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VOUEIX. _MONROE, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY. JULY g1, 1874. NME 7
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
lgobt. J. Caldwell,
LAWVYER, MONROE, LA.
Jan. 25, 1873. 19:tf
James T. Strother,
ATTORNIY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
May 31, 1873. 37:ly
R. U. COUl. A. A. OIGUNY.
Cobb & Gutiby,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
Aug. 2, 1x73, 46 tf.
WV. R. Hardy,
AT'TORNEY AT LAW
1MONROE, LA.
Feb. 25, 1874. n2i-ly
A. L. Slack.
A 'TORNEY AT LAW and Commis
sioner for Texas. Ollice Wood Street
illouroe, La. P'romlpt attention given to col
lcetions in North Louisiana. Aug. 20, iS.5:17
L. N. 'olk,
UIIVEYOIR, Civil Engineer and Drau
Sghtsmoan. All orders left with Richcard
soicl & McEnllery, Monroe, La., will lceet
with prompllt atenotion. .''erlms, CASH.
May 11, 1872. 34-ly
'1. ". RICeLARuDSON. W. 11. ICIEARDDSON.
Drs. T. 1. & WV. H. Richalrdson
H AVING associated inl tile practice of
inedicicte, oifer their services iin the
dillbrcolt branchces of their profession to the
citizenls of Mlullnroe id sulrroulnding counl
try. Ollice, on Jackson Street, adjointing
SlellLodist Church. lMay 29, 1874. tf
Besujamin lMcLeran,
)ARISIl SURVEYOR OF OUACIIITA.
S()lice at tile Land Ollice, Monroo, La.
Wrill survey laud, fturnish Plains acid
Specitications for the coinstruction of Lev
eos, EiblhallkllcuentsDraiagell canllls, Roads,
Bridges, and other works of public int
iniprovement. Oct. 17, 1873. 13y
cint. J. t(:Ar.)IERWOOD. Dlt. 'TOS. Y. AnY.
Drs. ICalderwood & Aby.
MIoNolo , LA.
" 1''IC in rear of Bernhardt's bunilding,
o,conud alstreet, between l)eSiard anid tice
.:tailroad. Jain 5, 1872 d w
lt.WIll.lS RIIc'iAitDSON. nOUn T ilICIAIIItDSON.
JAS. 1). LM'L1N:itY.
Iticlhaurdsonls b: l lDcEnery,
l'TTOlIt.NlYS AT LAWV, Monuroe, La.,
pnraelice in all the Parishes of North
Illlisianca, in the Suprenio Ciourt at bMonroe,
eI c Federal Courls, lcin ill tile Land Ollice
I llpalrtllceict of the Golnral G(overlllnlcelt.
J unlo '2, 1872. 40-tf
Dr. It. C. Strother,
RESUM1ES the practice of his profession,
and oll·s hifer s services to the citizeous of
Monlr',a and vicinity. Offico: In second
story of Itreard's Brick Store, corner (Graind
anid LeSiard streets. Jule 28, 187:1. ly
U. ii. )ORRIsoN. Wv. W. FARnMER.
tMorrison 6d Farmner,
A 'TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La.,
Swill practice in tile Courts of tie Pa
riishes of Ouachita, Mhorelouse, Richland,
I.'lanklin and tcaldvwell, inCl the SuipreIme
(tIiurt, Land ill the United States Courts.
\Viii also attend to all bustiless intrusted to
heal ihi the State and Federal Land Ollices.
S14113
Dr. Van. SNaudel
IVEN1)EiS his services as Physician alnd
it Srgeoni, to tile public. lie can be founid
iupon hisc plantation, ltour mciles below Mon
roe. Slarch 11, 1873. 25-ly
JOcHN SM'ENIIY. R. D. t'ENElRY.
J. d& N. D. llcEnery,
ATTOINEYS AT LAW, nMonroe, La.,
practice in tile Parish and District
c',curts of Ouachita, Mlorehouse, Franklin,
Iticlcaul, C(aldwell and Catahoula 'Parishes,
ill the Supremlo Court at Monroe, land Ulli
t. a States Courts. Particular attention paid
to ibuisiness in the Land Otiece Departmllent
ct" time Coeneral Governllent. n17tt
Dentlstry.
