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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25

A RAILROAD meeting, lately held NJ
Starksyiile. recommended that the
and oktibbehu submit to the people OF
sS snbseTiSins sss 700 sash no 10 tie cap-
and Great Northern Railroad, on the limo
wa Starksvtile, West Point and Aber-
A meteor appeared to tho citissns of
Brandon ON the night of the 2ist june.
OF such briiliancy as to. enable you to
see TO p and up sa n M the Il ss y,oLs
road have been graded. 81
factory at s HAN Mandsboso The Capital r
quired for tho experiment. 10 $4,000, OF
which s 2 portion has been subscri bed.
maticnlly, spealing. the subscription
voted on July sth, In .ietfersons county,
for the Natchez, y eclsson and Columbus
Railroad, was carried unanimouslys Tho
negative votes had against subsctiption
printed on each twice, and II is q wolf
known rule that two NEGATIVES IN the
The Democrat also makes mention
BY aremarkablc freak OF nature, there
grows ON the west side of ths trunk o
china tree, recently felled In DR.. r. A.
w. Dnyis's yard, n perfectly golden of
colored as to resemble finished wax
work. On the east side, the foliage Is
of the natural green color. Who can
II
| Provided debtors will square accounts,
| tho Canton cotton factory will have one
| hundred looms with u full complement
spinais s,n under hi,eaSdway bsfoTc the en-
Dr. Il. A. Niimnis. OF Aberdsen, proposes
to form Q company and erect n Wine fac
| Prof Critchfield has established, him
self In the Port Gibson Soiisfiate Acad-
envy, for the purpose of teaching Dolly
Warden Delanographing,n
Referring to The Yezoo City, Raymond
and Crystal Springs Railroad. tho Yazoo
banner OF the 10th, says: The managers
| of the enterprise propose that if we Will
do the grading and furnish and put down
tho cross-ties they will complete the
same. Considering the advantage to be-
| munication with New Orleans, we have
| no doubt but TINT our people will em-
brace the offer. which is n very liberal
one.
| The lower end of tho county, intending
| Satnrtia, we learn will subscribe $50 600.
| 1azoo City and men of capital along the
| line will certainly do their duty. This
is too important matter to be neglect
ed. The managers of thiB. road mean
| business. They do not deal in gas.
The Raymond Gazette gives the fol-
8 Established In 1881. Bounded on the
west by Big Black River. on the east by
Pearl River. Contains s84 sastare mi. -.
In 1870, whites $500. blaoks 20659, total
| to west by the Vlcksburg and Meridian
| Railroad; Is travcrsed ON tho extreme
| eastern boundary from north to south
by the New. Orleans and Great Northern
Yazoo City to Crystal Springs, which
will traverre the county from northwest
| to southeast, distance OF nearly forty
miies1the line passing through Browns.
| vile, Bolton, Raymond (the geographical
| centre of the county and the county
seat), Dry Grove, etc."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25

them-lhe rains Ia nearly ruined all
kinds of grain al d cation. The hottnui
lanes are the best producing loads in the
IA half crop. The up,apds viii mako toll
erab,y good crops. hut not an average.
f,ai,ae.-fhe Des Arr. Citizen saws );
ports concerning the corn and cotton
csops. They are clean in most instances,
Cosumhia.-The Magnolia Flower saws:
Tie crops, as far MS we can learn from
never better-at least for the past twenty
finer average corn Was never seen. Cot
ton promises an abundant yield, no
anee us Tae et viii III be eu an average Cotton
crop, while the corn will be III great
BenfoR.G'rhe Bentonville Conversions
says: The wheat crop of Benton county
is the largest that has been raised for
many years We advise our farmers to
there has been very little wheat raised
in Missouri and Kansas, our principal
Pope.-The Rnssellville Tribune SAYS:
The prospect for crops in Pope county is
not so good as was anticipated, Owing
to the long prorracted wet weather dur
ing the month of May, rendering it inn
possible to give them the proper cultiya-
ton. crops got behind. and received a
setback from which they have never
average yield. Fruit will be abundant.
Pike,-A letter of the 18th from Milton
to the Little Rock Gazette says: Tho
corn crop is about an average one,
though perhaps it would have been bet
ter had it not been for the heavy and
almost incessant rains at the time FARM
ers shonld have given 1T the last plow-
ing. However, If it continues ton days
more as previously, there will be plenty
made to supply the home demand and
enough to spare to as many immigrants
| as wish to settle in our very healthy
and fertile county this fall. With 3 fa-
| yield.
The corn crop in this county is repre-
sented to be very good. We have had
| planters are hopelessly in the grass.
| The crop this season will not compare
! with that of last year.
| CROPS OF 1871.
The report of the Department. of Agri-
culture for the year 1871 gives the follow
| ing general summary of the quantities,
number of acres. and aggregate value of
] the principal crops of the United States
in that year:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
zinc Manufacture in Arkansas.

