davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-15

The great External Lotion and Fluid Absorbent
Natures Remedy Applied by Natural Method
Used IN Sponge or Foot Bath, it Immediately Re-
heyes Pain and Soreness of Body and LmD from
whatever cause It also brings refreshing cooness,
and destroys offensive perspiratiOn- 1t ls the only
Lotion offered to the public to be used through the
BAth.
"SAPANULE" Is q sure and specifc Remedy for
RheunaAtism, Neura 'gia, Lumbago, Headache,
Burns Scalos, Bruises, Sprains, Sores. Piles Bois,
Chilblains. Bunions, Corns, &C Cures az Er9ptiye
Soreness or Inflammation Of Feet, from woatever
cause, Immediately relieved and permanently cured
by usinR "SAPANULE" in Foot Baths.
"pAPANULE'' contains nothing injurious to
the most delicate organism, and can be used with
peFfect safety by all Recommended by Physicians
o( an schools, and by thousands who daily nse il
and find relief.
Subtraction guaranteed or money refunded.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
ssTHE SCATTERED NATION,
{ New Orleans Democrat. I

There was quite a select audience at
DIR. Markham's church last night. for
the purpose of hearing Senator Vance
in his lecture on stThe Scattered Ma
tfon." The distinguished gentleman
was introduced, in happy terms, by
Attorney General HI. N. Ogden, who
pronounced an eloquent eulogy upon
his services as civilian and soldier.
The Senator opened his address by
comparing, in moral and intellectual
sense, the Jewish and Gentle races,
and showing that they are as marked
as the waters Of the gulf stream from
those of the ocean surrounding it. AS
persistently as the latter refuses to mix
with the waters around it, the Jewish
race has refused to mix with the Gen.
tile, and SO its individuality has been
preserved.
He then entered into the history of
the Jews, their rise from the degrada-
ton of Egyptian slavery, the wisdom
and democracy of their laws, the virtue
which characterized their domestic re-
lations, their final dispersion, and,
lastly, the prosecutions amid which
they suffered and their ultimate tri-
umph over the same. He spoke of
their position to-day, their influence in
commerce and their power in dipio-
matte relations, and euIogized the
stscattered unity'' which marked them
in the darkest hours of their perseca-
ton and distinguished them in the
day of their tolerance.
He spoke of their literature and their
retinements in art, which have outlived
the barbaric splendor of Pagan rule
and worship, and how, even when
they themselves were despised their
doctrines were accepted. In the spir-
itual sense the Christians were the
successors of the Jews, and one feature
always characterized each-monothe-
ism.
He spoke of the personal character
istics Of the Jews in high praise, and
said that if any vices existed they were
directly traceabie to the influence of
long centuries of Christian persecution.
The lecture was replete with imagery
and metaphor, and many homely Illus
trations contributed to awaken inter-
est. On the conclusion the Senator
was warmly greeted, and the audience
departed with an evident sense of great
pleasure.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
EMlGRANTS.

White-topped wagons from Alabama
going to Texas, and white-topped
wagons from Texas going to Alabama,
have frequently passed each other at
this point during this Fall.
Discomfort is natural with the hui
man family. Every man sees some
e thing In his neighbours possession su-
perior to his own, and believes every
other quarter of the globe to be more
valuable than the spot on which he
resides. And without other knowl-
edge than that learned from an exag-
gerated land advertisement, hundreds
and thousands, who ought to know
better, sacrifice the earnings of a life
time to try their fortunes IN pursuits
to which they are strangers and totally
unfit, even if they had the means to
buy lands and materials and to sup
port themselves one year after arrival
in the new country. But to 60 as the
great majority do, with barely enough
means to reach their destination, in
the hope that they will find land and
houses open to them for mere occu-
pancy, and outfits given on appiica-
ton, If it Is not insanity it is the great
est delusion that ever crossed a ra-
tional mind. Disappointment is the
natural sequence.
Men must learn that there is more in
successful husbandry than there is in
the land. That proper attention and
care will bring ample support from
every acre of ground In the cotton belt.
That instead Of complaining of ex-
hausted soils we should revile ex-
hausted energies. That Texas with
her wealth ON foot, and California with
her gold-laid hills, are not to be com,
pared with the old homestead and its
dear associations. That dissatisfaction
and a desire for change pervades every
land. That poverty besprinkles the
globe, and that In ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred it is made worse by 9
move. That Eldorados are fancies O.
the Imagination, gotten up for means
of robbery, and the sooner 1t is realized
and guarded against the better it will
be for all concerned.
Westward or Northward is mania
a hope, an air castle. Eastward OF
Southwark Is a reality, a confession OF
despair, an admission that "there is
no place like home.b
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

