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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
THE GREAT CRASH.

General Grant and all His Relations
Cleaned 0ut-Universal Sympathy
for the Hero of Approximately
Details.
New YORK, May 10.-The excite
ment in Wall street was greater to-
day than yesterday and the day be-
fore. Mr.. Ferdinand Ward has no
sympathizers, now that his methods
are known. There is general be-
lief that he has been guilty of gross
Irregularities, and probably nothing
he can say will change this belief.
1t is asserted that the Erie Railroad
Company loses $4,000 by the fail
urcs of Grant & Ward and the Mar
inc Bank. If true, it must be that
the company signed notes to help
Grant & Ward in carrying the Chi
cag6 and Atlantic bonds without
specifying the collateral, which
would make two distinct obligations
for the same advances. Mr.. Davies,
the assignee and receiver of Grant
e. Ward, said: ''The report will
not be ready to-day. We are max
ing steady progress, and hope to
get affairs into such shape that we
may know where we stand early
next week" IL
Mr.. William C. Smith. to-day de-
MED the story that he had told Il
broker that the liabilities of the firm
would be less than 100000. l
did say, however, said Mr.. Smith,
that | did not think the liabilities
would reach ten million, and that is
still my belief. Rumors were again
current to-day that Mr.. Ward had
been arrested, but the only fouhda-
ton for them was the fact wherever
he goes he is followed by detectives.
1t is probable that no arrest will
be made until the statement of the
assignee is ready, unless Ward
should in the meantime attempt to
leave the state. General Grant had
not arrived at the office up to two p.
m, and was not expected there to-
day. Fred Grant arrived about
noon. He said he had no news to
communicate, and that he did not
know how his affairs stood, but
that'he feared he had lost all he
possessed.
New YORK, May 10.-A promi-
nent banker, in speaking of the
Grant & Ward failure, said: "Of
course there must have been some
crooked business on the part of
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
rle Times Democrat Almanac,
OR YEAR BOOK,

VIII he seaf free The Tn. ALMANAC has
de-~rvedly ATTAINED n ~ide popuiarity. 10 pro-
sents In n cond~ns~d shape = large amvnnt q
information. i'scal. s~cii"axi asd rsn-rai. which
isin almo~t regular r-quest by the student. the
t'oiiiir,an. the bssin~s- aud by all iatsll,-
gent citizens. This years is-ne. he-id~r an m
usual quantity of hs~iy engraved and aprro-
teiiiustratisns. will rontain q large d~ublc-
pare accurately drsirnsd and ariisnrslly Gu
grayrd birst.-~ys Of the bsil.iiaes.
grounds and legation sf the wstId's Inasstrtzi
and Cotton Centennial Expe@ition-
EemittanceS eau be made With but Hftle in
convenience oT trUgble froih any ~ .t0fire. by
postal note. money order or registered letter.
For all purposes addre.s
THE TlMES-DEAIOCRAT.
New orieass. La.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
pies now seems assured beyond
any reasonable doubt.-Picayunc.
Making Steel Nails.

Some beautiful steel nails were
cut at the LaBcllc mill Thursday
The metal from which they were
made was scrap steel, which was
rolled in piles between thin sheets
of steel. The result of the expert
ment was highly satisfactory, the
nails being as good ones as any
yet cut in any of the mills of the vi
cinitv. The LaBelle mill had not
intended to go into the steel nail
movement, but since the Riverside,
Bcllaire and other mills have an
nOunced their readiness to furnish
the market with the new nail, there
has been an active inquiry for steel
nails everywhere where Wheeling
nails are sold, and yesterdays ex-
pertinent at the LaBelle mill was
made with view % making pro-
vision to accommodate such of the
mills astronomers as are determi-
mated to have steel nails. The
steel was not from one of the con-
verters used by nail mills, but was
ordinary tool steel.
A great diversity ofopinion exists
among iron men and others as to
the future of the steel nail. Many
believe it will at no distant day
supersede the iron nail entirely,
while others think the demand for
steel nails, after the novelty has
worn off, will be limited, and not
materially affect the market for iron
Misunderstanding Intelligenccr.
A very heavy rain this morning
which will have the effect of delav-
ing the fall of the water.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
w. B. Cash, Killed.

