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THREE CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, finest finish, only
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ADJUSTMENTS.

7 ITERANY AND MUSICAL ENTER
- - IAIEMENT under The aaspices Of II Young
ct. htveen ~ aud 9th SITS sw., FRIDAY, Arri
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SkyERELY. PERHAPS FATALLY, INJURED BY
TIE KICK OF MULE.-AbOut ~ O'Clock to-day
young c0lored man was severely, If not fatal
". injured by the kick Of a mule I'm Birch q
R9Dey's horse bazaar on Louisiana avenue near
l"th street. Some one had been handling the
mu e, which was On exhibition for sale, and It
let It's heels fly striking the colored man on the
breast and mouth. knocking him senselss. He
was picked up and removed to DreW's drug
TALLY recovered his consciousness, but had nor
strength to speak or tell his name. He was
subsequently removed to his home at corner OF
bulaDce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-03

MINISTER ORDAISED.-At Mount H0reo Bap-
fist church On Sunday, Mr.. Sanders fios was
ordained minister by q counsel or ministers
and deaconS representing the THIRD and Fourth
Baptist churches OF Washington and the First
Baptist church OF Georgetown. The sermon
was preached by Elder Robert r Johnson, OF
the Fourth Baptist church; Elder William Rob
tnson. OF Mount Olive Baptist church offered
the ordination prayer, and Elder William b.
Jefferson. OF the Third BAPTIST church, delT-
cred the charge 10 the pastor and extended the
right hand OF Fellowship.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

THE New York Sun admits that
if Grant is made the Presidential
candidate of the Republican party,
there is a possibility of his election.
The one thing that makes his cleo
ton possible, the San says, "is a
pervading belief that the govern
ment will otherwise lapse into the
control of those who once attempt
ed its overthrow"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

THE Albany Express, demo-
cratic paper, thus explains the Grant
movement: "The eyes of poli'i
clans follow the gaze of the people,
who are looking for some one to
turn back this Confederate host ;
and hence it comes that all eyes
centre upon Grant"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
The City Printing.

In an article last week on the city
printing, the Democrat took the
ground that as emo bids for print
ing had been advertised for, the
common council had no bids proper
ly before it." This undoubtedly is
correct. 1t was the business of the
old board of street commissioners
to advertise for proposals, to be
submitted to the common council,
and then for the latter to award
the contract to the lowest bidder.
The board of street commissioners
having failed to discharge its duty
in the premises, it was not compe-
tent for the council to take any ac-
ton in the matter except to request
proposals to be submitted to the
board of street commissioners,
which has concurrent jurisdiction
with the council, by virtue of an
amendment to the charter passed
last winter. The award of the
printing to the Democrat by the
council was unauthorized; not only
this, it was illegal, as we have de-
clared before because the terms
upon which it was given to the
democrat were not, as required by
the charter, the lowest which were
submitted. 1t is clearly the duty
of the present board Of street COM
mlssiOners to treat the action of
the council as if it had never been
taken, and to advertise in due form
for proposals to do the city printing
for one year, and to let the cont: act
to the lowest bidder. That is the
law upon the subject, and the board
should act in accordance Herewith.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
Democratic Nonsense.

The absurdity Of the position
taken by the confederates in con
gress against the law authorizing,
in certain cases, the employment of
troops to maintain peace and good
order at elections, was handsomely
shown up the other day by Mr..
Blaine in his speech in the senate,
which by the way was a remark
ably clear and forcible presentation
of the whole case. Some of his
facts and figures which were evil
IDENTIFY obtained at the war office,
are thus summarized by the Chica-
go Times: s'The confederates in
Delaware are alarmed about the
overriding Of the popular ballot by
troops at the polls, yet in Delaware
there is not a single man wearing
the army uniform. SO, too, in
West Virginia, yet there is not a
soldier in that state. In MARYLAND
the Bourbons are alarmed about
the liberty of the ballot by the pre-
sence of 1872 artillerymen taking
care of the public property in Fort
McE1enry. The Bourbons in Vir-
ginia are arising in their might to
preserve the liberty of the ballot
against 2S2 men in the school of
artillery practice at Fortress Mon
roe. The voting liberties of North
Carolina are endangered by 50 SOL
diers guarding fort at the mouth
of Cape Fear river. The South
Carolina ballot boxes are trembling
at the menace Of their rights by 100
artillerymen in the forts that guard
Charleston harbor. The Georgia
Bourbons are terrified by the pre-
sence in that state of % soldiers. In
| Florida there are IS2 in chargea of
three separate posts; in Alabama,
| 81 guarding an arsenal; in Louis
ana, 239;in Mississippi, none;:: in
Tennessee, none; in Kentucky,
none; in Missouri, none; in Arkan-
sas, 81; in Texas, excepting the
forces guarding the property and
lives of the terrified democracy
against Greasers and Indians, none.
Said Blaine:
In the whole south there are l.
I55 soldiers to intimidate, overrun,
Cypress and destroy the liberties of
fifteen millions of people. In the
whole south there are 1903 coun-
ties. If you distribute the soldiers
there it not quite one for each
county. If you distribute them
territorially there is one for every
seven hundred square miles, and
the quota to overrun, Cypress and
strike down the liberties of Della
ware under the iron hoof of mill
tary despotism would be three, one
ragged sergeant and two abreast.
AS the reductio ad a5surduna of
the party issue the Bourbons are
straining their lungs to make, this
exhibition of facts is very effective.
Among sentimental southerners
the logic Of facts may be less eff
fective than the lack Of logic in
spreadeagle defamation, but among
the coldblooded inhabitants of the
north such facts, showing the alb
surd, false aid hypocritical charac-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

