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Holthouse Clarion.
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15 AßTIlOP, LOUISIANA.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IS 1S90
A. C. McMEANS
E ditor.
I> K. SCHKOKDER, !î - M KARLIN
SCI 1 KOKDKR Ä M c KAKIJXN,
PUBMSUBBS.
A\
FOIl PRESIDENT,
S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FUR VICE PRESIDENT,
W. H- ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA
For Congress, Fifth District,
J. FLOYD KING,
OFFICML It IK EC TO It 1"
Sixth Judicial District—Morehouse ami
West Carroll. J. Harvey Brigham,
Judge ; Ed F. Newman, Dist. Att y.
Morehouse—Jury terms—First Mon
day in February and September. Ci
vil terms—Second Monday in May aud
December.
Thos. W. Williams, Representative.
W. P. Douglass, Sheriff, and ex-officio
Tax Collector. .
E. W. Ross, Clerk and ex-officio Record
er of mortgages, etc.
Win. B. Taylor, Coroner.
The Bulletin urges the busi
ness men ot Monroe to erect an
oil factory in that city. Such au
enterprise would pay handsomely
in this town. Who will try it ?
Thieves aud roughs are xioc
tarnally annoying the people of
Monroe, and tho Bulletin ad
vises tho citizens to keep well
loaded shot guns.
A young man was arretted in
Monroe recently for cruelly
beating his horse. We have fre
quently seen chaps in Bastrop
who should have been placed in
the same box.
The Marksville Review inti
mates that the Grand Jury ot
Avoyelles did not perform its
duty at the last session by not
investigating the cases of those
who were charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
The Sparta Times calls on the
Legislature to repeal or have en
forced the game laws which, it
it says, are doing more harm
than good. Suppose you have
an extra session called for that
purpose.
Mr. Nick Lewis, whom many
of our readers will remember as
the urbano conductor for years
on the Yicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific Railroad, died the
other day at his father's resi
dence in Yicksburg.
There is a girl down in La
fourche with such big feet
fhat she sells her shoes
tor sugar coolers.—[Sugar Plan
ier.
Did you ever see her feet, and
if so, what color are they ? We
fear you are a "horrid man."
The Farmerville Gazette ad
vises the people of Uuion parish
to "scrutinize" every stranger
that passes through that parish
and "spot him" as a horse thief.
When we have business
Farmerville we shall pass round
Union.
Hon. N. 0. Blanchard, who
was recently nominated for Con
gress from the Fourth District,
was the recipient last week of
some splendid ovations in Shrevf
port. He is a very popular
man. _
The worms had about com
pleted their work of destruction
to the cotton crop of Last Car
roll, when heavy and incessant
rains set in on the 31st of August
and continued for one solid week
resulting in very great damage
to the remnant which was left of
the cotton crop by the worms.
Much of the cotton has been
washed out, wahile in some sec
tions it is absolutely sproutirg in
the boll.—[Lake Providence Re
publican, 11th inst.
Lisut. Governor McEnery has
gone to Tennessee for recreation.
OIR
PARISH AND ITS
TAGES.
AD VAIS -
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Bounded on the East by j
Boeutf river and Richland, ou
the South by the parish ot'
Ouachita, on tho West by the
Ouachita River, aud ou the j
North by the Arkansas
Morehouse Î3 one of tbe extreme
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northern parishes of North Lou
isiana. Excepting a liue of hills j
of about three miles iu width j
'which extends from one end of
the parish to the other, lunniug
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North and South, ours is almost,
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a perfectly level parish, istai
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the central portion of that Lull}
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section is situated the town ot
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Basirop. llio parish lscompai-j
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atiVoly iu the shape ot a square,
i-i i • o „r..™* 10AO «niifii h
which coutaius about J.00U ?-quaie
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North-east and East of Bas
trop is one of the finest fanning
countries iu the world, ihe
lands are rich beyond descrip
tion. The location is faultless.
The soil is of the black, alluviai
nature and very easily cultivated.
It yields, with ordinary seasons
aud culture, a bale, to a bale
and a half of cotton per acre.
Hundreds of acres make two
bales each. Corn giown on these
lands surprisingly. From thirty
to fifty bushels per acre is au
average yield for the lands East
of Bastrop.
