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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
THE REASON WHY.

The Democratic Review takes ex-
ception to the remarks ofthe TIMES,
on the occasion of the remarks Of
the Review on the Senatorship.
The Review makes this statement:
Some three weeks ago the Review, in
advocating the reelection of Senator
Jonas, expressed the belief that COM
bination had been formed to defeat him,
which was composed of machine poll
ticians and those interested in raising
sugar. Because of this our contempor-
airy the Madison TINES at once jump
ed at the conclusion that the Review
was making a fight against the regular
opinion in the following language !:
''When the Democratic Review asserts
that the supporters Of Mr.. Eustis are
ring politicians it clearly means that
he is the favorite of the regulars" Our
words clearly meant no such thing and
the conclusion which the TINES draws
is wholly unwarranted. We beg to in
form the TINES that the Review is Just
as regular" in its democracy as the
TIMEsis.
Which carries delight to the in
most soul Of the TIMES. The orig
inal article, was quoted in full by
the TIMES, and it was an article
copied by a number of papers
through the State. The papers that
copied it, were, as a rule, anti-ad-
ministration papers, so far as the
TINES could discover, and the log
ical conclusion was, that it was
quoted for the purpose of showing
that Mr.. EustiS was the machine.
man and that Mr.. Jonas was not.
Now the men denominated ma.
chine-men, meant in our neck o.
woods, the administration men oil
regulars, and when the Review
spoke of the machine politicians
it was not a very violent stretch o
imagination, to suppose that rins
men, or administration men, Of
regulars was meant. The TINES il
that case, took the side of the rim.
men, as the anti-administratioI
papers quoted the article to "poin
a moral and adorn a tale" and said
that if that was the issue, the TIME
was for Mr.. Eustis. The TINES i
glad that the Review is regular
and has never asserted the contrary
Objection was made to the use 0
the Review article by anti-admin
istration papers as an argumen
against Mr.. Eustis, on the grour'
of his being the ring candidate. A
the TINES remarked before, eithe
gentleman was good enough, an,
while Mr.. Eustis was preferred
Mr.. Jonas was not opposed.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

The Republican National Conven-
ton met at Chicago, June 8, and
elected Jno. R. Lynch of Miss,
temporary chairman. There was a
general disposition to dodge the
issue, and so a man from an unin-
structed delegation was selected as
temporary chairman, and Ex-Sen-
ator Jno. b. Henderson Of Missouri,
an Edmunds man was elected.per-
manent chairman. At this writ.
ing Thursday the convention is
waiting for the report of the Com.
mittee on Credentials. Arthur's
men say they will stand firm, and
there is every probability Of bit
ter fight.
The point of interest with us is
who is the best man for us. If the
Republicans are sure to win, Arthur
is beyond doubt our man, and there
is every reason to believe they viii
win. The Democrats have never
failed TO help them all they could,
and they have done so this time by
opening the tariff question, on the
eve of a Presidential campaign, and
by doing it, the harmony essential
to victory was destroyed; and the
Presidency given almost certainly
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
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Short communications of general IN
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ioining parishes are earnestly desired.
No poetry wanted.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
Beer Kings.

The brewery Of Bass who has
Just died in his eighty-ffth year,
covered 200 acres of ground, and
5000 people are employed in it.
He was the grandson of the found
er of the brewery, and was local
bcnefactor, having built churches,
constructed baths and endowed a
free library. The Bases have al
ways been Liberals, while the other
brewers, the Allsops, ,: have been
Tories. Elk.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Last Saturday night there was a
negro bail on the Maryland Plan
tation near Milliken's Bend. Dur
ing the progress of the ball, Henry
Thomas a negro, is said to have
kicked another negro by the name
of Turner, after which he jumped
out of the door and drew pistol.
1t was supposed by those inside
that he intended to shoot into the
house, and Steve Wade, a negro,
fred at him. Thomas returned
the fire, and some six or seven shots
were exchanged, resulting in
Thomas receiving o slight flesh
wound in the left arm, and Taylor
being shot in the stomach little
above and to the right Of the navel,
the ball going through him and
lodging in the muscles Of the back,
from where it was extracted. The
oand will not probably prove
| mortal. Thomas was arrested.
Thomas gives different version
He says he did not kick Turner
that he merely pushed him, ant
was only in fun: He says thai
Turner got mad and cursed him
but that some enc. said to him
(Thomas) come onoHt, andt that HI
went out. The fuss appeared to b
lover; he presently went back; start
cd to go up to the end of the room
where the fiddlers were seated
when about half way across tn
room, Turner who had been stand
ing by window came out on thu
floor and struck at him; he thel
started out again; while on the wa.
out some one fred at him; the bal
struck him in the arm; he turne'
around to sec who was shooting a
him; saw, Wade firing at him; di'
not know Wade, had had no word
with him; had had no. words witt
any one but Turner; saw no on
shoot but Wade. 49,.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
LAKE PROVIDENCE.

