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These beds are for sale by J. Ell. Gaul
POI Middle street, Portland, Me.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Trenton Items.


Gardens have become with US a non
entity.
-Four mules died night or two ago
from the effect of gnat bites, at Mr..
Howard's, q mile from town on the
Claiborne road.
Jefferson landing is the place to
which goods are freighted and passen-
gers transported, going in and out the
Claiborne road. 1t is about half a
mile from the elevator.
We have our Bulletin friend with
us as ga chiel amang US takin' notes.
Our boys better look out for the boss
jolzest, and ace had better drop the quill.
The front fences on River street are
going down before the increasing flood,
and in some places have been washed
away. Much damage is being sus-
tanned in this way.
CHARLT CHRISTOPHER.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Provisions for the Needy.

1t is stated in tho New Orleans DEM
Graf that quantity of provirions, but
how much we are not advised, will be
up on the John Hanna fer sufferers
from the overflow along the Ouachita.
Gov. McEnery has appointed Mr.. L.
w. Surghnor as the agent to distribute
the quota sent to this parish, and the
Governors selection is universally
approved. Mr.. Surghnor assures US
that great care shall be exercised In
distributing equally over the parish
the rations given to his care, and that
none but those who are actually in
necessitous circumstances need apply
for aid. He further assures US that, SO
far as he can prevent it, whatever was
reprehensible in the distribution OF
provisions of 1874 shall not be repeated
He will, no doubt, call to his aid the
hest men of the parish whose interests
no less than their discretion will guar
antee that Incidence will not be en-
couraged and labor not demoralized.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
The Timber Trade.

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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
RULES:

I. The Seller, and not the Buyer, will be
looked to for Commissions.
Q. Owners must set the price at which
they will sell, giving full descriptions. and
on the price SO fixed commissions will he
charged. Maps win be furnished at the
Owners expense, whom 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 he
considered on 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 II
Customer il furnished at the price ii xed
Commissions will be charged.
g. In formation obtained, directly or iudi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Commissioning.

Col. John Ray, who has been dan
gerously i'll in New Orleans for several
days, is improving, and his recovery is
confidently expected.
Capt. H. w. Mcleod, who has been
seriously ill at Trenton of pneumonia,
is recovering, and will soon be able to
attend TO his duties as sub-contractor
on the railroad.
Mr.. James r. Minis, who received q
wound in the foot some time since by
having it caught in the machinery OF
locomotive, ventured out on the
streets this week.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

rectly, through this Agency, will entitle us
to Commissions.
Z Commissions due and payable
upon the Contracts Of Sale, Exchanges or
Rent being signed by parties thereto.
8. Any disagreement between the part les
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, aud no failure to perfect IL Sale
because of Imperfect Title will destroy the
claim for Com missions.
TO- All Property will he Advertised Free
of Charge unless where Sale. Lease or
Exchange is effected, when the usual adVer-
ting charge will be made.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

There is no accounting for the
loss Of mules, horses and cattle by the
overflow and buffalo gnats In North
Louisiana. The plow stock not dead
will hardly be able to do work for a
month with the best attention. The
loss of COWS and calves cannot be esti-
mated. Two years cannot possibly
replace the stock lost.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

\ recent meeting Of the Cotton Ex-
change of Memphis appointed COM
mittee to wait on the several oil mills
and request suspension of business for
the present, as further consumption of
cotton seed would greatly endanger the
planting of the new crop. This action
Is based on the report of the entire de-
struction of seed in overhowed district.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Where it is Worse.

Even In the good county OF Scott,
says an Arkansas exchange, corn sells
at two and two dollars and a-quarter
per bushel. At these figures but little
corn could be purchased In North LOU
isiana, but fortunately corn can be
bought in this market at $l.lO to 81. %
per bushel. Our farmers may feel con-
soled that, hard run as they may be,
there are others who must labor under
far greater harClships.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Railroad RivetS.