ter of all pretenses that popular
libe ty is imperiled by eight words
in an obsolete statute authorizing
the employment of soldiers to pre-
serve the peace at the polls, are apt
to outweigh the largest quantity
of mere sentimental rhetoric"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
CIRCUIT COURT, J
JEFFERSON COUNTY (

q ~ rT1ItoUN OUUNIA. J =
Jane Marshall Plaintiff, J
against
Alfred Marshall, Delft.
The State Of Wisconsin, TO the said Defend
ant and each of Them:
VOU are hereby summoned to appear
l. within twenty days after service of this
summons, exclusive Of the day Of service,
and defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid, and in case of your failure
so to do. judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the COM
plant; of which copy is herewith served
upon YOU FUTILE & STEINER.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
P. 0. Address, WATERFOWL, Jefferson Co.,
Wis lows
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

THE Baltimore Herald comes
out strongly for Grant, for next
president, and gives the following
as its reason. It says: "Grant is a
manly man He is brave in poll
tics as he was in war. He is the
least of a trimmer of any man who
has filled the Presidential chair
since the time of Washington. His
idea of politics is to do what he
thinks is right, and not what will
make votes He is, first, a man of
strong individuality and self-inde-
dence; second, thorough Ameri-
can, devoted to American ideas and
institutions; third, man who forms
his own opinions, and is never
afraid to assert them; fourth, man
of deeds rather than of words, of
achievements instead of theories, of
results and not of politics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
}Tte RepnbHrar.
APRIL %. 1879.

THE Toledo Blade says that the
enly difference it can see between the
editor of the Southern States and the
Confederate members of Congress is
that they act out what he talks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

THE Tilden organ in Chicago is
worried over the negro exodus from
the South, and courageously asks,
''Will the conservative, intelligent
voters of the North submit to so
nefarious a process?' What will
you do about it? Will the able
corps of journalists take their shot
guns and blacksnake whips and
patrol the banks of the Mississippi
River? Will the patriotic North
ern Democracy drive back the
black man to the wretchedness and
squalor which their party has made
for the colored people of the South?
One way it can be stopped and in
no other: give the colored man his
rights and treat him as man. In
this way the South can keep their
Iaborers. The days of slavery for
the negro have ended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

MISSISSIPPI and Louisiana have
combined in calling mass meeting to
consider the negro exodus and take
measures to allay the excitement. The
best way to allay the excitement
would be for the same Mississippians
and Louisianans to hi lie their six.shoot-
ers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

REPUBLICAN Milwaukee does
not do things as they are done in
democratic Watertown. in repub-
hcan Milwaukee the common coun-
Gil lets the contract for the city
printing to the lowest bidder. In
democratic Watertown it is award
ed to the highest bidder. In repub-
Hcan Milwaukee the price paid is
Fz cents per folio for first insertion,
and 9 cents for each subsequent in
sertion. In democratic WATERFOWL
IS cents per folio is paid for each
insertion. And this shows the diff
ference in the conduct of public af-
fairs in republican Milwaukee and
HI democratic Watertown. What
do taxpayers in democratic'W ater-
town think of it?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23


GENERAL BRAGG has taken a
firm and determined stand in con-
gress against the payment of any
more southern war claims, but his
opposition to them does not seem
to come so much from principle as
from policy. In recent speech
lie admitted it was for the manu-
acture of little cheap buncombe
for party use; or, as he expressed
It to "prevent gentlemen on the
ether side publishing campaign
documents in which they call us
eonfederates, and accuse us of an
attempt to rob the government, and
IN which they denounce me as a
eoadjudor distributing taffy." If
any one ever entertained a doubt
about this little man being dema-
gogue before this remark ought to
remove the doubt. 1t is called
patriotism.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
DEGISTRATION notice.!