The election at Lake Providence
for town officers resulted in a vic
tory for the town ticket, as follows:
Mayor, Ben F. Therrell, Aldermen,
V. NJ. Purdy, Thos. ]. Powell
Chas. r. Egelly, Ed J. Hamley and
Phil McGuire, the latter being on
the opposing ticket. The board OF
aldermen elect the city Marshal
and the reelection of Jason Ham
iltcn is thusassured.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

These are the days when the
young man has his head shorn with
a lawn-mower, and hangs pie-pan
straw hat about as big as a silver
dollar on the north pole of his
broad expanse of brainlessncss.
This arrangement gives his ears a
good chance to tiap.--South Il West.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

A tourist in Montana travelled
eight days and nine nights in the
direction indicated by a finger
board. which read, "Six miles TO
Miles City," before he reached
that place. Then he learned that
the sign had been carried off by In
dians, and stuck up where he saw
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
The site of the new town of Shelf

liz oiVC Va WIG llO" eoWh VI ohSi-
field, Ala, was only an old farm a
few months since. The young Cor
dons, who made fortunes out Of the
q .orgia Pacific Railroad, originated
this idea of the new place, in the
midst of coal and iron, on a great
water course and near great rail-
way trunk lines. They bought the
farm of $500 acres for $40 an acre,
or a total of $50, 900. They put
5000 of work OH the land in grad
ing and laying off set of prospect
i've streets. And in four months
they have sold at public sale to
men from all parts Of the country
thirty acres Of the $500 for the
enormous sum of s273, 600, or $4,000
an acre; and this has been done
without the erection of a building
IT. D.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Heavy frost at Washington, d.
c., on the night Of May 20, making
the third consecutive frost there.
freezing temperature was reported
throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin at the same time.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Private conveyance, is one day
ahead of the mails. 1t is said the
force is short in the Vicksburg Post
Office. Then lengthen it. Uncle
Sam can well afford it.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

It is reported that the U. S., has
no navy. If this report is true, it
would be q good idea to take that
surplus $40. OOO, 600, and build forty
or fifty first class war ships.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

The Farming World is not i'm
proved by its late changes. 1t
used to be a nice little, spicy, in
ieresting paper. II is now an un-
wieldy, solid looking, long articied
affair. TWAS better as it was.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

C. E. Cash was examined in
vicksburg on Tuesday, and after a
thorough examination he was unan-
imously recommended for admit
lance TO the Bar. He is now ready
for business.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

An obscure country editor gives
utterance to this chunk of wisdom:
eff as many people knew how to
pay their subscriptions as well as
they knew how to run newspaper,
editors would have an easier time
of it"
Allow this to infuse itselfthrough
you.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

The mails to Milliken's Bend
and other offices on that route will
be carried according to schedule
beginning July 1st.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

THE SIZE OF NAILs.-The following
table will show at glance the length
of the various sizes, and the number OF
nails to the pound
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Some colors used in dying silk,
1eause It TO, loose its ,lustre-giving
it the appearance Of cotton.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Sammy is getting stronger as the
day for holding the convention APP
breaches.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

1t is limited that Tilden and Tam
many are not harmonious by long
shot.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

An English Railway Co., is going
TO provide Turkish baths for its
horses.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Incorporation is necessary to the
welfare of Tallulah.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

The Exposition is fact whether
Madison is represented or not.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

IfTilden can'tcarry New York,
|, he wont do.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
Later.

Henry Thomas proved. his YER
sion of the affair to,bc correct, and
was discharged from custody.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

The old board Of State Engineers
has been reappointed.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Slack water navigation is a good
thing. Keep up the agitation.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

If Tilden is not in harmony with
Tammany he can't carry New York
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

When it is too late to plant any
thing else plant COW peas.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

