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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
THE MEXICAN IMBROGLIO.

Times Democrat, Thursda!. Aug. u. I
There is nothing Few in the Cut
ting case. Like most diplomatic
matters, sit drags its slow length
along" with a great deal Of red
tape and many in.erchanges Of
notes between ths United States
and Mexico. In the last treaty
with that republic this country
bound itself to take more than the
usual precautions to arrange any
difficulty that arose, and to try to
reach peacsable determination OF
it. Our Washington correspond
snt explains that some OF this delay
results from the course of the State
Department. Mr.. Bayard must
first ask the reason Of Cutting 8
detention, and secure nn account OF
tue trial. before he can issue a de-
mand for the surrender of the pris-
| oner held by the Mexicans. This
will necessitate \ further delay OF
several days. the case remaining in
its present unsettled con diticn.
It is to he hoped that some set
Element and determination can be
reached at an early day. To the
people this diplomatic slowness is
aggravating and tiresome. 1t
should he no difficult matter to de-
termine exactly what Cutting is
held for. And then, if illegally de-
tanned, it would he we'll to demau 4
that he be promptly and at once
released.
The present unsettled condition
OF affairs is injurious in many ways
aud may have the effect Of precipi-
tating trouble instead of prevent
ing it. There is a wsrlike senti.
ment in many portions Of the coun-
try. and the feeling in Texas and
particularly on the border is very
strained. There is danger every
day, in consequence Of the hostility
that has been engendered between
the Msxicans and Americans by
this affair. OF a serious disturbance
of some kind that would strain fur.
ther the relations between the two
countries.
The people want'to see this nat.
ter settled. We hope the settle.
ment will prove pacific. but it must
be one honorable to this country
and proving its willingness and
promptness to defend its citizens
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
ABITA SPRINGS.
4 MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO ESTABLISH
/ GRAND HOTEL

AN INTERVIEW WITH COL JOSEPH A.
WALKER ON THE sUBJECr-A NEW
LINE OF ROAD BUII DING IN THAT
DIRECTION WINDSOR HOTEL
COULD BE MOVED THTTHER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

Vaudeville ELEcrIoN.-We are
indebted to Deputy Sheriff E. r.
Doyle for the following list Of vote,
cast at the municipal election in
Vaudeville last Monday:
FOR MAYOR.
J. L. Smith, "a.
A. Band, 81.
FOR ALDERMEN.
A. Depre. 80.
l.. johnson, II.
H. Wilson. 6S.
S. Ponzo. 81.
81. Robert. u.
W. j. Sharp, 81.
Jos. Vial. SO.
A. Francois, Jr.. 81.
A. Bernout. 49.
Joe Mathews. SO.
". G.. Hutchinson, q.
r. Baham, II.
o. Mccain. l.
j. West, l.
j. l.. Smith, l.
W. Phillips, g.
Total number OF votes cast, 1876.
Mr.. J. L. Smith was elected
Mayor, aud the first-named Eve
candidates for Aldermen were
elected.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

RELIGIOUS NoT1cE.-Rev. T. R.
Trader will preach at the Episco-
pal Church tomorrow morning, at
IL o'clock. The public are re-
specially invited to attend,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

The assessment roll OF Washing
ton parish is SIS. AGA less than last
year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

II out Of sorts with headache, stomach
disorder. torpid liver pain In back o. side, con.
~ sc nsstS. 1 y, ~ Is am s ~
Afov doses restore ~ new health md v1gog.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
WEATHER REPORT
For the past week, ending Aug.
IL. 1886:

The total rainfall for Jnly shonld
have read 3.3l in ehes, instead of 7.3l.
ALEX. BAND, Observer,
Vaudeville Station. La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
For Sale Cheap.