hereby give notice that the Registration
Books will be open at the following polling
places in the parish of Ouachita, on the
days specified below, (accoroing to the pro-
visions of Act No. 3 Of 1878, and Act No.
101 of 1877 to afford opportunity for the
Registration of all persons who failed to
register before the last election, and those
who may have become eligible voters of
this parish since that date; also that changes
may be made, when necessary, in the num-
ber of precinct given as the residence of
any voter, on the Registration Books of
last election:
Monroe. Saturday, November LIST, and
Monday, November Sd.
Precinct No. 1, Farmers School-house,
Tuesday, November 4th.
Precinct No. 2, Logwood Place, Wednes-
Precinct No. 3, Union Church, Thursday,
November 9Th.
Precinct No. 6, Logtown, Friday, Novem-
Der 9TH.
Precinct No. 2, Trenton, Saturday, No.
vember Sth.
Precinct No. 8, louisville, Monday, No.
Precinct No. 9, cadeville, Tuesday, No
Precinct No. 10, Mt. Vernon Church,
Wednesday, November 18th.
Precinct No. IL, Pine Grove Church,
Thursday, November 18th.
Monroe, November 18th to November
10th, inclusive, when Office will be closed
to prepare poll books for the election on
Tuesday, December End.
Assessor and Ex-Ofacio Registrar, Parish
of Ouachita.
Monroe, La, Sept. IS, 1879. OF
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
4 SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
baptist MeSScnger.1

baptist Messenger.l
Scarcely had the news of the murder
of Mrs. Albert Ward, living near the
line of Ouachita aud Union, been re-
ceived before the awful announcement
that Mrs. Overstreet, living near Nose
ly's Bluff, has been foully murdered at
the hands of brutal husband. (This
announcement, however, proved pre-
mature. for as we go to press we learn
that the unfortunate lady still lives,
but there is little hope Of her recovery.)
The circumstances so far as we have
been able to ascertain are that Over
street came to this parish short while
since and has been remaining with his
brother-in-law, Mr.. A. B. Osborne, a
quiet man and an industrious farmer.
1t has TRANSFERRED since the attempted
murder that Overstreet is a fugitive
from the State of Alabama, he having
about year ago murdered u man in
that State.
No doubt stung with remorse, and
an accusing conscience this fiend in hui
man form harbored the thought that
his wife contemplated handing him
over to the proper authorities.
Mr.. Osborne came to town and pro-
cured a warrant for the arrest of Over
street. On his return he found his
sister wcltering in blood-the victim
of a brutal husbands ingratitude, and
the murderer gone.
Overstreet is about 5 feet inches
high, fair complexion, one blue and
one brown eye, tho index finger am
putated at the hand, weighs, about 165
pounds, has downcast or sheepish ap-
pearance.
It behooves all good citizens to exert
every energy in their power to ferret
out the perpetrator of this brutal act,
and bring him to speedy justice.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24

Saturday, 1ith of last month, Mr..
j H. McGinnis left Monroe, and has not
been seen since. Mr.. McGinniS had
been drinking rather hard for several
days, and On that account and his
strange conduct, his absence was no.
ticed the day following. a colored
man named Scott, living some eight or
ten miles west of this, came to town
and reported that he had seen Nc
Ginnis at his place. Mr.. Dan Doyle
and friend went out to SCOTS. The
missing man was correctly described
by two or three persons who saw him
"a small man, with heavy mustache,
and dressed in black. He appeared
bewildered, they said, and acted very
strangely, and when last seen he was
off the public road, inquiring the way
back to Monroe. When told which
way to go, he turned in the opposite
direction. There are but few people
living in the locality, the forests are
dense, and there are but few roads or
paths even. McGinnis had never been
there before, and had no apparent pur-
pose in view in going there. 1t is
generally believed that he wandered,
about in the woods and swamps until
exhausted, and is dead. Mr.. McGinnis
lived in Monroe before the war, re-
turned after its close, and was actively
engaged in building as contractor for
several years. He was at one time n
member of the council Of this city,
before the Democrats regained power.
His wife and two children live in this
city, but they have lived apart some
three years, or more.
What was Surmise on the 18th
July-as appears from the above in |
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24