DR. '. TL. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfcully
oflers his professional services to tile
c'itizeis of Mtonroo and snrrounlding conll
trv. JlHaiilg asi experience of focurteen
v-ars in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfacetion inl all branches of his
icroftissiiol. Is williig to warracnt all work.
Oclieo le:ar thle Courtlhouse and next door
Ocluthi of lthe OGuochitir ieleg;tph otlico on
(;lralld street, M~'on-roe, La. v7-marl:ly
MIEATII IEAT !
T'fhIe unudersigned will keep, in the TVare
house on 1irs. SMilioi's lot, on Third stroeet,
Fresh lleef, lMuttou and Pork,
and a~slks a .share of thie patronagc of tile
public. IMILE: IAUXi.T.
Septicnlber 13,1873. 52:tf
OLD NEW SPArPERS
FOR SALE AT THEi OFI"('E
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
IV.ETV G: OOl D
AT P
jt
PANIC PRICES!
it
"IN THE PATII, OR OUT OF IT,'~
Mnkes No DilCerene,
if yol will call at 1
GROSS BRO'S. NEW BRICE STORE Ii
iI
ON 01DeSIARD S7'ITRE.lT, 1
b
And have your wants supplied. Th'le in
dlcelnents offered to plreuaseors are
I. c
Entirely New coonds;
If. T
The Very Lowest Casth Prices; e
III.
(unarmatee of Satistaction;
IV. a
ALarge Assortment of all kinds of Goods i
and Groceries usually kept in ,
this market. it
V. sI
A Settled Dletermination to Sell. 0.
11
Buyers will remember that we are inl
earnest In offering to sell at the lowest
prices, and they are invited to test the Ilat
ter Ihr themnselves. If they wanlt
F'ashionable Prints, Ribbons,
l'ort.stcd.s, oilet Articles; or, CYothin, I,
HInlts, Boots, S.hoes, lfeacyt Goods; or, Cotl ery,
Ifardware, &uddlery/; or .isupplies,
Tobacco, or, Any Article,
Likely to be kept in Monrno, we holie- we
ran supply it, and at as cheap ligures, if not
chealpel'r, l:I any house ill MonIroc.
GROSS IHIO('S.,
Brick Building, leSiard Street, n
M NI N ROE], LA. t
Derenmber 12, 1587. tt
O ST4RVIN(I I
Tlharo is no need for starving, as long as b
1i. KINDERMANN, h
On DeSiard street, has for sale plenty of J
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
Such as Al Coffee and Sugar; c;
Excellent Syrup and Molasses; i;
Splendid Cheese, Macaroni and fi
Vermicelli; New Buckwheat
Flour in any quantity; New e
Sugar Cured Hams (first in p
Market); Plenty of Eggs, p
Spiced Pig's Feet, Oysters, si
Sardines, Potted or Deviled ci
Mtcats, Lobsters, Salmon and te
Mtmushrooms; Assorted Catnned a
Fruits and Vegetables; p
Potatoes and Onions; tl
Choice Carolina Rice; ;
White Beans and English cl
Pens; Hominy and Grits; 1
Cranberries, Raisins, Citron Ir
And Currants; Nice Jellies u
And Preserves; Dried Figs; n
Crackers, Cream Biscuits and
Cracknels; Toys, Dolls and a
Variety of nice and useful
Ornaments ; Also, a
Small Assortment of Crockery anll
Shelf-lardwa re, such as is most ly g'
Needed for General Use.
('omne and see for ynOLrs lves, but do not ti
ftil to bring al lo tho'"spoltdulix," be.aiuse a
I illust hiave ore ready money ll and less
Ill'rchnltlndiis. I'ltir idealilg aillll ino hunblug
ir child-int trading ti'r es.sh at the store of
14l:tf 11. N IiERMANN.
E. W. M EALY'S
PIIOTO(iR'PHII(C & F1I NE AlRTr Al.,IRY
GrCUtd e Ireet, ondfroe, Lra.
Pictures taken in all the improved styles,
ouch as
Renibr:umlt., Mezzotints,
Mledalionu, Porcelain, .
Ferroltypcn, (entos, t,. r
Pictures taken in cloudy weather ias well
ats clear.
