The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-01-21
River News.

( pOIt az thAo paw tAh4Sk AASitOA1 WOAAefs ~
see Katie Putnam and they all agree
that she's daisy.
The Laura Lee brought up ten tons
| ice for Bastrop firm. 1T went for
ward on the Rosa B. and we are hap
Ply to note that our ttCheap gun"
neighbor is not left in the cold. If
Walker of the Vienna Sentinel gets our
Clarion friend warmed up we'll rest
easy, for all the Clarion must do is
to throw itself lengthwise GU that ice.
The elegant John H. Hanna, in place
of the monarch Fred A. Blanks, which
boat has retired on account of low
water, arrived Saturday morning with
a good trip, and left on her return to
the Crescent City Sunday morning with
| 800 bales cotton. She is due up to-
morrow and returns during the night.
Board her if southwark bound, and
you'll have pleasant journey.
Capt. T. @. Butler, the gentlemanly
owner and commander of the daisy
Ollie B. has made Monroe his home,
and expects to remain with us per-
manently. We had pleasant and
| interesting conversation with him last
week. He says that he's got the best
boat of her inches around, and that if
the D. Stein wants to tstackle' her, he,
although not addicted to the immoral
ity of betting, will wager few spare dol
lars, and the fuel bill and expenses of
both boats, that the Ollie can run away
from her. The Captain is genial and
afable gentleman; his boat local
favorite, and his family valuable
acquisition to Monroe society.
Lets have the race, there's fellow
in town that has a bran new sewing
machine to bet on the result.
The Laura Lee arrived from New
Orleans at a. IN. Tuesday with a
light trip, and left on her return to
New Orleans Wednesday at II a. M.
with about 1000 bales cotton. She re-
NAMED among US, as usual, "a hours.
Sam Wilson formerly pilot of the
Hanna, Blanks and lately on the Laura
Lee, assumes the position of pilot of the
Clara S. Sam is a nice boy.
The river has been falling rapidly
since our last report, and now stands
Is feet above low water mark. At the
closing of our report however it was
nearly stationary, with fair prospects
of an early rise. Business has been
rather dull on the levee, and the local
packets come in with light trips. The
miserable weather is the cause.
Monroe, excluding our progressive
sister city Shreveport, may never
come to the standard of a metropolitan
city, but she has attained that degree
that entities her to a signal station.
For diversified weather, and various
atmospheric changes she can cope with
the world, especially this season. You
may retire here with the thermometer
at so or 60 degrees and arise next morn
ing only to find that you are shivering
in % degrees above zero; and then
again you may retire in weather that
might be called artic and awake next
morning to find that the thermometer
had fell during the night about 10 or
efficient M. c., will confer favor on
the city and parish, that helped to
place him In his present position, by
Immediately introducing bill estab-
fishing signal station here. We will
urge this claim as long as our lungs
hold out and our pen can trace n line.
QUERRY-Why does J. A. Moore
sell more drugs than any other house
in North Louisiana?
ANswEE-Simply because he sells
cheaper. His motto is ssquick sales and
small profits"
Our esteemed neighbor the Bulletin
in noticing our suggestion regardine
the celebration of Mardi Gras in Monroe
asks if the "proposition does not come
too late" We say no; there is ample
time to prepare, the only thing neces-