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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
W. V. WHITSON,
Attorney at Law,
MCMINNvILLE, TEEN

Will practice in the Courts of Warren and
adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court
at Nashville. Prompt attention given to eel
lections and II business entrusted to his
management.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
Land Sale.

DY virtue of the power in me vested b.
- the will of VIM. Slone, decd, | will sell
to the highest bidder at the courthouse door
IN the town of McMinnville, Tennessee, on
the
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

Close connections are mrde at Memphis,
Evansville, and Louisville for all points
North East and West.
TEXAS AND WESTERN EMF
GRANTS
Are sent through to all points by this route
quicker, cheaper and with more comfort
than by any other.
gS-A Agents at all stations can give you
full and reliable information as te time and
connections to all points, and will procure
You rates and through tickets. For further
information address
C.P. ATM0RE, G. PA,
Louisville, Ky.
or ]. N. BROOKS, Pass'r Agent
Nashville, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

The Legislature is settled at 1OO-32
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
Chancery Sale.

W. W. Fairbanks admir-, VS.. P. A. Holden.
pyl ct al.
IN obedience to a decree of the Chancery
i court at McMinnville, Tenn, rendered in
the above styled cause at its November
term, 1881, will sell at the courthouse door
in the town of McMinnville, on
Saturday, 9TH day of January, 1889,
tract of land lying in Warren county,
Tenn, on the road leading from McMinn-
vile to Beersheba Springs, containing 1856
acres, being the tract owned by Phillip
HOodenpyl at the time of his death. Said
land will be sold subject to homestead and
dover as assigned the widow of Philip
Hoodenpyl, decd, and will be sold in two
lots. A plat of same will be exhibited on
day of sale.
Terms Of Sale-Sx and ~ months credit.
Notes and good security required, and a
lein retainel. Dec. 18th, 1881.
J. c. BILEs c. 4 NJ.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
CHESTER A. ARTHUR AS PREsIDENT.
From New York Sun.


During more than half a century
after tho organization of our. national
Government no President died in
Office; and there came to prevail among
the common people Il semi supcrstiti-
GUS belief that any one holding that
Office bore sort Of charmed life, as
many also believed Of Gen. Washing
ton, on account of his many marvel
lous, narrow escapes during the Re
volution.
The sudden death Of Gen. Harrison,
in 1871, just one month after his inau-
guration, broke this spell. But though
Harrison's death was followed by the
death Of Gen. Taylor, sixteen months
after his Inauguration, and, later, by
the assassination of Lincoln, the Amer
lean people have not yet become suffi-
GENTLY familiarized with the idea OF n
Presidents dying in Office to give
much effect to it in nominating and
electiug candidates for Vice-Presitient.
Hero is Gen. Arthur; though his
title of General, amid tho thousands Of
soldiers of tho present day who have
seen real service is little more than 4
purely ornamental prefix to his name ;
gentleman amiablc and sensible
enough, but whom probably not one
man in America ever thought of for
ASoANSHb AON l''Aots,H NAS 'SiiiOiS
crime Of Guitcau, placed in that high
Office, with almost an entire term of
four years in prospect, should he HIM
self live SO long.
While Mr.. Arthur is not Il man who
would have entered anybody's mind as
a direct candidate for The Office, it is
not at all certain that he will not make
a successful administration. He is n
gentleman in his manners, neither OBJ
sequious nor arrogant. His bearing is
manly, and such az to progresses in
his favor all whom he meets. Truth
in speech and fidelity to his friends
and his engagements form Il part of his
character. He has tact and common
sense. OF the three former Eicc-Presi-
dents who have succeeded through the
death Of the incumbent to the Prei;
dency, he bears much more rcsjHn
blance to Willard Fillmore tiIRn
Tyler or johnson.
The greatest objection, by E.r, Thu
can be brought against MHT. Arthur,
the fact that he was a wa srm and ca
inert, n9It supporter ts!ms of Gen. Rra"t for
This, however, in hAe s nature
things, may now be eNpecttSa I'd to wor
its own cure. The pcssessS .on Of IT,
Presidency will remove the s-5cale, fro,
his eyes, and he will soon PERI; 3eive IL
folly Of running Gen. Grant for 4 rrshir
term, and the superior wisdom and OK
Pediency Of running, instead, q certain
man named Arthur for 4 second.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
PROSPECTS, OF THE NEW RAILROAD.

