Obits: Monroe Bulletin 1880 , Ouachita Parish, La These older obituaries are being typed in by Ms. Lora Peppers at the Ouachita Parish Library. We are once again fortunate to have someone interested in helping us find our ancestors. Thank you Lora! ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If you are searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. If your obituary is not found here and you would like a special look up, you may send $5.00 and an self-addressed stamped envelope to: Lora Peppers - Phone (318) 327-1490 Reference Department Fax (318) 327-1373 Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, LA 71201 The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, February 18, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 Death of A Prominent Citizen. Wm. R. Gordon, in the prime of life, died at his residence at Millhaven on Sunday, 15th instant, of pneumonia. For energy and activity but few men have left more evidence; for charity and good neighborly qualities few will be more kindly remembered, and for public spirit and enterprise his name is part of our greatest thoroughfare. Mr. Gordon was prudent and methodical in business matters, and we hope kept his transactions so closely closed up as not to involve his large property. A wife and three children survive him, in whose affliction and loss we give our heartfelt sympathy. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, March 10, 1880 Page 2, Column 1 With regret we record the death on the 3d instant of Hon. Sylvester G. Parsons, of Bastrop, presiding Judge of the Fourteenth District. A Christian gentleman, an accomplished lawyer and an upright Judge, he leaves many friends behind, whose sorrow for the gentle soul just departed will endure to the end. The deceased was a favorite pupil of Judge Martin, one of the great Luminaries of Louisiana jurisprudence. Note: On the same page as his obituary notice, there is a memorial posted for Sylvester G. Parsons by the Monroe Bar, column 4. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, March 10, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 On Thursday last was laid to rest all that was mortal of Hermann Petzold. The apprehension that he had met death beneath the treacherous current was only too well founded. His body was found in the river last Wednesday, back of the store of Mr. S.W. Saunders. His brethren of Ouachita Fire Company, No. 1, and of the Odd Fellows fraternity, performed the last sacred rites for the deceased. Without an enemy save himself, Mr. Petzold will long be remembered in Monroe as a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, industrious and attentive to his own affairs, and one to whom the tale of misery was never told in vain. Note: In the Wednesday, March 3, 1880 edition of the Bulletin (page 3, column 3) there is a report of Petzold's disappearance. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, March 10, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 We regret to hear of the death on 8th inst of Mr. Hugh Yongue of this parish. Mr. Yongue has been in bad health for several years, and though a great loss to the community, his death was not unexpected. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, March 17, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 Mr. Michael Egan, for the last fifteen years a resident of Farmerville, and apparently about 35 years of age, fell off the gallery at Mrs. Doner's on Friday, receiving serious wounds upon the back of his head and from the effects of which he died on Saturday. He has no known relatives in Louisiana. He came from Indiana. Mr. H.G. Dobson will receive intelligence from any friend and communicate with the parents and relatives of the deceased if their address can be discovered. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, March 31, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. George W. Miller's son, between six and seven years old, was drowned in the Bayou DeSiard last Saturday evening. He was accustomed to playing on the bayou bank and during that day had been ordered off by various persons. It appears that the little fellow while playing on the edge was precipitated into the water by a false step or the caving of the bank. No one saw him fall in and ten or more minutes must have elapsed between the accident and its discovery, notwithstanding several men were working near by. Before he had been missed his hat was seen floating on the water; an examination of the shore disclosed footprints and the blubbering water indicated his position. The body was recovered without trouble. All efforts at resuscitation were vain. The boy was unusually bright for his years and gave his loving parents promise of much usefulness. He was an only child. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, April 21, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Brown, wife of Rev. Mr. Brown, the Methodist minister at Monroe last year, died at Vienna on Sunday, 19th inst. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, May 5, 1880 Page 2, Column 2 Mr. Robert A. Blanks, of Columbia, died at his residence on the 21st April. He was 69 years old and had been a resident of the town for the last 40 years. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, May 5, 1880 Page 4, Column 1 Hand in Hand at the Golden Gates. [Okalossa Herald.] A touching incident occurred in the deaths of the aged people, Mr. and Mrs. Dickson, last week. For convenience in attendance during their illness they were placed in separate bed- rooms. The heads of the beds were placed against a thin partition, which, having an open door, permitted the two old people to converse, though not able to see each other. The night before the husband died his wife heard him groaning and was very anxious to be with him but was unable to arise. Soon she was informed that he was dying, and in order to be near him the beds were moved so as to bring them parallel with the partition, the heads opposite the door. This done, the fond wife reached out her hand, grasped her husband by the hand, and held it during his last moments. Thus death found them, as fifty-one years before the marriage ceremony left them, joined hand in hand. It was a simple and affectionate token of the love of a long life, and the day following the wife, too, folded her arms in the sleep of death. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, May 12, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Wm. Jones and Jim Star, both colored, met on DeSiard street, near Five Points, Sunday evening, and after exchanging angry words, Jones received two pistol shots at the hands of Star, from the effects of which he died in a few minutes. The difficulty grew out of a former quarrel about a negro woman. The coroner's jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict that Jim Star was in no manner justifiable in the act. Star was arrested and committed to jail. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, May 19, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 A Sad Accident. In the afternoon of last Thursday, Mr. J.T. Swan left town in company with Mr. Bumpuss to return home. While driving through the woods this side the Phillips' gin-house, a large tree fell across his buggy, striking the unfortunate gentleman on the head, crushing in the skull and breaking his neck. Death was instantaneous. Mr. Bumpuss, who was on horse back, and behind Mr. Swan's buggy, saw the tree falling and called out to Mr. Swan. But the latter was doomed and before he could strike his horse the tree was on him. The buggy was completely demolished. The death of this estimable gentleman and useful citizen will leave vacant a place in our community hard to fill again. Mr. Swan numbered his friends by the hundred, and many a poor man will miss the kind hand so readily stretched forth to help him in his hour of need. The deceased, we believe, had never been married. His only relatives in this parish that we know of are his brother Mr. A.L. Swan, and his niece Mrs. A.L. Smith of Ouachita City. Note: There is a Resolution of Respect for Joseph T. Swan in the August 4, 1880 Monroe Bulletin, page 2, Column 5 offered by the Western Star Lodge, No. 24. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, May 26, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 Dr. R.D. Whyte died at his residence in Trenton, on the 20th inst., of consumption. The doctor was 46 years old. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, June 2, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 DIED. BROWN-At the residence of his parents, on the 25th of May, 1880, ROBERT LAMY, infant son of D.C. and E.A. Brown; aged 20 months and 18 days. To the bereaved ones it may be said, your loss is his gain, for it cannot be doubted that his happiness is more complete than your afflictions can be great. Let not your parental hearts Rebel at God's decree, But let your souls respond, 'Twas He who loaned him me. Think not your darling babe has gone To strange and incongenial land- Nay, he was gathered up to join Your sainted household band. GRANDPA. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, June 16, 1880 Page 2, Column 3 Louisiana Items. Morehouse Clarion: "Last Sunday evening Mr. Levi Rogers, who lived in Gum Swamp, after having been absent from home all day, returned, and, as he was in the act of stepping upon his gallery, he received in his throat and breast a huge load of buckshot from the gun of some unknown fiend. It is thought from the charge of lead found in his body that he died instantly. No clue to the perpetrator of this cowardly and atrocious crime could be elicited by the jury of inquest. We are sorry that such hell-hounds live in our parish, and we hope that in this case the old adage that 'murder will out,' may be fully exemplified. Mr. Rogers has many friends who deplore his tragic fate, and who are anxious to see justice meted out to the sneaking scoundrel who shot him down." The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 7, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 The sad intelligence reaches us from Pine Bluff, Ark., that Mrs. Julia Taylor departed this life recently, a victim to a sudden and painful malady. We have known the deceased lady from her childhood, and all of her friends can join us in testifying to her worth. She was all that is lovely and amiable, a bright ornament to society, a joy to her family and friends. She was the eldest daughter of the late Dr. Roane, so long and so favorably known here as a physician, and the wife of Capt. Taylor of Pine Bluff. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 14, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 The many friends of Mr. H. Kindermann, in this section, will be pained to learn that his estimable wife died in Indianopolis, Indiana, on on (sic) the 8th inst. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 14, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Henry L. Cauthorn died at Casonville, Morehouse parish, on the 8th inst., in the 30th year of his age. He was unmarried. He was a son of B.F. Cauthorn and grandson of Maj. H.M. Bry. He was a merchant of fine business talents. His integrity was above suspicion and his word was as good as his bond. He leaves a brother and two sisters and a host of friends to cherish his name and remember his good deeds. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 14, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Hon. Wesley J.Q. Baker died at his residence on Bayou DeSiard on the 6th day of July. He was born in Ohio in 1819 and has been a resident of Ouachita since 1837. He studied law under Judge Lewis F. Lamy and was admitted to the Bar in 1840. Miss Columnbia W. Hamblin, the only daughter of Mrs. Eliza W. Warfield, became his wife on the 4th of March, 1847, and brought him four children, of whom Eliza, relict of the late Dr. R.C. Strother, alone survives. Mrs. Baker died in 1862. Mrs. N.J. Wilson, who lives to mourn his loss, became his second wife on the 9th of April, 1868. Mr. Baker had a vigorous and practical mind and went to the bottom of any subject almost by intuition. He was a good lawyer and good farmer and congratulated himself on many successes. As Register in Bankruptcy for the Fifth Congressional District, he disposed of complicated questions arising before him with consummate skill and ability and with such satisfaction as seldom to justify an appeal. As Parish Judge the work of the offices is his best eulogium. The approval of his own conscience followed him to the grave. Well informed and sociably inclined, he was always companionable and interesting to any class of society. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 14, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 The 8th of July picnic at Crew Lake, for the amusement of the colored Sunday school children, had a termination that all good people must deplore. There was a large crowd and the best of feelings prevailed until the afternoon, when Jim Field and his wife had altercation that soon developed into a row. Field received a severe blow upon the head from a stick in the hands of volunteer policeman Fullam. Field was unarmed at the time and withdrew for a short distance, provided himself with a pistol and in his return met Fullam, when firing commenced. Frank Thomas, a boy 16 or 18 years old, received a ball in the abdomen from which he died during the night. Some man received a flesh wound just above the knee. Mr. Fullam was seriously hurt in the neck and just above the hip and in the breast. The latter retains the bullet. Field was fired upon twice but escaped unhurt. Judge Richardson closed a preliminary examination yesterday and held Field to answer such charge as may be preferred against him by the grand jury and fixed the bail at $500. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, July 21, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 A Sad Accident On last Thursday evening, while bathing in the river just above town, Willie Masterson, a bright little boy about thirteen years of age, the son of Wm. Masterson of this place, got beyond his depth and was drowned before assistance could reach him. It appears that little Masterson could not swim, and that while his companions had swam to the opposite bank he was left alone on this side. He was seen to be in distress and ineffectual efforts were made for his relief. The body was under water twenty or more minutes. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 4, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mayor Endom has the sympathy of this community in the death of his son Willie, last Monday night, aged about 15 months. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 4, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 James Gunn, a sweet little boy in the 2nd year of his age, son of Col. Robert and Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, died of conjestion (sic) on the 28 ultimo. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 4, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Death of H.M. Bry. Henry M. Bry was born in Ouachita parish, on the 9th day of August, 1806. He was well educated in English and French, had large capacity for business and rapid dispatch. He commenced life with an ample fortune. When quite young he married Miss Thankfull Hall, and raised a large family. He became security for a friend and saw his inheritance disappear under the hammer. A man of fine judgment, active and energetic, - no opportunity escaped him, and he soon retrieved his fortune; and strange to say, saw it go as the first and for a like purpose. He was then past the prime of life; his expenses were great, and he accumulated slowly. He was not rich but leaves a fine property to be divided among his heirs. He had but little ambition-preferred home and comfort to honors and censure. He prided himself on horticulture and was the best in the parish. His revenue was from a large saw mill and rents of houses. He was once a member of the Legislature, clerk of the Supreme Court for many years and clerk of the District Court. He was thoroughly competent, and discharged his duties well and faithfully. Kind and agreeable in his manners, strict and correct in his transactions, honest and punctual in his settlements-a long life has closed almost without a jar with his fellowman. His good wife died several years ago. She was his support in misfortune and his joy in prosperty (sic)-the grave could not make him forget. A strong constitution, prudence and temperance, were a shield of health, and it may be said that he took no medicine. It was a surprise to the public some ten days ago, to hear that he was sick. As soon as the typhoid developed itself, hope was at an end, and at 3:45 p.m., Sunday he ceased to be. At 4 o'clock p.m. Monday, he was laid away in the Bry burying ground on the Layton place, with al the honors of the Masonic fraternity and Fire company, and an immense concourse of friends. Few men could have died in the community who would leave a greater void. Note: A Resolution of Respect by the Western Star Lodge, No. 24 (Masons) for Henry Michael Bry can be found in the Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, December 15, 1880, Page 3, Column 3. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 11, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Dora Meyer, daughter of Joseph Hoffman and wife of Solomon Meyer, died of typhoid fever at 9:30 o'clock a.m., on Friday the 6th inst. But a few months ago we took occasion to congratulate the young couple on the future before them. Providence has ruled otherwise. The hope of a house is blasted. Mrs. Meyer was in her 23d year, and singularly beautiful in thought and action. She was a lovely child, an amiable girl and a devoted wife. Her surroundings made life desirable-her purity robbed death of its terrors. Note: Tribute of Respect can be found in the August 19, 1880 Monroe Bulletin, Page 3, Column 3, done by the congregation B'Nai Israel. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 11, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 OBITUARY. Our community after partially realizing the presence of the destroying angel, death, in our midst was brought suddenly and sadly to the stern realization of his still unwelcome presence, a few days since by the painful intelligence of the death of OCTAVIA L. CONNER. She had been sick three long and painful weeks; her illness baffling all the still (sic) of her physician, when her spirit passed away. Octavia at the time of her death was in the sixteenth year of her age-a dutiful and affectionate daughter and sister-the pride and sunshine of the household-a true, sincere friend and a noble unselfish Christian maiden. Seeing a few weeks ago; Octavia's beautiful face, radiant with the light of love beaming upon those around her, and moving in our midst with an elastic ease and grace that only those can that are blessed with perfect health and happiness, we little thought that she would so soon leave us to go to her eternal rest. A girl of more noble traits of character it has never been our good luck to know; always manifesting an amiable, frank, open-hearted disposition, always cheerful, animated and full of life and vigor; making those feel that met her that life was indeed a pleasure. She had from early childhood manifested an unusual devotion for the Sunday school, which growing with her, has resulted in developing within her every work of true Christian piety. It was with sad and throbbing hearts filled with bitter emotions that the Sunday school was called upon to pay their last tribute of respect to this beloved one (that of putting her away in the cold and silent grave forever,) for there was none among them who had such endearing qualities and held such a large place in their hearts. Words fail to express our sadness at the loss of this fair one of promise, but as an allwise Providence has seen fit to call her, we bow in humble submission to his supreme will and exclaim "Thou God doeth all things well." To the family in their sad bereavement we extend our heartfelt sympathy and would that they weep no more; but rest in the safe assurance that your Octavia has gone to mingle her voice with God's angelic choir. My you all by the help of a blessed Redeemer learn to exclaim, "Not my will but thine be done, O God." Rest in peace, Octavia, for thou art not forgotten by thy friends. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, August 18, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 Fatal Accident On Tuesday, the 10th, about 5 p.m., Michael Carroll, white, in the employ of Judge Ludeling, fell from a wagon loaded with lumber, and one wheel passed over his body, breaking several ribs. He was cared for at Mrs. Kline's boarding house in the suburbs and had the assistance of several physicians. He died next morning from internal hemorrhage. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 1, 1880 Page 3, Column 4 Mr. Denning, a druggist at Tallulah, accidentally killed himself on the 27th ult. In alighting from his buggy he fell and his pistol went off in his pocket. From the effects of the shot he died in a short time. He was a young Englishman, with no relatives in this country. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 1, 1880 Page 3, Column 4 Morehouse Clarion: Last Saturday Dick Butcher, a well known darky of this parish, went down in a well near town to clean it out. While hammering on some of the shattered curbing the walls above him gave way and he was instantly buried beneath 20 feet of treacherous sand. The report of his horrible death created great excitement in town. Some of our leading citizens undertook at once to have him unearthed. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 1, 1880 Page 2, Column 4 Vienna Sentinel: An estimable lady of this parish, loved by all who knew her, departed this life on Aug. 22d, aged about 34 years. Mrs. L.A. Colbert was a lady of intelligence, who by her modest demeanor gained the esteem of all with whom she associated. She was the author of the book "Broken Links and Southern Soldiers." Two little children, one boy and one girl, are left to mourn her loss, together with her aged parents. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 8, 1880 Page 2, Column 6 The Death of Thomas P. Farrar. [Vicksburg Commercial] We announce with sincere regret the death of Thomas Prince Farrar, Esq., a brilliant and distinguished member of the Louisiana bar, at his residence in St. Joseph, La., on the first instant. Mr. Farrar was a native of Claiborne county, Mississippi, and was descended from some of the best blood of Virginia and South Carolina. His maternal grandfather, Col. Thomas Farrar, of South Carolina, commanded a regiment during the war of the revolution, and won distinction as an officer of courage, ability and fidelity. Thomas P. Farrar adopted the law as his profession, and for many years has held a very high position of legal ability and acumen. Few men have won more reputation as a lawyer in Louisiana, and fewer still have possessed his rare power of investigating intricate and abstruse questions, and arriving at correct conclusions. Gifted with a most brilliant intellect, with an excellent education and exceptional culture, he was an omniverous reader, and had acquired a vast fund of information upon almost every subject; and from these stores he could draw at will for the enforcement of an argument, for the pleasure of the social circle, or the amusement of his friends. His wit was as bright and keen as a Damascus blade, but it was always genial and kindly, and never left a sting behind. With the courage of a true man, "Tom Farrar" at (sic) his friends loved to call him, had the frankness of a child and the tenderness of a woman. In his intercourse with the world he was generous to a fault, and stood by his friends with inflexible tenacity, while they in turn loved him for his many honorable, manly and lovable qualities. Mr. Farrar had reached the 65th year of his age, and leaves to mourn him a large family and a host of friends. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 8, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 Fanny Johnson, colored, died on the 5th inst. She was over one hundred years old. She was the mother of four children when Mrs. Eliza W. Warfield was but a girl. Mrs. W. is now eighty-five or six. Fanny has lived on the Bayou De Siard during her long life. She has enjoyed unusual good health, and retained all her senses to the last. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 15, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Joseph G. Benoit, aged 14 years, son of Mr. Joseph Benoit, died of conjestion (sic) Sunday morning. An infant daughter of Mr. Mike Collins died the same day. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 15, 1880 Page 2, Column 2 Nicholas Lewis died at his father's residence in Vicksburg, on the 11th inst., after a brief illness. Mr. Lewis has been a conductor on the railroad between Monroe and Delta for a number of years and made for himself a host of friends with the traveling public by his urbanity and gentlemanly bearing towards them. Temperate in his habits, moderate in his wants and punctual in his engagements, he was a man to be trusted and always had the confidence of his employers. He was in the prime of life and had a physique that promised a long span. He was buried at Vicksburg Sunday by the Lodges of the Knights of Pythia. Peace to his soul and God's comfort to his afflicted relatives and friends. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 22, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Alice V. Dunn, daughter of J.E. and S.A. Newman, of this city, died in Rayville on Tuesday, the 14th, and was buried in the Monroe Cemetery on Thursday, the 16th inst. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 22, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. George Rossiter died in Texas on the 3d inst., in the 82d year of his age. He was a resident of Union parish for nearly 30 years. He was the head of a large family. Messrs. Jeff B. and George Rossiter of this parish are sons of the deceased. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 22, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 An unknown German died in the city yesterday with a congestive chill. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 22, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 Died in Jail. Green Redding, a colored man confined in jail under sentence of death and to have been hung on the first day of October for the murder of his wife, was taken sick Tuesday and died Sunday night. His horrible crime is fresh in the memory of us all and needs no repetition here. It was done in a drunken spree. His punishment would have been a warning and example to others. He never denied the justice of its infliction upon himself, and went about making his preparations for the dread moment with commendable good sense. Nature has anticipated the law and called him to account. Green Redding is dead. His merits and frailties are before his God and will be judged according to their deserts. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 22, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 DIED MILLER-On Monday, September 20, 1880, Mrs. CHARLOTTE T. MILLER; aged 53 years. Cincinnati and Natchez papers please copy. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, September 29, 1880 Page 2, Column 2 Mr. Willie Wheatly, a worthy young man about 25 years of age, died of swamp fever at his residence in Trenton last Monday. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, October 6, 1880 Page 2, Column 2 A venerable Methodist preacher, R.E. Johnson, died in Franklin parish last week. He was 86 years old, and had been connected with his church for 70 years. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, October 13, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Miss Ida S. Madden, an estimable young lady, died at her father's residence in this city yesterday morning. She will be buried at the Hasley Cemetery, near Trenton, to-day at 10 A.M. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, October 13, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Rev. Father Joseph Quelard, formerly Assistant Priest at Monroe and late Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Lake Provedence, after a painful illness died in Vicksburg on the 10th inst. His remains were brought here on the 11th and on the 12th all that was mortal of the kind friend and good Priest found a last resting place in the Monroe Catholic Cemetery. Father Quelard was but 32 years old. Active and energetic and devoted to his calling, he won the favor of his charge by his talent, earnestness and piety. He has fallen in the meridian of his life and in the beginning of his work. It looks hard, but we are not the judge. "May he rest in peace." The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, October 27, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. S. Klotz died Saturday morning. He had been an invalid for months and spent a good portion of the Summer at health giving watering places in the vain hope of restoration. He was a nephew of Maurice Meyer and had been the head of the Vicksburg Branch House in this city for the past two years. He possessed fine business qualities and saw with pleasure his trade constantly increasing. He was in the prime of life and had much to anticipate. A wife is inconsolable-an infant has no knowledge of its loss. The Knights of Pythias took charge of their dead brother and on Sunday, in the presence of a large assembly of friends, consigned him to his last resting place. Mr. Klotz will be remembered as a good citizen, a clever gentleman, and as a merchant truthful in recommendations and fair in all his transactions. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 3, 1880 Page 2, Column 3 In Catahoula, J.E. Knotts was shot and killed by E.B. Cotton, Jr., who has been arrested. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 3, 1880 Page 2, Column 3 A white man named Long was found about ten miles north of Bastrop Friday, lashed to a tree, with 17 bullets in him. No cause is known for his murder. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 3, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 DIED. COWDEN-In Ouachita parish, La., Nov. 1, 1880, ORLINE, infant daughter of Isaac C. and Fannie M. Cowden; aged five days. "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." (El Dorado Eagle and Union County Times please copy.) The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 10, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Dr. Wm. H. Richardson, brother of Dr. T.P. Richardson, died at the latter's residence on Tuesday morning. It was not unexpected, as his health has been bad for a long time. He was 41 years old. He was Surgeon in the Confederate army, and enjoyed the reputation of being competent and well informed in his profession. The doctor had never married. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 10, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 Wm. A. Hazelton, for many years a publisher and editor of newspapers in this city, died in Opelousas on the 29th October, in the 66th year of his age. He was a son-in-law of the late Major H.M. Bry, and the father of Mrs. Robert Ray, Jr., a resident of this city. Mr. Hazelton was a native of Natchitoches. He was well educated and had a store of information upon all topics, a good journalistic writer and a first-class printer. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 17, 1880 Page 3, Column 2 DIED. HARRIS-In Monroe, La., November 12th, 1880, of congestion, MRS. FANNIE HARRIS, wife of Wm. Harris. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 24, 1880 Page 2, Column 5 Dr. Wm. B. Jones, of Lake Providence, was found dead on the street in that place last Wednesday night. Whether it was murder or suicide has not yet transpired. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, November 24, 1880 Page 2, Column 5 Two men, named Thornhill and Fields, were lynched in Sabine parish, last Thursday. They were confined in jail for horse stealiny (sic). A jury of inquest failed to ascertain the perpetrators of the act. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, December 8, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 James H. Milling, after a brief and painful illness, died at his residence opposite Monroe on the first instant with cerebro spinal meningitis. He was in his 49th year and apparently in the full vigor of splendid manhood. He was a native of Ouachita parish and did her honor by his business capacity, his untiring energy, and his exemplary habits. The parish honored him with the office of Sheriff and Clerk of the District Court. He acquitted himself with credit in both. For the past few years he has been the general freight agent of the Railroad Company, to which was added the duty of book-keeper in the office. He was a superior scribe, and painstaking and accurate in figures. He never tired of hard work and never cared for anybody else's business. Milling's duty was Milling's work and he performed it with al the energy and skill within him. He was a man of family and leaves a wife and five children. From his labor he has educated the older children and accumulated property sufficient to make them all comfortable. He was an estimable citizen and a worthy brother. He has gone the way of earth-too early, according to man's idea, but in answer to a call that could not be delayed. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, December 8, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Louisia Ferrand, of Caldwell parish, mother of Horace Ferrand, Esq., died last Monday, in the 71st year of her age. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, December 8, 1880 Page 3, Column 3 Emile Rauxet buried his son Charley on Tuesday. He was a fine looking child of four summers. Old and young fall before the greot (sic) Reaper and we must not complain. The Monroe Bulletin Wednesday, December 29, 1880 Page 3, Column 1 Frank Hatcher, an industrious carpenter, died suddenly Wednesday night of Heart disease. He was a widower and leaves several children of tender years on the charity of friends.