Southeast of Bastrop is a
scope of faiming country known
as Gum Swamp. For fertility of
soil it is unsurpassed. The whole
swamp is one level plane cf
priceless plantations. For miles
and miles, as far as the eye can
reach, can be seen one vast body
of corn, cotton and cane. While
the attention is not given to the
last named staple that it receives
in Ihe Southern portion of the
State, it nevertheless grows most
satisfactorily and very profitably
Cotton and corn are the chief
products. The lands are in the
hands of men who are ever will
ing to divide with the industri
ous laborer. They will xent or
sell on the most reasonable
terms. Nothing can prevent a
stirriug man from making big
money farming in Gum SWamp.
provided he has his health and
cultivates tho land. Aud right
here arises the great draw-back
to that marvelously fertile sec
tion. It is a stubborn fact that
the people who live there are
not healthy. A great many
causes are attributed to the im
mense sickness that annually
prevails in Gum Swamp, but we
think the cause is the lack
of good water. Many planters—
indeed a majority of them—use
the "drove wells" which never
do contain good water. While
it is sufficiently cool, it emits an
unpleasant odor that doubtless
springs from its impurity. The
common wells, which are sel
dom more than twenty feet in
depth, afford anything but pure
water. Bo, while the periodic
sickness which afflicts the peo
ple of Gum Swamp may be at
tributed to indiscretion, in
many instances, and to mias
matic poisons in many othors,
we sincerely believe that, if the
people had as pure water as do
those who live in Bastrop, they
would be equally as healthy, and
that ia saying a greal deal." And
why not have pure water? There
is. not an industrious man in that
portion of the parish, who is not
able to Bink a cistern sufficiently
large to hold water for his sum
mer use. From a good cisteiu
the water, if caught at the pro
per time, is always pure. Those
who drink it are invariably
healthy, and thus we see, that by
the judicious expenditure of a
small gum of money the great
scare-crow, made of chills and
fever, may be exterminated even
in Gum Swamp. With a first
class cistern full of water, let in
during the winter season, any
cautious person will be as healthy
in Gum S ; wamp as among the
;recu mountains of \ermout.
The Western portion of the
! tvivisîl IS tilsO a lieh bßCtlOD ,
j lb \
kuown as the
j
Bartholomew, or
bayou, laudà. This stream runs
from uue end of Moiehouse to
the other, aad on both banks arc
! magnificent plantations which
1 yield an eudless profusiou of
coru aud cottou. Spleudid resi
dences dot tho couutry aud
those who try are very success
ful plante! s.
Fruits of the most luscious va
j
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i rietv can ue satisfactorily -,iow n
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ou any of our lanu&, anu many
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j planters boaso of as fine orchaids
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and vineyards as can be found
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iu ti_i6 ooutu. lui . Xom JL cirKtr,
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: who lives on the Bartholomew,
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luxuriates from one year to an
,
j olner iu the splendid iruits that
row on his own plantatiou,
His orchard is a marvel of tho
choicest fruit, beneath which his
tablo daily groans. Scores ol
other enterprising planters of
Morehouse live in the same regal
and sumptuous splendor.
We do not, therefore, hesitate
in sayiug that Morehouse offers
very superior inducements to
wide-awake, industrious home
seekers. To such our people
extend a cordial welcome, and
they are assured that plenty and
prosperity will reward their hon
est efforts upon our rich lauds.
Let the immigrant consider !
A GREAT MISTAKE.
The press of the country is
giving daily reports of the cot
ton crop, its condition now aud
its probable yield. From these
reports estimates are formed as
to the number of bales that will
make up the crop of 1880. It
has just been anuounced that
the crop of last year reached
the enormous sum of five million
seven hundred aud sixty thou
sand one hundred aud sixty-one
bales. That was the very best
ever raised. It is, however, as
serted by cotton statisticians
that the present crop will swell
the figures up to six millions of
bales. They base their calcula
tions upon reports made by the
press from different portions of
the cotton growing couutry, aud,
while their figures are thought to
be correct, we have no hesitation
in asserting -our opinion that
they are egregiously mistaken.
It is a custom iu vogue among
cotton exchanges of late years to
address thousands of letters of
inquiry all over the South ask
ing for information pertaining to
the cotton crop. These letters
are usually written to merchants
who are largely indebted to cot
ton factors anil commission
houses, aud to avoid any alarm
upon the part of the city mer
chaut, the country merchants
distort the real facts and eu
deavor to make the world be
lieve that the prospect for a tre
mendous yield is all that could
be desired. Spinners see these
reports and upon them fix a
price which the poor farmer is
compelled to accept.
Now we think the crop pros
pect of this year Las' been pro
digiously over-estimated, and
while the mistake will be detected
ere long, hundreds of hard-work
ing farmers will bo forced to sell
their crop, thereby losing the
opportunity of realizing its full
value. Cottou, in our humble
opinion, must command a higher
price than it did last year, und it
is a great mistake for auy one to
give heed to the exaggerated re
ports that are now afloat respect
ing the enormous crop of 1880.
Planters who are able to hold
their cotton will see and appre
ciate the philosophy of our
reasoning. Hold your cotton
and spring the price.
A brakeman last we6k while
uncoupling a freight train at
Morgan City, was caught by the
cars and crushed to death al
most instantly.
FEMALE POLITICIANS.
