Richland beacon., 1889-04-20

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, ing Of one thousand feet. on salt
Mine Island.
At the recent re-e'o.ion Of the
directors of the Iberia Pal; AsSo";a-
ton, earnings of III per cent. on the
capital stock was reported
A hog weighing 500 pounc,. RAISED
: on Mr.. j. ID. Broussard's place at
Fausse Pointe, was killed recently. 1t
yieled 3S gallons of lard.
Mr.. Moresi's large warehouse nj
Jeanerette, near his ice factory. l..
finished.
Mr.. Monnot is building a large
steamboat warehouse, on the bayou
at Jeanerette.
LAFAYETTE.
Tomatoes will be the principal out
put of the Lafayette Canning factory.
Alfalfa is being successfully grown
on CO.. Gus a. Breauxs place.
y cotton seed oil mill is to be start
ed next fall at Lafayette.
Lafayette Advertiser: All the af
fairs of the Lafayette Canning Com
pany are progressing steadily and
smoothly. The central building is
now nearing completion, and meets
the high approval of the Board of
Directors.
One of the curiosities of Lafavette
is the flower garden of Father Forge.
which contains over one thousand
varieties Of roses.
The parish is now reveling in a full
crop of Japan plums.
Company c, Sth Louisiana Regi-
ment, c. S. A., held a reunion at La
tayette, on the 30th ult.
The Thibodaux water works COM !
menced operations last week.
The Lafourche Comet reports
numerous improvements in Thibodaux. |
Several new residences are nearing
completion and as many more are |
being painted and improved.
Mechanics and artisans are all busy !
just now, in Thibodaux and vicinity.
LINCOLN.
The Ruston Building Association
has been organized, with Il capital
stock of five hundred shares of two
dollars each, with the privilege OF in
creasing.
Ruston Caligraph: Warm weather,
glorious sunshine and favorable
showers have given considerable i'm
petus to gardens, growing crops and
vegetation generally during the past
week.
The election to incorporate the
town of Slmsboro will be held on the
18th. ;
MOREHOUsF.
The citizens of Bastrop know that
vinegar never catches flies nor road
men either. They treated the repre-
sentatives of the H., C. A. G. N. r. r.
to a fine banquen recently.
A band of gypsies are encamped
near Bastrop.
The California plantation, having :
one thousand and forty-two acres of !
land, will be sold by the sheriff MAY
llth. |!
NATCHITOCBE~. T,
NatchitochesReview About the buff
alo gnats which are pest, and very ;
in some neighborhoods.
Mr.. G. A. Frierson suggests the old
preventive of train oil, applied In
mall quantities to the mules morning
md evening. He suggests mixing a r
title Sulphur with oil to make it {
nere effective. I
The lands are al broken up and
planting cotton nearly completed.
Sfuch OF the stiff lan,i cotton planted i
arly in March is up fnely-stand ;,
,ood. =,
Corn is coming on handsomely and
ne stand fire, So Ear as we can learn. I
The Pool line is having sharp op- e
'osition just now. The independent
)acotah. and the Alliance steamer e.
'enteIl have cut rates down to old !,
lme, living prices The freight char :,
es are away below railroad demands, !,
nd they have drawn out of the fight. q
The iron draw railroad bridge over !,
I'D river. on the Natchitoches rail OF
Dad has been completed, by con- ia
ractor sill, and accepted by tie com IL
anv. a,
Capitalists from the Northwest are Il
D establish a large sawmiIl at Martina %
ille. H.
Col. T. J. Flanner has elayloved 0,
hree Arabs, from Lebanon. Asia. He sc
ays that they do more work in one
ay than any six Of our ordinary farm
ands.
Mr.. j. c. Johnson, of Prudhomme. Is
'ho makes now $4,000 shingles per :,
ay. has established another sawmilI az
n Old river.
The iron for the Old Pivar ra;lroad I,