On account of returning to the city,
one Jersey Wagon, one Horse and one
set Of Harness. Apply st Mulberry
Grove Hotel
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
New Advertisements
School Notice.
Mss NARY KELLAR'S SCHOOL

Located in one Of the most HEALTHY
sections of Covin2ton. will lie REQ p ns,l
on MONDAY. August 16, 1886. Solicits
e continuance Of the pat ronAge usually
extended to the school. Terms moder.
ate. Apply to
MARY ii. KELLAR,
Covington, Ia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

No Patent No Pay.
E. II. BATES. ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON. Dc
- Book On Patents Free 90
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

COulN 10 Auuuo III utkh uu AOul
Then erect n nice hotel. ample for
the accommodation of from GOO to
1000 guests. alter the style Of the
Hotel Windsor ut the Exposition.
which can he taken apart and
placed in position in q couple oil
weeks. That hotel could be pur.
CHASED, aud would answer all in
tents and purposes. There is plen-
t. Of land there. aud on my arrival
ut the Spring l WAS surprised tu
see sncl, a grand spot totally un-
cared for. With all the facilities
that nature affords it, man has done
nothing. Iawoke ut q A. NJ. and
went tostLe Spring. l found the
place dry and fres from malaria.
"This place could be mads one
Of the finest watering places in the
United States. In simmer South
ernsrs would patronize i. and in
winter Northern invalids wonl,l
flock to it, provided the proper ar.
ranRements and accommodations
are made, all of which could be
done ut an expense OF from 500, 0OO
to $25O.OOO."
How can this amount be raised?
1T should he raised in q week by
q stock company. With such natu-
raj advantages and facilities that
the country affords. and with such
curative waters, there should be NO
hesitancy on the part of capitalists
to 90 into this"
"How would this money be ex-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
THE TELEGRAPH:
Published every Saturday.
Ar MONROE, oUACHITA PARISH. LA.
e.~. RGcCEAN IE.
Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
one copy, one year s1''o
Positively in Advance.

TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar and fifty cents per square (one 5nch
ot space or less) for the first, and seyenty- "
Two cents for each subsequent insertion, for
:.nv time under one month. For longer
periods aS follows:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
ORDINANCE No. GoI.

An ordinance ordering survey to
determine the metes and bounds OF 81.
Ann street, and It's sidewalks and TO
definitely fix same and to declare she
removal Of all distractions thereto and
situated thereon las determined by said
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
IIr. $. q. Murphy,

nESIARD ST., MONROE, LA.--Having
- recently arranged his office itinspocisl
reference to the treatment of chronic 1enale
Diseases, DR.. Murphy will give particular
sttention to that branch Of his profession.
msS- Refers to the IN edcal fraternity OF Mon
roe and Trenton June Is, 1Sl1.--tf.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

i survey Uuu uAsuG S"V sseAsS " s>.'''','
which said distractions shall be re-
moved by the property owner safter due
notice, and further. providing for their
removal by the City at the expense OF
the property owner in default Of their
removal by the owner within the delay
given.
Be it ordained by the Mayor aud
City Council of Monroe, that It having
come to their notice that st. Ann
street and its sidewalks are now
DISTRACTED ia sundry ways by property
owners having property fronting on
and lying contiguous thereto, now,
therefore; In order to determine
definitely the metss aud bounds of said
street, and its sidewalks and to fix
same, and 70 determine what encroach>
men,s and distractions there exist
thereon and thereto, the Mayor be, and
he Ia hereby authorized and instructed
| to employ the Parish Surveyor to
determine the actual and definite and
positive location Of said ST. Ann street
| and its sidewalks, aud to mark aud
locate ana name the distractions to
said street which he may fiaL thereon
and to have same shown ON his plat or
report-which plat or report the Mayor
shall require said Surveyor ,oreport to
him Immediately, w"en cum
pleted.
| Be il further ordained that the
Mayor be and he is further, authorized
and empowered and directed to give
ten days notice to the property owners
whose property is found to be obstruct>
| ing said street, or its sidewalks to re-
move same within such delay--and in
case of default or failure on, the part
of any property owner, to remove any
obstruction, AS notified aud within the
given delay, to employ the men and
means and within the shortest practt-
cable delay thereafter to cause said
distractions to be removed forthwith
and at the expense of the said property
owners.
LEWIS -. ALLEN Jr.,
! Mayor.
| Ordinances No. 605, COG, COZ and COS
were then introduced and read one by
one and unanimously adopted.
/ ORDINANCE No. Cos.
l An ordinance appropriating the sum
OF eleven hundred and thirty one dol
lars and two Gems, topay the following
allowed claims.
BE it ordained by the Mayor ant
City Council Of Monroe that the sum o
eleven hundred and thirty one dollar.
and two cents, be and ii is hereby
appropriated out Of the general fund o
1856 to pay the following claims -ant
the Secretary is authorized to draw hi
warrants therefor countersigned by thu
Mayor upon the Treasurer In favor o
the several parties therefor.
The said claims being as follows:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

