Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-14
HOMER, La.
interchangeable. -, 1881.

Col. John W. forncy, one fthe greatest
etlitors Of his time, il dead.
The poem which We promised should sp-
pear in this issae 10 crowded out. Will he
published next week.
We .yu,pathi,e with Mr.. and Mn. Her,
man Zo,ias in the ,uss Of their little bahc,
which died yesterday morning in shrr'r-
port.
Distinct Court ADJOURNED last Saturday.
The business l-for~ the court was very
light. II verify looks like starvation for
the lawyers.
Parents, don't fool away your money an
kpiek.kna-ks for your chlilf~t, when You
can 70 10 Zodiag's and buy them something
us-fni 1t the same price.
The town eleetiou Monday resulted in
the election Of Alex. We'll as ~electman 10
Sill the vacancy oceasioned 10y the r--igna-
ton Of }. II. simmons, Esq.
We learn that our old friend. Mr.. \. q.
Norwood, will leave in y short time
for Texas We wish him succr>s and good
luck in the Lone star state.
The Message Of President Arthur has
been favorabiy received by all parties. l,
slavery long document. entirely too long
for publication in our columns, as 1t ''onid
take almost the entire paper.
Jake Carers, colorrd, who made his cs-
cape from the parish jail over month
since, came up Monday last and surrender
-sl himself to the authorities.
The proposition for n Christmas Tree
/. meeting with universal favor. 1t is now
.rttl-t fact that We arr to have Christ
mas Tree. let all rm,mh-r this. We
trust that all Of our people will take part
in the Tree and make il 4 mos, rnjoyable
affair to all
We were glad to 49, Mr.. T. +. Hamilton,
who had the misfortune {" get lis leg bad
ly hurt in semitic to retain some prison.
rrr in the Jail. IN our streets again last
week. Mr.. Hamilton ha. been confined to
20 on erutchcs. We trust he may ANON
entirely recover.
From the number of turkey gobblcrs We
,oticc on our streets for sale we presume
that most of our citizens are preparing for
a feast dnring the Christmas holidays.
tine thing Christmas always brings. II
nothing Else, aud that is, the death Of the
robblers, aud while II is 4 mot cliShtful
time for III mortal. We must confess that
We sympath,tc With the poor gohblers.
The f.a.ting time Of the animals i the
death time uf the fowls,
Mrs. Ssrsh Ferguson. wife Of J. f.rGn-
son, Esq. died last Thursday night amer
a long and painful illness. The deceased
was in her 6,th year, aud had lived for
many years in Homer where she was
universally beloved. A Kind, noble NO
man, aud a consistent and devoted Chris
tiAu, has passed frum the sorruws and
sufferings Of this life to the endless hapri-
n-.s which awaits the just IN the life 10
come. To the sorrowing husband and
children veextend our heart & q sympathy.
We publish n communication in thi.
isue from one II our best citizens on the
IA.
alive on the Importance Of our place -ecur.
ing the road from Hope To Monroe. We
are glad that some of our people at lrss. are
awake gu this sutject. IL is matter of
great Importance 10 all OF the citizens Of
Homer. We learn that the manager ri This
mad has been To New York aud r-currsi
money to bull tho mad, and III immediate
~ commence "a survey the route and locai-
the track Of the nal Now il the time for
Ms TO act. I've wish Ia SECURE the rna.i
we should lose no time What We most
need 10 snme ono to lead. 4 meeting of
the citizens Of Homer should lie called at
once and some plan adopted Ia ascertain
what our people are willing to do. Who
will lead the movement There 10 positive
Is no time to w. lost. We must act now
or be left on the railroad question.
The New Orleans Democrat and the New
Orleans Time. have ceased to exist As
separate publications. The DEMOCRAT has
purchased the Times and will henceforth
supply the place Of both Journal, in the
publication OF the Tin,-s-nrmccrs' We
feel satisfied that the Times Democrat is
destined 10 become the leading paper IN
the South West. The Democrat was its-lf
the most energetic and enterpr,s,ng jour
nal ever published in the Snuth.W est,