The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29

News items are iiemless.
Look out for that alligator at West
End.
An 8 foot rise lie looked for in the
river.
White vests, in the latest styles at
Whites.
Services at the Catholic church to-
morrow at 8 o'clock.
Miss Ethel Foster is IN Vicksburg
visiting friends.
Judge W. G. WHY went to vicks-
burg Sunday night.
Mr.. r. 9. Green is now behind the
bar at Keller's saloon.
Most of the corn throughout the
parish has. beer laid by.
Mr.. W. s. Mcguire received a very
pretty wheel this week.
Mr.. Phil Mcclure has been slightly
under the weather this week.
Rev. C. Mahe returned Tuesday
morning from Millikin's Bend.
Master James McCulloch returned
home from school on Monday.
Read the notice of Mr. G. w.
Edwards, ferrymau, in this issue.
Judge F. F. Montgomery left for
Tallulah Sunday night to hold term
Of court.
There has been more corn made in
the parish this year than any year
since the var.
1t is pretty hard now TO work up a
local column when nothing happens to
work it mp with.
Mr.. Chas s. WHY went over to
Floyd las, Friday evening 10 attend to
some legal business.
The Mayor aud Board of Aldermen
will convene in regular session on
"Wednesday tight next.
Miss Mary Wilson has returned
from Brookhayen, Mise. where she
has beeu attending school.
Earl & Wilson's collars and cuffs, the |
best made. Whites the only place
you can get them in town.
On Tuesday Mr.. Robt. Nicholson
told us he would be ready in the next
ten days to start on his leyee work.
We regret TO learn that Miss Carrie
Hall has been confined 10 her home the |
past few days with chills and fever.
Major L. X. Barber went down to
Madison parish Sunday on the steamer
Annie Laurie. He will be back to-
night.
Mr.. Jas. Rosselli, who is employed
on the government steamer Meter,
was In town for one or two Gays this
week.
Capt. Mike Carbine has purchased
an interest in the steamer Pareond.
lie will run her Ia the cotton trade
this fall.
The rain on Wednesday morning
discounted anything in the way Of n
rainfall this section has known for
sometime.
Mcssrs. Shield aud Long, assistant
u. S. Egincers. have finished up their
field work, aud are now i'll town for a
few days.
Every day on our streets there is
silver talk aud gold talk-but the ques-
tion is, how can you ge, your bands on
the meial2
Several alligators have been seen
lately near the point Of the island.
Mr.. Zach Harding shot one on SUM-
day morning, but did not get him.
Mise Siraub. who has been the
guest of Miss Mamie Davis for some
time, left Monday night on the CITY OF
Hickman for Helena. Ark, her home
The big saw mill of the Providence
Lumber Company started up on Mon
day, and will now turn out inmber al
the rate of thirty Thousand feet day,
Messrs. Tom Mabep and Eddie Bel
don left for Arkansas on Tuesday
evening 10 take IN barbacue on
Wednesday. They expect 10 return
safe and sound.
II ,ou want to have a nice trip and
feel nj home, take n round Trip 10
vicksbprg on the steamer Joe Peters
Can't. Cnminins aud sons are popular
steamboa,rien. II
Mr.. NJ. Stocknef's oldest son, who /
has becn attending school al Weeks
burg for the past three years. grads-i,
tied with high hoaors last week, .apd Ia
,ow home enjoying his vacation.
Mr.. Robt. Nicholson was in town
aud received many congratn-
ations upon his successful bids for
evcc work, that were let by the q. s
al Memphis on Friday I
ast. Good luck. ~