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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
a NATTER OF INTEREST.

At the meeting Of Congress next
month, . lengthy memorial, emananat.
ing from Southern and Western steam.
boatmen, stating in foil their griev-
ances, % well as suggesting methods
for their removal, will be presented to
that body. Bills for the Improvement
Of our Southern rivers and harbors
have been presented to Congress, time
and again, but instead of receiving that
recognition 10 which they were entitled,
some shrewd and sharp political "wind
MILL" from the mountains .of Penn.
syivania or New York, possessed Of an
easy aow Of speech, frowned down the
voices OF those who were advocating
such measures as would improve the
navigation OF our Southern streams, as
well % aid In svertlng the annual
danger from overflow, Ito which our
people are subjected,) by moving a
pension for disabled soldier or moving
to adjourn. This question will be and
must be decided by Congress soon, and
any appropriation that that body may
make for this purpose is not likely be
too large, nor could It be made for any
better purpose. We shalt watch closely
the proceedings Of Congress, from the
day that It meets, to the day that il
adjourns, and we shall also keep our
eye on the representatives from this, and
neighboring States, aud particularty
upon our representative, whom we
know 10 be ardently In favor of this
measure, but whom, we fear, does not
bring the matter up in Its proper light
Though, We admit, no might think
that he has done so. The writer is an
ardent friend Of steamboatmen; he
undsrstands them thoroughly and he
viii say for them that when no
Ohstacle IL In their way, they are the
most happy, generous, agreeable and
charitable msn to be found. Congress
has voted subsidies to railroads and
ocsau steamers, which, had they been
made toward improving the great
National Stream, would have saved
mllllons 10 our people as well benefi,ins
the whole Union.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
Miss. Cleveland.

New YORK, Nov. 21.-The Herald's
Washington correspondent says Mrs.
Hoyt is still the guest at the White
House with Miss Cleveland. She Is at
homo. Informally, an hour each morn
ing.
A greater number call by card.
These calls are, however, not as rule
returned, but the White House ladies
now and then make exception to the
rule and do return them, especially
when the callers are residents of tho
city.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
EDUCATIONAL.
CENTRAL
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Clinton, Kinds County, Miss.
The Thirty-Third Collegiate Year viii
begin Tuesday, Sept. 81. 1885.

ADvANTAGEs-Prestig of a long and
successful career; full Corps of Accomplish
ed Professors and Teachers: Curriculum,
varied and elevated; Cabinets, Libraries,
and. other means of Illustration, Unsur-
passed; Location, accessible and noted for
its healthfulness; IL pleasant Home for
Boardcrs, where order, neatness and refine
ment are taught by preccrt and example;
Expenses low.
For Catalogues, or other Information,
address DIR. WALTER IlLi.MAN.
RoBERr KELT.s, Pres. Board Trustees.
GEO. WHITEHEAD, Secretary.
Aug !. S5.2m
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CHERIEE'S SALE.
AUGUST RAUXET VS.. r. G. COBB, No.
2i77.