The railroad bridge Is now In charge
Of the railroad company. Piles for the
western abutment have been driven.
Communication along the road east
Is made daily with haud-cars aud skifzs,
forty-eight hours being required to
make fast time through to Delta.
Not much work has been done west
Of the river for some time. The wealth
er has been unfavorable in every as
pect, and we learn that some trouble
has been met In obtaining supplies.
The prospect does not seem bright for
rail communication with Shreveport
this year.
Superintendent Dabney of the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific railroad
went over to Vicksburg the first of the
week to meet Col. Scott aud Mr.. Slidell
of the Changer syndicate who were
visiting that city. 1t Is 10 be regretted
that these gentlemen could not come
through to Monroe, since there never
has been time since the building of
the road when its water facilities could
be better Investigated.
lArcadia Messenger, 9th.l
The local surveyors are at work on
the first section of the Shreveport di-
vision. Hands are at work here clear
ing the right-of.way in the direction of
Monroe.
shreveport Times, 5th.l
We learned from Mr.. Polk last even
ing that substratum 80 hard that an
augur could make no impression upon
1t was found on the opposite bank of the
river about seventy feet below the sur
face. This is twice the depth of the
river bed, and 50 the pilin9 will be
driven thirty-five feet and cut of even
with the bed of the river. The piles
will be In clusters and upon them will
be fastened the timber for the piers to
rest upon. The river is now about $50
feet wide at the proposed point of cross
ing. II we understood Mr.. Polk Alright,
the bridge will be some six feet above
high water mark.
Shreveport Times, 14th.]
Owing to the swamp being overlooked
between this point and Red Chute, the
lessees of the penItentlary have deemed
1t best to begin work on the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific railroad in the
vicinity of Minden, hence the larger
portion of the convicts will be shipped
to that place where they will begin the
work of grading, instead of the whole
force being put to work here as stated
by us yesterday.
Three hundred and twenty convicts
will be shipped up from Baton Rouge
to-day on the Jesse X. Bell, which will
bring them to Grand Ecore, where they
will be reshipped on the Danube to
Minden.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
TOR SALE.
THE BEST REAL ESTATE INVEST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA. .

MENU IN NORIll LOU Isl AN a.
IOFFER FOR SALE "STOWED AWAY"
the plantation tract of the late DIR. Gilman
NJ. Peck, decd OF Isichland parish. The
tract contains $50 acres of land, 80 acres in
cultivation and so an old deadening now be-
ing cleared up. This tract IL located across
the neck of IA largo bend of BocuH river,
one mile across and is known to be tho bcst
tract on that river; it is 10 miles from
Monroe the river is navigable six months.
This tract has three advantages ovor any
tract situated on the mississippi river, viz
it is entirely above any overflow. has no
caving banks and no levee taxes. Tho
cleared land produces ono and a half bales
to the aero, and rents for $3.50 per nero an
always command it ; soil black mould,
mixed with little sand !; growth, ash,
gum, doRwood, oak, hickory, pawpau,
grape vino, etc. Range fine, game and fish
In abundance, waiting for tho frying pan.
The projected II. X. from Alexandria To
! southwest Arkansas will pass by this place.
| Apply to
| |. N. PECK,
| Attorney in Fact, Sicily Island.
| Reference: Judge NJ. j. Liddell, Mon
| roe, La.
| N. B.-This place has iino cypress
| break and mill-seat for water powder.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
THE WATERY WASTE.
Waves Alonx the Ouachit.,.

