The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-05-21
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in the weather line, at least, tile past
week, and we have very little change
to report in the short space, in oul
crops, except gradual and visible
one in the thriving thereof. It is
true the nights have been q little toe
chilly for our tender plant, cotton
but with even this drawback we are
safe in reporting it on The improve.
The cane, that is the plant, for there
is no good stubble in the Parish, has
materially improved and is looking
healthy; corn, in most places, gives
hopes of good yield.
The river is still on the rise, hay-
ing risen, the past week, fully four
feet, and at the present writing is
going up about five inches in "a
hours.
The next reflex of our mirror must
CLEAN from our
RIVER NEWS,
which foreshadows a good week S
work for the Pool Liners. Right
here let US notice that these boats
now leave New Orleans and Shreye-
port regularly on Saturdays and
Wednesdays, and meet at Alexan-
dria on Mondays and Fridays, where
travellers and passengers can always
be sure to find them punctual on this
schedule. Besides this, the Pool
Line have regular Grand Ecore
Packet, at present the Yazoo Valley,
leaving New Orleans every Saturday
and Alexandria, going down, Oh
Wednesdays. These arrangements
are perfect and can be relied on.
The Grand Ecore Packet, Yazoo
Valley, blew her whistle, on Weanes-
day, at sharp meridian, and had
about one. eighth Of a load for boat
Of her tonnage. She departed for
the Crescent City with 100, hogs
heads of sugar and EGO bales of hay,
taken from the We'll Warehouse, be-
sides some l25 bales Of cotton, 1000
sacks of cotton seed and few head
of cattle.
The Jewel, the bright constella-
ton that glitters in the diadem of
all the Pool Liners, was on her met
al on her down trip. She reached
here Friday morning at 8 o'clock,
and Eugene Barrow, her Purser, on
the margin of the DEMOCRATS bun
die of Shreveport papers, scribed the
following as her cargo: I'll head of
stock, 6l2 bales Of cotton and Is
passengers.
The beautiful, blue Danube, Char
lie Thorn's flagship, with a. full load,
reached here Friday night about 10
o'clock, put out considerable freight,
and steamed off for her Shreveport,
destination. Her clerks remembered
bountifully this office.
The leviathan Pool Liner, Laura
Lee, H. L. Lee on deck and Walter
Parker in the Office, passed down at
| 4 o'clock Monday morning, with an
excellent trip, 800 beevcs healing
her manifest list and the U. S. Mail
bringing up the P. S. We regret to
state that, neither up nor down, was
this office supplied with a paper from
this really fine steamboat.
The Packet, Yazoo Valley, reached
here Monday evening at half past
seven o'clock, with laundering big
freight, q large portion being for the
plantations on Cane and Little riv.
ers. On this trip sue goes through
DlG that ronte, and as it is now q
days considered a hard old road to
travel, she will hardly be down be-
fore late this evening. Her officers
report the Mississippi falling fast,
with terrible current running out
of this river, and most of that down
the Atchafalaya, and with fair pros
poets shortly of having considerable
trouble at the mouth.
The Silver City, the good and reg.
ular Pool Liner, was the Saturday
Shreveport boat, which reached here
about midnight Monday, with an
excellent trip. She will pass down
on Monday without fail.
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-ALExANDR1A is blessed with two
good and skilled Dentists, and, sin
gularly enough, both arc residents of