and compiled
statements of votes cast at each poll;
to repair to the court house within As
hours after polls are closed and there
in presence of witnesses to compile the
returns and make public proclamation
OF the result of the elections; to make
out triplicate returns of the votes cast
to be certified by the clerk of the court;
to deliver two of these returns to the
clerk and to forward the other certified
return, together with the tally lists
from which it is made, by mail to the
Secretary of State.
.. IL - the duty OF the Assessor to
deliver to tho Sheriff, 24 hours before
the opening of the polls, an alphabeti-
cal list of the voters registered for each
polling place, certified by him to be
correct. This list shall contain the
number of the registration of each
voter In the election precinct where
the polling place is situated.
3. 1t is the duty of the Secretary of
State to furnish the Sheriff with blank
tally lists and returns Is days before
election.
4. 1t is the duty of the clerk of cleo
ton appointed for each polling place
to assist the commissioners of election
in keeping the list of the names of pol
sons voting at each polling place. He
must be sworn before the polls are
opened.
8. The duties of the commissioners
of election are, to repair to the polling
place before seven O'Clock on the morn
Ing of the election; to administer the
oath to each other in the absence of an
omcer horized to administer oaths;
to open the polls at seven a. M, and
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varieties. They should not be allowed
to stand nearer than ten inches apart.
Next in my fancy comes the phlox.
II sown now and not too thickly, as
they die with mold If crowded, they
will begin blooming when they hear
the first blue birds note, and continue
to be beautiful for several months. AS
general thing the phlox is neglected
and has to steal place to grow, aud
every year when 1t persistently comes
up In some waste place, or puts its
hlnd some petted plant, the mistress
of the garden will say: elbow pretty
that phlox is! Next year I'll have
big bed set apart for it," But she
never does, yet there's no flower that
better deserves little care and little
spot Of its own.
Next-but don't know what to say
next. There are the bold poppies,
Haunting their dazzling robes before
us, as brilliantly attired as some prin-
GEES of the Orient in ssgIoss of satin and
simmer Of pearls" IN. b. Nothing
extra charged the reader for that
tfquoetical potation'-it was thrown
in for 1agaiappe.1 The carnation pop
small, but of beautiful colors. Then
the opium peoples are tall, with large,
silken petaled flowers; while the
peony-fiowered are beautifully fringed.
The most distinct cOlors are rose, white,
scarlet, crimson and maroon. Peoples
make very snowy background and
should not be planted among less pre-
tentious flowers. I can't say that l
love them-one little violet is worth
garden of gaudy poppies-yet no col
lection of ANNALS is complete without
them.
Now for the larkspurs. The pretti-
est of these are the rocket, candelabra
and stock-f1owered- pink, blue
and purple-old-time favorites with us
all. Sweet peas should be sown thickly
in rows now-they have neither beauty
nor fragrance if not planted early.
They should be trained on sticks or
brush as soon as they begin to run. If
not allowed to make seed they bloom
for two months. There is something
so winning and refreshing in the bios
som OF sweet pea something that
carries us back to childhood's sunny
days. The new ssinvincible scarlet'
is the most brilliant variety. Then
we have the old pink, purple and
white kinds. The candytuft, in white
and purple; sweet alyssum, white and
very fragrant; catchfly, pink and
white; clarkia, in various colors
Japan pinks; erysimum, yellow and
fragrant, and the cute little nemophila,
in its bright blue and purple.dotted
linen dresses, make charming masses.
Sow now, and if they come up too
thick, thin out to what the farmers
call a 'sgood stand.''
have named twelve varieties of the
best hardy ANIMALS, as promised, but
remembering another little beauty, the
whitlavia, will add it and make out
the bakers dozen.'' The whitlavia
has lovely little bell-shaped' flowers,
white and purple, and it suits the South
admirably. Sow half the seed now
out doors, the balance may be saved
for Spring planting in boxes. Try the
whitiavia, ladies, just once!
PLEASANT RIDERHOOD.
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keep them open till six p. M; to pre-
serve order at the election and to COM
nit to prison any disorderly person
until one hour after the closing of the
polls; to put any person offering to
vote upon his oath when challenged
and to refuse to permit such person to
vote unless he make written affidavit
that he is the person registered, has not
voted elsewhere and is duly qualified
elector of the precinct in which he Of
fers to vote, which afadavits shall be
preserved by the commissioners as
part of their returns; to erase the name
of each person voting from the list Of
voters and to call the name aloud; to
receive the votes and deposit them, or,
If the voter desire, permit him to de-
post his own vote in the ballot box;
to keep Q list of the names of persons
voting, numbered from one to the end,
which list they shall sign and swear to
be correct before commencing to count
the vote; to count the vote without
moving the ballot box from the room
or the place where the vote was taken,
and to throw out all double tickets,
keeping a note thereof; to keep two
tally sheets of the count and write the
total amounts of said TALES both in
figures and In letters; to replace all the
OdAAOtS IN the O8llOC DOX AFTER the com.
pletion of the count and to seal said
box; as soon as the count is completed,
they shall make two compiled state
ments of the names Of all persons voted
for, the offices for which they were
voted, the number of votes contained
in the box, the number of ballots re-
jected and the reasons therefor; these
compiled statements shall be sworn to
by all the commissioners, the oath to
DO administered by any officer author
lied to administer oaths or by the COM
missioners to each other. AS soon as
the statements are made and sworn to,
the commissioners themselves, or at
least two of them, shall take the ballot
box and deliver it together with one of
the tally sheets and one of the COM
piled statements and the list of persons
voting to the Clerk of the District
Court; they shall deliver the other
statement and tally sheet to the Sheriff.
If none of the commissioners attend at
any polling place, the people present
shall elect three of their number to
act as com missioners. If but one CON-
missioner attend, he shall appoint an
other, and they together shall appoint
third. The deputy sheriff at each
polling place shall obey all orders of
the commissioners and shall accom- any
them in the transmission of the boxes
to the Clerk.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28

