The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-09-25
This Great State.

The orange crop will be from 25 to
335 per cent short.
An iron bridge has just been built
across Bayou Teche at New Iberia.
Another sawmill company is to be
established in Jefferson parish with
capital of $50O,O9O.
Richland Beacon-News: Still the
improvement goes on in town.
Houses going up on every hand.
A large Farmers Union was organ
lied by the farmers of Bayou Rapides,
residing near Alexandria, last week.
Crowley Signal: The crops are
good and the rice is heavy, but 10!
there are no roads to haul it to mar
ket
The Iowa Cooperative Association
is negotiating for 10, 900 acres of land
in Vermilion parish on which to To-
cate their colony.
The New Orleans and Northwestern
Railroad is now running daily trains
between Vidalia and Rayville, making
the round trip in daylight.
Hay making has become a success
full industry in Natchitoches Parish.
A Cane river planter has put up 1900
bales of fine Bermuda hay.
Louisiana Sugar Bowl: Our rice
crop, the largest ever made in the
State, is being harvested under diff
culties, and yet we have heard of no
heavy losses from the rain,
The Town Talk says the Houston,
Central Arkansas and Northern Rail
road will probably be completed to
Alexandria by next February
Richland Beacon-News: It is only
a little over two miles from Rayville
to Girard and they are both good
shipping points for the v, S. & P
Railroad.
The Enterprise of the 18th instant
says the machinery for the oil mill at
Natchitoches has about all arrived.
The Company expect to have every.
thing in working orderin October.
The Dubberly (Webster parish)
correspondent of the Louisiana Eagle
Eye says: We think there has been
more turnips planted in this ward
during the past three weeks than in
Cavnrol 1,oa,.o bovoL - eovo
Mr.. NJ. c. Moseley, a leading mem
Der of the Alexandria bar, was mar
ried at that place on the 18th instant
to Miss Pearl Boagni. Mr.. Moseley
is nephew of Mr.. F. r. Galloway,
of ward 3, Webster parish, and is
well and favorably known in that
parish, where he lived for many years.
L. S. Hatch, Northern emigrant,
gives his experience in rice to the
Crowley Signal: 81 landed in Grow.
ley on Christmas day, 1887. Bought
$50 acres of land at $3.50 and Sc PEI
acre. Ia 1883 I made so sacks Of
rice; in 1889 planted so acres oil
rice which was worth 50, 900; 25 acres
of the $3.50 land brought me S1,24e
80. This year have in rice nearly
$50 acres-all not first class, but
some is good for Is and 20 barrels tc
the acre."
The Donaldsonville ascension par.
ish) Chief says: The rice crop of oul
section, as rule, is very fine, and
the results of the harvest work now
in full blast promiser to be highly
satisfactory and profitable to growers
of this ceral. The market is also
exceptionally good. The earlier ship
ments to New Orleans brought from
81 to SIS per sack of 1872 lbs, and
last Thursdays quotations were SO. 35
to $3.50 per sack. 1t is reported that
Messrs. Kelly Bros, the largest rice
growers of this parish, have sold their
entire crop for $3.50 per sack, and we
have heard the opinion expressed
that their profits for the year will
aggregate $4,000.