The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-08
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

per cent. below U0dI OI ldSb year.
The Jenkins trial at Mansfield, for the murder
of Rev. j. Lane Borden, was postponed to
January. M
The Greensburg Gazette says there is not
vacant house in that town and that family re-
sidences are in demand.
Chas F. Huesman, postmaster at Marksyille,
La, was arrested charged with embeZzlement
of money order funds.
W. ". Kuehling, the new sheriff of Vermil-
lion parish, has given bond and qualified and
is now ready to attend to his official duties.
The Bossier Banner reports large quantities
of last years cotton going to market from that
parish, an indication Of thrift and prosperity.
Timbers to be used in the construction of the
Mississippi Valley Railroad are being placed
ON the ground opposite the upper coal fleet
II Truth.
Water has ceased to run through the Nor
ganza levee in Point COupee parish, and soon
the destructive waters will be completely check
ed by the levee.
Cotton picking is the order of the day in
Madison parish. The journal says Madison
does not take much in ''the first bale" but she
I is always ON hand when the count for the great
est number of bales is made.
| The cotton worms, which were numerous in
| East Feliciana parish short while ago haye
|
ton crop stopped by little bird called the
Oriole, known by many as rice birds, so says
| the Patri0t-Democrat
| The Infirmary of the Louisiana State Uni
| versty and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
| lege, at Baton Rouge, IS being erected, and the
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES says it will be a veryhand
| some. comfortable and we'll constructed build
| ing when completed.
Sheriff q. G. Duson has moved into his new
| rnsi1
miles from town on the Opelousas and Belle
| view road. understand that G, Z. Swayze
Esq., has rented his residence and will move tc
town.-lSt Landry Democrat.
The Susie B. passed Bayou Sara Wednesday
evening 9 tn, uit., ON her way down the river
/ Thursday last being the sixteenth birthday
of our young assistant Master IL. Town. h'
celebrated the day with q dinner party, II
which he entertained number of his yOunl
friends.-[Feliciana Sentinel.
We have cal efully scanned the columns o
all our State exchanges, and so far we hay
seen only one of them dissGnts from tn
appointment OF Hon. E. A Burke to the posi-
ton of Director General of the New Orlean
Cotton Exposition, and that single exception
is the New Orleans Picayune.-LC Capt. Olal
Advocate.
Sugar is not an exhaustive substance, for ii
component parts are such as to cause no dt
mand on soil This fact perhaps is not gen,
rally known, but when we consider that suga
and glucose are composed of carbon, oxyge
and hydrogen, the first of which is derived iron
the air, and the latter two from water. it ma
be said to be produced from the most of q
observation-disclosures Bowl.
If cotton is not king of American crops, BEN
OvershadOwed i'll va!ne by wheat, corn and ha
! it is the king of exports. For the fiscal vet
ending June 80, 1883, the exports of cote
I III IL
breadstutfs, including both wheat and col
!, and their products, only reached the sum tot
eff 1902 4iO,7l0, Or little more than four-fftl
I of the export valde of the cotton Estates.
s Mr.. Felix Reynaud, formerly of Donaldso
vile, and now the agent for attending to t
u assessment and land interests of the Tex
n Pacific Railroad, reached our town last Nc
day night and spent the greater part of Tuesd
Il attending to matters OF interest to his prinep
Mr.. II. hOnOred the Banner by a visit and ,
e found him sOciable and interesting. 1t is e
= dent that, in the person of Mr.. Reynaud.
y railroad have secured an active agent Poi
r Coupee Banner.
The members of the late Baton Rouge Lev
Convention and their constituents will soon
asked why 1t is that S. l.. James, lessee OF t
penitentiary did not put in bids for the M
ganza, Ashton and other Ievees recently adv
:, tised-why it is that the eOnvicts are not NJ
= Mt work on the levees. If Mr.. James does
know it already; we can inform him the ii
! to trife with the people of this State has p
Z sed.I-Pointe Coupee Banner.
Major E. A. Burke hos been the chosen
% rector general of the Centennial Cotton Elk
sition, with salary of 10000 dollars. I
!. duties of the Office will be Onerous, and
u, success of the undertaking will be larg
dependent on the administrative ability of
ri chief officer. IL We make no mistake in
~ Judgment the right man has been chosen
fill the place, for his administrative capac
C. energy will be fully equal to the occas
: = Pioneer.
e There are widespread expressions of reg
III that the Picayune, in its antogonism to Ma
E. A. Burke politically, should attempt
throw obstacles in the way of those who
lS earnestly and periodically striving to I'M
the Centennial Exposition that grand sucC
IL which will result in greatly forwarding
y PROSPERITY of this city State. Our contem
u rary's raneor is carrying it to improper eztrel
ce which are damaging to the public welfa
N Il Item.
" House building and improvements genera
IL are the order of the day. and have been
ct order of the day in Lake Charles for the ?
,a six months There are now more new ,spaci
.0 and elegant residences being erected in l.
III Charles than i'll the booming days of 1879
IN 1880 Our vacant places are being rapidly fl
up Parties wanting town lots had bel
hurry up and make their selections ere it be
&C. latt II Commercial,
n There has been common impression in
country that contracts made on Sunday
y not legally binding. This may be law, but
v, tainly is not equity, and the Supreme Cour
Az, Illinois, ill recent case, has just decided [
y a contract made on Sunday is just as bind
OF as if entered into ON any other day. The
o. tense that Sunday is not day in law has o.
= sionally been made use of in the past TO
~ serve some purpose of petty roguery, and
be- well that even the pretense is row finally %
N. ished. Estates
81 The gratifying increase of our export b
~ ness, exhibited by the enormous mass of sta
ee ties published in our great annual trade edit
AL Saturday morning, shows progress in the ri
= direction. Our Exports of domestic meret
~ disc from the port of New Orleans amour
rs to sos 23O96S, 1928 against Sos 100. l3i lSs
10 Our shipments by the Ii uisville and Nasty
ne Road, as stated elsewhere increased about
he 000,0 900 pounds. The Southern Pacific a
i'll gan's Road carried 3l4. 2l5tons outward frei
:" from New Orleans during the year ending
gust 81. The Illinois Genital forwarded :
&c. 100000 pounds The general healthines
- business demonstrated by the reports OF s
III ments by the several routes is WORTHY ~