Will keep constantly on hand a large ias
sortmllelt of
Allunms, stereoscopes I
und Stereoscopic V'iess
of all parts of the world.
pIcTUaREi FRAMES,
of every descriptio'n,for sale with or without 1
pictures.
PICTOUREM OF AIL. KINDK' PRAMED. TO ORDER,
Views of the ruins of the city of Monroe
for sale. i'l briuary 24,.8 .72. 23:1y
ROlIIE'Ii' J. NELSON,
DESALER IN
GROCU-E.tIES, PROVISIOT qS, ETC.,
MONROE, LA.,
RelPeO iit folly solicits a sharo of trhe Iiuii
Iness of onrlolio anid -vi.inity. Hio wil ikeep
cnstiti stly on haInd a supply of :il sulcIl
artic:l i s atre required tir lFa,'lililv ,
siulmpt lion, whiih he will sill ait the It,'ea t
clu 7 ,rice.s. Hlis stock will ellbrltace, also,
LIQUOitS, CIGARi,
TOBACCO, MIEATS,
CANNED FRIUITS, ce.
HTt will lendeavor to inert fllly thIle do
1 tIrlads oil his cLIstomiers, andI will give the
'.cry Iest bargains fir the cash.
(A Call anld examine goods ani1 prices.
ItOBERT J. NEISON,
De'ird ,Sreet, IrV'oiic.
Septimber 2 7, 187, ~-ly
PHYSIOLOtY AN!Dl CRIIE. c
The terrible instance of juvenile de- e
pravity brought to light in Boston is a
just now startling the reading world r
with its horrible details. The facts, as
indicated by the discovery of a decom
posed body and the confession of the f
miurderer, are that on the 18th day of
March last a little girl named Katie t
Curran, ten years of age, and living at
South Boston, was murdered by Jesse 0
Pomeroy, a boy of eighteen. The
body of the child, which is fully iden
tifled by its clothing, was lately found
in the cellar of a store occupied by
Poineroy's mother, covered with rub
bish and ashes. At an inquest it ap
peared the body had been cut in many
places, as if for the devilish pleasure of
cutting, more than to kill.
Suspicious circumstances pointed to t
Pomleroy as the murderer, he being '
confined in jail for torturing to death ai
boy named Mullen when the body of
the girl was discovered. Ite was
charged with the killing and has made
a complete confessionl of his crime, and -
in detail gives the manner of the ac
complishmnent of the foul murder. lie
induced the child to go to the cellar for
some article which she wished to pur- c
chase, followed her, and most inhu- n
manly cut her throat with a jack-knife, 51
and disposed of the body as found. The
boy was alone in the store when the s
girl entered, and he positively asserts
that no cue but himself know of the v
nmurder.
Subsequent investigations regarding
the character of the boy Pomeroy re
veal the fact of his possessing a dispo- '
sition almost fiendish by nature. lie ti
was a terror to his playmates, and is g
believed to be guilty of other crimles.
wlhen questioned as to his motives for
killing Katie Curran, he said he "could c
not help it." It is in the testimony of s
the boy's mother that lie has been the n
trouble of her life. She says that pre- I
vious to his birth she was strangely c
fascinated with the operation of slaugh
tering cattle, and, her husband being a
butcher, she'frequently repaired to the
slaughterhouse, and even would assist tl
him at his butcher work. The boy
Jessie was a born butcher. His delight
when a child was to cut nmeat with a
knife. He would stick pins ill other
children, and in many ways exhibit 1
intense pleasure in performing the most
fiendish acts of cruelty. I
The character of the boy murderer is s
engaging the attention of the leading
physicians of Boston, not for the pur
pose of seeking circumstances and phy
siological conditions palliative of his s
crime, for the death penalty extended
to such a boy would be nmerc to hnim
and his, but in the interests of human
physiological science, showing how filr
the previous impressions of a mother e
may influenee the character of her d
child. It is a case of sad human do
pravity, that of a child born with the S
mark of Cain upon his brow, living v
under a strange intluence of murder
mania.--V. 0. i '2i6blhieaw.
