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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18
QUOTATIONS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Sugar, bjtEtl: eIe Kettle. choice,
l-16 strictly prime, &c; rime, AID: good
to fully fair, 47Sc; ocd common to
fair 41l@ 45Sc; inferiol o common. $40
&c, centrifugal plantation granulated. csc
GIG off granulated, 6%c, choice white,
6@61sc, off white. &c; grcywhite,
SIC, clloice yellow clarified 11-l7c, prime
yellow clarified, 6H, off clarified,
5I, seconds, 4sS05c. Molasses quiet,
open kettle, choice, acc, strictly prime,
zoe, good prime, 2O@32c, prime, 16@23c.
good fair, 25@2Sc, good common, 17c. CEN
trifugal, strictly prime, 29@30c, good prime,
24c, fair to prime, 2O@24c, common to good
common, 16OlSc, inferior 140l5c. Rice
steady, ordinary to prime, 3s@5Nc.
Flour, dull, Choice, $44O, Fancy. $4,000,
Extra Fancy $40, Minnesota patents, So
SO, Winter, $3.50. Corn dull, mixed. 44c,
yellow, 44(045c, white, 42G043c. Oats firm,
choice western, 371zc, Texas, SAC. Corn meal
quiet, $500. Hay firm, prime, $3.50 1900,
choice, $17 O. 10 90. Pork quiet, 1915
Lard quiet, 6Hc. Bulk meats steady,
shoulders, 3.75c, long clear, 5000, clear rib
sides, 500 Bacon steady, shoulders. .3Hc,
long clear, SIC, clear rib 57s. Hams choice
sugar cured, 9X@1Oc. Whisky dull, West
ern rectified, $l.OOO1.25. Coffee, quiet,
cargocs common to prime, 709Ac. Bran
dull, 82%c. Cotton seed oil, dull, crude,
new, 221SO23, refined, 30T@31c, +. o, b,
cake, 1S1a@l9Hc, meal, 1870.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTM ENT,
State of Louisiana.

To the Returning Officers of the Parishes OF
Caldwell, Franklin, Jackson, Ouachita
and Richland:
WHEREAS, by the resignation of the
w Hon. Calvin II. Moore and Thomas
Y. Ably, Senators from the Twenty-third
Senatorial District of this State, vacancies
in the General Assembly of this State,
And whereas it is made the duty of the
Executive to order an election to supply
such vacancies.
Now, therefore, I, Samuel ID. McEnery.
Governor of the State of Louisiana. have
thought proper to issue this my proclama-
ton, directing an election to take place in
the parishes Of Caldwell, Franklin, Jack
son, Ouachita and Richland, constituting
the Twenty-third Senatorial District of this
State, on day to be named by you, for
two Senators to represent the TWENTY
third Senatorial District of this State, to fiji
the unexpired terms of the Hon. Calvin
III. Moore and Thomas Y. Ably, resigned:
and 1 do hereby direct and require Won
and each of you, the said returning officers
and all other officers therein concerned. to
cause said election to held and conducted
and the returns thereof to be made in the
manner required for general elections.
Given under my signature and the seal
of the State of Louisiana, at the citv of
B.ton Rouge, this 4th day OF January A.
ID. 1886.
s. d. MCENERY.
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary Of State.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

The AfOcal scribe" of the Vicksbure
Hefald ssgives himself away" thus:
"Well, prohibition items seem to
be rather dry of late" lsaid a g. H. re-
porter to prominent convert to the
cause last evening. "What are you
doing for the cause now ?" ooh,
nothing, of course, now. The weather
IL too cold to talk about prohibition, !"
said the convert, as he nudged the re-
porter of the sidewalk and they walked
over to the Planters Club to compare
notes on the weather.
And he might have added "wet"
their "whistles."
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

The following Irish "bull" will
ssbutt' 10 several different parts of tile
country:
A fast Irishman, in a time of re-
viyal, Joined the church, but was
found sinning grievously, not long
afterward. Didn't you join the Metho-
dist?' inquired piously disposed per-
son. AJAX AM did, jined for six
months, and behaved 80 well that they
let me Oh with three"
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

NeW York society girls are nothing
Il MOI manly. To many of their
habits, and especially in their dress,
they try to look like men. Their
clothes are made by tailors, are fitted
byassn, and'are made tolook as much
like mems clothes as waists and skirts
can v made to look like waistcoats
aud trousers.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

