The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-09-03

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not so much. 1t is impossible, at this |
time, to say what the yield per acre
will average, but that it will fall short
one-third we think safe calculation.
p~ With this issue the TELEGRAPH
closes its 18th year, double, at least,
the average newspaper age. During
all this time it has had but one editor
and proprietor, but many ups and
downs and many warm friends, some
of whom witnessed its birth and are
our constant readers still. 1"
Look out for equinoctial storms.
Weather cloudy and portentous
thermometer at 81, yesterday.
We are going to make prediction.
Hancock will carry Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Illinois.
1t is not expected that there will be
a quorum of the Police Jury Monday,
and the president has called special
session for the 9th, at which session
important business will be passed upon.
Parents in Monroe will please read
the card of Messrs. Saunders and Levy,
and bear with us until next week for
more extended notice of the praise.
worthy purposes of these gentlemen.
Complaints of sickness, or more prop
crly of ssfeeling bad," are unusually
frequent in Monroe and its vicinity,
but neither the druggists nor physicians
report more than two or three cases in
population of six or seven thousand, is
q fair bill of health.
The Board of Trade gets a shaking
up in Wednesdays Bulletin. Has the
Bulletin reporter been searching the
Boards books for trade statistics-the
number of bales of cotton shipped, or
amount of goods, produce, etc., re
ceived or sold, for instance?
A good sign of prosperity is evil
denced by the immense amount OF
building material, lumber, brick, shin
giles, machinery, etc., which has gone
out of Monroe daily for the past six
weeks. Gin houses, cabins, sheds and
dwelling houses are being built all
around in close proximity to this city
something we are glad to see.
There is stringent law in force now
in this city prohibiting wheelbarrows
on the sidewalks, and the penalty for
violation of this law is about seven
dollars. Now let the city Fathers turn
their attention to the sidewalk COW
and the sidewalk velocipetle, and ami
hilate them and they might accom-
plish something in respect to the side
walk chair, so that ladies may have
An opportunity to pass by.
Mr.. Robert Tilford, lately of New
Orleans, is now employed in DR.. Sho
lars's drug store, Mr.. John Marabl'
having removed to Oak Ridge to en-
gage in business on his own account
Mr.. Tilford is graduate in pharmac,
and is practical druggist of ten years
experience. He comes highly recon-
mended, and has impressed us as
young man apt in his art and attentiv
to the demands of customers.
The weather hit the change of sea
sons exactly right, notwithstanding tn
recent demise of Gen. Meyer. Tues
day, the last day of Summer, wa
warm, though in the afternoon cloudy
and partially so all day. Wednesda,
the first day of Fall, opened with
light shower, the sun rising benin
- thick clouds, and with softly sighin
breezes from the northwest. It r
manned cloudy, with temperatu'
not above So, throughout the day.
Public Schools.
The members lof the new Paris
School Board have been requested