The American Zinc Company, whose
offices are in New York city, have estab.
Hshed large works at Calamine, in Sharp
county, Ark, for the production of zinc
from the native ore found in abundance
in that mountainous part of the State.
Arkansas is rich in mineral ores. as lead,
iron, silver, copper, zinc, etc. Coal also
is abundant; and capitalists are begin
ming to pay particular attention to the
development of these resources. The
railroad system of Arkansas, when COM
pleted, as it will be in q few years, will
prises as that started by the American
Zinc Company, and of which the fol-
lowlngs ketch is given by an Arkansas
papers correspondent, writing from
Calamine: ",
Zinc is generally produced in furnaces
heated with stone coal and the ore itself
with the same material. At Calamine
only wood and charcoal were to be had,
and hence furnace had to be con-
structed to suit these conditions. This
was accomplished by Mr.. Tuppel, the
Temporary superintendent of the works.
furnace where the fuel (woodl is almost
literally distilled into gas, which, by the
admixture of air forced into the furnace,
This is the first furnace of the kind ever
constructed, and Arkansas is entitled to
the credit of claiming that the first gas
furnace, fired with wood. and applied to
the reduction of zinc ores, has been
built here.
The metallurgical treatment of the
zinc ore is as follows: 1t is first roasted
in kilns then crushed to powder between
heavy iron rollers run by steam, then
mixed with charcoal dust and put in
cylindrical retorts, made of ire-clay, and
lying in a nearly horizontal position in a
furnace. The open end of each .retort
protrudes out of the furnace, and is con-
nected with smaller conical tube, called
condenser, luted to the first by means of
clay. There are in this furnace one hun
bred and twelve such retorts. By heat
ing them, the oxide, of zinc becomes re-
duced to metal by the carbon mixed with
1T, but the metal being volatile, it escapes
as fume to the end of the retort, where
it condenses partly to liquid metal, and
is kept at the bottom of the condensers,
from which it is scraped out from time to
time.
The establishment, as now in exist
ence, consists of a machine house, with
crusher; one of the most beautiful
steam engines in the State, of 6O-horse
power, with two boilers; clay mill,
cbilian mill and ore-grinder, and q large
pottery building, where the retorts and
condensers are manufactured, mostly of
fire-clay from st. Louis, but which will
hereafter be obtained from the vicinity
of Little Rock. There is one furnace in
operation and another commenced.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
Strange if True.
A CAVE DISCOVERED ON THE OHIO, IN
WHICH WERE THE REMAINS OF THE
NATHAN MURDERER.

A letter from Aurora, Ind, of the 10th,
to the Cincinnati Enquirer, announces
the discovery of a cave two miles in
length, and the remains of three persons
Kentucky. shore of the Ohio. Upon one
of the bodies, which physicians say has
probably lain there a wear, was found a
1871, on which was written, almost il1egi-
bly,, the following:
Il have found d hiding place from
man, but Gods eve follows me, even
here. l murdered Benjamin Nathan, and
am dying now. God forgive and have
mercy on my soul. die by my own
hand. ANTONIO HEFEv
The authorities of Aurora have taken
charge of the clothes and notified the
police authorities of New York.
Nearly two years ago there is remem-
bered to have been seen an unknown
crazy man in the locality of the cave,
whose dress correspondent with that on
the skeleton.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
Toxas Railroads.