limits of this city has been born every
important plan, and here inaugurated
every great political event for the re-
demption of the State. Here your cit
liens have shed their blood in the
cause Of liberty, and here on the 9th of
January they risked their lives to
secure the Nichols government. In
the present campaign the country did
right in giving the nomination to the
city. In the person of Gov. Wilt you
nave man identified with every in
terest of Louisiana, and connected
with every historical political event
for the past eight years, as wise and
sagacious leader. It is only just and
proper that as President of the Consti-
tutional Convention he should be Sc
lected to carry out the judicious meas
ures of the constitution. In this cam
paign the great point before US is to
watch and see that the old Radicals do
not get their fangs upon us again, and
what we have to do is simply to 60 to
the polls and keep what we now hold"
Mr.. McEnery then went into a re-
view of the past ten years, commenting
upon the Radical usurpations and mill
itary oppression, and by fine contrast
between the condition of the people
lrated what the Democratic party had
done to deserve the gratitude and sup
port of all lovers of liberty. Coming
down to the present time, he remark
ed: "The question before you is; will
you continue to live under the consti-
tuition of '68, or under the new one
The latter guarantees every right, was
made by our own people and should
be adopted. The platform adopted at
Baton Rouge gives clear definition
of Democracy as applied to Louisiana.
1t means good government and reform.
Every man can come within its folds
who desires the complete redemption
of the State. And now one thing I
urge upon you-don't let it be said
there is division in the Democratic
party. There is none. What have
seen here convinces me that the Re-
publicans base their hopes upon dis
sensions in our party, but they are
mistaken, and will find that the DEM
ocratic flag will float on to victory. If
New Orleans gives her usual Demo-
cratic majority, the State will go for
the ticket by 5000 majority. [Great
cheering.1 tell you there Is no ves-
tige of the Republican party left from
the Red river to the Mississippi. The
Fifth Congressional District. will give
II, 1000 majority. Our only danger is
In thinking we have no
enemy to defeat and staying at home.
Let US make the majority 50 large there
will not remain corporal's guard of
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24

The New York Herald advises Mr.,
Tilden to give up his Presidential
aspirations. It tells him in pretty
plain words that he is not the choice
of the Democrats of New York for next
President and that in seeking the
nomination he Is running the Demo.
cratic party. The Herald says:
cit is Mr.. Tilden's pretensions to the
Presidential nomination that Mr.. Kelly
opposes, and we must say that if all
the Democrats In New York who do
not want Mr.. Tilden to be their cam
next year can be persuaded to
vote for Mr.. Kelly, that gentleman
Mr.. Robinson"
If the Herald is good authority tho
best thing that Mr.. Tilden can do is to
Withdraw from the Presidential con-
test.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
INDIGNATION CONVENTION.

The remnant of the Radical party in
this State met in Convention in New
Orleans, and nominated Judge Taylor
Beattie, of Lafourche parish, for Gov
ernor, (as we expected); J. Nj. Giles
pie, of Tensas, for Lieut.. Governor !;
Mayo, of st. Landry, for
Auditor; Don A. Pardee, of Jefferson,
for Attorney General; NJ. F. Bonzano,
of st. Bernard, for Superintendent of
Public Education and J. d. Kennedy,
of nowhere and the only negro, for
of State.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
ACCUSATION AND REJOINDER.

The Thibodaux Sentinel has the fol-
lowing item relative to public schools
In this State:
The Weekly Louisianian of Oct. 4th,
takes occasion to fill one column with
comments upon the school question
and pitches into the Democratic party
because the schools are not kept open
longer than they are, etc.
Now we are certainly as strong an
advocate of public schools by which
the masses of children can obtain a
good practical education as any man,
and If it could be done schools should
run not less than 10 months annually.
There is one thing, however, to be re-
membered that it takes an immense
amount of money to pay for the sup
port of these schools and no people can
be expected to starve in order that
other peoples children may go to
school. Colored people have no busi-
ness of complaining about the schools
until they pay at least their poll taxes.
Until they do that they should at least
be little less strict in their criticisms
about public schools.
Our Lafourche friend, the Sentinel,
must be growing niggardly. We never
expected to find such sentiments in
Democratic journal in this age of free
schools,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
r IST OF JURORS.
lOFFICIAL.1

The State of Louisiana, Parish of Qua
chita. Clerks Office, Fourteenth Judicial
District Court.
of September, 1879, being more than fifty
days prior to the ensuing term of the l4th
District Court for the Parish of Ouachita,
State of Louisiana, the undersigned, a
quorum of the Jury Commission for said
Parish and State. having met at the Clerk 8
Office pursuant to law, for the purpose of
said parish and State, to serve at the No
vember term thereof, 1879, after having
supplemented the general venire to the
original number Of three hundred names,
John w. Scarborough, one Of the commits
sion: proceeded to draw fifty ballots, con-
tanning the names of fifty persons, from
the general venire box to serve as jurors
for the first week. as follows: