Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-26
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LOCAL MATTERS.
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rIscopASSERvIcE.-.We are author
lied to announce that on next Sunday
Rev. John Philsen, of Rosedale, viii
hold divine service at IL o'clock in tn,
Port Allen Episcopal Church, to which
the public are cordially invited to at
tend. The Irene will leave Bator
Rouge at 10 o'clock returning after ser
vice.
CAPITOL LODGE X. OF P.--We are
requested to inform the members o.
that organization that there will be Q
meeting of the same at De Soto Lodge
on Wednesday, July 9th, at p. NJ
The Grand Chancellor and other promi,
nent officers are to be present. The
Knights are requested to be punctual in
attending.
Gen. J. Floyd King, has placed us un-
der obligations, By sending us volume
with maps, "U. S, Gealogy of the high
plateaus of Utah. very interesting
document for which he will please ac-
cept our appreciative thanks. The
General is one of our able and most
jealous representatives in Congress, a
young man full of pluck and public
spirit.
The Confederate veterans, as will be
seen by the call of their President, in
another column, are to meet this eve
ming, at 7 o'clock, at Judge Ways of,
flee, Pixies Row, to make arrangements
for receiving the Army ofTennessee, and
to elect officers. It is hoped that a full
attendance will be had on this inner
tant occasion and that each member
will make it his duty to be present.
MAGNIFICENT PEACHES. Our friend
Mr.. j. Il. Pratt, who lives on the Green.
well Springs road, on last Saturday,
treated Us to some of the iuiciest, sweet.
est, largest and finest peaches we have
ever seen or tasted. Any judge of the
fruit couldn't help but say that East
Baton Rouge cannot be surpassed in
that line. We wonder in presence OF
such evidence, that our farmers don't
make it business to raise that kind OF
peaches in large quantities. Mr.. Pratt
will please accept our warmest thanks
Mayor Shakespeare, of New Orleans,
spent last Friday and Saturday in our
city. During his sojourn be visited the
penitentary, Capitol, National Gene
terry, the Booth grove, and other points
OF interest in and around our city,
which he finds improving so rapidly,
that he seemed greatly perplexed regar-
ding the future relations of Baton
Rouge toward the Crescent City. Would
New Orleans be brought up to the cap.
ital or would the Capital be as the
handsomest suburb of New Orleans, was
the question that troubled him most du-
ring his stay. The Mayor, as every
one knows, is showing himself to be an
unsefish official and fearless protector
of the interests of his constituents. He
left us on Sunday per steamer Cannon
The Army ofTennessee have publish
ed the programme for their 9TH of Au-
gust excursion to Baton Rouge. They
and their friends are TO leave New Or
leans at L A, NJ, that day, reaching
Baton Rouge by p. NJ. At 4 p. NJ. a
concert will be given by Mr.. Henri Jou-
bert, first yiolinist of the French Opera
Company, and Mr. G. D'Aquin, first
prize of the Paris Conservatory, assisted
by Mrs Joubert, Mrs. D'Aquin, Mr.. T..
.nejan, the talented pianist and others.
The tickets for the benefit of the Tomb
Fund h&ye been fixed at fifty cents and
will be sold in New OriSaDs and Baton
Rouge, several days before the pertor.
nance.
We hope to SEQ the people Of Baton
Rouge and surrounding country, extend
liberal patronage to the concert and
thus help our Tennessee Veterans in
erecting their monument.
We doubt not that West Baton Rouge
the coast parishes, Livingston and the
Felicianas will turn out en- mdsse to
show their appreciation of Louisiana's
gallant soldiers of the Lost Cause.
SPEAK TO ME The last weekly edi-
ton had been printed and mailed, and
"the boys" were lazily "settiny" on
some outside copy, for the next number.
They were talking up the soul eutran-
cling sentiment, love, when suddenly
some one said: hold your tongues, lis
ten to that sweet voice. Sure enough
from n yard right back of the office was
issuing the meIodious accents of one of