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FANCY GOODS.
G.. M. ADAMS.

We occupy our large and handsome new store
81 King street Sarcpta Hall Building.
Mems Ncckwcar--Our assortment is always COM
pctc, showing at all times the latest novelties
from the markets of Paris, LnnGom and New York
Corscts from ouc. To $50 per pair Special
attention is called 10 our ncw improved Corscts at
81 90.
Mcrino Underwear, the largest and most choice
assortment offered. Prices 3nc., DE- lUc, Doe
6oc., 13c 81 90 to $3.50 each
Gloves in Kid, Silk, Dog-Skin, Castor, Riugwuod
and full line of Upde.rilS.
llosicry-Constantly receiving something ncw
Bal hri9gan Cotton, Mcrino, Cashmere Fancy
Stripes and Solid Colors
Notion cmrtmcnt.-Shirts Collars, Culls, S,,s-
pcndcrs Towels Napkins Iiandkcrchicfs Ger
mantown and SaXony Wool. Zephyr Worscds
Buttons, Pins, Dexter Knitting Cotton Skirts
Night-Gowns, Chcmisc and Drawers. Ribbons
laccs, Shawls, Hair Brushes, Combs, Pcrrumcry
Soaps, Rutings, Ruas, Fans, Jewelry, Embroid-
cries, Spool Silk and Cotton, Belts Knitting Silks
and Canvass. CM ADAMS.
aug29 50 King ST.. Alcxaniri; Va
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Failing !!

That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is BRowN's Iron
B1TTERs, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purihes and
enrlchcs it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength.
This is why BRowN's
IRON B1TTERs will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala-
ria, intermittent fcvcrs, &c.
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EXCURSIONS. picnic

EXCURSIONS. PICNICS. Gc
nCCOQUAN FALLS
" AND MT. VERNON SPRINGS
STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON
Having been thoroughly overhaued and newly
furnished, will commence running excursions to
the above places. Until further notice, on and
after
SUNDAY MAY 21. 1882,
for Occoquan Falls, Sundays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, boats leaving Prince street Wharf Sum
days ut 10 4. H. returning at 7:3O p. m; Wcdnes-
days and Fridays ut 800 Il. m, returning ut 7:3O
p II. Fair, round trip, % cents. Mount yer-
non Springs, Saturdays, leaving wharf at 930 a.
M. returning ut 1:3O p. III. Fare round trip. 1Oc.
Music ana dancing on all trips except SUNDAYS.
Music by Professor 4. J. Cooks Band
No objectionable parties allowed on the boat
T. S. RANDALL.
mTlS-u Proprietor.
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Browns IRON BITTERs
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskcy. 1t is the
only preparation Of Iron
that causes no injurious cf-
fccts. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
limitations.
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ConcOrdia Hotel,

OOIlCOIu uld IlOUOl,
J. B0HRAUS, Proprietor.
COR. PRINCE AND ROYAL STREETS.
Having thoroughly refttcd and furnished my
house. it is now open as Hotel, to be kept on the
European Plan, and guests will be received and ac
commodated on the most favorable terms.
Everything to be found in season and the repu-
tation of the house will be maintained. sep4
TT.& 9Th. TRIMYER formerly of Richmond,
q. Va, have opened their DYEING AND
SECURING ESTABLISHMENT, at No. 80 King
street. where you can have your Clothing Cleaned,
Dyed and Repaired equal to new. Also ladies'
Shawls Dresses and Ribbons Our prices are rea-
sonable and our work guaranteed and not to be
surpassed by any house in this State. Our motto
has been and shall always be ''poiteness." Prompt
ly and strictly one price Dyeing and Securing
Establishment. sep7-1m
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J. J;TURNER & COS. EXCELSIOR. FARM.
ERS PRIDE and EAGLE GUANO, for sale by
THOMAS PERRY. II King ST..
scp1f Alexandria. Va.
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2o3 s paca ST., Baltimore.
Nov, IS. 1851.