The boating water in the Ouachita
river is giving the w., s. & p. division
Of the Queen & Crescent railroad a
black eye on cotton to New Orleans,
also up freights to Monroe and other
points on the river. The railroads are
not handling nothing like the business
they did a month ago. Ncks6,ay
Herald
Judging from the above Vicksburg
IL feeling the depression. Yes neighbor
the Ouachita river is a great factor 10
the commerce Of Monroe and we are
1iad to zee that our merchants have
realized It.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

A polition Il In circulating In Alexan.
dria, L.. asking for the communication
Ne sentence Of death passed upon
~ Ford and John Murphy and is
oelng unanimously signed.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

~-'' - >>>>,1O %~S~Vs ~ = -. M ~ ol5
setlsn " ths ". s. 4 liz. Il. r.,
~ lsuri1linAi1ss against our young
~ 4 senssnlly condemned ~ the
beslhem men Of our town and may
'lsed 20 = controversy IN the near future.
The object Of . railroad should, In tie
wEI(ess opiniop. be 10 Aid IL developing
the Z recountry along its route, and
|whi)t ~ ars willing to concede that
Nonroe proper, where this road owns
valuable tracts Of land and where
ilheral Granfs have been made 10 it, is
4s6g9vhg ~ all the liberality that can
ri hoG(owed upon her--neyertheIess,
NJ hold that We are entitled 10 con-
altGallon, averring a. we do that,
eI4udIne Monroe proper, and Shreve-
po1l this town, West Monroe, does a
letyer bDinsss than any other station
olo0g thsr route Of thesaid railroad. We
<hqre1bre claim and demand the re-
ss(aelIshment Of passenger depot at
thjo station. x
..tI| "a ..I 4. y
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

There arc Steven newspaper men in
Coeereas. Es.
4oe 4alance Of Congressman were
pat There ~ the newspaper men.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18

NEW ORLEANS.

Cotton market steady and unchanged
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-18
u. ID. ALLEN, Jr.,
d. A. SINGER

GrAnd IT., N6onToc' A1c's@AA'.-
European exchange also drafts on St. LOUIS
Mneed money foreign coin bought a.
ed on time deposits Collections promptly attenaed 70
Farmerylle, Vienna, Columbia Ouachita City, ETC.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-13

PER,s ISsTAHTxSE0us GUIDE fi to the
Piano and Organ, and be convinced You
require no previous knowledge of Music
whatever. 1twin teach you more Music In
one day than you can learn from q Teacher
In month. Send for it. 1t will not disap-
point you. Every house should have one.
A Sample Copy sent free for I5c In stamps.
HARM 4 CO., Publishers, - Broadway, I. Y.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-13

ITO be continued
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
A Monkeys Trick.

An old monkey sat cozily asleep in a
snug corner. with a friend nesting
against him, and indulging likewise in
q comfortable snooze. Presently a
young skylarker approached them
somewhat timidly. and squatting beside
his friend. sat quietly for some seconds,
then suddenly, as if possessed by some
malicious inspiration, he reached his
arm out cautiously behind the slumber-
ing friend, and gave the elderly monkey
a whacking box on the ear. He waking
in Just wrath, and unsuspicious of the
truth-for the culprit was now sham
ming sleep and looked the picture of
innocence-few upon his friend with
an Indictment for assault. and chiyied
him with monstrCus clamor round and
round the cage, while the culprit sat re-
garding them and jabbering with joy.
Some little time after the performance
was repeated, the old monkey and his
friend having settled in the corner. and
the assault and wrongful punishment
occurring as before. Once again the
trick was tried, but the friend who had
twice suffered was shamming sleep this
time. and caught the culprit i'm the act,
and, with the help of the old monkey,
gave him good Grabbing, which, in
deed, he well deserved. PhitadeL phta
G0u
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, O. p. Hstten by his certain
deed of trust dated Feb. Sth, 1884, and re-
corded in the recorders Office of Pettis
county, Mo-, In trust deed record No. AZ,
page 256. conveyed to the undersigned trus-
tee all of his right, title, interest and estate
in and to the following described real es-
tate situated in Pettis county, Mo-, viz
The northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of section thirty-four, 81 township
fIOrty-four, (44) range twenty, (20) which
said conveyance was made to secure the
payments of certa n promisory notes therein
described, and whereas, two OF said notes
have become due and payable, and, where
as, il is provided in said deed Of trust that
If default be made in the payment of said
notes, or either of them, then all of said
notes shall become due. And whereas, de-
fault has been made in the payment of said
notes, and two of said notes are now due,
now, therefore, In accordance with the
terms and provisions of said deed of trust,
and at the request of the legal holder of
said notes, shall proceed TO sell the above
described real estate at the west front door
Of the court house in the city of Sedalia, In
the county of Pettis, state aforesaid, to
the highss bidder, for cash at public ven
due, on Wednesday the 30th day of June,
1856, between the hours OF 9 O'Clock In the
forenoon and 5 O'Clock In the afternoon Of
that day, to satisfy said notes together with
the cost and expenses of this trust.
6-Sw3t w. L. PORTER, Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
It's Popularity in Germany aud Other Euro
pean Countries.

