The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-19
THINGS ABOUT HOME.


clerk he merits gingerbread horse
lint our River has changed base ".
once more, and for the past four days. y
IN to this writing, (Monday morn y"
inc has been receding at fair rate y
Rut our steamboats,, all Pool Liners, =
have ploughed up the old stream . >
considerably, and from our data IL
will be perceived that, unlike angels :
visits, they have been plenty anu
close together. F..
Before early breakfast Wednesday |
the Jewel passed down, and had all
the cotton she wanted, and our two
Charles smiled thereat.
At sharp u NJ. the same day.
Charlie Thorn's pretty, blue Danube
direct from Jefferson, with full LOAD
of cotton, passed down.
Some time about 9 o'clock IN the
night on her regular day, the Pack
ct Bart. Able, reached here with
, about one thousand bales of the sta
nile and about two thousand sacks OF
The germ from which it grows; she
!, tsrried about three short hours here
. and cleaned out everything for ship
O ment. and for chicken money got
q some twenty-five cabin passengers
u The w. j. Behan came up about
o 3 o'clock Friday morning, having lett
the City Tuesday, had no freight Tor
,t our landings, but stopped long
~ enough to put out a passenger or
., two. Her clerks did not drop sim
ri ole paper for any one, but no one
N was fooled by this, as we had antici
I'll pated her papers fully fourteen
10 hours, by the regular land mail.
o. About sunset the same day, tn
tes Laura Lee, with a big trip, reached
ar here from the City, made big pin
ME knot wooding in PnevilIe, and dis
on. charged considerable freight at th
ms, upper Wharf.
to The gilt edged Maria Louise pass
old ed down the same night, aud as usl
al, had a full load.
uo The little Alexandria, from SOM
Of where up Cane River, with 500 bale
Int of cotton, came down about thr'
the hours before d,y Saturday, and la
in here at the big wharf fully eig
and hours, and filed up with few bal
, Of of cotton and plenty of cotton see
,ers We regret to know that her Caplal
o,d Billy Boardman, is on the sick IL
o,a and has been confined to his bed
,,,,, more than week. Both going
,,oa and down he received medical q
here, and was slightly better VIII
the Alexandria left.
After early dinner on Sunday
Silver City passed down with ahe
1900 bales of cottoa, 1000 sacks
IVY cotton seed, $50 sacks of oil cake
100 barrels of cotton seed oil.
nnec- only stopped here long enough
q by collect bills.
as Unexpectedly to this writer,
nVen sharp o'clock Sunday evening,
t my whistle of the Jewel stirred him
Or me and sure enough, on going TO
0 say Ievee, this bVou' of the Pool
the was about landing at Pinev
other where she touched long enough
iacS put out two passengers, and
VI crossed over, running under
April, bells, and sheered into the ~
ng an wharf, her mate pitching out a
lcieht' package of papers, containing
neces- files for the two warehouses ant
this office. Eugene Barrow is
y, clerk this trip, our Charlie d.
'IEs. resting in New Orleans for one
,.,o.ns The Jewel was flying light, an
.dn,;. on special Mardi Gras trip to
: n0r den, and will pass down Friday.
The Pool Liners, this week,
to be in earnest for Mardi Gras
aooa Danube put in her appearance
oic,nre early Monday morning, ran clio
r ,h;s the leyee and pitched US out
,;n,rro age of Saturday papers. She
roaoot only to Coushatta this trip and
nd .sk down to day; she will be of big
IN s,ro to the Packet to take passel
,,dorso The Packet Bart. Able, W
f this good trip, reached here befo
o'clock Monday morning, and
10 vic. down this evening on regular
en- their She will be crowded and ia
Informed with passengers; the big major
nd jury these are our NaIcu''oc"es -
earth who are yet bounded by Mr.. !
Il blad-
N worse eo'
Gals on =, a., 80,
admins NOTABLY a'hohs 'ue p"''
bread is on the Silver City, the hoys Sc
fesslonai greeted Deputy United States
0I before shall Pincus, late of Alexandra
orders, had been on one OF the 20