The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-12-03
STATE gEws.

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Bastrop last week at five cents a
pound.
We are decidedly in favor of ex-
Senator Jonas for the Collectorship
in New Orleans.
The exchanges all over the country
are organizing in opposition to the
Hatch anti-option bill.
The Commercial says there are
already twelve applicants for the
Lake Charles postofiice, and more a
coming.
/ Vitrified brick for paving purposes
are extensively made in Shreveport,
while the Crescent City has no fact
tory Of the kind.
The revenues of the city of Shreve-
port show balance on the wrong
side OF the ledger. The Caucasian
says the receipts from all sources foot
up $50, 900 per annum, while the ex-
penditures are fully sos, 700, if not
more.
Ex-Lieut. Governor c. G. An
tonic, colored, was tried in New Or
leans before Judge Noise and jury
on Monday last, for obtaining money
under false pretences. The jury
after being out but few moments
brought in a verdict of guilty.
William Diclzey, father of the Bill
Dickey who cavorted around East
| Carroll during reconstruction days,
was sent to the Maine Legislature in
1912. and they are sending him there
yet. He was reelected at the recent
election, and is now eighty-one years
old.
! Jim Hall sailed for America on the
Majestic Wednesday last from Liver
i pool, to meet Fitzsimmons at the
j Crescent Club on March the 1st. II
! will be world renowned affair. The
purse Is the largest ever offered
| $40, 900.
\ The Thanksgiving turkeys in Ray
vile were gobbled mp before the time
came. Our worthy confrere Mang-
ham lost princely gobbler, which he
| expected to give thanks over, but
twas not to be. Another instance
of the old adage, ''lnan proposes and
God disposes.
We notice that the allotment OF
J money by the River Commission fo1
levee purposes for this year is toe
near exhausted to permit of anything
being done for the Reid levee this
season. A new line has been
laid out that will measure 600,00G
cubic yards, at an estimated cost Of
500, goo.
i Our talented Congressional Rep
resentative Hon. G. j. Boatner
: seems to be devoting almost his en-
tire attention to the levee interests
Iof Red River. We sincerely hope he
viii not entirely forget that the par.
fishes along the big river in his dis.
trict has some claims upon him, es.
pecially the town of Providence
(which needs speedy attention from
/ 1.-THE rivers inroads.
The Baton Rouge Truths new re
Eporter is Jim Dandy. With hin
truth or otherwise comes right handy
: the otherwise seems best to fit, while
spinning yarns he makes hit; ths
: truth he shuns. and SHES, and feels
7 as though he was near a Bronchos
heels; but turn him loose, witt
| matchless grace he'll spin a yarn
give time and place, and all the uni
ties set forth as if his yarn was rea
truth. Oh he can write and Is
: right handy, and is in truth rea
} Jim Dandy.
Joseph l.. Monitor, coin clerk Ii
the Z. S. sub-Treasury at New Or
leans, is reported to have embezzlet
a small amount of money from thu
department by extracting one dollar
) from every bag containing $1,000
& The inspectors when examining th'
contents Of the treasury weighing
instead of counting the contents o
! each bag, and when found only ont
| dollar short, attributed it to abra
Z sion of the money by handling, blu
whenever it went as far as two dol
lars short they always counted. S.