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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

Mr.. l.. ID. Allen, the Monroe banker,
returned Tuesday from u trip north
and west. In st. Louis he saw Super
intendent HoXie of the Gould railway
system who informed Mr.. Allen in
very decided language that Mr.. Gould
was fixed in his purpose to build the
railroad from Alexandria to Pine
Bluff
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

The John II. Hanna, in place of the
Hanna Blanks laid up one week for
repairs, will be up to-day.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

All persons in need of wcll-mado cypress
shingles, pickcts, posts, etc, Will ma inc
undcrsigncd, ut his shingle-yard ~ the up
per corporate limits, prepared to III their
orders at short notice and ut prices 10 SUI
the times. References to any or his Sit
| customers. JOS. fI-@Soii-
Monroe, August Is, 1882.
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Short Whistles.

Telegraphic communication over the
railroad wires was perfected yesterday
with Shreveport.
Mr.. Walsh, Inspector of brid ges, is
expected here in few days when each
span of the railroad iron bridge will
be tested with five locomotives coup
led together.
1t is reported that sickness is inter-
fcrring rather seriously with elevating
the road-bed in the swamp.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

The excitement in Pensacola about
the yellow fever is subsiding, only ,
new cases being reported on the Goth
and these Of mild type. In BROWNS
same laN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

Gov. MclInery has appointed eX
Chief Justice Manning to the vacancy
on the Supreme Bench caused by the
death of Associate Justice Levy. The
appointment is almost universally
approved by our State exchanges.
Judge Manning will accept.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

We hear no serious complaints of the
cotton worm in this or adjoining par.
ishes, but the rot is doing serious dam.
age in all the aIIuviaI district. Rain,
and there are picking, one reporting
$50 pounds day per hand, but much
the larger number have not COM
menced picking.
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DIED.,

In Monroe, La, eth August, 1882, in tho
5Sth year of his ago, TOBIAS PUECELI, II
native of Ireland but for thirteen years n
citizen of Monroe.
M~New Orleans and Dublin papers
please copy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

The New Orleans States says that in
about month all boats laid up during
the summer will resume their places in
their respective trades.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

Mayor E.ndom returned ON the train
Wednesday evening from Biloxi
where he left Mrs. IIndom and infant
both greatly benefited in health.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

There has been an almost continuous
rainy spell since the Sth of July. We
have never in any year seen SO little
dust.
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STEAM SASv-MlLl..
NOTICE..

The death Of my late husband, John x.
Mini. will not, in any way, interrupt his
late saw min, Lumber and Shngle bust
ness. Tho business will DO continued III
my name, as hereto subscribed.
] shall cndcavor to merit a liberal share
of the patronage OF tho public by strictly
adhcrng to the policy of prompt, honest
and fair dealings, and reasonable prices.
FLORENCE r. MUIR, Tutrix.
Postotiico Box so, Monroe, La:
Monroe, La, August 4, 1882. u
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Fire in T.: .ncv.'lr.

About midnight Sunday night Il lire
broke out in the unoccupicd sleeping
room OF Marks store in Earmcrvlllc,
the and before flames were arrc5ted-but
being made at the outset to that end
the main portion OF the business
houses, with the greater part of their
contents were consumed, ID. STEMS
store alone excepted. The loss aggre-
gates S1O2 $40, as given by our cotem-
porary, with insurance not all re-
portcd) amounting to SOB, $50. The sui
ferers are collecting material to rebuild
Monroe will sell Farmcrville good
hand engine at very reasonable figures
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

They have come-the melancholy
days, the saddest Of the year.
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The colored people of Louisiana have
nire lodges of the Knights of Pythias,
two of which are in North Louisiana,
one at TalluIah and one at Shreveport.
T.. G.. Antoine is the g. G. of the State
ranking with our friend Col. Benton
of the tbuckra' branch-and II. w.
Jenkins, of NiclSsburg, is the :. j. {.
| of the "Supreme Lodge, Cotored, . as
the me nhers style it.
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Parish Assessments.