AUGUST RAUXET VS.. r. G. COBB, No.
2477.
The State of Louisiana, Parish of Qua
chita, Fifth District Court.
By virtue of fc1i faciaS issued by
the Hon. Fifth District Court in and for
the Parish Of Ouachita, and to me directed
in the above entitled and numbered suit, I
have seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction, between
legal hours of sale, to the last and highest
bidder, at the door of the Court House in
the City OF Monroe, La, on
Saturday, 5th Day of December, 1896,
the following property to-wit:
A certain lot OF of ground and all inn
prOvementS thereon, situated in the City of
Monroe, and described as follows:
A certain lot ofground and improvements
situated in square No. g, of the plan of
Monroe as recorded in NotariaI book G..
being lots No. one t} two (2) three (3) and
one half of lot No. seven az being one
hundred and eighty feet OH st. John street
and one hundred and fifty feet OF Calypso
street. as per plan, on the corner of said
streets. Said property being that on which
defendant now resides and purchased by
him said defendant from Mrs. NJ. A. Par
goud on the 23d day OF December, 1872.
Seized as the property of defendant, and
will be sold to satisfy said writ and costs.
1c'"ss Of .Salc-Cash, with the benefit of
appraisemcnt.
J. T.. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1885.
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Picayune. from
{ ~, that Col. Sam.
\ glstor of tho VIM
4 showed ifs coz
'of g Manganese
n slsaf he claims to b
~ y 81 ssesay IL ths world = e
4! = saeaasd that the gentleman,
49, bestne g = depth Of a feet,
4 esss q soak Wish he suppcsss, from
- ~ atahls drill ives broken BY It,
4 sos g gssnJee q the very haest quality,
- snet tns dslss mad struck, at the
eeaDs ospshs Z sscseance that rssem-
- ny esosesys serpentins. For all
A4cceiee4nsans. who have the interests
g enels ssase q heart, this "hnd' Is
csssesn!y an agreeable surprise, and
WuI sesntt y attracting still further Ut
tentloa 70 0ur State and lis resources
Whtch have too long remained un-
knoWn.
KIN % this discovery IL that made
ln boring the well used by the Monroe
- FAcsory. Al the depth Of Sc feet q
rock fSosmAst0n was struck 30 obdurate
a. n g leslst ;and g break the edge ofthe
49, dsliI employed, and to stop all
sassner progress. a specimen OF the
re-, wnlca was pierced ~ inch or
slMo.A ~ forwarded ~ the writer to
Ne state Unlsersity for Identification,
oue, i1f gome reason, neither acknowi-
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Senator Miller Very III,

South BEND IND, Nov. 2l.--Word
has been received here, at his old
home, by his relations, that Senator
Miller of California is alarmingly i'll.
His condition is such that il is feared
he will not be able 10 be at Washington
at the opening of Congress.
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TO EXCHANGE.

-Four hundred and seventeen and n half
acres of fine Prairie land in johnson
county, Texas, in Two pieces; one 100 acres,
and the other 252l2 acres, near cicburne.
To exchange, or trade for u farm or town
property i'll Ouachta Parish, La. For amy
information, address.
w. Il, ANDERSON.
Johnson County, Ciehurne Texas.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22

"Why is it," asked Nifty of his
physician" "that you can't prescribe
even dose of pills without that ever
lasting r on the prescriptions" "You
II right" replied his medical adviser,
"that is one Of the pill-R's of medi-
cine"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
Notice To The Tax Payers Otachita
Parish.

I hereby give notice that the State d
Parish Tax on the Roll OF 1885 arc now due
and Collectible and 1Yill become delinquent
on the 3lst December 1885. if not paid on
or before that late. The law imposes GER
tain cost and penalties on all delinquent
terested that, 1 will in every instance en-
force the payment of all penalties and on
taxes unpaid on the date above mentioned.
Therefore pay in time and save money
J. T.. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
Nov. Z. 1885.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22

John A. Moore desires to inform his
friends, and the public in general, that
he has ordered from Importers of
Toys, the Largest and Most Varied
Assortment of this class Of goods, that
has sver been displayed in Monroe
"And don't you forget it,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22


To- d.. impoftance a. the shove
named rod, which orr people seem TO
10 more fully realizing, pf0smpts me to
again ask permission TO lay before
your readers other facts and figures ~
lative TO the matter.
II Il q fact that cotton buyers Tor
European and Eastern markets have
been and are anxious to get the cotton
OF the Ouachtta Valley. This has been
proven by their presence here, and
statements. Their departures ana
statements prove that they are mot
here because of q want Of proper or adj
vantsgeous shipping facilities. We
would have had compresses and these
buyers here several years ego, had We
have had the necessary shipping fac'li-
ties. and likewise our planters could
have been selling their cotton In home
markets ut New Orleans prices ana
buying their supplies as cheap or
cheaper here.
Let's figure ON this . little ! am
Informed by experienced shippers aud
planters that It costs, on an average, one
cent pound 10 sell cotton from this
country 10 New Orleans through co'n-
mission merchant AT this rate II
costs 800 TO sell 5Oo pound bale. AS
10 my last letter: Take the case OF q
man owning a *O,0o estate, aud
raising 800 bales, and by means OF
the North ana South railroad, com
presses anu buyers, ne Is aole 10 sell al
New Orleans prices at nome. lie
would then save In one year $500; In
ten years $l0,VO. DEDUCT ms MILL
VA -" paopet'y $500. ~ "o1..
SAVE :" AZ "is .oo' Nv" .'uu
coil =, i1e.o" inelcaaane e"aIso VI q
pe1 e0ns 'p1 o's.ns So'oov "ol.A " sup
- Lao IL E~kN p~HaNvn II
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
Lydia Thompson the Actress.

