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The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-01

me N0RTHAND SOUTH RAIL
ROAD AGAIN.


81 "I1ot Us Work." prompts me t0]
ask. Will the people Of the Ouachita
Valley, and especially Of thfs Parish
and City, let the sun Of 1883 rlss up-]
on them slill asleep and blind to their
own interest. Will they continue to|
drag along the same weary downward
road. Il there not life enough left In
the old land to lit II up out Of the
mirs Of poverty, stagnation and ignor-a
auces IL It the fear of a little Ave mill
TAX thsk holds our people backs When
It msana 1heaa swing Of e6oo o. svery 500
pound hslp q cotton raised; p per cent
on every dollars worth Of supplies
bought, and 'snore than this-on the
necessarIs's Of life, . reduction Of half
Of our regular taxes the converting Of
timber, soil and climate into money,
and general prosperity, instead Of the
hard times, apd worse 10 come, II some
thing IL not do6s to change this state
Of anAim. It does seem that after
carelnl, calm survey, of our parish,
present and faturs, that every man
would b willing to put his shoulder
to the wheel and act upon your sug-
gsstlon. Let all work. IL is not fear
Of the little ave mill tax, $50 cents on
each hundred assessed,) that holds our
people back Whist ls it-what mys.
tsrious agency or paralIzlog influence,
casom TIE .tuinous inactivity Of our
psopssf
Il there no way to arouse spirit OF
progress and enterprise? Are we hope
lessly doomed to retrograde and find
or future " dark rs the past? OF
what bensft has our Educational
neeling bsen? can cotton alone be re-
lied on? How does the present condi>
tlon Of our couutry and people compare
with that of the past? what does the
real ,sstateg owner whose property
would not bring half ils value II he
could fud apurchaser? What does the
planter cay who has lost $500 on every
500 pound bale Of cotton he has shipp.
cd for want Of 4 homo market as well
o. two and half per cent on every
dollars worth Of supplies he has
bought away from home, through
other parties, to say nothing of his
losses sustained by failure to utilize his
timber, coil and climate.
What does the merchants say as to
the odds against him from Forts, 4 etc |
What do the mechanic, doing
little odd jobs for q scanty livelyhood
-lhink-of the outlook, where instead |
Of the music Of the hammer and saw
all h silent as the grave? What do all
expect from this inactivity-shis fear.
full staguant paralysis-where are our
men Of nfluencs-where are the peo.
PIES thoughts? A country drifting |
from bad 10 w0rse-and Its people still !
slesping, blind, indifferent. Lot as all
arouse and 60 to work and, let the
sun Of 1886 find Us moving on that the
sun Of 1887, and through future years
may shine upon rising happy, pros.
porous people, with the Iron Horse
speeding along our Valley; bridges
spanning our river, and our people
rising with each other In the magnifl.
cence Of their products, and beauty Of
animal life In their home displays but
better than all, rejoicing In an elevated
standard of mental culture. Religious
reverence and moral purity, that will
not permit vice to live In it's atmos
phsre, and make every man, woman
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-01
CoFFINs AND COFFIN TRIMMINGS

COFFINS AND COFFIN TRIMMINGS
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Services of Undertaken and preserving
dead bodies with embalming fluids furn-
ished if desired. All orders promptly at
tended to. Terms, reasonable.
Store on Grand street, near the Court
house.
j. Il. PETERS.
Monroe, La, March 18, 1855. n28-tf
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-01

THE OUACHITA EXCELSIOR
Steam Saw and Planning Mills,
f. VOLLMkN, PRoPRIEToR,
Postoffice-Monroe,L 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 sofimportancep prompt
ly and faithfully attended to. A liberal share
of the public patronage solicited.
These mills, of but recent construction,
are situated on tho west bank of Ouachita
river, Immediately above the Monroe Oil
Mills. have a railroad track connecting
them with tho ", s. Il p. r. and have safe
and convenient steamboat landing, facilities
enjoyed by no other mill heareabouts, and
by which am enabled to offer such induce.
ments to patrons residing along the railroad
or river as will make it decidedly to their
advantage to deal with me.
Address:
Mar4861y +. VOLLMAN,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
THE NEW MAPLE CROPS.
How = sugar Camp Is Run-When to
Stop Drawing the Sap.
m the Ns10 York Star.

