The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-07-25

Public improvements continue.
The crops are going to be short.
Open boles Of cotton are common.
That free ferry should be worke
up.
The river continues to fall at thi
point
Tho lake is lower than ever wa
known.
srhc esrth is so dry that 1t is crack
Ing open.
July has almost gone, aud who 10 /
that is not glad.
1t has been cloudy and threatenin.
rain all the week.
How good old fashioned shower
would help things.
Last Saturday tho mercury regis.
tered SO in tho shade.
Gannaway, the photographer, will
only remain few weeks longer.
The property on the corner of Levee
aud First streets is being fixed up.
Strange things are happening. and
stranger things are to happen--in
short.
Hon. G. s. WHY and bride have
moved into their cozy little home on
tho lake.
The next ten days will find almost
every cistern in town empty without
we have rain.
II is said that the coons are plenti-
full and are doing great deal of dam
age to the corn crop.
Mr.. Alex Hill has gone home to
Georgia TO spend the remainder of
The summer with his parents.
The steamer Natchez. after being
thoroughly repaired, is now back in /
tho New Orleans and Bends trade.
Miss Dellah Bell left on Friday
morning last for Dexter, Tenn. She
Is a teacher in large college iu that
city.
Captain w. S. Brown and his assist-
ant, Mr.. Leo Shields, are beginning for
long trip from town up around the
Bend.
Mr.. Phil Mcclure win soon make
large improvements on his storehouse,
situated on the corner OF Lake & Leyee
streets.
Mayor Hamley is kept quite busy
now between his large saw mill and ,
the erection Of the new gin he is super
intending.
The spel of weather for the
past few weeks has been the hottest
ever known.
DR.. IIewes' dental parlor is up stairs ,
ia the Murfee building. DIR. Hewes is .
highly recommended and he guaran-
tees all york. Il
Hugh Montgomery's fine horse has
the cbarborn. As Hugh is a first class
horse DOCTOR we expect him TO I
cure the animal.
Our friend Clark Hall is hustler :
from away back. II takes one to sell
six sewing machines in one day, which
ne accomplished.
On Tuesday a moccasin was killed
behind the Fromen's Hall that meas G
ured feet 8 inches long and s inches v
in circumference. Itl
Mr.. Dave Minskie returned Monday o
morning from Paducah, Ky. Ills trip Il
did him lots OF good and drove the !,
malaria out of his bones.
Whites store will be one OF the
finest in North Louisiana and an orna- W
ment to our town. There will be \,
nothing shoddy about 1t. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Hamilton left W
or vicksburg on Tuesday evening on !
he City of New Orleans. They re- ~
armed yesterday morning. ID
Mr.. J. EIamou, representing the nj
Hull Bros, arrived in to wn on Tuesday Gu
and has commenced the il
rection of w. N. Whites store.
Leap year is fast passing away, aud !,
viii be a long time before another -
sill roll around, and stiIl lots of girls VI
re failing TO take advantage OF it. We
We arc glad to learn that Mr.. and ri
irs. Voeght Of the second ward. who Re
gere both quite sick last week, are is
cry much better aud are able to be W
p.
Bell says that If that fellow who IA
ole that key 10 the fauset viii only
ring il back, he win guarantee 10 ~
eep leo water The balance of the sum- leu
her. MI
The soldier boysreturned home yes
rday. Tsey have beea Just two weeks lag
NJ VIII bet there wasn't lily cepts sbs
The crowd When they struck rfovi- ten
'ncc. Be-