The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-12-07
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the Town Hall on Friday night.
-HusTMYRE can he justly called
the Cotton King in these parts.
Tors! Toys! Toys! Fresh and
new in design at Ferguson . Schnack
--GoLD and Silver Stem winding
Watches a, Ferguson and Schnack's.
STEM winding Watches for $3.50
and upwards, at Ferguson Schnack
-Pa1cEs never before dreamed of
at the Toy Emporium Oft. NJ. Bios
sat.
The Genuine Rogers Table and
Pocket Cutlery at Ferguson and
Schnack's.
GOLD Pens and Holders, Stylo-
graphic Pens, ETC., at Ferguson and
Schnack's,
SAM Fellows is going to open
first class restaurant the beginning
of next year.
-EvERYTHlNG in the way of ready
made Clothing marked down below
cost at "Big" Heyman's.
THERE is only gap of about 8
miles to be completed near Cane riv
er to finish the New Orleans Pacific
road.
The largest and best selected
stock of Christmas and Holiday
goods will be found at Ferguson and
Schnack's.
--MR. j. N. Ball, manager of the
Experiment plantations, has a very
important notice to hunters in this
issue. Look for it.
The repairing Of Chronometers
and Fine Watches a specially at
Ferguson and Schnack's, Wa!chma
kers and Jewellers.
The colored Baptists Of Alex
audria marched to the river on Sun.
day last, and baptized three Or tour
of their congregation.
Jusr CUr.--A Musicians Dream,
"Fantasia," by Edward Petzsch.
For sale at the Eagle Drug Store and
at Ferguson and Schnack's. Price,
50 cents.
CAUr1oN-Do not delay a Cough
or Cold; use a remedy at once. st.
Johns Expectorsnt is the article to
cure it. Sold in bottles $l.0O or 30
cents each. Henry St. John, Front
Street.
We must thank r. T. Hynson
for his kind remembrance this week
in the shape of few MalIard ducks,
killed on his recent trip to Lake Cat
ahoula. If We had enough of such
friends we could run without ads.
! CHRISTMAS is coming. In fact,
it is now less than three weeks off,
sufficiently close to think about pre-.
sents, and for the boys to express
their disgust that it comes this year
on Sunday. This is too bad.
-OUR Town is filled with the sor.
riest looking lot of trsmps we have
ever gazed on. They are ragged and
mean looking, and at nights wander
about all over Town. They ought
to be banished from tho corporate
limits.
One of Morgan's engines, bear
ing q fine passenger coach, bringing
Messrs. Whitney and Wheelock, to.
gether with other gentlemen and la
dies, came through tor the irst time
on Sunday last, and attracted quite
crowd of spectators.
| Our friend, Jno. J. Ferguson, we
mean, of the live firm Of Ferguson
and Schnack, departed on the Jesse
K. Bell on Wednesday, for New Or
leans. Whilst there he will pur-
chase large lot of toys and fancy
goods for the holidays.
-JUsr to think of it; two men
shot, one of whom was killed, anoth.
er stabbed aud killed, and another
knocked in the head with . Ratchet
and murdered. All within the short
period of twenty days. The cues
ton now is, are we civilized or mott
The citizens living near and
around the drinking and gambling
saloon on the corner of Third ant
Beanregard Streets, in the Secont
Ward, complain of it as nuisance
of the worst kind. Here it was thu
shooting of Joe Dorsey by jacob
Fritz took place, and whiskey NJ
, doubt, was the sole cause of th'
! crime. Another crow for our Tow
Council to pick.
We hear that the street rail
road will shortly commence building
!, 1t is thought tile road will be frs
. started near the depot grounds o
Z the New Orleans P;:ciflc Railroad
and will then enter Jackson stree,
S and will come straightway on to TIL
e river front, near the steamboat land
: ing. When the energy, means an
!. enterprise of the gentlemen who CON
d pose the company are to be taken il
rs to consideration, there is no douh
II this much-needed convenience wi
q be shortly completed. Let the Ell
:. terprising project go on, say we.
m TOYS! Toys! Toys! Fresh au
o. new design, at Ferguson & Schnack'
or 1T is rather a common thin
We nowadays to hear of gentlemen r.
" turning home being stopped at nigh
and their mnnex Or otker valnahlI