CHARLESTON, May ia special
to the News and Courier from
Cheeraw says: W. Began Cash, fu-
gitive murderer of town marshal
Richards, was killed this morning
about 4:3O am, while resisting ar
rest. The posse was in charge of
Deputy Sheriff f. T. King. One
of the posse was slightly wounded.
Governor Thompson received the
following at 10 am:
CHEERAw, May Is.
Governor Hugh S. Thompson.
l went with posse last night to
arrest W. B. Cash. / instructed
the men not to fire unless absolute
ly necessary. / surrounded the
house and barn, placing two men
between the house and barn, and
two between barn and swamp
Finding Cash was in the barn, l
ordered it to be surrounded, Cash
came out and fired on US. The fire
was returned, and after Cash fired,
several shots, he was killed, being
riddled with bullets.
(signedl EsT, Krsa. Deputy Sheriff.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17

A very heavy rain this morning
which will have the effect of delay
ing the fall of the water.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17

with a tumor in it, II am a peace
able man and l don't want any fuss;
but if you insist on a personal en-
counter, | will slice off fragments
of your physiognomy at my leisure,
and for twenty minutes l will fill
this Office with your favoritc fea-
lures, l make specially of being
4 peaceablc man, remember, but if
you'll just say the word, III put
overcoat button-holes and eyclet-
holes and crazy-quilts all over your
system. If I've got to kill off the
pokcr-players of St. 10 before lean
have any fun, guess / might as
well begin on you as well as any
one l know"
He then made a stab at the man
and pinned his coat-tail to the door
frame. Fear loaned the bad man
strength, and splittingt the coat-tail
he fled, taking little mementoes of
the tumor-jar and shedding them
in his flight.
When Mr.. Visscher went up to
the Herald office soon after to get
job, he was introduced casually to
the foreman, who said:
"Ah, this is the young man who
licks the foreman of the paper he
works on, is it? l am glad to meet
you, Mr.. Visscher. / am looking
for a white-eyed son of a sca-cook
who goes around over Missouri
humping the foremen of our lead
ing journals. Come out into the
ante-rOOm, Mr.. Nisscher, till l jar
your back teeth loose and send you
to the morgue in gunny sack"
Mr.. Fisscher repeated that he
was trying to be a pcaceable man,
bat that if there was anything he
could do to- make it pleasant for
the foreman lac would cheerfully do
it.
Mr.. Visscher was small man,
but when he felt aggrieved about
anything he was very harassing to
his adversary. They 'clinched"
and threw each other back and
forth across the hall with great
vigor. When they stopped for
breath, the foreman's coat was
pulled over his head and the bosom
of Mr.. Visscher's shirt was hanging
on the gas jet. There were also
two front teeth on the floor unac-
counted for.
Visscher pinned on his shirt
bosom and said he was a peaccable
man, but if the custom seemed to
demand four fights in one day, he
would try to conform to any local
usage of the city. Wherever he
went he wanted to fall right into
line and be one of the party.
When he got well he was employ
ed on the Herald, and for four
years edited the amnesty column of
the paper successfully.
BILL NYE.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
The Confederate Soldiers Home.


A dispatch from Richmond, Va,
May 10, says: The formal opening
of the fair for the benefit of the
home which is proposcdto be erect
cd Tor disabled Confederate Soldiers
will take place in this city next
Wednesday evening. The occasion
will be one of unusual interest here.
1t is expected that great many
prominent officers who served in
both armies during the civil war
will be present. One of the fca-
lures of the. opening will be the
reading ola letter from Gen. Grant.
This was written aweck Or SO ago.
In il the General expresses hearty
sympathy with the movement set
Oh foot to build Il home for disabled
Confederate veterans. He speaks
in the warmest and most kindly
terms of the men whom he opposed
in the late war. The letter prom
Uses TO attract a great deal of atten-
ton from the Southern people and
to greatly increase a friendship that
already exists among the old South
crn soldiers of the South for the
man who led the victory the Fed
eral Army. There arc few men in
the North who have stronger hold
upon the affections of the people Of
Virginia and the South than Gen.
Grant. 1t is believed that man.
Hesitation of that will be given in
the presence of SO many who wore
the gray. In view of Gen. Grants
recent misfortune, the letter will
create still warmer affection for
him in the South.
The fair promises to be great
success, and thousands of dollars
will be realized from it. The sue
cess of the movement to secure
an asylum for the Confederate Grip
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
A Psaesable Nan.