PATRIOTIC AND) SENSIIILE. "
We learn by letter fromn a prolinent s
gcetleman of Terrebonne, that the t
1Vhito Leaguers, D)emlorats, Liberals i
and reformers of that parish have bur- I'
ried the hatchet in the grave of forgotten c
trifles. having counted themselves f
and counted their enemies, they are I
energetically making ready for the I
work of the campaign. C
With this object in view a convention t
will be held on the 17th proximo for the I
purpose of electing delegates to repro
sent that parish ill the State Convention I
called by the Democratic Central Coirl
mittce, to be held here on the fourth t
Monday in August.
Now let every parish in the State a
follow the splendid example of Terre- I
boune and there will lie no cause for
division. Let the white men through- I
out the Slate accept as the initial mnove
nicnt, and simply for the purpose of a
aissembling together in convention, the r
relpresentatives of the intelligence, pro
perty :tiid virtue of Louisiana, tile call
of the D)emocratic Central Committee. I
There is nothing in the address of that.I
body but what every white citizen and t
property holder can fully endorse.
Thenll once in convention, and after 1
cotnference, if the delegates deiem it the I
part of wisdom and policy to adopt
some other name than the Iemocracy I
under which to conduct the campaign,
there will be no obstacle or objection to
such action on the part of the Conven
tion.-N-. O. 1ullhtfi.
IIOW TO USE PARIS UREEN.
The following directions for tihe use
of Paris green to destroy the caterpillar
have been handed us from an old platn
ter, who has used it successfully:
have barrels of water placed at con
vcnient points in the filid--about two
i barrels to thie acre. Put hallf a pound
of the Paris green into each barrel, and
fill with water, keeping well stirred
before using. The best plan is to test
Stile strength lby experiment, beginniong
Swith a mixture strong enough to turn
tyme leaves of the plunt, anti gradually
r lucing it to the desired strength. A
great deal will idependl upon tlhe quality
of th c article, antd care should therefore
le tak'cn in purlcha.sing it, as it is liable
to )be iuchl adulterated.
After gctting a mixture of the desired
strength put a man oni a muule :and give
himi a go(l watering Ist fillei from
the barrell. Sprinkle t(he plant then
carefully and as soon as the water evap- 84
orates the Paris green can be easily rec
ognized in light blue spots on leaves,
and if not too much adulterated is war
ranted to kill all the worms on the cot- se
ton in twelve hours. th
The best time to apply it is just be- ba
fore or just after the young caterpillars w
show themselves on the leaves and I
while there is no dow on the cotton. b
One application will suffice for one crop sti
of worms.-2V. . 3ulletin. at
cl1
THE COTTON CATERPILLAR. lo
pi
The Albany, Ga., News of 23d ult. fu
has startling news from the cotton fields, A
being no less than the appearnnce on 13
several places of the cotton caterpillar, ti
in large numbers. The fly had been Iu
heard of already in many other locali
ties, but this was the first reliable an- he
nlounelient of the dreaded destroyer's st,
appearance. Last year, says the News, Ai
the alarm was a little earlier, but the aln
crop was also earlier. sn
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer, coin- rn
inenting on the New's announemnnt, all
presumes that this is whlt is termed fi ,
the second crop or brood of caterpillars; sh
the third brood being the one that Pa
comes in a few weeks after tile second, ri
and in such inmmense numbers as to do- Icy
stroy the growing cotton. Si
in connection with this important all
subject the Albany, (Ca., News of the til
25th, mpublishes the following, which A
will be read with interest by all plan- a
ters: :
"Judge P. A. Vason has beenl study- sh
ing the nature and habits of the cotton all
caterpillar, and thinks by the co-opera- um
tion of the planters its ravages may, in a of
great degree, be Irovented. pr
"llesays that there are three crops of tu
the caterpillar annually, succeeding dia
each other with an interval of about let
six weeks. The first crop does little or at
no damage, except by producing be
another and larger crop. This second in
crop is not very destructive, but repro- tit
luces so abundantly as to scatter mil- be
lions of the third crop throughout the foi
land. an
"The third crop came on last year in th
the early part of August, and from dr
Mitchel county north,between the Flint fro
and Cattahoochee, covered the country, b3
the moth flying from fifty to sixty w
miles. ON
"The remedy he suggests is, for the of
planters all to destroy the first and ti
second crops with Paris green, or other iii
poison, wherever they may be found, in
here and there, webbing in the fields. um
lie thinks that this may be done at a of
small outlay for the poison; whereas, if ci
the planter wait for the third crop, the tli
cost of the poison and the work of dis- re
tributing it are very he:avy. g
"Tihe suggestion is at least worthy of li
consideration, and we think it advisa- to
ble for the Grangers to think about and
discuss it, and if the idea be deemed a
good one, adopt means to test its
virtue."
