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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
TRIUMPH OF THE BARGE SYSTEM

Against all the fears of friends, and
in spite of the rage of enemies, the
barge system of transporting grain on
the Mississippi river is now a proved
and demonstrated success. A ST. Paul
experiment has settled the point
beyond future dispute. Before Il barge
was built, when the project was only
talked Of, it was earnestly declared TO
be an impOsaibility to bring grain, and
keep it in sound condition, from the
cold regions above Cairo, and from the
Missouri, down to New Orleans aud
through the Gulf Of Mexico to Europe.
1t was a physical impossibility that 1t
could escape heating, and SO he render
ed unfit for market. The experiment
was tried, however, and proved sue
cessfnl with care in drying, the grain
was deposited in Europe in "a good
condition as it had left the west still
every now and then the cry was re-
peated, in the interest Of the railroads
and the eastern seaports, and again
and again stories We're widely circul-
ated of this and the other lot of grain
that was spoiled by heating. This
season the enterprisinE miilera of
Minneapolis undertook to settle the
question once for all, by sending grain
direct from the Arctic cold of st. Paul
Mexico the previous barge shipments
June 9TH two barges We're leadened with
wheat at the upper elevator on the
st. Paul landing. They reached st.
Louis in good condition, and then a
strong interest began to he displayed
as to the result. On June 23tl, q tele-
graph dispatch announced that the
grain had proved unable to stand the
great changes Of temperature and was
spoiled when it reached New Orleans.
The whole story was only another
trick Of the enemy, another splitting
out of railway spite and Eastern vexa-
ton. The very next day telegram
from New Orleans reached st. Paul
telling that the bargea We're not yet in
sight. They arrived q few hours after
ward, their contents We're strictly
examined and found to be in good
sound condition, although rain, damp
and steaming hot weather had been
encountered on the trip. The wheat
was transfelre to the ocean vessels at
New Orleans, giving ample witness
was in, and exhibiting the clearest
proof iof the falsehood, as well of the
malice, of those who had telegraphed
the story of drainage. The ships sailed
from the gulf Of Mexico to the Atlantic
ocean, reached their port, Glasgow in
Scotland, and there laid down the
whole thirty thousand bushels of Min
nesota grown and Minnesota shipped
wheat in fine condition, having sue
cessfully stood every test. When Con
gress puts the Mississippi in proper
order, it will become a genuine high.
way Of nations Memphas appeal.
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that everybody would

jackson, Miss, that everybody would
go via Natchez."
He SAYS: "The Erlanger syndicate,
owners of the Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific railroad, will need direct
route to New Orleans, to compete with
the New Orleans Pacific tor the IeSas
cotton trade and northern Texas travel.
They can get it by turning southeast
from Monroe and going through
Natchez, The difference in distance
will be insignificant between MARSHALL,
Texas. and New Orleous, via the New
Orleans Pacific through Alexandria, and
the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
to Monroe, and thence via tho Kansas
City, Natchez and New Orleans Air
Line to New Orleans. The Erlanger
syndicate ought to assist greatly in the
construction of this new line. They
have shown so much pluck and brains
thus far in their purchases of railroads
in tho south aud southwest, that they
must at once recognize the import
ance, yea, the necessity OF this new
route to them"
1t il gratifying to us to find that the
suggestions made by us SO many years
ago, in regard to almost identically
this line of road, have at last attracted
attention from railroad men. II the
road proposed from Kansas City
through Monroe and Natchez to New
Orleans, is built, it will be found one
of the most popular aud profitable lines
of railroad in the United States.
In connection with the above it is
highly important that our fellow
citizens of Adams and Williamson
counties should at once come forward
and subscribe funds in order that a
survey may he made through these
counties. AS already noted In our
issue of yesterday, Mr.. sam'l Ullman,
the President Of the Natchcz & New
Orleans Railroad, will IN few days
make trip to our neighbors Of
Wilkinson, for tho purpose of enlisting
their aid in behalf Of this great scheme,
in order that a corps Of engineers may
DO placed upon the proposed route.
This enterprise Is worthy of the best
efforsts of our people, the scheme is in
the interest of the people, and they
should give it their earnest and sub
stantial support.
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cry out miserably because the bad ones
are in office. They shun tho jury-box
as they would the plague, and then
loudly complain of the escape Of crimi-
nails. And IA for going on the witness
stand when they can avoid it-such a
thing is unheard uf.
In the above points the evil begins,
and spreads and grows with incalcula-
BILE raridity. This inclination, to re-
sort to Committees Of Safety Is not con-
fined to New Orleans. The same plan
has been adopted in West Carroll par
ish, where 1t is as much to be depre'
Gated MS in the city. The evil is in the
people themselves who do not In the
elections make use Of their legitimate
rights.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
DEATH OF 4 REMARKABLE WOMAN.

