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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10

Flour is in fair receipt and unchanged. The
offerings Of grain are still small and The markets
arc quiet but steady, high grades Of Wheat being
in demand and readily sold, while futures AZ"
firm ut the rcccn. decline. Corn is active. Ey"
and Oats are without change. Produce Is in bet
ter receipt and easy.
BALTIMORE. May 1O.-Virginia lis consoii.
dated 5111n with July coupons: past due coupons
60: new IS -; 1U-IOs 10 bid to-day. Cotton
dull and easy mildlng 3isaJL,. Flour mar
ket dull and easy Howard street and Western
super So G5a5 10; do extra SO 25al 90; do fam
lily 81 25a4 40; City Mills super 81 1Ja:' -.
do extra So 5Oa 81 Is; do Rio Brands 81 ."
al 10; Patapsco family s. 40; do suprrIaive
patent - To- Whcat-Sonlhcrn steady Western
quiet and easy; Southern red J2a95; do amber
35a9S; No Maryland offered at 93'9; \" :
Western winter red spot S9L.aS9'2 y: May S?'1a
S9a, June SJlaaS9's August e9a@o,-. Corn
Southern firm Western inactive. but hIm;
Southern white 45ai1L,; do yellow lba4'
Western mixed spot 49, -al.; May i"'-si"'-;
June 45Aa45as Oats quiet and steady; South
ern 39a42; Western white 39al2; do mixed j'a
80; Pcnna 4Oa12 Rye dull ut I2aI3. Hay
quiet and steady; prime to choice Western Slia
l6. Provisions quiet Mess Pork old $40; ncw
S11. Bulk mcats-shoulders 4 y; clear rib sides
81; hams 1Oiaa1 / - Lard-rcincd ia. But
tor steady: Western packed 11a2O: creamery -
Eggs firm IT. hall ~ Coffee dull; Rio carg"'-
ordinary to fair SE,a9 Sugar steady y SOFT :.
Whiskey steady vt 81 l9a1 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10
HOUSE,

Under the call of States number OF bills
were introduced and referred after which
the House proceeded to the consideration Of
business reported from the Committee on the
District Of Columbia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10

New YORK. May 1O.-Stoc!s quiet and heavy
Money easy at lAa2il. Cotton easy; upl.n'ls
$40; Orleans 9la; futures steady. Flour
unchanged. Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn lower
dull and heavy. Pork dull at 50 25a9 80. Mess
Pork dull at $50 25a10 80 Lard weak at 81 20
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10
CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10, 1886.
SENATE

Letters from the Secretary Of War and
Secretary of the interior, transmitting IN
formation to Congress on various matters,
were laiI before the Senate, after which nu
merous memorials and petitions were read
and referred.
Mr. Frye introduced bill "to limit the
commercial privileges Of vessels of foreign
countries in the ports OF tho United states
to such purposes as are accorded to Ameri-
can vessels in the ports ofsuch foreign coun-
tries"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10

another Strike in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10.-About six hum
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
4 Remarkable Operation in Surgery.

Recently a remarkable surgical
operation was performed at the Massa.
chusetts General Hospital by DR..
Maurice II. Richardson, of Boston.
About a year ago John Mccarthy
swallowed set Of artificial teeth.
The passage Of food TO the stomach
was almost wholly prevented, the
patient grew emaciated, and it was
evident that unless relief was had he
must soon die. DIR. Richardson made
a transverse cut in the left side of the
abdomen, through which the mans
stomach was drawn out and then cut
open, when by the insertion of his
arm to the elbow DIR. Richardson was
able TO reach and remove the teeth.
The internal opening was then closed
with fine silk and the stomach replaced
and the external cut being also closed
with stitches. The whole operation
was completed in 40 minutes. The pa
tient is doing we'll and his complete
recovery is now considered little less
than certain.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
W11rr1ER's TRIBUTE TO 71LDEN.

