Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
FOR CONGRESS-
9TH District,
vnvN 3, STONE.
OF MADISON.
II IFT-
OF MADISON.

Pic-uics have Oeeh 'i0
season.
There was an epidemic Of wrecks
On tbe V. s. & P, last week.
The railroad is mighty slow
.bout those back taxes. They
need a good stirring up.
Mr. NJ. Dawson, clerk OF the
court has been quite i'll for some
DAYS. but, is now improving.
Mr.. W. NJ. Murphy, who has
bssn absent for some days, on legal
business, to Lake Providence, re-
turned Thursday.
News from Lake Providence, La,
;.to the effect that J. E. nsdeil,
district Attorney for this district,
has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of East Carroll parish.
Mr.. GA. Richardson sent to the
TrvEs Office, healthy sized basket
containing lot of peaches and a
number of large tomatoes. He is a
good citizen.
Prof. A. NJ. Burney, President
Howard Femal College Gallatin,
Tenn, and brother of the late R.
W. Burney of Delta, La, paid a
short visit to Tallulah, last week.
Capt. H. B. Holmes returned
from Baton Rouge last week with a
document in his pocket that gave
him comfortable feeling. 1t was a
"uuietus" from the Auditor.
Miss Curtis Raglan left Tallulah
Thursday, to pay q visit to her
sister in Texas, near San Antonio.
She viii be gone several months.
The young gentlemen gave her a
dance at the School house, Tuesday
night.
Theresa general complaint that
cotton is in bad way. The stalks
while looking healthy are, in many
instances, without roots, the root
Ofthe plant being rotted off just
below the surface of the ground.
They had good rain about a
mile and half or two miles up the
the bayou, last Saturday while Tai
lulah had none, and yet it is said
that the rain falls on the just as
well as the unjust. (This is not
originally
The Jail contractors have been
compelled to abandon the idea of
making the brick to build the Jail
here. The top soil is not suitable,
and the ground is so saturated that
they can't go down but little over
two feet without striking water.
They have bought the brick else
where and will have them shipped.
Messrs. Briscoe and Hickey were
ona serenading tour last Monday
night. The family of this editor
vas honored with a serenade. The
music was well rendered, and the
listener would naturally suppose
. that there were at least three mu-
slclans, or more. There were only
two, but as either gentleman could
play on two instruments at once
and did so, there was some excuse
Tor installing the two serenaders
1ora band. Come again gentlemen
Thanks.
An opportunity for spending a
very pleasant evening is offered by
the ladies' of Millikens Bend, anc
heishborhood. They propose
giving a Musical entertainment. in
'erspersed with rotations. ect.
on the evening of the 29th inst.
~ the town hall in Mil
Akens Bend, for the purpos,
~ faslng money with which t,
ai'Ae Improvements on that build
ing.
Attention is called to the nev
Gard of Mr.. W. o. Worrell in tbi
issue the TIMES. In addition Z
n's old business, Mr. WorrelI bo.
accepted the agency of the Ware,
NUS, and deals extensively i
'0'lon seed products. The stead,
~'iu healthy increase in his bust
ess Jusuties him in branching on;
:, anu he accordingly, enters this t
MN, new branch Of trada TT;