| Vicksbure, Shreveport and Texas Rail-
road. this road was sold at public auc-
] ton by Special Master F. A. Wooldey,
under q foreclosure ofthe mortgage.
A large crowd had collected includ-
ing many railroad men. Deputy Clerk
b. B. Holly of the United States Cir
cult Court read the notice of sale, and
bids being invited Mr.. jackson of
Atlanta, offered the sum of sixty thou
sand dollars, at the same time handing
to Mr.. Wooldey a check for this
the property was adjudicated to Mr..
The property is subject to lien and
privilege of the defendants for the
amount of 1924 COG O8, with interest at
5 per cent from April 10, 1875, which
amount must be paid before March /,
1880, by the purchasers.
The court granted permission for q
majority of the bondholders holding
valid bonds, proved In the cause, to
make an agreement to purchase the
road for themselves and such other
bondholders as shall assent to the
agreement within fifteen days after the
sale, who will be credited with the
proportion due to them as bondholders.
They are required to pay the proportion
due the non-assenting bondholders
within fifteen days after the sale, or
upon confirmation of the report of the
special master.
It is understood that the new COM
pany will be largely composed of men
whose interests lie in this section of the
country.
The cost of completing the section of
80 miles between Monroe and Shreve-
port, and protecting the track between
Delta and Monroe, together with full
equipment of the line, is estimated at
several millions of dollars, but there
will probably be no difficulty in rails
ing the amount, and the work will be
commenced at an early day.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
THE ELECTION.

The election passed of quietly. We
have yet to hear of harsh word
spoken during the day. Everybody
voted according to his inclination and
seemed to be happy In the exhibition
of his independence. The vote was
light-hardly two-thirds of the reg
istered list. The colored men took an
active part In distributing tickets and
urging all corners to exercise their priv
iiege of voting without delay.
Our reports are too meagre to per-
NIT us to guess at the result, but the
vote has been email all over the State.
We have no doubt of the success of the
State ticket aud OF the adoption of the
New Constitution. The ordinance rel
alive to the State debt has had bitter
opposition and if adopted it will be by
q majority much less than that of the
State ticket.
Tho divisions in the party should
now be speedily healed by such con-
cessions as will be honorable to all, so
as to present an unbr0ken front to the
enemy next year. The importance of
the Presidential election cannot be es-
timated, and the part Louisiana may
have to play In the Electoral College
in 1881 may be infinitely more impor-
tant than it was in 1877. AS to the re-
suit, we have nothing to dread but
factions, and the wisdom of our leaders
should be Immediately directed to
their absorption into or elimination
from the great Democratic party. Let
them be either for or against us, and
we will know where to place and how
OF treat them.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS
A KTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF THE
ST. LOUIS. MONROE & NEW ORLEANS
RAILWAY COMPANY

