The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07

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The Crescent says 1900 sacks of
rics has lready been shipped from
Welsh this season, with a large guam
tity yet to follow.
The Plaquemine Lumber Company
has contracted to deliver to Chicago
and st. Louis firms lumber and shin.
giles to the amount of $4,000.
A correspondent of the Louisiana
Journal says Sam Gray, of ward l, is
the largest man in Claiborne parish.
He levels the beam at 300 pounds.
A tract of about 300 acres of land
in western Union parish was recently
sold for $1525. Good prices can
now be obtained for land in Union.
Thet Knights of Pythias Lodges
in Baton Rouge will celebrate the
25th anniversary of the order on the
18th instant with on entertainment
Lake Charles Echo: One of the
untutored children of the parish was
about the Court house, this week,
looking for the 'Persecuting Attor-
ney."
Ruston Caigraph: North Louisiana
needs farm laborers, and lots of them.
That immigration convention we are
going to have here in Ruston will
bring them.
An extensive and costly system of
improvements has just been finished
by the Texas and Pacific Railroad at
the Gouldsborough landing, opposite
New Orleans.
Morgan City Review: Real estate
is increasing in value in this end of
the parish. Recently the lands on
bayou Bout, that have been idle for
years, have been in demand.
There is a great scarcity of hands
in ward 6, Claiborne parish, and
many planters will be unable to cul-
tivate their fields, says correspond
ent of the Louisiana Journal.
Alexandria Town Talk: Governor
Nichols is Governor of Louisiana in
fact as well as in name. All of his
official acts will bear close scrutiny
and few will be found far out Of the
way
Welsh Crescent: Thousands of
persons are making up their minds to
settle in southwest Louisiana. It is
settled question that people can do
well here; even far beyond their ex-
pectations.
Ruston Caligraph: All Louisiana
needs to make her one of the best
countries in the world is people to
utilize her vast uninhabited territory.
With plenty of people will come
plenty of money.
Homer Guardian: Homer has ten
doctors and as few sick people as any
town to its size in the world, SO we
don't know what our doctors are to
do for livelihood, unless they ex-
pect to mako it outside of the pro.
fession.
The Terrebonne Times has been
informed of the probable coming to
Houma of several parties from Kan
sas City, Mo-, whose interest has
been aroused in Houma as good
place i'll which to make business in
vestments,
Lake Charles American: The ex
tent and richness of the rice lands
are constant surprise. In what
other country can man buy lands at
So per acre that will produce from
$50 to $50 per acre annually and
with little expense in fitting the lands.
Lake Charles Echo, Feb. Ist: Mr..
j. M. Taylor, living in the southern
part of town, has had English peas
bearing in his garden all winter. He
has one crop which is now about
through bearing, aud another lust
commencing. He also has strawber-
ries.
The Farmerville Advocate gives
this gratifying information 'FThe
bulk of the cotton around our town
is still in the hands of the planters.
Our farmers being out of debt are
not compelled to sell their cotton,
until they believe the market iustifes
them"
Floyd Messenger If our people
would resolve to do without those
articles that they have to buy on
credit, live as they did during the
war, every one would soon become
independent. They would only have
to practice self-denials for one year.
and at most two years, before they
could buy what they wanted for the
money.
Baton Rouge Advocate: Judge
Ellis of Catahoula parish has fined
about a score of darkies $40 and
costs each, under the late act pro
hibiting playing dice on public thor
oughfares. "Craps," as it is called,
is bad game anyhow. It kills more