IRON the Nelp IOfH STAR.
The first load OF old-1ashioned maple
sugar from Allegheny county, New York
State, arrived a few days ago, and was
exhibited for sale in West Washington
Market. Genuine maple syrup is becOm-
ing alegend, Notwithstanding the tons OF
it made in Vermont and New York State.
Adulteration has reached even maple
sugar. Now the brown cakes, even when
sent to market in the most genuine, old
fashioned innocent shape are looked upon
with suspicion.
The sugar season commences in the lat
ter part of February and ends about the
middle of March, or it ends whenever the
trees tell the farmer to cease bleeding
them. This they do by sending the taste
OF the coming buds down through their
arteries into the cap and The buddy taste
c0mpels the farmer to cease n then he
w~ithdraws the ''spile" from the cash in
the trunk and soon the wound heals up.
A maple sugar camp is about the only
primeval institution left in this country,
and the man or woman who never par
ticipated in a ~''sugaring orr has skipped
a page in the pamphlet of life. The maple
sugar season comes tO,a farmer just when
he cannot do anything else, not even ak
politics.
A first-class sugar bush is always
located on the south side OF a gentle slop-
ing piece of timber, so that at night the
sap will cease running by reason OF the
cold and run during the day. A "bush"
comprises all the way from 200 to 1000
trees. Before buckets and milk pans be-
came so cheap, a slab OF wood was hOl-
lowed out in which to catch the sap,
wooded leaders or spiles were used, an
ak cut the diamond cash crosswise in the
trunk, the sap was gathered in wooden
pals by a man wearing a wooden neck
yoke, and was dumped into a reservoir
followed Out Of a 40 or go foot Eastwood
tree, holding from 200 to 80 pals of sap.
From this il was led into a large pan,
placed on a fireplace of stones, and about
800 pals of sap were kept gently boil
ing until his amount was reduced TO a
single pail of syrup and the syrup in turn
reduced to twenty-five or thirty pounds of
ugar.
Usually when the %''sugaring OFF, came
young and old would regale themselves
with the 'wax." The latter is obtained
by emptying a ladletul of the red hot
syrup, just as it is about to sOlidity into
sugar, into a pan of pure snow. This Is
considered a delightful treat, and country
churches give sugaring off festivals in the
spring, instead OF ice cream festivals in
the summer. The annual make of maple
sugar Is about 1000, 900 pounds. 1t brings
about zoe. per pound. At least $50 quarts
of sap are necessary to make one pound
Of sugar.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21

growth, lasts longer than rye, stock are
fond Oh it, and keep fat on it. Mr.. Pearce
is confident his patch will yield 20 bushels
to the acre.
a good idea of Fort Ogden can be Sc
cured from the following summary: There
are 30 residences, 5 general merchandise
stores, , drug stores, 3 boarding
houses. a harness shop, a blacksmith and
wneelwright shop, a wood workers shop,
a saw mill, a Baptist church, a public
hall, a public school with from so to 80
pupils, a money order post office, two ply
slclans, a jeweler, a Notary Public, a
Justice of the Peace, two lawyers, one
dentist, TWO photographers in tents, a
skating rink, and several teamsters.
There are Baptist and Methodist societies
ana sunday schools, also land agents.
During the Indian wars Fort Ogden
was a military station; then it was occu-
pied by squatters whose chief attention
was given to the raising of cattle. 1t also
became important III the shipment of
cattle TO Key West and Cuba. Punta
Gorda soon had to yield to Punta Rassa as
the point Of cattle shipment, aud Fort
Myers became the cattlemen's chief head
quarters. A few settlers were scattered
over the country, when in December,
1856, a store was opened by John L. Few
ell. But few settlers located, however,
Tor a number Of years. There is now a
population Of about 500. The lands here
are mostly homesteaded, and the people
have but recently proved up on the same.
The town plat occupies about 1000 acres
OF choice. nigh pine land, with the Peace
river hummOcks to the westward and Big
Prairie to the east and south. Here are a
number of attractive and productive
orange groves.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
Charles Taylor's Short-Lived For
tune.
from tue Nslo YORK sun