The petition Of John Gerspach a resi-
dent aGd citizen Of your said city of
Monroe, respectfully represents.
That he is large property owner aud
tax pay re in your said City Of
Monroe.
That he owns two OF the brick store
houses on the south side of DeSiaSd
Street in the irregular square of
ground bounded by DeSiard, St. John,
St. Ann and Jackson streets, said store
houses fronting on DeSiard street and
running back to st. Ann street and
being numbered on DeSiard street.
And that he also owns the vacant
lots OF ground on the corner of st.
Ann and ST. John streets fronting
feet on st. Ann street.
That he is desirous of building on
said vacant lots, at the corner of ST.
Ann and st. John streets large and
costly building to be leased and used
as a public hotel, which building will,
he thinks, cost near $4,000 and
will materially increase the taxable
property in your said City, and be
convenience to the travelling public
and TO all visitors sojournipg in said
City.
He, however, represents that st. Ann
street On which he desires his said con.
tenplated building to have a front,
although fifty feet wide by the act OF
dedication to public use and all the
original ana other maps and plats OF
said City, has been 80 obstructedl by
the owners and lessee of tho stores on
said Irregular square fronting on De-
Siard and running back to st. Ann
street that said street (St. Ann) has
barely width Of thirty (so) feet.
That back of the brick stores front
ing on DeSiard street on said irregu
lar square, portion of said st. Ann
street has been encroachcd upon, and
INSTRUCTED by fences, palings, tempo.
racy wooden buildings, necessaries aut
other places for the commission O
nuisances.
That he is unwilling to build on OF
improve his said vacant lots on tht
corner of ST. Ana aud st. John streets
unless 81. Ann street is opened to III
original and fail width 600 feetJ ant
said fences, buildings and nuisance!
removed.
That he has direct interest In th
opening Of said street, he being tn
the owner Of property on both side
thereon and he (your pe'itioner) ther
fore prays that this--his application
and petition be duly considered b.
YOUR Honorable Council and that i
justice to him and the interest OF In
public generally you cause said 5
Ann street TO be opened and cleare
of all ohstructiona to lis full width
feet. JOHN GERSPACH.
Decemher, %, 1885.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
John McEnery,

ATTORNEY AT LAW s. IaAND AGENT
NO, 6 Carondelot ST., New Orleans.
r AND BUSINESS at the Land Offices in
Ia New Orleans and Washington City al
Of Plantations, Farms and unimproved
lands solicited.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

An ordinance appropriuting the sum
of 1887, 20 for the relief of l.. d.
Allen, Jr., Mayor, for sundry necessa
ry expenses Of the City Government
paid by him from Individual funds.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

G. ). BoATNER. ]. S. BoAtNER
G. J. Il Us. BOATNEK,
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
N Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
t,o Parishes of North Louisiana, in tho
supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
Of tho General Government.
ONCE fronting northeast corner of public
square. July 10, 1855.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
R. Richardson,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MONROE, La,
yXTill practice in all the parishes OF North
w Louisiana, the supreme Court OF the
state, the Federal Courts, and i'll the Lard
Office Department Of tho General Govern
meut. Feb. l, 1854.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

n. +. MAssENaILL. G. Il. JOHNSTON.
NInsscngill H. Johnson,
DENTISTS, MONROE, LOUISIANA
store. Next door to Telephone Exchange.
January. 5, 'S4.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14

Cards of a personal ctordcter-"hen ad-
-nissible--wili be charged double our regi-
lar ADVERTISING rates.
obituary and Marriage notices Will DC
charged as advertisements.
Any person sending us tivo new cash s"p-
scrjbers, at the same l,ost-oifice, will be en-
titled to !, copy of THE TrLHa'sArH gratis
I. one year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-02-14
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
MAYORS OFFICE,
MoNRoE, La, Feb'y. 4, 1855