Assessor Pecvy has completed his
rolls which are now in the haEds Of
the proper Repositories. The assess
ment, it is but just to say, would have
been completed much earlier had the
necessary blanks been furnished in
time, which, however, could not be
done owing to the lack of needed legis-
lation. We give the recapitulation of
the taxable property and valuation Of
this parish
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FOR RENT.

FROM SEPTEMBER LIST THE SMALL
Cottage now occupied by Joo Chatham
and formerly owned by $. IioStick.
W. N. POTTS.
August 20, 1882.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

October cotton futures arc selling ut
IL $40 in New York.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

Judge Richardson is holding n term
of court in Richland.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

The TELEGRAPH, with the next is.
sue, will complete its 18th year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

The number listed for poll tax is p
$40. In the above aggregate, Monroe
is assessed for 1885, 131. The v. S. &
l.. railroad is assessed at $500, 400, of
which amount 500, 200 is put down as
the value of the company's property
within the city limits. The State tax
of the entire parish will amount to
ST., $50. The increase over last year s
assessment is accounted for by the dis
covery of property not then assessed,
the rate of valuation this year falling
- per cent at least, on real estate, be-
low that of 1881.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-02

Special attention given to Storing and
Shi piping Cotton. Freights Stored at Kea'
Proof Warehouse adjoining River and Rail
road. Monroe rep. 1907
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MONROE AovERT,sMENTs.

r. WETZEL, 3D.. 4a
Dealer in all kinds Of
HOU s EHOLD FU RNITURE,
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
undertaken, it desired.
have also Oh hand a full stock of
Children's Carriages, which l offer for
sale at low prices.
Store and shop on Grand street, opposite
McEee's drug store. An inspection Of our
work and furniture is respectfully invited.
january l, 1850. ly
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Some Small Things.

The smallest hogs in the world are
quartered in the Geological Gardens in
London. They came from Australia and
are known as the ''pigmy hogs They
are well formed, are friskv, good
natured, and make excellent pets. They
are about the size of a wild hare.
Probably the smallest and youngest
| sea-lion in captivity is the one now in
the Geological Garden in Philadelphia
He is only. nine weeks old. When about
four weeks old he appeared one morning
with glossy coat of grease. Up to that
time his coat of hair was rather tough
and non-repellant, and not at all calcu-
lated to shed water. The mother is
teaching him to swim.
The smallest baby was born in Chan
delaria, New, few weeks ago. The
father and mother are strong and
healthy, weighing 1870 and 100 pounds.
The child is a male, perfectly formed.
When it first saw light it weighed eight
ounces. Its face is about the size of a
horse-chestnut. The mothers wedding
ring was pulled oyer its foot up to the
knee, Three such babes could play hides
and-seek in a cigar-box. 1t is in good
health.
The will of the late Peter Maltzberger,
who recently died in Reading, Pa, has
just been filed in the Registers office. 1t
it the shortest ever admitted to probate
in Berks County. 1t is as follows:
'Reading, Pa, January 80, 1851,
Peter Maltzberger, do give and bequeath
to my wife, Lena Maltzberger, all my
personal and real property, absolutely;
and appoint my wife executrix of my
last will and testament
''PETER MALTzBERGER."
An ingenious mechanic at James
town, N. Y, has constructed perfect
locomotive, said to be the smallest in the
world. The engine is only eight and a
half inches long, with tender twelve
inches long. The pumps throw drop
of water per stroke. As many as 5S5
screws were required to.putthe parts to-
gether. The engine itself weighs a
pound and half, and the tender two
pounds two and half ounces. The
mechanic was at work upon the loco
motive at intervals for eight years.
The smallest steam-engine in the
world was made by ID. A A Buck, of
Waterbury, Conn. The engine, boiler,
governor and pumps stand in a space
seven-sixteenths of an inch square or the
erea of a gold dollar, and five-eighths of
an inch high. The engine has 14S dis
tinct pieces of machinery, held together
by fifty-two screws. Three drops of
water fill the boiler to overhowing. The
diameter of its cylinders is a sixteenth
of an inch. The length of stroke three
thirty-seconds of an inch. The whole
engine weighs three grains.-N. S,sn.
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BELLEVUE La, THURSDAY, DECEMBER q. 1882,

