The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

of Judge Monroe, and unless an appro-
priation is made by the State before
May next, the city will be without pro-
the Tulane donation, to be completed,
will require special legislation; the
public school bill is defective; the City
Charter is defective; the Constitution
itself needs number of amendments;
and there are other pressing subjects
which demand legislative action before
the government can move on smoothly
and satisfactorily.
The action Of our police jury in pr O.
hibiting the sale of liquor in the parish
has been the source of considerable
favorable comment by outside and dis
interested parties. AL the newspaper
criticisms we have seen on the subject
have been highly favorable the jury.
that would have been more generally
commended than their disposition OF
they liquor question, and the praise
the receive is merited.-Them erchats
of this place want wagons to haul cot
ton to Trenton, but wagons are hard to
got at this particular time. Wagoners
can see no money in hauling on such
roads as lie between this place and
Vienna Sentinel.
1t appears from the following that
our old friend Leatherman, erstwhile
of the Trenton Farmer, has again
changed his political views, leaving
Greenbackism for Democracy--a very
change:
We have received Vol. l, No. l, of
the "Camden Weekly Halbidier,"
published by Il. NJ. Leathcrman, Cam
den, Ark. Its editor says, in saIuta-
forum language, that it's aim and
principles will be Democratic. We
wish it much success, and place it on
our exchange Columbia (Arh.)
Banner.
From the Banner published ut Mag
nolia, Ark, wo obtain the following
item
The Arkansas and Louisiana Rail
road has been located from Hope to
Magnolia, and now the grading and
cross ties come next, and then the iron.
Then n standard gauge train will come
rolling in like a thing of life.
This is one of the railroads which
has Monroe for an objective point, but
there is a probability that the line
may be diverted by way of Homer to
Alexandria.
We clip the following from the
Shreveport Daily Times of the 10Th
The Rev. John II. Sawyer left last
evening for Trenton, La, which will
be the field Of his duties for the next
year. Mr.. Sawyer has officiated as
pastor of tho Methodist church at
for the past year. He has
been an earnest, jealous and faithful
pastor, and leaves with tho regrets OF
the entire congregation, among whom
he leaves many warm personal friends.
The Picayunc stands sponsor for the
following item concerning the Gipsies
and the fashionable women of New Or
leans:
The town is overrun with Gypsy for
They came down here
from Cincinnati with a lot of horse ira
ders, and the leader of the band swears
she was born on the banks of the
Nile. Strange to say, these women
arc in great demand among the fash
lonable women of New Orleans, and
can be seen going in and out of some of ]
the finest mansions in the town.
We understand that club of young
armers is being gotten up in this
for the purpose Of com
)eting with each other in the cultiva-
ion of one acre of corn each. The |
man who produces the largest crop of
corn on this acre is TO receive five bush
els of corn from each of tho other mem
bers of the club.
Each man selects his own acre and
manures and cultivatcs il to suit him.
self HcbSte,' N'ibttne.
Last week, n young man on taking
leave of his sweetheart, who resides in
East Feliciana, attempted to kiss her,
but she resisted. "A playful scuile fol-
lowed, in which the young lady fell
and broke her legjust above the anckle.
The atfectionate young fellow had to
settle with the old man and the family
physician.
Morai-Youug girls, don't resist any
thing so harmless and plcasant-that
IS, don't break your neck about it.
q. IL. Cuptoiiom.
Special dispatch to the Picayune