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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
ARKANSAS AND RAILROADS..

The Little Rock Gazette has this TO
say in favor of liberal legislation in re-
gard to railroads
Railroads opened Arkansas to the
world by pushing her products into
worlds markets, and furnishing me-
thods of transportation TO Immigrants
seeking homes. The increase in popu-
lation and products of all kind dated
from the beginning Of our railway de-
velopment. Every acre of land in tho
state has been benefited, and the pur-
suit OF agriculture has been greatly sti-
mulated because of facilities to trans
port its products to market. 1t is the
duty of our Legislators, while carefully
guarding the public interests, to en-
courage railway construction in Ar
kansas by every legitimate method,
and to impose only such restrictions as
are essential to the public we'll being
The past furnishes an excellent guide
to the future. We have only to trace
the history of the past ten years to
judge the future. We have only to be
true to ourselves, to pursue a wise and
liberal policy in dealing with these
great arteries through which courses
the blood Of commerce, to insure for
Arkansas development in material
resources not less grand than that
which these agencies have wrought for
the popuious, rich and powerful states
Of the west. Ohio, not SO large as
Arkansas by $4,000 square miles, pos
sesses four times our population and
many times our taxable wealth. Net,
Ohio possesses no rich soil, no such
generous climate as ours. But the
state is Il vast net of railways, each
while benetiting its owners, adding to
the aggregate wealth. We cannot
afford to turn back the tide OF develop
ment by building up walls of prejudice
to arrest its influx. All the walls
should be destroyed, that the tide may
continue Mt its flood.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
HOW III Is IN ARKANSAS.

Died, for the want of nourishn,ent,
November the 9Th Ammo Domini, 1882,
at the Banner Office, in NIagn Ola,
CREDIT, poor, miserable, torrnc1rting,
unthankful, self-enslaving thing,
breathed its last breath of existence.
Its body is still in this Office, unb,,ried,
esnbalmed, in our memory, and care
fully watched over. The spirit has
gone to Chimes unknown, and as it took
its departure, inathe language Of Elmer
son, j.. softly whispered
"G',od-bye, proud world! I'm going home !:
Thou art not my friend, and Pm not
thine.
Long through thy weary crowds roam
A river-ark on the ocean brine.
| Long Two been tossed like the driven foam
| Rut now proud world! I'm going home
! Good bye to Elattcry's tawning face;
| So Grandeur with his wise grima",>
| To upstart Weatth'S averted eye;
| To supple Office, low and high;
70 crowded halls, to court and street
To Frozen hearts and hastinG, feet
To those who go. aud those who come
| Goodbye, proud world ; I'm :c"in.
| home.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


Sealed proposals for building Il Court
House for ouachita parish, ut Monroe. will
be received by the undersigned as joint
committee Of the Police Jury and OF the
City Council of Monroe, until 18th Decent
Der next. The plans and specifications
must accompany each bid.
The building, must be two stories high,
with cupalo, not less than 50 feet front by
II in depth, with poriico in front of ten
floor at least two feet above the surface of
the ground the lower story not less than
twelve feet in the clear, and the upper story
not less than Is feet. The lower floor 10
contain 4 court room DINO feet, and not
less than three additional rooms besides
tho necessary balls and Starways. The
the i0Nf5 feet, with recess for judges stand
and gallery on side opposite thereto, be-
sions as the size OF the building will just
ify.
The building must be of brick, roof OF,
slate or metal. halls below paved, and
everything of best quality, and the whole
rs near tire-rroot as Practicable. IN"
! building must not cost. finished, moro than
| So, 900 The people, by an election for tho
| purpose, have authorized the Police Jury
| and City Council to contract 20 that extent
| letting in the treasury about Slp.o9n II
money and the balance is to be raised by
two mills tax on the property Of the par
iSh, which produces about 5000 per an
| mum.
Tho committee reserves the right to re-
iect any or All bids not satisfactory t.
them. Lut will hold AL plans aud spcciiic;,
tons not accepted FOR return to bidder
making same. All communicates wi
. be addressed to- w. q. Kennedy, chhirruHi
Successful bidder viii hr required /" ri,
houA a"I security.
VIC. KEN&i:nY. rhnirmaIi
tHIhII MIIISNTS,
w. w. PATEICE.
NJ. l.. bEDMh$,
, =. l.. REhCY,
Monroe. La, 10Y. "A, 1872.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
TEarnlerviile Gayettc.I