PROSPECTUS
North East Louisiana asst Is, and
its People Of to-day.
The above is the name of a book pro-
posed to be published by T. NJ.
Cochran Of Richland
Parish, La.
The object Of this work is to show the
Country North Of Red River, end
East Of the 0uachita, ct the
Great Exposition in
New Orleans.
The typography will be carefully
given; infinitely describing Parishes,
towns, and villages, and routes thereto,
whether Steam Boat, Railroad, or Stage
Coach and when there, just whom you
will meet.
1
The soil of each locality, its nature
productions and moje.o culture, will
be carefully described, what fertilizers
are used, whether improved imple-
ments are used or not, and if not, why
not, with suggestions how the farmer
may be reached by the manufacturer.
Stock raising, mode of doing so; show
ing the advantage of improved stock
Statistics will be gathered Of amount
and class Of goods sold in each town,
and amount of business done by each
farmer; number of bales of cotton ship
ped, &c. Of Schools, Churches and Pro-
, LESSONS and fact OF every industry OF
avocacation of the civilized man Of
this enlightened progressive age.
immigration is our great want, every
! effort will be made to SGT fOrth the great
, inducements the stranger has TO come
J and make his home among US.
Special attention will be given to the
interest of land owners who desire to
sell. The statistics will be compiled
with system and the descriptive portion
, of the work written in q lively, lucid
style.
It is the men Of country who make
it, 30 short Biographical sketches vii
4, not be out of order.
We have taken a district; because i
, is impossible TO give correct idea OF /
single Parish.
Now fellow citizens; men Of mean
4 and brains; Of Morehouse, West Carroll
l East Carroll, Madison, Richland
Ouachita, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas
r Concordia and Catahoula, will 20
: help us3
This may be extended to all Of the 81
(, Congressional District.
May 81, At.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

The Marksville Bulletin does not
believe in croaking.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

A humpback turtle has been dis,
covered.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

Read the TIMES and avoid loss
from Charlton.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
CHAs. ALLEN.

v. W. uulUuEuUIi u W.
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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

China has the electric light.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07

told you so.
The I'D. is for Tilden.
Give the old man a rest.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
If They Only Did.

South & West
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
VicksburX, NIississippi.

The largest and most complete stock
of domestic and imported fancy
groceries in the city.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-21

bar of iron onc-half inch
square. This steel is made
by the use of manganese
poured into the molten metal,
which is run into moulds and
then is ready for use, without
any tempering, forging or
rolling. Thus tough and
hard steel castings may be
made, while for tool pur-
poses a material is furnished
which is tough as the hardest
iron, and yet capable of hold
ing the finest edge. What
surprises all the scientific men
is the fact that manganese is
used in such large proportions,
when heretofore eminentsteel-
makers have believed that
more than one per cent, OF
manganese rendered steel
useless.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-21
BESSEMER SURPASSED.

An English letter published
in the current issue of the
american Manufacturer gives
an interesting account of a
new steel product got up by
the Hadfield Foundry Com
pany of Sheffield, which is
creating no little excitement
among English steel workers.
The firm mentioned, afte inves-
legations occupying months,
have succeeded in making
steel of wonderful qualities.
At a meeting of an English
society of mechanical en-
gineers there was shown a
small bar containing IL per
cent. of manganese that had
been bent double when cold,
yet it was hard enough for
trrningiron. An adze contain
ing 70 per cent of manganese
was shown just in the con-
dition in which it left the
mould, as was also an axe
containing IL per cent. of
manganese. The latter had
neither been hardened nor
tempered; it had only been
ground, yet it had chopped a
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-21

The more trying a road was
to horseflesh, the more fitted
it was for the cable system f;
and, taking everything into
consideration, they were
forced to the conclusion that
the wire cable system was a
very safe one indeed. In CON
clusion, Mr.. Robinson said he
trusted he had been able to
show that tramways had been
of great public utility; that
they represented now a most
important financial and indus
trial interest, and that, given
a satisfactory mode of me-
chanical traction, much more
might yet be done to increase
the usefulness and extent of
the system. He hoped he had
been successful in brining
before the attention of the
society a means of traction
which removed all the diff
culties and miseries of horse
haulage, which was free from
the objections to all other
mechanical means yet sug-
gested, and which could be
used in places where no other
method of propulsion was at
all possible. In the discus
sion which followed, Mr..
Hay, accountant, said he hail
ed with satisfaction the pos
sibility of the advance of
cable tramways on the north
side of the city, where it had
been found impossible to have
tramways. Mr.. Bruce Pee bles,
who had been recently in
San Francisco and Chicago,
testified to the success of the
cable system in these cities,
and said the system was per-
feet, so far as convenience and
comfort to passengers were
concerned. Mr.. Suvercrop,
from California, also referred
to the advantages of the cable
system. Mr.. Oliver, who
had been in Dunedin, bore
testimony to the ease and
comfort of the locomotive in
cars worked on the cable sys-
tenn in that town, and said
that during all the time of his
residence there he had not
heard one word said against
the system. In reply to a
question, Mr.. Robinson said
the average speed of the cable
trans was six miles an hour
the maximum speed being
eight, and the minimum four
miles an hour. Mr.. Reid (of
Messrs. Leslie and Reid said
that as cars drawn by horse
power in certain places in
Edinburgh had been foundto
be simply impossible, it would
be necessary to find some
means of dealing with the diff
ficulty, and for his part the
cable system seemed to be the
most advantageous Of any
mechanical power that hady yet
been suggested. Mr.. Cow
ans pointed out that two, three
or four carriages could be run
by the wire rope at short dis
tances from each other. Sew
eral other gentlemen spoke
favourably of the cable sys.
TEN. -Sydaey Mail.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-21
AN IMPORTANT LECTURE ON TRAM
WAYS.