The consolidation OF the New Or
leans Pacific and of the Texas and
Pacific railway companies is now COM
plctc, aud President Whcelocli of the
former company, we are informed by
the Now Orleans Times, will now turn
his attention TO the remaining portion
of his railway scheme, which t.is to DO
fully carried ont Immediately The
Times further enIightens us on this in
teresling subject as follows:
This is the construction of 40 miles
of New Orleans Pacific railway track
north from Alexandria to the State line
of Arkansas. Already Jay Gould has
two corps of his ablest engineers in the
field surveying from that point on the
Arkansas line to IInObcl station on the
Iron Mountain road, distance of 245
miles. Captain J. X. Morley, Of the
Iron Mountain road, has returned to
st. Louis from Crowley's Ridge, Ark. -,
where railroad surveys are in progress
under his supervision. There are two
parties in tho field--onc locating the
limo on the Crowley Ridge branch OF
tho Iron Mountain, between Knobel
station and Forest City, nincty-fivc
miles, and their work is nearly COM
pletcd. They find an excellent line
with light grades, passing through a
country, which, although at present
undcvciopcd, from its isolated position
is nevertheless q region of promising
great possibilities. South Of Forest
City TO the Louisiana State line, one
hundred and fifty miles, they have an
other party of engineers locating the
line TO connect with President
| Wheclock's Alexandria and North
State line branch. This cannot but
prove tho shortest all rail and quickest
freight and passenger line between
New Orleans and st. Louis. 1t can
not fail to prove q most powerful com
petition of the Chicago, st. Louis, New
Orleap5->sr}~sgIe Ohio and Mississippi
rSAiroads.- re no miles of tho New
z Orleans racif railway line from Alex
l. a;tdria to louisiana State line and the
o 245 miles to G built immediately by
Gould added to the distance, 2O3
It miles, from lew Orleans to Alexan-
is dria make it IS miles to Kuobel, on
: the Iron Moutain railway, and thence
4 200 miles to {. Louis, or ST. Louis to
/, New Orlcans7sS miles. An impor-
# tant junction this route is the cross
k ing at MonroeLa., on the NickSburg
c and Shrevepd'railway, thus making
n another great aeder to the new consOl-
c idation especily for through traffic to
fIOjJ Mexico, Ew Mexico and Arizona
mining regIons1 and San Francisco and
| immigration traffic into Texas.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
MRS. CHRIsTIANCY TO HER HUSBAND.

WASHINGTON, September 19.-Mrs.
Christiancy has sent to her husband,
ex-Minister Christiancy, locket be-
longingto his son George, accompanied
by the following letter
j. q. Cnristitt,acy:
Sir : send to you, in trust for your
son George, q locIlct which he asked
me to keep for him. with my jewelry.
I should have returned it long ago had
I known just where to send it 4; but as
it contained the picture of Georges
mother, l would take no risk of its
safe transmission. ! send with it my
love to George, for, no matter how you
have taught him to feel towards me,
I shall alwa Us love him. He is tn
one bright and pure memory OF my
married life. When l recall your
household, the place and associations
you took me to in the moclery of a
homo, l grow sick and faint, sec hor-
rid, bloated faces around me, and hear
the fearful sounds of drunken brawls-
you, my husband, often foremost in
these trays among father and sons.
Ono young, fair chilu's face stands
alone, and 1 know now that tho love
gave George, and his gentle compan-
ionship, kept me from madness amidst
SO much misery and corruption.
1 wish to say to you that you can
spare yourself any fears of your poor,
pititul, degraded life being taken
through me or mine. With Your
cowardly nature, which is the stron-
gest thing about you, except your SEN
suality, you feared my brother. You
did manage, doubtless, with the aid
of others, to elevate yourself, for the
| worlds inspection, on moral stills.
\ e. s,,E ,,sl l,I>
when you claimed that you would, in
| every way, ignore my brothers. letters.
But, alas for the effort made to reach
SO unaccustomed Il height, the stills
were not fully adjusted before you had
| fallen to your usual level, and so sent
constable after constable here to arrest
! my brother. l feel convinced that he
| never meant to stoOp so low as to kill
you. He might have intended to
cane you; but in my estimation, you
are too craven creature for that much
| notice from gentleman. Your
weapon ia the stiietto toward women
in the darkness of night. Tho bright
ness of Gods sunlight is unsuited to
your deeds. l ara decidedly ashamed
of my brother having noticed you. Do
you suppose that he would stain his
young, white hands and his whittier
soul with crime for you:' My
wrongs have been greater than those
of mortal woman, and my only feeling
for you is unmitigated contempt.
When one touches pitch he must he de-
filed, and rivers of blood would not
wash the stain from me which was
stamped into my very soul when 1
gave my innocent girl life into your
| keeping. The greatest suffering l
have to endure is the knowledge Of
tho degradation that you have been
my husband.
| TfLIIE NJ. CffRISTIA NCH.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
THE NEW PRESIDENT.

