The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-09

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pose of raising funds to furnish the
high school building. 1t was a
grand success financially as we'll as
pleasurably.
Mr.. Gus. Lacoste has received
some fine wagons which he offers
for sale at reasonable prices.
Carencro News.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
-*'Fly time" is over, and bust
ness has opened up.
Cotton has been coming in with
rush. The two gins in town
handled forty one loads of the staple
last Saturday.
Cane has been set back a little
by the recent dry and cold spell.
Prof. Falk, of New Orleans,
has been engaged to take charge of
St. Peters parochial school. Both
the schools, for boys and girls have
been fitted up nicely and comfortably
by Father Laforest. Prof. Falk
comes with the highest recommen-
dations as thorough pedagogue.
Certain progressive merchants
of our less progressive sister Lafa-
yette, having a desire to set forth
the present and future advantages
offered by their town for investors,
have had their business envelopes
ornamented with "cut" of a map
of the parish. The existing and
several imaginary railroad routes
are shown. A couple of towns of
adjoining parishes showing their
location in very neat type; but the
designer or engraver, either acct
dentally or Intentionally seemed to
ignore or overlook the fact that the
towns of Carencro and Royville,
though smaller than our "county
seat" is nevertheless part and par
eel of the glorious old parish of
Lafayette, and at least deserve hav-
ing their location designated on
their ingenious little map. Had
this been done, persons in search of
reliable information, would have
discovered that Royville and Caren-
GRO are the centres of those sections
of the parish, which make it what
it is to day, glorious as to scenery
perfect as to health, an agricultural
wonder, and the greatest parish in
the State. The great city of Lafa-
yette seems eaten up by desire to
ignore it's smaller sisters, but the
ri
as sure as the sun shines.
Mr.. A. Cheffer, our lumber
king, keeps in stock everything
that could possibly be called for in
the building material line. People
from Sunset, Arnaudville, Belleview,
Scott, and even Lafayette come
to him to make their purchases.
Your correspondent is indebted
of tobacco, raised and prepared
by himself. His method of prepa-
ration makes it fully equal to s'Vir-
ginia Extra" possessing the same
color and flavor.
Hon. A. ]. Guilbeau, of Breaux
Bridge was visitor to our town
this week.
Since Conductor Fritz has been
elected tsvice president" it is al
most impossible to approach him.
But just wait little, this coming
winters rush of business, will rub
all that high toned polish off, Con-
ductors Lusted and Parrot, Judge
Coffey and Mr.. Felix Landry form a
splendid quartette, that would fill
the breast of nightingale with envy.
-Messrs Geo. f. Brown, Geo.
Melchior, S. p. Brown and Fred
Jones, visited New Iberia last Sun
day.
The Coulee Croche and Caren
GRO base ball clubs, played a game
of ball on the Church grounds last
Sunday with the following result.
Carencro, 4 innings, 81 runs; Coulee
Croche, $ innings, 20 runs. The
Carencro team claim they could
have done even better, with a little
practice. This club is to fghtitout
on the tsdiamOnd'' with the ssCrack"