season, but he tore it to pieces and ate a
portion OF it, cotton aud all with his food
every day. He is very fond Of bones
particularly uncooked ones; these he
mastlcates apparently with as much ease
as as II they We're meat. He continues to
IKE dogs and jackals, and permits them
10 iced with him, if he happens to be
eating when they approach.
captain Nicholetts, in letters dated
l4th and 18th September, 1850, told me
that the boy died in the latter end of
August, and that he had never been
seen to laugh Or smile. He under
stood but little what was said, and ap-
peared to take no notice of anything 90
ing on around him; nor did he form any
attachments whatever. He never play
ed with the numerous children around
MN, nor did he seem wishful to do so,
When not hungry, he used to sit pettino
and stroking pariah or vagrant dog.
which he used to allow to feed ont of
the same dish with him. A short time
before his death, Captain Ncholetts shot
his dog, as he used to eat by far the
greater part of the meat given the boy,
VINO In consequence was getting quite
thin. The lad didn't seem in the least
to care for the death of his companion.
He used signs when he wanted anything,
and very few of them When hungry.
he pointed to his mouth. When his
food was placed some distance from
him, he used to run to it on all fours;
but at other times not Frequently, he
would walk upright. He Stunned
human beings, male and female, and
would never willingly remain near one.
10 cold, heat and rain he appeared
alike indifferent, and seemed to care for
nothing but eating. He was very quiet,
and required no kind of restraint while
he was with Captain Nicholetts' servants
that is, for the space of about two
years. He was never heard to utter a
single word, till within few minutes of
his death, when he put his hand to his
head and said it ached; he then asked
for some water, after drinking which, he
died. This boy when caught was about
ten years of age - Chambers Journal.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The New English Wesleyan Confer
efice minutes show that that body has
5O9.367 members, 81, 4S9 on trial, and
2.l24 ministers, with 29S on trial, and
341 supernumeraries. . .-,..4..,.-,.
In the high school of Dedham,
Mass, the experiment is being made of
using daily newspapers instead of text
books in the reading class. The princi-
pal thinks that the plan is successful
Miss Emily Smith, of Provincetown,
graduate at the Boston School of Ora
tory, is to take charge of the Depart
ment of elocution and oratory in a col
lege of music al Cincinnati, O. ..-..
In Rochester, N. Y, the Board of
Education has ordered the study of ..in-
tellectual arithmetic to be dropped
from the third grade of the school and
some textbook on language and compo-
sition to be substituted. ..,N.sr.
The new plan of synod organization
in the Presbyterian Church, making
each synod oo-extensive with the State,
has proved a failure in New York, for
the reason that it was overloaded with
delegates who had legal right to be
present.-N. Y. Times.
The Interior laments that the prac-
tice OF memorizing the Scriptures has pas
sed away from the Sabbath-schools. and it
is now rare thing to find Sunday-school
teachers who can recite from memory a
single chapter in the life of Christ, or
even one of the Plains.
The Rev.-A. d. Mayo, reports that
as fast as education lays its hand upon
the Southern children, black or white,
they begin to draw near to each other,
and that there is no doubt that at a
time not very far distaut they will dwell
together in unity. The present attitude
of the higher classes is favorable to this
change. Mr.. Mayo said that although
many of the children to whom he spoke
were descendants of the leaders in the
Confederacy, he found the former free
from the bias fstheir fathers. II. .s e.s
Miss Rebecca Husey died as. long
ago as IVA, and by her will beuueathed
sum of FL 900 for, as she quantity ex
pressed it, "the redemption of slaves, if
it may be effected, or else to the ease
ment of their slavery" The fund was
allowed to accumulate until 1868. when
itamounted to the large sum of f23.4S1,
and it was then decided that the princi-
pal should be keptinta and the annual
interest equally divided between ST. He
lena and Lagos, to be expended for the
benefit of the slave class. The trustees
at Lagos allowed their share to accumu-
late until they could establish an insti-
tuition for the industrial training of boys
rescued from slavery, and such school
has just been opened, ITO years having
elapsed since the bequest was made.
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LOVES CONTENT
What hay that nv ueipbbor ho+,a

