Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-22


OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of THE PARISH.
oMss Up stairs, over Il. C. Isvranee's stor.
B. d. HARRISON,
Publisher and Proprietor.
DRAYTON B. HAYES,
Editor.
JOHN Z. HULSE, Associate Editor.
HOMER. La.
Neutrality-suspicious. 90, 1881.
Thanks to 'Dolph. and Dick for y treat
Of delicious cider.
The cotton worm prophets have been
heard from. We notice tina. the genuine
worm is reported in several places.
Its SAL that the Hon. Alexander II.
Stephens will write . review of Jefferson
DAVIS Rise and Fall ot the ronfracracy.
We will publish an account of the
examination and commcnccm"nt exercises
nf the Male and Female Colleges next
week
Match game Of Ba-r Ball next Friday
evening. the 2ith. The blue shirts
challenge the town. Everybody respect
fully invited
Prof. L. l.. Upton. aud wife. vino nave
charge of the toHsha,ts High school, are
spending the summer visiting relatives aud
friends IN this place and vicinity.
Gen. john Young returned home from
Monroe, where he had been for the pat
week attending ;hr session Of the Supreme
Court, last Sunday.
We have received from Mr.. Gcorgc +.
Miller, cotton bloom which was found
IN his farm the ttth day OF June. This l.
the first bloom We have heard of this sea.
son.
We learn that on Friday last, The
dwelling house of Nj. ". ". Burns. who
lives near Shougalou, was blown down aud
one Of his children killed and another
seriously injured.
The Cotntuc ..rctICnt -crtnuH ct Homer
College was preached last SUNDAY III the
College Chapel Ivy the R"v. Il, +. White,
Of Monroe and was listened I" y, laTS'
and attentive audience.
District Count non jury term, l. IN -cs
sior this week AND AZ there arr SEVERAL
knot,y ca-rs ga lpcar, t. b. ,posrd "f,
tho term Of the court will itkci! last for
two or three weeks
Frank II, Tompkns is now v.lit"I Of the
NiudeN Democrat Nr. TnmPklns IS tai
ented Nonng mau AMI Will no Doubt, give
the patron. Of tn" Democrat readable
and interesting paper.
The Weather schedule which "" prhlr.b
Is furnished hy our friend, II. W. Harris.
aud shows the correct Temperature A. his
Thermometer Is kept "a tho shade aud at
about as cool pla," ~ there = in town.
Judge J. II Calhoun. of East'an0 C'ty.
FeNas. the commencement orator f,r tho
Female COLLEGE, arrived IN town last
Saturday. III. Judge = looking Well aud
Judging from appearances we presume that
he Is doing we'll III the Lone Star State.
Capt Mctranie, tn. editor the Ouachi.
- Telegraph, hss bad Il severe spell If
sickness, but Is now up aga'n. We sup
pose his sickness accounts for the non
appearance Of his paper last week. We
trust his recovery VII prove permanent
Col. 7. W. Poole advcrtisrs his place
one mile south of Homer, for sale. This
IA - we'll improved aud valuable place.
The location Is very desirable QUE. Full
information may be had by applying at
thu. office.
The weather for the last week or ten
days ha. he-n hotter than ever known IN
this section at this season aimee 80 |,
hs- been hot from sunrise ill dark. and
toe nights have hecu too warm aud on
rrosve TO permit any one Ia sleep COM
fortsbly.
In some places IN the parish there hav"
been showers Of rain during the last week
Ia other places the corn is suffering for
ram. We presume tina, most ct the h,
nors are by this tins GU, OF the cras-