The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-30
This Great State.

will be unusually large"
The oat crop in Lincoln will be
short this year on account of the
scarcity of rain this month.
The Red Men tribes of Shreveport
will give an excursion to Lewisville,
Ark, on Wednesday, June IL.
Another National Bank with paid
up capital of S5OO,000 will shortly
be established in Shreveport by Phil
adelphia capitalists.
Shreveport Democrat: eff there
is a better or more prosperous town
or city in the State than Shreveport
we have yet to hear of it."
Ruston Caligraph: "The day is
probably not far distant when large
portion of South Louisiana will be-
come vast market garden"
Bienville New Era: "Some of our
exchanges continue to run the adver-
tisements of DR.. Able's Tanamaw,
which is a very able-bodied fraud"
Natchitoches Enterprise: "Robe-
line will mail her letters on board of
the mall car. She is not favorably
impressed with her new postmaster.
Webster Tribune, oath: "The
outlook for fine oat crop this year
is excellent. Corn is fine, but the
cotton seems to grow off rather slow
owing to the cool nights"
Ruston Caligraph: "The dry
weather is making the water supply
for range cattle very scarce in some
places. It is quite early for the
branches to begin to dry up"
The grand lodge knights of Pyth-
is at its session in Algiers last week
transacted large amount of bust
ness and adjourned to meet in New
Orleans on Monday, May Is, 1890.
Shreveport Times: at is under
stood that Mr.. Welsh, of Vicksburg,
will assume charge of the Phoenix
Hotel on June /, ON the retirement
of Mr.. Coin, the present manager"
Gov. Nichols has appointed ex-
Senator James Brice, of Bienyille,
member of the Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State University and Me-
chanical College at Baton Rouge, vice
NJ. E. Girard, deceased.
Aggregate receipts of cotton at
Shreveport from September 1 to last
Friday-74,167 bales against 94,111
bales in 1883. Receipts for week
ending last Friday, 1913 bales, against
392 bales for the same week last year.
Ruston Caligraph: "The man
who can travel over Louisiana and
not conclude that nature has display
ed lavish hand in dispensing her
blessings upon this State would sure
ly have to be very strongly prejudic-
ed against the State"
In the United States Circuit Court
at Shreveport suit has been institut-
ed by the Central Trust Company Of
New York against the st. Louis, Ar
kansas and Texas Railway Company
for $5,000,000, the interest on the
mortgage having defaulted:
Shreveport correspondent of Times
Democrat: CA building boom has
again struck this city and large
number of beautiful residences and
substantial business houses are in the
course of construction, besides a
large number being contracted for"
Plaquemine special to N. o. Picay-
une, May %: "The fires that have
been burning back of Bayou Goula
and White Castle for three weeks
continue undated. Much fine tim
bered land has been ruined and many
cords of wood and thousands of
slaves destroyed"
Shreveport Democrat: "The PEG.
pie along Red River are loud in their
praises of Capt VIM. I. Boardman
of the steamer Dacotah. The planters
say that the Captain has saved them
thousands of dollars already in the
reduction of freight rates and by in
creasing the price of cotton seed"
Shreveport Democrat: "The hill
parishes of North Louisiana are fill
ing up at a gratifying rate with thrift
ty, industrious white farmers and
mechanics. Some of the settlers are
from the Northern and Western
States, but the majority are from
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
older Southern States. This argues
well for the future of this section of
the State. The cause is due to the
cheapness and fertility of the lands,
fine water, genial climate, excellent
health and good society"
Louisiana Planter, 25th: "The
Louisiana rice crop of 1889 is prac-
tically lost. From New Orleans to
Donaldsonville rice crop after rice
crop is abandoned. Far down Bayou
Lafourche abandonment is the rule,
and soft is on the lower coast, until
We should think it fair to say that
two-thirds at least of the fields that