Our esteemed contemporaries of Lon
don are now, most of them, better in
formed upon questions of American
politics ethan they We're in old times,
let MS say ten years ago, twenty years
and thirty years ago, when through
their blunders they used to furnish
many occasions of mcrrinlent to the
New York press. Net there was Il
passage about President Arthur in yes
tcrday's London Standard, which was
cablcd here, and which is published
among the dispatches Of this morning,
in these words
GAS far as England is concerned, we
have no particular reason to cOnGrat,l-
late ourselves on the Inauguration of
Mr.. Arthur. lie owes his election to
Irish votes. In New York his con-
slant associates were Fcnians. In
brief, the succession of the present
Vice President to tho office of Il states
man so widely different in character
proves how badly the plan OF carrying
the Vice President on the Presidential
ticket works.
All This is too ludicrOlls for tho mo-
mcnt but where in the world did the
Standard get its notions of Mr..
Arthur: sIIc owed his election to
Irish votcs''-yos, just exactly in the
same way and measure that President
Garfield did. We have no doubt that
if all Irish An1crican voters, the whole
country over, had voted in a solid body
against the Republican party ana its
electoral ticket in November last, the
Republican nominees for President
and Vice President would have been
defeated. But yet all the Irish-born
voters in the country could not have
given success to that ticket without
the aid Of nearly onc-half OF all the
other voters, or 4 body vastly greater
numerically than the voters of Irish
birth. Besides all this, we should say
there is solid reason for suspccting that
4 large majority of the Irish. y meriCan
voters throughout tho country did not
vote for the Republican ticket ut the
last Presidential clrction--not at all.
"in New York his constant asso-
ciatcs were Tcnians'--which informa.
ton also is of the nature of news here.
The people Of this city have known
something OF Gen. Arthur's career
among them during the past fifteen
years; but that he has constantly con-
sorted with the Eeuians-thc real fight
ing. skirmishing, subscription Eenians
are doubtless mcant--wc We're not
aware. 1t is more than likely that
there are Eenians among his acuuain-
tancos, and anti Eenians also bat then
there arc also Republicans and Demo-
cratS-not few.
To tell the exact truth, this is :, great
free country, full of people OF all sorts
of politics and opinions and religions
and notionS--pcople of European stock,
and African and -Asiatic and aborigi.
nal aud Gen. Arthur is the President
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

alone can. (Signeu) THE QUEEN,
Balmoral Court.
II is u truth beyond our ken,
And yet truth that all may read
Tho sweetest hearts are those that
bleed.
If the aricf-stricke widow of our
murdered President had been the
humblest woman, in the humhlest
hamlet i'll America, and England's
imperial Queen had been her sister,
what tendercr words of love and sym
pathy could have passed between
them. Thc brow of Victoria has
never ceased to bleed from the thorn
crown which death implanted there,
long, long years ago, when he robbed
her of the nohlcst subject in her realm,
and of the ruler o: her heart. AL
bert had not only been her husband,
but her lover, and while they were
bound together i'll the holy ties of IL
"mutuai love, 4 mutual interest, and
Il mutual HONOR il had been their
rare good fortune to enjoy, even in
palace halls, 4 love as pure and tender
as ever blessed the cottage of u peasant.
And vet Death came, and invaded,
without fear, tho royalty Of England,
dcthroncu the mighty queen in the
province OF her affections, and Danish
cd her to the realm Of the broken
hearted. And there, through all the
Glrcary years that have since gone by
she has fingered and mourncd, with
her soul full of sympathy for the Sor-
rows OF mankind. Bat never have
words moro fender flowed from the
bleeding heart OF Victoria, than such
as she has whispered under the sea to
the grict-rrowncu lady of tho White
House. These words viii never be
forgotten by the American people !;
and they will be cherished rs precious
souvenirs of n common calamity by
the whole English race. But in such
an hour as this tender words, even
FROM tho lips OF princes, can Go but ut
tie to Soothe the SORROWS OF q widow s
ai,lictiou. The world can do nothing,
but -
Let her alone
Under the rod,
With her Infinite moan,
Oh ! my COD.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

"A curious case occurred last Saturday
when white man came up to the
sheriff and desired to be put in iail.
Inc circumstances are that one John
Davis has been sentenced by a justice
of ward to pay a fine for not working
the roads, and in default of payment
to be Imprisoned. AS Mr.. Davis was
not accompanied by the constable, and
had no papers to authorize Sheriff
Teal to Jail him, he would not lock
him up, at which the applicant seemed
quite disappointed.-CoA Chronicles
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
Let her alone
Under the rod,
With her Infinite moan,
Oh, my God.