Lynchburg Virginian One of the
most remarkable results of the late
election in Virginia was that in which
an old politician, who had been fire.
quentiy elected to the Legislature, was
defeated by his former slave.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28

The abuse or misapplication of truth
Is AS blameworthy as the invention of
fnlsehood.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28

Texas turns even drummers to ac-
count. The tax on them has already
brought her 100000
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-11-28

Would you have men speak we'll of
you: Then never speak we'll of your
self.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

AMULE WILLING TO GA bad little
boy in Portland it pack OF shooting
crackers, and threw them into the street TO
see them "go off," Ono Of Ike Ba.eman'
mules came along and swallowed them
before thcy" went Off. The mule walk
ed about fifteen feet and stopped. Things
WASH acting just right inside. He began
to taste tho smoke of fire crackers. He
laid his left ear around against his ribs and
heard something. 1t was them crackers
having fun. The mule picked out about
three and half miles Of straight road, f,
and started. A negro met him about a
mile the other side Of the Aims House,
going south, white with perspiration, with
streams of smoke shooting out Of his
nos.rlls, mouth and ears, while his tail
stack straight up, and n steam of blue and
green smoke about ten feet long followed
in the rear. Ike found his mule yesterday
morning stick ing half way through farm
house near Paddy's Run, still smoking.
The man got his family out and put 'em
up into lot Of treos. Ike hauled his mule
home, when he get cool enough, on dray.
The man is going to move his house fur
ther back off the road, and his wife ard
oldest daughter will he baptised when tho
water gets warm. .-LoutSetlle Courier
journal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

FINE MECHANISM Ono Of the most
singular mechanical operations imagina-
bic is the making OF gold wire for what
is known as gold lace. The refiner first
prepares solid rod Of silver about an
inch in thickness he beats this rod, ap-
plies upon tha surface a sheet OF gold
leaf, Furnishes this down, applies another
coating, Furnishes this down-and so on
until the gold is about one-hundreth par.
tho thickness Of the silver. The rod is
thon subjected to train OF processes
which brings it down TO the state of 1ne
wire. when il is passed through holes in
steel plate lcssening step by step in diam
eter. The gold never deserts the silver,
but adheros closely TO it, and shares all its
mutations IL is one hundreth part of tho
thickness Of the silver at the beginning.
and it maintains the same ratio to tho
end. As to tho thinnoss 10 which the
gold coated rod OF silver can be brought,
the limit depends upon the delicacy OF
human tklIl. 1t has been calculated.
however, that the gold actually placed on
the very finest silver wire for gold lace is
not more than one.third Of one il.ionoth
Of an inch in thickness-that is not above
one zenith the thickness of ordinary gold
leaf.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