". 3. sublett, b. NJ. sIolars and FredericR,
Endom, OF the Parish of Ouachita, State of
louisiana, and William r. Allen, Jacob II,
Wieting and Ira G. Terry, of tho City of st.
themselves together as a body corporate
and declare:
FIRsT-That the name of this Association
Orleans Railway Company"
SEcoND-That the domicile Of this Assoc
citation shall be in Monroe, Parish of Qua
chita and State of Louisiana.
THIRD-That the purpose of this Associ-
alton shall be to build, maintain and ope-
line of the State Of Louisiana, as nearly as
may be practicable, north Of BastrorS, in
the Parish Of Morehouse, State OF Louis
in the vicinity Of Bastrop, Monroe, and
thence south by the most feasible route to
'hs G11y Of HsW Orleans THE in said State
ton shall be served. shall be the President,
or, in his absence, the Vice President of tho
FIFrH-That the amount of capital stock
OF this ASSOCIATION shall be two million
dollars, evidenced by twenty thousand
each; the payment of which shall be BY
assessment as the wants Of the 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
up. stock on ali contracts for labor, mate
rial, rolling stock, construction and nego-
tiation of the bonds, and other obligations
SIxrH-That the above mentioned per-
sons shall be and constitute the first Board
for one year, and thereafter there shall DO
an election of a Board of Directors annu-
ally. at such time (and at the domicile of
Laws Of this S WhcR e ehe
each share of stock shall be allowed one
vote, the same to be- p, cast either in person
cause, an election be not held within one
year from the filing of these articles Of
assoeiation, the first Board shall hold over
till the election. as fixed by bylaw, can be
held. Notice of the date of holding said
election shall be published in some news
Company at least three weeks prior to tho
on each stakeholder by. depositing the
same in the nearest poStoffice, addressed to
said stockhoIder 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
Association with full power to wind al, all
its concerns, and pay its debts and dis
tribute its assets according to law.
persons forming this ssocati@n, sH i SC i
our names, this 10th day si October, a. u.
VIZ WYE S: 81 AEI:HT, 'H.'
D. NJ. SHOLARS,
Attest: IRA C. TERRY.
l.. w. SURGHNoR,
G. a. SINGER.
This done and signed i'll the city of Mon
roe. La, in the presence of the subscribing
competent witnesses, the day and year irst
7. PURCELL, Notary Public.
sl Recorded this 18th day of October, a. d.
R.w. NicCLENDoN, Recorder.
7-ot Parish Ouachita, La.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

General Gordon was asked by a
Philadelphia Times correspondent if
he ever saw the bayonet used in the
war. He replied that he only saw one
man killed by bayonet in battle, and
that was at the night attack on Fort
Stedman, when the sentinel bayoneted
an assaiIant. At Gettysburg, when
the advance of the two armies ran on
each other, on the 1st of July, he saw
two opposing standard bearers rappinp
each other over the head with their
flag poles.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
MONROE, ouAcu1rA PARISH. La,

M ONROE, OUACHITA PARISH, La,
December 3, 1879.
BY order of the President the Police
Jury met this day at the Courthouse,
in regular session, instead Of Monday,
December 1, 1879.
Present-W. g. Kennedy, President;
A. ID. Russell, VIM. McGuiller, j. G.
Drew, Travis McClendon, w. G. Dunn
and Isaiah Carrot. Absent-A. Myatt.
The minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
Committee on Peevy Creek bridge
ceived, committee discharged, and re-
ferred to committee on claims.
An application was presented through
Mr.. Drew, to make change in the route
of the Arkansas road at or near the
Hasley place.
On motion of Mr.. McQuiller, Thos.
Mcclure was appointed to make the
change in said road under the supervi.
same after completion.
Petition of DR.. w. Y. Cosper, pre-
scented by Mr.. McQuiiler, asking a GER
tain change in the road from Terry
place to BastrOp road at VIM. Scriber's.
Cosper was appointed to make said
change under tue supervision of Mr..
McQuiller, he to receive the same.
Petition from E. S. Pipes, petition
from Union, laid over.
The President appointed Messrs.
Isaiah Garrett, w. G. Dunn and j. c.
Drew committee to prepare an esti-
mate of expenses of Ouachita parish
for the year 1880. The committee SUBJ
mittel the following report:
MONROE, OUACHIrA PARISH, La,
December 3, 1879.
To the President and members of the
Police Jury, Ouachita parish
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
committee appointed to prepare an es-
innate of expense for Ouachita parish
for the year 1880, beg leave to call your
attention to the following statement:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