Gen. Henry r. McCulIoch informs the
Southwestern index that tho Gulf, Wost
Texas and Phcitic Railroad Is progressing
rapidly. and will probably reach Cnero
tended beyond that point (Cuero is some
fifteen or twenty miles below Gonzalesl,
either toward San Antonio or Gonzales,
without donations from those cities.
The above paper says Gonzales has taken
stock to the amount of S2OO.000; Caid-
well county to the amount Of $13p, 900,
and San Antonio to the amount of
S5O0,0OO all TO DO paid in bonds when tho
road shall be completed to those places
But now the road is to stop at Cuero
uuloss donations are made. The compa-
ny, according to the Galveston news; i mas
GOO, in which case the company viii COM
ply with Its previous agreement. The
proposition was promptly rejected.
II WINS then proposed to bnI Il the road
mt an earlier period than that arst agreed
upon. If that amount is donated. To
this no answer Is yet given. Now, also,
Gen. McCulloch tells Gonzales the road
viii not be built to Gonzales without -
donation. The reason assigned for this
denmark is the advance in iron. Yet,
though the company have broken faith
with tho people of Gonzales. they are
still willing to do all they can. after
paying their heavy taxes, to secure the
road. II appears to be uuderhtood that
"a donation will be made of twenty to
thirty thousand dollars. Gen. McCul-
lOch is exoneTnted from any completely
in the bad faith manifested by the com
pnny. Gonzales is his old home, where
he has grown mp from a boy.
The Great Northern Railroad Com
pany has obtained a subsidy of $4,000
of a completion of the road to Tyler by
the LIST of April next.
JoISn G. SAKE the poet, intends to take
t1tf.s At N ffrrNi.X
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
Some Fish. Bird, Calf and Goat
Story.

Some months ago, while Mr.. Bazile L.
BoudreauN, of Bayou L'Ours, was en-
gagged in fishing in Lake Balourde, he
met with two strange incidents. About
nightfall, he was fixing his lines, meau
time sitting in boat, when a large bird,
known as the gros bee, came flying over,
and was about to light on his head when
he struck it with his hand, Knocked it
down, and then killed it. About the
same time, as storm was rapidly APP
preaching, he hurriedly left for his camp,
many of his hooks remaining undated.
After making good supper from the
bird, he went next morning to see his
fish lines, when he was greatly surprised
to find that he had caught fourteen cat
fish on hooks which he had left without
bait the previous evening. The truth
fulness of this statement Mr.. BoudreauN
vouches for.
Xigerville and it's vicinity has some
natural curiosities. MIR. Octave Carlin
has q male calf. born few weeks ago,
without tail, and Mr.. Charles MiGty,
near by, has pair of goats. one with no
ears, an0 the other with pair of ears
twice the natural length.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl
Next
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25
Crops and the Flood.
5000 SQUARE MILES COVERED BY WATER.
PLANTATIONS 10 TO IS FEET UNDER
WATER.

We copy from the Montgomery Adj
yertiser of the esd:
We have now heard from the districts
in which the late rains and floods were
district is about IL, 900 square miles, the
Intelligence is very important. We
therefore surrender this morning the
SO arranged the extracts from our ex-
changes that the reader will begin in the
southwestern quarter of the State and
they left 1t in the northeast. The belt
thus marked out is 275 miles long by not
less than SO broad and embraces the
finest lands in the State.
From the Clarke County Democrat1
The destruction to crops and land is
great beyond calculation. Corn was
blown down, broken off and terribly
tangled and mangled. The hill lands
have been washed unprecedentedly, and
cut into gullies too deep to be plowed
across. The low lands were inundated,
and all such along branches and creeks
were swept over by the furious and I'M
paralleled tides and the growing crops
of corn leyeled with the ground, or
ing sands and mud. The entire crops of
many farmers were on these creek lands,
and they have thus. in the short space
destruction of their unusually promis-
ing fields, and seen the rich fruits of the
years toll swept from their worthy
grasp Just at the tune when the most
valuable portion of 1.-THE corn crop
could be regarded as secured to them al
most beyond peradventure. The various
large creeks of this county, so far as W.
have ascertained, were from two TO iiv
feet higher than ever before known.
Every milI-dam in the county, as far as
our knowledge extends, was washed
away. Thousands of pannels of fence
were swept away.
From the Wilcox Vindicator.J
at this writing there has been no
abatement in the fall of rain since our
last issue, but farmers are all Joking
gloomy. There is now n large area of
river and creek bottom lands completely
overtiowed, and will no doubt remain so
for several days to come. Cotton waist
high has been submerged in many
places, and may be considered lost. The
corn where it has been flooded will prove
a total loss. The river is much higher
than it was in June, 1866. On the up
lands cotton IL suffering seriously, and it
is 10 exaggeration to say that the crops
in this county will be cut off at least a
third from the estimate two weeks ago.
tFrom the Wilcox News.l
The water courses are considerably
swollen, and in every case, we believe,
the water is out of it's banks : conse-
quentiy the crops. both of corn and cot
ton, are completely Inundated. The
damage to the cotton Is of a very serious
this crop. will be cut short at least one
half IN the county. The corn, in many
places was blown down and more OF
less injured, The prospect to the planter
is truly alarming.
Bridges over some of our creeks have
been washed away by the food of water
We learn that the bridge across Pine
Barren Creek, east of Camden, was car
ried away on Saturday night last. il
passed Bridgeport Sunday morning go
ing down the river. There is no esti
mating the loss to property in this
county by the recent heavy rains.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25