2o3 ). Iaca 81, Ea.tlmorc.
Nov. IS, 1851.
Il was 4 great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and for several
weeks could cat nothing and
was growing weaker every
day. | tried Browns Iron
Bittcrs, and am happy to say
l now have 4 good appetite,
and am getting stronger.
los. MCCAWLEY.
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:. Persons waiting on
). Scarlc, Fever has
d where the Fluid was
en- cured with it after
II place. The worst
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MEDICINAL.
DARBYS
PR0PHYLACTIC
FLUID.
4 Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid Fevers,
|Diphtheria, Sail
vatiOn, liberated
Sore Throat, Small
PoX, McaslcS. and
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Eradicates
MALARIA.
EsSsgsssSsFs3Ss:

all Contagious DiseaSr
the Sick should usc it free
never been known 10 sprc:
used. Yellow Fever has b,
black vomit had tax.
cnsns Of linh,Ln.; Ill.
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lS43 EsrAHIIsTED H3IsfH; IN 1913
ALEXANDRIA (VA.) STEAM DYEING AND
CLOTH SECURING ESTABLISHMENT.
A. d. WAKEFIELD, Proprietor,
No. % S. Fairfax street, bet King and Prince.
Everything appcrtaining to well regulated es-
tablishment the kind All work done in astyle lenot
to be surpassed and at the shortest notice. and at
very reduced prices \ call is all that is asked to
convince any one of the truthfulness of the asser
tion. scpo-3m
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.fGRICULTURiL.
INERTlI.lXERS.

BAKERS STANDARD GUANO.
PURE DISSOLVED RAW BONE
5. c. BONE.
" kAI\l'r SALTS
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AlrxanQr}a DaerttG,
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY By
EDGAR SNOW DEN,
At the Gazette Building, Nos. 70 & 72 Prince st.
lI,I-M I.I.kIN.

TERMS
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01

endeavor to keep his or her children,
with all their little questions, we'll up
in their studies, so rapid are the changes
In the school textbooks. And what
the boy or girl Of ten years of age was
started In, the child of six is taught at
school to regard as absurd and worth
less. So that, take a family of children
numbering five, the parent In assisting
the youngest and oldest will have had
to unlearn at least three times what
was taught the oldest, in guiding the
youngest along the difficult path of
learning even no further than English
grammar. What each teacher does,
seems to be confined mainly to select,
In revolutionary spirit, a set of school
books different from that used by his
predecessor, and to exact of both parent
and pupil that they shall conform their
methods of thought and of rules and
their very instincts to the change.
There is variety in this system Of COM
mon schools-if system it may be called,
but there is a woful lack of hard com.
mon sense
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
ITEMS CONCERNING THE FLOOD.
CAIDWEI.II,

COLUMBIA, La, March q, 1882.
Editor Islegroph-I wrote you on
the 14th that the water was on a stand !;
1t remained on "A stand until the 18th,
when it commenced to rise again and
has been rising steadily ever since,
with one and a-haIf inch rise In the
last "a hours and see no prospect of
1t stopping soon. If 1t does not, fear
many of our homes will float off, as
some have alredy done in the lower
part of our parish. The situation is
appalling and growing worse, the suf-
fering and distress great. Some gov
eminent rations have been issued and
much suffering relieved for the time
being. Labor is becoming restless,
fearing the water will be too late going
off to grow a crop on the river, hence
some are seeking homes in tho hill
country. The water of IA was small
affair compared to this in regard to the
trouble entailed. Yours truly,
j. b. RUTLAND.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
mon sense.

The critics ofGov. McEnery's actions
at this crisis might remember and
should reflect that at no time since the
administration of Gov. Allen, during
the war, have the patience, vigilance
and courage of the Executive been so
severely taxed. We know the Gov
ernor too we'll not to avow, as we do,
our belief that his utmost energies are
kept steadily moving in behalf of the
people of the State over whose interests
he has been called to watch, and that
but few men would give such unselfish
ties now Weighing upon him.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
RELICS OF THE coLFAx RIOT.