MoNRoE, La, Feb'y. 4, lsS6.
The Council met pursuant to call OF
the Mayor.
Present-Lewis. d. Allen Jr., Mayor
f. III. Rilis, III. I. Benoit, G. A.
Downey, s. w. Saunders, E. Johns,
J. A. Moore. Absent-M. Il. Dedman.
The Mayor explained the objects OF
the meeting.
The minutes of the meeting held
December z, 1885 We're read and
approved.
The repor, of the Committee of
Ways aud Means was read and adop>
ted.
The following petition from John
Gerspach was read and Ordinance No.
6o4-coveriug the same was then intro
duced and unanimously adopted.
pETITIoN.
Application for the Opening of ST. Ann
Street To Hts Original Fun Width
Fifty Feet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-21

and your market maintains the improve
ment already noted in cutlery oil various
kinds. -,
The wet weather combined with polld-
cal uncertainty and ieebleneSs Of prices
continues TO restrict business in the brm-
ingham hardware trades. AS regards ex'
port, the Australian demand is hardly up
10 the May standard, but there is lair
trade with Canada aud the United States
Free trade Englandlooks to pEotectionlst
America to bring about an improvement
which her immense advantage in "the
markets OF the world" does not enable her
to command for herself. And We are do
ing a good deal OF it for her. Our imports
Of iron aud steel in April just passed. and
for the ten months ending with April,
were very much heavier than for the cor
responding periods immediatelyprecediug
Even our "robber tariff" does not entirely
rob the English manufacturer Of his Amer
lean market, though he would be much
better pleased with ~ tariff Tor revenue
only" such as the Democratic party Is
trying to give him.
Every pound of iron and steel bought
from England isso much employment for
foreign labor, SO much taken from our
own. The foreign labor may buy
American breadstufs and provisions, and
| it may not, American labor buys home
food products invariably. Thsis OF more
moment to the American farmer than the
little temporary advantage he might get
by using English iron and STEEL and the
same applies to all manufactured products,
One OF the chief troubles Of the United
States ut this time is that the range OF our
duties is too low, and another is that the
customs administration, where 1t is not
lax, is hostile to American industries.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-21

VISCESSTs, IND, June ls--MIS Grace Grower
cOlOfed graduated alone to-day from tue NllSeIiuti
URh 81 hOOl, her eight caucasian classmates IOrlGIl
ing thtIr CiplumEs rather thsn appear IN tOclh
enTalIty with a uegTGsa Miss lIFGwer lalterlnElS
read an efssyOi "EduCa'lou OF the OlOied Youth,
She was given an ovation byA crowded huuicuec
This young woman had earned her
diploma under peculiarly disadVantageous
circumstances. While she attended school
she was obliged to earn her living, doing
such work as sho could get to do. She
worked for wages in the early morning,
after school hours, on Saturdays.
It Is fair to assume that at home she had
no one to help her in her studies, diaad-
vantage under which colored youth almost
always labor. But in spite Of every draw.
back she won her diploma. She had earn
ed an equality, not soCisl-which Is OF no
special value--but legal and intellectual.
The law had provided for her education
aud held out the reward Of graduation.
BY industry and fidelity she won the re-.
ward and It could not be denied to her.
Here the inherited prejudice Of her eight
white classmates stepped in and declared
that they could not receive their diplomas
on tho same stage with a COlorod girl. 1t
was eight against one, and the minority
prevailed, as It ought, for tho law allowed
1t and common Justice awarded 1t.
We arc not surprised that the house
was crowded and that the solitary gradu-
ate twas given an ovation" 1t was an &C.
oasion to touch the sensibllities Of feeling
hearts, whose encouraging presence and
applause were balm to the wounded feel.
ings Of the lone graduate.
We know nothing Of the sullen eight
who gave up the proud triumph of gradu.
alton day rather than share 1t with a COL
oted girl. We hope they are well mean
ing girls who will seek an early occasion
to retrace this false step. They have
made bad beginning, placing themselves
on the side Of the untairness, the preju.
dice, the bigotry Of the world.
Possibly every one Of the eight is capa'
BILE OF being aroused to jealous endeavors
in behalf OF the black heather Of Africa,
whose case Is indeed pitable enough. But
the Americans Of African descent are
numerous; they are always with u.s.;
we cannot get rid Of them; this Is their
country as we'll as ours, and they have no
disposition to leave it. The colored youth
have shown that they can learn. We urge
them to study and make themselves tit to
participate in the blessings Of free govern
ment We give them a chance to get an
education.
Are they 10 be Inundated and Soured
on the threshold Of active life by being re.
minded that there Is an impossible line
beyond which all their industry, intelll.
gence and gentlenessof department cannot
carry them for even so short time as the
hour Of graduation H-.that nothingthe can
ever do shall induce the world to forget
that their skins are not white.
Perhaps tho eight girls Of VlnCennes
did not look at the matter in this light, or
they would nothave been so ready oleave
school bearing no honots with them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-21

