The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

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Improvements are being made in
our village which will reflect to the
credit OF the people and place.
-IGretna Courier.
Judge A. b. lrion spent last Tnes
day in our city. He had just re
turned from Bayou Sara, where he
had addressed the people of West
Feliciaua the day previous.-lTrnth.
Gov. s. d. McEnery, returned
last Saturday evening, from Blounts
/ Syringe, Ala, where he has spent
few days. He will resume to day
the active duties of his Office at the
Capitol OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1t is an interesting fact that the
Chinese government, through Min
lister Young, has applied for thee
thousand feet of space at our Worlds
Exposition, i'll order to exhibit the
maryels of Celestial ingenuity
1-[Item.
From what we can learn the
potato and pea crops will be almost
an entire failure this year, owing to
the excessive drouth for the past
three months. At one time both
crops were very promising Rus
ton Calegrapl.
Cotton picking is progressing
rapidly in this parish, and most Of
it will soon be gathered. There are
two reasons for t,iS first, fhe
weather is and has been for u long
, time exceedingly favorable, and
second, there is but very little cot
ton to gather Democratic Review.
= rumor. was circulated in town
last Thursday that one of our larg
J est sugar planters, Oh the eve of his
departure, instructed his manager
to this effect: "That if Blaine was
elected Pr sident to plant big crop,
, but if Cleveland should be elected
. not to plant single cane" This
planter is net one of the "buSted''
ones r.-[Terrebonne Times.
Outside of timber the parish pxhi
bit at The Worlds Exposition will
4 be slim. Tle great Trouble is that
! our citizens seem to be ashamed TO
So d an ear of corn, IL bundle OF oats
or grass, II peck of reas, or any
thing else. Ii YOU have a bushcl of
9 nice corn i'll the ear, fetch it along.
T. Bring anything and everything.
j, No one will laugh at on. Help the
cause if you can't send more than II
Q boil of cottOn.-lTown Talk.
1t afforded us pleasure to welcome
!. at our Office last Tuesday, Mr. john
!. A. Addison of Greensburg, st
Helena parish, who was in Donald
sonville on 1A ing visit. Mr.
: Addison was formerly editor Of the
G Greensburg Gazette, but has severed
s his connection with the newspaper
, business aud now devoteS himself t
the practice of law. He is u very
agreeable gentlemen and we were
glad of the opportunity to make h;E
i, acquaintai CO. -TChief.
A visit to the bank building beins
ected by the j. b. Watkins Bal
i G Company, enables US to say tina
It structure will not only be sui
s tltial but also highly ornalnt ntal
= h work on it is being prosecute,
vigorously, and an early complete l
is to be expected, when the . %.
{ ude, manifested by some GU
/, n.,nus al a distance fol ,Ar banl
~ ing institution will, we no ], be pa
at ease. SO we say friends, be easy
$ we have the bank ''de,d to rights
u now.-ILake Charles Echo.
&c Mr.. I. s. Wilkinson, candidate 70
II Congress before the cow 3ntion t.
- meet on Monday, in his sp eech las
: night in. the Third Ward, in ,inuate,
y very strongly that the no nipaliol
had been bought and paid for il
i. money. He said he at first doubted
,. the report, but was now convinced
y, there was some truth in it and cal
II toned his hearers against alowin,
e themselves to be sold out in such
Ii shameless way, Mr.. Wilkinson ais
/. complained of the interference b,
:, politicians of other districts with th
/" affairs of the First. Altogether tn
speech WAS bold and fearless one
4 and well calculated to comman,
Il popular ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
MI. Charles Dupaty, editor of th
Assumption Pioneer, a man of grea
u popularity in the river parishes o
! Louisiana, and u property holder u
i Napoltonvile, who left about fou
mouths ago On health voyage |,
France, is dead, He succumbed t,
! an acute disease at Aueh, FRANCE
his native town, on the eighth ull
: L; Q funeral 4, femonies were col
dncted o. ;he eleventh with grea
: solemnity. flo pail bearers wer
Mr.. Jules Gen il, MIR. jean David
II Mayor o. Auu", aud Judge Can
>. pardOa.-(i lien.
We h"pe neard it stated that tn
managers ul the Mississippi Valley
SdiirOau AHv, resolved not to max,
T. any more arrangements for Sunday