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

Gnaelita Telea raph.
MONROE. La. APRIL l. 1882, y
To-day is April fools day, and the
bill collectors will be around-not .
strange coincidence.
We hear of but little corn up in this ii
parish, but the past week large area c
of land not overlooked has been plowe<l. tt
The Masonic Hall has been rented n
for the sessions of the United States u
Courts. The sum to be paid is $500 per %
annum. n,
And now, little children, beware of a
the sturdy gander and the old goose "
conveying the small goslings in and 81
out of the fence corners. a
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The postofice will be rem owed about d
the 18th to the office formerly occupied il
by Col. John Ray as a law office, now n
the City Library building. IL
forty-fve breech-loading rifles with bay
onets, and the members are Industrious -
~ practicing the manuel of arms and - =.
going through the drill exercises.
The buffalo gnats are still worrying Il
horses and cattle, and the same pestif- Ct
erous insect has caused the death of a v
large number of hogs both on the river 81
and in the hills - something never h
known before. Il
Mr.. Enssminger informs us that he
has purchased 100 tons of ice which a
will be brought over from Delta so soon r.
as the railroad is in running order. r
Meanwhile, he is expecting supply n,
from New Orleans. Re-
We invite attention to the card Of
Mr.. J. G. Carson, architect and builder. y
Mr.. Carson has large experience in his ~
business, and will furnish drawings ~
and estimates for buildings and take p
contracts for the same, either separately
or altogether.
The Jewish Passover, a feast COM tr
memorative OF the departure of the n,
Jews from Egypt, will begin on Mon o.,
day and will extend to Tuesday, the
18th. Services will be held at Temple A
Sinai Monday evening, to which the al
public is cordially invited. b
Mr.. l.. w. Surghnor, agent for the
distribution of government supplies at ~
this point, received by the Howard Is al
barrels meal, 16 barrels -four and six 4.
boxes bacon, which he is distributingI =:
to sufferers from the overflow, CIV -
ing only to those of whose wants he is =.
fully assured of his own knowledge and -.
from information.
The Police Jury meets next Mon at
day, at which meeting the election of ca
President and other officers will take at
place. The books and accounts of the ag
treasurer will be examined and much
other important business pertaining to
the close of the old fiscal year and the "a
beginning of a new one will receive ~
attention. Ia
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The City Cemetery is badly in need sc
of a new enclosure, or of some SUBJ T,
stantial repairs of the old. A large III
number of cattle have been roaming CO
through the cemetery of late, destroy hi
ing the shrubbery and trampling upon p]
the graves in lots unenclosed. If there j.
is not a committee of the City Council fe
charged specially with taking care OF D,
the cemetery, there certainly should be.
Mr.. j. G. Ably, representative of the r
mes-Democrat, was in town several la
days the past week. Mr.. Ably came UP
the Tensas and Macon to Delhi, taking O,
observations of the country overlooked al
along those streams, and from Delhi O,
sent by telegraph an interesting account tn
of what he saw and heard. The report ce
occupied nearly two columns of the