$. j. T.-Greystone. Aug. 4, 1856.
Once more. o all-adjusting death.
The natinn's Pantheon opens wile;
Once more IL common sol row saith
A strong, wise man has died.
Faults doubtless had he. Had wo not
Our own, to question and asperse
The worth we doubted or forgot
Until we stood beside his hearse?
Ambitious, cautious, yet the man
To strike down fraud with resolute hand
A patriot, II a partisan,
He loved his native land.
So let the mourning bells be rung,
The banner droop its folds halfway,
And let the public pen and tongue
Their fitting tribute pay.
Then let us vow above his bier
TO set our feet on party lies;
And wound no more u living ear
With words that death denies.
John g. Whittier.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
The Old Plan and the New.

From tho New York Financial Review. ]
Mr.. James +. Morse, vice-president
OF the Security Mutual Benefit society
of New York, 233 Broadway, has re-
Gently placed insurance to the amount
Of $780, 200 on the lives of ex Senator
Arkell and his son, w. j. ArkelI,
proprietor of the Albany Evening
Journal and the Judge. This insur~
auce has been placed in the above
named and other leading companies
doing business on the assessment plan.
The annual cost of carrying 1t will be
less than thousand dollars. In the
old life or level premium companies
the cost would be four thousand five
hundred dollars. The Arkells are
among the leading business men of the
country, and their Endorsement of this
method Of life insurance will carry
wight in the business community.
The Security Mutual Benefit society
was organized in 1881, and we learn
that the cost for assessments TO a mems
Der forty years OF age has been les'
than five dollars a year for each thou
sand dollars of insurance.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
rilOS. .. Benton.
A I"rOitNEY AT LAW,
II MONROE. LA.
q. j. ROArNNR. Us. 30
G.. j. IL j. =. Esoasner,
LudeIIng d stiEzn,an.

A TrORNEYs AND CoUNsELORS AT
II Law, Office Monroe, La, practice in the
State and Federal Courts of Louisiana.
January II, 1855.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

special aversion. or, In fact, any one
| who did not come to his standard OF
elegance Of attire. This trait was
sometimes funny, but oftener annoy
ing, and we daily debated plans for
getting rid Of him.
Finally, one afternoon when we could
stand II no longer, Tom and I bundled
him into q basket, took him out far be.
yond the park, and let him loose. He
gave us one reproachful look ftom his
single eye as he jumped from the basket,
and sped acroesthe flelds,and ws return.
cd home feeling triumphant, but some.
what guilty. As we went 10 dinner tho
cook said .'Master Tom, l thought you
tuck that cat away this afternoon ~
ave did," replied Tom. shortly.
"Well think 1t wes about an hour
before you got home that I saw him
shoot in through the back.door and up
the stairs" A search was made. No
sign Of the cat was found, and It was
decided that cook must be mistak ken.
That night, about 12 O'Clock, a sliRht
noise was heard upstairs, followed by
most unearthly yowling, mingled
with muttered oaths. Father, Tom,
aud appeared In the hall at the same
moment and saw man dashing down.
stairs, about six steps at = time, with
"that disreputable Cat" cliuging tightly
to his shoulders, scratching aud spit.
ting and growing with all his strength.
I1c was nearly at the bottom, when he
gave yell of pain and fell. We ran
down, secured him, aud called for the
police, saud. had him taken to the
station house.
The next day, in court he explained
how he had Effected his entrance
through the scuttle, and was softly
descending the attic stairs, when some.
thing suddenly landed on his shoulders
with a horrible yell, and began to
make vicious scratches at his eyes. He
was trying to escape when we caught
him. The cat had bitten through his
ear, and the pain caused him to stum-
BILE aud fall.
That night the "disreputable cat"
was asleep, as usual, on the soft, In
the dining-rcom, and took all our
expressions OF gratitude with his old
philosophical indifference. From that
time, however, no thought OF getting
rid Of him was ever expressed. He is
getting older and fatter and lazIer
now, but not bit more respectable In
appearance. Despite q good homo
and all the comforts the most luxurious
cat could desire, he preserves his
tramp-ttko appearance and air OF cool
impudeDcc. He Will never be any,
thing but "that disreputable cat"
--Hayper's Young People.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
Garrick's ssHamlct.'