. In 1873 there occurred at COlfax,
Grant parish, bloody conflict between
the whites and blacks of that parish,
caused by the negroes and other Radi-
cal white leaders endeavoring to take
charge of the parish. The Colfax
Chronicle of u recent date has the fol-
lowing in regard to some of the me-
mentoes of the conflict:
In digging a ditch around the square
on which the new courthouse Is stu
ted, and which is only about sixty feet
distant from the site of the courthouse
which was burned at the riot In 1873,
the W0rkmen unearthed skull and
several bones of the feet and hands OF
some of the victims on that occasion.
About seventy feet of the breastWorks
thrown up by the negroes are enclosed
within the present court square. The
embaukment altogether was some one
hundred and fifty or two hundred
yards I'm length. After the fight four
score or more dead negroes were buried
In the trench they had dug, and COW
cred with the earth from the embank-
ment. 1t is said that about twenty
bodies are buried within the limits OF
the present court square,. We have
suggested on a former occasion that
these bodies be exhumed and buried
elsewhere, and still think it should be
done. In leveling around the court
house this week the mound that has
marked their whereabouts has been
obliterated, and if they are not moved
soon all trace Of them Will likely be
lost. 1t looks bad to have these
ghastly relics exhibited now and then,
as was the case last Tuesday with that
grinning Uranium with a round bullet
hole bored clear through it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
TIE NEW YORK HERALD ON THE mis-
SlSSlPPI FLOODS.
IN. y. Herald. 25th nit. !

IN. 1. IleTultts -oLn uIL
1t is necessary physical consequence
that lowlands washed by great rivers
must be subject to inundation, and the
Mississippi, which, as to ex tent and the
region it drains, is perhaps only second
to the Nile, was perhaps hardly second
to it in this particular in the days when
it was left entirely to itself. With both
rivers alike the flooding of the land is
salutary as to the points of the deposit
of fertilizing material and the satura-
tion of the soil. But while this pro-
cess is counted upon as main source
of the wealth of Egypt it is in the Mis-
sissippi Valley, owing to the very diff
ferent conditions, not to be counted as
advantageous by comparison with the
harm that must follow; for the Nile,
coming down from the equatorial re-
gions, floods Egypt before the farmer
wants to get at the soil, while the Mis-
sissippi, on the contrary, pouring down
the rains and the melting SHOWS of a
far away North, would cover the south
crn regions when they are already in
bloom with the beauty of early sum-
mer. If, therefore, the Mississippi bot
toms are to retain their almost fnbu-
lously productive value for certain
crops the river must be kept out
Hence the bikes or levees that already
exist, and that are u sufficient protec-
tion for ordinary years, hut which al
ways give way under exceptional pres
sure. Twice already in n period Of
eight years they have proved made
quate and their failure has led to great
destruction of property and loss Of life.
Before the war the great land owners
of that region-who were, also, of
course, great slave owners-dnected
labor and money with u Wow to the
best economical use of their property
so far as they saw, and it is probable
that in those days the dikes were kept
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS.

Among the laws of Arkansas Is one
which provides that the directors of
each school district In the State shall
adopt, and cause to be used, In public
schools In their respective districts one
series OF textbooks in each branch or
science taught Ia the public schools of
their respective districts, and no change
In these books shall be made for period
Of three years, unless it be by a petition
of majority of the voters of the dis
trict desiring the change.
It Is probable that three years is too
long ia perid to fix during which there
shall be no change In the books
used In public schools; but this is
not such q great annoyance to parents
or such q serious drawback to pupils
~ the absence Of regulation which
permits changes In textbooks as
often as teachers are changed, or as
the teachers themselves change their
preferences. Any standard textbook
will outlast the scholastic days and
fully tax the industry of any pupil,
and better learn one book well, than
skim over hatf-a-dozen. But school
books, 1t seems, are made of late to
sell, and not to study, and hence we
hnd now long series of readers, arith-
metics, copy-books, ;;etc., where not
many years ago two or three Of each
were considered ali.sufiicient, and that
1t requires now years of steady school
gotng to get through with reading,
writing, geography aud the minor
stodAea OF common education, and
generally very common education at
last. There are In every household.
here and therss ssttie piles Of school
books half gone through with, and then
abandoned. while others of a different
author must follow, to be packed awsv
within short ten months, percbance.
among the rubbish of the closet, or he
destroyed to feed the ambition of the
fodder coming along.
The parent grows gray, wearied and
at times insuherably tormented In the
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01

