The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-04-04
This Great state.

begin work next week.
Many fine places are being sold to
home-seekers in Tangipahoa parish.
There are now e19 convicts in the
penitentiary-of which 142 are white.
Citizens of Ruston are at work
getting up building and loan asso-
citation.
The Caligraph thinks Ruston is
rapidly falling into the wholesale
business.
The cattle are dying in great num-
bers in st. Tammany parish, from
some unknown disease.
The State Fair and Shreveport Elk
position will be opened on October
8 and close on October ID, inclusive.
Large tracts of land on Bayou
Plaquemine, in Iberville parish, are
being cleared preparatory to cultiva-
ton.
DeSoto Democrat EARN work
in this parish is better advanced than
was ever known before, up to this
date"
Tberville South: "The single
business is still on the boom, several
millions being shipped hence every
week"
In every direction, says the Adver
tiser, Lafayette parish exhibits evil
dences of rapid and substantial
growth"
Ruston Caligraph: "Corn never
gets so cheap that it does not pay the
farmer to raise what he needs rather
than buy it,"
Louisiana Journal: "From all the
information we can gather Homer is
about the liveliest town in this por-
ton of the State"
Coushatta Citizen: f'The shipping
business is falling off fast on Red
River and boats have only moderate
trips either up or down"
Cholera prevails among the hogs
and chickens in and about Ruston.-
The Caligraph says "dead hogs can
be seen lying around in every direc.
, ton"
The Louisiana Democrat says that
, there will be much more land in cul
| tivation this season, in Rapides, an6
that many of the farmers are using
fertilizers.
Shreveport Times: Gail kinds O
business in Shreveport should be or
: ganized in one great body through
which railroads and other grievances
. Can be reached effectively"
The people of Lake Providence are
"buoyant with the expectation of tht
Steele Railroad at an early day and
the glorious planting weather tina
, prevails" says Picayune special.
Marksville Bulletin: "The ric'
industry in this parish is becoming
every year more and more important
Our prairies are dotted with ponds
which are yearly utilized for ric,
planting"
Louisiana Democrat: Hundred
!, of acres of land on the Texas ant
Pacific Railroad, from Alexandria t.
the Atehafalaya, have been recent
. cleared. This speaks well for us, an,
shows that we are gradually progress
ing"
The Echo says: "a large iro
o and brass foundry is to be establish
: ed in Lake Charles very soon. Activ
steps are now being taken to that en-
Q by experienced men engaged in th
o business elsewhere"
y The Shreveport Times of last FIR
: day says: "The Times learns fror
q conversation with planters that farm
# ing operations in this section al
h some three weeks in advance of las
year. The land, too, is in good cor
dition, no heavy rains having fallen
II pack the ground"
L Marksville Bulletin: "Cotto
. seed business is about played out
a Planters realized the fact that ther
!. is more money in keeping the cotto
= seed at home and using same to fee
d stock and fertilize their lands. n
IS wonder our planters are making sue