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It has always been a mystery
to our iniud why ihe ladies do
not assert their right to hold
office in this great couutry. No
one can doubt their capacity,
aud everybody kuows their incli
nation to rule—their husbands.
Why then do they not rise up
solidly aud call for an office of
high trust and big money? Why
do uot some of tho fair ladies of
this broad a ;d free nation aspire
to a gubernatorial position?
They cau get it by simply asking
tor it. That fact was demon
strated the ether day in Kansas,
when Miss Sallie Brov\n, a
wrinkled-faced old maid, went
before the State convention as a
candidate for Superintendent of
Education on tho Democratic
ticket. Was she defeated ? Not
much. She was nominated ou
the first ballot by the gallant
delegates of that chivalrous con
vention" Just think oC it, too !
A confirmed, case - hardened,
stoop-shouldered, cross-natured
old maid ! If such a woman as
that can waik victoriously olï
with the spoils of fat office, what
could th e pretty woman capture?
And the success of Miss Sallie is
veiy easily accouuted for. The
ineu of jAmerica are proverbial
for their gallantry aud kindness
to the ladies: They are too gen
erous to freeze to a soft seat that
a lady will occupy. Honce when
old Miss Sallie Brown stepped
up to the Kausans aud desired a
say-so in the administration of
the laws of that State, every son
of a mother of them gave place
at ouce to the aforesaid old Miss
Sallie, We are glad to note the
spunk, pluck and ambition of
Miss Sallie. It shows that her
great mind will u ot be coufijed
to the narrow sphere in whion
our American ladies are in the
habit of moving. She feels a
lively interest in the affairs of
her State and couutry, and she
proposes to reap some of the
benefits that accrue to those who
participate iu offices, We hope
her example will be followed by
other ladies—of less ugliness,
however—untd female politicians
au
of
will be the rule aud not the ex
ception. Then theft, and ve
nality, and duplicity, and cor
ruptiou, aud oppression will be
known no more forever in our
State governments, and peace,
and joy, and plenty, and con
tentment, and sereuity will shine
forth in our land so long as vir
tue and beauty rule it.
ST*ÏTE JVEIFS.
Bed Biyer is very low and
still falling at Shreveport.
Fever of a mild type is preva
lent in Covington.
The Herald speaks of a slight
frost at Columbia last week.
Worms have eaten up the cot
ton crop in Grant parish
The Red River Transportation
company has collapsed.
A rattle snake seven feet and
two inches long was killed in
Grant parish recently.
Gov. Wiltz refuses to call an
extra session of the Legislature,
and we are glad of it.
Rogues and burglars are dis
turbing the quietude of the peo
ple of Columbia.
The last term of the District
Court of Catahoula cost the par
ish $1,921 35. Pretty steep.
New Orleans is and has been
all the summer oue of the health
iest cities in the Union.
Recently in Minden a pair of
horses and a buggy ran over a
little negro, injuring it badly.
The cotton crop of Livingston
parish this year will be 25 per
cent, short of that made last.
BienviXe parish has produced
an overwhelming crop of hickory
nuts this year.
A singing party met in Colum
bia the other night and fright
ened the owls and bats to such
au extent that they deserted that 1
dismal towu.
The Chronicle says the negroes
of Grant m^t at the house of a
sick person of thoir race and
sang tho patient to death.
Thomas P. Farrar, one of the
leading members of the Louis
iana bar, died recently at his
home in TensMs parish.
*A little Mourotj Miss went over
to Ray ville list week and siuot©
the hearts of three Beacon
devil.?.
The Beacon complains of horse
thieves in Richlaud, who are con
nected with a gang of the same
stripe in A' kausas.
A rabid dog was killed near
Bayou Sara last week after it
had bitteu auother valuable dog
and a hog.
The cotton crop of Union par
ish will fall far short of the ex
pectations of planters a few
weeks ago.
The city papers complain of
an endless variety of roughs who
make certain portions of New
Orleans hideous and insupporta
ble by their damuable outrages.
Avoyelles parish sends four
culprits to Baton Rouge to ex
piate the crimes of which the re
cent District Court convicted
them.
A monster eagle swooped down
on a lamb recently in Bossier
and carried it off. The eagle
was pursued aud the lamb cap
tured alive.
The Marksville papers grum
ble at the hog aud cow nuisance
of that town. They ought to
see the hogs, and cows, and
goats, and sheep of Bastrop.
The ladies are too bashful iu
St. Tammany parish to "pop
the question," and the conse
quence is there has been no
marrying in that parish this
ysar.
An indiscriminate fracas was
waged by tho dusky females of
Covington tho other day, the
weapons used boihg sharp finger
nails aud foul tongues* The city
marshal made a treaty of peace
by locking them up.
MOSTICELLO RAILROAD.