Waves Along the O,,acllits,.
| A week ago the river stood at four
teen inches below. the high'water mark
of 1874 at Monroe. From that time
up to Tuesday last there was steady
rise, and Wednesday our guage marked
two inches aud a-half, only, above the
high water of 1874. The river has
since then been either ON q stand OF
falling gradually. Up to noon yester-
day the fall was one and a.half inches
at this point In the river, and in the
overflow In rear Of the city two inches
and a-half.
There were rains east and west of
US Thursday morning, and above the
night before. None of this rainfall has
as yet reached this point. Only few
miles below Monroe, at the mouth of
the Cheniere, the river has been two
inches higher than In 1874, as we are
informed by Mr.. Wyatt, who made q
mark in that year with a row of nails
on tree. Further down the river the
rise has been still greater, owinglto the
fact, no doubt, that the levees just
above and below Monroe have been
kept up. .. ~.
In the DeSiard Island several plan
tations are under water, and in the
Colony, west Of this place, the over
flow has been higher than known before
for twenty years. Bristle Ridge, south
OF town, has been deserted. The lower
portion of Ouachita parish; from Log
town to the Caldwell line, is nearly all
under water. The flood is higher there
by six inches than in 1874. From the
Caldwell line down there is little but
a watery waste.
The town of Trenton, just above
here on the western bank, is very near
all under water, and communication
with the parishes west Is made with
fats along the Claiborne road, landing
half mile west of town.
The levees above and below Monroe
have thus far kept the river water in
made to cut the levee above, by mis-
creants whose speedy death would give
only qualification, but in each instance
the efforts were foiled by guards fur
nished by the McEnery Rifles aud the
citizens of Monroe. The levee below
town has been constantly attended to
by Mr.. Trouard and his colored labor
ers, both men end women, and Mr.. J..
H. Mitchell has rendered valuable as
sistance. Both of these levees are con-
sidered safe, should there be no more
rain. The labor on both has been great
and incessant. 1t was found necessary
to take up a subscription to meet the
expenses of keeping the levee above In
a condition secure. We have the pleas.
ure of appending the list of donations
as furnished us by Capt. Renwick:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
PU BLIC LIBRA RY
YOUNG CAoIHouC FRIENDS SoCIE1yS LIBRARY

The Yonug Catholic Friends Society have
tho pleasure to announce to tho public that
they are now prepared to supply tho citi-
IONS of Monroe and vicinity with good
reading matter. They have Established u
Library containing Five Hundred Volumes
any person can get a book with tho privi-
lege of Keeping II ono month.
HALL. OPEN EVERY SUNDAY.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
The River Mail.

A great deal has been said, especially
in Il Memphis paper, abusive of the
Ouachita river mail from New Orleans
to Camden. Without this mail now,
all the country ON Black and Ouachfta
rivers would be without any means of
mail communication whatever, except
by skiffs and dug-Outs. And this has
occurred before.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

The Confederate fort on the opposite
side of the river from the courthouse
square is being carted to the railroad
embankment just above. The upper
fort is fast crumbling away into the
river.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

One of the heaviest crops of cotton
grown in this parish since the war was
in 1874, and in 1876 planters plowed
with water following in the furrow
after the pillow.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

1t may pay you in looking for bar
gains in groceries, provisions, &C., to
call at Phoenix Point where Col. O'Kel-
ly has just opened a stock of fresh goods
purchased by the Colonel in person in
the Crescent City. William and Thomas
will be found ready and obliging, and
the prices satisfactory.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
w. w. Farmer,
W. W. THTHHCES
COUNSELLOR IN LAW AND Equity,
A&&ornov at Law x Solicitor in Chanc cry

Attorney at Law q 5oNcltor IN ChahccrY,
MONROE, oUAcnITA PARISH, LouIsIAHA,
Has resumed his profession "a Counsellor.
and will invariably require payment for his
att,icc. Has also resumed his profession
Attorney and Solicitor and will practice In
the United States District, Circuit and SUI
preme Courts, and in the State District,
Circuit and Supreme Courts; in all classes
of cases, law, equity, probate, criminal and
bankruptcy. "a new bnnkrupt ta,o will be
adopted in 1892 VIII make the mainten-
ance of Udlid and tho annulment of iUcynk
tax titles speciality. VIII devote his per-
sonal attention to his cases and all his time
to his profession, as his sole business, to the
exclusion of all other occupations; and can
not he engaged or retained in any case with
out Il fee. ONCE at his residence.
August 70, 1881.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT,