Ia. pAso, September Il The Texas
Pacific has reached the thirticth- mile
post west Of the PecoS river. Thr
Southern Pacific reached tho sixty
seventh mile post cast Of lei faso last
night. There ia a gap between the. ter
minus OF ll3 miles. The former is
building one aud Il half miles dailv,and
the other one mile daily. They Will
meet in IA days, five miles from Sierra
Blauco, which is 1l2 miles east of III
rasn and 9S miles west of Pecos.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
GRANT AND HANCOCK.

a reporter of the New York World
was sent TO General Grant in order TO
find out from him what truth, if any,
there was in the story Of the Evening
Post that he had accused General
Hancock of promoting q sWindlc upon
the people of Louisiana. General
Grant said:
81 saw the charge made by the
Post cited in the World of this morn
ing, and it was there tlcuted as it
ought to have been. No man, so far
as l know, ever made q charge of cor
ruptiOn against General Hancock. |
never did myself. nor did ever have
any reason to do so. The circumstances
probably alluded TO in the Post were
these: During the last canvass Il pri-
waite conversation of mine, one not in
tended for publication, was reported in
one of the papers, and reported incor-
rectly. What l said and what was
true ut tho time-although l do not
pretend to remember my exact
phrascolOgy-was in substance that
when Gen. Sheridan was in command
OF the district Of which Louisiana was
Il part nc discovered that an attempt
was being ma,lc to foist lcvcc bonds
upon the people OF Louisiana from
which they would receive no benefit.
IIc removed the Governor and Board
Of Levcc Commissioners. He reported
what he had done to me, together
with all the facts. l sustained his ac-
ton. When he was relieved and Gen
cral Hancock appointed to his place l
called upon General Hancock with Il
view of advising him about his COM
manu and intended informing him Of
what / had learned about the Board of
I.cvcc Commissioners. But for reasons
which were explained in the convcrsa
ton alluded to above | did not SO i'll
form him, 50 that he was never aware,
to my Knowledge, of what | believed
was an attempted fraud upon the poo
pic of Louisiana. When he took the
command published an order which
prevented him from rcappoiuiinG any
one who had been removed by his pre-
ucccSSor, thus preventing the rossibil-
IVY oil his being made even innOccntly
IN any way party To this fraud.
! PRESIDENT Johnson WAS anxious to
have the persons SO removed restored,
but l refused. When General Han
cock was appointed to the command
OF the Department of the Gulf, started
i"r ms hotel Tor the purpose OF warn
ing MN about the officials who had
ocen discharged and telling him the
reasons for their DISCHARGE For rea-
sons not necessary to specify here |
! did not tell him but returned 70 my
hotel, and unless he has learnt the fact
from others he is in Ignorance to this
day of the reasons FOR tho discharge of
those men. NJ least | never had any
conversation with him on the subject
fhis is the only possible origin so far
rs know, OF the story published i'll
inc lost. I repeat that never
charged nor had reason to charge
"eherai Hancock with corruption in
; any form; nor do know of any one
!. WI" has. The World treated the srb.
ieet rightly this morning aud am
, stau TO co operate With it in rcpcllinr
any insinuations against Gen. Han
. cocks character"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

GOV. Witt has returned to New
orleans from his tripto the interior of
IeSas, and his health is reported much
oetter' Lieut.. Gov. McEuery will bc
at home in few days, relieved of tn.
OAstouS uutteS OF the Executive Df1ir.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
MINOR TRIALS OF THIS LIFE.

