The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-23
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

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whom it can be sid that he Or she
has not been to the Worlds Indus
trial Fair, should feel ashamed and
lisgraced.-[City Item.
We are pleased to learn that Hon.
G. j. Barrow, our worthy State
Commissioner who has been re.
riously ill during the past week, liz
recovering and will in "a few days be
himself once more Port Allen
Sugar Planter.
The Courthouse of gVermillion
parish, with the public records, hay
ing been destroy ed 10y fire, the police
jury has adopted u petition to the
Governor, asking that an extra Ses
sion of the Legislature he called ut
an early day. In this demand it
calls upon ap other parishes which
may need special legislation to join.
From all portions OF tina prairie
of our parish come reports of great
mortality amorg horned cattle. 1t
cannot be that they die from siarv
alton, because mich cows that have
been well fed all winter are equally
subject to the scOurge, and die in q
few hours after they ace attacked by
the Observation-Disclosures Courier.
| The Territory of Dakota says the
Fargo Argus, pays more rev enue to
the POstoffice Department than any
, one of thirty two States OF tho
Union, and has population as
large as Nebraska or Connecticut,
and nearly twice as large a& Yer
mont and Florida. 1t has $500
miles of railway, 1900 SchoolhouSps
and 20 newspapers, or more period
icals than any New England State
except Massachusetts.
ono callers on Sunday" is Prcsi-
dent Cleveland's public announce.
ment. That needs to be printed in
every newspaper i'll the land and
repeated in every pulpit. Aud we
quite agree with the Christian at
Work, that if the busy head OF OIL
100000 of people can transact his
business six days in the week and
have Sunday to himself, how about
the smaller heads and little bossess
In this regard the President has set
an example worthy 0fnational emu,
latipn.- n. .. Christian Advocate.
The unanimous reelection of Gen.
j, i. Brent, to the Presidency Of the
Asct nsion Branch Sugar Planters
Association, il a deserved compli
ment and eyinces the high esteem
in which he is held by his hiother
planters. Foremost in every enter
prise affecting The well-being of his
parish or State, he has from its
inception manifested the deepest
interest in the purposes and aff,irs
of The Association, and to his devo-
ton is largely due the degree of
prosperity ii enjoys to day Ascen
sion Democrat.
Hon. j. Floyd King tells New
York Herald correspondent how the
Democracy loSt the Second LDuisi.
ana Congressional District through
The unpOpularity OF the "Ring."
BOSS" Houston tells how the
Democracy retained possession OF
the Fifth District by bulldozing aud
ballot box stutfing in favor of j.
Floyd king. Go on gentlemen.
The people. whom both factions
make II bold pretense of represent
ing, are deeply interested in know.
ing the whole truth Item.
The amount of money necessary
tn begin work on The new quarantine
station having been secured, the
Board of Health has directed Col.
Glenn. the sup rviSing architect of
Tie CnStOmh0use,t0 proceed at once
with the construction of The mecca
sarN buildings. In company with
DR. Holt, Presid mt Vt the b BARD,
Col.GIenn left yesterday for the new
station, and promises to have it in
readiness within the next thirty days
States.
For several years past some of our
more enterprising planters have
turned their attention to hay-and
Last year much larger crop of it
was planted than ever before. In
fact it was feared that TIN supply
would be greater t;an the demand.
The fact that there has not been a
pound of hay for sale in this parish
for more than month aud that al
most any quantity of it could be
sold here now for 800 ton shows
how difficult it would be to raise too
much of it Democratic Review.
The Robeline Reporter relates
that Judge Bowman, of Alexandria,
while speaking in the case of Mrs.
Williams vs McManus before Judge
Blackman, aecidently threw his coat
tail To one side AS If TO ret his hand
kerchief, but not so. He went on
with his speech until he saw the
Jury all looking at his side as if
something strange had happened,
so he himself looked around only to
sre his coat tail hung OH the handle