In reference to the introduction of the
electric light in Germany, DIR. Schilling's
report to the convention of gas technics
contains the following data: In Berlin
there are seventy-one batteries in opera
ton, twenty-six driven by gas motors
and forty-six by steam. Although the
Edison central stations have not yet been
opened, which will furnish light to fif-
teen thousand lamps, there are already
five thousand lamps in operation. In
Munich there are thirty-fOur batteries,
furnishing four thousand one hundred
and eighty-five lamps with light, most
of which have thus far been placed i'm
the royal theatres. Hamburg has twen-
ty-five batteries and one thousand nine
hundred and eighty lamps. In Hanover
the railroad depot, the Palm garden,
and TWO streets are illuminated by cleo
trio lights. A goodly number of electric
fghI batteries are in operation inBremen,
Cologne, Leipsic; Dresden, and in many
of the manufacturing centers of Europe.
In Chemnitz there are seventeen. mostly
Ia tie cloth and cotton factories. Gre
field boasts of 1,203 electric lamps; Ell
berfeld-Barmen of twenty-one batter
les. The total number of electric-light
batteries in Germany amounts to about
400. furnishing light to 21,500 lamps,
against which the number of gas-light
lamps is estimated at 5000, 900. But it
must be considered that the introduce
ton of the electric light is accompanied
with many difficulties, and must conse-
quently be of slow growth. Should it,
for instance, be decided to have Berlin
Illuminated with electric light instead Of
gas, the proposition would at once
meet with the insurmountable obstacle
that in order to fill the orders the work
men in the factories would have TO work
steadily for twenty years. These figures
show that although the Americans are
far in advance of Germany in this mat
ter, the latter Il up with England, ard
France is left far behind, not one street
yet being Illuminated with electric light
in France.-Chtcago Times.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Vincent S. Malone and Hattie
Malone, his wife, by their certain deed of
trust, dated March Is, 1888, and recorded
in the recorders office of Pettis county,
Mo-, in trust deed, record No. %, at pages
49S and 1879, conveyed to the undersigned
trustee, the following described real estate.
viz: Lot No. FIVE in block No. one, in
Westenberger's subdivision of lots No.
seven, eight and nine of McVey's addition
to the city of Sedalia, Missouri,
in trust to secure certain notes
in said deed described, and whereas, de-
fault has been made in the payment of
said notes according to the tenor thereof.
Therefore, In accordance with the condi-
tons of said deed of trust, by reason where
of, at the request of the legal holder of
said notes, l will on
SATURDAY, oath DAY OF JULY, 1885
at the west door of the court house IN Sc.
dalia, Pettis county, Mo-, proceed to sell
the above described real estate to the high
est bidder, for cash to satisfy said debt
and the costs of this trust.
j. M. BYLER,
6 22w5t ~ Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
WHALE BONE.
A Branch OF Business in which the Profits
Are Uncertain.

A Branch OF Business in which the Profits
Are Uncertain.
There is no article of commerce
shat varies more widely in its market
price than whalebone," said New
York dealer to reporter recently, "In
January it may sell for two dollars a
pound and in the following June for
five dollars a pound. Twenty-Five
wears ago the price was seventy-fye
cents a pound. 1t varies in price ac-
coriing to the catch, and this in turn
depends upon the luck of the sailors.
If they find the whaling grounds closed
by ice, meet with a shipwreck, or for
any reason fail to catch whales the
price goes up. This makes it a very
speculative business and we can never
tell what our stock is worth until We
hear of the catch"
What part does whalebone chiefly
come from?"
1.-The main supply is brought from
the North Pacific whalers and comes in.
in November. A smaller quantity
comes from the South Sea and arrives
about June Now and then small
supply comes from Davis Straits
and Hudson Bay. Whales are
caught there at all seasons of the
wear. and the bone coming 10 New
York is apt to disturb the price.
Many years ago it was the custom of
whaling captains, when out of stores
to stop at some Pacific port and ex-
change some of their whalebone for
the necessary supplies and in this way
smaller lots would come in and trouble
the market. Ships are now - thor
oughly supplied that there Is no longer
any need of continuing this practice.
The supply comes from New Bedford
and San Francisco. which are the great
whaling points of this country. A
great amount used to come from Man.
tucket, but the shallOwnesS of its har-
Dor and the greater convenience of
New Bedford drove its trade away.
On board ship the slaps of whalebOne.
as they are termed in mercantile
phrase, are done up in bundles of
about two hundred pounds each. and
are sent to the market in that shape.
In cutting up whalebone there Is a loss
of about twenty per cent. on the raw
material. The hair is worth ten cents
q pound for mixing with horse-hair for
upholStering purposes, and it is some
times used in the manufacture Of
brushes. '-BosL0H Record.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
WHISKY DID iT.