~ bA0 AeSC0U0OGE. x0J3s session.
Adopted Dec. 3, 1873.
w. q. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN F.. HANNA, Clerk p. j.
ORDINANCE NO. 391.
Appropriating money for charitable
purposes for month of December, 1879.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Ouachita parish, That the amounts set
opposite the names of the paupers men,
toned below is hereby appropriated to
their support for the month of Deem
Der, 1879. ,'-
Mrs. Rebecca Bales. to be drawn by w.
3 Mrs. Letitia Coats. to be drawn by A.
w Mrs: E,i1a Daniels, to be drawn by s. A.
Mrs. Frances Knight, ss 90.
Mrs. Rose Henderson,, to be drawn by
Mrs. 3. a. Parker, to be drawn by }. A.
Mrs. Chloe Richardson. to be drawn by
W: q. Kennedy, IS S %. 20 0e drawn 0S
Thomss Sims, to be drawn by J. A. Cow
~ John Rierson,to DO drawn by F.M.G Grant,
. Jerry Cam, to. be drawn by +. FL. Cam
w. B. McCaleb and wife, to be drawn by
John McCune, to be drawn by w. T.
Oaks, IS 90.
Adopted December 3, 1879.
w. g. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN E. HANNA, Clerk p. j.
ORDINANCE NO. 1872.
Appropriating one hundred and sixty.
five dollars to pay the commissioners,
clerks and deputy sheriffs for SER
vices at an election held on Tuesday ',
December 2, 1879.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury OF
Ouachita parish, That the sum of one
hundred and sixty-hve dollars, or su
much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated to pay the COM
missioners, clerks and deputy Sheriffs
three dollars each for services rendered
at an election held in this parish on
Tuesday, the I'd December, 1879, and
the clerk of the Police Jury is author
lied to issue warrants to said officers
when there is money in the Treasury.
Adopted December 8, 1879.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN f. HANNA, Clerk, p. J.
On motion the Police Jury adjourn
ed until Monday, January s, 1880.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN e. HANNA, Clerk p. j.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
the SALE OF THE RAILROAD.

The long vexed question as to what
Is to be done with the vicksburc.
Shreveport and Texas railroad seems
to be settled at last. We copy as fol-
lows from the New Orleans picayune
of the I'd:
Yesterday, at l p. NJ, just thirteen
years ago to the day and the hour,
when Judge John A. Campbell as.
cended the steps of the Custom House
to f1ie the first bill In the case Of the
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

after the sale Ia 1866. The purchasers
were organized by an act of 1868 into
the North Louisiana and Texas Rail-
road Company, with a capital stock of
sc, O0O, 900, and the State granted to the
new company 10000 per mile in bonds,
to aid in rebuilding the road, which
was repaired from Delta to Monroe,
and the company received $546, 900 in
per cent. bonds. From first to last
the company received $1,122,000 in
State bonds.
After the decree of the Supreme
Court in 1874, litigation was continued
ia the Circuit Court and the cousumma-
ton of the sale was delayed until the
present time.
A number of persons interested in
the sale have arrived from Atlanta,
Vicksburg and other points. It is
understood that Gen. HI. II. Jackson,
of Atlanta, is here as the representa-
tive of the bondholders.
Since the projection of this road the
various railway combinations have
been such as to render it of importance
as a feeder or connecting line. Its
originators designed it to tap the Upper
Red River Valley and haul the produce
of that section during the periods of
difficult navigation to the Mississippi
for transportation by boat to this city.
The science of rail transportation has
advanced beyond the stage when a
railway can remain solely tributary to
even so grand river as the Missis-
sippi.
The road is now valuable as a con-
Meeting link between Tom SCOTS Texas
Pacific and the lines running North
and East on this side the river. To
the Savannah combination of railroads,
reaching from that city out to Selma
and Montgomery, it would be invalua-
BILE, as with the Vicksburg and Merid-
ian Road it would form nearly an air
line from Fort Worth, Texas, to Sd
vannah. AS q feeder to the jackson
Railroad, and connecting link be-
tween that road and the Texas Pacific,
it is of considerable importance.
There are therefore probably several
bidders in tho field and it is not UNI
likely good price may be realized.
The country through which this road
runs is extremely fertile, and the danger
from overflow can be overcome, as it
has been done in the case of the Jack son
Railroad and Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas Railroad, by an embankment
above the highest water mark. In its
present condition the road is of little
importance, but its completion a few
years ago would have prevented the
of many thousand bales of
cotton from the Upper Red River
Valley away from this market. Its
passage into the hands Of any one, or
its incorporation into any system of
railways, can now be of little con-
sequence to us.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

A seedy and unhappy looking man
entering revival meeting in Missis-
sippi, took a seat near the pulpit. The
clergyman, noticing his forlorn appear
ance, stepped up to him and asked if
he was Christian. "No," said he,
81 am the editor Of the village paper"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
EDUCATIONAL.
r OUIsIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
s COLLEGE,
BATON ROUGE, LA,