Let some old grandmother relate to a
child the story OF a buried treasure, and
he will remember every point of 1t until
he himself Is gray-headed. There is some
thing so mysteriOusly fascinating in the
idea of coming across a erich find' that
men will hug the idea to their financial
ruin. While the prospect of any one
making any such discovery is generally
%ridiculed, certain individuals have, dur
ing the last quarter of a century, beer the
recipients Of strange good luck.
One day, in the summer of 1860 a coast
ing brig named the Hattie Wells founder
ed in "A gale, about thirty miles off the
eastern coast Of North Carolina. There
was only one survivor of the wreck-a
man named Charles Taylor. who was on
his way from Wilmington. N. G. to Nor
folk, Va, as a passenger. He was, per-
haps. the only man who could not swim,
and he was also IN poor health. When
the brig went down the men we're swept
overheard into a raging sea, and Taylor
caught hold Of some Of the wreck stuff,
and dashed himself fast until driven
ashore on Roanoke island. He was weak
and i'll, and for twenty-fOur hours had
nothing TO eat. AT the end Of that time
he set out inland, in hopes Of finding a
settler, but had not dragged himself over
half a mile from the beach when he was
CbutDtliIu W AGbb az Tue lobA VI a tIGCs ne
was leaning against il when some small
animal ran out of a hollow in the trunk,
and ave him a bad scare. The ship
wrecked man turned TO examine the tree,
and he found a hollow, starting az the
ground aud running uD about four feet.
The opening was two feet across at the
bottom, and, as Taylor looked in, he dis
covered a |japanned box about sixteen
inches long by twelve wide. The box was
fastened with a paddock, and, from its
condition, seemed 10 have been there two
years.
The mar at once hunted around for
means TO smash the paddock, aud when the
box was opened he found that IL was
packed full OF money-bank bills. Four
tfths OF the bills we're on Northern banks,
and the bulk Of them Of large denomina-
tions. The total sum was over $4,000,
and there was nothing in the box 20 con-
vey a hint as 10 where the money came
from or whom IL belonged TO. Taylor
slowed the money away on his person and
buried the box, and as there were several
settlers on the island he soon found relief,
and was. in a day or two, sent across TO
the main land. He had been a poor nan
all his lite, and the possession of such a
large sum Of money greatly embarrassed
him. He went TO Plymouth, where he had
relatives, buried the money until he could
look about and lind an investment, and
had not used 500 Of the sum when the
war came on aud rendered the whole
worthless.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
BERRIEN
A Budget of Breezy Items from q Pros
porous and Happy County.

porous and Happy County.
ALAPAHA, GA, April 19.-The engine,
piping, etc, is now being put in place
preparatory to %resuming work on the ar
tesian well at this place, and it will now
be pushed vigorously % its completion.
Rumor has it that a newspaper will
soon be established at this place.
AT the recent term of our County Court
Riley Butler. cOlOred, was convicted of
robbery from DR.. Fogle, and sentenced to
pay a fine of $40 or serve twelve months
on the chain-gang. His fine was paid by
relatives. Lee Dennard, a young negro,
was convicted of stealing SO from Sallie
Stamper. His trial and conviction cost
this county about SO.
Several of our farmers are experiment
ing with small patches of "AIfalfa" this
season.. 1t is a noted plant for "a forage
crop, and said to be we'll adapted to our
soil and climate, and stands the heat and
drought Of the long summers well.
Cholera has been fearfully destructive
to swine through this section of country,
several persons losing every head.
The time for the meeting OF the Way
cross District Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at this place has been
fixed for the second Sunday in June
instead of in May as previously stated.
1t would be a good idea for the post
office department to contract direct with
carriers on mail routes and abolish this
system of sub-letting. One party in the
State of Missouri bid off a number of
routes through this section and then gets
parties here to carry the mail at very low
rates, and in one instance that l know of,
at a positive loss.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
AUTOGRAPHS AT AUCTION.
Interesting Sale of Specimens of Hand
writing by Well-KDOwn People.
From the Neeo York Tribune.

