Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-04-19


u. u. Gill returned from business Wis
TO New Orleans on Thursday last.
Cnt-worms have been very npmern,
FOR some weeks past, and are PLAYING I'm,
&C with the vrgrtables
We are under obligations TO Hon. RI,
naIl l.. Gibson and Hon. Is. r. iona. fo
voluable public documents Th-,. di.tin
guished gentlemen have our thanks.
Thr cold weather last week afforded th
fish in the neghbornc streams a fe, dav.
immunity from the fishrrman's MI an,
llne' when the warm days return agsi,
The sport will hr renewed with fresh zeal
DIR. }. J. Gl~inry and Mr.. J. i. Gladn,,
left Tor Shreveport on Monday. The la,t.,
went for iii" purpose of having an opera
ZION performed on his eyes, which hav,
been giving Inn considerable trouble for
sninc time.
Many If our best planters urge Ms 10
Keep speaking ont on the fence question.
We are satisfied that the mallory of our
people ar" heartily in favor of fence law.
aud We believe such law would br great
saving and advantage to our people.
The time for the assembling Of the Leg
islstnre is rapidly approaching The 70
Ions will come together tu the first Mon.
day III May. The people will wait with
interest this important event in our pollt
zeal history. Will the Legislature improve
OH ia psat reputation
Charles Francis Adams WAS the dupc Of
sharpers trick short time since. One
OF the swindl-rs dccnyrd him into n gam.
bling den, persuaded him to play aud won
about twenty thousand Of his money. The
old man, his friends say. il mentally de-
mcnted. The money was recovered, aud
the swlndlrr arrested.
IL is no fault Of ours that nothing inter
estlng Of local character has occurred in
dh'- locality for the Lord only knows how
ings. II We could, We would have some.
thing of interest for orr local column. The
town il about as dull aud lfrl-ss as il ia
possible for town 10 be.
The cold weather has past and no spe.
cisl damage has been done 10 any thing.
The growth of vegetation of all kind. has
been, of course, little siunte.l, but few
warm days will make all right again
Ihos" who had cotton up NAV perh,r,
sniirr some damage, ~ the cold was sufli-
cirnt To seriously iIjnre Young cotton.
Jesse James is dead, but trsin-rohhinr
has not ceased. We have read Of ON, or
two train robhcrirs since his death. when |
"A man dies. he he rich or poor high or I,
low, good or bad, there il some one ready .
ahd waiting To take his place The death /
OF II" man creates any lasting gap in the
affairs of our busy, bustling world.
The Indications are that the DE nocrat.
will regain control Of the Congress. this
iall' II the municipal elections are any
Indication of how the election will 20 thi,
fall, the Democrats will carry the day by
al overwhelming majority. The Republic
cans are generally unlucky on non prsi.
dental years. IL is thought that the veto
OF the Chiuese hill will give the Pacific
States permanently to the Democrats.
The people of the North make a great
to do when a lynchng occurs in the south.
but stu these strange people are petition.
ing the pardon Of Mason the man who
and in violation Of all law at
tempted to assass-inate poor, miserable
wretch while in prison. and he. TOO. one Of
the prisoners guards. Ii ever a man de
served to be- punished Mason il that man.
''is deed was utterly without excuse.
We don't know by what route n poper
rom New Orleans travels coming To this
place, but We do know that all of our city ,
exchanges are three or four DAYS older ,
hen they reach rs than usual. We now
receive paper from New York as early m 3
one from New Orleans. There is NOTHING, ,
pleasing to newspaper man in such a
tate of affairs, but, like everything else
which We cannot help, it must be endured c
To-day is the day set apart for the pur- ,
lose Of work on our cemetery Tomorrow !;
= for the same pnrpo.e, and Friday is the I,
ay 10 decorate the graves with flowers. =
We trust all Of our people will turn ont I,
nd assiat in this deserving and humane h
ork. 1t is our duty to do 30. Already II
e have neglected the Work too long To- G.
~, to- morrow and the following day every /;