Will L. Visscher. always made a
specially of being a peaceable man.
He would make most any sacrifice
in order to secure general amnesty.
I've known him to go around six
blocks out Of shis way TO avoid a
stormy interview with q billigerent
dog. He was always very tender
hearted about dogs, especially the
Open-faced bulldog.
But he had a queer experience
years ago in st. 10, Missouri. He
had been city editor of the Kansas
City Journal for some time, but one
evening while in the composing
room the foreman told him that the
place for the city editor was down
stairs in his office. He therefore
ordered Visscher to go down there.
Visscher said he would do so later
OH, after he got fatigued with the
composing room and wanted
change of scene.
The foreman thereupon jumped
on Mr.. Visscher With a small plea
wrought iron side stick. visscher
allowed that he was a peaceable
man, but entered into the general
chaos Of double loaded editorial
and hair and brass dashes and dash
es for liberty and heterogeneous
Cpl" and foot-sticks and teeth with
great zeal. He succeeded in put
ting large Doric head on the fore
man, and although he was a peace
able man, he went down to the
office and got his discharge for dis
turbing the discipline of the office.
He went to st. 10, the same day,
and celebrated his debut into the
town by little game of what is
known as draw" He was for
tunate in ..filling his hand" and
while he was taking in the stakes a
young man from Arkansaw, who
was in the game, nipped a two-dol-
lar. mote i'm quiet kind of way,
which, however, was detected by
Mr.. ", who mentioned the matter
at the time. This maddened the
Arkansaw man, and later on he
put one of his long arms around
Mr.. Visscher so rs to pinion him,
and then smote him across the
brow with an instrument known to
science as "the brass knucks. !"
This irritated Mr.. Visscher, and as
soon as he had returned to con-
seriousness he remarked that al
though it was rather an up hill job
in Missouri, he was trying TO be a
peacablc man. He then broke the
leg of card-table over the head of
the Arkansaw man, and went to the
doctor to get his own brow sewed
on again.
While he was sitting in the doc
tors office a friend of the Arkansaw
man came in and asked him TO
please stand up while he Knocked
him down. yisscher opened a lit
tie dialogue with the man, and
drew him into conversation till he
could open a case of surgical in
struments near by, then he took
out one of those large knives that
the surgeons use in removing the
viscera from the leading gentlemen
at a post norton.
"Now," said he sharpening the
knife on the stove-pipe and hand
ing down jar containing alcohol
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
ID II / FIT.
Summer has come at last.

Summer has come at last.
The gnats will soon be gone.
Whitewashing still goes bravely
Mrs. Lytle has gone to the Teche
country for the summer.
DON'T fail to remember that the
TINES is here to stay.
Arc you acquainted with Mr.
'Whitmarsh.
The fish are biting splen6dly
now.
Spring chickens are in demand,
and could find a ready sale here.
Ifyou want anything in the drug
line, get it from Mr.. McRae.
Was not May Is, an astonishingly
cool day7
Read the article concerning the
workings of the no fence law in
South Carolina.
The receipt ola copy ofthe Dakota
Republican recalls old times. Scr:
ryto see that it is for Blaine.
Is it not little extravagant, to
feed up all the fences around town
10 mules
Are you going on the excursion
when the road 10 finished to Shreve-
port.
Wanted to know-how 10 launch
out money with parsimOny. This
information will he literally paid
for.
I'D. w. Fell, was chopping out
cotton this week. How is that for
Tensas?
You can dispose. of your boats
now, you will not need them ex-
cept for pleasure.
Who is going to open the SUBJ
ject of slack water navigation. The
TINES will give you hearing, open
up on it.
There was heavy rain in this
section Tuesday night accompanied
with vivid flashes of lightning, and
loud crashes of thunder.
The V. s. & P. r. r. are report
ed to have negotiated for transfer
boat to be used between Delta and
Nicksburg.
Correspondents will please con-
fine themselves to the English Ian
guage-this paper is for English
speaking people and the English
language is good enough for them.
The steamer Deer Creek arrived
Friday with good freight, and de-
parted the same day, she will not
make many more trips.
The New York Herald says
Blaine cannot carry New York,
Massachusetts nor Ohio, and the
Philadelphia Times says he will be
beaten this time as he has been
twice before.
The Sun On. y says the picture
of Arthur recently hung up in the
White House makes New York
dude of him, and the Washington
Cd. Co. Gazette agrees. Might as
well try to make a mustang pony of
an elephant.
While such papers as the N. Y.
Times, Philadelphia Times, Phila-
delphia Record, Boston Journal of
Commerce, Iowa State Register,
Indianapolis Sentinel and many
others are in favor Of Congress
granting the New Orleans exhibit
ton the loan ofsl 600, 600 asked for,
one paper in the wilds of Arkan-
saw and the Post in the wilds of
Neksburg oppose it.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17