TIHE INDIANA DEMOCRACY. in
tlo
In their great State Convention lately 91
held, the Indiana Democracy marred a
platform of noble adherence to the D
sound and fundamnental principles of si
the party with some damaging and ti
misplaced buncolmbe on the currency m
question. It is singular that such finan- o
cial dross could have been given forth p1
from tile same intellectual imlns that t
produced ingots of gold upon local self- of
government, free trade, a perfect appre- ti
clation of the crimes and blunders of
the IRadical Government, a full compre- f,
hension of the shame of the Louisiana H
outrage, a denunciation of the Civil tr
Iights bill as an "atrocious measure,"
"viewed with abhorrence" and notto be il
tolerated by a free people, and all the j
other points of opinion and doctrine
upon which the old-timle and long-dis
located Dl)emocracy, North, South, East p
and 1Vest, are reuniting for tihe redemp- r
tion of the nearly lost autonomy of the n
country. Yet this Convention, sound l
and ardent on all the conservative a
questions of the day, have in their
platfornm-picture of gold interpolated a
siinplaster currenc'y heresy as foreign a
to I)cmni(5'ratic pIrincil.(s andl usages as
it is inimical to the I',st intcrests of thev
country.
We can hardly resist the idea that
tlhis blunder was fallhnu into with the
hope of taking sonic bad wind out of
the sails of Senator Morton. It was at
great mistake in tile Convention to try s
to lower itself to the level of a |Radical
blunder. The )Democracy of Indiana t
mnusttake measures to arrestthe blunder
and thus perfect an otherwise admira
ble platform of princilles. Gov. lien
dricks, who presided over the conven
tion, fell into no such heresy, and in
his speech repudiated thle IRepublican
doctrine atnd practice of inflation. The
convention itself, as if felt some twinge
of remorse for its departure from the
traditional doctrine of sound currency,
adopted this plank in its platform:
,,Vc are in favor of a return to specie
payments as soon as the business inter
.ests of the country will permit."
This is well as far as it goes, but it is
putting off its sins for a death-bed re
pcntance. Morton, Logan & Co. have I
p chosen irrledeemable shinplasters as the
shaky foundation of their platform.
()ur Indliana friends siIould not have
Sbegrudged them a plank on it, and will
Slive to sye their mistake in losing the
courage of their sound Dlemocratic
1 oplinions. It is a mistake to attempt to
a attempt to steal bad thunder from so
o destlrate a politician as Senator Indi
II ana Mortoin.-Mlobil JIC'isec,.
SCENES AT THE NEW YORK BATH N
HOUSES. t
In the evening on woman's day the N
scene is most singular and enlivening, e
the bath being brightly lighted with t
gas jets that flare and flash upon the
waters and gay Jackets of the bathers. C
Every variety of color and material has O
been brought into requisition for the
stipulated costumes; calicoes, striped I
and flowered ; bed ticking, ginghams,
checked and plaided; and flannels, yel- t
low, red and blue, some cut bag and
pillow case fashion, and others grace
fully fitted, scolloped and trimmed. t
Amusing transformations are constant
ly occuring as the fair bathers enter 8
their dressing rooms in all the glory of a
hoops and flounces, chignons and float- 0
ing curls, emerging therefrom sans s
hoops, sans hair, sans so much that con- a
stitutes the feminine toilets of to-day. e
And after the first splash-what Itobes n
and what Venuseu, what quaking mans- Ii
ses of solidity, what shaking anato- $
mies are revealed! [ere a wispof hair e
and a pair of skinny arms; there a rosy
face, long tresses, and shining snoWy
shoulders tlash through the waters.
