Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

DRAYTON r. HAYES.
Editor.
HOMER, La,
Wednesday, ......March 10, 1850.
Eggs are plentiful at ten cents dozen.
Claiborne hens are doing Themselves great
credit.
Again Nes-rs. Gibson, Jonas. Ei1m and
King place Ms under obligations for numct-
ous fayors.
copy of Pope. works; copy of by
ron. Moore, Scott or Shakespeare may ID"
had at the post office.
Dallas, Texas, has extended an invita-
ton to General Grant to visit that city on
his return from Mexico.
Nearly five hundred Thousand dollars
have been subscribed in the United States
for the relief Of the suffering Irish
Jay Gould now the grra, railroad king,
has been in Dallas and other Texas towns
inspecting railroad and telegraph lines.
Notwithstanding the inclcmcncy of the
weather. Rev. J. r. Davidson tillcd his up-
pointment on Sunday last at the l'rc'hy.
terrain Church.
All the merchants are on to New Or
leans this week. We mny soon expect
large stocks of goods that sill be iIhcraily
neutrality-suspicious..
There arc numerous applicants for posi-
tions IA census cnumcrat"rS IN Cnlh"rn"
parish. Mr.. Trrzcyant will settle the
question in short time.
New books just received AT the post
Office. Novels by the best authors, Poetry,
History, Science aud Art, all cheap for
cash buy good books for the children.
stephen u. Dllay, of New Hampshire
and II. J. Chambers, of Texas, have been
nominated for president aud vicr-prrsdcut
Mt the st. Lnuis Grrrnhnck convention.
Ethriyn'- Mistake. From My Youth Up.
Scalp Hunters, Jcssaninr, Moss SIDE, Mil
bank aud n great many "thrr hooks 10y
Mrs. Holmes and Marion llarlaud. at the
post office.
A rain again on sunday last There i,
yet some hope for navigation ia Lake b..
tencau. Perhaps early enough tn Savr
many dollars for our merchants who 20
down this week.
u. j. Chambers, (of course he is Colo
noi.) the nonlnc" of one wing of tn"
Grcenback party for ,icc-prrsidcni, Is a
lawyer and banker, aud one of the wealth
icst men in the State Of Texas.
Along the Ouachita river above and
below Columbia there have been many
deaths Of horses and mules One hundred
and two have died within less than
week. The disease that is 80 fatal is not
named.
copy Of encyclopedia Of Eminent Chris
t!ans" Mr.. Harris has il; also encyclopedia
Of Great and Eccentric Characters" aud
"The Book of strange and Wonderful
Things"
At last IL seems that there j. some Eopr
10 check the growth of that gigantic
monopoly the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Its great rival, the American
Union, has defeated it in several coutro.
versics lately
We are grateful to onr esteemed friend.
Prof X. o. kicrs, for several copies ot
Puck, the leading humorous periodical at
the day. Prof kirrs, in addition To- his
splendid ability ~ "A Teacher Of music, has
cultivated ljtrrnr! taste, that i, A. ul.
common ~ il is admirable
We are indebted to some unknown
friend for q copy of the Washington Post
An article marked for our notice shows
that there has been an increase of II per
cent. Of business of the Post Office he.
partmcnt, which increase Is attributed to
the business boom all over tho country.
So far about sl7 900 have been raised fot
the relief of the Hood orphans, ten III
number. This amount has been invested
in United States four per cent. bonds, and
will bring in a revenue of $50. 1t has
now h,en ,l,trrminrl Ia .rnar,tr IN. chtl