On last Saturday morning about 10
o'clock, Rev. S. G. Lee, stopping with
his son-in-faw DIR. Barnes, Of oar town,
took AS he thought about eight grains
of quinine. In a very short time after
taking the medicine he felt stupid and
heavy with other symptoms usual to
him from effects of morphine He
called his daughter, Mrs. Barnes, and
asked if DIR. Barnes had morphine in
the house: When informed that there
was some, and where it was kept, he
discovered the mistake he had made
BY taking about ten grains of NOR
phine, surprising it to have been qui-
nine. Antidotes Were freely used until
DR.. Burch could reach Mr.. Lee, in the
absence OF DR.. Barnes, who administer
ed belladonna very freely, and saved
his life. =
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

The Lake Charles Commercial wants
new congressional district, the third
district, Gin which the Commercial is
published) having sent Mr.. kellogg,
the only carpet-bagger to Congress
from the South
We hope the next Legislature will
wipe out the present Third Congress
sional District, and apportion the Dis
trict more fairly for the democratic
party in Louisiana. If one District
must be given to the Republicans, we
would suggest to make it all black at
once, by apportioning the white Dem
ocratic parishes of Lafayette, Nermil-
lion, Calcasieu and Cameron, to some
other District, and add to the Third
such parishes as st. James, st. John
and ST. Charles, to make up the def
cheney.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
lorFIcIAL.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
MAYORS OFFICE, CRY OF MONROE,


MAYOR Fttt, Siif Il, Z
November, IL, 1882. J
The City Council met in special scs-
sion, in conjunction with the Police
Jury of Ouachita parish, pursuant to
the call of the Mayor. Present: +.
Endom, Mayor NJ. l.. Dednan, S. Il.
Bracey, Franklin Garrett, G. Z. Ems
minger and r.. +. Cook absent: Sandy
Bird and w. y. O'Kelly; Jno. Hanna,
acting secretary.
The Mayor stated that rs a majority
of the property taxpayers of the City
of Monroe, ut an election held on Tues
day, the 9TH inst, had voted in favor of
building new Courthouse in said City,
this meeting had been called to confer
with the Police Jury Of puachita par
ish (now in SESSION., on the subject,
and also to appoint u committee Of two
TO act with committee selected by
the Police Jury, to take initiatory steps
toward building the new Courthouse.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and adopted:
-Resofred, that 4 committee composed
of i've members, three appointed by
the Police Jury, and two by the City
Council OF Monroe, be selected. which
committee shall advertise in the Monroe
papers thirty (3O} days for sealed pro-
posals. accompanied by plans and spe-
ciiications, for building a Courthouse
at cost not to exceed $4,000. That
| at the end of said thirty days said COM
| mittee shalt open said scaled proposals
and select therefrom, by an agreement
! of the majority, Il proposal with plans
and specifications which shall be sub
ruitted to the City Council for ratifica-
! ton at a meeting to be held on the
18th December, 1882. The advertise
'nent shall be worded as the committee
| may elect to express the sense Of the
vote OF the property taxpayers at the
| recent election on the 7th Nov, 1882.
In conformity with the above resolu-
ton the Mayor appointed as a Court
house committee of two on the part of
the City of Monroe, Messrs. NJ. l..
Dedman and S. l.. Bracey.
On motion, the Council adjourned.
FIR. ENDONI, Mayor.
JOHN r. HANNA, secretary pro ten.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
tNicksbttrr Herald. I

A prominent lawyer was before
Major Birchett yesterday morning at
the City Court, representing very
plain and unvarnished case of trunk
and down. The lawyers client was
absent, and during the course of his ar
gument the former stated that he con-
sidered himself entirely responsible
for the party whom he had the
honor to represent. After the lawyer
finished his argument the usual fine
was imposed in support of the charge
as entered on the docket, and the law
yer's client still being absent from the
Court and the officers stating that they
were unable to find him, Mayor Bir.
chett instructed the Marshal to take
charge Of the lawyer and compel him
to either pay his clients fine and cost
or take his place in the Workhouse.
The lawyer paid the fine and was ac-
cordingIy dismissed from custody.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

side-head "Moses has gone," tells us
"where, Oh, where is good old
Moses -
We refer to Mr.. Alex Nose, OF New
Orleans, who came into our midst to
adjust the sins of holocaust of Sunday
before last. This time, we believe, he
come only to adjust sins committed
against one Of his disciples, Teutonia,
whose habitation is New Orleans, and
finding that old Holocaust had serious
iy damaged Patron Roos, he made sat
isf,ctory amends and vanished.
There's nothing like having ii Moses
when we are in trouble, for we seldom
KNOW 1T seems, what our trouble is
still Moses tell U.S." Well tsinsure''
this tatcmcnt.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
RULES.