what hay e tHat my neighbor hath?
Almost nntirng. His mien is high.
Ever for him Is the clean mia.aath.
Breaths are bated rs he goes nv
He counts his tenants by Scores tba rIon.
Tan sctrce rom his terrace the acres sDon
That he holds hv right: and there is mo cbano.
That ever shall 1e SO great n man
Ills past career is q stainless nara
lie stern. but just-never aIigbt hut fatr.
His Beautiful wife is but half his age "' '''i'
And laces and silks are her daily wear.
a0 "oarI poiS seem 10 nave wearied of fate's ca
Besonght $ his favor, and feared his wrath.
He has wealth and power, while possess
JUST ho'hih2 at all that my neighbor hath.
But what that my neighbor lacks haveJo
-, All that Is worth the having, methinks.
ihousn my ho'ie, unto his, as both meet the
:, Into lnsir nficance straightway sinks
buI m'ne hath voices of childish gIee
,"hiSf. IN his are silent, and never vet
nave marked such love as my wife's for me-
LII ms ladys glance when their eyes have
A helpmeet to tighten my labor's load.
win prattiers three for my present bliss
And the loyeiest baby that ever crowded
Or ieaped III arms at a codding kiss:
home, lover cared, and no gilded sham
gHehectons calm, which no envy racks
And mems esteem for just what am
All this nave which my neighbor lacks.
why. even pity him. feeling well
MS cniidlesS state he would swift exchange
ror tne 10rms that romp and the shouts that
- ABOUT my garden; nor is it strange
mat mark SO often his look of pain
AS ne passes my gate, with his proud head
bent, es'"
f9r, II IN ne is IS prince in his hushed domain,
Ill am KING In my loves content? 81.
-Naoidn d. Urner, in N. Y. Ledger.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A music-box can be shut up when its
music is not wanted. The discordant
singer cannot be treated in the same way.
Chicago Journal.
"A Vermont debating society will
tackle the question, (Which is the most
fun-to see a man try to thread needle
Or a woman try to drive nail? ?'-Boston
Post. ..E s4.
1t was the last act of new comedy,
and the house, half empty at the start,
was nearly deserted, only few dead
heads remaining. The curtain went up
and the leading man began with his line:
care we alone?" The utility man
glanced over the auditorium and an
swered in tragic tones: /" We are" For
the first and last time the audience
laughed.-Boston Star. .....-.,...-...
Josh Billings recently said: "Humor
must be based on truth. 1t is because a
thing is ludicrous and at the same time
true to nature that people laugh at it.
Now, Artemus Ward was not humorist
but he was the drollest man tho country
has ever produced. Writers who make
their effects by hyperbole are not hu-
morists. Genuine humor lasts forever,
because it is true. You soon tire of hear
ing man tell stupendous lies.'
Teach your daughter how to cook"
exclaims the Philadelphia Record. That
is all very nice in theory, but experience
has shown that they will waste about
$4,000 worth of provisions while learn
ing, and then, after mastering the art,
will get married and cook for some other
fellow, leaving you to wrestle with the
new Biddy. Better let the other fellow
do the teaching and bear the expense
and dyspepsia. Chicago Times.
When we see the young man of the
period, with the cut-away coat, his ears
sheltered from the cold north wind blasts
by the broad expanse of collar, his two
wsstch chains, but no watch, his pointed
sheas and intellectual eyeglass, his
tol .sey-wootsey cane and pancake hat.
we realize that the S84, 100000 annually
expended in educating the American
youth is little enough. Rochester IN.
r Post Express.
Mamma, dear" said girl, Just in
the flush of early womanhood, II have
something to tell you George has pro-
posed and have accepted" " my child.
| cannot think of you disgracing your
self. George is not a suitable match for
you. Besides, this would make him one
of the family and he would pay no more
board" Thus will be seen the incom-
patibility of a boarding house girl falling
in love with one of the boarders.
The New Haven Register says that
on the evening of the graduating exea.-
cises of Mr.. Waller's class in the New
London high school, s'a terrific thunder
storm burst forth at the very moment
young Waller stepped upon the stage to
deliver his defamation on 'Spartecus;'
but undaunted by the peals the young
graduate delivered his effort, s.nd was
heard far above the elements" "Those
who were present." we are teid. "testify
to the grandeur and suggestiveness of the
scare"-evidently meaning ''the scene"
Hartford Evening Post.
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A New Town.