FROM the Neao IOrk tribune.
An unusually-Interesting and success
full autograph sale was held recently at
Bangs IL Co.'s auction rooms, No. 739
Broadway. Two hundred and sixty lots
of letters, cheques, signatures, etc, by all
sorts of celebrities, Presidents, Generals,
statesmen and authors. collected by
Charles w. Fredricksen, were bought for
$4,000, about So a lot. The autographs of
the literary men, as a rule, brought the
highest prices. A letter by Beranger
started out with 50 80, Bryants Ms. ad-
dress at the unwilling OF the Morse stat
ne in Central Park brought $50 so. and a
letter OF Carlyle's followed at $50. A let
ter of Samuel Taylor COleridge went for
$12, n by Dickens, a page and a half,
for $50, Que by Irving, a page from the
MS. of '"Phe Life Of Washington for Sj4.
and n ofThOmas Hoods for SIP so. -Four
sonnets of Leigh Hunts in autograph
sold for 81. A letter from DIR. johnson to
the Rev. Dir. Taylor brought $40, and one
from Charles Lamb to Mrs. Novello, $50.
A single page written by Letitia f.. Lam
don, ''Poetess," sold unexpectedly for SIT.
Two letters by LOngiellow were bought
for Sl7 and SIS, and LowelPs MS. Of"The
Fountain OF Youth" for $26. Two letters
of POe's brought $50 and $40; one by Pope
Flos uut ny IlhiIltb DttCuGA DlONt bAI,
and one by Wordsworth, an eight-line
poem, S2S. Two pieces by Cruikshank
went for $3.50.
Among the generals and statesmen, La
fayette and Washington bore of the hon
Ors. Two OF W~ashington's letters brought
$jl apiece, and three others $50, $24 and
$40. Lafayette in English to Alexander
Hamilton, four pages, went for SOL.
F%ranklin's letter to Dumas, Jan. IS, I'LL,
four pages, brought $71, and a good speci-
men Of Webster sal. Andrew Johnson
scrip could reach only $40. JeffersOn's
ran up a little further, to $40 and $40 80.
A letter by Jefferson Davis brought
$13 80. A specimen Of Monroe sold for 81.
The signature Of 'the First Gentleman OF
England" George w., fell hat at So 30,
and Queen Vietoria's at So. A letter OF
Martha Washington's, On the other hand,
ran up to 1851, the highest price Of the
sale. A commission signed by the patriot
Warren brought ST., a letter by Thomas
Paine brought $40, and n by John How
ard Paine $39.
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she Introduced Herself.
IRON tho OiaciRnatt Sun.

This story ls told Of a prominent lady
who is sometimes just a little overbearlng
TO those she considers her interiors. She
lives In a fashionable w est End locality,
and seldom takes the street cars. But
she did the other day. On approaching
the street near her house she said TO the
conductor:
"Stop on this side OF the street."
The conductor rang the bell, but IL was
too late, and the car kept on n the oppO-
site corner. She was very Indignant, and
put her INDIGNATION into warm words,
winding up with:
'tI'm Mrs. Blank
The conductor, nothing abashed, re-
pliedi
''Giad 70 make your acquaintance.
Mrs. Blank. I'm Tom Jackson
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
FLORIDA.

DR.. r. c. White has been reappointed
quarantine physician OF Pensacola.
The Jacksonville water works are now
Supplied with three large arteslan wells.
The Everett and st. James hotels at
Jacksonville have closed for the season.
A small colored girl was fatally burned
last Wednesday in the western part Of
Gadsden county.
Thomas j. Edwards has been appointed
POSTMASTER at O'Brien station, Suwanee
county vice John g.. Barrow.
An Episcopal chapel is to be established
1t Oklahoma, with The name of All Saints.
The ARRANGEMENTS for greeting IA church
ire about perfected.
r.. r. Young, OF Palmetto, on the north
Ide OF the Manatee river, was the first
man who ever made a shipment OF straw
berries from MSnatee county.
Thomas TuCby, OF Jacksonville, pur-
bhased the fremont hotel property in that
sity for $4,000. Mr.. Tugby will have the
hotel thoroughly overhauled and fixed up,
md IL will be run in tlrst-class style.
Mr.. Kehoe, who is n practical brick
manufactures who has been in the bust
hess for a number Of years In the vicinity
N Pensacola. has bought the old Morton
larm and tie old Slayback brick yards,
MO miles above Milton, where be pro-
I0ses 10 engage in the manufacture OF
brick.
The County Clerk OF Santa Rosa Gown
~ has prepared a fun statement Of the
financial condition Of the county and IL Is
how TO be seen posted in his Office. The
lgures show that the county has received
kom all sources $i7, 100 20. and has paid
lut for various purposes $6,S07 IS, which
eaves a handsome balance on the right
Gde OF the ledger.
&C. Pearce, says the Micanopy Gd5ette,
ner three years trial, is satisfied that
BARLEY makes a splendid winter pasture
pr stock. Ou Sept. l6 he put In three
cres. which he has allowed his COWS 70
nun on most Of the time since Oct. 80.
Sow it Is nearly waist high and heading
lut finely. Barley makes aYery rapid
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
Rra @eepa.
GRAY &