!. The Seller. and not the Buyer, will I've
looked to for Commissions,
=. Owners must set tho price ut which,
they viii sell, giving full descriptions and
on the price SO fixed COMMISSIONS will be
charged. Maps will he furnished at the
Owners expense, whom desired.
,. Introducing, or sending Il Customer to
any Owner viii, in case OF sale, cntitlc me
TO Commissions.
:. Property entered on the List will be
considered on sale at the price stated until
notification OF withdrawal is received.
,. 1f no notice be given of advance in
price. or withdrawal of property, and Il
( Customer is furnished at the price fixed
Commissions will be charged
.. Information obtained. directly or indi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

rectly, through this Agency, Will cntitlc MS
to Commissions.
Z. Commissions are duo and payable
upon the Contracts; of Sale, Exchanges or
Rent being signed by parties thereto.
s. ANY disagreement between tho parties
after signing such contract docs not impair
the claim for Com ma iSSioHs.
9. Owners arc expected to know ihcif
Titles before asking the services OF ms
Agency, and no failure to perfect " Sii'
because Of Imperfect Title viii destroy III"
claim for Commissions.
of CI,arcc ,,nIcSS where II Sale, Lease or
| Exchange is effected, ~ hen the Hs'''i ''af''
ting charge VIII be made
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

ssWhen is yer Gwine ter Frcdcriclls-
burg :' ask cd Il Austin negro, who had
learned to read, of one who had not
acquired the accomplishment. El am
gwinc ter-morrow nornin' in dc early
stage ''Bou't yer go in the early
stage, Julius. I tetfS yer don't yer risk
it," :sN-hy not, I'onpey ~ '';ekasc
the early stages am sickly. | read Il
piece yesterday, waruin' folks about
consumption in the early stages
-IlrIS Siftia02.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
ITEMS HERE AND THERE.
Baton Rouge Capitoliau. !

IDttOH INVUEE OHIIIOlluN.I
On the day previous to the election,
Mr.. Joe Drawdy, Of East Felici:,na,
rode fifteen miles to his son-in.law. Mr..
Green Rhodes, to cast his vote for Gen.
Heron. He was 50 years old, and
said he wanted to cast his last vote for
his friend of thirty years standing. On
the day Of election he was dressing
himself to so to the polls, when he was
seized with an apoplectic fit and died
just as the pools were closing.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
Onathita Telenraph.
MONROE, La, NOVEMBER is, 1882.

"Our Little Ones and the Nursery"
published by the Russell Publishing
Company, at 36 Broomiield street, Bos-
ton, Mass, is one Of the handsomest
and most interesting publications in the
United States for children. The illus
trations are not eXcelled by uarper's,
or the Century, and the price is only
81 so per annum. We can commend
this publication to parents.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
GEN. KING At HOME.

We copy the following from the
Sentinel published in Concordia parish,
tho home Of General King:
Gen. J. Floyd King made a gallant
tight in the Fifth District. This dis
trict is VIGOROUSLY black, but the able
King had such a hold upon the popular
feeling that his election and McNillen's
defeat was inevitable. The fight in
COncordia was a noble one, and Gen.
King owes a tremendous debt of gra-
titude to those who so ably and brave
~ defended his cause. With Dave
Young and the Balls for him, McNlillen
had placed Concordia in the Republican
column, and counted upon her for a
considerably majority. But he was
doomed to disappointment and our
grand old parish, in spite of the New
Orleans postofiice and the custom house
and the appointments rendered AND
accepted in the parish, has given :
majority of one hundred and thirt' .e1
FOR King. We congratulate the = enc
raj upon his reelection and the .peopl
of the district and State upon the fac
That their interests will be rep rcsente,
in Congress by Il man who is in ever,
way identified with them, AVID not ~
an alien, who knows nothing of thei
wants and cares less for tn EN-.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
CATER considerable discussion as