NEW York, Nov. 2l-Miss Lydia
Thompson, the well known English
hurlesqae actress, arrived yesterday on
the steamer city of Berlin.
SOU FHERN MONEY IN THE TREASURY.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22

1t is said that only one woman in q
thousand can whistle. Well, she
doesn't need to. The husbands the
one who receives the bills, and of
course he's the one to whistle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

Opens September 2lst. 1885. One OF the
First Schools for Young Ladies in
the United States. Surroundings beauti-
eighteen States u1 Refers to- one thousand
pupils and patrons. TERMS AMONG THE
BEST IN THE UNION. Board, English
Course, Latin, French, German, Music, &C.,
tor scholastic year, from September to June
Sass. For catalogues, write to
REV. VIM. A. HARRIS, d. D., Pres.
Staunton, Virginia
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Wanted to Fight.

New YORK, Nov. 21.-A special to
the Herald from Richmond, Va, says:
l.. B. Jones, II young and prominent
man here, was to day fined one cent
and given an hour in Jail by the jury
in the Husting's Court, for sending a
challenge to fight Il duel. The trouble
out of which the hostile correspondence
grew occurred in August last. No
meeting took place and the difficulty
was apparently amicably adjusted.
Officers, however, arrested Jones and
he was tried to day. This is the
second time In the history of the
duelling of Virginia since the war that
any punishment has been inflicted for
the violation thereof.
Go TO Rifi's Bookstore for all kinds
Of fancy goods and novelties. He has
just received many new goods at all
prices.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22

The Presbyterian Church is being
repainted.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
'THr1MARKETS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


CoRN-DuN.
OATs-Steady; No2, O. 35c.
HAY-Quiet; 8 SIS a $6l.50
CLOSING PRICES.
wHEAT-October, 93c bid; November, 93H
bid; December. 96Ac; January. $3.50 bid;
cosiasSEoctober, s7zc bid; November. a55z
@s5szc bid, year, ssNc bid, January. $50
oArs-october, 25%c bid, November.
24M@28Ac bid, December, 25Ac bid, year,
1880 bid, May, 1870 bid.
ST. LOUIS.
Pork-Lower mess IS 80 heavy 50 Is.
Lard-Lower Refined fierce $6 90.
Dry salt meats-Loose, shoulders " 20,
extra longs IS 90, long clear IS 10. clear
1ibs 20. short clear 25 40.
Boxed bacon-Long S. SO, clear ribs Is 30
Shoulders @S3 25 % 37K.
r, HamsMLower g ;. 2s e $aa 90. on
oats-Firm but slow IS May 35aD35h.
Wheat-Higher No. 2 94A995.
LIVERPOOL.
Cotton business fair, Sales 5000, 1000
Uplands 3-l6. Orleans ZIG, Receipts
5000. American $500. Futures quite, Deli
very Nov GIL and IL, Nov Dec SO and
Dec Jan'y, 5-S Jan'y $40 and Feb'y Marcel,
5-l3 and IL, March April GIG and lG, April
May $40 May June 5-2s and %.
Noon 2. p. III.
Sales of American $500. futures quiet,
Delivery Nov 5.lI II, Nov Dec Jan'y SO $,
Jan'y Feb'y $40 s, Feb'y March SIP b,
March April 5.l5 s, April May 5.l9 b,
May Juno 5.22 B, June July 52s S.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
An Important Case.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The Brook
lyn City Court has been occupied for
two days in the second trial of an ac-
ton brought by Henry Reddick
against the Standard Oil Company, to
recover one-sixth of the properly on
which their works are located at Green
Point and which is worth about half
million dollars. A grand father of the
plaintiff bought the land nearly 80
years ago and gave the purchasers a
mortgage on 1t Of 5000. The mother
of the plaintive, who was Jno. HONS
daughter, died five days after plaintiffs
birth. The plaintiff was then down in
Virginia to be brought up by his grand
father. HON married again, and his
second wife on her death bed left one
son, and in her Will, cut of the chill.
dren of tho first wife from their inheri
lance of any of the property. She i'm
duced the mortgage to be foreclosed.
The mortgagor and plaintiff, claimed
that he was not made a party to tho
suit. Defence is that he WAS made a
party to the suit and his
name instead of being Henry, as
he had sworn, was John Henry, and
that under that name he had been
made n party TO the action. His
father and uncle, who is Methodist
Minister, and baptiscd him, sworo that
his name was Henry and the colored
nurse swore that his grand father
wanted him called John Henry.
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st. Matthew's
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Wood Street, Monroe, La.
Mass every morning at G3O.
On Sunday Low mass at o'clock high
mass and sermon at 10 o'clock cathechism
or Sunday School at p. IN. sermon and
benediction of tho Blessed Sacrament at
p. m.
Always enough of vacant seats for
visiting strangers.
Connected with the church: /. Sodality
of young ladies, known as 'tChildren OF
Mary" meeting first Sunday of every
month. 2. st. Matthew's Ladies' Altar
Society, meets first Sunday every month.
3. Young Catholics Friends Society, meet
at their Public Library Hall first Sunday
Of every month. 4. ST. Matthew'S Branch
of Catholic Knights of America, meeting
first and third Tuesday of every month.
s. st. Hyacinth's Convent, under the
direction of the Daughters of tho Cross
Sister Seraphina, superior.
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Exchanged shots.