somebody, but it is hard to judge
who is the responsible person as
yet"
BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 1O.-In
the Office of Sheriff Stegeman. at
the Kings county court house, a
jury will this afternoon determine
the ownership of the house No. 81
Pierrepoint street, recently occu-
pied by Ferdinand Ward, of the
firm of Grant d Ward. 1t will be
remembered that the house and its
contents were taken possession of
by Under Sheriff Hodgison and his
deputies, when a bill of sale of the
premises from Mrs. Ward to one
William D. Warren was displayed
by the latter. This bill was rccog-
nized, and it is for the purpose of
establishing the validity of the bill
and the ownership ofthe house that
the jury will be called this after
noon.- Washington Cd. c. Gazette.
F.Ward Makes an Assignment.
NEW YORK, May 12.-F. Ward
to-day filed an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors to George c.
Holt. Ward assigned all his right,
title and interest in Booths The
atre property, six lots and buildings
in Madison avenue, eighteen lots
and buildings in Brooklyn; also lots
and buildings in Stanford, Conn,
known as Roscmont, Strawberry
Hill, together with his farm and
buildings, and furniture, plate and
personal property payments of in
dividual Indebtedness, and mdebt-
edness of the firm of Grant & Ward.
Attachments were granted against
the property of Fred d. Grant in
the suit of Harry G. Hollins, F. c.
Hollins and Fcrd. a. Ysnaga. In
the affidavit Ysnaga states that
April ii last Grant made u promis-
sorry note, dated the same day,
wherein he promisedto pay on de-
mand of the United States National
Bank or order, s25, 600, with inter
est at the rate of four per cent per
annnm. The United States Nation
al Bank by Endorsement transferred
this note to plaintiff, who demanded
payment oft from. Grant.
A Tribune reporter was admitted
to the Marine Bank and saw Exam
liner Serbia and Director James Ell
well. The examiner had not made
up a statement of the condition of
the bank and did not know when he
would be able to get it ready to send
to the Comptroller of the Currency.
He said he had not submitted a re-
port of the banks condition to any,
body. All the statement he had
made was made over his own sigma
tnre and was as follows, in answer
to request to furnish his full state
ment:
81 cannot give you the infOrma-
ton asked for. Aside from this, l
can say believe the assets, in
Guiding what may be recovered
from the estates of Fish & Ward,
will realize enough to pay the de-
posts without an assessment on
the shareholders"
Mr.. Elwell says a receiver has
been appointed, but Serbia has
not yet divulged the name to any,
body, thinking there may yet be
change, and that it is best to be
absolutely certain before giving it.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17

'Bclow high water Of 1874.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
SIGNAL-SERVICE REPORT.
Stage OF Rivers.
WAR DrpARrNr

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OTriCE CHIIr SIGNAL OFFICE,
May, Is , pm, Washington time.
The following observations were taken
at the same moment Of time at all the
stations named.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17

LEfIERS
Remaining in Post OfFice at Tallulah,
La, May Sth, 1884.
Louis Blackston j. III. Halsey
Robert l.. Craig Lowen Hops
David Cooper William Herd
Moses Foster Henry Nelson
William Gor,ien Alfred Peters
Elder Owens Wilson Sylvester
Mosroe Gorden Henry TriNson
Parties calling for these letters will
please say advertised"
j. NJ. HEBERT, p. VI.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-05-17
Miscellaneous Advertisements.

