The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-07-18

---MASTER rank duStmyre IS eX-
pected home from school next Tues
day.
For SALE.-A yoke of fine, large,
well-broken oxen. Apply at this Of
fee.
THE 'picked nine" that go to
Doualdsonville, were practicing on
Sunday.
Our weekly letter from Grid
get" is crowded out of this issue.
1t will appear in our next.
GUARD and protect your health,
make use of that true aud Efficient
tonic medicine, Browns Iron Bitters.
ALBERT Il Son have on hand
newspapers, periodicals. magazines
all of tue latest dates on sale at their
gallery.
Mr.. Thomas Murphy has our
thanks for basket of fine and juicy
peaches, sent TO our sanctum Que day
last week.
RED River at this point, still
has downward tendency, falling at
the rate Of about thee inches in
twenty -four hours.
SUR. Fay has made an appor.
ti0nmeut of school funds for Rapides
Parish, amounting to $634.1S, for
the quarter ending March Slst.
TIE junior Goldens easily de-
feated the SilIiman nine on Sunday.
The latter crowd are "fresh" at the
bat, hence the result of the game.
The big bridge over bayou Ber-
trand is shortly to undergo thorough
repairs; the contract for doing this
job of work has been given to Mr..
PetteDgill.
we return thanks to the lacy
managers of the entertainment given
at the Exchange Hall on Thursday
night last, for quantity Of delicious
cake sent this Office.
Army worms, in large nun hers,
have made their appearance in diff
ferent portions of the Parish, doing
more or less damage TO the growing
crops of cane and corn.
TIE Rapsdes nine depart for
DonaldsonviIle on Saturday night by
train. The game is to be played on
Sunday morning, after which the
boys will board the train for home.
AFTER tedious two weeks ses-
sion, revising the assessments Of the
Parish, the Police jury adjourned on
Saturday. They meet again on the
first Monday in October. .
The game of base ball played
here on Sunday last, between the
Trojans and the Quicksteps, both
colored clubs, resulted in favor of
the former nine by a score of % to
Is. The game was for SIS side.
Mr.. L. P. Wilmington left here
on Sunday last by train for Liberty,
Miss, on business of an important
nature. He is expected back here
abou. the 18th of August, when his
many friends will have cause to con-
graduate him.
1T is spring. A resurrection of
natures latent force is taking place.
Like the world around you, renew
your complexion, invigorate your
powers, cleanse the channels of life.
Ayers Sarsaparila is the means to
use for this purpose.
THE La Tec6e District Confer
ence couvenes in this City to-day, at
the Murray Street Church, and will
continue in session FIVE days. Rep
reseptatives from twenty-seven diff
ferent churches are to be in attend
aDce.
ALBERT Son, newsdealers, op
posite the Court House, have sent
us Puck, Weeks Doing, Police Ga
zette, Detroit Free Press and Texas
Siftings. They keep these perlodI
calls on sale at their Gallery ~ all
times. Get all of your reading mat
ter from them.
ATTENTION, YOU'VE MEN.-We re
fer you TO the advertisement of the
renowned Commercial College of
Kentucky University, situated in the
beautiful, historical and society re
nownsd city, Lexington, Ky. Write
for circulars to it's President, W. K.
Smith, Lexington, KY