The death Of the widow OF the late
John r. Grymes of this city, closes
one of the strangcst life dramas that
ever assumed prominence in fact or
fiction. Mrs Grymcs was born on the
Bosque plantation, which occupied
the territory known IA AlGiers. When
bright and handsome Creole girl she
became the third wife Of I.ouiainna'a
first American Governor, w. c. G.
Claiborne and after the death Of the
Governor she was married to Col.
Grymea. a strangely romantic in
cident in their domestic history caused
their separation after II few years of
married life, and she, being handsomely
provided for, according to certain
terms agreed uron--tcrnS with which
the general public We're never made
acquainted-retired With hey children
to Il romantic retreat, not far from New
York, and there lived for many years.
In course of time one of her daughters
was married to a man who suhsouuent-
ly became famous as a lobbyist ut
Washington after which Mrs. Erynlcs
removed to France. The daughter in
question died about siX years ago, in
France, ana her son and heir, in con-
sequence Of the supposed ill-trratment
of his mother, refused to acknowledge
the relationship which his father
claimed. Since then the father
too has departed hence, and now the
octogenavian grandmother has, last If
all retirsd.-N. Q. City gem.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
NEW RAILROAD SCHEME.
rNatchel Dcnlocrat.l

NutCuoG bSuIoCEst
4 correspondent of the New Orleans
Democrat urges very strongly the adj
vantages Of railroad from Kansas
City to New Orleans, through Monroe,
La, and Natchez, Miss. Kansas City,
he says, is tho railroad centre of the
west, aud wants the shortest route to
the jetties. 1t is through Monroe and
Natchez. The distance from Monroe
to New Orleans by this route, includ-
ing the necessary curves, will not
exceed two hundred miles. y per-
manent, short and cheap ferry can be
had for trains from Vidalia to Natchez,
and he gives as one of the strong
reasons for adopting this route, the
same objection which we have urged
to the crossing at Baton Rouge, that
there will be but one ferriage, that of
the Mississippi, at Natchez, instead of
three by tho Baton Rouge route, across
tho Mississippi, the Atchafalaya and
Red rivers.
He says: "Such railroad would
connect at Monroe with tho Nicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific railroad for
Texas; with the Alexandria, Monroe
and Little Rock railroad, for north
western Louisiana, southeast Arkansas,
eastern Arkansas and st. Louis at or
near Prescott, Ark, with the st. Louis,
and Iron Mountain road, for, st. Louis,
It would connect with the Parramore
narrow gauge railroad system, from
TeXarknna to Cairo and st. Iouis !;
with the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad for Fort Smith, Indian Terri
tory and Denver, and with the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas, or Missouri
Pacific, for st. Louis.
Tho correspondent thinks that it is
apparent that "thiS route would be so
much shorter than the route from
Monroe to New Orleans by way Alex
andria and thu n. Q. Pacific, and the
other route by way Of Nickshurg and
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
WORTHY OF GEN. Hancock.

We met last week Il lady of Il family
resident on Governors Island. She
told us that since July >, when Gen.
Garfield was shot, Gen. Hancock had
refused to 60 to public dinners, or on
those excursions Of Iniet kind he ia
so very fond of. We could Imagine
gallant old Gen. Graham, Of the
Grahams OF Virginia, making the
point bnt here we have it from Gen.
Hancock, of Pennsylvania. at ia not
proper that 1 accept festive entertain
ments while the President, ex-of1lcio
my commander in chief, Is lowering
between life and DEATH Who says
the age of chivalry is passed, when n
Major General, defeated by the lavish
IRE of money in New York thus holds
himself toward the man that is Pro9i-
dent in place of himself "-N ! Free =
mans JO,UWGi.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
WHERE THE APOSTLES REST.