The following description OF GAR
rick's "Hamlet" by Lichtenberg, has
been called the best attempt to pre-
serve, by literary means, the effect OF
an actors method. 1t has been trans
lated within recent period:
"Hamlet appears in black attire, the
only one, alas ! which is still worn in
the whole court, for his poor father,
of months. Horatio and Marcelius ac-
company him in uniform. They await
the Ghost. Hamlet has folded his
arms aud pulled his hat over his eyes.
1t is a cold night and just II o'clock.
The theatre is darkeued, and the
whole audience is still, and the faces
as moli0n!ess as if they had been
painted on the walls of a house. AT
the extreme end of the theatre one
nigh, have heard pin drop. Sud-
denly, as Hamlet goes rather far up
the stage somewhat to the left, with
his back to the audience, Horatio
s,arts: "Look, my lord, it comes!"
says he, pointing TO the right, where
the Ghost is standing immovabIe, ere
one is even aware of it. At these
words Garrick turns suddenly round,
and at the same moment Staggers back
two or three PAGES with trembling.
knees. His hat falls 10 the grouud,
both arms-especially the left-are
nearly extended to the full, the hand
as high as the head. the right arm
more bent and the hand lower, the
fingers spread out and the mouth
open. There he remains standing with
legs far apart, but still in graceful
attitude, as if electrified, supported by
his friends. His features express such
horror that 1 felt a repeated shudder
pass over me before he began to speak.
The almost appalling silence of the
assembly, which preceded this scene
and made one feel scarcely safe in
ones seat, probably contributed not a
little to the effect. At last he speaks,
not with the beginning, but with the
end of a breath, and says in trem-
bling voice, Angels and ministers of
grace, defend us words which com-
plete whatever may yet be wanting in
this scene to make it one of the
subIimest and most terrifying of which
! perhaps the stage is capable"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
An Act

! Relative to disturbances OF tho peace in
public streets. on highways. in or near
providing for the punishment ofthe same
by fine or impri% %onment, or both.
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
louisiana, That any person who shall
go into any public place, into or near
any private house, or along any public
street, or highway near any private
house, and who shall use loud and
vociferous or obscene, vulgar or in-
decent language or swear or curse or
expose his person or rudeiy display or
wantoniy or maliciously discharge or
use any pistol or other deadly weapon
In such public street or highway, or
| near such private house, in q manner
calculated to disturb or alarm the
inhabitants thereof, shall, on cou-
viction thereof, before any court of
competent Jurisdiction, be- condemned to
pay fine not exceeding fifty dollars,
and in default of the same be sentence
ed to imprisonment for not less than
ten days nor more than thirty, or suf-
Ger both at the discretion of tue court.
Provided that the provisions OF this
section shalt not be so construed as to
divest the recorders courts of incoro
porated cities OF jurisdiction to sum-
marily try and punish the same acts
when prohibited under the police
regulators Of such cities.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the public places, within the
meaning Of the preceding section is
any public road, street or alley of
town or city, inn, tavern, store, grocery
WnrEShnn y,1oO IN ~ hiNh
people COMMONLY resort for purposes
and places OF public worship.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted etc,
That If any person shall discharge any
gun, pistol or firearms OF any descrip-
ton, on or across any public square,
street, or alley, in any city, town or
village in this State, he shall be fined
or punished as provided in section 1st
of this act; Provided that the pro-
visions Of this section shall not be 50
construed as to divest the Records
courts of incorporated cities Of juris-
dictiou to summariIy try and punish
the same acts when prohibited under
the police regulations of such city.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, ect.,
That any person who shall run or be
IN any way concerned IN running eny
horse race, or what is known as horse
racing in, along or across any public
road within this State, shall be fined
upon conviction thereof before any
court of competent jurisdiction, not
more than fifty dollars, and in default
of payment thereof, shall be sentenced
to not less than ten nor more than
thirty days imprisonment.
II. w. OGDEN,
Speaker Of tho House Of Represent
ativeS.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the
Senate,
Approved this oath of June, 1886.
S. d. McENERY,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy from the original.
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary of State.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