The Rage of "A WeIl-Meaniug Justice Whose
Temperance Lecture Was Spoiled.
Just as Justice Coldbath gave the fat
man in short coat thirty days for keep
ing calf, three pigs and a swarm of
chickens in his front yard, citizen in
good clothes came into court. Phat is,
his clothes were good, what was left of
them. They were torn in dozen va
rieties of rent, and dabbled with mud
and blood. His broken head was band
aged, his hat was crushed, his face dis
figured. Oh, but old Justice Coldbath
was mad.
well. sir" he snarled. before the
citizen could speak, s.it's easy enough
to see what's the matter with youI'
The citizen drew a sigh that sounded
like a November breeze and shook his
head despondently.
Same old story?" said the Justice;
..same old thing? You look like re-
spectacle man now, don't YOU? You
are respectable when you're fixed up, /
dare say. Merchant, aren't you? Yes,
/ knew it. Church member, more
likely? Yes, / thought so. Stand well
in society, and never slipped up before?
Yes. sir, / know You. | can pick out
your case every time it comes before
me- Whisky, Ell? Liquor the trouble.
That : what plays the mischief with your
respectable drinker, sir. Brings him to
the gutter just as sure as it does the
tramp. Now, sir. I'm going to reform
you. I'm going to deal Justly and
harshly and mercifully with you for
your own sake. I'll sock it to you so
that you'll never come here again. It's
whisky, you say?''
Yes. sir, said the citizen feebly,
whisky is the trouble, sir But for
whisky wouldn't be here But for
whisky i wouldn't appear in this dis
graceful, forlorn, painful position. But
for whisky, / would be a sound. happy
man. in good clean clothes and no head
ache. But for whisky"
.'That'll do" said the Justice. 81
know the. whole story. and am glad YOU
realize your situation 80 keenly. Maybe
your contrition will take twenty days
and $40 off your sentence and maybe il
won't. Now. then, how much whisky
did YOU drink and where did Won get
it
.'Me?" the citizen said, in a faint
tone of infinite surprise. Il never
touched drop of intoxicating liquor of
any kind in all my life | ann pastor
of Asbury NJ. +. Church, and drunken
policeman assaulted me on the street
half an hour ago and nearly dubbed
me to pieces. have just come to file
information and get warrant for his ar
rest. -
And old Justice Coldbath. who is
never so happy as when delivering a
temperance lecture from the bench to a
battered inebriate, was so mad at hav-
ing his lecture spoiled that he tried the
minister on three charges of conspiracy,
malicious mischief and contributory
negligence, with intent to deceive and
commit fraud, before he would let him
go, and then he tried TO saddle the costs
upon him. Bnrdcttc IN BrooklJR Ea0te.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
A Fanciful Belief.

Concerning gems and their language.
1t is said that the Slavonic races of En-
rope have q fanciful belief that each
month of the year is under the influence
of a precious stone, or gem, which infiu-
ence has corresponding effect on the
destiny of person born in that month.
Thus: january, garnet-COnstancy and
fidelity. February, amethyst-Sincer-
ity. March, bloodstone - Courage.
April. acknowledgements May, en-
erald-Success in love. june, agate
Health and long life. July, comedian
Contented mind. August, sardonyx-
Conjugal felicity. September, crysolite
-AntiGote against madness. October.
opal-Hope. November, topaz-Fidel-
lily. December. turquoise-Prosperity.
Tradition says the opal brings misfor-
tune TO the wearer. The changing OF
color indicates danger.-Chicago Her
aid
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
A HEN STORY.
The Remarkable Feat of a Geaugs County
(Ohio) Hen.