Catholic authorities state that the
remains of the apostles Of Christ are
now in the following places : Seven
are in Rome-namely, Peter, Phil
lip, James the Lesser, Jude, Barth0lo-
NEW, Matthias and Simon. Three are
in the kingdom at Naples, Matthew at
Salerno, Andrew at Amalti, and
Thomas ut Ortano. One in Spain,
James the greater whose remains are
at at. Jago de Compoateila. OF the
body of ST. John, the Evangelist, the
remaining one of the twelve, there ie
no knowledge. The evangelists, Mark
and Luke, are also i'll ItaIy-the former
at Venice and the latter at Padua. st.
PauPs remains are also believed to he
in Italy. Peters are OF course, in the
church at Rome, which is called after
him, rs are also those of Simon and
Jude. Those OF James the Lesser and
of Phillip are in the church of the
Holy Apostles; bartholomew in the
church on the Island in the Tibcr,
called after him; Matthias's are in
Santa Maria Maggiore, under the great
ALTAR cf the renowned Rssiiica.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
HOW CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.

We refer the following article, taken
from the Morgan City Free Press, to
our readers as containing more def
mite alIusion to the remedies needed to
perfect the existing organic law than
we have elsewhere seen:
Our contemporary, the Thibodeaux
Sentinel, is inqulring how the Cou-
stitution of Louisiana can be changed
for the better. To answer this question
fully would be to assume that the per-
son answering knew more about the
matter than any one else; yet there
are few changes, which in our hum
BILE opinion should be made, and which
would be beneficial to the State.
First, we think the s:judiciary de-
partment'' ought to be remodeled.
Provision should be made for the sever
ance of tho Criminal District Courts
from the Civil District Courts, in
many of the parishes of the States.
The present system Is so working in
st. Mary's parish, that litigants-
civil litigants--can get but very little
show. Under the rulings OF Judge
Goode the State always has preference,
and the amount of criminal business,
from chicken stealing up to murder,
being very large, it follows that civil
business is crowded out Of court while
the cases multiply upon the docket.
No doubt that what is here true as to
St. Mary's is also true as to other
parishes. Should this system be con-
tInued the result will inevitably be,
that so for as trials relating to the civil
rights Of parties are concerned, the
courts will DO deadlock. This ought
to be remedied.
Again we think that tho Courts
of Appeals are very useless appen-
dage. In some portions OF the State
we have been credibly informed
that tho Office of Judge of the Courts Of
Appeals is sinecure. While we will
not advocate the total abolition Of these
courts, yet it is very plain that the
State could DO well redistricted into
fewer districts, and the Same service
performed for the State at great
decrease OF costs.
Again, and here we do most solemnly
declare that this Is reached only after
due reflection and close observation,
that in order to make the public school
system of this State more ef1icient-in
fact to make 1t efficient Mt all-the
to prohibit any person from voting in
any State, parish or municipal elections,
until he has paid his school taxes-poll
tax included. This would enforce the
payment of large portion of the school
tax fund, which is now lost to the
State; that portion, too, which cannot
be otherwise collected, for it Is those
who have no property to be sold for
taxes due, that fail or refuse 10 pay the
school poll tax.
These are very, to our mind, i'm
portant reasons and causes why the
constitution should be amended and bet
tered. Others could be given, but we will
not name them now, leaving those
which we have given to tho serious
consideration of our readers, and espcc
tally tho Thibodeaux Sentinel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19

MIR. Hammett, president OF the Pied
mon Cotton Factory of Georgia. makes
this estimate Of the profits on mann.
featuring bale Of cotton into shreting9.
Cost OF bale $40; cost Of manufacturing,
transportation and commission $22 OF;
total cost 1928 62. Produce OF the bale,
made into Greetings, &S6 Ii; net profits
SIT o. Including the amount paid in
wages, the manufacture Of II bale OF
cotton into coarse goods leaves $3l 81
behind in the place which manufactures
it, almost as much as the total [-aliie Of
the cotton.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
THE CORNER SALOON

''''t:wf}E lit;iitE" aNr VI. 'HHN SIR,
MONROE, ia.
Th" undersigned, having opened new
and elegantly furnished aalcon in Monroe.
respect tuIIy snlicitS 4 liberal Share. Of pub
lie ratrnnaGr. Every attention viii he
given by n polite and "Xpti fenced bar
keeper Imported and domestic Wines,
Liquors a,i Cigar, kept constantly GA
hand.
Two elegant i,iiiiar! fables in he Saloon
kept for the amusement OF guests.
d. All ktnh.' al MINED DRINKS. in season.
a speciality. NJ. L.. nEbM-hN,
Jan. |, i$~n. Preparatory
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19

