The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-02-11
STATE NEWS.


New Orleans is to have Real Es-
tate Exchange at an early day.
The tax collectors during January
paid into the State treasury ST.
235, 662.24.
Large quantities Of cypress lumber
is now being exported from Louis
lana to Havana.
Our highly esteemed lady friend
Mrs. Sam Bard is teaching school in
Floyd, West Carroll. We wish her
abundant success.
The colored people in Richland
parish are having considerable diff
Guilty this year in securing merchants
to supply them with the accessories
of life.
East Baton Rouge parish is in the
lead for the production of Irish pota-
toes for 1892. In the production of
Rice Acadia leads, with Calcasieu
close behind.
The Direct Tax commission met in
Baton Rouge on Saturday last.
What they done outside of the reg
ular circumlocutionary business, we
have not yet learned.
The remains of Jefferson Davis
viii be removed from New Orleans to
Richmond, the last resting place, on
May the 30th next, which is the
regular annual Confederate memorial
day.
The quotations for Fifth District
levee bonds on Saturday evening last
at the New Orleans Stock Exchange
was 81 cents, which shows that full
confidence is restored in the dis
trict obligations.
The three-eights interest held for
years by Mr.. p. j. Trezsvant in the
penitentiary lease, has been bought
out by Major James, who has now
the sole and entire control of the
convicts of the State.
Leading selected debaters in
Princeton and Yale College will con-
tend at Princeton on March 18th.
The subject selected IS: evil the
peaceful annexation of Canada be a
benefit to the United States?'
Franklin, St. Mary parish, must
be in a deplcrable condition. The
Banner in giving an account of a re-
cent shooting scrape says 1--WE don't
believe that justice can be obtained
in Franklin, less than through the
power of each individual"
Hog raising in the wester parishes
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is becoming quite a prominent bust
ness among the farmeas. They have
great faith in hog and hominy-keep-
ing the wolf from the door. We
wish the planters in the bottom lands
would adopt the same views.
The Down Town Herald in its last
issue pertinently says that whatever
may be said of the anti-option bill,
its opponents IN this case, who were
largely in favor of killing the lottery
dog, can now get ready to attend the
funeral of their future gambling cat.
The leading anti lottery papers in
the State are calling on Senators
White and Caffery to a strict reckon
ing for their opposition to the anti
option bill They think that what
was sauce for the lottery goose
should be sauce for the future gand-
er.
Parish scrip is certainly overabund-
in Union. The Gazette says 81 ,451
was paid into the parish treasury the
last day of the year, and adds that
"about one-half this sum consisted
of parish script. 1t was after mid
night when the cash was paid into
the treasury and by seven O'Clock
next morning the parish funds were
exhausted and a great many script
holders had to be content to go away
without getting slice from the
public funds" The officials that
redeemed the script with what cash
was paid in between midnight and
clever daylight, must be ''ay by
nights" of the swlftest type.
Louisiana's able representative in
Congressman Boatner is to lead the