Dir. Leonard Grant. Jr., vouches for
the truth of the following story, and
says he can bring plenty of men who
will testify to his veracity, so We give
the story as he gave it 10 us. with the
remark that it is the biggest hen tale
on record: about sixteen years ago
my father threshed with an open cylin-
der machine, raking the straw from the
oats and chat, leaving the latter upon
the floor. just before completing the
work, a hen flew down from the scat
fold where the oats had been stored.
and went out from the barn. After the
machine was removed to n neighbor's :.
/ saw the same hen come upon the floor,
and begin scratching among the oats and
chat. My brother told me to brighten
her way, but | thought she wanted to
lay. so We kept still and watched her.
She quickly made a nest, and in about
two minutes arose, cackled, and went
of few steps, then returned to the
nest few minutes. got up. and cackled
again. repeating the process five times
before leaving the floor. each time de-
posting an egg in the nest. After the
fifth egg, we called father. but he
laughed ut us. believing We had our
selves put in the eggs, but our united
testimony was too much for him. and he
accepted the truthfulness of our report.
My brother was about twenty-five and
twelve years old at the time The story
does seem fishy, but | know it is true.
Prairie Farmer.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
POWERFUL ARGUMENTS.
Two Parallel Cases of Desperate Love-
Making-Takiog Advantage
Of the Ladies'.

Of the Ladies'.
so You jist got back fun Hallerfax,
Ell. Mr. JOhnsin? 'Clar to gracious!
you's quite a trab'ler.''
.Ya-as, Mr.. Peters; seems like cherry
ting an eberybody gone change sence
| was here. Mr.. Simpson got white
ha'r, de ole wooden sciool-house done
change into brick, de Mef'dist church
gone an growed steeple. My, N.Y.,
how dis yer worl' do turn aroun', Tell
me. MIR. Peters, whar's my ole sweet
heart, Miss Mary Bates
''She amt you sweetheart. Mr. John
sin. She am my wife, an de finest wife
i'm de land"
"'Clar to goodness, Mr. Peters, YOU
give me drefful start. / disremcmber
as she liked you partickler. How did
she come TO turn her 'tention To you?"
well. sir. she had ter | took
mean advantage oh dat lubiy creature.
Mr.. Johnsin-a dreffiul mean adwant-
age. | dubbed her, an | got tired Oh
seein' all der young fellerS a-shinin'
round her. ] tout de matter ober. an
one day goes to her an says: Miss
Mary, says |, Il got hundred dollars
agin rainy day. AN twenty dollars for
a silk dress fer der nappy woman which
takes my han in lawful wedlock. Dat
dar dress has got TO 20 to yon or
else To dat dar Simmons gal down
in Mrdville.' Wild dat I turn to 90
away"
well. what Spouse did Miss Bates
make agin dat dar argument"
well. sab. she said she didn't saw
no reason why der dress shouldn't stay
in dis yer village"
dat dar minds me oh der co'tship
oh sailor man in Hallerfax," said the
traveller. He was desperrit man. an
all der ladies was 'clined fer 10 be
a-scared oh him. One day he 'ceeled
in getting one oh der lubliest bellies in
der town out rowin' i'm a boat wild him.
When be got back he an she went
straight to a minister 10 git married.
Tell me. said der parson, does
dis yer lady take YOU oh her own free
WHIP He 'spicioned suthin' wrong
bout der case, you see.
Yes. sab. piled der desperrit sailor
man. Il was 'tickler to ak her dat ar
IDENTICAL question. We jist been out fer
a row in der harbor. sab. When we
rived in der deepest water. sab, |
reached down an pulled der plug out'n
der bottom ob der boat. What YOU
doin'?'' says she. ..Lettin' der water
in" says l. ..Lor', what fer you doin'
dat?" says she. Susan" says ], ''der
case is 'ous; you goin' fer to promise
TO marry me, else you goin' fer to
drown. ''Ef it's all der same to you. y
SAYS she. I'D rather not drown" SAYS
she. So put der plug in again. COMM
back, aXed her eff dis yer promise was
ob her own free will, an she said it
was
Der parson was pufeckly satisfied. "
-HarperS' BGsdr.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Letters of administration on the estate of
John w. Allen, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned, on the oath day of April,
1886. All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance, to the administrator within
one year after the date of said letters or
they may be precluded from any benefit of
such estate; and If such claim be not ex-
hibited within two years from the date of
said letters, they will be forever barred
JOHN III. DIVERS,
6-15 vat administrators.
This "a day Of April 1886. III. c. Sun
nett, attorney.