Gen. w. 8. Rosecrans, who is now the
subject of much talk, was born in Ohio
In 1919, and he graduated at West Point
in 1912, becoming shortly after Assist
ant Professor of Engineering there. He
was on duty during the construction of
the docks at the Washington Navy
Yard. Ill health causing him to resign,
he became a civil engineer in Cincfu-
natl. When the war broke out he was
a manufacturer of chemicals.
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!: The Seller. and not tho Buyer, will be
looked to for Commissions.
2. Owners must set the price Mt which
on the price so fixed commissions will be
charged. Maps will be furnished at the
Owners expense, when desired.
3. Introducing, or sending Customer to
any Owner will, in case OF sale, entitle me
to Commissions.
4. Property entered on the List will be
considered Oh sale at the price stated until
notification OF withdrawal is received.
5: If no notice be given of advance in
price, or withdrawal of property, and a
Customer is furnished at the price fixed,
Commissions will be charged.
4. Information obtained directly or indi-
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&, q, I,otso, condition %lou %,,o,, hovo
toe;, IN s;nco 1TnIer .or,. ~. NJ tha . csr,
.,et 80 no.,e-r.nonts ,.,o kno,., IT,
,,s',aT 90. ~ eho .,,,,,ort ~ ~" ,.,,aos
.,,a,.a ra;sss@I ond .1o.,t s,,;t .,C-se',s
tuTsTarar,a ~ tha ssa+e ~ 49,. ssSa.
onar1Ss n nos bo that the ;rI7iHar-
enc, Ieoa mo ctron;c aud that 10 The
rooso, Oh, :, the ,;,,a s;,ca t,a ,.ar
tha fs;,"res If tho a;Eos has not aona
noor . hor.,, t,,s, e exor hafn-e ' NV N'o
II the corcn,o,, . ,,,a,ssro and rroaner.
ito If co.,, 49,. ot tho co,,ntr., Ia a
ns,;ona1 corce-,, 90 ,va hold - r. no
the whn,s nannIa aro s,;ke ;ntaraatet, IN
what 10 tc ha foro - ,,-o,,o,t sho racnr.
ranca ~ s.,oS oeIs., -. as tte;s R.,t;t
ia not clear ;,,st xnh.s Ss to- ,,9 ha @,ora and
Il Ia stiII Iess cIosr ,.,ho 10 ~ 10 - 0na
nroiact 70 thot tha Nsis.,ss,~,,, r.oror
the Mfssi.s;nni I.aioa, Observation-Disclosures ~
the MissonrifshaII no convartoI into
a creat canal-I,e strsiohtanssd that Ia
and he fi,rnfshai 1;tf ,,e,noanant
artificial hanka Donhfioaa thst would
he fle mosf effactive man and va ara
not sure Int II xvonld he aventnaiiv the
cheanest. for IF = die no,,st otherwise
he bniIt On both aides n the windinc
Stream. and he nermanentlv Kent in
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
TIE ERLANGER SYSTEM.
bridesmaid

Mr.. John Scott, vice president and
general manager of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad, rum
ming from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
in an interview with representative
of the Banker and Broker, regarding
the Erlanger syndicate, said that he
did not recognize the title, as it is
misnomer. "Onr company" he said,
sis the Alabama Great Southern Rail-
road Company, and when the other
roads were purchased by Erlanger &
Co. (namely, the Vicksburg and Meri-
dian, the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific, and the charter of the New
Orleans and Northeastern Railroad,)
they were Incorporated as the Alabama,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific. These
roads, under the new corporate title,
took q majority interest in the lease of
the Cincinnati Southern, which again
was incorporated under the title of the
New Orleans and Texas
Pacific railroad, of which I am vice
president and general manager" In
reference to the completion of the sys-
tenn, he stated that all the contracts are
now let the time limits are quite short,
and although we have arranged to be
through in twelve months, contractors
often dispose, though railroads propose.
The traffic on all the roads, he stated,
was good and likely to remain so. Tho
past two years have seen marvellous
development on the Alabama Great
Southern Railroad, and rs the company
is now taking active steps to foster the
mineral business of that road he con-
siders the traffic Is yet in its infancy.
The Viclksburg and Meridian railroad,
which is now being reconstructed shows
splendid results in tho winter business,
although Mr.. Wolff decreased the rates
very considerably. Continuing, he
said: "The Cincinnati Southern is the
best of all. Not only do we get large
through traffic, but the developments
of the local business are marvellous. By
next fall we shall have at least thirteen
coal mines in operation our company
will put out at least fifty cars per day,
and even now we have several coal
mines which have an output of thirty
| cars per day"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
RICHLAND,