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
Succession OF Henry w. Oneil,
Fifth District Court, Parish, of Ouacl,ita.
No.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors Of
this estate, and to all other persons herein
interested to show cause Within ten days
from the present notification, If any they
have or can, why the account presented by
A. III. Scriber, curator, should not be APP
proved and homologated, and the funds
distributed in accordance herewith.
By order of the Court;
AUSTIN GREEN, Clerk.
Monroe, La, March IL. 1882.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
Yesterday was st. Patrick's day. Old
Ireland must have been awakened.

uGeneral'' Endom marshaled over
a hundred men at the upper levee
ON last Sunday, aided by "Colonel"
Oaks and his force.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

Our young friend, T. J. Naughton
will commence his duties as City Reg.
istrar on next Friday. See notice.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

MARRIED..
SCRIBER-LUNDY- Monroe, at the
residence of the BRIDES father, by ID. h.
Trousdale, j. p, March 18th, 1889, Miss
Matte F. Lundy, to Mr.. VIM. J. c. Scriber,
of this parish.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
TO CITY LICENSE PAYERS.

have this day received from the City
Treasurer blank licenses on all Trades,
Occupations and Professions for the year
1882 said licenses arc now due and if not
paid on or before the LIST day of April, 1882,
they become delinquent.
JOHN b. GARRETSON,
City Tax Collector.
Monroe, La, March 2, 1882.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

Mr.. H. Fiihiol received the sad in
telligence Wednesday that his son
Grammont died at Emmettsburg,
Maryland, that day, of quinsy. Gram
mont was a bright-faced little boy, as
we remember the little fellow when
he left for Emmettsburg some four
years ago to attend school, and was his
fathers only surviving son. He had
nearly completed his fifteenth year and
had before him a future bright in prom
Use. The afflicted father and sorrowipg
sisters have our sincere sympathy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DEEIsTATION notice.

Having been aPPolntod Registrar Of The
voters of the City OF Monroe, will proceed
Of said city. Ny Office will be open for
registration on Friday, March 24th, and will
excepted3 until Thursday, April 9th, in
elusive.
Once in City Tax Collectors room, up
stairs over City Calabooso. Once hours
from a. m. to IL M, and from p. M. to
p. m. Il. j. NAUGHTON, JR.,
M Registrar.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

Will not the Police Jury appropriate
a reasonable amount towards defraying
the expenses of keeping up the levees
in this parish during the existing high
water: 1t is done In other parishes,
and will, we trust, be done In Ouachita.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18

The centers of attraction the past
week have been the river, the over
flow in rear and the leVees above and
below the city. Conversation eddied
alternately around these several topics,
and opinions were free, untrammeled,
and antedeluvian, even.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-11-09

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As we understand 1t, a machnd for fam
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chanism; i, should run easily; it should do
a wide range Of work, it should he rs near
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handsome, durable, and as cheap as is con-
sstent with excellence throughout.
These conditions the Light Running
New Home" certainly meets. 1t has also
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ments and notions" of its own, which go
{ ar TO make good its claims to popular ia
vor.
Now great many families have been
and are still us ing the old machines-wait
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the latest improve mcnts in designs and
mechanical excellence.
But why delay longer? Considering the
low price at which good machines are now
sold, and the improvements that have been
made, now is a good time to buy, and the
New Home" specially recommends itself
to purchasers on account Of its superior
mechanical construction, ease of manage
ment and reasonable price. Nearly half n
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isfaction. This unrivaled machine is man
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-11-09
AGENTS WANTED
FOR
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By J. w. BUELL..

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-11-09
Y'osV1s Property
AT PRIVATE SALE

The undersigned offers for sa!c his de
sirnhlc property on West Main street, VI"
chcnicstow n II consists Of TWO ACRES
of ground improved with two story
dwelling house. containing seven rooms
cellar and basement There is a good sta
hlr, hog pen, woodshed, spring hon'e bake
oven and Other outhuildiugs, under good
fencing aud avoung orchard Of good fruit
.A'ao lot Of ground containing FOUR
ACRES, of good qualify and IN ane condi
ton, Wing about 500 Jards north Of the
ahayc1csc rihcd property.
7uese properties viii bc sold separately
OF together, Terms Cash
&c, 3tr DAVID COVER