The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-05-04

tendance is expected, as business of
importance will come before the
meeting.
-HoSEsTY is the best policy in
medicine as we'll as in other things.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is q genuine pre-
paration, an une1ualied Spring med.
Icine aud blood purifier, decidedly
superior TO all others in the market.
Trial proves it.
"A LADY friend Of ours called the
other day and stated that her hus-
band had seen St. Jacobs Oil adver.
ttsed in our paper; he used it for
rheumatism and was convinced of
its merits Cambridgepo1t Mass
American Protestant.
ALL are properly cared for
The lean man and the large man,
the thin boy and the fat boy, the
thick man and the lean man, the tall
youth and the short youth. In fact
all male human shapes are fitted at
Baer & Mann's, on Front street.
Mr.. Calvit, our Town Tax Col
lector of taxes and licenses, com
plains Of great difficulty in collect
ing the same. Ifpersons will not pay
their taxes and licenses, tits the du-
ty of the proper officers to force them
to do SO, and they will discharge
their duty.
ARR you going fishing this Sum
mer9 II you cannot get top bug
gy, procure one of the "Patent Cen.
tennial Buggy Tops" from our young
friend johnnie Harris; they are the
very thing, and then so cheap. Only
a few left. Mr.. Harris place of bus
mess is on the corner of Fourth and
Murray streets.
WHEN a man wishes to succeed
in business be should have the good
will of the newspaper man; without
it he wiz never prosper. Mr.. War.
rem Dau non, though young in years,
knows t is to be fact. He has done
the nice thing for US, and nov we're
for him. He makes Ice Cream with
the purest of milk, and sends bis
carriage around town daily.
| COL McGinnis, the proprietor
of the Excelsior Stables and Gene
raj mail Contractor, arrived home on
Saturday. The Colonel now has ev-
erything'in fine order on the upper
route, having recently re-stocked it
thoroughly. He brought with him
several fine roadsters for his stable
here, together with buggies, carria-
ges, and hacks. Go and sec him if
you wanta trade.
-QUITE large crowd of our citi-
zens on Sunday last, took their first
ride on the locomotive. The gentle
manly managers gave on that day a
free excursion to the end of the road,
a distance of about four miles. The
track in q few short weeks will be
completed to Cheneyville, distance
of about twenty miles, and ride on
the locomotive this distance would
certainly prove pleasant.
/. A Locke JoKE.-A prominent
physiciaa of Pittsburgh said joking
ly to a lady patient who was com
planning of her continued i'll health,
and of his inability to cure her, "try
Hop Bilters" The lady took it in
earnest and used the Bitters, from
which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughs at the doc
tor for hi3 joke, but he is not so well
pleased with it, as it cost him a good
patient Harrisburgh Patriot.
III seems to us sometimes that
our Town authorities are rather slow
in the performance of duty. This
is, as everyone will admit, rather a
severe thrust at our wel-meaning
| City Fathers, but nevertheless so.
The bitches in portions of our Town
are thick with growing weeds and
uliCiS, HhlCi III " cuuiV Whiib wal
grow so thick as to stop the drain,
ing of the same. They are unhealthy
and not conducive to general good
health.
The monster Henry Frank only
arrived here on Saturday, having de
parted from New Orleans on Wed
nesday. She has the blue ribbon fol
the largest cargo of freight ever car
ried into New Orleans, and claims te
have carried into that port the enor
nous quantity of 1925 bales of cot
ton, together with $50 tons of sun
dries. She is over 800 feet in length
beam about sGAfeet, depth of hole
IL feet. Whe light she draws
feet. She was loaded with railroad
: iron, enough I'd lay about 20 miles
which was taken of of her with I
steam elevator.
The New Orleans City ITEM
correspondent from Cheneyville de
sires the building of Jail in tina
village. He says that Alexandria i
too far. We are of the opinion tina
8 such an enterprise at present is en-
tirely out Of place, unless his neigh
! bors are going back to barbarism
and that we car not believe. "Quil
J. Crayon" could better advocate th
erection of churches, the building Q
: schools and farm houses, which wi