As Germans complain that English
tourists aro running Switzerland, so
sportsmen moan over the invasion Of the
Adirondack Wilderness by the pleasure
seekers. The summer hotel is taking the
place of the hunters cabin well-kept
wagon roads follow the lines Of old In
dian trails, and putting steam launches
plough through the water whore once
glided the noiseless birch canoe. Into
the very heart Of the great forest have
they been taken. Last summer a steam
boat was run for the first time on Oswe-
gatchle Lake, and another one disturbed
the ripplcs of Tupper's Lake. In tho
coming season the shores OF the two
queen lakes of the woods-Raquetto and
Long-will also reverberate the echoes Of
steam whistles, for two large boats are
being luilt thereon. New hotels and
carriage roads form part of the enterprise,
and what vas once the widest and most
inaccessible region of the wilderness
premises TO become popular place Vi re-
sort.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15
NUMBER II.

be murdered by those towards of Cos
sacks? know it was wrong, and did
! it in spite of his orders-he was very
angry with mo; but could not help it,
so tried to carry him. The Cossacks
rode over mo and broke my arm; l could
not dc more. Pardon me, Sire
The Emperor smiled; yes, my child
rem, he smi lied" (here the veterans eyes
g!ewed with honest pride at the remem>
brance)-"ho smiled at me. Corporal
Manchot, and, taking huge pinch Of
snuff sa id:
"'It is we'll, very well, my brave fell
low'-that to me, yas, to me who now
stands before you-'It is we'll, very we'll,
my brave fellow" those were his very
words; as 1 heard them, forgot my cold,
my hunger, and the pain of my arm.
"'See here, this is for you. With that
he opanod his coat, took from his own.
breast the cross, and pinned 1t on m inc
OH what joyi what ecstasy! what pride!
Decorated! and with the Emperor's own
crossl
"He then called to Devoust, and order
cd that and the still insensible Captain
should be carried forward in his own wa
gon. SO es capped from the horrors Of
that retreat from Russia, but not from
the pun ishmsHt the Captain had threatens
ed mo with. AS soon MS he found that he
and were saie with our regiment. he
placed me under arrest for fourteen davs,
for what no said; has been gross breach
of dcipline. All! he always fulfilled his
promise, did Captain Totu. He is
General now.
"What he had done TO mo was told the
Emperor. have heard he was much
amused; he ordered my release, at the
same time rising mo to the rank of Ser
geant. That mes enfdnts is how l won
my cross. The ribbon l wear here,
whero every one may see il; the cross
lies next my heart, where 1t shall always
| be in lifo and in death"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

TIKI city government of Philadelphia
has ordered that the telegraph companies
shall place their wires under ground and
dispense with the poles, which are re
garded as an obstruction and disfgure-
ment of streets. The New York Herald
sees in the construction of the elevated
railways in New York an additional rea
son why this measure, which commends
itself from other considerations, should be
adopted in the metropolis.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

ExAMINATIoN of 5000 grammer
school pupils at Boston shows that about
FIVE per cent Of the boys are color-blind,
and only about one half of one per cent
of the girls.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15

WHISKY. ssrs the Danbury Ne~s' IS
about the or iy enemy man has sucreel'
cd in loving.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-15
Weeklu Trinitv guurnal.