HIGHLAND.
A lady writing to the Richland Bea-
con from Girard, under date of the
10th, gives hes experience with high
water as follows-which the Beacon
says is ssonly what could be said by
great many others:'
You would hardly believe that We
were two days without dust of meal
or -four in the barrel. 1 bought bar
rel of each, flour and meal, from the
boat Era No. 10, and told the colored
people on this place to 60 to J. l.. Spen-
GERS to get their rations, as that place
was as near home rs we could bring
the supplies. One of the colored boys,
Emanuel, was drowned in going for
his. 1t is supposed the boys became
frightened and jumped out of the boat.
Walter said he walked to bank in
water over his head. Emanuels body
died Friday morning. Mrs. Caldwell
George was sick four days,
delirious from the first, and had hard
for two days before death
bnded his sufferings. The water has
eeen knee deep on our back piazza.
The girls and would take off our
shoes and wade through the dining
room to cook our victuals. l have
been capsized four times out of dug
out. "Every cloud hath its silver lin-
ing :" so we have our fun although
the clouds OF adversely seem lowering
over us. The fence and pailings are
swept away. The hogs and stock are
drowned; the chickens and turkeys
on the roof of the house, without an
ear of corn, only scraps from the table,
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rectly, through this Agency, win entitle us
to Commissions.
z. Commissions are due and payable
upon the Contracts of Sale, Exchanges or
Rent being signed by parties thereto.
8. Any disagreement between the parties
after signing such contract does not impair
the claim for Commissions.
9: Owners are expected to know their
Titles before asking the services of this
Agency, and no failure to perfect IL Sale
because of Imperfect Title will destroy the
claim for Commissions.
10. All Property will be Advertised Free
of Charge, unless where Sale, Lease or
Exchange is effected, when the usual adver-
ting charge will be made.
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.HERIFF'S SALE.

CHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachita, Fifth
District Court.
Kieffer & Gardner
vs.. mo. 1873 /.
O. ShO1ars IL Mccormick.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued by
the Honorable Fifth District Court, in and
for the Parish of Ouachita, and to me di-
rected in the above entitled suit, will sell
Siard street, (iately occupied by Sholars &
McCormick). in the city Of Monroe, La, on
Saturday, 8th day of April, 1882,
(and from day to day thereafter until all of
said property is sold) all the property at
tached in the above entitled and numbered
cause, except the notes, accounts and mer-
camille books.
Terms of sale, cash.
mch25. j. e. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01

Capt. L. M. Mutt, senator from the
parish of Caddo, who had been in de-
Ginning health for several months, died
at his home in Shreveport on the 22nd
ultimo. Alas, poor country! when
such big hearts and fertile brains are
at thy service no longer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-01
succession SALE.

SUCCESSION SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachita, Fifth
District Court.
Succession of Hugh Yongue.
BY virtue OF an order of sale issued by the
Honorable Fifth District Court, in and for
the Parish of Ouachita, and to me directed
in the above entitled succession, will sell
at public auction, in the city of Monroe,
La, at tho court house door, between the
hours of sale, to the last and highest bidder,
on
Saturday, both day of April, 1852,
the following described property, to-wit:
ssHome Place." situated on Island De-
Siard, consisting of lot No. l, in section No.
2, and lots Nos. 1, 2, and and southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of section
one (1), and sections Nos. SO and 40, in town
ship No. 1g, north of range east, contain
ing GIL O3-lO0th acres more or less, and the
improvements thereon.
Also, the place known as the "Belle
Hope'' or ''Swan Plantation in Island De-
Siard, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, fronting
on the !Ouachita river, about thirty miles
above Monroe, bounded on the north by
Sterlington plantation, on the south by the
Lilies plantation and on the east by the
Charles w. Phillips plantation, containing
400 acres, go Of which is under cultivation
Terms of sale-Cash for not less than the
appraisement.
mch25. J. E. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.