GACu0uScU SMOtSs
4 RAwLINs, WYo. Nov. 2f-John
Lyons and Charles O'Brien quarreied
over game of cards yesterday. Each
left the saloon and "heaIed" himself
anu they met just outside Of the build
ing. O'Brfen opened fire with a VIM
chester rifle, Lyons replying with a
revolver. Seven shots were exchanged
without injury TO either, but one OF
the bullets passed through a saloon
window and struck Jno. .Lovin one OF
the proprietors. He lived about twen-
'ty minutes. Lyons and O'Brien fed
but were captured. The inquest devel-
oped the fact that the shot that killed
Lovin was fired by O'Brien.
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BUGG1Es, HACKS, Ert

CARItIAGFIS, BVI0OIES, iACNS5, ETC
Ready made work kept on hand speci-
mems Of which may be seen by calling Mt the
Factory. He will also carry on a general
bIacksmithing. Terms reasonable.
January l, 1879. FIR. ENDOM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-11-22
A Decision.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. PA case
In law, interesting TO livestock ship
pers, has been decided in the United
States District Court, having been
brought up from the lower courts on
change Of: venue: Williamson &
Davis, of Delaware county, made a
shipment Of As head of cattle last
winter from their ranch Palo Alto
county. The train was stuck in snow
drift on the Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, forty-eight hours and bliz-
card came up and froze the stock to
death. Suit was entered for $4,000.
Jury awarded $500.
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TMIscELANEoVs.:
CH0RyNFIJs.; CTORY.
METHoDIsT CHURCH
A. c.CoUEY, PASTOR.

=. Cs3CUOE1. TlASIOls.
Children's Meeting. at $50 a. NJ, monthly
Public Services. II a. III. s. S:l5 D. III.
every Sabbath.
Sunday School, 4:30 p. M, every Sabbath
Prayer Meeting, Thursdays, S:l5 p. III.
All are specially invited to attend.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
FRESH FASHION NOTES.