"Where is Capa city, ma," asked a lit
tie boy on the cars. .-....
"What are you talking about, sonny?"
"Why, ma, nearly all the cars are 60
ing to Capa city, for it is printed on
them in big letters.
For the information of the reader who
does not quite catch on, we will state that
the carrying capacity of most of the
freight cars is printed on their sides, and
as the word capacity is usually parted in
the middle by the car door, it reads. for
instance, Capacity $4,000 lbs.-Teras
,SifIindS - 1851 s%-
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The Baptists had planned a general
Bible Convention, which was to have
met at Saratoga in November. But the
plans failed for lack of enthusiasm, and
the convention has been postponed un
til next Chicago Tribune.
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The mace and sword of State used
in South Carolina in Colonial times are
still preserved. They were brought to
this country in 1929
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The American Tract Society is circu-
lating religious pamphlets in i46 lam
suages.
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"A Detroit grocer is trying to make
his friends believe that while he was
STOPPING over some butter he was knocked
senseless and robbed. An intelligent jury
will decide whether the suspected parties
did the knocking down or whether the
smell of the butter was the guilty party.
And as to robbery, there is butter sold
in Detroit that no living man can rob OF
a single scent. .-Pihsburgh Telegraph.
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criticism. He is insensible indeed to
the movements of public opinion who
does not perceive that n profound dis
satisfaction exists in many parts of the
State. In the city of New Orleans,
especially, it is almost impossible to
secure the expression of public opinion
by full vote at the polls. The future
is full Of danger, unless the public con-
fidcnco in the party methods can be
restored, and unless new enthusiasm
for reform and good govern ment is pro-
duced.
Never was there a time when great
and mastery leadership was wanted !;
leadership which will unite the
masses with the fiery ardor of 1872 and
1876, and which will bring the best
clements to the front. The country is
tired of Bosses and political manipuia.
ton. 1t demands reform inside the
party, but it wants reform now and at
once.
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members associated with these veterans,
ton of the country. 1.-THE south wishes
to cope with other sections to recover
her prestige for craftsmanship and ill.,
huence, she can no longer look to num-
bers or wealth, but must depend upon
the experience, ability and character
of her representatives in the Federal
Government. But do not Nattcr my
self when l say that no new member
can, at this time, enter on the vast mass
Of unfinished business belonging to the
Mississippi River improvement, and
otherwise involving the interests Of my
constituency, and bring it to success
full conclusion as well as I can. Several
years of unremitting thought and toll
have been eXpend ed by me upon it. and
the same preliminary drudgcry must
be undergone by whoever undertakes
it.
AS for the mere personal aspects Of
the case, however interesting they may
be TO me, 1 feel l have no right to press
them upon you. 1t is not unnatural Or
unreasonable, however, for the man
who has borne the heat and burden Of
the day to feel little unwilling for any
third party, at the browning moment
of successful achievement, to step in
and gather all the rewards. No doubt
ii is quite the way of the world, as
every one has felt in his own expert
ence. Nevertheless, / do not propose
that any gentleman shall walk offwith
an easy triumph Of unearned honors
until you have heard my appeal, and
decided the matter according to your
best judgment. To that decree I shall
cheerfully submit and accept with the
same constancy, loyalty to your inter-
ests and wishes, and disregard of low
or selfish aims, as did your inspiring
call to lead you in the hour of actual
peril and political ostracism.
With the trust that the Almighty
Providence, who guards the des;inies
OF nations, may not forget nor turn
away his care from our loug-suffering
people, I am, in very truth, your friend
| and servant.
J. FLOYD KING.
Washington. ID. c., July 8. 1882.