CATER considerable discussion,' as
we learn from the Picayune, the men,
have graded game points as follows:
Robins, 1 point; doves 10, snipe 10,
quail 124, all duck except French duck
or mallards 12a, French duck or NAL
lards %, hawks, except sparrow hawks
%; prairie chickens SO, geese and
brandt rs, turkeys, hens, 100; turkeys,
=obhlers, $50; squirrels 12!, rabbits %,
racoons %, opossun %, deer 500, bear
1000.
Any hunter would have started with
Il rabbit at one point.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

MONROE ADVERTTSMENTS.
! T.. WETZEL,
Dealer in all kinds of
HOU > f. III OLD Flu II n ITURE
CoFFlNS, COFFIN TRIMMINGS, &c.
Furniture repaired, or made to order, and
satisfaction guaranteed. All orders for
Furniture promptly attended to. Collins
supplied at short notice, with services OF
urldertaler, it desired.
l have also on hand fun stock of
Children's Carriages, which L offer for
sale at low prices.
Store and shop OH Grand street, opposite
Mcf'ee's drug store. An inspection of our
work and furniture is respectfully invited.
january \, 1850. ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

The machoncry of tho ice factory is
about all in place, AMI the making of
ice will begin about the ist of next
month.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18

y young man tic out searching
Tor his fathers pig> accosted an Irish
man as follows: sSiiave YOU seen a
stray pig about here3' Pat responded ::
'faS, how c"nlH l tell Il stray pig
fron any other H''-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
TO the Owner or Owners Of the Steam.
boat HOY MEk and Cargo, Lying
Opposite Logtown Ledge, in
Ounchitn River, La.

United States Engineer once.
MEMPHIS, TENN, September 3Oth, 1857.
YOU ARE HEREBY MOTT Fled that
i Won are required to remove tho wreck OF
the steamboat IIOTMER lying in Ouachitn
River. opposite Logtown Ledge. such wreck 81,
the Stream. If said wreck il not removed
as soon as praci icable, it will be considered
rs Abandoned and dcrclict and Will bo re
moved by the u. =.
IL capt. Corps of Engineers
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-18
0,lrY STEAM sAW.Mll.l..
NOTICE.

Tho death of my late husband, john Il.
late Saw-mill, Lnm6er and Shiugle bust
ness. The business will be continued in
my name, AS hereto subscribed.
l shall endeavor to merit a liberal share
of the patronage of the public by strictly
adhering to the policy of prompt. honest
and fair dealings, and ona6le prices.
FLORENCE X. MUIR, Tsurix.
Postofice Box so, Monroe, I.a
Monroe, La, August 4, 1852. IL
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-02-23
Democratic Reform Victory in
the Keystone State.

PHILADELPHIA, February 21.-ThOugh
tO-day's election was quiet, 1t was most
bitterly contested. The stormy weather
did not keep the better class of voters
away from the polls. The result Is an
overwhelming victory for Reform
through the combination of good citizens
of all parties under the direction of the
Committee of One Hundred, which won
its first triumph year ago in the choice
of Mayor King.
By that election the police force was
emancipated from partisan control, and
the Gas Trust lost its control of the Com
mon Council. The Gas Trust bosses,
however, still held Select Council as
their last entrenchment, and to-day the
RefOrmeTs captured that stronghold.
Squire Bill McMullen, of prize-ring and
volunteer department nOtOriety, and
Democratic Councilman in Ring Repub-
lican pay, stands the only relic of Gas
Trust domination.
Ten Democrats and two Republicans
are elected to Select Council and %
Democrats and 10 Republicans are
elected to Common Council.
OIL CITY, Feb. 21.-An unusually large
vote was pOlled, and very few straight
tickets were voted. The principal fight
was on the MayOralty. Col. A. j. Green
field, Democrat, was elected over Gener-
al Parker, Republican, by majority of
$50. Tonight the victorious Democrats
serenaded the successful candidate,
burning fireworks and havinga general
jOllificatiOn.
Franklin elected George Allen, Re
publican, for Mayor, by majority of 10
over George MalOney.
ERIE, Feb. Recorder Marvin and
Treasurer Boyle, Democrats, were re-
elected nv heavy maiOritipS Select
Councils is a tie. Common Council is
close, but the Republicans probably have
a small majority. Republicans elect
four school directors out of six.
TITUSvILLE, Feb. 21.--DemOcrats elect
James A. Caldwell, Mayor, and j. c.
Smiley, Controller, by large majOrities.
Republican candidate for Treasurer was
not contested.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Feb. 21.-DemOcTats
elected the Mayor. Republicans elected
six out of eight Aldermen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-02-23
Legal Notice.

