The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

nc IIOSllCClS iOl % S5OOtt lstIl anu
winter trade are very promising and
the Oil Mills are preparing for haF,l
wOrk.-Gretna Courier.
The Marksville Review says "Iet
us abolish intOxlcants from our pub
lie places, and we will be by far a
happier and more prosperous PEG
pie"
Hansell's Practical Series of Pen
manship, i'll eight numbers, has
been adopted 10y the State Board of
Education for tie public school,
which we consider shows The good
Judgment Of the Board.
Five establishments are engaged
in canning oysters and .shrimpS
along the gulf between New Orleans
and Mobile. The gulf oyster has
superseded the Baltimore bivalve III
the South Commercial Bulletin.
The Board of Examiners recon-
mended by Hon. Il. j. Gay has
elected j. V. st. Martin, of Terre-
Eonne, as cadet in the Military
Academy at West Point from this
Congressional District.-[Thibo-
daux Sentinel.
We beg to congratulate our con-
trere Capt. John McGrath Of tue
Baton Rouge Truth upon bis APP
pointment to the Office of Deputy
Internal Revenue Collector for the
Fourth Division of the State.
The Gibsland depot was burned
last week, and OH last Tuesday a
negro by the name of Chas. Levy
was arrest d i'll Shreport, charged
with having set the depot on fire,
and on his person was found lot Of
articles taken from the depot.
The oton crop on New River is
represented as being very fine and
promising. The plant is large and
of luxuriant growth. Worms are
reported i'll some localities, but they
will prove rather benefit than an
injury to the crop at this late sea-
SON. Ascension Democrat.
The rice crop of more than a
thousand acres raised by MeSsrS.
John and Will Kelly ON their Bo-
cage plantation i'll this parish has
been nearly all harvested, nOtwilh-
standing much unfavorable weather
and the yield has proved quite
satisfactory according to report.
.-[Donaldsonville Chief.
On the ground that New Orleans
millers appear Indifferent to, or are
unable to handle all the present
crop, the Iberville South urges that
farmers erect mills along the coast
for cleaning rough rice, so that tile
marketable grain may be shipped
direct to the up river cities without
paying tribute to New Orleans at
an.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad OH
last Sunday commenced to sell ex-
curson tickets to ST. Louis and re-
tarn, COOL fol fifteen days, for
$31.60. This low rate is given for
the purpose of allowing all in this
vicinity to attend the ST. Louis Ex-
position, which opens on the ninth
Of September and closes on Oct.
twenty fourth. = Town Talk,
T. II Ryan, editor of the Chroni-
Gle, and wife left the city on the End
ult., with the excursion party of
Commissioner Farral, of Iowa.
they will be absent seven or eight
days, and take look at the faireSt
nortions of the great Northwest.
Tie Office associates wish him u
pleasant journey and safe return.
-IChronicle.
Col. r. r. Rivers is back from his
trip in the North and West. He
says the eyes of the whole country
are on the South. The people are
not talking Exposition much yet,
but they will as the time comes near,
and he anticipates an immense
influx of visitors after January.
The time TO advertise the Exposi
ton with vim is the last ten DAYS
before opening, Col. Rivers says, so
that the fast people of the West
won't forget it.-[Times Democrat.
Every parish in Louisiana was represented
at the Exposition last winter, and en- oh was
benefited greatly; and every one of them ought
to he, and doubtless will be, represented even
more fully at the recognized Exposition, which
opens its doors to the public on November 10.
There is not a parish in this State that can
afford to loose this opportunity. Louisiana is
possessed OF vast agricultural and mineral
resources, and she needs immigration and
capital to develop them. To get this her peo-
pie must make these advantages known to the
capitalists and laborer abroad, and in order to
do this we must advertise what we are and
what we have, the same as the merchant adj
vertises his goods and wares and in what way
can we do this more effeotually than through
this Expositionl And to further expedite this
let the Police jury make an appropriation for
the purpose of having 10000 or $4,000 des-
eriphve pamphlets of Calcasieus resources
printed for distribution at this Exposition.
/ Lake Charles Echo,
ARE TAX TITLES WORTH ANYTInNGl--We have
been asked this question so often that it has
become familiar saying. For tho intOrma-
tlOn of those who may want to invest in real
estate under tax sale we will state that, so far
as the title is concerned, II tax title is as good
as a sale under writ of fl ia, or order of sez
and Aplp If the laIy laa