The report just issued by the census
bureau on the fuel Of this country,
showing the comparative use Of wood
and coal, presents some interesting facts
which wero not generally known. In
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
wood is almost the only fuel used in
Massachusetts and Connecticut the per-
centage of the two fuels is about the
same. OF the Southern States, Ken
lucky uses the greatest amount of coal.
The Gulf States arc generally wood
burners, except in the cities, and even
there the consumption of wood is
greater than coal. In Minnesota Is 900
people were found who used neither
coal nor wood, aud warmed them.
selves with hay. Hay was uaed for
fuel in Michigan also, and hay, corn
cobs and corn~stalks in Kansas. The
general summary shows that in Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, the coal regions
of Pennsylvania, Ohio ane other coal
producing States. rs we'll AS in Kansas
and Nebraska, which are treeleaa, coal
forms perhaps one-half the fuel while
from Maryland to Texas, and the
Pacific coast, wood was used almost
entIrely.-N o. Democrat.
One Of the chief advantages to be
derived from the building Of the many
railroads now contemplated ana in
course of construction, throughout this
Southwestern region will ba the de-
velopment Of the rich coal fields of
Alabama on the east Of the Mississippi
and of Arkansas on the west. We
trust that in few years coal will be as
cheap and "a convenient for na to
obtain on the Onachita "a it ie to the
towns along the banks of the Ohio
river.
Inst winter our citizens We're forced
to pay as high as five dollars n cord
for wood, with the cost of M additional
dollar for cutting and storing it.
When fire wood reaches auch a
price "a this in heavily timhered
country like ours, the question of fuel
becomes one Of the greatest Imaginable
Importance to all classes in this com
mnnity.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.

TIE interest which the press OF the
North and West is taking in the
International Cotton Exposition which
opens at Atlanta on the fifth of nexth
October, is very gratifying to the South.
1t shows that the Northern people are
beginning = understand how great the
resources of this section Of the country
are and to appreciate the advantages
which it offers to capital and inmigra-
ton. Until very lately tho capitalist
and the Immigrant thought only Of the
Weat and the Northwest. Those sec
tons increased rapidly in wealth and
population. The South was almost
wholly neglected. A very great change.
and Northern capital Is flowing in this
direction. Southern railways are being
bought up and improved, aud new rail-
ways are being built. Immigrants
now hear almost as much about the
South as the West. They are think
ing about the South and are studying
her climate, soil and resources. The
result is not difficult to predict. I'M
migrants will follow capital aud in a
few years the South will receive her
full share ofimmigration. The benefits
which the Atlanta Exposition will
confer on this section can hardly be
OVer-eStlmated. 1t Will direct the at
tentiou of the world to our rich lands
and valuable mineral deposits. 1t will
show that here q poor man, who is
DESTROYS of securing for himself a COM
Portable home, can obtain better returns
for his labor than anywhere else in the
country. The Exposition will uot be a
small affair. 1t already promises to
greatly exceed the expectations Of its
projectors. Applications for room to
exhibit articles have been made from
every part of tho country and from
Europe. 1t is probable that additional
space to accommodate exhibitors will
have to be provided. The variety Of
exhibits will be immense. The South,
for the first time, will have an oppor-
tunity to show her agricultural and
mineral wealth. IT ia safe to predict
that she will make the most Of the
opportunity. No doubt hundreds Of
thousands of people will visit Atlanta
between the opening and closing of the
Exposition. The Northern people will
have chance to become better ac-
quainted with the South ami the South
ern people. They cannot he otherwise
than favorably impressed and will re-
turn home with new views which
will be productive, in many ways, Of
benefits 10 tho Sonth.-N. O. Times.
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SALOON,

nEEl.'E SALOON,
CRANE :!'iII EFT MONROE. Il.
iT.ttli,-he,; 49,!
The Proprietor HH:,urta his many f,iei.tte
a al Gust hat III. i'll constantly r6i.
on hand he Iinast aud best brands Of
Wines, 4.t<aucIs ss1s.E cigars,
All oi which viii Re. f.eIyt.i with pru,,,ui.
Ift:, ana I".litt.nrSa.
\, \, kEII.Fi;, Proprietor.
January |, 1879,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19
TRANSPORTATION.
DAHJS Is. LINE.