Isaac Steese, whose residence is unknown will take
notice that John BOlender guardian Of Cleveland and
Jessie b. Steese minor children of Jacob SteeSe, de-
ceased late of stark county ohio, filed In the Probate
Court Of said stark county, Ohio, petition the object
and prayer Of which to procure said Court to order
the Of the undivided twOfths interest of the said
Cleveland and Jessie b. Seese in the following described
real estate situate in said stark county Ohio and de
scTbed fOOws Being part Of the northwest quarter
Of section number seven Cd, township number twelve
G2J, range number eight 80, bounded as follows to-
witt On the by the road leading from UniOntOwn TO
Greenown the south by the land Of Frederick Wet
tOch. deceased; the westby land of William swine
hart and the north by the land of Mary Hauk south
alley of UnOntOwn, and by land Of Samuel L. Myers;
containing 10 and 66-10O acres Of land, less.
Also lots number fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) in
WeayeTs addition TO the town of UniOntOwn, in said
Stark county and to authorize the said Guardian To
invest the funds arising from the sale OF the same in
loans upon mOrtgage that dover may be assigned to
Amanda NJ Steese in said real estate and that the
mortgage liens upon said real estate may be adjusted.
The application therefor will be for hearing by said
court the 18th day Of April, A. ID 1882, at which
time order will be asked prayed for in said peti
ton. JOHN BOLENDER
Guardian Of Cleveland and Jessie b. Steese.
BY BALDWIN & SHIELDS Attorneys [F2BL
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-02-23
AGAINST vACCINATION.

In the February number of the North
American Review, Mr.. Henry Bergh, the
well-knOwn Humanitarian of New York,
most rOundly condemns the practice of
vaccination. The article places the
brand of "hideOus mOnstTOsity' upon
that which is generally believed to be
the means of salvation from a most
lOathsOme pestilence. The merits of the
discussion thus provoked, it is not for a
novice to decide; but are to be determin-
ed, if at all, by the common sense and
observation of the people. Mr.. Bergh
expresses his adherence of the practice
in most fOrcible and unequivOcal terms.
In one of his opening sentences he says:
"In the period of less than one hundred
years that has elapsed since the intro
ductiOn of this practice, millions upon
millions of sound and healthy human
beings have been inOculated with the
most lOathsOme pestilence, doomed to
carry to their graves bodies wasted by
consumption or marred and defOrmed
by scTOfula, cancer and innumerable
other ills. What is worse, they have
transmitted these diseases to pOsteTity."
He takes up the general admission
that vaccination does not, in all cases,
afford immunity from disease, and fur
nishes statistics to prove that the prac-
tice never has afforded and never can
afford immunity from smallpox, and
that "the unnatural practices of sO-call-
ed scientific physicians have simply re-
suited in changing the ruby stream of
life into a filthy current, in comparison
with which the fOulest ditch-water is
pure" Mr.. Bergh argues that epidemics
of smallpox come and go like all other
epidemics, and that neither in intensity
nor in duration were they more fOrmid-
able centuries ago than they have been
since the introduction of vaccine virus.
He also gives statistics to show that
vaccinated persons are more liable to
than are the unvaccinated.
To quote again: "The human race is
gradually rOtting away by reason of
this deadly practice of vaccination, and
the process of decay is accelerated by
the consumption of flesh that has been
rendered unfit for human food, and act
ually poisonous, by the barbarous and
unnatural treatment to which animals
are subjected" Here he refers to the
of sheep and cattle and their
killing for the market. The
article concludes with brief quotations
from other writer's who hold views SINH
lar to his own. This savage attack up
on the practice of vaccination can scarce
ly be passed over in silence. But in
this practice, is there anything more
than there is in the swal-
lowing of metallic mineral and vege-
table pOisOns with the expectation that
these will restore to health the disturb
ed OF diseased human organism.