The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
NOTES.


town last week.
Mr.. j. B. Vance, Of Boyce,
was in town Saturday.
Mr.. j. M. Nugent, of Nugent,
La, was in town Monday.
MIR. j. E. Walker, of Pollock,
was in the city Monday.
Mr.. Tom Murphy Jr., left
Sunday for New Orleans.
Mr.. John Andrews, of Bayou
Rapides, was in Alexandria Sat
urday.
Mr.. Ed Cullen returned sew
eral days ago from Spring Hill
College, Mobile, Ala.
Mrs. G. Carbarreaux, Of Cane
river, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Harry Haas, of this city.
Miss Clara Saint, of Franklin,
La, is visiting the family of MIR.
and Mrs. John j. Ferguson.
Mr.. Joseph Fitzpatrick, of
Lloyd, gave the DEMOCRAT al APP
preciated call last Thursday.
Judge e. Il. Galligan, of For
est Hill, was in the city last week,
and gave DEMOCRAT a pleasant
call.
Mr.. Mac Howery, of the Lake
Charles Patriot, gave the DEMO.
Graf an appreciated call last Wed.
nesday.
Mrs. R. W. Bringhurst was in
Monroe last week, visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Allen, who was
quite i'll.
Our young friend, Emile
Schmalinski, of We'll p. o., was in
town last week, visiting his father
and mother.
Miss jeanette Richardson re.
turned home last week, from a Wis
it to her friend, Miss Mai Pierson,
VI NdtcllCOcneS.
The Baptist congregations of
Alexandria and Pineville have &c.
cured the ministerial services of
the Rev. Albert Hendrick, of Rus
ton.
Mrs. R. N. Quigley, of St.
Louis, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
Ferguson, returned home last
Thursday.
Mr.. W. G. McGimsey, a for.
mer resident of Alexandria and at
one time Mayor, was in the city
last week exchanging greetings
with his many friends.
Mr.. r. j. Peterman returned
from Shreveport last Friday, &C
companied by his sister, Miss Ir.
ma, who had been visiting friends
and relatives in that city for sew.
eral months.
Mr.. John Miller. son of Mr.. I.
G. Miller, returned home several
days ago, from Port Gibson, Miss,
whittier he has been for the past
scholastic year as student of the
Chamberlain Hunt Academy.
The editor OF the LOUISIANA
DEMOCRAT has been hOnUred with
al invitation to attend the 9Th
Annual Commencement of st.
Francis Xavier's Academy, at the
Academy Hall, on Friday evening,
June 2Sth, at 8 O'Clock.
The editor is in receipt of an
invitation to be present at the 2nd
Annual Commencement of st.
Francis Xavier's Commercial Col.
lege, to be held at the Opera house
at 8 O'Clock tomorrow evening.
Mr.. D. F. Clark, representing
d. Duff & Co., wholesale lumber
dealers. of st. Louis, Mo-, has gen
erously donated car load of lum,
Der for the Presbyterian church,
the erection of which will soon be
commenced. The Rev B. L. Price
Pastor in charge, advises us that
this completes the amount of lum
Der necessary for the construction
of the building.
Our good friend Mrs. G. A
Roberts will please accept the
thanks of the DEMOCRAT for :
mammoth cabbage which tips tn.
beam at 90 pounds. 1t is the larg
est cabbage that we have thus fal
seen this season, not even except
ing those of the market gardeners
and was raised, we are assured, by
Mrs. Roberts in her garden with
her own individual efforts AM
without the employment of extra
or hired assistance.
We are indebted to Mr.. T. w
Wright, Of Pomona, Cal, for late
files of California papers, from q
perusal of which we find that TIT
16 to l sentiment is not in the as
cendancy on the "golden shores Of
the Pacific" Mr.. Wright will b
remembered as the gentleman wht
conducted and very successfully
too in 1894, the "Racket Store;
on Second street, adjoining thu
jewelry establishment of John j
Ferguson, now occupied by tn,
MEYERS Star Emporium.