mate, aud at no solicitation from that
lady sent to the heroic maiden
CERTIFIED CHECK FOR TWENTY
THOUsANE DOLLARS.
"Miss Stautfsr's character is that ot
an ambitious, highly intellectual wo-
man, who saw in marriage with Mr..
Tilden all the possibilities OF being
the first lady of the land. Her FREE
quent enjoyment of the hospita!isies OF
Greystone was not SO much u triumph
for her alone, tor Mr.. Ti!den loved to
have the sombre chateau beautified
with the presence of young woman>
hood. Her manners, conversation aud
insouciant grace and airs acquired
from the native CreoIes of New Or.
leans, fascinated the old man. She
seemed to be very fond Of Mr.. Tilden,
and anticipated his every wish, even
in the most trivial attentions at the
table or in the presence of a social
gathering.
"uer glorious physique displayed on
horseback was the object Of Mr.. Til.
denis undisguised admiration. She is
an intrepid and accomplished eques-
trienne. Miss Staufrer's greatest art
for the enchantment OF men both
young and old, lay in her conversa-
tional powers. She could talk with
wonderful understanding upon any
subject, from the smallest of small
talk to The most recent treaties on
philosophy and science.
s'It is gossip in New Orleans that
Miss Stauffer discarded
THE BEST MATCH IN ALL THE SOUTH
to hazard a marriage with Mr.. Tilden.
Young Krutschnitt, the nephew of
Judah p. Benjamin, is to-day the
pride of the Louisiana bar, and bach.
elor. His devotion to the heiress of
Isaac Stauffer's millions was not iu>
wealth, both from inheritance and
lucrative practice, is ample. sDon't
you think there is lost chord in my
life somewhere p she laughingly asked
him one night on the piazza of her
fathers house. 1t was moonlight, and
Mr.. Krutschnitt made a rejoinder fit.
ting the occasion. well, you are very
kind she said, 'but am going TO the
North to fiud it, aud the next day she
left for Greystone.
''Miss Stauffer is well received by
the best society in New York City,
and is queen of the Southern peo-
Pile. who reside here. Her conquest
over the heart of DR.. VIM. M. Poll, ;.
the well-known physician, and the son
of the man who was both a general
and a bishop, is no secret from the
friends of that gentleman, one of whom
has betrayed it.
s'She Is now about twenty. eight
years of age, II is said that the pros
pective marriage did not take place
because Mr.. Tilden felt his strength
failing, and thought she deserved
younger husband whose span of life
was not so nearly run. He loved her,
though, and left a gage d'amo,,T when
he died.''
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE
TELEGRAPH.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
THE CHILDREN.
BY +. s. CASSIDY.

Come, romping children, come to mo!
And up and down ~
Throughout the town
Wen hold ajolly jubilee!
Your wicked ways and shout and bawl!
Yon give relief
From care and grief
And ffom destruction sound tho call.
Angels arc yes every one.
With souls as radiant as the sun,
And then your free
Hearts jollity
Is fountain Of the worlds best fun.
What solace to the wearied mind,
What rest from care In you wc lind:
What 10y impart
You to the heart
And loose affections catch and bind.
Life's purest pleasure comes from you;
You keep the ages fresh and new,
And In tho bliss
OF baby's kiss
Are wavoring hoarts held firm and true.
Away with glory brought with blood,
And fame-a bubble Of the flood
Who wants them may
In plunes array.
And be q mark for envys mud!
More glory to the true hearts ken;
More fame and greatness ccntre in
One child's pure love,
Fresh from above,
THAI plaudits of ten million men!
Then come, ye romps of all the street,
There's music in your painting feet.
And every shout
Puts pain to rout,
While pallid sickness beats retreat.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
Studying Character OH Railroad Train.

