The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-08

self shaking the hands OF OLD
friends and ac1uaintances wnO had
come to court, aud they were not
few.
COurt week is a sort Of holiday
in Winn parish for the men, and
every one goes to town on the least
prOvOcatiOn.
If he is neither juror For wit
ness, q Justice of the peace nor
constable, a road Overseer, nor
commissioner of election, then he
goes to town to pay taxes or swap
horses.
And before court week, Sheriff
Crawford. Clerk Jones, Congress
man Bailey, District Attorney
Milling and Ex. Governor Tame
hill all get i'm a fresh pOrker. n
quarter of beef and other edibles
to entertain the company they al
ways have.
The grand jury was a most ex-
cellent selection, and while all the
bills found will doubtless prove un-
palatable to the accused, we are
satisfied justice will be done by
them. After finding 35 bills they
concluded their labOrs on Satur-
day evening last.
Owing to a large criminal docket
disposed of by 'bOb-tailed" jury
at the civil term in November last,
the docket at this, the regular
term, was light, and was easily
cleared in one week.
Among the many friends we met,
other than those We stopped with
on the trip, were T. Durbin, d. w.
ShOIars, E. y. Martin and Jas.
Carter of ward 8, D. NJ. Barnes, A.
r. Mcdonald, F. T. Walker and T.
l.. Jones of ward 4, John Terrall
w. p. Odum, L. L. j. Grisham'
A. Smith, DIR. Collins, p. F. Smith,
w. I. Abrams of ward Z, Fl. j. Per,
kins, w. 4. Chapman, J. w. Al
ford, A. o. Willis, ID. E. James
J. L. Dark, J. M. and j. w. BOyett
j. w. Skies and JnO. NJ. Jones of
ward 3, Z. +. Whitehead, J. A.
Smith, q. w. Fletcher and Edgar
Collins of ward 2, f. M. Machen,
l.. H. Scott, Berriau Bailey, J. B.
Shumate, E. Eagles Jr. w. T. and
DR.. Pat Robinson, j. F. and Dave
Porter and Joseph Smith of ward
1, G. c. Purvfs, j, L. and j. r.
Durham, J. NJ. Webb, H. C. Mix
on and j, L. Wilson of ward s, b.
Z. and L. b. Woods, j. c.. Crew,
T. w. Kindred, d. II. Shumatct
f. NJ. and w. Y. Mccain, G.. NJ.
Wyatt, j. G. johnson, w. Guice
and w. T. Plunkett of ward 5
We noticed that Hon r. l.. Tan
nehill was unusually happy, and
upon inquiry found that 8 pound
girl had made its appearance only
ten days before, and as it was the
fifth of that gender and ninth of
both, all robust perfect specimens
of childhood, he has great cause to
crow over ordinary folks. His
young but accomplished wife (sec-
ond) who is sporting this fine girl as
her first shonld be pardoned for
any excessiAe pride or admiration.
We also called on Deputy Sher-
iii Frank Shaw and his estimable
lady who have only recently estab-
lished a pretty little nursery with
one occupant, an s pound girl.
We also shared the hospitality of
Sheriff Crawford and Clerk l.. D.
Jones, whose pleasant families
know so well how TO entertain their
many friends, and they seemed to
be blessed with them while we
were there.
We spent a good portion af our
time in the Office and at the home of
Editor B. w. Bailey of the Com
rade, who ought to represent this
district in congress after the 4th
of next March. We found Mr..
Bailey one of the busiest men in
town. Setting type, making up
forms, editing newspaper and
trying to see everybody about snb
scriptions during court week is no
small JOB for ono man, but MIR. Bal
ley gets thsough with it and has
time to entertain hisfriends. He
is brotber-in-law of our wife and
that may account for it.
Web, we got back home Sunday
evening after all absence of about |
8 days, and found the PoPULIsT |
better off than when we left it-in |
the way of advertising, tho not
a line of our writing appeared in |
the other departments.
But notwithstanding the bad
weather, Wa had a pleasant trip
back to our old home.
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