The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-11-03
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Nice Jewelry and Silverwsrs q
Ferguson and Schnack's.
SWEET Rusks every morning g
z. O'Shee's Bakery.
BOYS breech and muzzle loadin
shot guns at Ferguson Sch mack
BLACK Walnut Brackets, in end
ass variety at Albert's Gallery.
THE District Court opens to
day at 10 o'clock.
-CHEAP John is dead, go to Bf
Blooms, Front street, for everything
saoney will buy.
~-S0BscRIBERs who may fail to &c,
She DEMOCRAT will do US a favor tc
notify the Business Manager.
We hope to be able to herald the
election of the hero Of Gettysburg
IN an EXTRA, which will be mailed
instanter, to all our subscribers.
M. BLOOM, Front Street, offers
bargains In every line of Dry Goods
His stock embraces a complete as
sortment at marvelously low prices.
Fresh bread and cakes every
day at P. O'Shee's Bakery and Gro
Gerry Store. Orders from country
stores solicited and promptly at.
sended to.
IF. M. Raxsdale's Corn Mill may
be relied upon, at all times, TO con-
vert your grain into the best meal
for the family table. One trial will
convince. Give him a call.
Mrs. VIM. Tippet, Owasco, N.
T., says: I have worn an Improved
Excelsior Pad about three weeks,
and have received great relief from
1t for pain in the back. See Adv.
Mr.. j. C. Goulden, the skillful
artist, whose taste has become pro
verbal, will undertake all work 10
his line of fancy and ornamental
painting. Work on residences or
other buildings solicited.
TIE Gin on Capt. WeIch's plan
tation was destroyed by fire on the
29th ult. It contained some eight
cen bales OF cotton, which was lost.
No insurance. We learn tina. it will
be Immediately rebuilt
f. r. BIossAr ESQ, the former
Editor of the DEMocRAr, who has
been serionely i'll for two months
past, Ia at the present writing, Mon
day. in very critical condition.
Mr.. Biossat is suffering from drepsy
Of The chest, which will necessitate o
very delicate surgical operation to
give him relief.
-OUR sugar planters are still with
oBt sufficient labor to handle their
crops, notwithstanding the exorbi
tant wages, one dollar and half per
day, which some of them are offering.
Cntton-pickers are getting seventy
five cents per hundred pounds. and
ratioas, yet there are many plsnta-
lions that cannot obtain them.
--MEssRs. Cullen Rogers, the
snterprising and popular warehouse
men, are doing fine business
Their receipts on the 29th includes
Ill bales of cotton and IL barrels of
molasses. On the 30th they received
90 bales Of cotton and Is barrels Of
molasses.
Our colored friends, of the Bap.
list congregation, will give Fair,
at Mr.. E. Archinard's plantation, on
the nights of November 4th, 5th and
9th, and one also in Alexandra, at
the Town Hall, on the same nights.
We hope they may succeed, as the
proceeds will 60 to the worthy OBJ
jects of rebuilding their church and
also to erect schoolhouse.
THE bridge across Bayou Ra-
pidss, near the Race Track, and the
one across Billy's Bayou, short
distance beyond, are reported to be
much in need of repairs and really
unsafe. Would it not be advisable
for some public spirited planter to
make the necessary repairs2 Our
Police Jury, we have no doubt, will
allow proper compensation for the
work.
MIR. GLEN DAVIS, formerly Edi
Cor OF the Vicksburg Daily CONNER
cal, now the Advance Agent of Will
liam 7. Thornton's Mammoth Allied
Shows, passed through our Town
last week. Mr.. Davis was compos-
itor In this Office about the begin.
Ing OF the War. Be on hand to see
his Monster Museum and Menagerie,
which will exhibit in this Town on
November 9th.
HE LATEsT.-A. Heyman, Mana.
ger for Baer and Mann, is in close
communication with the Presiden.
tial candidates, and those who de
sire only reliable Information should
call on him. His underground telA
graph may be depended on to bring
the earliest intelligence, and full re.
turns 90 soon as the votes are count.
cd. Meanwhile, he will continue to
pay more for cotton than any other
merchants purchase at. Truth need.
no polish.
-IaE crops, throughout Rapides,
~ waoie, are the best which have
osen made since the war. Corn was
never better, the yield being q max.
imum. The cane also is very fine,
and promises in the turn ont ,bns
Tar, to equal the best seasons We
nave ever had, while the cotton cror