MILO MAIZE.
HAVE one barrel Of the seed of
l. "Millo Maize" Any of my planting
friends can get some Of these seed free
of cost. ! would like to see Milo
Maize planted largely. 1t has proven a
good thing with me.
JAS. A. STONE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
Natural Wonders.

Did you ever see a well forty feet deep,
lined throughout with stone, in which
there is hardly seam, made without
hands? have and could not credit the
evidence of my senses. There are, so it
is said, several of these natural wells in
Florida. | question though whether
they are not the handiwork of some
ancient race. Florida is an old country.
1t has been the dwelling place and the
lighting place of generations of both red
and white men. 1t will not do to doubt
the scientists, but if you could see these
natural wells, 50 called, your first
thought would be, what splendid work
manship! The water in these wells is
always brackish-not so with that in
those that are dug in the sand. never
tasted better water in my life than that
in the well just outside my kitchen door,
cool and soft and clear. Florida is not
without its springs of healing, also, and
for many diseases to which mankind is
heir there are waters all the way from
San MateOt to Sanford of various compo-
sitions.. Sulphur and iron, sulphur and
soda, salt and iron, sulphur and carbo-
nate, all adapted to the various diseases
of humanity. Our pretty lakes are also
worthy of attention. There is one not
two miles from Palmer called Kanahapa.
The lake Is small, but the shore on either
side is studded with live oaks, it may be
centuries old. These again are envi-
rOned by grand old vines, whose main
stems are as thick as mans body and
whose iuterlscing branches mingle with
the rich gray moss that hangs in fes-
toons from every point of the oaks,
whose long arms stretch hundred feet
toward the lake. 1t is, in fact, a yerita-
Bile fairy bower and well repays the
visitor who sees it by the clear white
rays of the moon.-C Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
A QUAKER WEDDING.

The Marriage Ceremony According to the
Orthodox Friend Quaker Prescription.
A Quaker wedding is not the uneouth
affair which the description given would
lead the reader to suppose, but is, on
the contrary, a solemn and impressive
ceremony, decorous and orderly in the
extreme, The prospective bride and
groom pass meeting three or four
weeks before the day set for the mar
riage. That is, they appear in the
meeting to which the bride belongs,
and declaration of their intention is
publicly made. If no obstacle appears
between the passing" and the we'd
ding day, the clerk of the meeting pre-
pares the marriage certificate, large
enough always to contain many sigma
lures. When the wedding day arrives
all the front seats on the mems side of
the house are reserved for the wedding.
1t is not necessarily on fifth day,
as stated, but upon whatever day
of the week, except the first day, the
regular meeting for worship is held in
that district. After the meeting is
''settled into Stiffness" the wedding
party enters, the bride leaning on the
arm of the bridegroom; they take seats
together, not on opposite sides of the
house, under the minister's gallery, ION
the mems side of course,) facing the
congregation, not with their backs to it.
The bridesmaids and grOomsmen, rang
ing in number from four to eight, fol
low the bride and groom and take the
front seats. Then the parents of the
contracting parties, and other relatives
and friends arrive and occupy the re-
mainder of the reserved space. After
all are seated there is half hour or
more of silence, or sometimes prayer
or short sermon, then the ceremony
takes place. The groom rises and gives
his hand to the bride, who rises by his
side, he still retaining her hand. He
says nothing about his worldly goods
as stated, but repeats gravely these
words: In the presence of the Lord and
this assembly, take Mary Penn to be
my wife, promising, by Divine assist.
ance, to be unto her faithful and loving
husband until death shall separate us. y
She repeats a corresponding formula,
anu lncy STU uOWH' ~ ldDlc Is lnel
placed before the pair, upon which is
spread the marriage certificate. They
sign it, the relatives and friends sign it,
and after another interval of silence, a
minister or elder rises in the gallery
and says quietly: ''The wedding com
pany may now retire" The newly
married man gives his arm to his wife
and they pass out, as they have entered,
together. The bridesmaids and grooms-
men follow in pairs, the rest of the com
pany follow them, and not until the last
carriage is driven away does the minis
ter at the head of the gallery shake
hands with his next neighbor as a signal
that the meeting is dismissed. In ac-
cordance with ancient usage, two over
seers are appointed to be present at the
wedding breakfast to see to it that a
proper decorum is preserved, and the
clerk enters the marriage on the records
the meeting. -PUtsburgh Dispatch.