Peals of laughter and shrill screams
ring through the air, and the bathers,
lean and plump are together happy, p
save a few that shiver, with blue lips a
and woeful faces, on the steps or clutch c
the ropes in Ithe desperation of fear. a
Amnong the regular habitues of the lbath o
a magniliceent blonde is noticeable; of a
noble figure and commanding carriage, p
she mnoves queen-like in all her motions tl
amnid the throng, and swims with easy, I
undulating grace. A dark-eyed witch d
of about eighteen, plays all manner of e
pranks under the water and above, tl
turning suumornsaults, diving, floating, I
disappearing, and reappearing when a
least expected, and is, in fact, as much y
at home in one element as the other, g
being the acknowledged best swimmer b
in the bath, where scores are adepts in It
the art. The striking contrast presented tl
between the grimed faces and drooping q
forms of the ingoing tide and the clean u
and radiant faces and elastic tread of J
the outgoing title of women and chil
dren, speaks volumes in favor of the
free baths. In a city compassed about
by noble rivers and sea air, and teeming
with wealth, every inhabitant, how
ever obscure, should have the privilege
of bathing in the rivers and breathing I
the sea air in safety. The baths should I
increase in number year by year to I
meet the needs of the hitherto "great
unwashed," until that epithet is a term
of the past or no longer known. If the a
city government should borrow one of
the precepts of the Mohammn dan a
religion, which makes cleanliness obli- I
gatory, and furnish the means to the
means of the lower classes, we shall I
take a long stride in the path of reform. I
AN ABLE PAPER.
We find the following brief address
in the Opelousas Courier, from the Opo.
lousas Democratic Club:
7b the Demoocratic vOLerws (f IStl. Lawdry :
The time for action on the part of the
Democratic party has come. Its mis
sion of to-day is to overthrow and crush
the present ltadical Itepublican govern
ment of Louisiana, installed into power
against the expressed will of the peo
pie; and that of to-mnorrow is to wrest
the national government fromt the grasp
of tie parent of the Louisiana Isurpa-I
tion.
Its work will not be complete, relief
for the oppressed piople of this State
will not be permanent, unless the whole
mission be accotmplished.
WVith the Federal government in the
hands of Riadical .itelublianism, a
Democratic State rule can only offer
palliatives for our woes.
There is no oilher than the Democratic
party to bring about these much dlesired
results, as there is no other having a
nationllt organizrationi. Let inot D)elno
crats hI distracted by the formation of
other parties. Let them, whileenc'our
aging opplosition to tue Republican
l,arty front every quarter, earnestly re
colnrnl.ltl that under the )Democratic
name and banner the war shall be
waged. \Vhcte tlhe ctommonl enonmy
shall have been destroyed, then other
issles I:may be raised.
'lThe action of the party cannot he
effective without a thorough organiza
tion. 'i'lho members thereof tmlust know
and feel confiden(ce In each other. They
must throw together the weight of
their combined inltuene(ts in carrying
out the itmeasures of the party.
To do this, we suggest the formation
of clubs throughout the whole parish,
the suibscribing by every ltemnlber of
Seach club of fundartental obligations
similar to those of the I )peloustts DI)eal
ocratic C:lub.
CImmecliate action in thist work of
organization is of the utmost imlnor
tance to the lparty, in order both to in
duce )ernocrats not to give up their
c afhiliation with the I)emtoc.ratic party
for otlter organizations independent
thereof, ald to insure a prop)er expreson
s 5ion of the wishles of the l)etnocracy of
St. Landry in the State Democratic
e Convention, called to assemrble in Newi
c Orleans on thie ith iIMonday of August
next.
iFORREEST IN TIE bILtlitER'N llHANIS.
SThe MIolbile Register tells the follow
Sing story:
SIt is said tlhat Forroest went into a
ibarber slol, on'iroadway to Ite shaved.
'Ehie 'olor'tl genittieitat WIlho officiated
was voluble. Forrest was in ' godi
humor and disposed to be talikatUv
At last it came out that the gentleman
who was being shaved was Claped Qe
eral Forrest, whereupon theeolor"dges
tleman wanted to know Whe was uha,
ing the honor to shave Genedrl -biJse
of the late OonAbderate eavaly.- Geap
eral Forrest mildly assented, Whew
upon the barber eraked that weas
glad to make the ' e aic j won -
tance, as his brother was a sodldir dt
the federal army. "Where' i year
brother?" asked the (enmmal. 'H was
killed at Fort Pillow I" answered the
barber.