The Providence Star says: "WhAt
made you think I'd want to purchase
that book ?" asked New York re-
porter on the West Shore road of a
train boy who had just deposited in
his lap a volume giving a complete
history Of all the notable encounters In
tho prize ring within the last hundred
years.
The reporter in question, be 1t obs
served, although Of unfortunately
somew hat pugnaclous aspect, takes cs-
pecial delight In reporting sermons,
and Is as ignorant Of the Marquis OF
Queensbury rules rs of the differentIal
and integral calculus.
~ thought you was q SPORT" re.
piled the trainboy, taking rapid In
ventOry Of his interlocutor. He was u
shrewd looking iud with piercing eyes
and nose which Is generally sup
posed to indicate that its owner knows
thing or two.
"Then do you always try TO select
books TO suit the character Of each pas
seneer ?"
OF coarse does. ! hits 1t right,
generally, too, though l sometimes
get:le But 'tain't half rs bad TO mis-
take religious man. The sportll get
madder'n a wet hen every time and
sling all the cuss words he knows at
you-that is IL he's In tho smokln' car"
"Do you find much variety OF taste
among the ladies on tho trains?"
"Cert. When / see woman who
wants to be thought a fine lady but
amt, l drops her some novel about
jukes and bfoated aristocrats, where all
the men has plenty Of stamps and the
women folk lots OF jewelry. When 1
strikes lady what's the genooine
thing fops her down book that's
been runnjn' ever since I've been in
the business and no tellin' how long
afore."
allow about the men ?'
"You've got to study them just as
hard. Them dudish fellers is the
worst customers. They never buys no
books. They'll just set and suck their
canes all day, thinkin' about mashin'
or some such rot, / suppose. A man
wot', full Of business aud looks wor-
rited don't often buy books. He can't
keep his thoughts on 'em. Young men
that ain't dudes and amt got no more
money'n than they know what to do
with make the best customers. And
old men wot's takin' life easy an con,
tented like, and amt everlastingly
bothering themselves about money,
buy a good many books on the trains.
IL railroad train Is a mighty good
place to study human natur' in"
| "What's your favorite reading 2"
"I like 10 read how poor boys got
on in the world till they got to be real
big bugs like that feller Edison wot
used to sell books on train same as
do"
uJIet me have that book of Farrar's
sermons, and don't take me for sport
again."
uYou can bet / won't.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

Relative to disturbances OF tho peace in
public strests, on highways, in or near
private houses; defining said offence and
by fine or impri Ounent or both
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

character of Miss Stauffer's early class
nlate, and at no solicitation from that
lady sent to the heroic maiden
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28
MONROE ADVERTISEMENT
IL And Planning Mills.
F.. VOLLMAN, PROPRIETOR,
Postoffice-Monroe, La,

Manufacturer and dealer in Rough, Dressed
and Matched Pine and Cypress Lumber,
Cypress Heart and Sap Shingles, Doors,
Sash, Blinds, ETC., etc. The filling OF orders
and answering letters ofinportanc prompt
OF The public patronage solicited.
These mills, of but recent construction,
are situated on the west bank OF Ouachita
river, immediately above the Monroe Oil
Mills. l have railroad track connecting
them with the ", S. q +. r. aud have a safe
and convenient steamboat landing, facilities
enjoyed by no other mill heareabouts, and
by which am enabled to offer such ind uce-
ments to patrons residing along the railroad
or river as will make it decidedly to their
advantage to deal with me.
Mar4S6l Il. NOLLMAN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-28

-'sSouny, is there a game going on in
side"' Small Boy-"Yes SIR" GenlIe-
man-"Are you certain? / don't hear
any howls, or boots, or hisses." Small
Boy-"Dat's cause Suliivan's empir-
i'm de .'-Nehr York SIM.