The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-02-07

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TEE Fifteenth Annual se,s;o,
OF The Louisiana Conference of th,
I Methodist Episcopal church, which
I had been in session here for severa
| days, adjourned .on Monday. The
meeting was largely attended, there
being one hundred divines present
mostly colored. The officers ara,
President, Bishop J. F. Hurst: Sec.
rotary, DR.. j. c. Hartzell; Treasurer.
: stephen Priestly; Assistant Secreta.'
ries and Trsasurers, j. F. Marshall
messrs. Albert, Wright and Ford.
A New HUMOROUS Book.-"Sket
es from Texas Siftings"-22s pages,
containing more than one hundred of
the original sketches written by
The Sifters," Alex E. Sweet and j.
Armory Knox, and publishe ed a Tex
as Siftings, the celebrated humorous
weekly. The book contains IS orig
lnaI illustrations. For 30 cents in
sts'nps, it will be mailed by the au,
tbors, Sweet KNOX, Austin, Texas,
TO any address, pnstage paid. The
demand for this book has never been
equsled 10 the history of American
literature. $4,000 copies were order
ed by booksellers before the first
e"ltlon came from the press.
--OuR contemporary way down the
street. in his issue of Monday, reads
lhe young ueu of Alexandria, THAT
Is those who visit the bar rooms and
invest thier har'i-earusa money on
mat peri'ous and dangerous game
called high ball. a very long and
we'll prepared es:on. The advice ia
good enough in it's way, and would
no doubt, prove beneficial to those
who might heed it, but, alas, we fear
they arc few and far between. The
b'hoys here are not going to tumble
TO such racket, any way, aud our
own opinion is that our friend would
lind it much easier task to butt one
Of Morgan's engines of the track
than to get the youngsters here mend
their ways BY any such advice at this
late hour. Old boy, you'll have to
use different bait, if you want those c
ish to bite. {
ARRIVALS at the Irving House
or the week ending Monday, Febru.
Try oth:--Geo. W. Martin, Ark; j. ?
;. Mcknight, A. G. Hayes, Pr. :
.acroix, Grant Parish; J. Lazarus,
I. W. Reynolds, Louie Tanier, R. F. e.
' atkins, Geo. Tanier, L. j. Levise.
REQ. W. Martin, New Orleans; Sam
el Rirwin, Ark; P. V. David, P. H. .,
lynson, F. Seip, John Dyer, W. !.
iynson, c. Compton, G. Baltic, B. ~
:. Hayes, Dr.. Smith Gordon, b. F. {,
colt, K. Brewer, Geo. Marshall. B. f.
ierce, R. L. Tanner, Stanley Tan ~ r.
er, Isaac Sackman, Rapides Parish :"
!. F. Marshall, Thos. C. Wbeadon.
oyd's Bridge; S. B. Hirsh, Eola: S. tn
d. Dowty, H. P. Luckett, Cotile; II, n
Wright, Evergreen; J. W. Hagar, -
V. Aelder, Spring Creek; W. R.
hepps, Texas; WIN. P. Flower,
ity. u
ARRIVALS at the Exchange Ho.
tor the week ending Monda, they
b inst: VIM. Rseding, j. E. Hearn, No
Fl. Hardy, Troy, N. Y; TT. Mil r,
:, W. Il. Fuller, Rochester; Henry i
arks, W. D. Fodman, J. A. Mines, ass
Myers, G. H. Fowler, New York: snt
II: Gillett, Cincinnati; H. v. Wei. the
o, Montreal; W. P. Cauller, E. G. Voi
lightly, Tennessee; A. B. Crune. ar sa'
ntucky; Jno. Hurley, Texarkana; Of NJ
+. Baldwin, Cor. Texas Siftings; and
5. Crenford, Marshall; C. T. Cam. and
|, Texas; R. 0. Dowd and wife, sait
Isidore Levi, j. E. Pull Gri
!, L. McCutcheon, A. Wild, P. fore
lholland, J. C. Hartzwell, j. Nj. she
lock, P. H. Levy, j. A. Dean, LAX lax
" Orleans; L. W. Curtis, B. S. ind; ind
tits, Atlanta; DR.. r. Williamson, troll
ia; Miss Fannie Hart, Mansfield; defe
:. Duson and lady, Opelousas; T
d. Brown and family, Washing Con
; W. S. Fritch, Baldwin, La; Nat A. L
rey, A. A. Chapman, Lake Charles
: Woltson, Coushatta; R. Buckle File'
rgreen; A. B. Iron, AvoyelIes: G..
4. Heard, Jno. NJ. Heard, A. B.
I'D, S. N. Walker, Jena; J. s STAT
,poeii, Cheneyvllle; f. S. Burner, Paris
T. Tucker. R. Reinach, Lecomte: III
!. Grissom, Cotie; K. 0. Brewer foreg
Forsythe, Springs; Miss S. the
fin, Miss Ellen Grim w 81 ~ this
l. MoGimsey, J. D. FAINT, W. NJ. a.
d. Tony David, PinevilIe; j. C. I5E
en,vne. Jas. Mad'sick, New Or. ~
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