Red remains the dominant color of
the season.
Wraps are as varied in their forms
as costumes.
Plum color and pale rose is a fash
ionable English color combination.
The high collars of the newest
jackets and frocks are stiHened with
wiggan.
Gold turtles are the latest golden
fancy for hat and bonnet Ornamental
ton.
Long sashes are worn with all sorts
of dresses, and topped ad libitum, ac
cording to fancy.
The struggle between French and
English styles OF dress goes on quietly,
bit surely for all that.
Golden boars' heads, with great
bulging yellow agate cats eyes, are
found among bat and bonnet pins.
A little jeweled dagger pinuing the
corsage bouquet to the dress front is
the latest captice in fancy jewelry.
The same latitude prevails in the
matter of the choice Of materials for a
brides dress that is given in other
fashions at present.
The bicyclists at New Orleans are
happy-a toll of ten cents for riding
on the West End shell road has been
removed by the municipal autheri-
ties.
The girls of this country spent SIS
600, 600 for corsets last year. Ard
yet there are young men who COM
plain that there is no work for them
to do.
Il is said that 1880, coo cats are an
nually killed for their skins They
must kill the cats in some other part
of the country than here in Lowell.
We havn't missed single one in tAe
last two years.
An oil country resident, after hear
ing Goldsniith's poem, THE Desert
ed Village" " read ia an eloquent man.
ner. drew a long breath and said
IN be darned if that village Of sweet
Auburn don't remind rue of Petro-
leum Center"
A New York attorney named James
Day and the New York World are
about to give so acres of land on the tor
of the Palisades of the Hudson to the
boys of New York as playground
Half is cleared, and the place is les,
than half an hours journey from the
metropolis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Boarding Heuse Malauge.

Dyspepsia is said TO be unknown in
Japan. So are boarding houses.
1t is now given out that too much
coffee dries up the liver. Schoeppen-
stedt congratulates himself that he is
out of Danger. Shoeppenstedt boards.
Jones-"I don't see what is the
matter with me. ] feel pretty well
generally, but | have no appetite
none at all, in fact
Smith-'Well, / have a good appe-
lite all the time, and wish / could
give il to you"
"But then you would not have
any"
mo; don't want any. Ii is an
inconvenience. "
San Inconvenience"
Eyes, board. "
"Why, Mr.. Fogg, urged the land
lady, you are not eating anything.
Come, now, try one of my nice bis
cults
Thank you, madam, replied
Fogg, "but when | was child / was
told never to ask for anything l didn't
see on the table.
The landlsdy remarked to a ser,
want, after tea, that she wondered
what Mr.. Fogg meant; something
hateful, she'd be bound.
"What sort of table do you set ~
asked a stranger in Austin of the
Widow Flapjack. The stranger was
an invalid who came to Texas for
general debility.
"The best the market affords is on
my table. The more a boarder eats
the better he likes it.
"Humphr remarked the stranger
81 suppose that means he never gets
enough to eat. | guess I'll look around
and see if 1 can't find some place
where man can fill up for his money.
Good rnorBing, madam"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Minneapolis Real Estate.

There is scarcely another city in the
country that has made such wonderful
strides in prosperity, building and pop
ulation as the city of Minneapolis.
MINI. has in the past six years. The
volume Of its business has increased
even in a greater proportion than the
city's growth in population. All this
has had the effect Of enhancing the
value of real estate, yet very wisely
the prices have been kept within rea-
sonable bounds, and speculation in
property has not been encouraged. The
well-known real estate firm of Farms
worth & Wolcott have laid out a new
addition 10 Minneapolis, known as
Prospect Park addition. This property
is certainly the most pictures que and
eligible sites for n ice residences in the
city. 1t is beautifully undulating and
studded with native trees, overlooking
the broad, level prairie Oh one side and
the winding Mississippi river on the
other, Already many handsome resi-
dences are in process Of erection and
before the season is over vast improve
ments will be made. To the judicious
investor, property here offers good in
ducement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

A London doctor has published
some curious comparative statistics on
the longevity Of public and rrofes.
sional men. He found that the aver
age age at death of the twenty-five
most prominent American statesmen
during the last hundred wears was 90.
The average of an equal number of
English statesmen was 20 years
practically the same. He thought the
latter did more work at an advanced
age. Tie difference ia favor Of Eag
lish, as compared with American, pol
itical life was brought out by compar
ing the ages at death of members of
the British parliament with those of
the United States congress who died
between 1860 and 1884 OF our sena-
tors, SO gave am average of CT years /;
lac representatives averaged 50 years,
and the average of both was IS The
121 members of parliament averaged
6S years at death.