The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-01
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

at Shreveport is progressing favor
ably.
OpelOusas Is well supplied now
with both watermeionS and mos
qnitos.
Telephone communication between
Bayou Sara and New Orleans is
completed.
The fruit crop this year about
Baton Rouge is abundant. The
sugar cane crop in this parish is
said to be growing nicely. = Capt.
tolian- Advocate.
Mr.. j. Z. Hankins, clerk in the
depot is enjoying the salt breeze
from the Gulf Oh a round trip to
and from Brownsville craftsmanship
/. q. Harris.- Free Press.
Our old friend, Mr.. A. Wilbert,
returned home last Thursday. after
an absence Ofeight weeks in Europe,
much improved by his trip,-IIber
Vile South.
The assessment of the Texas s.
Pacific Railroad, was reduced, at the
last meeting of the Police Jury, from
$4,000 to $3.50 per mile. flown
Talk.
Sheriff DuSon returned home on
Monday last from Baton Rouge,
where he had been to make his
quarterly settlement of tax collec
lions with the Auditor.-TSt. Ian
dry Democrat.
The prospect for an abundant
crop of all kinds of grain, fruit and
sugar cane, was never better in this
Parish than now, and the cost for
making the crop the least tor many
years. Terrebonne Times.
The Union Oil Mill is being thor
oughly overhauled and repaired for
fall and winter trade. An the old
machinery will be taken out and
replaced with the latest and finest
improved machinery in the country.
I-[Gretna Courier.
We have beard Of some cotton
beng picked on the Island and also
on the Chenal of False River this
week. and we think with fair weather
we will be able to chronicle the gin
ming of several bales in our next
issue Pointe Coupee Banner.
The numerous rains we have been
enjoying during the past two weeks
have been Very partial in their visit
atiOns to this parish. From three
miles north Of this place to the
parish line, we are informed, little
or no rain has tallen.- Truth.
Rains of late have been too fire
quent tor the good of the cotton.
The shower last Monday was the
severrSt we have had in SOmr time
flooding the streets and ditche,
in tOwn,-lnd was very probably
general Lafayette Advertiser.
We are pleased to say that the
sanitary condition of our town has
been somewhat improved lately,
still it cannot be said to be in Il
desirable condition by any means,
and it should receive immediate
attention at the hands of our town
authorities Lake Charles Echo.
A muzzled press is questionable
benefit; while fearless, independent
press is safeguard to all Just men
hold dear, Though unlimited Ii
cenSe is not desirable nor necessary,
there can be no true journalism,
while the freedom of the press
is practically placed at the mercy of
wrongdoers.- Item.
Criminal Sheriff Charles A. But
Ter and his deputies have applied to
the Civil District Court for man
damus to compel the city to pay
49,, 200, amount of their salaries
unpaid and claimed. If thirty.one
sheritf's officers can thus compel the
payment of their salaries, why
should not the school teachers do
likewise? This opens new hope
to class of employees whose work
is of the greatest value and is least
appreciated.-,I Picayune.
NO course OF reasoning in the
world can make us believe that the
church members and
moraliSts would naturally take the
wrong side and the gamblers, saloon
Keepers, ignorant negroes with very
few good men, the right.
The prOhihitionists have sin
cere desire to benefit the country
and to do good, and history has
never proven that men with such
1eSires make great mistakes.
Flown Talk.
Chief of Aids Boasso. of New Orleans, a |
married man, deceived Mary Catherine Kuhn, |
young girl, into marrying him ON u forged |
license, ruined her aud then deserted |
Ter. The outraged girl met MIN on the street |
hot him aud unfortunately did not kill him
The beast is now indicted for forgery of the
Judges name on the marriage certificate and
will soon be engaged in raising the road-be of
he ), Il z railway, with striped suit on
lie ought really to be burned at stake with
slow fire. Shreveport Chief.
The selection OF Major L. A. Burke as n
to visit Mexico in the interest of
he new American Exposition in matter for
uOlic cOngratulatiOn. Ne other person could
ecOmplish such effective work in the line
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