The average yield, cost value and price
ducts for the year is estimated as fol-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25

JoISn G. SAKE. the poet, intends to take
the stump for Greeley.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19

Amendments. Senator Page is the
youngest member of the Senate, al
though Senators Bingham of Chitten-
den, and Hogan of Franklin, names
which our readers will recognize as La
noble County boys, are but little his
senior. Perhaps we are justified in
DEPRESSING slightly for the purpose OF
stating that Senator Bingham is none
other than Marcellus A, whose first
lessons in politics were taken while he
was practicing law at No. Hyde Park,
while Senator Hogan of Franklin Co.
was for many years Morrisville boy.
Both studied law at Morrisville, Ho-
gan with Powers & Gleed, and Bins-
ham with Gov. Hendee.
Chairman Thompson of the judi
ciary committee will be well remem-
bered by our johnson friends as a
student of the school there. Plumley
of Mortified is an Eden boy, and we
don't think we are egotistical in say
ing that in neither branch can be
found a quartet of brighter, ivlier and
smarter boys than the four just named
But we desist. We shall become
vain if we dwell longer apou the fruit
full topic of Lamoille's distinguished
sons
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19
Thu E,actious of 1882.

California will elect state oihoef:',
Legislature and Congressman Nove'fi-
Der Z.
Colorado will elect state officers,
Legislature and congressman NoveH-
Der Z.
Connecticut will elect state officers,
Legislature and Congressmen Novem-
Der Z.
Delaware will elect Governor, Leg
islature and Congressman Nov. Z.
Florida will elect Legislature and
Congressman Nov. Z.
Indiana will elect MINOR state ofli-
GERS, Supreme Judges, Legislature
and Congressman Nov. Z.
Iowa will elect minor state officers
and Congressman Nov. Z.
Kansas will elect state officers, Leg
islature and Congressme1 Nov. Z.
kentucky will elect Congressman
Nov. Z.
Louisiana will elect Congressman
Nov. Z.
Maryland will elect state Judges
and Congressman Nov. z.
Massachusetts will elect state Off
GERS, Legislature and Congressman
November Z.
Michigan will elect state officers,
Legislature and Congressman Nov, Z,
Minnesota will elect Legislature
and Congressman Nov. Z:
Mississippi will elect Congressman
Nov. Z.
Missouri will elect minor state Off
GERS, Legislature and Congressman,
and vote upon an amendment con-
corning the state Judiciary Nov. Z.
Nebraska will elect state officers,
Legislature and Congressman, and
vote upon woman's suffrage amend
ment Nov. Z.
Nevada will elect state officers,
Legislature and Congressman Nov. Z.
New Hampshire will elect Governor,
Railroad Commissioners, Legislature
and Congressman Nov. Z.
New Jersey will elect Legislature
and Congressman Nov. Z.
NEW l. Ih W III GISCG NONGIu OI
Lieutenant Gov ernor, Chief Judge OF
the Court of Appeals, Assembly and
Congressman, and vote upon amend
ments making the canals free, and
providing for the election of addition
al Supreme Justices Nov. Z.
North Carolina will elect Associate
Judges of the state Supreme Court,
six Superior Court Judges, Legislature
aud Congressman Nov. 7.
Pennsylvania will elect state officers,
Legislature and Congressman Nov. 4.
Rhode Island will elect Congress
men Nov. Z.
South Carolina will elect state Off
GERS, Legislature and Congressman
Nov. z.
Tennessee will elect Governor, Leg
islature and Congressman Nov. Z.
Texas will elect state officers, Leg
islature and Congressman Nov. Z.
Virginia will elect Congressman No
vember Z.
Wisconsin will elect Legislature and
Congressman Nov. Z.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19
Petition for Foreclosure.
In ChaneeTy
Lamoille County,
Dec. Term, 1882.
Carlos S. Noyes,