Silently and gently as the kfl of the
snow-flake--bat accurately and. wtth"t
out hesitation-the General alid teen
beneath the rasor of that arber, and
gained his feet, and with his bNo bare
as to one side and lathered as to the"
other, remarked: "You can't abave
me this morning!" A friend who met
him a moment later remarked the la.
gular apperanee of his thee. The Qen
oral merely observed : I like to have
half of my face shaved at a time."
TUE WHEAT CROP.
The accounts from the winter wheat
producing regions of Kansas, Missouri
and Illinois continue to be of the most
cheering character. It was aue; all
along that an exceptionally good erop
of wheat would be secure, but it was
not -nown that the weather would
prove so propitious as it has, ripening
the wheat evenly and thoroughly.
Harvesting weather is all that could be
desired, and we presume that seven..
eighths of all the winter wheat grown ish
the United States is now safely in stack.
Along the line of the Missouri Pacific
and Atlantic and Pacific Railways the
yield of wheat is enormous. In a sine
gle county it is estimated there will
be a million bushels to ship, and very
large surpluses will exist in each coun
ty. All unite in saying, also, that the
quality is as good as the quanity i
unprecedented. --S. Loads Democrat,
July l1sf.
COFEE COLNERED.
[From the Boaton Transeript.
The remarkable rise in the ;price of
coffee, in the face of the abolition of the
tariff on that article, now turns out to
I have been the result of a vast specula
) tive combination, having its centre Il
t Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg.
a From these cities the most eleborate
3 and ingenious calculations were circ
f lated,alleging short crops and increased
a consumption. Meanwhile the ring
kept on buying and holding for high
3 prices. Late reports are to the eflBot
I that 800,000 bags are stowed at An
tworp, with more to arrive, and that
the yield everywhere the present year
will be enormous. Hosts of the speca
Inator are already ruined, having stak
ed their entire capital on the risk.
LOUISIANA GRANGERS.
Orleans Orange No. 23, at their last
regular meeting on last Tuesday,adopt
ed resolutions denunciatory of the pres
ent system of establishing mercantile
agencies in the Interest of the pro
ducers, and proplsing the formation of
a co-operative association,under the Im
(lldiate control of the farmer, through
,aid officers to manage the agency,
irofits over and above expenses of
management to revert to the mem
bers.
COTTON STATISTICSTIN.
Nx:w OuarEA Ns, July 2.-Misslsslppl
reports fifty-four counties, with seven
r pe cent. average. Crop two weeks bes
hind. Louisiana reports twenty-six
c parishes, with a decrease of twenty per
[1 cent. Arkansas reports a falling off
a of twenty-five per cent.; Alabama has
a decrease of sixteen per cent.; North
* Carolina, a decrease of nineteen per
r- cent.; Houth Carolina, seventeep per
u cent.; Georgia thirty per cent.; Florida,
four per cent.
ic -
1e GRANT'S UILLIES.
y -
:r Let us he thankful that there wasn't a
single Northern Senator who voted for
se the confirmation of Shepherd. Most of
- those who did, belong to a gang of ras
W cally carpet-baggers. The reputation
Y of all but one has been tainted for years.
fl Jow does the lroesident like his chamn
g pions? Are these the men whose voices
should be heard in the executive coun
n cils?--C'incinn7li Gazette, Rep.
f An old planter, whose residence is in
's this county, but who has planting in
ter(dts in Louislana,says that the worms
were never known to destroy the cotton
'f crop in any year when a comet was
- visible. lie also says that the cotton
- worms were never known to destroy
ir the crol, in any year when the grass
Y worms were plentiful, and that he
it never know grass worms to be more
' plentiful, than this year. - Nafdoe
:w In the visit which Vice Presldent
it Wilson paid to Washington recently,
he sald he had no idea what motive
could have inspired the instigator of
S. the story that he intended reslgning
the Vice Presldency, as he never by
" word of his gave any one reason to
attribute to him such a desire.
d. Temnyson and Walt Whitman are
id both afflicted with the rheumatilsm.