The following \ | steamboats, make close
connections with the Laura I'"'' ana give
prompt dispatch to all business
, III. " ROSA H., Hruncr Master.
LEhtsstfhE FAIR Play, ltahnn
DOVE, Bntler
One or the other of the above boats VII
make weekl trips into Tho BAY gu l1aft'o!-
Tor freight or passage apply on board. OF
to !, Hoililau. agent, Monroe, La.
J. NJ. RIA BUN.
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nlEiE.N.b %tCF: AND LOCK co...
CANTON, ONO.
N, T.. II 1T ON EMF,
MONROE, Ia.
Safe. r:n!l for leat money than by an.
one travelling. on time, or tor :, heavy dis
count for cash.
Cams, Pistnla. Clocks and Sewing Ma
chimes .''airrsi ca ahor, notice by
y. Il. MILTON,
q! fil!s> News, Depot
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NT.'NstHf3 x...s.E Ux
Nr:4IAi:n :irTEGI
ANrkrN 4. HERRING.
,s!n"rtsr,'r t.. II. :.rt...,i,,.I rrnrriain,,
Families supplied u i'll, bread made al The
best Honr aud by experienced baEer,
tall"s s.t"v"rS k,nl kept Tor f.alr lna;ie
Ia order.
FANCY Gl:ot' i:!:i f.;i rpEAtr'p ti,:Ai.,:
FRUITS. C"uihCtionS, &C,
Kept in stock AMI il! he sold at Il he i,.was.t
market price. juno 4. lS%0. ~
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MOB LAW.

During several weeks past we have
noticed illusions especially in the
States aud City Item, to the for
nation In New Orleans of "Vigii ance
mCommittees," "Citizens Committees"
Committees of Safety" and other or.
xauizations of a similar character.
But seeing little or no notice paid to
them by the morning papers, we took
It for granted that this were all the off.
spring of reporters brain introduced
to furnish items to thirsty com.
munity during the hot aud dull season
of the dog days.
But last week the following notice
appeared posted ON the walls through.
out the city, and was copied into all
the New Orleans papers-thereby at
tracing universal attention, and ex-
citing both curiosity and comment
TO THE PUBLIC.
PROCLAMATION OF THE COMMITTEE
OF SAFETY.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24

Dark stables are an abOmnation, and should
not be tolerated. There Is no necessity to sac
rlice comfort, either in winter or summer, to
secure enough light A horses eyes are en-
larged--the pupil OF the eye ls-by being kept
in a dark stable; he has a harness put on him
and suddenly brought out into the bright,
glarng sunlight, which contracts the pupil so
suddenly as to cause extreme pain. BY perse-
verlng IN this very foolish and injudicious as
well as cruel practice, the nerves of the eye
become impaired and If continued long
enough, loss of sight will ensue. To see how
very painful it is to face bright light after
having been in the dark, take walk SINE dark
hi ght tor a short time, until the eye becomes
accustomed to the darkness, then drop sudden
ly into some well lighted room and you Will
be scarcely able to see for a few moments in
the sudden light. You know how painful it
is to yourself, then why have your horse re
peatedly to bear such unnecessary pam?
A dark stable Is invariably a damp one, and
such stables we are not yet willing to put eth
er valuable working or driving horse in.
Give good ventilation, let the sunshine and
the air have chance to effect an entrance, and
your stables will be purer and more healthy
than if you take such pains to exclude them
and the good influence they invariably bring
with them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-24
The Choice of q Saddle-Horse.

The selection of horse for the saddle is a
common source of trouble to those wishing to
commence riding. In the United States, at
the present time, there Is no lack OF horses
that, with careful breaking, could be made
first class saddle horses The racing stables of
America furnish every year number OF horses
not good enough to keep on IN training, yet
excellent for park-hacks or tor lightweight
hunters These animals can always be bought
at low rates, and when properly broken are
safer and far more lasting than common-bred
horses Central America possesses breed OF
ponies of rare beauty and docility-charmIng
household pets for children. These little ami
mails are not always TO be found in the United
States and when here they are costly. For
lager boys and girls, the mustang of the plains
ought TO be favorite mount. Their many
good qualities are not as yet fully recognized
The mustang is believed by many to be vicious,
unruly, and, la consequence, unsafe for chill
dren: on the contrary, il is an intelligent
sturdy little creature, full of affection Tor a
kind owner Droves of mustangs are from
time TO time brought to New York by the
great cattle-shippers, and in their wild state
they are snapped up by city dealers at prices
ranging from from eight to forty dollars per
head-Hiss Eidy Morgan, in the Century
Magazine.