Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-04
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LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
No one will succeed in great things
unless he first succeed in small things.
To be both acceptable and agreeable
in society, it behooves one neither to see
nor remember great many things.
An Important meeting Of the Board Of
Supervisors of She Louisiana State Uni,
versity and "a. g. N College is 70 take
place on Monday.
Wilmot II. Goodale, Esq, returned
from New Orleans on yesterday morn
ing. He will please accept our thanks
for file of late papers. II
It's not enoughin this world to "rnean
we'll" We ought to do well Thought
fulness therefore becomes q duty, and
gratitude one of the graces.
Teach child what he will understand
in the simplest, and not in the hardest
words-in the words which sink deep
est into his sonl and lay most hold upon
his heart.
Owing to the bad weather and the
slushy condition of the roads, business
is at dead stand still. 1t is out of the
question to expect the country people to
come in with their produce.
The sugar planters are laboring under
appalling difficulties to get through
grinding their cane. Under present cir
cumstances, 1t can easily be conceived
that their progress is very slow.
w. K. Tappan, contractor and builder,
Toledo, Ohio, says: An excelsior Kid
ney Pad relieved me of pnin in the side
of fifteen years standing. Please send
me another Pad. See advertisement.
The steamer Gay, owing to the fog,
was detained all night at orr landing.
She departed this morning at about 7
o'clock. Between the weather and the
strikes, the river transportation sche-
dule is entirely disarranged. - =.
"A a. g.
The University case was submitted to
the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Col.
Andrew S, Heron representing the old
Board of Supervisors, and Messrs, Bird,
Read d Goodalc, the present incum-
bcnts. A decision will, it is hoped, soon
be rcndored4
Mrs. &. Maiiiot's fancy goods and
millinery store, is filed with well Sc
lected stock which the very accommo-
dating proprietress is selling at reduced
rates, notably the article of ladies' hats,
Of which Mrs. Maillot has u very great
variety. Orr ladies will do well to call
and see for themselves.
AT SrEENsEN's DRUG STORE il where
splendid line of Drugs, new perfumery
and fancy articles can be found, together
with the very fine preparations of his
own manufacture. Then too, his choice
selection Of Cigars and that Franklin
Cross Roads Whiskey are attracting the
natives owing to their superior quality.
Try him. .f..t.rs...
Work at the Capitol is almost stopped,
it being impossible to do brick laying in
this rainy weather. The workmen are,
however, engaged in demolishing the
embellishments on the summit of the
main body of the editice preparatory to
the erection of the additional story
which Is included IN the plans and
specifications.
A COLusIoS.-On yesterday, while
towing coal barge, the little propeller
Olive, hidden in the dense fog, then pre-
vailng, was run into by the steamer
Laura Lee. The Olive sank almost in
stantly, Mr.. Connolly Laughman and his
assistants having barely time to jump
aboard the Lee in safety. The Captain
of the steamer has offered to pay for the
lost craft. The barge, after the COLI
sion disappeared in the fog and at last
accounts had not been heard from.
LIFE or GEN. ALBERT SYDNEY JOHN
,sToN.-Wo are indebted to Col. VIM
Preston Johnston, the talented anthor
of this valuable werk, for q handsome
copy Of the same, which we have begun
perusing with the deepest interest. The
history of the illustrious Southern hero
is written in the purest classical English,