BATON ROUGE, La,
Is now in successful operation, with good
prospect of large patronage.
Sc, Session zion, begins, by law. October and
Facilities for x,st,'ucttom-very good: an
experienced exp Faculty, now Of four Profess
soesthe number I'D soon to be in;
apparatus; good appliances for instruction
il Engineering; large museums Of Natural
Volumes: and a good eqaipment s Of small
arms and artillery for military exercises.
E6s,: are also making to get in readiness
secured.
literature and science; and parents will
select the studies which they may wish
their sons to pursue. The military exer-
on the cadets who are quartered in the
University building and optional with
S other s, students, who board in Baton Rouge.
al with the parent.
admission granted to young men and
who are proficient in the branches Ct
ter at any time during the session, and he
dents may be residents OF other States.
ws-State (or beneficiary cadets cannot
be received until the Legislature makes an
Eepenses.--Tuition and the use of library
and apparatus are absolutely free. Stu
Rouge for about SIS a month; and those
who form Illnesses" can maintain them
selves for Sc to IS a month
Expenses for q dhlitaay 0n1tet.-Fixed ex-
Pe pens p Per monsh~Board. lodging and ser
ing, 81 so; fuel and lights, so cents; medica
attendance, 81; total, SIG; or for the session
of nine months $l44 or at that rate for part
Contingent expenses per session-estima-
ted-uniform clothing, .$A7; text BOOKS and
stationery, Sl5; medicines, s.; breakages
$4s on entrance, balance $A January /. In,
case of Withdrawal from the Institution,
cadets will be charged only for the time OF
attendance, except that there will be no re-
mission of fees for the last two months OF.
the session.
Location healthy, and desirable for deli
cate youths who may not be able to stand
a colder climate.
For further information, address
D. +. BOYD, President.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
In halftf affairs
NJ Nl,.., l 0sr~

In halftfie affairs
OF this busy life
GAS that same day
] said to my wife)
Our troubles come
From trying to put
Tho loft hand shoe
On the right hand foot;
Or vicc versa
Meaning, reverse, sirl,
To try to force,
AS quite of course,
Any wrong foot
III the right shoe
Is the silliest thing
y man can do.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

On motion of Mr.. J. c. Drew, the
report of the committee on obstinate
of Expenses for 1880" was received, the
estimate adopted and committee dis
charged.
The following ordinances were pre-
sented, read the first time, the second
time by their titles, on motion the
rules were suspended, the ordinances
read a third time and adopted.
ORDINANCE NO, 800.
Appropriating seven hundred aud sew
enty-five and 37-1OO dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
pay the claims against the parish of
Ouachita as allowed by the commit
tee ON claims at the December, 1879,
session of the Police Jury.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Ouachita parish, That seven hundred
and seventy-five and 37-1OO dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated to pay the
claims against the parish of Ouachita
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

Total. Bill 400 90
Recommending the adoption of this
estimate and its publication according
to law, we have the honor to be, very
respectfully,
I. GARRETT,
w. G. DUNN, Committee.
WM.MCQUILLER,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
NEW BARBER SHOP

have opened Shaving and Haircut
tlnE saloon in Monroe, in the kintlernanu
building liirst tloor,1 and will be pleased
to have liberal share of the public patrons
age. CTS, SMITH
Monroe, Nov. 6, 1870. If
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05
OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS, {

ASSIGNED TO
A. Il. Sholars.........
Q. Il. ReGistcr........
Jos. I.enile...... 500.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-05

COMMITTEES appointed to prepare an Is.
innate of expense for Ouachita parish
for the year 1880, beg leave to call your
attention to the following statement:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-07-19
TOWN COUNCIL.

Abbeyille July 3rd, 1879
Town Council met this day at
a call meeting present "A D.
Martin, Mayor and J. Abadie and
j. Isaacs.
On motion of Mr.. Abadie the
reading OF the minutes of the
previous meeting was dispensed
with.
The Mayor, stated that as he
would be absent from town for
sometime, he had called this
meeting of the Council in order
that a Mayor, Pro Tenn, might be
elected to serve during-his absence
as. required by law.
Whereupon, on motion of Mr..
Isaacs, Mr.. Joseph Abadie was
elected Mayor pro tenn to serve
during the absence of the Mayor.
There being no other business
on motion the Council adjourned
to the next regular meeting.
w 3 WHITE, Jos. J. ABADIE
I Secretary. Mayor pro tenn.