WAYS.
Mr.. j. G. Robinson, gene
raj manager and secretary of
the Edinburgh-street Tram
ways, receitlyrcad a paper on
tramways, including a descrip-
ton of the cable system before
the Royal Scottish Society of
Arts. Tramways, he said,
were a very old invention, mas
much as that railway whose
embankment served as a posi-
ton for artillery at the battleof
Prestonpans in 1745 wasnoth-
ing more or less than an early
form of tramway. For tram
ways as now applied, they
were indebted to the enter
prising people of the United
States, where the making OF
good roads did not keep pace
with the extension OF the
towns, and thus in their case
necessity became the mother
of invention. AS early as
1882 tramways were laid i'll
New York, and in 1861 a
line of tramways was laid in
Boston. In 1860 tramways
were introduced into Birken-
head, and in 1861 three sec
tons of tramway lines were
laid in London. Mr.. Robin
son having traced the subse-
quent history of tramways In
this country, went on to refer
to the principles of construc-
ton which regulated a good
tramway line, and described
the improvements recently in
troduced in the laying of the
newer tramways in this city.
From statistics given of the
extent of the tramway system
in the United Kindom, it APP
peared that there were 9S1
miles of single lines open for
traffic, constructed at cost
of 81, 146, 341, or an average
of e72S4 per mile. The
number of miles run by the
cars in the year was AZ, 1856
75S, and the number of pas
sengers carried was 295, 721,
III, or nearly nine tramway
journeys for each inhabitant
of the three Kingdoms. Rough
ly speaking, the revenue per
mile was 1s.-the average fare
of each passenger conveyed
being only 1'74d. The pre-
sent working cost of tram
ways averaged 1922 per cent.
of the gross receipts, and of
this percentage43'16 per cent
was spent on horse-haulage
alone. Referring to the Edin-
burgh tramways, Mr.. Robin
son quoted figures to show
that the working cost was
1888 per cent. of the gross
receipts, and that each inhabi-
tant of Edinburgh, Leith, and
Portobello was conveyed 80
times in the course of the
year, at an average fare of l.,
SD. Adverting to the cost
of horses, which was 44'31
per cent. of the total outlay
in Edinburgh, he said an ex.
tended experience had shown
him that tramway system
worked by horses was in many
respects heavily Handicapped
and that no higher duty coult
come before a tramway man
ager than to find some sub
stitute which, while free from
objection, would end the grea
andunnecessary destruction o
horsefiesh entailsl. Steam
tramways had not proved sue
cessful unacceptable. Eleva
ted tramways did not appea
"a ho 1aon,1lo,. AID oo,.a.a..ooo
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-21
No. SO, King Street,
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Telephone, mo. 1870
HAVING BOUGHT out the business
III of w. H. Wilkinson, the under
signed is prepared to carry on u general
Express Business; and hopes by prompt
ness and dispatch to merit a fair share
of the public patronage.
TEL. EmmersOn.
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-06-08
,,.x.a. Hls.S ..7-N7rp.sassss.-- - A.
MISCELLANEOUS.

'
In Springfield. o.. recently died a ter
rible death from the effects OF eating
the peel Of half an orange.
Women are becoming very popu-
lar in Valparaiso. Chilli, IS streei-car
conductors. Travel has increased If -
per cent since Their alyent in their new
role
MANY Of the Arabs captured in the
battle vi Iet, said they kuew nothing Of
the English forces. had newer heard Of
their victory over Arab, had never
heard Of Arab himself, and had never
heard # Tewtik
Captain Austin, who calls himself
q crack rife shot, was coward'y enough
to attemp' recently in England the feat
of shooting \ potato OF HI, wlfe's head.
He su .c eied in his first shot, but the
second hi, bullet struck the unfortunate
woman in The forehead whore it glanced.
saving her from death. it is true. but
making fright'ul scar three inches
long " T. Sun.
W. ; Cooper, employed in q Brook
lyu NEWSPAPER o lie has adopted a
novel plan for pay .n. his land,ady for
board He took tae lady u the theate'>
very Frequently on free tickets. and
wnrn >hc presented Ter hin for five
wee k, q l. he met il Win another
bill LA giag her full rates for tn en-
tertainmeu l. she visited with him.
bringing her in debt hro,1i'0l Eoy,s.
Speaking OF Mexican women. a
tra,eier SAYS that 1.-THE d Ughte.> If tie
wealthy pa,sthrr live, in vacu'tY those