The Progress., 1892-05-28

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Alas for him who is too blind 10 Scp
| That there - som, thing more ~
grief than growing.
The sunday school Times.
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GENERAL ITEMS.
| ENTITLED TO CONSIDERATIONS
Several days ago Bailey Haugh.
erty was down at Daugherty lake
fishing, and was cleaning some
fish in n boat, and as hc was doing
SO set ring which he had on his
finger fell off into the water. He
searched for it, but as his efforts
to find 1t were futile he gave it NJ
as lost Last Sunday Will Jones
and others were seining, and
among other fish, they caught a
large carp, and concluded they
would dress it for dinner, and as
they were doing SO found Mr..
Daugherty's ring on the inside of
the fish. The place where the
ring was lost aud where the fish
was caught was quite distance
apart.-Forney (1ex.) Tribune.
The HEAVY rain of last Saturday
night flooded the whole commu-
nifty. The creeks and branches
were higher than they have been
known to be for years. Kings
creek Overflowcd it's banks and did
much damage to the asylum farm
and elsewhere. At the latter place
fences We're washed away ana the
growing crops were uprootod A
force was at worl, all day Sunday
at the asylum rcfcucing. bachelor
creek was the highest ever known.
and Bru-hy creek and tubut.rie.
were on a mad tear, and brdges
without number were dislodgcd
and washed away. Terrell CTex)
Times Star
Az OPERA HOUSE company has
been organized in Lake Charles.
La, with paid-Up capital of SO
600. The purposes and objects Of
this corporation are expressed ~
the charter.
The purposes and objects for
which tins corporation Is formed
are to own, conduct and manage
an Opera house in the city OF Lake
Charles, for the purpose of giving
entertainments of a dramatic and
theatrical nature, and TO furnish
an auditorium for lectures. politi-
cal, public and private meetings, |
etc.
We UNDERSTAND that a number
of our ladies have organized a
sewing society" Tho purpose Is
to make clothing for the suffering
and destitute Russian emigrants. |
who are coming to this country
from that famine stricken land.
quite supply has been
made. -Natchitoches Enterprise
The WHITE people of Grand
Cane, without regard to sect or
sex, gave the Methodist pastor at
that place, Rev. T. l.. LaIlance.
substantial pounding" last Friday
night. The good preacher will
not have to give much attention to
things worldly, SO far as this worlds
goods are concerned, for some
line to come. But that is Grand
Canes way of doing things
Journal.
Oh! but aren't we funny!
lT IS HINTED that Judge A. A.
iunby, of Monroe, is candidate
% succeed Mr.. Boatner in Con-
yress. Judge Gunby would be an
on the present in
in more respects than
me; and it is probable that, il he
makes the race, he will be elected.
Mansfield Journal.
In respect to ability, we think
hat Congressman Boatner has the
lecided advantage. In what re- [
pect is Judge Gunby superior to {
iIr. Boatnerl The latter was
gainst us in the late fight and the {
Ormer with us, but that neither l
dds to the ability of the one nor !
.etracts from the other.
A Curious CUsToM.-In a church |
4 one of the Danish islands it was 8
he custom of the men on walking l
p to the altar and coming back S
gain to bow at a certain spot TO
ne women sitting on one side of
he aisle. No one could tell why.
last year it so happened that a :