Readers of the mammoth 7th
of September issue of the New
Orleans Democrat must havo ob
served that the projected rail
road from St. Louis to Now Or
leans does not follow the course
preferred by this section of the
country, viz., Piue Bluff, Monti
eello, Hamburg, Bastrop, Mon
roe and Alexandria, but that it is
Pine Bluff, Eldorado, Farmer
ville, Vienna, Yaruon, Wiufield
and Alexandria. That is the
shortest route and if capitalists
build it there is no doubt that it
will be adopted. Thirty-five
miles west of the Ouachita will
not materially help Monroe or
any section east of the river.
There has been no lack of energy
and effort to arouse public inter
est in the enterprise; bet it has
not met a response commensu
rate with its importance. Bas
trop even went so far as to con
demn it by a popular vote, and
yet no place could possibly stand
in more need of such a facility.
Without navigation for eight
months iu the year, she must
depend upon roads for communi
tion that would be almost an in
tolerable punishment to travel
in—the unhappy land. Tho peo
ple in Ouachita and Morehouse
parishes and Union county must
confront one fact and act accord
ingly. There will be no profit
in the two roads at present. The
first one constructed will post
pone the other indefinitely. The
company projecting the western
route have their hands full of
trunk lines and can give no im
mediate
is their
th
3 attention to lateral^
ches or tapping routes.
opportunity to take ^
enterprise with a will a^
put it through before the ot^
cau be started. Any C otn pail .
that can show a great p a ui
Want backed by the own 6r8 j
the lands *ud the beneficial
of the improvement cau *
mand the inouey for its s,
That NewOrl
com,
leati
I construction
i will be connected with St. U
j^y ruil l) y way of 41
within the next five
Alexandra
years is 0 "
of the certainties of the fiu^l
The active and the vigilaut »
be rewarded and the idle
dilatory will be left just astU
always have been aud alw,-,
will boi—I Monroe Bulletin.
it
The Texas and Pacific R a ;
road Company are inaugurate
an extensive immigration scliet
to people up the valuable lat.
they possess iu the westernaJ
northwestern portion of TeiJI
They propose giviug their imitt1
dicte attention to colonizing^
tracts of land iu Mitchell at*
Nolau couuties, directly uortho
the eastern end of Tom Gree
county. Mr. Leopold Fries,
young Germau of Dallas, L
been appointed to an importa;
European immigration agenc
by the compauj, with headqoi
ers at Hamburg, Germany. J!
Fries has accepted the positie
the papers have been signed u
he starts far Europe in abot
two weeks. He has a greats
vantage over immigration ageJ
generally, as his father
large interest iu the HambmJ
Americau Steamship Line.
will sell lands and organize Gei
man colonization parties, amUs
peets to arrange for sending [roi
5,000 to 10,000 Germans wf
Scandinavians to Texas byJn
uary 1, 1881.
The Treasury Department
issued the following order rel
to the seudiug of standard:
fractional currency:
"Staudard silver dollars «i
seut free of postage, by ttg.
terod mail, in sums of $55, alii
risk of the party to uhom #
aud at his expense for there),
tratiou fee of teu cents, tobe;
ducted at the Treasurer's ol
from re'oittence. Fractional
ver coin will also be sent, free |
postage, by registered tunil,
sums of $70, at the risk o( I
party to whom seut, aud at
expeuse for the registration:
of ten cents, to be deducted
the Treasurer's office from
remittance."
WH KT WE NEED.
Iloe handles each 25 cent*. |
Clivices each 25 cents.
Lap rings 10 cents.
Very best H weeps $5 50.
Sweep blades 7» cents.
Plow points 25 to 35 cents.
Boys' iron axle wagons, witl
pacity 100 to 200 lbs. $5 to $■
Nice buggy for the baby $1®.
First class single-barrel brft
loading shot gun 815— guarani
A good no-top buggy S77 J
A good top buggy §100 ; cl»
kind $85.
All of the above, and wta'
else you need, can be foiw
HANDY'S, without going
further, and at prices that cots'
with many larges places than f
trop. Call on him and te*
prove it to you.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull, M
cratic candidate for Govemsj
Illinois, made oue of the»
fonndest and most
speeches in Belleville last s
that has been made daring
campaign. He strack f
broad aud sweeping blows aî
present corrupt so-called Iw
lican party, proving both bJ
ures aud logic that it has so
tully digressed from the P n '
pies upon which that part?
foqnded, and that its PJ 6s
tendency is toward anarcbj
final revolution,
One of the surest indict
of Hancock's conceded
by the Republicans is w®
mendous efforts they af 01
now in Ohio and Illinois,
ands of money and «
speakers are being broug
bear on the voters o
States. The campaign « 1
waxing warm in the '» e<i '
The trouble about tflWj
medicine warranted to Jl
diseases is that it m&J ° .
exactly what is wanted
it will go fooling a roaD „.u
system trying to cure λ
disease that you have n