Late arrival of Spring and Summer Dress Goods in all
the latest Novelties, combination and plain Dress Goods.
Imported Sateens, Canvas Grenadines, in black and
colors, either in plain or combination.
Etemime, in all the newest shades, in plain or combina-
tons. Black and white all Silk Foulards. 81 to 80 inches
wide. Check Summer Silks thick as a board, black and white
and in checks, at soc, equal to any 76c goods, Full line of
Surahs in all shades, worth 75c; sold everywhere for 81.
Heavy Dress Silks, Gros Grain, worth ST at 75c. Forty
inch POngee at ST %; good value for So.
Embroidered Robes in boxes. Imported Sateens, war
ranted fast colors. 800 Embroidered Chambray Robes, in
pink, blue and sate-job, 200 White Embroidered Robes,
in boxes, So to 81,
IS pieces All Wool Albatross and Nuns Yelling at 45c;
good value at 65c. 2 cases Nuns Yelling, in all shades, at
l2ac; good value for 25c,
II, 600 yards Null. Edgings at l8c and zoe worth SOC,
800 yards wide Swiss Flouncings, As inches wide. rang
ing in value from ST. so to SIS, We put all in at one price
and offer them at So Insufficient for a whole dress that
would cost, if in boxes, at least $40 to $12.
BOYS CLOTHING-A nice line of Boys Easter and
School Suits from A to IA years-short pants. Nothing but
standard goods in this line. No trash kept in such goods.
We have in stock the largest and greatest assortment of
Black Goods for tirst-class trade that we have ever shown.
Full lines of Priestly q Co.'S London Henriettas, Silk and
Wool Nuns Yelling, Claretta, Princetta, MelrOse Cloth.
Drap de Alma, Armures, Venetian, Maria Theresa Crepe
Cloths, etc.
so pieces Black All Wool Bunting, fine goods, at zoe.
equal to any 81 goods for wear.
GRAY & O'BRIEN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
Lively Times Ahead.

A Danielsville, Ga. correspondent writes
there will probably be a lively prosecu-
ton at the September term next of our
superior court, Judging from the facts be-
low. Rev. 4. J.. Adams was formerly a
preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, but for some cause is now
with the Congregational Methodists, a
preacher. He is u county school COM
missioner, and is also teaching a school
neal his home in his own building, used
for the double purpose Of church and
school house. believe he teaches a pub
lie school. His, cousin, Mr.. Hubbard
Hampton, one Of u staunch farmers,
sends his little son, Bee, and his daugh-
ter, about IA years of age, TO Mr.. Adams
school. A few days ago Mr.. Adams gave
little Bee a very sevefe thrashing, report
says, leaving several marks upon his per-
son, some OF them 3 or 4 inches long. Miss
Hampton plead with Mr.. Adams for her
little brother, whereupOn he turned upon
this young lady ard thrashed her. These,
in substance, are stated by Mr.. Hampton
as the facts. or course he is indignant,
and saws he will prosecute to the extent
of the law. There is considerable talk
about the matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
The Fox Hunt.
From tie Summer (Ga.) Free Trad

From the Sumner (GG.) Free Trade.
A number of our citizens, anxious for
chase, purchased a anne fox Of a travel
ing Snowman last Monday evening, and
early Tuesday morning turned out with
his foxship to give him a chance for liberty
while they were the expectants OF much
fun. But Mr.. Fox did not relish the yelp
Of the hounds and could not be induced to
run much. So the hunters called off the
dogs leaving the fox in the woods with
the intention of rene wing the chase after
the shades Of night had cast her mantle
over the earth.
Accordingly after supper the dogs were
brOughtout and the cage hunters, guided
by the light of the bright moon, started in
quest of the cunning animal, who, I'M
thoughtful of his danger, did not 90 very
far and was soon run down by the dogs
and killed; but the hunters, not to be out
done, mounted one OF their number on a
mule with the fox dragging along behind
him, who after proceeding some distance
ahead began to manGuvre as though a
live fox was being chased, doubling on his
track and lodging back and forth to throw
off the dogs, until satisfied, when all hands
came yelling whOOping right through
town until the public well was reached,
where they stopped to get a drink Of
water.
The most amusing incident of the chase
occurred in town when one of our citl-
zPns was quietly enjoying the pleasant
evening, sitting on his piazza, a cat was
disturbed by the hunting party and ran at
full speed down a side street. The citizen
taking the feline for the fox, grabbed a
Ben Hill hat, and broke out Of the yard in
time to turn one of the dogs on the cats
track, and did not know but what he was
right until he saw the dead fox at the well.
He owned up, and gave a nickel to have
the fox skinned. The hunters say he is
still due sold Queen" an apology.