Me- The $50 UR.N.9L" has no agents
the PSbifshsr prsfsrrfHg TO do business
Wish .Sdp.rtissrs direct. .adrsrffsing &
Rates fsrsished on application.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1879-09-13

free public schools of this Parish he
opened on Monday, September 10Th
1879.
On motion OF Mr.. Mire, duly sec
onded, the appointment ola school
inspector being in order. Mr.. G..
DamarG was unanimously appoint
cd ; and the board took q recess of
half an hour, at the expiration of
which, on %resuming business, the
roll being called, Mr.. j. L. Gaudet
answered to his name.
The President appointed Mcssrs.
COIN and Gaudet q committee of
two. for the purpose of renting a
suitable building for the 9th ward
colored school, and Mcssrs. Plais.
ance and Mire, also a committee of
two, to ascertain the condition of
the 4th ward school house. belong.
ing to the board, anl now occupied
by Mrs. Dnbourg, and at what time
the same can be put in possession
OF the school board.
ALT. PLAIsANCE.
Scc'y pro TEN.
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OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
-nl HE
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
ST. JAMES, Sept. 9th, 1879.

~ '4ANli.~. AS'i't. ott. iptS.
The Srhool.BoarI of This pariS,
met this day at the Conrt House.
PRESENTED. GentiI. President:
Jos. Gohn. Alfred Mirr, Tl,clcsphorr
Dugas. Allied plaiSaner.
Assent u. l.. GAulct. Secrp.
ta,y. NJ. Tlrcuit, jules Jacob, l..
\Illavaso.
On motion, Mr.. Aft. Piaisanre
was made secretary pro tenn, and
the reading Of last nectin. was dis.
prn>e,l vita.
The report OF the Parish Tteasu.
rer was read:
St. James, August 3ot,,. 1879.
To the Hon. President aud members
of the School Board:
Gentiemen.-l have the honor to
inform you that there is a Balance
Of SG54.57 remaining i'll the Treas
ury at this date.
Very respectfully.
(Signcd) HENRY EEITEI.,
Treasurer.
Adopted. On motion of Mr..
Miro. duly seconded, the appoint
Uncut ottraclcrS was in order. and
the petitions of all the applicants
We're read, and the following nomi.
nations were made. to wit:
FIRST ward, white school, Thos. II.
Mrars.
First ward, colorcd school, Thos.
3. Holmes.
Grand Point, white school, Al.
fred ltougelut.
Second ward. White school, Mrs.
S. NJ. %ilalsancr.
Second waid, co!orcl school, Geo.
q. i~iaylrl.
Third ward, white school, NJ. Z.
White.
Third ward, colorcd school, Miss
Stewart.
Fourth ward, white school, J. |.
jolly.
Fourth ward, colored school, j.
[. Wilson.
Fifth ward, white school. Mrs. \.
Ealtaut.
Fifth ward, colored school, NJ. II.
Reid.
Sixth ward, White school, d. j.
Richard.
Sixth ward, coiored school, II. L.
Tuitaud.
Seventh ward, white school, Miss
NJ. J. Chcis:in.
Seventh ward, colorcd school, i.
c. Perkins.
On motion of Mr.. DnGas. duly
seconded, it was resolved that the
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but the Honorable Reverend Vincent
DiGkcrson. To him we say as we did to NJ.
Simms: Go to school Dick, go, and learn
clocntion, articulation, and o%rthography,
and then go to the Legislature. You made
too many speeches before the last Convcn-
sion (P) Eli!
For the Police Jurors, the Office not
being lucrative, We hear of no candidates,
and yet it is the most important of all. 1t
is the Legislature Of the Parish.
For Justices of the Peace and constablcs
they are too many to cnumerate.
Now, w invite you, republicans, take
side with MS. give us a fair representation
and above all a good Police Jury, every
thing will 90 straight.
1t will be remarked that all the
above-namcd candidates with one cxcep-
ton are republicans.
st. James, Sept. sth.. 1919.
A DEMOCRAT.
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one of those who never give up the
horse.
forI'. Como, once Representa-.
tive by the protection ofW. Shade,
is generously Offering his youth,
knowledge and light to the people
of st. James and tu the people OF
Louisiana.
But we have seer our young
neisllbor playing at base ball with
the boys Of the second ward, and
every one will state that lie is not
once of the best runners amongst
the Pichmicks.
The Devil of lie Louisinnais
could make a better trip than l..
Como.
So, the senator will be q splen-
did dark horse.
We have already heard his pow.
crful nrighing in the great convcn-
tional and constitutional battle.