The American Manufacturer, English
letter contains some things Of interest to
this country. The correspondent Is writ.
ing about the state Of the iron and steel
trades III Great Britain, In which there
continues to be great depression, shutting
down additional works. These paragraphs
arc taken at random from the letter:
The new bridge work which you arc
sanding us will be very welcome, for
sevsfal OF the large engineering firms In
Glasgow aud the tislghbot hood have been
Under the necessity Of dlscharglng . nun.
ber Of wotkmen and oil placing the rest
on short time. a., u
may set In motion the trades," Is the re-
mark Of one correspondent who Criticises
the new state Oi affairs, "or other circum.'
stances may arise To give the Impetus, but
the period for movement must now DO
looked upon az close al hand.
Steel, In It's finer qualities, ig still being
sent In Increased value 10 the United,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-21
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The President examines fifteen bills a
day,
There are $50, 29S,564 O5 deposits in fifty
four Of the Maine saving banks.
Pools are selling in Washington on the
date OF the adjournment OF Congress.
A Georgia citizen, aged % years, bought
his first pair OF shoes one day last week.
A Baruaton, Quebec, citizen recently
RmputRted his toe with chisel and mallet
because 1t panied him.
A Bethlehem, Pa, youth recently tell
out OF bed and ran needle in his back.
He is now suffering the tortures Of lock-
4 colony Of New York female cigar
makers has gone to Richmond to show
the Virginia girls how TO manipulate the
weed.
A monument in memory oil Col. Shaw,
commander OF the first negro regiment in
the late rebellion, will shortly be erected
at Boston.
The run Of shad in the Delaware river
this season was very poor, there being
less taken out this season than any pre-
vious year. =
A costume adopted by the Fats Mems
Base Ball club oil Orlando, Fla, consists OF
Mother Hubbard dress, and ia said to
be- cool and comfortable If not an aid to
fast running.
There are 1913 towns in this country in
which horse street railways are used,
There are required to conduct this in.
dustry IL, S43 cars, 81, 577 horses, and $50
miles OF track,
A drive oinearly two thousand steers to
Laramie, Wyoming territory, from Apache
county, Arizona territory, marks q new
era in the history OF Arizona live stock in
dustry, as it Is the first drive Of the kind
ever made from the territory.
More than forty marriage licenses were
issued by the county clerk ut Baltimore,
Md, on June |, the date Of the beginning
Of the new law reducing marriage licenses
from s. 80 to $l-more than had been
written out during the entire preceding
week.
A Kentucky farmer says he gathered
about twenty OF the Cut'wOrms which
have been devastating the crops in his
section aud put them in CigaT'b0x hall
filed with dirt, covered the same with u
pane OF glass and set it in the sun. The
result in less than two weeks was brood
Of grssshOppers.
A novel shower Of rain occurred re-
Gently at Sacramento, Cal, The stars
were shining brightly at the time, and q
brisk breeza was blowing from the south.
The rain-drops were very large, and for
about q minute they came down thick
and last. The shower was 30 unexpected
that people who had not retired went into
the street and scanned the horizon to see
from whence the water came.