New York Graphic
Trying to recollect the store you left
your umbrella in.
Losing penknifr.
Losing cane.
First grease spot on pantnIOOns.
Shirt buttons found wanting on cold
morning.
Mosquitoes.
Flies.
Bugs.
Uncut books and magazines.
Getting shaved.
House hunting.
Piano practice in next room.
Accordion, flute, violin, next room.
Newspaper with five supplements.
Trying to interest girl who wants the
other man.
Hand organs.
Trying to talk to an "Oh, dearv'
"Oh, N.Y." and "Oh, isn't that nice ~
girl.
Trying to save money.
Remembering what n fool you made
OF yourself when t ight last night.
Reading your own love letters when
it was very bad aud You were not en-
pected to recover.
Tumbling upstairs.
Tumbling downstairs.
COnnnlrums.
|" Puns.
Rickcty chairs.
Lcathery steak.
Old bills against you forgotten.
TOothache.
Trying to write home because it's
your duty.
Atmosphere Of atoVe-heated railroad
cars in winter
Cold feet.
Making n purchase at one shop and
seeing the article marked fifty per cent
cheaper ut the next.
Having your aSh-box stolen.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

There is a growing possibility of an
extra session of the Legislature. There
is plenty of work to be done, but there
Is growing dread that the members of
the legislature would consume all the
time of an extra session in discussion
and answering to roll-call
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

for them all. Gen. Arthur's father was
an Irishman, from the county of An
trim, but Gen. Arthur himself is of
American birth-born in Vermont
n. y SIN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

"Hou're an immense SWELL" as the
small boy said to the balloon.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
1tICH STEAM SAW MILL.
j. r. MUIR, Praprietor.

Having purchased the interest of the sue
ce'sion Of II. NJ. Bry, deceased, the under
signed. Of the late firm of Bry IL Muir, be-
comes sole proprietor of the Monroe City
Steam Saw and Planins, Mill, and will
lumber, pine on cypress, planning, making
shingles, &c, to pc furnished, ON short
notice, in any quantities desired. \ large
lot of superior, timber, both pine and
cypress, on hand. Prices to suit the times.
Aaar orders Ia J. x. MUIR,
T.. q. ROX 81.
Monroe, Scftcmhcr, 20, 1850
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
THEQUEES.
rFiom the Mobile Register. ]

From the Mobile Rcgister.l
Mrs. Gn:feid, Long Br0nch-Wor
cannot express the deep sympathy /
feel with you at this horrible moment.
May God support and comfort you as he
alone can. (Signed) THE QUEEN,
Baimorai Court.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30

An exchange says: A man lives in
this vicinity who states that he first
met his wife in a storm, took her to
the first ball in n storm, popped the
question in a storm, and has lived in Il
storm ever since. They are stormy
petreli.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
HIP! HIP! HURRAH

HIP! HIP! HURRAH!
Mr.. G. c"rzT, of New "''""n.' lately
of Shreveport, has opened
No. Or DeSiard Street,
A GROCERY AND FEED STORE,
AT -nch prices for his Goods as viii, lie a
COMPLETE BONANZA
t" buyers tor twenty miles around.
TERMS VERY IlREHAI--'AsII ON DELIVERY.
\ visit to his store will convince the
most in"rcjiuloue.
HIP. HIP, HURRAu,
Monroe, September -. 1881. te
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-09-30
BANK OF MONROE.

LEWIS -. ALLEN. Dr., President.
&. a. SINGER, Cashier.
GRAND ST., MONROE, La,
NEW BANK BUILDING.
European exchange for sale also drafts
on st. Louis, New York, New Orleans and
Vicksburg. Mutilated money and foreign
coin bought at highest rates. Interest al
lowed on time deposits. Collections
promptly attended to in Monroe, Trenton
Bastrop. Farmerviile, Vienna. Columbia,
Ouachita City, etc.
apri:S0:ch2Oaug.
SoUTiaENN CARRIAGE Factory.
The undersigned tax as pleasure in max ing
known that no is now we'll prepared
before the war, if not better, to DO ali kinds
Of work, either in
Manufacturing o,' Repn'riny
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, HACKS, ETC
Ready made work kept on hand; speci-
mems OF which may be seen by calling at the
Factory. He will also carry on a general
blacksmith shop, arranged to do all Kinds ot
blac<Smithing. Terms reasonable.
January l, 1879. FIR. ENDOM.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-11-05
SHORT STOPS.

Good hay is in demand and brings
good prices.
We hear complaint that winter
apples are not keeping well.
Ex-Sheriff Nadenbousch's delin-
quent tax list is posted at the Court
house. Look at it.
Nature is asserting the law of
compensation, and we are having
plenty Of rain to make up for the
long drouth.
Mr.. d. W. Roderick advertises for
5000 bushels of apples. Mr.. George
Blocher also wants 1900 bushels.
They offer highest cash price.
Vennor says it may possibly snow
on New Years day, and it pos
sibly may not. You can bet on Ven
nor every time.