The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-09-13
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS,

Gov. Wickliffe is,by long o,lls, the
favorite for Congress IN this district.
II Feliciana Sentinel. ~
The It. 4 p, tri,ius, both 4qOcap
and "thrcugh" have been eli exact
fine every dav this weeE.- Ascen-
SiOn Democrat. aisf s'ii"i
The Re'lRiver andCOastIi ne very
kindly refused to receive pay for
bringing road scrapers trou New
Orleans tn be used on the levees in
this parish Town Talk.
Let Louisiana put herself i'll line
with the party :oi Protection and
Internal mprOvements,and she will
} then be in IA position to ask for money
to rebuild her levees, and for in
creased duties to protect her sugar
industries.-[Free Press,
TheEagle is the only conservative
, Republican paper among twenty or
more papers in the district. He's
z little fellow, to0,rut If they come one
or two at time and don't all jump
on him at once, he thinks he will
prove equal to the Occasion.-I Con
: cordia Eagle.
Fortune has again smiled ON Our
| friend Major Andrew Jackson, who,
since IastSunday evening, feels every
/, inch Major. The cause is briefly
explained. A bouncing boy arrived
: last Sunday to gladden. his house
q hOld,i in which the gentler sex has an
0 overwhelming majority .-[Capito
n liam Advocate
n Since lugger off the coast of
Connecticut ran iuto an American
Q vessel of war and sunk her, the
President should issue prOclama
% tion ordering all oyster boats, and
a catfish luggers to remain ut shore
when United States vessels are at
e large.-[Thiboleaux Sentinel.
y The crops throughout the whole
b parish have suffered very much for
:. The want of rain, and the cry every
!. where is: ave want rain, or no crops
: of any consequence will I've nade."
y At has not rained enough in this
II locality to have any beni6cent eft
It feet since Jul Q, nearly two months
d ago.-lPointe u upee Democrat.
d The st. Landry authorities put a
4. high rate assessment on the Nor
gan railroad property in that parish
a and the railroad officials want to
r make up by charging exOrbitant
70 freight rates to the OpelOusaS pro
y, perty owners who few years age
!, taxed themselves to buy the right
;" of way though the town for the
a. railroad company.-TSugar Bowl.
a. The eleventh. hour y, ople are iuSt
IS waking up to the importance o.
IL being represented at the World,
= Exposition. Their activity just now
is astonishing. Having satisfied
n themselves that this is an under
n. taking on u gigantic scale, far e.
ia ceediug that OF any other World''
- fair ever held, they want thei
y exhibits placed in conspcuou,
ne positions, and they ask for spac
II that was long ago allotted to others
IL Exposition Bulletin.
IN We find in the Journal, of Ithaca
q N. Y, an address ny our friend
:" Prof. George Soule, the we'll know
10 New Orleans educator, delivered IA
I'd the reunion of the veterans of tn
33d and 148 New York regiments,a
:. Senaca Lake, on the 18th ult. Til
- address j. an admirable Statemen
10 ofsthe position Of the real soldiers o
We the late, conflict toward each other
n and of their mutual patriotic dew
no ton to "a common country. We ar
- glad that the "gray" was so wei
MI represented at this gathering Of TIL
NJ t'boys in blue."-IStates.
h, Superintendent Magpe, of til
ID Texas and Pacific Railroad, yeste
as day arranged with Col. James, VIII
~ was awarded the contract 70
~ building the Davis crevasse Level
of foT incloSing the Texas aud Pacifl
Ii. Railroad track inside the new levet
hv 1t is the intention of the compan
= to use their trestle work across th
y crevasse as basis for the work
he and the trestle will be filed in, an,
thus a temporary levee will be bull
across the break. AS soon as thi
= is accomplished the permanen
a. leIee will commenced and carrie,
al forward to completion. To facilitate
N. the movement of the necessary dirt
the railroad company will build sid
tracks, and thus all the hauling cal
at be done by steam. The permanent
", levee will be sev eral feet higher thai
Is the glade of the railroad, and will
u when completed, extend alonl
= beside the temporary concern, whicl
as will thus become a portion of th
re levee, and help still further t,
It, strengthen the work. The Texa
and Pacific Track will thus he on
sort of a shelf OF ledge Of the levee
~ -IPicayune.
20 ~-~~~-p-$s-o@s-se--~-~-~~-
ge James r. OsgoOd s. Co., of Bo
Il ton, publish in neat aud cOnvenien
Ii form fha 1sle1tqAcS IF R0lNarf d Do