The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-04-02

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McEI!ee's Wine Of carduI
and THEDFoRD's BLACK DRAUeHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Rapides Parish:
Henry st. John.
Ben Turner. ...............Il .Ilneville
J. w. Miller. .Boyce
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY
COUNCIL.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
Mch. Is, 1890. !
The City Council met this day in
special session at 6 o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of receiving the report of
the commissioners Of election appoint
ed to hold an election on this day.
Present
Thos. Crawley, Mayor,
II. S. Gossens,
Joseph Fellows,
R. w. Bringhurst.
Absent. A. Johnston,
Jacob Irving.
ALEXANDRIA, La, /
March Is, 1890.
To the Hon. Mayor and city Council Of
the City Of dlun@ria:
We, the undersigned commissioners
of election, appointed and qualified to
hold an election this day for the pnr-
pose of taking the sense of the prop.
erty tax payers on a vote of a five mill
tax for ten years in aid of the Kansas
CITY, Watkins and Gulf Railroad, and
also 6ve mill tax for three years to
purchase depot grounds and terminal
| facilities for the said Kansas City,
Watkins and Gulf Railroad and the
Houston, Central Arkansas and North
ern Railroad, do hereby certify that we
have compiled the retnrns of the said
election this day held between the
hours Of 9 a. m. and p. m, and find:
That 22O votes were polled, aggre-
eating in value of property 1852 lao,
of which 2l9 votes were cast in favor
of the said tax, amounting in value to
S349,74O, and one vote was cast
against the said tax, amounting In
value to $2400.
L. V. MARYE,
4 A. P. WILLIAMS
Y THEUs N. MILES
!, On motion the report was adopted
q Whereas, the suhjoined returns o
q the commissioners of election shoy
9 that a majority, both in numbers an
= valuation Of property, was cast in ia
n yor of the TAG in aid of the Watkins
!, Kansas City and Gulf Railcoad, an
II thirty acres of ground for the Houston
g. Central Arkansas and Northern Raj
H. road; therefore be it
n Resolved, That the result of sal
$; election be and tha same is hereby o
Sc fcially promulgated as having bee
'e legally carried in favor of the abov
G. specified objects, acd that these pr
/, ceedings be ordered spread on II
le minutes.
er On motion the Board then a.
'e .t joarned.
tn THOS. CRAWLEY,
G.. NJ. RADCLIFFE, Mayor.
u. Secretary.
"a, Many people neglect cold, thinkil
~ it will go as it came. Frequently wi
ne serious results, the cold of to-day may
m the pneumonia of tomorrow. Nothi
IN, will cure cough or cold SO rapidly
,ld DR.. Davis Compound Syrup of w
ne Cherry and Tar. It's reputation has be
or- established for over fifty years as the b
'P.. remedy for coughs, colds, bronchlt
OF asthma, all throat and lung troubles
'ne For Group ahd whooping cough it is
dl- valuable. Mothers will be saved mt
raj anxiety aud loss of children by havi
TO-, Davis Wild Cherry and Tar always
en-. hand. Consumption has been cured ma
red times by it's nse. One dollar bottles h
ing two and half times as much as q 5
me bottle. For sale by Jacob Geiger.
W An nti.lottery league has b'
the organized in New Orleans by nj
the ber of prominent citizens for the
the pose Of preventing, if possible, an
r'n- : : tension of the charter of the Louisi
~ ~ Lottery Co. Among the members
nits Judge McGloin, Tax Collector |
!, a. ker, er- United States Attorney
lange, Judge Ellis, Colonel I
sa." saw Rev. b. Carradine, President G
MS man Of the Catholic knights,
lace President Morris, Of the Canal b.