The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-04
STATE news.

quoted in New Orleans at . 81
There were 500 trafips arrested in
New Orleans in rs days ending Feb.
%.
The Gazette says, there is not a
vacant residence in the town OF
Farnersville.
The Red River Oil Mill of Alexan-
dria uses up so tons OF cotton seed
every "a hours.
The business men of Monroe re-
fused to endorse Mr.. Hugh Watson's
mission to Chicago.
AT the Poe single mill in Lake
Charles 1926, 900 shingles were cut
in one day last week.
Hugh Watson, the Catahoola
poverty pleader, is coming home
from Chicago crest fallen.
The desire for constitutional
amendments in this st tie is becom-
ingmore pronounced every day.
Senator White secured an appro-
priation of $50. 900, for the Algiers
dry dock opposite the Crescent City.
Hall and Fitzsimmons fight before
the Crescent City Club in New Or
leans March 9th, for purse of S40,-
900.
Lake Charles is to have another
rice mill before the next crop natures
which will enable the town to clean
5000 barrels daily.
The sprightly Meridional has
ceased to come out on the half shell
since a rail road to Abbeville be-
came fixed fact.
Active steps have been already
taken to have fitting monument
erected in New Orleans to the memo
ry of General Beauregard.
The management of the parish
prison in New Orleans has been Sc
riously condemned by the grand
jury of the parish recently in session.
The New Orleans Commercial says
that four Millions of dollars are used
yearly In gold for teeth filling, most
of which is FINALLY buried in
graves.
Col. A. w. Crandell passed
through Washington City last week
en- route to Boston. He will return
from the East in time to witness the
inauguration.
The State Immigration Convention
has been called by the Governor to
meet in New Orleans on the 21st day
of March. Each parish Is expected
to send delegates.
I Small pox is prevailing to a con-
siderable extent in Calcasieu parish.
The quarantine methods adopted
against the town of Jennings failed
to keep it from spreading.
The receipts of cotton at Shreve-
port from Sept. LIST 1892, up to the
close of last week, were 81 1856 bales.
A falling off of SO, 93S bales compar-
ed with the same time for the pre-
vious year.
The New Orleans Delta Is vigor-
\ ously protecting the interests of the
Tax payers of that city in the matter
LOT the Rosetta Gravel Contract
). The Delta deserves well at the hands
of the property holders.
We are in receipt of the Shreve.
port Progress, asking for an x
We have perused Progress with muct
pleasure and cheerfully respond tt
the request, believing it will be pro
excessively advantageous to us.
The attention of farmers in Louis
lana, since the cotton has been com
} manding such low prices, has beer
turned to tobacco growing in severa
localities, and the leaf has beer
found to thrive vigorously on the
soil of eur state.
Justice. Fenner of the Supreme
. Court has been elected President o
the Board of Administrators of The
Tulane educational fund to succeed
the late Randall Lee Gibson. a
/, better and more desirable selection
, could not have been made.
Mr.. Achille Blais publishes hi
valedlctory in the last issue of thu
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