The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-03
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leer are pIentitni in Raniden.

Deer are plentiful III Rapides,
Gen. Longstreet is now keeping a
hotel at Gainesville, Georgia.
Jumbo, the $4,000 elephant, was
killed by a railroad train last week.
Our planting friends are looking
decidedly more cheerful than during
the previous week.
The yacht Puritan has been sold
for S13,500, to Edward Burgess,
who bought it for q Bosten man.
Prof. Magruder's Collegiate Inst
tuition opens its session of 1885 Sc
on the seventh of October II Capt.
toliau Advocate.
The Captolian Advocate Of the
twenty first contains u sensible
article advocating national aid to
public education in the South.
Mr.. Joseph Flanner has returned
from a business visit North, where
he arranged for general exhibit Of
leading pianos at the American Elk
position, to be made under charge
OF Louis Grunewald, sole agent.
The cane crop of Ascension never
WAS known 10 be more promising.
The cane is uniformly large on all
plantations, and if grinding is de
ferled until the canes airs fully
matIred the yield this season will
be beyond precedent.
The Baton Rouge Truth iutimates
that the japanese Commissioner to
the Worlds Industrial Exposition,
Mr.. Takamine, left his heart behind
him in the keeping of one of our
pretty Creole bellies. Poor TAX.
Alas! poor heart.-[ltem.
Mi. Jolm Rodrigue, the efficient
agent OF the Singer Machine Com
pany of New Orleans, is giving the
people OF the parishes Of st. Charles
and st. john grand Inducements,
he gives them a chance to win a.
Dea1Lllui High Ann Singer Machine
for the small sum of fifty cents
Tickets can be had at this Office.
Rattle to be drawn tomorrow eve.
Our energetic and popular parish
priest, Rev. &. A. Johard, has under
taken the laudable work of erecting
aparochial school connection with
his church, located three miles above
Hahnville, and as a means towards
the accomplishment of This purpose
will give a grand sacred concert and
tair at his church OF Our Lady OF
the Rosary, on Sunday, Oct. 4, 1885.
Tickets, 90 cents. We trust it will
prove, as usual. a grand success.
Gen, Bnclsner-The funeral OF the great
General To wnom surrenuered was the great
est event in the worlds history. I'm sorry
Grant is dead, but his death is the greatest
blessing the country has ever received. HIS
lite did not III any way retard the nations
progress and pr0spelity-far from it-but hls
death has afforded an opportunity for n re-
union OF the South and North never before
afforded. The uniiieation OF the North and
South is now perfect 1t is more tirmly ce
mented than before the war. The Friendly
feeling OF the South has existed an this while
in latent condition; the death of Grant has
given ii its first opportunity for expression
II LRoOln had not been assassinated there
would have been reconciliation in year after
the war. Gen. Grant wrote to me sho tly
after the end OF the strife that il the matter
conld be left TO tho soldiers reconciliation
could be elected at once The country ia now
practically AZ new Que. The south, through
its intercourse with aud magnanimous treat
ment by the North. added TO tbs me lowing
influences of tine, is no longer dissenting,
section, but loyal ono, and this grand re-
nnion will give MS more weight with foreign
powegs than We ever had before