CdTIOS NOyCSt
VS.. In ChaneeTy,
Hiram Billiard, e. III. Bull Lamoille County,
L. 5. and IL. A. Pike land &. Dee. Term, 1882
w. Parker, and Inez NJ.
Parker.
Whereas c. S. Noyes has filed In the Office OF
the Clerk of the Court of Chancery for Lameile
County his petition of Foreclosure, setting forth
in substance that Hiram Billiard and his wife,
Eliza Ann Billiard, on the 18th day of January,
1880, executed to HIM their mortgage deed of the
following land: "About 81 acres of land in the
south westerly corner or quarter of the third
division lot drawn to the original right of Ebene-
ger Whitney, and is the same farm and premises
decided to Mrs. Eliza Ann Billiard by NJ. X.
Spaulding and wife, July 18th, 1866, and where we
now live and occupy. be the same more or less, -
to secure a note dated with said deed Tor the sum
of GIG $1,000 dollars, due with annual interest in
four years from date and signed by said Bullard
and wife, and that said interest has not been
paid. That said Hiram Billiard resides in Prince
ton in the State of Massachusetts, and that said
Eliza Ann Billiard Is dead and was the owner Of
said land, and lett three children as her only
heirs, namely Edwin II. Billiard and Inez NJ.
Parker, wife of Charles w Parker, of said Prince
ton, and Hattie A. Pike, wife of Edwin S
Pike, of Worcester, Mass, and praying the said
mortgage may be toreclOSed. 1t is therefore or
dered that said Hiram and L. II. Bullard Edwin
5. Pike and Hattie \. Pike, Charles w. Parker
said Court OF Chancery to be held at HYDE Park
within and for the County of Lamoille, on the
first Tuesday Of December next, then and there TO
answer to the foregoing petition of said G.. s.
Noyes, by the publication of the substance of said
petition with this order IN the NEWS q CITIZEN
newspaper published at Morrisville in said
county, for three successive weeks, the last rub.
icatOn to be not less than twenty days before the
of said term.
Given under my hand, at MorristoWn, this 18th
lay of October, \. d. $50.
II. HENRY POWERS, Chancellor.
p. X. GLEED, Solicitor,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19
Estate of Cyrus T. Smith.

NOTICE OF SEIILEMENT
State Of Vermont, District Of LauoflLe ss-In
Probate Court, held at Hyde Park in said district
on the 9th day CT October, A. ID. 1882:
Maria Smith, Administrators of the estate of
Cyrus L. Smith, late of Cambridge in said District
deceased, presents her administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes
application for a decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and SAID application be referred to a SEES
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in
for hearing and decision thereon And it is further
ordered, that persons interested be notified here
of by publication of notice of said Applicant n and
order thereon, three weeks successfully in the
NEWS CITIZEN, a newspaper published at Nor
risville and Hyde Park, before said time OF
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and, if they see cause, object thereto.
BY the court-Attest,
46W3 III. &. FISK, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19
Estate of L. Jennie Scott.
LICENSE tn SETT

State Of Permont, District of LamoilIe, IS In
Probate Court, holden at Hyde Park on the 9th
day of October, A. d. 1882.
William Scott Administrator of the estate of L,
Jennie Scott late of Eden, in said district deceas-
ed, In the town OF Eden, makes application to SAID
court for license sell all of the real estate of said
deceased, representing that said sale would be
beneficial to the said deceased and those
interested in her estate; Whereupon il is
ordered bv said court that said application come
under consideration and be heard on the Both da V
of October, a. ID 1882 the Probate Office in HYDE
Park; and, it is further ordered that all persons
be notified hereof, by publication of
notice of this application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the NEWS & CITIZEN,
printed at MOrrisville and Hyde Park before
said time of hearing, that they may appear AT
said time and place, and, if they see cause object
thereto. BY the Court Attest.
46w3 III. c. FISK Register
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19

A disgraceful tragedy was enacted
at Evansville, Ind, recently. About
2 a. IN. large mob forcibly took a
wife murderer from his cell and en-
deavored to carry him off to a place
of execution. The police interfered
and a severe battle was fought, re-
sulting in the death of the prisoner
and at least one other man,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-19
Estate of Chloe D. Spooner,
EXTENSION OF TIME

State Of Vermont, Lamoille District, ss.-In Pro
bate Court held at Hyde Park in said District, on
the 25th day of september, A. ID. 1882.
l.. IL. Hurlburt, Administrator on the estate of
Chloe ID. Spooner, late of WaterYile, in said dis
trict, deceased, makes application to said court
to extend the time heretofore allowed him to pay
the debts due from said estate, and to render his
account until some future day
v hereupon, it is ordered by said court that said
application be heard at the Probate Office HYDE
Park Oh the Both day of october, 1882 and that
further ordered, that notice be given to all persons
concerned, by the publication of this order the
News Il CITIZEN, printed at Morrisville and HYDE
Park, three weeks successfully, before said hear.
ing. BY the Court-Attest
46w3 I'll. &. FISK, Register.