Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01

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b. D. HARRISON,
PablisAsr sud Proprietor.
JOHN Z. HULsE,
HOMER, La,
Wednesday-----..--March |, 1889.
Notice.
No ono is authorized to collect, or 70.
ceipt for, any moneys due tho Guardian
except myself aud those employed in the
once, without written authority.
Is. d. HARRISON, Propr'
The Court Of Appeals convcncs to-day.
Tho Presbyterian church iu this place is
yet without n pastor.
Tho tax laud sales occupy much space
usually given to more interesting reading
matter.
ing. The water is Only fcw feet below
high water mark.
Gen. Young returned from FarmerYille
last week. He reports litigation lively in
our sister parish of Union.
Rcd river is higher at Shreveport than
known before in years. There in great
apprehcns Of an oveafow.
Blanchard Springs iS now an incorporat-
cd town. \ municipal government viii
soon be organized aud in operation.
Weregret to learn That Dr.. J. r. McudorS,
appointment citizen of onr parish, is quite
sick. We trust he may speedily recover.
Congress has passed il resolution appro-
priating onn hundred thousand dollars for
the relief Of the sufferers from the overflow
Of the Mississippi.
Gov. McEnery has issued proclamation
TO the effect that the State Capital will be-
removed from New Orleans to Baton Ronrc
by the first of March.
At Delta, La, business is entirely sur.
pended. The citizens of the town mr.,
greatly alarmed at the steady and rapid
rate Of the rise in the river
The fund for til" relief of the family of
the late Gov. Wilt has reached the sum
OF $4,000, which has been securely invest.
ed and turned over to Mrs Wilt.
The Governor has offered reward of three
hundred dollars for the arrest of W. \.
Lemmons, the man who murdered Henry
l.. Cox in Webster parish last fall.
For several days last week gardening
was pushed vigorously, but Saturday the
rain come again and all work in this line
is again suspended indefinitely, waiting on
the weather.
The Mardl Gras celebration in New Or
leans this year is said 10 be the grandcst
aud most magnificent display Of the Kind
ever witnessed in that city. Shreveport
also had crcditahir celebration.
If you wish to become acquainted with
the most reliable aud liberal dealers in
Shreveport, read the ads" in the columns
OF the Guardian We adwrti-. only for
hrrt-class houses, and all statements made
in our columns may he relied upon N
strictly correct
lyon are the worst boy ever saw" CA
claimed Brown to his son. "Whv will
you 60 On as you do' should think
you would have some respect for your faith
or" How eau |, dad, have any respect
for a man with such a r;lscslly son :" asked
the young rcprubatc.
The water outlook il not at all cncour
aging to those who live in the overlooked
district. The river is rising steadily and
an break in the lcvies may AT any moment
occur and leave the country at the mercy ,
Of the muddy waves. At places along the !
Mississippi thousands of men are at work
on the levies, and doing all in their power
to prevent break.
The second annual session of the Press !
Association Of Louisiana, will convene at /
Alexandria on Monday, the Goth of March. |
Ex.Chicf Justice Thomas E.. Manning is |
the orator of the occasion with George W. /
Cable as alternate. We regret that circnm, |
stances are such that We can not attend I
the Association, but we nevertheless wish
those fortunate enough to be present a
rofifahle mud on,oyahla .o..;o,,